Chapter 10
AN: Wow, I can't believe that I made it to ten chapters already. I apologize for my last chapter, I know it wasn't really great, but things are heating up now. Just to clear something up, the reason Kagome didn't want to get revenge before was partly because she was in shock, and partly because she still loved her husband, but between seeing her husband having sex with another girl, and realizing how much her husband had taken away her independence and freedom, she realizes its time to bring the fire. So let's rock!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
Sango stared at Kagome. Her once tame, mild-mannered friend was now perched on the edge of the sofa, calm face broken only by a wicked glint in her sapphire eyes. Despite her friend's once pacifistic ways, she had spent the last half hour detailing a plan that would bring about the complete demise of her husband, in a perfectly sophisticated way, without involving the tabloids at all. And now, she was sitting there, waiting for a response.
"Well it's about damn time," Sango finally concluded. "After all the crap that bastard put you through." She leaned back in her chair, crossing her legs and resting her head on her hands. "I mean, he forgot your anniversary for Christ's sakes. If that isn't an indication that he should be taking a backseat, then nothing is."
"Well he did remember about three months after," Kagome shrugged. She was still working out the details of the plan in her mind. It was going to be hard to do. But the result would be so satisfying. She almost licked her lips at the thought, before grinning wickedly.
"So do you think we can pull it off?" asked Sango curiously. She observed her friend, who was still clearly skirting the edges of la la land. She was thrilled that her friend was coming back to her. She hadn't been fond of the changes Kagome had gone through when she'd transformed from the freer, exciting college student that she'd been before into the prim, proper wife that Inuyasha demanded she be. To have her real friend back…it was going to be nice. Sango smiled menacingly. And the revenge on Inuyasha was only the icing on the cake.
"I think so," Kagome said slowly, entering the real world again. "But we're going to need help." She stood up and straightened out her skirt, before walking to her purse and starting to dig through it. Sango stood as well, and walked over to Kagome.
"What are you looking for?" asked Sango, squinting into the bag that Kagome was looking through. Kagome remained silent, and continued to search for a couple minutes, before finally giving up, and dumping the contents on the floor. She then rifled through that, before emerging with a small piece of paper in her hand and a triumphant smile. Ignoring Sango's inquisitive looks, she unfolded the paper, and her smile only grew. She walked over to Sango's phone and picked it up, dialling it carefully and precisely, and clearly waited while it rang. She played with the cord absently, while Sango sighed, and walked over to plop down on the couch beside her. Sango could hear the phone ring twice, as Kagome waited, until on the third time a low male voice picked up.
"Hello, Hiten?" asked Kagome. She smiled as the voice on the other end of the phone replied. "It's Kagome, silly." The voice said something else, and Kagome giggled this time, twining the cord around her fingers. Sango caught her eyes and raised an eyebrow. Kagome was using her "flirty" voice. "Of course I do, I got rid of my loser husband." There was a pause, and then Kagome said, "Well, not really. That's why I need some help. Is Souten there?" Another pause. Then Kagome's face changed from flirty to planning. A wicked grin sprawled across her face. "Really? I didn't know she worked there." The grin dimmed slightly as she listened to "Hiten's" voice over the phone. She sighed, and her voice changed from "flirty" to serious. "Well, she didn't need to. She was right." Kagome paused for a second, and Sango heard silence from the other end of the phone. "Listen, do you think I could go in and see her tonight?" There was some noise as the other end replied. Kagome smiled. "You don't have to do that." The noise sounded again. "Well, if you insist. I'll see you later. Bye." Kagome hung up the phone and turned to Sango.
"So, you want to go out tonight?" she said, looking at her friend with mischievous eyes. Sango crossed her arms over her chest.
"Can I get an explanation? 'Cause right now the only thing I've been able to come up with is that your husband wasn't the only one cheating." Kagome frowned at this slightly, before shrugging it off. Sango continued to observe her. "Not that I would blame you, but still…" Kagome sighed, leaning back on the couch.
"Don't be silly, Sango," Kagome said, playfully leaning over to shove her friend. "I would never cheat. Well," she corrected herself, "Not unless he'd already made it clear that we were already practically divorced, like Inuyasha did. Remind me why I'm not cheating again?" At this Sango's eyes started to glimmer with a little humour.
"I can't really remember myself." At this, both girls giggled, and Kagome proceeded to explain to her friend the plan for the night.
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Kagome wasn't nearly as ready as she'd been pretending for Sango. She was nervous, slightly skittish, and definitely uncomfortable. But she was also determined. And as her husband was about to learn, a determined Kagome is a dangerous Kagome. She smiled slightly as she stepped through the club doors onto the dance floor. Sango had declined the invitation, having to work tomorrow, but she'd told Kagome to call her if she needed any help. Kagome had assured her she wouldn't need any help. She was going to regain that "female" strength if it killed her. Which, at the rate it was going, very well might. Kagome smiled without humour.
"Hey, are you alright?" Hiten asked her. His ruby eyes, which when they first met, had been filled with only lust, were now filled with concern as well. When he'd offered to give her a ride, Kagome had almost declined, but now she was glad she hadn't. He'd acted like the perfect gentleman the whole time, even complimenting her on her clothes, and now he was acting like an emotional support even though he didn't have to. Kagome was suitably impressed. She smiled at him gratefully, and he shot her back a cocky grin.
"I'm fine," Kagome told him blushing slightly, and easily took control of the situation before she could lose herself in someone she was only just getting to know. "Where do we need to go?" She looked away in order not to lose herself in this unknown and appealing man-candy.
"Are you sure you don't want to dance first?" a husky voice suddenly asked behind her, and Kagome jumped slightly. She turned around to glare at Hiten playfully. He had used his demonic speed to get right behind her so easily. She looked at him, as he smirked at her sexily, and shivered slightly. Damn him and her overly active female hormones.
"Fine," Kagome relented stiffly, and almost took a step back as he manipulated her so that they were standing directly against each other, her back pressed into his chest, and his hands around her hips, while her hands hovered for a second, before she reached up behind her and slid her hands around his neck. (AN: Sounds really awkward, but it actually works). She forced herself to relax as he smoothed them into the beat of the music, but apparently she wasn't doing a good enough job, because he leaned in closer to her ear during the song to talk to her.
"Relax, will you?" Hiten said, hot breath fanning over her ear. "I'm not going to bite. Much." She could just picture him with that sexy smirk, laughing at her. Well, she would show him! Just because it had been a while since she'd gone clubbing didn't mean she didn't know how to work it! She waited until the next song came on, then deliberately started grinding into him slightly when they moved together, smoothing their movements so that it seemed unintentional. After a couple minutes his grip on her waist tightened, and he leaned over to talk to her again.
"Do you know what you're doing to me?" he growled, as she slid her hips against him. Kagome batted her eyelashes at him innocently. He merely slid his lustful blood-red orbs over her in a predatory manner, smirking even more as he flipped her so that they were suddenly dancing face to face. Kagome gasped slightly, and thanked God that she'd worn a pair of dark jeans and not the skirt that she'd thought about wearing, or else she would have been giving everyone a free peep show. She steeled herself against the music, realizing they'd been dancing for a lot longer than she'd thought, and pushed against Hiten's shirt to let him know they were done. He sighed, then nodded, bright eyes scanning her, before grabbing her hand and pulling her through the crowd towards a door near the back of the club. Kagome was dizzy and slightly unfocused, but as she was regaining control of her senses she suddenly came to a realization. Kagome's eyes shot open when the young bartender winked at her and mouthed the words, "Have fun!", and Kagome realized that it looked like she and Hiten were going to have some hot, steamy sex. She immediately pulled her hand out of Hiten's once they had gone through the door and into a quieter hallway that was completely empty.
He turned back to look at her curiously, and she merely blushed even redder than before. Hiten suddenly realized what she was thinking and cocked an eyebrow at her, while grinning.
"My sister's break room is back here," he explained, gesturing down the hallway. "But if you want to do something else…" He looked at her expectantly, still wearing his wicked grin.
"We should get moving," said Kagome quickly, indicating for him to keep walking. His grin only grew at this, although he continued down the hallway.
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They found Souten sitting with a couple other teenagers around a table, playing cards. The room was unusually nice, although Kagome wasn't really surprised, because the club itself was pretty swanky. (AN: The world is a twisted place. My word-checker recognized "swanky" but not "Hiten's", even though I'd already added Hiten. O.O ) She'd just thrown her cards down in triumph when they reached the table, a grin splayed over her tired features.
"All five trump, guys," she grinned. "Read 'em and weep." The two guys and the girl that were playing with her groaned, and threw their cards down on the table too. Souten looked up when the finally reached the table, and her face was impossible to read, although there was no real hostility. She looked at her friends around the table.
"Mind giving us a sec, guys?" she asked her friends. The group of teens whined for a second, before finally surrendering and exiting the room. The last teen held up both of his hands in a "ten minutes" gesture before he left, and Souten nodded at him.
Hiten sat in one of the vacated chairs, sticking his feet up on the table, and indicating for Kagome to sit down. Souten sighed at his action, a smile tugging at her lips, and gestured for Kagome to sit as well. She measured Kagome with her eyes, saying nothing, before finally starting the conversation herself, once Kagome was fully settled in the chair.
"I didn't expect to see you here, after everything that's happened," Souten stated, cracking her ever constant gum, her eyes unreadable. Kagome sighed, ran a hand through her dishevelled hair, and closed her eyes, before peeking one open again to see Souten raising an amused eyebrow at her.
"Well, I realized that you were right," Kagome said, sitting up more. "My husband is a no-good scumbag that deserves everything I'm going to give him." At these words, Souten's poker face cracked and she allowed herself a grin.
"So what changed your mind?" she said, sitting back in her chair and relaxing. Kagome sighed again, before glancing at her new friend and Hiten, who was watching her from under barely open lids, pretending to sleep. She stuck out her tongue at him, and Souten looked taken aback.
"A couple friends. My best friend from college told me he was a scumbag. My mom too." Kagome relaxed slightly in her chair, and crossed her legs, once again glad that she hadn't worn a skirt.
"Your mom," Souten said, eyebrow raised in that amused expression. Kagome groaned slightly at the amusement at her expense. She narrowed her eyes playfully at Souten.
"Yes, my mother." Kagome frowned. "So I finally decided it was time to strike back. But I need help." At this Souten's face turned thoughtful.
"So you came looking for me?" asked Souten, frowning slightly. She eyed Kagome carefully. "I would have thought I'd scared you away." Kagome chuckled slightly.
"It would take more than that to down me for the count." Her eyes slid over the tabletop, remembering exactly how her husband had managed to "down her for the count". She looked up in time to see Souten's familiar wolfish grin.
"Well, I'm glad. It's hard to get revenge if you're a limp noodle," Souten said, fangs flashing slightly as she smirked wickedly at Kagome. She threaded her fingers together.
"So is there a plan?" she asked Kagome curiously.
"There is a plan," Kagome said, grinning coldly as well. Hiten finally opened his eyes and observed her completely, before smirking himself and closing his eyes again, nodding his approval. Souten waited for her to continue.
"And if I do say so myself, it's a kick-ass plan." Kagome said, very self-satisfied.
"Oh, really?" asked Souten, grin deepening. "Well, let's hear this kick-ass plan."
As Kagome explained the plan, both demons paid careful attention. At the end, Souten whistled.
"Never thought you had it in ya," Souten said, leaning back and closing her eyes with a satisfied grin. Kagome smiled, and as Souten's eyes opened, they shared a smile of comradeship.
"Well," said Souten, still grinning wickedly. "Let's go knock that bastard off his pedestal."
AN: And that's it!!! I'm very proud of myself that I updated. ^^ Speaking of updating, I recently tried something new, a Yuyu hakusho/Inuyasha crossover, so if you like that, check it out, k? It's called "Challenge".