10 Years Later

"Kagome! Kagome! You have customers waiting!"

"Yes, Kaede." A young teenaged girl said as she bartended at the local pub. She had been working at her guardian, Kaede's, pub since she was ten and had become one of the best there. Although she loved working there, the one thing she loved more was to sing. Her voice was like an angel's when she sang and everyone in the town knew it. After a few years of customers asking, Kaede decided that it would be best to let people sing there, Including Kagome. More and more people flowed in just to hear Kagome sing as the years went on and Kagome was now one of the most popular girls in the pub. Kaede was very proud of her and was more than happy to let her do what she loved most. All seemed very peaceful and content.

In the kingdom that ruled their lives though, there was a different atmosphere.

"Why do I have to get married?!" a teenaged prince asked.

"Inuyasha, you must get married because you are a prince! And a prince must produce heirs to his kingdom!" the king said.

"But father! Sesshomaru doesn't have to get married! Why must I?" Inuyasha complained as he pointed to his brother standing beside him.

"Don't think that your brother is getting out of this. He too will have to get married. I am having a royal ball where all the elegable princesses will be attending to present themselves to you two. And you will both be on your best behavior! Do you understand?"

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha looked at each other and sighed. "Yes Father."

"Good. You are dismissed."

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru walked out of the room and down the hall.

"Man, ever since Mother died, he has been so cruel." Inuyasha complained.

"He loved your mother Inuyasha… Can you really blame him for still feeling that pain inside?"

"No… But does he really have to take it out on us?"

"Inuyasha, Father is just looking after the kingdom. If anything were to happen to me and I were to not produce any heirs, then you and your children would be next in line for the throne…"

"Heh, like anything could happen to you! You are a full-fledged demon. There's no way that anyone could take you down."

"You say that now Inuyasha… But you never know…"

"Heh…"

"Where are you going?" Sesshomaru asked as Inuyasha walked towards the door.

"I am going out to one of the villages. I need to clear my head."

"You know how Father feels about you going out there… It's too dangerous Inuyasha."

"Oh come on Sesshomaru. Quit treating me like I am six, will ya? They are just humans… they can't do anything to us…" Inuyasha said as he left.

"Just be careful Inuyasha…" Sesshomaru whispered quietly.

As Inuyasha ran out into the woods, he came across a small village. As he walked through the streets, he came to a small pub.

"Maybe a drink might be just what I need."

He walked into the pub and sat at the bar. Luckily, since Inuyasha's father never let him or his brother be seen by the public, no one in the pub knew that he was a prince. As he sat down with his drink, he was approached by a monk about two years older than him.

"Hey, man. What's your name? I haven't seen you around here before."

Inuyasha knew that he couldn't tell this guy his real name or else he would know that he was the prince. So he quickly thought of a way to disguise his name.

"Yasha… my name is Yasha."

"Well Yasha, my name is Miroku! It's nice to meet you. You come to see Kagome?"

"Who is Kagome?"

Miroku choked on his drink. "Who's Kagome?! You mean you've never heard of her?!"

"Well… it is my first time here, Miroku…"

"Oh, well you are in for a treat. You will meet her soon enough…"

Inuyasha wondered who this mysterious Kagome could be. He continued to drink until he heard the most beautiful voice.

"Taking a walk outside and I don't know if I wanna come back to wear I started… Look at the sunshine and tell me it's not beautiful…"

Inuyasha looked towards where the singing was coming from. There, he saw a beautiful woman walking around the pub, singing to her customers. The way she moved her hips made Inuyasha almost go dizzy.

As Kagome sang, she saw Inuyasha. She thought he was the most beautiful man she had ever seen. As much as she wanted to approach him, Kagome kept singing. She noticed that Inuyasha never took his eyes off of her as she sang.

"Kick back and let yourself lose control… Sit back baby who cares about tomorrow?"

She kept singing until the song was over. Then she walked over to the bar to continue her shift.

Inuyasha watched her as she headed towards the bar. As she continued to clean the table, he spoke.

"You have quite an amazing voice…"

Kagome looked up at him. Even his voice was beautiful. "Thank you… I haven't seen you around here before… what's your name?"

"Yasha… and by what I have heard from the people around here, you are Kagome?"

"Yes. My guardian, Kaede owns this pub. I know it's not much… but it's a place that brings people together…"

"I think it's lovely. So, you wanna come to dinner with me tonight?"

Kagome looked up at him. She was shocked at what he had offered. Many men have done the same thing but she wasn't expecting it from someone like him.

"Are you asking me out on a date?" she said slyly.

Inuyasha could sense that she was interested in him and he continued. "Yea… if that is what you want to call it…"

"Alright… I get off at six."

"I'll be here all night. I got nowhere to go."

"Really? You don't have anywhere you need to be?"

"Nope. I'm taking a mini vacation you might say."

"Oh, ok. Well then I guess you will be stuck with me all day." Kagome said as she winked at him.

Inuyasha smiled. He didn't know why, but this woman made him feel alive.

As six o'clock rolled around, Kagome got off her shift and walked over to Inuyasha.

"So where would you like to go for dinner?" Inuyasha asked her.

"It really doesn't matter to me. Heck, I don't really care if he eat here."

"Oh? Alright then." Inuyasha said as he pulled out a chair for Kagome.

"Why thank you kind sir." Kagome said as she laughed lightly.

As they ate dinner and talked, Kaede watched from behind the bar. Sango, another waitress at the bar walked over to Kaede.

"I've never seen Kagome so happy other than when she is singing…" Sango said.

"Indeed. It is strange to see her actually accepting a man's request to dinner and then have so much fun while doing so." Kaede responded. "I just hope he treats her well…"

Once they finished dinner, Inuyasha helped Kagome out of her seat and led her outside. "How about you show me around?"

"Alright!" Kagome laughed.

After the tour of the town, Kagome and Inuyasha were stopped at her house.

"Well… this is where I live…" she said as she turned to Inuyasha. "I had a really great time."

"Me too…" Inuyasha said as he leaned in and kissed Kagome lightly on the lips. When they broke, Inuyasha spoke again.

"Goodnight. If I can, I will see if I can stop by your pub tomorrow and maybe we can continue this…"

"I'd like that…" Kagome said softly as she kissed him again and walked into her house.

Inuyasha knew then that he had found what he had been looking for. He almost didn't want to go back home. He wanted to stay with Kagome all night, kiss her good morning and never leave her side. It was definitely love at first sight. He turned and left for his kingdom.

Kagome could not believe what was happening to her. She was falling in love… with someone that she had just met a few hours ago. She knew nothing about him, yet she felt like she had known him all her life. She went up the stairs and fell asleep with a smile on her face.