DISCLAMIER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA OR ANY CHARACTER'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANIME/MANGA INUYASHA.

A/N: I'm back…. Did ya miss me?

Chapter 17

Almost Paradise

Kagome was going insane. She had been making wedding arrangements for three months now, and it seemed like she was getting no where. She had her florist, her dress and Sango's dress, the reception hall, the wedding chapel, the priest, and that was it. She still needed a DJ, a caterer, and her cake and the wedding was approaching fast. It was only three weeks away. Kagome had no idea how to get the rest of this finalized in so little time. She was in a middle of a breakdown when her phone rang. It was Sango.

"How are things going hun? Are you getting any further in finalizing everything." Sango asked when Kagome picked up her phone.

Kagome sniffed. "No. I'm still lost and confused in all this mess. I don't know how I could have overlooked so much. Luckily Miroku and Inuyasha have their tuxes already so that's one less thing that I need to worry about, but as far as the things I don't have Inuyasha isn't even putting in any effort. He's leaving it all up to me. If I ask him for his opinion on something he tells me that he doesn't care, he knows that whatever I pick will be great, and that he has all the faith in the world in me."

"Wow that sounds tough. I am so lucky that I don't have to worry about that stuff right now." Sango said relieved. "Maybe Miroku and I will just get married at the Justice of the Peace office and have you and Inuyasha be our witnesses. Go out some place for dinner afterwards and then maybe go to a club so we can dance. I don't think I want to go through all this effort, and for what? For everyone to be amazed by my decorating skill or some shit like that? I'm sorry Kagome, but you have more patience than me for all of this crap."

"Thanks, that's so soothing." Kagome said sarcastically. "How about you come over here and you help me finalize everything that I need done. We can go throught the catalogue that I have of cakes and find one that will match my color scheme and, or my theme and we can pick a DJ and hope that they aren't booked, oh, and a caterer. I need to pray I can find a caterer."

"As far as the DJ goes hun, if you can't find one I know Miroku will do it for you. He loves doing that type of thing. And you don't worry about paying him or him messing up since you and Inuyasha are friends of his."

Kagome cut her off before she could say any more. "Thanks for volunteering him and everything Sango, but I would rather ask him myself if he is willing to DJ for us or not."

"Kagome, do you really think that I would just volunteer him without asking him first?" Sango asked her.

"Um… well… I don't know…. maybe?" Kagome said a bit embarrassed.

"Well I wouldn't. I've known about you problem in finding a DJ and a caterer and I have taken care of both. Miroku has no problem being the DJ and the caterer for your party will be Inuyasha's favorite Chinese Restaurant, since everyone knows how much he loves Chinese food."

Kagome laughed. "I should have known that you would come through for me."

"Yeah, your welcome. I love me too. Oh, and I'll be over in about ten minuets to help you pick out a cake. That I wasn't going to do on my own. I feel that you have a say in your wedding cake, since it is your wedding day after all."

"Thanks sweets, I'll see you in a few."

"Yes, you will. Bye."

"Bye"

Kagome felt so much better, knowing that a weight has been lifted from her shoulders. She no longer had to worry about a caterer or a DJ and now Sango was going to help her pick put a cake. And after today everything would be ready for her wedding day in three weeks. Kagome felt that she could finally relax and be stressed free… until the wedding rehearsal anyway.

Kagome heard a knock at her door and ran to answer it. She figured that it had to be Sango, even thought it would mean that she would be arriving a little early. Kagome just figured that traffic wasn't horrible this morning. Kagome opened the door with a smile on her face and an hug waiting in her arms… but then her smile turned into a frown and the hug disappeared, the person on Kagome's stoop was Faith.

"What are you doing here?" Kagome asked her in a pissed off tone in her voice, and a sarcastic smile lingering on her face.

"I'm here to give you this. It's from Hojo and me. We know that we weren't invited to your wedding, but we wanted to get you something anyways. So here, go on, take it." Faith held out the envelope until Kagome finally took it. Once Kagome did, Faith left. Once she got to her car she yelled back. "Oh, by the way, congratulations." Faith then got into her car then left.

Kagome was about to go back inside and wait for Sango, but before she could turn around and head into the house she saw Sango pull up into her driveway.

"What was that about? I saw Faith's car here." Sango said giving her friend a hug.

"Yeah, you did. She came over to give me this. I guess that she and Hojo wanted to get Inuyasha and me something, even though they weren't invited to the wedding. I'm kind of worried to open it though. For all I know they put some kind of poison it in to kill us off." Kagome confided in her.

"Was Faith wearing gloves when she handed it to her?" Sango asked.

"No." Kagome responded.

"Was she sarcastic about giving it to you, sincere, indifferent, or something else?"

"Something else. She was more upset kind of. Like she didn't want to give it to me. It was more like she needed to, like she had no choice to."

"Hojo probably put her up to it then."

"Yes, most likely he did. Which most likely means that the card or whatever is in this envelope is safe."

"Yeah, that would be my guess too." Sango said making both girls laugh. They then went into Kagome's house to pick out a cake for Kagome's big day.

Sango and Kagome looked through catalogues for what seemed to be forever. If it wasn't for the fact that Kagome's wedding was soon approaching they would have given up on the search hours ago. Kagome was snoozing off flipping though the catalogues and Sango was fast asleep drooling in one of them. But then, when it seemed that all was lost Kagome found it, she found the perfect cake!

"FINALLY!" Kagome exclaimed when she found it. Making Sango jerk awake and snort.

"What? What happened? What did I miss?" Sango said confused as she looked around the room.

"Nothing really, I just found my perfect cake." Kagome said with a smile on her face.

Kagome gave the wedding cake catalogue to Sango who looked at the picture in amazement. "This one? Really?" Sango asked astounded.

Kagome nodded her head.

The cake was five layers, and the layers were boxed shaped. It was iced in white, and had beading done on the top and base of each layer. The layers also had red and white, and pink and white roses alternating layers. Then of course, the bride and groom on top.

"Wow Kagome, this cake is magnificent. I'm speechless."

Kagome laughed. "Yeah, and now our only problem is to find a bakery that won't mind making this monster."

"I have a friend that owes me a favor. Do you want me to call it in?"

"Sure, go ahead. Do I know her?" Kagome asked.

"Kinda. Um… her name is Kikyo." Sango flashed a I'm sorry smile then continued. "I don't need to ask her if you don't want to . But she is a good baker, and she does owe me a favor. If it makes you feel any better you don't have to talk to her or anything. I will do everything as far as the cake goes."

"Sango, that was high school. Things are a lot different now. So go ahead and call in the favor. I don't care, not in the least. Just let her know if she tries anything that I won't pay her for her services or something. I'll make her pay somehow."

"Okay, I'll just go in another room and make the call." Sango said getting up to leave.

"Alright, I'll be here."

*FLASHBACK- Prom Night*

"I can't believe the guys actually let us double date, especially since the last one went so wrong." Kikyo turned to her best friend as they walked arm and arm down the high school's hall.

"Yeah I know. I thought for sure that Inuyasha would bail. Tell you some excuse why he didn't want to or something." Kagome said a bit surprised.

"Oh, don't get me wrong, he did try, but I just made him an offer he couldn't refuse." Kikyo said with a laugh.

"I should have known. But it's nice to have two of my friends and my boyfriend here. Oh, and let the best woman win Prom Queen."

"Yeah, as much as I want to win, you and Hojo are just too cute not to win. Yu already got cutest couple in the school's yearbook, so I'm sure you two are going to win Prom Queen and King too."

"You don't know that. You and Inuyasha make just as cute of a couple."

"Yeah, that's true. So who knows, maybe there will be a surprise tonight. But I still say you and Hojo will take the crowns."

"Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Anyways, we better get going or we're going to miss it."

Kagome and Kikyo started running down the hall, followed by their dates.

"Girls." Scoffed Hojo.

"Yeah, tell me about it." Inuyasha responded half heartedly. He just couldn't keep his eyes off of Kagome, couldn't help but wish that he was Kagome's date, and that he wasn't dating Kikyo just to be closer to Kagome at times.

"And the winner of Prom King…" The principle began. "Inuyasha."

Kagome leaned over to Kikyo and whispered in her ear. "See, what did I tell you? You and Inuyasha crowned Prom King and Queen. Now you better get ready to go up there and get your crown."

Kikyo flashed Kagome a excited smile and got ready to storm the stage. She judt couldn't believe the good luck that she was having.

"And the Prom Queen is…" The principle began once again. "Kagome."

Kagome looked over at her best friend and shrugged, she then looked over to Hojo and mouthed that she was sorry then she took the stage. When she got up there Inuyasha then put her crown on top of her head and then led her to the dance floor so they could share their dance as King and Queen.

Inuyasha was enjoying this, it gave him the perfect opportunity to tell Kagome his true feelings for her and hopefully steal her heart from her asshole boyfriend. But no such luck happened. Kikyo kept a watchful eye on the two of them. She didn't know what caused the strange events, but she definitely didn't want anything to manifest from it. So right when Inuyasha was about to kiss Kagome and our his heart out to her, she stormed in, grabbed her date, and cursed Kagome telling her that she would pay one day.

*End of Flashback*

"Kagome, earth to Kagome. Are you in there?" Sango said when she got into the living room once again.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just remembering Prom Night, that's all."

"Oh, yeah, the prom. The last night that Kikyo ever talked to you. Anyways, she'll do it. And she wants to let you know that she's not going to do anything to ruin your life or anything. She actually wanted me to tell you 'congratulations' on her behalf."

"Really?" Kagome asked a bit surprised.

"Yeah, she also wanted me to let you know that she agrees with you. What happened in high school should stay there. Yes, she is still heart broken from that night, mostly because Inuyasha broke up with her that night. Flat out told her everything. And she wanted me to tell you another thing. That you are just plain dumb for not figuring out that Inuyasha liked you before you did. There were plenty of signs out there. Trust me, I saw them."

"Yeah, well, good for you. He wasn't flirting with you o dropping hints to you. If I recall correctly, I had to let you know about Miroku."

"Okay, you can shut up now." Sango said, then both girls laughed.

"Hey, if you want you can stay the night since it's getting so late. We can make margaritas or something. Unless you would rather get back to Miroku so he doesn't go to bed cold."

"Hahaha Kagome. Nah, I'll stay. It'll be fun. It's been awhile since we had a sleepover."

A/N: I hope that you liked the new chapter. I will try to post more chapters in the next couple of months. Hopefully you won't end up waiting so long for the next one. I do promise that you won't have to wait for almost a year again.