Hey Everyone. I hope you're all anxious as to see what Sesshomaru's actions will be like against Josh at this little party. Josh is the same age as them by the way, Sesshomaru's the only older one. Sesshomaru is 18 and the rest are 17. I love this story, it's my best yet if I do say so myself.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. But I do own Reiko, who's the best OC I've ever created. I do somewhat own Josh, my skitzo guy. You get meet his "other half" in this chapter, hurray for you! Now, on with the fic!

Chapter 12

Hiro's here!

Reiko laughed as Kagome jumbled around her room, looking for something, anything to wear for the party. Even though Reiko suspected it was just a casual party, she loved to get dressed up in sexy clothes, just to tease Sesshomaru. It was fun. This time she wore a black low cut tank top that cut off just below her bossom and criss-crossed in the back, with a jean jacket that also didn't reach far past her chest, and figure fitting jeans that slowly loosened as they reached her feet. She felt like partying! Kagome turned and looked at her and then smiled.

"Where on earth did you get that?" Kagome asked with amusement. Reiko grinned and shrugged.

"In the bottome of my drawers at home, why? Does it not look okay?" Reiko asked with a fake pout. Kagome giggled and shook her head.

"You look fine. Now if only I could find something to wear!" Kagome said aggravatedly. Reiko grinned wider and tossed a dress to Kagome. She looked at it for a moment and then at Reiko.

"What is this?"

"Something for you to wear. It'll kill him." Reiko said with a wink and walked out the door to find Sango. Kagome looked back down at the dress. It was dark blue. She put it on and gasped, it was a cute dress, she looked like she was going clubbing! It was a plain spaghetti strapped, low cut dress that hugged her curves until it reached her hips, then it flowed loosely out to reach just above her knees. Kagome smiled and looked herself over in the mirror.

Reiko was in the bathroom now, she pulled up her hair into a messy bun and smiled at the way she looked. She then went off to Sango's room, to find the girl sitting on her bed, staring at a few articles of clothing. Reiko raised her eyebrow at Sango and approached her.

"Sango?" Reiko called softly. The girl jumped in surprise and laughed.

"Sorry Reiko, you startled me."

"What'cha doing?" She asked cheerfully. Sango sighed and looked towards the door to make sure no one was there.

"Well, I...I want to wear something...hot. Like you and Kagome do." Sango admitted. Being the modest girl of their group, Sango didn't usually wear revealing shirts. She had laid out a black mini skirt, two different shirts, a chocolate brown t-shirt and a off the shoulders long sleeve white shirt, a pair of jeans, a an assortment of shoes that would look really cute with any of the articles of clothing. Reiko walked over and sank down on the bed next to Sango.

"You want to impress Miroku don't you?" Reiko teased. Sango's face went beat red and she pushed at Reiko.

"Shut up! I should never have told you!" Sango said angrily. Reiko laughed and shook her head.

"I'm sorry Sango. If you really want my opinion, I'd go with the black mini skirt and the off-the-shoulders, long sleeve shirt. With the knee high laced up boots. I've always liked those boots, I just might steal them sometime." Reiko said chuckling as she watched Sango's face go red with embarrassment and anger.

"Really, just go with what you're comfortable in, if you want to try something new, go with my first opinion." Reiko added before leaving the girl to decide. Sango smiled at her friend's retreating back and then picked up the clothes Reiko had suggested.

Five o'clock rolled around really fast that day. The boy's came by to walk with them there, partly because it was their girls, and partly because they didn't listen to the number of the cabin. Kagome smiled at Inuyasha and kissed him on the cheek when he walked in. He gave her a once over and you could almost see the drool sliding out of his mouth. Sesshomaru, as usual didn't show any emotion on his face, a well practiced feature for him, but his eyes said it all when Reiko got close enough to look into them. When Miroku saw Sango though, all hell broke loose on the ship. Sango blushed as she walked towards Miroku. They weren't officially a couple yet. Sango thought it was because she always looked too modest, or too intimidating, Miroku thought that it was him for being perverted. But at this moment his eyes were out of his sockets in shock and awe of how beautiful she looked. She had her hair up in a clip so that it hung out the top of the clip and cascaded down her shoulders and high back, her curves were accented by the form fitting clothing she wore and her nervous postition with her arms behind her back, her hand clutching at her upper arm, her eyes downcast, and her legs slightly crossed just made her look more appealing to him than any other way. She looked, sexy, and cute all at the same time. He approached her a little closer and fumbled with his words...and all he was saying was hello! Kagome and Reiko giggled at the pair. They were so cute together it wasn't even funny.

"H-Hi." Sango greeted him back, stuttering.

The boys weren't too sore on the eyes either. Inuyasha was wearing a black t-shirt with an unbuttoned, button-up red shirt over it and a pair of baggy pants. Miroku was wearing a white tank top undershirt and a pair of baggy jeans with it. Sesshomaru, was wearing a half way buttoned white work shirt, tucked in to a pair of loose fitting dark jeans. (God that's so hot! Me: Reiko STOP! If you jump him now you'll ruin the story! Reiko: Pout Fine.)

"Ready to go?" Reiko asked playfully. They all nodded and the girls lead the way to Josh's cabin.

Kagome and the girls looked at the numbers of the doors when they got close, Reiko walked a little ways down farther than the others and passed the doors.

"164, 165, 166...167! Hey you guys I found it!" Reiko called. Just as she was about to knock the door flung open and there stood Josh, smiling happily at her. Reiko jumped in surprise and sighed.

"Don't do that to me!" She yelled at him. Josh appologized to her and moved out of the way so everyone could come in. There was music and food, just like a real party.

'He must have gotten this from the caf...' Reiko thought. Sango smiled and hugged Josh as she entered and he looked her over with wide eyes.

"Wow, Sango, I don't think I've ever seen you like this before. You look great!" Josh exclaimed and Sango blushed.

"Thanks Josh." She said happily. Kagome walked in and hugged him as well.

"It's great to see you Josh. I'm glad you came on the cruise." Kagome said happily. Josh smiled at her and was about to say something when Inuyasha loomed up behind Kagome and wrapped his arms around her, while giving poor Josh a warning glare.

"I am too Kagome. So how've you guys been? I mean, since school." He asked, trying to start a conversation. Kagome smiled and told him that it had just been a normal vacation before they got the tickets to the cruise.

"Yeah, it was kind of boring before Kagome won those tickets. Now we're always doing something or something happens to us." Reiko said sarcastically and laughed. She sat down on the couch, taking a bit of a carrot stick, and looked up at Josh. Sesshomaru walked over to her and sat down next to her. Josh could sense that Sesshomaru didn't like him much, but he couldn't for the life of him figure out why. Unless Sesshomaru could sense that he liked her...maybe...

"So, Reiko, how did you and Sesshomaru get together?" Josh asked in a slightly cheerful tone. Reiko grinned and shrugged.

"I don't know...it just sorta happened." Reiko laughed. Sesshomaru remained emotionless and stared at Josh, keeping a close eye on him.

"Um...so did you guys enjoy Dominica?" Josh asked, trying to start another conversation. Sango and Reiko glanced towards Kagome, watching for her reaction, which she drooped her head a little and they shrugged.

"Let's just say while a certain someone is still there, I shouldn't be allowed on that Island any time soon." Reiko said, eating another carrot stick. Josh raised and eyebrow and glanced over at Kagome, noticing the other two glanced at her before Reiko answered. Kagome looked a little sad and Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kagome, holding her closely and protectively. He then looked back at Reiko and mouthed the words "What happened." Reiko shook her head, signifying to drop the subject and Josh sighed. 'This is starting to be a little more awkward than I thought.'

'Then let me out.' Josh shuddered at the voice and felt his consciousness slip away and his other half coming out.

'Just don't make a fool of me like last time. I almost blew it with Reiko then.' Josh warned. The voice chuckled and Josh went to sleep in his mind.

"Hello Reiko." Josh greeted again. Only this time his voice was different, it was rougher, a little deeper, and more amused. Reiko's eyes shot to him and her eyes narrowed. Everyone's attention now centered on Josh and his seemingly different dimeanor. His physical appearance didn't change, his hair was still brown, his body was still slightly built, but his eyes, were what threw him off. They weren't stormy grey anymore. They were sparkling blue. Reiko studied him for a bit more, and then smirked. Sesshomaru didn't like the sound of Josh's voice at all this time. It let on less emotion than before.

"So you've finally decided to show yourself Hiro? I must say I didn't expect to see you so soon." Reiko said, her voice dripping with amusement and sarcasim. Sesshomaru glanced down at her with a raised eyebrow. What on earth had gotten into her? And why was she calling Josh, Hiro? He thought that Hiro was Josh's brother or something.

Josh smirked again and then glanced over at Kagome and Sango, ignoring the two males beside them.

"Well hello Kagome. Sango, it's so nice to see you two again." He said. Inuyasha growled at the strange voice coming from him. Kagome smiled and Sango grinned timidly.

"Hello Hiro. How are you?" Kagome asked. Now all the guys were staring at the girls in confusion. Why did they keep calling Josh, Hiro? Josh stretched his arms high above his head and then rested his eyes back on Reiko.

"So I see you've made some new friends since I'd been asleep. Aren't you going to introduce us Reiko?" He asked with a toothy smirk, revealing long canine teeth. Sesshomaru questioned this. Was he transforming?

Reiko stared at him for a moment, not showing any signs of moving or anything he wanted, but then she smiled cheerfully and put her hands up to introduce their male friends.

"This is Sesshomaru, his brother is Inuyasha, over there, and that man there is Miroku. Everyone, this personality of Josh is named Hiro. Hiro is Josh's duel personality. Josh is Skitzophrenic. As far as I know Hiro is the only other personality he has. Hiro claimes to be a cat demon trapped in the body of a 18 year old boy." Reiko said the last part non-chalantly. Hiro growled and balled up his fist.

"I am a cat demon trapped in this guys body! Shut up about things you don't understand!" Hiro yelled at her. Reiko yawned and waved her hand.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, and I suppose your going to say that you used to be a great and feared ruler in the Sengoku Jidai Era until some monk trapped you in the body of a man to live out your life as a duel personality in him and all his male decendants, right?" Reiko teased. Hiro jumped up and growled.

"THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT BITCH! DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE I'M STUPID!" He yelled at her. Reiko glared at him. Sesshomaru attempted to stand up but Reiko pushed him back down. He glared at her menacingly but the look in her eyes as she glanced back at him warned him not to interfer. For his sake, not Hiro's. She then looked back at him and Hiro instantly felt the angered aura surrounding her. His anger subsided with a jolt and he looked at her in contrite.

"Reiko, I'm sorry I didn't mean---"

"A bitch am I? I'll show you bitch!" Reiko yelled and tried to hit him but he ducked, avoiding her attempt to hit him. Reiko growled and tried again but missed as Hiro jumped a good 3 feet away from her. Kagome and Sango jumped up and held both her arms. They motioned for Sesshomaru to come get her and he obliged without hesitation. He picked her up by the waist with both arms and pulled her away to sit back down. Hiro sighed and sat a good distance away from her.

"I said I was sorry." Hiro pouted. Reiko stuck her tongue out at him childishly and Hiro laughed.

"The same old Reiko I see. Haven't changed a bit."

"We saw you just 6 months ago! How can I change within that short a time period." Reiko growled angrily.

"I only come out every few months. I'm a little late this time aren't I."

"I'll say. I almost expected to encounter you first than Josh. How long are you out for this time?" Reiko asked curiously.

"I'd say a few days. As you know, Josh is the dominant personality in this body, so I don't get out for long. I don't mind it really. It just means more sleep for me." Hiro said, clasping his hands together behind his head and resting it on his arms. Reiko rolled her eyes.

"So, this is a party right? Let's start. Cause it's not a party without Hiro!" Hiro exclaimed and cranked up the music. He stood up and went straight to the food. It felt like he hadn't eaten in months.( litterally too.) Sesshomaru sat on the couch, his arms folded as he watched Reiko dance with Kagome and Sango. Miroku was up there trying to dance with them, and succeeded in getting to dance with Sango. Inuyasha was at the buffet table with Josh/Hiro, seeming to be talking to him about god knows what.

Reiko looked over at her Sesshomaru. He looked to be pouting and she giggled. She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck from behind. She lowered her head to his neck and nipped at the spot where he usually got a shiver out of her. To her surprise she got the same reaction from him.

"Why are you pouting Fluffy?" She asked in a teasingly low voice. He tensed and she felt a small growl escape his lips.

"I'm not pouting thank you. I'm worried about Rin. She's at the cabin all alone and that's not very responsible of me." Sesshomaru lied. Reiko raised an eyebrow and grinned. She then leaned up to his pointed ear and grinned.

"You know. There's nothing going on between me and Josh, or Hiro for that matter. It's funny that you get jealous over a few hugs and a little spat between him and me. It's cute." She breathed into his ear seductively and this time she earned herself something between a pleased purr and an angry growl.

"I'm not jealous." He growled warningly. Reiko giggled and sat up.

"Sure you're not Fluffy. Come on, dance with me." She said, walking around to the front of him and pulling him up. She lead him over to the small group and started to dance with him and Kagome.

Out of the corner of his eye Hiro watched Reiko's every move. Graceful, yet wild at the same time. He knew from the moment she introduced him to Sesshomaru, that she was no longer attainable anymore. But that didn't stop his feelings for her. It never would, and he wasn't going to give up trying to be with her. He and Josh loved her, but the problem was she never saw that. Damn it he hated dense people, even though he could be at times.

The rest of the night until 10 p.m. They all danced with eachother and told funny stories about before and Reiko and Hiro had at least one more fight before the night was out. It was funny to watch since it was over something stupid. Food. They had fought about what the best flavor of ice cream is.

"Chocolate!" Reiko shouted.

"Strawberry!" Hiro shouted.

This went on and on for an hour until Kagome broke it up by saying the best flavor of ice cream was sundae and everyone laughed. Satisfied with the reaction she got she stood up and called it a night.

"Yeah, I'm beat too. I'll see ya in the morning Kagome." Inuyasha said, kissing her before he walked off to the boys room. Miroku and Sango approached the door and Miroku kissed Sango on the cheek.

"Goodnight my dear Sango. I hope we can do this again." He said, leaving a blushing Sango behind.

Reiko and Sesshomaru came last. Reiko turned to Hiro with a smile, having forgotten that they were just fighting a second ago. She hugged him happily and said goodnight. His arms snaked around her middle, enjoying the feel of her in his arms and he said goodnight as well.

"We'll see ya soon Hiro-kun." Reiko laughed and walked up to Sesshomaru.

"Ready to go?" She asked. He glared at her and nodded, and they left Hiro in his room. He smiled at Reiko's retreating form and started to clean up what little mess they left.

As they walked down the hall Kagome and Sango noticed Sesshomaru's bad mood and Reiko's oblivious smile. Kagome and Sango looked at eachother and sighed.

"Hey Reiko, Me and Sango are going to go to the cafe and get something to drink, you want anything?" They asked. Reiko shook her head, saying that she had soda in the fridge and Kagome and Sango nodded, turning around and heading back towards the deck. Now it was just her and Sesshomaru. He glared at the girl's retreating backs but figured they were trying to give them some alone time so that he could talk to her.

"Reiko." Sesshomaru addressed. Reiko looked up at him with a smile, but upon seeing his sour face she sighed.

"What?" She responded.

"I don't like him."

"Well that was obvious. I could already tell that from the glares you were giving him. I thought you were going to kill him when he called me a bitch." Reiko laughed and continued walking. They arrived at her room and she opened the door. He walked in after her, still glaring at her and stood by the doorway as she threw her jacket aside and let down her hair. Sesshomaru looked her up and down, desire flooding into his body but he quickly shook it off, he couldn't think about that right now no matter how enticing she looked. He needed to tell her what he felt about this Hiro guy.

"I don't like the fact that you hug him all the time." Sesshomaru continued. Reiko scowled and turned to face him.

"Well excuse me Fluffy, but that just how I am! I do that with all my friends!" She said hotly. Sesshomaru glared back at her and took a step towards her.

"You don't do that with Miroku or Inuyasha. So do not tell me you do that with all your friends, for that's a lie." Sesshomaru stated dangerously. Reiko's temper was rising and she took another step towards him.

"Oh really? How would you know if that's a lie? Just cause I don't hug your brother or best friend cause of Kagome and Sango, I automatically am lying about hugging all my friends?! You don't know me outside of this cruise! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING OF WHAT I DID BEFORE I MET YOU! SO HOW CAN YOU STAND THERE AND ACCUSE ME OF LYING?!!" She screamed at him.

"DO NOT SCREAM AT ME! I AM JUST GOING BY WHAT I HAVE OBSERVED OF YOU OVER THE PAST WEEK!" Sesshomaru bellowed over her. Reiko growled loudly and hit his chest.

"YOUR SO STUPID! I BET YOU THINK I DO THAT CAUSE I LIKE HIM DON'T YOU?!? YOU PROBABLY THINK THAT I LOVE HIM RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK? CAUSE IF YOU DO YOU DON'T KNOW ME AS WELL AS YOU THINK!!" Sesshomaru stared at her in silence. That was what he thought more or less. Reiko's mouth dropped open in shock at his silence.

" GOD YOU STUPID...ARGH! HE'S BEEN MY BEST FRIEND SINCE WE WERE 3 YEARS OLD YOU DUMB DOG DEMON! I'VE ALWAYS HUGGED HIM LIKE THAT SINCE WE WERE LITTLE! IT'S WHAT WE DO! IT'S WHAT I'VE DONE FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS!" She screamed at him. Sesshomaru remained silent that entire time. She stared him down, menace and threatening in her eyes.

"I'm...sorry...if I was mistaken. I'm not used to having a girlfriend. So I'm not used to things like this happening, cause I never cared about any other woman the way I care about you." Sesshomaru said with difficulty. Reiko's anger vanished like the snap of the fingers and she stared at him in shock.

"But Rin said..."

"I never said I didn't have girlfriends. I just never had them for this long before. Rin always warned me of their greed, but I never believed her so she took matters into her own hands to save me. You're different Reiko. I'm not used to someone like you." Sesshomaru confessed nervously. Reiko smiled for two reasons. One, she was getting him to show more and more of his emotions since she'd known him, and two, the great and powerful Lord Sesshomaru was telling her how he felt and it was making him nervous. It was funny.

"Well, Josh and I are just friends. Just like Me and Hiro are friends. They're the same person, so they've been my best friends since we were little. I look at them more as my brother's than...well...like I look at you." Reiko said, smiling with a hint of a blush. Sesshomaru smirked and walked up to her. She looked up at him, seeing no emotion on his face but the smirk. She hated when he did this. It kind of scared her cause she didn't know what he was going to do next. He took his hand and rubbed his fingers against her cheek, down her neck and across her right shoulder.

"I like what you're wearing." He teased her. She grinned and leaned up close to him, her lips just barely centimeters away from him.

"I thought you might." She whispered against his lips. He closed the gap and captured her lips in a slow, soft kiss.

"Hey you guys we got some dri---" Kagome's voice stopped abruptly when she saw Sesshomaru kissing Reiko. They jumped apart, Sesshomaru with a light blush across his face and Reiko, bright red and laughing. She always laughed when she was embarrassed. Kagome smiled and walked up to them. Sango and Kagome smiled at her.

Reiko said goodnight to Sesshomaru and then turned to Kagome and Sango, who once the door was closed started to laugh.

"Thanks a lot you guys. I discovered another emotion he can feel. Jealousy." Reiko said cheerfully. Kagome and Sango stopped laughing for a moment and then burst out again.

Okay, so I hoped you liked this chapter. And J, I hope that I didn't kill Hiro too much. Even though I sorta had to change his entire well...image. I hope I didn't butcher him. God that would be terrible of me. I tried though, to make him seem cool. I kind of did him like Inuyasha, only Inu wouldn't ever apologize unless he saw tears. Anyway, I'll see you all again in Chapter 13 of The Caribbean Cruise! Ja ne!