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Chapter 7- Seeing for the first time
By: KNE
Miroku tossed Inuyasha the wet rag, as the two spent their day scrubbing and cleaning Kouga's car collection. It wasn't the best thing to do but Inuyasha wasn't enjoying it one bit. He was starting to feel blisters on his hands from all the cleaning, but was pretty much use to it due to the fact that he played baseball. After what felt like hours of washing and rewashing the sports cars and limos, their job was done and over with.
The two leaned against the black limo panting back and forth. Miroku yawned and tossed the wet towel and Inuyasha's face.
"See what I have to go through? Now that I have you, we can finish in half the time!" Miroku said. Inuyasha looked at him with angry eyes. He was tired and still had a bigger job to do in the morning. It turned out that there was this large company party for all the top businesses in Japan. Kouga of course was going, which meant Inuyasha had to drive him there and wait. And it didn't stop there. For the whole day Kouga supposedly needed to be driven here and there, to get his tuxedo fitted and then buy flowers and gifts and of course work.
It was a lot of work, but at least Inuyasha had a place to stay. So far in two weeks, he hadn't even become a tourist, but a driver. It was a good thing he actually saw places to tell Sango and Shippo about. HE didn't even get the chance to call or contact them. It would be all stupid anyways since he couldn't even get to Kagome.
He hadn't made another visit yet because of the whole security guard incident. That pissed Inuyasha off big time.
"So, we have the rest of the day off. What are we gonna do?" Miroku asked, rubbing the back of his neck.
"I'm fucking tired. I think I'm gonna sleep for the rest of the day," Inuyasha said. "I didn't think coming to Tokyo would ensure so much work." Miroku smiled a goofy smile and shrugged.
"Well, I've lived in Tokyo my whole life, and trust me, the place gets boring." The two guys stared out at the hills near the mansion. The sun was still brightly high in the sky and the clouds were puffier then ever. Tokyo was an amazing place, but it was too bad Inuyasha could barely enjoy it.
"So what brings you to Tokyo, anyways?" Miroku asked, looking at Inuyasha. "Family problems, or did you just come all the way to Tokyo to become a chauffeur?"
Inuyasha crossed his arms over his shoulder and stared up at the sky.
"No." he said quietly. Miroku looked over at his friend with a frown.
"So what is it then?"
"I came here to bring someone back home with me…." He trailed off, thinking about Kagome.
"A girl?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha nodded which made Miroku grin mischievously.
"So you're here for your girlfriend!" Miroku cheered. Inuyasha shook his head.
"It's not like that. She's not my girlfriend."
"Then why are you here to bring her back. She obviously has to be someone close to you if you went through all of this to see her." Miroku said, grinning madly. He nudged Inuyasha on the arm. Inuyasha flicked him off and shook his head.
"No, she's not my lover; she's my best friend…" Inuyasha said. Miroku slouched down and sighed.
"That's stupid. All this time and I thought you were talking about some hot chick!" Miroku hissed. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow and laughed.
"What made you think that?"
"Well…you seem to like her. The way your voice was all sad but like in love…." Miroku winced as he felt a bump growing on his head. Inuyasha wiped his hands on his palm.
"Quit saying stuff like that. She's my friend, not my girlfriend."
"What do you mean quit saying stuff like that? I've only said it once!" That was right; Inuyasha looked back at the car. Sango had said that he and Kagome were in love too. But that couldn't be true. Miroku hadn't even met Kagome so why the hell would he be saying that stuff unless; it was the way Inuyasha acted.
"I'm just here to bring her back. She left us for some dumb ass reason, and everyone needs her back in Kyoto." Miroku pushed off the car with the back of his feet, making a shoe mark on the car.
"So I guess she is hot if everyone needs her."
"Miroku!!"
"….and if she's best friends with you, she must have some kind of look that attracts men. I mean no offense or anything Inuyasha, but every time I'm with you about all the girls around us drool over you." Inuyasha shook his head in distress. No matter how much time he spent with Miroku, he was always crazy about women. All he spoke about were girls, girls, and more girls. He certainly had his way with him.
One time when Inuyasha was at a bar with him, at least five different women came up to him and slapped him for cheating or never calling them back. And then the five hundred other times he got slapped was for groping and being a perverted ass like usual.
But, Miroku had one hell of a sense of humor. Inuyasha never got bored when he was with the guy. Maybe he could hook Sango up with him or something. Inuyasha shook his head, Sango hated men like this…. She would probably kill Miroku and then come after Inuyasha her self. The girl was pretty scary but when she and Kagome teamed up together after Inuyasha, all hell broke loose. Speaking of which, if Sango could take care of herself, she could handle Miroku when stuff like this happened.
"Well, my boy….I've gotta run. When you have half the day off, you want to do something with it. But, in your case….I would catch up on some sleep before Kouga comes calling." Miroku winked and waved and then was out in a flash, leaving Inuyasha around the cars. Inuyasha tossed the rag into the bucket and made his way back to his room.
The so called servant quarter was actually pretty big, when it was just for the house maids and workers. Inuyasha and Miroku had the smallest room of course. When Miroku said that he had his own bedroom, it was a no wonder why when the room was smaller than Inuyasha's closet. But, then again no one knew that Inuyasha even owned his own closet, heck they didn't even know that Sesshomaru Takashi was his older half brother. Living in a world without relying on his brother was better than he thought. He knew he was improving and was pretty proud of it.
Just as Inuyasha made it to his room, his cell phone rang. Looking at the screen he groaned. What did Sesshomaru want now?
"What?" Inuyasha spat.
"Nice to hear from you too, little brother…" Sesshomaru said in a mocking tone.
"What the hell do you want? I got the fucking job all I have to do is get Kagome and come home."
"I'm surprised you haven't even seen the girl. All this work….tsk tsk tsk. I thought you said the first thing you were gonna do was see her."
"You don't think I've fucking tried?"
"Well, do I care?" Inuyasha made a fist and fell back on his cot.
"What the hell did you call me about? I'm sure you wouldn't waste your precious time to just call me." There was a snort and then a laugh.
"You're right dear brother. I wouldn't call you for any reason."
"Then what is it?"
"Tomorrow…."
"Tomorrow what?" Inuyasha screamed into his cell. Sesshomaru laughed.
"Patience is something you need to work on Inuyasha."
"Just spit it out. Why are you wasting time?"
"Fine, fine, fine. Tomorrow there's a convention party like thing…." Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "I won't be able to make it in Tokyo in time. So would you take the honor of going for me?"
"What!!!!!!!!! Why don't you say that you can't make it?"
"I can't say that. Someone has to show up at this party for me. At least a Takashi has to. You don't want anything ruining our name do you?"
"This is insane, Sesshomaru. I can't go to the fucking party. I'm driving!"
"Driving? Driving who?"
"Driving my boss to some big business party at some ball room…."
"Excellent! Why can't you just take my place then, if you're gonna be there!"
"You mean you're suppose to go to that party too?"
"Of course! I was first on the invitation list. What did you think your brother has been doing for the past few years?!"
"I can't, Kouga has no idea that I'm a Takashi. If he finds out his driver is his very rival than I would be fired and then I definitely won't get to Kagome." Inuyasha would risk it big time if they knew he was Sesshomaru's brother. First of all, when they do find out he would be swarmed by reporters and people. But, Sesshomaru has many rivals who would do anything to beat him.
"No, I'm not doing it."
"You must."
"I don't have to do anything for you."
"You don't even have to stay at the party. Just be there for an hour or so, and then you can leave."
"But what if Kouga sees me? I'm supposed to be waiting in the car…."
"Then make sure he doesn't see you. Stay away from him. The ball room is pretty big and there are going to be thousands of people. Just blend in."
"God dammit, Sesshomaru. I'm not some kind of fucking robot that you can control."
"Unfortunately, you aren't. But this time, you have to go. Who knows…maybe Higurashi might even be there." Inuyasha's head snapped up as he heard the name that Sesshomaru spoke. Did Sesshomaru know something that he didn't know?
"Is Kag gonna be there?" he asked.
"Why are you asking me? Go there and find out, moron," Sesshomaru said.
"Well what the hell am I suppose to wear? I've got nothing but a damn chauffeur uniform….."
"I've already made an appointment for a tux fitting for you. The place is at….." Sesshomaru trailed off with directions and the name of the store. "Don't worry, I've also sent a driver to pick you up."
"What!? You've already planned all of this without my permission?"
"I know you Inuyasha. Whenever you hear the girl's name, all five senses perk up."
"The limo will pick you up in about ten minutes. The invitation is with him….and tomorrow the party starts at…."
"I know!" Sesshomaru laughed.
"Well…I hope you don't embarrass me or anything." There was a click and he was gone. Inuyasha groaned as he put on dry clothes and made his way downstairs. When he reached downstairs he put on his baseball cap over his silver hair and heard the honk of the limo. The limo was of course as large as ever. But why wouldn't it be, it belonged to his brother. Inuyasha got in and saw the familiar face of the driver.
"I didn't think my brother would send someone all the way over here." The limo driver smiled and pushed the gas pedal.
"For doing this favor for him, he has sent you your own personal driver including the limo." Inuyasha rolled his eyes as the car made its way down the street.
Inuyasha spent his day standing, while people measured and threw on different kinds of tuxedoes. He hated wearing these things. It made him feel like an idiot since he seemed like the only one that couldn't breathe. He would rather be wearing khaki's and a collar shirt but instead he was wearing a black and white tux with an annoying bow. Sesshomaru was definitely taking advantage of him. All the work he had done and Sesshomaru still gave him more. First there was the studying and then the 'no money' incident, and then the find a work thing, and now this. So while the stupid women made Inuyasha try on about ten million different shoes that looked so similar, Inuyasha thought of a way to get through this whole ordeal without getting caught.
He was the driver and a guest. So what the hell was he supposed to do? Why didn't Miroku just get his ass up and offer to drive and wait for Kouga?
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Inuyasha yawned as he fell onto his cot. For what felt like five hours he had been doing so much work. Tomorrow morning was when he had to do all the work. Miroku was already sleeping cozily on his cot, snoring like a baby, and holding onto his favorite blanket. The man was smiling in his sleep which meant one thing, he was dreaming of women and more women. Inuyasha groaned and covered his face with his pillow.
He planned to take a large sleeping pill, but then again he had to wake up early too. There wouldn't be any use of it anyways. Before he knew it, Inuyasha found himself in a silent slumber and was dreaming of him playing baseball.
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So the day started off, as Inuyasha rolled of his cot grumbling and mumbling curses. Miroku was still in a deep sleep and of course still smiling and clutching his blanket. Inuyasha managed to take a shower and brush his teeth before he was out the door and getting the limo ready for his highness, Kouga. He felt pathetic, sure he had woken up plenty of times early for studying, but today he was especially tired.
Kouga was already up and about in his business suit, and holding his briefcase. Inuyasha stopped the car in front of him and got out to open the door.
He gave a lazy smirk and then closed the door behind Kouga. Inuyasha made his way around the car and got into the driver's seat. Kouga was the kind of man that was tough. He had ice blue eyes that could probably hunt a person down.
He was strict with words and seemed to get everything he wanted. He looked like a person that was always mad. Inuyasha drove down the street towards the city, where the large company building stood.
The way Kouga worked was the complete opposite from Sesshomaru. Even the Sesshomaru wasn't the nicest person in the world, but he always seemed calm when he was working, so calm that it was scary.
He stopped the limo at the large building, made of glass and only glass. Kouga was pretty successful, but the building wasn't as big as Inuyasha had planned when he first went there. Sesshomaru owned many buildings bigger than this. It would be pretty funny if Kouga found out he had employed someone richer than he was.
Kouga spent the day running from the office, to picking up his suit, and then running to the beauty shop. Inuyasha had no idea but people worked so hard to get Kouga to look perfect. The party was supposed to be very formal and delicate. It was going to be impossible for Inuyasha to blend in.
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Finally after hours of driving, there was to be one more drop off for the day. Kouga was fixed up in his suit and wore a bow tie. He held a red rose in his hand as he nodded his head and Inuyasha started the car. Inuyasha yawned as he made a stop at a huge hotel. It looked like a place a king or queen would stay in.
There were many lights and thousands of limos stopping in front of a red carpet. It was like a movie star thing, where the stars got out of the limo and walked on the red carpet while waving at the camera men. Inuyasha stopped the car, while the lights went crazily. He almost went blind. Inuyasha lowered his face as he made his way around the car and opened the door for Kouga.
It was a good thing the people kept their attention on the person in the limo, instead of the person driving the limo, or Inuyasha would be already caught. The crowd went crazy as Kouga flashed them a brilliant smile. The women were screaming and Inuyasha could have sworn some people fainted as well.
Inuyasha hurried back into the limo and drove away, watching from the rearview mirror, watching Kouga get in. So the objective of the mission was inside the grand hotel. Inuyasha stopped his car where thousands of parked limos were. He could see some limo drivers already sitting in their seats getting ready to sleep or reading a book.
He made his way fast, getting out of the limo and getting back in by the back doors. He needed a place to change. Inuyasha stripped off his chauffeur uniform revealing his tux underneath. He had been sweating and dying of heat all day wearing this. Inuyasha took of his cap and tossed it to the front seat. Inuyasha pulled out the new shoes and slid them on, tying them very fast.
He didn't know why he was rushing, but he had a while until he actually was going inside. He had to wait until there were enough people inside, so that Kouga or other reporters didn't catch him. Inuyasha sat down on the seat and groaned. So all he had to do was give them the stupid invitation to state that Sesshomaru even gave a shit about the party, stay there for at least an hour, and get out of there.
When Inuyasha could see that the lights died down and not many limos were driving up, he made his way out. Inuyasha hurried as fast as he could around the hotel. It was huge and took him at least ten minutes to get around back. He made his way through the kitchen, where everyone was going crazy, cooking and serving.
He guessed the party, had already started. Inuyasha could see them presenting the people in as they walked through the door. It was a good thing he decided to come the back way.
Entering the ball room was like entering the championship baseball game. Lights were everywhere and there were thousands of people dancing and talking. Inuyasha squinted as he pushed through the people. He watched as the man announcing the guest, while they walked in set the invitations down on the table as he shook the hands of the people.
Inuyasha snuck towards the pile and set his invitation on the top of the pile and hurried away. The worst thing that could happen was announce that a Takashi was actually here. Everyone would see him and then his so called disguise would be found.
The place was huge, with such a high ceiling decorated with gold and statues. The place practically was a place for the king. Inuyasha searched the room looking for somewhere to hide. Maybe he should stay in the bathroom. But then again, a lot of people would be using the bathroom. There were more people that he thought which was a good thing; so that Kouga wouldn't find out that his driver was in the very room.
Inuyasha decided to find a different room to stay in, or at least find a corner to hide and sulk in. The party seemed boring anyways. Everyone was dressed up so nicely in their elegant suits and dresses it was making Inuyasha sick. Not only was it just for business men and crap, but models and movie stars were there as well.
Basically this place was for rich people. The only reason why Inuyasha enjoyed this place was because of the hot models dressed half naked in their dresses. Inuyasha grinned, but decided to find a place to stay far from the dance floor and far from the people, unless that made him stands out even more.
Inuyasha shook his head. Why couldn't Sesshomaru just make the trip to come to the party if it was this important, that he even took the chance of sending Inuyasha? As Inuyasha hurried into a crowd of people he saw the table.
The table held thousands of different choices of fruits and foods. There were drinks and the best thing of all…..Ramen. Inuyasha halted at his step and smiled at the food, sitting on the table. He loved Ramen, he had always loved it. It smelt so good from where he stood. Inuyasha took a step toward it as it seemed to draw him towards it.
Who would have thought, a grand hotel like this would actually serve Ramen. Inuyasha grabbed the bowl closest to it and began pretty much, dumping all the soup and noodle into it. He might have not noticed it but some people were actually beginning to stare.
"Yum, yum, yum…" Inuyasha said as he began stuffing the food into his mouth. "This is delicious…" he said. Suddenly, feeling the thirst form in his throat, Inuyasha grabbed a glass cup and poured himself some punch.
Everything was delicious. Once Inuyasha finished the Ramen, he made a jump towards the chicken. Chicken was good, especially chicken ramen. He began eating that as well, and filled his plate. He knew that he had a big appetite, but he didn't know that he looked ridiculous eating that much. He stood near the wall eating and facing the band, watching them play as he continued to eat.
It wasn't soon, but now a lot of women came up to him to ask him to dance. Inuyasha turned them all down; since he was too busy eating his food. He was amazed but he found himself turning down a model. They were all beautiful, but then again if anyone saw him, they would start suspecting.
Still eating his food he kept an eye out for Kouga. The man was no where in sight and he had no idea, what the point was of dropping Kouga off when the guy didn't even seem to be around. After an hour of watching people dance and looking out for Kouga, Inuyasha finally decided to leave. But, not until he ate one more bowl of ramen. Taking another bowl of ramen, he made his way to the back of the room to eat in peace. He pushed past a few people and looked at a huge painting on the wall.
"Ladies and gentleman, may I present to you Higurashi Takeo, and his daughter Kagome!!!"
The whole place erupted into cheers and screaming, and lots of applauding. Inuyasha turned around still with food in his mouth trying to look over the crowd.
Did they just say Kagome? Inuyasha tossed his plate aside and tried pushing past everyone. Kagome was here? Kagome Higurashi? His Kagome? Inuyasha jumped up trying to see. Finally he can tell Kagome to come back home. He stopped short and froze.
She was standing there, arm in arm with an older man who was obviously her father, and Kouga. But what made Inuyasha stop breathing, was her. Kagome stood tall with a smile. She wore a long black shimmering spaghetti strapped dress. Her hair was put in an up due with her curls falling.
Inuyasha was practically gaping. Her skin was glowing gold and she actually had makeup on. She was….beautiful. Inuyasha was staring at a different person.
She was smiling and still clutching onto Kouga and her father. She didn't even look like Kagome, standing in a dress and wearing makeup! The place was clapping for her, and only her. She bit her lip and smiled once more.
To Inuyasha it was as if he was seeing Kagome for the first time. She was different, not the tomboy that he knew back in Kyoto.
Kagome took a step down the stairs, while the crowd parted and her father whispered something into her ear. Inuyasha was still in the back of the room watching her. She looked even taller, wearing high heels. Inuyasha wasn't even sure if it was Kagome.
How come Kagome was even here? Why didn't she tell Inuyasha about her father? And what was the strange feeling that he was feeling inside, when he saw her smile at Kouga?
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Kagome stared at all the lights flickering in front of her. Her face was beginning to hurt from smiling too much. She had never seen so many people in the world with cameras.
She held onto her father's arm as he leaned over and whispered.
"They think you and Kouga are a couple…" Kagome smiled, but inside she hated it. She wanted to skin Kouga and her father alive. Kouga, the guy with the big ego. He almost reminded her of Inuyasha, except Inuyasha was meaner.
Everyone at the party was waving and smiling. It was impossible. Kouga looked over at her and smiled. She couldn't do anything but smile back. What was the point of this party? She had gone to plenty of parties, and she still hated it. Kagome took a step down the stairs and felt the pain at her ankles.
Her feet were killing her. These shoes were made to make people suffer. Kagome bit her lip and looked around. She already couldn't wait until the party was over. The dress was uncomfortable as well. She swore she would trip over it, and then rip it. It had cost a fortune, but of course it meant nothing to her father.
She stood as straight as she could, trying to look as good as she can for the cameras and her father. Kagome sighed and swallowed.
What she wanted to do the most right now was to be on a baseball field, playing catch with Inuyasha. She smiled and looked out, even though she was mad at him, she would rather be there then be here smiling non stop.
Even though she didn't want to admit it, she really did want to know what Inuyasha was doing. What was Inu doing at this very moment?
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