Let's Dance

*Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha and co. I am just borrowing them for my stories, so please don’t sue! I also do not own any part of the song “Wasted” by Carrie Underwood.*

~ I apologize now if this story offends anyone. I do not condone anyone abusing another in any form. I have decided to write this way to show the strength that lies in everyone, you just have to reach for it. ~

~ Song lyrics ~

~Standin’ at the backdoor, she tried to make it fast
Once you hit the hard wood, it fell like broken glass.
She said sometimes love slips away, and ya just can’t get it back
Let’s face it. ~

“You are nothing but a stupid wench! You will never make it in your own so stop questioning me! You know that this is the best you will ever get!” The inu hanyou said derogatively to the female he thought of as weak. “Just do as you’re told, and I wouldn’t have to hit you so often. You know I only do it because I love you.” He finished softly as he gathered the broken and sobbing woman off the floor from where she had fallen when he backhanded her for asking him where he had been so late.

Kagome went unresponsively into his embrace, knowing that if she fought him, he would likely hit her again. And she was so damn tired of being beaten, for only asking a question. ‘Should I just give up and give in to him and his demands? I love him, but this is no way to show love. I have to get free.’ She started sobbing, knowing that it was an easy decision to think, but so much harder to put into action. ‘I just have to be strong. No one deserves to be treated as someone else’s doormat.’

“I’m sorry.” She said brokenly, as he rocked her, apologizing for her decision to leave him.

“It’s alright, just don’t question me again.” He said as he lifted them to their feet. “Now, be a good girl and get me the phone. I have to go out for a business dinner meeting and this has put me behind somewhat, I need to call them to say I’ll be late. Come on, hurry up.” He said testily when she didn’t immediately move.

She jumped at his harsh tone and quickly got him what he asked for. He waved her away as he started dialing, dismissing her. ‘I have to get free.’ She thought as she moved to the kitchen to make herself a pot of tea. ‘He’ll be out, and it will give me a little bit of time to pack some of my stuff into my car and leave. It is the cowards’ way out, to leave without telling him, but I still remember the first time that I tried to leave. I had told him that I was tired of him hitting me, and I was leaving him. He got really angry,’ She shuddered in memory. ‘That was the first time he really beat me, saying I was “No good” and “Who would want a stupid wench! At least he was trying to be nice, but she was an ungrateful bitch who didn’t deserve the comfort that he gave her.” Than his whole attitude did a 180 and he started sobbing, crying out “Why are you leaving me? Am I not enough? I love you.” And I still remember the vicious look that came into his eyes after he said that. “I love you, and you are going no where! This is where you belong.”’ And with that he started to beat on her until she was covered in bruises and cuts.

Kagome sat down shakily in one of the kitchen chairs. She still remembered the apologetic look on his face when she woke up in their bed, her wounds closed, but untreated. He went on to apologize for his behavior, and say excuses on why he had beaten her. He begged her not to leave him, saying that he would not hit her again, as long as she never tried to leave him. She took him back, believing when he said he wouldn’t touch her like that again. And he didn’t, for several months everything went back to normal. Her bruises and cuts healed, after she had treated them.

Then one day he had come home early, and she had been out with one of her few friends for coffee. When she got home he raged at her for not being there when he got home. He then started to accuse her of sleeping with another. She denied it, and tried to tell him where she was, but he just started to beat her, not giving her the chance to explain.

He apologized the next day, and she started to have the thought that maybe it was her fault that he got angry with her so often now. She was always forgetting something that he deemed important, so her punishment was a beating. That’s just the way it was.

Then something happened. Her beloved mother passed away. She was heartbroken, and on the day of the funeral, he wouldn’t go with her to support her. So she went alone. She reminisced as she stood at her mothers’ grave, remembering the love between her parents. She had dreamed of finding a love like theirs, and had thought that she had found it in him. But her parents never behaved the way he did towards her. Her mother never had bruises that marked her arms or body as she herself did. This was the first time in a long time that Kagome had questioned her relationship, and found it wanting. But it wasn’t to be the last.

‘This is the final straw. I refuse to be hit again for asking a question. I have to get free.’ She thought determined, as she sipped her cool tea, hearing him hang up the phone and come to her in the kitchen. She looked up at him as he walked in the door, her expression never showing what she was thinking. ‘I have to get free.’

~ For one split second, she almost turned around
But that would be like pouring raindrops back into a cloud,
So she took another step, said I see the way out,
And I’m gonna take it. ~

Kagome looked at her quickly packed SUV. It had her clothes and other personal items safely stored within. She got into the drivers seat and did up her seat belt. “I don’t know if I can do this.” She said as she sat there, shaking like a leaf. “What if he comes after me? I don’t know if I will survive. Oh God!” She said in terror, as she thought of the wicked beating she would receive if he ever caught her. “I can’t do this!” she wailed.

~ I don’ wanna spend my life jaded, waiting
To wake up one day and find,
That I let all these years go by,
Wasted. ~

‘I have too,’ she reasoned with herself as she rested her head on the steering wheel. “I don’t know if the next time he will kill me.” She whispered out loud. A tremor of fear shot through her body. “I can’t keep living like this. This is no way to live, this is a way to die.” So with her shaky determination set, she started the SUV and started driving towards her new life.

~ Another glass of whiskey, but it still don’t kill the pain,
So he stumbles to the sink, and pours it down the drain,
Said it’s time to be a man, and stop livin’ for yesterday,
Gotta face it. ~

“Ugh! What the hell time is it?” He looked around with his blurry eyes, finally settling on his bedside clock. “Fuck!” he cursed as he rose from his rumpled sheets and stumbled to the bathroom. ‘I actually woke up early; maybe I might go to work. Not that it matters if I do, the company has been running its self for the past few years.’

“Ugh!” he grunted as his head continued to throb. He walked into the kitchen and reached for the bottle he knew was on the table. He chugged back about a third of the contents. He belched, and felt somewhat better. ‘I don’t feel like going in to work, maybe a quick call to ensure all is well?’ He snorted. ‘Like I am needed there! I may hold a controlling portion of the business but HE is the one who has run everything for some time now.’

Sesshomaru grunted and walked into the living room to flop on his couch. He chugged back more of the fiery liquid as he reluctantly went down memory lane. ‘She was perfect, and she chose HIM! She deserved better! She deserved gowns, jewels; hell she deserved the world as far as I’m concerned. She certainly didn’t deserve a worthless half-breed that thought monogamy was a type of wood!’ He thought resentfully as he drank more from his bottle. He noticed that he had drunk what was left in the bottle and got up to get another.

As he flopped back down on the couch, he resumed his former train of thought. ‘She was perfection,’ he reiterated. ‘Her hair was long and dark, and silky to the touch. Her figure, while not fashion model size, she was round in all the right places.’ He felt his stomach twist at the brief flash of his brother touching her. He sighed as he took another long swig from the bottle.

The movement of the amber liquid in its glass casement caught his eye. ‘What would she think of me now? Now that I have changed.’ He frowned in contemplation, glaring at the bottle in his hands. ‘Would I have turned out like this if she had of chosen me?’ he paused briefly in his mental rambling to think. He smirked and shook his head slightly at the thought. ‘She would have skinned me alive if she knew that I stopped going to work, and started drinking. But once she had chosen that damn half-breed, I had completely backed off. I couldn’t face that she had chosen another, that her warmth and caring was being showered on another.’ He felt a twinge of regret in his stomach, and paused at the foreign feeling. ‘Could I still love her?’

Sesshomaru abruptly sat forward on the couch, still clutching his bottle in his hand. “I still love her.” He said in wonder, as he contemplated everything that was just running through his mind. He frowned. “What would she think of me now? What would she say to me?” he continued to frown as he absently set the bottle on the coffee table in front of him, and stapled his fingers together and tapped them on his chin as he thought about the possible scenarios. ‘She would rant and rave at him for becoming nothing but a shell of his former self, then she would dump all his alcohol down the drain as she delivered a stinging lecture of the vices of becoming what he was now, a drunk.’ He smiled at a memory of her doing just that to an old friend of theirs, Koga.

Koga had started drinking heavily when his long-time girlfriend had dumped him for another wolf demon, quoting that she need to see what else was out there for her. Once Kagome had found out what was going on, she had dragged him and her girlfriend Sango along to Koga’s house and proceeded to yell and lecture him for his behavior. She never gave him the chance to say much; he just sat there shocked that this pint-sized woman was tearing into him. Finally Sango seemed to take pity on him, and told Kagome to go drain all his bottles of booze. But the slayer wasn’t about to let the wolf off that easily. She called Sess over to help her drag the wolf into the kitchen and start pumping him full of coffee to start the process of sobering him up, and to watch as Kagome muttered to herself as she dumped his booze down the drain.

‘She would do the exact same thing to me, if she had of known.’ He thought. ‘But I haven’t seen anyone in quite a while, so there was no way she could have gotten wind of my current predicament.’ He sighed and reached for the bottle again, more out of habit than for want of a drink. “I wonder what has happened her, if she is still with that half-breed.” He sneered at the thought of them together, and went to gulp down more of the amber liquid, but instead of placing the bottle to his lips, he pulled it back and looked at it.

“What am I doing? This isn’t going to help me forget,” he snorted as he heard his words. “It hasn’t yet, since I have been sitting here, talking to myself, and thinking of her.” He sighed and replaced the bottle on the table and stared at it while thinking about his previous thought on her reaction to his drinking. He shook his head as he thought again of her reaction. “Why am I doing this? To forget the most beautiful woman in the world?” He shook his head again in denial of his own words. “I have been acting like a love sick pup, pining away for something I can’t change. It is time to smarten up, be a Youkai, and stop dreaming of what might have been, and work with what is.”

~ ‘Cause, I don’ wanna spend my life jaded, waiting
To wake up one day and find,
That I let all these years go by,
Wasted. ~

He glared at the bottle sitting innocently on the table. “Time to face my actions.” He said as he got up and grabbed the open bottle and strode to the kitchen. He stopped in front of the sink and contemplated what he was about to do. “This is no way to live,” he said as he started to pour the liquid down the drain. “This is a way to die.” He sighed as he set the now empty bottle on the counter, and reached for the coffee pot to start it brewing.

~ Oh, I don’t wanna keep on wishin’, missin’
And still love the morning, the color of the night,
I ain’t spending no more time,
Wasted. ~

*Knock, Knock, Knock *

Kagome fidgeted as she stood on the front porch of her old friend. ‘I don’t know if they can help, but I have to try.’ She noticed that the curtain to the side of the door twitched as someone looked out. She heard the locks turn and watched as the door opened to reveal her once good friend.

“Kagome?” Asked a male voice. “Is that you?”

Her bottom lip trembled at the concern in his voice. “Yes Koga, It’s me.” She replied shakily.

He frowned and stepped aside. “Come in! Come in! What are you doing here in the middle of the night? Not that I’m not glad to see you!” he reassured her as he motioned her to follow him into the kitchen. He flicked the light and moved to start a pot of coffee. “So, my old friend,” he joked as he fixed the pot to brew, “what brings you to my wonderful abode?” He finished as he turned around.

His eyes widened as he got his first really good look at her. “Where the fuck did you get that bruise on your face Kagome?” he practically bellowed as he took several strides to her side and pulled her unresisting form further into the kitchen so he could get a better look at the marks on her. “Who was it and I’ll kill the bastard! Let me call Ya …” he started, before she cut him off frantically.

“No! You can’t call any one!” she said fearfully, as she clutched at his arms preventing him form moving.

Koga frowned down at her. “Kagome? Wha?”

She sighed and lowered her head in shame. “He did this to me. I can’t go back, not again. He’ll kill me!” she whimpered as she slumped against him.

Her unexpected drop took him by surprise as he lowered them both to the floor. “Gome?” he said quietly. “Yasha did this to you?” he said confused.

Kagome drew in a shuddering breath, and preceded to tell Koga her whole sordid tale, from the first slap, straight to what had occurred only a few hours ago. When she finished, she was being rocked against his chest, as they sat there in silence. “I don’t want him to find me. Please help me.” She whimpered, as silent tears fell from her eyes to fall on his chest.

“Shh. You’re safe now. I won’t let him find you. Shh.” He repeated as he rocked her. “Kagome? Would you like to get up off the floor and have a cup of coffee with me? Not that I am complaining, but my butt has gone numb, and one of my feet is asleep.” He joked.

She made a strangled sound, almost like a laugh, and pushed up off him. She wiped at her cheeks, mindful of her swollen one. “I’m sorry to dump all this on you like this Koga. I just didn’t know where else to go.”

“Aww, now Gome, this is what friends are for.” He said as he helped her to her feet, and showed her to a chair at the table. He hobbled over to the coffee pot and poured her a cup. “Would you like to meet my mate?” he asked as he was setting it down in front of her.

She looked up at him surprised. “You’re mated? When did that happen? Oh Koga! I missed so much!” she said as her hands wrapped around the mug.

“Don’t worry about it! You’re here now, and that is what matters. So, would you like to meet her?” he asked again.

She gave a wobbly smile. “Sure. I would love to meet your chosen.” She noticed that he had this happy grin on his face when he mentioned her. ‘Was I ever that happy?’ she asked herself as she watched him walk out of the kitchen. She sighed as she turned her eyes to the steaming mug in her hands. ‘I think I was once, before. I remember before, there was one who seemed to care. He was his older …’

“Kagome? How are you honey?” said a sweet familiar voice.

She looked up at the female before her. “Sango?” she said uncertainly.

“The one and only. Now come here and give me a hug honey.” She said softly as she opened her arms.

Kagome’s chin wobbled before she bolted into her old best friends embrace. “Oh Kami Sango! I’m so scared!” she cried in her arms.

“I know honey. I know.” She soothed the smaller woman in her arms, rubbing circles on her back. Sango pulled back from her and used one of her hands to tilt her face up. “Kagome know this,” she said firmly, ensuring that she had her attention. “We will not let that beast come anywhere near you. You will be safe, and I will make sure that if you two ever do meet again, you can kick his ass if he tries to lay a hand on you again. You believe me, don’t you?” she questioned.

“H … hai, I believe you Sango. And you too Koga.” She said glancing over Sango’s shoulder at him. She took in a deep breath and stepped back from her hug. “I just have a hard time believing that I have finally left him. I almost feel like this is a dream, and I am going to wake up with him towering over me, ready to hit me again.” Her voice cracked, and she cleared her throat. She moved to sit back down in the chair she was occupying before Sango came in.

Koga got himself and his mate a cup of coffee and they both sat down, waiting for their old friend to start speaking again. They shared a look that spoke volumes; neither was going to let that half-breed come anywhere near Kagome until she was ready to deal with him.

“I know that I have some ways to go to heal from this. Not only on the outside, but inside as well.” She swallowed some of her coffee, tasting the bold flavor, welcoming the slight sting on her tongue. “I also know that I haven’t been the best of friends to the two of you since I hooked up with him.”

Sango was going to interrupt, but Kagome held up her hand. “No, let me finish, please.” She waited until Sango and Koga nodded in accent before she continued.

“I could have tried harder; I should have left him earlier; I should have paid attention to all the warning signs, but that is in the past. And I don’t want to look back again.” She took a deep cleansing breath. “I am so thankful that I have friends like you both.” She finished quietly. She knew that there was so much more that she could have said, but that could wait. She looked into the faces of her dearest friends, seeing the love and support in their eyes. ‘It is time for me to finally start healing.’

~ She kept drivin’ along, till the moon and the sun were floating side by side, ~


1 Year Later …

Kagome took a deep breath as she stood on the front porch of her new home. She was so very grateful to her best friends for taking her in those many months ago. She had managed to get back on her feet with their help; they had supported and pushed her to stand up and take action.

She walked back inside and downstairs to her basement. Here she had set up some exercise pads on the floor and several more were resting against the walls. This was to be her workout space. She remembered when Sango had taken her aside the morning following her abrupt arrival, and she started her training. Kagome had learned several different martial arts, as well as simple self-defense. Sango had also after two months of hand-to-hand combat training, started her in on weapons defense. She started with a wooden staff and worked her way up through various weapons, her friend had also seen to it that she was trained in the use of bows and guns.

Kagome once joked with Sango that she was going to become a slayer instead of the miko she was actually trained to be. They both laughed it off. Not to say that it had been all fun and games. There was many disagreements, lots of sweat, and a whole bunch more tears.

She remembered one day very specifically. It was about seven months after she had left her old life. She had been alone in the house, taking the day to rest since Sango and Koga had gone to go visit some of his pack mates. She had been laying in the back yard, just soaking up the sun when she heard a voice she wasn’t quite ready to deal with.

“My, my. Don’t we just look so relaxed.” The voice sneered.

Kagome had turned quickly and scrambled to her feet, fear racing through her veins, killing any sense of contentment she had been feeling. ‘How did he find me?’ she questioned herself. But she never had the chance to even think of the answer, as he was suddenly right in front of her, his hand gripping her upper arm and shaking her.

“What made you think you could leave me? What made you think I would never find you, you stupid wench!” he bellowed as he raised his hand to slap her.

Kagome had taken in a deep breath as his arm came up, and she had a split second to decide that she didn’t want to die here, now. And she somehow knew, that if she didn’t fight back this time, death would be her outcome. So as his hand was coming down, all her hard earned determination, and fire came back in a rush and she blocked his hand, and wrenched her arm from his grasp, pushing him away from her, and stepping back so there was now about 20 feet between them.

He stumbled back in surprise of her actions. “So, the feisty bitch has decided to attempt at defending herself now, huh?” He chuckled sinisterly. “Too bad all it has done is made me madder, and you are going to pay for leaving me!” he yelled as he charged at her.

She didn’t even have time to think as all her training with Sango brought out her now automatic reactions. She blocked most of his swipes and punches directed at her, getting hit twice in her ribs, and she had several scrapes on her arms and face from her near misses with his claws. But she got in several good shots too; she managed to hit his ribs, and landed a few punches to his chest.

The deciding blow came when she pushed his arms to the side, stepped in and caught him on his jaw, snapping it shut with an audible click. She bounced back a few feet to stay clear of his claws as he stumbled, unsteady on his feet. He turned and glared at her, while wiping blood from his split lip.

He snarled at her, “You fucking whore! No more Mr. Nice Demon, now you pay!” and he pulled a sword out of nowhere.

‘Where the fuck did he get that?’ she questioned as she avoided she swipe of the blade by dodging to the side. She wasn’t really worried about having a weapon herself as Sango had taught her how to defend herself with her hands against all manner of weapons. She avoided another swipe that would have cleaved her in half had she not been paying attention. It was as he was growling and raising the blade to swipe at her again that she seen her opportunity, and she took it. As the blade passed her by, she swept up past his guard and slammed her fist into his face. She watched as he stumbled back, clearly shocked at her action, his eyes crossed and he collapsed to the ground.

Kagome took a quick breath, as she waited to see if he would come back up at her. When he remained on the ground she took a deep breath, but didn’t drop her guard. She kicked away his sword so it was several feet away, this way he didn’t have immediate access. She circled him, knowing he wouldn’t be out long, but knowing that she should do something to restrain him before he came to. She spied a length of twine that Koga had brought out the week before for something, laying on the picnic table just to her left. So she moved quickly towards it, not turning her back on him or taking her eyes off him, watching for any movement that would show he was waking up.

She quickly took the twine and walked over to him. She rolled him onto his stomach and tied his arms together around his elbows, knowing that in this position, he couldn’t use his claws to cut himself loose. She then flipped him back over, running the twine around his torso and quickly tying his feet together. It was at this point, as she was tying the final knot that he came to.

“Wha? What the fuck do you think you are doing you bitch!” he screamed as he started to struggle against his bonds. Kagome had quickly stepped away from him when he started to move. She stared at him emotionlessly. Finally he ceased his movements and glared at her. “Whore! Untie me now and I’ll go easy on you. I might even kill you quickly for this.” He chuckled darkly. “Or maybe I’ll torture you for years on end. Now UNTIE ME!” he bellowed in out rage.

Kagome didn’t so much as twitch at anything he said, not even the bellow. She just turned and walked over to the portable phone that had been knocked off her chair and calmly dialed for 911. She relayed all the pertinent information to the person on the other end, never taking her eyes off his cussing form. Before she had even hung up, she could hear the sirens coming closer. She dropped the phone back on the chair and kept her gaze steady on his as she waited for the officers to get to the yard.

She never said one word to Inu Yasha as the cops lifted him and started carting him away. It was as one officer was about to shut the cruiser door that she finally spoke.

“Inu Yasha,” she said softly. He turned to look at her, hate filling his eyes. “I will never forget what you have done to me, nor do I believe that you will ever forget what I did to you today. Know this, if you ever come near me or mine again, I will not hesitate to kill you. I spared your life this time, only because you held my affection once. That is now dead. There will be no mercy shown to you, and you will never be as strong as I now am. And do you know why?” she paused, not really waiting for an answer. “Because I am now completely free of you. You have no hold on me anymore. I wish you well on your new journey Yasha, and I hope that for your sake, our paths never cross again.” She watched as the shock of her words set into his mind, and watched as they shut the door and carted him away.

That was 5 months ago, and she hasn’t seen hide or hair of the hanyou since. Though she had one hell of a time trying to calm Sango down when they had come home while the police were pulling away. She sighed in remembrance, and fondness as she was then told that Sango was pregnant with their first cub. Kagome smiled as she started warming up to do her routine.

~ He looked in the mirror, and his eyes were clear for the first time in a while. ~


Sesshomaru sighed as he walked into his home. ‘What a hell of a day at work, I had forgotten how much I really enjoyed matching wits with lawyers, and beating them.’ He silently snorted at their stupidity. ‘The company is after all mine, not that filthy half-breeds. Why were they still giving me hell after all this time?’

Several months ago, Inu Yasha had come into his office like he had every right to be there. Unfortunately, that was his third day in that week, but the first time Yasha had shown up. The hanyou looked like he had been in a fight, “What the fuck are you doing here?” He had demanded irately.

‘And obviously on the wrong side of the bed too.’ Sess thought wryly, as he raised one eyebrow in question. “I own this company half-breed. Does it not make sense that I show up?” he quizzed.

“Like you have shown any kind of interest in this place for the past few years!” Yasha scoffed as he moved towards the couch off to one side and flopped on it like he had every right.

“True,” he conceded. “I haven’t been here for some time, but I have kept in touch. And I have noticed that you have abused my absence, and inferred that you are the boss. Unfortunately we both know the true position that you wield here, don’t we? Junior Vice-President?” Sess mocked as he got up from where he was seated behind the desk, and walked over to sit in one of the chairs next to the couch.

“Fuck Sesshomaru!” the hanyou burst out as he abruptly sat up, to lean his arms on his legs and rub his claws in agitation. “I don’t need this right now! I just got my ass kicked by Kagome after I went to go get the stupid bitch from where she ran away. I got out of lock-up this morning, and I just haven’t had the best of fucking weekends! So why don’t you just go find a fucking bottle of booze, and get the fuck out of my hair!” He practically screamed, missing the fact that the minute he mentioned Kagome, the youkai in front of him started to growl. It was the roar that was set loose that really caught his attention, never mind the claw that was wrapped around his neck, almost cutting off his air supply that clued him in to his brother’s state.

“What the fuck have you done half-breed? Where is Kagome? What have you done to her?” He demanded, shaking Yasha with each question. “Answer me half-breed!” He growled, bringing him nose to nose with his captive audience.

Yasha made a gargled sound. “What the fuck is up your ass, dumb-fuck? She’s just a whore, it is of no consequence. But if you must know, she still lives regardless of my displeasure with her. She got in some cheep shots and called the police on me, simply because I was going to retrieve my property.”

“Stupid, filthy half-breed.” Sesshomaru snarled as he threw him back onto the couch. “Where is she?”

Inu Yasha rubbed his neck to ease some of the soreness, and eyed his red-eyed sibling in front of him. “Why do you care? For all I know, she has ran from there after I was taken away by the cops.”

Sesshomaru growled deep in his chest. “You will tell me EXACTLY what has transpired between the two of you since I left, and you had best start now half-breed, because I am just holding in my beast who wants to rip you to shreds.” He said menacingly.

After several hours of stalling, and name calling, Inu Yasha was finally persuaded to tell everything to his sibling. ‘He didn’t walk away from that encounter unscathed.’ Sess thought with humor, looking back.

He shook his head as he noticed that he had a message on his answering machine. ‘Who could that be?’ He pressed the button to play it.

“Hey Sess! It’s Koga. Great to hear from you again, it has been some time. Hey, would you like to come over and meet the family? We’re holding a small dinner party and would like it if you showed. Give me a call back if you’re interested, ‘Kay? Talk to ya later.” Click.

Sess quickly thought it over. ‘It has been some time since I have seen Koga, and I would like to meet his mate.’ He reached for the phone, dialing the number.

“It’s your quarter,” answered a gruff voice.

“Hey Koga. It’s Sesshomaru.” He replied.

“Sess! Man! How the fuck ya doin’?” came the enthusiastic response.

“I’ve had better days. I’m calling about your message you left me,” he paused.

“Ya man, you wanna come over to meet my family? Have some dinner? How does this Friday night sound? Say about 5:30ish?” Koga responded.

“Friday, 5:30. Sure I’ll be there. Should I bring anything?”

“Just yourself my friend. Can’t wait to see you again, it has been a while. See you on Friday night buddy.” And he hung up.

Sesshomaru replaced the receiver and thought about what he just did. ‘Well according to Inu Yasha, Koga and his mate were the last to see Kagome, so this was a good place for me to start my search.’ He thought as he walked into his kitchen to start making his dinner.

~ Oh, I don’ wanna spend my life jaded, waiting
To wake up one day and find,
That I let all these years go by,
Wasted. ~


Friday Night

“Sango, while I love you and Koga to pieces and am very grateful for all you have done for me, why am I here? I get that you feel like you are as big as a house, and have very strange cravings right now so you didn’t want to ruin dinner by creating something … odd. But why do you want me to do the cooking, when Koga is perfectly capable?” Kagome asked confused as she placed the huge roast in the oven and shut the door, turning to work on the potatoes, and other side dishes.

“Kagome.” Sango said exasperated. “We have been through this. Koga has invited an old friend, and he wanted to chat with him privately. But he couldn’t do that and cook dinner. Plus, you are here to keep me company while they do their “guy talk” stuff.”

“Alright Sango, I’ll take your word for it this time. But I can’t help feeling like you are looking to set me up with this person.” She paused and glanced over to her friend who was sitting at the kitchen table, trying to look innocent. “I knew it!” she exclaimed, as she smacked the potato peeler on the counter.

“What ever could you mean dear Kagome?” was the innocent response.

“You and Koga are trying to set me up with this guy! I thought I told you that I wasn’t interested in dating right now! I want’ to get settled into my new house, and continue with my miko training at the Sunset Shrine, not go guy crazy.” She sighed in resignation as she put the potatoes she had been cutting into the pot on the stove. She sighed again as she lifted the pot to fill it with water. “I just don’t know if I can get into a relationship right now after … you know.”

Sango sighed as she got up and walked to her friend, wrapping her arms around her in comfort. “I know Kagome. This isn’t a set up. We just want you to meet him, that’s all. You don’t have to commit to a relationship right away, or at all. Just give him a chance, please?” she gave her best puppy eyes.

“Ugh! You know I can’t resist those eyes! Fine, I’ll give him a chance. But no more matchmaking.” Kagome caved as she wagged her finger at Sango.

“No problem! No more matchmaking until you are ready!” Sango promised as she backed away, going back to her seat. She smiled to herself. ‘I won’t have to do any matchmaking for you after tonight.’ The thought gleefully as she watched her friend move about her kitchen, preparing the dinner.

~ * ~

“Here it is! Everything is ready. Sango, would you like to go get your crazy mate and his friend for dinner before it gets cold?” Kagome asked as she skimmed the dinning table to see if she had missed anything. “Ah! Salt and pepper! I’ll be right back!” she said to her departing friend as she moved to the kitchen to retrieve the missed items.

“There you are!” she said triumphantly as she grabbed the containers and turned to return to the dinning room. ‘I wonder what this guy is like? Not that it matters really, I have a lot on my pl …’

“Kagome?” came a shocked deep voice as she stepped into the room.

Kagome looked up at her name and almost dropped the shakers. “Sess … Sesshomaru?” she said just as shocked.

~ Oh, I don’t wanna keep on wishin’, missin’
And still love the morning, the color of the night,
I ain’t spending no more time,
Wasted. ~

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Well? I know that it is an open ending, but it just seemed right to end it this way. Tell me what you think. I love hearing from everyone.

I have been working on “Room Service”, and I had to re-create some of it as I lost a lot of information with my tower’s “upgrade” *rolling eyes*

A huge Thank-You goes out to my beta, Inu~Lover, for fixing my mistakes, and helping it to flow better.

So, until we meet again!