DN Angel crossover Inuyasha

Chpt8: The Ball

Kagome POV

Stretching myself, I felt refresh from the sleep. Opening my eyes, I can see my animals still asleep. Stealthily getting out of bed, I went about doing my usual morning ritual. Lazy to go downstairs just to get myself some breakfast, I conjured some out instead. Picking up my glass of orange juice, I sipped it while reading through my many mails. Replying most of the business mails, I finally got to Sesshy's mail last.

Opening it, he wrote about that formal function that I am supposed to attend tonight. It is being held at the largest hotel in Azumano called "The Eden". I am supposed to be there by 8pm sharp with an escort to that function. Reading through this, I nearly chocked on the sandwich that I was eating.

"Darn, I totally forgot about getting myself a partner for that function." I murmured to myself.

There is always the choice of getting Youko or Kuronue, but if they are going, I am going to have a hard time teaching either of them about the modern society and some other things.

The problem of going alone is that I will not have anyone there to save me from all the males in that function. The only other person whom I am comfortable with is Dark. Sighing in defeat to myself, I went through many other ways but the idea of getting Dark to accompany me to that function is the safest idea that I have now.

Seeing that I have no other way, I wrote a reply to Sesshy that I have already gotten myself an escort to that function. Looking out of the glass door leading to the balcony of my room for what seems like hours, I switched off my laptop and noticed my animals starting to wake up.

Walking over to the bed, I saw my animals standing and jumped to the floor next to me. I took my time in doing my bed before I brought them downstairs and fixed some breakfast for them. By the time my animals started eating, I could sense everyone waking up and is about the house. Placing breakfast enough for the whole family, they came down and immediately ate their breakfast. Aunt Emiko is just glad that for once she did not have to cook breakfast.

Looking at the clock, I saw that it is still early. Seeing that Daisuke is up early, the thought of waking him up again would prove interesting but I by the looks of how early he woke up, he did not want me to do that again.

"Aunt Emiko, you know any good boutique shop?" I asked

"There are quite a few nice boutique shops around the area in town. There is one I favoured most it is call Le Paris Boutique, is there something you want to get dear?" she asked.

"I have to go to this function tonight at 'The Eden'. Oh and Dark, you are to be my escort for the night as much as I hate that idea. It is going to be a formal function so I hope you know how to dress yourself." I said out, feeling that it might have been a bad idea at first.

"Escorting the princess to a function such as this, to whom do I owe this honour to?" he asked in a way that seem to irritate me so at the very moment.

"I have no other choice Dark, its either you or I get surrounded by the most of the male population that is attending this affair. Daisuke, would you mind if I send you to school today?" I said out trying to change the topic which worked rather well.

"Sure." Daisuke replied.

Smiling my appreciation to him, I noticed Dark smile getting bigger and bigger. The urge to wipe that smile off his face is very large, but I maintained my cool and calmly went to my room and changed into a pair of black pants and a white top, wearing a pair of black low heels to complete the whole outfit.

Seeing that Daisuke is already at the door waiting for me, I felt my animals fusing themselves into me once again before we set out to the train station. We started talking on the upcoming events that his school has been preparing for, which sounded so fun. Seeing that we have reached his school gates, I bid him good bye while seeing him walk into his school.

Feeling uncomfortable as to the number of people looking at me, I started walking in the direction of town and came across a few boutique. Some of them look really nice but it just was not what I was looking for.

When it was around lunch time, I saw a boutique which attracted my eyes. Walking into the boutique, I saw that its wall is painted in soft yellow cream. There is also a chandelier hanging from the ceiling giving the whole shop a nice glow to it. Looking through the racks of gowns, I saw a gown of elegant dark royal blue.

It is a halter top with a very low back. It is also the most modest compared to the type of ladies who wear clothes that are more likely for sluts than a lady of their status. They would usually plaster themselves to the man whom they think is the most handsome there or the man who has the most amount of money and is single.

Taking the gown in to try it out, I came out of the dressing room and look at myself in the mirror, the lady who owns the store, says that it fits perfectly on me.

"Miss, would you like this dress, this is the only dress in my store which I have one." She said to me.

"Yes, I would like this dress very much. How much is it?" I said to her rather breathlessly.

"For you, I would say 500." She said nodding my head in agreement to the price, I browsed for shoes in her shop and settle my eyes on a pair of black heels with straps to wrap along my leg.

Picking out everything that I need, I paid for what I had purchased and went out of the shop feeling happy at the gown that I had just bought and how hungry I was. Going to the nearest café, I ordered my lunch and am careful when it comes to handling the bag with the gown and shoe that I had just purchased.

Looking at my watch I noticed that it was already 3.30pm and rushed back home. Once reaching home, I picked up the phone and called the limousine service.

"Hi, I require a limo for the whole of tonight. Please be by the Niwa residence at 7.30, I need the limo to drive me to and from 'The Eden'." I said into the phone.

"A limo is already assigned to you miss, may we know your name please." The lady said

"It is Kagome Higurashi." I said out before finally confirming with her the timing and put the phone down.

Walking to my room with my bag full of things, I opened a portal to my castle in the Feudal Era and do all the necessary preparation for the coming ball. Walking to my bathroom, I settled myself into the healing spring and switched on some relaxing music I had brought from my time. Somewhere through half of the song, I unconsciously fell asleep.

Feeling myself slipping further into the water, I felt someone carrying onto the ground where there is no water. Feeling something bumping gently against my head, I opened my eyes and saw my animals surrounding me. They all had the look of worry but was instantly relief when they saw me awake and alright. Asking them what happened, they thought that I was about to drown myself.

Laughing lightly, I rub each of their head and said that I am alright. Looking at my watch, I realized that it is already 6.55pm. Seeing that I have about 35minutes more to prepare, I went to my grand vanity table and started to apply a light amount of make-up. Next up is my hair, I pondered about the type of hairstyle that I should do and tried every single on of them, but they turned out a bit too overly formal. Finally making up my mind, I decided to let my hair down and did a few curls at the end of my hair.

Taking my jewelry boxes, I look through its contents and finally settled for a pair of sapphire teardrop earring and with a carefully crafted necklace. On the necklace, is a silver strand holding a jewel with what seem like other tiny jewels are carefully embedded inside of the light sapphire stone. The shape it formed inside is the same symbol that I have on my own forehead whenever I am in my demon humanoid form.

Satisfied with the way I look, I quickly opened a portal to my bed room and changed into the full attire for the night. Not bothering to look at myself through the mirror, I quickly left my room and saw that Dark is already downstairs all dressed up.

"You look beautiful Kagome." I heard Aunt Emiko shrieked out while she hugs me tightly.

"Thank you Aunt Emiko. I believe the limousine is here already. Dark I believe that it is very unsightly for anyone to see you drooling all over yourself." I said in amusement while fixing my dress to make sure that it is in place.

"You are going to make everyone drool there I bet. May I escort the lovely princess to her carriage?" He asked gallantly.

"Of course you may sir." I said amusingly while playing along with him.

'This ball might actually be fun for this time.' I thought to myself. While I got into the limousine and he came in after me.

Telling the limo driver to give us a slow half an hour ride there, I settled myself into the leathery cushion of the chair and close my eyes for the moment.

"When this ball turns out to be boring half way through, I am going to high tail out of there." I said out to Dark and got a smirk in return.

"Whatever the princess wants." He said with a smirk of amusement on his face.

Feeling the limo coming to a halt, I looked out of the window and found that we have already arrived. Checking the clock, it showed that the time is now 8pm sharp. Sighing, I heard Dark laughing lightly while he opened the car and graciously lend a hand to help me out.

Unfolding my legs, I let smiled at him mockingly while I accepted his hand. He gently help me to my feet and we walked up the stairs. Looking at my surroundings, the place is very nicely decorated and it gave off this mysterious and alluring feeling to the place. The foyer now has many cars and a few limousines parked outside while others alight from it.

Looking at the ceiling, I could the pictures of angels singing and angels holding various poses. The ceiling, judging from the paintings, dated back to the 18 century where there is a lot of Balls and parties that many people would attend on invite.

Feeling eyes on me, I looked around and saw that many of the male guests have stopped to look at me while their female partners, have their eyes set on Dark. Most of them when they saw Dark coming up to escort me before I wander off again, started to glare at Dark and I.

"That is one of the reasons as to why I hate to come to such an affair." I said under my breath which was heard by Dark who laughed lightly.

"It might turn out to be fun." Dark said to me while he led me to the area where the ball is being held.

The place is grandly furnished and have alikeness to that in the 18th century. The place is being lit to give off a very alluring yet calming feeling. Hanging from the ceilings, is many grand chandeliers that lit up the whole place.

Seeing that we are already in the ballroom, we found a table at a dark corner where we ordered what we want to eat. Once our food is here, we ate in total silence and enjoy it. Finishing my food unknowingly, I was about to cut something again when I felt someone's warm hand on mine. Looking up, I saw Dark looking at me worriedly.

"Are you alright? You have already finished eating your food. You don't look like yourself." He asked in a worried tone that somehow shocked me.

"I am always like that whenever I go to a ball or such functions. I will be fine afterwards." I reassured him as best as I could.

"Then may I have this first dance with you?" he asked while he offered me his hand.

I nodded my head amusingly at him before putting one of my hands in his. Oddly, I feel much better when we started dancing. Finding the dance once over, he was about to bring me over to the side, however he was stopped when a group of men came up to me and asked me for a dance. The same thing happened to Dark, when he was being pushed away by the male population there, the female population instantly went up towards him and asked him to dance with them.

Seeing that I have no choice, I accepted on of the person's hand and he brought me to the dance floor. Dancing on the other hand, was being force to dance with a female who is practically pushing herself against him. He had a disgusted yet amused look on his face. I let out a light chuckle and my dance partner thought that I was laughing at one of his jokes.

Partner after partners, they kept on trying to chat me up whenever they dance with me. The partner whom they had brought along, forgotten and they did not seem to care that their original partners is now dancing around the dance floor with another guy.

"Finally, I can be away from those men out there." I said to myself.

"Good evening, it is nice to see you again Miss Higurashi."

Turning around, I found myself looking at a person with light blue eyes. Recognizing him instantly as Satoshi Hiwatari, he was introduced to me when I went to meet Daisuke after his school.

"Good evening to you too. Please call me Kagome." I said to Satoshi with a light smile on my face.

"What brings you to this function?" I asked him politely, breaking the silence.

"I have no choice, being the son of a Commissioner, it dictates that I have to attend such functions." He stated in a cool voice, which somehow remind me of Sesshy.

"I have to attend this type of function because I am the most successful female in the politics and business. Too successful and being the heir to everything that Sesshoumaru owns." I stated in a rather sad yet amusing tone.

"May I have this dance with you Kagome?" he asked while offering me his hand in a gentlemanly fashion.

"Yes, you may." I said while I let myself be lead to the dance floor by Satoshi.

He is not as cold as everyone deems him to be. His sort of reminds me of Sesshy though only a bit of Sesshy. Through the dance, we kept up a constant chatter and even talked about politics. He is so much better of a dance partner than the rest of the male population there at this function who is now glaring at Satoshi as though ready to kill. The girls on the other hand, could not seem to settle between Dark and Satoshi and continued to glare at me as usual.

When the dance was over, Satoshi lead me to a side and even went to help me get a glass of champagne. We have somehow established a good friendship by the time we finished the dance. Looking around the ballroom itself, I could not seem to find Dark anywhere though I could feel him looking at me and hiding from those crazy girls who seem to be always pushing themselves against him a suggestive manner.

"Kagome are you looking for someone here?" Satoshi asked me politely.

"Oh it is alright, I am sure he will turn up in due time." I replied him politely and saw him return me a soft smile.

We chatted for what seems like hours until I look at the clock tower, which could be seen from here, I noticed that it is already 1am in the morning.

"I have to go now, it is really getting late already." I said to him

"Do you need a ride back home?"

"No, it is alright. I have a limousine waiting for me already. Thank you for helping me keep the other male population away from me."

"Well then, it has been a pleasure knowing you Kagome." He said while he holds onto one of my hand and leaned down to gently brush his lips across my fingers. Feeling his breath on my hand when his kissed it sent a shiver to run down my spine.

"The pleasure is all mine. I will see you soon Satoshi-kun." I replied in a rather shy way.

"Please it is only Satoshi, and I will be looking forward to seeing you soon." He replied and saw me left for the stairs leading me to a hallway showing the exotic garden they have lavishly decorated before I find myself at the foyer.

Seeing that my limousine was already in front of me, I felt someone helping me into the limo. Looking back, I saw Dark guiding me into the limo carefully before he got in.

"Up for a early morning walk by the beach before we head home?" I asked Dark.

When he gave me a light and amused smile, I took it that he is up to it and directed the limousine driver to send us there and wait for us. When we got to the beach, I got out of the limo from the other way and walked on the sandy beach, feeling the sand getting into my heels and around my toes. The night sea breeze is refreshing and cooling.

Seeing Dark standing next to me with his eyes closed and the way the breeze fondles with his hair, made him breathtaking sight. Diverting my gaze to the calm waves, I started to walk nearer to the water and took out my heels. Holding them in my hand, I walked even more closely to the water and felt it washed the sand around my feet away, making my feet sink into the sand.

"So how was your night Dark?" I asked out in a carefree tone.

"Interesting, mostly I spent most of the night dancing with the other girls and they were like you said, 'sluts'" he said with a light sight.

Laughing silently to myself, I could not help but imagine Dark trying to run away from girls when he is such a playboy at times. It is already 2.30am in the morning and I see our limousine driver trying to look awake. I do not blame him for feeling sleepy, it is not usual for people to go out for parties and then go somewhere else.

Standing next to Dark, I tapping his shoulder lightly, "Race you back to the limo." I said while I quickly turn tail and run he look kind of confuse at first then caught up with me in a matter of seconds. Without using my demon speed, I reached the limo a few seconds faster than him. Opening the door, I stepped in and slumped down on the chair.

"I won!" I said with a grin on my face and he is suppressing laughter, making look at him sideways.

"Ever seen a girl trying not to trip over her own dress, holding her heels in her hand and the other holding up her skirt running?" he asked with amusement in his voice and eyes.

Punching his arm playfully, the ride was a quiet and slow. I soon fell asleep, unknowingly using Dark's shoulder as a pillow, I felt someone brushing a light kiss on my forehead before putting his arm around me. The warmth is inviting and I snuggle in closer to the source of the warmth.

When I woke up the next morning, I could not remember when I got to my room and changed into my sleeping clothes before falling asleep.