"That's fantastic Kagome, keep that pose right there!" Click click. "Okay, give me a serious look, yes, yes, hold it, ahh-perfect!" Click. Click.
"Sorry to say Boda but Kagome has another appointment in Tokyo tomorrow morning, so we have to leave earlier to catch the flight." Sesshomaru patted the photographers back. "I think we have some great shots already for the fashion magazine. Madame Azarala should be happy to see the result of her designs."
Boda the photographer wiped his sweaty brow and nodded. "Yes, I think so too." He clapped his hands at Kagome and smiled brightly. "Great job honey, you were absolutely astonishing today. Keep up the good work and I'll see you next time."
Kagome stepped down from the platform decorated with hanging snowflakes and cotton snow. "Thank you, Boda!"
Sesshomaru helped Kagome away from all the cameras and cords on the ground and led her to the dressing room. "Good job, Kagome. Take off the dress and into something comfortable and we'll head out. I'm going to go say thank you to everyone and then I'll have the car ready."
Kagome nodded and watched her manager leave. Slowly she undid the designer dress she was wearing and then changed into some sweat pants, a sweater and some fur-embedded boots. Taking a look at herself in the mirror, she smiled.
Kagome Higurashi was a 22 year old model who was, after years of working her butt off, finally making it big in the entertainment world. She almost had a show or photo shoot every other day and loved the work she had, even though it made her extremely exhausted after the day was done. She had wavy ebony hair and daring stormy blue eyes. Her skin was sun kissed ever so slightly and her smile was to die for. Not only was she a beauty but the world loved her for her sweet tempered personality. Kagome Higurashi was the IT-girl in the entertainment society these days.
Just as he had said, Sesshomaru had the car waiting in the back and Kagome was able to easily drive away from the studio without any paparazzi or crazy fans. Sesshomaru Taisho was Kagome's manager and also next in line to take over his father's company, TAISHO MODEL INCORPORATION. TMI was a booming business that his father was the C.E.O of and it was responsible for the entire high end models that were plastered everywhere from T.V to magazines and billboards.
Sesshomaru was a 25 year old rich business man with long silver hair normally pulled into a low pony tail and wore designer suits. His eyes were the color of melted gold and his body was built as a fighter, for he was trained ruthlessly as a child growing up. The ring on his left hand raised much speculation because it made him a married man, but everyone always wondered who could love him enough to marry when his personality rarely showed emotion and he was always straight to the point, never sugar coating anything.
"I will take you back to the hotel and you can go ahead and pack up your things. I had called in 20 minutes ago for Jaken to pack the impersonal but I thought it'd be best for you to grab your personal belongings." Sess said as he looked at her in the rearview mirror. "After I drop you off, I have a personal matter to attend to so that should give you some time to rest also, perhaps a half an hour should do."
Kagome smiled brightly and reached up over the driver seat to pat his shoulder comically. "Ah Sesshy, is your wife mad at you again?"
He cleared his throat. "No."
She laughed out loud and threw herself against the plush leather seats. "Didn't I say that a woman needs her man now more than ever when she wants a baby? Jeez, Sess, no wonder she's upset. Get on with the baby making!"
Sesshomaru cleared his throat again and adjusted his sunglasses. "And I will ask again Kagome, how do you know this? Did you go through a stage where you wanted to birth a child unexpectedly?"
Kagome gasped and hit him playfully. "GAH!! Sess don't say those things! I do NOT want a child…my goodness…I can't even imagine having-oh my gosh, no." She jokingly pretended to even her harsh breathing as if what he said had scared her to death. "Ha, well I know when my cousin first married and they decided to have a kid, she had a hard time letting her husband out of the house because she felt he wasn't spending enough time with her and then she got all psycho crazy and yeah." She tried to see the expression on her manager's face through the rear view mirror but failed due to his dark glasses. So she continued on her teasing. "But Rin's not psycho crazy, only just mad crazy."
"Kagome, if my wife heard you saying this-"
Kagome giggled. "Rin loves me; she knows I'm only joking. She loves it when I make you all scared, plus you should stay with her more so she doesn't become psycho."
"And who are you to tell me how to treat my wife?" Sesshomaru asked, his tone slightly teasing.
Kagome's face grew mock serious. "I say, Mr. Taisho, I am your advisable friend and money maker. Listen to me damn it. When I say your wife will go crazy, then she goes crazy."
Sess snickered inaudibly. "Alright, we are here. Get out."
"Hey!" She laughed as Jaken, Sesshomaru's assistant, opened her door. She leaned through her manager's window and took off his glasses. "Listen to me, Mr. Bad-Husband, you better go treat my beautiful Rin to some good, you know," she wiggled her eyebrows teasingly, "and you better do it good. I expect a little Taisho in 9 months!"
Jaken spluttered behind her and Sesshomaru's face pinked. He grabbed his glasses from Kagome and put them back on. "You've got 30 minutes to rest and pack you're things and then we're leaving for Tokyo." He rolled his window up and started off.
"HEY! I THINK THAT'S MY LINE! YOU'VE ONLY GOT 30 MINUTES SESSHOMARU, MAKE IT GOOD!" She called out at the disappearing car. Grabbing her small bag off the ground she turned and looked at the shocked Jaken. "Hi Jake, you ready?"
"Er, yes ma'am." Jaken went to take her bag but she held it out of his reach (she was much taller than him) and smiled warmly at him.
"Its okay, no need to tire you out. I can hold it. Which room is it, I can go ahead and pack up the rest and you can take a nap in the lobby if you want." Kagome said. After getting the spare room key, she made her way up to her floor via elevator and managed to get in through her door with only having to sign four fan's autographs. She picked up her belongings and put them away respectively in her bags and then decided that she wanted to take a shower.
Humming to herself, Kagome turned on the shower and instantly the steam started to let off a fragrance of vanilla and lavender. "Ooh, so pretty." She chimed. Ahhh, taking a shower feels sooo refreshing. I feel like all my aches from today are melting off my body. Oh hey look, ha, soap in the shape of a flower!
Jaken had only been sitting comfortably in a chair right next to the lobby elevator for a mere 10 minutes when he knew disaster had arrived. He had just sighed relaxingly and was just about to close his eyes when he heard, "Jaken! My brother, where is he?" His eyes snapped open to see a growling younger Taisho. The 23 year old, Inuyasha Taisho in fact.
Inuyasha was the middle child of the Taisho family and by the far most popular. He was an actor who had starred in many box office hits and was currently enjoying his freedom from movies and dramas because he said he was on a "break". He looked a lot like his older brother, Sesshomaru, but didn't have as long as silver hair. He had the same amber eyes, but his flamed with an arrogant fire more often. He didn't wear suits like his brother, but casually wore jeans, fitted shirts and mostly jackets. He was well known for his bad ass attitude and he wasn't afraid to let people know what was on his mind. Many people also wondered how the Taisho brother's got women because one was very cold and emotionless and the other had an attitude to match a grizzly, but nonetheless, Inuyasha was able to get just about any girl he wanted.
Jaken stood abruptly and bravely stood his ground. "I don't know what you're talking about Inuyasha."
Inuyasha got close to Jaken's face and glared heatedly into his eyes. "Where is my brother, Jaken? I'm going to count to three and if you don't tell me where he is, then I'm going to check his room forcedly myself. Is he here or is he gone?"
Jaken started to shake from the inside. "Inuyasha, I don't think Sesshomaru has time to discuss whatever matters you have with him."
Inuyasha got closer, never taking his eyes off Jaken's. "One."
The poor little guy started to slightly visibly tremble at the knees. "Inuyasha, please go. Sesshomaru is very busy at the moment."
"Two." He snarled.
Jaken flat out cowered under Inuyasha's intense stare. "Inuyasha…" He groaned out. "He's-" He closed his eyes and whispered, "He's not here at the moment." When Jaken opened his eyes, Inuyasha wasn't anywhere in front of him.
"Three." He heard. Turning around he saw Inuyasha in the elevator headed up just before the doors closed.
"Shit! INUYASHA HE'S NOT HERE!" Jaken yelled, but too late cause Inuyasha was already headed up to the room where no Sesshomaru was going to be found.
"Stupid Jaken, who does he think he's dealing with? Fine, if he's not going to tell me where he is, then I'll just look in the room he booked." Inuyasha growled low under his breath. "509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, ah- 515, here we go." Taking the room key he grabbed from the side table where Jaken was sitting at, he opened the door and closed it after walking in. "Sesshomaru, where are you?"
Inuyasha looked around and saw two designer bags on the bed and then heard the shower faucet turn off. "Okay, fine. You're taking a shower; let's see you try to run away from me when you're butt ass naked." He chucked evilly to himself and swiftly opened the bathroom door. What he found was not a naked Sesshomaru, but a beautiful naked girl.
Kagome had barely stepped out of the shower and grabbed a towel from the rack when the door busted open and Sesshomaru had walked in. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
Inuyasha's eyes widened and his breath hitched in his throat.Kagome scrambled to get the towel faster but lost her footing and slipped on the wet floor. Inuyasha saw this and swiftly grabbed her arm, twirling them and making him lose his balance, causing her to land painfully on top of him as he hit the ground.
Kagome and Inuyasha groaned and shook themselves back to reality. Reality was that Kagome was on top of Inuyasha with nothing in between her naked body and him but a thin towel. "Sessho!-" She started, but as she looked down she saw that it wasn't her manager but someone who looked almost identical. So, she screamed again. "AHHHHHHHHH!" Inuyasha's hands instantly went to cover his ears.
Grabbing the towel, she quickly wrapped it around herself and pulled her body up from his. She jumped hastily into the hotel room and started dialing numbers on the phone. "Hello, security? It's Kagome Higurashi from room 515! Please hurry! I've got some pervy guy trying to-"
Inuyasha snatched the phone away and hung it up.
"HEY!" Kagome yelled. "What the heck are you doing? Get out! Get out! PERVERT!" She hit him on the chest and ran towards the door. Inuyasha groaned out and chased after her, grabbed her arm and swung her onto the bed. He locked the hotel door and then made his way to the scared girl.
"What the- What are you- GET OUT! HELP! HELP! AHHHHH-" Kagome's screams were blocked by Inuyasha's hand on her mouth.
"Shh! You stupid girl, I'm not here to hurt you!" Inuyasha growled. "And I'm not a pervy guy! I'm looking for my- GAHHHHHHH!" Inuyasha snatched his hand away from her mouth like he had been burned by fire. "WHAT THE HELL? WHAT DID YOU BITE ME FOR?!"
Kagome pushed him away and tried to race for the door but again he grabbed her and she struggled with all her might. "STOP IT! I'M NOT HERE TO HURT YOU! I SAID STOP IT!" Oh my god! What an idiot girl! "I'm LOOKING for my BROTHER!"
Kagome settled down only slightly but it was enough for Inuyasha to let go of her and step in front of the door to block her path. Kagome stepped away from him and asked shaking, "Why are you here? What do you want with me? Please, I'm too skinny and very bony, I won't be a good sell to someone who wants a birthing wife, please, and I'm too young to be sold! Don't do this!"
Inuyasha looked at her confusedly and nearly fell to the ground in exasperation. He messed up his hair in frustration and snarled out, "I'm not here to sell you nor am I here to hurt you, you stupid imbecile!"
Kagome gasped. "Imbecile! Who are you calling imbecile! SOMEONE HELP, PLEASE!" She saw the guy in front of her take a step forward and she immediately hushed her screams. She started to beg him. "Please, I won't press charges if you just go now and never find me again. Here," She looked around and grabbed a pen and paper and signed it, throwing it his way. "Here's my autograph that should be enough to sell online for some money, please, just go!"
Inuyasha raised his eyebrows but picked up the paper and read it. Kagome Higurashi, huh? "You think very high of yourself, don't you , princess?"
Her mouth dropped and lightening struck in her stormy eyes. "Excuse me?! Princess? Who the hell are you to say I think highly of myself! If you aren't here because of me, then just go! You must obviously have the wrong room! I mean it! Security will be here any second and the moment they get you, I will have your ass in jail for sexual harassment!"
Inuyasha had had enough. He walked towards her and once she had backed into the wall, allowing her nowhere to go, he got real close to her face, eyes glaring into hers and lips barely touching hers. "You're right, princess, I'm not here for you. But I don't think I'm ready to leave just yet."
Kagome's stormy glower let out a lightning strike that danced with his flaming eyes. She was scared before, but now she was just plain mad. Who the hell does this guy think he is? Not ready to leave just yet? I'll make him ready to leave! Inuyasha turned around and started walk towards the bed and Kagome took it as queue to bravely jump on his back and grab hold of his hair and tightly cling on for dear life as she yanked and pulled. "GAHH! TAKE THAT, AND THAT! WHEN I TELL YOU TO GO, I MEAN IT, JUST GO! DON'T WANNA LEAVE, I'LL MAKE YOU LEAVE!"
Inuyasha swiped at the girl behind him but couldn't get her off of him. Crazy bitch! What is she doing! "GET OFF PSYCHO! OUCH THAT HURTS! I MEAN IT, GET OFF! SERIOUSLY, OUCH NOT THE EARS, NOT THE EARS! I SAID, STOP IT!"
Sesshomaru, Jaken and three security men burst through the door just as Inuyasha had grabbed hold of Kagome's leg and swung her off his back and into his arms and then pressed her down on the bed. "I SAID I'm not here to hurt you! So you can stop being a bratty princess and leave my hair alone!"
"Inuyasha!" Sesshomaru called out a bit stern.
Inuyasha and Kagome both looked up from the bed to see all of the men standing at the doorway and immediately Inuyasha let go of Kagome's hands and got up off the bed. Kagome grabbed the robe on the pillows and covered herself before running over to where her manager was. "Sesshomaru! Thank goodness you're here!" Kagome placed one hand on her heart and the other to point at Inuyasha as she said a bit out of breath, "This creep wouldn't get out and he also burst in on me taking a shower!"
All eyes were on the boy in front of them. Inuyasha's eyes were round with shock. "Are you kidding me?! Like I said, I wasn't here to see you! I'm not into models! You're too damn skinny and you, my friend, got some serious princess complex issues!"
Kagome gasped out and tightened the robe around her. "EXCUSE ME?! PRINCESS COMPLEX ISSUES? Why do you keep saying that!?"
"It's true, Princess." Inuyasha smirked haughtily.
"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Kagome snarled out. "And I am not your friend!"
"Whoever said I thought of you as a friend?" Inuyasha spluttered out.
"'And you, my friend, got some serious princess complex issues!' " Kagome mocked him in a low man's voice.
Inuyasha took a step forward, "Why you-"Kagome also took a step forward with her fists up as if to jump and pull his hair again, but Sesshomaru stepped in between them. "ENOUGH."
Both Inuyasha and Kagome took a step back and crossed their arms like little kids.
"Inuyasha, why are you here? Didn't I say I would talk with you after dinner tonight?" Sesshomaru said to his younger brother. He then turned to his little friend. "And you, Kagome, go put some clothes on." Kagome stuck her tongue out at Inuyasha (Inuyasha mocked her as well) and went into the bathroom to change.
Once Kagome was behind the closed bathroom door, Inuyasha let his brother have it. "Who the HELL is she? What can anyone possibly see in her? You dropped Kikyo because of this bitch?"
"I dropped Kikyo because she decided to become an actress and didn't want to do the modeling thing anymore, anyway, Kikyo wasn't making much business as a model, her beauty and character was too common. People these days want something fresh and unique." Sesshomaru explained, taking a seat on the bed. He motioned for the guards and Jaken to take the bags from the room and to the car.
"Something unique is right, that girl is plain evil. She's a freak! Who jumps on someone's back to start pulling all their hair out?" Inuyasha spat, pacing back and forth.
Sess smirked slightly. "Did it hurt?"
Inuyasha yelled out, "Hell yeah it hurt! You want me to do it to you!?"
The older brother put his arms. "No thanks. Anyway, why are you here? What exactly did you want to talk to me about that couldn't wait until dinner?"
It was Inuyasha's turn to sit down. "It's Kikyo. I wanted to know why you dropped her. But now I see why. You wanted to go with this psycho."
"Who are you calling psycho, asshole?" Kagome had just stepped out of the bathroom in a pair of skinny jeans, heels and an off the shoulder long sleeve shirt. Her hair was still a bit wet but it was brushed down her back. "Sess, how in the world can you possibly know this pervert?"
"Pervert?!" Inuyasha growled.
"He's my younger brother, Kagome. I'm sorry for any inconveniences he's caused you."
Inuyasha scowled. "Any inconveniences I caused her?! SHE'S THE ONE WHO JUMPED ON MY BACK AND YANKED OUT MY HAIR!"
"It's okay. I just feel bad that you have any connection to him. It must bring you down." Kagome teased, loving the angry response she was getting from the guy she just encountered.
"HEY!"
"Settle down, Inuyasha." Sess said. "Well now that you know you're answer, I must ask how you plan to get back to Tokyo?"
"I came with Rin." Inuyasha huffed. "She'll take me back."
"So that's why she came all the way here, I see now." The older Taisho stood up and walked towards the door. "Well if that's all, Kagome and I must go, and I think it would be best if you met us back in Tokyo with my wife. Take care of her. Also," Sess stopped him as he headed down the opposite hall towards the back exit. "Inuyasha, will you be attending the Entertainment party on Saturday? You are to accept an award I hear?"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and waved his brother off. "Yeah, yeah, I'll be there."
Going their separate ways, Kagome and Sesshomaru made it for their Tokyo flight while his wife Rin and his younger brother Inuyasha took their private jet home.
"Hey Sess?" Kagome whispered out on the plane in the first class section.
"Hmm?"
"Are you really related to that foul guy?"
Sesshomaru's eyes were closed and he didn't move his body to respond but he did whisper back, "Yes, unfortunately I am. He's around your age you know?"
Kagome frowned. "So? What are you getting at?"
"Heh, nothing. Rest Kagome, we'll be arriving in 4 hours."
That good for nothing guy, Inuyasha Stupid Taisho. Kagome thought irritably.
