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Kagome is a thief. A thief, a cat burglar, the best there is. After she finishes stealing something, she sells it on the black market or to Naraku for higher than the original price. The good stuff she keeps for herself. One day, she gets an order from Naraku to steal something from some rich guys. You don't argue with a man like him. She has to work on seducing them to get what she wants. The Shikon No Tama. Only, what happens when you fall for the guys you have to steal from? Inu/Kag/Sess

E v e r l a s t i n g D r e a m

Chapter 2

The Mission

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"InuYasha, eh?" asked Kagome, trying out the name on her tongue. It was weird. Actually, it was just a weird name.

"Yea, I know, it's a weird name," muttered InuYasha. It was as if he had just read her mind. She didn't like it. Or maybe, she just didn't like him.

"I would say the same about mine but I don't think I should lie just to get you to like me," Kagome said lightly.

InuYasha raised a brow but said nothing more. He was walking alongside her, not really knowing where he was going but he knew one thing. He knew he wanted to follow her.

"So, where do you live?" he asked conversationally, well aware of where she lived.

She told him her address, also well aware that he knew where he lived. He was the noisy neighbor that had woken her up that morning. Disturbing her sleep was one thing, trying to start a conversation with her was another.

"What's your next class?" she asked, wanting to get rid of him as quickly as possible.

"I don't really have any classes right now," he replied. "I'm starting tomorrow. Today is just a tour day."

If Kagome was the kind of person who did a face fault; she would have. 1 She would have fallen down on the floor and just lay there with her legs sticking up in the air until he was gone. She half smiled at InuYasha. So he was going to follow her around all day? Fine with her. Really. She'd show him the time of his life. Then she'd see if he still wanted to be around her.

"I don't have any class either," Kagome pointed out. "Let's go somewhere fun."

InuYasha blinked. He almost blushed but controlled it before nodding. Was this a date? He tried to act cool and natural but failed miserably. Kagome just walked briskly ahead of him and he struggled to keep up.

When he caught up with her, he started to breathe normally again. "Where are we going?" he asked. There was silence for awhile and he turned around to see what was wrong. He almost laughed out loud but didn't. He didn't know what this girl would do to him if he laughed.

"Your hair..." muttered Kagome. It was smacking her in the face with the wind.

"What about it?" snorted InuYasha. He had a lot of pride in his hair and he wouldn't take shit from anyone if they insulted it. No matter how beautiful they were. He had had his long silvery white hair ever since he was a kid and he could never remember cutting it. Ever.

"It's in my face and if you don't move, it'll get in my mouth," she replied coldly. InuYasha merely 'keh'ed' and took a small step forward. It didn't help much and Kagome growled. She grabbed a handful of hair and bit it.

InuYasha could feel something tugging his hair and when he turned around again, he almost shrieked. He didn't, though. There was just something too unmanly about shrieking. Instead of doing that, he followed his instincts and just gaped at her. She was biting his hair!

"Give that back!" shouted InuYasha as he pulled his hair back from out of Kagome's mouth. He wiped it dry on his shirt before throwing it over his shoulder.

"I told you to move," Kagome said simply. "You didn't."

InuYasha was starting to be annoyed by this girl. Even if she was beautiful, her attitude was very...GRR. That was it. Her attitude made him want to grab her delicately pale neck and STRANGLE her.

"Let's go."

InuYasha was amazed by her sudden mood change but he wasn't going to argue with her. It seemed as if she had gotten up at the wrong side of bed this morning...and he was the cause of it.

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"So, where are we going?" InuYasha asked again. He was particularly curious because she hadn't said anything to him in the past 10 minutes. He couldn't stand the silence. It sucked.

"We're going to meet my friends. Maybe you can find some friends there and leave me the hell alone," replied Kagome with the same voice she used whenever she talked to him.

InuYasha frowned. Almost all women fell at his feet wanting to be with him but this one...she was different. She seemed to dislike him intensely. If he didn't know better, he'd say she hated him. Maybe it was time to pour on a little of the Yamada charm. His brother certainly had enough of it and he certainly had enough of it as well, if not more.

"You got a boyfriend?" asked InuYasha. His question was blunt and straight to the point.

Kagome blinked. She blinked again a couple of times and recollected herself again. She shook her head and wouldn't say anymore while she was driving. InuYasha's frown deepened. So this Kagome wasn't like other girls. Other girls would blush fiercely and try to protest when he said something like, "Oh, a girl like you doesn't have a boyfriend? That's a shock. I don't believe you."

This girl...she had merely blinked. She had just blinked and shook her head. What kind of alternate universe had he landed in? One where girls disliked him? If that was it, he wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"Why not?" inquired InuYasha. He would try it out anyway.

"Don't feel like it. Anyway, oh no, don't tell me you're trying to flirt with me because it's not going to work."

InuYasha felt as if he had just been hit by an arrow. Twice.

"Yea, I know your type. You want me to say something like 'No, I don't have a boyfriend,' and you would say something corny about how a pretty girl like me must have a boyfriend while I try and protest. I've heard it all before."

He stared at her in shock. Okay, so maybe the Yamada charm was a little rusty. Maybe she had heard it all before. He wouldn't deny it. She was beautiful, who wouldn't say something like that to her? Of course, he had. Maybe he had taken the wrong approach. Maybe he was just trying to move too fast. He didn't know. Right now, at this moment, he didn't know a lot of things.

InuYasha sat back in the seat, wondering about what to do next. How would he approach her next? He would be damned if he didn't find another way to approach her. There was just something about her that just had him drawn to her.

"Get out, we're here," she said as she got out of the car. "And one thing, there's going to be a huge change when we get in but don't say anything, okay?"

InuYasha said okay when he had no idea what she meant but he didn't have time to think about it at the time. He was startled awake from his thoughts when she had said they were there and now he was stuck in the car, fumbling with the seat belt.

"Yamada-san, you press and it goes away by itself. It isn't that hard."

InuYasha blinked a couple of times, just like Kagome had done when he asked her about her supposed boyfriend. She had called him Yamada-san. Why? Why didn't she just call him InuYasha like she had done earlier? Calling him Yamada-san made him a little uncomfortable.

Finally, the evil seat belt from hell let go of him and he got out of the car with ease. They were at a bar. In the middle of the day. A bar. Middle of the day. Those words just didn't go together.

"C'mon in. And don't be surprised by anything. Try not to look it, at least," advised Kagome.

InuYasha was wondering what she had meant when he was suddenly dragged into the bar. The one that was open in the middle of the day. --

"Kagome-sama!" voices shouted at her from everywhere. At first, InuYasha couldn't see very well but his eyes soon adjusted. Men and women alike jumped at Kagome and him. He tried to not look surprised but it was really hard. REALLY hard.

"Ah, this must be the fine man you were talking about," a man from behind the others said. InuYasha looked up and saw a man with his hair tied back into a ponytail. He had several earrings and he wore a long robe. It looked like he had just gotten out of bed.

"Uh, I think so. I'm--"

Kagome cut him off with a glare and immediately, something in her changed.

"Miroku-sama!" she shouted at the top of her lungs. He turned around and gave Kagome a quick hug before he got slapped in the face. Apparently, he had been touching her ass.

"Pervert," she muttered as she blushed.

InuYasha stared at her for a long time. Is this what she had meant when she said there was going to be a huge change? Was the change in her? She didn't seem like the type to blush when he had first met her. Why the sudden change?

"Ah, Kagome-sama, you know that is how I always greet you," Miroku said as he pouted.

To InuYasha's surprise, Kagome giggled and said, "Miroku-sama, this here is Yamada, InuYasha. Yamada-san, this is--"

"Miroku. Mazaki Miroku. At your service. What may I help you with today, Kagome?"

"Nothing much. I just thought that Yamada-san would need to find some friends. He's new. What better place to find friends than this place?"

"Ah, Kagome, flattery will get you everywhere."

Kagome grinned and led InuYasha inside. He was introduced to a lot of people. So far, he could only keep track of names. He couldn't stick the faces with them, though. There was only one name other than Miroku's that InuYasha remembered.

Katsuya Kouga.

As soon as Kouga had heard that InuYasha had come in with Kagome, he immediately found it his 'duty' to tell InuYasha off. As Kouga had put it, Kagome was his. InuYasha was really pissed off and they had started a lot of arguments before Kagome had come by with her brand-new personality to break it all up.

Kagome had led InuYasha towards a bunch of different rooms, all with different people.

"This is Sango, my bestest friend ever! This is Shippou, that's Kaede..."

The list went on forever. There was Sango, Shippou, Kaede, Houjo, Kouga, Rin, Naraku, Kagura, Kanna, Tsubaki, and a bunch of other people that he couldn't quite remember at the moment. Kouga and his little 'pack' had the nerve of calling Kagome their 'nee-chan' so InuYasha was a little more than pissed.

InuYasha pulled Kagome away from Sango off into a corner and started asking her the questions swarming his mind.

"Okay, what the hell is going on here? What's wrong with you? You weren't acting like this when I first met you! Why are you all...preppy school girl?"

Kagome's eyes narrowed and replied, "I told you there'd be a change. You figure it out. These people aren't really my friends. I work for them. Can't I just have a place where I can relax?"

Blinking, InuYasha stared at Kagome hard. Oh, that explains it. She got drunk. In the middle of the day.

"How much have you had to drink?"

"What? Only 8 or 9 bottles! Why do you ask?"

"Okay, that's it. I'm taking you home."

"Hah, that's right. You're my neighbor. I knew that. I was just pretending! But you don't have the keys to my house! And I'm not telling you where they are! It's a secret!" She put her finger to her lips in a shushing motion.

InuYasha's brow rose and he shook his head. She was acting like a child now.

"Wait, you work for these people? What do you do?"

"You expect me to tell you the answer to that? I may be drunk, but I'm not stupid. I never should have brought you here. You--"

"Okay, that's it. I'm bringing you to my house instead."

Kagome's eyes suddenly shut and it seemed as if she had just fallen asleep.

"Stupid drunk..." muttered InuYasha. Kagome stirred but didn't do anything else.

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"So did you tell her what she needed to do?"

"Of course. She also brought one of the subjects. It won't be difficult to get past him but the other..."

"Yes, the other might be a problem. Did you request for his departure as well?"

"No, it would seem too suspicious. We did make plans to have an obstacle for him to get through if she ever met him, though."

"And if she is caught doing any of this?"

"She won't. She's the best there is."

"But if she is?"

"She will deny anything that leads to us. She's very good with her work, as you can tell."

"I congratulate you, my son. She is one of your best projects so far."

"Thank you, father. I will not bring shame to our family name."

"You had better not."

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"InuYasha, what is this?"

"Ah, Sesshoumaru! I thought you were at work!"

"I'm working from home today. I think it was wise to do so, as you are bringing home women in the middle of the day," replied Sesshoumaru coolly.

"Oh, this girl isn't--"

"Save it."

"Dammit! Just let me finish! This is our new neighbor! God, you--"

"And you bring her home drunk? That's very hospitable of you," retorted Sesshoumaru dryly.

InuYasha ignored the last comment and brought Kagome up to his room. He was just planning on leaving her there until she woke up. What was so wrong about that? He sat at his desk, waiting for her to wake up. Stupidly, he fell asleep and that was the exact moment that Kagome decided to wake up.

Kagome's eyes snapped open and she quickly did a once over to determine her whereabouts. The only problem was that she didn't know where she was and the only thing she did know was that InuYasha was there with her. He seemed pretty comfortable so this probably meant that it was a place he was supposedly comfortable with. This was probably a room in his house.

Quickly and quietly, she got out of the bed and opened the door. It wasn't surprising that InuYasha didn't wake up but what she got instead was incredibly surprising. She had just bumped into someone. Was there someone in this house other than InuYasha? She looked up into cold amber eyes and almost gasped.

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