lostmoonchild: Okay, here's chapter thirty five. I was looking through my email and saw a review for "Waiting" and I thought "Hold on a sec... is this a review?" so thanks for the review. Ok, I've got all but one chapter typed out and ready to post. Anyway, I don't own Inuyasha or anything unless I say otherwise.
CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
"OH SHIT I'M GOING TO BE LATE! HAS ANYBODY SEEN A RED AND BLUE TOP?!" Kagome screamed running downstairs half dressed.
"Kagome Higurashi! Go back upstairs and get dressed!" Mr. Higurashi shouted.
Kagome ran into the kitchen and came back a few minutes later wearing a top that covered her breasts. She started upstairs and looked surprised when she saw Shippo and Hana carrying down a mirror and some supplies she needed. "You're going to help me get ready?" Kagome questioned with a slightly amused look as she sat down.
Hana nodded eagerly and held the mirror so Kagome could put some make up on her face. "Mama, why are you putting that stuff on your face and body?" Shippo questioned watching as his foster mother carefully placed a fake sapphire on her forehead.
"I gotta work tonight and since we've got a bunch of fast talking demons who don't know the meaning of the word 'peace' very well all the waitresses gotta dress like this just to keep them from killing anybody." Kagome answered carefully putting some black make-up over her collarbone and on her stomach in a design that clearly screamed to demons "high class so stay away".
Honestly, Kagome hated dressing up like she was a demoness who was just begging to be fucked but she knew she couldn't hang around her house for much longer seeing as her father looked about ready to throw her out. "Who's all going to be there?" Mrs. Higurashi questioned watching her daughter. She knew how important the job was to her daughter since Kagome had been convinced as a young girl that she wouldn't be worth anything unless she worked in the Youkai Den since Kagome hated killing youkai for no reason.
"A bunch of the girls, some of the guys who's going to be playing, and of course the regulars and the high class youkai." Kagome answered putting some silver eye shadow on. "Mama, can I get a ride tonight? Boss said he'd slaughter me if I showed up dirty and covered in blood again."
Mrs. Higurashi smiled faintly and nodded. "Alright. Be ready in about ten minutes."
"JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE WEARING?!" Inuyasha shouted suddenly when he saw Kagome's outfit.
Kagome looked at her short red and blue skirt then at her top. She admitted that the markings on her body were unnecessary since some of the high class youkai were close friends and would slaughter whoever tried anything but she had to play her part and pretend she was just another girl working at a bar. "I'm getting ready for work. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to find my stupid shoes."
"You're not going out in that." Inuyasha and Mr. Higurashi said at the same time.
A perverted smile spread across Miroku's face as he looked Kagome up and down. He had absolutely no complaints about the outfit since he got a good look at the teenage girl. Unfortunately for Miroku, Sango noticed the looks he was giving Kagome and punched him. "Look, nothing's gonna happen. Geez, if you guys don't believe me then just come along." Kagome said carefully putting her shoes on.
"Kagome, why are you worrying so much about this job? Its not like its important." Mr. Higurashi said.
Kagome stopped and looked at her father with calm eyes. "Its important to me. Simply because the boys all tell me I clean up good and because I get told that I can do so much better." Kagome answered before heading out the door. "Which by the way is exactly what you DON'T say."
The group followed Kagome out to the car and waited for Mrs. Higurashi. After five minutes Mrs. Higurashi got into the car and started driving towards a part of Tokyo that actually looked like it was falling apart. "Too keep people away." Kagome explained. "Only the ones who know someone who knows about demons know about this."
Mrs. Higurashi stopped the car after a while and everybody was surprised to see a girl with orange hair waiting near a doorway. "Hey, Kags, its about fucking time you got here!" The girl said with an unhappy look. "Boss has been going nuts."
"He is nuts so there's not much of a difference." Kagome said getting out of the car.
"Yeah, but he got threatened by one of the guys who say that you can do better than this." The girl said with an amused look.
"Which one?"
"You know, that mysterious one. The one you keep telling not to worry and that you won't be working here for the rest of your life?"
"Oh, that one… hold on a minute! He's here?!"
"Duh. I swear, Kags, he's got a thing for you."
"he's got a thing alright. He's also got a mate."
"How many guys stick with their mates?" The girl questioned as they walked into the bar.
Before Kagome could answer, a tall muscular man grabbed Kagome's arm and tilted her head, checking for any bites. "You're late." The man said.
"Sorry, Boss, had a problem." Kagome answered with a shrug.
"You'd better not be falling into your old habits."
"When I got mouths to feed? You know, if I hadn't been so rudely abandoned I normally wouldn't have a reason to come here except for a couple hours of being higher than the sun."
"Yeah, and you'd also be lower than you already are."
Hurt was clear in Kagome's eyes at the man's words but she managed to keep the hurt hidden. "Boss, these guys are with me." Kagome said. "Can they sit at the corner table?"
"Whatever. Just get that filthy ass of yours to work."
Kagome nodded faintly and lowered her head before motioning for everybody to follow her. "Ka-ka, why are you letting him push you around like that? You can kick his butt easily!" Hana said looking up at her older cousin.
"He's the one that keeps food on the table, Hana." Kagome answered before glaring at her father. "don't worry though, 'daddy dearest', as soon as I'm not desperate I'll get a better job."
"What happened to working at the Reikai?" Mr. Higurashi questioned. "I heard you work there with kids."
"yeah. But you see, every cent that the Reikai gives me goes into savings accounts so Yusuke can get a decent place, so Souta can go to a decent college, and so every kid of mine can go to a good school." Kagome answered. "While every cent I earn in this dump goes into making sure that bills are paid and there's food."
"That's supposed to be your mother's job."
"Yeah, well, things get tough. But you wouldn't ever know that since everything always goes your way." Kagome answered watching as they sat down at the table. "I hope you all find tonight enjoyable. We have live music, girls, and some of the best food and drink around since the Honorable Raizen took the throne centuries ago. I'll be right back with your drinks and menus. If you have any questions, feel free to ask one of the waitresses or me."
They watched as Kagome bowed slightly before walking off to the kitchens. "Oi, Kagome! One of the royal bastards wants a word with you!" a waitress shouted over the noise.
"Kinda busy right now! Tell whoever it is to wait their turn! Tell you what, if you can keep those ones at the corner table from jumping up and 'helping' me whenever I get into trouble I'll pay you two hundred yen. Three hundred if you manage to warm the old man up!" Kagome shouted back before going into the kitchens.
"Excuse me, miss, but can you tell me why Kagome chose to work here?" Mr. Higurashi asked stopping the orange haired demoness.
"Her old man came here. Besides, she came in here when she was about eleven or so trying to get a rush."
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha asked.
"Poor girl was messed up. Came in almost every day just to get some shit so she could get away from her home problems."
"Does she still?"
"Nah. Sesshomaru, that silver haired guy over there talking to that kitsune, had a 'talk' with baby girl. She stopped coming in until she was about thirteen."
"Why?"
"Needed a job. Look, baby girl has a bunch of kids to take care of. When she was thirteen, she came in with a half starved baby and a little girl. Claimed that neither kid had a father and her mother was sick so she had to support her own kids along with her little brother."
"What about her grandfather?"
The demoness laughed and said, "Her ji-chan? Yeah right. Look, every girl that works here doesn't have much of a family life. Nobody in her family is aware she quit school and technically, I doubt they'd care."
"She dropped out?"
"Didn't have much of a choice. Baby girl landed a third job when she was fifteen. Highly dangerous, ya know? Add that job onto working with orphaned and abandoned brats along with working around here, its kind of obvious how much time she had to study."
"So she's a high school dropout."
"Yep. Look, one day she came to work all miserable. Was saying she didn't belong here but she didn't belong somewhere else. Next day, she was all happy. Boss didn't know exactly what happened but the rest of us, we all knew."
"What happened?"
"She landed herself a man."
"Did she say who?"
The demoness smiled and said, "All baby girl said was that he was a good guy. Little rough around the edges but nothing she couldn't handle. We told her, first time he hits her will be the last cause we'll kick his ass into Hell so he can knock around the damned."
Inuyasha silently gulped, thankful Kagome hadn't told him what the girls she worked with had promised to do. "So she didn't give a name."
"Nope."
Mr. Higurashi sighed and said, "Great. If some guy's screwing my daughter then I have no idea who it is until she comes forward with the son of a bitch."
The demoness laughed and said, "If it helps any, she was saying that he's real good. Pretty high in youkai class and is a B-class."
"Great, that limits it."
"Look, I gotta get back to work. Baby girl doesn't screw people for money like the rest of us do."
"So she has some respect."
"Yeah right. You watch, she'll show how much respect she has."
They watched as Kagome came back with their drinks and the menus. "Warm the old man up?" Kagome questioned unable to keep a grin off of her face.
"With anger and disappointment beyond your wildest dreams." Mr. Higurashi said with a frown. "Why didn't you tell your mother you dropped out?"
Kagome frowned and said, "You haven't acted like a father to me for as long as I can remember. Don't start thinking you can pick up where you think you left off."
"Damn it, Kagome! You could have been so much!"
"I am." Kagome snapped.
"BABY GIRL! GET YOUR ASS OVER TO THE ROYAL BASTARD!" A waitress shouted.
"I'M COMING!" Kagome shouted. "Look, I gotta get back to work. I'll be back in a few minutes to take your orders. Inuyasha, stay."
They watched as Kagome walked over to a table and saw the fake smile on her face. "Can you hear her?" Miroku questioned.
"Hell yeah. She's talking to Sesshomaru."
Kagome resisted the temptation to roll her eyes as she listened to Sesshomaru talk. "This Sesshomaru is aware your simply lowering yourself again." Sesshomaru said, his golden eyes showing a small amount of warmth.
"Excuse me, Sesshomaru-sama, but according to my old man I'm not worth anything good."
"You know that's a lie."
"I'm supposed to care why? Sesshomaru, I don't feel like arguing with you today."
"Then quit. Your children depend on you to stop."
"I didn't even want to stop my habits and you basically made me."
"Do I have to remind you of WHY I made you stop?"
"Because I'm important to your brother and because I came to you asking if you'd save my life." Kagome recited as if she had heard the lecture before. "Look, is there any specific reason you wanted to see me?"
"Quit tonight."
"No."
"If you don't, then you'll be killed. Your 'boss' is planning on killing everybody who associates with ningens."
Kagome cast a frightened glance at the waitresses, most of them flirting shamelessly with some demons and humans. "Did you warn the rest?" Kagome whispered.
"No. You'll warn them. After your performance, I want you to take everybody and run."
"Some of us don't have decent jobs, Sesshomaru, we don't have anywhere to go."
"BITCH!"
Inuyasha growled with annoyance when Boss slapped Kagome, sending her flying against a wall. A cry of pain left Kagome's lips and she stared in shock when Sesshomaru grabbed Boss's throat. "Kagome! You okay?" Inuyasha asked running over to Kagome.
"Yeah. Just slipped up." Kagome said rubbing her sore cheek.
Sesshomaru growled and tightened his grip around Boss's throat. "I thought I told you that the miko bitch was not to be touched by anybody other than me and her pups?" Sesshomaru growled.
Kagome got up and grabbed Sesshomaru's arm, trying to pull him away from the demon. "Sesshomaru-sama, please don't. His blood is not worthy of being on your hands." Kagome said her eyes pleading.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome and saw how much she hated swallowing her pride and begging. Granted he was the only one Kagome begged to but that was when they had their special time together. "I told him not to touch you, miko, did I not?" Sesshomaru growled.
"Y-yes, but you have to remember, my lord, that times have changed. They know not to respect someone of your status."
Sesshomaru growled before pushing Boss away. "Touch her or any of those girls again, and so help me I'll kill you." Sesshomaru growled.
Boss nodded before giving Kagome a dirty look. "Kagome, its okay." Inuyasha whispered when the boss had left.
Kagome allowed herself to be held by Inuyasha knowing that she was risking getting into trouble. "Little brother, we should talk." Sesshomaru said calmly.
Inuyasha nodded and unwillingly let Kagome go to the kitchens. He noticed out of the corner of his eye how some of the waitresses moved out of Kagome's way just to avoid her. "Why are they doing that?" Inuyasha asked.
"They all know that I'm watching so they won't be cruel to Kagome." Sesshomaru answered sitting down at the table everybody was sitting at.
"Sesshomaru, wow! You made it to Kagome's era?" Miroku questioned with an amazed look.
Hana giggled and crawled onto Sesshomaru's lap before playfully pulling at his hair. Sesshomaru didn't seem to notice Hana pulling at his hair but nodded. "Watching over the miko's family the best I could from the Makai." Sesshomaru said with a calm look.
"Then what exactly are you doing away from the Makai, demon?" Mr. Higurashi demanded.
"Ensuring your daughter doesn't turn into a slut." Sesshomaru snapped looking annoyed.
"AND NOW! THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!" A waitress shouted as some music started playing.
"Oh great. It's that "Youth of the Nation" song again." Sesshomaru groaned.
Interested, the group looked up at the stage just as the music started playing.
lostmoonchild: This chapter is divided into two parts so I'll probably add the second part either tomorrow or next week, depending on what mood I'm in. If you want to leave a review for this part, then yay! If you want to wait until part two, then still yay! So leave a review whenever or wherever you want, any review's a good review (even if it's a flame).