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Chapter 21: that's where you come in handy part 2
Kag POV:
"Well that's where you come in handy." Kagome said making Sango sigh in complete aggravation.
INU POV:
(Later that same day)
His eyes were narrowed slightly as he looked over a series of papers. He flipped through them boredly before checking the time on his watch. It was around 12 in the afternoon and he still hadn't had one interview. He set the series of papers down. He wanted to pick up the phone beside him and ask Kagome why that was, but he decided to go out and investigate for himself. He knew if he asked her she'd come up with some elaborate lie, she was good at those.
He stared at the double doors in front of him for a brief moment before deciding he'd actually get up and inspect. He didn't actually know exactly what he was looking for, but he had an odd feeling that something wasn't right. He rose up from his seat while putting a hand to his tie automatically. He subconsciously began tugging on it loosening it before striding towards the door.
He hesitated for a second than left his office all together. A few walking employees looked towards him while he turned the corner to the foyer. He sensed Kagome right away which made him halt for a brief moment before walking forward. He spotted her entirely, she sat on the desk itself towards him but she hadn't noticed him. She had the office phone to her ear as she talked to someone he knew was clearly not a client. To his surprise Sango was on the office computer listening to music while typing away.
Beside the fact that Kagome was clearly not doing her job, nothing seemed out of order. There weren't any waiting people in the foyer. No one lined up for service. He took one silent step forward catching a better look of her lounging form. She was scanning through a magazine as she sat on top of the front desk. The phone was cupped between her shoulder and her chin. She seemed to be in a very upset mood as she flipped through the pages. He could hear her voice rise with her anger.
He was a bit surprised that everything seemed to be organized actually. He had a slight feeling that everything would be in total chaos. He didn't say a word as she shifted herself towards Sango. "Hey…look at this…" She said in obvious aggravation. "Look… out of all the shots they could have published they pick this one." She mumbled while flipping through yet another page. Sango seemed a bit annoyed by Kagome at that moment. "I mean… all I ask for are some decent pictures of me…"
"Kagome… I told you to study the manual… put the magazine down." Sango hissed as she pushed slightly away from the computer. Inuyasha at that point was about to intervene when he noticed something on the computer screen. "You know I'm not always going to be here to help you. I'm pretty sure what I'm doing now is illegal anyway." She whispered. In only a matter of seconds she managed to drop her voice to a threatening hiss. Kagome closed the magazine and jumped off the desk.
"Don't be so dramatic it's not illegal." She said while rolling her eyes. She was going to mention something else when her eyes landed on silver. It caused her breath to hitch, but she didn't overreact instead for the first time her brain began to actually kick into overdrive and she could think straight. Luckily Inuyasha seemed to be a bit drawn by the file open on the office's computer. He was sure it was his scheduling file, and if it was, what was Sango filling in. "um… watching movies online isn't illegal…" Kagome randomly commented making Sango give her a strange look.
"Well yeah… if it's free… but when did we start talking about movies…" Sango asked in a perplexed voice. Kagome widened her eyes and tried to shift her glance towards the hanyou to the far left. He was now walking towards them calmly yet servely. Sango narrowed her eyes before following Kagome's glimpse to the left. She too opened her eyes in complete shock. "Oh… yeah… it's illegal… I don't think I should be doing it." Sango stuttered as she quickly slid herself into the desk and began exiting out of files. Inuyasha quickly made a B - line for the computer but he was of course blocked.
"What are you doing outside of your office?" Kagome asked in complete surprise. She had a fake smile posted on her perfect face. Her arms were tucked behind her back in an attempt to look overly innocent. "Did you want more coffee?" She asked. Inuyasha gave her a quick run over before trying to bypass her towards the computer but she quickly blocked him again. "I can go pick you up another scone, unless you want something else…"
"Kagome…" He said trying to get her to shut up. She kept talking and blocking his path to the front desk. "Kagome…" he repeated as she continued to mumble things about lunch choices at the restaurant across the street.
"It's about lunch time anyway, but then again the bakery's line probably went down, I could be back in two seconds… do you want a donut this time… fresh cup of coffee… they have this special…"
He sighed deeply before maneuvering himself to the right slightly. He obviously knew she was hiding something. She watched the frustration flicker in his eyes. It made her gulp roughly before quickly blocking his path again. "Hey… I'm fine… move." He said as he tried yet again to pass her. Sango was still in the left next to the computer closing files and saving opened documents.
"Oh well that's great cause I'm so busy up here, I had to call Sango to help me… I shouldn't be running around the city getting you food." She said with a false smile. Inuyasha only nodded slightly as he looked towards the left at the computer screen. She quickly blocked his path and put both of her arms around his shoulders. That got his attention quickly and he faced her fully. She had a very seductive grin on her face. "Well if you're not too busy maybe we could go back into your office." She said and though usually this would make him forget everything he was doing at the moment. He actually had a nice grip of his hormones.
He looked down at her slightly letting a charming grin trace his full lips. "Yeah… we can do that." He said which he knew automatically made her stomach flip and butterflies swarm. Her arms loosened gently and he took that as his cue to act. He with little effort lifted her up and hoisted her behind him while walking forward. She tried to maneuver her way towards him but it was too late. He was already making his way to Sango; he walked up behind her and set two strong arms on either side of the key board. This had her jumping and she recoiled before shutting off both the monitor and the computer itself. "What are you doing?" he asked as she shifted slightly to face him.
She seemed pale and her eyes were wide. He focused all his attention on her, missing the movement of her arm as she pulled out a flash drive from the out lit of the computer. She quickly pushed it into her pocket and turned the chair all the way around. "I wasn't doing anything… I was… we were listening to music, looking at Kagome's photos from the fashion show… and then we were…"
"Move…" he stated and she didn't hesitate to jump off of the chair and meet Kagome at the right of the desk.
"What took so long…?" She whispered making Sango shrug but close her mouth. Inuyasha had taken his seat at the computer turning it on and letting it load before picking through recently visited documents. Sango watched with a worried look on her face. "Why do you look so worried… is he going to find out…."
"Sssh…" she hissed as Inuyasha poked through more files. He turned slightly as he opened up the scheduling file. After looking through it and deciding that nothing was amiss he turned to face both girls focusing his attention primarily on Kagome. Her eyes were filled with worry, but as soon as he eyed her she posted a fake smile and bounced on the tip of her heels. It automatically reassured him that she was scheming something.
"So no one called or anything all day…?" he asked while narrowing his eyes her way. She said nothing, she opened her mouth as if she had something to stutter, but he interrupted her. "Did you call anyone who was already scheduled for today?" He asked and Kagome opened her mouth again, but this time in utter confusion while walking forward to look at the computer screen. She remembered Sango typing in all the scheduling for today but they were all gone. All that was left was the old interviews his last secretary had typed in. He didn't wait for a response instead he changed the document to another screen. "Do you see this…this is all my appointments for today…? It's sort of something you have to keep up with…"
"Okay of course…" she mumbled while leaning in and squinting her eyes to read the print.
"You have a meeting later today around twelve…" He gave her a perplexed yet annoyed look that had her gulping. He seemed a bit unconvinced. He didn't say anything before rising from his spot. He switched his aggravated look towards Sango.
"Stay away from the computers…" he sternly stated which had her slightly nodding. He seemed a bit upset so she didn't test him. "And Kagome…" he said as he walked forward. He didn't say anything else; he just walked towards his office. Kagome looked over at Sango with a worried look.
"I think he wants you to follow him." Sango whispered. They both watched Inuyasha's departing form. "You better go…"
"Maybe he won't notice if I stay here…" she suggested while heading towards the front desk. "Please tell me you got everything, why were most of the documents missing?"
"I saved the file to my flash drive. That's why it took so long… I uploaded them, and deleted the rest." She said and Kagome scanned the flash drive with a weirded expression. "So now we can switch around his interviews…that's the plan right, to find the most unqualified person and schedule them for an interview right…?"
Kagome put a hand through her long wavy hair before pushing it down her face. She looked away from Sango while taking a seat at the computer. "None of that matters now. I'm fired…I can tell… did you see that look he gave me? How are we going to do anything if I'm fired?"
Sango eyed her best friend before hoisting herself on top of the desk. "I don't think so…you don't know what he wants." She said reassuringly but she knew whatever Inuyasha had in store for her it wasn't going to be good. "Even if you do get fired maybe it's not that bad. This extra job is sort of interfering with modeling." Kagome growled deeply telling Sango she was doing a bad job of comforting her. "What I mean is, maybe you should tell Inuyasha how you feel instead of potentially destroying his multibillion dollar corporation."
"I'm not destroying it… gosh Sango. all I want is for him to put me before his stupid job." She muffled as she dropped her head on the desk. They both knew that was never going to happen. "I'm such an idiot for thinking this was going to work anyway."
Sango stared at her before partially changing the subject. "So are you going to go see him? I think he wants to see you." Kagome shook her head as she woke up the computer with a jab of the mouse. She set it on Inuyasha's daily schedule while also opening up a game of solitaire. "So you're just going to pretend he never called you?"
"I don't know what I'm going to do. If I get fired he's going to scoop up some stupid legible business tycoon to take his place, and then he'll pack his bags and move back home… just forget about me. Then he'll get married to some stupid smart plain stay at home mom who'll happily have his kids, and I'll be here in the city too old and fat to model and alone…So for right now…I'm just going to prolong this moment in time… where everything's simple, where we're together, and my life is great …"
"Ewe…" Sango squirmed out while staring in space picturing Kagome's depiction of the future. "You really love him… ugh… disgusting. Well then you should probably go in there and tell him."
"I told him… he still picked work, and there's no way in hell I'm going to just drop modeling to move back home." She cringed a bit, but both she and Sango knew if Inuyasha was to ask her to move, she'd pack her bags in a flash. She was more afraid of the idea that he'd leave without asking. It seemed that way in her mind so far anyway.
Sango pushed herself off the desk. "I don't know what to say. It's like what you used to always tell Kikyo, that Inuyasha Takashi is no good." Kagome nodded in total agreement as she placed an ace on its spot on the top of the virtual solitaire board. "I'm going to run home. Call me when you know…" She paused for a second. "Just call me later." She picked up both her purse and jacket while walking around the rounded desk. While she turned the corner the phone began ringing. Kagome looked up quickly as Sango reflexively reached over to answer it.
"Don't get that." Kagome called out aggressively making Sango who had already picked up the phone in her left hand stared at her in shock. "Oh shit…"
"Oh shit what? You're the secretary you were just going to let it ring?"
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Oh shit… like oh shit put the phone down." She hissed and Sango came to the realization automatically as she watched Kagome pantomime for her to hang up the receiver.
A familiar voice groaned in aggravation "Kagome… I know your there. Come to my office." He said sternly. Sango opened her eyes widely as Kagome put a hand on her forehead. "This is pretty immature, even for you… I'll come out and get you." He threatened and she quickly got up at that grabbing the phone harshly from Sango's hand.
"Go home…" She scolded towards her best friend.
"Sor-ry…" Sango said as she put two innocent hands up. "I was just trying to help." Kagome rolled her eyes before turning away from her and nervously wrapping her finger into the chord of the office phone.
"Hello…" she piped hoarsely.
"Kagome…"
"Oh Inuyasha what a pleasant surprise, How can I help you?" She asked with fake optimism. Sango laughed slightly from behind her making Kagome threw her a venomous look and point towards the double doors.
"I'm going I'm going…" she said while turning around to leave. "See you at home… call me." She called out while heading outside.
"I'm not joking around…" He said in his strictly business tone. "I want you in here, now." He scolded before hanging up the phone abruptly. She gulped rather loudly while standing in a dumbfound position. She moped towards the hall that led to his office. She looked over at her solitaire game contemplating rather she should finish the game before being fired. She decided against it. It looked like one of the impossible games anyway it would just put her in a depressed mood. She continued on towards his office while thinking about how stupid the whole idea was anyway. It was so idiotic to think she could actually sabotage his interviews, he'd probably find out. It was even stupider to think that she could handle scheming a diabolical plan while being his secretary. She didn't even know what she was doing.
The double doors were, for the first time slightly opened, but she knocked anyway. Something she never did. She could feel the nerves build up in the pit of her stomach as she waited for him to say something, but he didn't respond. It made her smile slightly deciding that she'd just leave. He looked like he changed his mind. She turned to head back to the front desk when she heard the door behind her open.
At first she didn't bother to turn around. She knew who stood behind her. It made her halt in her spot. Damn it, his timing was always so impeccable. "Kagome…" He said sternly she bit down on her lip before turning quickly with a false smile on her lips.
"Inuyasha…" She said making him stick a grossly handsome eyebrow up.
"Come in…" He said strictly, and she stared at him and the small space he left open in between both doors.
"I rather not, I'm sort of busy, you know getting your interviews ready and what not. I just…
"Kagome…" he stated and she realized he wasn't joking at all. There was no doubt he was going to fire her now. He stepped back slightly so she could come in, and she didn't hesitate this time to slip into the room. He watched her as she walked into his office. His eyes were especially observant and she could feel them on her back as she walked forward. His office was like usual, extremely pristine and organized. She took her place uncomfortably at the edge of one of his seats.
She waited for him to take his spot at the head of the room. She could hear him closing and locking the door behind her before walking forward. She slipped a bit in her seat as he passed her. He grabbed a few papers in front of him pushing them together so they stacked up in what looked like a perfect immaculate stack. She pushed her nails into the seat as she waited for him to speak. He placed the papers to the front of his desk before sitting down and looking forward. She met his eyes slowly, they were of course a gorgeous gold, but they were also extremely cold. He sighed deeply while sitting on the back of his seat; before he could speak she cut in.
"Okay I know…I know I'm a horrible secretary, I should of never taken up the job, I can't do anything right, but I did try. I actually don't know how to work the programs so I got Sango to help me, and about your interviews, I'm really really sorry Inuyasha. I honestly am, but I have no control over who shows up or not. Maybe I should have been more alert; maybe I should have let you drive me here so I wasn't late… I'm just…I'm sorry." She said while taking a considerably long gasp of air. He stared at her without saying anything, he just watched as she searched her brain for something else acceptable to say. "And also about the whole you know filing thing…I wasn't trying…"
"Kagome" he stated interrupting her. She looked up and he could literally see the worry in her eyes as she waited for him to speak. Why did she want this job so badly? He was actually planning to fire her, but when he took in the remorse in her eyes he couldn't help but soften a bit. He tried to sort out his thoughts, but he was still stuck on his previous question. He sighed; he fired people for much less than this. That was all he could think of but she wasn't just any employee…He thought for awhile and she waited patiently. He could feel the tension she exuberated, it made him lose his train of thought. He eyed her and though he wanted to say something completely different the phrase just spilled out. "Why do you want this job anyway?"
She seemed a bit taken back by the question, but she straightened her already poised posture. She searched her brain for something to say, but she didn't know what excuse to use. She couldn't tell the truth. She shrugged… "You know financial reasons." She lied and Inuyasha stared at her knowingly. "What?" she asked his questioning form. Being a model doesn't pay as much as people think it does? I get paid a photo shoot… Not by the hour." She said with a roll of her eyes.
"Yeah but isn't there a point in modeling where popularity raises the amount earned." She purposely looked off into space while thinking that over. "I would think once a model becomes the rising talent of the year she'd start getting paid pretty decently."
"You'd be wrong." She lied while looking down at her nails to play with her cuticles.
He stared at her for awhile before groaning. It caught her attention and she looked up. "Kagome I don't know why I shouldn't fire you. You've worked here for only two days, the second one you were ridiculously late, the first you didn't answer any calls."
She shrugged smiling a bit coyly. "Well you could give me another chance… you know for old time sakes."
He smiled at that and she returned it. Her nerves eased a bit and she sat up slightly. He could feel some of her tension disappear and he leaned forward. "We don't really have good old times do we?" He asked bluntly causing her smile to deflate automatically. He eyed her before sitting up. "I don't want you using the fact that we're dating as some sort of crutch to do whatever you like." He stated making her sit up in self defense.
"I don't do that…" He gave her a look and she pretended to think back. "I don't do that often." Her eyes drifted back to him and she sighed. "I really don't recall ever doing that." She said in a more serious manner. The previous frustration in her eyes surfacing.
He watched her disappointment and it made him think back to his previous question. "Why do you want this job…?"
"I told you…" She mumbled while looking towards the bookshelf. "Financial reasons."
"I mean the real reason."
"That is the real reason." She said while looking towards him. He gave her one of his condescending looks and she rolled her eyes. "Job experience" she stated and that got her a single raised eyebrow. He was so quick to see through her façade it made her stomach turn a bit to know he was aware she was lying. She sat up lightly surveying his handsome face. She decided he deserved the truth… well some of it. "I took the job so I can spend more time with you before you left to go back home." She admitted and it caused him to mentally wince but physically he just stared. That was a subject he didn't want to discuss. He left it in the back of his mind usually. "So really that's why I think you should give me another chance."
He thought that through, and he knew there was no way he could fire her. He didn't even have the time to search for a replacement. "Kagome…I can't really afford giving second chances." He sated and though he was trying to weasel himself through firing her in the nicest way possible, she broke him down with one of her gorgeous smiles. It made him do a complete 360 and he sighed. "You can't sit around and look through magazines; you can't invite Sango and download pirated movies." He stated and her smile got wider. "I can't believe I'm doing this." He mumbled as he sat back in his chair and pushed a hand through his face in frustration.
She watched him but her smile never faltered. "You won't regret it. I promise." She said and that caused him to drop a hand from his face.
"I already am." He mumbled and she shook her head.
"I'm going to stay on top of things, promise." She said and that got his attention. He sat up in his seat.
"Seriously Kagome…our relationship aside… you and work don't mix." He stated. She didn't know exactly what that meant but she told herself she'd let it sink in later. "And it's pretty idiotic of me to even contemplate giving you another chance, but I guess… I will, just don't let me down."
"I won't." she said in her usual lighthearted way.
"Seriously, don't. I don't put my trust in a lot of people." He said and that caused her smile to falter a bit. "I'm putting it in you, so don't let me down." He admitted and she just stared at him before nodding. "Okay…" He said while pushing himself deeper into his desk. "You can go now… I have to work."
She blinked rapidly realizing she was in some sort of trance brought on by guilt. She let a broken smile slip on to her lips. She had no reason to be guilty she hadn't done anything yet. "Okay…I'll let you get back to work." She said while easing up to leave. He watched as she turned to exit the office.
"Wait…" he said getting her attention right away. She turned around alert and waiting. "Tonight…10…" he said and it took her awhile to realize he was talking about their date. She smiled reassuringly before turning her body to face him directly.
"If you're busy, we don't have to do anything." She said nicely, and he smiled slightly which made her heart spike suddenly. She automatically cursed herself for even suggesting he could pass on their date. "I mean… well if you're not that busy, you defiantly should take me out, but if you are I sort of understand… I guess." She stuttered and he stared at her with amusement. Why all of a sudden she was so tongue tied.
"I'll pick you up at ten." He said cutting her banter short. She nodded and backed up towards the door. She hit the wall suddenly instead, but for the first time he missed it. He was too preoccupied6with directing himself towards the phone at that moment. She watched him a little longer as he checked something and turned forward to look at her. She could tell he was wondering why she was still in his office, but she was a bit dazed at the moment. Without giving any sort of excuse she turned for the door and pulled it open, leaving.
KAG POV:
Later that evening around 6
Kagome smiled to herself as she hung up the phone and pushed herself back towards the computer. She was actually getting a hang of the whole secretary thing. She managed to answer all the calls, and manage all of Inuyasha's appointments. She decided she was going to try her best at the job since it was important to him, though she was still upset that he would be leaving, but ruining his interviews wasn't the right way to cope with it. She waved at a random employee who went out of his way to say good bye to her, which was the norm. Almost everyone who worked there gave her the weirdest looks. She ignored him easily as she directed herself back to the phone.
She dialed the office's number and the extension that rang to Inuyasha's office. He answered on the third ring, "Yeah…" He said as she looked at a few employees make their way out of the office.
"Hey…" she said and he crossed his eye brows as he waited for something of importance to come from the call. "So…" She said again trailing her voice.
"Kagome what is it?"
"Oh just calling to see how you're doing" She joked. She wasn't too surprise to hear he didn't find it amusing.
"That's not funny; I just talked to you not two minutes ago."
"Relax, I'm just wondering when I'm going to be going home today. Everyone's leaving, and it's already past five."
"Are you complaining?" He asked with a small smile on his face, but he hid the humor in his voice.
"No…I'm just asking. It's six and I do have to go home, you know to get dressed. You don't have any more appointments so you really don't need me. Unless you want more coffee, but you know you already had three cups, and coffee isn't all that good for you…"
"You can go home." He said interrupting her stutter. She hesitated for a moment, before saying her thanks and hanging up the phone. She gathered her things and headed out the glass doors.
The door opened automatically when she got to it. It didn't surprise her that an eager male employee would be on the other end opening it for her. She smiled before saying her thanks and looking both ways for a taxi. She spotted one parked a few ways out into the crowded street. "Wow what luck…" She whispered gently while taking off in a slow jog towards it. As she got to the corner her phone began going off.
She pushed a hand in her purse looking for it. "Where did I put that thing…?" She mumbled before finding a hump in a pocket to the right. She picked it up quickly pressing the talk button and pushing it to her ear. "Ello…"
"Hey Kagome… where are you." A woman said in a rush on the other end. Kagome sighed before looking down at the caller's name. The annoyance disappeared when she realized it was just Sango.
"I'm on my way home… oh and the date with Inuyasha is still on. What do you think I should wear? Do you have any casual designs…?"
"Uh no…wait I have great news." She said quickly causing Kagome to pause in her spot. The Taxi was beside her but she still hadn't made the move to claim it.
"Well spill it. I'm about to snag a taxi now…"
"Yeah actually it's sort of a surprise I'll tell you when you get home."
She took a step forward towards the cab. "I really hate surprises just tell me now." She said loosely before shifting in her spot. As she waited for Sango to talk she walked towards the driver's seat. She was about to knock until she spotted a woman trying to make a B- line towards the back seat of the taxi. "Um…excuse me…I'm riding this one." She said making Sango pause on the other line.
"What?" she asked and Kagome rolled her eyes.
"I'm going to have to call you back Sango… some chick is trying to taxi hop. She hung up the phone while pulling open the backseat of the cab. She made a big point of pushing her purse on the other end of the taxi and pushing her legs out onto the other seat. The older woman who was trying to slide in, obviously took notice that she was unwelcomed and scrunched her face before closing the door and walking away. "The nerves of that woman." Kagome commented out loud as she sat properly in the seat and pulled her purse onto her lap. The driver looked down at her from the review mirror. "I mean she saw me here… what the hell did she think… I mean I'm not a selfish person I would have shared, but the way she just sneaked herself on the other side…wow some people…"
"Um ma'am where am I taking you." The man asked making Kagome look up towards him. She sighed momentarily then pushed a hand through her hair letting her frustration go. She quickly told the man the direction to her apartment before pulling out her phone again. She was debating rather or not she wanted to actually call Sango again. She decided she'd call Kaede instead. She needed to know when her next modeling event was.
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It didn't take long before the taxi dropped her off at her complex and she ended her call to Kaede. She paid by credit card then made her way up the stairs to her door. She turned down towards her purse to get her keys, before she could reach in her purse the door opened spontaneously and a pair of hands pushed her in. She looked around spotting a group of printed papers and several phone books lying on the floor. The house phone was lying off the hook and Sango's laptop sat open on the coffee table.
Kagome adjusted herself then turned to spot her attacker. "Why did you pull me in like that? I think you bruised my arm. And what's with the phone books."
"It's a long story…" Sango mumbled, "the important thing is that I did it." Kagome walked towards the kitchen to rummage for something to eat. She didn't know what Sango meant by 'I did it.' she thought maybe Sango had finally finished a design.
"I hope my sister or Rin went grocery shopping. I'm really not in the mood for vegetables." She opened the fridge door and sighed. Not only did her sister and best friend not shop, they also ate the remainder of the fridge. "Where are they anyway?"
"Uh… Rin went back to the hotel with Sesshomaru and Kikyo is out with Hojo, but that's not important. Did you hear what I just said?" Kagome paused for a second before pulling out broccoli. She nibbled on the bottom of it while making her way to her bed room.
"You got to help me find an outfit for my date tonight. I don't know what we're doing, but I still want to look good enough, you know just incase we go somewhere great…"
"Kagome did you hear what I said!" Sango announced. "I came up with a way that…"
"Yeah… I heard you. You finally designed that fall line you stop working on last year. You really made use of your time off."
"No that's not what I meant…" she said while rolling her eyes. She took hold of Kagome's blazer pushing her towards the living room. She then pushed her in front of the coffee table. "So I realized how sad you were this afternoon when you realized that Inuyasha would be moving back to town so I took it upon myself to help you out." Kagome paused not understanding what she meant. "I went ahead and did the plan by myself."
She turned to look at her best friend realizing how confused she was. "You know the switch the interview plan... we were talking about earlier. Did you forget... I saved planning times, names and schedules to my flash drive..." Kagome still seemed confused making Kagome sigh in an irritated manner. "Anyway... I took that information and created a mock schedule, I took the time to call up some people, look up some references, and find out who was qualified for the job and who wasn't." She turned to spot Kagome's mouth wide open and a complete shocked look on her face. "I knew you would be happy," she said pleasantly," but you're going to go bonkers when I tell you what else I did. I set up Inuyasha's schedule and interviews for you." She pushed up for a moment to go get something on the side of her laptop.
Kagome on the other hand mind was running rapid. She was having a million thoughts per minute. She was trying to muster up words to describe how she was feeling. Sango came back with a flash drive in her hand. "Okay so all I need you to do is download the information onto the computer at Takashi Corp. I don't know if the computers there are all connected to Inuyasha's office computer, there prbably not...So you'll have to download it onto his desktop… hmmm…" she paused thinking. "It's going to be tricky, but I know you can pull it off…so… tell me on a scale of 1 to 10 how happy are you?" Sango asked while looking up at her best friend. Kagome was still stuck to her spot. "Kagome?"
"What did you do?" She mumbled incoherently.
"What do you mean what did I do? Aren't you happy?"
"No… no… I'm not… Sango you have to change it back."
"What…?" she asked while taking in her best friends worried expression. Kagome sighed deeply before putting a hand to her forehead and taking a distraught seat on the couch. "What happened…? this morning you were all gung-ho about this plan. We were setting it up and everything."
"I know I know…" Kagome interrupted while staring down at the floor. "Then after you left Inuyasha told me that he trusted me."
"So…"
"So… do you know how important that is." She said while getting up. "I mean I spent most of my youth making his life a living hell, I didn't expect him to trust me or even forgive me until another ten years. This is big Sango… this means we're moving forward."
"Okay…okay I get it, I messed up." Sango said sadly. "I really thought this was going to make you happy."
"Thanks Sango, I mean it was really thoughtful and I know it took all day, but we have to fix it."
"Fix it?" Sango asked with a perplexed look on her face. Kagome only nodded indifferently while Sango scratched the center of her head. "There's no fixing it…"
"Ha, good joke Sango" Kagome said slightly while leaving the living room, "but seriously can you try reversing everything while I'm on my date."
Sango followed her friend in haste. "I'm not joking Kagome, there's no reversing it. I mean I can erase everything I've done schedule wise, but I made the calls, they're going to come regardless."
At that she turned to face her friend, the same look of shock on her face. "No… no you can recall them, you know tell them the spots been taken."
"No I can't, not all of them. Look Kagome the first interview is tomorrow morning, what if one call doesn't go through, those people will come anyway." Kagome balanced herself on the wall. "I wouldn't worry about it. Just let them come; he'll never notice the difference."
"How…"
"He'll just think there unqualified interviewees, then after they've had all there interviews then we'll start scheduling in people who are really qualified. He'll never know."
"Okay… okay that might just work.' Kagome mumbled while pacing."Okay well how long will the fake set of interviews take."
"Um you know a couple of weeks."
"What… okay a couple of weeks isn't that bad… this isn't that bad. I won't have to worry about him leaving till then, so…'
"Yeah…" Sango agreed. She seemed like she was hiding something, but Kagome over looked it.
"Okay… so we're in the clear I just need to get dressed and…"
"Kagome there is one more thing."
"Yeah… come on. What is it?"
"Uh… the only problem is… well I have all the information on my flash drive, so the interviewers that come tomorrow have to match up with his schedule…"
"So what does that mean?" Kagome asked while staring at Sango in confusion.
"It means you have to take the flash drive and save the new schedule."
"Okay I can do that…I'll do it tomorrow morning. I'll just get there early and…"
"No see that's the problem. Inuyasha's computer is the main desktop. If you save the schedule to the receptionist computer he won't get it, it'll just stay there. You have to save it to his office." Sango explained. She had a nervous look on her face as she tried to sugar coat the truth. Kagome narrowed her eyes not yet connecting the dots.
"Okay Sango so what are you trying to say."
She took a deep breath while she rummaged through her brain to find an appropriate, yet nicer way to explain the obvious. "Well in order to save the schedule onto the whole system it has to be saved from the main desktop."
Kagome still seemed confused but her brain was slowly gluing in the pieces. Sango closed her eyes waiting for the blow she'd make when she realized what she'd have to do. It took a slow moment, but all of a sudden her eyes began to widen and she turned rapidly to face Sango. "You mean I'm going to have to sneak into his office."
She slowly nodded…"It's the only way."
"Well you have to figure out a new way because I can't do it." Kagome said indefinitely. "I can't sneak into his office, I'm not a spy."
A long pause continued as Sango thought over an idea "Do it tonight. Tell him you forgot something."
"In his office… it'll never work."
Kagome laid her back against the wall letting herself slide down completely. "Once he finds out… he's going to dump me to the curve. He'll probably sue my family."
"He won't do that." Sango said sympathetically, "but I think you can pull this off if you try." Kagome lifted an eyebrow before rolling her eyes. "No I'm serious we can pull this off. Look I'll help; I'll distract him while you upload the file. it'll be like this morning... we got away with it didn't we." She looked towards Kagome waiting for a reaction to her plan. She seemed a little stressed and detached. "Or…" she said making her look up. "Or you can just come clean… maybe telling him now will make it better; you know what they say…"
"How is telling him now I screwed up going to make anything better…?" Kagome asked before rising from her seat. Sango shrugged while following her out of the kitchen.
"Isn't relationships built on trust or something…"
"Yeah a perfect relationship, you know the ones in movies…but sadly this is reality and Inuyasha isn't known for trusting people." She turned a corner towards her room. "So I guess we'll have to do it... but I'll distract him and you'll upload the flash drive." Sango opened her mouth to say something. "Sango I'm horrible with computers, i'll be in there all night, plus i'm a lot better at distracting him..." Sango thought about that for a second before agreeing.
"Okay fine... sure."
Kagome smiled at that. "Okay... now we have to pick out something for me to wear... it has to be eye catching..." Sango rolled her eyes while following her into her room.
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I'm soo sorry for the wait! I had a bit of writers block, but I hope u enjoyed, and I won't ever take so long to update a chapter ever!