Kagome Higurashi walked down the street, her jean blue bag swaying from her wrist. She wore her hair up in a bun, slightly messy but enough to make it look like she had spent hours on it, perfecting it. She wore designer combat boots and a pair of freshly ironed capris, along with a small white jacket and a black t-shirt.
She opened the door to her father's building and walked in, most of the employees bowing their heads in respect. Miroku Houshi, her half brother, worked under their father's employment. He was, as their father put it, "his heir to the empire". Kagome scoffed and pressed the button to go up on the elevator.
The elevator 'dinged' and Kagome stepped in after the doors had opened. She pressed the button to the fourteenth floor, where she knew her brother would be "ever so smoothly" trying to get the attention of the new secretary, Sango. Kagome frowned not being able to remember Sango's last name. She shrugged it off as the elevator doors opened and a man stepped in.
He had striking white hair that flowed elegantly down to the middle of his back. She gasped silently, causing him to look over at her bemused. "Is there a problem?" he asked, vexed.
Kagome cleared her throat. "I'm sorry sir, forgive me. I just noticed that…are you by any chance a demon?" He raised an eyebrow and she blushed and turned away.
"Never mind, just forget what I said. I-"
"Yes, I am," he interrupted.
Kagome nodded. "That's um…that's cool."
"I suppose," the man replied with a grin. "Tell me, what is your name?"
"Kagome…Kagome Higurashi," she said quietly, still examining him. He looked young, although old enough to be her father. He had piercing gold eyes and stood up straight, as if he was once in the navy.
"Ah, I see."
The elevator 'dinged' once again and the screen above them flashed "14". She turned towards the opening door. "Well, this is my stop. Nice talking to you…"
"InuTaisho," he said, catching her drift.
"Nice talking to you InuTaisho."
He bowed his head slightly. The last thing she noticed was that he was carrying a briefcase, with the letters TI on the front. Kagome frowned in thought wondering what the letters meant. She knew that HI stood for Higurashi Inc. so that must have meant that—
She gasped and rushed towards Sango's office. As she suspected Miroku was trying to corner her, his hand centimeters away from her bosom, while Sango's hands had retracted into fists, and her knee was hovering inches away from his precious "jewels".
As soon as she cleared her throat they both regained their posture and straightened their work clothes. They both looked to the door. "Oh its only Kagome," Sango said with relief and then punched Miroku in the jaw.
"Don't EVER come near me again you pervert!" she yelled and walked back to her desk to answer the phone. Kagome laughed and walked over to Miroku. "Come on Miroku, let's go."
Miroku, still rubbing his jaw, smiled sadly in Sango's direction, who did not give him a second glance.
"Okay so," Kagome said handing him and ice pack from the mini fridge. "I just saw something…well more like someone and I have a really bad feeling about it."
Miroku now fully interested looked at his sister with a fully concerned gaze. "I just bumped into an InuTaisho on the elevator and he was carrying a briefcase that had the lettering TI on it."
Miroku sighed. "Takahashi Inc."
"Yeah, I thought they were like dad's mortal enemies or something. I mean why would they be here?"
Miroku sighed and shrugged. "I have no idea."
Kagome bit her bottom lip in thought. Miroku opened his mouth to say something but before he could, Kagome's phone rang.
She picked it up and put it to her ear. "Hello?" she asked softly.
"Kagome, Kagome, Kagome. They miss you, Yuri. They need you. Please come back to ussss," an oh so familiar voice begged on the other line.
Kagome sighed. "What do you need me to do?"
"We have a very big spender down here tonight. If you do good I promise after looking at your pay check, you won't be disappointed." You could practically hear him smiling.
Kagome laughed and made sure not to say Bankotsu's name due to Miroku practically an inch away from her phone trying to listen. She pushed Miroku back on the shoulder and he glared at her.
"Fine. I'll be there as soon as I can."
"That's my girl," Bankotsu said. He hung up and Kagome got up and dropped her phone into her purse. She kissed Miroku on the cheek and then walked out of the office.
"Kagome where are you going?" Miroku asked, following her out of the office.
"I have to get to work." With that said, she disappeared into the elevator.
O.o.O
Kagome walked along the alleyways, the quickest way she knew how to get to the club. She pinched her nose. An aroma of old urine and rotting food danced around her. She knew it wasn't exactly safe to be wandering around at five o' clock at night. Although there was still some light out, there were still some sick people roaming around, especially in these parts.
She heard slow footsteps behind her and stiffened. She picked up her pace, not looking back once. She could hear the footsteps match her rhythm and stopped. There was no one around and the roads were silent. "Who's there?" she asked, turning around slowly.
A man's chuckle floated through the air to her ears and a burly man stepped from behind the dumpster.
Kagome shivered. "Look, I don't have time for this ok? I have to get to work."
"You look cold, baby," the man grinned. "Let me warm you up."
In truth, it was cold, but that wasn't the reason she was shivering. The man took a step forward and Kagome took a step back. "How bout me and you have some fun? Eh?" he egged on, grinning even wider. He gave her a good show of his rotten teeth, a few in the front missing.
She felt a weight drape over her shoulder and she gasped. "There you are babe, I was lookin' all over for ya," another's man voice said softly. She knew that he was trying to help and decided not to fight it.
"Y-yasha," the man stuttered. "I didn't know she belonged to you. I'm very sorry. Accept my apologies."
Said man chuckled. "Don't worry, just don't let it happen again." The thug nodded fiercely and ran backwards almost tripping.
As soon as he was gone, the man lifted his arm off her shoulder. "Now then, be more careful next time. You never know what you're going to run into out here."
Kagome turned to face her savior. "Thank—" she stopped in mid sentence causing 'Yasha' to give her a bemused glance. He had white hair and golden eyes, just as the man in the elevator did.
She cleared her throat. "Thank you but I must be going." She trudged past him and he laughed.
"Whoa," he said grabbing her arm. "Where are you in such a hurry?"
Kagome jerked her arm away. "That is none of your concern."
He laughed again. "Fine. I'll let ya go then."
Kagome walked away towards the club, taking the long way to make sure he didn't see.
O.o.O
She let her hair loose and rubbed her scalp as she sat in front of the dressing room mirror. "What in the seven hells am I going to do," she asked herself. She groaned and hit her head again the tabletop.
There was a knock at the door. "Come in," Kagome said.
Bankotsu walked in and quietly shut the door. "Remember, you keeping your job is just between me and you ok? Miroku would kill me if he knew."
"I know," she mumbled. She zipped up the back of her outfit, which highly resembled a two-piece swimsuit. Like the others she wore, it had flashy sequins and was a very pretty dark blue. She slipped on a tiny tank dress, which had Velcro in the back so that when she ripped it off it wouldn't hurt the dress. She pinned the sides of her hair up and put a performers hat on. Last but not least she put on the matching mask that covered just the area around her eyes, leaving two holes in the middle so she could see.
Bankotsu clicked his tongue to the roof of his mouth. "Very nice. Now, on other matters, we have a very big spender here tonight and I need you to concentrate on him. Just like we talked about on the phone," he said with a wink.
"He will be sitting in the front row. Table one," Bankotsu informed her.
"I'll do my best," she said in a husky voice. Bankotsu gave her a big, sloppy kiss on the cheek.
"Only you can do this, my dear. Make it happen," he said pulling the access hair behind her neck.
She smiled. "What song will I be doing tonight?"
"You will be singing 'Dirty' and you know all the choreography so go out there and knock em dead." He patted her on the bum and then walked out of the dressing room.
Kagome sighed and put on bright red lipstick. The night had just begun.
O.o.O
The curtains opened and Kagome stood in the middle of the stage, Eri and Yuka on the other sides of her. A danceable beat flowed through the room and Kagome whispered a sensuous "Dirty," in the mike.
She heard Bankotsu on the other mike. She knew he was behind the curtain and smiled suggestively at the crowd. She couldn't see the crowd yet however—until the lights turned on—so she faced towards table one. She had memorized the table order.
"If you ain't dirty, you ain't here to party," Bankotsu said.
Kagome took her cue as the lights came on. "Ladies move," she whispered in a husky voice and the beat picked up. Eri and Yuka both preformed a practiced routine.
"Uh—let me loose. Oooh, I'm overdue, gimme some room, comin' through. Paid my dues, I'm in the mood, me and my girls come to shake the room, DJ spinnin', show your hands. Let's get dirty, that's my jam. I need that, uh to get me off, sweatin' till my clothes come off," she sang. As soon as she hit the last note in the line she ripped off the dress causing all the men to hoot and cheer.
She looked towards table one and saw her 'victim' of the night. He didn't seem to realize who she was because he just kept grinning. The mask must have covered her up. Because the man in the seat at table one, sitting there in all his full glory, along with her pissed off brother happened to be Inuyasha Takahashi.
She made flirtatious glances over towards Inuyasha. She walked down the stage towards him and all the men looked as if they were restraining themselves.
Eri picked up on the song and Kagome walked over and sat down on his lap. He growled low as she nipped at his ear. "Come on up, big boy," she said and got off his lap. He grinned and grabbed her hand as she led him up.
Miroku glared at Inuyasha and Kagome tried to avoid his gaze. "Temperatures up," she sang and Eri and Yuka sang in the back. "'Bout to erupt. Gonna get my girls, get your boys to make some noise." Kagome grinded his pelvis and brought her lips close to his before pushing him away.
"Gonna get rowdy, gonna get a little unruly. Get it fired up in a hurry. Wanna get dirty, it's about time that I came to start the…party! Oooh sweat dripping over my body," she sang and trailed her hand down her chest in a tease towards Inuyasha. She pushed him back over to his seat and walked back to the stage.
"Dancin' getting just a little naughty. Wanna get dirty, it's about time for my arrival." Kagome bent down and trailed her hands up her shins. She kicked up and landed in the splits. She did a back roll and gracefully returned to standing position.
"Ah, heat this up, ladies, fellas drop your cups. Bodies packed, front to back, move your ass, I like that. Tight hips huggers, low for ho. Shake a little somethin' on the floor. I need that to get me off, sweatin 'till my clothes come off." Kagome took off her hat and threw it aside, her long hair flowing down.
She looked over at Bankotsu and he nodded. She walked back to the curtains. "Goodbye boys!" she said with a wink as Eri and Yuka continued on the song. She licked her lips at Inuyasha before she left.
O.o.O
Kagome sighed and slumped in the chair, fanning herself. Bankotsu came in with the biggest grin on his face. "My, my, Kagome. If he doesn't come back—well no need to worry about that! I think he'll be back every night this week!"
Kagome laughed. "Yeah well, you know how I do," she replied jokingly. She cleared her throat a moment later. "Listen B, its vital this guy doesn't find out who I am ok?"
He shook his head. "Of course not, Yuri," he said with a grin.
"Thank you B." She got up and grabbed her coat.
"May I ask why?" Bankotsu pried.
She sighed and laughed a little bit. "He's the son of my father's enemy."
Bankotsu's eyebrows both went up. "He won't find out then," he said as she changed back into her clothes and then put her coat on.
"Well I have to go. My dad will be worried if I'm not home soon."
Bankotsu nodded. "Do you want a ride? I can get Jakotsu to give you one."
Kagome nodded and grabbed her bag. "Its ok, I can walk. My car's parked at the office. I'll be fine." She left the mask on and made sure the long brown trench coat was tied tight so if she did happen to run into Inuyasha he wouldn't recognize her clothing.
She hugged Bankotsu and gave him a kiss on the cheek before walking out of the club by the back. Broken, empty beer glasses littered the ground and Kagome thanked God she had chosen to wear high heels today. She sidestepped around most of them and then stepped on the pieces that she had no choice.
Once she got to the sidewalk she took a deep breath and smiled. There were at least two prostitutes on every corner, puckering their lips and moaning, making breathy sounds. Kagome rolled her eyes and walked past the first two. She heard the roaring of a car roll down the street and stepped closer to the wall. She had expected it to go past her but instead it stopped next to her, going at the same pace she was walking. She kept walking and looked straight ahead of her. It was probably just some rowdy teenagers trying to fuel their sick fantasies by stalking an "exotic dancer" down the street.
"All alone baby?" a familiar voice called out. She heard a smack and then an 'ow' from the same person that had asked her if she was alone.
"Are you really that pathetic? Stalking me down the street like this," Kagome said and turned to face them. She didn't gasp or show any indication that she knew Inuyasha other than as the 'big spender', she just gave him a stoic glance and raised an eyebrow.
"Well, you really didn't give me much on stage so I was hoping I could get a little action now," Inuyasha said with a grin. Miroku sighed.
"Can we please go Inuyasha?"
Kagome's eyebrows furrowed in question. She never really thought about it until now but why was her brother hanging out with Inuyasha?
"No. I want what I paid for."
"Mr. Takahashi, I am not a slut nor a prostitute so please, stop following me. I'm sure if you go back to the club one of the other girls will gladly give you some "action"." She realized she was nearing the office and pretended to look through her purse but instead texted Miroku.
'Get him out of here.'
"So you're saying that you want to give me some "action"," he said mocking her, "but it's not part of your job?"
"I never said that."
A few seconds later Miroku's phone vibrated and Inuyasha gave him a questioning glance.
He read it and then sighed. "It's from my sister. She wants me back at the house. I promised to help her with something."
"You have a sister?"
"Uh, yeah."
Kagome shook her head and cut through the alleyway that she was passing. A few seconds later Inuyasha looked over to where she was before.
"Whoa, where'd she go?"
Miroku tried to stifle a chuckle. "Never mind her, let's go back to my place."
O.o.O
Kagome made it to Miroku's house and saw Inuyasha's car parked outside and mentally cursed. She got out of her car and took off the mask and trench coat and quickly threw her hair into a bun. She straightened her clothes and grabbed her keys. Her phone rang and she gave it a vexed glance but answered it as she put the key into the door lock.
"Hello?"
"Hey Kags. Did you make it home ok? Bankotsu told me that you refused the ride up to your dad's office."
"Oh hey Eri, and yeah I made it home fine. In fact I'm walking into Miro's place right now," she said and opened the door. Miroku looked up from the T.V. and so did Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked her over, up and down and she scoffed.
"Good. And your brother's quite the cutie."
Kagome laughed and Miroku walked over and gave her a big kiss on the cheek. "Please Eri, you say that about everyone."
"And? Oh, who was that guy that you got it on with at work huh?"
"I'll tell you later."
"Alright, well call me tomorrow and we'll get together or something."
"Will do," she answered and flipped close her phone. "Sorry about that."
"Who was it?" Miroku asked, walking into the kitchen and grabbing a water bottle from the fridge and handing it to her.
"Eri. She just wanted to know if I got home ok."
"Ah, I see. Now, I need to speak with you about something," Miroku said, very sternly. Kagome opened her mouth to say something but due to Miroku's glare she closed it again. "Why were you there? I told you not to work there again! You promised me you'd never go there again," he said with a sigh. "Well I guess I can't keep you from it. Just be careful ok?" Miroku said and then walked out of the room.
Kagome nodded and took a sip of the water. She let out a sigh of relief.
Inuyasha got up and walked into the kitchen. "Well, well, it's the girl from the alleyway…" he said with a grin.
"Well, well, it's the cocky asshole," she said with a roll of her eyes.
Inuyasha glared at her. "I saved your precious ass Higurashi, you should be thanking me."
"I don't think so."
"You owe me," Inuyasha said.
Kagome shook her head. "Once again, I don't think so."
"Well we wouldn't want daddy finding out that you're Yuri now would we?" he said with the biggest grin she had ever seen. She gasped and his ears twitched. He laughed.
"That's right, I know. Did you not know I was a demon?" he asked and walked behind her. Her moved her hair away and brought his nose to her neck.
"You're still wearing the rose perfume."
Kagome jerked away. "What do you want?"
"I want you to go on a date with me."
Kagome sighed. "I'm only seventeen. And Miroku can't find out that you know I'm Yuri."
Inuyasha grinned. "I happen to know you turn eighteen in two days. I'd like to take you out after your birthday party."
"How did you—"
"I am friends with your brother am I not?"
Kagome focused on the counter behind him for a moment, in thought. "It's a deal."
They both stared at each other until Miroku walked back in, a pamphlet in his hand and his phone in the other.
"Who wants pizza?"
O.o.O
A/N: Hope ya'll liked it! Review!