Titanic

Chapter Four -- Third Class Party

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Titanic. If I did, I would freak out and cry of happiness. But you don't see me doing that.

Summary: Same as the movie, only it's not an old woman telling the story, it's actually happening and the plot is twisted up a bit. Travel back to 1912 with Inuyasha and Kagome for my personal Japanese version of a romantic classic

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Inuyasha led Kagome to the third class entrance where everyone crowded around a Russian music band and danced happily and joyfully. Kagome smiled at how much fun it looked and wanted to get into it all right away. As she looked around, she saw people dancing and drinking and men arm wrestling, something she always wanted to try.

Inuyasha smiled at her reaction and led her to a clear table with 3 seats. "You okay with this? I mean the beer?" he asked loudly since it was hard to hear over the music.

"Yeah." Kagome replied. Without saying anything, Inuyasha grabbed 2 beers off and old woman and gave one to Kagome. She looked at it then back at Inuyasha who already started chugging his. She stared at the dark bubbles in the glass before taking a quick sip and setting it back down.

It tasted sour but in a good way. Still, she didn't want to get too drunk or have someone smell it on her breath. She looked back up and saw Inuyasha dancing with a little girl to the Russian folk music.

Kagome sat quietly in her seat for a moment before she found herself clapping to the beat of the song happily. For once in her life, she was having fun... thanks to Inuyasha. She watched the drunk men dance and found it amusing because they couldn't even walk straight.

She soon found her feet thumping on the ground to the beat of the song. She wanted to get up and dance but Inuyasha was already busy with the other little girl. Plus, she didn't know how to dance to this kind of music. She was used to waltzing and such.

Other than the fact that she couldn't dance, she was having fun. Inuyasha was being really nice to her and allowing her to have fun. Hell, he even offered her a beer. She had beer before but she got into trouble for it. Here, everyone but the children were drinking and having a good time. She lifted the bottom of her dress so she could take her shoes off. She felt like she'd taken a leash off as she let her feet air out after being trapped in tight dress shoes for 45 minutes.

She looked at Inuyasha and noticed that he took his tie off and his hair was frizzy but she didn't mind. Her hair looked slightly messy as well. She appreciated that fact that Inuyasha dolled himself off just to impress her mother, which he did quite easily.

The badn began to play another fun song and Inuyasha let the little girl's hands go. He was saying something to her but Kagome couldn't make out the words over the loud music. She froze when Inuyasha pointed to her and smiled then the little girl smiled and walked away.

Her heart beat instantly quickened when Inuyasha came over to her and held out his hand, "Come on." he said loudly.

Kagome stared at his hand for a moment, "For what?" she called back. Inuyasha said nothing more and grabbed her hand, forcing her to stand up with a smirk on his face.

"What are you doing?" Kagome demanded.

"You wanna dance or not?" he asked slyly. Kagome stared at him for a moment before smiling.

"Love to but I don't know the steps." she tried. She wanted to dance but she felt shy for some reason...

"I don't either. Just go with the beat. Okay?" he insisted. Kagome couldn't resist his smiled and nodded. She less shy after knowing that he wasn't a good dancer either.

The two began twirling around the room to the beat oof the music. Kagome's eyes went wide when Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her waist to pull her closer to him but didn't say anything. Inuyasha saw her reaction and smiled to himself.

He changed up the position by hooking his left arm with her right and the two began to swing in circles. Kagome let out a small giggle but Inuyasha heard her and grabbed her hands to twirl her in a wide circle. Kagome closed her eyes to keep herself from getting dizzy but found herself in a state of enjoyment that she never felt before. And it was brought by this man that she only knew for 2 days.

After they dance to 2 more songs, Kagome asked for a break. Inuyasha sat her down and went to get more beers for the two. He honestly didn't expect her to drink a second beer but this was Kagome. She always did something unexpected.

At the table next to them were a couple men arm wrestling and Inuyasha decided that he want in on a few matches. Kagome watched Inuyasha as he talked to the men and was soon sitting in a chair for his first match. Now Kagome was even more interested and watched the match from where she sat.

She could clearly see Inuyasha's muscular arm slowly pushing down the other man's arm. The man grunted and pushed as hard as he could until Inuyasha slammed his hand on the table with ease.

"Who's next?" he said slyly and wiped his sweaty hand off his shirt.

A bigger more muscular looking man appeared and sat in front of him. He grunted without saying anything as he positioned his arm on the table. Inuyasha grabbed his hand and his eyes widened by a fraction. Compared to this man's hnds, Inuyasha's were tiny. Kagome was stunned as well.

The men began pushing against each other. At first Inuyasha thought he had this match until his hand started getting pushed back the other way. His hand was about to hit the table when he pushed as hard as he could and slammed the bigger dude. The man's eyes widened as he stood up and threw his beer across the room in irritation. Inuyasha laughed and the man scowled at him.

Inuyasha stood up and thanked the men for the fun before returning his attention to Kagome. "Having fun?" he asked.

"The was interesting. I thought that guy was gonna break your arm!" she exclaimed. "You must be really strong."

"Well I supose I am rather strong," he said and kissed his muscle. Kagome giggled.

"Well it's pretty damn hot in here... You wanna go outside and air out a bit?" he asked, taking a sip of a random beer he picked up from a table.

"I guess." she said shyly.

Inuyasha set his drink down and escorted Kagome to the deck where it was nice and cool. Not cold, but with a soothing chilly breeze that they enjoyed. Inuyasha leaned against the wall to avoid her eyes. He felt shy all of a sudden now that they were all alone. Kagome also because shy. They didn't say anything to each other for a while and Kagome because irritated from the silence.

"So..." she began and Inuyasha stared at her waiting for her to say something. "Well... it's nice out tonight." she said trying to hide the blush she felt.

Inuyasha nodded. "Yeah. Warm but breezy." he leaned over the wall to get a better view of the water and smiled. Kagome walked over to him to see what caught his attention when she saw a huge bult of light move acorss the sky.

"A shooting star!" she exclaimed excitedly. Inuyasha's head shot up when he heard her squeal and looked up at the sky. All he could see was the tip of the tail before it disappeared into darkness.

"Are you making a wish?" he asked as he watched her close her eyes. She nodded and he smiled. "My grandfather says that they're actually souls moving to go to heaven."

Kagome smiled and opened her eyes. "I like that."

"So..." he began and Kagome politely stared at him with a small smile. He took a silent deep breath. Why was it so hard to talk to her when they were alone? "Uh... What did you wish for?" he suddenly asked.

"I can't tell you." she said simply.

"Why not?"

"Two reasons. One, because if I tell you my with won't come true. Two, because I wished for something that I can't even have, even if I wished for it." she said. Inuyasha looked upset to hear her say that.

"Why would you wish for something you can't have?" he asked.

"Because I really want it." she said quietly. Inuyasha didn't understand but his breath hitched in his throat when he caught her glance at his lips then look away. He stared at her puffy lips, wanting to brush his own against them and nibble on them. He wanted her, how could he deny that? But there was something in the way of that. He couldn't figure out what it was but he knew that he couldn't have her until something was pushed out of the way.

Kagome suddenly turned to him. "Goodnight." she said softly.

"You're leaving already?"

"Yeah. My mom is coming to bed soon and Sango will worry if I'm out to late." she said solumly. She looked at her feet for a moment and looked back up at him. "I'll see you around."

She started to walk away but Inuyasha grabbed her arm and she gasped. "Let me walk you to the gate." he said seriously. Kagome stared at him for a moment before nodding.

The two walked side-by-side for a few silent moments. Inuyasha kept glancing at Kagome's lips and the rest of her body. He shyly shoved his hands in his pockets and continued walked.

"Umm... Kagome? I think you forgot your shoes."

"What? Oh, no, I got them." she lifted her dress to show her shoes on her feet and Inuyasha silently ooo'd. "Thanks for your concern, though. I appreciate it."

Inuyasha smiled at her. "No problem. So what's up with Naraku? He was acting like a total jerk at the dinner party."

"I know. He wasn't even really drunk. He had two freaking glasses of wine, like what the hell? I think he's just jealous because he knows that you treat me better than he does." she smiled.

"How exactly do I treat you better?" he asked smiling back at her.

"You let me have fun." she said simply. "My family's idea of fun is sitting around the dinner table talking about business and brandi and smoking cigars. It's so annoying! And the cigars smell horrible."

"I know what you mean. That's why I gave up smoking."

"You used to smoke?" she asked suprised.

"Yeah. I started doing it from stress after my brother died but I eventually quit after I met Miroku because he kept my stress away and the cigars burned my lungs like marsh mellows over a camp fire."

Kagome laughed. "Well at least you got something you didn't like off your shoulders."

"Well it wasn't easy to quit, going throught withdrawl and everything. But i forced myself trough it. I haven't smoked ever since. Last time I smoked I was... 14?"

"I bet you're happier that you quit. You know, people smoke to relieve stress but smoking makes you stress even more after your high." Kagome explained.

"I know." he said quietly. "All the more reason people shouldn't do it."

Kagome because quiet and stopped. Inuyasha looked at her. "What's the matter?" he asked. Kagome said nothing and pointed to something. Inuyasha followed her finger and sighed. There was a sing that said First Class Entrance.

"Well... I guess this is goodbye." he said.

"Yeah... Well... Goodbye." she walked up to him and gave him a hug before heading for the door. As she stepped in, she turned around and looked at him once more and he waved to her. She then shut the door. Inuyasha sighed and shoved his hands back in his pockets and walked away.

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Kagome stepped into her room quietly, tyring nott to wake her mother who slept in the room right next to hers. She was grateful that she didn't have to share a room with Naraku though. She started to strip from her dress and got into a night gown. She sat in front of her mirrir and began to lightly brush her hair, thinking about Inuyasha.

He's so much nicer than Naraku. More free and fun too. she thought to herself as she set the brush down and stared at herself in the mirror. She was pretty sure she heard someone's door open but ignored it and wlked over to her bed. She flicked off her lamp and pondered about Inuyasha in the door.

Suddenly she heard something move around in her room. There was someone in there, very close to her and they were getting closer. Kagome shut her eyes and hid under the covers in hopes of safety. The moving stopped and Kagome listened for anything else. She heard nothing.

Probably just my imagination. Or I'm hallucinating cause I'm drunk? she thought... or hoped.

Suddenly something plopped on her bed and a soft voice spoke.

"Where have you been, Kagome?"


I'm sorry that this chapter is shorter than the others but I have a reason for it and you'll find out when you read the next chapter. :)

-Lexy4KagInu