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Independent
Chapter Three
Dinner Plans
The sun filtered into her room as she gracefully fell out of bed. Groaning as she rubbed her back, she began to mumble under her breath.
"Stupid sun…why does it have to be so bright anyways? Wait a minute…the sun?!"
Kagome had completely forgot about her guest!
She hurriedly looked at the clock… "11:30?!! Oh my gosh! I'm so embarrassed…"
Her cheeks became flustered as she rushed out of her room and into the hallway, only to stop in front of the guest room. She knocked a few times….no answer…
"Mr. Takahashi?…Are you awake?…"
Still no answer…she timidly opened the door and peeked in, but there was no silver-haired fool in sight.
Her eyebrows drew together in confusion as she searched the closets to make sure he wasn't hiding, but sure enough, there was still no one to be found…
She went out into the living room, nope…not there…she tried the kitchen….nope, not there either… A piece of paper on the table caught her eye as she was about to walk by it…
"Wait…what's this?…"
'Ms. Higurashi,
Thank you for allowing me to stay over. I woke up but you were still asleep, so I'm just going to go ahead and go to work now, the sun is out. Well, thanx a million, I owe you one.
-Inuyasha Takahashi-'
"Hmm…" she murmured as she set the note back down. "…he's not such a bad guy after all…"
(A/N: Poor Kagome…if only she knew…tsk tsk…)
The days flew by, and turned into weeks… Kagome had her business set up, her building jam-packed with equipment and employees…and she was loving it… oh how wonderful it felt to have your own business…what with no one telling you what to do and all…
Every now and then her thoughts wandered to that silver-haired pinhead… According to the news his business was doing pretty good, but hers was more than enough to rival it.
She leaned onto the leather arm of her office chair , remembering how he had stated rather matter-of-factly that there was no way she could make more money than he was offering.
She snorted a bit, "I wonder if he's intimidated yet…"
Its not that she didn't like him, after all, he wasn't that bad of a guy after she got to know him a little better, she just doesn't like being looked down upon…and she tended to hold grudges…
"Kami forgive me for being so competitive…" she muttered under her breath as she looked up at the clock. Only ten more minutes and she could go home to her man…her man being Buyo of course…
She sighed as she sipped the last of her watermelon slurpy, itching her throat here and there, and began to pack a few of her things.
Just then Sango came in, "Hey Kags, so far so good, ne?"
"Oh hey Sango, yup, everything is going great!" she exclaimed, letting her warm laughter out.
Sango sighed as she put her hand to her cheek, "If only my father could see me now…"
The two young women caught up on the events of the day, you know, all the funny happenings around the cubicles and such.
"…Yah, and that quiet guy Hojo tripped over the wastebasket, the poor guy didn't see it coming…you know, I think you two would be a pretty good match. He's pretty good looking ya know…" Sango winked as a slight blush crept its way onto Kagome's face.
"Nah…I think I'd rather stay single, just to be on the safe-side if you know what I mean. Besides, I'm not that interested in dating right now, I don't think I'm ready to jump into another relationship just yet…" she replied thoughtfully.
Sango felt a little regretful for mentioning relationships to Kagome, but hey, she's gotta move on some time right? "Well, come on Kags, it's time to clock out!" she exclaimed, changing the subject.
Both of them rushed out of the gigantic building after clocking out, and said their goodbyes after making dinner plans for the upcoming weekend.
As always, Buyo greeted her as soon as she got home, and she gladly went into the kitchen to get him some food.
After changing into her oh so special cat pajamas, she went into the living room and plopped down onto the couch…time to unwind and watch some good old cartoons…
She was looking for her remote when something blinking caught her eye.
It was her answering machine. "Hmm more messages? I've had about enough of those for the past few days…" she sighed as she pressed the play button and flopped back onto the couch, laying her arm over her forehead as she waited for the messages to start.
'You have, 3 messages…'
She let out a sigh of relief…only 3 this time…
'Message one…Higurashi? Its Inuyasha Takahashi. End of message one…'
She let out a rather pathetic whimper…
'Message two…Change your damn machine!! End of message two…'
"I don't have to listen to you…" she muttered, but continued listening anyways…
'Message three…Forget it, just call 555-8967! End of message three…'
Why would he want her to call him? Maybe he wants to try and bribe her back again…who knows…
She turned off the machine and clicked the tv on, she'd call him after her favorite cartoon…
The phone rang three times before a male voice answered.
"Uhh…Inuyasha?"
"Higurashi? Its about damn time you called!" he yelled into the phone.
Her usually peaceful face took on a frown in a matter of seconds. Who does he think he is?! Yelling at her like that?!
"Well excuse me! You're not the only person that has things to do!"
"And what might those 'things' be?" he asked, slightly amused.
She blushed a bit…she couldn't tell him she was watching cartoons…he would just laugh at her…
"That's none of your business! Well, what did you want?!" she said, getting flustered.
"We're going to dinner this Saturday night, I'll pick you up at seven." he said rather bluntly.
Her eyes widened with shock. "Wha-what? Dinner? What for?"
He growled in frustration. "I owe you one, so we're going to dinner and that's that! Wear something nice, we're going to Sakura Garden."
Everything was happening so quickly…she swore her head was starting to spin.
"B-but…me and Sango were going out to eat Saturday night…" she whined.
"Well, tell her change of plans."
"But…but---" he cut her off before she could continue her stuttering.
"See you then." click
She threw the phone onto the floor and stared at it as if it were the spawn of the devil.
"Gahhhhhhhh! Kami! Whyyyyyy meee?!" she suddenly groaned, slapping her forehead…
Great…now she's stuck going to the fanciest restaurant in the city with that blockhead…
"Now what am I gonna tell Sango..?" she muttered…
AN: Thats it for Chapter Three of Independent guys! Sorry it isn't that long...i'm a bit stiff for now, but i'll work my way back into the plot. I promise! Please review and let me know what you think!