Previously...

"Kagome sighed as she went up the stairs to the bathroom. It wasn't much of a tough day, but she seriously needed a shower after running in gym. Fifteen minutes later, she stumbled into her room. She put on some loose clothes and wrung her hair with a white towel.

She sprawled down on her bed and yawned, then slowly drifted off to sleep.

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- Chapter 2 -

"You will have to excuse."

"Yes sir."

The man took out his cell phone while exiting through a door and began dialing a number as he abruptly stopped, "Taisho residence," someone answered.

"Please hand the phone to Izayoi," he said without salutations.

InuTaisho heard faint footsteps and then a woman's voice, "Hello?"

"Is Sesshoumaru there?"

"No my lord."

"Inuyasha?"

"He has taken Inuyasha to The Kage."

"What am I to do with that boy if he continues running around and clubbing! Finish the rest of the preparations for tomorrow night. If you see him, tell him attendance is mandatory."

He hung up, still holding the phone in his hand, 'Maybe he will learn then,' a small glint in his yellow eyes.


"Honey, wake up," Kagome heard a distant voice as she felt someone shake her by the shoulder.

"A few more minutes, " she mumbled, turning to her side.

"Kagome, wake up. Sango is here."

Her eyes shot opened upon hearing the last sentence, "What!"

Mrs. Higurashi simply nodded in reply, "I'll leave you two."

'Two?' she watched her mom leave in confusion.

A figure moved forward, startling Kagome, "You fell asleep, huh?"

"Hmmm," she saw it was Sango after rubbing her eyes, "Yeah, I guess. You were supposed to call."

"I did and I left a message since someone didn't bother answering. And you aren't going to wear that, right?"

Kagome sweats, "Of course nostood up and looked down at her oversized shirt and t," she laughed

"Let's see what you got," Sango walked over to Kagome's closet.

Sango had always been interested in clothes, especially if it meant raiding someone's closet. She began digging through Kagome's closet, throwing out clothes that landed on her bed or the floor, "You have to let me borrow this!" Sango squealed.

'This is gonna take a while,' thought Kagome.


"Hurry up Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru stepped out of his car.

"I'm comin, I'm comin'."

They walked towards a building with largemetallic lettering, 'The Kage,' it spelled. As they passed a long line, they received many stares along the way.

"The Taisho brothers!" someone gasped.

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha merely ignored the shouts as the bouncer let them in. They entered the large crowed full of people dancing and mingling, flickering lights from above brightened up the place only a bit to allow people to know where they were going. Both departed ways without a word to each other, Inuyasha left when a young girl called his name while Sesshoumaru headed towards the bar.

"Hey cutie!" a girl cut in front of him and seductively wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Remove your hands from me at this moment."

She shook her head in refusal. Obviously, she was drunk or just plain stupid. Sesshoumaru grasped her wrists and shoved them to her sides. Leaving her standing there, he made his way through the rest of the crowd. A few times he glanced back to make sure the drunken girl wasn't following him. Before he could turn around, someone bumped into him.

"Oh, I'm very sorry."

Sesshoumaru cocked an eyebrow at the unusual politeness he was receiving. Of course many respected him, but a young woman, at a club? That he did not expect. He looked down at the small figure in blue, intent on picking up something off the floor that she had dropped. A purse perhaps?

He had taken a step away from her when he heard, "You?" it sounded more of an accusation.

A familiar face met his when he turned to face the girl who was scrambling to get up, "Well, hello to you Kagome."

"What are you doing here?"

"So no hello? I see. And the answer to your question…well, I don't know. Maybe because my father owns this place."

"Oh really?"

'Why must she continue to waste my time with these idiotic questions,' he was annoyed at her stupidity.

"Yes, really. If you will please excuse me, I have other matters to attend to."

He watched her storm away in frustration, muttering something about being excused, "Bartender," he called, averting his eyes as he sat down on the empty white leather stool that Kagome had been sitting in a few minutes ago.


"Kagome!" someone shouted her name.

It was a masculine voice; she searched for a recognizable face. Kagome spotted Inuyasha who was waving a hand at her from a nearby table.

"I didn't think you'd be here," Kagome said when she approached him.

"Usually, I'm here every night. Just waiting for someone to ruin my fun. That wouldn't happen to be you?" he winked.

"Ha ha, no. So have you seen Sango? I was just with her till I went to the bar."

"The bar, huh? Take a seat and you can keep me some company while you wait. She might be on the dance floor or something, but I don't know which one."

Kagome sighed and took up his offer by sitting down in the silver chair he pulled back with his foot. They probably looked like a couple taking a break after dancing, but they were nothing but good friends. There was no conversation between them from the time Kagome sat down to when Sango finally showed up.

"Kagome, lets go dance," Sango pleaded.

"Dance? You know I can't," looking at Inuyasha for support.

He nodded, "You should go have fun. I'm gonna be stuck all night."

"All right, later Inuyasha," she said, leaving with Sango.

"Where were you?" Kagome asked when another song came on.

"Went to the bathroom. You get your drink?"

"Nah, bartender was a jerk. I ask for a coke and he keeps offering alcohol instead."

"You want me to go set him straight?" Sango stopped her dance steps that Kagome had closely been following.

"No, not like he shoved any down my throat."

They spent about an hour dancing, or at least trying to. Most of their night was full of Kagome stepping on Sango's feet or laughing at her clumsiness, but she wasn't as bad as she thought she was.

"Where's Ayame?" Kagome asked.

"She probably didn't show up at all, she said she wasn't sure."

"Sango, I think I should get going. It's getting kinda late and Mom wanted to talk to me about something, she said it was important."

"I'll drop you off and head home myself."

Sango knew the way to Kagome's house so no time was wasted giving directions, "Here you go," Sango unlockedKagome's door from the controls.

"See you tomorrow."

Kagome looked into her purse as she approached the doorstep. Sango's car was still in the driveway; she was waiting for Kagome to safely enter her house.

'Sometimes she acts more like an insecure boyfriend,' Kagome thought opening the door.

"Is that you Kagome?" she found her mom sitting on a couch in the living room.

"I thought you'd be asleep," Kagome said even though she had expected her mom to be waiting for her.

"Remember when I said yesterday that I had to talk to you?"

"Yes," Kagome sat down when Mrs. Higurashi patted her hand on the couch.

"Kagome, you know I would never do anything that wasn't good for you?"

She nodded in agreement, 'Where's this going?'


AN: A bit shorter than the last and I'd have to say poorly written than the last chapter, or am I criticizing myself too harshly? I promise next chapter will be a lot more interesting, new things going on. Almost done with it. Review on what you thought and what I could have done better or any ideas for the next chapter that I may add in? Before I go, I'd like to thank those who reviewd the last chapter, they motivated me to update faster. I didn't expect as many reviews as I received so I really appreciate it. Next update sometime next month. Also, I have a science fair beginning of next month so it'll be after that.

Hope this chapter doesn't scare you away because it was written pretty quickly, so stick around for the next chapter?