Sesshomaru and Kagome started looking around the mall, since Kikyo was nowhere near ready to go yet; she was still shopping for clothes.
"So um…how did you and Kikyo meet?" Kagome asked making conversation.
"Well… it was about 6 months ago…"
Flashback
Sesshomaru was at a bar in America. He was missing Kagome so much he had to drink away his pain. He sighed. "I wish I'd never left Japan in the first place…" he said to himself as he drunk his third beer. (Oh yeah, he's not drunk). He looked around the bar and saw a woman, which looked almost just like Kagome. He put down his drink and rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't drunk already. But she was still there, sitting about three seats down from him. "I think I'm losing my mind," he said to himself. But he had to see who that was. He got up from his seat and walked over to the woman. She looked up at him and gave him a smile. "K…Kagome?" he asked hopeful.
She looked up at him with a slight frown on her face. "Um…I'm sorry you must have the wrong girl," she replied.
"B…But you look just like her…" he said. She shook her head.
"Sorry, I'm not the girl you're looking for,"
"Oh…I'm sorry." He apologized.
"No need to apologize, my name is Kikyo." She replied with a smirk across her lips. "What's yours?"
"Sesshomaru."
End of Flashback
He didn't explain on how much he missed Kagome, nor why he was at the bar at the time.
"Oh…so basically you thought that Kikyo was me, and that's how you guys met?" Kagome asked, wishing they (Kikyo and Sesshomaru) never had met. He nodded.
"Yeah, it was kind of embarrassing at the time but when we started seeing each other…well, let's just say it was fast love." Sesshomaru said. Kagome sighed as she looked down at the floor while she was walking not wanting to look up at Sesshomaru. "So um…what about your new lover? Do I know him?" Sesshomaru asked with a slight twitch of jealously in his voice, but Kagome didn't notice.
"Well, um…" Kagome said trying to think of something. "Well…you'll see him soon enough," Kagome answered.
"Oh…okay," Sesshomaru answered. Kagome kind of wanted to get off the subject of lovers at the moment but she didn't know what to say. Sesshomaru wanted to talk about something else also.
"So um…" Kagome tried to think of what to talk about, when suddenly an idea hits her. Kagome put a huge grin on her face. Sesshomaru looked to see the smiling Kagome.
"What are you smiling about?" He asked curiously.
"You remember that game we always play?" Kagome asked. Sesshomaru thought for a moment until he had a slight smirk on his face.
"You mean the game, 'would you rather…'?" Sesshomaru asked. Kagome nodded. "You wanna play?" Sesshomaru asked.
"You know I do." She answered.
"Ok, um… would you rather… be trapped in a cage with a tiger or… hm… let's see… or lick peanut butter off a hobo's foot?" Sesshomaru asked as he looked at her face. She let out a slight shiver of disgust.
"I'd rather… I don't know."
"That's cheating."
"Fine…I'd rather be in a cage with a tiger." Kagome said as she thought of it.
"What? Seriously?"
"Well, what would you rather do?"
"I'd rather lick peanut butter off a hobo's foot."
"Eww, why?"
"Easy, cause I hate tigers and I love peanut butter." He said with a grin. She smiled back. "Your turn."
"Ok um… would you rather eat your own fingers off or get married to an elephant?" Kagome asked.
"Hey that's not fair I'm already taken with Kikyo!" Sesshomaru said as his grin went wider. Kagome gritted her teeth with him saying that, but she didn't want him to see so she tried to shake off the feeling as much as she could.
"Well, you have to chose." Kagome replied. Sesshomaru sighed. Thinking.
"Well, I'd rather chew my fingers off because I love Kikyo and an elephant will never take her place." He said with a laugh. Kagome wasn't in the mod for laughing, she thought that at that moment she was going to find Kikyo and strangle the living shit out of her. She felt so hurt and so sad, but Sesshomaru was right there, she didn't want him to know how she felt. So again she tried her best not to get upset over it. She sighed.
"Ok your turn."
"Ok, would you rather shave your hair off or drink ten bottles of ketchup?" Sesshomaru asked wondering what she would choose.
"Um…do I get to hide in my room if I shaved my hair?" Kagome asked.
"Nope." Sesshomaru answered with a smirk.
"I'd drink the ketchup." Kagome said quickly. Sesshomaru laughed a little.
"Yeah, me too, your turn." Sesshomaru said. Just as Kagome was about to say something they both her an annoying voice.
"Sesshy!" the voice called. (Guess who) "I'm done shopping now." Kikyo called as she walked to them with like three times as many bags as she had before. Kagome was surprised that she could carry them all. "I'm done shopping now, I wanna go back to the hotel and try em all on," Kikyo said with a grin. She looked at Kagome. "Maybe me and Kagome could go shopping sometime." She suggested. As if I would go shopping with you… Kagome thought to herself. Sesshomaru smiled and looked over at Kagome.
"Yes, that would be a good idea, wouldn't Kagome?" Sesshomaru said. Kagome quickly forced a smile on her face.
"Yeah…um…that would be…nice." Kagome's voice creaked on the word nice. Kikyo nodded.
"Yeah, maybe I can get you a little fashion sense." Kikyo said as her grin widen. Kagome had an anime vein on her forehead. She wanted to give Kikyo a good punching…stomping…strangling. But she knew hitting Sesshomaru's fiancé was wrong. Sesshomaru noticed that she was a little upset by Kikyo comment.
"Listen, how about if Kagome drives you to the hotel, and then me and Kagome will go…"
"Go? Go where?" Kikyo asked interrupting him. She didn't want to leave Sesshomaru and Kagome alone, she didn't trust Kagome, and for the truth she didn't completely trust Sesshomaru either, in America when her and Sesshomaru where living together, he ALWAYS talked about Kagome every single day. Even when he slept he would sometimes call Kagome's name in his sleep. She got angry thinking of these things, but she promised Sesshomaru to be nice and PRETEND to like Kagome so that's what she'll try to do, but she would not let her even touch Sesshomaru. (well you know, in that flirters kinda way)
"Oh, you know, just hang out with her… just like old times." Sesshomaru answered with a smile.
"Sesshomaru you didn't answer my question." Kikyo stated with a strong sense of coldness in her voice. "I asked where, not what you were planning to do." Kikyo looked at Kagome with a glint of anger in her eyes, which Kagome happily gave her back the angry glare with twice as much intensity. Sesshomaru noticed the tension in the air and tried to change the subject as best as he could.
"Hey, uh…you guys want some ice-cream?" Sesshomaru asked quickly.
"No thanks." They both said in unison.
"Sesshomaru, you've not yet answered my question." She said to Sesshomaru as she kept her glare on Kagome.
"Well, uh…it's sort of a secret." Sesshomaru answered. Kikyo snapped her head toward him.
"A secret?" she said in a whisper. "Why…is it a secret?" she asked, as she got angrier.
"Well, because when we were kids…um…we promised each other that we wouldn't tell anybody." He said with a laugh. "Pretty funny huh Kikyo?" But Kikyo wasn't the less bit amused; instead she just started stomping toward the exit.
"Come on." She called as she didn't look back but left the mall. Sesshomaru sighed.
"I'm sorry, Kagome she can get like that sometimes." Sesshomaru apologized.
"What? Like a total bitch…" Kagome mumbled to herself.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Sesshomaru asked unaware of what she just said.
"Oh um…I just said it was ok, people get that way sometimes." Kagome lied as she forced a smile on her face.
"Yeah," Sesshomaru agreed. "Well, um… well better go, Kikyo's probably waiting." He suggested. Yeah we most not keep princess Bitchy-O waiting… Kagome thought to herself. Kagome took a deep sigh. Sesshomaru looked at her and gave her a slight frown. "Is there something the matter?" Sesshomaru asked, concerned for his best friend. Kagome just gave him a soft smile.
"No, I'm fine. So um…are we still going to the 'secret spot'?" Kagome asked. Sesshomaru gave her a huge smirk.
"Yeah, of course." He answered. She nodded as she and him started walking out of the mall, but yet she couldn't help but wonder… why did they almost kiss and what exactly made him pull away? And also another thing was on her mind…who is she gonna tell Sesshomaru who her new lover is?
