Hey guys, I hope the last chapter was good, I know I probably made some people want to kill Inuyasha -cough cough- Warm-Amber92 -cough cough- but please don't hurt him yet. He'll come around.

Chapter 7: Another Chance for Dinner

"Hey Kagome!" Sango yelled as she sat up on her bed. "How was dinner?"

"Good." Kagome mumbled as she stripped off her jacket and tang top.

"Uh oh, she sounds sad." Rin said. Three pillows rested on top of her head, with two blankets covering that. Kagome could tell they had some sort of pillow fight, or Rin was just really trying to go to sleep.

"Kagome what happened?" Sango asked standing up from her bed. She walked over to Kagome slowly, touching her shoulder lightly.

"We had a nice dinner, thats it." Kagome said as she searched through her drawers for a pajama top.

"Kagome, you guys were gone three hours. More has to happen than just a 'nice dinner'" Rin said finally throwing the pillows and blankets off of herself.

"Well..like the dinner was really nice. It was fun, we joked a lot. I had a really good burger, and it was..it was just really good...but on our way home he kept looking at me and we kept smiling and joking and I felt that maybe he was into me. When...we got to the front door..i thought he was about to kiss me..but then his cell phone rang and instead of ignoring it he answered it.." Kagome said with a deep sigh as she got herself dressed.

"Who was it?" Sango asked.

"Who do you think it was!" Rin exclaimed as she stood up. "Who is the only person who calls Inuyasha anymore!"

"Kagome?" Sango spoke softly as she rubbed Kagome's shoulders.

"Rin is right..at least I think she is right, it was Kikyo." Kagome muttered.

"I was right!" Rin shouted as she threw herself back onto her bed. "Out of everything that insensitive jerk could do this is the worst!"

"Kagome don't take it too hard." Sango whispered to her as she gave her a tight hug.

"I just, thought he actually liked me. But turns out I am just a Kikyo look-a-like." Kagome muttered. Even though Inuyasha had explained to her that her looks were just to keep any unwanted attraction coming to them, she still felt like there was more too it. She wanted to believe him, and she almost did last night. But when he answered the phone for Kikyo Kagome realized that even if she does look like Kikyo, he will never love her like Kikyo. She is just a servant, nothing more, but certainly less.

"What do you mean a Kikyo look-a-like?" Rin asked.

"Inuyasha said I look like Kikyo. Said it would be easier for us to go around the city with out getting unwanted attention." Kagome said as she sat down onto her bed.

"Oh shit they do look similar." Sango said taking a seat next to Kagome. "But your eyes are a tint lighter, and your skin is as crazy tan as hers. Sometimes over the summer she goes tanning and looks like an orange it's soo funny. But even then your personalities are the complete opposite. She's a witch and your like the princess that everyone wishes were king." Sango said.

"You mean queen?" Rin asked.

"Fuck it's like 10 at night leave me alone." Sango said with a laugh.

"I don't know guys. I really thought he liked me." Kagome muttered.

"Kagome he probably does like you but face it Kikyo has him whipped. She always has ever since they began dating." Rin said.

"How would you know? They were dating a year before we even showed up!" Sango said.

"Sesshomaru tells me everything. I guess you can say he is my little whipped guy." Rin said with a shrug. "Anyway I guess I might as well tell you. One Thursday that Sesshomaru calls the 'day Inuyasha met hell' Inuyasha went to get a cup of coffee and bumped into Kikyo. They flirted and were dating no more than two hours after. They went on dates, they went to movies the works. After a few weeks Inuyasha was hooked, and Kikyo made sure that he would be wrapped around her tight little finger."

"How did she do that?" Kagome asked.

"How else? She got him involved with the slave trade. If she gets him a that pays him more money than he can handle he'll forever be in debt to her. And if he tries to leave her, I'm sure the men of his big paying job can do something." Rin said looking up at Sango and Kagome who were now staring at her with disbelief.

"So that' how he got involved..." Kagome mumbled.

"And from what Sesshomaru told me at dinner, he wants to leave but they won't let him." Rin said.

"Why not?" Sango asked. Rin merely shrugged and then dropped her gaze to her hands.

"Let me ask you, if you were the boss of an illegal slave trade would you let anyone quit?" Rin asked.

And that, is the million dollar question.

After there chat last night Kagome found it difficult to fall asleep. She tossed and turned the entire night, and on one occasion got out of bed to walk around the house. She hoped it would help her fall asleep much faster but she couldn't get herself to let go of her constant thoughts. Unfortunately no matter how much she tried to convince herself of the answers to her questions, she couldn't get herself to agree on the major one. The one answer that revolved around the biggest question, Did Inuyasha Taisho actually like her?

Everytime she wanted to respond with no, a knot in her stomach got tighter and tighter. During her third time of walking through the house she heard voices coming from the third door of the hallway opposite to hers. She knew it was wrong to ease drop, but she couldn't help herself.

"You know your making a mistake." That sounded like Sesshomaru.

"I can't do anything else." And that sounded like Inuyasha.

"You can't string a long one girl while dating another." Sesshomaru said.

"I don't want to string her a long. The moment Kikyo gets back were over." Inuyasha stated

"Little brother-"

"Don't little brother me Sesshomaru. You can't deny this is the same thing that happened with you Rin and Kagura." Inuyasha said.

"I won't deny it, but your situation is different. I dumped Kagura before even making advances on Rin. You took Kagome out on a date and from what I heard you probably confused her even more." Sesshomaru said.

"How the hell would you know?" Inuyasha asked.

"I guess i'll just have to find out for sure from Rin tomorrow, but from what you told me you confused her." Sesshomaru stated.

"Are you an expert now?" Inuyasha mocked.

"I don't have to be to know that your being stupid and she is hurt." Sesshomaru said. Kagome could hear footsteps, and was just about to bolt down the hallway if it wasn't for..

"I like her I know! I know I am being stupid but what can I do! You know Kikyo! I am in too deep, I have to back out the right way! I won't dump her while she is on vacation that will make this much work. I won't back out this time. I promise." Inuyasha said.

"That is all I wanted to hear." Just before Kagome could get out of sight Sesshomaru opened the door to what looked like Inuyasha's bedroom and smile. He quickly shut the door behind him and then turned to face her. Frozen in her place she tried to make it look like she was surprised to see him, but he wasn't being fooled.

"Ah Hello. And how are you?" He whispered placing a hand on her back to lead her away from the door.

"F-fine.." She muttered trying not to look at him.

"Mrs. Kagome right?" Sesshomaru asked. Kagome nodded and then he let out a small laugh. "Second night here and you already can't sleep?" Kagome turned to look up at him, and in return he gave a wink. "Trust me, I may be an asshole sometimes. But I do keep secrets."

Sesshomaru escorted Kagome back to her room, but before he let her go in he had one more question to ask. "Kagome what exactly did you hear?"

"I heard nothing sir." She said before walking into the room. Now Sesshomaru knew that was a lie, but the way she answered and the fact that she was smart enough to know when to keep her mouth shut was good news for him.

But now as Kagome woke up from her less than four hour sleep she felt sort of relieved that Sesshomaru found her. The way he handled the entire thing made her feel like he was one of the goods guys, not that she ever thought he was bad. But he was definitely someone she may be able to trust in the near future.

She groaned at the thought of having to get up. Not because she have to go to work but because she'd have to eat breakfast.

With him.

But none the less, she got herself out of bed and dressed. She wanted to just skip breakfast, but if she did that she knew he would come banging on her door with a plate of pancakes to shove down her throat. If she didn't hurry up he would probably be there soon. With that on her mind she raced down the hallway, skipped every other step on the staircase and then promptly came bursting into the kitchen. No one seemed to notice, Inuyasha was walking around the back of the room on his cell phone, Sango was flirting with Miroku, and Rin was giggling like a little school girl with Sesshomaru.

Kagome made her way to the buffet table, no pancakes today. Instead there were croissants, a fruit salad, omelets, and chocolate crumb cake. Kagome's mouth started to water at the arrangement of food before her, but the thought of eating all of soon made her sick. She grabbed the smallest piece of crumb cake she could, and two croissants then sat down next to Sango who smiled and nudged her.

Kagome tore a little piece of her croissant off and picked at it for a bit before tossing it into her mouth. Eventually Inuyasha turned around long enough to see that the girl came to join their breakfast, but he frowned when he realized she took the seat farthest from him. He figured she was upset over last night, and that if he tried to sit next to her she would only ignore him.

Didn't she understand that even though he liked her he was still dating Kikyo so he had no choice to answer the call? Wait, did he really have no choice but to answer the call? He had to answer..he just had to..or Kikyo would tear him to shreds. But wasn't it worth it for Kagome? Was it way too soon to know?

But the way Kagome made him happy last night was more than Kikyo ever did in there almost three years of being together, so that had to mean something right?

The entire breakfast consisted of jokes and ignoring Inuyasha. Even Miroku couldn't bring himself to talk to the hanyou, and that said a lot. If you knew how him and Sango really got together, you would die. Or he would, but that is a story for Sango to tell.

Kagome was the first to leave the table, she had barely touched her crumb cake but he gobbled up both croissants. Sango shoved the rest of her food onto Miroku's plate and then left. Miroku made a joke about Sesshomaru being able to finish all his food since he is a dog, but Sesshomaru didn't find it funny and so he made it hard for Miroku to see out of both eyes. Rin laughed but then scolded Sesshomaru, and Sango snuck out of the room so she wouldn't be forced to be a good girlfriend.

Kagome went to the garden to meet up with Maddie who was already planting a new set of roses. She noticed that inside of Maddie's apron there was a pen and a notepad, she knew she wasn't crazy! But why had maddie been writing down things about her? Wait...

At the dinner...Inuyasha kept talking to Kagome about the color blue and he talked about how he was thinking about making some changes around the house. He also said he just ordered a new set of zombies movies to join his collection...Kagome loved zombies movies..

Oh that little devil, she was taking a survey on Kagome to give to Inuyasha! What a smart and yet traitorous thing to do.

Kagome shook her head and decided that she wouldn't foil Maddie's plan, for now. She instead knelt down next to Maddie and helped her with the gardening. If she could avoid any kind of fights or upsetting events today she may just be able to get a nice sleep. She could see why Maddie liked working in the garden. Although it was back breaking having to constantly bend over, it was always quiet. Only occasionally would they hear an annoying bird chirp in the back ground, but it was better than hearing Sango shouting when she went into Inuyasha's pig sty of a room.

Maddie like Sango and Rin asked Kagome how the date went. Kagome defended that it wasn't a date but after much arguing she realized Maddie would never give in to her. When Kagome told Maddie about the door incident Maddie just rolled her eyes.

"Inuyasha is one of those men that never know what they want." Maddie huffed. The moment the words left Maddie's mouth all Kagome could think was how familiar they sounded. Then she remembered when Ganet had told her the same line, and she realized maybe she was just one of those girls that will never understand guys like some girls do.

"Don't worry, he will come around when he learns to stop being such a jack ass." Maddie said as she stood up. She grabbed the shovels she and Kagome had been using, the plastic square that the rose seeds came in and then walked into the shed.

"We're done?" Kagome asked as she followed Maddie.

"Well pretty much. Unless you want to help me water the plants in Inuyasha's office." Maddie said grabbing a small watering pale.

"He has plants in his office?" Kagome asked.

"Well he may not have wanted them but I was not gonna let him work in an environment without beautiful flowers. They really bring out his feminine side." Maddie added.

"He has a feminine side?" Kagome asked following Maddie as she left the shed.

"You really haven't noticed? He may be strong and all but he has more womanly instincts that Miroku. The both of them will make beautiful house wives one day." Maddie said.

Kagome almost couldn't stop the snort from leaving her as she let out the wildest laugh. The thought of seeing Inuyasha and Miroku in aprons working at a kitchen just popped into her head automatically. She had to admit it suited them well, though she didn't really known Miroku. She should probably take the time to get to know him though, Sango said he makes a good friend. Although Rin said his hand is one of the most lecherous she has ever seen so maybe it would be a good idea to stay away. But he was dating Sango so..UGH CONFUSION!

"Men...they never make sense.." She muttered to herself.

"What was that?" Maddie asked turning her head slightly to look back at Kagome.

"I said men never make sense." Kagome repeated.

"Oh that's true, they make sense after your married to them for 45 years. At least that is what my grandmother use to say." She chuckled.

"Well I'm afraid your grand mother may have been wrong." Kagome said with a sigh.

"Awe hunny seriously Inuyasha will come around trust me." Maddie said with a reassuring nudge.

"What makes you say that?" Kagome asked.

"Because Inuyasha is wildly unhappy with Kikyo." Maddie said.

"He is? What makes you say that?" Kagome asked.

"Well the fact that he never wants to see her and that she is always getting on his nerves and that he usually groans and is upset when she calls is one for the money." Maddie said.

"One for the money?" Kagome asked.

"You'll notice eventually that I say very weird things. Get use to it." Maddie said.

"Okay, anyway what makes you say all of that?" Kagome asked.

"Sweety he may take her calls and eat with her at every meal but you will see unless he is talking to Miroku or Sesshomaru he is never smiling when she is around. He is only still dating her because he doesn't want to be alone, he'd rather stay unhappy than be deserted. I think that's why he answered the phone call at the door the other night, he didn't want Kikyo to dump him because he still doesn't know what your feelings are. If he knew you liked him, which I hope you do, he would have ignored the call." Maddie said.

"But he was about to kiss me, doesn't that mean he knew I liked him?" Kagome asked.

"Sweety Inuyasha has kissed many girls, who told him they liked him when they never really did." Maddie stated.

"Oh..."

"Oh Kagome Sango!" Rin shouted as she came bouncing down the stairs towards the kitchen. "Guess what?"

"What?" Both girls replied turning away from each other to look at Rin. They were wondering where Rin had disappeared too considering lunch was almost ready, but instead of going to find her they figured complaining about Miroku and Inuyasha would be a better use of their time.

"Sesshomaru wants to take Me and you guys out to dinner Inuyasha and Miroku!" She squealed.

"Why?" Sango asked.

"Because Sesshomaru just did Inuyasha's taxes and he got a huge tax refund. Like were talking maybe 5 or 6 gs." Rin said with a giggle.

"So Inuyasha would technically be paying then?" Kagome asked.

"Mmm not exactly, see Inuyasha gave Sesshomaru a good pay, a place to live, and his tax refund." Rin said.

"Why?" Sango asked leaning against the wall.

"Because Inuyasha sucks at math. He heard that when you give a bonus each year it has to be 5% percent of the persons annual pay. He did the math completely wrong but Sesshomaru wasn't hired at the time to correct him. And when Inuyasha did hire him Sesshomaru had made some rude remark about him and so Sesshomaru thought it would be good payback." Rin said with a shrug.

"Payback with a paycheck. Nice." Sango said.

"So basically, Inuyasha sucks at math and Sesshomaru is..?" Kagome asked.

"A millionaire?" Sango questioned.

"An awesome boyfriend?" Rin asked.

"A genius?" Sesshomaru said poking his head out from the kitchen doorway. All three of the girls turned a ghostly white before exchanging glances. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes and then pulled himself back into the kitchen.

"More like an ease dropper." Kagome muttered as she leaned against the wall crossing her arms over her chest.

"Heard that." Sesshomaru yelled from inside the kitchen.

"Ugh!" Sango shouted as she threw her hands up. "I'm hungry!" She exclaimed before barging into the kitchen.

Rin smiled and then turned to look at Kagome who was staring blankly at the wall. "Kagome..?"

"Hmm?" Kagome hummed, turning her head to look at Rin. "Yeah?"

"You okay?" Rin asked touching Kagome's shoulder.

"Yeah, just thinking." Kagome replied.

"Is it about Inuyasha?" Rin pestered.

"Sort of." Kagome sighed.

"You don't have to come tonight if you don't want to." Rin said.

"No it's okay, I will." Kagome said with a reassuring smile.

"I mean, it will be fun. Won't it?"

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