InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Perfect Birthday Present ❯ The Party and The Confession ( Chapter 7 )
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By: Lady Sethia 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 03.03.2003 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 2.2K | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 03.03.2003 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 2.2K | Status: Completed
*Chapter 7*
(A/N: Sorry it took so long for the update, I had writer's block in a way. I just couldn't come up with anything for the story. Thanks for your patience.)
Kagome spent the rest of the time before her party helping her mother set up for it, while Sesshoumaru sat on the couch with her grandfather talking of history. She couldn't believe how good he was getting along with humans, and she was amazed that her grandfather was actually talking to the demon. For the past hour and a half she had been trying desperately to hide her smile every time she would look in the Demon Lord's direction.
When she wasn't looking at Sesshoumaru she was thinking about what had happened to her, wondering what would cause her to faint like she did but could come up with nothing. So she had decided to discuss what had happened with Kaede, maybe she would have some answers for her. She stole another look at Sesshoumaru, smiling as she did so. 'I wonder why he had kissed me' she thought 'I know he couldn't feel anything for me, I am a human'. She was broken from her thoughts when she heard the first of her guests knock on the door.
She opened the door to reveal Hojo, "hello Hojo, please come in" she said with a smile. She saw him fumbling with something in his pocket, he pulled out a keychain with the word health written on it. "Here, this isn't your present, but I figured with you getting sick all the time you could use this." He smiled and placed the keychain in Kagome's hand. "Thank you" she said as she mentally sighed to herself. She turned from the door and led him to the living room.
He looked up from Kagome's grandfather as she walked into the room and noticed the boy that had walked in with her. He felt a feeling he had never before in all his years of living felt and started to growl at the man standing next to 'his' Kagome. 'Mine? Where the hell did that come from?' he thought to himself. The look of anger on her face brought him back to reality. "Sesshoumaru, is that any way to treat my friend?" Kagome asked. Hojo just stood there in fear, his face was as white as a ghost's. "Hojo, this is Sesshoumaru he is a friend of mine from out of town" her hand moving in the direction of the demon "Sesshoumaru, this is Hojo he is a friend of mine from school." She grabbed the still scared Hojo by the arm and guided him to an empty chair. "You're a bit early" she stated "You can wait here for everyone else to get here." She turned to the demon "Sesshoumaru, you will not harass my friends." There was another knock on the door, before leaving the room she gave the Demon Lord a evil glare to make her point clear, with that she left to answer the door.
A half hour after Hojo had gotten there the party was going full swing. The DJ was set up in the corner of the living room while her guests were dancing in the space provided for them; and Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi were still drooling over Kagome's strange but gorgeous friend.
He didn't like this at all, too many humans were dancing or standing around him. The stench of the humans was even worse with all the sweat in the room, and the noise coming from the four big black boxes was damn near unbearable. He decided it would be best for him to wait this out in her room before he did something that would anger Kagome. He turned and headed to the stairs but before he could get to them he felt someone grab his arm. He growled, turned and was about to shove off the stupid human that had grabbed him when he noticed it was Kagome. "Where are you going?" she asked. "That is none of your concern" he retorted. She smiled "well you can't leave, you haven't danced with the birthday girl" she stuck out her tongue after giving her reply. He stared at her with his normal stoic features but inside he was confused as hell. 'Why does she want to dance with me? Why am I worrying about it, I shouldn't be concerning myself with this.' He felt her dragging him back to the noisey room but did not make any protests.
She smiled as they made their way to the center of the room. "You do know how to dance, right?" "Don't be foolish, of course I know how to dance." He then grabbed her around her waist and proceded to make his claim true. He let himself get caught up in the slow song, letting reality escape him. To him it was just him with her, the smells fading from him, and to his surprize he loved it. He felt something leaning against his chest, he looked down and saw her head there. He smiled at the warm feeling that was now growing in his chest.
Kagome's eyes went wide with shock when she felt him grab her by her waist. She really hadn't expected him to dance with her, she had thought that he would have pushed her away. She was equally surpized that she felt safe in his arms, like she was ment to be there. Sighing mentally, she laid her head against his chest lost in the feeling of warmth that had surrounded her, she closed her eyes.
The song ended and brought them both slaming back to reality. Kagome quickly removed her head from his chest keeping her eyes closed; she didn't want to see the look on his face and have her hopes crushed for the second time that day. She could feel herself blushing, slowly she opened her eyes and forced herself to look up at the person that was still in her arms. 'Gods is he smiling?' she thought as she pushed herself up on her toes to get a better look. 'Yes, he is smiling, I made him smile? No, I couldn't have, he must think I am terrible dancer and he is probably smiling because of the insults that he is thinking.' Before she could push herself out of his arms she saw his head coming closer to hers, confused she didn't move. She felt his lips meet hers for the third time that day, she quickly kissed him back then pushed herself out of his arms and ran to her room leaving a very confused Sesshoumaru standing alone.
Mrs. Higurashi saw her daughter go flying past the kitchen to her room. She was confused as to why her daughter had left the party in such a hurry, then she saw the man her daughter had brought home heading in the same direction. She smiled to herself, 'I will let him handle this'.
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He was standing in the middle of the make shift dance floor where Kagome had left him. 'Did I scare her?' he mentaly slaped himself for being so foolish for scaring her away from him. He felt cold and lonely for the first time in his life and that scared him. It felt as if a piece of him was missing but he couldn't quite place a finger on what it was. 'I must go after her, her being scared of me just won't do', he turned and headed to her room.
He stepped up to her door and could hear her talking to herself through it. "Gods Kagome, why are you letting yourself fall for him. You know damn good and well he won't ever return those feelings. You are just a dirty human to him, what could you give him that a girl demon couldn't. I am so stupid, once again I am setting myself up for another heartbreak." He went to open the door but stopped himself remembering to knock first. The door opened before him and there she stood; he could see the tears on her face.
"What do you want?" she asked him cooly as she wiped the tears away from her eyes and face. He took her in his arms and held her in a deep embrace, "do you really feel that way? I mean after all I have put you through." "Why should you care? After all I am just a dirty human to you. Just leave me alone, I..." She couldn't finish, she had broken into tears again. She felt one of his arms leave her only to touch her face. She let him pull her face up to where she was looking him in his eyes. "Kagome, I am not one for expressing my feelings, that you should know, but I feel empty with out you in my arms. I have never felt this way about any one before." She stared at him in disbelief, she couldn't believe that she had heard that come from his lips.
Gently, he wiped away the tears from her face with his thumb. Then he placed his arm back around her waist and pulled her closer to him. "Kagome, I don't know why it took me so long to figure this out but, I love you." He felt her squeez him tighter around his waist, and he smiled. "I...I love you too" she had stopped crying now and was smiling. "Come, you left all your friends, and you still have your party to finish." He grabbed her hand and led her back down stairs.
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Hojo had seen them out on the dance floor and was completly heartbroken. For the first time since he had been interested in her he realized why she kept breaking off their dates. She hadn't been sick, she had already had a boyfriend. He hung his head and headed for the door stopping off in the kitchen he placed her present on the table. "Mrs. Higurashi, would you please make sure that Kagome gets this?" "Sure Hojo, are you ok?" she had noticed his sad and long face. "Yeah, just something has come up and I have to leave." With that he headed to the door and let himself out.
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Kagome and Sesshoumaru danced almost the rest of the night, he had sat by her as she opened her presents and ate her cake. After everyone had left Kagome asked her mother "hey momma, have you seen Hojo?" "Yes dear, after you took off up the stairs he excused himself. He said that he had something come up and had to leave." "Oh" is all she could say as she wondered why her friend had to leave so suddenly.
Back up in her room she sat on her bed with Sesshoumaru, he was asking her a question but she wasn't really paying attention because she was deep in her thoughts about what had happened to her today. "KAGOME!" She snapped out of her thoughts and turned to him, "I am sorry, today has just been so confusing. What were you asking?" "Why did all those people give you gifts?" "Oh, it is tradition, well for humans, to give gifts to you on your birthday. I am not to sure why, maybe I can ask Jii-chan later." "No, that is not necessary." He didn't know why but he felt bad for not getting her anything and decided that he would have to come up with something to make up for it.
Mrs. Higurashi knocked on the door to her daughter's room before opening it, "ok it is time for bed. Young man if you will come with me I will show you where you can sleep." He got up and followed Kagome's mother out of the room. She opened the door to Sota's room and led him to the cot that was on the opisite side of the room her son's bed was. She handed the demon lord something to sleep in "these are for you to sleep in, I will leave you to get changed and sleep. I will see you in the morning." She turned and walked out the door closing it behind her. Sesshoumaru looked at the bed Sota was in, he was already sound asleep. He sighed and got into the clothes that had been given to him and layed down to sleep.
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Ok that is it for tonight, I hoped you liked it. It probably isn't as good as it should be, but hey...anyway please review and let me know what you think.
And thanks to all you who haved reviewed. I will try to get the next chapter out quicker than I did with this one.
(A/N: Sorry it took so long for the update, I had writer's block in a way. I just couldn't come up with anything for the story. Thanks for your patience.)
Kagome spent the rest of the time before her party helping her mother set up for it, while Sesshoumaru sat on the couch with her grandfather talking of history. She couldn't believe how good he was getting along with humans, and she was amazed that her grandfather was actually talking to the demon. For the past hour and a half she had been trying desperately to hide her smile every time she would look in the Demon Lord's direction.
When she wasn't looking at Sesshoumaru she was thinking about what had happened to her, wondering what would cause her to faint like she did but could come up with nothing. So she had decided to discuss what had happened with Kaede, maybe she would have some answers for her. She stole another look at Sesshoumaru, smiling as she did so. 'I wonder why he had kissed me' she thought 'I know he couldn't feel anything for me, I am a human'. She was broken from her thoughts when she heard the first of her guests knock on the door.
She opened the door to reveal Hojo, "hello Hojo, please come in" she said with a smile. She saw him fumbling with something in his pocket, he pulled out a keychain with the word health written on it. "Here, this isn't your present, but I figured with you getting sick all the time you could use this." He smiled and placed the keychain in Kagome's hand. "Thank you" she said as she mentally sighed to herself. She turned from the door and led him to the living room.
He looked up from Kagome's grandfather as she walked into the room and noticed the boy that had walked in with her. He felt a feeling he had never before in all his years of living felt and started to growl at the man standing next to 'his' Kagome. 'Mine? Where the hell did that come from?' he thought to himself. The look of anger on her face brought him back to reality. "Sesshoumaru, is that any way to treat my friend?" Kagome asked. Hojo just stood there in fear, his face was as white as a ghost's. "Hojo, this is Sesshoumaru he is a friend of mine from out of town" her hand moving in the direction of the demon "Sesshoumaru, this is Hojo he is a friend of mine from school." She grabbed the still scared Hojo by the arm and guided him to an empty chair. "You're a bit early" she stated "You can wait here for everyone else to get here." She turned to the demon "Sesshoumaru, you will not harass my friends." There was another knock on the door, before leaving the room she gave the Demon Lord a evil glare to make her point clear, with that she left to answer the door.
A half hour after Hojo had gotten there the party was going full swing. The DJ was set up in the corner of the living room while her guests were dancing in the space provided for them; and Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi were still drooling over Kagome's strange but gorgeous friend.
He didn't like this at all, too many humans were dancing or standing around him. The stench of the humans was even worse with all the sweat in the room, and the noise coming from the four big black boxes was damn near unbearable. He decided it would be best for him to wait this out in her room before he did something that would anger Kagome. He turned and headed to the stairs but before he could get to them he felt someone grab his arm. He growled, turned and was about to shove off the stupid human that had grabbed him when he noticed it was Kagome. "Where are you going?" she asked. "That is none of your concern" he retorted. She smiled "well you can't leave, you haven't danced with the birthday girl" she stuck out her tongue after giving her reply. He stared at her with his normal stoic features but inside he was confused as hell. 'Why does she want to dance with me? Why am I worrying about it, I shouldn't be concerning myself with this.' He felt her dragging him back to the noisey room but did not make any protests.
She smiled as they made their way to the center of the room. "You do know how to dance, right?" "Don't be foolish, of course I know how to dance." He then grabbed her around her waist and proceded to make his claim true. He let himself get caught up in the slow song, letting reality escape him. To him it was just him with her, the smells fading from him, and to his surprize he loved it. He felt something leaning against his chest, he looked down and saw her head there. He smiled at the warm feeling that was now growing in his chest.
Kagome's eyes went wide with shock when she felt him grab her by her waist. She really hadn't expected him to dance with her, she had thought that he would have pushed her away. She was equally surpized that she felt safe in his arms, like she was ment to be there. Sighing mentally, she laid her head against his chest lost in the feeling of warmth that had surrounded her, she closed her eyes.
The song ended and brought them both slaming back to reality. Kagome quickly removed her head from his chest keeping her eyes closed; she didn't want to see the look on his face and have her hopes crushed for the second time that day. She could feel herself blushing, slowly she opened her eyes and forced herself to look up at the person that was still in her arms. 'Gods is he smiling?' she thought as she pushed herself up on her toes to get a better look. 'Yes, he is smiling, I made him smile? No, I couldn't have, he must think I am terrible dancer and he is probably smiling because of the insults that he is thinking.' Before she could push herself out of his arms she saw his head coming closer to hers, confused she didn't move. She felt his lips meet hers for the third time that day, she quickly kissed him back then pushed herself out of his arms and ran to her room leaving a very confused Sesshoumaru standing alone.
Mrs. Higurashi saw her daughter go flying past the kitchen to her room. She was confused as to why her daughter had left the party in such a hurry, then she saw the man her daughter had brought home heading in the same direction. She smiled to herself, 'I will let him handle this'.
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He was standing in the middle of the make shift dance floor where Kagome had left him. 'Did I scare her?' he mentaly slaped himself for being so foolish for scaring her away from him. He felt cold and lonely for the first time in his life and that scared him. It felt as if a piece of him was missing but he couldn't quite place a finger on what it was. 'I must go after her, her being scared of me just won't do', he turned and headed to her room.
He stepped up to her door and could hear her talking to herself through it. "Gods Kagome, why are you letting yourself fall for him. You know damn good and well he won't ever return those feelings. You are just a dirty human to him, what could you give him that a girl demon couldn't. I am so stupid, once again I am setting myself up for another heartbreak." He went to open the door but stopped himself remembering to knock first. The door opened before him and there she stood; he could see the tears on her face.
"What do you want?" she asked him cooly as she wiped the tears away from her eyes and face. He took her in his arms and held her in a deep embrace, "do you really feel that way? I mean after all I have put you through." "Why should you care? After all I am just a dirty human to you. Just leave me alone, I..." She couldn't finish, she had broken into tears again. She felt one of his arms leave her only to touch her face. She let him pull her face up to where she was looking him in his eyes. "Kagome, I am not one for expressing my feelings, that you should know, but I feel empty with out you in my arms. I have never felt this way about any one before." She stared at him in disbelief, she couldn't believe that she had heard that come from his lips.
Gently, he wiped away the tears from her face with his thumb. Then he placed his arm back around her waist and pulled her closer to him. "Kagome, I don't know why it took me so long to figure this out but, I love you." He felt her squeez him tighter around his waist, and he smiled. "I...I love you too" she had stopped crying now and was smiling. "Come, you left all your friends, and you still have your party to finish." He grabbed her hand and led her back down stairs.
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Hojo had seen them out on the dance floor and was completly heartbroken. For the first time since he had been interested in her he realized why she kept breaking off their dates. She hadn't been sick, she had already had a boyfriend. He hung his head and headed for the door stopping off in the kitchen he placed her present on the table. "Mrs. Higurashi, would you please make sure that Kagome gets this?" "Sure Hojo, are you ok?" she had noticed his sad and long face. "Yeah, just something has come up and I have to leave." With that he headed to the door and let himself out.
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Kagome and Sesshoumaru danced almost the rest of the night, he had sat by her as she opened her presents and ate her cake. After everyone had left Kagome asked her mother "hey momma, have you seen Hojo?" "Yes dear, after you took off up the stairs he excused himself. He said that he had something come up and had to leave." "Oh" is all she could say as she wondered why her friend had to leave so suddenly.
Back up in her room she sat on her bed with Sesshoumaru, he was asking her a question but she wasn't really paying attention because she was deep in her thoughts about what had happened to her today. "KAGOME!" She snapped out of her thoughts and turned to him, "I am sorry, today has just been so confusing. What were you asking?" "Why did all those people give you gifts?" "Oh, it is tradition, well for humans, to give gifts to you on your birthday. I am not to sure why, maybe I can ask Jii-chan later." "No, that is not necessary." He didn't know why but he felt bad for not getting her anything and decided that he would have to come up with something to make up for it.
Mrs. Higurashi knocked on the door to her daughter's room before opening it, "ok it is time for bed. Young man if you will come with me I will show you where you can sleep." He got up and followed Kagome's mother out of the room. She opened the door to Sota's room and led him to the cot that was on the opisite side of the room her son's bed was. She handed the demon lord something to sleep in "these are for you to sleep in, I will leave you to get changed and sleep. I will see you in the morning." She turned and walked out the door closing it behind her. Sesshoumaru looked at the bed Sota was in, he was already sound asleep. He sighed and got into the clothes that had been given to him and layed down to sleep.
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Ok that is it for tonight, I hoped you liked it. It probably isn't as good as it should be, but hey...anyway please review and let me know what you think.
And thanks to all you who haved reviewed. I will try to get the next chapter out quicker than I did with this one.