A/N: STUFF HAPPENS IN THIS CHAPTER! Okay…I just felt happy that a plot is finally emerging. Relationships are also forming! Please Review! ^_^

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha…*grumble grumble*

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Chapter 7: She Thinks My Ears Are Cute

Looking over at the handsome male across the table from her, Kagome tried her best to suppress the urge to just reach out and pet his furry ears. It was disrespectable! Inconsiderate! Rude! And yet…simply irresistible!

Her arm reached across the table to rest on his head of silky silver tresses. She ignored the surprised look on his face. Her forefinger and thumb rubbed his furry little ears until she was finally satisfied. Of course during this little…moment of satisfactory…she failed to notice her boss scowling at first, but then succumbing to the pleasure of having his ears petted. A low purr escaped from his lips before realization his him. Inuyasha immediately pushed Kagome's hand away and gave her a disapproving look.

"What are you doing woman!?" His tone was rough.

"I'm sorry." She retreated and held her hand close to her chest. "I…I couldn't help it…your ears…they're."

"They're what?" He raised an eyebrow…his expression softened and he looked slightly amused.

"They're cute…and…irresistible." She muttered, if not for his demon hearing he wouldn't have heard her.

Inuyasha let out an amused chuckle. Of all the things he's heard about his ears…cute, and irresistible were not them. It was however more flattering to hear it from Kagome then from any other woman, though he didn't know why this was so.

"You think my ears are cute?" He asked incredulously.

"Y…yes." She stuttered a little nervous that he may be offended.

Seeing her cheeks turn an incredibly dark shade of red Inuyasha felt triumphant.

"So…" Inuyasha muttered before a moment of awkward silence washed over them, only to be interrupted thankfully when the waiter appeared with their late order of food.

"The service here is terrible." Inuyasha stated. They had ordered their food well over half an hour ago and the place wasn't even packed! "We'll have to go somewhere else next time."

"Next time?" Kagome perked up and stared at him. Did he mean that he actually enjoyed her company?

"Well…you know…when we feel like eating lunch together…that's all. Feh woman stop looking at me like that and eat your food already! You'll catch flies with your mouth open wide like that!" He snapped as a very light tint of pink appeared upon his cheeks.

Kagome brought her attention back to her food, however she couldn't help but smile. Inuyasha was actually quite a decent guy…when he wanted to be.

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            Standing right outside he looked up at the tall skyscraper that was Shikon inc. the most renowned advertising company in all of Tokyo.  He was a young man in his mid twenties. His emerald eyes darted towards the entrance of the prestigious company. With his dark raven hair tied in a high pony tale his face was clearly visible. His face held fine masculine features that could probably make any woman swoon on his wake. Letting out a sigh he marched into the company without any more thoughts.

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            "MIROKU! FOR THE LAST TIME KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF!" Sango screamed in exasperation after bopping Miroku on the head a few times. Said person was now gripping his head in pain. Sango felt like a second grade teacher scolding a young boy for invading another's personal space.

            "But Sango! You know yourself how irresistible you are! A lovely woman such as yourself needs attention, she needs to be pampered, she needs to be nurtured…she needs to be embraced, let me embrace you and shield you from the evils of the world my lovely Sango." His arms expanded wide as he rushed towards her.

            "NO! STAY AWAY! STAY AWAY YOU HENTAI!" She yelled as she raised her arms above herself as a shield from the lecherous co-worker.

            "My lovely Sango…how can you say such a thing…I am not a hentai. I just wish to make sure you do not feel neglected. As a child your parents had that job…but now as a lovely young woman your parents are not here to make sure of that…therefore I must do so on their behalf." He grinned at her.

            "Miroku" She ground out. "You have 3 seconds…start running."

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            Sesshoumaru sat on the leather couch situated in his office thinking about what had happened that night. His face came down and his forehead rested upon his clawed right hand. He was having mixed emotions…confusion and frustration swept through him whenever he thought of her…Rin…the bouncy girl always full of sunshine…oh how different she was that night. He could remember it clearly…from the expression on her face to her intoxicating scent.

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Flashback

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            Rin continued to sing the last lines of her song. "Don't want to love you if you don't love me. Don't want to need you when you won't need me to." Was that some sort of message? If so who was it too? His mind was spinning as he forgot completely about the youkai woman sitting by his side furious because her attempts of seducing him didn't seem to work the way she wanted them to. It didn't matter…nothing mattered…because the only thing he could think about at that moment was 'her'.

            Sessoumaru could feel himself stiffen when she finished her song, her hazel eyes landing on his as she stared at him intensely. They stayed locked up in each other's gaze for what seemed like eternity. But then she looked away, and Sesshoumaru finally snapped back to reality when he felt silky soft hands on his thighs.

            "What?" He roared, peeved that she was still there.

            "I said…would you like to go grab a drink at the bar? We can go further from there if you want to." She cooed.

            Irritated to the point of no return Sesshoumaru stood up and brushed her off him. Her presence merely enraged him. "I will be leaving now…and you will not be following me…understand?" His glare was icy as if daring her to say otherwise.

            Intimidated by his coldness she backed away and nodded before walking off to find more vulnerable victims to manipulate.

            Sesshoumaru hastily turned his head looking all over for Rin…to his dismay she was gone. With a final growl he stalked off towards the bar to hopefully get his mind off of the terrible night by drinking it away. That was exactly how he found her.

            Rin sat there at the little bar a little bit away tipsy from what Sesshoumaru could see. Her fingers wrapped around the delicate glass of champagne as she stared at it with great interest.

            From where he was he could tell she was in despair. He stood there pondering on whether or not he should to and comfort her, his mind was soon made up when he noticed the glances coming her way from drooling males. A bunch of hormone driven males were what they were…and he'd kill himself first before letting her get tricked by any of them!

            "Rin." He called out as he approached her; a clawed hand came up to rest upon her shoulder.

            A little startled by the physical contact of warm hands on her cold cool skin the young woman turned around to face whomever it was that addressed her. She wasn't in the mood to talking to anyone at the moment after having her hopes crushed seeing 'her' Sesshoumaru-sama hit it off with some big chested female…even worse…a youkai female!

            She gasped when the one person she was disappointed about appeared to be the one right next to her.

            "Don't drink anymore…it isn't good for your heath…not only that I think you're a little drunk."

            "Silly Sesshoumaru…I'm not…hic…dru…hic…drunk." She uttered before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she passed out right on the counter of the bar.

            Sighing Sesshoumaru hefted her up and carried her bridal style to his car. He didn't know where she lived so he took her to his home and let her stay in his room while he slept on the living room couch.

            When they both woke up the next day Sesshoumaru attempted to explain what had happened, occasionally being interrupted by Rin's urges to throw up. Yep…hangovers were a real pain in the butt! In the end Sesshoumaru spent the beginning of the day with her trying to make her feel better. Only bringing her into work later on that afternoon.  He was a concerned boss…he didn't want to any of his employees in utter pain and not do anything to help the situation…or at least that's what he kept telling himself.

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            They never really said anything to each other after that day. Rin seemed like she was avoiding him…and he didn't want that to happen. Why couldn't they just go back to the way things were before? It wasn't like it was that big of a deal! Was she embarrassed? Was that why she refused to look him in the eye anymore? As if reaching the state of enlightenment Sesshoumaru's face brightened a little. He made up his mind…he was going to confront Rin and ask her about what was bothering her if it was to be the last thing he will do!

            But before the youkai could do his victory dance there was a knock on his office door.

            "Come in." He called out…once again in his calm tone.

            The door opened slowly and in came Rin with her head down. She looked up at him as though he were about to eat her alive.

            "Sesshoumaru-sama…there's someone here to see you." Her voice was small and low…no longer the perky young woman he knew. He would definitively have to change that…but for now…more important matters were to be confronted…he would have to put his meeting with Rin on hold.

            "Who is it?" He asked in monotone.

            A male figure appeared from behind Rin. He smiled at the girl appreciatively before she walked out of the office.

            "It's nice to meet you…I'm Kouga."

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There was a lot of Sess/Rin in this chapter…I wanted to tie up loose ends from last chapter.

A PLOT IS EMERGING A PLOT IS EMERGING! ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY PLOT!

*Snicker* INUYASHA'S GOT COMPETITION!

More Inu/Kag later!

Too much sugar is not very good for a person's health…I found that out the hard way…

           

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