To Dream Again
Chapter Seven
"Are you ready to order mam?"
Kagome looked up from the menu that she was holding and smiled at the waiter. "Yes, I would like to try the conch fritters. And then I would like the Blackened Grouper with a chardonnay on the side please."
The waiter nodded politely and went about his way.
Her eyes roved over the land and out to the sea, watching other guests lounging about in the sun, enjoying the crisp sea breeze that was blowing with a peaceful smile.
She had half a mind to join them on the beach and laze off for an hour or two after lunch, before she went shopping and exploring.
The waiter returned and placed a glass of chilled water and a glass of wine before her before he smiled and left again.
She lifted her glass of water and sipped generously as she continued to watch the view and the people around her with a sense of calmness and peace.
"We meet again."
Kagome flinched at the female voice, her calmness and peace shattered. She closed her eyes and took a breath, then opened them and fixing a polite smile on her face she turned her head toward the chair opposite her.
"So we have. How are you Kikyo?" she said calmly, although she felt anything but.
"I'm Fabulous as always! Did you give Inuyasha my message?" she queried in a bored tone.
Kagome shook her head, "I didn't get a chance to last night, and he was busy." She smirked wickedly.
"I see." Kikyo replied stiffly. "Well that's to be expected, he's always working long hours. It seems that four years hasn't changed him a bit." She finished with a triumphant gleam in her eyes when Kagome frowned.
"Don't you still work with him?"
"No. I left the summer of last year. He has a new personal assistant now. Her name is Sango and in my opinion is a down right bitch." Kikyo enthused nastily.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "It takes one to know one I would say."
"All of us aren't naive and pitiful like you Kagome." She glared. "However I must get back to my latest boy toy, he's totally delish, and best of all… he's rich." She smiled smugly and got up from the table.
With a roll of her eyes Kagome shifted into a more comfortable position in her chair. Seconds later the waiter appeared with her meal and with a smile she thanked him and turned to eat.
The Conch Fritters were divine. Greedily she ate them all and made a mental note to find out the recipe. The Blackened Grouper was placed before her next. She inhaled slowly, the seasoning and tangy scent of the lemon that they cooked the grouper with invading her nose, making her mouth water.
She lifted her fork and lifted a bite to her mouth. "Mmmm!" she sighed and ate hungrily. With her fish gone and only a forkful of rice left in her plate Kagome sat back, her stomach full.
The waiter came and went leaving her to sit and enjoy the view.
She tried but an uneasy feeling crept up her spine. She had felt it fleetingly through lunch but she had put it from her mind and continued to enjoy her food.
But it was different now, more intense. Someone was watching her. The hairs stood up on the back of her neck. Correction, someone was staring daggers at her.
After five minutes when the feeling got unbearable she turned her eyes from the view and scanned the crowd in the restaurant. Jumping from table to table she looked around for the person glaring at her.
In the corner of the restaurant close to the door her eyes clashed with furious grey ones. A gasp escaped her throat and her skin broke out in a cold sweat. Oharu was sitting there glaring at her. Out of all the places he could be in the world right now, Oharu Cornelius Hayden was in the Bahamas, and in the same hotel restaurant as her. Damn! She knew that it was him she had seen the day she and Inuyasha had arrived. What else will go wrong?
Kagome looked away and tried to compose herself, but his grey eyes continued to bore into her back.
Oharu was of medium height and build, he had a head of black hair, grey eyes, a slightly crooked nose where it had been broken, a hard mouth, big hands and arrogant attitude that she hated on him. He was handsome in his own smooth, collected way.
She signaled a waiter and paid for her meal, and then with as much calm as she could muster she walked toward the entrance of the restaurant to leave. His eyes continued to follow her as she crossed the room and to her surprise she noted that Kikyo was sitting with him at the table. Well she wished her all the luck, she would need it.
When she passed their table Oharu looked like he was about to get up and she panicked and rushed out and right into someone.
"I'm sorry!" she muttered and looked up.
It was a man she had bumped into. A man in a grey suit, with violet eyes, black hair, a charming smile and handsome features to go along with his height.
"It's quite alright Kagome. No harm done." He smiled.
Her brows furrowed at the use of her name. How did he know her name?
"Do I know you?" she asked.
The man smiled and shrugged. "You've gotten even more beautiful since I saw you last. Come on." He placed his arm on her shoulder. "Inuyasha sent me to find you."
She looked back over her shoulder to see Oharu still watching her, this time his mouth was compressed into a line. "Okay," she sighed. "Lead the way."
Twenty minutes later found her following the man into an office. She peered around his body to see Inuyasha talking to a beautiful lady seated next to him. Jealousy gripped her when the two laughed and smiled at each other.
"I found her Inuyasha." The man in front of her turned and pulled her to his side. "And what a beauty she is! How about we trade my friend?"
Strangely, the man on the side of her seemed familiar to her somehow, weird.
Inuyasha growled and walked closer. "Not of your life Roku!"
Miroku!
A grin broke out on her face and she smiled into Miroku's face. "Roku? Gosh I haven't seen you in ages!"
Miroku smiled at her. "Hey squirt."
"What are you doing here?" she smiled.
"I'm the manager of this fine establishment." Miroku answered.
"You wish! I want the manager to do his job, not run after the girls in bikinis!" Inuyasha replied.
"A man can dream can't he?" Miroku shrugged.
"This fool here is my right hand man. I don't have a specific job title to give him, he pretty much does whatever I need him to do." Inuyasha explained a second later.
"Proud of you Roku." She smiled and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.
Miroku sighed dreamily. "I am the luckiest man in the world, for I have just been kissed by an angel." He teased.
With a happy laugh she flung her arms around him and hugged him tight. Miroku always managed to make her smile at his foolishness. "I've missed you."
A second later she was pulled from Miroku and into Inuyasha's arms.
"You got your own woman." Inuyasha frowned.
Kagome knew Inuyasha and Miroku were best friends. They've been friends since high school. She had met Miroku before she had met Inuyasha. She had been walking the beach with her nose in a book reading when she had tripped over him. He had been lying in the sand sleeping and had awoken when she fell over him…
"A beach angel has graced me with her beauty." He had smiled as he helped her up.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going I'm afraid." She had replied.
"Don't worry about that, I'm fine. Are you okay?"
"Oh yea, I'm fine." She had smiled friendly.
"Can I ask you something?" he had asked her, taking her hand in his.
"Okay."
"Will you bear my children?"
She had looked at him with a shocked expression on her face. Was he for real? She was about to ask him if he was serious when his hand squeezed her bottom.
The rat!
Before she could hit him though, he was face down in the dirt. "Cut it out Roku! Must you ask that to every beautiful girl you see?"
She looked up at the man or should she say god in front of her. He was beautiful. "Hey, sorry about my idiot friend, I'm Inuyasha by the way." He had smiled at her and stuck out his hand in greeting.
And that was when she had fallen in love with him.
(End flashback)
"Ah yes, but alas she refuses to let me come near her." Miroku sighed.
"With good reason you pervert." The lady butted in before turning to face Kagome. "Hello, my name is Sango."
Kagome smiled and shook Sango's hand. "I'm Kagome."
"You look just like Inuyasha's previous secretary. Are you two related? Sango asked a frown in her eyes.
Kagome laughed. "No we aren't related, at least as far as I know. The fact that Kikyo doesn't like you tells me that I will love you." She finished and hugged Sango.
Sango looked at her for a few seconds after she was released, while Inuyasha and Miroku just waited with a smile.
Sango looked at the two men with a straight face. "You're right, I do like her."
The two men smirked. "We know."
"Oh and speaking of Kikyo, she says hi Inuyasha." Kagome turned to face him.
Inuyasha groaned. "You mean that she's here?"
Kagome nodded.
Inuyasha shrugged. "Is she with someone?"
Kagome nodded again. She couldn't believe Oharu was here in the same hotel as her.
"Well hopefully that means that she wouldn't be interested in you right now, Yash." Miroku chuckled uneasily.
Sango scoffed and picked up her briefcase. "Well if you'll excuse me, I have some work to do."
"And I have some work to do also." Miroku grinned following behind Sango.
Before the door closed behind the two an irritated voice growled "watch your hands your perverted asshole." And Inuyasha chuckled and turned Kagome around into his arms.
"I'll break Roku's hands if he touches you again." He growled.
Kagome smiled; there was no heat behind the words so she knew that Inuyasha was just annoyed with Miroku.
"Suppose I liked him touching me?" Kagome whispered against his lips that were a breath away from hers.
Hands like bands of steel tightened around her. "Not as much as you like me touching you, Kagome." He smirked at her teasing.
Kagome let out a shaky breath and looked into his golden eyes. "I know." Her response earned a smirk from the arrogant half demon in front of her.
"So what would my lovely Kagome like to do on our last day here?" he smiled as he brushed a stray lock behind her ear.
"I have no idea. I'll leave all the decisions up to you." She answered while stifling a yawn.
Her hands were captured in Inuyasha's and a kiss was placed on her forehead. "Deal. I'll handle everything, but let's go take a nap first." He smiled.
Kagome saw the smoldering look in his eyes and anticipation made her skin tingle. She smiled in answer and laid her head against his shoulder as they walked. "A nap sounds like a great idea."
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