After Kagome went upstairs to use the bathroom she went to her room and that was the last they had seen of her all morning. Around noontime Charlotte came walking up the stairs and found Kagome laying on her bed.
"Would you care for some lunch?" Charlotte sat on the bed next to Kagome. "Your friend Ayame called earlier concerned because you were not at the apartment. I told her that you arrived here at the shrine early this morning so you could think."
"Did Inuyasha call?" Kagome sat up on the bed.
"No he didn't. Maybe you should call him." Her mother said. They both walked downstairs. When she reached the main floor of the house she went to the phone and dialed Inuyasha's cell number and didn't get a answer so she hung up and dialed another number.
"Is Inuyasha Silvermoon there?" She listened. "Alright thanks." She listened again. "Sure go ahead." She waited. "Hello."
"Morning Kagome. Did you need something?"
"I just wanted to tell Inuyasha that I am sorry for calling him at 3:30 am., but he's not answering his cell and I thought he might be over there." She said.
"What happened at that hour of the morning?"
"I had a bad nightmare and didn't want to go back to sleep and after taking a shower and going back into my room I would not of been able to sleep anyways because I could hear Ayame and Kouga in the middle of something I did not want to hear. So I called Inuyasha, but then I hung up on him and left the apartment."
"Would you like to come over here or have one of us come to you so you can talk?"
"Thank you for the offer, but I need to learn to deal with this on my own without always relying on others so much. But there is one thing I would ask. If your youngest calls or comes over could you let him know that I'm sorry that I called him so early and hanging up on him and that I am alright."
"It will be done."
"Thank you and I'll see you and Sesshoumaru Monday morning." She hung up and went outside to find her mother. When she found her mother she was in the shrine shop helping to put things away.
"Did you call Inuyasha?" Charlotte looked at her daughter.
"I could not reach him so I thought that he was at his father's place so I called there and he was not there either so I asked Mr. Silvermoon if he heard from Inuyasha either by phone or if he came over to let him know that I am fine and that I'm sorry for calling so early. I told him that I'd see him and Sesshoumaru Monday morning."
"Should you be working for the likes of them?" Her grandfather said.
"Why shouldn't I? They are not going to hurt me and I get paid well."
Later on in the evening after dinner Kagome said good-bye to her family and promised to visit again soon. As she approached the apartment complex Kouga was exiting the complex parking area as she was driving in.
The rest of the weekend went without any problems and now was monday and Kagome was heading out the door to go to work. Kagome was actually very happy with herself this morning because she happened to get up pretty early and went in and bathed. But she was laughing about the cruel trick that she had played on Ayame.
FlashBack To Cruel Joke
Kagome walked from her room to the bathroom and took her shower. When she was done she wrapped a towel around her then walked down to the kitchen. She reached up and got a bowl and a knife then went to the refrigerator to get some fruit and came back to the counter.
"If I could play a dirty joke on Ayame what would it be?" Kagome asked herself as she cut the fruit. Then it hit her as she watched the knife slice through a apple. "This is going to be really cruel, but fun as well."
Kagome walked to the refrigerator and took the package of raw meat the she let thaw out overnight then grabbed the ketchup. Taking the blood from the raw meat and made it look like blood squirted over the counter and wall as well as a puddle on the floor. Then taking the ketchup and smearing it on the blade of the knife and handle and placed the knife in the puddle. Lastly she put the meat and ketchup back in the refrigerator but putting the raw blood on herself and using the hand she would use to cut with she grabbed her other wrist making it look like blood was dripping.
"AYAME HELP ME" She screamed. "AYAME " She heard the door to Ayame's room open and heard Ayame running.
"Kagome what's wrong?" Ayame stopped in her tracks when she saw the scene then ran to her. "What happened?" Ayame asked. Being rudely awaken her senses have not picked up yet that the blood was not Kagome's.
"I...I guess that I was still tired and my eyes closed while I was slicing the fruit and cut more than just the fruit."
"Everything will be ok. The first thing I need to do is get the bleeding to stop." She lead Kagome to the bathroom and sat her down on the toilet then grabbed a hand towel and giving it to Kagome. "Wait here I'll be right back." Ayame ran out of the bathroom leaving a laughing Kagome. Her laughter soon stopped when she heard Ayame talking. Standing up and walking out of the bathroom and down the hall to see Ayame on the phone.
"No Ayame you don't need to call for help. I'm not really bleeding look." Kagome wiped her hand and arm with the towel. "It was only ketchup and blood from the raw meat in the refrigerator."
"That was a very cruel joke to play at 6:00 in the morning."
"Did you forget to say good-bye to Kouga or whoever you were talking to?" Kagome asked as she walked over to Ayame. "I'm sorry that I played such a cruel joke on you. It was wrong of me. Please forgive me." Kagome said just before Ayame reached out and hugged Kagome. "Well I should get in there and clean that up." Kagome walked to the kitchen just as a knock came at the door. Ayame walked to the door and opened it and in walked Kouga quickly.
"Where is she? How did you say it happened?" As Kouga was speaking to Ayame, Kagome came walking out of the kitchen. When he heard Kagome approached he turned to her and looked very much confused.
"Kouga let me explain." Kagome said as she stood there she explained what happened and told him that it was all a joke.
"You mean I sped over here and as you can very well see half dressed and no concealing spell on to find out that you played a cruel joke!" Kouga's voice trembled because he was not happy. He watched Kagome nod. Kagome then realized that she was still wearing nothing but a towel and headed to her room to put some clothes on.
"Don't worry she'll have a little surprise at her work." Ayame said.
"What is that?" Kouga asked.
"I'll tell you on the way to my work." Ayame told Kouga just before Kagome came back in the living room.
"I'll see you guys later." Kagome grabbed her purse and shoes.
"Have fun at work." Ayame smiled and waved at Kagome as she left.
End Of Flashback
She pulled up to the firm as the memory of the morning events ended. Turning off her vehicle she grabbed her purse and her breakfast then got out and walked over and into the firm.
"Morning Sango. How was your weekend?" Kagome walked to Sango's desk.
"Miroku and I got into a little argument and we have not talked since the argument and that was on Friday night." Sango said sadly.
"I would keep trying to talk to him. Well I better clock in and get to work." Kagome walked own and put both her breakfast and purse on her desk before heading to clock in.
"Kagome would you come into my office a movement." Came the voice of her boss. She turned around and walked into the office. "Please take a seat."
"Did I do something?" She sat down in chair next to Sesshoumaru.
"Did you enjoy scaring your friend the way that you did? How could you play such a cruel joke like that?" Her boss asked.
"That was you that she was talking to and hung up on."
"Yes. She call me and I could hear that she was terrified when she thought you were seriously wounded." InuTaisho stated.
"I just wanted to joke around while getting her back for when I come home friday night and catching her sitting on the sofa but on Kouga's lap doing ummm... Then the morning I had that nightmare I could hear them through the wall." She blushed while saying that. "I know it was a terrible way to get back at someone and I'm sorry that she called you at 6:30 am and woke you up." She did her best to keep eye contact but failed.
"He was already awake. I in the other hand was not." Sesshoumaru looked at her. "This is the second time you disturbed my slumber."
"That makes once for mine." She spoke out and quickly covered her mouth with her hand.
"What do you mean by that?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"The nightmare that I has was not of you, but you were in the dream." She spoke softly.
"Would you like to continue and talk about it?" Her boss asked.
"The nightmare was when father left mother and then when he showed up at the shrine that night at the feast for mother, and after being gone then showing back up re-opening wounds. Then it switched to Sesshoumaru when he spun around with the red eyes and fangs to face my grandfather before you stepped between them." She looked at Sesshoumaru. "Why did your eyes turn red and you showed your fangs and acted as you were going to attack my grandfather? Did I do something to cause it? Was it because you embraced me while I was crying?"
"Did anything else happen between you and my son before your grandfather and us show up?" InuTaisho asked.
"No nothing happened between us. Only him holding me as I cried." She answered leaving out the part about Sesshoumaru kissing her.
"Then by what you told me, the reason that my son acted like that was just purely done to protect you."
"Could I go back to my desk so I may start my work and eat my breakfast?" She watched him nod. Standing up she walked over and out the door to go to her desk.
She sat at her desk turning on her computer and getting the things that needed to be typed ready. While typing she ate her breakfast and close to an hour later she was down with the typing part of her job. She stood up and took the documents to the right attorney's boxes then proceeded to walk down the hall.
"Kagome would you come to my office."
"I was heading to the ladies room, but then could." Heading down to do her business she returned to the office. "What do you need help with this time Sesshomaru?" She walked to his desk. "Is that not the same file and pictures that you were looking at friday?"
"It is." He answered.
"Could I look at the file at what your having problems with and those photos?" Sesshomaru pushed the file and pictures over to her. She read the main report and looked at both pictures. "These pictures are not of the same room. See look here and I'll show you." She walked around to stand next to him. At first glance you would think they were of the same room, but look closer at these places." She pointed at the areas. "This sofa for one is shaded wrong for being in that spot. I can see it being like that if it was placed here, but if it was there the sofa would be blocking that door. That is not all. Look at the color and design of those stripes on the wall here. These are two different patterns. So clearly two different rooms made to look like the same room."
"How did you notice the coloration differences?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"When you help someone move things around growing up you start noticing the way the sun affects things. The dull color is caused by keeping the sofa in the direct path of the sun and not moving the object." She looked at him and smiled. "Is there anything else that you need my help with?"
"Which wrist did you make your friend think you cut?" He asked though he knew which one as he slide his left hand over her right hand.
"It was this one." She held up her left wrist. He turned his chair to face her then turned her to face him. Taking her left wrist into his hand and brought her wrist close to his nose and smelt it.
"Though you washed your wrist I can still smell the blood." He smelt from just a ways past her wrist down to her fingers. Once he reached the tips of her fingers he brought them to his lips and opened his lips drawing her fingers into his mouth sliding his tongue over them. She tried to move her hand back as a finger touched a fang.
"I should get back to my desk to finish my work." Before she gained her hand back away from his mouth she felt his tongue lick from her fingers to just a inch passed her wrist. When she pulled her hand away she quickly went around the desk and over to the door and opened it and went to her desk. Back in the office that Kagome just left was a smiling Sesshoumaru. He was smiling for the way that he just made Kagome feel but also because of the way she tasted.
"Kagome are you alright?"
"Hmm, what?" Kagome looked in the direction of the voice. "I'm sorry Sango did you say something?"
"Yes. I asked if you were alright because you were sitting there holding your left wrist." Sango walked closer to the desk.
"Umm hmm. I'm fine. Did you need something?"
"Maybe you just need to get something to eat since you only ate that small fruit salad that you brought with you when you came to work."
"That could be. Well that will be taken care of in a few hours." Kagome answered. "Did you contact Miroku yet?" Kagome asked.
"No I've left messages on his pager, but he has not called back. Must be pretty busy over there at his work today or he's really upset."
"Don't give up Sango." Kagome smiled up at Sango. Then Sango turned and walked away as Kagome went back to what she was doing.
Much later in the day Kagome was standing there next to her desk talking to Sango as she was putting her things away and shutting down her computer. As she was about to walk down to clock out her boss put things in the basket.
"Tomorrow I won't be here during the morning so I hope you and Sesshoumaru can work well around each other, and I have a firm to come back to after lunch. Also when you have time here is a list of things that needs to be restocked in my office if you could restock them for me. Other than that I will see you both tomorrow after lunch." InuTaisho walked down the hall with the two women. He went back to his office and the two women went to clock out and then left the firm.
"Welcome home Kagome. How was work today?" Ayame greeted Kagome as she walked through the door.
"Work went great. Thanks for asking." She headed to the bathroom but then stopped. "Oh by the way why did you call my boss this morning? I know you were concern for me, but why?" "Because your my friend and if anything happened to you how would your family and friends feel? That is why."
"Thanks." Kagome continued down to the bathroom
At Work The Next Day
"Sango do you need anything from the storage room?" Kagome asked.
"Maybe a couple tables for taking phone messages, but other than that I don't need anything thanks." Sango answered. Kagome made a note on the list her boss gave her the day before. She walked down the hall.
"Sesshoumaru do you need anything from the storage room? After asking she saw that he was on the phone so she left the doorway of the office and headed for the storage room.
When she entered the storage she was amazed at how messy and unkept the storage room was. She walked up to the individual shelves to see what was on the shelves. She continued around the shelves until she was not seen from the doorway.
"By the way this storage room looks you would never think this is a storage room for a law firm." She bent at the waist to see what was on the lower shelf. As she stood up she took a step back and backed into something. A second later she felt something on both hips.
"What was it that you asked when I was on the phone?" Came the voice of Sesshoumaru behind her. Kagome turned slowly to face Sesshoumaru.
"I wanted to know if you needed anything from the storage room." Looking up into his eyes as his hands were still on her hips.
"Yes there's something that I could use." He answered.
"Well are you going to tell me or I can get you the same things that is on your father's list." Kagome said. "Or you can get it yourself if you prefer."
"I'll get it for myself." He said. Kagome went to move out of the way but he caught her by the hand and pulled her against him and slowly lowering his head towards her.
"Wh-what are you doing." She backed up until her back was against a shelf.
"I'm retrieving what I want from this storage room."
"I was talking..." She was cut off when his lips silenced her.
"I know what you meant." He said as he moved and brushed her ear with his lips. He lightly nipped her earlobe before moving down to her neck taking in her scent and planting a kiss before he returned to her lips.
Standing there shyly returning his kisses she slightly opened her mouth when she felt his warm tongue on her lips seeking a entrance to her mouth. Sesshoumaru and Kagome stood there kissing sweetly as he started to raise it up more passionately by drawing her tongue into his mouth and his in hers. The strange volt of electricity started surging through his body as he started playing with her tongue with his as his hand moved up her sides until it trickled over her breast, squeezing gently marveling over how they were so full and round.
"Mmmm she smells and feels great." He told himself. Waves of pleasure started to pierce through his loins as it became apparent that he was becoming quite aroused.
"Sess... We need this to stop. This is not right." She voiced as he moved down to kiss and lick her neck. He raised his head and looked at her.
"Why is this not right? Your still fretting over that my father is the boss. You heard what he said." Sesshoumaru said.
"Yes and that is another reason this must stop. This kind of thing must not happen in a work place." She voiced before they heard the storage door open.
"Kagome are you still in here?" Came Sango's voice.
"Yes. I'll be right there." She stepped away from Sesshoumaru and walked to the door of the storage room to see Sango standing there.
"I thought you came in here to get supplies." Sango stated.
"I would of if it was not so messy in this storage room and everything was in it's place." Kagome stated before they walked away from the door to clock out for lunch. "I'll get the things that are on the list after lunch as well as straighten up the storage room."
"Have you seen Sesshoumaru?" Sango asked.
"He's probably in the men's bathroom taking care of some business." They stopped to get Kagome's purse.
"I needed to give him a message that his father called and he will not be coming to the firm after lunch, but that he will see him at home." Sango told Kagome.
"He's not coming in!" Kagome just realized that she had to deal with Sesshoumaru the rest of the day on her own.
"Yep. To bad that on these days we can't go home early when we have everything done." Sango held the door open for Kagome.
"I completely agree with you there." Kagome walked passed Sango.
"So Kagome have you thought about finding yourself a man? I know it's nice to be alone, but don't you long to have a family of your own?" Sango asked as she shut her door.
"Sometimes I think about it, but having a family is not in everyone's cards." Kagome answered.
"What have you done to look for that special person?" Sango waited but did not get a answer. "There are singles clubs that you can go to as well as web site that you can sign up to be able to look for that special someone. Maybe you should check it out."
"I'll think it over." Kagome tried to think of something to change the subject.
After lunch Kagome sat at her desk and typed up singles and matchmaker sites but when she clicked into a site she clicked out. She was relieved when time to go home came around. When she got home she took off her shoes and put away her purse then came back and sat on the sofa in deep thought. She looked up when she heard the door open and saw Ayame and Kouga.
"Hey guys." She greeted them.
"Kagome are you alright? You sound on the depressed side. Do you need help or need to talk?" Ayame came over and sat there waiting for her to say something to them instead of making it like they were forcing her to say something." But Kouga got impatient.
"Does this have to do with your family?" Kouga watched as she shook her head no. "Does it have to do with someone who is a friend?" She began to shake her head no but then started to shake it yes. "Ok is it one of us?" Kagome shook her head no. "Does it have to do about your work?" At this Kagome did not shake her head either way.
"Kagome we know you want to talk about something, but we can't do or say anything if you don't tell us what it is. If you don't feel comfortable talking about it with us then why don't you call and talk to either Mr. Silvermoon or Sesshoumaru or even Inuyasha." They watched Kagome shake her head no rather fast.
"No that is not even a option." She answered then got up and walked down the hall and shut the bathroom door.
"That was strange. When did talking to one of the Silvermoon's make her react like that? She did shake her head no and yes when I asked if the problem was one of her friends." Kouga answered.
"Maybe she is now uncomfortable with a member of the Silvemoon's because maybe the problem is a member of the Silvermoon's. Because when you asked if it had to do with work she didn't answer yes or no." Ayame pointed out. "We can't help or at least try to help if she does not let us know what the problem is." Ayame slapped Kouga's arm when she saw him about ready to say something and the bathroom door opened. Kagome came back and sat down.
"The reason why I don't want to talk with one of the Silvermoon's is because it has to do with one of them. I want to do something, but I need sometime to think. You know Sango asked if I ever thought about going to a singles club or look at sites on the internet about single and asked if I ever thought about having a family of my own." Kagome said with a chuckle to her voice.
"What did you tell her?"
"I told that I was not sure and that having a family were not in everyone's cards." Kagome answered. They talked about different subjects before Kagome got up and went to bed.
Kouga and Ayame talked by themselves about what all three of them had talked about and if they should do anything like poking their noses into it or let her deal with it on her own. They had ended up deciding that since it dealt with a member or members of her work place that they would stay out of whatever it was. But they would step in if she was being hurt.
In a dark room there was the figure of a person breathing heavy as sweat rolled off the body onto the sheets. When the dream ended the person sat up placing a bare back against the headboard of the bed.
"She wakes me from my sleep by knocking or calling early in the morning and now she wakes me and my body up in my dreams." A heavy breathing male said as he looked at his clock to see that it was only 1:00 am in the morning.
