Disclaimer: Anything in this story related to Rumiko Takahashi's "Inu-
Yasha" is not mine. All other ideas that make up the story, however, are
mine. Enjoy!!! ^_^
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON CHAPTER 6 "The Truth Hurts"
Kagome put her empty glass down on the counter with a thud. "More." She said to the bartender.
The man wiped his hands on his apron and looked at her worriedly. "Are you sure?" he asked. "That's your fifth glass."
Kagome shrugged. She was starting to feel groggy. That was exactly what she wanted, too. She needed to forget all her problems.
However, the bartender sighed. "Is it really that worth it?" he asked, filling up another glass with liquor.
Kagome nodded loosely and grabbed the glass after the man had slid it down the counter to her. She swallowed it quickly, wanting more.
She was just about to ask for more, when the bartender raised his eyes towards the door. Kagome heard it open and close, and then the man smiled. "Hey, bishounen." He said to the newcomer. "Tell this gal here that nothing could possibly be so horrible in her life that she'd have to throw it all away like this."
"Bishounen?" thought Kagome. "Who did he just call a pretty boy?!"
Familiar laughter followed. "Come on, Larry... I'm no bishounen!"
Kagome gasped at the sound of the familiar voice. She whirled around to see Inuyasha standing at the doorway.
When Inuyasha saw Kagome, his grin fell from his face. Instead of sitting down on at the bar on a stool next to Kagome, he slunk over to a booth that was on the other side of the room.
Kagome felt like she got slapped in the face when he glared at her. The bartender didn't notice, and said, "Did ya hear me, bishounen? Tell this gal here that..."
Inuyasha whirled around. "I have nothing to say to her!" he shouted. "Tell her yourself if you care so much. Maybe if you're lucky, she'll try to get you to sleep with her, but be careful- she's probably got blackmail on you too!"
Kagome slammed her now empty glass down on the counter. It shattered into a million sparkling pieces. "HOW DARE YOU!" she shrieked. "ARE YOU SAYING I'M A SLUT?!" Inuyasha remained calm the whole time. "If you wish me to give you some credit, then, yes."
Kagome gasped. She had been highly insulted by that!
The bartender, Larry, frowned. "Hey now, bishounen! Don't go sayin' them things to this gal 'ere... what did she do ta you?"
Inuyasha slammed his fist onto his table. By this time, everyone in the bar was staring at what was going on.
"What did she do to me? WHAT DID SHE DO TO ME?!?!? I'll tell you what she did to me! The fuckin' whore pretended to be in love with me... and she was really hired by my jack-ass older brother from Tokiyuki to get blackmail on me and my company so it would be shut down!"
Kagome gasped. Was THAT what he thought of her?!
Inuyasha continued his rampage. "AND this went on for a while, until I was about to freakin' sleep with her- and I found all the fuckin' blackmail she got from me in her fuckin' bra!!!"
The bar was dead silent. Kagome felt her cheeks burning with shame. Inuyasha seemed satisfied with that, and slumped down in his booth.
Now it was Kagome's turn.
"Have you ever looked at it from MY point of view?" she shouted. Inuyasha pretended not to hear her. However, everyone else turned their attention to her now. To them, it was like Jerry Springer or something.
"Well, you know WHY I accepted the job?!" she cried. "I needed the money... and I needed enough to just get away from here! To go on a vacation... to just be able to forget about all the pressures in my life! I had no fuckin' idea that YOU were Sesshomeru's younger brother! I had never seen you in my life!"
Inuyasha did not turn around to acknowledge he had heard her, but she knew she had gotten his attention. So, she continued.
"When you saved me that night from being mugged, that was the first time I had ever seen you!" Suddenly, her voice became softer. "And the second I saw you, I fell in love with you."
Inuyasha gasped at what she had said. She WAS in love with him? "The day I went to your company building, I thought all I would have to do is ask the manager a few questions, and be on my way. I didn't want to hurt them, and I certainly didn't to hurt YOU! But when I realized YOU were the manager, I almost gave up right then and there! But I stayed with it... I know that was stupid, but I didn't want to disappoint Sesshomeru!"
Inuyasha snorted when his brother's name was mentioned.
"So I hacked into your files on your computer when you left the room, and copied them onto a floppy disk that I found in your drawer. That's why it was open."
Inuyasha gasped and turned to face her. He was about to say something, but she continued.
"I was planning on giving Sesshomeru the blackmail I had on you and then just stay with you, even when he would use the blackmail to ruin your business! I loved you, Inuyasha... and I still do. That's why I was willing to sleep with you last night... and that's also why I refused to give your brother this." Kagome tossed the floppy disk that had Hirokoyori's files on it through the air. It landed on the floor in front of Inuyasha.
"You took what I wrote down- and I'm glad you did- that's all I had left to give my boss." Kagome stated.
Inuyasha picked up the disk and raised an eyebrow. "You still have the information that I told you in your head." He said. "How do you expect me to believe that you won't just TELL Sesshomeru what you know when you go back to work?!"
Kagome felt tears start to fall. "Because I quit this morning." With that, she turned and ran out of the bar, tossing cash at Larry for all the drinks she had bought.
Inuyasha gasped. Everyone in the bar whispered amongst themselves. They had just witnessed a major fight!
Inuyasha paused for a moment, recalling what Kagome had said. She said she still loved him- after all he said to her.. after he left her... she still cared for him... she still wanted him. The white-haired man got up from the table and ran out the door. He HAD to catch up with Kagome before it was too late!
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON CHAPTER 6 "The Truth Hurts"
Kagome put her empty glass down on the counter with a thud. "More." She said to the bartender.
The man wiped his hands on his apron and looked at her worriedly. "Are you sure?" he asked. "That's your fifth glass."
Kagome shrugged. She was starting to feel groggy. That was exactly what she wanted, too. She needed to forget all her problems.
However, the bartender sighed. "Is it really that worth it?" he asked, filling up another glass with liquor.
Kagome nodded loosely and grabbed the glass after the man had slid it down the counter to her. She swallowed it quickly, wanting more.
She was just about to ask for more, when the bartender raised his eyes towards the door. Kagome heard it open and close, and then the man smiled. "Hey, bishounen." He said to the newcomer. "Tell this gal here that nothing could possibly be so horrible in her life that she'd have to throw it all away like this."
"Bishounen?" thought Kagome. "Who did he just call a pretty boy?!"
Familiar laughter followed. "Come on, Larry... I'm no bishounen!"
Kagome gasped at the sound of the familiar voice. She whirled around to see Inuyasha standing at the doorway.
When Inuyasha saw Kagome, his grin fell from his face. Instead of sitting down on at the bar on a stool next to Kagome, he slunk over to a booth that was on the other side of the room.
Kagome felt like she got slapped in the face when he glared at her. The bartender didn't notice, and said, "Did ya hear me, bishounen? Tell this gal here that..."
Inuyasha whirled around. "I have nothing to say to her!" he shouted. "Tell her yourself if you care so much. Maybe if you're lucky, she'll try to get you to sleep with her, but be careful- she's probably got blackmail on you too!"
Kagome slammed her now empty glass down on the counter. It shattered into a million sparkling pieces. "HOW DARE YOU!" she shrieked. "ARE YOU SAYING I'M A SLUT?!" Inuyasha remained calm the whole time. "If you wish me to give you some credit, then, yes."
Kagome gasped. She had been highly insulted by that!
The bartender, Larry, frowned. "Hey now, bishounen! Don't go sayin' them things to this gal 'ere... what did she do ta you?"
Inuyasha slammed his fist onto his table. By this time, everyone in the bar was staring at what was going on.
"What did she do to me? WHAT DID SHE DO TO ME?!?!? I'll tell you what she did to me! The fuckin' whore pretended to be in love with me... and she was really hired by my jack-ass older brother from Tokiyuki to get blackmail on me and my company so it would be shut down!"
Kagome gasped. Was THAT what he thought of her?!
Inuyasha continued his rampage. "AND this went on for a while, until I was about to freakin' sleep with her- and I found all the fuckin' blackmail she got from me in her fuckin' bra!!!"
The bar was dead silent. Kagome felt her cheeks burning with shame. Inuyasha seemed satisfied with that, and slumped down in his booth.
Now it was Kagome's turn.
"Have you ever looked at it from MY point of view?" she shouted. Inuyasha pretended not to hear her. However, everyone else turned their attention to her now. To them, it was like Jerry Springer or something.
"Well, you know WHY I accepted the job?!" she cried. "I needed the money... and I needed enough to just get away from here! To go on a vacation... to just be able to forget about all the pressures in my life! I had no fuckin' idea that YOU were Sesshomeru's younger brother! I had never seen you in my life!"
Inuyasha did not turn around to acknowledge he had heard her, but she knew she had gotten his attention. So, she continued.
"When you saved me that night from being mugged, that was the first time I had ever seen you!" Suddenly, her voice became softer. "And the second I saw you, I fell in love with you."
Inuyasha gasped at what she had said. She WAS in love with him? "The day I went to your company building, I thought all I would have to do is ask the manager a few questions, and be on my way. I didn't want to hurt them, and I certainly didn't to hurt YOU! But when I realized YOU were the manager, I almost gave up right then and there! But I stayed with it... I know that was stupid, but I didn't want to disappoint Sesshomeru!"
Inuyasha snorted when his brother's name was mentioned.
"So I hacked into your files on your computer when you left the room, and copied them onto a floppy disk that I found in your drawer. That's why it was open."
Inuyasha gasped and turned to face her. He was about to say something, but she continued.
"I was planning on giving Sesshomeru the blackmail I had on you and then just stay with you, even when he would use the blackmail to ruin your business! I loved you, Inuyasha... and I still do. That's why I was willing to sleep with you last night... and that's also why I refused to give your brother this." Kagome tossed the floppy disk that had Hirokoyori's files on it through the air. It landed on the floor in front of Inuyasha.
"You took what I wrote down- and I'm glad you did- that's all I had left to give my boss." Kagome stated.
Inuyasha picked up the disk and raised an eyebrow. "You still have the information that I told you in your head." He said. "How do you expect me to believe that you won't just TELL Sesshomeru what you know when you go back to work?!"
Kagome felt tears start to fall. "Because I quit this morning." With that, she turned and ran out of the bar, tossing cash at Larry for all the drinks she had bought.
Inuyasha gasped. Everyone in the bar whispered amongst themselves. They had just witnessed a major fight!
Inuyasha paused for a moment, recalling what Kagome had said. She said she still loved him- after all he said to her.. after he left her... she still cared for him... she still wanted him. The white-haired man got up from the table and ran out the door. He HAD to catch up with Kagome before it was too late!