A/N I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters. This is a modern day Inukag au

This day was going to suck. Her coffee pot was broken, so she was going to have to stop somewhere. She goes to get dressed to go to work, and apparently the dry cleaners failed to get the ink stain out of her favorite blouse. She stomps her feet like a young child throwing a tantrum. But it did relieve some of the irritation. She selects another outfit, gets dressed in a hurry, then rushes out the door. She parks on the street and heads into the cafe on the way and realizes too late the line was too long. She tries to wait it out, but is definitely going to be late. She gives up after the line seems to have barely moved after ten minutes. She is almost there and actually it doesn't seem like she is going to be late until she hears sirens. She pulls over diligently and sees fire trucks zoom past her and stop a little ways ahead of her. Traffic is not at a standstill. She was only 18 minutes late, and it didn't seem like anyone had noticed. She sunk into her desk just in time for her boss to yell her name. She jumps up, and he is glaring at her.

"Yes, Mr. Naraku?" Her voice is still slightly out of breath, which is exacerbated by her nerves.

His glare almost seems to get worse, "in my office, please."

Her head sinks as she nods in response, then follows him to his office. He motions for her to sit in the chair across from his desk and she barely sits on the edge of the seat, terrified of what he wants.

"You need to stop making it such a habit to waltz in late, Miss Higurashi. Why don't you tell me why I shouldn't fire you?"

Her eyes went wide and she could feel tears welling, which she struggles to blink back. Her voice comes out in a rush, "Mr. Naraku, this is only the second time I've been late in a year. I am so sorry, but I am always on time. It's just been a very bad morning. There was a fire in an apartment building and traffic wasn't moving."

Her head sinks to her chest, and she misses the evil smile spread across his face. Her heart is pounding and she can't breathe.

His voice comes out with a greasy quality, "Very well. Do not be late again. If you do, we will have to let you go. You already have 2 write-ups. I should give you your third today. But I'm feeling generous. Perhaps after work you can come talk to me about getting those write-ups removed. I'm sure we can work something out."

She can feel his eyes travel up and down her body and she represses a shiver. "If I have time after work, I will come back, Mr. Naraku." She is hoping so hard that he won't know she's lying. She knows exactly what he wants, and she would rather lose her job than do what she's sure he's insinuating.

She works through her first break, only stopping to run to the restroom. She had to avoid any chance to be alone with him. She didn't want to lose this job, but she would have to start job hunting tonight. Her lunch couldn't come soon enough. Her stomach was grumbling. She went to the breakroom to grab her lunch from the fridge to find it gone. This day seriously couldn't get any worse.

She leaves to try to run to the fast-food restaurant down the street, but she's only halfway there and she knows she's never gonna have time. She stops into a little corner store and grabs a pop and a bag of chips and runs back, barely making it in time. Before she sits, she sees Mr. Naraku glance at his watch and give her a look as if to say, "cutting it close."

She slumps at her desk and sets her head down for a moment. This day is terrible. After a few seconds she calms her breathing and sits back up, getting back to work. She opens her bag of chips and starts snacking between typing. The rest of the day seems to be uneventful, and she is so relieved by that. She sees Mr. Naraku staring at her as she finishes closing up things for the day. Once she shuts down her computer and cleans up her station, she clocks out, and pretends to get a phone call.

As she walks by his office, she tries to look guilty and apologize, "I'm sorry, Mr. Naraku. It's my mom. She needs me to come help her. I'll be on time tomorrow, I promise."

He sneers in irritation, "If not you might as well not come in at all Miss Higurashi."

She nods and looks down as she walks out of the office doors, then she practically sprints to her car. Her stomach is cramping from not having any real food all day. She stops in at the drive thru for the WacDonald's on the way home. She tried to order her usual, but apparently there was an issue and they had a recall on their chicken patties. As she is sitting there debating on what to order the car behind her honks.

This is definitely the last straw. She glances back in the rearview window and she can see white hair and dog ears on a very handsome face, sitting in a convertible.

Fuck him. She places her order and drives forward to wait her turn to get to the pay window. She debates for a minute, then remembers a post on something similar. She's usually not so mean, but this has been enough. When she gets to the window, she tells the cashier she wants to pay for the order for the car behind her, but she needs a receipt for both orders. The young kid smiles and mutters something like, "that's nice of you." Which she tries not to laugh at. What she is planning is not nice at all.

As she pulls up to the food window, she tells the person that she has 2 orders and shows both receipts. She gets her order and his. Pulls up a bit, flips him off and drives away. Fuck that guy!

Inuyasha is in a hurry. As usual. His day hasn't been bad, but he needs a fucking vacation. Not that he couldn't take one. he could take a 3 month hiatus and still be fine. But he needed to work. If he didn't work, he thought too much. So he worked about 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. He liked to be kept busy. He pulled into the WacDonald's and was irritated to see so many cars in the drive thru. He could go in, it would probably be faster, but fuck that. He didn't want to get out of his car. So he pulled in behind this purple sedan. He needed to get home. He had shit to do.

After a couple minutes, the cars hadn't moved nearly as fast as they needed to. When the purple sedan finally got to the mic to order, the dumb bitch took forever. He could feel a growl rumbling in his chest and he honked his horn at her. He could see her glare at him in her rearview mirror, but at least it made her put in her stupid order. He pulled up and put in his order, quick and easy.

He pulled back up behind her at the pay window and saw her and the cashier send a look back at him. Was she really telling on him? What is this elementary school? He let out a "keh" and waited to pull up to pay. When he pulled up to the pay window, he had cash ready, but the cashier looked at him and seemed all lovey dovey.

"The lady in front of you paid for your food."

His hand dropped. Wow, he was an asshole. He honked at her because she wasn't ordering fast enough for him, and she decided to be nice in retaliation. Damn, what a classy lady. Here he was calling her a bitch in his mind, and she was definitely nicer than he had expected.

He saw her get two bags of food. No wonder it had taken her so long, she was ordering for a group. He really was an asshole. He pulls up to the window and says quite calmly what his order was, and the cashier looks confused.

"The lady in the purple sedan just paid for it for me."

The cashier's mouth drops, "Umm… She paid for 2 orders and showed me the receipt. She took both orders."

Inuyasha's mouth drops open. She wasn't classy, but damn was she fucking brilliant. He pulled out and jumped on the road, following the purple sedan. She drove to a local park and went and sat under a pavilion. He held back a bit so she wouldn't know he had followed her.

As soon as she slumps down on a bench, he jumps out of his car and stomps over to her.

"Hey, Bitch! You fucking stole my food!"

She looks up, absolutely shocked, and slightly terrified.

"That was my fucking order at the WacDonald's. Now give me my fucking food!"

She seems to recoup quickly and snaps back at him, "Excuse me, but you didn't pay for anything, that is your problem. I paid for food and I get to have the food. Your loss, loser."

He growls low at the word loser and fights to keep his anger in check. "Bitch, that isn't fucking fair. You paid before I got there. But I ordered the fucking food and you will give it to me."

She just glares at him, "You should have gotten back in line at the drive thru. It's not my problem. Sometimes mistakes are made. I placed an order, paid for food. And got all the food I paid for. Maybe if you weren't such a jerk, you wouldn't have these problems. But no, you have no patience, like the 2 minutes I spent putting my order in slowed you down so damn much. How much time have you wasted following me all the way to the park and now yelling at me. You could have got back in line, ordered your food and been on your way. So you weren't in a hurry, you were just being rude. You deserve it. Besides, you didn't pay for it, so I didn't steal it. I bought it."

She stands up and walks back to her car carrying both bags of food, "Now I'm going home. If you follow me there, I'll be forced to call the police."

He growls at her, then stops mid growl and bursts out laughing. Everything she had said was completely true. He could have been home sitting on his soft comfy couch, and eating trash food, but here he was yelling at a stranger. For food he hadn't even paid for.

She seems more afraid of his laughter than his growling. "You're right. I was an asshole. But I have to bow down to the bigger asshole. You, wench, are a much bigger asshole than I am. I cannot compete. Now, if I pay you for my food, will you give me the damn bag?"

She seems to contemplate it for a minute, then nods. "On one condition. You cannot ever honk at someone in a drive thru again. I need to know you at least learned your lesson."

He smirks at her and he feels his fang peek out. "Yeah, alright. I won't honk in drive thrus anymore. What an important lesson. I am so glad you taught me right from wrong."

He pulls out the money he had for his order and she trades him for the bag. After he turns to walk back to his car, he can detect a change in her scent. He turns back to see her entire body deflate as she sinks back onto the bench. Then the scent of tears hits him. Fuck he wasn't that much of an asshole was he?

He rushes back, "Hey. What the hell, wench?"

She sucks in a breath and tries to compose herself as he stops next to her. She clears her throat and mumbles a "What?" in response and for some reason her tears are killing him.

"Was I that much of an asshole? What did I do to make ya cry?"

She shakes her head in response. "It wasn't you. Just go. Just take your stupid food and go."

He drops the bag on the ground at her feet and sits down next to her. "Yeah, I don't think so. What happened to the spunky woman who just let me have it? I've never been so intimidated by a human before. Now you're gonna let my opinion of ya fade so quickly?"

She growls pretty impressively for a human, "What the fuck should I care about your opinion of me? I don't even know you, you jerk!"

He doesn't know why, but he instinctively wraps his arm around her shoulders and pulls her into him. He hears her gasp against him. Fuck, what was wrong with him? He is practically molesting some woman he doesn't even know! Then her head turns into his chest and her arms come up around his back. He can feel her tears through his shirt, and his heart is breaking slightly. This strong, smart, and wonderful woman is in his arms sobbing, and grabbing his shirt like her life depended on it. He holds her until her sobbing stops. He doesn't say anything about it, and just sits holding her until she pulls away.

"I'm so sorry. I don't even know you. That was definitely terrible of me. Please forgive me."

He cuts her off, by gently placing his hand against her cheek being careful of his claws, "Are ya better now?"

She nods slowly and gives him a watery smile. "Yes, thank you. For everything."

He nods back and his smirk returns, "Anytime. M'name's Inuyasha. Maybe we can do this again sometime. Maybe even without all the yelling, and rude names."

She snickers in response then nods again, "My name is Kagome."

He shakes his head at her, "Nah, I like Wench better."

Her smile disappears, "You are such a jerk! Why are you still here?"

He feels his smirk spread, "I can't resist a Wench in Distress."

She rolls her eyes, and the smile comes back. "You know what, I think I've dated too many jerks. I think I will have to say no to getting together another time."

"Keh, dating. Aren't we presumptuous?" Her mouth drops open, and she resembles the cutest carp he'd ever seen. "I mean we barely know each other and you already want to date me. I know I'm a catch, but damn wench. Slow down."

"My name is Kagome. Ka-Go-Me! Get it right." She stands up and stomps over to her car and climbs in slamming the door. He glances down and sees her bag of food and proceeds to grab it dangling it in front of himself so she can easily see it and he can hear her frustrated scream from inside of her car. He can't stop himself from opening the bag and stealing one of her fries. Now her frustrated scream has become an angry growl. He pulls out a pen and writes something on the bag. He walks over to her car and puts the bag on the hood of her car. Climbs in his car and speeds off. She'll call. He absolutely knows it.

She gets out of her car and grabs her bag. His writing is a lot neater than she expected.

Ok Ka-Go-Me
Call me
Inuyasha
and his number.

She was definitely going to have to call him...