A/N: Here is chapter 4. I just finished writing it and lord did it take a lot of brain power to get it together. I hope you all like it!
DISCLAIMER: Dont Own Inuyasha In Any Shape Or Form!
Once Kagome got into the lobby her mouth dropped open. The building looked even more amazing from the inside than it did from the outside. This building also looked ten times more amazing than the building she was in downtown closer to the dance studio.
As she walked further into the building she started to hear the sound of rushing water. She turned to her left and saw a huge waterfall falling from the top of the building. Around the waterfall set a group of tables. A few of the table set a couple of people, human and demon alike, chatting to one another or sitting by themselves. As she walked toward the waterfall to get a closer look she could see that off to the left of that waterfall, there was actually a Starbucks and a smoothie place beside it, which explained the drinks and food that the people had. She also noticed the area had an oasis feel to it and was actually pretty relaxing. There were scattered trees and bushes around the waterfall and the chairs and tables. She even noticed that there was real fish swimming in pond like area that the waterfall fell into. It was all so beautiful and she couldn't believe that it all was happening in this building.
Realizing that she wasn't in the building to look at the waterfall she exited the area in search for a desk similar to the one she had seen in the other building earlier. She walked back towards the front and to the right of the doors she saw a huge desk with a few people behind it. Deciding that that had to be the place she was looking for she headed towards it. As she got closer to the desk she noticed a man behind the desk watching her walk over. She didn't know whether or not the look she was getting was a good or bad look she just sighed and walked up to the counter.
"Hello. Can I help you?" The man behind the desk asked with a smile. Kagome noticed that the man stood over her. He had jet black hair that was pulled back into a braid that looked as if it stopped just below his mid-back. His eyes were a shade of blue that was in between a dark and light blue. He was wearing a polo shirt that had a big "T" on the left breast area, with his name tag on the right. It read Bankotsu.
"Yes. I'm actually here to inquire about the condos here. I saw an ad in the window in another one of the locations and was told to come here." Kagome said with a smile handing him the application that she had filled out.
"Well by the look of you, I'm surprised that they didn't tell you to get out and never step foot in there again." A woman who had on the same shirt as Bankotsu had on said. Her name tag read, Abi. Her hair was long and brown with gold highlight and her face screamed her current attitude.
"Abi that is rude. You don't know who this woman is. You shouldn't judge a book by its cover. For all you know this woman could make more than me and you do in a year put together. Plus if they sent her up here then her having the money to pay wouldn't be an issue now would it?" Bankotsu said looking over the application.
"Whatever Bankotsu. There is no way she make more money than me. I mean look at her. She has on sweatpants and a cami for Kami sakes.
"Ms. Higurashi please pay her no mind. She was just born rude. I'm Bankotsu and that loud mouth is Abi." Bankotsu said with a smile that made Kagome blush.
"It is fine. I tend to pay pointlessness no mind. Some people just weren't born with the good sense and good manners that was given to them. So I just continue to smile and keep moving forward." Kagome said aiming the comment towards Abi and causing Bankotsu to laugh and Abi to look at her with anger.
"That is the truth. So for your application it looks as though everything is pretty much together, however you missed a few areas. I need you to fill in our place of employment address as well as your current address. Also we need a copy of your id or anything that has your picture and your birthday on it."
"I have no current address and the place of employment address is the same as the address of my first reference and here is my id." Kagome said handing Bankotsu back the application as well as her id.
"See told you she didn't have the money to stay here. She doesn't even have a place to stay now. We are not a charity case you know, but if you are looking for a shelter, there is one a few blocks up from here." Abi said with smirk on her face..
"Abi!" Bankotsu said with an attitude.
"Don't worry about it. I am not ashamed to say that I am homeless at the moment. Hence the reason I am here trying to apply for a place to live. If me being homeless for the moment is a problem I can leave." Kagome said in a very professional tone.
"No you are fine. Like I said earlier, some people are just rude." Bankotsu said handing her back her id that he had made a copy of and glaring at Abi.
"Whatever. I am only speaking my opinion, didn't know that it was such a problem."
"Anyways, Abi please finish the transaction and file this application while I show Kagome around to see if she is still interested in the condo after meeting someone like you. If she likes the place we will return and get everything else setup." Bankotsu said handing Abi the application before walking out of the door to his right.
"Don't worry I'm still interested." Kagome said once Bankotsu got closer to her.
"Great! In the case please follow me." He said walking forwards towards the elevators. While he waited for it to arrive he began talking about the building. "As I'm sure you know, this is our main lobby. On this level is of course the information desk that we just left, the Starbucks and smoothie places. There is a fully equipped workout facility down the hall to our right. It has everything you need for work out needs from a full sized pool to classrooms to take some of fitness classes we offer. To the left are the business offices and rooms used for hosting meeting and such. Pretty boring stuff if you ask me." That statement caused Kagome to giggle a little as the elevator pinged and he said "After you."
Kagome walked into the elevator with Bankotsu right behind her and noticed that there were 38 numbers on the panel as well as the letters L, G1, G2, G3, G4 and R. Bankotsu pressed the number 35 and the elevator started to rising. "As you see there are a total of 38 floors. Each floor has 4 condos on them except for the 37th and 38th floors. Those floors are one big condo in by itself. They also require specially codes to access them along with the roof which is the R. Floors 2- 16 are 3 bedroom condos, but the space is kinda set up more like a smaller apartment condos and they have a public laundry on the floor. Floors 17-25 are two bedrooms with rooms on either side of the kitchen and there is a really small laundry room off of the kitchen. Floors 26-36 have their own perks and much space to do much more. Everything is more spacious and fuller and there is a separate laundry room that is big enough to do everything in it. I haven't been on the top to levels to really know what is and isn't in there, but from what I hear there are 3 or 4 rooms, a laundry room, a full kitchen, and many more perks. I also hear those two have another elevator that gets entry to them so other than the occasional shipment being sent up to them from the lobby, no one goes up to those floor via this elevator. The L of course if for the lobby and the Gs is for the underground garages. Each condo has its two spaces. G4 is the only place for guest to park other than the two spots that are assigned the condos. Any questions so far?"
"Nope. I am good to go." Kagome said as she continued to listen to him talk and thinking to herself that she wouldn't mind sitting there and listening to him talk while she admired him.
Once they reached the 35th floor Bankotsu allowed her to step out first then he followed her out. "We currently have two condos on this floor and three on the floor above us available. Since the tenants just moved out of them all of them look the same pretty much. Nothing too fancy, but trust me nothing that isn't top notch. I guess we can just go into 35B to your left."
He took the keys off his belt loop and unlocked the door and pushed it open allowing her to step inside. "If you ever get locked out or anything you can just call down to the front desk and we will come up and unlock it as soon as possible."
Kagome was in complete amazed as she walked into the front foyer area. There were elegant paintings of white tiger lilies hanging on the walls with nice classy silver and two glass tables, one on each side of the walls with flowers in a vase on top of them. There was also a white door which she assumed to be the closet. If the foyer looked like this she couldn't wait to see the rest of the condo. She was in a complete daze only to be snapped out if when she heard "Follow me" From Bankotsu mouth.
"Here you have your living room with a flat screen TV. If you make a turn to your left there is a laundry area and a fully equipped stainless steel kitchen. There is an island/breakfast bar into the kitchen. Also you have plenty of counter space and cabinet areas. Of course there isn't any food in there, but when you buy food you will have plenty of space." Bankotsu said with a smile.
"If you turn to the right there is a huge bedroom, a closet, and a half bathroom. In the closet there is neutral colored linen which you are free to use. If you don't want to use them, which most people choose not to, there is a store about two blocks down that will deliver you whatever you want. As a matter of fact they pretty much have anything that involves décor. The information to that will be in the living room. In the bedroom, there is a king sized bed, a walk in closet a flat screen and a spa bathroom." Bankotsu turned and looked at a completely shocked Kagome before laughing and saying, "Feel free to take your time and look around. I will be sitting in the living room if you have any questions."
All Kagome could do was nod as she went to explore the ins and outs of the condo. From what she heard she could tell that she was going to like this place, there was so many perks. However she knew that with so many perks comes with really high prices and based on the way this place looked, she could tell that she was about to break bank, or suitcase for that matter. She could always just leave and find a place that she knew she could afford and have some enough money left over to not have to worry about making sure she was able to pay rent each month, but she knew those places weren't what she wanted. She was tired of living in nothing and wanted more. This place was most definitely more, but she had to continue to ask herself a question. Was this place really worth her going broke over? Guess she was going to have to look and find out.
Deciding to start in the kitchen area she made the same left turn after she watched Bankotsu sit on the couch and turn on the TV. When she walked in the kitchen she fell in love. This is exactly what her dream kitchen looked like. Everything was stainless steel and everything was new. The refrigerator was huge and had a touch pad in the front of it. The stove was of course electric and the eyes glowed blue when she turned it on and had a hanging rack over it with shiny new pots and pans hanging. The cabinets had plenty of space and so did the counters. On one side of the island were stools that had metal legs and a white top. There was a door never the refrigerator and she walked towards it and pushed it open seeing a brand new grey washing machine and dryer. There was a self over top of the machines as well as an ironing board and counter to the side. She closed the door and headed out of the kitchen.
"Wow." Was all she could say as she walked past Bankotsu.
"Nice right?" He asked over his shoulder.
"Amazing is a better word." She said looking up at the TV that he was watching.
"Well that is only one side of the condo; you still have another half to go." He said nodding towards the opposite side she came from.
"I don't think I can take anymore." She said with a smile as she walked in the direction.
"Just go." He laughed as he watched her disappear in the other direction.
Kagome walked down a hall and saw three doors. The first one she opened turned out to be a half bathroom which had a nice clean feel to it. The second door she went to was the closet. It was a nice size and as Bankotsu had said, it held white towels and linen. She already knew that if she was going to indeed get the place she was going to have to add much color. While the neutral colors were nice, it just didn't scream her. Closing that door she headed to the last door and opened it.
The room was huge. It had a huge bed against the wall with a nice elegant silver metal frame. There was a nightstand on each side of the bed and a dresser under a huge flat screen. Once she walked further into the room she noticed two doors. She walked up to the first door and was completely amazed. She stood in front of the biggest closet she had ever seen. The closet was about the size of the room she had when she was living with her mother. There was tons and tons of room. She doubted she would ever have enough clothes to fit in this closet. Shaking her head she walked out of the closet and headed towards the other door that was in the room. Opening the door she nearly was about to faint. The bathroom was wow. There was a huge tub for her to soak in on the wall under the window directly opposite of the door and a shower with glass doors that covered an entire side of the bathroom. On the opposite side was a full counter with a sink in the middle of it. She could honestly see herself coming here after work and just relaxing for hours.
Closing the door she went to and set on the bed and thought, "Am I really going to be able to do this? This is crazy, I love this place, but can I really afford this? I mean I can always get a second job if I have to, but do I really want another job. Maybe I can get Kaede to give me a few more classes a day during the week?" She sighed then looked around the room again and noticed a button on the wall near the blinds.
"BANKOTSU! WHAT DOES THE BUTTON ON THE WALL DO?" She yelled so that the person in the other room could hear her.
She heard him laugh loudly before he yelled back, "FLICK IT AND SEE!"
Getting up from her spot on the bed she walked over to the wall and flicked the button up. As soon as she flicked it the curtains slowly moved up show off one of the most amazing views of the city that she had ever seen. It was beautiful and all she could do was stand there with her mouth open and stare.
"Wow."
"Beautiful isn't it? One of the best parts in living in this building I tell you is that the views are always amazing. Especially from floors this high. I live on the 20th floor with my brother and the view is pretty nice." Bankotsu said causing Kagome to break her view of the city in front of her and look back to see him standing in the doorway of the room.
"I think I have made my decision." Kagome said looking back out at the view of the city, "I want this place."
"Great! However before you make that decision you might want to hear the price. While Abi was rude earlier I must say that her intentions were pretty much to say that this place isn't just for any old person to be able to walk off of the street and get it. It is really costly. My brother and I pay $15,000 American cash in order to live here a month and that is with my discount. The regular price for our condo is $20,000 in American cash. These condos here cost $40,000 in American cash a month. Plus as I'm sure the person at our location told you downtown, you have to pay it up front. However unlike our other locations, you don't have to pay the last month cost or the security fee since most likely if you are paying the price to live here than you have the money period. Now with that being said do you still want this place?"
Kagome heard the price and her heart jumped. $40,000, really? That was all of her money expect for about $5,000. If she did decided to get the place she would still have to get food and buy other stuff she would need like more clothes and shoes since she left most of what little bit of clothes she did have at the old apartment. She had her dancing clothes in her locker at work, but she only packed enough clothes for maybe a week. Either way she still wanted this place. She was determined that she would have this place. Asking Kaede for more classes wouldn't be hard, but at the same time she would still have to find another job. She had gotten this far on her own by saving her money, winning dance competitions, and spending her money wisely. Why couldn't she do it here? She wanted this place and she would have it. No matter what she would make this work and first thing in the morning she would look for a new job. She had her plan and she was going to stick to it.
"Yes I still want this place." Kagome said turning to Bankotsu with a determined look. "Where do I sign?"
That had caught Bankotsu off guard. He wasn't expecting her to actually take the condo. He didn't actually believe she could afford it. He had been doing this same tour for about a week now and every time she would get the same reaction and say the same things. Only 2 people had actually decided to stay and he could tell they oozed money, but this woman before him looked like she barely had a few nickels to rub together. At least the other people who he had given tours to look like they could afford a decent condo in the downtown location, this woman didn't even look like she could afford those. When she first walked up to him he couldn't believe she was actually there asking about to condos. Of course his opinions were the same as Abi, but he never would have the heart to say it to the girl face. He just wasn't that type of guy. So how could someone who looks like that afford this place? Maybe she had a trust fund or something set up for her. Or maybe she has a rich boyfriend or something? That probably was it.
"Hello? Bankotsu? Did you hear me?" Kagome asked walking closer to the guy.
"I'm sorry what was that?" Bankotsu asked snapping out of his gaze.
"I said I want the place and where do I sign? I also asked if it was ok if I left one of my bags here while we go take care of the rest of whatever or will I be staying in another condo?" Kagome stated again.
"Oh ok. We will just go downstairs and finish up the paperwork, you can pay the first month and I will hand over the keys to you. As for leaving out bags here, yes you can leave them here. I will lock the door back when we leave. So whenever you are ready you can follow me and we can get it done."
"Dropping her duffle bag on the floor near the bed she grabbed her suitcase and looked back at Bankotsu and said, "Ok let's go" and followed him out of the room and out the condo.
Bankotsu was still in a daze once they got on the elevator and didn't say much to her on their way back down to the lobby. The elevator had stopped on the 17th and 9th floor picking up passengers and Bankotsu remain silent and just glanced over at Kagome every so often with a questioning look. Of course it didn't go unnoticed by Kagome, who realized by the time they hit the lobby that Bankotsu was shocked that she still wanted the place. It also meant that he never really thought she would get it and was much like Abi. That caused her to laugh a little to herself as exited the elevator.
"Shame on them for judging me before knowing anything, but this is about to get really interesting." Kagome said to herself in her head as they walked over to the main desk.
When they got back to the desk she noticed Abi was still there along with two other people who were chatting. She didn't see their name tags nor was she really paying them any mind, she just wanted to get this process over with and head back to her new place. To shower and change so that she could do what she had to do to get settled in.
"Abi can you please grab me Ms. Higurashi application, the tenant contract and a payment form. Ms. Higurashi please follow us to the office." Bankotsu said shocking Abi who grabbed the paperwork and followed them to the office behind the counter.
As they all entered the office, Bankotsu offered her a seat as he and Abi sat on the opposite side of the table. He handed her the contract as they began to go over it with her.
"So the contract is a basic tenant contract. All of the basic information on the property as well as the rental guidelines and payment process is all listed in this contract. We have already gone over the parking situation. You have two spaces assigned to your condo with your condo number on it. Any other guests are to park on the guest parking decks. Please respect your neighbors as they are to respect you. You have use of everything here from the fitness center to wifi. Or wifi is secured by condos so each condo has its own connection and passwords. As I stated before the rent will be $40,000 a month. No less or no more unless there is some form of agreement made in which you would have to get another contract." He flipped to the next page of the contract as Abi began to enter all of her information into the computer's database.
"If you do decide to move at any point you would have to do it submit a form at least 30 days before your next rental payment is due. If you do decided to move you will have a max of 5 days before the payment is due to have everything belonging to you out of the rental. Is everything understandable so far?" Bankotsu asked stopping in the middle of his explanation to receive a brief nod from Kagome before he continued.
"Payments can be made in the form of cash, check, or credit. The company does prefer to receive the payments via credit so that it is an automatic withdrawal from the account each month. However you can pay in any form at any time and free to change up whenever you rent will be due on the same day each month. So seeing that it is the 19th, your next payment will be due on the 19th of next month. Now with all of that being said, just sign on this back page and initial by all of the sections in which we have covered. What will be your means of payment today so that I can fill out the proper forms?"
"Go on and pull out daddy's credit card since there is no way you will be paying for this yourself." Abi said in a smart tone.
"Actually I will be paying in cash." Kagome started pulling out the money out of her bag and counting it in front of them shocking the both of them and causing her to smirk. She then reread the contract and signed it before pushing it all over to Bankotsu.
"Umm we will make you a copy Ms. Higurashi." He said before getting up and making her copy as Abi started bagging the money in deposit bags in silence. Bankotsu came back with her copy and handed it to her with her keys. "Here are your keys and your copy of your contract. If you need anything feel free to call down to the front desk or the main office which numbers are on the bottom of page one."
"Thank you." Kagome said while taking the keys and contract from him. She tucked the contract in her suitcase and walked out of the office door with a smirk on her face and headed back to her new condo to shower and get ready to go out and get some food for her new place as well as do a little clothing shopping. As she pressed the button on the elevator she grabbed her cell phone out her pocket and dial Ayame number and tell her the news and ask her if she wanted to go shopping.
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