A/N: DEADLY WARNING: This chapter should take extreme caution, and I apologize for those who will not be expecting it, I had forgotten to mention in the summary about this, I do not want to spoil what`s to come for people who do not wish to know, but I`m letting everyone know something is going to happen in this chapter that may or may not shock you, so take caution or turn away (which you probably won`t knowing about curious readers), little hint it may be a little graphic to some viewers if you can`t handle those things you know what to do.
Chapter 22: Halloween
-Higurashi Shrine-
Once Kagome had stepped into her home, she went straight to her room to finalize her costume. After that, she decided to take a nap since last night she stayed up late talking to Inuyasha. She finally woke up looking around her room a little disoriented. She looked at the clock which read 6:11pm. The dance started at 7 and the doors closed at 7:45 for security reasons. She yawned and stretched, her ears could then hear lots of movements, talking and vibrations from music coming from downstairs. She got up and headed to the door once she opened it she could hear the eerie music completely and then the doorbell rang. Kagome instinctively ran down the stairs to the door and slid it open.
"Trick-or-Treat!" There were two little kids dressed in costumes one as a ghost and the other was Batman.
"Oh they're already starting?" Her mother spoke, suddenly coming to the door with a bowl of candy, chips and other little goodies. Kagome back away a bit giving her space to put in their bags.
"Kagome!" someone called.
She turned around to see Shippo and Souta all dressed up and about ready to head out to get candy. "Shippo-chan! How are you?" she smiled.
"I'm fine, what do you think?" He replied showing off his costume. He was dressed up like a pumpkin. His body was concealed inside an orange case as his arms, legs and head poked out from each hole. His cheeks had a warm orange colour closely matching his hair. She was wondering why couldn't he just revert to his original form, but then an answer came to her, everyone would notice his change of height. Actually as Kagome looked closely he practically looked like himself, he probably hid his height within the pumpkin costume.
"Aww I love your costume Shippo, it's so adorable!" she beamed.
"How about me?" Souta coughed, pointing at his attire.
Kagome moved her head to her younger brother. He was dressed up like a pirate. He had a white shirt layered over with a black cloak, black baggy shorts and black pirate-like boots. On his face there was obviously an eye patch, and his face tone looked a bit darker and to top off his look was a captain's hat. "Great job, you guys had help from mom?"
"Yeah, you've been sleeping most of the time that we were the only ones decorating down here," he answered.
"O-oh, sorry, I didn't know. I forgot to set a timer; at least I didn't wake up at the last possible minute."
"Yeah, whatever. We have to go, we're gonna miss all the good candy, come on Shippo," Souta said, turning to Shippo.
"Yeah!" They both grabbed their Halloween bags and headed out the door in a flash.
"Be careful you two, come back at a decent time!" Kadoka shouted after.
"We will!" Her son assured as they ran down the shrine steps. As they descended more kids came up. "I'm surprised that children want to run up here," her mother giggled.
"For candy, kids would do anything mom," Kagome spoke, helping her give out candy.
"Not that I mind, sweetheart, but shouldn't you be getting ready for the dance? Isn't Inuyasha coming to pick up soon?"
Kagome raised an eyebrow. "How did she know? Well I told him that I'd call whenever I'm ready, I won't dress up completely here. Sango wants to do my make-up; she finally made me spoil what I'll be dressing up as and she's been begging to do it for me."
Kadoka waved to the kids then answered. "Okay, but I don't want to see you running around this house at the last minute stressing out that you're running late."
"Okay," she sighed then walked away.
-Inuyasha's Residence-
Inuyasha had snapped himself out of it when he heard screaming and laughing on the streets. "Damn brats and their trick-or-treating," he snorted. There was no way children would be showing up at his doorstep, they actually never do, it's like they know this house wasn't the house they should bother. Inuyasha got up and safely laid the photo album on the coffee table. There were more important things to think about now anyway. Kagome was his main priority now and he had to keep absolute focus. He walked to the kitchen and glanced at the digital clock on the microwave which read 6:35pm. Time was going by, Kagome did say she would contact him whenever she was ready, but it wouldn't hurt if he were to check up on her. He picked up his phone and clipped an ear piece to his ear then punched in her cell phone number; he took a pause then pressed the dial button. He took a breath and waited till the ringing stopped to hear her voice. A few moments later he heard the other line pick-up and she spoke.
"H-Hello?"
He cleared his throat and responded. "Hey Kagome, it's me." There wasn't a one second pause and she quickly replied,
"Oh Inuyasha, hi, what's wrong?"
"N-nothing, I was calling to check up on you, are you okay?"
"Yes I am, why wouldn't I be?" she answered with a low giggle.
"Okay good, when will you be ready do you think?" he chuckled nervously.
"Uh...I guess in about 10 minute," she estimated.
"Okay, yeah, sure, see you soon then," he nodded.
"Yeah, see you soon, bye."
"Bye."
After the phone call everything moved much quicker. Inuyasha had quickly thought up of a costume. Tonight was the night he didn't have to worry about his ears; he'd be cap free for the night. Since it was Halloween, it was the perfect time to pretend they were fake, but he still detested when people wanted or have touched them out of curiosity. Tonight he wasn't going to allow it; he'd bite off anyone's hand if they ever dared. He looked at the time once more and had thought it was best to head to Kagome's now. He quickly prepared Komaru's supper while taking a little snack for himself then headed out the door with another set of keys.
-Higurashi Shrine-
Kagome was getting all her stuff together; she didn't put on her costume worried it would be difficult to ride on a motorcycle with. She was excited yet not for tonight. She had a weird feeling that something bad might happen. She tried ignoring what she felt she didn't want it ruining the night. A few moments later the doorbell rang, thinking it was Inuyasha, she ran down the steps and was met with more kids at the door. She almost forgot about them, she sighed and went back up as her mom gave them candy.
Kadoka smiled sweetly at them as they left and saw someone much taller coming up the steps. It was Inuyasha and she waved at him to come in. He walked over to her and bowed politely. "Good evening, dear. My, aren't you prepared for the occasion, wasn't expecting you to dress up," Ms. Higurashi greeted kindly, noting his costume.
"Hey," he replied looking around. "Kagome ready yet?"
"She should be." She turned away from him for a second. "Kagome, Inuyasha's here!" she announced and they waited to hear an answer.
"O-okay, I'm coming!" she responded.
Kadoka faced him again, took his hand and held it firmly. "Inuyasha, I trust you to bring her back safely okay, tonight's Halloween and anything can happen. Watch over her, alright?"
He was confused by the action, but took in everything she said and nodded. "Don't worry, I guarantee nothing's going to happen to her and I promise to bring her back unharmed."
"Good," she smiled, patting his hand then letting it go.
The hanyou watched her walk away with an empty bowl, probably to refill it with sweets. "Kagome's mother really trusts me with her daughter. It's like she knows I'm her protector and asking to do my job." He lifted his hand that Kadoka held then balled it into a fist. "She doesn't have to worry I'll be there for her."
"Inuyasha?" Kagome spoke, walking up to him with a bag her costume was in. He looked up at her then swallowed. She wasn't in her costume it seemed, but her hair was primed. Her silky, raven-black hair looked longer than usual; some of her hair was tied up in a high soft curly ponytail as the rest flowed around her. The loose strands were lightly curled at the bottom.
Kagome giggled. "I don't even have my costume on and you can't stop gawking at me already," she teased.
He reacted to what she said snapping out of it and turning completely red that she caught him staring at her. "Keh, why don't you have your costume on?" he coughed turning away and pretending like he didn't care.
She simply smiled. "I thought it would be annoying to ride with on your motorcycle. My costume's in here," she answered, lifting the bag.
"Oh you didn't have to do that," he started and grabbed the bag from her hands to carry it. "We're not riding on the motorcycle tonight."
Kagome stood at the top of the shrine steps and looked at him confused. "Huh? If not the motorcycle, what are we riding in then?"
He didn't answer and just gave her a wink and continued down the steps, leaving her a little stunned. She blinked then narrowed her brows. "Hey Inuyasha..."
Moments later Kagome froze in her steps when Inuyasha went up to a red Camaro pulling out a key and unlocking the door that she would be entering from. He turned to her when he realized she wasn't behind him.
"Kagome?" He called.
She didn't move, but she spoke. "Inuyasha what's that?" she pointed
The agent followed her finger and chuckled. "It's a really nice red car a 2010 Camaro, you've never seen one?"
"No I know that, but are you- is it yours?"
"Yes it is, a present; I've had it for two-three months now I think," he replied, opening her door.
"Three months? How come I've never seen it when I was over your house?"
"Simple, in the garage, do you think I'll let this baby sit in the drive way to get stolen?" he answered. "Now, let's go we're going to be late." Kagome stood still for a moment then nodded; she moved to the open door and slid in.
Making sure everything was in he closed the door and walked over to his side. After he slid in and they buckled up Kagome began to giggle. Inuyasha put the car in gear and pulled out then turned his head to her.
"What's so funny?" he asked looking forward again.
Still giggling she answered, "Who would have thought you can be a real gentleman?" She responded folding her arms.
"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?"
"Considering how we were at first, like when I first met you, you didn't have the gentleman vibe, but suddenly you have it, it's just funny how in a couple of months people change," she answered not looking at him, but she had a sweet smile on her face.
He didn't respond aside from a snort. "Have I?" he wondered.
Soon enough they pulled up over, easily finding a parking spot little ways from their true destination. Kagome already understood his reasons for parking not too close to any public place. "You sure it's going to be safe?" she asked, referring to the Camaro as they walked down the street.
"Yeah, I'm sure if anything were to happen to it, I'd be able to find out," he reassured. "Anyway, let's get our mind off the car we have a long night ahead of us."
"Yeah, you're right," she agreed and walked up beside him. It was a silent walk, well silent between them they were able to hear children's laughter, music and other Halloween sounds. Even with all the action going on Kagome couldn't help but feel uneasy, deep down something was telling her that this night wouldn't go peacefully, but what could go wrong? She's with Inuyasha. She shook her head and focused more positively, nothing was going to ruin her night, nothing.
"Kagome you finally made it!" Sango greeted when she saw her walk through the entrance with Inuyasha behind her.
Sango, as told, came dressed up as a vampire slayer. She was wearing a black tube top with a red leather jacket over, and tight black pants that was tucked in red boots that reached just under her calves. She also had necklace with a cross and black drop earrings dangling from each ear. Her hair was tied up in a high ponytail, and had one red clip in her hair.
"Yeah I did," Kagome nodded taking notice of her costume.
"Hey Inuyasha, glad to see you made it too," Sango smiled.
"Yeah yeah," he snorted.
The girls giggled when Sango noticed that her friend wasn't in a costume. "Oh that's right, we got no time to waste. Come on I'll finish you up Kagome," She spoke, grasping her hand and carrying her away to the washrooms.
Inuyasha watched them walk off and suddenly Miroku stood beside him. "I hope you know that anything can happen tonight in this very place, everyone is dressed up who knows if our man isn`t hiding right here under our noses," he whispered cautiously.
"Shut up will yeah? Think I haven't thought about that? I'm already sensing around for any strange presences in this room. You as well as I have to be on our toes, I know how you can be when there's a party and girls around," he growled in annoyance.
"Hey, hey, don't criticize my way of blending in with the crowd," he huffed, crossing his arms.
"Call it whatever you want, I don't want you getting carried away, got it?"
"Like I can with Sango here," he responded sarcastically then walked off not wanting to deal with the subject any longer.
Minutes passed and the two boys were waiting for the girls to return and Inuyasha, by the obvious, was getting impatient. "Gees, are they gonna spend the night in there?" He grumbled aloud with no response from Miroku.
"Sorry to keep you boys waiting, but I'm a perfectionist," Sango coughed surprisingly.
Miroku looked at them. "My, my Sango certainly fixed you up, you look great," he commented to Kagome.
"R-Really? It isn't too much?" she replied looking down in embarrassment.
"Gees, I'm just glad that you didn't—" Inuyasha turned around to see them and stood there in shock; Kagome was absolutely beautiful.
She was wearing a crystal blue floor length Cinderella-like dress with little bows and crescent moons accessorising the middle and the waist of the dress. Part of her hair was up in a little bun in a crescent moon hair clip, while the rest fell gracefully down her back. She had a rounded crystal necklace and a silver bracelet which was hidden under the sleeve of the dress. Her face was powdered with a like pink blush and light blue eye shadow over her eyes. Her lips were glossed with soft pink as well. Kagome looked like someone out of a fairytale, it could be Cinderella, but something was different.
Inuyasha cleared his throat, "A little overdressed don't you think Kagome? It's Halloween, not the prom," he snorted indifferently.
"It doesn't hurt to dress up into something out of the ordinary; I don't dress up into something that's dead or often seen. I quite like my costume, and I'm pretty sure Sango and Miroku enjoy it too, don't you guys?" She pouted, folding her arms and turning to them.
"I absolutely love your costume, Kagome, you're Cinderella aren't you?" Miroku replied with a cough.
"Nekorella to be exact," she corrected, pointing to two little cat-like ears on top of her head, and tugged on the tail poking out of the back of her dress.
"Nekorella? Wow very original Kagome," Inuyasha teased with a smirk.
Kagome frowned and faced him. "Okay, who are you supposed to be mister Expert of Halloween?"
The hanyou scratched the back of his head. He was dressed up like a dog, his costume wasn`t actually a dog suit, he was wearing a black top under a white jacket and blue jeans. He actually had a white, short tail jagging out the back. He also had a red collar around his neck with a little golden ball dangling off the front. His hair was completely down and two white dog-like ears poked out at the top of his head.
"Hmm, not much of a costume, but I'm guessing you're a dog, oh wait I get it an undercover dog," she mused. He nodded; if that's the way people saw him as, good. "But I could say the high and mighty Halloween expert isn't wearing something that extravagant."
"Hehe, no wonder you two get into so many fights, cats and dogs are natural enemies," the vampire slayer giggled.
The two glared at each other until Kagome's expression turned to a curious one. "Your ears look more real than mine; they look soft enough to touch," she commented. Inuyasha's face turned into an extremely worried one, Miroku's too. "Can I touch them?" she asked.
"This is bad," Miroku thought, as he witnessed Kagome lifting her hands above his head.
"I don't want you pulling them off they're hard to put on," he snorted trying to step back.
"Oh come on, I'm not going to pull on them. I'll just...simply..." she started when she reached and began rubbing them. "Touching them," she finished.
He was inches of smacking her hands away, he didn't want anyone to touch them, but the moment her soft and delicate fingers stroked his ears he relaxed and allowed her to continue. "Damn she has magic fingers, it feels great," he thought, subconsciously his foot was tapping.
She continued feeling them and cocked her head to the said. "His ears are warm; they feel too real to be fake." Kagome felt like tugging on them just for fun until Sango spoke.
"Hey Inuyasha's leg is thumping." Kagome broke away to look at his feet as saw that it was. "Haha, someone's a little excited," Sango teased.
Inuyasha shook his head coming to and stopped his face turning red. "Keh, I'm role-playing as a dog aren't I? I was just playing my part," he lied turning away.
Miroku looked from his partner to Kagome who was still staring at her hands. "Has she realised his ears aren`t artificial?"
"Hmm...They're probably warm because he's had it on his head a lot longer than I have so far tonight." She shook her head and dropped it as the music started.
There was always the ghoul, Halloween music, but then Thriller by Michael Jackson started giving everyone energy to get up and start dancing.
"Come on you guys let's dance!" Sango encouraged, tugging her best friend's arm into the crowd and the two began dancing. Miroku grinned as he watched his sweetheart dance and boy could she move he couldn't take his eyes off her. "So what do you say, shall we go join them?"
"Keh, yeah right, I'm going to stay right here and keep my eye out like I'm supposed to." He snorted in response.
"Okay you stay here while I watch over our girls," he grinned and left without another word.
"Miro— Boy what am I going to do with him?" the silver-haired dog mumbled watching them all dance. "Heh acting like a bunch of kids."
Time passed and he saw Kagome waving at him to come over and dance, but he shook his head. She's been begging him ever since Miroku joined in, but he kept giving the same answer. Kagome sighed with a shrug and continued with Sango, laughing and shouting. The hanyou wondered how the heck the girl was able to dance wearing that gown, wouldn't she be hot? Although, sitting back and watching Kagome dance with sweat glistening over her face, he couldn't help but to feel hot in places he shouldn't. Was Miroku brushing off on him? He snorted, turned away and headed for the punch bowl to cool himself down. It was probably the heat from all dancers raving in this place.
As Inuyasha drank, someone came by and patted him on the back hard enough to get him annoyed. "Wow and I thought something like this would be un-cool for you," a new voice spoke from behind.
His ears flattened once the voice came to his ears. "Oh no..."Inuyasha turned and faced their history teacher. She was dressed up a like mouse; the ears on her head were a dead giveaway. "Oh why if it isn't Ms. Ikeda, I sure wasn't expecting you here. I just came by to get something to drink, and I think my friends are waiting for me, so I'm going to get back to them now. Have a nice night," he responded with an over exaggerated tone, and began to walk away.
"Ha-ha, nice try, but first I need to speak with you," she reacted, grasping his sleeve and reeling him back.
"Oh man, can't you just let me be for once? It's Halloween," he grumbled.
"It will only take a moment, let me take a closer look at something," she answered, taking a gander at his form.
"Inuyasha, you weren't too smart with your costume choice tonight. Your face, your hair, your eyes, and especially your ears at the very top of your head, make you look exactly like the child I told you about of course a lot older," she sneered. Inuyasha couldn't believe he didn't think of that, he completely forgot about this teacher and her ways of poking her nose in places that should remain quiet.
"Ms. Ikeda I think Halloween has gotten you a little over the top don't you think? That story you told me was a long time ago, you must have forgotten what the child looked like and now picturing me in replacement. Can you get off my back about that stupid story? I told you before I'm not that pathetic child from back then," he snorted, taking another sip of juice. Ms. Ikeda folded her arms and smirked right at him.
"You should know by now that I never forget a face. Your mother's name is Izayoi, now stop denying the inevitable and admit you're Inuyasha the half-demon! And if you do, I'll allow you to wear caps in my class since I know they're to cover your in-human ears."
Some people nearby turned to them and Inuyasha noticed. "Will you keep your mouth shut?" he demanded.
"Not until you finally admit it," she pressed.
Inuyasha growled finally losing it. "Fine, you're right it's me, Izayoi's first and only son. There I said it, now will you stop bugging me about it?" he snapped, turning his face away. Ms. Ikeda was about to say something more, but Kagome came up to them to take a break.
"Hey, Inuyasha, what's the point of coming to a Halloween dance if you're not going to dance?" she asked, pouring herself some juice, and then she noticed their teacher. "Good evening Ms. Ikeda," she bowed.
"Good evening Kagome, very beautiful costume. The mouse that I am will scurry away now," Ms. Ikeda smiled. "Inuyasha, Kagome," she bowed then scurried off.
"Gees, I thought she'd never leave," he wheezed, drinking down the rest out of his cup.
"She certainly likes picking on you," she giggled in response lying against the wall.
"Oh you have no idea." Aside from the booming music there was silence between them.
As Kagome watched her friends dancing she finally spoke. "Inuyasha, aren't you bored standing here not doing anything but watch us dance?"
"Not really, if I was, I would say it,"
Kagome sighed. "Alright then..."
Oh my
Oh my gosh
Once Kagome heard the first few notes she perked right up. "Oh my gosh, I love this song!"
"Kagome, there you are!" Sango called. Kagome turned to her and smiled.
"Hey yeah I came back for drink, but let's go it's our song," she grinned, she looked back to Inuyasha who shook his head and she shrugged. "Fine!" Then left with Sango.
Song: Oh My Gosh by Usher
I did it again, so I'm gon' let
The beat drop
Kouga spotted Kagome almost immediately as she returned to the dance floor and scooted his way over to her. Inuyasha glared watching as he came up from behind startling her and she spun around.
"Kouga," She spoke warily.
"Yep it's me!"
Baby let me...
Baby let me...
Baby let me...
Kagome automatically tried to spin away from him, but he held her still. "Please, just once dance, I promise it will be nothing more," he pleaded.
She raised an eyebrow, "He's asking... nicely?" A moment later she sighed, what else could she do? "Fine but just one."
"Great!" He grinned thus they began to dance.
Baby let me love you down
There's so many ways to love ya
Baby I can break you down
There's so many ways to love ya
Kagome sure did feel awkward, but it was better than dancing solely. Miroku took this opportunity to dance with Sango, who gladly accepted. She had wished Inuyasha would cut his pride and just let loose.
Got me like, oh my gosh
I'm so in love
I found you finally
You make me wanna say
The crowd began clapping and chanting to the chorus as the lights in the room flashed and glided across the dance floor. Inuyasha couldn't believe that girl, she was letting that fleabag dance with her. Had she finally lost it?
I fell in love with shawty
When I seen her on the dance floor
She was dancing sexy, pop, pop,
Popping, dropping, dropping low
The agent watched Kouga rub against Kagome, he could tell she didn't like it then why let him dance with her?
Never ever has a lady hit me on the first sight
This was something special, this was just like dynamite
Miroku couldn't wait for this part to come up and he turned Sango around so her back was against his chest. He whispered into her ears the lyrics to the song making her giggle.
Honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow
Honey got some boobies like wow, oh wow
Girl you know I'm loving your, loving your style
Check, check, check, check,
Check, checking you out like
Ooh (oooh) she got it allll
Sexy from her head to toe
And I want it all, it all, it all
Then the chorus hit once again, Inuyasha couldn't take much more of this and was about to go up and take her hand instead of his, but he stopped once he saw Yuka and the rest of Kagome's friends push Houjo onto the dance floor telling him to go and take her this time. Houjo as usual was a complete wimp, but he straightened himself and walked up to them.
Kagome saw him and was thanking the lords he showed up and agreed to dance with him, as Kouga glared and stalked away. Inuyasha took note of her change of mood once she danced with Houjo, she was much happier for sure. He grunted folding his arms as he watched her dance with another guy, but why should it bother him it wasn't like he was jealous. "I'd rather Kagome dance with Houjo than that lousy Kouga," he grumbled, but then he had the need to follow the suspicious guy, he disappeared pretty quickly. "I should watch over Kouga he's on my list of suspects, who knows if he plans to do anything tonight," he thought thus went off to look for him.
Houjo as he mentioned was dressed up like Prince Charming, but not from Cinderella his costume was different. He had the 1600s style which was a white blouse that was flared at the end with a collar. It was coated under a brown vest reaching over the black pants with dark brown shoes. There was also a dark purple-blue cape hanging over his attire. To top off everything he had a large navy blue hat with a big white feather decorating on the right side and a fake thin sword hanging from his waist.
He was indeed charming in his costume, Kagome couldn't deny that and it was obvious that he thought she was beautiful, because he couldn't stop gaping at her. "See this isn't so bad, you still get to dance with me tonight," she spoke finally.
Houjo nodded. "Yeah you were right; I apologize for acting stupid yesterday."
She giggled. "It's okay," Then silence kicked in.
Houjo was feeling nervous again, he didn't know what to say, he was afraid to say something completely stupid, he didn't want Kagome think that he was a loser. The song ended and they bowed to each other like at a real ball.
"That was fun!" Kagome commented.
"Yes it was, I hope we dance some more tonight," he nodded with a kind smile. Sango ran between them with Miroku and suggested to take a break; Kagome agreed and followed them out of the crowd.
"Gees I'm done dancing for now," Sango spoke, sitting down on the bench next to her friends with a drink in hand.
"I hope you'll regain your energy, I don't think I've had enough," Miroku chuckled taking his own sip.
"Miroku, you do know we're still under school supervision right? We can't be dancing like that here," his date reminded.
"Well I don't see you making any effort," he shrugged, making her blush.
Kagome couldn't help but laugh at the two then something just hit her. "Hey, where did Inuyasha go?"
Miroku scanned the room for his partner, but he wasn't in sight. "He's scouting," he concluded. "He probably decided to walk around a bit."
"Kay well I'm going to go look for him," she said, walking away from the couple.
The hanyou spotted the ruffian with a couple of his friends, talking about the girls and people in lame costumes. Kouga sensed someone watching him and turned around. "Oh great, I see someone came to ruin the party," he spoke with snort.
Inuyasha grimaced folding his arms and staring back at him. "I was just going to say the same to you."
Kouga took another look at him noting his costume and smirked. "Well I see the mutt finally decided to reveal his true colours."
Inuyasha jolted running up to him and grabbing his collar. "Shut up, you filthy wolf!" He growled, but his enemy chuckled.
"What you thought you were the only one who can see through people? After that fight in the hallway, I realised there was a strange scent coming off from you. It soon clicked, it was the stench of dog, and I really hate it." He then threw him back. "I also detest when they touch me."
"Inuyasha, Kouga what are you two doing? Quit it right now!" Kagome demanded standing between them. They were a little startled by her appearance for a moment, but they glared at each other again.
"You should thank your lucky stars Kagome is here, I would have taken you out by now," Kouga snorted.
"Keh! That would be a laugh; there's no way someone like you can take me down so easily, anyway," Inuyasha chuckled.
"Are you just demanding for a fight!?" he snapped, ready to charge at him.
"Bring it on!" he smirked, preparing for his first attack.
"Will you both stop this!?" Kagome shouted, pushing them away from each other a little more roughly.
The music suddenly changed to something more slow and steady, calming the rowdy crowd that including Inuyasha and Kouga. Miroku and Sango found their friends with Kouga mixed in and was going to help settle the guys down, but they all stopped when the music switched. The music was set for couples or just friends dancing together on the dance floor. The music playing was *It's All Coming Back to Me Now* by Celine Dion.
"I guess this is the time where we should go off and dance together," the vampire smiled holding his hand out to his lovely slayer. Sango felt a blush rise from this gesture and looked at his awaiting hand. Kagome's attention turned to the newly couple.
"I uh..." Sango coughed, looking around feeling a little shy then straightened herself and grabbed his hand. "Kagome don't just stand and watch me have all the fun, choose your man and see you on the dance floor," she insisted then turned back to Miroku. "Let's go!" she declared eagerly grabbing his hand, and pulled him toward the dance floor, leaving Kagome embarrassed and stuck with the two guys.
There were nights when the wind was so cold
That my body froze in bed
If I just listened to it
Right outside the window
Kouga immediately focused on Kagome with a large grin, and she groaned glancing to Inuyasha then back to him. "Come on Kagome, let's follow Sango's lead, I promise to be a gentleman this time," he bowed, holding out his hand toward her. Inuyasha growled and was just about to pounce when someone else jumped in, surprising all of them.
"Kouga-kun!" A girl disguised under a red-hooded cape and she was holding a basket. It didn't take Kouga a second to realize who was under the Little Red-Riding Hood's costume.
"A-Ayame?"
There were days when the sun was so cruel
That all the tears turned to dust
And I just knew my eyes were
Drying up forever
Ayame unveiled her hood revealing her sparkling face. Her hair was in two long pigtails, with flower clips, her cheeks were dabbed with a flush of red along with her lips. Her costume was in the adolescent style of the fairytale character. Her hooded cape was tied over a red and beige corset and followed with a red skirt reaching her mid thighs. Since she was in high school she still needed to dress appropriately so she had tight black stocking reaching little under the seams of the skirt. To top it off she had black velvet gloves.
"Come Kouga..." Ayame piped, grabbing his hand which was held out for Kagome. "You silly wolf!" she teased, noticing his wolf costume then gave a slight glare at Kagome. Kouga scratched the back of his head. He wanted to dance with Kagome not her, but he couldn't tell her that, it would crush her.
"Fine."
"Yay, let's dance!" Then she dragged him away as he looked back at Kagome with a pout.
I finished crying in the instant that you left
And I can't remember where or when or how
And I banished every memory you and I had ever made
Kagome and Inuyasha both stood there watching couples dancing on the floor to the graceful music. The cat princess sighed deciding not to fight with herself anymore; she took a deep breath and turned to him. "Inu-yasha?" she started, the hanyou turned his attention to her, and she bit her lip. "Do you want...Would you like to dan—" She was close to finishing her sentence until someone cut her off crudely.
"Inuyasha!" They both turned to the new voice, and were in bit of a shock.
"Kikyo..." Inuyasha named. She nodded and stood beside him, while Kagome turned her face away angered by her interference. Kikyo was dressed up like a Geisha, she had the old fashion dark blue kimono with one big pink flower on the left side of the costume and also a smaller one pinned at the side of her head. Her hair was tied up in a bun with a single chopstick holding it in place. She also had fan matching with her costume. She was definitely beautiful. "Can we have at least one dance together please?" she asked with sincerity eyes. He was a little dumbstruck and her cousin clenched her fist not bothering to face them anymore.
But when you touch me like this
And you hold me like that
I just have to admit
That it's all coming back to me
When I touch you like this
And I hold you like that
It's so hard to believe but
It's all coming back to me
(It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now)
Inuyasha turned to Kagome looking for a sign, but her back was turned. She sensed him looking at her and sighed. "It's okay, go ahead I'm not stopping you; it's not like we were going to dance anyway," she huffed.
Kikyo smiled, "Okay good, I was hoping I wasn't interrupting anything. Kagome, do you mind holding my fan? It'll only get in the way."
Kagome faced them again holding in what she was truly feeling, but some of her anger was shown when she agreed and snatched the fan from her grip. Kikyo grasped Inuyasha's hand and carried him away, but before they got too far Kagome spoke again. "Oh and congratulations Inuyasha you won the bet!" She said that seeing that she was alone like every time when dances came to this. The agent cringed feeling extremely guilty, he glanced back at her, but she had already turned and was walking off to the side. Her fake ears looked like they were actually drooping.
There were moments of gold
And there were flashes of light
There were things I'd never do again
But then they'd always seemed right
There were nights of endless pleasure
It was more than any laws allow
Baby Baby
Kikyo and Inuyasha made it and began dancing. He couldn't help but take note of the lyrics to the song. They sort of resembled Kikyo in a way, and now began to understand why she suddenly wanted to dance with him. He then thought back to the moment when she showed up at his door begging for forgiveness and to start their relationship all over. He had thought as she gripped his hand and waist and felt the music as she swayed with her former lover.
"Have you been considering what I've told you a few days back? I was serious," she spoke loud enough for him to hear. He didn't know what to say, he still had no idea what he felt anymore. Did he still have long lost feelings for Kikyo? He might, considering he agreed to dance with her, even though he knows he hurt Kagome. He still needed to think things through, but his old memories with Kikyo started coming back to him as he danced with her. They were so happy back then, it was just that one cruel thing that severed their bond.
If you want me like this
And if you need me like that
It was dead long ago
But it's all coming back to me
It's so hard to resist
And it's all coming back to me
I can barely recall
But it's all coming back to me now
But it's all coming back
Kagome sighed watching the two dance; she felt lonely mostly everyone had a partner and she didn't. She didn't mind dancing with Houjo, but it seemed he chickened out or was not present at this moment. She could tell he was nervous just dancing with her moments before. She sighed once again, she would have even danced with Kouga at least she'd have someone to dance with. Kagome smiled once she saw Miroku and Sango dancing together so lovingly, luckily Sango didn't notice that she was single. She didn't want her best friend ruining her moment with her date just because she was loner, she wouldn't be selfish. She walked back to the punch bowl and poured herself another glass then decided to sit down, and used Kikyo's fan to cool herself down.
Kagome turned her attention back to the couple, they were dancing so sweetly. She honestly wished it was her dancing with him, she wanted to feel envious, but thought it was best not to think that way. It wasn't like her. Having enough of this she stood up and headed out to the balcony and stared up at the starry night sky.
Inuyasha's eyes spotted Kagome walking out of his sight to stand out on the balcony. Completely forgetting Kikyo was there, he let go and bounded after her. She was in shock then suddenly she frowned, angered that he couldn't even at least finish their dance before running after her cousin.
Kagome leaned against the balcony continuing to stare up toward the sky then her eyes fell onto the gorgeous full moon. "I'm so stupid, why did I even bother coming if I was going to end up feeling this way?" she sighed again, looking down from the sky.
"You know... the party's inside," a voice spoke, startling her. She turned around to face the voice and gasped.
"Inuyasha, what are you doing? Aren't you supposed to be dancing with Kikyo? The song's obviously not over yet."
"Yeah, I know, but I also know that you wanted to ask me first right?" He responded.
She blushed and he moved closer. "I-I was but... I just remembered I um...can't dance," she admitted turning away slightly. She couldn't believe she was turning her opportunity down.
"She can't dance she says so all that before was someone else?" he chuckled shaking his head. "Oh yeah, prove that to me," he spoke, grasping her delicate hand and leading her back into the room.
The song changed, the next one was still mellow it was *All my Life* by K-C & Jojo. Inuyasha pulled her even closer to him and she blushed. She couldn't believe it, she was dancing with a guy she had a secret crush on. Yes she finally admitted to herself, she did have a crush on him. The agent glided his hand down to her waist and held her left hand up.
"God I love this song," Kagome thought, she felt like crying at that moment but she kept it.
I Will Never Find Another Lover
Sweeter Than You
Sweeter Than You
And I Will Never Find Another Lover
More Precious Than You
More Precious Than You
Girl You Are...
Close To Me You're Like My Mother,
Close To Me You're Like My Father,
Close To Me You're Like My Sister,
Close To Me You're Like My Brother
And You Are The Only One My Everything
And For You This Song I Sing...
Sango and Miroku noticed that the two were dancing together and halted their dancing for a moment to watch them and smiled. Kouga on the other hand also stopped then growled ready to split them apart, but Sango was ahead of him and held him back by his tail. It had seemed most of the dance floor stalled to watch the two dancing.
All My Life
I Prayed For Someone Like You
And I Thank God
That I..That I Finally Found You
All My Life
I Prayed For Someone Like You
And I Hope That You Feel The Same Way Too
Yes, I Pray That You Do Love Me Too
Ayame was peeved that Kouga took interest with the other girl he's been fawning over. "Kouga, you're such a jerk! You can clearly see she's happy with him. Why can't you let your dumb pride go?" she glared.
He faced her as she stormed off. "I think I've really done it this time." He looked back at Kagome then decided to go after Ayame, to Sango's surprise.
"He actually went off after, has Ayame finally gotten through to him?" she wondered.
Said I Promise To Never Fall In Love With A Stranger
You're All I'm Thinking Of
I Praise The Lord Above
For Sending Me Your Love
I Cherish Every Hug
I Really Love You
Kagome and Inuyasha stared into each other's eyes, not realizing nearly everyone watching them. "It feels like a dream, it's as if I've done this before, but I haven't. I thought I would never feel so peaceful in the arms of Inuyasha. Sure he's a little rough around the edges, and isn't the kind of prince I've thought of, but it just feels so right." She had all these thoughts running through her head as she danced.
All My Life (Ohhhh..Baby, Baby)
I Prayed For Someone Like You
And I Thank God
That I...That I Finally Found You
All My Life
I Prayed For Someone Like You
And I Hope That You Feel The Same Way Too
Yes, I Pray That You Do Love Me
"Kagome is definitely different from Kikyo. I'm suddenly getting the feeling that she belongs to me, but I can't think that way; I have to keep in my mind that I'm only meant to protect her, it's my job. Falling in love with Kagome would be like a student and teacher relationship, it's forbidden. Also, I would probably hurt her and myself once she finds out who I really am. I'm—" Kagome cut off his thoughts by resting her head against his chest and sighing happily. "Kagome...you're making this so difficult for me," he groaned to himself, but he held her even tighter and rested his cheek on the top of her head.
You're All That I Ever Know,
When You Smile All My Face Always Seems To Glow,
You Turn My Life Around,
You Pick Me Up When I Was Down,
You're All That I Ever Know,
When You Smile My Face Glow
You Pick Me Up When I Was Down
Say...You're All That I Ever Know
When You Smile My Face Glows
You Pick Me Up When I Was Down
And I Hope That You
Feel The Same Way Too
Yes I Pray That You Do Love Me Too
And All My Life
I Prayed For Someone Like You
And I Thank God
That I...That I Finally Found You
All My Life
I Prayed For Someone Like You
Yes, I Pray That You Do Love Me Too
Sango and Miroku both smiled and got back to dancing both of them glancing at the other two from time to time. Houjo was in the back watching the whole time, he really wanted to ask Kagome, and he was just about to, but he recoiled and stayed where he was. Damn he was such a chicken. How come though? He's been able to ask Kagome out loads of time, but this time he froze. He gulped when he saw her dancing so romantically with his rival Inuyasha.
All My Life
I Prayed For Someone Like You
And I Thank God
That I ..That I Finally Found You
All My Life
I Prayed For Someone Like You
Yes, I Pray That You Do Love Me Too
(Fading)
And All My Life
I Prayed For Someone Like You
And I Thank God That I...That I Finally Found You...
As the song faded out, Inuyasha and Kagome broke apart and led each other back outside getting away from everyone else. Sango and Miroku grinned watching them walk out for some private time. "You go get her." Miroku supported quietly. Suddenly the music raved again making everyone jump up and dance. Next song was *Bad Romance* by Lady Gaga.
Kagome sat on the bench and he followed suit, but hesitantly. They were still holding hands and were both blushing. Anything, just anything to break the deafening silence they begged.
Somewhere else in this dancehall well actually in a quiet and dark room, there was a hot couple making out. They were in a room that looked like a lab; the door was closed allowing them to have privacy of their own. After the male closed the door he eagerly and aggressively kissed his partner, one hand was supporting her waist while the other held her head. The teenage-girl held on to the boy's neck helping him deepen their hot kiss. They broke away from a moment panting.
"You know we really shouldn't be doing this," the girl giggled between their lips.
"And you honestly think I give a fuck?" he responded,
"Ooo naughty, naughty using that kind of language," she teased.
They crashed their lips together once again, this time adding tongues. They were both moaning and groaning tasting each other more. This was all going when Bad Romance continued playing lightening up the mood.
"You lied, you're a good dancer," the canine started.
"Yeah, guess I did better than I thought," she giggled then looked up to the diamond sky once more. "The moon is quite beautiful tonight. Whenever I'm under it I feel like the inside of me is glowing."
He only nodded. "That's not the only thing beautiful tonight, and she's glowing even on the outside." They looked to their intertwined hands and released them.
"Inuyasha..." she started, "Be honest, do you still have feelings for Kikyo?"
He knew this question was going to come up at some point. "I don't...know...she's still..." he paused, and turned away.
"Never mind, that was foolish of me to ask, I'm sorry," she bowed looking at the floor.
He turned back to her and shook his head. "No, you have no reason to apologise," he then caressed her cheek with his hand and continued. "I'm the one who should be sorry; I'm still pretty confused myself."
Kagome held on to the hand that was pressed to her cheek and rubbed it gently. "It's okay, I understand. Kikyo really meant a lot to you."
Inuyasha held her cheek firmly. "Kagome you have to listen. You and Kikyo...are not..." He began to stutter as he peered into her eyes. They were those type of eyes again, they were calling him. Kagome loved his amber eyes, who wouldn't? They were beautiful as they glistened just like the stars above. They both began to subconsciously lean toward each other. "I don't... think...we should..."
They lips were inches even closer than that and were just about to finally connect, until Kagome backed away now looking forward. She was ashamed and upset.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha, but I can't do this," she trembled, she was so nervous. She had almost everything in her body warning her about something.
The hanyou gasped and distanced himself from her; he couldn't believe what he almost done."Oh shit! I didn't mean to— I hadn't realized— I was—" He stood up with his back facing her. Silence cut through as the two just thought over what could have happened.
Meanwhile, in the private room, the couple was still making out. The girl had one of her legs wrapped around her partner's waist and he now cupped her ass feeling them through the tight fabric of her costume.
"Damn does this feel great," he growled in content, kissing and sucking her neck now. They both stared into each other's eyes for a moment, panting and smiling from ear to ear.
"Wow who would have thought you had this much passion and fire in you," she commented.
"You've honestly seen nothing yet," he grinned and held her up against the door, holding one of her arms above her head and the other gripping her cheek.
"Wait a minute, I thought you were in love with Kagome, what happened to all that?" she questioned.
"I don't think that really matters," he replied taking her lips again, trying to make her drop the subject. She thankfully did, she didn't want to question more; she was quite enjoying this. It was Kagome's fault any way, she should have taken the chance when she had instead of always trying to avoid him. I guess tonight it was fine. She could feel his tongue caressing and massaging hers and she moaned.
The two started humping up against the door getting deeper into the act completely forgetting reality well for the girl that is. The male smirked as he continued loving up his partner. The girl was so into the blazing fire she didn't realize her partner pulling out something from his side under the costume gripping it tightly. They two broke away for a moment to catch their breath and in that second you could hear,
"Sorry about this." Before they reconnected and started all over again.
The female just registered his words and was about to break away to question that was until she felt a sharp object plunge deep into her abdomen. "UGH!" She gasped loudly in pain about to scream, but felt her partner cover her mouth to silence her and forced the blade deeper into her gut. She bucked under him then suddenly felt herself slipping off him and into darkness. She couldn't do anything, but stare into his eyes in total shock and confusion. The male could feel the hot, wet liquid oozing out from where he stabbed her, and took note as she was losing strength. Not worried now, he unblocked her mouth and harshly pulled out the knife that pierced through her stomach. "K- K...wha-wha- Gah—" She tried making a noise, but she began choking on the blood forcing its way up her mouth. The betrayer carefully set her down on her back, letting the blood create a pool and also having the blood choke her so she died faster. The girl was gagging, but was still staring at the man above her, asking why with her eyes.
"I am truly sorry about this, but the only person to blame is Kagome," he sighed crouching down and simply watching as her life slipped by her.
Inuyasha finally gained his composure and spoke. "I don't know what came over me, I'm sorry Kagome."
She gasped lightly getting up too shaking her head. "No no, Inuyasha it's not you, it has nothing to do with you, it's just me."
He faced her gripping her arms and responded with a trembling voice. "No, you don't understand I'm not supposed to—"
"Kagome," a soft voice called, accidentally interrupting them. They both turned their attention to one of Kagome's friends, Ayumi, who was trembling lightly. "Oh no I'm sorry Kagome; I didn't mean to ruin anything," she bowed.
Kagome glanced at Inu-yasha for a second then back to her. "No no, it's okay," she smiled, she was glad Ayumi cut in and Inuyasha felt the same way. She walked up to Sailor Mercury and asked. "What's the matter?"
Ayumi pulled her friend closer and whispered, "Well you see there's this really amazing guy who came up and asked me to dance, I don't know what to do."
Kagome couldn't help but laugh a little at her friend's innocence; she turned back to Inuyasha who noticed. "I'm sorry, I have to go for a bit, we'll discuss this a little later," she said.
"It's okay, go ahead, I need some space anyway," he responded truthfully. He couldn't have been happier for the interruption. He watched them leave and he set himself on the bench to ponder over his stupidity. "What the hell's wrong with me?"
Kagome and Ayumi walked across the dance floor avoiding all the dancers and their crazy stunts. Miroku and Sango saw them and were curious to know what happened out there, and where Inuyasha was. They looked back to the balcony and saw him sitting out there alone. Miroku suggested he'd go alone to talk to him while Sango sat out, she couldn't really get to talk to Kagome alone seeing that she was with Ayumi, so she walked over to Eri who was standing around looking or waiting for someone.
"Hey Eri, what's up who are you waiting around for?" Sango spoke, standing beside. Her
Eri took notice of her and smiled. "Hi Sango."
Kagome and Ayumi were both in the bathroom discussing the full story, and Kagome gave her advice and just told her to go back out there and just go for it. "You deserve some fun Ayumi; here let me help you redo your make-up to make you look fresh." Ayumi nodded and allowed her to make her up.
Miroku peeked out and observed his partner sitting on the bench thinking deeply to himself. "I wonder what happened," he thought and proceeded toward him.
Inu-yasha sat there and sensed someone above and looked up to see Miroku who stood there in wonder. "What do you want?" he spoke.
Miroku knew how he was and wasn't bothered by his rudeness he shrugged and sat down beside him. "What happened?" he asked seriously.
Inuyasha sighed, his head was slightly turned and he truthfully said, "I almost kissed Kagome."
Miroku was surprised to hear 'almost' instead of 'I kissed.' "What made you stop?"
Inuyasha snapped. "The problem is I didn't stop, I'm glad she pulled away at the last second! Do you know how dangerous it would be if I got involved with her like that?"
Miroku was a little stunned but he frowned. "Inuyasha, why are you fighting yourself like this? There's nothing to be ashamed about, why don't you just admit that you're in love with her?" He had said the wrong thing at the wrong time.
The silver-haired dog stood up looking down at him. "Do you not understand? Did you forget who we are, Miroku? We cannot be or get romantically involved with women outside our secret business that was our number one pledge to this fucking agency. What do you think Motojime will react once he finds out you're dating Sango?" After he lashed out, Miroku felt a pang of reality kick in and looked down solemnly.
"It's not that I've forgotten who we are, Inuyasha, I'm well enough aware the dangers of being involved with Sango. Do you honestly think I haven't thought about all this?" He gradually became to get angry clenching his fist. "Do you honestly think it's possible to keep denying what we really feel? We've been part of the Shikon Agency for a long time now, living in a world where we have to lie about who we really are, lying to people, one day appearing in front of them the next making another lie to disappear." After saying that he thought of something then glared up at his partner and asked, "Inuyasha, after we finish our task here with Miss Kagome, are you willing to go off and forget all about her, all the good times we shared as 'friends,' move on and maybe even live in a whole new place never to see her again? That's what we're supposed to do too we are never to see any of these people again."
This time Miroku managed to strike a nerve in Inuyasha's body, he knew that will happen, but to actually think about it made him feel empty inside. Will he be able to move on and permanently erase Kagome from his mind to focus on something more important like his next missions, will he be able to handle that?
"Speaking truthfully, I will never be able to forget Sango ever," he declared. Inuyasha knew deep down he wouldn't be able to forget Kagome either, the damn girl really meant a lot to him.
"We're going to have to try," he spoke with little regret hidden in his voice; he couldn't look directly in his partner's eyes anymore. Miroku had had enough, he stood up and smacked himself directly in front of Inuyasha to make sure he saw him perfectly clear and blurted,
"And what about Sango and Kagome, do you think they'll be able to forget about us! Have you thought what would happen to them once we magically disappear from their lives? Stop acting like a fucking selfish asshole, and be honest with your damn self. You are in love with the woman in there we are meant to protect from the most dangerous man in Japan!" Miroku had shocked the hanyou leaving him completely speechless; he had never seen Miroku snap in front of him in his life! The music was too loud for anyone to hear what they've been discussing, but the intellect's words were fucking ringing in Inuyasha's ears making him really take in what he said. This left the two staring at each other, Miroku was waiting for him to respond, but at this moment Inuyasha was too devastated to let even a sound out.
In the bathroom, Kagome had finished touching up Ayumi's make-up, and fixed her wig. "There we go, now let's go find your guy," she giggled making Ayumi blush. Nekorella turned away and sneezed twice completely out of the blue.
"Wow Kagome seems like you've been spoken about," Ayumi commented.
"Oh I hope not," she responded and left with Ayumi. The two left the bathroom and walked down the little hallway heading to the dance hall.
Ayumi, feeling extremely nervous was looking down at the floor, but then her eyes caught something shining under the dark light to her left. She realized it was like a little pool of water and it led up to the door which was slightly opened. As the two walked closer to the pool Ayumi noticed it was dark, it didn't look like water anymore. "Hey Kagome-chan, what's that?" she pointed, shaking her friend's arm.
"Huh?" Kagome responded, turning to her then followed her direction and saw the same liquid and they both walked over to the door. "It's probably some stupid Halloween prank, come on lets go see the guy you're talking about," she reminded, but Ayumi's curiosity took over and she wanted to see where the small pool was coming from, even if it was a prank she wanted to see it. She walked even closer to the door and pushed it open.
"I know, but I can't help it, I'm curious!" she responded, Kagome shrugged and followed her. The two peered inside the room and their eyes followed where the red coloured pool, they figured as the light shone clearer against the liquid, was coming from and what they saw left them both frozen and in utter shock.
Lying there in front of them, was girl dressed up like cat woman with a tight black suit and black cat ears above her head, and a tail which was completely fuzzed out and it had something wrapped in it.
"Y-Yuka?" Ayumi trembled walking forward, this had to be one of her stupid pranks, last year, Ayumi had fallen for one of her biggest prank. This had to be another. Kagome followed up behind, she bent down and took whatever was wrapped up in her tail. She held the parchment and then inspected her friend. The sailor scout nudged Yuka's side with her foot. "Yuka, stop playing games, this isn't funny," she frowned, but she was not moving. Ayumi looked over more clearly and saw that the blood was coming from her stomach and she gasped in horror when she realized she wasn't blinking or moving in the slightest and there was a hole the size of a blade would have made. Kagome opened up the piece parchment and read to herself.
To my precious Kagome,
This is to remind you, that I am still very near and extremely disappointed and upset.
Blame yourself for the death of your friend, Yuka.
After this I hope you see that I'm deadly serious about what happens if you continue to defy our agreements. Your friend Yuka, she would not have died if you never felt so sure about your safety. I do not know your relationship with Inuyasha, and I don't know if you spoke a word about us, but continue your act and you will surely see more pain coming your way.
~Sincerely,
Unknown
Kagome trembled breathing extremely heavy. To both girls the same thought travelled through them. SHE'S DEAD! Kagome sat there unable to move except stare in horror at her friend who was murdered by the person she feared the most as Ayumi let out a high pitch and long scream.
The two agents were still outside, and Miroku kept his stance still glaring at his friend. "Miroku... I—" Inuyasha started, but instead a gasp came out as the sound of a real scream rang through his sharp ears, even though the scream was far and overtaken by the music, his keen hearing had caught it immediately, seconds later his nose encountered the scent of blood. "Something's happened inside!" He alerted turning around and running indoors and followed after the scent. Miroku was a little confused at first, but was reminded that Inuyasha had better senses and hastened after him. "Dammit, I got myself so caught up out there; I completely forgot what I'm supposed to do, keep my eyes open for any hint of abnormality," he cursed.
"It is weird that Yuka disappeared for so long, she's missing out over here," Eri commented.
"Yeah, she's quite the wild one, huh?" Sango and Eri saw Inuyasha and Miroku running super quickly between the crowds and wondered what had happened. "Where are they going?" she wondered.
"I don't know; guys are so weird, they're probably out chasing girls," Eri shrugged, that caught Sango's attention and it made her frown. If that's what they were doing, Sango had a bone to pick with Miroku.
"Eri, I think I'm going to chew them out."
"Uh oh!" she responded, watching her storm off after her boyfriend.
Inuyasha and Miroku ran up the hallway and skidded to a halt when they found what they were looking for. Two girls were in the room trembling and hunched over something not turning around as the boys came into the room. Ayumi had screamed enough and just stood there unable to turn away from the horrible scene as Kagome was still sitting down near the body, the hemming of her dress was getting slightly stained with the blood circling around their friend. The boys looked over and gasped at the sight, seeing one of the girls' friends, Yuka, lying there dead.
"Inuyasha we have to get the girls out of here!" Miroku stated and he nodded. Miroku grabbed the quavering Ayumi pulling her away from the sight as Inuyasha bent down helping Kagome up to her feet, turning her away from the body.
"Kagome..." he called and shook her trying to snap her out of her traumatized state. She slightly came to, but was still in shock when finally tears sprang and the sound of her loud scream-like cries echoed deeply into Inuyasha's ears and heart. "Kagome!" He shouted, feeling her shake uncontrollably in his arms.
Kagome had slapped her hands to her face and cried in them, her legs were wobbling like noodles making her have difficulty standing her ground, but Inuyasha helped by holding her up. "It's my fault, it's my fault..." She kept repeating within her cries.
"Her fault?"
Houjo was walking up the hallway sulking about his cowardice, but the sound of cries struck him and he ran into the room observing the devastating scene. "Oh my God, what happened, what did you do?" he trembled slightly.
His silver-haired rival faced him and grumbled. "Oh man we don't need another traumatized person, Houjo take Kagome and Ayumi out of here now!" He demanded. He agreed as Inuyasha handed her over and Miroku handed Ayumi as well.
"Oh Houjo, Yuka is...is..." Kagome wheezed.
"It's gonna be okay Kagome, Ayumi please pull yourselves together," he pleaded extremely worried for his friends, he didn't want them passing out on him. Houjo's father was a doctor, and he taught him a few ways of helping people out of shock at least for a while until they managed to see a real shock therapist.
Ms. Ikeda saw the two girls passing by with Houjo hanging on to them. "Houjo-san, what happened to Kagome and Ayumi?" She asked.
He stalled and turned to her, he thought it was best to tell what happened. "Ms. Ikeda, someone was killed over there; we found Kagome and Ayumi standing there traumatized and standing over our dear friend Yuka."
The teacher gasped. "What? Houjo-san take the girls outside, call the authorities, make sure no one sees like them like this," she instructed.
He nodded right away. "Yes, I'll do just that." Then they left in opposite directions.
Sango stood by and listened, her heart pounded against her chest, instead of going off with the teacher she thought it was best to follow after her two friends they needed more comfort. "Yuka would never have met with Eri she was dead, I can't cause a scene and tell her right now, I'll let Ms. Ikeda handle it," she thought, she was a little stronger handling this because she of course didn't see the scene and wasn't planning to, she couldn't bear it so she chased after her two or maybe three of her shocked friends. "Where's Miroku and Inuyasha though?"
The agents inspected the body. Miroku noted that she was stabbed through her stomach and was left choking and suffering until she finally died. "Inuyasha, can you smell the person she was with on her?" He asked.
"I've been trying to catch it, but I'm not getting much, I smell other things on her like punch, a mixture of her perfume and cologne and I don't know which guy was wearing this type of cologne, actually I don't think any guys were I would have smelled it," he responded.
"And there appears to be no finger prints, but it looks as if these two were making out and I guess the man pulled out the knife and stabbed her. He knew what he intended if he carried the products to erase all of his traces. We can't do much right now, we have to send her body up to headquarters and let them take a look."
"Inspecting the girl's body like that, speaking about headquarters; you two aren't regular high school students are you?" Ms. Ikeda spoke, standing there observing the suspicious looking boys. Inuyasha and Miroku zipped around to find Ms. Ikeda watching them and they gasped finding themselves trapped in a hole.
"Oh shit..." they both thought.
Chapter End Notes:
First, I apologise for the late update, been busy with my first semester in University, but hey guess what these chapters work with the upcoming event, Halloween. Hehe
Damn I did not intend to end it there, but I realized this chapter would be really long, I have to cut it in half, yes that's how long this chapter was gonna be like two full detailed chapters into one. So, what will happen with Kagome and Ayumi and better yet the one friend who doesn't know about her closest friend's murder, Eri? Who do you think killed her? Be honest who thought the girl was Ayame or some other girl either than Yuka?
Also, there was a major hint in the chapter on whose Kagome's stalker is, if you guessed correctly great, but I will not tell you if you're right or wrong XD Will have to wait until it's finally spilled. Aside from all the dark moments, how did you find the beginning half of the chapter? That's if you remember and not too hooked on to the present part of it? Leave all your comments below and let me know what you think.
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