So if anyone who is reading Alpha Bitch is reading this, I am sorry for the delay. The chapter is still in editing progress and what with me finally getting a job, in retail, I have not gotten a chance to even look back at it, since you know I like to make those chapters as lengthy and descriptive as possible. So hopefully I can belt that damn chapter out soon. This story has shorter, more comical chapters so these are done with in minutes. For those who just read this... well enjoy chapter two.
"Hey, at least tell me your name." Kagome scoffed at the dog demon in front of her.
He spoke, but his words came out garbled due to the fact that he was downing a chocolate cornet at top speed.
"Hasn't your mother ever taught you not to speak with your mouth full?" She chastised him.
He swallowed the cornet and glared at her. "It's Inuyasha."
She nodded before watching a couple walk towards the door. They smiled at Kagome who eagerly smiled back. However, when they spotted Inuyasha, their faces grimaced.
"Miss, are you aware that this is a half- demon in your shop?" The man spoke in a disgusted tone.
"Well, I don't think normal humans have silver hair and plushy dog ears." Kagome quipped.
"I refuse to eat anywhere that accommodates demons." The girl upturned her face.
Kagome watched as Inuyasha's dog ears drooped and he became uncharacteristically quiet. Kagome looked back towards the couple who stood at the door expectantly.
"Well, in that case, I guess you two should float on by and pretend you never walked into my bakery." Kagome said politely.
"What on earth—" The man exclaimed. "You, a human, is throwing us out?"
"Perhaps I didn't say it clearly enough." Kagome smiled at the two before dropping her smile.
"Get. The. Fuck. Out. Of. My. Shop!" Each of her words was clearly punctuated.
The couple made a noise of surprise before walking out quickly. Inuyasha's ears perked up again and he turned to face Kagome. Kagome looked at him and he gave her a full smile. She smiled back and she started to think that maybe the guy wasn't so bad after all, just a little rough around the edges—
"You actually threw out potentially paying customers for an urchin like me? You surely ain't cut out to run a business." He laughed.
Kagome felt her blood boil and she heard something snap; the snapping noise of her sanity as she glared at the ungrateful man once again.
"You ungrateful—"
"I never said I was ungrateful." Inuyasha suddenly said. "I just stated the truth."
Kagome looked at him and realized that he was right. He never said outright he was ungrateful and it was true that she really did have bad business ethics. However, that didn't stop her from displaying her reaction in the most pathetic of manner.
"Whatever…" She stuck her tongue out at him.
He got angry and decided to reply in the only way he knew how.
"Blehhhh…" He stuck his tongue out and made that unattractive noise with his mouth.
They realized how ridiculous they must have looked and Kagome burst into giggles and Inuyasha smiled.
Kagome continued to wipe down the counter. She looked at her reflection in the glass and her face began to take on a more somber expression. It always pained her to see someone being discriminated against.
Many centuries ago, when demons were at full strength and humans were considered fragile and weak, Japan was in a constant warring era. The bloodshed was at amazing proportions and the count of humans dying at the hands of demons was exponential. One day, there was a day known as the Great Demon Genocide. There were demons that had fallen in love with humans and vice- versa. These demons wanted to be accepted into human society to be with their lovers and families.
Humans who had daringly moved into the demon society soon found that the traditions were too taxing and they soon would meet their demise at the hands of nature or of another demon's rage. To avoid such perils, the demons and their lovers came together to form an army with the many human soldiers and destroy the formidable demonic society.
Many of those demons were used as tools, promised a harmonic life with the humans once a treaty was signed. But the treaty was never signed and the demons began to distrust one another, even beginning to kill one another causing discrimination and disunity amongst the race. They all played into the hands of the devious humans and were wiped out until they couldn't oppose any more.
But the ones who suffered the most— Kagome looked up and towards Inuyasha with dejected eyes.
The half- demons were the victims in all of it. Being half of the physically strong demons and half of the sentimental humans, they were seen as abominations; the products of the demons that betrayed their society for a love that was never meant to be.
Those who got along with demons were seen as sympathizers and the demons who befriended humans were seen as outcasts. No one was safe, even if those wars were a few good centuries ago. Opportunities for success were given but it was harder for demons and those with demon heritage born in a human dominated world.
"Hey Inuyasha, why aren't you crashing with your family? I mean they should be able to help you no matter how pathetic of a guy you may be." Kagome casually insulted Inuyasha as if it was the proper thing to do.
Inuyasha growled at her as he ate a delicately crafted cake. "Hey, I ain't pathetic and 'sides, I ain't got any family."
"I don't have any family." She corrected him.
"Oh thank you so much teacher—" Inuyasha faltered.
"My name's Higurashi Kagome. Man, at least learn the name of the woman you're sponging off of." She sighed.
Inuyasha immaturely mocked her as he grabbed another treat. The man was like a black hole and it was pissing her off. Koga's money couldn't possibly cover all the things that the man consumed; not even the richest business man on the planet could pay for that free-loading mutt.
Suddenly, the door to the bakery opened and the bell on the top of the door let out its soft chime. Suddenly the smell of ash and pungent perfume filled the air and Kagome let out an audible sigh of dread. Inuyasha turned towards the source of the smell and he heard the unmistakable sound of high heels on the ground.
Click- clack!— Was the sound of the heels hitting the floor in a rapid manner.
Inuyasha's golden eyes were glued to the milky legs that seemed to go on for miles and the small but round backside that they ended at. The back of the woman was covered by her long waist length hair that seemed to sway with every movement she made like a curtain of ebony.
"Kagome!" The husky voice spoke excitedly.
Inuyasha knew that voice and those measurements. It was the gorgeous gravure idol, Kikyo, whose body measurements haunted every guy's nightly wet dream. Inuyasha couldn't help but to mouth out in awe of Kikyo's figure haunting him.
"84- 55- 84…"
Kikyo turned around and pulled down her designer shades to eye the half- demon sitting at the table behind her and she gave him a coy smile, revealing her chocolate colored orbs.
"I see you're a fan of mine." Kikyo giggled.
Kagome rolled her eyes as she watched her twin flirt shamelessly with the urchin. She was used to her sister flirting with all the men she encountered. It was some kind of behavior trait that Kikyo picked up during her many travels and photo shoots. Kagome didn't really like Kikyo's new personality, because it looked so false.
"Kagome, I missed you so much!" Kikyo spoke genuinely. "Why are you fighting to keep this place open?"
"Maybe because this place is my dream?" Kagome quipped. "What brings you back to Tokyo?"
"Well of course an idol gets breaks too and I wanna see how my little sister was doing!" Kikyo smiled.
"Little sister!?" Inuyasha suddenly spoke.
"Yes, I thought it was obvious." Kikyo seemed upset. "Kagome's my darling twin sister. Higurashi Kikyo, born two minutes earlier. "
Inuyasha looked over at Kagome and only then did he take in her appearance. His golden eyes roamed over Kagome who stared back at him unabashedly.
Her hair was more of a midnight black, compared to Kikyo's, whose hair was more of a brown. Her hair which reached small of her waist was much wavier than Kikyo's. Her face was just as soft as Kikyo's and the only difference was her crystal blue eyes, an uncommon trait in Japanese humans.
But he realized her figure was curvaceous compared to Kikyo's. It wasn't obvious, due to the frumpy clothing she always wore but once you really observed, she had an awesome body. He wondered how far apart their measurements were.
"My measurements are 95- 58- 86. I can feel you undressing me with your eyes." Kagome stated blandly.
"Wow…" Inuyasha breathed out as if the wind had been knocked out of him.
"Right?" Kikyo asked. "I told her she should become an idol too; her figure would make a killing."
"I have no interest in selling my body to the horny public out there." Kagome spoke.
"It beats working in a dump of a dream." Kikyo huffed as she crossed her arms.
Kagome glared at Kikyo and her hands shot out to grab the plump flesh of her cheeks and she stretched them in the opposite direction of the other tightly until the cheeks became red. Kikyo felt tears run out of her eyes and down her face as she constantly screamed out a litany of 'ow' and 'stop.'
"Ohh, who's living a dump of a dream?" Kagome spoke in an authoritative voice.
"Hey leave her alone! She was just speaking her mind!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Quiet, urchins have no say in anything!" Inuyasha found himself quiet at Kagome's voice.
Kikyo, left at the mercy of Kagome's bony fingers, prayed that Kagome would release the vice- grip that she had on her cheeks. Kagome decided that she had put Kikyo through enough torture and removed her hands from her cheeks.
Kikyo rubbed her stinging—now rosy cheeks— tenderly as she glared at Kagome. She never understood how her sister could be so temperamental about everything; not to mention her violence was very unnecessary.
"Goodness Kagome, why must you always be so violent?"
"Because I seem to be surrounded by people who like to invoke my wrath."
Kikyo rolled her eyes incredulously at her sister's expense. "But think about it Kagome, I surely believe you can become one of the best idols in Japanese history."
"No Kikyo, I've been against using my body for anything besides eating, breathing, sleeping and shitting." Kagome spoke curtly.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Are you always so charming?" He spoke sarcastically. "Sometimes you sound so blunt, you remind me of an asshole that I know."
Kagome smiled wryly. "I just speak the truths of the world. If you want to believe that girls smell like sweet floral heaven and don't take shits, well you are highly mistaken." She started to pack her things up. "Women are just as human as men and I feel no need to add to your stupid delusions about us."
"Well anyway, I have some ugly business to attend to."
"Do you have to meet with the real estate agent for this place?" Kikyo asked.
Kagome nodded unhappily. "Yeah, it's a new guy. He seems eager to tear this place down and build some kind of park here or some kind of thing."
Kikyo nodded somberly. "Okay, well I'll drive you there. Are you ready to lock up?"
"Yeah, I'm done." Kagome spoke. "Hey urchin, get out, you're no longer needed here."
"Hey, I have a name you know, so use it." He spoke roughly.
"When you start paying for food, that's when I'll acknowledge your name." Kagome walked out of the bakery and Inuyasha followed.
She closed the gates and Kikyo walked past Inuyasha and sent him a sweet smile. "Well it was nice meeting you."
Kagome scoffed and told Kikyo not to pay him any attention before going to sit in the passenger seat of Kikyo's car.
Kikyo looked at Inuyasha. "Do try to actually come with money next time. Kagome does have a problem with turning people away. She really isn't suited to run a business, but she's the kind of girl who really does find the idea of following one's dreams romantic. She just puts on a tough front." Kikyo looked back at Kagome. "She's truthfully very lonely, so watch her for me when I'm gone please."
Inuyasha couldn't believe that the woman of his dreams was talking to him and entrusting her 'beloved darling sister' to him. He wouldn't fail her; he couldn't fail her; for he too was a hopeless romantic.
"Besides, I think you two make a cute couple. I mean she does deserve a more dignified man but you have your cute points too."
She smiled and Inuyasha could only hear the loudest shattering noise on the planet— the shattering of his pride as a man.
And to make matters worse, Kikyo patted him on the head as if he was a naïve little pup. It was as if she took those five inch heels and stomped all over the shattered glass that was his pride.
The woman that he loved had such a cruel tongue— she basically called him a worthless match for her sister; and that meant that she surely didn't view him as a man that she would have any interest in.
"Kikyo, I know this is a little sudden but do you think that I could… that I could become worthy of you?"
However, he had been so caught up in the woman's cruel words that he didn't hear her heels click- clack away on the concrete as she hopped in her car.
"Bye- bye!" She wave cutely before driving off in a speed that Inuyasha knew was over the speed limit.
Inuyasha was left on the floor picking up the invisible shattered pieces of his dignity.
"Mommy, what's that half- demon doing?" A little boy's voice asked.
"Don't stare honey." She rushed her child away from the obviously insane man.
The two sisters had reached downtown Tokyo in a matter of minutes. Kagome's legs, which shook uncontrollably, touched the pavement and she had never been so happy to touch the dirty streets of Tokyo as she had at that moment.
"Your license should be revoked." She said in a shaky voice.
"I'll be waiting for you in the car." Kikyo ignored her sister's statement.
Kagome walked into the building and came face to face with a busty secretary. She was filing her talons and chewing on pink bubblegum loudly. Her name tag read 'Tomomi' in simple writing.
Kagome walked up to her and Tomomi looked up at her with an expression of boredom. "What do you want?"
"I have a meeting with Sesshomaru…" Kagome responded indifferently. "That is how you read his name, right?"
"Yeah, that guy…" She spoke in a bored tone. "That man is pure ice, but what do you expect from the president of a big industry such as Taisho Corp?"
Kagome recalled that name from somewhere but it was escaping her mind. Tomomi just nodded towards the elevator and told her the 50th floor. Kagome nodded in thanks and made her way towards the elevators.
She pressed the button that read the number '50' and nearly jumped at the automatic voice that spoke suddenly in the elevator. When she arrived to the 50th floor, the voice spoke in its indifferent tone "Have a nice day."
Kagome rolled her eyes and walked out of the elevator and walked down the long corridor before coming in contact with the glass doors that opened as soon as she stepped in front of them.
"Is that the proper attire that one should wear to a formal meeting?"
"Well sorry, but I came right after—"
Kagome trailed off as she came face to face with the man that she had met on that train only a few nights ago; the man who she stuck her tongue out at…
The man who she pulled her eye down at…
And the same man that she smacked her butt at.
"I am Sesshomaru, the man in charge of your real estate."
And thus began the downfall of Kagome Higurashi— a poor, single woman of twenty- three years, with a failing bakery and a small amount of dignity left to her name which diminished rapidly as she realized the man she disrespected, decided if she got to keep that aforementioned failing bakery.
"Do you have anything to say, woman?" He raised a perfectly arched brow.
And Kagome spoke words that eloquently expressed how she felt—
"Fuck my life."
I'm debating to end every chapter with a "...And thus began the blah blah of Kagome Higurashi..." ending or to do it every other chapter. Lol don't know not sure but I guess time will tell.