Sweet Dreams

Ch. 10

As she walked in from the hall bathroom, Yume didn't realize that Sesshoumaru had already picked an outfit out for her and Jakken had laid it out on her bed. She walked into her room and saw it, wrinkle free, of course, and mystical.

Of course she knew he didn't know she was Yume from centuries past when he picked it out. But the way it looked, she could almost swear he had a clue. She picked up the dress and walked into the bathroom yet again. When she walked out with the dress on, she noticed a small purse and stilettos. Ok, he had some taste that didn't revolve around modesty and correct posture…or maybe it did, considering heels make the female population stand more upright. Of course, leave it to Sesshoumaru to want posture before all else!

She slipped into the stilettos and grabbed the purse, heading for the hall. She peaked out her door and not a sight of Sesshoumaru. Kagome and Sango wore dresses as well. Kagome gave a low whistle at Yume as she walked out of her room to greet them, opening her black fancy trench coat to reveal her outfit.

"What?" Yume asked, and looked at herself. "Do you think I look alright?"

"Better than alright! You look hot!" Kagome almost sang with glee.

Yume blushed a bit and looked to Sango for her answer, "I totally agree. Sesshoumaru's jaw will hit the floor and his tongue will roll down the stairs!"

Yume giggled and blushed more, "Of course, I don't think he'll like the taste."

"That's alright, he'll get to taste you soon after!" Miroku said from behind the girls as him and Inuyasha walked up.

Inuyasha was about to hit Miroku upside the head and say "yea right, my brother wouldn't lose posture that bad" and then, he saw it. Kagome's dress. Red as his fire rat and low cut in a V, the bottom of the dress was about four inches from her knee and it held her curves right in place. The halter neck made him want to bow down before her and beg for a bone, in any way.

Her hair was in a bun, thrown up tightly and elaborately. It was nice for show, even nicer the sequins she placed randomly in it. Her shoes were opentoed, crimson as her dress and had a heel of about two inches, the heel encased in a strap. Her makeup was the most surprising of all. Her eyelids were a soft hue of red and the lining was silver as his hair. Her lips were red and the mascara and eyeliner were black. In any other's eyes, she would have outdone herself, but Inuyasha felt so proud to stand by her side, even if the makeup wasn't for him.

She smiled at Inuyasha, who was wearing a nice suit, well, it would be a suit if he had a tie, and his top button was done, and his jacket was buckled. His shirt was tucked in, black, so of course he wouldn't wear a tie she thought stupidly to herself. His jacket was as black as the shirt and from there was the slacks and shoes. His shoes, she noticed as well were shined to match the sun's glare. His hair was freshly combed through and almost seemed to have a brighter shine to Kagome. She never saw him more handsome, her heart felt like it would beat itself raw. 'Be still, my heart, I'm hardly breathing…' she remembered a line from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" and knew exactly what it meant at that moment. (I do not own Disney, I love BATB though…fave…haha)

Miroku looked at Kagome and would have made a comment until he saw Inuyasha's face of pure awe. Sango's face was pure evil as she thought of a way to get the two of them together!

Miroku's gaze drifted to Sango, not just her thighs but her face, her neck, chest, stomach, legs, all the way to her feet. Her hair was parted towards the side, the thicker side had a flowered barrette of miniature white roses to match her cocktail looking dress. It flowed down, the halter thicker than Kagome's and the V a bit higher but not by much. The curves, like Kagome's dress hugged her perfectly as the glittery effect glistened in Miroku's gaze. Her legs were as toned as her arms, being able to lift the boomerang and throw it around as if it didn't even weigh anything. The muscles flexed vaguely so as to still show her feminine.

And Miroku knew she was the most feminine woman he'd ever met. As his gaze shifted to her shoes that were about the same height as Kagome's heel, he noticed the white criss cross pattern on the top of the platform as they buckled on the sides.

Her eyeslids, glistening with a white powder and her eyeliner was a gentle hue of honey brown to match her eyes, while the mascara was as black as Kagome's. her lips had a silent shade of pink, as soft as a light pink carnation. A slight blush was upon her cheek bones.

He looked back up to her as she looked at him strangely. "What?"

He just shook his head slowly. Little did he know that when he was staring her down, she was doing the same thing to him. She noticed his black slacks and shoes that almost matched Inuyasha's, but his shirt was long sleeved and dark blue to match his eyes. He didn't have his jacket on, but folded over his arm in a regal fashion. His hair was still wet from his shower and glistened in her eyes. But that was neither here nor there, she decided before he was done looking at her in the same fashion.

"Nothing." Miroku said quietly, "You just…look so beautiful, Sango." he said, almost in a daze.

Kagome and Inuyasha almost died at a nice comment that was truly heartfelt from him. Sango blushed beneath her blush and brushed a lock behind her ear. Kagome noticed it, she smirked evilly as well, 'I'll get them together tonight!'

"You look mighty dashing yourself, Miroku." Sango said politely, but everyone knew she wanted to say more but embarrassment kept her from mouthing another word.

Rin and Shippou walked out of separate rooms, Rin from her's, Shippou from from another guest room. (They're everywhere!)

Shippou had a nice pair of khakis and a green polo shirt to match his eyes. Brown boots were worn under the slacks and his smirk was undeniable, he knew how good he looked. And he held a small jean jacket in his arms. But nothing prepared him for Rin's little dress that made her look angelic.

It was a pale purple with white lace around the waist, neckline, and hems. Her shoes were white with little silk flowers on the buckles. She smiled, her hair was up in a half bun, the rest of her locks falling down her back and over her shoulders.

The final barrette to keep the bun up was a well set silk rose with tiny silk baby's breaths with white sprayed stems nicely decorated in. The white contrasted nicely with her dark hair.

"Wow." Shippou whispered and got a bit bashful.

"You look handsome, Shippou." Rin smiled and grabbed his hand, leading him down the stairs, "We'll be waiting!" she called back, the two totally unaware of what was going on with the group's emotions, and their childhood hearts.

All of the teenagers, excluding Inuyasha's age difference, were thinking the same things. Will this ruin the friendship? How will tonight end up? Will they get together? Will we get together? What will Sesshoumaru do when he sees Yume!

Suddenly, his door opened and Jakken skittered out and looked at Yume, "Your hair looks nice tonight M'Lady."

She smiled and bowed sweetly to Jakken, "Thank you, M'Lord. Are you not coming tonight?"

Jakken was aghast she called him a lord, let alone almost worded an invitation that he'd be able to come!

"No, I'm afraid not. I have studies to attend to." Jakken bowed quickly to the gang and turned to leave.

"Thank you for the dress and accessories." Yume said kindly.

Jakken looked back and smiled some, "Your mother picked it out." and with that, he scurried into his own office.

"Momma?" Yume was surprised and looked to the others in confusion.

Koto walked out from her room and looked to Yume, "Yes, Yume. You deserve to be happy after everything that…" she tried to keep a calm breeze in her mind but it turned into a tornado of thoughts of what her daughter must have gone through.

Yume smiled and walked to her mom, embracing her, "Don't worry, it's over and Sesshoumaru wouldn't let it happen again Momma. You'll see, everything will be much different now."

The others saw Sesshoumaru walk out from his room and knew he heard everything.

Koto's eyes were closed as she held her daughter, "To not be able to protect you as a mother should, and you being my only child…"

"Shh, momma, it's ok." Yume backed up and dried her mom's tears and smiled, her mother smiling back a bit. "You didn't know."

"But I should have…"

"Mom. You didn't know." Yume kissed her mother's cheek, "So therefore, it is not your fault." she straightened up as her mother wiped her tearstained face, "Sesshoumaru won't let it happen again, Momma, I know he won't."

Koto smiled and nodded and then caught a glimpse of Sesshoumaru from the corner of her eye and then looked to Yume again, "You should be off dear."

"But aren't you coming?" Yume asked hopefully.

"No, I think I'll be here and ponder ideas, read a bit, you know, get to know myself again and where I need to change."

"Momma, you don't need to change for anyone." Yume smiled, "No one does. Change is irregular, it doesn't occur because you want it to, it occurs because change wants to change."

Koto kissed Yume's forehead, "You're so wise, I often wonder if you know more than I will ever assume."

Yume smiled, "Nah, I only know fibbles, I don't know anything at all, just what I think."

"And what you think is much more important than what you know." Koto smiled and hugged Yume once more, "Go have fun, Sesshoumaru and the others are waiting for you." She nodded and walked back into her room.

Yume looked back and saw Sesshoumaru standing there in all his glory. A white pair of slacks and a matching jacket with golden cuffs. The under shirt was black and nicely buttoned. Everything was well ironed, because of course, this is Sesshoumaru!

Yume looked at his hair, not a split hair in sight as it hung past down his back. His bangs were just as perfect. She almost envied his hair. His golden orbs gazed down at her as she took in his height over her own, about a foot or so and his white shoes poked out a bit from the hems of his pants. He walked over to her, extended his arm a bit, "Shall we leave?"

Yume smiled and nodded, placing her arm in his and following the others. "Yume?"

She looked to Kagome in front of them who didn't turn around to see her, because she didn't have to, "Won't you show Sesshoumaru how lovely you look tonight?"

Yume blushed as Sesshoumaru looked at her trench coat, "Yes, this is a bit…heavy." He ran his hand over her jean sleeve.

"Uhm…at Tokyo Tavern." Yume nodded.

"Ok…" Kagome let out a let down sigh.

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Tokyo Tavern:

The black limo arrived at the fanciest restaurant for miles around. Only the "important" people ever went there unless it was a Monday Morning, and even then it was rare.

Sesshoumaru took off his jacket with the guys and the girls all looked at Yume who was leaving her jacket at the girl's closet. Sesshoumaru tipped the man for him, Inuyasha, Miroku and Shippou. He turned to Yume to tip the girl who took care of her as he saw her tip the girl before him. "Thank you Ma'am" Yume smiled at the girl who gave a shy smile and bowed, giving her own thanks in return.

Yume turned to Sesshoumaru and almost expected Sango's words to be his reaction how he was looking at her. His eyes flickered quickly to a reddish color as they turned back into gold, no doubt him battling the demon in him.

Yume folded her hands before her, clutching her tiny purse primly. She had a black dress on, to the floor, or what would have been the floor had she not had the lace up stilettos to elevate her just a bit, ohh, about four inches. Her hair, he noticed earlier was done up in an elaborate bun, some of her locks falling around hre face and from the bun dramatically around her scalp. Her face looked more richer with color now that the coat was away from her. Her eyes were rimmed with blue eyeliner that matched her blue highlights. The mascara was jet black to match her true hair color though. She had a natural tint of eyeshadow upon her lids, darker around the outer sides. Her lips held a medium hue of pink and red combined, almost as if she were kissed by a dark pink rose. Glitter shimmered throughout her bun and upon her cheekbones as blush wasn't applied.

The dress though, even though it was black, made him instantly want her. Black and long weren't the parts that caught his eyes, the slit to almost the top of her thigh and the medium cut, baring to his eyes enough cleavage to make any man hot, demon or otherwise.

She turned a bit, "What? You don't like it?" she looked at him over her shoulder as he caught the sight of a spaghetti criss-cross design down to the middle of her back and noticed how the dress swayed perfectly with her shape. Every curve of her body was adored and brought to surface. He tried to find words, he knew he could talk but this was the most difficult thing since her death, "Odd dream."

Yume quirked her head to the side and looked at him strangely, "What?"

Sesshoumaru shook his head quickly, "Let's…go sit down."

Yume shrugged, "Alright." she took his hand and he tightened his grip around hers. His was not used to holding a fragile one besides Rin, but this was not Rin. This was no where close to Rin. Sure, he loved Rin, but Yume, he couldn't just say he loved her, she was everything in any place to him, at any given time.

The others saw his reaction and all stifled laughs and giggles. Rin and Shippou were too young, but somehow they understood what was going on a bit. Rin whispered to Shippou, "When do you think they'll go out?"

Shippou shrugged, "When Sesshoumaru asks, I guess."

Rin smiled, "I'd love to have Yume as a big sister." Shippou smiled at her and nodded.

"That would be cool. We could see her everyday!"

Yume and Sesshoumaru glanced down at the kids strangely, wondering what they were blabbering about. Rin followed Sesshoumaru to the VIP table, where he pulled out her seat for her.

"Thank you." she said quietly as he pushed the seat under her and sat beside her, lost in awe. She picked up the menu, completely unaware of the stares that she got from not only Sesshoumaru but the others.

Inuyasha and Kagome snickered and joked, Miroku and Sango smiled at each other and nodded knowingly. Shippou and Rin were looking at the menu to see what they wanted.

After they ordered and ate, the music began. Shippou stood up, wiping his mouth and hands and looked to Rin, "Wanna dance?"

"Oh…" Rin looked away, "I don't know, I might be too busy."

Sesshoumaru looked at Rin, knowing what she meant.

"What do you mean too busy?" Shippou asked sadly.

Yume knew the pain he felt and her shoulders sulked a bit.

"I never learned how to dance being too busy and all…" Rin whispered.

Sesshoumaru frowned. How could he not take enough time to show her even the smallest things?

"It's easy." Shippou promised, "Just go with the music, it's ok if you mess up cause it's just us who knows. No one is gonna look at just us."

Yume smiled warmly, knowing he was right.

Rin smiled to him, "Ok…I guess." she wiped her hands and mouth and put the napkin on her plate and walked on the dance floor with Shippou. They held hands and almost looked like they were playing ring around the rosy in slow motion.

Yume smirked, 'The boy won.' she thought to herself, 'Even when she didn't know how…'

Sesshoumaru watched them and then looked to Miroku and Inuyasha who stood up and held their hands out to their ladies in that night.

Kagome took Inuyasha's hand and let him lead her to the floor, she put her hands on his shoulders as his hands settled down by her waist. She smiled, "So, do you think Sesshoumaru and Yume will come out here too?"

Inuyasha was lost in a daze when he heard her, "What?"

"You know…Yume…Sesshoumaru?"

"Oh…yea sure." Inuyasha was barely listening to her.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered.

"Yea?"

She smiled and leaned against his chest as her arms wrapped around his neck. She breathed in, his "Lucky You" cologne smelt perfect to her. He didn't marinate in it, yet it was nice enough to make him smell so good to her. (I do not own Lucky You)

Inuyasha blinked a bit and then pulled Kagome close to him, his arms wrapping around her waist, making them barely a breath's distance away.

Sango followed Miroku as he held out his hands to her. She looked at him strangely as he looked as if they were about to do the waltz. "What are you doing?"

Miroku dropped his hands and gave a short laugh of embarrassment, "Well I figured you didn't want me to grope you so this is the way I figured you wanted to dance."

Sango smiled warmly at him and walked up, wrapping her arms around his neck. He looked at her seriously, "Miroku, I don't care. Tonight, I just want to be in your arms."

Miroku wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer to him as he whispered in her ear, "I don't just want it to be tonight Sango."

She smiled and rested her head on his shoulder, near his neck, "Yea, that would be nice."

Yume looked at the couples and smiled, "Shows friends can find love and not kill their bonds."

Sesshoumaru was standing beside her as she looked up and gasped a bit in surprise at his stealth. "Come Yume." he looked down at her warmly, "We've never danced before." he held out his hand to her.

She took it.

Pulling her up, they walked onto the dance floor and he took one hand in his and the other he set up on his shoulder. His hand held hers as the other wrapped itself around her waist.

She smiled, "You are wearing New York Nights again." she jested.

He nodded, "Yes I am."

"It smells wonderful on you." she admitted.

"Thank you. Shine smells just as well on you." (I do not own Shine, that's property of Avon…actually, I have it. Smells good. :-P )

As they danced, a song by Elton John came on the player. Yume leaned against Sesshoumaru's chest as she relaxed to "Can You Feel The Love Tonight." (do not own that…this is getting to be a pest…)

And for every stanza-

For every phrase-

For every line-

For every word-

For every syllable-

For every breath, love flowed through them all, except the children who didn't know it was happening. The others, there was no mistake.

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