A/N: I'm sorry for the wait! ;o; I was meaning to have this chapter up much sooner, but all this crazy stuff happens and then I forget and then...and then...YEAH! o.o But lucky for you, when I leave it at some strange cliff-hanger, I actually know what's gonna happen next! - Cause, I know it's weird, but, when I finish writing a chapter, I have no idea what's going to happen in the next one! XD The ideas flow out as I type. XD Constantly thinking up new ideas with every paragraph. :p But do not fret. :o For the fanfiction is good so far, ne:o

Author: Shatsui

Beta-reader: Insane-san

Rated: PG-13 (for...the usual. :p)

Genre: Horror, Humor, Romance. DER!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, Kagome, Kouga, Miroku, Kagome's mom, any other Rumiko characters or that bug over there. +slip, bam+ But this story is mine! MuwahahahhaHAhaha+grins at you with four teeth missing+ Keh :D

Chapter 6: Red Dress.

"You are so incredibly beautiful! Please! Might you become my wife by the next new moon?" He said loudly. Kagome stared at the guy in shock. "EH?" She yelled.

The man looked at her with hope filled eyes while caressing her hands. Kagome glanced down at them and quickly pulled them away, a slight blush reaching her cheeks. "N-no! I can't marry you!" Kagome shouted, holding onto her left hand with her right one. Dr. Nomel blinked, and then looked into the air and let out a hearty laugh. "But of COURSE you will become MY wife!" He said, still laughing. Kagome twitched, and asked, "And why's that...?" Dr. Nomel laughed again, and stared her straight in the eyes. "Because if you don't, I'll kill you!" Then he let out a loud laugh once again.

Kagome blinked several times, hoping that after one of the blinks, she would wake up and find that she is still in her bed with Inuyasha glaring down at her with millions of evil specks dancing in his eyes. But alas, that would never happen. The doctor suddenly stood up, and pulled Kagome into a standing position. Kagome gave off a quiet yelp of surprise.

The doctor then picked her up bridal style, and began to walk out of the room. "Where are we going? Put me down!" Kagome yelled. Now she knew how it felt to be a damsel in distress! Dr. Nomel laughed again and again. The hallways the walked through were huge. They had white marble flooring, and creamy yellow walls. Sometimes the floor was wooden and the walls were red, but he seemed to walk through those hallways quicker than the others. Kagome didn't know why.

After about 5 minutes, he stopped in front of a room that had 2 large yellow doors. Dr. Nomel smiled widely, and knocked on the door three slow times. After a moment, a woman appeared in the door. She was a little taller than Kagome, very skinny, her hair was dark brown, as well as her eyes, and she wore pink eye-shadow. The woman smiled, and said, "Why, Dr. Nomel! How nice to see you again!" Then she glanced at Kagome. "Is that the female human thing?" Dr. Nomel looked to have a shocked face, but it seemed fake to Kagome. Almost like he was glad this woman called her a...THING.

Then Dr. Nomel said, "Yes, she is the female human, and my future wife I'll have you know!" Then he grinned broadly. The woman gaped at him. "Your WHAT?" Dr. Nomel nodded. "Yes! Yes! She is going to be my wife in the next new moon!" Kagome twitched again and again. " I. AM NOT. GOING TO BE. YOUR WIFE!" Kagome yelled, beginning to kick and flail her fists around. Dr. Nomel didn't even flinch, and continued, "There is going to a ball held in honor of the wedding, so, do get her dressed up in one of our finest!" Then he handed Kagome to the woman. Surprisingly, the woman didn't even stumble over. She must be really strong. Kagome blinked. 'Did I just call myself fat?' The woman bowed slightly, and closed the door with her foot. She walked over to a large, purple sofa, and plopped Kagome down on it.

"So, what is your name exactly, female human?" The woman asked. Kagome looked around, as if searching for another human woman in the room, and then laid her eyes back on the woman. "Give me yours first, and then I'll give you mine." The woman shot around and stared at Kagome in shock. "Did...did you just sass me? A woman of my standards, and OBVIOUSLY much better when it comes to looks and intelligence, than you are!" Kagome blinked. This lady was crazy! "I'm sorry; you lost me when you finished the part where I was obviously a much greater person than you." The woman choked, and stumbled backwards. Then she glanced around, and straightened herself up.

"I have not the time to deal the likes of YOU." She said. Kagome could just feel the spite dripping from her voice. She rolled her eyes a laid flat down on the bed. It was actually quite comfortable. But it almost felt a little too squishy. It didn't feel like water though. 'I wonder what they filled it with.' Kagome thought. Kagome could here the woman talking in the background, but Kagome wasn't listening. She was too busy searching for something to poke open the mattress with.

"And you will wear these red shoes. I do not know if you should wear the red dress or the yellow dress. Sir Nomel adores the color yellow, but your shoes match the red dress. Such a hard decision. Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Kagome glanced back at the woman while looking quietly searching inside of a drawer next to the bed. "Uh huh. The red one's good..." Kagome said. She finally reached in, and pulled out a weird stick looking thing. "Ah, perfect..." It was about a foot long, and had a fork look to it, but only had 2 pokers.

"Yes, yes, yes, the red one then. Absolutely brilliant." Said the woman, turning around at lay the dress next to where, she thought, Kagome was sitting. As she fully faced the bed, she screamed when she saw Kagome raise a large metal poker above her head. As she was about to thrust it down, the woman yelled, "No! Stop!" Kagome stopped about half way, and slowly turned her head towards the woman. "...What?" Kagome asked innocently. The woman placed the dress on the bed, and then walked over to Kagome and snatched the poker out of her hands. "Do you want to kill us all?" She yelled.

Kagome backed away slightly. "N-no! Not at all! Why? What's inside of the bed?" Kagome asked. The woman glared at her. "That is merely water, fool. It's what is swimming IN the water that could endanger our very lives!" Kagome gulped loudly, and then, in a squeaky like voice, she asked, "What's...in the bed?" The woman paced back and forth. "I will have to report this to Sir Nomel. He will surely know what to do."

"Excuse me?"

"But no, if I tell him, he will indeed have my head for not watching the female properly!"

"EXCUSE ME?"

"I should just contact somebody else...but then they would report to him! Perhaps I should not tell a soul, and deal with it myself?"

Kagome fumed, and stomped right next to the woman. "HELLO!" The woman screamed and turned around. "What is it!" Kagome jumped backwards at the scream, but continued. "Why not just, not tell him, and then, it can be our little secret? I promise I'll NEVER EVER do it again, like a good female human." Kagome said with a sweet smile. The woman nodded as Kagome spoke, and then said, "The sounds like a wonderful idea...yes, a secret. A secret..." She fiddled with her fingers. "Well now, best be getting on your dress now!" She said at last, pushing Kagome towards the bed, where the dress laid.

Kagome slapped at the woman's hands. "I can get it on myself! Besides, I'm not about to let a complete stranger dress me as if I were 3 years old again." Kagome said, crossing her arms. The lady smacked her arms at her sides, 'hmph'd, and walked out of the room, locking it behind her so Kagome could come out. Kagome smiled in satisfaction and began removing her shirt. She tossed it on the ground as well as her pants and began stepping inside of the red dress. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed something. Kagome slowly turned her head to the right. "Eeek!" Kagome widened her eyes. An extremely thin, long hand reached out from under the bed, gripped onto her shirt and slowly began to drag it under.

Kagome didn't even want to think what was hiding under there. "G-good thing I never really liked that shirt..." She said. She quickly finished putting on the dress and then yelled, "I'm finished!" The woman walked back into the room and looked Kagome up and down. "Quite lovely. A demon dress truly can bring out beauty in anything, even a human!" She said. Kagome twitched. 'Did... she just call me ugly?' Kagome thought. "Come now. We must do your hair now!"

Kagome was shoved in a chair and the lady began to take out all of these different sprays and bobby-pins, hair clips, and different hair irons. Kagome gaped at all of the things the woman was getting out. Were they all going to be used on her! "Ah! Found it." Kagome started at the woman's hand. Inside of it was...! "A...hair brush?" Kagome questioned. "Yes, what did you think it would have been? You did not think I would waist my time using all of those on your hair, did you? Haw, haw, haw, haw, haw!" Kagome rolled her eyes and stared blankly at the mirror in front of her, when she saw a name tag in the corner with the woman's picture on it.

"Prudence Prills? Hey, is your name Prudence Prills?" Kagome asked the woman as she began to brush Kagome's hair roughly. "Yes, it is! But your will call me Ms. Prills! Is that understood, female human?" Kagome nodded. "Sure thing, Prills. And now I'll tell you my name. It's Kagome Higurashi. But you can call me Your Highness!" Kagome grinned broadly as she watched Ms. Prills reaction. "YOUR HIGHNESS?" Kagome looked at Prills. "Yes?" Ms. Prills fumed and began to brush Kagome's hair harder. "Hey, hey, HEY! If you keep brushing so hard all my hair will fall out, then everyone will call me Your Baldness!"

Kagome snatched the hair brush and crouched over it, glaring at Ms. Prills. Ms. Prills put her hands on her hips and scoffed. "Well then, Miss Higurashi, I suggest that you give me back my brush if we are to arrive to the ball in time!" Kagome sat up straight and handed Ms. Prills the hair brush.

After several minutes, Kagome's hair was finished. It was nicely brushed, and then put into a low pony tail with a red ribbon. The red dress did look wonderful on Kagome, she had to admit, but it almost seemed like something was missing. Kagome saw 3 small red roses sitting on the desk in front of her. She picked one up, and hooked it in her hair, just above her ear. "There. Perfect!" She said with a grin. Ms. Prills nodded. "Now for your make up!" She said. She began taking out quite a few too many make up accessories and began putting then on Kagome sneezed a few times and then said, "Look! Can't you just put on a very thin layer of reddish brown blush, a thin layer of light red eye-shadow, and some light red, shiny lip gloss?" Ms. Prills cocked her head to the side, as if she was deep in thought.

"Yes... I do suppose that would do well..." She said and started wiping off all the make up she had put on Kagome. She followed Kagome's instructions, and Kagome was satisfied. To put the finishing touch, Ms. Prills stuck two small make-up jewels on the sides of each of Kagome's eyes and then placed a ruby necklace round Kagome's neck and Kagome put on a pair of ruby earrings to match. The dress flowed down to Kagome's ankles and frilled slightly around the middle of the dress. It was embroided with small diamonds around the chest and waist of the dress, and the sleeves were short although a see-through layer of silk was poofed around each of Kagome's arms. She wore a pair of red, heeled shoes that strapped up Kagome's legs just below her knees.

"I look cool..." Kagome said with wide eyes. Ms. Prills nodded in satisfaction and placed a hand on Kagome's shoulder. "If Sir Nomel tells you that you must change to the color yellow, if you tell him you will not, he will most likely grow to hate you. So if you want to marry him, then change to yellow right away. We can both do it quickly." Kagome nodded. "I doubt I'm going to change at all. I like red a heck of a lot more than yellow... Besides, for some reason, when I'm in yellow, I always look like a skinny lemon." Kagome laughed.

Ms. Prills shook her head and began to shove Kagome out the door. Kagome could hear beautiful classical music being played, and she could hear the chatting of all the people in the large room. Before Kagome knew it, she was standing in front of two enormous bright yellow doors with two large brass handles. Ms. Prills tugged at them and the doors opened. Kagome felt herself being shoved through, and then the doors slammed. All eyes were on her, and Kagome hated with that happened. Suddenly, whispers broke out. People were now chatting about the "human" who was now in their world.

Kagome felt uneasy, and then she felt herself being guided to a large black and yellow table. In a large red chair, sitting up straight was Kagome's "husband to be". Dr. Nomel. "Ah! My sweet Kagome!" 'When did this guy learn her name?' "Come! Take a seat right here, next to me." He said with a toothy grin. Kagome swallowed a lump that had been sitting in her throat for the past 3 minutes and slowly sat down in a large bright yellow chair. Dr. Nomel laughed and stared at Kagome. "My dear! Why do you where red?" He asked her. Kagome's breathing quickened as the questioned was being asked.

Dr. Nomel spoke again. "Go now! Change into a yellow gown! It would make you much more fit as my bride!" He said with a grin. Kagome thought back to how she looked when she saw herself in the mirror in that changing room with Ms. Prills. "No. I like red." Kagome answered. The whole ball room went silent. Dr. Nomel still smiled, but he seemed, almost irritated. "But I like YELLOW." He said. "And if you are to marry me, you must be in yellow."

Kagome quirked an eyebrow. She never wanted to marry this...this... Dr. Nomel! So she would go right ahead and say she liked red better. "Look, I never wanted to marry you in the first place. I stay in this red dress!" Kagome said loudly, as if she wanted the entire ball room to hear her. Nomel twitched. Dare she...a mere HUMAN, defy he, the mighty Nomel of Jimity Isle! Dare she not. Dr. Nomel stood from where he sat, and glared down at Kagome. Then, he clapped his hands together quickly.

"Come my dear musicians! Strike a merry tune so all shall dance happily!" Music began to play. Kagome had never heard such a song before. It sounded like some sort of waltz, but it had a different sickening feel to it. Dr. Nomel grabbed Kagome's wrist and pulled her onto the large dance floor. Kagome was twist around quickly and she ended up roughly close to Dr. Nomel. Sure, he was loved by DEMONS, but Kagome had a sick feeling in her stomach when she looked at this guy. And they weren't butterflies. They felt more like wasps wisping around her insides.

"Dearest, sweetest, loveliest Kagome! Have you ever beheld a grander time?" Dr. Nomel whispered into Kagome's ear. Kagome flinched. She'd make a note to herself to kill the next person who whispered into her ear. "Yes. I have had many happier times than this." Kagome hissed back at him. Dr. Nomel quickly and very roughly spun around and dipped Kagome down, then snarled lowly into her ear. "Listen you little witch. You will be my bride. Make no excuse of that. It does seem though, that you will need quite a bit of training..." He whipped her back up and held her arm tightly while gliding quickly out of the room.

Kagome gulped. Great. Do the right thing? Torture. Do the wrong thing? Torture. Either way, everybody wins! Kagome could feel that the heels on her shoes were beginning to wear thin. And it seemed so was Kagome's life span.

(In the midst of The Demon Woods)

A silver haired hanyou with golden eyes with a, currently, raging temper, stalked through Demon Woods, slicing down anything and everything. Anything and everything that got in his way? No. Anything and EVERYthing. "When I get my hands on that friggin black haired wench, she'll pay dearly... And once I get my claws on that Lemon cereal pop fag, he's going to die!"

Those were Inuyasha's last words before he leaped over the giant gates that lead to Jimity Castle.

A/N:
That was all for now. XD I'm so sorry that chapter is so short! ;o; I'll make sure to have the next one longer. But you see, the task of the red dress is done for now, and soon, the new title that reeks of red will appear. 0

Shatsui