It Started with a Kiss- Twenty year old Kagome has never been kissed. When she decides that she's going to kiss the first person she sees on her twenty-first birthday, a whirlwind of chaos is sure to happen. Especially when she finds out that you just can't kiss anyone carelessly without consequences.
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Chapter Three
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Kagome couldn't believe what was happening. Here she was enjoying a lap dance that her friend Yura had arranged for her. Sure it was something that she wasn't expecting. She wasn't going to turn down some fun for her birthday. Then suddenly, this guy, whom she never met, comes out of nowhere and kisses her. She stared wide-eyed at the mysterious guy as he had a devilish grin on his face. The first reaction was to slap him and that's exactly what she did.
Her hand connected to his face, "Who do you think you are kissing me like that? You don't even know me." The disgust was evident in her voice and on her face.
"Now aren't you the birthday girl? Isn't it customary to give a kiss to celebrate your birthday?"
"In what country do they do that?"
He shrugged his shoulders, "Who knows. I thought that you would be okay with that. Since I am the guy that you kissed at the park."
Kagome eyes widen. Did she hear him correctly? Did he just say that he was the guy she kissed? The same guy that she thought she would never see again. How in the world did he find her? And how did he even know that it was her that kissed him? It was completely dark and that park didn't have any type of light. Well it did but it wasn't lit up to make it obvious. Kagome only stared.
"Now that I've found you, you're mine."
Kagome quickly rushed passed him as she walked towards Sango and Yura. All eyes were on her and the mysterious guy. Her mind was trying to process all the things that were going on. It was happening too fast and she needed a little breathing room.
"Looks like your friend doesn't waste time does he." Yura said, she too was surprised to see this guy randomly kiss Kagome on her lips. But hey stranger things have happened.
"Why are you running away?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome spun on her heels to face him, "What do you mean why am I running away? You kissed me and without my permission. I could have you arrested for harassment."
Inuyasha smirked at her, he liked the feisty personality she had. "This is coming from a woman who had no problem in kissing me last night."
Both Sango and Yura gasped at what he said. They looked at him and then back at Kagome. Their eyes continued to go between the two of them. Sango was the one to break the silence, not that it was silent being in a club and the music blasting. "This is the guy that you kissed Kagome?!"
Yura quickly walked off, not wanting the male dancers to leave. She told the guys that they could entertain the other women here. Many of the women were excited to have their own personal lap dance. Of course, they would have to pay him.
Yura quickly rushed back, not wanting to miss any juicy details. "Did I miss anything?"
Miroku seemed to be just as surprised as the girls. He looked over at his best friend and saw the confident expression that was plastered on his face. "I knew that you were a Neanderthal but this takes the cake." Miroku sighed.
"So this is the girl you were telling us about." Bankotsu eyes scanned Kagome's features. She was definitely nice on the eyes. "You're innocent that much is sure."
"What are you even talking about?" Kagome was definitely annoyed. "I still have a bone to pick with you. You don't just run up to a person and kiss them just because you have an urge." She knew that she was being a hypocrite but she was trying to wrap her mind around the fact that this guy knew that she kissed him.
"You can play the games all you like, but I know that it was you. I followed you to your apartment." Inuyasha still had that smirk on his face. Kagome wanted to slap the taste out of his mouth for kissing her and that smirk of his annoyed her too.
"You followed me?"
"Of course. I needed to know where the woman who stole a kiss from me resided." He chuckled a bit, "You really didn't think that you were going to get away with that did you?"
"Soooo this is the girl you said that kissed you." Miroku couldn't believe that his girlfriend was friends with the girl who kissed Inuyasha.
Sango was still confused, "I guess so."
"Okay so you found out that it was me who kissed you." Kagome folded her arms across her chest, "Do you want an award or something?"
"Yeah in fact I do." Inuyasha walked closer to her. "I already told you that you were mine and I meant that."
Kagome looked at Inuyasha as if he had two heads. "What do you mean that I'm yours? It was just a kiss guy. Nothing major I kissed you because I wanted to get my first kiss out-of-the-way." She shrugged her shoulders as if it was just that simple. "You so happen to be the guy that I kissed."
Inuyasha couldn't help but to give her his smirk, a smirk that was beginning to annoy Kagome immensely. "You don't get it do you?"
"Get what? What is there to get? I kissed you and somehow you are smitten with the kiss." Kagome couldn't help but to blush a bit. She still couldn't believe that she actually kissed him. But that was neither here nor now.
"I'm an Inu-Youkai, well err half." Inuyasha started, "A first kiss is very important in the courtship process."
"Courtship process?" Kagome was confused. "Are you talking about dating?"
"When Youkais date, a kiss is sacred. It's like sex, you can only share it with one person."
Bankotsu laughed, "I wouldn't say that you can just have sex with one person. I'm a living testament to that." He winked at Yura who couldn't help but to blush.
"What are you trying to say?" Kagome was still confused. She didn't know what Inuyasha was rambling about and none of it made sense. What did he mean about the Youkai or whatever it was he was talking about?
Sure the world was still getting used to the idea that Youkais walked among the humans. It was like angels and demons, a world full of diversity and variety. Something out of a fantasy book even. Still what did any of this have to do with her kissing him? It was a simple kiss, wasn't it?
"When you kissed me, you bounded your heart to me."
Kagome blinked a couple of times, trying to process exactly what he meant by that. "I bounded my heart to you? What do you mean by that?"
Inuyasha unbuttoned his shirt and revealed a strange marking on his chest. It was some sort of tattoo marking. It looked tribal or something along that nature. "This is the heart bond that we share now."
"That looks like any tattoo. You are definitely pulling my leg." Kagome laughed. "I don't know what type of trick you're trying to pull but it's not working."
"Why would I lie? I have no reason to."
"Is he telling the truth Miroku?" Sango looked at her boyfriend. This was definitely not how she envisioned her best friend's birthday party to turn out. A complete stranger who so happens to be the guy her best friend kissed. Who also is her boyfriend's best friend and now he was talking about the two of their hearts are bounded together. This definitely wasn't your ordinary birthday party.
Miroku really didn't know how to answer her question. Not that he didn't want to. Inuyasha was a Youkai or half Youkai and he was a human. So you could see where the lines were blurred. He knew that when it came to the opposite sex, Inuyasha was very picky. "I think we need to go somewhere quiet. This definitely isn't the appropriate scene for us to discuss this." Miroku stated.
"That sounds like a plan." Bankotsu said.
"I'm not going anywhere until we get to the bottom of this." Kagome said hotly.
'Who did this guy think he was? Barging pass everyone and telling the male dancer to move. Then kissing her in front of everyone and saying she was his.' This definitely made Kagome's blood boil.
"Well if you don't want to go somewhere private, I am fine with you showing me your mark in public." Inuyasha grinned as he quickly pulled Kagome towards him. If she didn't mind doing this in public he was cool with that.
Kagome didn't realize that this was happening so fast. He was very quick in his movements. In an instance he already reached out for her, pulling her closer to him.
"Hey get your hands off me. Who told you that you could touch me?" she pushed him away, removing herself from his grasp.
"Well you didn't want to discuss this matter in private so I assume…" Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
"You assumed that I would let you feel me up. I hardly know you and if I did know you do you actually think you could do that?"
"Calm down Kagome, maybe it was just a misunderstanding." Sango intervened. She wasn't one who enjoyed public fights and arguments. "Let's just go to the bathroom and then we can try and figure this out."
Kagome nodded her head. She could see the smug look on his face, and for some reason that irritated her.
"Just wait here. I'm going to prove to you that this marking that you have is just some tattoo." Kagome motioned for Sango and Yura to follow her.
Once arriving in the bathroom, Kagome quickly found an empty stall. She knew that Inuyasha had to be full of it.
"Can you believe that he thinks that the two of us are bounded by the heart. What type of idiot is he?"
"Who would've thought that Sango's boyfriend is actually best friends with the guy you kissed." Yura couldn't help but to laugh. "Fate has definitely brought you two together."
"Fate hasn't done anything. Once I show him that I don't have whatever marking that he was referring to then I can be done with this whole ordeal." Kagome fumed as she was pulling her dress down to expose her bra.
"Well you have to admit, he is cute. All of them are cute actually." Yura laughed. "No scratch that, they're fine as hell. I see why you kept your boyfriend under wraps Sango."
"Whatever Yura, you wasted no time in talking to Bankotsu." Sango grinned at her friend.
"He's definitely cute. I think I may give him my number."
Sango shook her head, "Why am I not surprised by this."
"Because if I see something that I like, I go for it." Yura winked. "Hey Kagome are you almost done in there? You didn't take a shit without us knowing it."
Kagome quickly rattled herself back to reality as she quickly pulled up her dress and open the bathroom stall. Both Sango and Yura looked at their friend, who had a weird look in her eyes.
"Hey so was it true? Do you have a mark on your chest?"
Kagome quickly jetted pass her friends and back into the club. The music was blasting as couples and singles all around the club were dancing and partying the night away. Even in the VIP section that her friends were occupying, everyone was having fun. Unaware of all the drama that was going on currently. Kagome's eyes scanned through the entire club. She didn't see Inuyasha standing anywhere near his friends.
"Where did he go?" she fumed silently to herself.
"Looking for me?" Inuyasha appeared behind her catching her totally off guard.
She quickly turned around, but before she could say anything Inuyasha grabbed her hand leading her through a back entrance. It was too noisy for them to have this discussion. They needed to be somewhere quiet where it all could process better.
Walking into an abandon parking lot, Inuyasha finally let her hand go. Well more like Kagome snatched it away from him once they were at a safe distance.
"So now do you believe me?" Inuyasha smirked.
"What did you do to me? That wasn't there when I left my house."
"I told you we are bounded by the heart." Inuyasha knew that she was going to say something, "When you kissed me that was our first contact. A kiss isn't as simple for Youkais as it is for humans."
"Well what does this mean? Is there any way we can reverse it? I mean there has to be something you can do."
"I'm afraid not, you're mine now." The smirk grew wider on Inuyasha's lips.
"Stop saying it like that. You're making it sound as if you own me. Kagome Higurashi doesn't belong to anyone, especially a jerk like you." Kagome spun on her heels and proceeded to walk off.
Inuyasha quickly grabbed her and pushed her against the brick wall. It was like whiplash when her body connected against the hard wall. She could feel his body covering hers. She blinked a few times. He looked down at her smaller frame, the way her eyes looked on in confusion intrigued him.
"I know that this is hard for you to process. However, I was serious about you being mine. I'll give you time to let this sink in."
He looked at her lips they were so inviting. He resisted the urge to claim them again.
"I will come for you again Kagome." He moved his lips to her cheek, giving her a small kiss. "Now go, I'll leave you to your festivities."
Kagome nodded her head as she disappeared in the darkness and returned to the club.
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Kagome's mind had been all over the place. The events from a few days ago were still replaying in her mind. She didn't think that kissing a stranger could prove to be a big mistake. Not only did she meet the arrogant bastard that she chose to be her first kiss, she also discovered that they were bounded together by the heart. She didn't want to go into the details of that whole matter. She knew that there must be a way for them to reverse this whole situation.
"You okay Kagome, you're zoning out again." Yura snapped her fingers to get Kagome back into reality.
"Huh? Oh yeah sorry about that I was just thinking."
"Thinking about that mark you have?"
Kagome nodded her head. Even though she didn't want to tell them she knew that they were dying to know.
"It's crazy how all of this happened."
"I told you that you shouldn't have made a big deal of having your first kiss." Sango said shaking her head. "I mean if you would've just waited you wouldn't be in this situation to begin with."
"Oh so it's my fault now." Kagome shot back.
"Hey don't get upset with me. You're the one who did this. It's not my fault that you let your impulses guide you."
"Hey now what will it solve if we are biting each other heads off." Yura grabbed her order walking out of the kitchen.
Yura was right. Kagome shouldn't take her frustrations out on Sango. It wasn't Sango's fault that all of this was happening. Sango was actually the one who was trying to stop her from doing it.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't lash out on you."
"It's okay. You know I didn't take it to heart." Sango smiled at her friend.
The day went by rather slowly, mostly because Kagome was still hung up on the events from the previous days. All her mind was focused on was the weird marking she had on her chest. It was literally identical to the one Inuyasha had. That didn't bode well for Kagome. The customers were coming in at an alarming rate. Talk of the town placed the restaurant on a variety of magazines and newspaper articles. There were also commercials that were being broadcast to get the word out even more.
"I guess word is really getting out about this restaurant." Sango said as she handed her order to the chef so he could prepare the meal.
"I know it's like everyone is coming here." Kagome peaked from out of the kitchen to see more people coming in."
"I'm not complaining, these past couple of days has been great. I haven't seen so much money since my stripping days." Yura said resting against the wall.
"You got all the coins huh?"
"You know it!" Yura laughed as she was dancing a bit, swaying her hips and snapping her fingers.
"You're so silly." Kagome couldn't help but to laugh at her friends. It was nice to have them around.
"Kagome the manager wants you to serve the next table." One of her co-workers told her. "I think it's one of the owners of the restaurant."
Kagome eyes widen. "The owner of the restaurant is here?"
"Yeah, so hurry up. We don't want to keep him waiting."
"You're so lucky." Yura pouted. "Your tip is definitely going to be nice."
"I guess we can't all be lucky." Kagome winked as she grabbed the menus and headed towards her next customer. The smile was automatic for her, she was always smiling.
"Hello my name is Kagome I'll be your server. What would you like to…?" Kagome felt her smile vanish from her lips. She didn't expect to see him out of all people sitting right in front of her. There was no way God could be so cruel in punishing her like this.
The devilish smirk was evident on his face as he looked at the woman in front of him.
"Hello Kagome, looks like we meet again."
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