A/N: Well hi there everyone! I know, I know I'm fucking god awful because it's been like almost 2 years I think? Idk. Whatever. I've been dealing with a lot in my life and my mental state hasn't been the best. So unfortunately writing kinda went by the wayside. I hope you guys like this chapter. I have started on the next one already, so I seriously don't think it'll be a long wait for that one. I think we only have a few more chapters of this one. Maybe 4-7 at the most. So, we're getting somewhere. Lol. Anyway, please leave a comment/review! Even if it's just a single word or emoji, I'm totally cool with that. I miss comments. I really do. Love you all!

-Eternal

The next few weeks went by incredibly slowly for InuYasha. He called Kitty every night, which helped abate his excitement and trepidation, but the feelings were still there. The morning of the 31st found him such a nervous wreck he was pacing his room at six in the morning, much to the chagrin of his room mate.

Miroku sat up in bed and threw his pillow at his annoying friend. "Yo, dude, you think you can cool it til aleast noon? Some of us like to sleep."

Picking up the pillow and crushing it in his fists, InuYasha glared at the dark haired man across the room. He slumped down onto his own bed and sighed loudly. "I can't, Miroku. I'm just so..."

"Nervous?" Miroku asked.

"Yea."

"C'mon man, you can't be acting like this when you finally see this girl again. She'll run just because you're acting like a lunatic. You have got to breathe and chillax."

InuYasha raised an eyebrow at his friend. "I haven't heard anyone say 'chillax' since like 2006 dude."

Miroku shrugged. "So? It fits. But seriously, atleast pace downstairs if you insist on being a nervous wreck until midnight. I would like to sleep before the party." With that, Miroku laid his head back down on his pillow and pulled the blanket over his head, turning to face away from his friend.

Lips pursed in an angry sneer, InuYasha flipped off the asshole before exiting the room to go downstairs. He sat on the couch and rubbed his face with both hands. What had he been thinking? How was he going to go through with this? There was absolutely no way Kitty would want anything to do with him once she finds out he's a half-demon. He pulled his phone from his pocket with the intention of telling her they didn't have to do this only to discover he had missed a message from her a few hours prior.

Kitty:

I can't believe I'm finally going to see you again tomorrow. My heart is beating so fast I can't sleep. Do you feel the same way? No probably not. You're probably sound asleep right now while I'm just annoying my room mate because I keep walking around and waking her up. She literally told me to go pace in the common room so here I am pacing back and forth in the common room at 3 in the morning because I'm going to meet the guy I've been texting for 2 months for the 1st time for real and now I can't breathe and I don't know if you're even going to want to meet me once you see me because it's not like I'm a model or something and oh dear god ok I'm going to stop this madness now before I really do scare you off for real. I can't wait until midnight and I hope you feel the same way. Sleep well, Foxy.

InuYasha couldn't stop the smile that spread on his face as he read her message. She was nervous, too. Good. I mean, not good good, but good that he wasn't the only one. He felt so relieved he managed to type a reply that he felt wasn't too embarrassing for either of them.

Foxy:

I know exactly what you mean. My room mate just kicked me out, too. I haven't slept a wink tonight. Sorry I missed your message or I would've replied sooner. I think I'll try taking some of my anxiety out on the 12 year olds playing Fortnite right now. And just so you know, from what I could see in that skin tight cat costume, you have nothing to worry about. Not that that would matter anyway, I just wanted you to know. Can't wait to see you. Night, Kitty. Try to sleep.

Setting his phone on the couch cushion beside him, he picked up the game controller and began attempting to keep his mind calm by running around shooting everything he found on the island.

The hours passed slowly for InuYasha, until finally around noon his frat brothers started coming downstairs and making so much racket he had to quit playing. They were beginning the process of setting up for the party later and he knew that only meant it would get louder. So he powered off the console and made his way back upstairs to grab his backpack and head to the library where it would atleast be quieter.

Miroku was still passed out in his bed, so InuYasha flicked his ear as he passed him to wake the idiot up. In response, Miroku flailed around on his bed for a moment before flipping over and peering at his friend through squinted eyes.

"What'dya do tha' fer?" He asked, still half asleep.

InuYasha rolled his eyes. "Everyone else is downstairs already. You better get your lazy ass out of bed and go help them set up before they come dump a bucket of ice on you like last time."

Miroku stretched his arms above his head and made a 'pfft' sound at his friend. "I was gonna get up soon, I swear."

"Suuuuuuure you were," InuYasha said as he snatched his backpack and flung it over his shoulder. He turned and grabbed his red cap off of the dresser and pulled it down over his ears. He turned to see Miroku giving him a strange look. "I'm going to the library to study. I can't just sit here all day 'til midnight or I'm gonna go insane."

Miroku swung his legs over his bed and smirked at InuYasha with that knowing look that he knew InuYasha hated. "Dude, I think you passed insane when you and this girl decided to keep talking without actually seeing eachother, but do you, bro. I guess I'll see you later..." he turned and winked, "if you survive long enough." Miroku punctuated his joke by doubling over in laughter.

InuYasha glared at the idiot before walking past him and shoving him back towards his bed on his way out the door. Miroku missed the bed entirely and ended up on the floor, where he continued laughing as his friend made his way downstairs and out the door.

Across campus, Kagome finally gave up trying to focus on her studying and snapped her book closed. She couldn't stop thinking about Foxy and finally meeting him tonight. She looked down at herself in her gray sweatpants, over-sized old worn t'shirt and her hair in a loose ponytail on top of her head and sighed. She knew in her heart that he would never want her, but she figured she should atleast make an attempt to clean herself up before the party. So she stood up and grabbed her bathroom caddy and robe before making her way to the bathroom down the hall from the common room.

Opening up the door to the coveted tub room, Kagome was pleased to see that it was empty for once. Most of her floor was still gone for break, waiting until the last minute to get back before classes resumed the day after tomorrow. She turned the knobs on the tub to make the water start flowing and adjusted them until the water would make her a lobster. She added her favorite bubble bath, vanilla honeysuckle, as well as lavender oil and a cinnamon bath bomb. She loved the cinnamon and vanilla scent combination, and the lavender was to calm her nerves.

Kagome spent the next hour in the tub, washing her hair twice before conditioning it for a full 15 minutes and scrubbing every inch of her skin atleast twice over. By the time she was done, the water had turned almost chilly to the touch. She pulled the plug from the drain and pushed herself out of the bathtub. She pulled her robe tightly closed around her body and wrapped her hair up in a towel before grabbing all of her bath items and making her way back to the room she shared with Sango.

She put her bath caddy back on her nightstand and picked up her phone. She was pleased to see that it was already almost two p.m., meaning she only had to wait 10 more hours. Sighing, she tossed herself onto her bed and began mindlessly scrolling through her phone while she allowed herself to dry. Another hour passed tortuously by until Sango finally returned from her trip downtown to get some mystery supplies she said they needed for the night ahead.

Kagome sat up and stretched out her arms as her friend placed several bags on the floor in the middle of the room. "What on Earth did you buy that takes up," Kagome used her finger to count the bags in front of her, "seven huge shopping bags?"

Smiling slyly, Sango came and sat next to Kagome and flicked her nose. Kagome smacked her hand away, giggling. "I told you, we need supplies for tonight. It's a big night for you, meeting mystery guy and all."

Eyes rolling, Kagome stuck her tongue out and began working her fingers through her damp hair to separate some of the tangles before she took a brush to it. She watched as Sango pulled one of the bags closer and grabbed one of the items from its depths. Kagome nearly choked on her own tongue as she registered what her friend was holding in her hands.

"SANGO!" she squeaked as she snatched the offending item and tried to shove it back into the bag.

"Kagome, you need to stop being such a prude and live a little. You remember how you tried to fight me on wearing the cat costume and look how that turned out?"

Kagome's face was turning an ever darkening shade of red as she thought about herself in what her traitorous room mate had pulled from that bag. "That... that was so not on the same level as... that!" she managed to choke out past her utter embarrassment.

"C'mon Kags, can't you trust me a little here? You know you'll look amazing when I'm done and 'Foxy' won't be able to keep his hands off of you," Sango winked at her friend and reached down to grab the bag again. Pulling a deep breath and letting it out very slowly, Kagome resigned herself to her friend and nodded. Sango squealed and pulled her into a huge bear hug.

The next few hours went by in a flash for Kagome as she allowed Sango complete control over everything from her hair and makeup to her wardrobe and shoes. She couldn't believe she was doing this, but what did she have to lose? If Foxy didn't like her in this, she didn't think he ever would. Before she knew it, it was almost 9 p.m., the time she told herself she would head to the party to give herself time to reacquaint herself with the house since she couldn't remember most of it from the last time she was there.

Hugging her friend, Kagome almost started crying, but stopped herself just in time, lest she ruin her makeup. "Sango, I don't know what to say. This is... stunning."

Sango squeezed her hands in her own and smiled. "Just don't chicken out and actually show your face to this guy, ok? You deserve someone who makes you this happy but who knows your damn name, woman!" She flipped Kagome around and gently shoved her towards the door. "Now, go on, get going. I'll be right behind you in about 15 minutes or so after I get dressed."

Looking back, Kagome gave Sango a grateful smile before she snatched her cat mask from her night stand and made her way out the door to wait for the Uber Sango had gotten her. Luckily, she didn't have to wait long as just as she was coming out the front door of the building, a black car with the Uber sticker on its windshield pulled up and stopped right in front of her.

Kagome pulled open the back door and slid into the back seat. "Thanks for getting here so fast. I thought the app said you were still a couple miles away?"

The driver turned and looked at her. His eyes shocked her with their intensity and their unnatural red color. His smile did little to comfort her sudden unease as she took in the rest of his appearance. Something about this man seemed familiar to her, but she couldn't place it. His hair was long, black and hung in a loose ponytail down his back in what appeared to be dreadlocks. His skin was an off putting shade of pale white and his fingers gripping the steering wheel in front of him seemed to be almost skeletal.

"Sometimes the app lags and doesn't update our location properly," he said to her, his voice low, deep and sending a shiver up Kagome's spine. But before she could react to her unease, he had put the car in drive and was on the road. She gripped her phone in her hand and swallowed deeply. What had she gotten herself into?

Thirty minutes later, Sango entered the party which was obviously in full swing. She located her boyfriend quickly as his voice was carrying even over the din of the party surrounding her. She came up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Guess who?" she nearly shouted into his ear, tying to be heard over the music and general clatter.

Miroku flipped around in her arms and snatched her up by the waist, spinning her around in the air and sitting her on the pool table he had been facing. Sango shrieked as he lifted and spun her, but giggled as her butt hit the table. His lips found hers and she melted into the kiss easily, wrapping her arms around his neck and drawing him closer.

When they finally broke away from eachother, Sango asked, "Where's Kagome?"

Miroku looked at her, puzzled. "Haven't seen her, yet. Wasn't she with you?"

Sango's brows furrowed in concern. "No, I sent her in an Uber. She was anxious and I knew if she just got here it would help. You really haven't seen her?" Miroku shook his head. Shoving herself down off the pool table, Sango reached for her phone and immediately looked to see if Kagome had tried to call or text her. Nothing. But she did have a message from the Uber driver saying they'd canceled the ride because she was a no-show. Sango showed Miroku the message, her worry ever increasing.

Miroku grabbed her hand and dragged her throughout the house, looking for Kagome, hoping the message had been wrong. When after five minutes and scouring the house they still hadn't found her, Sango started to panic. She had texted Kagome three times and she hadn't responded, nor was she answering her calls. Her terrified eyes met Miroku's and he pursed his lips into a concerned frown.

"We need to get InuYasha. He can find her easier than we can," Miroku said into Sango's ear to make sure he was heard over the din of the surrounding party.

"He's not here?"

"He went to the library earlier, said he'd be back around 11 or so to get cleaned up for the big meeting."

"Shit!" Sango yelled.

Miroku looked at her in surprise before replying, "I'll text him, hopefully he'll see it and meet us before we get there." Pulling Sango along with one hand, he whipped out his phone from his back pocket and began speed texting with just one thumb. They came out of the frat house and looked around for one of the shuttles that ran every few minutes between the frats and the main part of campus, including the library. Luckily, one had just pulled up and a few people who had gotten way too drunk way too fast were already being loaded up. The couple made a beeline for the bus but were cut off by a panting hanyou suddenly standing in front of them, honey eyes sparkling with an edge of danger that Miroku had only ever seen one other time in their lives.

"The fuck you mean, 'Kitty is missing'?" he growled at the couple, hands flexing and cracking at his sides.

Sango looked up into the glaring eyes of the man standing before her. Most women might have been terrified of what she saw there, but all she could see in his frightening visage was worry and fear. "I ordered her an Uber to get here about 40 minutes ago. The driver canceled the ride because she was a no-show and she's not answering her phone. I'm really worried about her. I don't know what could have happened."

InuYasha grabbed them both and had them straddling his back before either of them had time to squeal. "Show me where she was last seen," he said to Sango. She gave him quick directions to their dorm and the next thing she knew they were whipping through the campus area, trees and buildings gliding past her vision so quickly she barely had time to register they were there in the first place. Sliding to a stop in front of the dorm building, the hanyou set the couple back on the ground and began sniffing the area on all fours. If the situation wasn't so serious, Sango would have giggled at the sight. But her friend was possibly in danger and this man was doing what he could to help. The last thing she was going to do was insult him by making him think she was making fun of him.

After a few moments, InuYasha stood and looked at Sango. "I can smell her all the way to the road, but then it goes away, like she got into a car or something."

Sango's brows furrowed in confusion. "So what do we do now?" she asked him.

"You go back to the party and keep looking for her there, Miroku and I will go ahead and keep following her trail after I find it." Nodding, Sango turned and went back in the direction of the frat house, pulling out her phone to call the police while she was at it. Turning back towards Miroku, InuYasha looked at him and Miroku couldn't quite place the expression on his friend's face. "You stay here and look for her. Maybe she went back inside and Sango didn't know. Text me if you find her." Without another word, the hanyou was back down on his hands and knees following the faint scent of the woman he couldn't get off of his mind for months now.