Chapter 4

"Oh Mother, why must I be betrothed to a man whom I cannot love?" You will learn to love this man," The 'mother' responded coldly. "Mother that is impossible for me to do." "It is possible, and you will do it." With that the 'mother' turned on her heels and stormed out of the room. "Cut!" Miroku yelled, the lights turned off and everyone relaxed. "Good job everyone, take a break."

Kagome walked out of the room and walked to her dressing room. There was Inuyasha waiting for her. "Hello Inuyasha, is there a reason why you are standing right next to my dressing room?" she asked. He turned to look at her, "Yeah, I have something to ask you." "Ok….so what do you have to ask me?" "Why are you here?" This caught Kagome off guard. "What do you mean?" "I will find out why you are here Higurashi, just you wait." He then walked away. 'Weird, I wonder what that was all about?' she shrugged and walked into her dressing room.

"Ok actors and actresses, tonight there will be a big dinner party at my mansion. There will also be a dance, and we'll have lots of fun, remove some of the tension. Ok? So get over there at 6:00. Got it? Great! See you tonight!" With that Miroku walked away. After he walked away, the whole place erupted in excited whispers. Ladies everywhere were talking about what they were going to wear. Men everywhere were talking about who they would ask to dance.

"So Kagome, what will you wear?" Sango asked. "I don't know, I don't really have any fancy dresses or things." "Great!" Kagome looked at Sango as if she had three heads. "Why is that great? I'll probably embarrass myself." "Don't worry Kagome, I won't let you get embarrassed. Actually, it's great because then you can go over to my place and I can give you a makeover. We're going to have so much fun!" The last part she squealed. She then grabbed Kagome and dragged her off to her car.

The two girls were driving off in a black Ferrari. "So Kagome, what's your family like?" Kagome's eyes dropped to her hands in her lap. "I guess I can tell you. I mean you so nice to me, you at least deserve that." Sango looked at her quickly then turned her eyes back to the road. "You see, my father died when I was eleven. My brother was moved to live with my aunt in America. My mother remarried a man, he was great at first, but then things turned for the worst. My mother was really busy with her job and is barely around. Every time my mother was home my step-father was nice to me. But when she left, he was cruel. He beat me regularly, but never too bad, he wanted to make sure that when my mom was home I looked ok. Then I got a letter about a year ago, the letter said that my mother was killed in a hit-and-run accident. That's when things really got bad. My step-father only kept my mother around to pay his bills. When she died, he lost his money-maker. He started to beat me more, and the beatings got worse, a few times he even slashed me with a knife. He only keeps me alive to pay for his bills." "But why don't you run away?" "He said that if I did, he would go and kill my brother." "I know how you feel." Kagome looked up at Sango quizzically. "You see, my whole family was killed except for my younger brother Kohaku. I know how you feel, wanting to protect your brother from further harm. Oh look, we're here!"

They pulled up into the driveway of a nice house. Not a mansion, but still looking expensive. "Wow, you live here?" Kagome was in awe, she had never been in a house as nice as this. "Yeah, if you're surprised at this, you should see Miroku's mansion it's about five times this nice, and Inuyasha's is probably ten or twenty times. Anyways, come on, let's get ready." She pulled Kagome upstairs.

"Ok Kagome, here's a dress that would look perfect for you." Sango held up a beautiful green ballgown dress for Kagome to see. It had a sweet heart neckline, and on the side of the waist it was decorated with diamonds. The skirt's tool was made to look like the petals of a flower. Once Kagome put it on, Sango gave her a diamond necklace and diamond earrings. She did Kagome's hair up and stepped back to admire Kagome. "Ok Kagome, close your eyes." She did so, Sango then led her over to a mirror. "Ok Kagome, open your eyes." When she did, she gasped. She stared at herself in the mirror, and then did a twirl still looking at herself and her dress. "This is me?" Sango smiled, "Yes Kagome, that's you." Kagome felt tears of joy prick her eyes. She then gave Sango a big hug, "Thank you Sango!" "You're welcome Kagome. Ok, let me go get my dress on."

"Ok, Kagome, we're here." They pulled up into a huge expensive mansion, lit up with spotlights, creating a dramatic effect. "Wow, it's beautiful." Her eyes were huge with awe. "Keh, you should see mine, it's way better." She whirled around, a scowl on her face. "Well I'm sorry Inuyasha, I can't help it that I'm not as privileged as you." Then her face turned thoughtful, "Well, there's one good thing about me. At least I'm not as much of a snobby stuck-up pain-in-the-butt as he is." Sango snorted. "What was that?" Inuyasha growled. Kagome turned to face Inuyasha, looking straight into his eyes. No sign of submission in them. She was dead serious, and a touch bored, as though she hated to have to repeat herself. "You heard me." With that she and Sango walked off, almost as if nothing happened. Leaving a surprised Inuyasha in their wake. He had never been treated like that before. Normally, people would almost bow at his feet, repeating their apologies over and over again. He smiled, 'she's different. I like that, makes it more fun.' With that, he walked up to the mansion.

What does he mean by 'makes it more fun'? Please Review!