"Hey I was beginning to worry about you, what was taking so long?" Kagome let out a deep breath.

"I got lost. I don't spend a lot of time in here, and I had the jitters."

"Are you okay now?"

"Yes I'm fine. Let's go back down and enjoy the night." Kagome and Inuyasha walked back down stares hand in hand.

All eyes landed on them and whispers began to fill the room. Inuyasha turned to her when he felt her shake. He gave her hand a squeeze for reassurance, but it didn't seem to help. Kagome took in a deep breath, but that did not help either. After what seemed like an eternity they reached the bottom. "Finally." Kagome sighed. "I feel like I'm the most hated person here." She could still feel their eyes' on her, but when Sesshomaru walked up they all averted their gaze

She smiled when he held out his hand but said nothing. "Yes, you may." Kagome took his hand. Sesshomaru saw Inuyasha eye him when he gripped Kagome's hand but ignored him and took her to the floor. "You know, you should smile more." Kagome grinned.

"Smile?"

"When I accepted her invitation to dance I could have sworn I saw you smile."

"I highly doubt it." He shook his head. He could feel the skin of her back were there was not one stitch of dress. '"Are you sure Inuyasha won't mind?"

"I'm a big girl, I can take care of my self."

"So when do we get to find out where you have been these past few days?" Sesshomaru asked.

"That reminds me, I was supposed to show you." She seemed to get really excited.

"Me?"

"You're the only that will know, unless you show someone else."

As the song ended, Kagome tried to sneak outside with Sesshomaru. She did not want every one to think she just switched men half way through the night. "What are you doing?" he asked as something fell over his eyes'. "What is this?"

"Shh," Kagome said trying not to laugh. "it's the my sash." He took in a deep breath, her scent was all over it. She smelt of strawberries and flowers. "Now come this way." She whispered. He stuck out his arms and began to follow her voice. But when she stopped talking he ran into a bit of a problem. More of like tripped over a problem.

Kagome's head shot around as she heard him stumbled. "Sesshomaru!" She laughed.

"Damn it Kagome, this is crazy!" he cursed. "Since I'm going along with the little game of yours, could you at least help me?"

"Okay, I'm sorry." She laughed.

"Why are you laughing?"

"It's just funny to see you so helpless, you get so mad." Kagome helped him up. "I hav-" Her sentence stopped, she froze as his face came with in two inches of hers just like it had the night he dried her tears.

"You have what?" He urged her to go on, but he hovered just where he was and she couldn't.

"Nothing, let's go." She took hold of his hand to keep him from running into or tripping over anything. "Okay, we're here." She took her sash from his eyes'.

He blinked a few times clearing his vision. "Where are we?"

"The Sacred Garden." She sounded so proud of herself.

"Sacred Garden?"

"Your mothers garden I kind of named it." She smiled innocently. "And kind of fixed it up." Sesshomaru looked around at the arched bridge that stood over the water. The working fountain, the live fish and plant life. He heard the crickets singing in the mist of the night. He looked into the water once more, the full moon glistened off the top. He shifted his eyes' to the moon itself and stared at the diamonds in the night sky

He could not remember the last time he saw the garden this beautiful. He did not speak for awhile, and that began to scare Kagome. "If you don't like it I 'm sorry. I can fix it any other way you would like. I know it's not the same as your mother had it." As Kagome spoke Sesshomaru looked around at fire flies that began to decorate the top of the water. "I only did it because you said it was reflection of your heart, and I wanted to show you you were wrong. But please don't be mad." Sesshomaru put his finger to her lips to silence her talking.

"It's beautiful. It's not like the way my mother had it," He slid his finger from her lips. "but that does not mean it is less beautiful or less perfect. You don't have my mothers heart, but I can still see by what is around me that yours is just a beautiful." Those were the most words he ever spoke to her in one breath. "You have your own beauty, and that's what is so special about you." He whispered brushing his thumb across her cheek.

"Kagome!" A voice called in the distance.

As Sesshomaru stepped away Kagome shivered as a strange feeling ran through her body.

"Kagome!" It called again. Sesshomaru seemed to be the only one to hear Inuyasha's voice. Kagome just stared. "Kagome!" he called again drawing closer.

"Inuyasha?" She snapped out of her daze and looked at Sesshomaru.

"Go."

Kagome nodded her head as she walked the bridge in the opposite direction. On her ways out the only thing running through her mind was how close he had been to her. "There you are." Inuyasha smiled approaching a dazed Kagome. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." she lied. "Let's go back." She took his hand and held it the whole way.