Hey everyone. I know that you all hated that I didn't just put all of this into one chapter, but it really would have ruined the suspense of it. And plus I'm planning on making this a whole chapter of fluffiness between Kagome and Inuyasha. So I hope you enjoy!

This chapter is dedicated to all of my reviewers!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I do own Reiko and her spunkyness. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 6

The Dance with the Demon

part 2

Upon arriving at the doors to the dining hall, everything went downhill from there. They entered the room and all eyes turned to them. Kagome felt her cheeks go red and she tried to hide her face. Inuyasha wasn't there yet it looked like. She wondered where he could be and why he wasn't there. She looked back at Miroku with a confused look on her face and he shrugged and motioned with his eyes to the buffet table. Kagome nodded and followed them over there. She told Hojo to find them a table to sit at and that she'd be right over. When Hojo was gone Kagome turned to Miroku and with a sad look asked him where Inuyasha was.

"He said he would come later. He had a few work things to do first for Sesshomaru." Miroku said with a wink. Kagome's eyes widened knowingly. So that was how Miroku got Inuyasha to go by himself. He got Sesshomaru to over load him with work. Reiko winked at her and Kagome smiled. Suddenly a song came on. Reiko squealed and ran and grabbed Sango and Kagome's hands and ran out onto the dance floor dragging them behind. Sesshomaru and Miroku followed behind slowly, not really sure what they should do. Reiko started to move to the beat of the song with Sango and Kagome. When she spotted Sesshomaru she smiled and waved him over to dance with her. He walked over awkwardly and she fully intended to teach him how to dance to this song but he totally surprised her with moves of his own. Reiko smiled cheerfully at him and danced with him happily. Hojo came over and stole Kagome away, dancing with her and touching her as if she was a piece of ass. He was totally off with the song and Kagome felt awkward. Out of no where she felt a pair of eyes glaring deathly at Hojo and her and she immediately removed Hojo's hands, feeling uncomfortable with his actions anyway. She knew it was Inuyasha. One her necklace was glowing and two she only felt that stare once when she was younger and with Inuyasha and a boy was picking on her. She looked around stealthy for the source of the gaze and then her eyes fell onto the silver haired hanyou she loved. He was glaring at them, his eyes filled with anger, jealousy, and sadness? Her heart instantly lurched at that look in his eyes. She wasn't ready to explain why, she didn't want to explain how yet. She wasn't ready to tell him she loved him. She had planned on midnight! But if he looked this mad already, how was she going to survive. Upon spotting Inuyasha in the crowd Sango's eyes widened and she looked at Miroku with painfully sad eyes. She looked near tears as her friend did. Kagome looked away from them all and walked off towards the buffet table. She sighed as Inuyasha came over and tears came to her eyes. She quickly tried to hide them, but he could smell them way before he got there.

"Kagome, what's up? Why are you with that guy!" Inuyasha asked exasperatedly. Kagome couldn't look at him. She wasn't prepared to tell him why yet.

"B-because. He asked me." Kagome said quietly. Inuyasha's ears perked in annoyance.

"But he touches you as if he owns you! Why do you let him do that!"

"I didn't okay! I made him stop!" Kagome yelled at him, now not able to hide her tears. This made Inuyasha's ears flatten to his head. He looked away from her, scowling at the floor.

"Why...didn't you wait for me to ask?" He asked quietly. Kagome's eyes widened and two tears slide down her cheeks.

"I didn't know that you were. You never hinted or anything. Plus...Hojo asked wednsday. You had plenty of chances to ask me by then!" Kagome said, now making excuses so that he would go away for a little while. She didn't want him to feel hurt, but she couldn't tell him the real reason that she was going to the dance with Hojo and not him. Then she would have to explain where he found her and why she was there in the first place. Inuyasha glared at her.

"Maybe I was going to but you always had to go when I finally was about to!" Inuyasha yelled at her stubbornly. Now everyone in the hall was looking at them. Sango's heart was breaking for Kagome's. Kagome's tears were flowing freely now. It was killing her to have to talk to Inuyasha this way.

"Well excuse me for having friends that call for my attention too! But you had an opportunity the other day when we were alone! You never even mentioned the dance, nor did you go anywhere near the subject!" Kagome yelled at him. Inuyasha huffed and folded his arms.

"Well maybe if you didn't look so damn sad all the time I'd be able to talk to you!" Inuyasha shouted and stormed off, leaving Kagome speechless. She hadn't expected that. She had been sad a lot lately. It started wednsday after Hojo had asked her and she agreed. He noticed, even though she didn't talk to him or see him much after that, but he had not said anything. Did he think that he was causing her to be sad? So he was leaving her alone? If that's the case...

Kagome fell to her knees and sat down in her chair. Hojo walked over and hugged her to his chest, letting her cry.

"It's alright Kagome. At least you have me." He said, trying to cheer her up. This only made her cry even more. Sango ran over to her and picked her friend off the ground. Reiko looked over at Sesshomaru and he nodded. She ran after Sango and Kagome as they walked towards the bathroom to calm her down. Hojo watched them leave and then turned to come face to face with Miroku.

"Well I'm guessing you must be Hojo." Miroku said with a glare. Hojo gulped and nodded. Miroku smiled and offered him his hand to shake. Hojo jumped in surprise and timidly took it.

"It's nice to meet you Hojo. I'm Sango's date Miroku, and Inuyasha's best friend. You better keep to your word and stay away from Kagome after tonight. Cause if I see her cry one more time, Sesshomaru and I aren't going to show you any mercy." He said, and all of this in a calm and cheerful tone. Hojo laughed nervously and looked over at the glaring Sesshomaru as he flexed his claws. Hojo gulped loudly again and retracted his hand from Miroku's fierce grip.

"Will you gentlemen excuse me. I have to go check on my date." Hojo said nervously and edged towards the girl's bathroom.

"It'll be alright Kagome. It could have been worse. He could have said he never wanted to see you again." Reiko said, trying to comfort her, but it seemed to only make it worse. Sango sighed and made Kagome look at her.

"Kagome, you have to pull yourself together. If you don't then you'll not be able to make it through this date and Hojo won't leave you alone. So why don't you dry your eyes and we can get back to the dance okay?" Sango said, trying to calm her friend down. Kagome nodded her head and stood up, walking over to the sink. It was a good thing she wore waterproof mascara or she'd have black runny eyes. Sango touched up Kagome's make-up for her and then with a smile she gripped Kagome's hand in hers and nodded. Kagome nodded at her and they walked out of the bathroom together.

Outside on the roof...

"You had plenty of chances to ask by then! Yeah well if you would ever let me I would have, but someone would always come in the way. Whether it be Miroku, or her friends Sango and Reiko, or even Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha mocked her voice and brooded over this on the roof of the dining hall. After a minute however he sighed and hung his head over the rail.

'But she did give me plenty of chances, didn't she. I just never took them. God I'm such an idiot. If I just had asked...just worked up the courage...I don't get it. I can face anyone. I can say whatever I want to anyone without regret, but when it comes to her...I can't speak to save my soul. I can face demons and humans alike as they ridicule me but when she talks to me in her soft voice I go weak. God I'm an idiot.' The thought sadly and his ears flattened to his head.

In the Dining room...

"Kagome?" Hojo looked sadly at her as she came out of the bathroom. Kagome smiled at him gently and took his hand into hers.

"I'm sorry Hojo, I'm not being a very good date. Let's dance." Kagome said kindly and he looked at her in shock. With a broad smile he nodded enthusiastically and walked her out to the dance floor as a slow song started to play.

Out on the roof Inuyasha could hear the music and his blood boiled to think Kagome was dancing with that bastard. Touching her like that made him feel sick to his stomach. It stirred a part of him that he had not felt in a long, long time. A part of him he was afraid of.

Hojo hadn't done anything to her in a long while now, to Kagome's delight. He was being a perfect gentleman and this Hojo wasn't so bad. After about 6 songs of straight dancing Hojo offered to go get drinks. Kagome thanked him as he walked over to the buffet. He glanced back at her to make sure her back was turned. She was talking to her friends. Perfect, now was the time to call Kikyo. It was around 9:30 p.m. the time Kikyo had told him to contact her. He walked outside, unknowing that Inuyasha was just feet above him. He picked up the walkie talkie and pressed the button.

"Operation get Kagome is a go." He said into the speaker. Inuyasha's ears perked and he looked down at Hojo. To be honest he hadn't noticed him come out. He was too busy brooding on his thoughts to notice. But at the mention of Kagome his intrests perked.

"Good, at !0:00 I want you to take her out onto the deck. I'll meet you there." Inuyasha's eyes widened at Kikyo's voice. What was she planning.

"What are you going to do with Kagome?" Hojo asked. Kikyo's laughter rang out through the open air making him squish his ears to his head at the wreched sound.

"Have you still not figured it out little Hojo? I'm going to throw her over the side! And watch her drown in the ship's wake." Kikyo said evily. Inuyasha gasped and his blood boiled again. That part of him roared to be let out. It slashed at him to get free and it was so sudden that he couldn't stop it. His eyes flashed from red to gold and back to red, his pupils turning teal. A low growl eminated from low in his throat alarming Hojo of his presence. Hojo jumped and upon seeing the angered hanyou he stepped back.

"K-K-Kikyo i-i-i-it's Inu-Inu-Inu..." He sputtered the words, too afraid to even speak.

"What are you stuttering about!" She screamed into the talkie.

"IT'S INUYASHA!" Hojo screamed and made a break for it to the double doors that lead to the dance. Inuyasha jumped down in a flash and was on Hojo within seconds.

"You'll regret touching Kagome in my presence!" He growled and thrust his fist into Hojo's stomach. Hojo went flying threw the double doors and landed with a sickening crack in the middle of the dance floor. In front of Kagome's feet. Kagome gasped as Hojo coughed up blood and tried to pick himself up. Kagome knelt down fearfully and tried to help him. When she looked up and saw Inuyasha's glowing red eyes she gasped in fear and her jaw dropped.

"Oh no." She whispered out and stood up. Miroku walked to her side and looked at Inuyasha confusedly.

"What's wrong with him Kagome?" Miroku asked confusedly. Instantly panic welled in Kagome. Everyone here was in danger. She had to get them to safety some how without alarming Inuyasha.

"Kagome?" Miroku persisted, his voice rising. This caught Inuyasha's attention and he lept the distance to them, his fangs and claws bared. Kagome rememberd this look only once in her memories. It was the scariest day of her life.

Flash Back...

"You'll regret defending that half breed!" Yelled a full grown demon as he threw Kagome against a concrete wall. Inuyasha was on the ground, his face battered and bruised from being beaten. Kagome had found him trying to defend himself against a group of demons who hated him. They hated all half demons and beat them up if they saw one. Kagome cried out in pain as she hit the wall and Inuyasha called out her name in panic. The demon had a cut on his cheek from where Kagome had thrown a sharp rock at him to get his attention away from Inuyasha. His burly hands clenched Kagome's throat, cutting off her oxygen, causing her to gasp for air. Inuyasha cried out her name again and charged at the demon, trying his hardest to get him away from Kagome.

"GET OFF OF HER!" He yelled but was thrown back by another demon who was smiling evily.

"Stupid half breed, how typical, protecting a human. How pathetic!" He spat on him and the other two laughed.

"Inu-ya-sha..." Kagome gasped out, trying her hardest to reach him, trying to take away his pain even though she was the one who was dying. Her vision was going blurry now and her head felt like it was going to pop off.

Suddenly there was a deep growl that came from the depths of Inuyasha's throat. A strange aura surrounded him and his hair started to stand on end. His fangs and claws lengthened and his eyes turned the color of blood. His pupils a teal color. He growled again and the demon who had a grip on Kagome laughed.

"I think this boy is warning us guys. Show him what we do to tough guys who think they can stand up to us." He said, his grip loosening on Kagome's throat a bit. She caught some air and her vision was starting to return so that she had a good look at Inuyasha. It scared her to see him. His eyes struck fear into her soul and she gasped, alerting the man that his grip was loosened. He tightened it again and she couldn't breath again. But before he could even laugh he heard screams of pain, and they weren't coming from Inuyasha. He dropped Kagome out of suprise and turned to come face to face with a bloody Inuyasha. Kagome backed as far into the wall as possible, her terror shown through her face. Inuyasha grinned at the stench of fear. His eyes riveted from Kagome to the adult demon.

"It looks like your scared. Still want to teach me a lesson?" He asked, licking the blood from his claws. This made Kagome feel physically sick but she couldn't move. The demon who had had her growled and charged at Inuyasha, a sword in hand. Inuyasha smirked and cracked his claws.

"Guess so. Funny how stupid teachers can be." He laughed and with one leap he sliced through the man easily, going straight through him and landing in front of a horror stricken Kagome. The man fell to the ground, with one last scream of pain. Inuyasha cracked his knuckles again and smiled down at Kagome.

"So what about you?" He asked. Kagome was so afraid she couldn't see straight. Was this the same Inuyasha? What was wrong with him? Would he really hurt her? Finally she made up her mind. She was going to get her Inuyasha back. This was not her hanyou friend. He wouldn't do this. She stood up and stared at him, all the fear gone from her eyes and this seemed to intrigue Inuyasha.

"Well it seems your not afraid of me anymore." He growled at her. Kagome stood firm and glared at him.

"Inuyasha! What's wrong with you? Give me back Inuyasha!" She yelled at him. Inuyasha cocked his head and then a smirk came to his eyes.

"Why dear girl, I am Inuyasha." He said satisfyingly. Kagome's eyes widened at his statement and shook her head.

"No you're not. Inuyasha wouldn't scare me like this! If you were Inuyasha you'd be asking me if I was alright, not threatening me!" She screamed at him, her eyes closed tight and tears forming in her eyes. This took Inuyasha by surprise.

"If you were Inuyasha he'd hug me and say everything was going to be alright! He would be trying to calm me down and tell me that I wasn't going to be hurt any more!" Kagome said shaking her head, causing a few tears to fly onto his bloodstained face. This spurred a reaction in him and Inuyasha held his head. Growling at the pain that was now fighting it's way into his brain. He fell to his knees and then yelped as it hit him full force. He fell to the ground unconscious and Kagome dropped to her knees in confusion. She turned Inuyasha onto his back and laid his head in her lap. Slowly his eyes fluttered open and he looked up at her with his golden eyes. She smiled in relief at him and hugged him tightly. He was so confused at this that he pushed her away gently and looked around. When he saw the dead bodies he looked over at Kagome as if she did it.

"What happened Kagome?" He asked in stunned shock. The same reaction came from Kagome at his question.

"You...You don't remember?" She asked in disbelief. He shook his head and Kagome's eyes filled with tears.

"Oh INUYASHA!" She said and flung her arms around him.

Later she would explain what had happened and thus Inuyasha vowed never to scare her like that again.

End Flashback...

Inuyasha smiled at her and flexed his claws and growled at her.

"Inuyasha? What's with you? It's Kagome!" Miroku said, flinging his arm out in front of Kagome. Inuyasha started to laugh, a slow, sadistic laugh and then he threw his head back and leapt at Miroku. Kagome in a panic pushed Miroku out of the way before Inuyasha could touch him. five long claw marks etched into the floor and Miroku gasped at it. That could have been him!

"INUYASHA YOU PRICK! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!" Miroku shouted at him. Inuyasha laughed and turned to him again, flexing his claws. But before he could get anywhere near Miroku Sesshomaru stepped in.

"So this is what you're reducing yourself to little brother?" Sesshomaru asked in his monotone voice. Inuyasha growled at him. Sesshomaru made the first move, balling up his fist and punching Inuyasha across the room. Kagome looked on in fear as Sesshomaru charged after him with graceful speed.

"NO! Sesshomaru don't hurt him!" Kagome cried out and started to run after Inuyasha and Sesshomaru as they took their battle outside. Rin looked up at Reiko with tears in her eyes and fear all over her face. She burried her face in Reiko's dress and clung to her like a frightened child would to it's mother. Reiko held Rin close to her and nodded to Sango to go after them. Sango immediately chased after them, followed closely by Miroku.

"Is Lord Sesshomaru going to be alright? What about Uncle Inuyasha?" Rin asked fearfully. (Aww uncle Inuyasha.)

Reiko smiled and her and nodded. "They'll be just fine. Don't you worry." Reiko said trying to reassure her, though she was not sure herself.

Kagome chased after them until they were out in the open deck. Inuyasha leapt at Sesshomaru but he dodged and attacked back. Kagome watched terrified at it. Her eyes swam in tears. " INUYASHA STOP! PLEASE!" She screamed. It didn't even phase him. Her tears didn't even phase him. It worked before, but now she didn't know what to do. What could she do?

"Inuyasha..." She breathed out. She shut her eyes tight and then sprinted forward just as Inuyasha took another lunge at Sesshomaru.

In an instant she tackled him, wrapping her arms around his middle. "INUYASHA STOP!" She screamed. He stopped in mid lung and looked down at her in shock. He growled threateningly.

"Kagome get away from him!" Miroku shouted.

"You'll be killed!" Sango screamed. Kagome shook her head and tightened her grip on him.

"I LOVE YOU INUYASHA!" She delcared and he stopped moving. His eyes widened at her. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. His eyes started to flash from red to gold again. Her tears were staining the front of his tux and he could feel her shaking. She was afraid, but she was standing up to him like she had done all those years ago. Finally his eyes turned gold again and he wrapped his arms around her waist, causing her to jump slightly at his touch.

"Are you crazy? What if I had hurt you this time?" He asked in a soft but urgent tone. Kagome looked up at him with concerned, sad eyes.

"You didn't last time. Are you alright now Inuyasha?" She asked gently.

"If you promise you won't ever do that again." He said.

"I can't promise that if it's the only way to get you to come back to me." She said with a soft smile. Inuyasha couldn't hold it any longer. He captured her lips in a loving kiss in what seemed like seconds. Kagome's eyes widened at him for a moment, but she relaxed into him and closed her eyes, savoring his touch. Her lips tasted sweet from the lip gloss she had put on her lips, making him crave more. Sango blushed and turned away at this. Miroku eyed her curiously and then a lecherous grin spread across his face.

"Sango..." He said gently. Sango turned to him and noticing his perverted look backed away.

"Don't even think about it Miroku." Sango warned, but what could you say, the man was persistant.

"Sango, come into my arms." He said softly again. Sango shook her head nervously as Miroku advanced. Sesshomaru turned away with a roll of his eyes, knowing what was going to come next. There was a loud slap that rang out through the air, causing Inuyasha and Kagome to break apart and Kagome to blush, realizing that her best friend was standing right there.

Inuyasha sighed. "Idiot." He said and then smiled down at Kagome.

"So you like me huh?" He asked with his usual confident smirk.

"No...I love you Inuyasha." She said softly and he kissed her again. He leaned his forehead against hers and stared into her beautiful chocolate brown eyes.

"And what about you Inuyasha? Do you love me?" She asked softly. She knew that he wouldn't of kissed her if he didn't, but she wanted to hear it so badly.

"Yes. I love you Kagome. I always have." He said and she smiled, her heart skipping a beat.

"You don't know how happy I am to hear you say that." She whispered to him. He smiled at her and heard her heart skip again.

"Oh, I think I have a pretty good idea." He said and once again kissed her for what seemed like an eternity.

Well that's it for this chapter. Now didn't I say it was going to be filled with Inuyasha and Kagome fluff. I was so excited about this chapter that I wrote it in under 3 hours. And that was after I wrote Chapter 5. I just couldn't wait. I hope I didn't rush it. Anyway, I was really happy with the results so if you liked it please review and tell me.