Author's Note:
I predict that Desert Fever will be 7 chapters or less. It's more of a…cross hybrid of a vignette and a story. –shrugs- Anywhoo, enjoy this chapter! 8D
DISCLAIMER: If I seriously owned InuYasha, I would be A. Rich, B. Not posting here, and C. Added a marriage scene to InuYasha and Kagome.
BTW! I FINISHED INUYASHA! 8D ALL OF IT! InuYasha AND Final Act! There's only one thing though!
I have to see the Fourth Movie "Fire on Mystic Island" and I have to wait until Final Act comes out English Dubbed and then SEE IT AGAIN! 8D
I'm that obsessed. –shrugs-.
=CHAPTER 11 – KIKYO, MEET NARAKU =
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Kagome and InuYasha still hadn't spoken after…well, that day. They said a few words like, "Please," or "Thanks," to each other, but they wouldn't dare look each other in the eye. Only red faces would result if that ever happened. Buyou would watch the two pass through the day, hardly talking sometimes. They eeven used him to send messages because they were too shy to talk to each other! He! A messenger cat!
And when InuYasha had his dog nights, he had to do things by himself that would only be accomplishable with the help of a certain black hair woman. This only resulted in him almost breaking the sink, and getting closed in, in the fridge.
Kagome was too embarrassed to speak to him.
How could I be so stupid! I bet it was just some…misunderstanding! That's all! She told herself this day as she entered her workplace's doors. She currently worked as a junior personal assistant to Naraku, owner of one of Japan's most famous, as well as worldwide famous, 'Spiderella' fashion designs. (A/N: to those who remember what I wrote in the first chapter, I changed her job to give it a bit more sense.)
Suddenly, Kikyo appeared on her shoulder, in yet again, you guessed it, her miniature form. She had been doing that lately. Must've been easier to annoy InuYasha and the rest.
"Misunderstanding? I think not!" the small enchantress proclaimed. Kagome gasped loudly in surprise and flew her hands to her mouth. A few inhabitants of the building paused to stare at her. Ignoring them, she brought her voice to a harsh whisper. "Kikyo, what are you doing here? People will see you!"
More people gaped at her, when she started talking to her 'shoulder'.
"Oh relax!" the enchantress waved a hand. "Only you, InuYasha, and that fat cat of yours can see me. Or atleast, you're the only ones who I've let see me."
"Oh," Kagome breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank God,"
Kikyo floated a bit in the air, examining the building.
"Spiderella, huh?" she commented.
"Yep," said Kagome as she stepped into an elevator. "Owned by a guy named Naraku, a.k.a my boss. Makes both women's and men's clothes."
The elevator door's closed.
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The doors opened again, and Kagome stepped out. They were on the 5th floor, which had the main floor for the company.
Kikyo observed some of the fashion drawings posted on the wall. The designs mainly consisted of a spider-like style, with cobwebs and black widow symbols, hence the name Spiderella.
"Sooo," the enchantress started. "Where's this boss of yours?"
Kagome smiled and hitched up her burgundy tote bag as she pointed to her boss.
"That's Naraku."
Kikyo averted her gaze in the finger's direction. This Naraku was currently instructing one of his workers for a design of his. He had long black hair that was almost in a dreadlock hairstyle. He wore a dark purple suit, with what seemed to be cobweb designs on the right side while a spider was on the left.
The enchantress practically jawdropped. "W-w-wow…" she droned in a cheeky tone.
"What?" Kagome smirked.
"He's…gorgeous…" Kikyo drooled.
The young woman rolled her eyes. "Not the best to me, but I guess he's okay. You two might look cute together."
Kikyo then shook her head violently, and snapped her fingers. In an instant, she was human sized, wearing a simple sleeveless black dress, and standing on peep-toe black pumps.
"Rawr," the enchantress in disguise purred, hands on hips, red lips curled into a grin.
Kagome sweatdropped. "K-kikyo?" the enchantress nodded in response.
"Is your boss single?"
"Uh…I-I don't know. I guess…" she replied, still shocked.
That was all Kikyo needed. "Hm…"
The mystic woman sashayed towards Naraku. "Hey there," she winked. Naraku's head snapped up, the strange woman catching his attention. He almost dropped his jaw at her attire. Holy… he thought.
"M-may I help you?" he tried his best not to stutter. It was a common thing, impress the ladies, by lookin' professional.
"I'm Kikyo, and I-"
"She's a friend of mine!" Kagome jumped in. "U-uh, boss, and she wants to apply for a job! Right Kikyo?"
Naraku had a mischievous glint in his eye. "Oh, so this lovely lady's name is Kikyo is it? I think I have the perfect job for you." He said as he took the enchantress' hand in his, kissing it.
Kikyo giggled, and played with a strand of her hair. "Good."
Kagome almost puked at the sight. "I'll leave you two alone…." She noted as she hurried for her desk in the front.
"Oh Naraku, you're so funny!" she heard Kikyo lastly say.
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"I'm never bringing her to work again," Kagome decided as she plopped in front of her office laptop.
"Hurggh…." She sighed, beginning to type on the computer.
Just then, an e-mail alert popped up.
"You've got mail!" came the cheery tone of a false female voice. Kagome was a bit surprised. She wasn't supposed to get e-mails on this computer. Just in case, she turned off the sound on the laptop and looked around to see if anyone important was looking before nodding her head and clicking the message open.
It was…..just mail from her family.
Oh…okay then, the girl sweatdropped a bit.
The e-mail popped up and on screen came a picture of her family, beaming at her. She smiled and scrolled down to see their message:
Dear Kagome,
We're excited for you to come here! We miss you living here in Sapporo! Your close friend, Miroku, told us, through the phone, about a boy you've been hanging out with. Is he cute? (That came from Mama, sis,) He better not be a hoodlum! Inexcusable! (That's Gramps,) So please bring him over! ^o^
Love
Your FamilyP.S. This was written by Souta! =P
P.S.S What happened to the dog you bought? Did Buyo get so hungry that he ate him?
"Aww," Kagome cooed. She sighed deeply and closed out the e-mail. "I've got a lot of explaining to do."
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"So, why are we packing our things, when Sapporo is only for Christmas?" Buyo asked, and stretched his body.
"Because, Buyo," Kagome answered throwing a pink shirt into her luggage. "Just because."
She pulled out a small red suitcase. "This one's for InuYasha. I packed all his stuff, so could you give this to him?" the black haired woman set the case in front of the cat.
Buyo twitched his whiskers. "Are you mad? I cannot lift this! I can hardly carry my own belly around.."
Kagome rolled her eyes in frustration. "Fine, I'll take it,"
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"InuYasha?" Kagome called out. Now that she thought about it, she hadn't said his name since, the 'incident.'
The hanyou heard this name and saw Kagome growing a bit timid.
"Uh…erm, these…I ah, packed your stuff for you. We're leaving tonight for Sapporo…" she muttered.
"Oh," his eyes lit up, nonchalantly scratching his fuzzy white ears. "Thanks…"
She handed him the suitcase and began to leave, but didn't get much farther, as the woman turned once she felt a hand on her wrist.
"Wait,"
Kagome looked into his eyes.
"I'm sorry about…that day. I couldn't…I don't know what came over me. I just…." He let the sentence hang, drooping his ears down.
"Oh InuYasha," Kagome turned fully to face him, cupping a hand on his cheek. "Don't be sorry."
She gave him a small smile.
"I really didn't mind it," she whispered so low, a human wouldn't be able to hear.
But InuYasha could. "Thanks."
"Now," she put her hands on her hips. "Let us leave for Hokkaido! My little brother would probably love to see you!" she cheerily proclaimed.
And the black haired girl skipped away, her good mood rubbing off of the hanyou. He sighed dreamily and plopped himself on the couch.
"I'm glad that kiss happened."
Author's Note: Yayyyy! They made up! EVERYBODY DANCE NOW! 8D This story is coming to a close! ^^ Everything exciting happens once the Christmas party is up!
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD:
I am fully aware that they probably don't celebrate Christmas in Japan. But I really don't care right now, because:
This is a fanfic, meaning it's not real.
I'm not using this for profit
I write Fanfiction for fun
The Christmas party is an important for an event to happen in the story