Insatiable

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi does.

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CHAPTER 10: Wacky Yet So in Love


There were moments in your life that you would question why some horrible things had been happening to you. Yet, when you had pondered each of those moments, you would regretfully discover that what had happened was in fact your own fault. So, you should not blame other people because what had happened, or what was happening was your own choice and that it hadn't been misfortune or the devil's schemes. It was just YOU… plain old YOU.

Well, in this case, let us substitute YOU with a glowering Inuyasha resenting his stupid self and cursing the clownish mind of Kouga Mibu for his current foul state. He could still remember it clearly.

It was Wednesday when he had made that unfortunate choice. He and Kagome had just had lunch together. To tell you frankly, he was quite grateful to his sadistic brother for setting them up for lunch since he had totally enjoyed her company.

So, there he was spending the early afternoon eating plain chocolate ice cream in a cone, in a local playground, sitting on the swings with Kagome, who happened to be so beautiful the moment when the sun's rays touched her flawless smooth skin. Her lips glistened with the ice cream she was eating, as her tongue slipped out to lick the ice cream from her lips. It would be so sweet to kiss and eat her right then and there. She had been so feisty and sexy during the presentation that it took all his self-control to just sit and stare at her. He had to admit, it was hard not to drool like a rabid dog, pounce, and then rip her clothes off as he feasted on her naked body while he fucked her over the tabletop for everyone to see over and over and over and over and over….

Someone cleared her throat…

“Will somebody restrain the rabid and perverted Inuyasha in this POV!”

A couple of guys wearing white smocks came while one looking eerily like Sesshomaru carried a gigantic syringe smirking evilly as he roughly injected a dose of tranquilizer to the butt of a wailing Inuyasha.

Perverted Inuyasha POV: “Damn you! All of you! Just wait and see! I'll have my time! I'll have my Kagome! I'll have my fucking steamy sex scene! You just wait and see! Especially YOU! You stinking author of this fic who keeps cutting my scenes! The last laugh will be MINE! Bwahahahahahahahahaha.”

“Shut him up people!”

BOINK!

Okay… Now that that had been taken cared of, let us continue…

So, there he was utterly shocked and perhaps horrified to find out that his adorable wench had stabbed some poor man's nuts with a pencil, while she defended from getting molested or worse raped. He literally cringed at the thought of his nuts, and for a moment, he felt sorry for the unlucky guy; but then that bit of sympathy had turned to utter hatred and revengeful fury to some moron-who's-soon-going-to-die named Kiyuta Euda. But all that vanished when she had smiled at him. And while he watched her beam, he fell even deeper for her. God, he was pathetic. He knew he was in deep shit. Then, they went for a drive after that. It wasn't a drive really, as he just drove Kagome back to Design Specifics where they hugged and said their goodbyes. He had seriously thought of kissing her breath away, but he stilled the urge.
Having the rest of the afternoon free, he had hoped to have his afternoon unfold normally and peacefully. However, that was quite impossible when his mobile rang, and perhaps, to his misfortune, it was Kouga in the other line. That was when this so called unfortunate event started to happen.

Kouga: “INUYASHA! GREAT! YOU'VE ANSWERED!”

“Stop yelling, Kouga. What do you want? Aren't you supposed to be working right now?” Inuyasha said taking his mobile a foot away from his ear and just yell his response. The damn wolf had been excited lately.

Kouga: “No, I am not. I am on a leave for two weeks! Great, isn't it? Just in time, Ayame's coming back from the dig this Friday! Oh, I am so excited.”

“That's great Kouga. Have you not told me this already last Monday? And then you've woken me up at 2 in the morning yesterday just to tell me again that you are so excited of Ayame’s return. You even asked my opinion on what you were going to wear when fetching Ayame from the airport,” Inuyasha said flatly.

Kouga: “I have?”

Inuyasha released a frustrated breath and replied, “Yes you have. So… what do you want right now?”

Kouga: “Yes, what I want. I so badly want to fuck Ayame right now.”

“Damn it, Wolf! I mean from me! What the hell do you want from me?” He shook his head. The damn wolf was not just excited; he had been super excited and now his dick was the one thinking for him.

Kouga: “Oh… I see… You have not been clear. Next time straighten your questions, Inu. Okay, do you remember last time I've told you about a surprise for Ayame?”

Inuyasha nodded saying, “Yes.”

Kouga: “Well I've thought about it and it involves the rest of the guys' cooperation, so I've called everyone to meet at Miroku's theatre house. They don't have any rehearsals or shows today so I've called in a favor from Miroku. You're in right?”

“Yeah, I'm in. What time is it?” Inuyasha asked.

Kouga: “6PM. I'll see you okay?”

“Yeah, sure.”

And everything went downhill from there. When he had arrived at Miroku's playhouse, everyone was already there. Kouga was pushing a rack full of skimpy clothing.

“What's with all this?” Inuyasha frowned at Miroku who was sitting on the stage and drumming his fingers on the stage's wooden floor, as his legs dangled on the edge. Shun was sitting on one of the first row seats, while Hiten sat on the top of the ladder at the center of the stage drinking his iced coffee.

“This is the surprise!” Kouga simply said, beaming brightly at them. He stopped at the center of the stage. His four other friends only blinked and gawked at him.

“Okay,” Hiten said suspiciously, jumping down from the ladder to inspect the skimpy clothing Kouga had brought. Kouga's exalted expression seemed to be a very bad omen for the other four.

“And what do these clothes have to do with the surprise that you have in mind, Kouga?” Hiten whistled, as he held a micro-mini. “This won't cover anything,” he added eyeing the tiny scrap of clothing.

Kouga only laughed while the Shun, Miroku and Inuyasha stared at him, fearfully waiting for his reply.

“These are for you. All four of you will dress drag while I serenade Ayame with `Don't Cha,'” Kouga answered. “That's the surprise! Isn't it a great idea?”

“WHAT!” all four shouted.

“No fucking way!” Inuyasha protested.

“You've got to be kidding me,” Miroku yelled.

“I am not wearing those things. Wait. Are you sure that's not a rag?” Shun asked squinting his eyes to glare at the tiny top.

“Kouga, man, Don't Cha is not a romantic song. It is not going to pass as a serenade,” Hiten said patting Kouga's back.

“Come on guys, please… I have thought about this all week. It'll be perfect because I will get to see and hear Ayame's incredible rowdy laughter after such a long time. Please.” Damn, there was something magical when Kouga begged. His electric blue eyes would go so wide. Wait. Did he just tear up?

If you had thought that the four of them would not have given in with the puppy plea effect by Kouga, well you were right. It did not work. But this did.

“And… I am proposing on that night.”

“You're what?” Hiten asked.

“I'll ask Ayame to marry me, and I want you guys to be part of it. And being part of it means that you'll dress up funny and sing with me while I make the girl of my life say yes to be my wife and the mother of my children,” Kouga uttered with a very serious look on his face. He was not joking. All four of them stared at him and then…

“About time WOLF! Where have you been all this time? I've thought you'll never pop the question,” Inuyasha yelled launching towards Kouga, giving him a noogie.

So, those were the events how the matinee idol, the sexy hunk, the delicious gift to women also known as Inuyasha now sulked in the corner of the bar's backstage lounge. He pouted at the sniggering Hiten who sat across him who happened to be wearing fishnet stockings, 5-inch killer stilettos, pink leather micro-mini, a simple white spaghetti strapped top and a necktie.

“What on earth made me agree to this?” Inuyasha murmured to the heavens. Well, in this case, the ceiling as they waited for Kouga to give them the signal to start. Hiten stood up and strutted in front of Inuyasha showing off his scantily clad self, as he winked one flirty lash at his brooding friend.

“Hey there, pretty boy,” Hiten purred swaying his hips as he flaunted his ‘exotic’ look.

“Correction… Pretty girl… Ten,” Sesshomaru countered leaning against the wall, sadistically smirking at his younger sister?

“I'm afraid I like this new look you have now, Inuyasha.” He smirked. He looked amused as he gave his younger brother a once over.

Inuyasha fumed. To his utter disdain, he was dressed in complete drag costume including the damn stilettos. Prepared to give his older brother a smack on top of the head, he stood up wobbling a bit. Damn stilettos were a pain!

“Oh, watch your step, pretty lady.” Sesshomaru put some Texan drawl into that taunt. He chuckled heartily, while Inuyasha roughly held unto a curtain to steady himself. Inuyasha cursed. He was in this hellhole wardrobe malfunction… I mean disaster, just like Hiten. And so were Miroku and Shun. All in the name of friendship.

It was Friday night, and they were all in Sacred Arrow for one very special occasion. Ayame had finally arrived from her two-month archeological dig in Kyoto and Kouga wanted to celebrate with the rest of them. Most importantly, Kouga, the newly promoted attending of Tokyo General Hospital was finally proposing, and his four friends' scandalous outfits were part of his `romantic' proposal.

“Fuck you, Sess. Get out of here before I–” Inuyasha yelled, as he took careful baby steps toward his smirking older brother.

“Before you what, Inuyasha? Claw me with your fake long nails? Kick my ass with your pink strappy stilettos? Choke me with your fishnet stockings? Whip me with your leather mini? Oh, and here’s the best one. Oh please, please Inu, don’t blind me with that glittery top of yours,” Sesshomaru laughingly taunted, stepping backward to avoid Inuyasha's fist while Hiten chuckled loudly.

“Shut the fuck up, Sess. And stop laughing, Ten! This is not a joke! The shoes are killing me!” Inuyasha roared loudly.

Yet, Sesshomaru and Hiten continued to laugh.

“AND WHO ON EARTH GAVE ME THIS GLITTERY TOP ANYWAY?” Inuyasha hollered complaining this unfortunate moment of his life. Torture… just pure torture… and the shame… oh the shame… And what was worse was…

“They are here! The girls are here. They are sitting in the table closest to the stage. The bar's fully packed,” Miroku yelled running towards them.

That made it worse. Aside from Sesshomaru seeing him in drag, they had an audience – a fucking audience! Inuyasha groaned. Trust Kouga to plan something like this for a proposal. Never had he told them where he was proposing. He had hoped it was somewhere private, secluded even. Anywhere but Sacred Arrow!

Shit!

“Hey Roku, how come you can run so fast with those shoes?” Hiten asked, pointing at the black stilettos Miroku was wearing.

Miroku blinked, then answered, “I've practiced with them?”

“You what? You actually practice with them?” Hiten was incredulous. Then, he poked his chin. “Hmmm, not bad. At least you're not like Inuyasha here, limping his ass off with these shoes.”

“Fuck you, Ten.” Inuyasha glowered crossing his arms across his chest. He sent an especially livid one to his older brother who had exited his way to the backstage door still laughing. He puffed an infuriated breath when Kouga and Shun arrived – Shun, unhappily in drag while Kouga, beaming in a casual metrosexual look.

“Are you guys ready?” Kouga asked excitedly.

Inuyasha could only groan in response.


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”Hello,” a deep masculine voice uttered in the dark. The spotlight switched on showing Sesshomaru walking up the stage, carrying a microphone. Luckily, he was given the job of hosting their little show. He lightly thumped the microphone, testing if it was functioning. Then, he smiled at the crowd. Damn, he looked charming.

“Hi everyone,” he said waving a shy hand.

That was the only thing he needed to do to rile up the crowd. Because after that, they went wild.

“Oh my God! GOD!” some woman shouted.

“Are you by any chance for sale?” one asked drinking a shot of tequila.

“Or maybe single?” another one yelled. Oh wait, that was Yuka the bartender.

“Can you make babies with me?” Sesshomaru cringed at that one.

“Settle down, people. We are not here to gang up on the guest emcee,” Kagura told off everyone winking at Sesshomaru, who raised an amused brow. She walked off, as the crowd quieted down.

“Thank you, Miss,” he uttered.

“Kagura,” she replied turning around to face him.

“Miss Kagura,” he finished and smiled charmingly.

“Aww… Isn't that sweet? Can we get on with the show, PLEASE!” Kouga shouted from the backstage rolling his eyes as he glowered at the curtain.

“Damn it, Sess! The shoes are killing me! Do not wait until I barge out there and trade places with you. Let's see how your smile turns out with these murderous shoes!” Now that was Inuyasha no doubt. The crowd was very oblivious on what was happening. However, Kagome, Sango and Ayame were hugging their middles as they laughed.

“ALL RIGHT!” Sesshomaru yelled in the microphone causing it to echo painfully.

“Fuck Sess! My ears are ringing!” Inuyasha shouted again. The five of them were standing behind the curtain and unfortunately beside the gigantic speaker. “You've just broken my eardrums, Ass!” he added.

“Oh, I'm deaf! I'm deaf!” Hiten shouted, drunkenly strutting while he covered his ears with both hands. “And then I'm gonna go mute, since I will not be able to hear any more. Oh please, spare me!” he yelled slurring what he had said.

Miroku laughed loudly, while Shun wiggled his ears irritatingly. Now the crowd was laughing even though they did not know what the hell was going on. They only saw Sesshomaru glaring at the curtain behind him, while they heard angry and wacky comments from the backstage. They couldn't help it; it was hilarious.

“You appear to be drunk Ten!” Inuyasha yelled stopping Hiten from his frenzied act.

“That's because I am, Inu!” Hiten answered loudly. “I wouldn't wear this skimpy clothing and be okay with it if I wasn't!”

Inuyasha's jaw dropped. He looked at Miroku.

“Oh hell, don't tell me you're sober! That's why you have been so cranky and such a pain in the ass all this time!” Miroku told Inuyasha, then yelled, “Hey, Yuka!”

“Yeah?” Yuka yelled in response.

“Give us your strongest one! PRONTO!”

”Sure! Strongest one, coming right up!”

So after a few minutes of waiting until the wonder drug called alcohol muddled the joyously enraged mind of one called Inuyasha, they started with their little show. Sesshomaru had ushered Ayame up the stage to sit on a rotating chair, as he went on with his appointed job for the night.

“First, let me say sorry to all you guys for the delay. But hey… you had free beer on the house for just sitting your asses down there, so I wouldn't have mind waiting if I were you,” Sesshomaru began.

“If you are wondering why I am standing in front of you right now rambling on instead of your regular host here in Sacred Arrow and getting on with Duets night, then the only thing that I can tell all of you is to fuck off, because I will not tell you anyway. I suggest for y'all to sit your asses down there and enjoy the show. That goes to everyone, especially to the beautiful lady up here on the stage,” he smiled at the crowd and gave Ayame a mischievous smirk. She rolled her eyes in return.

“Oh, and I suggest those who have cardiac ailments to please close your eyes, focus your senses on nothing at all and just skip the opening of our show because let me tell you, it is not pretty. Furthermore, Sacred Arrow doesn't have any defibrillator available to save your asses if your hearts just decide to stop beating because of the horrendous events that are about to occur right this minute,” he ended.

“Shut the hell up, Sess! We are not horrendous!” someone yelled from the backstage. Three guesses who said it.

The spotlight turned on and focused on a life-sized cardboard image of Kouga who was only wearing a pair of dark blue boxers with the slogan, “I'm sexy for Ayame!” Ayame's jaw dropped, and she covered her mouth immediately, while the crowd roared and catcalled.

“Oh my God!” she whispered laughingly, as the catchy and up-beat intro of Don't Cha by the Pussycat Dolls played loudly. Someone poked her from behind and she jumped in shock when she came face to face with a skimpily clad…

“Hiten? Is that you?” Ayame asked hesitantly.

Hiten smirked and posed seductively, resting his right hand against his hips.

“Holy Shit!” she cried out and stopped herself from laughing aloud that her shoulders shook. What were her friends up to?

“I know you like him,” Hiten sang, piercing her with a knowing look while he pointed a stiff finger at Kouga's cardboard image.

“I know you do,” he continued singing, swaying his hips awkwardly.

Oh god, Hiten was like a stick dancing! The crowd cried out in laughter!

“Oh shit! What the hell is that?” one man said pointing out Hiten's stiff dancing, and Hiten immediately glared at him.

“Fuck off!” Hiten yelled loudly skipping the next line of the song.

Backstage, Kouga slapped his face. The cuss was not part of the plan. Performing tipsy sure had its disadvantages.

“And I know you want it.” Miroku entered the stage, purring his lines, moving towards Ayame who was now laughing so hard she almost fell off her chair.

“It's easy to see,” he sang, rolling his eyes enticingly that he had almost crossed his eyes for a second with all the eye rolling he was doing. He exited to the side of the stage.

“And in the back of your mind I know you should be home with him,” Shun sang his turn as he strutted… no marched stiffly, balancing himself, almost falling off the stage and knocking Kouga cardboard image off the stage.

“Oh shit!” he cursed.

“DAMN IT, SHUN!” Kouga yelled irritatingly from backstage, causing everyone to laugh some more. However, all of them were silenced the instant Inuyasha made an entrance, blinding the audience with his glittery top!

“Don't cha wish your boyfriend was hot like me,” he sang winking at the beaming Ayame.

“INUYASHA! IT'S HIM! HIM! NOT ME! NOT YOU, DAMN IT!” Kouga wailed and walked out to the stage.

“Shut up Wolf and let me sing,” Inuyasha told him off. ”Dont cha wish your boyfriend was a freak like me,” he continued to sing and kicked his stilettos, launching it in midair. It hit the guy who had told Hiten he danced like a stick awhile ago, instantly knocking the guy out cold. But perhaps he had already been knocked out cold awhile ago, since Hiten had gone to guy and jokingly clobbered him for his comment on his dancing.

“Dont cha,” the friends crooned breathily just like the women who originally sang the song as all four of them lined up in the stage.

“Don't cha baby,” Hiten sang in vibrato whipping his hips, hitting Inuyasha's hips in process. Inuyasha grasped the necktie he was wearing and pulled, choking Hiten as they made their pose. They finished, huffing and puffing an exhausted breath. The crowd clapped loudly while some wiped their tears from sheer laughing.

Great! All four of them thought. That was not as bad as they had thought. Now, all they had to do was get out from those horrendous clothes and witness Kouga's romantic side, whatever that was since Kouga had not told them how he would propose to Ayame. He had only told them they were part of the surprise.

“Oh my God!” Ayame said loudly from the sidelines and ran hugging the four of them tightly. “Look at the four of you! You're… you're,” she was at a loss for words. “You're all dressed funny!” she said unsurely. “I mean… sexy?”

All four of them chuckled.

“Great to see you too, Ayame.” Miroku beamed hugging her.

“Yeah, She-Wolf, great to see you,” Inuyasha said.

“It's especially great to see you, Inu! It's been what?” Ayame asked hugging him tightly.

“6 years.” He embraced her back.

“Oh God, look at you! You've grown! Like Grrrrrrrrown,” she said as she checked him out.

“Jeez, you should see me out of these drag clothes, and there would be more Rs when you'd say that word,” Inuyasha said smugly while she laughed heartily, as Sesshomaru grinningly came up the stage to do his job.

“Wow! That was nauseatingly entertaining, wasn't it everybody?” he asked the crowd. “Let's hear it for the Tramp Dolls, ladies and gentlemen.”

“Where'd you fucking get that name Sess?” Inuyasha glowered at his brother.

“From my brain,” Sesshomaru sarcastically answered him.

“Smart ass,” Inuyasha grumbled, as one by one Shun, Hiten, and Miroku exited the stage.

A soft tune resounded and Inuyasha ushered Ayame to the center of the bar under the glass ceiling. Suddenly, all the lights turned off and only the moonlight illuminated that small space, as Inuyasha gave Ayame one last big hug.

“I know Kouga will clobber me if I even give a hint, but… I want to be the first to tell you. Congrats, She-wolf. You're one lucky girl,” he whispered against her ear. He then he walked briskly, leaving her alone bathed under the moonlight.

Ayame frowned, a bit confused on what Inuyasha had meant by what he had said. All at once, she could not hear a thing and she wondered whether she had been transported to some place else, since the crowd had been so loud a while ago. She could only see the parts of the bar that was illuminated by the moonlight. Beyond that, she saw nothing. However, her emotions were of opposite state, as they were everything but nothing. Her breathing hitched when she had heard a very familiar voice… the singing voice of the one she had missed the most.


Here I am – this is me
There's nowhere else on earth I'd rather be
Here I am – it’s just me and you
And tonight we make our dreams come true


Kouga walked towards her, as he sang the words from the heart. His left hand held the microphone while his right carried a gigantic bouquet of red roses. She gasped in anticipation, immediately running towards him for a bear hug that took his breath away knocking the rose bouquet in midair. He lay on the floor, as he continued to sing, while Ayame looked down upon him, as it rained red rose petals around them.


It's a new world – it’s a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day – it’s a new plan
I've been waiting for you
Here I am


“Ayame, my feisty and adorable She-Wolf,” Kouga began staring at her loving green pools. He stroked her crimson tresses while she smiled down at him and hummed in response, “Hmmm…”

“I've been waiting all my life to ask you this. Will you marry me? Be the mother of my children? Be my feisty alpha-female and she-leader of my pack of maybe a dozen kids that I want to love and cherish for all my life?” he asked lovingly, yet, his eyes danced with mirth and mischief. He was trying to be romantic but he just could not hide his playful side, especially when he was with her.

She giggled whispering, “Of course, I'll marry you.”

“Really?” Kouga grinned widely.

“I am already your alpha-female and your she-wolf so, no need to ask me that,” Ayame whispered moving closer to him, as she brushed her lips with his. “But we have to talk about those 1 dozen kids you are telling me about. Okay?”

“Okay.” He nodded embracing her as he passionately kissed her, sweeping his tongue inside her mouth as she reciprocated with equal vigor. The crowd roared and hooted, which they ignored. They had kissed their surroundings away and had even blocked all sound, except for their moans and the sound of their entwined lips. They were getting hot and heavy on the floor, and they had erased the thought that an audience was watching them. Maybe they hadn't minded at all… but not until…

“Oh my eyes! My eyes! My poor innocent eyes!” Hiten yelled bringing the two lovebirds on the floor to earth and now. The crowd laughed as Kouga helped the blushing Ayame up. He glared daggers at Hiten.

Miroku cleared his throat. “Umm… Kouga, aren't you forgetting something very important?”

“What!” Kouga asked annoyingly, as he still had not gotten over his interrupted make-out session with Ayame.

“Baka,” Sesshomaru uttered.

“The ring wolf!” the now-appropriately dressed Inuyasha told him. “You've forgotten to put the ring on her finger.”

“Oh Shit!” Kouga cursed frantically searching for the ring in his pockets. “Fuck!” he cursed some more when he could not find it.

Everybody laughed at him, including Ayame who gazed at him lovingly.

“Will everybody shut the fuck up?” Kouga shouted angrily but stopped his tirade when he heard Ayame giggling. “Ayame,” he whined cutely.

She kissed him lovingly, embraced him, and then held his face close to hers. “Just give it to me while you fuck my brains out tonight, okay?” Ayame purred seductively.

Kouga nodded eagerly, his eyes flashing with deviousness. His friends blinked at the exchange. Definitely, they had not heard what Ayame had said. Kouga faced all of them and smirked evilly.

“What the hell does that look mean, Kouga?” Hiten asked.

“Oh, I know that look,” Inuyasha said.

“He's gonna get laid,” Sesshomaru finished for him, as he walked towards the stage to end their little show. It was Duet's Night in Sacred Arrow and the crowd was excited about it. Besides, he had somewhere else to get to, but before that, he needed to do some `damage' here. Kouga was not the only one with a surprise, because he, too, had one.


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Inuyasha held the microphone with a crushing grip. When Sesshomaru told him, he would make his little predicament with Kagome his extra-curricular activity while he was staying in Japan the first time they had talked about it on the rooftop, he did not believe him. Now, he did. Before his big brother went somewhere else – God knows where – he had decided to make Inuyasha's night rather difficult, more difficult than wearing 5-inch stilettos and wearing drag.

Inuyasha sighed. You had to give it to Sesshomaru; he sure had his ways that you wouldn't know if you should thank him and be happy with it, or just kick his ass for torturing you. He watched the screen of the karaoke machine as it counted down the seconds before he was to start singing.

3… 2… 1… 0...

Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
I want to vanish inside your kiss
Every day I'm loving you more and more


He inhaled deeply for the long sustain, as he gazed the woman with blue pools and raven black hair. She looked nervous so he held her hands and squeezed it gently. She smiled at him and squeezed his hand back in return. She did not know how, but he had ways of comforting her.


Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings
Telling me to give you everything
Seasons may change, winter to spring
But I love you until the end of time
Come what may
Come what may
I will love you until my dying day


Kagome watched him stare at the karaoke screen. She was nervous. When Sesshomaru had called their names to be the first pair to sing for Duet's Night, she froze instantly on her seat. It took Sango and Ayame to haul her up the stage, as she swallowed the lump she had on her throat. She knew how to sing. However, she was not that great. Inuyasha had started singing already and she fidgeted. Damn, he had a great singing voice. Suddenly, she felt a warm hand held hers and she looked up to see Inuyasha smiling at her. She squeezed his hand back and smiled at him, her anxiety fading as she opened her mouth and sang.


Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you


She giggled because Inuyasha poked her nose.

And there's no mountain too high
No river too wide
Sing out this song I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather
And stars may collide

Inuyasha stared at her. He knew this song's significance in the movie Moulin Rouge. It was a secret song; a love song between two people who had hidden their love from the world, the song that signified their love for each other. His heart swelled at the next line…


But I love you until the end of time


She gasped and stopped singing. Her heart was pounding so hard and so fast against her chest. It was just a song… just a song, she told herself. He stopped singing as well turning his gaze away from her.

“What's wrong? Finish the song,” Sango yelled at Kagome. She was dancing with Miroku, and it was a bummer stopping because the vocals had suddenly stopped.

“O-o-Okay. So sorry,” Kagome replied controlling the beating of her heart.

Come what may
I will love you until my dying day


If Inuyasha had ways to calm her, he definitely had plenty of ways to make her nerves haywire. Kagome walked towards the bar to get a drink after their song. Reaching the bar, she came face to face with Yuka who whistled teasingly at her, as she fanned herself with her hand.

“Hot Kagome?” Yuka teased.

“Yeah,” Kagome answered absently.

“Has it anything to do with some hot and steamy silver haired guy?” Yuka asked, as she made Kagome's drink.

“Yeah,” Kagome answered absently and immediately gasped loudly. “Oh my God!” she covered her mouth. “Did I just say that?”

“Yes, you did,” Yuka told her serving her drink.

“I didn't mean to say that! Please pretend you had not heard it.”

“Sure thing, Kagome.” But Yuka had a knowing smile on her face.

“I just had a slip, Yuka.”

“I can see that kiddo,” Yuka told her shooing Kagome away.

Kagome walked absently toward their table, grasping her drink tightly when suddenly somebody yanked her. She twirled roughly that she hit a table and she flinched painfully.

“Kagome, let's go. I'll take you home,” Shun slurred. He was clearly drunk.

“Why? The night is still young and we are still having tons of fun. Besides, I haven't seen Ayame for such a long time. Why don't you just relax and enjoy yourself just like what everyone else is doing?” Kagome answered rubbing her thigh that hit the table.

“I can't. I have an early flight tomorrow, remember?” he said grasping her arm, as he dragged her out of the bar.

“Okay, how about you just go on ahead, and I'll just hitch a ride with Sango and Miroku,” she replied. They were already outside the bar, and he was dragging her towards the parking lot.

“Shun, Stop!” Kagome said loudly. His grip was getting tighter and it was starting to hurt.

“What were you doing?” Turning to face her, Shun glowered roughly dropping her arm. She rubbed it soothingly, aiming to restore blood circulation to it.

“What do you mean what was I doing? I was singing with everybody else,” she answered, puzzled by his sudden outburst.

He was livid.

“You were singing with Inuyasha! And by the looks of it, you two were getting cozy with each other in there,” Shun raged. “Too cozy for comfort if you ask me!”

“What the hell are you trying to say?” Kagome asked him, giving him a hard look.

“I'm trying to say exactly what I'm saying!” he shouted right at her face.

“You're calling me a fucking cheat just because I've been singing with Inuyasha?” she hissed fisting her hands tightly. “You're unreasonably jealous because I happen to be singing and having a good time with him. Him, who happens to be your friend Shun! Your friend! And mine too!” she argued heatedly, her voice rising roughly.

“And you were so into it too, weren't you?” Shun hissed not backing down.

“Of course I was! I was having fun with my friend,” Kagome spat right back at him. “So I suggest you give me a break and have fun with yours!”

“He's not my friend,” he sneered. “I hadn't considered him as one since that day he took the one thing that was most important to me.” Glaring at her, he continued, “And I won't let him take you away from me just like he has done with Shizuru. I won't let him make a fool of me again.”

“This isn't about me, is it?” Kagome matched his glare with hers.

“What! Of course, this is about you! I am fucking telling you to stay away from him!” he shouted.

“No,” Kagome simply replied, standing her ground. “This isn't about me. All of this has nothing to do with me. In fact, I reckon this has everything to do with you… You and your failed relationship with a bitch named Shizuru. Look, you haven’t told me everything about your past with her but I know, but I’m not a fool, Shun.”

“Take that back,” Shun hissed.

“If you're talking about the bitch insult, I won't take it back since what I've said is true. Everybody says so,” she hissed in return. “Why are you so ticked off by Inuyasha?” she asked heatedly.

Every time she and Shun argued, they would always reach a point in their fight where his insecurities were evident. This was not the first time she had experienced his uncalled-for jealous outbursts. They had happened often in the past. One time, he got jealous over Hojo when Kagome kissed him because of a dare during Hojo's birthday party. He had threatened poor Hojo who happened to have a weak heart and asthma. Hojo spent the night resting on a chair, or inclined in a couch because he had difficulty breathing.

“Fine! Have it your way then,” he yelled walking away from her, avoiding her heated question. Turning around to glare at her, he threatened, “Then I'll leave you. Just like what happen a year ago. I'll leave you!”

He was bluffing.

“Answer the damn question.” She glared back at him. Fuck with his threats. Shun had always threatened to leave her when they fought. It always pissed her off.

“Do you fucking hear me? I'll leave you again!” he shouted ignoring what she had said.

She sighed loudly. This discussion was hopeless, especially when he drunk and shouting all the time. “Go home Shun. You're drunk.” Kagome dismissed him, as she turned to walk towards the bar. She decided she’d be hitching a ride with Sango and Miroku.

“Fine! Have it your way!” Shun shouted.

Talking a last glimpse, she saw him walk drunkenly towards his car, opening and closing the door loudly. She sighed. Shun was a sweet guy, but he was a sore, loud and violent drunk. She walked towards the bar entrance and was about to go inside, when she heard an ice cream truck revved up the street revealing Inuyasha who was eating a pint of coffee crumble. She watched him crossed the street and walked towards his car, as he scooped another spoonful of the cold treat, oblivious to Kagome's watchful gaze. He sat on the hood of his car and continued to eat.

Like a moth drawn to flame, Kagome walked silently towards him. He was humming in approval, as he ate another spoonful.

“You look fine, Sir. I mean, Miss Takahashi,” Kagome jokingly taunted.

“Gee... Thanks Kagome. That really hit the spot,” Inuyasha replied sarcastically, grinning at her.

She smiled back mischievously.

“You want some?” he offered.

“No, you finish the pint. I am not that drunk,” she answered sitting beside him.

“Okay.” He shrugged. “Wait… You know that ice cream can remove the tipsy?”

“Of course, it's not a secret,” she replied.

“Where's Shun?” Inuyasha asked suddenly.

“He went home already. He has an early flight tomorrow,” she replied dismissingly, while he just stared back.

The front of the bar opened and they saw Kouga and Ayame waltzed their way out of Sacred Arrow.

“They both look so adorable and sweet.” Kagome turned her gaze on the newly enagaged couple. Somehow, she felt a sting in her chest as she watched them. Watching Kouga’s proposal was quite revealing to her because she saw the difference between Kouga and Ayame and Shun and her.

“Oh, them… They are just two sexually frustrated animals who'll cure each other's sickness by the end of the night so no need to make a fuss,” Inuyasha responded with a dismissingly mocking look. Kagome slapped his shoulders playfully, making him chuckle heartily.

“Bye guys. We'll go ahead,” Ayame yelled waving her free hand. Her other hand had been held by Kouga all night. It had to be numb by now.

“And fuck each other's brains out,” Kouga added grabbing Ayame's waist as he hoisted her up his shoulder. She shrieked, playfully hitting is back and kicking her feet as she laughed merrily. Kouga deposited her in the passenger's seat of his car, ran briskly to the other side and went inside to start the car immediately.

“Bye!” Kouga and Ayame both yelled, as they sped down the road.

“Told you,” Inuyaska smirked at Kagome while she went on a giggling fit.

“Yes, you have,” she said catching her breath.

Inuyasha placed the pint on top of the car's hood as he had finished eating his ice cream. Sighing, Kagome leaned back and watched the sky.

“It was so sweet,” she whispered.

“What?” he asked looking at her.

“What Kouga did back there, you know. The whole idea of the proposal, it was... well, it was wacky. But it was really sweet and heartfelt,” she said staring at him. “Though I was really surprised to see all of you as his back-up singers and dancers,” she mocked him, her eyes danced with mirth and mischief.

“All of you were…,” she paused pondering what best word to describe their performance. She stood up, faced him, and then posed seductively as she made a sizzling sound while she touched her fore and middle finger to her backside, and said, “scorchin.”

He raised an eyebrow and smirked. She straightened up, still with that devious look and peeked at the lamp that partially illuminated the parking lot. She chewed her bottom lip. “But you… you were especially...,” she began and playfully rolled her eyes from peeking at the lamp post to him, then to the lamp post and back at him again.

“Especially what?!” Inuyasha asked impatiently. Her shoulders shook trying to prevent from bursting into laughter.

“A really shining doll,” she said grinning at him.

He scowled. That was so gay if he was to interpret what she had just said.

“But definitely an action figure,” she uttered lowly. “Definitely….”


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R & R!