AN: OK, sorry about not updating as early as I had planned, but here I am with a new chapter! Please review and I hope you enjoy! Oh, and you Sesshoumaru fans! He's coming in this chapter!

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Weeks had passed without anything remotely interesting happening. Inu-yasha continued to snarl angrily at Kouga, while Sango proceeded to be the overly happy girl she was. Kagome, on the other hand, was slowly suffocating in the sickening atmosphere of Unit "F," wishing to God that she could run outside and start anew. She knew she could do it, in fact, she had often planned of running away late at night when sleep would not throw its mangled hands around her. Had there not been Naraku's promise, she would certainly have been living in some distant city working as a waitress or even starting her own business. Her deal with Naraku had been some kind of double-edged swords; on the first part, she loved what she could accomplish in the end, but in the second part, the more time she spent with Inu-yasha and his fellow friends, the more she despised them. What right did they have to be so happy and jolly and joyous? None at all, according to her opinion.

"Hey, Kagome," Sango chirped beside her. Kagome let out a sigh of frustration as she plastered a fake smile on her face, brightening up her already radiant features. "Me and the guys are just dropping by the karaoke place, do you want to come?" Sango offered her hand to the girl, excitedly smiling at her.

"Oh, umm, Sango, well," Kagome stuttered, trying to think of a good excuse, "I would love to go, but I'm afraid I can't. I'm not feeling so great today, you see, so I'd just like to rest in bed," Kagome said in utter simplicity. She tried not to smile when Sango frowned. Maybe now the girl would go away.

"Oh, but, are you all-right? I mean, if you're not, I could always just stay with you--…"

"That's all-right!" Kagome butted in, cutting off Sango's sentence. She gritted her teeth when the other girl's expression fell. "Not that I don't want you here, but I would rather you have fun out there than be condemned to stay here."

"OK then, if you're sure," Sango shrugged her shoulders, patting Kagome on the back as she proceeded out the door.

Unit "F" was deserted that day, everyone had either gone off together with Sango or else they had gone out shopping in the malls, buying useless things they would never care to look at twice. As for Kagome, she decided to stay in the orphanage, catching sight of the ceiling once every few minutes. It was true that she was undoubtedly bored, but even then, going out with Sango would be like hell. She put on her slippers slowly and raised herself out of bed, yawning because she had sincerely overslept. Carefully, she opened the blinds to the room, letting out bright, flat beds of sunlight to engulf her eyes. She raised a strained arm over her forehead to block out the domineering sun and peered outside, wondering when the endless runs of desert would ever end.

"I have never seen anything this messed up," she muttered, amazed at how oblivious to the world the orphanage really was. She whistled accusingly to herself and skipped to the front door, perking out her head from side to side as she wondered if anything interesting would happen. "Guess not," she whispered.

Slowly, she went back to her room, changing out of her pajamas as she tried to figure out where she last put her clothes.

"Are you sure you want to do something like that in front of me?" A voice interrupted her well-being. Kagome cocked her head to the side as she began to hurriedly put her sleeping clothes back on.

"Who are you?" she asked, back to the intruder.

"Nobody important," it chuckled teasingly, slamming the door behind me.

"I swear, if you try something weird on me, I will slap you!" Kagome threatened, hoping that he would just go away.

"That's not something you should say to someone like me."

She quickly turned around, offering to play no games as she glared menacingly at the men before her. "Oh my Go--…" she whispered, not able to finish her sentence. She rose a hand to her open mouth and her eyes widened in shock. Standing before her was not the annoying, lanky nerd she expected or the brute, forceful beer-bellied man she thought he would be, but an image of the perfect guy: tall, muscular and cold.

And then he smiled menacingly, obviously pleased at her reaction. But it was then that she finally noticed there was something totally wrong.

"I know you from somewhere," Kagome whispered, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Yes, you might call it that."

"What are you called?"

"Sesshoumaru."

"Sesshoumaru?" Kagome rolled her eyes in thought, "sorry, never heard that name."

"Maybe because I changed it," Sesshoumaru slid his tongue over his teeth. "You disappoint me, Kagome. Do you not remember the son of the doctor who took your parents' lives?"

"My parents died in a car accident," Kagome spat out in an acid tone.

"No, they didn't. They died in the hospital under my father's care in the emergency room."

"Shut up."

"I am merely telling you the truth," Sesshoumaru remarked, striking a finger horizontally across his chin. "And you know what was so stupid? They could have lived! That's right! But you see, they were too busy concentrating on a small, little girl by the name of Kagome Higurashi."

"You can't do this! You can't change the truth!"

"My, my, calm down. It isn't nearly as bad as you perceive it to be. It has got to be quite a hit, though, to realize that your parents died for the likes of you?" he asked in a babying voice.

"And what is your business here?"

"My business? That should be interesting then."

"Go on, you little sod."

"My father owns this place, Kagome, and I was the one that requested you here."

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"Son of a…"

"Bitch?" Seshoumaru finished for her, "although in my case it is more likely 'bastard' that is the correct term."

"Why the hell did you do that?" Kagome hissed, her voice dripping with pure revenge. "I was perfectly fine over there. I had a nice home, perfectly normal acquaintances and a future! So why the hell did you do that?"

"I wanted to introduce you to something that should have been rightfully yours for a long time. And it is only by being here that you can finally get full inquiry of it."

"So you decided to ruin my life for a stupid purpose like that? You probably want to introduce me to your pet chimpanzee that humps your leg!" Kagome spat in her rage.

"Such harsh words for such a sweet-looking girl," Sesshoumaru yawned, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Really, I still remember a time when you would rather die than say something such as that. I still remember a time when you clung onto your mother's hand, demanding for her never-ending love. And somehow I know, that even though you can mask yourself so profusely now, there is still a hidden depth beneath you," Sesshouamru bawled.

"What is this? A talk show? A psychological analysis of my 'subconscious?' Get on with the point! I don't' want to waste my days with the like of you!"

"Very well then," Sesshouamru pouted, "I trust you have been acquainted with a man called Naraku," he modified his tone into that of business. Kagome nodded solemnly. "Then this will be easier than I've ever thought possible. The thing I need to introduce to you is your inheritance."

"Inheritance? You wanted to call me up here for something as tiny as that?!"

"Before you decide to meddle into my monologue again, I warn you to stay quiet," Sesshoumaru threatened, raising a poised finger to his lips. "You see, your parents were actually quite wealthy, on some degree, and they left something to you. Something that has been sought out for many generations and lost by those who held it. I've heard from some that it is a shrine, but other talk of it as a jewel; even I do not know its true form, but even then, it is worth far more than millions."

"What does this have to do with everything?"

"You inheritance is in the hands of Inu-yasha and Kouga. According to the will, Naraku is consent to it, but you are the primary heir."

"Naraku?!" Kagome extravagated.

"Come to my office," Sesshoumaru demanded suddenly, grabbing the girl quite forcibly with his strong, muscled grips. His hair flew groggily in the wind as Kagome caught a whiff of the strong cologne he wore. She hooked her arms into his own as she began to question the man in front of her.

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AN: sorry this is so short, this is only half of the chapter, the next will be posted up on Thursday. Please review!!! Basically Sesshouamru is a lawyer in this story and I''ll explain the rest in the next part! Until then, please review and tell what you think!