Kagome emerged from the girls bathroom and looked herself over. Her hair had been done up by her mom before she had left to give her an older look, one of maturity and grace. She had slipped into the priestess robes, using the silk sashes to secure in the way she had seen Kikyo wear them a dozen times over.

On her back was her toy bow and arrows, and around her neck was the fake Shikon Jewel. Overall, other then making the colors a bit more livelier, she had to say she finally saw what everyone in the Feudal Age was talking about.

'I am Kikyo.' Kagome thought, giggling to herself as she placed her street clothes and backpack in the room that had been designated for that sort of thing. A teacher watching some game show on a portable TV gave her a smile and she bowed.

"Nice costume Kagome."

She gave the teacher a thank you bow and hurried to join the rest of the school in the cafeteria. She knew she had about another 10 minutes before Ian was suppose to show up, and she wanted to try and spot him before he could spot her.

The two of them had made an agreement that they would meet at the punch bowl at 8 o'clock. Kagome decided she would take of residence there, until Ian make his entrance and they could really have fun.

'Of course, if he dumps you, then you are going to be standing there like a fool the whole night…why do I think about the worst situation all the time! Ian is going to show up, I know he is, I need to stop thinking he won't!'

"Kagome!"

Kagome turned to see her friends running up to her, each dressed in some variation of the sailor moon outfit, making her chuckle. They circled her like a pack of dogs, cooing about her costume.

"Oh my Kagome…you look so old!" Ami said. "….I mean, not like an old woman…but you look like an adult."

Kagome blushed slightly. "I just worked with what I had…"

"And you did a great job!" Yumi said. "So…are you…"

"Am I what?" Kagome asked, raising an eyebrow.

"You know…" Emi said. "…waiting for Ian! Is he coming? Do we finally get to meet him Kagome?"

"We want to see if he is better then your other boy.."

"Yumi!" Ami hissed. The girls grew quiet, embarrassed. Kagome shifted slightly and looked over at the punch table.

"I am going to wait over there for Ian guys. He said to meet him over there." The girls nodded and rushed over to say hello to someone else. Kagome let out a sigh of relief once they were out of sight.

'I love my friends and all…but geez! It's like they've would die if they didn't know what I was doing every moment of the day!' Kagome smirked. 'Seems I conquered my damn swearing habit….oh shit!'

She rubbed her temples, wondering if Inuyasha's soul hadn't gone into her brain instead of the great beyond. But after deciding that was silly, she decided to get herself a glass of punch.

Taking a sip and deciding that maybe she should donate some money to the school to buy a brand of punch that was more then water with red food coloring, Kagome turned to focus on finding Ian. She had no idea what he was wearing, and really hoped it wasn't a mask.

"Hey Kagome."

Kagome turned and smiled at Hojo. He had come to the party dressed as a doctor.

'BIIIIIIGGGGGG Surprise there.' Kagome thought, a bit more sarcastic then when she would have thought it a few months back. She had to admit though, he had done a great job on the costume.

As if reading her mind, Hojo rubbed the back of his neck. "I figured, what with all medicine…"

"I wish I would have known we were going as things we really are, cause then I would have come in a straight jacket." Hojo gave her a weird look and she sighed. "Sorry…Ian's sense of humor is rubbing off."

"Is this Ian coming tonight?" Hojo asked. Kagome nodded and he smiled. "I hope you have fun…bring him over for me to meet him if you get a chance."

Kagome nodded, watching Hojo leave. She smiled as the DJ began to play a faster song, and one that was, for once, not techno. She closed her eyes, swaying a bit to the beat, enjoying the song and forgetting her search for Ian at the moment. She must have been an interesting site, were there anyone here from Feudal Japan. Kikyo at a high school costume party, dancing slightly to some boy band song.

She paused as hands wrapped around her eyes and a voice whispered gently. "I found you."

Kagome laughed. "Damn it Ian, how did you…"

Kagome turned to look at him and froze, as if she had been hit by ice coldwater and become stuck to the ground.

Ian was wearing a red pants that went all the way down to his ankles. Around the waist of it was a piece of rope that he was using to keep it close.

Underneath it was a white t-shirt, which showed up only in the V that was cut down the front. The costume was rather simple, actually. It was the accessories that got Kagome to pause.

At his side, Ian had picked out one of those toy swords, a plastic thing that broke if you even tried to use it. Around his neck were some Mardi Gras beads he had been able to borrow from someone at the orphanage that had a thing for those things and had more then plenty.

To finish the outfit out, he had managed to get from a discount store a white wig, a long and wild one, which he now wore onto of his head, adorned by a pair of those doggy eared head bands everyone had begun wearing. He flashed her a grin and spun slightly to show off.

"Well…what do you think?" He looked at Kagome, who was still staring at him. "I like you costume." He said, trying to get her to snap out of whatever funk she had just gotten into. "Kagome?"

She leapt at him suddenly, grabbing him hard, crying softly. His eyes went wide as she pulled herself closer, whimpering in his chest. He held her close, wondering what had gotten into her.

"Kagome…what is it?" Ian asked, holding her and gently pulling her into the hall, so no one would notice that she had suddenly burst it not tears. The last thing he wanted to do was explain why the 'crazy' girl was suddenly sobbing on his robes and clinging to him like a child.

"How is this possible?" She said between sniffs. "How…how can you…." She lost her voice again as she murmured, holding onto him tighter, making it almost hard to breath. He managed to pry her off and star at her.

"Kagome…what is it?"

"Inuyasha." She said gently, in a whisper, tears in her eyes and a soft smile on her face "You came back."