InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Two Lives Turned Upside Down ❯ The Apology and the Date ( Chapter 4 )

The next day Kagome wakes up feeling better than she has in a while decides to just spend time with her family to get her mind off of all that's happened in the past few days. Unfortunately all good things come to an end and before she knows it, it's back to Monday and she has to make it through another week of school.

A few days pass and finally Kagome starts to forget and move on from what's happened. Unfortunately Sesshomaru hasn't forgotten and on Wednesday she receives a bouquet of flowers. Arriving home her mother greets her and shortly after tells her about the flowers. "Flowers?" Kagome replies "I wonder who those could be from" she whispers to herself. Looking at them she finds a card stuck in them and it reads "I am sorry for what happened. Please meet me after school on Friday to talk, Sesshomaru." Gasping she immediately shoves the card back into the envelope and into her pocket. "Kagome is anything wrong? Who's it from?" her mom asks. "Oh, um no one it was just a blank card. I don't know why someone would send me flowers, well I got a lot of homework to do so I gotta go!"

Sprinting up the stairs and into her room she closes the door behind her unable to stop her heart from beating so fast. All of a sudden all the memories from what happened wash over her and she feels determined not to meet him. But she is curious as to what he would say, unable to make a decision she chooses to think on it and decide by tomorrow.

Tomorrow comes too quickly and her curiosity gets the best of her as she decides that she will listen to his excuse but that is all she will do.

Everyday Rin has asked her to come over but Kagome, thankfully, always has an excuse ready. As Friday rolls around Kagome can't help but get butterflies in her stomach when she thinks about having to see him again. Rin has to stay after school for tennis tryouts therefore eliminating the chance for her to see Kagome with her dad.

Breathing a sigh of relief about that the final bell rings and Kagome slowly makes her way out to the front. Making her way outside the sun blinds her momentarily but soon enough sees Sesshomaru sitting smugly in yet another car, this time a porsche.

"How many cars does this guy have," she mutters to herself while walking up to him. The butterflies in her stomach escalate as she is only a few feet away and suddenly has the urge to run in the other direction. This is halted, however, when his voice reaches her ears "Hello Kagome, it's so nice to see you. I was worried that you might not come, please get in." Sesshomaru says although in his mind he had no doubt that she would show up. Cautiously getting into the car Kagome avoids eye contact and chooses to stare straight ahead.

Pulling away from the curb, the car ride is silent. Minutes later they arrive at his house and pull up in his driveway. Both getting out he leads her into his living room. "Please sit" he states as she sits on the couch furthest away from him. "I wanted to explain myself and my behavior. Also to apologize" he says "I don't know what came over me but I was overcome by your beauty and could not help my actions. It will not happen again I assure you but I hope that we could start over again. I have begun to care about you and wish to go slower, as slow as you would like to if you would be willing."

Gazing into his golden eyes Kagome was awestruck once again by his beauty and began to realize that maybe he wasn't as cold, heartless, and uncaring as she had thought. Unable to deny him she nodded her agreement and Sesshomaru smiled at this. Knowing that he had caught her in his net he could barely restrain a chuckle.

"Well then I believe it would be proper at this point to ask you if you would like to go out on a date with me, nothing public as I know you are still self-conscious about our age difference. But I will keep that in mind." "Um, ok..." Kagome stutters still too nervous to answer in full sentences. "Perfect" Sesshomaru replies "I will take you home then, if you wish, and will pick you up later tonight at 7?" "Ok" she replies.

Coming to a stop in front of her house he leans over and whispers "Until tonight Kagome" and presses a light kiss to her cheek. Getting out of the car slowly she makes her way up to her house while putting a hand to her cheek. He seems so gentle and it feels so good, I know it isn't the first time that he's kissed me but this time seemed different from the rest.

Sesshomaru grins as he knows that he has her right where he wants her. Unfortunately the thing called his conscious comes into play making him feel guilty once again about what he has set out to do. Silly thing a conscious is, he thinks, I have no use for it, therefore forcing it to be quiet. But he can't help but think that he might be generating real true feelings for this girl as he always seems to think about her and how Kagome almost makes him want to be a better person. No! I do not care about a little girl, she is nothing but a toy to satisfy my needs until I tire of her and move onto another.

In Kagome's room it looked as though a tornado run through due to the fact that her clothes were everywhere. "What should I wear?" she wondered to herself. After digging through everything she had she decided on a pink tight v-neck sleeveless shirt with a pastel silk skirt that was tight yet flowy and asymetrical with it ending above the knee on one side, then below the knee on the other. Kagome curled her hair and put it up with a couple strands dangling in front of her face, putting on a light eyeshadow, blush, mascara, and lip gloss. She looked in the mirror and decided she look good enough. Although after further thinking she wondered why she cared so much. I shouldn't care what this guy thinks anyways, it's not like I like him or anything. Oh who am I kidding I do like him, I just wish that I didn't.

At around 6:55, not wanting her mom to know what she was doing, Kagome ran downstairs leaving a note saying she was going to a friend's and waited outside for him to come. 7 o'clock rolled around and right on the dot Sesshomaru arrived and got out of the car and opened the door for her. Sitting back in the car Sesshomaru got a good look at her and was taken aback at how perfect she looked. The way her face just seemed to have an ethereal glow about her and he thought about how he'd love to wake up to that face everyday for the rest of his life. Visibly shaking his head to get that notion out of his head Kagome leaned over and touched his shoulder "Are you ok?" she asked with a concerned look on her face. "Yes" he replied.

Arriving at what looked to be some sort of a beach house Sesshomaru announced "We're here" and proceeded to help her out of the car commenting "You look absolutely stunning" while taking her hand causing Kagome to blush. Leading her through the house he brought her out the back where there was a table set up with candles everywhere and was just purely romantic. Gasping she sat down in one of the chairs while he sat opposite her. "This is beautiful Sesshomaru, you didn't have to go through all this trouble for me" Kagome said. "Yes I did, someone as wonderful as you deserves all this and more" Sesshomaru replies.

Finishing dinner Sesshomaru suggests that they take a quiet walk on the beach. Hand in hand they walk with the waves tickling at their toes. "This is perfect" Kagome whispers while Sesshomaru whispers back "No you are." Blushing again Kagome is flabberghasted and says thank you. Sitting down on a blanket together Kagome begins to shiver and Sesshomaru offers her his jacket which he wraps around her shoulders. Kagome cannot believe the turnaround in his personality that he is showing but is happy of course.

Taking her cheek in his palm he turns her face to face him and leans forward to kiss her. Touching his lips to hers he feels a tingle in his stomach but ignores it as he kisses her softly and tenderly but not overwhelmingly. Kagome kisses him back and as they separate they both seem a little dazed. Realizing what time it is Kagome says "Oh, I hate to say this but I should really be getting home or my mom might start worrying about me." "Of course Kagome, let us go now" he replies. Helping her up they walk back to the car slowly not wanting this night to end.

Stopping his car in front of her house Kagome says "I just wanted to say thank you Sesshomaru for everything, it was just perfect." "You are very welcome Kagome I just hope that we may have more moments like this together." "Yes that sounds nice. Well thanks again!" Kagome says as she leans over and gives him a quick kiss on the lips and gets out of the car.

Getting to her room with a sigh she lays back on her bed still in a daze from the wonderful date she had just been on. Dozing off to sleep with a smile on her face she can't wait to see him again.

On the otherhand Sesshomaru is laying in his bed recounting what happened and is very happy with how everything went. He knows that he will be able to get what he wants now, it only being a matter of time. But another thing he recalls is that strange feeling he got in his stomach when he kissed her and how angelic she looked. He spent the whole night thinking about Kagome, and not his plans on how to get her either...

Notes: Well you get to see the softer side of Sesshomaru even if he is still planning on using her. Oh well, soon enough he'll realize his mistake. I hope you're all enjoying this story cuz I'm really trying my best to keep your attention! Thanks for reading and please review. Questions and comments are welcome but please no flames.

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