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Yawning loudly Kagome kept her eyes closed and stretched, after the nice long stretch she sat up and noticed that her bed was sans a body. She shook her head, "he must have left after I fell asleep." Getting out of bed she went into her closet and changed into a black and white bikini, then throwing on a pair of TNA pant's accented with a white tank top. Looking in her full length door mirror she made sure that she looked good, giving a sharp nod of approval Kagome walked into the bathroom and put her hair into a messy bun while brushing her teeth. Walking out into the hall she neared the grand stairs, smirking she carefully sat side ways on it. Pushing herself softly Kagome watched the upper level, become farther away.
Before she could stop herself, Kagome flew off the end and landed with a loud thud on the marble floor. Groaning she laid there a few minutes, "I do not suppose you understand now why I told you not to do that." Sesshomaru's cold voice said from behind her, sitting up she only looked at him and weakly smiled. "Thanks for caring I'm perfectly fine," she said sarcastically looking at him. To the untrained eye they would think he was not interested in what she had to say, but to Kagome she knew he wanted to smile. "Trust me Sessh I will make you smile, one of these days." Kagome said walking beside the taller man, "my dear Kagome you have been saying that very same thing, since you were just a wee pup.
I do not think that will ever happen," he replied as they both entered the kitchen which was in chaos. There stood Miroku and Sango covered in waffle batter, while Rin was quickly cleaning up the last remnants of a spilt smoothie. Kagome had a sweat drop, as she slowly turned to Sesshomaru to see that he had a visible vein popping. "I think I will grab breakfast on my way to work, ohayo Rin-san." He said a little more casually, being startled by the sudden greeting Rin stood quickly and squeaked, "Ohayo." Without another word he left the kitchen quietly, the four stood there quietly holding their breaths as they listened for the front door to close.
As soon as they heard a click, laughter filled the room. "Did you see his face, priceless," Miroku said as he cleaned the batter off his arms. Laughing still Kagome sat down at the island that separated her and the other three, "say have you guys seen Inuyasha?" Kagome asked curiously as she grabbed a slice of toast, from a plate lying in the middle of the island. "He is off with her," Sango grunted. Staring wide eyed Kagome could not believe her ears, "I thought they broke up?" She asked a little disappointed in Inuyasha's choice in women. "Well they did break up, for a good long while. But suddenly a few days before you guys came, Kikyo showed up at the doorstep. Professing her undying love for him, which is a of load shit." Miroku said leaning on a counter, "if she loved him so much then, why in the freaking world would she have cheated on him in the first place." Sango finished for Miroku, Kagome knew very little about the woman. Although what she did know was, nothing nice about her.
"Well I suppose if she makes him happy, who are we to say anything right?" She said quietly, she only wanted the best for him seeing as how he raised her. Sighing Kagome looked at the clock and whined, "I'm bored." Miroku snapped his fingers, "how about we take Rin site seeing. Unless have you been here before?" He asked looking at her, smiling Rin shook her head. "First time, when Kagome invited me I jumped at the chance." She admitted looking a little shy, chuckling Miroku took off the apron he had on. "Not to worry, my fair lady, today is your lucky day. Because Miroku the tour guide is here," both Sango and Kagome swapped looks. After cleaning themselves the four piled into Sango's black GMC Yukon, pulling out Sango drove down to the main street until they reached the busy downtown core. Sango drove as slow as she could, while Miroku pointed out different things to an excited Rin. Twenty minutes later, they stopped in front of a tall window covered office building. "This is Tashio tower, where Sesshomaru-sama and Inuyasha works." Sango said taking a quick look up at the building, "although it's more like Sesshomaru is running the company himself. Since Inuyasha is barely at work," Miroku added dubiously. Driving throw the busy streets for over an hour, Sango decided to go to Yoyogi Koen Park. Parking in an empty spot, the group exited the car. Smiling brightly Rin gushed at how beautiful the park was, "even though the park had a western feel to it. There is still that vibe of the Japanese cultural," Sango said as she watched small children playing with a ball. "Plus this is the park where Miroku asked Sango out, see Sango and Miroku blushing slightly." Kagome tried to whisper over to Rin, but unfortunately Sango over heard and gave the girl a dirty look. "How do you know he asked me out here?" Sango asked advancing towards her, "I followed you guys." She said holding up her hands in a mock surrender, "if you followed us then that would mean…" Sango paused as her blush covered her whole face, smirking Kagome got down on one knee.
Closing her eyes she drew in a deep breath and then Kagome began to recite the exact words Miroku had said to Sango years ago. "Sango-chan my love, I have always had strong feelings for you. Because you are the light in my life, even though you may….." "Alright Kagome that is enough, we get the point." Sango said embarrassed as everyone around them stared at Kagome during her speech, "but Sango-chan I haven't gotten to the best part." Kagome said in a sad voice, knowing what she meant Sango shook her head furiously. "Sango you're supple... AHHHH!" Kagome screamed as she saw Sango rush towards her, getting up she began to run like a mad woman. Sango chased Kagome around in circles for a little while, before Kagome made a mad dash. Weaving in between people and jumping over benches, Kagome couldn't help but laugh as her friend chased after her. "You can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man," just as Kagome finished saying that she turned to look behind her, when suddenly she slammed into somebody. Eyes closed tightly Kagome felt strong arms wrapped around her, instead of the hard ground. "Ay que duele tanto," she blurted out. Opening her eyes she was about to yell at the guy for standing in her way, when she stared into two sun coloured eyes. "Oi Kagome watch where you are going and next time speak Japanese. I have no clue what you just said," Inuyasha said letting go of her. Smiling sheepishly Kagome bowed, "gomenasai." Straightening back up Kagome was about to ask why he wasn't there this morning when, she suddenly got a chill down her back. Peering behind Inuyasha Kagome saw a woman slightly similar to her, but a lot older. The woman was staring at Kagome with pure hatred, "um hi I am Kagome." She said bowing; the woman just stared at her and then shifted her eyes over to Inuyasha as if asking for an explanation. "Kikyo this is Kagome, Kagome this is Kikyo my girlfriend." Inuyasha said in a hastened manner, "so this is the girl you kept talking about for years?" Kikyo asked sneering at Kagome, a little taken back by Kikyo's abrasive manner Kagome just stood there not saying a word. "I expected her to look more appealing, but she is so bland and regular. Tell me Inu-kun what makes this little girl so interesting?" She asked looking back over to Inuyasha; well all he could do was stand there unsure of how to answer that. All the while Kagome was seething, "how dare this woman insult me." She thought, but stopping mid thought Kagome looked over to him. "My brother and I raised her, so she is family."
Smirking Kagome crossed her arms, becoming annoyed Kikyo placed a hand on her striped pencil skirt hip. "Not by blood I see it is obvious she has no youkai in her blood, but a more obvious reason is she is just a plain Jane." Letting her arms drop Kagome gritted her teeth, waiting for Inuyasha to come to her defense. When he didn't Kagome clenched her fists, "well listen here lady. You are not that much of a catch yourself; at least I don't have a damn stick stuck up my ass." Pausing Kagome could not believe the gull of this woman, first time meeting her she get's insulted. "Kagome that's enough," Inuyasha said quietly. Though Kagome was not finished yet, "hell even Sesshomaru has more personality than you." Kagome finished saying, as the other three stood there watching the whole thing. "Since you raised me Inuyasha, should you not…" Kagome began to say when he cut her off.
"Shut up Kagome; do not speak to Kikyo like that." Inuyasha finally said Kagome stared speechless at him. Hurt, angry, confused Kagome could not believe him. Clenching and unclenching her fists, Kagome stood there for a little while longer with her gaze casted down. Feeling sorry for Kagome Sango took a step forward and tried to comfort her friend, "Kagome come on." Sango said placing a hand lightly on her shoulder, slapping away Sango's hand Kagome looked back up. But focused her gaze on Inuyasha, if looks could kill Inuyasha would have been dead a hundred times over. Without another word Kagome ran away, not stopping even when she heard Sango cry out her name. Looking sadden Sango turned back around, "you need to go after her Inuyasha." She said coldly, nodding his head he knew Sango was right.
Sighing he was about to walk away, when he felt a hand grab his arm. Staring at a pissed Kikyo, Inuyasha thought for a quick second why on Earth was she pissed? Pushing that to the side Inuyasha was about to yank his arm free but she gave him a stern look. Mumbling sorry Inuyasha turned and left with Kikyo, leaving three stunned people. "Should we go find Kagome?" Rin asked quietly as they walked back to the car, shaking her head Sango sighed. "When Kagome is angry, sad or just in a bad mood. She goes to her secret place, where she could spend hours or even days there." Sango sighed again as she sat in the passenger seat, "where is this secret place of hers?" Rin asked as she looked at the back of Miroku's seat, "no clue. When Kagome was younger, she never told anyone except for the guy who left with that woman." Miroku answered as he turned onto their street, the trio entered the silent house.
Lounging around the living room Rin and Sango talked getting to know each other better, while Miroku channel surfed. Hours later the front door opened and Rin paused mid sentence to, stare at Sesshomaru as he walked by the living room. Unable to look away Rin blushed deep rouge when she saw him give her a side ways glance. Stopping Sesshomaru walked to the living room entrance, "where is Kagome?" He asked looking around the room, "she is in her hiding spot." Sango replied becoming angry all over again, taking notice of her attitude Sesshomaru dared to ask. "Inuyasha did not defend Kagome when Kikyo insulted her." Miroku replied for his girlfriend, who was seething internally. Shaking his head Sesshomaru knew that with Kagome hiding, no one will be able to find her.
It had been hours since Sesshomaru was informed, as the sun began to set Inuyasha waltzed threw the door. Smirking as if he had won the lottery, the man nearly missed the death glares he was receiving. Stopping in his walk, Inuyasha turned and entered the living-room. "What the hell are you people looking, at me like that?" He asked crossing his arms, making a snorting noise Sango stood up from the couch and gestured for Rin to follow her. Once they left Miroku stood up as well, "what the hell is wrong with those two?" Inuyasha asked irritated with the way everyone was acting towards him, "well what do you expect? It's Kagome's second day here and she gets insulted, by a woman she has never met. But to make things worse, the guy she was so excited to see never once defender her. Yet instead he reprimanded her, for standing up for herself." Miroku said in a serious tone, it was very rare for him to be extremely serious. Hearing Miroku's tone made Inuyasha think about his actions, sighing Inuyasha thought for a second and asked where Kagome was. "No clue, she has been missing for hours. Although we believe that she is in her secret hiding place." Sighing again Inuyasha turned back towards the front door and left, taking a left he made his way to the garden which was behind the house. Pushing the iron wrought gate Inuyasha walked down the darkened path, skillfully and quietly as not to scare away the hiding girl.
Reaching a massive rose bush Inuyasha bent down until he saw a small opening, having a small smile appear on his face Inuyasha pushed himself the best he could through the whole. Once under the rose bush Inuyasha saw a small lump curled in the back, sitting down next to her he let his smile fade a little. Groaning he brushed a few strands of hair away from her face, "I was a jerk to you today. I should never have stayed quiet. " He said staring at her before waking up Kagome. Shaking her softly he watched as she stirred from her spot on the soft grass, stretching with a little groan Kagome sat up and rubbed her eyes. Opening her eyes she had to let them adjust to how dark it had gotten, feeling someone beside made her look to her side. Stiffening at the site of Inuyasha she was about to leave but he grabbed her, "wait Kagome." He said bringing her into a hug, "I'm really sorry. What I did was really stupid, but I was..." "You're whipped." She finished crossing her arms and glaring at him, "I'm not whipped I was just taken by surprised."
Not believing his story she shook her head and turned away from him, "you owe me." She said cocking her to look at him sideways. "I owe you what?" He asked a little confused about what she was going on about, "you heard me Inuyasha. You owe me, for not sticking up for me." She said crawling out she stretched the rest of her stiff muscles, it was just like when she was younger Kagome could never stay mad at him for very long. Laughing Inuyasha crawled out after her, "how would you like me to make it up to you?" Kagome thought for a bit but could not come up with anything good, so she smiled and skipped back to the house. "Surprise me Yashie," she called back from the back door. Early the next morning Inuyasha entered the bathroom and turned on the shower and stepped in, while he washed his hair he thought up ideas for what he could do to make it up to her. Finishing showering he got a perfect idea, changing into his bathing suit he grabbed a shirt as well as his towel.
Reaching for his cell phone he called Miroku, "hey I am planning on taking Kagome to the beach. So get all four of your asses ready, and then meet us at the trail." Inuyasha said hanging up, walking out of his room he almost bumped into Rin. Jumping back a little Rin smiled up at him, "sorry about that." Inuyasha said laughing a bit, "I was just about to tell Kagome to get ready for the beach. If you would like to come you should go get ready," Inuyasha offered smiling. "Alright cool thank you for inviting me," Rin said running back to her room to get ready. Alone again Inuyasha made his way over to Kagome's room, seeing the door open a little he peeked in but did not see her. Walking in he heard that the shower was on; instead of leaving he sat down and waited.
Becoming a little bored he reached over to her room phone and dialed the maid's extension number, "Kagura could you please pack one of the cars we are going to the beach, as well as pack a nice lunch." He spoke into the phone, "there will be seven of us. Yes thank you," he replied hanging up the phone. He turned around when he heard the door open; inhaling sharply Inuyasha could not take his eyes off of her. Even though Kagome was in a towel, he could still see the very womanly curves she had. Gulping he quickly adverted his eyes before she caught him staring, "uh….uh Kagome I uh…hurry up and get dress we are all going to the beach." He said stuttering while he half ran half walked out of the room; looking at him weirdly Kagome dismissed his odd behavior and quickly got dressed. Walking down to the main floor, she saw some of the help staff walking outside with things in their hands. Smiling at them she walked over to the kitchen to see Rin chatting with Sesshomaru, "it is a shame that you have to work Sesshomaru-sama.
Although I hope you have a wonderful day," Rin said leaving the man to drink his coffee in peace. Greeting her friend Kagome watched as Rin left the house, "it really is a shame that you will not be joining us." Taking his eyes away from the morning paper Sesshomaru stared at Kagome, "well I have business to attend to. I do not have time to waste at the beach," he said with arrogance. Crossing her arms she frowned over at him, "you make it sound like a few hours away from work is so bad. Please reconsider I bet you will have a great time, to be in the sun with some friends." Kagome said walking over to him and giving him a light hug, Sesshomaru was not big on affection but when Kagome arrived years ago he had warmed up to it a little.
Flashback
Kagome was around the age of five and she had arrived from school, skipping along the hallway she saw Sesshomaru coming in her direction. Quickly running over to him Kagome hugged his leg tightly; peering down at her Sesshomaru shook his leg to get her off. "What do you think you are doing?" He asked coldly, "I was just giving you a hug." She answered cheerfully smiling up at him, "well I never want you to give me a hug again. I hate hugs they are pointless, as well as a waste of time." He said walking away from her, stopping suddenly as the scent of salt hit his nose. Turning slightly he saw she had started to cry, "why are you crying for?"He asked her just as coldly as before, wiping her eyes Kagome hiccupped a bit. "I was just showing you what I learned in school, my teacher said to show someone you love them is to hug them. So I was just showing you that I love you Sesshomaru-sama," she said crying harder this time. Not letting the shock to show on his face Sesshomaru walked over to the crying girl, bending down he gave her a hug. Satisfied when he heard the tears stop he was about to pull away, when her tiny arms slid around his neck. In that moment Sesshomaru knew that he had actually softened up, to the little human girl and it did not bother him.
End of flashback
Sesshomaru listened as the car sped down the dirt trail, putting down the paper he contemplated on if he should go. Knowing that he probably would never hear then end of it, he walked upstairs and grabbed a few things before heading out. The group of seven made it to the beach in a half hour, parking Inuyasha was the first to hop out. Next was Rin who was in amazement, "you have your own private beach." She almost screamed, "yes our father built everything on this land for us, I just had them updated over the years." Said Sesshomaru walking up to them, "you ran here rather fast. Was there a special reason?" Inuyasha said wagging his eyebrows, "if you want to live I suggest you shut up." Sesshomaru replied coldly walking past him, laughing Inuyasha helped the others unpack the cars. Setting up a spot for them to sit Kagome stripped and ran into the water, dunking her head under she came back up and waved over to everyone. "Come on guys the water is great," she swam out of the way as they ran into the water.
They splashed around and played games, they all were having fun that even the great Sesshomaru joined in the games. Two hours later the group decided to grab some lunch and just to soak up some of the warm sun, the girls broke away from the guys and started to talk about any and everything while Inuyasha, Koga and Miroku talked with Sesshomaru idly listening. Although he was more focused on the young woman who seemed to always have a smile on her face, there was something about Rin that had him overly interested which bothered him. Never had a woman puzzled him to no end, but this human woman no less has him questioning what it would be like to hold her in his arms. As soon as that thought popped into his mind Sesshomaru scoffed and rose to his feet, grabbing his things he began to leave without a word. From the corner of her eye Rin saw Sesshomaru leaving standing up herself she ran over to catch him, "are you leaving so soon Sesshomaru-sama?" Rin asked staring up at the tall youkai, turning to look at the woman Sesshomaru thought it would be best to ignore her and get back to more important things.
Although the look she gave told him that if he were to do that, things would get awkward and she even may end up disliking him. There it was the great Sesshomaru was dear he say afraid that Rin would not like him, "I have spent to long here and I must get back to work." Smiling brightly Rin placed her hands behind her back, "would you like some company?" She asked hoping to spend sometime with him. "No I have a lot to do and I do not need to be distracted." As he said that Sesshomaru disappeared into the forest leaving a sadden Rin, turning around she almost bumped into Kagome. Smiling Rin was a little surprised to see her there, "when did you get here?" "Not to long ago but don't worry Rin he likes to be by himself, Sesshomaru is all business he has been like that ever since I can remember. Don't worry he will warm up to you sooner or later, but probably later than sooner." Kagome said walking Rin back to the others, once back they all started to plan on going to the club the next night and to have a barbeque in the afternoon. Everyone wanted to have another dip in the water before heading back but Kagome wanted to just sit on the beach and relax, watching them having a great time made her smile she was finally home and having an awesome time. After a few minutes Inuyasha walked back onto the beach and sat down beside her, "are you still mad at me?" He asked looking at her, shrugging Kagome looked over at him and smiled.
"You know it is hard for me to stay mad at you for very long, though I didn't like how you didn't have my back. You do know it was her fault why I said those things," Kagome said becoming serious, sighing Inuyasha knew it was Kikyo's fault and at the time he was put into a hard predicament. "Yes I know it was her fault and for that I'm sorry for not standing up for you, I promise it will never happen again." He said smiling at Kagome he had to appreciate that she never held grudges, leaning over Inuyasha was about to give her a hug when his cell phone rang looking down at the display he saw it was Kikyo. Leaning over Kagome got a look at the name, "speak of the devil you can answer it if you want." Kagome said standing up and brushing off the sand, shaking his head Inuyasha ignored the call and stood up. Going over to her Inuyasha grabbed her and gave her a soft hug, "she can wait I haven't seen you in a long time. So right now is your time, besides I bet you missed the tickle monster." Inuyasha said tickling her, screaming loudly she tried to run away from him. It was not working so well seeing that she would sink into the sand every now and again, loosing her footing Kagome fell into the sand and started to wither around when Inuyasha pounced on her.
Crying she thought she would explode from laughing so hard, just like before she could never escape his clutches. "Alright I give you are the greatest at everything," she screamed breathlessly as if those were magic words his tickling stopped. Hovering over her Inuyasha gazed into her flushed face and noticed how she would pinch her lips when she tried to calm her breathing, next he noticed how her eye lashes glistened in the sun with the help of tears threatening to fall from all the laughing. Noticing little things like that made his heart beat faster, but what made his breath stop was when she opened her eyes and stared at him innocently. Something in his body was pulling him forward but for some reason he didn't feel like stopping the invisible force, before he could do anything there came a cough behind the pair. As if being burnt Inuyasha stood up faster than anyone saw and looked over to the others, "were we interrupting?" Miroku asked with a sly grin on his face, "no you weren't we were just about to go start packing up the stuff." Inuyasha said running over to their belongings, the drive back home was a quiet one they all just wanted to get home and go take a nap.
Getting back to the main house they all went their separate ways, entering the house Rin and Kagome walked up to their rooms to shower and have a nap. Inuyasha went into his brother's office, entering without knocking was something he so often did. Earning him a glare brushing it off he sat down staring at Sesshomaru, "well if you are not going to say anything of importance I will then. Spyder Industries has just taken over Mishima Corporation which means one less person in our collaboration, I have just received a memo that the president and vice-president want to have a meeting with you and I." Frowning Inuyasha sat back and started thinking, "with Mishima gone where does that leave us? I mean with one company gone doesn't make a difference, but at the same time what were they offered to leave our alliance so easily." Inuyasha pondered aloud, cupping his hands Sesshomaru closed his eyes and pondered on what Inuyasha had said.
"The only thing I can think of is if the Spyder brothers threatened the Mishima head, because money would not work the Mishima's have more than the Spyders do. Which means we should give a cautious warning to all of our business partners, that way we can secure that their partnership does not fall threw as well as their lives are not in jeopardy." Nodding his head Inuyasha rose to leave on his way out Sesshomaru called to him, "you need to come into work more now so I will expect to see you in on Monday."