Disclaimer: I've been neglecting to say this, but I hope its understood that I have no ownership of any characters in this story....sadly.

Author's Note: YAY! 5 reviews so I'm posting 2 days early. I'm barely making it...but I made sure to get this done before heading to bed. Hopefully I'll wake to find many lovely reviews. By the way, this is fair Warning….Sessh is severely OOC in this chapter. Also, I fought with my original writing and the mood I wanted to set, and this is about as great as I can get it in such short time. Other than that, I truly hope you all enjoy everything.

Shout Outs:
Jennahall- Yes, Sesshy is pretty nice....if I could actually make him....you'd have to wait until I had my fill of him first.....or I guess I could make 2 (Though I don't think the world could survive 2 of them).
Casedeputy- Yes....I LOVE to torture you...as long as you can't find me and make me pay for it lol. I'm glad you liked the advice.
SesshomarusPegasus- Hahaha....we'll see soon, though I agree completely with you.
angelpage- glad you loved it, here's the next one, Hope you like it.
kashiangel07- Dum dum dum....we're about to find out, hope you like it

also:
thanks to Red Rose cat and wren-chan as well as all past readers who have selected this as a favorite. It's always a wonderful feeling to see those updates.

'Breathe Kagome, breathe. Maybe it's not what you think; you are, after all, still in your underwear. If something happened, wouldn't you have nothing on? Besides, you don't need to repeat yesterday and jump to conclusions. Ugh…my head hurts too much to figure out what happened just find some clothes, go back to bed and clear your head.' Frantically I begin to search for something to wear, desperately trying to ignore my throbbing headache. Under the bed I found one of my pajama tops and quickly pulled it on. "Now to find the bottoms…must be around here somewhere."

I was still looking when I heard the handle on the door start to turn. In a last ditch effort for some modesty, I ripped the sheet off of the bed, wrapped it tightly around my waist and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Kagome?" Sesshoumaru walked in quietly, "I heard you moving around and knew you were awake. I brought some things Sango recommended for your headache...I know that humans are more intolerant of alcohol than demons, so I'm sure you must be feeling the effects of last night." By the look on his face, I can tell he's teasing me a little and I muster up as much of a smile as my aching head will allow.

Taking a look at the tray, I see it loaded with crackers, Coca-Cola, coffee, Pepto-Bismol, Tylenol and other handy hangover things. Temporaily I forget my dilemma. "Thank you so much Sesshoumaru, I feel awful."

"Hn…I can imagine but it was nothing," He smirks, "I know you're not a fan of coffee, but I didn't know what might work best for you. Therefore I brought some of everything she suggested."

"That was probably a good thing," I reach past the coffee for the Tylenol and Coke, "because I don't know what would work for me either, I've never been drunk…not even tipsy."

His smirk grew larger, "I'm not surprised, you don't strike me as the 'party and get trashed often' type of girl, especially after witnessing the care you took back in Okinawa as well as just how few drinks it took to start affecting you last night."

We sit silently for a bit, as I nibbled on my crackers and sipped my coke. Finally, when the pain in my head started to dull, I decided to ask the question that had me worried since I woke up.

"Sesshoumaru?" I look at him and wait until I have his complete attention before I continue, "What happened last night?"

"I'm sure I don't know what you mean? We went out, drank, danced and had fun."

"No….I remember that. No, I mean..." I lower my voice a bit, though I have no clue as to why, "I mean, what happened…you know…"

"No, I'm afraid I don't." He says as he stared at me, his face looking confused but his eyes having a hint of amusement.

I raise my eyebrow at him. "Don't tease me Sessh, I mean what happened after we got back to the hotel?"

"Ah, I see…..Nothing. Why do you ask?" He was smirking again.

Okay, now I had the confused expression, only I wasn't faking. "Nothing? If nothing happened then why am I…why do I not…well…" Frantically, I gesture to what I am wearing, or, rather, not wearing.

He stared at me for a while before finally deciding to increase my embarrassment. "Oh…right. You mean why did you wake up wearing nothing but your underwear?"

As I nod, cheeks pink in embarrassment, he begins to chuckle, which causes me to flush even darker in slight anger. "What, exactly, is so funny?"

After getting himself under control, he starts to tell me what happened. "Well, last night, when we got back, I left you to the room to change while I disappeared into the bathroom to do the same. When I came out, you were already in bed."

I interrupt, "but that still doesn't explain the lack of clothes..." The slight pressure of his finger against my lips stopped me from talking further.

"I was getting there, be patient my little Onna." He waits for a second while I nod my head to agree. "Okay, now, as I was saying…you were already in bed, your clothes that you wore to the club scattered all over the floor. When I started to get into the bed, you mumbled sleepily about not being able to find your pajamas." If it had been anyone but Sesshoumaru, I'm sure their cheeks would have reddened in embarrassment. "It was then that I noticed you were in nothing but your bra and underwear."

I wait to see if he would continue, but when he didn't, I start to ask again, "So…nothing happened?"

Smiling, he leaned in and gave me a light kiss. "No, nothing happened, I tucked the sheet around you to make sure that you wouldn't be cold, and then I slept on top of the sheet beside you."

"Oh…." I blush even more….if this keeps up I'll never be rid of red cheeks. "Well thank you……and thank you for the hangover medicine; it's really helping a lot." I say, all the while thinking to myself, 'I had no idea he could be that sweet.'

"You're welcome Kagome…" He gets up and starts towards the bathroom door, "Oh, I have some good news." He turns, "We only have one last interview this afternoon, so after it's over, we can load up and head back home."

"That's great," I start to stand but my legs are still a bit unsteady so I quickly sit back down, "hopefully I'll be able to stand steadily then."

"Sit for a bit before trying to get ready, I need to take a shower anyway so you'll just have to wait for the bathroom." He smiles as he disappears into the bathroom with his towel and a change of clothes in hand.

'You are one lucky girl, most guys, human or demon, wouldn't think twice before taking advantage of you in a situation like that. Heck, if the roles were reversed, most girls wouldn't think twice about taking advantage of a guy in the same place.

When I feel steady enough to find fresh clothes, I change, brush my hair and head into the living room to greet everyone else.

"GOOD MORNING SLEEPY HEAD!!!" Inuyasha shouts out when he sees me.
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Ayame, seeing me wince slightly at the volume of his greeting, smacks him over the head. "Shh! Inuyasha, can't you tell that she still has a slight hangover!?"

"Thanks Ayame, does anyone know if there are any more cokes?" I ask as I open the fridge and search the shelves.

"No," Sango says, staring in Miroku's direction, "Miroku here drank about four in the last hour or so, Sesshoumaru barely managed to grab and save one for you."

"Aw…bummer, do we have anything else?"

Sango shakes her head, "No, but Miroku will be more than happy to run to the vending machine to get you some." She turns towards him with the scariest smile I've ever seen, "Right Miroku?"

"Ri…right," He stammers, "be right back." and he bolts out the door faster than any of us can register.

Walking over to the couch, I sit in what was Miroku's seat, lean back with my eyes closed and rub my temples gently.

"So Kagome," Kouga starts, "Exactly how much did you have to drink last night?"

'Okay you idiot, time to admit your foolishness.' "Actually, I really can't remember how many it was."

"What she means to say," Sango interrupts me, "Is that she doesn't know what her limit is and she lost count."

"I was getting to that, but yes, that's why I was so gone last night. Why would anyone subject themselves to something like this on purpose."

"There are some questions that will never really have answers." Miroku says as he re-enters the room, arms loaded with cold Cokes from the machines. "Most people will find out their limit and stop when they reach it, the few others are just idiots who have nothing better to do than sleep it off the next day." He smirks and casts a quick glance in Inuyasha's direction.

Everyone but Inuyasha starts laughing as Sesshoumaru walks out of the room. "What did I miss?" he asked as he combed out his hair.

"Miroku cracking on Inuyasha, nothing new really," I say once I can breathe again, "are you done in the bathroom?"

"Yeah it's free, we need to head out anyway, it's almost one. We should be done no later than four so, if we hurry, we can hit the road by four thirty. Make sure you girls are packed and ready by then okay?"

I Jump up and give him quick kiss, "Okay, We'll see ya when you get back." After seeing them out the door, I head back to the room to take my own shower and freshen up.

~*~*~*~*~*~

After thirty minutes or so, I finally reappear in the living room, clean and fresh, with no trace of the headache I woke up with.

"You look better." Ayame says as she looks at me from the couch.

"Thanks, I feel better. Hey can you tell me if there are some shops around here, I'm too bored to sit in here waiting for the interview to be over.

"Yeah," she thinks for a bit, "I remember seeing a shopping center across the street as we arrived, but don't you need to pack?"

"Nope," I smile, "Already done, I didn't have that much to do anyway, do you know where San disappeared to?"

"Yeah, she's packing in her room and I'm about to do the same. You have our mobile numbers in case you need to reach one of us right?"

I nod and pull out my own cell phone, "Yep and I also have the main desk of the hotel, just in case. I'll probably be back just before four." I wave as I head out the door, grabbing my bag.

~*~*~*~*~

Though I didn't buy much, I did manage to find one special item that I just couldn't wait for an opportunity to wear. 'Sesshoumaru will absolutely love it, I think I'll wear it on the next date we go out on, and I need to remember to show Sango what it looks like, or she would never believe me.' I look at my watch and see that it is about five minutes to four. "Not a minute to spare." I whisper to myself as I wait for the elevator to arrive in the lobby, and, after checking to make sure my shopping bag is hidden in my purse, I select my floor and head up, smiling.

~*~*~*~*~

"Are you sure you guys don't need any help?" I call out the bus window, glancing at my watch, I notice it's half past five, 'so much for the quick departure.' I think to myself.

"Yeah, we almost got it, you girls just sit tight," I hear Kouga call back, "we're almost ready."

"I probably should have warned you that the boys always take forever, when we are trying to head back home." Ayame tells us.

Sango rolls her eyes at me, "honestly, they tell us to make sure we're ready to go, and then they take forever themselves."

Finally, everything is loaded and the guys pile into the bus with us.

"Everyone ready to head back?" Kouga calls out.

"Yeah Kouga, have been for more than an hour." I mumble under my breath, Sango and Sesshoumaru chuckling slightly because they over hear me, luckily no one else takes notice of us.

Sesshoumaru grabs my hand and kisses the back of the knuckles lightly, "Sorry babe, we tend to take longer than we mean to."

"It's okay," I say as I lean towards him, "I'll forgive you if you remind me how that kiss went last night, only this time, hold the alcohol."

He smiles and leans forward, stopping only when his lips are about a centimeter from mine, close enough to feel his warm breath brush against my own lips. "No problem." Before I know it, his lips crash down on mine.

It's even better than I remember, and it would have stayed that way, had Inuyasha not decided that it was the moment to interrupt us. WHISTLE "Get a room already, none of us wants to see that!"

Blushing…again…we pull away from each other, and prepare ourselves for the time of torture ahead between here and home.

Fortunately, due to my impressive ability to fall asleep almost immediately while traveling, I was able to avoid intense questioning about the kiss. Sesshoumaru, however, wasn't as lucky. When we arrived home he shared all the questions that were blasted at him and how he avoided them by staring out the window. Since that time almost three days ago, I haven't really seen any of the others because Sesshoumaru decided to show me around Tokyo. Hitting all the places I wasn't able to get to the first time I went there. Hopefully these few days apart will have allowed everyone to forget it ever happened.

Today, it was back to work and he just left to join the others in the studio about twenty minutes ago to continue progress on new songs.

Ding Dong!

I look up from my book, 'Now who on earth could that could be?' Setting my book aside, I head over to the front door.

"Finally, I manage to catch you at home, where have you been?" Sango says when I openthe door.

"Oh you know, around." I reply as I move aside to let her in. "How about you, what's been going on in your life?"

"Gossip."

I wait a bit to see if she will elaborate, "And? Gossip about what?" I'm a little intrigued to say the least.

"Yeah, the boys and I have been talking non-stop about that little kiss on the bus, how long has that been going on and what else have you been doing? I mean I was telling the boys that before you came here, you were like the most prudent person I knew, and I mean that in a good way, and now you are like sleeping together. I never thought that you, of all people, would move this fast in a relationship!" Finallyshe stopped talking. Slowly I had to replay her rambling in head for it to make any sense to me.

"Hey!" I look at her, lowering my voice as if someone were listening just on the other side of the door, "Sesshoumaru and I are not sleeping together!"

"What do you mean, you and he share a room together every night, and I know for a fact that there is only one bed in that room, so unless one of you is sleeping on the floor, you are, in fact, sleeping together.

"Well, yes, when you put it that way, we are sleeping together, but we are not sleeping sleeping together. Is...is that what you thought we were doing now!?"

"NO! I know you enough to know that you wouldn't have gotten that far…yet, even when I tease and push about it. We were just commenting on the fact that you share the bed together. Besides, Sesshoumaru already made it perfectly clear to the guys that you weren't that type of girl, and that you generally preferred to take things slower than most people."

"Ok, just making sur...hey what do you mean 'yet,'…never mind, I don't want to know. Oh and as for the kiss in the bus, that was no big deal. It was our second one, the first being while dancing at the club the night before." I shrug.

She looks completely shocked, "NO BIG DEAL! Just where the heck did you learn how to kiss like that!"

"Like what?"

"Like you had years of professional practice doing it in just that way. It was like the first Spider Man, The Notebook, and the end of the third Pirates of the Caribbean combined. What I want to know is if you hadn't been practicing repeatedly, then how did you learn it so fast?"

I think for a bit before I answer, "What can I say, in all our time together, with the amount of sappy movies that involved kisses, I guess I just instinctively knew how to go about doing it."

"Right...you learned by watching movies...whatever you say..."

"Okay, enough..." I interrupt, "I've been waiting for a chance to talk to you alone without the boys. There's something I bought that last day of the interviews that I just have to show you."

I can tell she is hooked, "What? What did you buy?"

"It's a surprise for Sesshoumaru. I don't know when or where I am going to wear it, but I can say that when Sesshoumaru does see it, he won't be able to utter a word because of his shock."

"OK," She says, "I have to see this, lead the way to your room...quickly."

~*~*~

"You ready?" I call out from the bathroom, "And before I come out you have to promise not to laugh or I will never forgive you."

"Yes, yes, I promise, now come out before I change my mind and leave." she calls back to me.

"Okay, here I come." Holding my breathe I step out in my new dress, a color which can only be described as a vision of intense sapphire which, in lack of better terms, makes the color of my eyes pop out in return. Slanted, off the shoulder sleeves on either side of a slight sweetheart neckline revealing just a bit of cleavage. The skirt of the dress ruffles out, slanting downwards from the upper left thigh to just below the right knee. In all, the dress clings perfectly to ever curve, leaving just enough to the imagination

Silence….I have to admit I was expecting any reaction except dead silence, 'What does she think...does it not look as good as I had thought?'

Finally she responds, "Wow," she whispers, "I can't believe you picked it out on your own, I mean that dress, in a word, is...sexy."

"Well, I really didn't pick it out, I just stumbled across it, it was peaking out just the slightest bit and the color caught my eye, so digging to the back of the rack I pulled it out. There was only the one left, and it was just my size. I decided to try it on for fun, but when I saw how well it actually fit, I decided right then and there to get it, no matter the cost. Then, upon reaching the checkout, one of the best things of that day had happened."

"What, the Hallelujah chorus came down and sang?"

"Close enough in my mind, the dress was in a major clearance sale and was eighty-five percent off! Can you believe it?"

"Sadly, yes, what I can't believe is that you didn't come back and get me!"

"I know, sorry, I thought about it, but it was already almost time to meet up and I couldn't risk Sesshoumaru finding out."

"Don't worry," she smiles, "I'll find a way to forgive you someday...you're going to knock him dead, you know, I hope you know CPR, just incase."

"I think he'll be okay, but..."before I can continue I hear the door open downstairs and freeze.

"Kagome?! I'm home, oh, and the other boys came over as well."

"Oh Crap, can you get downstairs and distract him while I change?" I whisper to her as I head back towards the bathroom.

"Yeah, sure, but you owe me, you just remember that okay?" She winks as she shuts the door behind her.

After changing as quickly as I can and getting my hair somewhat under control, I make my way downstairs to greet the boys and hug each of them. Turning to Sesshoumaru last, I give him a hug quickly followed by a loving kiss. "Miss me?" I ask.

He leans down to whisper in my ear so the others won't hear, "More than you'll know" Then he pulls away, "What were you doing up there, I was about to send a search party."

I pull back as I laugh slightly at his joking, "Oh, well, they would have had a hard time finding me, I was off in my own little world, which only certain people are allowed in, and I am sorry, but you don't make the cut."

"Hn….If this Sesshoumaru wanted, he could easily find his way into your world.

"Nope." I smile, "No boys allowed, after all, you would bring cooties and I can't allow that." Sango cracks up as I turn towards the kitchen, "would any of you boys like a drink?" I call over my shoulder.

One by one they respond with their choices and so I disappear, quickly returning with a tray. "Thanks Kags!" they all chant and then they head off to the living room to play video games or get on the computer or whatever else it is that they do.

I look at Sango, "Boys will be boys eh. I think I'm just going to order pizza tonight; I can't be bothered to cook anything. Wanna join me; I don't think we're going to be able to pull the boys away from that system any time soon."

She nods and we prepare for a relaxing night of simply hanging out together, while the boys do their own thing.

Author's Note: Umm....I don't have much to say.....so I'll just say, "I hope you liked it and I hope you leave me awesome reviews. For every 2 I get, I'll post 1 day earlier than next Wednesday.