InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Savwah Fehrr ❯ Tension and Spark ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."

-Herm Albright


Chapter 5- Tension and Spark

Blanket Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or any of the characters therein. They are the property of Rumiko Takahashi, and she does a beautiful job!

The songs that are also used in this story are not mine; they are the work of the artist, and all credit goes to them!

Thank you to: arizonasiren, Little Red, Zysexual. (Sorry I forgot to post you for chapter 3), and InuyashaCrazed908 for reviewing last chapter.

Also thank you to all those who add me to your alerts, and your favs. It is greatly appreciated!
The songs in this chapter are as follows:

"Sharada" by Skye Sweetnam
"I'm in Heaven (When You Kiss Me)" by ATC
"Diva" by Beyonce
"I Like the Way" by Darren Hayes

Please forgive any spelling and grammatical errors. I try to catch them if I see them, but I could have missed some. So just tell me if you see any, and I will change them!

Without further adieu here is the next installment of Savwah Fehrr!

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As Miroku sang the last notes, he closed his eyes, and the crowd started to erupt in applause. He looked out once more and locked eyes with Sango, "Kimura will you take this chance and be with me," he began hearing the crowd start to quiet down to hear what he was saying. "I want to prove to you that I am the man of your dreams," he said smiling in her direction, the light booming directly on him now, made it a little lard to see where exactly she was standing. After a few brief seconds, he spotted her, squinting a little to be positive, he saw that it was indeed Sango and continued, "no other woman can take your spot, so will you be my love," he asked while chuckling a little at his own joke.

The crowd awed and immediately became quite, so they could hear what she had to say and started to look around for said woman.

Sango had to take a moment to get her bearings straight. Did she just hear him right? Was he asking her out? She began to think back on the subtle clues he left her over the past couple months. The calls at three in the morning. The stops at her place just to see how she was doing. Getting Kagome or any of the other girls to ask what she thought about him, and as those images and memories came across her conscious, she began to smile.

When the audience all fell silent, she noticed the crowd slowly start to part where she was, and they turned towards her. After a minute there was a clear aisle way between her and Sakamoto.

On stage, Miroku was getting to feel like a complete idiot, 'Maybe I was wrong, maybe she is too good for me. Oh God, please help me if I am wrong.' He hung his head, as Sango still hadn't answered his question. After another minute he looked out and held his gaze on her as he awaited her response.

Kagome nudged Sango to get her out of her stupor, "Earth to Sango," she whispered to her friend.

Sango immediately shook her head and noticed everyone starring at her began to blush deeply. She had to smile, 'this is just like Sakamoto,' she thought to herself as he always did everything bigger and better than everyone else. She looked up and locked eyes with the man on stage. She saw how his hair lightly brushed on his eyebrows, landing smoothly over his deep violet orbs. She saw the look in said eyes, the look that was screaming that she say yes. The look that was begging her to at least take a chance on him and cleared her throat, "Yes," she stated smiling with tears falling from her eyes. "Yes, I will give you a chance, you perv. Now come down here," chuckling a little as she pointed to the ground in front of her.

Miroku did not need to be told twice, so he jumped off the stage. Making his way through the crowd and ran to where Sango was standing. When he reached her, he immediately lifted her and pulled her into a hug while spinning his beauty around in a complete circle. When he put her back on the ground, he loosened his grip on her slightly and looked into her eyes. Her eyes screamed joy at him. Her chocolate orbs held all her truth, her heart. He brushed a stray strand of brown hair out of her face. Studying her beauty. Memorizing her splendor, and in that moment, he wanted nothing more than to lean in and kiss her soft pink lips. Looking down at them, he caught her running her delicate tongue along the edges shakily. Almost loosing his battle of not rushing things, he had to take his eyes off her rosy brims and looked back into her orbs.

Seeing him look her in the eyes, Sango couldn't take it anymore…she wanted nothing more than to have him kiss her senseless, but instead he was standing there, staring at her. Looking into his eyes, she could see huskiness in his gaze. Longing to be close to her, yearning to show her all his adoration. She quickly looked down at his lips and saw him run his tongue over his rims. She looked back into his eyes, and saw him begging her to understand what he wanted. Pleading with her to recognize what he needed, so with boldness she never knew she possessed, she slowly closed the gap between them and placed her lips on his.

Miroku was really taken aback when he saw the uncertainty in her gaze gone, and in its place, resolve. She closed her eyes and puckered her face as she began to lean in for their first kiss. Happiness filled him to the brim as he too started to close his eyes, and wrap his arms around her. 'She is really going for it,' he thought to himself as he went the extra ten percent and met her. When their lips met, he felt something that he never experienced before, and if he didn't know prior to, he knew now… that this woman in his arms was the woman for him.

All other sounds were slowly drowned out as he lost himself in her. Becoming a little bolder, he ran his tongue along the rim of her lips, silently asking for entrance. He heard her moan as she easily accepted his extra appendage into her mouth. Loving the warmth her mouth exuded, he had to hold back a moan of his own.

The announcer waited a certain amount of time to pass so the couple could properly greet each other, but when the action started to become a little too intense, he decided to draw the audiences attention back to himself. "Well than, that was unexpected," he said laughing into the microphone. "Let's give it up for the new happy couple," he stated as he began to clap encouraging everyone else to do the same.
Sango and Miroku, when they heard all the claps around them, were brought back to earth and began to pull apart.

Sango began to blush, just now realizing what they did in front of a bunch of people. She looked up at Miroku, and was not surprised in the least that he had the biggest grin she had ever seen on his face, and she had to smile a little knowing that she was the one who put it there.

"Well," the announcer began, "since Sakamoto decided to just jump off the stage without calling the next contestant," a bunch of laughter could be heard. "I guess I will be the one choosing the next one," he said while pulling out the sheet of paper. Looking over the sheet for a couple of seconds, he raised his head, "the next person up is…Mae Wilson."

An excited scream sounded as Kagome looked over to see the girl making her way through the crowd of people to the stage.

"Oh, she looks so pretty," Rin cooed, as she looked at the petite brown haired girl on stage.

"She is really pretty," Kagome agreed readily with her.

"Not as pretty as you."

Kagome turned her head to see Takahashi gazing at her, his ocher eyes husky. His mouth playing in a teasing smirk. The whites of his teeth gleaming under the low lights.

Kagomes' eyes widened, her heart quickening its pace in her chest as her embarrassment at his confession was much stronger than her pleasure.

"Aw," Rin stated, forcing Kagome to look her way. "You guys are just too cute!" She turned to face InuYasha fully, "You wouldn't by any chance happen to have a brother now would you?" She began leaning towards him. Her demeanor screaming excitement at the possibility that such a man could exist.

Kagome had to smile at her friends antics. She slowly felt the blush leaving her cheeks and had to silently thank whoever was watching out for her that her friend cut in when she did. She locked her gaze on Takahashi's response to her friends question. She began to smile as she saw his eyes widen at Rins proximity, he slowly started to back away from her, "Half-brother," he replied simply.

InuYasha had to silently groan when he saw Rin leaning in closer to him. Pure joy radiating off her countenance as his statement became clear in her mind.

He saw her get all giddy, as she clapped her hands in front of her, "Did you hear that Kag's?" Rin turned towards her friend.

The other girl just smiled and shook her head up and down, happy that her friend found so much joy in the fact that InuYasha indeed did have a brother, 'I won't say anything about the fact that they might not look a like,' Kagome kidded to herself. Just trying to enjoy her friends joyful persona.

"So," Rin began after a couple of seconds passed. "What does this brother of yours look like?" She leaned in closer to the tawny eyed man. A smile covering her face as her light brown orbs glistened in the darkened club.

Watching the petite girl in front of him, her beautiful eyes shining brightly in the club. Her lips puckering, moistening the red brims with her tongue, InuYasha couldn't help but think how beautiful the small girl really was. It's not that he never noticed before, it's just that he was always so caught off guard by Kagome. Her scent sent him in bliss. Her body made him yearn for her at the weirdest hours of the day, and her eyes….they called to him like no other pair of misty blue orbs could.

'But Rin is still beautiful,' he told himself, not allowing that thought to at least go unhindered in his mind. Looking her head on once more, InuYasha saw that she was indeed still waiting on him to answer the question she undoubtedly placed in front of him multiple seconds ago, and he had to quickly skim his mind to think back to what she wanted to know.

Finding the specific answer, InuYasha let out a breathy sigh. He rolled his eyes as he replied politely as possible, "Tall, lean, long dark hair, a good complexion… but you know, nothing too good." He left it at that, rubbing his forehead as a sudden headache began to emerge from the fact that he had to speak of his brother when he wasn't even present.

Forming the description in her mind, Rin looked over at InuYasha, a nice smile playing on her face, "So, he looks a lot like you then."

At that he let out a nice Keh, "He wishes," he grumbled as he hoped beyond hope that this subject would turn to something different, but apparently luck wasn't on his side.

"What are you all talking about," he heard an all too familiar voice call out a couple of feet to his right.
He let out a long drawn out sigh, running his hands through his hair as he waited for the inevitable.

Rin eagerly turned to face him, "I was just asking Takahashi what his brother looks like!"

"Half-brother," InuYasha corrected grudgingly.

"Ah," Miroku replied. "Well what did he say," he asked with a little smirk tugging on his lips.

"Basically," Kagome decided to cut in, "he said that he is tall, has dark hair, and wishes that he looked like him," Kagome said pointing to InuYasha.

"Did he now," Miroku replied laughing. "Well, from what I have seen of Sesshomaru, him and InuYasha look a lot alike."

"Really," Rin replied, trying to hold back the excitement she felt when her friend uttered that statement.

"Yeah," Miroku responded, "but they do have a couple of differences."

The smile on Rins face started to falter. She didn't really know if she liked that statement or not, "Like what?"

"Well," Miroku began placing his pointer finger to his chin, "Sesshomaru is a lot more calm and collected." He began shaking his head up and down. "He doesn't use vulgarity hardly ever, and he is a lot more mature. He usually just makes InuYasha look really immatu—"

Satisfied that his friend was going to shut up after he bumped him in the head, InuYasha turned and faced the girls, who were looking at him with wide eyes.

"You mean to tell me," Rin began, tranquility gently overcoming her demeanor, "that you're brother looks almost exactly like you…" She pointed at him, "but without all the minor annoyances that come with you?"

InuYasha's eyes widened, he crossed his arms over his chest, "What's that suppo—"

"Precisely," Miroku responded than headed in the opposite direction so he wouldn't get pounded in the head again.

"Why you!" InuYasha turned to go after his friend when happy squeals reached his ears.

"This is great!" Rin was bursting with happiness. She turned to InuYasha, "You should bring him next time!"

Not really wanting to burst her bubble, InuYasha began scratching the back of his head, "I will see what I can do," he replied with a minor twitch of his eye.

He turned towards the bar, beginning to run his hands up and down his face as he wished the calm, happy place would return to his thoughts. 'Just think of girls in dresses,' he began to himself. 'Girls in really short dresses,' a smile started to make its way across his face as his thoughts were being replaced with something that he, at least, liked to think about.

Looking after Takahashi, Kagome was a little unnerved at the sly smile that was slowly making its way across his face. After a few moments passed she looked back to the stage and saw that the other girl was done with her song, 'Dang, that was quick!'

The young girl on stage was holding a piece of paper in front of her, she let a smile grace her gleaming face as she stated, "Shimizu Rin."

The crowd roared in applause knowing she was one of the girls from Aishiteru.

Hearing her name, Rin immediately got excited and started jumping up and down. "I'm up… I'm up!" She screamed to her friends.

Kagome just laughed at her, shaking her head, "Yeah, well you better get your booty on stage if you want to do anything about it," she finished winking at the girl.

Rin smiling at her in return made her way to the stage. Taking the stairs two at a time, when the announcer handed her the microphone she looked back at him and stated, "You ready for the best performance of the night?"

The crowd laughed and started clapping their hands.

The announcer nodded his head in the affirmative, "Oh yeah, bring it on Shimizu."

"Okay," Rin looked into the crowd, "I will be pushing the envelope a little with the style, but I know you all will love it," she winked as she walked over to the DJ and told him the song selection and walked back towards the middle of the stage. However, out of the corner of her eye she saw a guitar. She looked at the announcer… pointed at it, and when she got a positive nod, she grabbed it and went to the middle of the stage.

The song opened up with a chiming beat, and the audience was bobbing their heads up and down with the rhythmic ting. About seven seconds into the song Rin started playing the guitar, and her voice ran over the crowd.

"Once upon a time there was a girl
You wouldn't really call her typical
Had her own definition of cool
She lived in her own world"

Kagome looked at the other two girls and had to grin, "Give it to Rin to tell the whole world that she is different then everyone else."

Ayame nodded her head laughing a little, "That's Rin for you."

Rin had to smile into the microphone when she noticed people starting to loosen up to her song. She began to sway her hips to the beat as she strummed the guitar one good time and then started to sing the chorus.

Sango had to admit even if she never heard this song before, she really liked it, "Rin chose a really good song," she said to whoever was listening.

"Yeah," Miroku answered locking gazes with Sango as he brushed his hand down the side of her face. Smiling a bit, he pulled her back against him and wrapped his arms around her waist. Lightly talking into her ear, "she really chose something that fits her perfectly. She has always been the one more into the exotic beats."

Sango laughed a little and turned her neck to look back to the man behind her. She quickly leaned in for a kiss, but pulled away before they got caught up in the motions like last time. Facing forward once more, she nodded her head, "That she has, that she has."

Rin started to dance a little with the guitar in hand, swaying back and forth with the beat. She locked eyes with Kagome, and smiled when her friend gave her a huge thumbs up and started screaming for her. She closed her eyes as she came to the next part of the verse.

When Kagome saw Rin lock eyes with her she couldn't help but to go all out and cheer for her friend on the stage, "She is doing amazing."

"I know," Ayame answered, "to think, our little Rin out there rockin' the house out!"

Kagome smiled, "I always knew she had it in her."

Looking over at her brown haired friend, Ayame smiled in her direction. Completely agreeing, she nodded her head, "Me too."

"Hey guys," Miroku stated making all turn to look at him, "I was thinking that we could grab a booth up on the balcony. What do you say?"

"I don't think it's a bad idea," InuYasha replied shrugging his shoulders. "You girls got any objections?"

The three women looked to each other. After a few brief seconds they laughed, "It's okay with us," Sango replied for the girls.

Making their way through the hordes of people, Koga spotted three tables. "Hey, there is actually three tables free up here you guys," he replied once he got to the middle of the stairway.

"Well, how are we gonna do this," Miroku asked looking to the three tables and eight chairs.

"How about you and Kimura share a table," InuYasha replied after a few moments. Looking over at the wolves he stated, "You two take that table in the middle, and Higurashi and I can have this table." He smirked to himself completely satisfied with the answer he came up with.

"Well how do we know Kagome wants to sit with you," Koga remarked, not liking how possessive this half-breed was being over one of his close friends.

"It's fine Koga," Kagome smiled at him. "This way you guys can have your privacy," she replied pointing to the other two tables.

Koga let out a reluctant breath, "Only if you're sure Kagome, you could always sit with me and Ayame."

"Where would that leave Rin," she replied smiling. "I'm fine Koga… really," she stated looking him right in the eyes.

He finally nodded, and all made their way to their tables. Leaving InuYasha, finally alone with Kagome, he sat down and looked back to the stage.

As the beat began to drag on, Rin started to move away from the mic and go closer to the audience. The group closest started to scream louder and clap their hands higher. Rin pointed to a couple people in the third row, trying to get them hyped up. She lifted her hand over her head and started to sway her hips back and forth. After a couple of seconds she heard her prompt to start singing again, so she moved back to the microphone and started another round of the chorus.

Kagome started bobbing her head up and down to the beat, silently singing along with her friend onstage. She caught movement out of the corner of her eye and was surprised to see InuYasha enjoying the song as well.

His short hair cropped at the nape of his neck swished with the rhythm of his head. The lights flashing to and fro were blanketing him in an unearthly glow, 'He is really cute when a girl gets a good look at him,' she smirked to herself. She looked back to the stage when she heard a roar coming from the front of the club, and was surprised to see her friend trying to grab a guy on stage.

InuYasha chuckled a little at the girls actions on stage, "Now this is more of my type of music."

"I can tell," Kagome peeped up, making him look over in her direction.

"Really," InuYasha smirked, cocking his head slightly to the left, "and how is that?"

"You keep bobbing your head up and down… that's how," Kagome stated giving him a smile. 'And you look really cute doing it,' she thought silently to herself as she looked back to the stage to hear her friend finish the song.

InuYasha was going to say something back to her, but he noticed a light dust on her cheeks as she looked once more to the stage. Searching over her, he was not at all displeased by her overall appearance. She was wearing a white shirt that showed off one of her shoulders while leaving the other covered.

The bare shoulder was tantalizing. Calling him to reach for her. Beckoning him to touch her. Her flowing hair cascaded down her back, allowing her to look like a mermaid finally stepping foot on dry land. 'She looks amazing,' InuYasha thought, as he finally started to get a good look at the girl beside him.

The shirt looked slightly big for her small frame and bunched together to rest comfortably over her hips. Looking a little lower, he noticed how her skinny jeans left her bottom looking amazing, and he wanted nothing more than to give it a nice firm tap, but he withheld.

Finally to top off her look, he gazed lower to her high heeled dark gray ankle boots. Leaving her looking like a goddess. He pulled his eyes back up to rest once more on her profile. He held his gaze there for a few more seconds, and then turned to face the stage, waiting on the other girl to complete her song.

"She got her head up in the clouds
Sharada, Sharada
Don't know when she'll come down
Sharada, Sharada
She can't get to bed
Sharada, Sharada
She's got this song stuck in her head
(her head, her head, her head, her head, her head, her head)"

As the song came to a close, Rin couldn't help but go a little crazy and start jumping around. When she finished, the crowd gave a huge applause, and the announcer started walking towards her.

"Give it up for Shimizu everyone," he stated raising his hands in an upward and downward motion, letting everyone know that she 'raised the roof.'

The crowd began to grow again in applause.

"Now Shimizu," he began, "who would you like to go next," he asked while handing her a sheet of paper.

After looking over it a second, she stated the first person that she recognized, "Ogawa Ayame."

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Ayame, being excited that she was picked, started to head straight for the stage as soon as her friend stated her name. However, when the song idea she wanted to do came to her head, she ran back towards Koga, grabbed him… and pulled him on the stage with her.

Koga, not used to being pulled by a woman at least a foot shorter, almost tripped when they began their travel towards the stage. Jerking his arm back slightly, he received the wanted repercussion when Ayame stopped in her tracks. Turning around to look him in the eyes, Koga pulled his hands to his chest.

"What the crap are you doing," he hissed through his teeth hoping no one could hear.

"What does it look like," Ayame smiled at him, "you are going to sing with me, silly."

"Really," Koga asked cocking an eyebrow, not believing a word, "and which song are we talking here?"

"Our song," Ayame said grabbing hold of his hand closest to her and pulling it to her side.

Koga's face immediately softened, and a small grin was in place, "Our song huh," he repeated while letting out a big sigh, "well than lets get this over with, I don't—"

Ayame cut him off by giving him a huge hug, loving the fact that her boyfriend just agreed to perform on stage, when she knew that was the one thing he hated to do, "Thank you." She snuggled deeper into his chest loving the scent he gave off.

Koga had to smile a little down at the girl, he rapped his arms and kept her in the confines of his own, "Okay, let's get this show on the road then. I don't want to put this off longer than needed," he stated sounding annoyed, but when she looked into his ocean blue orbs, she could tell that he was just messing with her.

She pulled a little away from him, but still kept her hand in his as she began to walk towards the stage.
When they walked to the center, the announcer met them, "So Ogawa… who is this lucky man with you," he asked giving Koga a small nod.

Ayame smiled a little, looking to Koga and then back to the announcer, "This is my boyfriend, Yoshida Koga," she replied shyly, a little taken back by the fact that she just brought him up with her without anyone knowing anything different. Smiling softly in Koga's direction, "he will be joining me in my performance," the crowd went wild.

"Okay, okay," the announcer said trying to settle the crowd down, "let's get this show on the way," he stated leading them over to the DJ to tell him the song preference.

Once the DJ nodded, they moved over to the center of the stage once more and waited for the music to blare through the club. Ayame looked over at Koga and saw that he was barely holding it together, so silently she reached over and lightly grasped his hand in hers. He looked up, shock evident in his gaze, but once he looked into her calm and steady stare, a smile began to form its way across his face.

The beat started out soft and slow, giving Ayame a nod of his head, Koga telepathically told her that he would be able to take it from here, and soon Ayame heard the prompt to begin the song. She took a couple steps away from him and looked out into the crowd. She brought the microphone to her mouth and began to sing the song.

"I'm in heaven when you kiss me
Show me how you miss me
Take me with you back to wonderland"

The song began to pick up beat and the lights faded in and out. Ayame moved from one side of the stage to the other to get closer to Koga. She started shaking her hips back and forth, as her voice rang through the air.

Koga had to smile, as he saw Ayame singing the first song she ever sang to him by herself. This was definitely their song. The beat took a new turn and Ayame reached his side and started to dance with him as she began to sing once more.

InuYasha was amazed by the chemistry exhibited from the couple on stage, 'they're perfect for each other.' He longed for the same companionship. The same openness, but there was no way he could ever get it, 'Who would want to be with a hanyou like me,' he thought downtrodden.

"What's wrong Takahashi," Kagome asked, making him look up at her. He was taken aback by the sincerity in her voice – the worry in her gaze, and he had to blush when he realized that she was worried about him. His eyes widened at the fact that this woman, Higurashi Kagome, had made him blush twice in the same night. He quickly looked away from her, trying to school his features. When he thought his composure was back in order, he looked back up at her, a nice smirk in place.

"Nothing is wrong," he replied smoothly. He moved closer to her, enclosing on her bubble as he continued, "I was just thinking how nice it would be to be in a relationship like the one your friends share."

Kagome looked into his eyes and had to blush when she saw the huskiness in his gaze. She quickly turned her head and covered her mouth with her palm. Her heartbeat increased as she thought over exactly what he just said. She looked back up at him slowly, her hair falling languidly down her arm, and his smirked widened a tad.

"How about I get you a drink," he stated smugly. "What shall it be Mademoiselle," he asked leaning slightly away from her, taking her soft hand in his own.

Kagome couldn't help but smile softly at him in return, "How about a Long Island Iced Tea."

InuYasha nodded his head briefly, "Good choice. I will be right back," he stated as he began to move towards the bar area.

Kagome watched as he disappeared into the darkened club, lights flashing over his head as he made his way to the drink station. When she could no longer make out his figure, she looked back to the stage.

The crowd roared as the couple moved in one fluid motion, loving the chemistry they exhibited on the stage.

Koga brought his hand to Ayame's face, touching her and running his fingers threw her hair. She placed her hand on top of his, while he began dancing closely with her. She looked into his eyes as she began to sing another round of the chorus.

Koga stopped moving around and looked Ayame in the face. He brought his hand once again to her face, as he sang the next part of the song. He brought both of his hands around her waist as he slowly began to sway with her, moving her closer and closer to him.

"You know that I'm hypnotized
Each time I look in your eyes"

Back at her spot in the balcony with the tables, Kagome was amazed by the performance taking place by her friends. 'Koga is actually acting like he has performed many times,' she thought as the gap between them got smaller and smaller.

Kagome placed her hand under her chin when a cocky voiced reached her ears, "I wasn't gone that long was I?"

She looked up as Takahashi placed their drinks on the table, and he took the seat that was next to her own. He looked into her eyes, his own grin widening as he made himself comfortable not three feet from her.

Smiling herself, Kagome placed some obstinate hair behind her ear closest to the man beside her. "If I didn't know any better," she replied grinning, "I would have thought that you got lost on your way back from the bar." She finished and raised her eyebrows, challenging him, the smirk still playing on her face.

"You should've seen that line," he replied laughing. Pointing in the direction he knew the bar was set, "There had to be thirty people lined up to get drinks. I was lucky to get mine that quick," he continued placing his arms on the table, folding one on top of the other. He looked back to the girl beside him, his cocky smirk in place.

Letting out an exaggerated breath, Kagome rolled her eyes, "Well I guess, just this once… I can forgive you." She smiled at him as she reached over to grab her drink.

Her fingers were within four inches of the tall glass when warm, rough hands were placed on top of hers. She looked back up to him, confused by his actions, evident from her puzzled eyes.

Looking into her blue orbs, InuYasha began getting lost. Forgetting what his purpose was in wanting to touch her in the beginning. He almost let his hold on her hand go, when his memory was sparked, "What is it about you… that leaves me like this," he asked before he thought better of what he was saying.

Her eyes widened at his declaration, Kagome couldn't help but blush. Looking down at his hand on top of hers sent warm shivers all throughout her body. His hand was like a blanket to the tendrils of emotions that began rushing through her. It covered her, protecting her from all that came at her from every side. Blocking out reason. Eliminating worry. She looked back into his golden depths, and began to feel the flutter in her stomach.

"You know I that I'm hypnotized... by your eyes
And I just can't resist
Every time that we kiss..."

The gap was closed when Koga reached his destination of her lips. They locked in a passionate kiss, but broke apart upon hearing the crowd roar in response to the performance they had just given. People that were sitting down rose from their chairs to show their cheers.

Ayame smiled as she and Koga took a bow on the stage. The announcer moved over to them to congratulate them on an excellent performance.

But no one noticed what was going on, in the back of the club, on the balcony.

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Looking herself over in the mirror once more, Kagome grabbed a piece of rebellious hair and put it back in its rightful position.

She placed her hands on top of the marble sink, looking down from her reflection to gaze at the rock below her. The marble swirled with color, the white mixing with gray, the gray mixing with black. The colors started to run into each other. Colliding on their never ending road to a destination of destruction. 'What was I thinking back there,' she thought for the hundredth time.

She brought her hands up off the marble and held them in front of her chest, feeling the heat still radiating off of her hand from his touch.

She gazed back into the mirror and looked at her pink lips. Her lips that wanted nothing more than to feel his. Her lips that couldn't wait to taste him for themselves, but she got scared. She became afraid of how easily he was taking hold of her. How confidently her life was making room for him, and she left the table. She ran to the first place she knew he couldn't enter, and here she was.

The door creaked open and Kagome turned her head to see Sango enter the bathroom. "Are you alright Kagome," she asked making her way towards her. "You've been gone for awhile," she stated placing her hand on her shoulder, smiling softly in her direction.

'What am I supposed to tell her? How can I explain these feelings to her,' Kagome asked herself silently. She took a deep breath and placed a nice smile on her face, "I am fine Sango, I just needed a couple of minutes of peace."

Sango held her gaze on her friend not believing for a second that her friend was telling the truth, but instead of probing her friend for answers she let the issue slide, 'she will tell me when she's ready.'
Smiling softly in her direction Sango motioned towards the door, "Did you see Ayame and Koga's performance?"

Grinning at her friend, Kagome let out a little laugh, "Yeah, who would have thought Koga to be such a great dancer."

Both girls shared a little giggle. Just trying to enjoy this quiet moment while they had it.

"How many performances have I missed," Kagome asked, a small sigh escaping her lips as she thought about how long she has been in the bathroom.

"Well," Sango began, "I am not sure to tell you the truth." She looked at her gaze in the mirror, seeing a strand of hair completely out of place, she quickly put it back in its rightful position. "I looked over at the table and saw InuYasha alone, and that was three performances ago," she told her friend as she brought her gaze back her way.

"Wow," Kagome stated, eyes going wide, "So I have at least been in here for ten minutes. Dang, I didn't think I was in here that long." She turned her head away from her friend. Not really wanting to meet any questioning stares at the moment.

"Kagome," Sango began, seeing her friend face the other direction. "Are you sure everything is fine?"

It took a couple of moments for her friend to face her. Her back was rigid. Her midnight locks flowing gently over her tightened shoulders. She heard a long intake a breath as her friend slowly turned to face her. "Yeah, I am good," she replied, with the fakest smile Sango had ever seen on her friends face.

"Alright," Sango finally stated after a few moments, smiling at her friend. "What do you say we make our way back outside. You will probably be called up on stage next," she added winking.

Chuckling at her friend Kagome started for the door, "Yeah, I almost forgot about the performance all together." She reached for the door and opened it.

Sango, shocked to hear her friend forgetting about the performance, started walking closer to Kagome, so she could ask her what is really the matter when "Kagome Higurashi," rang through the club.

"Man you weren't kidding," Kagome smiled at her friend. She turned towards the stage, "I will catch you in a bit Sango."

"Kagome wait," Sango cried after her friend. Fate must have been on her side because her friend turned around.

Seeing her friend start to come back towards her, Sango gave a sigh of relief. When Kagome reached her, she placed a smile on her face, "What's up Sango?"

Searching her mind for an excuse, Sango blurted the first thing that came to mind, "The girls and I want to perform with you!"

A little puzzled why her friends would want to do that, Kagome quirked an eyebrow at her. Smiling sheepishly, "We should give them a performance for their money," Sango explained.

Kagome let out a little laugh, "Sango they aren't paying for our performance, and this is just a contest."

"I know Kagome, but please… we really want you to win, we can just be in the background," Sango replied, eyes gleaming with the possibility that her friend might say yes.

Looking over her friend, there was no chance that Kagome could say no, so with a small nod of her head and a smile on her face, she replied, "I guess so, let's go get the girls."

They started towards the balcony when Kagome reached her hand out to wrap it on Sango's shoulder, "Wait we have to tell the announcer first!"

Kagome quickly went to the side of the stage, whispered in his ear, and then headed back in Sango's direction.

They made their way through the crowd, up the balcony, and looked for the girls. When they were within twenty feet of where their table's lye, Kagome grabbed Sango's arm, "I think I will just wait here," she said smiling, so her friend wouldn't suspect anything.

Hesitating just a moment, Sango shook her head, "All right, I will be back in a moment."
Looking over the tables, Kagome was surprised to see Takahashi missing, "I wonder where he is," she stated to no one in particular.

"Who you looking for?"

Kagome jumped. When she turned around, and there, not two feet from her was the man she was trying to ignore. Her eyes widened at his proximity, and she began to blush when she realized that she stated her curiosity out loud. "Takahashi," she let out breathily.

He grinned slightly, "Well if you were looking for me, why did you run from the table?"

She could feel the heat growing on her cheeks, making her silently groan, 'Why did I get up today?' She quickly looked away, "I had a sudden urge to use the ladies room." She saw Sango speaking to her other friends, and had to silently urge her friend to hurry up.

"I know you're lying Higurashi," he stated sounding so sure of himself that Kagome had to turn around to face him.

There was no mischief in his eyes. No mirth in his gaze, and she had to mask her own surprise. "What makes you think that, Takahashi?"

"You're not a good liar Higurashi," he stated simply, gazing deeper into her orbs.

"You ready girl," Rin asked making her way over to where her and InuYasha were standing, the other two a few feet behind.

Kagome jumped slightly, she slowly turned her head and was met face to face with her friend, finally making contact with her, she smiled, "Yeah, let's go."

They began their descent down the stairs, and Kagome took one last look over her shoulders, her gazing entrapping once more on InuYasha. Standing there looking at her. Wanting her to explain. She turned her head, leaving him behind when her friends chatter reached her ears.

"You know what we should do," she heard Rin ranting, "we should do Diva!"

"Yeah, that's a great idea," Ayame exclaimed. She looked over at Kagome, "Is that cool with you, girl?"
Not really paying attention to their conversation, Kagome nodded her head briefly. Excited shrills echoed off her ear drums, "Alright, don't be too excited," she replied smiling at them. "You guys are only going to be the backup," she replied winking at them.

"Yeah, sure," Rin replied laughing at her friend.

When they reached the stage, the announcer met Kagome, he had to smile at her demeanor, "Well, are you excited?"

Kagome laughed a little while nodding her head, "Yeah she is," Sango interjected.

The announcer laughed, his eyes shining with mirth, "Are you ready to go?"

Kagome nodded her head, "Did you even have to ask."

With that the announcer moved to the side, and Kagome walked to the DJ to tell him of her song selection.

She aligned the girls behind her as the beat rang through the club and the lights were put down low.

InuYasha made his way back to the table where the guys were hanging out as Kagome began to sing.

"I'm a, a diva, hey
I'm a, I'm a, a diva, hey
I'm a, I'm a, a diva, hey
I'm a, I'm a, a diva
I'm a, I'm a, a diva, hey
I'm a, I'm a, a diva
I'm a, I'm a, a diva, hey
I'm a, I'm a"

"What's wrong man," Miroku asked his friend when he knew he would be able to be heard.

InuYasha looked over to him, trying to smile, but it didn't really reach, "Nothing man." He turned his gazed to the two drinks still sitting in the center of the table a couple of feet away from him. Condensation forming and falling down the side of the glass to land in a puddle below the cup. A forgotten pond. The drinks were now alone, and from the amount of time that had lapsed since he brought them back from the bar, not as desirable. Their taste would be watered. The drink, itself, would be more potent, and he couldn't help but feel exactly like those cups and the drinks they held inside. Finally turning his head once more to the main attraction of the night, he focused on the stage and the women that were now, throwing a show for the audience in front of them.

The girls started to dance as a group on the stage, with the lights flicking on and off. Kagome was up front and center of them, showing she was the star of the song. Their moves were fast but precise, trying to get the audience to dance along with them.

The girls stopped dancing and allowed Kagome to move around the stage. Her movements were exact. She swayed her hips as she walked, showing that she owned the club. She looked down at the floor. Over to the bar, everywhere, but where she knew he would be.

She walked seductively back over to the girls who were dancing around each other. She stood in front of them again as their dances became one. Facing the crowd, they put on their show.

Kagome put her hands out to emphasize her words as they came out of her mouth, and then she stayed still while the girls danced slowly to the beat behind her.

Kagome then moved her left foot to the side, followed precisely by the right. She shook her head to the side as she switched and moved in the opposite direction, leading with the right.

The girls began to mimic in her movements, as the words sprang from Kagome's lungs.
Kagome then pulled away from the girls, and stood in front of the crowd. She began to drop to her hands and knees and dip her head low, crawling sexy…but slowly to the crowd. She stood back up when the crowd answered her as she pleased, and started to move back to the girls. Turning her head to look back over her shoulders, she gazed back into the crowd, but was met with liquid topaz eyes shining in a darkened part of the club.

About two things happened that Kagome was certain. One, her heartbeat took on a life of its own and skipped a few beats. The next, her eyes widened as she saw the amber look straight in her direction. Making sweat start to gather on her forehead. She began to feel it crawling down the side of her face, languidly traveling to her chin to finally take the final plunge and free-fall down to the ground below.

She took a deep calming breath and began to rejoin the girls in their practiced dance, forcing all thoughts of that one color from her mind.

Kagome placed her hand around her chin and checked out the crowd. The girls went to their knees as they pointed in different directions in the audience, calling them to attention. Kagome bent down at the hip as the girls emphasized "talk back". Kagome shook her head as she lifted her body back up.

The girls cocked their hips from left to right in cut motions, carrying both arms across their shoulders to show their precise movements and then rapping them around their heads, repeating the actions once more as the song carried on.

They moved their hips slowly. Making all eyes in the club follow their movements, and all the men fall in lustful bliss with their bodies.

The girls slowly began to move back away from the front of the stage once more. Leaning back and shaking their shoulders from side to side. Kagome saw the crowd dancing as they were at the moment and had smile.

"I'm a, I'm a, a diva, I'm a, I'm a, a diva
I'm a, I'm a, a diva, I'm a, I'm a, a diva
I'm a, I'm a, a diva, I'm a, I'm a, a diva
I'm a, I'm a, a diva, I'm a, I'm a, a diva, hey"

As the song began to end, the girls slowed their pace. Finally when they reached the end, they took up a pose as the crowd applauded for the performance. The crowd was roaring so loud that Kagome could barely hear the announcer over the speakers.

"Wow," he began, "what an amazing performance. Let's give it up for Higurashi and the girls from Aishiteru."

More screaming could be heard as the crowd showed just how much they liked the last performance.
The announcer smiled as he came closer to Kagome, "Well now, we might just have to get you all to perform before the night ends," the crowds scream became so loud Kagome couldn't even hear herself laugh.

"Maybe," she replied smirking, "what do you all think." The crowd once more roared loudly. Louder than last time. "Well… as long is this thing gets done before three," she replied, not wanting to stay late. "That okay with you girls," she turned around and saw the others girls smiling and shaking their heads up and down.

The announcer smiled, "I know that we should end it now, so we can hear the performance, but we have to finish this contest. Higurashi, who do you want to go next?" He asked while handing her the sheet of paper with the list of the names of the people still in the contest.

When Kagome saw the list, her breath caught in her throat. 'Is he really the only one left,' she thought as her gaze made its way back to the balcony tables. Looking back down, her grasp on the microphone tightened. Steadying her breath, she cleared her throat. "Takahashi InuYasha ," she finally replied as she handed the microphone back to the announcer.

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InuYasha was surprised to hear his name from Kagomes' lips, and he was excited at how sweet it sounded to his ears. However, he was having trouble moving at the moment. That last performance was one of the hottest things he had ever seen, and he was completely positive that he would have a hard on for the next hour.

"Damnit," he huffed when he tried to fix his pants.

Miroku laughing at his friend, leaned closer to him, "I am there with you man, Kimura looked so sexy. I thought about taking her back home and making her due everything she just did on stage."

"Will you shut up pervert," Koga barked from the other side of the table. "For trying to whisper, you sure are fucking loud!"

Miroku turned around, "Hey man, I was just saying it how it is!" He crossed his arms over his chest, pissed at the other man at the moment.

InuYasha just laughed at both of them, "You two are a bunch of idiots." Finally getting his posture the way he wanted, he got up from the table.

"Nice work," Miroku replied, nodding his head in his friends' direction.

InuYasha disgusted, turned away, "Miroku you're such a dumb ass!"

He turned away from the table he was sharing with the guys and made his way down the stairs. When he was on the bottom step, he saw Kagome and the other girls making their way directly for him. He saw Kagome look at him, and then turn away.

As the first three girls passed him, they all said good luck, and he nodded his head in turn, but when Kagome tried to do the same thing, he grabbed her arm. She looked up at him, shocked by his moves, "I hope my performance does to you, what your performance did to me." And with that, he let her go, making his way through the crowd of people and up the steps of the stage.

She looked after him, confusion not letting her mind understand what he was talking about. Not wanting to stand in the middle of the club, she turned around, and made to follow the other girls back up on the balcony.

He walked to the stage and thought of the perfect song to get him in the competition.

"Takahashi," the announcer asked to be sure, when he saw an affirmative nod he continued, "Do you think you can beat that last performance?"

InuYasha let out a little chuckle, "I think that it is possible," he gave a nice smile and all the girls in first couple of rows almost fainted when they saw how hot he was.

"Are you ready," the announcer asked, not wanting to delay the last performance any longer.
InuYasha nodded his head in the positive, and walked over to the DJ to tell him of his selection. He grabbed a microphone and waited for the song to begin.

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InuYasha looked down at his feet and had to take in a deep calming breath, before he started the song. What he was about to do took a lot of guts, and although he knew he possessed them, he just had to make sure to exhibit them properly.

He heard the sort of electric beat blare through the club, and knew that he needed to put on a great show. With one last calming breath, he began to sing the words to the song.

"Somewhere inside my evolution
Karmically I seek retribution
Looking for love in physical beauty
Desire is the drug of the bourgeoise"

Kagome sat down and looked to Miroku, "Sakamoto, did something happen to Takahashi earlier?"

Miroku glanced in her direction, cocking an eyebrow at her question, "What are you talking about, Higurashi?"

Kagome began fidgeting with her hands, feeling surprisingly nervous to be talking about the man on stage, "Well it's just that… when I passed by him, he said something."

"What did InuYasha tell you," Miroku asked after a few moments.

Biting her lip, she glanced down at her jumbled fingers. Feeling confident enough to look up, "Just that he hopes I go through what I put him through," she stated quirking her eyebrow.

At that Miroku started cracking up. Kagome and all the other girls just looked at him thinking he was crazy.

"What did that mutt say?" Koga began seething as he glanced quickly back from the stage.

"Lighten up Yoshida," Miroku stated patting his back.

"Don't tell me what the hell to do!" Koga barked at him.

Miroku retracted his arm off his friend.

"Where does he come off saying something like that," Koga asked Miroku.

"Umm," Kagome cut in, "will someone please tell me what's going on?"

Miroku and Koga quickly looked in her direction. Miroku sighed, running his hand down the side of his face. Koga looked the other way.

Both men looked to each other and got up, "We'll be right back," Miroku promised with a smile in place.

Kagome just looked after them, "What is all that about?"

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Miroku glanced behind him when they reached the bar, "What is your problem, man?" He asked, turning his head back in Koga's direction.

"I don't know why you're sticking up for him!" Koga yelled, pointing his finger towards the stage. "How can you just let him talk to Kagome like that! He barely knows her!"

Sighing Miroku lightly shook his head, "Koga, he met them last week." He looked into his eyes to see if he was beginning to win the other man over, and regrettably he saw that no such luck was apparent.

"We have been here for the past three hours," Miroku stated crossing his arms over his chest. "That is plenty of time to get to know a person enough to start to feel attracted to them. Damn… just looking can get you attracted! So what the hell is your problem?" He began to quiet down, not wanting to cause attention to them.

"I just don't trust him," Koga remarked back, crossing his own arms. "Isn't that good enough for you?"

Anger evident from his face, Miroku cocked his eyebrow, "No. That isn't a good enough reason, and you want to know why? 'Cause I do!"

"Well who put you in charge of Kagome's life," Koga fired back.

"Why the hell do you care so much?" Miroku shot back, not liking how possessive his friend was being.

"Because he is a demon!" Koga yelled at him. People glanced in their direction, telepathically telling them to be quiet.

Miroku was speechless; he didn't really understand what his friend just told him, "What are you talking about?"

Koga ran his hands over his face, letting out a long sigh, "Takahashi is a half-demon."

Miroku glanced at Koga's face. Trying to read behind what his friend wasn't saying, "Yeah, right!" He started laughing at him, "You really expect me to believe that?" He turned towards the stage, looking back at Koga he pointed towards his friend, "I have known that man since we were five. Our families grew up together." Dropping his hand, he started to shake his head back and forth, "Really Koga this is pathetic. You could've come up with a better excuse."

"It's not a lie." Koga seethed, making Miroku glance back up at him.

Miroku searched his eyes, "Really?" He lifted his eyebrows, "And how, pray tell, would you know that?"

Koga looked at Miroku and could tell that he really didn't want to listen to the crap that he was hearing at the moment. Letting his head fall down, he shook his head slightly, "Because…I am one too."

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Kagome looked over to her friends and saw that each of their eyes were practically falling out of their heads. 'I guess this is what he meant,' she thought as she swallowed a particularly large lump down her throat.

'Oh Lord, I can't look anymore,' she thought as she closed her eyes and turned her head to the side.

She heard loud screams and reluctantly opened up her eyes. She looked back to the stage.

He fell to his knees dramatically. His high notes like music sent as gifts from the gods. He lowered his head as he reached the end of the bridge.

"I know it's trickery (shifting me chemically)
I know it's just skin deep (such power over me)
I know I should resist
I'm just too tired
Too tired"

He began to slowly lift his head. As he inched his face higher and higher he knew exactly where he wanted to look, when he reached the straightforward position. Locking eyes with Kagome, he sang.

"There's just one thing missing
One thing missing here is
Love"

He saw her eyes widen immediately and had to wonder what might be going on through her mind at that moment. It's not as if he could mean it, but the song had some value. He did long for her to be that person that covered him in the dark. That one person that brought him to new heights. He just didn't understand other feelings that stirred when he looked into her blue orbs. Some emotions long forgotten. Cast aside as his heart made room for pride, and as he thought about it like that, he couldn't help but gladly embrace this spark. This gentle tug leading him down an unknown road. Forcing him to want to understand all there is to know about Higurashi Kagome.

He looked over the rows of people as he began to sway the audience in his beautiful spell.

"I like the way you move in the dark
I like the tension, the tension and the spark (so pour yourself over me)
You know, I like the way you move in the dark (so pour yourself over me)
You know, I like the tension, the tension and, the tension and the spark"

InuYasha brought his hand to his chest while clenching his fist. The audience screamed in adoration as his hand opened back up inviting them to be the one that could 'cover' him.

He fell back to his knees as the girls began to scream louder. He ran his hand threw his hair while looking into the audience with innocent eyes. He reach his hand slowly out, only to retract it again and pull it to his chest.

"One thing missing here is...
Love"

As the song ended InuYasha had to smirk at the loud roars that were coming from the audience and had yet to lighten up. He saw the announcer walking over to him out of the corner of his eye and began to come to his feet.

"Well that was one hell of a performance Takahashi," the announcer stated over the loud crowd, but could hardly be heard because the girls were still screaming.

"Alright, alright," the announcer said trying to get the crowd to settle down, "well it's pretty clear who is going to be in the head to head competition," a few more screams could be heard, "but just to make it official," he said while holding up the envelope and tearing it open.

"With an unanimous decision, the two people going head to head in the final round are," he paused dramatically, "Higurashi Kagome and Takahashi InuYasha".

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A/N: Thanks for reading and please review! It lets me know that people are still interested in this thing =)