A.N. I am not sure what I am doing anymore. To be honest I am just rambling. As per usual. I thank the few who have reviewed. I make no more promises on this ending soon. But to let you know how riddiculous I am about writing this, I shall inform you of when I start the chapter. And then the ending, as to ensure I do try, but it just isn't coming to me well enough. I figure... by chapter 50 I should be wrapped up, but I refuse to do how I did in the past with stories and just throw the whole thing together stupidly. So here it is. It is Saturday, July 16 and it is 5:00 in the morning. Enjoy!

Sesshoumaru would say that his relationship with Kagome was progressive, by a medium pace. Kagome, on the other hand, would say it was moving along just how it should be. They were 'officially' back together over a month, and to her, things were as close to perfect as they could be. Although it took a good amount of annoying questions to get the entire story of Sesshoumaru and his stalker out, afther that bit of drama was fixed, things were going quite well.

"Kagome," he asked her one evening. "Why don't you just move in with Rin and I?" Kagome was completely taken aback. She had been expecting the question, but not in such a random fashion. "You do practically live here after all. Half your wardrobe is cluttering my closet, you have taken over a drawer in my dresser, and made a space for yourself in the medicine cabinet. I do not see the point in you NOT bringing the rest of your things over."

"I do not think we are ready for that," she replied simply. "We are starting fresh remember?"

"I don't think starting fresh doesn't mean you cannot live with us," he stated sourly. "You may have your own room if you would please. And you would not have to worry about paying rent or utilities. That is all covered."

"I like paying rent!" Kagome exclaimed. "And utilities. It makes me feel like a adult. Besides. I cannot just up and leave Sango in the apartment by herself. It is hardly safe."

Sesshoumaru snorted. They recently moved to a larger apartment, might as well be a condo. It was in a gated community, with armed security at every entrance. For all intents and purposes it was a fortress with many families living there. "Sango has Miroku. It will do him good to cut living ties with InuYasha. The fool will only screw his credit up in the long run."

"That is not nice," she said darkly. "InuYasha is your brother. And one of my closest friends. You will not speak about him in such a manner."

Sesshoumaru nodded. Deciding to drop the subject before it caused a fight. He did not want to deal with any fights, knowing Kagome would manage to blow it out of proportion and storm off again. "Fine. You win. I don't want a fight. I just wished things with us were up to pace. I feel as if we make a large step forward, we have to take five steps back just to keep things running well."

"You sound like such a girl," Kagome groaned. "What happened to the ice prince who never showed emotion, never acted as if my opinion mattered, and sure as hell never let things go anywhere other than his way."

"Would you prefer that?" Sesshoumaru asked. "Would you rather I just do as I please?"

Kagome nodded slowly. Unsure if she was smart for saying what she had. "It would make me less uncertain. You have changed Sesshoumaru. I am not sure if it is a good change either."

"Be silent," he groweled; gripping her chin in his hand. "I will say this once. And you would do well to listen. I am done playing games. I am aware of your feelings towards me, and I have made it obvious my feelings and intentions towards you. I give you one months time, and that is all, to make a desision. At the end of that month. If you have decided to further our relationship, that is where I will be waiting. If not, then you will have to deal with the consequenses."

Kagome stared at him for a moment or two. Although to Sesshoumaru it seemed like a lifetime. She didn't look angry, and she didn't look happy. She looked thoughtful. Then she smiled, and kissed him hard. "Deal."

"You have been cutting down on your plotting," she said to him lightly. "Have you decided the Higurashi girl is no longer a conquest of yours?"

"She will always be mine," Naraku said darkly. "I am just biding my time. It will need to happen at the perfect moment."

"My sources tell me she has recently moved, to a complex guarded by demons."

"That is no matter," he replied. "She will not be in her home when things happen anyway. In a few days, things will be put into action."

"And then?" the girl asked, becoming excited at the idea of Sesshoumaru finally becoming hers. After many arguments, she had finally talked Naraku into giving him to her. And she could not wait to console him after losing his beloved Kagome.

"You may do as you wish with Sesshoumaru."

"Finally! You are home!" Sango exclaimed, hugging her friend. "We have lived in this apartment two weeks! Or I should say I have lived in this apartment two weeks. You, on the other hand, have been spending all your free time at Sesshoumaru's new house."

Kagome giggled, "He finally broke down."

Sango was in shock, "Really? What did he do? What did he say?"

"It was classic Sesshoumaru," Kagome said dreamily. "I feel like some masochist when I say this, but I love when he gets cold on me. I know the feelings he has, are truly there, but for some reason I prefer him to show them in a not so friendly manner... not ALL the time at least."

"That doesn't tell me what he said!" Sango goaded her friend. "I want details!"

"It was all rather cute," Kagome said with a smile. "He asked me to move in today. Finally. I have been waiting for it, not telling him that this is technically your's and Miroku's apartment. He doesn't need to know that, by the way."

Sango nodded. Waiting for her friend to get to the good part. "SO!"

"Well I told him we weren't ready for that step," Kagome explained. "I told him that with us barely moving into the apartment, I felt it wasn't safe to leave you alone. He gave me a look that said it all. This is a safe enviornment, if any woman was to live alone. But he did point out that you have Miroku, and then got into the whole 'It is better for him to cut living ties with InuYasha' bit. Something about ruining his credit. At that I scolded him. He said he didn't want to start a argument, but then went on about us taking one step forward and five steps back. I said he sounded like a girl. And that's when he went all sexy old fashioned Sesshoumaru on me! Gave me a ultimatum. I have one month to decide where our relationship lies. I don't want him to believe he can just controll me in that sense. But it was pretty freaking awesome. I agreed."

"You are so strange," Sango pointed out. "Not many women like their boyfriends getting freaky on them that way."

"I don't want him thinking he can control my life!" Kagome scoweled. "I just want him to know that he can show his affection for me, be the strong silent type again. Not this blubbering little girl he has turned into. It is weird."

Sango laughed at her friend. "I guess you are right. What are you going to do?"

"Only unpack my clothes," Kagome said with a smile. "He doesn't know it, but by the end of the month I will be fully living with him."

"Sesshoumaru you are truly riddiculous," InuYasha remarked. "You know in the long run Kagome will not react well to this ultimatum you gave her."

"She seemed happy with it," Sesshoumaru said bluntly. "She was a little overly happy with it."

"Not something that is needed to be said out loud, son," their father replied as he entered the office. "We all know what transpired between Kagome and you in the recent past. Broadcasting it is not appropriate."

Sesshoumaru nodded. He knew it was low of him to bring such a matter up, but he loved pushing InuYasha's buttons. It was one of the few enjoyments he got in life. Thinking back on the mornings goings on, Sesshoumaru started to wonder about Kagome, and how happy she was after he gave her the ultimatum. He never told her what her consequenses were, simply made it known there would be some. He, himself wasn't sure what would happen. He was not going to end his relationship with Kagome, but he wanted her to know he was not going to take any more of her bouncing around and confusing him.

"Sesshoumaru," his father snapped. "Are you listening?"

"No..." Sesshoumaru started, but soon realized that was a mistake. For three hours he sat there, with InuYasha while their father updated them on policy through the company; explaining all of the new mergers that were going on around them, and finally, the killer.

"We will not be merging with Higurashi Enterprises."

"Why?" Sesshoumaru asked, knowing he sounded angry.

"If we did that," his father explained slowly. "Then our profit margin would go down. We would lose too much money."

"How so?" InuYasha asked, pulling up a few web pages in a matter of seconds. "They are the top selling magazine in the country, recently branching out to ten new countries. That brings them up to distribution in 40 countries, their print in in ten different languages, and according to this blog, there is talk of a podcast... a radio show that goes on the internet."

"You're such a tech geek," Sesshoumaru mumbled under his breath.

"Shut up!" InuYasha yelled. "Just because you don't know a computer from your ass doesn't mean some of us don't use one for our own purposes."

"Surfing porn is not a purpose," Sesshoumaru stated cooly. "It is a dusgusting hobby."

"It is not a hobby when you have someone like Amaya," InuYasha said with a smile.

"Boys!" their father interrupted. "We are not here to compare our company with Kagome's, we are here to ensure that we do not get lost to hers. I trained Kagome myself, and am pleased that she has made the magazine flourish. But it has recently come to my knowlege that their are other companies petitioning her. They are willing to fund for Higurashi Enterprise to start their own label."

"Wouldn't it be keen to merge then?" Sesshoumaru asked. "We already produce some of the largest names in all of Japan, and most of China. By merging with Higurashi that will build our clientelle. I happen to know for a fact that many of the bands Higurashi has worked with in the past are looking to make it big. If we merge, we can ensure that happens. Not only will that do the magazine good, as more bands will go there for their first 'outings' but then they will come to us to produce their first albums. It is a win-win situation."

Sesshoumaru's father stared at him for a moment, then at InuYasha (who was engrossed in his laptop) and sighed. "You and Kagome have discussed this already, haven't you?"

"We have," Sesshoumaru said grimly. "And I believe she is correct. This argument was her's, not last month. She wasn't willing at first, but after several of her bands have come to her, asking for assistance, she decided she was ready for a merger. But stated, that she was not to merge if it was not with Takahashi Recording. Most of her shareholders backed out, not willing to deal with us any more than necissary. Currently, Kagome is handling several bands who are trying to sign on with us."

"Ah yes!" InuYasha stated excitedly, and stared reading from a webpage he had up. "I have it! Higurashi Enterprise is currently promoting five bands, all of which are looking for production labels. They have been bounced around from label to label, all beeing let down right before it is time to release. They are currently in the process of being produced by Takahashi Recording, just waiting for the green light to go.

The oldest man stared at his two sons, unsure of when they became so into their jobs. He sighed and nodded, "have the papers drawn up. We will begin a merger with Higurashi Enterprise. It is up to you, Sesshoumaru, to see this through. If in one year, things go smoothly with these new bands; and Higurashi, the company will fully belong to you and InuYasha."

Sesshoumaru and InuYasha stared as their father walked out of the office, stunned. They had to make things work. InuYasha was a whiz with computers, he was their main tech guy; ensuring everything worked the way it was supposed to. Sound boards, the records themselves, pretty much all the hard work. Sesshoumaru was purely the business side. He did what InuYasha couldn't, and that was run the meetings and ensure things didn't go down. Although this would be Sesshoumaru's final test. After this, their father would no longer be there to guide him. He had to make sure this went through.

"Maybe I shouldn't have pushed him to act like the old him," Kagome said to Sango as they prepared dinner. "I recieved a call earlier, all he said was that he and Rin would be picking me up at two tomorrow afternoon for a late lunch and a movie. He then hung up as soon as I could get my okay out. Hell! I'm positive he wouldn't have let me say okay with as fast as he hung up."

Sango was laughing at her friend, "That's what you get. You know Sesshoumaru doesn't necissarily act as if he cares what anyone thinks. So long as it matches what he has going on."

Kagome had to agree. Sesshoumaru was probably going to intentionally push her to insanity, all with the way she pushed him earlier that morning. She normally wouldn't have said anything about it, but she had decided that she couldn't take his attitude anymore. She didn't mind him being considerate, but she was starting to get sick of it. The Sesshoumaru she fell in love with was hard, and wasn't always concerning himself with what everybody else had going on. Especially her. He just wouldn't complain because in the end they had their time together.

"What are we doing tonight?" Sango asked, realizing they had made a very random meal.

"I don't know," Kagome realized as she pulled the last steak off the griddle. "I just know that this isn't what I want anymore."

"I don't either," Sango said sadly as she gave the salad one final toss. "How about we go drop this off to the guy outside the gas station and then go pick up some pizza and ice cream."

"That sounds great!" Kagome agreed happily. "I'll pick up the pizza's and you drop off dinner and get the ice cream!"

Sango agreed and helped her friend put their dinner in tupperware. She was positive their meal didn't make sense; after doing steaks and a salad, Kagome decided they needed to do a pasta dish and after that Sango decided that with the pasta they should have eggs. So in the end they wound up with the whole steak, salad, pasta and eggs. The eggs were the only thing that didn't go together with the pasta and salad. Shrugging her shoulder, Sango put the dishes into a bag and headed out the door after Kagome.

-20 Minutes Later-

"What kind of ice cream did you get!" Kagome shouted, walking through the door.

"Tripple fudge brownie, cookie dough, and mint chocolate chip," Sango replied with a grin. "What pizzas did you get?"

"Pepperoni and jalapeno," Kagome started. "A Hawaiian, a plain cheeese, and then I got two orders of cheesey garlic bread!"

"Jeeze Kagome!" Sango squealed as she brought plates, cups, and a two litre of soda from the kitchen. "We aren't going to eat all of it are we?"

"Of course not!" Kagome replied with a giggle. "But I've never tried the 'Hawaiian' type, and I've never tried jalapeno's on a pizza! It'll be fun!"

Sango laughed at her friend and put one of each slice on their plates, they each got a piece of garlic bread, and poured each of them a glass of soda. "Here's to adding to our waist line, fun girly movies, and no boys... for tonight!" She stated, raising her glass for a toast.

"Cheers!" Kagome squealed, clinking her glass with her friends. "I should let you know, I really do plan on moving in with him."

"I know," Sango replied. "Why do you think Miroku and I decided to move in together? We knew we had to do it eventually, and that is what you guys are doing now!"

Kagome smiled at her friend. She had been waiting a while for Sesshoumaru to ask her to move in, and whether he liked it or not, she had slowly been moving her stuff into his place. She was in shock that he hadn't noticed before. It was probably the reason he said something. "I should probably call him..."

"NO!" Sango screamed. "It's a girls night in! We are going to eat greasey fattening foods, drink this entire bottle of soda, and get sugar highs off lots ice cream."

"Deal!" Kagome squealed, digging in on her pizza.

Sesshoumaru was feeling quite bored. Rin was playing with a friend at their house, Kagome had decided to stay in with Sango, and his father and brother were off doing whatever they did. He had never felt so alone before, mostly because he was never really alone. It was in that moment that Sesshoumaru realized he revolced his life too much around everybody else.

"Hello?" came the confused voice on the other end of the line.

"I require entertainment," Sesshoumaru stated into the phone.

"Ah! Sesshoumaru!" Miroku said, surprised that he recieved a call from his friends brother. "You require entertainment? Have you lost all forms of it recently?"

"Rin is with a friend," Sesshoumaru stated boredly. "And Kagome and Sango have locked themselves into their apartment. The last I heard they were talking about 'Pretty Women' or something of that matter."

"Pretty Woman," Miroku confirmed. "It is a movie. It's about a prostitute... *click* Sesshoumaru?"

At hearing the word 'prostitute', Sesshoumaru had hung up the phone and was out the door and already on his way towards Sango and Kagome's apartment.

-Five Minutes (And a near traffic ticket) Later-

"Kagome," Sesshoumaru roughtly barked through the door. "Open this door immediately."

Instantly the door was flung open, and Sesshoumaru was face to face with a giggling Kagome; who was holding up a even more hysterical Sango. "SESSHOUMARU! YOU CAME FOR ME! I KNEW YOU WOULD!"

Sesshoumaru wasn't sure what to do when the girl flung herself on him, covering his face in kisses. "What is wrong with you?" Although upon further inspection he realized he did not need a answer. "You've been drinking."

Kagome nodded, pulling him into the aparmtment, mumbling something to Sango who was still laughing on the floor. "Just a bit."

"I think it was more than a bit," he replied; attempting to dislodge his girlfriend from his front. "I believe you need some strong coffee and to go to sleep."

"I need a strong Sesshoumaru and I will be fine!" Kagome squealed, attempting to kiss Sesshoumaru some more.

"Calm down this instant," he said darkly. "You are acting riddiculous."

Kagome pouted, allowing Sesshoumaru put her on the floor. She did not take well to being scolded, and being drunk made it worse. She wanted to cry and scream at him, but instantly sobered up when she realized Sango was still on the floor and was no longer breathing.

A.N. And I am done with the chapter! I know, it is extremely short. But this, to me, is a perfect moment to stop!