--------------------Chapter one: Welcome to Tokyo-------------------
Kagome walked down the street, an umbrella in her hand as rain soaked the ground around her. Sota, Kagome's little brother walked close beside her, his own umbrella clamped in his tiny hands. The sun hadn't been out for days now. Kagome sighed, absent-mindedly playing with her nails. She was new to Tokyo, and she had no friends at the moment, therefore, she had nothing better to do with her life then walk her little brother to his new school. One bonus, as of last year, she was finished her schooling, and would be moving out the next week.
"Kagome, when are we going to get there? I'm tired!" Sota wined.
"What are you, two?" She hissed back, walking faster.
Sota was now running to keep up with his sister. "Kagome, slow down! My feet hurt!"
"I don't care; you're not going to be late on your first day at your new school! If you have a problem with it, take it up with mom when we get home! Now come on!"
Sota muttered something under his breath, but Kagome didn't catch it. She glanced at her watch, letting out a groan. Grabbing her brother's hand she started to run.
"What's-the-hurry?" he panted, struggling to keep up with Kagome's long legs.
"You may not be late, but I have a job that I have to get to!"
Soon they arrived at Sota's new school, and, waving goodbye, she once again began to run.
"The casino is just over there!" She whispered to herself, grabbing the edge of a building and using it to help her make the sharp turn. She let herself sigh with relief as the casino's entrance came into sight. Pushing forward, she ran head on towards the doorway, loosing her footing and crashing to the ground, her cheek scraping the hard cement. A gasp escaped her lips as pain seared where a new cut ran across her cheek bone.
"So you're the new waitress eh? Wow, Kikyo is very skilled at choosing talented workers."
Kagome glanced up, holding her hand to her cheek. A silver haired hanyou stood in front of her, the dog ears on his head twitching with amusement. He had a sly smirk on his face, and judging by the black velvet vest he wore, he worked at the casino.
'Wonderful.' She thought to herself bitterly. 'I've found a stuck-up jackass already.'
"Hi, my name is Kagome." She muttered, slowly getting to her feet and putting her hand out.
"I don't care who you are, wench." He snorted, sticking his nose in the air. And slapping her hand away, causing her to recoil. "Just stay the hell out of my way and everything will be fine."
Kagome narrowed her brown eyes, feeling as if flames were suddenly bursting out of her body. "How dare you-"
"Oh! You must be the new waitress!"
Kagome turned toward the casino entrance to see a brown-haired woman, dressed in the woman's style of worker vest. She wore a bright smile, and a small two tailed cat like demon followed her around, letting out a gleeful mew.
"My name is Sango." She continued, bowing courteously. "And this is Kirara." The demon padded forward, letting out a loud purr as she rubbed against Kagome's leg.
Kagome smiled, crouching down and running her hand over Kirara's soft fur.
"How cute!" she laughed petting her one more time before standing up.
The silver haired hanyou let out a snort of disgust. Sango shook her head, shooting him a glare.
"Ignore Inuyasha." She sighed, giving him a shove. "He's not usually this bad tempered. He must've eaten a tough piece of doggy kibble."
Kagome let out a small laugh as Inuyasha's amber eyes flared. He took a deep breath, hunching his shoulders.
"Feh!" he spat, turning around and stomping back into the casino.
Kagome smiled triumphantly turning towards Sango.
"By the way, my name is Kagome Higurashi; it's nice to finally meet someone friendly here."
Sango shrugged, letting out a small laugh. "It's good to finally have another woman working with me. I am so sick and tired of listening to those pig's sexist jokes. At least I'll have someone else who can suffer with me."
Kagome smiled, crossing her arms and lifting an eyebrow. "Well, that sounds promising."
"Well, you get used to it after a while. Come on, I'll show you around."
Sango walked through the doorway, ushering for Kagome to follow. After Sango had shown Kagome the most important areas, she led her into a door with a sign that read: Staff Only. There was a long hallway, leading to three more doors, one with a female symbol on it, one with a male symbol on it, and another one that lead into the bar tender's counter.
"We only need to go in here." Sango pointed to the door with the female sign on it. "The boys go in those two. They are the bartenders. Unfortunately, that means we have to interact with them."
"Damn." Kagome laughed.
"I believe you met Inuyasha."
Kagome felt the hair on the back of her neck stand on end, and she muttered bitterly, "Jackass."
Sango stifled a laugh. "Don't worry, you get used to it. you still need to meet Miroku and Hojo. But that can come later. Heads up though, Miroku is the biggest pervert around, it's best to keep your distance."
Kagome nodded, then turned and said, "What about this… 'Hojo?'"
Sango's eyes sparkled. "He is probably the sweetest boy I've ever met. He's such a gentleman, and he loves to give out healthy presents."
"Maybe he's just trying to woo you, Sango. Don't fall for it."
Sango shook her head. "He gives gifts to the boys, too. He works as the chef here. Lucky for us, he doesn't work in the same area as the boys. Unfortunately, most of the people who come here love to drink."
"Oh joy." Kagome muttered unenthusiastically.
Sango pushed open the door to the female's room, showing Kagome to the uniforms.
"What size are you?" she asked, turning to look at Kagome curiously.
"A small." She replied, looking her clothes up and down.
"Hmm." Sango muttered to herself, scanning the vests until she found a small, handing over to Kagome.
"Put your initials on the tag." She said kindly, offering her a felt pen.
Swiftly Kagome wrote K.H on it, allowing the ink to dry before slipping it on.
"You look good in that." Sango laughed. "It hugs your figure. That's more than I can say for me."
"You look fine with it on." Kagome smiled. "But we better start work."
"yes, we should, you don't want to be fired on the first day; oh and by the way…" Sango pulled out a note pad, using her felt pen to write something on it. Tearing out the piece of paper, she handed it to Kagome.
"You're all right, Higurashi. Here's my number."
Kagome nodded, using the felt to write her own number on Sango's note pad. Taking her own piece of paper, she folded it, slipping it into her pocket, then with Sango close by, pushed her way out of the change room only to run into a man with black hair, a small piece in a ponytail. Sango stopped dead, shooting him a glare.
'This must be Miroku.' She thought to herself.
"So Sango, who is your lovely friend?" the man smiled.
Kagome blushed slightly, giving a sheepish smile. 'He seems harmless enough.' She shrugged, looking over to Sango.
Sango watched him closely through narrowed eyes. "Kagome, this is Miroku. Miroku, Kagome."
"Well, hello Kagome, nice to meet you."
Kagome backed away with a startled hiss, swinging her hand toward him. Sango flinched as the sound of the slap echoed through the hallway. Kagome had backed away, giving Miroku the same hostile glare.
"You never learn, do you?" Sango snarled. "You can't go around groping every pretty girl's ass like she's a play-thing! Come on Kagome!" And with that they both stomped away, leaving Miroku alone.
"I told you!" she fumed, clenching her fists. "He's a total idiot!"
Kagome sighed, calming down from her surprise. "You got that right." She sniffed. "Anyways, let's get to work."
The two girls separated, Sango taking the left side of the dinning area, Kagome the right. The first group waited asked for four beers and a daiquiri, and the second asked for a mudslide. Kagome wrote the orders down, heading for the bar, and her blood ran cold as she realized who was tending it at that moment. There in all his Hanyou glory was Inuyasha. Deciding to spend as little time as she could there, she walked over, and, not even looking at him, said, "Four beers and a daiquiri."
Inuyasha fixed his amber gaze on her. He let out a quiet snort of hatred before turning to do his work.
"So, if I give you these drinks, you're not going to be a klutz and trip, are you?" he laughed over his shoulder.
"Just shut up idiot, and give me the drinks."
"Aww, did I strike a nerve there?"
"I said shut up, you filthy mutt and give me the drinks."
Inuyasha flinched, his ears twitching. Kagome smirked as Inuyasha placed the drinks on a tray.
"Well, well, I think I'm the one who hit a nerve."
Inuyasha turned around, glaring at Kagome defiantly. "Bite me. Go piss off someone else."
Kagome raised an eyebrow, amused. "No, I'm enjoying this. And if the poor puppy has a problem with me he can go and lay down by his bowl."
Inuyasha looked at Kagome with eyes like hot coals, letting out a low snarl. As Kagome lifted her tray she called over her shoulder, "Nice snarl, by the way, mutt."
Miroku walked in just in time to catch Inuyasha before he lunged at Kagome's throat.
"Holy crap Inuyasha, calm down!" Miroku called out, his arms wrapped around him so he couldn't claw at her.
"I'll kill her!" Inuyasha snarled, his eyes like wild fire as he struggled to free himself from Miroku's hold. "That bitch is going to die!"
Miroku flinched, his eyes wide with horror. "What the hell did she do?"
"It doesn't matter, she's got it coming!" Inuyasha growled, his chest heaving as his anger starting to dim.
"Inuyasha, you know as well as I do that you can't kill her."
Once again the defiant look drifted into the hanyou's eyes. "Why the hell not?" he snorted, his voice impatient.
"You know the answer to that one, idiot. I know your not always the smartest-"
Inuyasha turned his gaze on Miroku, and Miroku gave a playful laugh. Inuyasha gave a angry growl, turning his nose into the air. "-let me finish. know your not always the smartest, But I know you're not that stupid."
"Feh!" Inuyasha snarled, stomping away to fix himself a drink. Such were the advantages of working as a bar tender. He filled a large mug with beer, guzzling it back and pouring more.
"Inuyasha, watch how much you drink. I don't want to be left handling all the customers… again."
"I'll be fine, I'm a hard drinker, unlike you, you pathetic cheap drunk." He laughed, shoving him. Obviously he was in a better mood now that he had had something to drink. Miroku stood up as Inuyasha pulled out another mug.
"You want some?" he asked in his 'generous' voice.
"Sure, why not? Make sure it's nice and cold."
Inuyasha smiled mockingly. "I said you were getting a beer, not the star treatment.
Kagome went back to the tables, feeling proud of herself. She had gotten Inuyasha back for the way he had treated her earlier. She wiped down a couple tables before another group called her over. A man and a woman sat together, smiling fondly at one another. Turned out it was their anniversary, and they wanted two bottles of champagne. Kagome groaned. That meant she had to go back to see Inuyasha.
She reluctantly walked back over to the counter in time to catch Sango looking for two glasses of Baileys.
"Hey Sango." Kagome forced a smile. Sango turned waving at her to come over. Miroku was behind the counter, rubbing his cheek tenderly where a new red hand print burned. Kagome shook her head.
"So, me and Miroku were thinking, maybe me, you, Miroku, and Inuyasha could all hang out after work-" Kagome opened her mouth to object. "-before you say no, please hear me out. The only Inuyasha you know is the Inuyasha from work. You don't know what he's like when he's not being an obnoxious ass hole."
"He's always an obnoxious ass hole." She hissed, sticking her nose in the air with her arms crossed. Sango started to laugh.
"Why are you laughing? What's so funny?" Kagome demanded, watching Sango suspiciously.
"You have no idea how much you sounded like Inuyasha there!" she giggled, giving her friend a smile.
Kagome looked hurt. "I am nothing like that jerk!" she growled, closing her eyes in a frown.
Sango placed her hand on Kagome's back gently. "Just come with us, at least."
Kagome sighed. "Fine! But you owe me!" she muttered with a long look on her face as she played with her hair.
"Don't worry." Sango smirked, glancing over at Inuyasha, who was now filling up a frosted mug with beer, then looked back at Kagome. "It will be… Interesting."
