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Love Exchange

Chapter 17: Heaven

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(Heaven is by DJ Sammy)

Inuyasha is copyright Rumiko Takahashi.

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"Yuka! Eri! Ayumi! Over here!" I waved to them from the train station. Kikyo had accompanied me to pick up my friends. Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka came scrambling over to us. "Y-your Kikyo!" They all gasped. Kikyo stared at them and nodded as they inspected her. "Your friends with Kikyo now?" I nodded my head. "Sweet! Next thing we know you'll be dating Sesshomaru!" Eri exclaimed. Kikyo giggled at there comment seeing as how to her that option was likely. "Ah, but I'd feel so bad for Hojo." Ayumi sighed.

Kikyo glanced at me when Ayumi mentioned this. "Who is Hojo?" I sighed. "He's a high school classmate that those three," I waved my hand in Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka's direction. "decided to pair me up with. He was nice but I never actually dated him." Kikyo grinned. "Have you actually ever dated someone before?" "Of course! There was that time once when...No, I really haven't." Kikyo laughed once again as I glared at her. "Whatever." I stormed off ahead of everyone. "Geesh! Is something wrong with Kagome?" Yuka asked. Kikyo just glanced at Yuka without giving a reply.

"So, Kagome!" Eri yelled at me from a distance behind me behind me. I stopped and turned around to listen to her. "What?" I asked. "Well are we staying at your house again?" I shook my head. "Kikyo and I both live at the Taisho mansion now, so of course you'll be staying there!" They all gasped as they looked as they were about to faint. "ARE YOU SERIOUS!?" Eri asked me. Kikyo and I nodded. The trio danced around and squealed for a few seconds in delight.

"We'll be staying in the SAME house as Sesshomaru!" Yuka exclaimed. "Oh and Inuyasha too!" Eri cried out. "Were so lucky!" Ayumi added. "Yeah, yeah. Come on! If you sit here and talk all day about it you'll never see his mansion!" They all quickly picked up there pace and got in the car. "Wow! This car is so neat!" I heard a bunch of comments on my clothes and the car all the way to the Taisho building.

"By the way Kagome have you seen this picture of Sesshomaru?" I sighed. "No, and I don't really ---" Eri flashed the photo in front of my eyes and I quickly grabbed the magazine. I gasped. It was a picture of Sesshomaru smiling in the snow wearing the scarf I had made for him.

(Yes, Sesshomaru does smile FOR pictures. )

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Winter clothes! Yes, that is the theme for today. I had to admit that some of the outfits were super cute. I had on a black sweater and sweat pants with a pink bubble winter jacket and a pink and black hat with black cats on it. For today the make up was really light and it didn't take long to get ready or to switch outfits. My favorite outfit of the day had to be the one Kikyo modeled. It was a long fur dress coat that had looked simply gorgeous on Kikyo.

I had made no mistakes today which was wonderful except for the few people who had came to see if I would mess up again. "Good job, Kagome! You were wonderful." I smiled at Sango. "Thank-you!" I walked over to where Sesshomaru was although he was quite into a conversation he was having with another business man. He finished quickly and turned to me. "Is there something you needed?" I just shook my head and smiled. "I just wanted to compliment you on your nice photo that was in the Christmas magazine." He didn't say anything as I left to go find Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi.

"I thought I'd find you here!" I exclaimed. They were currently going over all the clothes we modeled and rating each one, also adding their comments on how it was modeled and by who. I hadn't noticed I was there for a few minutes. "Oh, Kagome! You looked lovely out there!" Ayumi complimented to her. "Thanks. Anyways --" "Kagome, which one is better the pink or the blue?" Yuka interrupted me. "The pink! Now what I was saying is that you guys need to go dress shopping right? Let's go we don't have that much time, ya know!" And once again we all scrambled back into the car excluding Kikyo this time though.

"Your so lucky Kagome! You get to model AND be near the Taisho brothers." Yuka sighed at her misfortune as the other two joined in. I just nodded and smiled. I guess I was lucky.

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"So how exactly did you manage to move in with Sesshomaru?" Ayumi asked me. I didn't exactly want to tell them the truth. "Mom asked Sesshomaru if I could." Yuka looked at me. "Your Mom knows Sesshomaru?" I nodded. "Well not really but my father knew his father evidently...It's a long story." "Your father, eh?" Eri asked. "Yeah..." Anyways now that we picked out your gorgeous dresses how about a slushie?" Ayumi, Yuka, Eri, and I used to always sit at the mall drinking slushies and talking. Though mainly it was guy scouting for them but I hadn't been that interested in it.

They all nodded there heads. I had to admit that their dress choices were good. Eri picked a beautiful pink dress that had sequins all over it. The neck was kinda low and it had spaghetti straps. Yuka and Ayumi picked out dresses that were almost similar but different colors. Yuka had green and Ayumi had picked navy.

"So Kagome do you have a dress?" I shook my head. "Not yet, Sesshomaru told me not to worry about it." Eri chuckled. "Someone likes you." I blushed. "He doesn't really!" "Uh huh." Yuka added as she slurped on her slushie. "Your saying someone who lets you live in his mansion, work in his company, and buys you a Christmas present doesn't feel the smallest amount of affection?" I didn't reply but instead looked around the mall. After all I wasn't really a master in this subject.

I quickly finished my slushy and threw it in the trash. "Come on guys. Its about time we should get back." I headed towards the exit of the mall as they got up and threw away their slushies. "Hey lets make a bet how long it takes them to get together shall we?" Eri asked. Yuka and Ayumi nodded excitedly. "I say her birthday." "Alright then, I say New Years day." Yuka announced. "You, Ayumi?" Eri asked Ayumi. "February." "Okay, who's ever closest wins. The winner forks over 100$ fair enough?" They all nodded there heads as they walked out of the mall together.

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"Wow! So this is your room!" Eri flopped on my bed and bounced on it like a child. They hadn't seen theirs yet so it was all pretty cool to them. "Oooh this bed is so soft!" Eri exclaimed. Ayumi flipped on the lights for us since we hadn't bothered to and Yuka was checking out my vanity. "Say kagome?" I glanced in her direction. "Whats this package?" I went over to the vanity to discover another box just like the one I had gotten on Christmas Eve. I read the little sticky note. "A newly designed dress from a business partner's company. Please wear this to the ball tomorrow."

"It's a dress from a different company that Sesshomaru wants me to wear from the ball." Eri and Ayumi ran over and stared at the box in awe waiting for me to open it. I took off the top and held the dress on my body. It was a beautiful dark blue dress that ran all the way to the floor. The neck was low and had spaghetti straps and also a open back. Although it was similar style to the dresses Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi had boughten it was still different. It had sparkles and sequins all over the dress and a small slit that run up to my thigh on the right leg.

"Wow!" Yuka exclaimed. "This dress much have cost a few hundred dollars. Maybe over a thousand. I wish I had a dress like this!" The other two just nodded in amazement. "Do you always get a lot of clothes modeling?" I nodded. "Since I was chosen a lot of companies send me free clothes in hopes that I'll wear it and have my picture taken with it. It would help there companies out a lot." I went over and opened the closet door and watched them stare in amazement. I giggled.

"If you need some clothes I might give you some of them." They all squealed and attacked my closet. It seemed to me their happiness was so simple compared to mine. I like clothes and all but they weren't my source of supreme happiness. There was someone who was.

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My cell phone started ringing wildly. I checked the caller ID and answered it. "Simouye-sensei!" I exclaimed happily. I hadn't heard from her for what seemed like a while. "How are things going over there, Kagome?" "Huh? Oh I guess things are getting better." I already knew she had known what happened. "That's good. Just don't think it ends here that one guy...Naraku or something might be up to something. It's just a warning nothing for sure. Bye! Have a good birthday." She abruptly hung up. She was right. Naraku was originally after the jewel like Kikyo had told me.

"Who was that?" Eri asked me. "Oh, a friend." was all I answered. Though I had better tell Kikyo about this though I'm sure this would be no surprise for her. She knew when I handed her the jewel she might be attacked. I had to help her out the best I could. After all it came from my body. "Well I'm going to bed." I announced. They all glanced briefly at me. "Already? It's like 11:00 P.M.?" "I'm tired... that's all." They all told me good night as I headed to my room.

The hallway to my room was dim and shortly before I got there I saw a bright light coming from the portrait room. Inuyasha? I took a peek inside and saw Sesshomaru staring at the painting of his mother and father. I stayed for a few moments before moving on.

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"Wow! He's good looking!" Eri exclaimed. We had arrived a few minutes ago at the ball and they had already found several victims. They never stopped. Although I had to say the music was relaxing and it was nice to watch everyone dancing. It wasn't crowded yet but I had the feeling that it would be packed later on.

"Hey, your Miss Kagome Higurashi right?" A middle aged lady had asked me. I smiled at her and nodded. "Yes, I'm Kagome. Nice to meet you!" She gave me a warm smile. "I'm Natsuhi Kazeii. I'm one of Sesshomaru's business partners. It's lovely to meet you. You look splendid!" Natsuhi and I had talked for a little bit before Inuyasha came over to us. "Excuse me Miss Kazeii..can I steal Kagome from you for a bit?" I looked at him surprised. Natsuhi laughed. "Sure, dear! Make sure to visit me afterwards." Inuyasha gave her a dazzling smile. "I promise!" He grabbed my hand and led me to the dance floor.

"This is a surprise. I didn't know you could dance!" He snorted. "This coming from the woman who took lessons not to long ago." I blushed. "I learned when I was younger. My mother taught me. It's pretty much required for me to know it. I've attended a lot of parties." We changed paces as the song changed. "Anyways I wanted to ask you something. Do you know what Kikyo thinks of me?" Inuyasha went slightly pink and I had to laugh at him for that. "Yes, I do! Of course I'm not telling you. Go ask her out yourself you dope!" He glared at me. "Why don't you ask Sesshomaru?" "T-that's ridiculous! Why would I---" "It's obvious." I sighed as I blushed slightly. "Whatever." I broke away from the dance and went over and grabbed a drink.

"Sango!" I gave a shout to Sango who was sitting by what looked like an unconscious Miroku. "Oh...Kagome!" She gave me a light-hearted smile. "What do you think of the ball?" The place was gorgeous and so far everything was wonderful. "It's my first time at this type of party. So I guess It's awesome." I told her. "By the way Sesshomaru wanted to dance with you." "R-really?" Sango nodded as she pointed in his direction. "Well...thanks!" I waved to her as I headed over to him.

I waited by him a few minutes while he was talking to other business partners. When he finally noticed me he introduced me to all of them. We all chatted awhile before Sesshomaru ended the conversation. He turned to me. "Would you care to dance?" I nodded my head. He took my hand and lead me out to the dance floor as we danced to the music playing.

"Oh, thinking about our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now, nothing can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You keep me coming back for more "

"So you've improved your dancing I see." He grinned at me. "Your not even stepping on my feet." I laughed. "Thanks to you." I thought about what he said for a minute.

"Cause baby, you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven"

"You remember?" I asked him. He nodded at me. "Yes, I remember."

"Oh, once in your life you find someone
Who will turn your world around
Pick you up when you're feeling down
Now, nothing can change what you mean to me
There's a lot that I could say
But just hold me now
Cause our love will light the way"

"Have you remembered everything yet?" He shook his head. "Not everything, just the important things." I smiled it made me so happy.

"Cause baby, you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven"

We danced gracefully around the dance floor. It had seemed everyone else had stopped dancing to watch us dance. We had stopped our conversation lost in each other's eyes.

"I've been waiting for so long
For something to arrive
For love to come along
Now our dreams are coming true
Through the good times
And the bad
I'll be standing there by you

Baby, you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven

ohh ohh ohh
ohh ohh ohh
we're in heaven "

As the song ended and we stopped dancing everyone started clapping. We just stood still and looked at each other for a few moments. He took my hand and put it to his lips as he gently kissed my hand. "Thankyou for the wonderful dance." He left after a few moments. I took a deep breath. I had been holding it for some reason. I felt something in my hands. I opened my hands to find gorgeous diamond earrings that must have cost a fortune.

As I looked at his retreating form I truly felt like I was in heaven.

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