Luxury Never was Cheap
Chapter two
Inuyasha turned away and came face to face with Buyo, "Gah!"
Kagome, Sango and Miroku all looked at him as Inuyasha retreated into the kitchen and hid behind the island counter in the middle of the room.
Miroku sighed, "Inuyasha what on Earth are you doing?"
Kagome blinked and crossed the room to pick up Buyo, "Hello Buyo, aren't you the cutest thing in the world, yes you are!" Kagome wiggled her cat's ears and spoke to the feline in her little baby voice.
Inuyasha shivered from his position behind the counter, mustering his courage he raised, "get that thing away from me!"
"What's wrong with Buyo?" Kagome asked, blinking, "He's only a cat."
"That's no cat, it's an oversized rodent!" Inuyasha said as he dove for the cat, "I'm throwing it out the window!"
Kagome gasped, "No way! He'll die, you jerk!" Kagome grasped her cat tightly as Inuyasha dove for him.
"I'll kill it!" Inuyasha said and managed to grab the cat from her hands, she stared in shock as he went towards the window.
"Don't! You jerk!" At that moment, Buyo started scratching Inuyasha's face causing him to yell in pain as he made blind punches to the cat, but only ended up punching himself in the face.
"Damn it cat, why won't you die?" Inuyasha yelled as he grasped his face and rolled around the floor of the living room.
"Serves you right you moron," Kagome said as she stuck her tongue out at the pained boy, "How dare you threaten to hurt my little Buyo. What did he ever do to you?"
Inuyasha stared evilly at her, "I'll get that oversized flea bag, and when I do, you'll never see him again!"
"You jerk!" Kagome yelled as she slapped him across his already scratched cheek, "I hate you!"
"Well I hate you too!" Inuyasha screamed back at her.
He sneered at the cat and Kagome before stomping off towards the door, "I'm outta here!"
"Yeah well I hope you never come back either you fat pig!"
"If I'm fat then you must be obese, you bitch!" Inuyasha yelled as he slammed the door making the walls shake.
Kagome stood fuming, clutching her already suffocating cat, "That. That. That bastard what gives him any right to want to get rid of Buyo?"
Miroku cleared his throat, "Inuyasha's deathly afraid of cats, Miss Kagome."
Kagome blinked, "He is?"
A long moment of silence passed between the trio left in the apartment, only ending when Sango and Kagome cracked up and startedd rolling on the ground with tears coming from their eyes.
After Kagome regained herself she looked at Miroku, "No, seriously."
Miroku sighed, "He's deathly afraid of cats."
"For real?"
Miroku nodded, "Has been ever since he saw Cats on Broadway with his family. That was..." Miroku counted on his fingers. "About twenty years ago, when he was six."
Kagome suddenly felt a small amount of guilt fill her, "I didn't know that..."
She set down her cat and went towards the door, "I'll go apologize, I suppose."
Sango and Miroku watched her go, before Miroku turned to her, "Bet you five yen that they'll fight again."
"You're on!" Sango said as they both rushed to the balcony to watch Inuyasha and Kagome from below.
Inuyasha sat on Miroku's car, staring at the stars in the sky, he hadn't realized how late it had gotten. He sighed, 'Stupid girl and her stupid cat.'
He shivered at the thought.
He hated cats.
"Inuyasha?" Inuyasha jumped and so ended up falling off the car and landing on his back. He looked up to see Kagome, "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you."
Inuyasha sat up and dusted the dirt of his pants, "You didn't scare me. You surprised me…"
Kagome looked at her feet she started fidgeting slightly, "Listen...I didn't I mean I...err...."
"Miroku told you didn't he?" Inuyasha asked as he looked anywhere but her.
Kagome nodded stupidly, then realizing that he couldn't see her, "Yes."
"Well you didn't know, I overreacted, but you better get rid of that rat you call a cat."
Kagome's anger flared, "I'm trying to apologize! Stop it with my cat, I will not get rid of him, I love Buyo, I've had him ever since I was three and a half, so lay off."
"Keh! Whatever! Wench," Inuyasha huffed.
Kagome narrowed her eyes dangerously, "What did you call me?"
"Wench. Damn, do you need a hearing aid, too?" Inuyasha said as he looked her deep in the eyes, "You're stupider than you look!"
Kagome looked away, trying to stop the tears that were building up from behind her eyes, "You don't have to be so mean." A silent tear rolled down her cheek and she tried desperately to wipe it away, but Inuyasha saw it.
"He-Hey don't cry, I didn't mean it, honest!" Inuyasha said as he reached for her hand, "Come on stop crying."
Kagome sniffed and suddenly looked really angry, "Why do you care?"
Inuyasha sighed, "I don't, I just don't like seeing girls cry."
"Jerk!" Kagome screamed and marched back into the apartment complex. Inuyasha watched her go sadly.
"Keh, not that I care or anything," he muttered and marched after her.
The next day, after mostly everything was unpacked, after Inuyasha and Kagome gave each other the silent treatment, and Miroku stopped groping Sango, Kagome was found on the phone.
"Kouga-Kun?" Kagome asked into the phone.
"Yes, Kagome-Chan?" came her boyfriend's voice, Kouga. Kagome smiled nervously.
"Can I talk to you? I have something important to tell you, but I don't want to say over the phone," Kagome said jiggling Buyo's catnip ball around as the obese cat moved as little as possible but still trying to get the ball.
"Oh course, Kagome-Chan, I have something I need to tell you too," Kouga's voice sounded stressed and Kagome smiled, "I have to go, see you tonight, Kagome, I'll meet you in the usual place."
"Oh course, Kouga-Kun, see you later, six right?" Without waiting for Kouga's reply, Kagome hung up the phone and ran smack dab into Inuyasha's chest.
"Who was that?" Inuyasha asked hotly.
"Not that it's any of your business, but that was my boyfriend, Kouga, and he can kick your ass, so lay off," Kagome said equally as hotly as she stormed past him.
She paused, however, when she heard Inuyasha laughing his ass off, "And what is so funny, may I ask?"
Inuyasha continued laughing, "Kouga Wolfe?" Kagome nodded dumbly as Inuyasha cracked up again, grasping the wall for support, "That wimp, I went to high school with him! He's still alive? What a moron, I could beat him up anytime I wanted, did so every day after school too."
Kagome's eyes narrowed, "Now that's just mean! And to think, I thought you were a jerk before!"
Inuyasha wasn't listening however, "Ha, Kouga beat me up." He seemed highly amused by this notion and continued chuckling silently.
Kagome's anger boiled over, "would you shut up?"
Inuyasha just shook his head and headed towards the room he and Miroku shared.
Kagome narrowed her eyes dangerously at the boy who kept on laughing and laughing before she huffed and left to take a bath.
"Miroku, if you touch me one more time, you'll be hurting so much your great grandchildren will still have the bruises!" Sango said dangerously, and then noticed his perverted smile, "If anyone would have children with you!"
"I am sorry, Miss Sango, but I could not help myself to your sexy ass," Miroku said as he groped her said body part with his hand.
Sango responded by kicking him where the sun doesn't shine.
"Pervert," she grumbled as she left to go make some lunch.
Inuyasha watched this in amusement, "You're such an idiot, Miroku."
"What are you talking about, Miss Sango totally digs me!" Miroku wheezed out best her could as he gasped for air and huddled into a tiny little ball. Inuyasha snorted in laughter before leaving to go play DDR.
Kagome left the warm bathtub with some reluctance as she walked towards her room, searching to find an outfit to wear when she saw Kouga. She wouldn't wear anything revealing and she would not wear something homely, either.
She sighed as she pulled on her favorite summer dress. It was a sky blue with little white flowers lining the hem. Her mother had made the dress for her when they'd gone to visit her grandmother and she'd totally refused to wear the hideous polka dotted dress her Great Aunt had sent her.
She put her hair into a ponytail and walked out; searching for Sango to tell her she was leaving.
Not finding her anywhere, Kagome scribbled a note onto the bulletin board they'd hung up this morning and left the apartment.
Inuyasha watched Kagome scribble something and hang it up on that dorky cork bulletin board, seeing this he sighed softly. Miroku had followed Sango to the mall without her knowledge, and left him alone. He was looking forward to bugging Kagome, but now she was leaving.
He eyed the kitchen. "Might as well practice," he muttered and walked into the kitchen, passing the note he stopped dead in his tracks.
Sango-
I went out with Kouga, be back around eight, bye!
Kagome
Inuyasha stared for a long time at the note before shrugging and turning away as he started to juggle the three knives he was holding.
"Up and down, up and down, up and down," he whispered to himself as he juggled the knives with perfect ease, "Stupid girl, I don't care about her and her date with Kouga, stupid wolf, stupid girl, stupid everyone. Up and down, up and down."
He grabbed a knife and threw it at the note, hitting it dead center, right above the word, "Kouga".
He smirked in satisfaction before continuing with his juggling.
"Please?"
"No..."
"Please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"I said no!" Sango said furiously at Miroku who jumped in surprise and hid behind a trash can, staring at Sango with the look of determination in his eyes, as soon as he stopped being afraid of her.
"Why not?"
"Because, you are rude and selfish, and you're pissing me off so much!" Sango turned on her heal and started to march down the street. How dare that pervert ask her to bare his child again! Like her answer is going to change the very next day.
She balled her fists and punched a tree as she walked by. Miroku gulped at the visible dent her fist made but still followed her, "Where are you going?"
"To spy on Kagome, of course," Sango said as she walked down the street towards the Café Kagome always met Kouga at whenever they went on a date.
"Why would you do that?" Miroku asked as he drew a little closer to Sango, who remained oblivious as she searched the windows for any sign of Kouga and Kagome.
"Because Kagome and Kouga make such a cute couple," Sango stated, she grinned as she saw Kagome sitting in the usual booth she and Kouga always shared. She glanced at her watch, typical for Kouga to be late.
She heard murmurs in the alleyway next to the café and Sango and Miroku swept forward instantly, Sango having recognized the voice as Kouga's.
There stood Kouga with some of his friends (Sango guessed) and they were all laughing with each other, "So, tell us again, Kouga, what are you going to do?"
Kouga gloated, "I should really write a book or something, you know? Me being a genius and all!"
The other boys rolled their eyes, but it went unnoticed to Kouga.
"Anyways, Kagome's in there waiting for me, but I've noticed lately how much she's been ignoring me...well actually, becoming distant if you will." Kouga's friend's nodded, already knowing what was coming but enjoying the retelling, "So I'll dump her and when she comes crawling back, she'll be wrapped around my little finger. Yeah, I should write a book: How to Get Your Girlfriend to Obey Your Every Command."
The group of friends cracked up and pounded the garbage cans that were standing around the alleyway. Kouga paused and looked at his watch, "well I've kept her waiting long enough, I can't wait to see her cry out to me!"
"Good luck man!"
"Luck, I don't need luck, this is pure skill," Kouga stated and walked away.
Miroku and Sango scurried to a bench and acted like they were sight seeing and stared straight ahead at a large building with a billboard advertising condoms.
Kouga looked at them vaguely before shrugging and walking inside the café.
Miroku turned to Sango eyebrows raised to his hairline, "the perfect couple?"
Sango clenched her fists, "That ungrateful jerk! I should kill him! Yeah! Playing with Kagome's heart like that!"
Miroku sweat dropped and shrugged, "Don't resort to violence, Miss Sango."
"I'll do whatever the hell I want, come on, we're telling Kagome before it's too late!" Sango stood suddenly and grabbing Miroku's hand, stormed into the café.
Miroku stopped and grabbed the archway over the café, "Wait, my dearest Miss Sango! We can't just barge in there; we have to get Miss Kagome alone!"
Sango gave him a look, "And how do you know this?"
"Why, I've helped Inuyasha in this same situation with his old girlfriend, though the reasons were slightly different, it was the same scenario, trust me, my dearest Sango."
Sango sighed and did a beeline for the bathroom and did a double take behind the booth Kouga and Kagome now sat, she glared at Miroku to hurry up and follow her before he was noticed.
Miroku scurried over, nearly tripping over his own feet, and stood next to Sango. While Sango looked at Kagome and Kouga, Miroku was staring at the sexy waitress.
"Hello, Kouga-Kun, I was afraid you wouldn't make it!" Kagome said smiling as she readjusted her dress, pulling it over her knees.
"I'm sorry Kagome-Chan, traffic, you see," Kouga smiled and Sango felt her anger rise.
"Ah well, you're here now, so that's all that matters," Kagome said, averting her eyes and looking at the other couples in the café.
Kouga growled in his throat when he saw that Kagome was not going crazy over him like she normally would, "Kagome-Chan?"
"Yes, Kouga-Kun?"
"I'll be right back, don't you stop being beautiful!" Kagome blushed and Sango had to refrain from screaming at Kagome to get a brain and see through Kouga's lies.
She turned towards Miroku but was only greeted with air. She growled and looked around for the pervert.
A simple rubbing against her butt told her he was under her, "you pervert!" she hissed some cuss words as she pounded Miroku as silently as she could muster.
Miroku rubbed his head then looked around, "can you excuse me for a second?"
"Where are you going?" Sango whispered as Miroku stood to leave.
"The little pervert's room," Miroku said.
"The...little pervert's...room?" Sango asked, trying to process this new information.
Miroku only grinned wolfishly as he strolled into the Lady's restroom. Sango felt her eyebrow twitch as a wave of frustration filled her, "he's going to draw unwanted attention to himself!"
"Sango-Chan?" Sango jumped guiltily to see that Kagome was hanging over the side of her chair and her head was cupped in her hands. She looked pretty confident and arrogant as she looked at her best friend. "What are you doing here?"
"OH! I'm...err..."
"I was looking for you!"
"You were?"
"I wanted to tell you that I was going out with Kouga tonight."
"Yeah, about that, Kagome-Chan," Sango leaned over the edge but quickly shut her mouth once Kouga came marching over.
She sighed and turned away. Kagome watched this, puzzled, "Sango?"
"Kagome!" Kagome whirled around to meet Kouga's intense blue gaze, "What are you doing?"
Kagome smiled wryly, "I was just looking over at the pretty fish in that aquarium."
Sango made a gagging motion, not going unnoticed by Kagome. She glared at her friend and then returned her gaze to Kouga, "I'm sorry what were you saying?"
Kouga frowned, his eyebrows knitting together, "Kagome, you seem so distant tonight, what's wrong?"
"Nothing!" Kagome said a bit too quickly as she waved off the lingering feeling in her stomach. She glanced at Sango, who looked at her and then nodded towards the bathroom. Kagome sighed, "Can you excuse me Kouga? Nature's calling and it refuses to leave a message."
Kouga sighed audibly in frustration but nodded non-the-less. "Come back soon," he smiled.
Kagome smiled her thanks before running into the bathroom with Sango close behind.
Kagome sighed and leaned against the counter that held all the sinks, while Sango checked by dipping down and looking at the bottom parts of the stall to make sure they were alone. No legs appeared.
"Ok, Sango, what are you doing here, and why are you interrupting my date?" Kagome asked hotly as her friend straightened and fixed her hair tie.
Sango sighed, "Kouga's going to dump you. And then when you 'come crawling back' he said that you'd be 'wrapped around his little finger'."
Kagome stared, shocked.
"I'm sorry Kagome, I wish that what me and Miroku heard wasn't---"
"Miroku's here too?"
Then the door came crashing down and Miroku lay sprawled on the floor. The two girls stared at the pony-tailed boy.
"Miroku!" Sango yelled as she bopped him on the head, "What are you doing in here?"
"Making sure there were no ladies in here," Sango and Kagome gave him a look, "Fine I was appreciating the female body."
"In other words, you were chasing after skirts," Sango said flatly. She turned back to her friend, who looked a little depressed, "Are you going to be ok?"
Kagome looked up, fire flaring in her blue-gray orbs, "Oh yes, I'll be just fine." Then she smirked evilly.
"You have a plan?" Sango asked and Kagome's grin grew wider.
"Oh yes."
Miroku gulped as the two girls turned to him with evil glints in their eyes.
"Miroku? How fast can Inuyasha get here?" Kagome asked.
Kouga sat impatiently looking at his watch every ten seconds, "Where is she?"
The waitress gave him a sympathetic look and shook her head before leaving to serve another table.
Kouga looked at his watch again. Kagome had been gone for ten minutes. He knew that some girls took a long time in the bathroom powdering up, but this was ridiculous.
He marched up to the ladies bathroom and knocked on the door, "Kagome?"
Ignoring the stares some of the restaurant customers (and staff) were giving him he knocked again, "Kago?"
Kouga's impatience was growing with every knock he had to take, he knew that Kagome was in there, he heard her giggling, "Kagome, I hear you in there, come out!"
When the door opened another girl, with a low ponytail and pink eye shadow came out. Her eyes widened and she pulled out a can of pepper spray, "You pervert!"
"Wait, wait, I'm waiting for my girlfriend!" Kouga said shielding his eyes before the crazy girl sprayed him.
The girl lowered the can, "Well the only girl in there is my number one girl, Kagome."
"Yeah, that's my girlfriend!" Kouga growled, who did this girl think she was?
The girl stuck out her hand, "Name's Sango."
Kouga slapped it away, "Kouga, now can you go in there and tell Kagome to come out?"
Sango shook her head as she tried not to grin, "I think Kagome's too busy to leave."
"What is she doing in there?" Kouga asked, his impatience growing shorter and shorter, he was going to get really angry in a minute.
Suddenly the door swung open and Kouga smiled, "Kagome what took...you...so...long...?"
Kouga stared in shock to see Kagome in the arms of another man. He had deep violet eyes and his hair was pulled into a braid. Kouga growled in the back of his throat.
Kagome smiled and looked at Kouga, "Oh, Kouga, there you are, I thought you left a while ago!"
Kouga stared in shock, "Kagome who is this?"
"Oh, him? This is Inuyasha, come on you've met him," Kagome said as she batted Inuyasha's braid, and Inuyasha tried his best not to slap her hand away.
Kouga clenched a fist, "Why Kagome?"
"Oh Kouga, I'm so glad we're on the same page, you see I heard you earlier talking about breaking up with me, and the fact is I was going to break up with you, then I met Inuyasha here, and it was a match made in heaven." Kagome placed a hand on his shoulder, patting it like a mother would a daughter, "It's been real, Kouga, keep in touch ok? Let's go Sango."
Sango nodded and glared at Kouga, "Jerk." She then sprayed him with the pepper spray.
Once the trio got outside, Inuyasha and Kagome immediately separated and Miroku came around the corner, huffing and puffing for air, after Kagome and Sango made him run to get Inuyasha (if he'd driven he'd still be on the road). The four stood there for a while before they all, even Inuyasha, started to laugh.
Inuyasha was laughing because he got to piss Kouga off. Miroku because....he's weird. Sango because she was glad her best friend wasn't hurt. And finally, Kagome, because she didn't want to keel over in pain and start crying right in front of them. Because, in fact, that's what she felt like doing right then.
"Ah, that was great Kagome, let's go home!" Sango said, in a positively happy mood that not even Miroku's groping, Inuyasha's snide remarks, or even Kagome's rants could get her down, "I'm hungry!"
Kagome sighed and nodded, trying to keep her sad demeanor unknown to the others. Miroku and Sango were skipping ahead like drunk retards and didn't notice. Inuyasha however---
"Hey," Kagome turned to him, "what the hell's wrong with you?"
Kagome shook her head, "it's nothing, really."
"You really liked Kouga, didn't you?" Inuyasha asked, keeping his amethyst eyes ahead of him, "I understand."
"Huh?"
"It's happened to me, too," he said softly before walking away, his cold expression momentarily lost as he ran to catch up with Sango and Miroku, "Hey you dumb asses, stop acting drunk!"
Kagome laughed ignoring her mood as she ran after Inuyasha and the others, she hated to admit it, but he somehow made her feel better.
When they got home, Sango and Miroku were staring happily at something on the kitchen table. Inuyasha and Kagome exchanged glances before noticing the two were staring lovingly at some sushi.
"Where did this come from?" all turned to Inuyasha, who shrugged.
"I ordered it before Mr. Track star over here came and told me it was time for me to play boyfriend for cat girl over here," he said jabbing a thumb in Kagome's direction, who stayed quiet.
Kagome smiled nervously when she noticed everyone looking at her, she blushed slightly, "I'm just going to go to bed, ok?"
The three nodded and watched her exit the kitchen and run towards her bedroom.
A few hours after the sushi had been devoured and Sango and Miroku had gone to bed, Inuyasha still sat on the couch, looking out the window as clouds covered the stars and it began to rain.
A small dripping sound was heard before some cold water came splashing onto Inuyasha's head. Inuyasha sighed. The fucking roof had leaks.
He would have to remind Myouga of that in the morning.
The sound of a door creaking open made Inuyasha look in the direction of the kitchen. Kagome walked slowly, her slippered feet dragging across the carpet as her hair flew in different directions. She wore an adorable pink pajama.
Soft sobs escaped Kagome as she collapsed onto a chair opposite of Inuyasha; still unaware that Inuyasha was even in the room. He watched her silently, her sobs raking into his very soul, as he just wanted to leap up and tell her to shut up.
"Kouga...." Inuyasha mentally sighed. Post breakup syndromes of depression. Great, next thing he knew she' be jumping off the balcony in an attempt to end the pain and only end up causing herself more pain. Only in the physical category. "Damn you bastard."
Inuyasha sighed. He stood up taking the crying girl by surprise, "Inuyasha?"
"Shhh," he whispered as he leaned down and squatted in front of her, looking her in the eyes, even though he couldn't see her. He needed something to do tonight. He didn't want to have raindrops falling onto his head. So why not just comfort the chick obsessed with cats?
"But Inuyasha-" Inuyasha cut her off by putting his finer on her lips.
"Listen Kagome, I understand what kind of pain you're going through, but moping around in the middle of the night is not going to help you. You're grumpy enough as it is."
Kagome slapped him over the head, "Jerk,"
"Ah, you see, there's the violent Kagome I know! So no more crying, it's ruining my concentration!" Inuyasha declared as he stood up and walked back to his position, ready to be splattered by the evil Chinese torture method of water therapy.
"What are you doing over there anyways?" Kagome asked, the crying long forgotten and her strong voice returning to her, though it came out in a whisper.
"Understanding why Chinese went crazy by having water dropped on their head, what does it look like I'm doing?" Inuyasha scoffed, "I'm trying to sleep."
"But, don't you have a room?" Kagome asked confused.
Inuyasha gave her a look, "Kagome, you try sleeping in the same room as a pervert, who dreams about three different girls at once."
Kagome's face morphed into one of disgust, "Ah. Well goodnight, then."
"Goodnight."
"Oh and Inuyasha?" Kagome looked at Inuyasha, "Thank you. You made me feel better, and also-"
She threw a throw pillow at him, "I am not fat."
Inuyasha chuckled before Kagome's door clicked shut.
Kagome walked towards the coffee shop she worked at. She was so glad that Kaede was the owner, she was like another grandmother to her, all she had to do was ask her one thing, and Kaede made it all better.
"Kaede-Bachan! I'm here!" Kagome called as she walked towards the back of the shop. She looked at the clock, good; she was fifteen minutes before it opened. She had to get Kaede's advice on Kouga.
"In here, child," came an elderly lady's voice: Kaede. Kaede was a kindhearted old woman, short and plump, like a Christmas goose. The woman had grayish hair that still had a brown hint and an eye patch over one eye. Truth was that she had perfect vision and perfect eyes; she just wore the patch because she wanted to be a pirate...Kaede was an odd woman…
"Kaede-Bachan, I need your advice," Kagome said as she moved the beaded doorway aside and walked into the incense filled back room. Not only was the woman odd, she was a hippie...
The woman looked up from her meditation and turned off the music that was supposed to sound like a thunderstorm (but sounded more like sizzling bacon in a shower). She adjusted the rose-tinted glasses over her eyes and stood up, "Aye, what is it Child?"
Kagome allowed herself to be guided to a corner with two beanbags with slogans that said "Green peace protects us!" or "McDonald's is the spawn of Evil."
Though it wasn't completely 'hippie', but that was simply because Kaede enjoyed being an individual.
"Kaede, have you ever had a boyfriend?" Kagome asked, slightly embarrassed with the question.
"Why of course, one man for fifteen years," Kaede said stroking an imaginary beard and winked at Kagome (though it could have been a blink?)
"Really?" Kagome asked, hopeful, "Then you can help me out here!"
Kagome told Kaede all about her and Kouga's ordeal from last night and Kaede sat in silence, listening closely for a long time.
After she was finished, Kaede sat in silence, she was about to answer when a pounding came on the door and Kaede jumped up, "The Soy Bean!"
Kagome rolled her eyes and placed an apron that said "The Soy Bean" on it. Sometimes she wondered why Kaede had named the shop "The Soy Bean." Why not the "Coffee Bean"?
Kagome sighed, "Whatever roasts your ham, I suppose."
"Ham is a use of torture to the poor pigs of this world," Kaede said as she rushed to the front door of the coffee shop and unlocked it, "We'll talk later, Kagome dear."
"Yes ma'am!" Kagome called as she set herself behind the cash register and started to take orders.