Author's Note: THE SITE HAS FINALLY LET ME LOG IN. X,X! Very sorry that I couldn't update. I was going to post this on Thursday but the log in didn't work... ;-; Thanks for the reviews, and I hope this chapter makes up for the last few short ones...

Brief: Mostly the dance.

Disclaimer: I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance… but not enough to own Inuyasha :(

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Last time:

"Well then I guess after laughing, you too decided to do the dirty dirty!" he exclaimed. The bell rang as Inuyasha's and Kagome's mouths lay agape. "Oh, the bell has rung! Tata, my friends!" he said, blowing them a mock kiss as a girl would do, and ran off.

"What… the… hell," Inuyasha said dully. Kagome shrugged.

"Hey, I guess that's what we get for making fun of them."

Inuyasha let out a 'pfft'.

Kagome smiled at what had happened as she got up to go to homeroom. 'At least we still have a bond,' she thought as she dusted off her red Elmo suit.

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As Miroku slowed his walk on the way to homeroom, his purple eyes still gleamed as he remembered what he had done.

'Revenge is sweet.'

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Chapter 14: Seperate

Inuyasha and Kagome entered their homeroom, where they saw Sango, who was still red as ever and mumbling obscenities, and Miroku grinning like a maniac with the red imprint of a hand on his right cheek.

For the first time, Kagome and Inuyasha had noticed their friends' costumes. Sango was in a Sailor Mars outfit; complete with the short red sailor skirt, the white collared blouse with the purple tie, the red heels, and the tiara like object on her forehead. On her arms were long white gloves that reached up to her elbows. It actually completed her, seeing as she had fire that burned as bright as the sun in her caramel brown colored eyes from Miroku's wandering hands.

Miroku's costume, on the other hand, was very surprising for somebody like him. He was dressed in the traditional monk robes. The cloth was a dark navy blue, while a purple outer coating covered his chest and traveled down to the bottom of the robe. The prayer beads that were wrapped around his fingerless glove on the ride hand completed his outfit, as did the monk staff that jingled as it was moved around.

The two best friends looked at Miroku weirdly, before getting into their seats. Kagome sat next to Sango, while behind the pair were Miroku and Inuyasha. Kagome turned to face Miroku as did Inuyasha, and they spoke in rhythm.

"You, Miroku the lecher, a monk!" they asked disbelievingly.

Miroku crossed his arms and put on a defying face. "Hey, I'm not that perverted!" he defended his 'honor'.

All three teenagers looked at him with knowing faces, burning holes into him with their eyes. "Alright, alright, I am that perverted!" he raised his arms in the air, giving in to their sharp looking eyes…

They all grinned, while Kagome spoke up. "What in the world gave you an idea to dress up as a monk anyway?" she asked, interested in his answer.

"Well, my deceased grandfather and father were monks, so I thought why not carry on the tradition? Besides, it's not like I'm actually am a monk," he said the first part a bit sadly.

"Aw, I didn't know…" Kagome said with sad eyes, and then getting up of her seat.

The group watched, confused, as she got up and walked over to Miroku. She wrapped her arms around his neck and squeezed lightly, giving him a brotherly and sympathetic hug. Miroku was shocked, to say the least. Had she already warmed up to him?

He hesitantly wrapped his arms around Kagome in response, a bit afraid of Inuyasha's reaction. Miroku was surprised to find that Inuyasha didn't do anything at all… Oh yeah, it was probably 'because he had a girlfriend… Kirei. 'I forgot about her… slut,' he thought, mentally smiling.

"It's alright, Kagome, I know you didn't know," Miroku gave her a soft smile. Kagome grinned, and replied as she got back into her seat.

"Well, you know what, Miroku? I'm already starting to think of you as a brother," she said with a smile. She'd been doing that a lot lately. "And you, Sango, I'm already starting to think of as a sister!" she squealed, throwing her arms around a surprised and currently laughing Sango.

"Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment," Sango smiled.

Seeing Kagome smile so much also made Inuyasha smile, but it faltered slightly. 'She's getting really close to Miroku and Sango… as close as siblings. She wouldn't forget about me, would she?' he thought sadly. He wouldn't know what to do if he ever lost Kagome…

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Lunch came as Kagome turned around to grab Inuyasha's arm and drag him to the Goshinboku; instead, she saw him being dragged by Kirei to her little group of friends (sluts), which included Kikyou. From here, Kikyou looked quite jealous of how close Inuyasha and Kirei were standing together… but Kagome shouldn't talk, should she? (:P)

Kirei's costume was a bit… sexually explicit. She wore a playboy bunny outfit; the top was basically like a black one pieced swimsuit without straps, squeezing her large chest and showing her shoulders and all of her legs, which were covered with fishnet stockings. On her neck was a choker-like material, and on her head were little bunny ears. She wore tall heels that strapped around her legs and went up to the middle of her calves. Heavy eyeliner and red lipstick were applied on her face, as she tried to pull off the 'seductive' look. She temporarily sprayed her hair blonde, almost finishing the playboy bunny look somehow.

Her face saddened more so as she saw Kirei clasping her arms around Inuyasha's waist, as he responded and put his arm around her bare shoulders.

'Whatever,' Kagome looked down at her fluffy red Elmo toes. 'It's not like I care…' She ignored what her heart screamed at her, pushing it back into the dark depths of her mind.

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The bell rang as Kagome sat in her English class, Inuyasha more than halfway across the room. She let out a breath of relief as she gathered her belongings and ran out the door, never waiting for Inuyasha.

'Where is she going in such a hurry?' Inuyasha wondered as he went faster and ran out to catch up with her.

He squeezed through the throng of people as best as he could in his Scream outfit and sniffed around for Kagome. He followed her natural scent of roses and rain, as he entered an empty hallway.

'Where could she be going from here?' he wondered again, walking slower as there were no people in this hallway to avoid.

Kagome's scent led him to a door, in which he didn't recognize. He slowly opened it as it made creaking noises, the obvious result of rusting over the years. Inuyasha climbed up a set of stairs until there was yet again another door, which he also slowly opened.

He found he was out on the roof, where he saw Kagome in her cute little Elmo costume. She was sitting on the ledge of the roof, her feet dangling off and swinging around. Inuyasha noticed, and his eyes widened as he ran over to bring her down.

Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her waist as he would do to a child, and set her down standing on the ground where she was startled to see his face. "What were you doing, just hanging off the edge of the roof? You could've fallen!" he yelled, obviously worried for her.

"Sorry, I wasn't really thinking…" she mumbled, looking down at her Elmo feet as she previously did at lunch.

Inuyasha frowned. "Hey, what's wrong?" he asked. She was never this quiet and… well, non-smilish.

She put on a small fake smile. "Nothing, why?"

Inuyasha sighed as he wrapped his arms around her and dug his face in her hair, smelling her relaxing scent. "I know you… and, I know when something is wrong," his breath brushed over her ear, sending unfamiliar shivers down her spine.

She sighed in turn, and gave him a reply that sounded strangled. "Well, it's just… I don't know," she said honestly. "I guess it's just that you have Kirei now, and I can't help but feel that I'm going to be thrown out somewhere and be forgotten," she dug her face into his chest and hugged him back, seeking comfort from him. Tears sprang to her eyes as Inuyasha's eyes watered with his own, but refused to let out.

'She… she was thinking that way all along?' he thought, squeezing Kagome even tighter and trying to give her all the comfort he could muster.

"Kagome…" he let out a shaky breath and then breathed back in. "Look at me," he said softly, bringing his finger and tilting her chin up, her beautiful blue eyes still wet with tears. One tear found its way out, leaking and trailing down the soft skin of her cheek. Inuyasha kissed it away, bringing shivers once more that traveled all the way down to her toes.

"I won't forget you… you'll never be forgotten, Kagome, I promise you that…" he finished, laying his cheek on top of her head.

Although Kagome was reassured by his moving words, she had doubts that were pushed to the side.

'Some promises are meant to be broken…

I can't help but feel ours has even the slightest chance.'

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Inuyasha dropped Kagome off at her home, remembering to give her a comforting hug and a kiss on the cheek to remind her of the statement said on the school roof.

He watched as she got behind the door safely, and then stuck her head out to smile and wave goodbye to him. He smiled softly in turn and waved his own goodbye, before zooming down the street to his family's mansion.

He pushed the key to the key hole and turned, successfully unlocking the door. Taking off his shoes and walking across the expensive rug, he trekked up the stairs and into his room, where he immediately practically ripped off the Scream outfit, showing a red tee and blue jeans.

After a few moments of relaxation, he remembered what he had to do today, and groaned. 'I have to take Kirei to the dance…' he sighed. The dance started at four thirty and ended at eight, due to the assumption that everyone one was going to trick-or-treat tonight.

Inuyasha reluctantly got up from his spot on his plush bed, and went to get ready for the dance seeing as it was already three fifty. He entered the bathroom and turned on the shower, waiting for it to heat while he stripped off his clothes in a sensual way, showing off his drool worthy and muscular body.

Sighing as he entered the now warm shower, he stood as it washed away his stress. Bending down his head and lathering up his hair, he rubbed in the shampoo and let the pounding shower water wash it away; creating trails of soap that gradually went down the drain.

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'So, Inuyasha is driving Kirei and Miroku is driving Sango,' Kagome thought as she plopped on her back onto the bed, free of the Elmo suit for the time. 'I'll just walk and not bother any of them and their dates,' she finished as she closed her eyes.

Turning her head and looking at the digital clock on her bedside table, she saw that it was already three fifty. 'Guess I better get ready now if I'm going to walk there…' she got up from the bed and almost eagerly walked into the long awaited shower. Hey, it got pretty warm in that Elmo suit…

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Inuyasha opened the door of the bathroom as steam automatically came out behind him, moistening his already wet body even more as drips of water traveled down and even lower to the depths of the 'unknown', which was, unfortunately, currently covered with a cream colored towel. (:P) He sure did know how to step out of the bathroom…

He stepped into his enormous walk in closet and whipped out a white wife beater along with a pair of baggy blue jeans. He slipped them on quickly and put on some socks, and then slipped his feet into some beat up gray and black checkered Vans slip-ons.

Taking out the silent blow dryer when he was once again in the bathroom, he dried his long silver hair and was careful to avoid his sensitive ears. Once he was finished, he brushed it through once and walked out the door, grabbing his keys and going onward to his car.

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Inuyasha arrived in front of a decent sized house. He rang the doorbell of the house as it chimed a tune he had never heard. A woman with long, narrow sophisticated looking brown eyes answered the door, immediately perking up. "Oh, you must be Inuyasha, Kirei has been talking so much about you, dear," she said in her sickeningly sweet voice. "I'm her mother."

"Hi, Mrs.-…" he was cut off by Kirei's mother, who waved her hands in the air.

"No, no, just call me mother," she insisted.

Inuyasha mentally looked at her weirdly. "Alright… mother," he strangled out.

Before 'mother' could reply to Inuyasha, Kirei came through the hallway in all her sluttish glory. Her mother once again perked up, and complimented her outfit. "Oh, Kirei honey, you look beautiful," she said.

Kirei was clad in a black leather micro-mini skirt, showing off the skin of her long legs. She wore something around her chest that she would call a 'shirt' but actually looked like a red bandana tied over her chest. Tall four inched heels were on her feet, and straps wrapped around her entire calves. Her hair was covered in sparkles, making them shine in the light and almost blinding Inuyasha at the amount she put. She wore heavy black eyeliner and red eye shadow, along with a pair of blood red lips. She went into what she would think as a 'model' pose. "What do you think, Yashie-poo?"

He cringed at his new found nickname. He forced a smile onto his face, and he also forced a compliment. "You look nice, Kirei."

Kirei frowned. "That's all? Just nice? Not extravagant, mind blowing, or even sexy?" she put on a pout that ended up looking hideous with her very bright lipstick.

"You… you look extravagant," Inuyasha strangled out. He hadn't even known she had such a vocabulary word in that air head of hers.

She smiled and blinked in a fast pace, trying to look cute. "Now, now! Kirei, Inuyasha, get together for some pictures!" her mother cried out with a digital camera in her hand.

Kirei ran to Inuyasha, already all over him. She placed her hand uncomfortably on his chest, sliding it down a little and making him shiver, but in slight disgust. Her chest pressed against his side, making him stiff and not all that 'aroused' as another male would be.

Inuyasha once again forced on a grin, holding Kirei around the waist reluctantly. After a few poses and eye-blinding flashes, they were in the car and off to the school dance. Kirei chattered through the whole ride, not even paying attention or caring that Inuyasha was merely nodding in acknowledgement and not really listening.

'I should have picked a better girlfriend.'

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Kagome dressed into an orange tank top that said 'Boo!' in bold, glittery black letters on the chest and a plain black t-shirt under it. She wore a black denim pleated skirt that went a few centimeters past mid-thigh. On her legs were orange and black wide striped knee-high socks. She wore her beat up black Converse high tops, and changing the laces into wide black colored ones with orange pumpkins.

She put on lip gloss, and looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. 'Maybe I'll wear a little eyeliner and eye shadow… just for the dance,' she thought.

The eyeliner was drawn against her outer eyes, giving them a pretty look. She smeared on a little of orange eye shadow against her eyelids, completing her Halloween dance outfit. Quickly putting on some black and orange sex bracelets after seeing the time was four eighteen, she walked out of her bedroom door and down the stairs.

Grabbing the house keys and saying goodbye to her family, she walked out the door and carefully closed it, making sure to lock it on the way out.

As she got on the sidewalk, she stretched her arms out of her sides and took a deep breath of the fresh autumn air and sighed in content. "It always feels so good to be outside in the autumn afternoon…" she talked to herself.

The rustle of the leaves and the sound of her footsteps seemed tranquil, as if nothing could ruin it.

A car rushed past, bringing leaves up as they swirled everywhere into the air, making a rainbow of orange, brown and yellow. Kagome twirled around in the leaves, occasionally skipping and crunching on some while wearing a small smile.

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Golden eyes watched a girl's skipping figure as his car was halted at the stop sign, and then realizing it was Kagome. Kirei also noticed, and stopped him from yelling out from his place in the convertible's driver's seat.

"She's walking to the dance; can't I go pick her up instead?" Inuyasha asked Kirei.

"If she wanted to be picked up, she would have asked, wouldn't she?" Kirei said in a snobby voice, not wanting Kagome to ruin their 'couple time' in the car, which was really the time she could babble without being interrupted.

Inuyasha turned back to the softly smiling Kagome who was jumping on the leaves and crunching them with her hands held together behind her back. "I… I guess," Inuyasha said. She was alright, wasn't she?

"Exactly, now keep driving before those cars behind us honk and make her notice us," Kirei said simply, pointing to the slightly long row of cars he had held up. Inuyasha sweat dropped and quickly stepped on the accelerator.

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Kirei grinded over the stiff Inuyasha in her scantily clad self to the upbeat music. He stood there, not knowing and not wanting to respond to her actions. Instead, he stared at the orange and black Halloween streamers hanging on the gym ceiling. The lights were turned off and there were colorful lights flashing about.

"Loosen up a bit, baby…" Kirei slurred out, rubbing herself harder to him, which made him even more uncomfortable. Inuyasha sighed, and finally pushed Kirei off of him.

"I'm gonna go get some punch," he stated, walking off and not looking at her.

Kirei glared at his back. 'How dare he just leave me like that! I'll go find some other guy to dance with…' she thought, stalking around the dance floor for some other girl's cute date and grinding on him while the girl will glare at her furiously and glare at her with such fire that Kirei's clothes would burn off. Not that she would actually care, considering the way she was dancing.

Inuyasha headed towards the refreshments table, seeing Sango and Miroku drinking punch from the small paper cups. Miroku grinned as he spotted Inuyasha walking towards them.

"So, Inuyasha, you seemed to enjoy Kirei's closeness," he said. Miroku was wearing a black t-shirt, along with a baggy pair of faded blue jeans. His shoes were gray and black checkered Vans slip-ons, and his hair was in the normal rat's tail at the nape of his neck.

Sango added in her two cents. "Yeah, she was grinding pretty hard, don't you think?" She wore a tight purple tank top with the words 'Keep out of reach' in bold black letters with a short blue denim vest over it, faded denim shorts with holes in a bunch of places, and purple tights underneath the shorts. On her feet were stuffed low black Converse with writing over the white parts in purple marker.

Inuyasha growled, and then punched Miroku on the head, effectively making him spill the red colored punch onto the floor. "Hey, why'd you only hit me!" he exclaimed, cleaning up the punch with a napkin along with Sango's help.

"Why not," Inuyasha muttered. He suddenly smelled the scent of roses, and looked towards the gym entrance where he saw Kagome who was looking around.

"Hey, Kagome!" he yelled, waving his hands in the air. She turned around and spotted him, before running to his place. Kagome jumped onto him and latched her legs around his waist, and then yelling "Hello!"

Inuyasha stumbled, startled by the unexpected weight that decided to jump onto him. Once he shook out of it, he wrapped his arms around her waist and yelled a "Hello!" back over the loud music. His ears pounded, but he ignored it and focused his smell and hearing on Kagome.

As if reading his mind, Kagome reached her hands out with her legs still around his waist and rubbed his ears. "Don't your ears hurt, 'Yash?" she asked him, still caressing the furry dog ears perched on his head.

He closed his eyes and made a low growling sound in content. "Mmhmm," he managed to let out. Kagome giggled, feeling the vibrations of his growls run through her.

Inuyasha opened his eyes again after a few minutes, and then kissed her cheek seeing as it was next to his lips. "All better now," his deep voice was sent into her ears, bringing shivers once more.

"Okay!" she said, unlatching herself from Inuyasha. He immediately missed the warmth and comfort from her body… he never got that feeling from Kirei.

Almost on queue, Kirei ran up to Inuyasha as best as she could in her heels and placed her lips on his, giving him a wet, forced kiss. Kagome looked the other way, not comfortable with seeing Inuyasha kissing someone else in such a way. He pulled away, turning his face around and pretending to cough while he wiped his lips off.

"Hey sweet cheeks," Kirei said, moving her hands on his chest in circular motions. Inuyasha grabbed her hands and placed them to her sides, stopping her ministrations as she pouted with no effect.

"Don't call me that," Inuyasha murmured. Kirei placed her hands on his hips.

"Why not? You're my boyfriend, I can call you whatever I want," she said, sounding like a spoiled rich girl.

"Well I have the right to tell you not to, because you're my girlfriend," Inuyasha shot back. 'I never had a fight about something so stupid like this with Kagome be-…' he sighed. 'I asked Kirei out so I could forget Kagome but I ended up thinking about her even more and comparing our relationship with… whatever this is with me and Kirei.'

Kagome was crossing her arms over her chest and was looking anywhere but at Inuyasha and Kirei, Miroku and Sango noticed. Sango, knowing that there was thick tension in the air through the whole group, spoke up.

"Kagome, Miroku, let's go dance!" she exclaimed suddenly. She pulled on the hands of the two mentioned, going deeper into the crowd through the loud music.

'Great, they leave me with Kirei,' he thought as he rolled his eyes and then sighed, closing his eyes. He'd been sighing a lot lately.

"Look, Kirei, this isn't working. Let's just break up and pretend this never happened," Inuyasha said while looking into her eyes, showing he was being honest.

She flinched in shock, staring at his truthful face. "What! You can't break up with me!" she yelled loudly. There was quite a crowd forming around them and watching, amused and captivated at the break up scene.

"Yes I can, goodbye Kirei," Inuyasha said simply, walking through the throng of people and searching for his friends.

"F-fine! But don't come crawling back to my like a baby when you realize you love me!" she started to stutter, but steadily gained her pride back. Inuyasha didn't hear her, though.

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Kagome danced, but her mind was elsewhere. She mentally sighed in frustration. 'I can't get my mind off Inuyasha and Kirei… I'm supposed to be enjoying the dance, not sulking over them.'

She spotted Inuyasha coming their way, and without Kirei hanging off of his arm. "Hey," he greeted all three.

"Where's Kirei?" Sango asked, pissed that Inuyasha had made Kagome fill her head with doubtful thoughts and sadness.

"Somewhere out there. I broke up with her," he replied simply, as they all stopped dancing and simply stood on the gym floor as it vibrated under their feet.

"Really? Why?" Kagome asked, wondering why he had broken up with Kirei only after barely two days.

Inuyasha shrugged. "She was just annoying and it didn't work out."

Kagome shrugged back at him, trying to show in her appearance that it was nothing, but she was grinning and jumping for joy mentally in her head.

"So you guys wanna go early and grab even more candy?" Inuyasha grinned.

Kagome squealed. "More candy, more candy!" she chanted. They all laughed, and agreed. Sango and Miroku watched as Kagome linked her arm with Inuyasha and ran out the exit. They shook their heads.

"They're so dumb," Miroku and Sango said simultaneously, referring to the two best friend's 'secret' love for each other.

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I guess that's long enough -.- 4,100 words, okay:) Thanks for reading, and please review. A short, convenient way to make someone's day even better :)

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