Thanks and please continue the reviews! Oh, yes can you reviewers answer a question for me? Do you think I'm having too many flashbacks in my story? I was just asking. My sister thinks so but my cousin thinks that the flashbacks are a major part of the story and that I should keep it up. Anyways, just give me your opinion please and thanks!
"Sesshy? Can we go to the mall?" Kikyo whined. Sesshomaru sighed. He was tired of her whining, as was Kagome but they both didn't say anything.
"Sure Kikyo, we can go to the mall." Sesshomaru said with a smile, she smiled back. Kagome rolled her eyes and sighed. Kagome was still driving her brand new car.
"So, Kagome. What do you do for a living?" Kikyo asked curiously. Kagome thought about it for a minute.
"Well, I use to be a fashion designer." Kagome answered.
"Why is it 'use' to be?" Kikyo asked. Kagome was tired of her being so nosey.
"Well, my roommate didn't like all the clothes and stuff around the apartment…so I had to quit the fashion business." Kagome explained with her eyes glued to the road.
"And ever since then you've been unemployed?" Kikyo asked. Kagome took in a deep sigh before answering.
"Yeah,"
"So why didn't your roommate like the fashion designs? Where they out of style?" Kikyo asked. As if you would know anything about style… Kagome thought to herself.
"Well, Inuyasha isn't much of a fan for creativity," Kagome answered.
"Inuyasha?" Kikyo questioned. "Isn't Inuyasha the name of your brother, Sesshomaru?"
"Unfortunately," Sesshomaru answered. Kagome could tell that Sesshomaru didn't really want to talk about Inuyasha right now so she changed the subject.
"How's life in America?" Kagome asked. Sesshomaru turned to her and smiled.
"It's great, even though a lot of things are different there…it's still a pretty great place to live." Sesshomaru answered.
"Of course it is!" Kikyo blurted out. "I mean after all, you did meet ME there." Sesshomaru turned to her and smirked.
"Yeah, that was the best thing about it." Sesshomaru said. Kagome wanted to just turn around and slap the make up right off Kikyo's face. Kikyo randomly changed the subject though.
"So…Kagome do you have someone special in your life?" Kikyo asked. Kagome almost choked when she asked that, she was startled.
"Huh? Uh, what do you mean?" Kagome asked
"You know. Someone special. Like me and Sesshomaru." Kikyo said with a grin. Kagome was angry about the 'Like me and Sesshomaru' part but she didn't let it show. She started thinking about someone special…someone that she actually could say that she loved. She couldn't think of anyone though, but she didn't want Sesshomaru to know that she hasn't been dating anyone while he was gone. Sesshomaru was secretly hoping that she hasn't found anyone.
"Well…" she started thinking of all her guy friends. Miroku…NO Sango likes him plus he's a pervert. What about Inuyasha? No, he won't do. Hm…That's it! Koga! No, Ayame likes him. DAMN IT! Well, I guess it's just the first guy who makes a move on me when Sesshomaru's around. Kagome thought to herself. "Well, I want it to be a surprise, since there's no point in just telling you when you're going to meet him anyways." Kagome answered. Sesshomaru was surprised. She's…she's into someone? How could that be? I mean…of course someone is probably into her I mean she's gorgeous! but…how could she be into someone else! Sesshomaru thought to himself. He sighed. But…I have a pretty and very successful woman right behind me, I should be thankful for that. Sesshomaru thought to himself trying to think on the bright side. Kagome finally drove up in the mall parking lot. After she took like 5 minutes to park they got out of the car. They went inside the mall, which was crowded as always. (It was the same mall Kagome, Sango and Ayame went in earlier in the story)
"Sesshy, I'll be shopping in the jewelry area if you need me." Kikyo informed him. He nodded. She leaned up and gave him a quick kiss on the lips and he kissed her back. Kagome turned away kind of hurt. She wandered her way to the jewelry department. Sesshomaru turned to smile at Kagome.
"You wanna go to the food court? I'm starving." He asked Kagome. Kagome felt as though, Sesshomaru had just betrayed her and all he could as was 'you wanna go to the food court?' Kagome was hurt and she felt kind of sad but she didn't want Sesshomaru to know that. She just tried to shake off the feeling the best way she could and said,
"Sure, why not." She answered plainly. They began to walk to the food court it was called, 'Grillz' (I got that off of the song from Nelly just if you were wondering) Kagome ordered a medium vanilla milkshake, and Sesshomaru ordered a chicken sandwich with a large Sprite. (Sorry I'm not more detailed) They sat down at one of the tables, sitting across from each other. Sesshomaru sighed.
"So, whose this new guy of yours?" Sesshomaru asked more harshly then he intended to. Kagome just put a fake smile on her face.
"You'll see soon enough," Kagome responded as she reached for her milkshake. I hope… Sesshomaru was a little irritated by her answer at first, but then decided to be more patient.
"Whatever you say, Kagome." he said as he took a huge bite out of his sandwich. Kagome desperately wanted to change the subject.
"So…um…" Kagome didn't know what to say; this morning she had tons of questions that she could've asked him but now since she met Kikyo she didn't know what to say. Sesshomaru could tell that she was out of words at the moment so he made conversation.
"How things been in Tokyo?" he asked her curiously. She smiled softly.
"Well, same old. Inuyasha's still a suborn mule, Ayame's still a little preppy, Sango's still into Miroku and Miroku is still flirts with anything in a skirt. And Koga he's still kind of disturbing at times…"
"And what about you?" Sesshomaru said cutting her in mid sentence. Kagome was staggered by this question.
"Um…what do you mean?" she asked him taking a sip of her sake. He finished chewing before he answered. He swallowed.
"Well, did you change? Or are you the same?" he asked her looking totally serious.
"I…I still don't get your meaning." She said confused.
"Do you act different? Are your feelings towards anyone different? Do you look different? Or are you the exact same person I've known for so long?" Sesshomaru asked once more. She was startled by when he asked 'Are your feelings for anyone different?' she wanted to know what he meant by that. She was still a bit confused on why he asked that question but started to answer it in the best way possible.
"Well, I don't think I've changed that much if you're talking about personality. But Ayame says that I'm starting to show my age if you know what I mean." Kagome said that last statement with a bit of a frown.
"Well, I don't think so, Kagome." Sesshomaru replied. Sesshomaru thought that statement was 100 false. He thought Ayame was crazy. In his opinion there was nothing wrong with Kagome at all, in fact he thought she was… (Dare I say it?) beautiful. But then he caught himself before he thought of anything farther ideas. Wait! I have a pretty fiancé, I can't be thinking about Kagome like that! She's my best friend! I can't think of her like that… Sesshomaru thought to himself. Kagome smiled gently at Sesshomaru.
"Thanks," she said as she took another sip of her shake. He smiled back at her.
"No problem," he said as he finished off his sandwich, and then took a huge drink of his sprite. Kagome noticed the way he was eating, and surprisingly it reminded her of Inuyasha. They were the same yet they were totally different in so many ways. She still couldn't understand why they always argued all the time. Sesshomaru was looking at Kagome's outfit, he was especially fond out the way the hat brought out her appealing brown eyes that were always full of so much energy. Well, in this case since the hat covered on eye, it brought out the eye that was visible. Sesshomaru seemed to not notice that he was practically drooling. Kagome became aware of it though. She stopped sipping on her milkshake and said,
"Um…Sesshomaru you got a little something on the corner of your mouth." Kagome informed him.
"Huh? Oh, sorry." He said quickly as he grabbed a nankeen and wiped his face in the wrong area. "Did I get it?" he asked. Kagome couldn't help but laugh.
"No, here let me get it for you." Kagome said as she got up from her chair and went over to Sesshomaru, she grabbed another nankeen and gently wiped away what drool was there. Kagome was so close to Sesshomaru's face, only inches apart. He could see her stunning brown eyes, and they were even better up close. He missed the way her raven black long hair would always dance so freely with the wind and how she always had a smile on her face. He missed how she always use to look on the bright side, he always missed the way she would use to throw a huge fit just because he wouldn't tell her a surprise or a secret. Her eyes met up with his golden ones. She couldn't help but smile softly at him. She missed the way his sliver hair looked like it was an endless sliver river of desire. That was one of the very many features that she missed about Sesshomaru. She also loved his crescent moon on his forehead and the decorative slashes on his cheeks. But what always caught her attention the most were those piercing golden orbs of his whenever she looked deep within them she always thought that she would get lost in waves of desire. He started to rub her cheek with the back of his long fingers. She liked the way he was being so gentle and so soft as if she was so fragile enough to break, but she didn't mind the way he was doing it, she wouldn't have it any other way. Sesshomaru was thinking about soft her skin was, he almost forgot what Kagome's skin felt like. It was so soft…so prefect, unlike Kikyo's flesh. Sure, it's somewhat soft but she has make on all the time so he doesn't know what her bare skin feels like. His forehead was meeting with hers once again. He stopped his hand from rubbing her face. Their lips were centimeters away from each other. Kagome slowly closed her eyes, as she wanted this kiss oh so badly. Kagome was thinking that maybe he doesn't really like Kikyo like that; maybe they could break up the engagement. Then she caught herself, Wait! This…This Sesshomaru! My BEST FRIEND! I…I can't do this, and not to mention he's ENGAGED! Kagome thought to herself. But she felt like she couldn't control herself, she wanted to claim his lips on hers but suddenly, she felt Sesshomaru pull away. She opened her eyes and saw that Sesshomaru was now standing up; his face looked a little pale. He coughed.
"Um…perhaps we should look for Kikyo now," he said as he started walking to the jewelry section. Kagome was shocked/ hurt/ confused. She couldn't believe that she had almost kissed Sesshomaru! But yet, she wanted it, she really wanted it, and she didn't know why. Another was that she was hurt that Sesshomaru had stopped it; she knew this was dumb but she even felt like crying over it. Sesshomaru had really hurt her feelings he lead her on and then at the very last moment he turned away from her. She sighed as she felt somewhat depressed and followed Sesshomaru to find Kikyo.
