Once again thanks to all who reviewed ^_^.

MissTeya-lol. My apologies for the lovely LOTF moment. I feel your pain...I'm being forced to read that stupid book for the third time as we speak. * Grumbles *

By the way, I am looking for someone who would be interested in writing an Inu/Kag story with me ^_^. Haven't really thought of a plot or anything, but I'd love to write a story with someone who loves Inu Yasha as much as I do! Let me know if you are interested!

Any way,s without further ado, here it is guys! Enjoy!

Chapter 6

Slamming the door behind him, Inu Yasha stomped into his house, throwing his school bag onto the floor with a loud thump. As he made his way up the long stair case, he made sure to glare at each portrait picture he came across. If he wasn't smiling, god dammit, no one else should be either. He reached the top of the stair case and turned down the long hall way leading to his room, his angry foot steps shattering the peaceful silence in the house as they echoed across the entire second floor.

Upon reaching his room, he yanked the door open, not caring that he was so forceful with the door that it ended up smashing into the wall behind it.

How could I have been so stupid? You saw the way she was acting that night in the diner. That look in her eyes when she was in his arms. Damn him. Damn that stupid jock. What right did he have to just show up like that and ruin his chances at winning her affections? Oh well. There's nothing I can do to change her feelings. It's none of my concern, and it's not like I care either... right?

He sighed and sat down on his bed. It wasn't true. He knew he cared about her. There was no doubt about it. She was ingrained in his mind for ever, the essence of his very soul, a part of his heart.

~*~*~

"It was really sweet of you to walk me home today, Kouga." Kagome said sweetly as they walked up the steps to her front door.

"For a pretty thing like you, I'd do anything." He replied with a dashing smile.

"Y-you really mean that?" Kagome asked shyly.

"You're the most beautiful girl I've ever met." He replied..

He smirked inwardly as he saw her cheeks flush a bright pink colour. Just look at her, this is going to be way too easy.

"Well, I've got to be going now." She said trying to change the subject.

"Alright, hun." He said as he leaned down to hand her to the school bag, but instead of giving it to her, he quickly bent his head down and planted a kiss on her lips. Kagome's eyes widened in surprise as she felt his warm lips pressed firmly against hers. Never had she imagined this kind of thing to feel so wonderful. Now she knew how Sango and Miroku must feel about each other. She could just stand here kissing Kouga all after noon if she wanted to. But before she could even attempt to kiss him back, he pulled away, and stood there smiling down at her.

"Kouga I-" She began, but was cut off by him.

"I'm sorry Kagome, that was a little forward. I shouldn't have done that should I? I'm sorry... it's just that, I like you...a lot. I've never felt like this around a girl before. I just couldn't control myself." He said lowering his head.

"But Kouga... I thought you had a girlfriend. I mean, I saw you the other day at the mall, and you were there with a blonde girl..." She trailed off, looking up at him expectantly.

"Oh." Kouga said quietly. Oh shit. She saw Kara, fuck man, what do I tell her? He quickly thought up an answer. "That's just my sister, uh, Sarah." He lied.

"Oh, so you don't have a girlfriend?" She questioned, trying not to sound too pushy.

"Nope." He said giving her that smile again. "So I was thinking, maybe sometime, you and I could go out sometime this week." He said, trying to get to the point with her.

"Oh, I'd love to... but you see, my mom wont let me date." She replied reluctantly.

Dammit. Now what the hell was he supposed to do? How can he win this bet if she isn't even allowed to date for god's sake?! Suddenly, an idea popped into his head.

"Well you know... you could just tell your mom that you're just going out with some friends, you know? She'd never be able to tell. I mean, I really like you a lot and, I don't want to ignore these feelings inside for you. "

Kagome nodded her head. She didn't like the idea of going behind her mother's back, but she couldn't just tell Kouga no. He was sweet, and cute. There was no way she was going to pass this up.

"Okay, I can do that." She agreed.

"Alright then. How about dinner tomorrow night? Is that ok? I'll come pick you up."

"Sounds great."

"Six o'clock?"

"I'll be waiting!" And with that, she gathered up her school bag, bade him farewell, and happily let herself into the house. Nothing could get her down today, not even Miroku and Sango being too busy to talk to her today, Inu Yasha blowing up at her,or the fact that she had to baby-sit Souta today. Thing's were finally starting to look up for her.

Later that day, Kagome was standing over a pot of boiling water, pasta in hand, when the phone rang, causing her to almost spill the uncooked noodles all over the floor.

"Souta!" She called into the other room where he had been playing video games. "Can you get that please? My hands are full."

She heard the scuffling of feet as her little brother raced to get the phone before the answering machine picked up. She could hear him talking in the other room.

"Hello?...Yes she is...Who's this?... oh...uh.. okay, hold on a sec."

Souta ran into the kitchen, sliding across the newly cleaned floor tiles, gracefully coming to a stop right before he would have collided with his sister.

"Here, it's for you." He said holding the portable phone up to her.

"Is it Sango??" She asked happily, wiping her hands on the dish towel she held in her hands.

"Nah, some Kooguh guy."

Her eyes widened and she snatched the phone out of hands, the pasta on the stove completely shoved out of her mind

"Hello??" She said in an eager voice.

"Hey." Came his cool reply from the other end of the line.

"What'd you call for?"

" I couldn't get you off of my mind, so I thought I'd call and see how you were doin' tonight."

"Aww that's sweet of you." She said.

She suddenly heard giggling, and realized that Souta was still in the kitchen, and was in a fit of laughter.

"Sis has a boooyyyyy friend!" He teased, making kissing noises at her.

"OUT OUT OUT! GET OUT!" Kagome screeched. " Or I'll go and delete all your game files on that stupid game you've been playing all week!"

She chuckled as she saw the terrified expression on her little brother's face before he zoomed out of the room as fast as he could.

"You know, I can't wait to see you tomorrow night." She confessed to Kouga.

"Me either."

"You know Kagome, I think you're a really awesome chic. You're smart, cute and sweet as can be." And naïve too. He added mentally. "I'm so glad I found you."

"Oh, I feel the exact same way about you! I just get this totally weird feeling when I'm around you. I mean it's like I'm in a dream or something."

Kouga smiled to himself. She was so naïve. He never thought that it was going to be THIS easy! She was puddy in his hands.

Kouga half listened to Kagome ranting on and on about how happy she was that she found him and all this other bull shit, in his opinion, until she realized she had forgotten about the pasta on the stove and had to get off the phone.

He picked up the phone again and dialed a friend's number.

The phone rang twice and then was picked up, he was greeted by a gruff

"Yo."

"Hey man, what's up?"

"Not much, you?"

"Heh. You know that bet about that Kagome girl? well, you had better start getting my three hundred bucks together."

"Huh? It hasn't even been a day yet. What're you talkin' about?"

"Shut up fool. Man, I've already kissed her, got her to admit she likes me, and invited her out on a dinner date tomorrow night. See?"

"Damn man. You gotta be shittin' me."

"Nope. So yeah, I'll be wanting my money soon. Peace." With that he hung up the phone, his trademark sneer played across his dark features.

~*~*~

Inu Yasha sat on the floor of his bed room, and stared at his friend who sat in front of him, talking a mile a minute. He had long since tuned him out, and had let his mind wander back to Kagome. He couldn't get her out of his thoughts. That damn Kouga, his arm around Kagome's waist, walking her home. Dammit. Why couldn't that be him? It just wasn't fair. He knew that guy brought nothing but trouble. Nothing good would come out of a relationship with him. She would just end up getting hurt. Not like he could do anything about that though, this was her decision, not his. The least he could do for her, was be a friend to her. So that if Kouga ever hurt her, she would always know that he was there for her.

"So what do you think about that?" Came Miroku's voice from somewhere next to him.

"Huh?" Inu Yasha blinked and turned to look at his friend. "What were you talking about?"

"I had asked you what you thought I should do for me and Sango's one week anniversary on Saturday. I mean, it's a special day, gotta do something special. What do you think we should do?"

Inu Yasha just shrugged, not particularly caring about the situation.

"I don't know." He replied in a bored tone.

"Oh, ok. Just thought I'd try and get your opinion. But I guess you're just too busy thinking about Kagome, aren't you?" he chuckled.

"Actually, yes. I was just wondering how she could possibly want to be with that stupid excuse for a guy, Kouga. What's he got that I don't?" he demanded.

"Umm... you'd have to ask Kagome about that, I really wouldn't know. But you know, it's kind of your fault. You didn't make a move on her, and kouga just kind of got there before you did. I mean, I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just saying, fair is fair."

"You're right. I lost my chance, and now it's too late." He admitted sadly.

"Well, guess the best thing you can do, is just be a good friend to her, ya know?"

"Yeah. I figured that already. All I want is for her to be happy, and if it's with Kouga, then so be it. I'd be satisfied just being her friend. It's better than nothing."

"That's it, bro." Miroku said as he patted his friend on the back.

"Now come on, I know you're upset, but I could sure go for some pizza. What do you say we order a pizza?"

"Oh, alright." Inu Yasha said with a grin. "As long as you're payin' for it."

~*~*~

All throughout her classes on Tuesday, Kagome found that she could not focus well at all. Her mind was too set on what was to happen later that evening. She was to go out on a dinner date with Kouga. A really nice restaurant too. They had discussed the plans during their second period English class. Since Kagome's mother wouldn't approve of her riding in Kouga's car, or her going with him period, they agreed that he wouldn't come to the door, but rather he would wait in the driveway. She was so nervous that she was making herself sick to her stomach. She was partly worried her mother would catch her, and she would be grounded, but also worried that Kouga would not like her as much after he spent more time with her.

As seventh period came to an end, Kagome was never happier to be out of class for the day. She still had tutoring however, and that didn't really appeal to her at the moment being that Inu Yasha had been rather rude to her the day before.

She walked into the library and found it to be quite empty that day. Scanning around the room, she saw that Inu Yasha was indeed waiting for her. She slowly made her way over to the table, not in any rush to be subjected to his berating comments and bad attitude. She was surprised however to see what looked to be a sad expression on his face.

Wonder what's up with him. She thought as she came up to the table, and grabbed a seat. Before she could ask however, Inu Yasha began talking.

"I'm sorry." He said quietly, looking at her for a brief moment before averting his eyes back down to this clasped hands.

"Sorry..?" she repeated, slightly confused.

"Sorry for being rude to you yesterday." He said softly.

"Oh. It's ok, Inu Yasha."

"You sure?"

She smiled reassuringly and nodded her head.

What was going on here? He was apologizing to her, on his own will. She was a little shocked, but was nevertheless pleased.

Inu Yashed sighed, glad that he had gotten that off of his chest. Apologizing wasn't one of his stronger points, and he tended to avoid doing it whenever he possibly could.

As they worked through scores of problems ranging from matrices to just regular line equations, Inu Yasha was only paying minimal attention to the work they were doing. He knew he should give her his full attention, to be sure that he wouldn't accidentally make an error, yet he couldn't dismiss the feeling that Kagome was going to be hurt by Kouga at some point. He knew it was early on, and she wasn't even allowed to date, but he knew that if Kouga wanted something, he would go to any means necessary to get it.

He sighed. I hope she knows what she's getting herself into.

After they finished their study session, and Kagome had bidden Inu Yasha farewell, she couldn't help but think about the sorrowful expression that had been on his face the entire time they were together. She had been far too shy to ask what was the matter, feeling that it was none of her business whatever it was, other wise he probably would have said something.

~*~*~

"Kouga stop it, that tickles!" The tawdrily dressed blonde sitting in Kouga's lap squealed as he began to trail hot kisses down her neck and across her collar bone.

He stopped for a moment to grin down at her, before capturing her lips with his, his strong arms snaking around her slender waist.

The blonde grinned against his lips, and began to slowly push him down onto the couch underneath her. Her aristocratic fingers trailing down to the hem of his black shirt, slowly starting to pull it up of off him.

Kouga reached his hands up to the back of her dress, and had pulled the zipper half way down when the phone rang. Groaning, Kouga rolled his eyes.

"It's probably just some stupid solicitor." Kara said as she ran her fingers across his abdomen, seemingly fascinated with how well toned it was. "Just let it ring."

"But it might be somebody import-" He was cut off as she smashed her lips down onto his.

They proceeded in their make-out session just as the answering machine cut on. Kouga's automated voice could be heard in the background.

"Yo, it's me Kouga. I'm not in right now. But leave a message and I'll get back to ya." Beep.

"Hey...Kouga.. it's me." Came Kagome's voice.

Holy shit. Kouga thought. I forgot about the dinner date! DAMN! Without thinking, he shoved Kara off of him, sending her tumbling to the ground with a small thump as he ran into the other room to grab the phone.

"Hey." He said quickly, trying to catch his breath.

"Hey. Um, it's six fifteen. I just wanted to know if you were still coming to get me."

" Oh yeah. I'm sorry I'm running late. I was... exercising." He lied quickly.

"Well that would explain why you're out of breath" She replied with a small chuckle.

"Well, give me about ten minutes, and I'll be there, see you soon!"

Damn. He was late. How could he have forgotten about this? Rolling his eyes, he ran to grab a pair of shoes.

" I gotta go babe, but I'll be back tonight." Kouga said apologetically to the pouting blonde who still sat where he had dumped her on the floor.

"Hmph." Was all she said.

Oh well. Kouga thought. I don't have time to play her stupid games, and with that he let himself out of the door, and made his way down to his car.

A short while later, he pulled into the Higurashi's drive way. He honked the horn once, and then cut the car engine. He watched the house and saw a silhouette cross the window, and then a moment later the front door opened and out came Kagome.

As she ran towards the car, he looked her up and down. She was wearing a white mini skirt that brought out her long legs . His eyes traveled to her upper half. She was wearing a light pink turtle neck shirt which was tight enough to accentuate her curves perfectly.

Damn she looks hot. Kouga thought as she opened the door to the passengers seat, and sat down next to him. His eyes wandered over to her legs again. Damn, man. Those legs. Can't wait to have her all to myself. He smirked, and then resisting the urge to reach out and run his hand up her silky thigh, cut the car engine on, and backed out of the drive way.

As they drove along, Kagome looked around her at the interior of Kouga's car. A Mazda 6. Very nice indeed. The upholstery was a pale shade of gray, with small flecks of white scattered throughout the material. She ran her hand along the edge of the material on her seat appreciatively, she paused as her hand came into contact with something on the floor of the car. Reaching further under the seat, her hand enclosed around a smooth cylinder object. Bringing it up into the light cast by the street lamps they were passing, she saw that it was a tube of lip stick. She looked at the object oddly, wondering why on earth would Kouga have lipstick in his car. Was there something Kouga had failed to mention to her(a/n : yeah... that he's a cross dressing freak! Nah, just kiddin' lol.) ? She felt confused for a moment, before she remembered him telling her that he had a sister. Maybe it belonged to her. Yes, that had to be it. She thought to herself. Any previous doubts fleeing her mind.

Twenty minutes later, they pulled into the parking lot for Amici's, a massively expensive Italian restaurant located deep in the heart of the city.

"Oh Kouga, are you sure this is ok? I mean, this restaurant is really nice, and I don't want you to-" She was silenced by him placing a finger over her lips.

"Shhh." He said softly. "Only the best for you, babe."

She smiled, her eyes sparkling.

"Thank you, Kouga."

"Think nothing of it." He said as he opened the car door and stepped out.

Kagome was surprised as Kouga came around to her side of the door and opened it for her, extending a hand to her.

She giggled as she reached for his hand and stepped out of the car, and started walking to towards the brightly lit restaurant, allowing him to casually sling an arm around her shoulders.

~*~*~

Lol. Too bad Kouga isn't really a cross dressing loser. He's definitely pathetic enough to be one lol. J/k. Any ways. I know most of you are probably hating me for how long I'm drawing out this Kouga business, but really, I didn't want to rush the story, and have it be one of those lame 4 chapter stories where Inu Yasha and Kagome basically throw themselves at each other after chapter 2. Lol. So keep reading and reviewing ^_^ Remember, reviews make Jaivy happy, and want to write more. Lol :p.

~Crazy Jaivy