We Are Shaped By What We Love by Kagome-Chan

A Girl

Yup, I Got a New Story Out!! Woooohoooo! lol. Ok, Just So U Know, Sesshomaru and InuYasha Aren't Related In This Fic!!!! Alrighty, On w. the Story!!

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We Are Shaped By What We Love

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A Girl Must Marry For Love, and Keep On Marrying Until She Finds It.

- Zsa Zsa Gabor

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I sat there, staring at the box, smiling as I remembered what happened earlier that day.

====FLASHBACK====

"Well, MISS. Higorashi, I think were all done here" I didn't miss the emphasis he put on the 'MISS'.

"Arigato, Kouga-Kun" I said, standing and taking his outstretched hand and shaking it.

"Kagome-Kun...Now that your divorce is finalized, will you finally use your eight rain checks and go out for a drink with me tonight?"

I nibbled my upper lip as I thought about it, a bad habit I have. Sure, I could go out for a drink with Kouga, he IS really nice...and he IS handsome, and he IS my lawyer so I do kinda owe him. I guess I didn't notice how handsome he was before because I was happily married. I scoffed. Yea, 'happily' my ass.

"Sure, Kouga-Kun, I'd be happy to meet you tonight" I said, not really wanting to think about the marriage I had just gotten out of.

"Meet me at Sora's at 8:00 ok?" He asked, picking up his black brief case and straightening his tie.

"Sure, I'll be there"

====END FLASHBACK====

I heard the doorbell ring and hurried to answer it, and there he was, the bane of my existence, my (now) ex-husband, InuYasha.

"Hey" He said casually, as if he was just an old friend dropping buy, I wanted nothing more than to hit him.

"It's over there" I said, pointing to the box that had so amused me earlier. I WOULD NOT let him get the best of me.

"Is everything in it?" He asked, after picking it up and feeling how light it was.

"Yes, you took the rest of your things a month ago remember?" I saw him flinch, of course he remembered, that was the night he accidentally let it slip he had been cheating on me for four years, InuYasha is definatly stupid when he's drunk. I can't believe he kept it a secret for so long. At least we didn't have any kids or anything. I guess that's what you get for getting married at 19. No kids and a cheating husband. Nice.

"Humph, yea well..." He said striding over to the door. I stood and clenched my fists at my sides, my mind was currently reenacting the fight we had had and the moment he had walked out, only to come back the next day while I was at work and packed up all- or most- of his things. If I ever meet that Kikyo woman, I will not be responsible for my actions. Any woman who takes a man from his wife is a tramp.

"Sayonara InuYasha" I said the words as if to finalize it, I was really never going to see him again. If I had anything to do with it. I had long since stopped loving him and my heart no longer aced. But I was definatly still angry.

"Ya know Kagome...I..." But I slammed the door in his face before he could finish it. I didn't care what he was going to say. Even if he was going to apologies, it wouldn't mean anything, not anymore. I thrummed my fingers on the white wooden door for a few moments, thinking about the things I would have to buy now that InuYasha took half of what was in our apartment. At least I got to KEEP the apartment. Although, he got the car...Oh well, I'll go back to using my bike again. I turned to look around the apartment again and sighed. I hadn't been able to bring myself to buy the few pieces of furniture I needed after he took what was his. I needed a couch and a TV and a few other large things. I guess in the back of my mind I always thought he might come to his senses and come back to me before the divorce was finalized. But no, not anymore, as of today, I was single for the first time in 6 years. It still made me angry to know that he had only waited 2 years before starting to cheat on me. Ja-ku...

I looked at the little clock on the microwave, signaling I only had 40 minutes before I had to meet Kouga at Sora's and I ran to my room to get ready. Thank goodness I had taken a shower as soon as I got home that day. I went over to my bed and started putting on the outfit I had set out earlier. Jeans, pink tank top, jean jacket, pink and white stripped belt and pink flip flops. I went over to my jewelry box and got out a white chained necklace with a tiny pink flowered jewel on it. A gift from my mother for good luck on my first day of Middle School. That really doesn't seem all that long ago. I grabbed the earrings that matched that I had gone out and bought later that day after school and shut the box. I went to the bathroom and put lotion on my hands. I put on blush, a little bit of pink eye shadow and black eye liner, light pink lip stick with a coat of light pink sealer on over it. As I grabbed my purse and keys on my way out of my room I stopped and went back to the bathroom and grabbed the Sakura perfume I only used for special occasions and put some on my wrists and neck. Becoming single again was definatly a special occasion. Then I happily grabbed my purse and keys again and went out the door, locking it behind me.

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I arrived at Sora's bar only 2 minutes late thanks to my fast pedaling and looked around. Good, Kouga wasn't there yet, I wasn't late. I walked over to the bar and sat down, waving cheerfully at the bartender. He was one of my best friends, so this was my favorite place to go; it was only luck that Kouga wanted to come here. Sesshomaru smirked and set my favorite martini in front of me.

"I love when you do that" I said, taking a sip and sighing at the feeling of the cold liquid falling down my throat.

"You need it, what with the divorce being finalized today and everything. You know I never liked him. Come to celebrate have you?"

I laughed and set my half empty glass down in front of me. I had known Sesshomaru even longer than InuYasha, and he was right, he had always made it very clear what he thought about InuYasha, guess he was right.

"Well, kinda, I have a date."

He raised an elegant silver brow at me and I laughed again. "Already? With who?"

"My lawyer" I said sheepishly.

"Kagome..." He started, sounding more like a disappointed father than a best friend.

"I know, I know, never get work involved with personal life. But it's not MY work, it's his." He raised the other brow at me and I sighed. "Plus, you know talking to me right now is involving YOUR work with personal life." I scolded him.

He put up both hands as if on the defense. "Hey, all bartenders talk to there customers," He lifted the fabric of his shirt in a gangster way, "It's how we roll"

I stared at his amused grin for a moment. "Ok, never do that again." He chuckled and replaced my now empty glass with a new one. "I'll talk to you later, gotta do some business, and I think your date's here" He said, inclining his head towards the door where indeed my date stood looking around for me. I waved him over and he sat down.

"Hello Kagome-Chan" He said.

Chan? He's calling me 'Chan' now? I don't remember telling him that was ok...

"How are you?"

"Pretty good, thanks to your quick work" I said, hiding what I was just thinking by smiling. He smiled a wolfish grin at me as Sesshomaru came back.

"Anything for you sir?" He asked. I noticed the slight mockery in his voice and gave him a stern look, which he ignored completely. Guess he picked up on the 'Chan' Damn his youkai hearing...

"Yes, just a beer is fine for me"

Sesshomaru reached under the bar and set a beer bottle in front of Kouga, then turned back to me. "Want another Kagome-Chan?"

I looked down and realized I had downed the second one all at once after that 'Chan' comment. I shook my head.

"No thanks Sess-Kun, I'll start to loose my head if I have any more, you know that" He smiled evilly at me.

"I do know that"

"Shut up"

Kouga looked back and forth between me and Sesshomaru as we had a small staring contest, I sighed after I blinked and Sesshomaru walked away, cleaning a glass with a triumphant look on his face.

"Who was that?" Kouga asked me.

I turned back to him and smiled again. "He's one of my best friends, you just happened to pick the bar where me and my three best friends work" To emphasize my point I turned and waved at Sango who kept glancing over her try of food at me. She smiled and waved back, then continued to set plates of food down on her current table. "That one's Sango" I said.

"Ok, so who's the third one?" He asked, looking around at the other waiters and waitresses.

"Oh, Miroku, but he's off tonight"

"I see"

The rest of the night was farley pleasant, Kouga and I chatted for two hours before I told him I should get going. I waved to Sesshomaru and Sango on my way out. Sesshomaru nodded his head to me while chatting up a pretty blonde neko youkai and Sango blew a kiss at me which I returned before I stepped out into the humid July air.

"Well, maybe we'll do this again?" Kouga asked me, as I got on my bike.

"Maybe we will" I said, although not really wanting too. Kouga was nice and all but I just wasn't attracted to him.

"Ok, I'll call you sometime" He said, as he turned and walked the other way. I sighed.

"Please don't" I whispered as I began to peddle my way back to my empty apartment.

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I Hope U Liked the First Chapter of 'We Are Shaped By What We Love' Thanks For Reading! Please Rate and Review!!!! Chapter 2 Coming Soon!!

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Topic of Discussion: DAMN SK8R BOYS!

Ok, So I Was Walking Out of the Mall w. My Friends Carol, Matt, and Sakura (That's Her Nickname, Her Real Name Is Janelle) and Sakura Takes a Folded Up Poster Out of Her Bag and Hands It 2 Me and Says "Here, For U Kagome-Chan!!!!" So, I Take It and Unfold It and It's YOUI!! lol IDK What Anime It's From But It Has a Guy w. Barley Any Cloths On w. a Collar Around His Neck and the Other Guy Has the End of the Leash In His Mouth. Just 2 Make It Clear: I'm Not Into Youi. So I Gasped and Hit Her On the Arm While the Rest of My Friends Laughed At My Blushing Face...Yea, Thanks Guys. So As I Was Folding It Up 3 of the Ugliest Sk8r Guys I Have Ever Seen Came Up Behind Us and Grabbed the Poster From My Hands and One of Them Opened It and They All Laughed. One Said "Y Don't U All Go Back and Watch Your Little Anime and Don't Come to Normal Places Like the Mall" and Then He Tore Up the Poster and Shoved It At My Chest. I Felt the Tears Starting 2 Fall Down My Face, It Was So Mean! He Was So Rude!!!! Somewhere In There Matt Had Gone 2 Get His Car So He Didn't C Any of This, Sakura Started Yelling At Them, and Carol Stood Next to Me Balling Her Fists. So, There I Was Trying to Stop Sakura From Saying Something REALLY Bad, and Trying to Stop Carol From Punching Their Lights Out, (Lets Just Say She's a Bit of a Thug If Some1 Insults Her Friends) So I Was Trying to Talk to Sakura Over Her Screeching, While Patting Carol On the Arm and Telling Her It Didn't Hurt My Feelings At All, Which Was Untrue, But I Didn't Want Her Being Drug Off My Mall Security. Then, the Guy Who Had Ripped Up the Poster and Thrust It At Me Said "Come Here Baby" and Grabbed Me and Forced His Lips Onto Mine. I Backhanded Him and He Stumbled Into the Wall. I Was FURIOUS!! NO1 KISSES ME WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! Then They Sped Off On There Sk8 Boards and Carol and Sakura Chased Them, They Came Back Looking Very Pleased. I Didn't Ask What Happened. Sakura Said I'm 2 Pretty 4 My Own Good. Carol Said I Should Nvr Leave the House Without Some1 There w. Me So I Wouldn't Get Raped. I Feel Stupid Now. How Could I Let That Ass Hole Steel a Kiss From Me? That Was Just Terrible!!!! God I Hate Sk8ers Now...

Peace, Luv, and Stolen Kisses,

Kagome-Chan ♥