Hello adoring fans of The Caribbean Cruise. I'm so happy, I got even more reviews than last time. I cried I was so happy. And about Inuyasha and the red eyes thing, I was just kidding, that's not for another few chapters. Anyway, I know that I've been keeping you waiting long enough so without further ado here is Chapter 3 of THE CARIBBEAN CRUISE!

A/N: I want to dedicate this chapter and thank my friend Mahum. She's the awesome girl who gave me the idea for Kagome's song. Thanks so much. And to all of my reviewers, I'm open to suggestions or ideas you might have that I would concider. So just send them in with your reviews. So long.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, Nickleback, or If your not the one by Daniel Bedingfield. Enjoy

Chapter 3

THE TALENT SHOW!

Kagome was dragged everywhere that next day. Sango dragged her to breakfast just to tell her not to eat a whole lot so that she didn't look big in her outfit, which Sango said she was going to choose. Reiko was working with Rin on picking a song that would be appropriate for Kagome to sing. Especially since Her, Sango, and Rin had been forming plots to get her and Inuyasha to admit that they have feeling for eachother since they first saw them look at eachother.

"Sango is all of this really necessary? I mean, shouldn't I be picking out my song and my outfit and doing my hair and makeup?" Kagome asked timidly as her friend scarfed down two eggs and a pancake. Sango looked up at her with chipmunk cheeks and a blank look on her face. She then swallowed and shook her head.

"No Kagome. We want this to be special so I'm going to do your hair , Reiko and Rin are looking through your ipod for songs that you know and that would be good for you to sing, and Reiko and I are going to find you the perfect outfit to wear so that you look good on stage." Sango said, putting that final note in her tone, causing Kagome to shrink into herself and drop the subject. She sighed and stood up.

"Where are you going?" Sango asked curiously. Kagome shown a smile her way and shrugged.

"I'm going to go on a walk. I'll be back in a few minutes. I'll meet you in our cabin." She said happily and walked out of the dining hall, leaving Sango to stare blankly at her retreating form. As soon as the warm summer breeze from the sea hit her face her entire body relaxed. She breathe deeply, loving the smell of the ocean the more she did that. Walking over to the railing she sighed and stared out over the side at the calm waves. A few dolphins jumped in the wake of the ship and she giggled at it.

"What are you laughing at?" Came a rough voice from behind her. Kagome jumped and turned to see Inuyasha staring at her with his usual confident smirk. Kagome smiled back at him warmly and looked back out at the sea.

"Nothing. Just finally realizing what controling friends I have. What are you doing out here?" She asked him kindly. Inuyasha walked up to her side and leaned his back agaisnt the rail, supporting himself with his elbows.

"Just taking a walk, I'm guessing you're doing the same." He presented. Kagome giggled and nodded.

"Just trying to get away for the little time I have. Sango and Reiko are obsessed with me and this talent show thing. They won't let me do anything, not even eat." Kagome said with amusement. Inuyasha's eyes widened in surprise and his ears twitched nervously. A single thought kept running through his mind at that moment. 'Take her hand and go have some fun for a little while.' His mind kept screaming for him to listent to it. 'Just do it, Just do it and get it over with.' Inuyasha mentally shook his head, trying to rid his mind of those thoughts. Kagome was his friend, his first friend, his very best friend, he couldn't have those kind of feeling for her. She didn't...did she?

"Let's go." He blurted out, meaning to say something else. 'Damn mind.' He cursed. Kagome looked over at him in surprise and then a smile spread across her lips.

"Where did you have in mind?" She asked. Inuyasha smiled at her, not expecting that answer but pleased with it all the same.

"Fist things first, we're going to get you something to eat." He said and took her hand, pulling her gently towards the dining hall. Kagome followed willingly, blushing madly when he took her hand. It was very unusual for Inuyasha to do this. He didn't even do it when they were kids. She would do it to him, but he would always complain with a smile.

After Kagome had eaten all she could, they went out on the deck and walked around, talking about what either of them felt like saying. As they made their first trip around the cruise, Kagome was tackled and surprised by Sango, who looked furious at her.

"You were supposed to meet me back at the cabin a half hour ago!" She screamed at her. Inuyasha stared blankly as Sango dragged the helpless Kagome off to their cabin. As soon as Kagome stepped foot into that living room she was attacked by Reiko and Rin. The little girl Rin attached herself to Kagome's leg and clung to her making sure that she didn't move. Reiko grabbed a hold of Kagome's arm and started to try and drag her over to the table where they had a few pieces of paper and her ipod.

"Kagome, we can't decide so we're going to need you and Sango to narrow it down." Reiko said urgently and sat her down on the couch. It turned out that the pieces of paper had names written on them and who the song was by. "Okay, we've narrowed it down to these three, Nickleback's "Far away", Daniel Bedingfield's "If your not the one", and Cascada's "Everytime we touch.". We know that these are the songs you listen to the most because you are always complaining that they are stuck in your head. So choose." Reiko commanded. Kagome looked over at Reiko nervously and then down at the songs. Sango looked them over, her pointer and thumb pinching her chin in thought. Finally she gasped with a smile and pointed to the middle one, "If your not the one."

"It's the best song for you Kagome. It's slow and sweet so it's perfect for you."

"I bet if I ask Lord Sesshomaru really nicely he'll let us use his laptop to download that song onto a CD." Rin said sweetly. Reiko smiled down at the small girl and nodded.

"We'll do that right now. Come on Rin." Reiko said happily and took her hand. Reiko had taken quiet a liking to Rin since they had met. She said it was kind of like having a little sister, or a daughter. Plus she got to hang out with Sesshomaru whenever Rin asked to play with her. He didn't seem to mind, he would usually sit down on the couch or in a chair by the pool and work on his laptop. They ran out of the room, Rin leading the way to Inuyasha's cabin. Sango clapped her hands together and pushed Kagome to the shower.

"Now, take a shower and take your time. Reiko shouldn't be back for a while so don't rush. See you in an hour." Sango said, closing the door before Kagome could say a word. (geez, really pushy friends huh. giggle)

Kagome sighed, admiting defeat and turned on the shower. She then stripped of her clothes and sighed again as she looked in the mirror. Her stomach began to twist in knots as she thought about the talent show she was going into tonight. She never got a chance to tell her friends that she was stagefright. But now she had to do this and there was no backing out now. She took a deep breath and nodded her head at her reflextion in the mirror, a determined look on her face.

'I'm going to do this. I can do this.' She thought confidently as she stepped into the shower.

Sango walked along the terrace of the deck, completely immeresed in her own thoughts. SO distracted by her thoughts that she didn't notice a certain lecherous boy walking towards her. Without even realizing it she walked right into his arms. She jumped, feeling the sudden texture of clothing against her face. She looked up into Miroku's grinning face and blushed at how close they were.

"Why dear Sango. I didn't know you liked me like that." Miroku said charmingly. And all of it was fake. Her body went rigid as she felt a hand stroke her round bottom. Miroku sighed in pleasure and Sango's eyes widened, her temper flaring.

"PERVERT!" She screamed and smacked him across the face, causing him to stumble backwards. A bright red handprint where Sango's hand had connected burned painfully on his right cheek and his hand went tenderly to the searing area.

"Oh, Sango. That one hurt very much. I was merely-"

"Save your excuses Miroku. I don't have time for them. What are you doing out here?" She asked curiously, her temper falling. For some reason, whenever he smiled, she couldn't stay mad at him for long no matter how hard she tried.

"Well, I figured it's a pretty day so why not go for a walk. Besides, your friend Reiko and Sesshy's kid Rin are trying to get him to let them use his computer and Reiko gives him that pouting look and he totally fumbles with his words. It's quiet funny to watch until you get hit with some sort of flying object for laughing." Miroku said, rubbing an invisible injury on the back of his head. Sango giggled and obnoxiously laughed at him.

"Oh, you find that funny do you?" He asked in a playfully curious tone. Sango nodded and started to walk away from him. Miroku's smirk widened and he ran to catch up to her. He enveloped her with his arms from behind and breathed softly in her ear, "You're not getting away that easy." Sango blushed, feeling his hot breath against her ear and his rough, sexy voice fill her ears.

In the room, Rin was sitting on Sesshomaru's lap as Reiko messed with Sesshy's computer. In the end Sesshomaru admited that he had no idea how to burn a song onto a CD. He had never done it before. In return for letting them use his laptop he made Reiko promise two things. One, that she would show him how to download songs onto a CD and ipod; and two she had to play with Rin everyday for the rest of their cruise. This was easy for Reiko to promise since it benefited her as well. Everyone knew about her crush on Sesshomaru, everyone except for the two most dense people in the world when it comes to love, ( ladies you all know who I'm talking about.) Inuyasha and Sesshomaru.

"And there. All done. It's not hard really all you have to do is take this song from itunes and click "download to ipod" and there you go." Reiko said handing him his ipod with freshly downloaded songs on it and taking her CD from the drive. Sesshomaru stared at his ipod in amazement and then looked back up at Reiko.

"Really, that's all?" He asked disbelievingly that it would be that simple.

"Well no, you need to type in your username and password before you can download anything but yeah, that's pretty much it." (I'm not sure actually, how to do that, I'm just making it simple.)

Sesshomaru swore and then told Rin never to repeat that word. She just giggled and nodded her head.

"So Lord Sesshomaru, what do you want to do now?" Rin asked. Sesshomaru looked up at Reiko and she smiled at him.

"Why don't you go play with Reiko some more. I have a few things to finish before the talent show tonight. We don't want to miss Kagome sing do we?" He asked in his usual cool tone. Rin giggled again and shook her head.

"No way." Rin said and jumped down off his lap. Reiko stood up and handed Sesshomaru his laptop happily. Rin stood by the door, waiting for the brown haired girl with a smile. Reiko turned to her and in a sweet tone asked, "Rin, would you mind waiting at the cabin with Kagome, I need to talk to Sesshomaru before we go." Rin smiled and shook her head.

"Of course not, I'll be waiting for you mommy." She said sweetly and ran out of the door before Reiko could correct her. Reiko's eyes widened and she blushed madly. She glanced over at Sesshomaru and saw he was also blushing madly and not looking at her.

"So what do you need to talk to me about?" He asked in an uncaring tone. Reiko sat back down, pushing her skirt under her bottom as she sat down. She didn't look at him and didn't say anything for the longest time, but when he looked to be about to tell her to spit it out she worked up her courage and just asked him the question.

"Do you like me?"

This seemed to take Sesshomaru by complete surprise. For the first time ever, Sesshomaru's eyes were wide and his face was as red as a tomato. Reiko flushed at him and looked away again.

"Why do you think I do?" He asked calmly. Reiko drew a quick intake of breath and stood up.

"N-nevermind. Forget I asked okay." She said softly and ran out of the door, leaving Sesshomaru burning red and deep in thought.

Back at the cabin, Kagome was just drying off her body and putting on clothes when Reiko walked in with Rin. Kagome and Reiko both looked around for Sango but didn't see her anywhere. Reiko then looked down at Rin.

"Did you see Sango anywhere Rin?" She asked curiously. Rin shook her head and looked over at Kagome. Reiko and Kagome stared at eachother from across the room in concern. Just as Reiko was about to say she would go out and look for Sango, the said person appeared in the doorway, red faced and out of breath. Kagome's eyes widened in concern and she jogged over to her best friend.

"Sango are you alright? You look like you ran a mile." Kagome stated worriedly. Sango shut the door and locked it firmly before she turned around and took one last long breath. She slid down the door and collapsed. Kagome dropped to her knees, really worried now.

"Sango?"

"I'm fine. No I didn't run a mile, it was Miroku. He totally just tried to kiss me."

Flashback

Miroku enveloped her in his arms from behind and leaned in close to her ear.

"You're not getting away that easy Sango." He whispered. Sango blushed as she felt his hot breath and rough, sexy voice tickle her ear. Her heart started to race uncontrollably and he nuzzled her neck. He turned her around in his arms so that she was facing him. His face was so close to hers that she could feel his warm breath agaisnt her soft lips.

"Sango..." He breathed her name as he leaned in closer and closer to her.

"Miroku, what are you doing? Don't look at me like that. Stop it." Sango pleaded. Just as Miroku's lips were about to connect with hers someone out of nowhere threw a water toy and hit him in the side of the head, causing his entire face to become wet and let her go. Sango dropped to the floor, stunned by what almost happened. She then stood up as quickly as she could and sprinted for the cabin before Miroku could grab her again.

End Flashback

"He really tried to kiss you Sango?" Kagome asked disbelievingly. Sango nodded, her eyes closed, trying to calm herself down. But it seemed to only make the image worse as she pictured it in her mind. Her heart was still racing with anticipation and nervousness.

"What really scares me though is not that he was going to...but that I wanted him to." Sango whispered to her. If Reiko heard her say that, she would no doubt try and hatch a plan to get them together. One of Reiko's main thrills in life was to play matchmaker for anyone but herself.

Kagome's eyes widened at her friend's staggering confession but she smiled and nodded.

"Well Sango, since you are in charge of doing my hair, don't you think you should get started before it drys?" Kagome presented. Sango looked up at her and quickly recomposed herself.

"Yes, I should. Get in that bathroom missy and lets get crackin." Sango said with new spirit. Reiko and Rin smiled at eachother and nodded at Sango.

"We'll get started on picking out an outfit for her, right Rin?" Reiko asked cheerfully. Rin nodded and ran to Kagome's room. Kagome smiled and walked into the bathroom with Sango.

"So what are you going to do with my hair?" Kagome asked. Sango shooshed her and began to dry her hair. She dried it like Kagome normally wears her hair and then started to experiment with different hairstyles. At first she put her hair up in a ponytail, but that seemed too plain. she then put it in a low ponytail and let two strands on each side of her head hang looser than the others but still in the ponytail. But that seemed too old fashioned. Finally she just decided to let it stay down, it was just a cruise after all and it was what Kagome was most comfortable with. She added a touch of glittering flavored lip gloss for show since she didn't think Kagome needed makeup for this one. Sango was planning that for the formal dance on friday. Finally Kagome was ready to get dressed. Her and Sango walked into her room and Kagome gasped in shock as she looked upon her room. What was once a clean and sparkling dreamland was now a disaster area littered with clothes. Reiko had four different outfits laying on the bed and was staring at them thoughtfully. When Kagome squeaked in disbelief Reiko looked up startled and then smiled sheepishly.

"Oh, yeah, we were going to clean that up, but then I started to think about what would be best for you to wear and I lost track of time." Reiko laughed nervously. Rin nodded her confirmation and then looked back at the pretty clothes lying on the bed. Kagome rolled her eyes and walked over to the selection with Sango.

"Oh wow, those are good choices Reiko. What the- what's this Kagome? I don't think I've ever seen you wear it." Sango asked, holding up a little skirt.

"That's because I can't. It's way too small and it was a joke present from one of my friends in Kyoto, Eri." Kagome said pulling the thin piece of clothing they called a skirt out of her hands and throwing it aside. That left three different outfits. (No, three isn't the only number I know, it's just the funnest one to use with choices.)

On the far left was a off the shoulder lowcut tank top and a white pleeted skirt. In the middle was a little white, spaghetti strap dress that dipped down on her chest and loosened at the curve of her bottom, letting it flow just below her mid-thigh. The one on the far right was a strapless frontal lace up shirt that tied up the middle and ended at the top and a pair of jean capris. Sango eyes the third one with intrest but Reiko thought the dress would be more appropriate for the song. Sango ultimately agreed and left Kagome to change. As it neared dinner Kagome's stomach was growling so much that Sango had no choice but to let her eat dinner. Kagome ate a hamburger and fries with a water. Making sure not to drop or spill anything on her outfit. Sango brought up her dinner from the dining hall so that no one would see her before she had to sing. Finally at around 7:30 they started to clear the tables off and got the stage ready. Kagome arrived early and was happy to have. It gave her time to relax and try and get ride of these butterflies in her stomach. At about 7 her stomach started to tie itself in knots again. Sango kept reassuring her that she would be alright but Kagome couldn't persuade her stomach to believe the same thing. She took several deep breaths and let it out slowly. This seemed to help. She could hear people arriving in the audience now and many more of the passengers that had signed up for the talent show were arriving. Kagome closed her eyes and took another deep breath, remembering her lyrics and imagining Daniel Bedingfield singing it. His tones, his attitude, his rhthym.

"Nervous are we?" Came a sadistic voice behind her. Kagome jumped and turned around to be face to face with Kikyo. Her smug grin made Kagome nervous until Kikyo held out her hand to her.

"Good luck in the talent show." She said, her voice dripping with fake sweetness. Kagome cringed and cautiously took her hand, going against her better judgement. Kikyo shook it with a grin and walked away, going up to the hostess to ask a question.

"Kagome!" Reiko called from over near the music player. Kagome smiled in relief and ran over to her.

"Hey Reiko." She sighed. Reiko looked over at Kikyo and sneered at her, getting a dirty look and gesture in return.

"Don't even bother Kagome, she's not worth it. Just calm down and you'll be alright. The track is number 1 okay, you'll have to tell the DJ that before you go onstage. Oh, and Inuyasha said to say hi." Reiko added. Kagome's heart did a little curious flutter and she smiled happily. This seemed to calm her down quiet a bit. If Inuyasha was out there, ready to protect her and defend her from anything then she could do this hands down. She always felt better when he was around. Kagome nodded and Reiko ran away. Kagome sighed, she was to be the last person to perform. It wasn't a bad position, it was just hard to follow a good act if they were in front of you. And Kikyo was infront of her.

The talent show started smoothly, the hostess announced all the candidates and introduced them to the crowd before calling the first performer out. It was a small boy who started to play the piano. He was really good and that was the first act too.

Around the third however it was starting to get kind of boring, after the boy a older woman started to sing her favorite song and she wasn't doing a very good job of it, but at least she had the guts to try. The other was a man who tried to play the guitar and did an okay job, he did say he hadn't played in a while. There was another man infront of them and then it would be just her and Kikyo. The man was onstage now, trying out his new comedy act.

"Psst, Kagome. Come here." Kikyo called her over to a open door. Kagome's mind screamed not to do it. That something about it was fishy, but she went over anyway, against her better judgement.

"What is it Kikyo?" She asked. Kikyo looked fearful.

"I lost my microphone in that store room and I can't find it. Could you help me find the light switch?" She asked innocently. Kagome rolled her eyes and walked in first. It was a huge closet and she was able to fit comfortably in it. She pulled on the hanging string and looked around.

"Kikyo I don't see it anywhere-click" At that very moment Kagome paled as she heard the door close behind her and lock.

"KIKYO! KIKYO WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Kagome screamed banging on the door frantically.

"I'm locking you in a closet, what's it look like. I can't take a chance on you winning this talent show and making a fool of me in front of Inuyasha." She said nastily. Kagome gasped.

"Is this what that's all about? Inuyasha! He doesn't like you anymore Kikyo and for good reason! He caught you KISSING another guy!"

"He just misunderstood! I wasn't doing it because I liked him. I was trying to get something from him and that was what he asked for. Sex." Kikyo said as if it was alright.

"KIKYO! THAT'S CRAZY! YOU SHOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT NO MATTER WHAT!" Kagome screamed.

"Too bad that you won't be able to sing in the talent show. Ta-ta." Kikyo said and walked away, dropping the key in the trash. Little did she know, Rin had been watching the entire time. Immediately Rin sprinted to the table where everyone was sitting. She weeved through the tables, frantically trying to reach Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru sensed her panic before she even reached them. He stood up and grabbed Rin as she ran into his arms.

"Rin, what happened?" He asked in his monotone voice, though it was laced with a little worry. Rin took several gulps of air and then looked over at Inuyasha and Sango frantically.

"Kikyo...she locked...Kagome in a closet. She dropped the keys in the trash." Rin gasped out. Inuyasha's eyes widened and he ran backstage. He strained his ears for Kagome, trying to hear her over the now screaming and applouding crowd.

"Inu-puppy." Came Kikyo's sickeningly sweet voice. Inuyasha flattened his ears to his head in discomfort as Kikyo neared him. She opened up her arms to hug him but he grabbed a hold of her wrists and stopped her before she could touch him.

"What makes you think you have a right to talk to me wench." He asked harshly. Kagome heard his God-like voice and banged on the door some more, calling to him.

"INUYASHA! IS THAT YOU? HELP ME!" She cried. His ears perked up at her musical voice and ran to the door. He pressed his ear against the door and called out her name.

"Inuyasha." She cried in relief. He inwardly sighed and backed away from the door.

"Kagome back up, I'm going to try and kick the door down." Inuyasha called. Kagome did as he said but before Inuyasha could do anything Kikyo threw her mic at him.

"WHY? WHY DO YOU CHOOSE HER OVER ME? WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT HER! EVEN WHEN WE WERE DATING YOU USED TO TALK ABOUT HER AS IF SHE WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE WORLD TO YOU!" Kikyo screamed at him. Everything got quiet, even the audience out in the crowd. Inuyasha stopped and turned to her.

"Kikyo, you cheated on me! I trusted you and you went to someone else!" Inuyasha yelled at her.

"But I...Naraku had something of mine and he wouldn't give it back unless I had sex with him."

"What? What could Naraku possibly have of you're that you would be so desperate to get back?" Inuyasha asked.

"I...He..." Kikyo fumbled with her answer.

"You're lying. You slept with him because you wanted to, not because you had to!" Inuyasha yelled. Kagome gasped in realization and shook her head disbelievingly.

Inuyasha turned back to the door that was keeping him from Kagome and kicked it in. It flew off the hinges and landed with a crash in front of her. Kagome coughed as the dust flew up and then looked through the hazy door to see Inuyasha, scowling at her. He wasn't angry with her, it was just his usual scowl.

"Inuyasha!" She cried excitedly and ran over to him and into his arms. She smiled cheerfully with relief in his black t-shirt as his arm went around her protectively. Kikyo's face contorted with anger and hatred and she stormed away. Kagome pulled away from Inuyasha and looked up at him sweetly.

"Are you alright Kagome?" He asked in concern. Kagome smiled and nodded happily. She felt bad for making him worry, but her heart leapt at the fact that he came to rescue her.

"Thank you Inuyasha." She said softly to him. Inuyasha blushed and backed away from her slowly, turning his head up to hide his blush.

"Yeah, well, you wouldn't have to thank me if I didn't have to keep saving you all the time." He said cockily. Kagome giggled, ignoring his last statement and nodded.

"Well, I have just been informed that Kikyo Haraka has just dropped out of our talent show. So that just leaves Kagome Higurashi." The hostess called out cheerfully. Kagome looked back at Inuyasha and stared into his eyes blankly. A warm smile adorned her lips to him and he grinned back.

"Get out there and do your best Kagome." Inuyasha said, causing a wave of confidence to swell into Kagome's being. She nodded determinedly and walked over to the curtain as Inuyasha exited the to the audience. She took one last breath and told the DJ to play track 1. Slowly she stepped out onto the stage and sighed. She looked out at the audience and her stomach started to twist again. She gulped and looked around. Finally her eyes landed on Inuyasha. He was sitting next to Sango and Miroku and when he noticed her eyes on him he gave her a confident grin. Kagome smiled and nodded, looking over at the DJ.

The music started to play and immediately she went into the song.

(Again I don't own "If your not the one." By Daniel Bedingfield. If you don't know this song you can go to youtube and type in Daniel Bedingfield, or Love Hina. Then type in "If your not the one." You should come up with a great little AMV of them to the song. I recommend it.)

" If you're not the one then why does my soul feel glad today?
If you're not the one then why does my hand fit yours this way?
If you are not mine then why does your heart return my call
If you are not mine would I have the strength to stand at all

I never know what the future brings
But I know you are here with me now
We'll make it through
And I hope you are the one I share my life with

I don't want to run away but I can't take it, I don't understand
If I'm not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am?
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?

If I don't need you then why am I crying on my bed?
If I don't need you then why does your name resound in my head?
If you're not for me then why does this distance maim my life?
If you're not for me then why do I dream as being your wife?

I don't know why you're so far away
But I know that this much is true
We'll make it through
And I hope you are the one I share my life with
And I wish that you could be the one I die with
And I pray in you're the one I build my home with
I hope I love you all my life

I don't want to run away but I can't take it, I don't understand
If I'm not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am
Is there any way that I can stay in your arms?

The music slowed and stopped so that she was the only one singing. Kagome closed her eyes, pouring her soul into the song. Her voice got small and soft.

'Cause I miss you, body and soul so strong that it takes my breath away
And I breathe you into my heart and pray for the strength to stand today
'Cause I love you, whether it's wrong or right
And though I can't be with you tonight
And know my heart is by your side

The music came back full force and by now Kagome was so into the song that the audience seemed to be in a daze at her voice.

I don't want to run away but I can't take it, I don't understand
If I'm not made for you then why does my heart tell me that I am
Is there any way that I could stay in your arms.

The music continued and gradually got quieter. Kagome looked down at the floor, her eyes closed as the song ended and she let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding. The entire audience was silent, speechless to her performance. Even the announcer was quiet. Suddenly in the back somewhere clapping could be heard and then everyone burst into cheers and whistles. The hostess walked over to Kagome and smiled.

"So what do you think guys? Who here thinks Kagome Higurashi should win the contest?" The hostess called out. More cheers and screams echoed out in the hall and the hostess announced that she won.

As everyone cleared out of the room, Kagome smiled down at her hands on stage.

"Kagome you were great! I was breathless!" Sango said with tears in her eyes, hugging Kagome tightly. Kagome looked at her with amusement on her face at her friend's reaction. Reiko gave her a thumbs up and smiled joyfully at her. Miroku congratulated her with a hug and a rub on the bottom, which she and Inuyasha hit him for. Even Sesshomaru said a few words of praise.

"Kagome I love your voice!" Rin said happily. Kagome giggled and rubbed her hair. Rin smiled and turned to Reiko.

"Reiko, Reiko, let's got to the pool!" Rin said happily. Reiko wanted to stay with Kagome for a few moments but upon seeing Kagome staring at Inuyasha and him staring at the floor, waiting for everyone to go she looked down at Rin and smiled.

"Hey Sango, why don't we all go. Kagome, we'll meet you at the pool." Reiko said. Sango looked at her as if she were crazy but when Reiko pointedly looked over at Inuyasha and Kagome, Sango silently 'oh'-ed and nodded.

"Yeah, let's go Miroku. You too Sesshomaru." She said and pushed them out of the dining hall. Once they were gone Kagome looked up at Inuyasha and smiled. He was blushing as he looked upon her beautiful face, staring at him with her warm, kind eyes. He wanted to say something. He wanted to compliment her on her singing, he wanted to tell her the feelings that were whirling inside his stomach at that very moment, but his pride and nerves stopped him.

"Did you like it Inuyasha?" She asked timidly, blushing. Inuyasha was taken aback by her question and he couldn't think of anything to say.

"Uh...I..." He looked away from her. He then turned his back and folded his arms. She stared at him, a hurt look on her face from him turning away.

"I loved it." He said determinedly. Kagome's hurt feeling was taken away as it was replaced with shock and surprise.

"You-you did?" She stuttered. A smile graced her lips as well as a bright red blush on her cheeks.

"I...I couldn't think of anything to say about it. I...I still don't know what to say." He confessed. Kagome stared at his back, Inuyasha refusing to look at her. She could tell her was blushing though. She smiled warmly at his compliment and walked up to him slowly. She wrapped her slender arms around his waist and rested her head on his back. Inuyasha's ears perked and his eyes widened in surprise.

"Thank you...Inuyasha." She said softly. He glanced back at her from the corner of his eye and then smiled softly and touched her hands with his clawed ones.

Well that's it for Chapter 3. I'm sorry it took me so long to update. I've just been busy with school and such. But here it was. It was a lot fluffier than originally planned but I thought it turned out better than before. I was extremely happy about it. I chose the song I did because it went well with Kagome and Inuyasha's situation. She loves him and he loves her but she just can't admit it yet, mainly because she doesn't know it yet. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this big chapter of fluff. I love you all! Read and review and if you have any ideas that I might like please send them in. Just don't be disappointed if I don't do them. Review for me and tell me what you think. Till next time, TTYL.