They stood apart in the middle of the dance floor just looking at each other. Sesshomaru placed his hands in his pockets and turned from her. Kagome blinked and watched him return to the table. Did they just have a weird moment? Kagome was going to walk over to him but found herself being pulled. Some of her friends pulled her along to dance with them,

"Come on, Kagome!" One yelled as they all started dancing; most of the men had returned to the tables. Kagome thought about returning but thought it might be good to give Sesshomaru room to breathe for a moment, so she put on a smile and danced.

Sesshomaru sat, drink in hand, eyes on her. He didn't know why he was watching her, so perhaps he was angry with her. He watched as she put on her fake smile and danced with her 'friends' as they called themselves. Sesshomaru was now left with his thoughts soon; he was joined by a few men, human men, men whom her friends were dating.

"Hey, what's up," One said as he sat. Sesshomaru eyed him, he hated when people said what's up. Humans grew on him very little over the years.

"Man, girls can be crazy," Another said while sitting and undoing his tie.

"Got that right," Offered another,

Then, all the men looked at the group of women,

"So, when are you getting married?" One guy asked another,

"Never," he said, and then they all laughed,

Humans had changed Sesshomaru well noted, not all in a good way.

"Man, my chick looks hot tonight," One guy said with a sly smile,

"So, in other words you going to get some tonight?"

"Hell yeah," He said, looking at the guy who spoke to him,

Sesshomaru took a sip of his drink and sat the glass down; that's when the men looked at him,

"Which one is yours?"

His? None were his, who was he with, Kagome,

"Kagome," He said her name; it was still odd in his mouth; he was not one for using names.

"Good luck with that one," The guys laughed,

Sesshomaru cut his eyes to the guy. "We are merely friends," Sesshomaru stated, not wanting the guys to get the wrong idea.

"Oh really?" The guy leaned back in his chair and looked at Kagome. "She's got great legs,"

Sesshomaru glanced at Kagome and then back at the guy,

"Well, since you're not her boyfriend, you won't mind if I ask her out."

No, he did mind; Sesshomaru did not like this guy. But even so, even though he didn't like him, she was not his, and really, why did he care?

"Do as you please," Sesshomaru told him,

Just then, the girls walked up, each one sitting on one of the guy's laps. Kagome walked up to Sesshomaru and looked down at him, and he up at her.

"Just sit on him, Kagome." One of the girls laughed; Kagome, of course, turned pink and turned to look at the outspoken friend. The girl jumped up.

"Oh Kagome, he won't bite you," She then pushed Kagome back. Kagome fell on her butt, right in Sesshomaru's lap; his hand went to her waist.

Kagome was red now, and she didn't move. She wanted to jump up, but she didn't want to make a big deal out of it. They all already made fun of her about her virgin ways.

Her friend sat back down on her guy lap, "See, told you he won't bite,"

"Yes, he does," Kagome said under her breath; no one heard her but Sesshomaru; he thought it funny and smirked; indeed, he was a biter.

Just then, the bride announced it was time to throw the flowers. Suddenly, she was okay with sitting on him, but her friends pulled her along. She looked at him for help but he just picked up his drink and sipped, but she saw the teasing in his eyes. The jerk.

"God, I hope my girlfriend does not catch them; she going to want to go and get married."

"Yeah, tell me about it."

Did these guys ever shut up? Sesshomaru looked at Kagome, who was trying her best to stay in the back, but of course, once again she was being pulled by her friends. Kagome found herself up front and in the middle. The bride looked back and winked.

"One, Two, Three," The bride counted and then threw. Kagome placed her hands in the air and closed her eyes. She really didn't want to catch them, but alas, Kagome was Kagome; she caught them, and she wasn't even trying.

"Wooohoo!" All the girls clapped, and Kagome opened her eyes to find her hands holding flowers. "Crap," she said. Could the night get any worse?

Once again, the girls made their way back to the men.

"Look, Sesshomaru, Kagome caught the flowers," One of her friends spoke,

"Indeed." Sesshomaru looked at Kagome; she sat the flowers down and sighed.

"Aww, that means you're going to get married next!" Her friends shouted with claps and giggles,

"I wonder who the lucky guy will be," Another friend spoke while winking at Sesshomaru,

Kagome wanted to hide; she wondered why Sesshomaru had not killed them yet.

"Guys, it's just an old saying," Kagome stated,

"Aw Kagome you such none romantic," Her friend pouted.

"Hey, I am not!" She loved love, she liked fairy tales and whatnot, how dare they say that!

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow. These friends of hers didnt know her very well. The girl was a walking fairytale!

"Oh, come on, you have not dated in a long time, and we know you still -

"Hey!" Kagome yelled; she didn't want everyone to know she was still pure, though she knew Sesshomaru knew.

"Have you ever kissed a guy?"

What the hell was up with her friends? This is why she didnt bring guys around them.

"Yes!" It was true, Inuyasha,

"Besides Inuyasha," One of her friends spoke, that got Sesshomaru,

"Guys," She pleaded with them. She had not seen Sesshomaru in a long time; this was just embracing.

"AH, see, you only kissed him, and that was years ago!" One of her friends jumped up and pointed out,

"I doubt you could call it a kiss," Everyone looked at Sesshomaru,

"Hu?" Her friend said,

"I would think my half-brother would know less about that than her,"

"Oh, my Kami! Inuyasha is your brother!" The girls all leaned in.

"Half," He corrected,

"No wonder I thought you were good-looking!"

Kagome rolled her eyes.

"Hey, what do you know about kissing," Kagome butted in, defending her and Inuyasha's kiss.

"More than him,"

"Oh yeah, I bet," Kagome stated flatly,

"Oh, I bet he has; he is so cute!"

Leave it to her friends to be stupid,

"Unless he is gay," One girl said with a thoughtful look,

Sesshomaru glared with narrowed eyes.

"Look, you dont know him; he does not like anyone, he is mean, cold, rude, and he tried to kill me once!" Kagome didn't mean to say that last part,

"Miko, you will lose this," Sesshomaru stated,

"Don't call me that!" Did he forget where they were?

"Aw, guys, don't fight," the youngest of her friends stated,

"He started it!" Kagome pointed out,

"I merely stated that my half-brother knew nothing about kissing,"

"And I merely stated you know nothing about it either; how many girls have you kissed hu?" She knew. None.

"None," He told them, which shocked the whole table,

"Ah ha!" Score, Kagome won; it was then she noticed they were acting like they were all in high school.

"Miko, just because I choose not to, does not mean I do not know how," He slept with many, but kissing on the mouth. Not his thing.

"You know you're not good at everything,"

"Dude, why don't you just kiss her," One of the guys said,

"Yeah, kiss her!" Her friends said!

"No way, not going to happen!" Kagome protested; these guys had no idea what they were saying or who they were talking to!

"Afraid, Miko?"

"What?" She turned to him,

"Are you afraid that by kissing me that I will have proved everything you knew or thought you felt about Inuyasha to be wrong?"

Where the hell did that come from? Leave it to him to twist stuff. What the hell was he even talking about?

"No," She said silently. Sesshomaru stood and looked at her, the whole table watching. He placed a hand at her hip and pulled her to him, her neck arched to look at him, her hands going to his arms. She thought he was just messing with her; no way, no way was he going to kiss her.

"You are afraid," He could smell her,

"No,"

"You're afraid of me,"

"I've never been afraid of you," Kagome stated; the table behind them forgotten.

His clawed hand went to her cheek, and Kagome gulped; he was going to kill her! She closed her eyes, ready.

"Kagome,"

Her breath went in when she felt his breath on her face, her name from his mouth,

"Look at me,"

But she refused.

No matter,

Sesshomaru lips found hers, and she felt instant heat. She stopped breathing; the only thing going on was the feeling of his soft, hot lips on hers. Yep, she was dead or dying. She could have sworn she felt him growl, and she opened her mouth, and the heat turned up. His tongue found hers, and her mind went blank; she didn't think to push away or stop, and he made no move to stop either. Kagome took in air, and he pressed harder to her mouth; he pulled her closer to him. Their lips moved and pressed against one another; it was pure passion that neither knew where came from. He held her gently, and he was not known for being gentle. She melted in his hands, and fell prey to him.

Sesshomaru slowed the kiss and pulled away slowly but still kept her close. Their eyes met, and Kagome freaked; she quickly moved away, touched her lips, and looked at her friends; she then turned and ran.

"Wow, that was hot," Sesshomaru looked at her friends and, for once, rolled his eyes before walking away; he had to find Kagome.

Of course, when he found her, he had not foreseen that she would be crying; she looked at him and told him she wanted to go home. The ride would be silent. He had been right; Inuyasha was nothing, but that's not what scared her; what scared her was the feeling she had when HE kissed her.

He should have known it would have some effect on her, damn him. When the car stopped, she looked over at him; her lips still felt warm, and suddenly he looked different to her.

Kagome raced out of the car without even a goodbye. Sesshomaru watched her go; he had never once missed her in all the years she had been gone, but then again, they had never kissed.