Hey guys! Sorry it's taking me a little while to update all of my stories. But I promise I will get them all updated again. But anyway let's get to the next chapter of this story.
Chapter 2: Inuyasha, The Mechanic"Come on Kimiko or else I'm going to be late!" Kagome called out to her daughter from the kitchen while collecting the breakfast dishes.
"Me coming!" Kimiko called back to her from down the hall.
Kagome was wearing a pair of black dress pants and a brown and pink-stripped button-up long sleeve shirt that fit her hourglass form and her hair was down. She brought the dishes to the sink to rinse them off a bit before setting them in the sink so she could wash them when she got home.
Kagome sighed as she grabbed her keys and purse from the counter and walked into the living room, "You ready Kimiko!"
"Almost." She heard Kimiko say brightly.
Kagome looked down at her daughter as she walked past her towards the front door to get her blue buckled shoes. Kimiko was wearing blue jeans with a pink tee-shirt with a Minnie Mouse on it and a ponytail with a pink ribbon in her hair. She also had her backpack on her back with her teddy bear, Misty, tucked inside the bag.
Kagome watched her daughter as she sat down on the floor and pulled on her shoes and she smiled as she watched Kimiko buckle them all by herself.
'She is growing up so fast.' Kagome thought to herself before frowning, 'I really hope I get to the park in time to see her game. That would be the worst.'
"Ah!" Kimiko said suddenly snapping Kagome out of her thoughts and tilted her head as she watched Kimiko stand up and smile at her.
"Me ready mommy!" Kimiko told her brightly.
Kagome smiled warmly as she walked up to the front door and opened it, "Then let's get going to Kikyo's house before the work rush heads out."
Kimiko nodded before running out the door with Kagome following her.
"Look mommy!" Kimiko exclaimed loudly as she pointing out the window at a split-level house with light brown siding and green shutters, "Auntie Kikyo's house!"
Kagome smiled as she looked to where Kimiko was pointing, "Yes sweetie I know. I've been coming to this house even before you were born."
"Nuh uh." Kimiko replied smiling at her mother like she was joking.
Kagome smiled at her, "Oh yes I did." She pulled into the driveway behind a blue Chevy.
In the back of the house was a wired fence which had a decedent sized swing-set and a little garden in the back.
Kagome held Kimiko's hand as they walked up towards the front door and Kagome made the notion to ring the doorbell when Kimiko placed her hand over her mother's.
Kagome looked down at her oddly, "What's the matter baby?"
Kimiko gave her a toothy grin, "Let me press the button mommy! Please!"
Kagome stared at her little girl before giving her a reassuring smile, "Okay Kimiko go for it."
Kimiko squealed softly before going up on her tiptoes and pressed the doorbell while hearing the ring on the other side of the door.
"Coming!" They heard a woman call out before opening the front door.
Kagome smiled as she greeted the woman, "Good morning Kikyo."
Kikyo smiled as she tilted her head, "Well good morning to you too Kagome."
"Hey want about me!" Kimiko whined playfully.
Kikyo chuckled as she looked down at her little niece, "And it's good to see you too Kimiko."
Kimiko smiled in satisfaction.
Kikyo was Kagome's elder sister, at least by three years. Kikyo was 29 and has been married to her husband, Muso Rumika, for eight years. Kikyo met Muso during college at a club that her and her friends visited for a girls' night out when she had just turned 21. They dated for a good long year before getting married and they both finished college. Kikyo was now a doctor while Muso worked as a construction worker. They have an 8-year-old son, Haru, and they have another one on the way.
Kikyo smiled as she slowly bent over to hug her niece, though it proved to be slightly hard because of her slightly large belly, but she succeeded in hugging her, "Oh it is so good to see you sweetie." She pulled back to look at her to look at her from head to toe and smiled in approval, "You have gotten more beautiful since the last time I saw you."
"Aw no me not." Kimiko told her in a sly tone as she smiled happily at her aunt.
"Of course you are. I have never seen another little girl as pretty as you…well except your mother but that's an exception." Kikyo replied as she straightened up her back.
Kagome chuckled lightly and bent over slightly to look at her daughter, "Okay now you be a good girl Kimiko."
"Don't worry mommy me will." Kimiko told her reassuringly.
"Hey Kimiko." Kimiko and Kagome looked up at Kikyo who smirked as she crossed her arms, "I have two cookies in the kitchen with your name on it. So why don't you go in the kitchen and grab them before the cookie monsters get them."
Kimiko smiled from cheek to cheek and cheered out loudly, "COOKIES!" She then ran into the kitchen repeated that word over and over again.
"Don't make a mess in there Kimiko!" Kagome called out to her, "I don't want to have Aunt Kikyo picking up any crumbs!"
"Oh Kagome don't worry about it." She heard her older sister reassure her in a slight chuckle.
Kagome looked up at her elder sister who smiled at her, "I'm not expecting her to be neat since not every child is a neat freak. Though of course if we need to clean I'll just call upon Muso."
The two sisters chuckled at Kikyo's comment.
"Of course make the husband do the work." Kagome chuckled out.
Kikyo shrugged, "Well what else can I really do, since after all I am pregnant and there is only so much I can do."
Kagome sighed, "Yeah that is a good point." She then groaned sadly as she frowned.
Kikyo noticed and stopped smiling, "Hey what's wrong Kagome?"
"I feel so horrible." Kagome replied softly lowering her eyes to the ground.
"Horrible?" Kikyo repeated arching a brow as she tilted her head, "Why do you-"
"Because this is Kimiko's first game," Kagome started as she looked back up at her sister and narrowed her eyes while crossing her arms, "And thanks to that stupid Koga I may actually end up missing it."
Kikyo groaned now understanding what her sister was talking about, "So Koga is still getting to you?"
"Yes, he is infuriating me!" Kagome complained loudly as she threw her arms up in the air, "He may be the reason why I will transfer to another bank!"
"You're thinking about transferring?" Kikyo asked while pointing a finger at her.
Kagome nodded, "Yes since this was the last straw and I'm not going to take it anymore."
Kikyo smiled, "Now that's the Kagome I remember. The Kagome who doesn't let anyone take advantage of her, especially when her daughter is at sake."
Kagome just returned the smile. Her eyes jerked down to Kikyo's hand as she rubbed her pregnant belly.
"Only a few more months." Kagome said right out of the blue.
"Mm? What did you say?" Kikyo asked not really hearing what Kagome said.
Kagome looked up at her smiling brightly, "Only two more months and your new baby comes."
Kikyo returned her smile, "Yeah." She looked down at her belly, "We really can't wait for it to come."
"Have you guys figured out the sex of it yet?" Kagome asked tilting her head slightly as she met her elder sister's eyes.
Kikyo looked at her and shook her head, "No, Muso and I want to be surprised."
Kagome chuckled lightly, "Yeah you were always the type that liked surprises."
"Well that would all depend on the surprises." Kikyo reminded, "Because I remember this one time when Haru surprised me with this ugly beetle that he found in the backyard."
Kagome laughed now seeing the face on her sister's face when she saw the beetle, "Oh that is so typical for a young boy."
Kikyo joined in the laughter with her younger sister.
Kagome smiled softly, "Well I should be getting going. Maybe if I get there early Mr. Wolf will let me out early."
"One can only hope Kagome." Kikyo replied before waving at Kagome.
Kagome waved back before getting into her car and driving away.
-BEEP-BEEP-BAM-
"Argh! I really hate that noise." An irritated voice growled out as he slammed his fist onto his alarm clock. Then a sigh came from the queen-sized bed with most of its covers hanging off of the edge of the bed and onto the floor. The dark brown fan waved the cool breeze down on the male figure as he sat up and started stretching out his arms and limbs.
He grumbled as he rubbed one of his white fuzzy dog-ears that laid on top of his head, "Man do those things really hurt my ears."
He looked down at the end table and groaned when he saw his alarm clock now smashed into pieces.
"Damn! That's the fifth one that I have broken this week." He shook his head, "You'd think they would start making these things out of steel or something by now, considering there are hanyous and demons who can easily break those things."
He let out a frustrated sigh while rubbing his eye as he stood up in red and black boxers showing off his hot toned abs. He opened up his eyes after rubbing them to reveal his golden amber eyes, "Guess I'll got get another one after work today."
He walked into his bathroom to take a shower, 'Though I don't really see why I should, considering I'll just end up breaking it again. But I need one or else I will always end up late for work and hearing my stupid brother lecture me is not on my list of things to do.'
This man is named Inuyasha Morkien and he is 26 turning 27 in just three months. He is a dog hanyou, his father, Inutashio, was a full dog demon while his mother, Izayoi, was a human. He loved his parents with all of his heart but considering he was a hanyou…didn't make his childhood any easier to deal with than he had hoped. But even though his childhood somewhat sucked that didn't stop him from getting a good education. So he went to college in Kyoto to go into car repair and basically anything that had to do with cars, since that was something he was into when he was a child. He also got a degree so just in case his first choice didn't work out he could have something to help him find another job to replace the first one. Inuyasha is now working at his father's car repair shop full-time and he had been working there since he was 14 years old. So Inuyasha knows pretty much everything one needs to know about cars and such. His older half brother, Sesshoumaru, has also been working at the shop probably since he was 14 or 15. So both brothers were planning on taking over the business once their father passes on, considering they loved the place.
Once Inuyasha had finished his shower he walked into his bedroom to get dressed, "I better hurry up. I don't want to get snapped at by that stupid brother of mine again this week!"
Inuyasha lives in a duplex in the center part of Tokyo. When he was at least 24 he saved all of his money to rent this very duplex, since he was sick of living with his parents. Though he had to admit that he had no idea of how hard living on your own really was but he managed somehow and is now just trying to get through life while trying to forget his childhood and move on. But it was a lot easier said than done, especially when you are a hanyou that was picked on as much as he was.
He pulled off of his towel that was tightly around his waist and put on his work clothes which was a pair of gray pants with a couple of oil stains on them. A white muscle shirt that showed of his toned six-packed abs and a gray button-up jacket that was the same shade of gray and the same material as the gray pants. He then tied up his black boots and put on his nametag and once he was fully dressed he walked out into his kitchen and grabbed his keys from the counter.
He looked at the fridge deciding if he should eat or not.
Inuyasha shrugged and walked towards the front door, "I'll get something on the way to work."
Kagome sighed as she walked into the bank and towards her station. She took a seat at her station before putting down her purse under her station in a little cubbyhole to slightly hide it from the customers.
She glanced around, 'Great, another day at this hellhole.' Kagome looked around looking for anyone else that had to work today.
She groaned when she didn't see anybody, 'I really hope more people come. I don't want to be stuck alone with-'
"Ah good morning Kagome." She heard a familiar cheerful voice greet her.
Kagome scowled as she moved her eyes to glare at Koga, "Koga!"
"Heh finally deciding to call me by my first name huh?" Koga observed with a bright smile, 'That's a good sign.'
"Don't get any ideas Mr. Wolf!" Kagome hissed at him, "I didn't call you by your first name because I like you or anything. I called you that because I hate you."
Koga jerked and looked at her with hurt eyes, "Why do you hate me? I have done nothing to you."
"Besides irritating me!" Kagome pointed out loudly to him, "I didn't even want to be here in the first place! But I'm only here because I need the money for my daughter and me!" She looked at him with hateful eyes, "I'm not here for you!"
Koga stared at her quite surprised to see her glaring at him, he then sighed in defeat, "Just get to work Kagome." He turned to walk away, 'This will be a lot tougher than I thought it would be.'
Kagome just growled as she watched him walk into his office and began to do her paper work, "I seriously hope more employees come. I do not want to stay here alone with that asshole all day!" She looked up at the clock, it was almost 9, she sighed, "Only 5 more hours and I'm out of here."
Inuyasha drove into the parking lot of his father's business, Inutashio Repair.
He mumbled when he noticed a couple cars in the parking lot, "Looks like we have a bit of a crowd this morning."
He hopped out of his pick-up truck and looked down at his watch, "9 huh?" He looked up at the building and snorted with slight satisfaction, "Good then I won't have to listen to another one of Sesshoumaru's stupid lectures."
Inuyasha walked in to find Sesshoumaru at the front desk dealing with a male customer. He tilted his head as he looked over into the little lobby area and found a couple more people waiting for their cars to be done.
'Jeez these guys are really what you call early risers. I have a hard enough time just trying to get up at seven in the morning and yet these guys are here waiting to get their cars fixed.' Inuyasha thought to himself slightly amazed at these people. He walked up towards the front desk as Sesshoumaru continued to talk to the man.
"We'll have your car done in at least three hours." Sesshoumaru told him truthfully.
The man nodded, "Thanks." He pulled out a card from his pocket, "Here this has my cell on it. I have to go shop around for our trip so just call me when my car is done."
Sesshoumaru nodded as he took the card from him, "Will do sir."
The man smiled at him before walking out of the shop.
Sesshoumaru then noticed Inuyasha and looked at him, "Go get started on that man's car."
Inuyasha nodded obeying his orders as he walked behind the desk and into the garage.
Sesshoumaru is a 30-year-old man and is going to take his father's place as boss once he passes on to the afterlife. That was something that Inuyasha wasn't really looking forward to but he had to admit it was either that or having to sell the place and neither of them wanted that. Sesshoumaru had been married to his wife, Kagura, for seven years now. Kagura was a full demon that could command the wind to do what she wanted. He met her at a bar when he was 24 and she was 23 and they had only been going out for 6 months before getting engaged and then two months after that they were married. They have a 6-½ year old daughter, Rin, and a 2-year-old son, Kyo and they are attempting to have another but it is proving to be quite hard. Considering her job as a sectary at the courthouse and his job and of course them having two older kids didn't help much either. But they are planning on doing it at some point…probably once Kyo is potty trained.
Inuyasha stood in front of the man's car and opened up the hood to take a look inside.
"So you finally arrive on time today." He heard his older brother say to him sounding quite surprised by his young brother's actions.
Inuyasha sighed and snorted not bothering to look at his brother, "Well I was tired of hearing your stupid voice that I just didn't want to hear it anymore, considering of how annoying it is."
Sesshoumaru growled softly as he narrowed his eyes, "You better watch that mouth of yours' little brother or else you will find it hard to talk once I rip it right off of your face!"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "Yeah whatever you say Sesshoumaru." He turned his attention back at the engine, "So what's the matter with this thing?"
Sesshoumaru sighed deciding to go back to the task at hand, "He told me that he just wanted it check, since him and his family are going on a long trip and didn't want to have his car start breaking down on his trip."
Inuyasha nodded, "Smart guy." His head jerked before looking up at his older brother, "Is dad working today or is he still on vacation?"
Sesshoumaru met his eyes, "He's at a dentist appointment this morning and he probably won't be here until either 11 or around noon."
Inuyasha nodded in satisfaction before turning his attention back down at the engine and cracked his knuckles, "Okay let's get cracking."
On the other side of Tokyo was where Sango and Miroku lived in their medium sized ranch house. With two bedrooms and one bathroom with a wooden fence which hid their backyard from their fellow neighbors. The house had red siding with black shutters and a row of roses growing in front of the living room window.
Sango had been sitting in other bedroom, using it as an office, surfing the net since around 9 and it was almost 11.
She clicked on a couple links, "There are so many around here that I don't know which one to look at first."
"What are you looking for?"
"Mm?" Sango hummed after hearing her husband's voice.
She looked up and found Miroku walking over towards her behind her chair.
"Oh I'm just surfing the net to find some banks around here so Kagome and I can transfer." Sango told him as she turned her attention back towards the computer screen.
"Ahh I see." Miroku replied with a smile as he nodded his head, "That is a good idea. Considering Kagome is a little too busy to do it and we need to get her out of that bank before Koga does something crazy."
Sango looked up at him with a worried expression, "You really think he would do something hurtful towards Kagome?"
"Well he already made her break her promise to Kimiko so he did already hurt her." Miroku pointed out and then sighed, "And he did have that player reputation back in high school so he could end up hurting her more."
Sango groaned not liking the sound of that before turning her attention back at the computer, "Then we really need to get her out of there." She narrowed her eyes, "I can't believe you went to the same school as that jerk!"
Miroku chuckled lightly, "Yeah I'll admit I was hoping I wouldn't have to deal with him anymore."
"Mm?" Sango mumbled as she looked back up at him, "What do you mean Miroku?"
Miroku stared at her before sighing, "One of my old friends back in middle school and high school was bullied by Koga. So being his friend I had to help defend him, which most of the time didn't really work but we kept trying."
"Man! That Koga is even more of a jerk than I thought he was." Sango replied loudly as she narrowed her eyes but then softened them, "But I'm glad you were there for your friend." She smiled at him, "You are such a sweet person Miroku."
Miroku smiled, "Aw Sango you are making me blush."
Sango chuckled at her husband as she turned her attention back at the computer again.
Miroku kept his attention on Sango and watched her as she continued to search for banks. He smirked as he leaned his head down and brought his lips to Sango's neck and started to kiss and suck on it.
Sango let out a soft gasp while her eyes went wide as her cheeks began to heat up, "Miroku?"
Miroku ignored her as he continued to kiss her neck.
Sango moaned as she tilted her head allowing him more access to her neck, "Miroku, we really don't have a lot of time to be doing this."
"Oh of course we do." Miroku told her gently as he blew into her ear sending pleasant shivers down her spine, "We only have two three more hours until we have to go to Kimiko's game." He continued to smirk and groped her breast causing her to her gasp, "So we have plenty of time."
Sango moaned as she felt her body heat up thanks to Miroku's kissing, his touch and his words.
She then sighed and turned her head to look at Miroku meeting his eyes. The two stared at each other before Sango leaned into him and kissed him in defeat. Miroku smiled against her lips in victory. Oh was he in a happy mood now.
"Auntie Kikyo! Look at this!" Kimiko called out to her aunt whom sat on the porch reading a magazine while watching her and her cousin, Haru play.
Kikyo looked up from her magazine to find Kimiko near the monkey bars, she smiled, "You think you can do that this time?"
"You bet! Watch this!" Kimiko reassured her as she hopped from the wooden tree house and started to hang from the monkey bars. She began to swing for the second bar when her fingers slipped and fell flat on her butt.
Kikyo flinched and started to sit up expecting Kimiko to cry but she didn't.
Kimiko growled softly as she glared up at the monkey bars, "Stupid monkey bars!"
Kikyo sighed in relief, 'Well at least she is okay.' She tilted her head as she smiled softly before calling out, "Don't worry baby you'll get it next time."
Kimiko narrowed her eyes at her aunt and began to pout, "But I want to get it now!"
"Aw don't be such a cry baby."
Kimiko gasped before glaring up at her older cousin, "Be quiet Haru!"
Haru looked almost just like his father only with Kikyo's baby blue eyes and he was wearing blue jeans and a gray tee-shirt with a Japanese symbol on it and white shoes.
Haru shrugged, "What? If you sit here crying about it you're never going to get it right."
Kimiko stared up at him as he sighed, "Here watch me." He walked over towards the tree house and climbed up on it and then hopped on the first bar and continued to go until he reached the very last one and then dropped to the ground.
Kimiko grumbled with her eyes narrowed, "Show off."
"I wasn't showing off." Haru pointed out to her as he crossed his arms, "I was just showing you that it takes a lot of practice to do what I did. But you can't if you just sit there crying about it."
Kimiko just stared at him in amazement.
Kikyo smiled proudly as she stood up, "Okay you two."
Haru and Kimiko jerked as they turned their attention towards Kikyo as she smiled at them, "Let's get inside get you two cleaned up and fed before we end to Kimiko's game."
Haru and Kimiko smiled and shouted, "Yeah!"
Kimiko got up and raced Haru towards the back doors.
Inutashio was working on some bills when he heard his office door open.
"Aw man am I beat!"
He hummed as he picked up his head from his paperwork to find Inuyasha walk in and plop right on the loveseat in his office.
"Oh Inuyasha I assume you got those cars done?" Inutashio asked his youngest son.
Inuyasha glanced up at him and snorted as he narrowed his eyes while crossing his arms, "Yeah I got them done. No thanks to Sesshoumaru."
"Well he had to go get Rin from her dancing class since Kagura had to take Kyo to the doctor." Inutashio informed, "He has a family now and we need to respect that."
"I am well aware of that." Inuyasha replied loudly before leaning forward eyeing his father, "But thanks to him I was stuck taking care of ten cars in the past oh…four hours!"
"Didn't anyone help you?" Inutashio asked arching a brow.
"Some did but there were other cars to tend to as well." Inuyasha informed before grunted out loudly, "Man was today as busy as hell! I can't believe how many customers we had today!"
"Well it is a three day weekend son." Inutashio reminded him while tilting his head slightly, "People are heading out on vacation so this was to be expected."
"I know but still can't these people just give us a break for at least a few hours! I mean there was one car after another, look at my hands!" Inuyasha replied loudly as he held up his hands showing them to his father and they were almost pure black, "Considering how many cars there were I haven't even had time to wash my hands!"
Inutashio sighed seeing what Inuyasha was really trying to tell him, "Do you need a break Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha flinched slightly as he heard the tone in his father's voice but nodded nonetheless, "Yeah I do. You would too if you had to work on ten cars in four hours!"
Inutashio chuckled lightly, "Yeah I have been there so go take a break." But he narrowed his eyes and pointed a finger at him, "But make sure you are back by at least one."
Inuyasha smiled and nodded his head, "Sure thing."
Kagome had thanked the Lord that she wasn't the only one working today. Though most of them were older women like in their mid 30's or 40's or even 50's. But she liked them very much, not just because they saved her from being completely alone with Koga but also because she had none these ladies since she first began working at the bank. So the women knew her pretty well and treated her like she was a daughter to them, which was what she loved about them. Not that she didn't love her own mother but…it was good to have people like that at her job, especially with an irritating manger like Koga working there.
"So how is your daughter liking school so far Kagome?" A 40-year-old woman asked Kagome while looking at her after dealing with a customer.
Kagome looked up from an account she was working on and smiled at the older woman, "Oh she thinks it's the greatest place to be."
"Really? But I guess that's always how kids start out until they start getting older and start to hate school." The woman replied with a slightly chuckle, "I know my son was like that."
Kagome nodded, "Yeah I learned to hate school was they started giving out homework."
The older woman chuckled.
"But Kimiko did sing a song, that she learned from school, for me yesterday." Kagome pointed out with pride.
"Oh? What was the song?"
"The ABCs." Kagome replied and smiled brightly, "And how she sang it was so adorable!"
The 40 year old woman smiled warmly at her, "Of course, all children are adorable. Well…" She shrugged, "Unless they are spoiled brats and then they are not so adorable." She smiled back up at Kagome, "But not your daughter. Kimiko is such a little sweetheart."
"Well you know what they say…" Kagome and the woman looked over at a 30 year old woman who smiled happily, "Like mother like daughter."
Kagome smiled warmly at them. These women have met Kimiko before when she was just a newborn. She brought Kimiko to a Christmas party that they were having at the bank, which was a few weeks after she was born. They had seen Kimiko grow up, since most of the time Kagome would bring Kimiko to work with her. Though those were times when she couldn't find a baby-sitter for her daughter so she would just bring her to work with her and the older women had a ball with her and Kimiko had a ball with them. She missed bringing Kimiko to work with her, but since Koga began working there she never really wanted to bring Kimiko around him. She did not want Koga to corrupt her mind.
She continued to smile warmly at the women appreciating their sweet comments about her and her daughter, 'These women are so nice. It'll be hard to leave them when I find a new bank to transfer too. But,' She narrowed her eyes with determination, 'I must do what is best for me and Kimiko.'
Kagome then looked up at the clock to read that it was almost one, "Oh!" She said suddenly catching the attention of her co-workers as they watch her put away her paperwork and close up her station quickly as she grabbed her purse and rummaged through it.
"Where are you off too Kagome?" The 40-year-old woman asked her tilting her head slightly.
Kagome smiled at her, "Today is Kimiko's first T-Ball game and I promised I would be there for her first game."
The woman smiled at her, "Well then tell her I wish her the best of luck."
Kagome nodded continued to smile brightly, "Thank you I'm sure she will really appreciate it."
She took one last glance at her co-workers before grabbing her purse and walking towards the front doors but stopped in her tracks when she saw someone quickly stand in front of one of the doors to catch her attention.
"And where to you think you're going?" She heard a very familiar voice snarl at her.
Kagome narrowed her eyes as she picked her head up to look at none other than Koga himself, "Oh you should know where I'm going and it's a place that is not this bank!"
Koga narrowed his eyes as he crossed his arms, "Your shift is not over Kagome!"
"Only by your watch but on my watch it is over." Kagome hissed as she walked up to him face to face with him, "Since I had asked you two weeks ago that I wanted today off. But since that didn't happen, thank you very much, I then decided to leave early since there is a place I need to be that is way more important than being here."
"Oh please don't tell me you are still planning on going to that stupid T-Ball game?" Koga asked loudly in a slight growl.
Kagome glared at him and placed her hands on her hips, "Oh yes I am, and for you information T-Ball is not stupid! It's a very cute sport that my daughter so happened to be signed up for and I am going to be there for her first game whether you like it or not!"
"Argh! Why do you care so much about that God damn brat!?" Koga growled out accidentally.
He then realized what he had just said when he heard the older women gasp when they heard him. He looked down at Kagome who had gasped but narrowed her eyes to give him a hateful look.
"You!"
SMACKThe women gasped as they watched Kagome slap their manager right across his face. Koga's eyes went wide before slowly turning his eyes back down at Kagome.
Kagome continued to glare at him and snarled out, "If you talk ill of my daughter one more time I will purify you to fucking hell!" She raised her voice at the last two words making Koga jump.
Koga watched Kagome as she huffed and brutally pushed him aside as she stomped out of the bank in rage.
Koga then groaned as he rubbed his now sore cheek, 'Damn! I really screwed things up this time.'
Kagome slammed her car door shut and rubbed her eyes as she sniffed as a few tears fell from her eyes, "Damn him!" She looked up at her review mirror to glare at herself, "Now that is the final straw! I am not staying in that fucking hellhole any longer and if Koga has something to say about it well he's just going to have to taste my miko power and burn in hell!"
She pushed her key into the ignition and started the car but arched a brow when she heard the car make a strange unfamiliar noise.
"Heh that's weird." Kagome said to herself letting the fight with Koga slip into the back of her mind, she looked down at the dash board of the car, "I never heard the car sound like that before." She stared at the dashboard before shrugging, "I'll ask the others about this once I get to the park."
Kikyo, Muso, Haru and Kimiko arrived at Tokyo park and walked towards the baseball fields. Kimiko and Haru laughed as they raced towards the field where other folks were gathering around to watch the kids play.
"Heh looks like a lot of people signed up their daughters for this sport." Muso observed as he walked with his wife slowly behind his niece and his son while holding his wife's hand.
Kikyo chuckled lightly as she smiled at him, "No kidding. But this is good for them." Muso looked over at his wife as she tilted her head, "Since this will teach them the importance of team work."
Muso arched a brow, "You really think these five six year olds will learn that?"
Kikyo shrugged, "Well there's only one way to find out. Though I know Kimiko will get something out of playing this sport."
"Mom! Dad! Come on!" They heard their son call out to them.
They turned their attention towards Haru as he waved to them waving them down towards the bleachers where their grandparents, their Uncle Souta and where Miroku and Sango sat.
"Hurry and grab these seats before someone else takes them!" Haru pointed out loudly to them as he pointed down at the seats.
Muso and Kikyo chuckled as they walked over towards their son, niece and other family and Kagome's friends.
"I'm so happy that you guys came!" Kimiko cheered happily as she smiled at her grandparents.
Her grandmother, Saika Higurashi, smiled warmly as she bent forward to hug her granddaughter, "Oh we wouldn't miss this game for the world!"
"Really?" Kimiko asked brightly.
"Of course." Her grandfather, Hiraku Higurashi, reassured her with a smile, "We wouldn't dream of missing our granddaughter's first game." He then looked at his grandson, "Just like we wouldn't dream of missing Haru's soccer games."
Haru smirked with pride as he crossed his arms, "I remember my first game that you guys came too and my team won!" He pointed at his grandparents, "You guys were like our good luck charms that day and still are."
"Well then I am really glad you are here." Kimiko said to her grandparents with a bright smile.
Saika and Hiraku smiled at their grandbabies happy with what they were hearing. Hiraku and Saika were nice loving, caring people. They cared a lot about their family and friends, especially their children. Hiraku was still working as an orthodontist and Saika retired from her job as a home-ache teacher and Shikon Middle School. They still live with Hiraku's father at the shrine, trying to help him keep the shrine up and running and his father is still alive and kicking.
"So how is grandpa?" Kikyo asked as she slowly sat down next to her mother catching her mother's gaze.
Saika smiled, "Oh he's doing just fine. He's still moving around like he's still a kid."
"Man who knew that an old fart like him could still be moving around like he does." They heard a young man say to them.
Kikyo and Saika looked up to find the youngest of the Higurashi family, Souta, standing beside Haru with his arms crossed, "You'd think a man his age would be rocking in a rocking chair by now."
"Well guess that just proves you can't judge a person by their age anymore." Miroku stepped in with a happy smile as he wrapped his arm around his wife.
Sango sighed pleasantly as she leaned her head on his shoulder.
Souta was a 20-year-old man and is on his second year of college. He's going to college to be a police officer, he had wanted to be a cop since he was three years old and knew he could do it considering he took some classes in karate in order to fight back if he needed too.
Kimiko glanced around the park searching through the faces of the crowd looking for her mother.
She groaned when she saw no sign of her mother, 'Why isn't mommy here yet?'
Saika noticed Kimiko's frown as she continued to move her head around.
"Is something the matter baby?" Saika asked her in concern.
Kimiko looked up at her, "Mommy isn't here yet, and she said she would be here."
Kikyo and the others groaned when she mentioned Kagome and they frowned as well.
"Well maybe the traffic is holding her up." Kikyo reassured her and smiled, "I'm sure she'll be here soon. You just have to be patient." 'Man even I'm not convinced after that.'
Kimiko groaned as she lowered her eyes, "I hope so."
Sango just frowned and turned her attention towards the trees where she saw the highways, 'I really hope Kagome was able to get out of there okay.'
Kagome let out a soft sigh as she continued to drive down the road praying to God that she makes it to the park at least before the game ends. But it was proving to be quite difficult considering the crowd of cars coming from both directions.
"Come on move you stinking cars!" Kagome cursed at the fellow cars that were moving slowly in front of her, she groaned in frustration, "Damn do these guys drive so stinking slow!"
'I probably pissed Koga off.' She narrowed her eyes, 'But he deserved every penny of that for pissing me off! No one calls my daughter a Goddamn brat and gets away with it! Especially when it ain't even true!'
Suddenly her car began to vibrate while also making another strange unfamiliar noise.
"Now what's going on?" Kagome asked herself feeling her heart race in panic as she finally decided to pull off onto the shoulder of the road and turned off her car.
She groaned as she looked up at the ceiling of her car, "I so do not need this right now!" Kagome got out of her car and stood in front of the car and when she popped open the hood smoke started to blow out of the engine.
"Ah!" Kagome yelped softly as she waved her hand trying to blow some of the smoke out of her face and looked at the engine once the smoke was blown away from her face and looked into the engine to find it still smoking.
She grunted, "Well that's not good." She groaned, "I don't have time to for this! I need to get to Kimiko's game!"
Kagome then ran towards the door of her car and sat in it and began rummaging through her car looking for something.
"Come on I know it's in here, considering I'm the one that put it in here once I got it." Kagome said to herself, 'I have to call a repair shop since I know I can't fix this car on my own. Considering I know nothing of how to fix cars.'
"Oh!" Kagome said suddenly when she found the phonebook under her seat and sat in the car and flipped through the pages trying to find the car repair shops.
She quickly looked at the clock at her cell phone and groaned, it was almost 2.
"Aw man!" She looked down at the phonebook with her eyes narrowed, "What a stupid time for my car to break down! Couldn't it have broken down when I got to the park!?"
Kagome felt her heart sink, 'I'm letting Kimiko down and I don't want that! I don't want to ever disappoint my daughter! That would be the worst!'
"Damn!" Inuyasha cursed in a loud growl as he looked down at the clock in his pick-up truck, "Stupid damn rush hour! Thanks to those dumbass people I'm going to be late!"
He grumbled, 'Which means I will end up getting another lecture either from Dad or Sesshoumaru!' He groaned out loudly looking up at the ceiling of his car, "Can't things go my way just this once!?"
His nose then twitched when a familiar odor reached his nose that kinda smelt like gas.
Inuyasha began glancing around looking for the source of the smell, "Where's that smell coming from? It almost smells like some gas or a type of oil."
He slowly moved his eyes from one side of the road to the other when he spotted Kagome sitting in her car, with a smoky engine, flipping through a phonebook.
"Heh looks like she's in a bind." Inuyasha said to himself pointing out the obvious.
Inuyasha hummed as he tilted his head a bit, "Well this would be a good excuse to tell dad and Sesshoumaru." 'I don't know why but…I'm also getting…this feeling to help her.'
Inuyasha then nodded finally agreeing with his decision and carefully pulled off onto the shoulder where Kagome was.
Kagome grumbled as she flipped through the pages, "Come on! There must be one near this area! I don't have time to wait for them to come." She then raised her head while arching a brow as she heard something drive up behind her car.
Kagome took a look when she spotted Inuyasha's pick-up truck pulling off onto the shoulder and stopping right behind her car.
Kagome looked at the truck oddly and tilted her head, "Now who could that be?"
Her eyes went wide when she felt a demonic aura coming from the truck, 'A demon's in there!? Oh God I don't want to have to deal with another demon today!'
She watched the car as the door opened and saw Inuyasha climb out of his car. Kagome went into a trance when she saw him come out of his car and suddenly felt her heart pound when his beautiful golden amber eyes came in contact with her chocolate brown ones.
'Wow…he has really…really nice eyes.' Kagome thought to herself in awe but quickly shook her head, 'Now where did that come from?'
"Having problems here Miss?" She heard Inuyasha's soft rough voice ask snapping her out of her thoughts.
She looked up at him in even more awe, 'Ohh his voice sounds so…so smoothly.' Kagome then gasped softly realizing what she had just thought and shook her head again, 'Where are all these thoughts coming from!? These thoughts are all nonsense!' She lowered her head to the ground as she grumbled, 'All men, especially demons are pigs! So I shouldn't even bother!'
"Uh hello? Are you going to answer me or are you just going to sit there?" Inuyasha asked gruffly as he crossed his arms.
Kagome jerked remembering what he had asked her and nodded, "Uh yeah." She looked back at her engine, "I am having…a bit of a problem."
Inuyasha turned his eyes from hers' and to her engine and started to walk over towards it, "Well let's see what the problem is."
Kagome followed him with her eyes before slowly putting down the phonebook and quickly followed him as he stood in front of the hood.
"Can you really tell what the problem is?" Kagome asked softly slowly turning her eyes from the engine up to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha sighed, "Yeah I'm sure I can figure it out." He glanced t her, "Considering I'm a mechanic."
"What!? You're a mechanic?" Kagome gabbed out in shock while sounding quite hopeful.
Inuyasha nodded, "Yep been one for a while now so I know my stuff."
Kagome found herself smiling, "So you can get this thing fixed!?"
Inuyasha stared at her and told her truthfully, "Well that would all depend on what the problem is but most likely, yeah I can."
Kagome just smiled at him quite pleased with what she was hearing and she could tell by the look in his eyes that he was telling the truth. Actually she didn't really see, but she got this feeling that he was telling the truth, which she thought was odd but at this point she didn't care.
'Things are finally looking up for me today.' Kagome thought to herself happily.
Inuyasha stared at the young woman in front of him and found himself…strangely happy that she was smiling.
'She…she does have a nice smile.' Inuyasha thought but gabbed once he realized what he had just thought and quickly shook his head, 'Ugh! I don't have time for this sort of talk!'
He turned his attention back towards the engine and began rummaging through it to try and find what was causing the problem. Kagome looked at him from head to toe inspecting him, 'Well he is a demon I know that much, considering I am getting a demonic aura from him. But…' She glanced up at his fuzzy dog ears that twitched, 'Those ears look way too cute for him to be a full demon.'
"Hmmm." Inuyasha mumbled as he continued to rummage through the engine.
"What?" Kagome asked in a worried tone as his mumble snapped her out of her thoughts, "What's wrong with my car?"
"Looks like you need some new hoses." Inuyasha muttered more to himself than her and then said loudly, "Actually it looks like you need a new water pump and a new radiator as well."
"You can't be serious?" Kagome asked him not sounding too happy about it, considering she had a feeling it would take a lot longer to fix it than she had hoped.
Inuyasha nodded, "Yeah I am. So it looks like I may have to bring it down to the shop in order to fix it."
Kagome groaned as she rubbed her forehead, 'Great just when things were finally looking up for me.' She sighed before glancing up at him, "So how long will it take to fix it?"
Inuyasha stared at her before arching a brow, "Shouldn't you be more concerned about the price of it? This could cost you a lot of money Miss."
"Well right now I'm more concerned about how much time it will take." Kagome pointed out to him gruffly, "I promised someone very important to me that I would be at a certain game for them and if I'm not there I would never be able to look them in the eyes again!"
Inuyasha grunted softly as he frowned after hearing the tone in her voice. This game must really be important to her if she sounds like she is going to break down and cry. He absolutely hated it when women cried but for some odd reason he couldn't bare to see her cry.
He sighed as he looked from the engine before glancing back at her, "When does the game start?"
Kagome sighed and looked at him, "The game started around 2 and the game doesn't end until 4 or 5 o'clock."
Inuyasha looked down at his watch to check the time, it was already 2:20, "Uh…well…" He looked down at her, "If we get going now…"
Kagome looked up at him meeting his eyes as he continued, "I could just drop your car off at the shop and take you to this game."
Kagome's eyes went wide surprised by his suggestion, "You'd…you'd really do that?"
Inuyasha shrugged, "Heh why not? I mean if this game is really that important to you then I can at least help you get there." He grunted softly, 'She must be meeting her boyfriend there or something. She is pretty enough to have one.' Inuyasha's eyes shot wide open when he realized what he just said and shook his head as he felt his cheeks heat up and looked back down at the engine, 'Why the hell did I just think that!? Heck why the hell am I even thinking like that!?'
"Yeah," He heard her say to him softly catching his attention again to see her frowning, "It is important to me." 'I need to get to Kimiko's game. I want to be there for her but…' Kagome looked up at him to meet his eyes again, 'Can I really trust him? I mean he just came out of nowhere. I don't even know the guy. Sure he may be a mechanic but that doesn't mean he couldn't be some type of rapist or something along those lines.'
"Well," She heard Inuyasha say suddenly snapping her out of her thoughts, "I'll bring my car forward to connect your car to mine."
Kagome only nodded as she watched him walk back towards his car. She crossed her arms as she continued to stare at him, 'Should I really trust this demon?'
She groaned as she watched him hop back into his truck and slowly drove in front of hers' to connect the two cars.
Kagome then got this strange feeling, a feeling that she couldn't really make out but she had a feeling that whatever this feeling was…was telling her she could trust him.
Inutashio's Repair was now in Kagome and Inuyasha's sight as Inuyasha drove into the parking lot with Kagome glancing around in the passenger seat.
Once Inuyasha parked his truck in a good spot he turned off the engine and got out of the car.
Kagome stared at the building as she slowly got out of the car, "Inutashio's Repair?"
"Yeah." She heard Inuyasha say from behind her, she looked back at him as he glanced up at her, "This is my father's shop."
"You're dad owns this place?" Kagome asked sounding surprised.
Inuyasha nodded while turning his attention back towards the connectors, "Yeah, he has owned this place since I was 10 years old. So once I turned 13 I was able to help him out when I had the free time."
"Really?" Kagome asked in interest finding herself more relaxed now that she knew he really wasn't lying about himself being a mechanic, 'Guess the guy really was telling the truth.'
Inuyasha nodded as he released Kagome's car from his, he then sighed before wiping his forehead and looked back at her, "Well let's head inside and get my dad or one of the other mechanics to come out here and take your car inside."
Kagome stared at him as she crossed her arms, 'The way he sounds makes it seem like this is a family business.' She shook her head and suddenly found herself smiling at him, "Lead the way Mr…um…"
"Morkien." Inuyasha told her catching her eyes as he repeated, "I'm Inuyasha Morkien."
Kagome smiled finding herself liking this guy's manners and decided to do the same, "And I'm Kagome Higurashi and it's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Morkien."
Inuyasha shook his head, "You don't have to be formal." He looked at her, "Just Inuyasha will do for me."
Kagome smiled softly, "Okay…Inuyasha." She didn't know why but…she liked the way his name sounded when she said it. It had…a certain ring to it that she couldn't make out of what it was.
Inuyasha suddenly felt his cheeks heat up again when Kagome said his name. He liked the way she said it for some odd reason but he quickly shook his head shrugging that feeling off. Come on she was going to see her boyfriend soon so he should be feeling…whatever the hell he was feeling.
He then walked passed her with Kagome following him in pursuit.
Kagome stared at the back of his head, 'Well this guy doesn't seem like or sound like he wants to get in my pants. Though with the way he acted towards me back there he doesn't really strike me as being a rapist.' She lowered her head, 'But I better keep my guard up just in case.'
Inuyasha glanced back at her before looking back at the front doors and pushed them open making the little bell over the door ring. That ring caught Inutashio's attention from the paperwork on the front desk.
Inutashio narrowed his eyes at his son, "You're late son."
Inuyasha hutched over slightly, it had been a habit of his whenever he got in trouble with his parents, "Sorry dad but the traffic was a real killer today. But," He looked down at Kagome catching her eyes again, "I also stopped to help someone out."
"Mm?" Inutashio hummed not really understanding what he meant but turned his attention towards the young woman that was right beside Inuyasha and gabbed, "Oh I'm sorry Miss I didn't see you there."
Kagome looked over at him and smiled, "Oh that's okay. You were just too worried about your son to notice me."
Inutashio smiled as he walked up to her, "Well glad to see that you understand something like that."
Kagome just smiled, "So…" Kagome looked up at Inutashio as he looked at her in concern, "Did you have car trouble?"
Kagome sighed while nodding her head, "Yeah I did. The engine started to vibrate while also making this very strange noise. So when I pulled over to check out the engine smoke came out of it."
"Hmmm." Inutashio mumbled while tapping his chin taking in the information that Kagome had just told him, he looked at Inuyasha, "Did you find out what was the problem?"
Inuyasha crossed his arms, "Yeah, it looks like she needs a few new hoses, a water pump and a new radiator."
"I see." Inutashio replied before walking back to his desk and glanced back at Inuyasha, "So I'm guessing you brought the car here Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha nodded, "Yeah I did. Her car's right in the parking lot behind mine."
Inutashio nodded before pressing a doorbell button and once he pressed it another mechanic peeked into the lobby, "Yes Mr. Morkien?"
Inutashio looked at him and pointed his finger out towards the parking lot, "There's a car out there that needs to be taken cared of."
The man looked at his boss before turning his attention to Inuyasha and Kagome and nodded, "Right on it sir."
He walked up to Kagome and held out his hand, "I'll need your car key in order to move it into the garage."
Kagome stared at him before nodding as she dug into her purse to take out her keys and pulled off her car key and gave it to him, "Here you go."
The man smiled before walking out into the parking lot.
Kagome looked back at Inutashio, "So Mr. Morkien?"
Inutashio and Inuyasha looked down at Kagome as she stood slightly in front of Inuyasha.
"How long will repairing my car take?" Kagome asked getting back to her task at hand.
Inutashio tilted his head, "Probably an hour or two."
Kagome groaned which Inutashio and Inuyasha noticed.
Inutashio arched a brow, "Got someplace you have to be?"
Kagome sighed while nodding her head, "Yes I do." She looked up at him, "You're a father so may understand my position. You see I promised my daughter that I would be at her first T-Ball game today."
'Daughter!?' Inuyasha repeated loudly in his head with wide eyes, 'So she isn't going to the game with a boyfriend of hers'? Wait a minute!' He instinctively groaned in disappointment, 'So then…that means she's married.'
He jerked as his cheeks turned crimson red when he realized what and how he just said that, 'What the hell!?' He rubbed his head, 'Why should I care if she's married or not!? It's not like I like her or anything! I don't even know this woman!'
"However," Kagome continued snapping Inuyasha out of his thoughts wanting to hear her explanation, "I ended up getting scheduled to work today but I still promised her I would be at her game. So I really must get to that game or else I will let my daughter down and that would be the most horrible thing in the world."
Inuyasha frowned when he heard that tone in her voice again while Inutashio smiled warmly at her, "Yes I have been in that situation many times before."
Kagome stared at him as he continued, "Well I'm sure my son," He glanced at Inuyasha, "Inuyasha would be happy to take you to your daughter's game." He smiled back at her, "Especially if she is expecting you to be there for her."
"That's exactly what I suggested earlier." Inuyasha pointed out roughly as he looked down at her.
Kagome looked up at him, "I know, but I just wanted to make sure the actual time before agreeing to anything."
"Okay so then will you let me take you to the park?" Inuyasha asked Kagome again, "Or do you want a friend or a family member to come pick you up?"
Kagome sighed as she rubbed the back of her neck, "Well I'm sure all of my friends and family will be at the game and most of them don't have cell phones."
"So then allow Inuyasha to take you to the park Mrs…um…" Inutashio tried to say while trying to figure out her name.
Kagome looked at him, "It's Kagome Higurashi and it's Miss not Mrs."
Inutashio and Inuyasha jerked as they raised a brow.
"You're not married?" Inutashio asked tilting his head a bit.
Inuyasha growled at him, "Dad! You shouldn't be asking something like that when it's really none of your business!"
"Oh no it's okay Inuyasha." He heard Kagome reassure him as he looked down at her as she shrugged, "He's just curious and I'm kinda use to it." She looked at him, "To answer your question, I was married but I divorced my husband five years ago."
"Five years ago?" Inuyasha repeated arching a brow, 'But she doesn't look that old. She looks like the same age as me.'
Kagome narrowed her eyes, "I don't want to get into full detail about it. It was a stupid mistake that I never want remember ever again!"
Inuyasha jerked since that was the first time he had seen her narrow her eyes at him, 'Something tells me I struck a nerve. That must mean she got married at a young age.' He shook his head, "Sorry about that." Inuyasha rubbed his head and looked at her, "Anyway we better get going if you want to make it to the game before it ends."
Kagome stared at him before nodding, "Okay."
Inutashio just stared at them and smirked, 'This may turn out to be a good thing, for both of them.'
END OF CHAPTER
Jeez! I wasn't expecting to make this chapter this long! But I guess with me adding certain parts to it just made it a bit longer than I thought it would be. Well anyway I hope you guys liked this chapter. I thought it was cute and Inuyasha finally came into the scene. Now next chapter is when Inuyasha meets Kagome's friends and family but it turns out to be an unexpected reunion.
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