AN:
Well, it's currently 1:37 in the morning. I can't sleep so I
decided to get started on this chapter. Enjoy my lovely
readers!
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Disclaimer:Don't own…never will.
Title: Slave to Love
Summery: After deciding to pay off money that her family owes by working as his personal 'slave'. Kagome starts to feel something grow between her and her 'master'. And having him flatter her doesn't make things much better. Still she can't fall for him, not after putting her through what he does. [Rating will DEFFINATLY go up in later chapters]
Genre: Romance/ Humor/ Drama
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Chapter
2- A Friend And A Foe
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Kagome groaned as she reluctantly stomped her way around the huge house. It had only been about a month of mild torture, but to her, it felt like years. Sometimes it'd seem like Inuyasha only made her do certain things just to annoy her. Most likely because that was his sole purpose.
"Go take it back to the kitchen…he says! I don't like my food to touch…he says!" She mumbled as she neared the main kitchen. Fire was blazing in her eyes. "You better sleep with one eye open Inuyasha…" She continued unknown to her that someone was watching.
The young woman with long brown hair and beautiful brown eyes watched Kagome with a confused look on her face. But she didn't speak. For some reason, she found Kagome's conversation with herself to be quite entertaining.
"Because I just might get you…" Kagome headed over to the cupboard and grabbed an extra plate to separate the two touching foods so Inuyasha could stop complaining. After having the plate in her possession, she reached over the counter toward the knife stand and pulled out huge knife. She smiled at its sharp blade and squinted her eyes. She then turned around only to be met face to face with her stalker.
"AHHHH!" Kagome screamed and dropped everything she was holding. She looked down at her feet and sighed. "Great…something else he can get on my nerves about…"
The unknown woman laughed and went to help Kagome. She squatted and began to clean some of the mess Kagome had made.
"No, no." Kagome protested. "This is my fault. I'll clean it."
"Oh, it's no big deal." She answered while continuing with the mess. "You know…you really should check to make sure the room is empty before you plot on someone's death." She joked.
Kagome chuckled nervously. "Speaking of which…how much of that did you hear?"
"Well…unless something came before 'Go take it back to the kitchen' I heard everything."
Her eyes widened in shock. "Oh, well…that's embarrassing."
"Think nothing of it. I'd probably be plotting the same thing if I had your occupation. Only difference is that he'd be pushing up daisies by now." The young woman out stretched her hand. "I'm Sango. I work the main Kitchen from Wednesday to Saturday."
Kagome brushed some hair behind her ear before taking Sango's hand. "I'm Kagome! I'm Inuyasha's personal…everything else. I work and live here 24/7!" She answered a tad bit more sarcastic than she meant. But Sango understood her reason for sarcasm.
Sango only laughed. "I can only imagine how demanding your job could be. But try not to feel like it's all bad. Inuyasha can be pretty alright sometimes."
Kagome rolled her eyes at Sango's statement and the two of them stood up when the mess of food was cleaned. They dropped everything in the sink, and then Kagome started rubbing her temples.
She sighed. "What am I suppose to do now…?"
"You could always just go to his room and tell him what happened, minus…the knife part."
Kagome gave Sango an unreadable look and Sango immediately took the hint.
"Or…" She passed Kagome a new tray of food. "You could take this to him and make like nothing ever happened."
Kagome smiled and took the tray from Sango. "I like that idea better, thank you." She pondered for a short moment. "Hey, how come I've never seen you before? I thought I've been all through this house by now."
"I've seen you. You've just never seen me. I'm sure you were too preoccupied with whatever Inuyasha told you to do."
"True…well, it was nice talking to you. Hope I'll see you later!" Kagome replied cheerfully. "I've got to get this to lord of the complaints."
Sango nodded and Kagome left the kitchen attentively, heading back up the endless flight of stairs. When she finally made it to the second floor she heard something come from downstairs. It sounded almost as if the front door was opened. But she shrugged her shoulders believing herself to just be hearing things.
Kagome then headed further down the hall leading to Inuyasha's bedroom. When met face to face with the cherry wood door, she knocked softly expecting Inuyasha to come to the door. Instead, she heard his voice yell 'come in.' from the other side. Her heart pulsed at hearing his words. Never had she been inside Inuyasha's lair before. Truthfully she was nervous about it. Sure, she'd been to his door many times. But she never walked in his room. She never had a reason to. So why would today be any different?
She took a deep breath before twisting the knob then pushed the door open. "Um…Inuyasha…?"
The room was nothing she'd ever seen before. She'd thought her own room was something magnificent, but this one was out of this world. However, her thoughts were soon broken when confused looking half demons eyes were met with hers.
"K-Kagome?" He questioned. "What are you doing in here?"
Kagome took a deep breath and rolled her eyes. "Honestly Inuyasha, do you think I'd be in here by choice? Or did you forget you made me go get you a whole new plate of breakfast because the food was touching?"
He raised a brow. "Oh yea, I did make you do that didn't I? I didn't think you'd take it literally."
She could feel her blood begin to start boiling. "Are you saying…I just did all of that for nothing…?
Inuyasha began to smirk. "Well…aren't you the smartest pair of boobs on legs?" He answered after taking a glance at Kagome's attire. A pair of shorts and a white tank top.
Kagome's face flushed red from anger and embarrassment. "Excuse me…"
He flagged her. "Pipe down. Just leave the tray on a table somewhere and go back to your room."
Kagome had to bite her tongue to keep from saying something she would regret. Though she doubted she'd regret it. Still, it'd be rude and she wasn't that type of person to say everything she felt. So instead she did as she was asked and left the room. Once on the other side she must have screamed loud enough china could hear it. But once her chronic screaming fit was over, she headed back down the stairs to find something to occupy her time until she was needed again.
Somehow, she found herself stroll back into the main kitchen in hopes to see Sango again. Seeing her would have been a lot better than talking to a wall or Inuyasha since those were the only people around to talk to. Besides the other hired help. But not many of them spoke to her and she wasn't sure why. Once in the kitchen, she propped herself on stool and rested her head on the table.
"I can see you're a tad bit over whelmed…" The familiar voice said.
Kagome lifted her head to see Sango smiling in front of her. "Is it that obvious?"
Sango nodded her head. "Yes, your red all over and I'm more than sure you weren't like that a couple minutes ago." She replied while placing a cup of hot tea in front of Kagome.
"Well, it's nothing new to me. Every time I come in contact with Inuyasha, he finds some way to annoy me."
"Would you like to talk about it?"
Kagome took a sip of the tea. I don't really know her…but she does seem like nice person…
"I guess it wouldn't hurt. Well first he…"
"No…no…look I'm busy right now! I probably won't be leaving for a couple of hours…no I'm not telling you where I am. Because it's none of your business…" A strange female voice was heard getting closer and closer to the kitchen.
"Great…the queen of the she-devils is here again…" Sango groaned.
Kagome was slightly confused. "Queen of the she-devils? Who's that?"
"You'll see real soon."
A woman around maybe 21 or 22 walked into the kitchen. She had light skin, with a sophisticated look. In a way, she seemed like a slightly older version of Kagome. But that's only to someone who would see them in the same room.
"Okay…well I'll see you later on tonight. Alright…I love you too…bye." She hung up her cell and placed it in her pocket. Then her once sweet looking face turned into one of extreme hatred as she gazed upon Kagome and Sango.
Sango gave her an incredulous look. "Hello…Kinky-hoe."
The woman instantly fumed with anger. "What did you just call me?"
"Uh…Kikyo…you're name. Unless you changed it for unknown reasons…"
Kikyo rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Where's Inuyasha? And just give me a straight up answer. I don't want any of your sass."
Sango chuckled. "And the world doesn't want you on it…guess we both won't get our wishes." She answered sarcastically.
Kagome watched the tension build between Sango and this Kikyo person. She could tell there was some heat between them. That was obvious. She looked from Kikyo and Sango as each of them threw smart comments at the other.
"You don't want to get me upset cook girl. You won't like me when I'm pissed." Kikyo said in a low growl.
"Actually…I don't like you at all. So you being pissed won't really make a difference."
Kagome found herself chuckling at Sango remark. She didn't intend for her laughter to be loud, but Kikyo heard it anyway and turned her hate filled eyes on her. But Kagome didn't notice since she was still laughing.
"And what are you laughing at, girl!?"
Kagome averted her eyes to Kikyo and both of them seemed slightly taken back at the other. In that instant they realized the similarity between them and so it didn't really faze Kagome, it seemed to upset Kikyo.
"What are you, some stalker fan girl or something?" Kikyo asked.
"You talking to me…?" Kagome answered with a raised brow?
"Well I'm certainly not talking to myself! Now, who are you and how come I've never seen you before?"
Kagome gave the woman a look, but decided to humor her. "My names Kagome and I…"
"AM VISITING ME!" Sango butted in. "She's my cousin…"
Kagome immediately sent a confused look to Sango who only nodded back to her.
Kikyo gave both Sango and Kagome suspicious looks. "Whatever. You better not cross me again, Kagome. Something bad might happen to you."
Kagome raised a brow. "Is that supposed to be a threat?"
"No…it's a promise!" She answered before leaving the kitchen.
The tension in the room instantly cleared and Kagome turned to Sango. "Who was that? And why did you tell her I was your cousin?"
"That's Kikyo."
"No way! You mean Kikyo Matsura? Itsuki Matsura's daughter…the man that makes those electric cars?" Kagome felt her excitement rising.
"Yes, but believe me Kagome…the thrill wears off. She nasty, and crude. One of the worst people you'd ever know. She's also Inuyasha's girlfriend. Or at least she tries to be."
"Girlfriend…I didn't know he had a girlfriend."
Sango shrugged her shoulders. "Not surprised you didn't know. In fact, it doesn't surprise me that the two of you never crossed paths before today. I'm even sure it was an accident that the two of you met just now."
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked suddenly sparked with interest.
"C'mon Kagome…you mean you…haven't…noticed?"
Kagome tiled her head. "Noticed…noticed what?"
Sango could have begun to laugh then and there but she held her laughter inside. "I think I'll let you figure it out on your own. Anyway. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT get too close to Kikyo. If she were to ever find out you spent so much time with Inuyasha…she'll make your life hell. THAT'S why I told her you were my cousin and that you were visiting. She's less likely to bother you this way. So try not to make it known that you're like…his maid."
Kagome nodded her head to sow she understood. But she didn't respond verbally.
However, on the other side of the wall, Kikyo stood with an evil smirk on her face. She rolled her eyes before chuckling and walking away.
Okay Miss Kagome…I'll see fit that you won't be so close to Inuyasha anymore…you mess with fire…you get burned…
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Meanwhile, Inuyasha was still in his room, but sitting on the huge balcony. It was a warm summer Saturday and he was enjoying every moment of it. The clean air, the cool breeze then went by ever once in a while, the clear blue sky. He leaned on the gate and looked out at the big lake behind his house. Enjoying the peaceful energy until someone walked behind him and embraced him from behind.
"Why do I get the feeling you were hiding from me…?"
Inuyasha shook his head before turning to face his intruder. "I wasn't hiding from you. If I was…I doubt I'd be in my room Kikyo."
She let go of him and backed up slightly with a pouted lip. "Why do you sound so irritated Inu-poo? Did I do something wrong?" She asked innocently.
Inuyasha raised a brow. Inu-poo…
"Yes you did. You just came into my room without knocking first."
Kikyo wrapped her arms around his neck. "Aren't we enough of a couple for me to surprise you in your bedroom?" She seductively asked before placing a fiery kiss on his lips.
Not really being able to answer the question, he returned the kiss which lasted for a few seconds and the parted.
"Now…are you still upset with me?"
"You don't have to seduce me Kikyo. I would have gotten over it. But no, I'm not upset, I never was." He answered while taking a seat on one of the chairs on the balcony.
Kikyo didn't really pay what he said much attention. Instead she sat on his lap in the opposite direction he was so she could face him. She began to unbutton the red shirt he was wearing while forcibly engulfing him in hot kisses. She started at his jaw line and worked her way to lips.
"K-Kikyo…" He forced out in the mild second she pulled away. But soon occupied his lips with her own.
Inuyasha grabbed her wrist and stopped her from unbuttoning his shirt. And at the very second she stopped kissing him and looked at his confused.
"Kikyo! Control yourself!" He yelled while standing up to get her off of him. He then turned away from her.
She made a face at him turning his back to her. "You know, it doesn't surprise me that you're saying that!"
"And what do you mean by that…?" He said in a monotone voice.
"You wouldn't be rejecting me if you didn't have a little sideline girl!" Kikyo blurted.
Upon hearing Kikyo's accusation, he turned to face her. "The reason I'm stopping you is because I'm not in the mood for this right now. And for your information…I don't have a sideline girl!" He yelled.
"Oh yea! Then who is that Kagome girl? And why have I never met her? What's her purpose here?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened and his voice suddenly got softer. "Y-you know…about Kagome…?"
Kikyo gave him a suspicious look. "Judging by your reaction…"
"I'm not seeing Kagome. So just drop the subject. You got your answer so leave it at that."
Kikyo was appalled at Inuyasha's attitude. "No I won't drop the subject! I'm your girlfriend; I have a right to know! Who is she!?"
Inuyasha shook his head. "I'm not going to tell you that…"
Her jaw dropped and she stood close to his face. "She works for you doesn't she? She works closely with you…doesn't she?"
Inuyasha gave her a look. "How do you know all of that?"
"I'm not going to tell you that…" She repeated his earlier words and walked away leaving a very concerned and worried Inuyasha.
"Why did I ever get involved with that girl…?" He whispered.
Because she was easy…and she looks good…
"Great…now I'm loosing my mind…"
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The day had gone by pretty quickly as stars began to fill the sky. Kagome was in the laundry room washing her and Inuyasha's dirty laundry while baby bash blasted threw her ipod headphones. She pranced around the room having fun tossing the clothes one by one into the machine or dancing while folding. And she'd been doing so for about a half hour before someone walked in the room, unknown to her of course.
She danced around the room. Gliding, twisting, and turning her body around as if she didn't have a care in the world. "She moves her body like a cyclone. And she makes me wanna do it all night long. Going hard when they turn the spotlights on. 'Cause she moves…gahhh!!!" She screamed and she accidentally walked into Inuyasha.
She took the headphones off her head and looked him in the eye. "Can I help you? Or did you just come to watch me wash your clothes?" She asked while turning her focus back to her current job.
His eyes were wide and he tried his best to keep his jaw from dropping. Never had he ever seen Kagome do anything else but walk or run. And he couldn't help think that watching her move like that was a complete turn on. But he wouldn't tell Kagome that…not to her face at least. He instead cleared his throat and cleared his lustful thoughts of her.
"No. Actually I needed to talk to you."
Kagome closed the lip on the washing machine before turning back to Inuyasha. "What about?"
"About…a certain person that you may or may not have met today."
Kagome sat on top of the washing machine with a raised eyebrow at Inuyasha. "If you're talking about your girlfriend, then yea, I met her."
Inuyasha slapped himself in the forehead. "I was afraid of that." He mumbled.
Kagome tilted her head. "What was that you said?"
"Nothing…but, did she say anything to you? Something that may have been a little out of pocket?"
Kagome pondered that thought thinking back to her interesting encounter with Kikyo. "Well…aside from her threatening my life, no.
Inuyasha felt relieved. "That's good…" But then he realized what she said. "Wait! She threatened you?"
The buzzer went off on the dryer and Kagome hopped up to tend to the clothes. She bent over to take the clothes out not realizing she was giving Inuyasha full view of her behind. Not to mention she was still in her shorts from earlier. And Inuyasha wasn't exactly looking away.
"Well…it was, and wasn't a threat. She just said I better not cross her again or something bad might happen to me."
Inuyasha swallowed the lump in his throat before responding to her statement. "Oh…what kind…of bad things?"
Kagome still unaware of the view she was giving, still hadn't stood back up yet. "I don't know. She didn't say. But who cares really?" She finally stood back up and brought the basket of clothes to the table in the laundry room for folding.
Finally being able to get the enticed feeling down he averted he gazed to her face. "Are you…um sure that's all she said?"
She began folding random items of clothing she picked out the basket. "Um…yea, that's all she said. Why so interested, Inuyasha?"
"Because…if she's bothering you, I'd want to know. So try your best to stay away from her. Because…um…only I…can bother…you…?" He said more like a question.
"Oh well, you sure do that pretty well." She flashed him a sweet smile before going back to the clothes.
He felt something inside of him spark when he saw her innocent soft smile. A smile that seemed to make her whole face light up. A smile that he must have seen for the very first time.
"Hehe, yea…I take my job seriously."
"I bet you do." She said. "Hey, could you hand me that bottle of fabric softener behind you? I forgot to put some in the wash load." She asked while pointing to something.
Inuyasha looked behind himself and found what she wanted. Steadily walking it over to her, he hands the bottle to her causing their hands to make mild contact. Contact that didn't seem to faze her, but could have made him jump backwards.
She smiled at him again to she her gratitude before putting the sweet smelling liquid in the machine behind her. This only caused Inuyasha's gaze to fall on her again.
What is it about this girl…why do I feel so…attracted to her???
He never averted his eyes to another object before she turned back around, and Kagome saw that he was staring at her. She inspected herself for something he might be looking at. But when she found nothing, she spoke up.
"Inuyasha, why are you looking at me like that?" She asked softly.
Hearing her voice breaking his trance, he turned his head so she wouldn't see the growing redness on his cheeks. "What do you mean why am I looking at you? You work for me. I can look at you any way I want to."
Kagome raised a brow and picked up the basket of folded clothes so she could take them to their designated rooms. "You really are acting weird right now. Maybe you should call it a night before you…WHOA!" She slipped on the water and threw the basket in the air. She closed her eyes while awaiting her collision with the tiled floor, but somehow, it never came. Instead she felt her soft body being pressed a harder one with a strong arm around her waist. She opened her eyes back up only to have them met with soft golden ones. She'd never taken the time to notice how kind those golden orbs were. But being so close to them for the first time, she saw that they were full of life.
"Kagome, are you alright?" Inuyasha asked in a tone full of concern.
"I-I…" She couldn't seem to find her voice. She was lost in those beautiful golden eyes that stared at her so intensely. "I…um…yes…"
"Good 'cause, if I wasn't standing here, you would have hit the floor kind of hard! Oh, and your clothes are all over the floor. I couldn't save you and the clothes."
Kagome didn't answer. Instead she averted her eyes from his, to the closeness of their bodies. She then began to blush a dark shade of crimson. She cleared her throat to get her message to Inuyasha; who indeed took the hint and let her go when she had her balance back.
Both of them now had a light tint on red on their faces, though Kagome's was quite darker than his.
"W-why did you do that?" She asked to break the awkward silence between them.
"Huh?"
"Why did you do that?" She asked again.
"Um…" Inuyasha didn't have an answer for her. Why did I just do that… "Don't get too excited, girl. I would have done it for any woman about to fall."
Kagome sighed. "Oh, well…thank you." Said while squatting to pick up the clothes.
"You don't have to thank me. Like I said, I would have done it for any woman." He took a moment to see the mess of clothes scattered all over the floor. "Do you…uh…need some help with any of this?"
"Not really. It's not a lot left to be done. But I guess you could stick around and keep me company."
"I can do that." He said while bending down to help her with the clothes on the floor. "Or…I can stick around and help you out."
Kagome raised a brow. "Why would you want to do that?"
"Because I'm a nice guy." He answered boastfully.
She giggled softly while flashing another one of her award winning smiles. "Well thank you, nice guy." The two stood up when all the clothes were back in the basket.
"You're welcome, not so nice girl." He said jokingly.
She made a face and lightly hit him with a shirt in her hand. "I am a nice person! You'd know that if you didn't spend all your time making my life miserable."
They both sat back at the table refolding the originally folded clothing.
"Do you really think your life is miserable here Kagome?"
"Well," She thought for a brief moment. "I don't know. At times living here seems like a great place. But others times…"
"You'd rather be home with your family. I get it."
"But I'm not going to back out now. I made a promise to myself, and my family that I'd go through with this. And I plan to fallow through."
He began looking her with such admiration. "You're doing a good thing for your family. Do you know that?"
She brushed some hair behind her ear and nodded. "That's what's kept me from not killing you all this time." She joked.
"Hey! You intended on killing me?"
"Do you want the honest answer?" She said while looking at Inuyasha with a raised brow.
"No, not really."
Kagome chuckled one last time before silence fell upon them as they completed folding the clothes. Slowly, but surely they finished and began working on other loads just enjoying each others company. But about a half hour or so, Kagome felt the need to say something.
"You know Inuyasha, I think this is the first time we've had a decent conversation. And it was actually a conversation. Not just, 'hi' and 'bye'. But we really…talked." She said sweetly.
"Yea, and hopefully…it won't be the last time we talk like this." He answered while shooting her a serious look that caused a knot to form in her throat.
Kagome nodded her head, unable to speak.
"Promise me Kagome…promise me we can talk like this again."
She blinked a few times lost in the intensity of his eyes.
"Kagome…?"
"I-I Promise."
He shot her a toothy grin before nodding and leaving the room. Once he was gone, Kagome gained control over herself again.
"Whoa…what
just happened to
me…?"
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AN: Well this was a rather long chapter but I think you all deserve it. It being well waited for and what not. What has it been like two weeks? I don't know. What ever. I think this was a good chapter, don't you? Kagome made a friend, an enemy, and had her first sweet moment with the incredulous Inuyasha. LOL. Well tell me what you think in a review. And favorite the story if you haven't already. Please and Thank You! ^_^
-Dia
PS. This chapter is the longest chapter I've ever written in life. Stretching to 11 pages on font 9… O.o
