Wow, Thanks guys! With all the wonderful and heart filled Reviews I'm working super hard on this chapter! Thanks for all the comforting reviews guys! As repayment Sunday is going to be long, it's actually the normal 13 pages in spite of my original plans to have it only be 9. I'm sorry but during this chapter you will want to murder Sesshoumaru, also I'm giving both (Sesshoumaru and Kagome) of them alone time so you can see how they interact with other peeps!

Although this most likely will be the least liked chapter since there is NO fluff AT ALL and very little humor, I am hoping it will still be good. ) I'm getting started early and I'll be typing on cardboard boxes and crates. If that doesn't make my inspiration fly nothing will!

Soooo here is the newest chapter, please enjoy!

Heart Hacking

Sunday Sting

Kagome exited the dim church and stepped out into the light, shading her eyes with her hand. It was now Sunday morning and she had just attended the ten thirty church service, might I remind you that she became a most solid believer in God after living through several car rides with the infamous Sesshoumaru.

She heaved a sigh as she hailed a Taxi and slipped in, giving the driver directions to her home. She stared out the window in silence as the crazy driver careened down the streets and came to a halt outside her apartment complex five minutes later.

Kagome quickly paid him and got out, dialing a phone number on her cell phone as she entered the building. The phone rang a few times before Sesshoumaru's smooth voice came on.

"You've reached my home phone. I'm in the office right now, call me there." His answering machine ordered.

"He works on a Sunday?" Kagome muttered to herself as she opened her apartment door. "What kind of a dweeb is he?" With similar thoughts scurrying through her mind she quickly changed into jeans and a nice white blouse before grabbing the box of jewelry and heading back outside. She slowly walked to the apartment, enjoying the breeze and warm sun.

She reached the tall Tashio Inc building twenty minutes later; she had taken her time while soaking up the sun, and marched into the skyscraper. No one was around and it was eerily quiet.

Most of the lights were turned of, and to be honest Kagome was surprised the doors were open. All of the offices were locked, and Kagome shuddered as she stepped on to the elevator. It was like some bad sci-fi movie.

She got off the elevator at the 52end floor and smiled, the lights to the hallway that led into Sesshoumaru's office were on. She quietly walked down the corridor and smiled as she pushed the glass doors open.

Sesshoumaru was wearing comfortable, baggy jeans along with a blue t-shirt that clearly showed off his lean form. He gazed up at Kagome, his golden eyes glancing at her before he returned his attention to the computer screen.

"Hello!" Kagome cheerfully greeted him as she plopped the package on his desk. Sesshoumaru said nothing and started typing furiously away. "Well how are you Mr. Crabby Claws?" Kagome scoffed, sticking out her tongue.

"Please refrain from acting like a child." Sesshoumaru said in a deadpan voice, never looking away from the monitor.

Kagome frowned, her blue eyes reflecting the troubled feeling she was getting. Sesshoumaru never acted this icy and ratty… "What are you doing in here?" She demanded, placing her hands on her hips. "Are you that much of a geek that you cannot stand taking a single day off?" She demanded.

Sesshoumaru flicked his eyes over at her direction for a split second. He had planned on getting rid of her on Monday, but he could always start now. "Go away." He ordered.

Kagome's mouth dropped. "Excuse me?" She asked.

"I said 'go away'. Incase you cannot understand English let me speak in your native language, moron. Go away means to leave me, to stay away from me, to never see me again." He said. Kagome gave him a calculated look; his tone was icy and cold. He wasn't joking.

"How's Tashio and Sakura?" Kagome asked, ignoring his previous comment with no small amount of hurt.

"How would I know? Even if I did I wouldn't tell you." He said.

"I put the jewery on your desk, thank you for lending it to me." Kagome said with a slight smile.

"I am relieved that you got it through your thick scull that I was merely lending it to you. I was half afraid that with your low IQ you would still believe it was a gift." Sesshoumaru sneered.

"What is your problem?" Kagome said with a scowl.

"You." He easily answered as he turned his attention back to the computer.

Kagome rolled her eyes and quietly left his office, making her way to the break room. She turned the lights on and quickly plugged in a coffee machine as she picked out a flavor, hazelnut, poured it in, measured some water, and dug up a dust covered coffee cup.

As the coffee brewed Kagome carefully washed out the mug, it was disgustingly dirty. She sniffed happily as the pleasant aroma of coffee filled the air. She carefully poured Sesshoumaru a cup before unplugging the machine and walking back to his office.

Kagome cheerfully inhaled the scent as she went. Although she was not particularly fond of coffee herself, the fragrance was delightful.

Kagome opened the office door and set the coffee on Sesshoumaru's desk as she slipped over to her own and sat on an empty portion. Sesshoumaru sniffed the drink before speaking. "I don't like coffee."

Kagome snorted. "That's a lie and we both know it. I have seen you guzzle down large quantities of it." She said as she picked a fuzzy off of her blouse.

Sesshoumaru turned his cold, dead eyes to her face simply staring at her before he continued with his work, totally ignoring the cup of steaming liquid.

Kagome sighed. "Honestly, it's not like I can ruin a cup of coffee."

"With your 'talents' I highly doubt that." Sesshoumaru said, turning his attention back to the screen.

"Sesshoumaru." She said. He ignored her. "Sesshoumaru!" She said louder, he rarely ever came when she called, but now he wasn't even responding. She glared and yelled into his ear. "SESSHOUMARU!"

"WHAT?" Sesshoumaru bellowed back. "Listen little girl, you may not have anything to do right now, but I have work. Either tape your mouth shut, or better yet leave me in my peace and go jump off a bridge."

Kagome rolled her eyes and checked her watch; it was now 12:34. "It's almost lunch time; do you want to go out to eat?" She questioned.

"With you? No." He said.

Kagome flinched, that stung. "Jerk." She muttered. "Well I'm going. If you need me my cell phone is on. I'll bring you back some lunch in an hour or something." She said as she hopped off her desk and walked out of the office without a backward glance.

Sesshoumaru waited until he could no longer hear the girl before he quickly gulped down the coffee she had brought him. He collapsed on his desk, banging his forehead on the surface. He was an idiot and he knew it. That irritating longing constantly filled his being whenever she was near.

"This is going to be harder then I thought." Sesshoumaru mused, wanting to beat himself after he had seen the look in Kagome's eyes before she left. "Much harder."

"That guy is such a jerk!" Kagome fumed to Sango as she stalked down the streets.

Sango laughed from the other end of the line. "And you just figured this out now?" She asked.

"Hey, he wasn't that bad before! I don't know; it's like he woke up on the wrong side of the dog house this morning!" She snapped into her cell phone.

"I dunno, I worked with him a few times. He seemed to have an icicle shoved up his butt the entire time." Sango said.

"Yeah, well today he had a snowman up there." Kagome snorted. "Where do you want to meet for lunch?" She asked.

"Um, I don't care." Sango paused. "How about that ice cream parlor that we used to go to as kids?"

"Great idea!" Kagome said, brightening considerably. "I'll meet you there in ten minutes."

"Gotcha. Bye!" Sango said before hanging up.

Kagome grinned as she increased her pace and darted down a few streets, happily heading to a childhood hangout.

Kagome squealed with delight as she came into view of the small ice cream parlor. It had clear glass windows with a white door that she opened. As she entered the parlor a bell tinkled merrily and Kagome smiled with happiness. Nothing had changed. The booths with the vinyl seats were still shining and spotless. The countertop was smooth and slick, and the white and teal checkered floor was perfectly clean. Old fashioned pictures were nailed on the walls. Behind the counter was a sign with over a hundred flavors and toppings listed and giant silver dishes and silverware clinked as a waitress made a humongous banana sundae.

Kagome grinned and crept up to a silver, circular table with two chairs. A girl with dark brown hair and cinnamon brown eyes was seated there, twiddling her thumbs as she gazed at a menu. "Boo!" Kagome crowed in the other girl's ear.

The girl jumped. "Kagome!" She scolded. "I would have thought that you would have outgrown that by now!" She lectured.

Kagome laughed. "Sorry Sango, I couldn't help it!" She said with a guilty smile.

Sango rolled her eyes and grumbled a bit under her breath before speaking. "So what are you going to order?"

Kagome closed her eyes with sheer excitement. "Mmm I don't know." She confessed. "Everything is so good here!"

Sango laughed. "I believe I'm going to get the chocolate blitz." Sango started as she licked her lips. "Chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips topped with-"

"Chocolate whipped cream!" Kagome finished for her friend with a laugh. "You always get that!"

"Well I love chocolate!" Sango protested.

"What can I get for you two?" A smiling waitress asked.

"A chocolate blitz for me!" Sango said with a big grin.

"Hmm, and a large strawberry sundae for me, and a basket of onion rings, please!" Kagome said as she folded the menu and placed it back in it's holder on the table.

Sango turned to her friend with a worried look. "This guy really has you upset doesn't he?"

"What do you mean?" Kagome said as she stirred an ice water drink Sango had ordered before she had gotten there.

"You only order onion rings when you're feeling hurt, and the last time you ordered a large strawberry sundae was when you failed a mid term exam." Sango said as she nonchalantly sipped her water.

Kagome glared at her childhood friend. "That's not fair!" She pouted. "You can't possibly remember what foods I order!"

"You know you love me."

"You're a stalker! It was I who was hired at Tashio Inc first!" Kagome said as she stuck out her tongue.

"Someone has to keep you out of trouble." Sango said with a wink. "But let us speak on serious matters now." Sango said, her face turning somber. "What is going on with you and Sesshoumaru?" She asked Kagome, gauging her reaction.

Kagome heaved a great sigh. "I'm not sure Sango, I'm not sure. Stuff happened, and I thought we had decided to simply put it behind us. Now he's simply being a jerk." Kagome said as she gazed out the window.

Sango narrowed her eyes, Sesshoumaru had obviously done something to hurt Kagome. That meant it was time for some serious boy bashing. "Ignore him!" Sango ordered as she rolled her eyes. "He goes through mood swings! Honestly, I swear he has a guy version of PMS."

Kagome giggled. "Tell me about it!"

"He really can be stupid! I swear if you were to put in him a desert he would slowly melt." Sango snorted.

Kagome laughed. "Can't you see him? 'Help me, I'm melting! I'm melting!' Hah! I should try that sometime. Perhaps he would fit in a stove…"

"Nah, his ego is gargantuan. I'm surprised he's able to walk through the doors, he really should be wearing a sign that says 'Warning: Big head!'" Sango said with a large grin.

"And when he is confronted with something he doesn't like he does these girlie sniffs! It's very dainty and feminine!" Kagome started while laughing, picturing her boss with makeup and a dress.

"That's not the only girlish thing he does! Have you heard him scream sometimes? I once saw Inu Yasha threaten to hold up a picture of a nude Kikyo and he gave the loudest high pitched scream I have ever heard! Mind you that was a pretty scary threat." Sango said while shaking her head.

"And he gets so offended when you compare him to a cat, he'll spit if you even bring up the word kitten!"

"Really?" Sango asked, her cinnamon brown eyes widening.

Kagome nodded. "One time I came back to the office to find him shredding one of my giant kitten posters, he said it was disgustingly cute and it was staring at him so he decided to eliminate it." Kagome said with a fond smile which quickly turned into a soft frown. "Speaking of which Mr. Antisocial will be roaring for some food soon." She said as the waitress delivered their sticky masses of goodness and ice cream. "I had better order something for him before we go." She said as she licked her lips and tapped her spoon on the side of her glass dish.

"Bottoms up!" The two girls cheered together.

"Just make sure you get something he likes, otherwise he'll most likely threaten to decapitate your stuffed animal cat." Sango said before shoving a giant spoonful of ice cream into her mouth.

"Yep. I wouldn't put it past him." Kagome said as she licked off her spoon. "Males." She said with a roll of her eyes.

"Females." Sesshoumaru growled. "More specifically Kagome." He muttered to himself as he massaged his forehead with his hands. The phone broke the icy silence that had enveloped the room and Sesshoumaru glared at it as if he could make it explode. He had no such luck and instead it continued to ring, sending his headache through the roof. "Who would dare to call me now?" He grumbled as he picked it up. "What do you want?" He barked into the phone.

"Mr. Sesshoumaru of Tashio Inc?" A wondering voice said on the other side.

"Yeah?"

"Sesshoumaru, you old bear! You sound just as irritable as ever. This is Vince by the way."

Sesshoumaru allowed himself a small frown, Vince was the partner for the new European line of Tashio Inc. "Hello. What do you need?" He asked in a slightly more civil tone.

"I'm just telling you that things here are running smoothly. We are having some problems though; we can't find any decent programmers."

"You have hundreds of programmers at your disposal, what are you calling me for?"

"Well we have an open position for a manager. However that manager must double as a programmer and we need an expert on hacking. We've already had five incidents in the past week and we need to stop it."

Sesshoumaru's mind started whirling. "Oh?"

"Well I hope Sesshoumaru will eat a hamburger." Kagome said as she gathered up her take out bag as Sango put on her coat.

"If he doesn't make him go pick up something." Sango snorted.

"Yeah, I guess." Kagome said with a sigh as they exited the small ice cream parlor. The two friends gazed out into the city streets, smiling with contentment.

"Someone is watching us." Sango said as she narrowed her eyes.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Oh great, here we go again." She said as she watched Sango peer suspiciously up and down the street.

Sango slowly reached for her purse, feeling around for the inside, and pulled out a can of mace and a small boomerang.

As a college student Sango became obsessed with the Nintendo 64 ™ game, Zelda. After spending three days straight of playing the game she fashioned a small boomerang out of cardboard, lined with steel. At times when she was feeling threatened she would take it out, scaring not only people around her with her strangeness but also any potential stalkers.

"If we were in a TV show they would be playing the scary CSI ™ music." Sango announced, whirling around as Kagome shook her head.

"Sango, you're over reacting again."

"Am not."

"Are to."

"Am not!"

"Are to!"

"Am not!"

"Hello ladies!" Miroku cheerfully said as his hand came into contact with Sango's bottom.

"PERVERT!" Sango screamed as she bashed him in the head with her Zelda-like boomerang before spraying him with mace. To Kagome's surprise the boomerang was not at all mutilated from the impact, and Sango realized that she had to buy yet another can of mace.

Miroku shuddered from his fetal position on the floor as Sango towered over him, her eyes gleaming dangerously.

"You have five seconds to run." Sango murderously warned the trembling programmer.

Kagome checked her wristwatch before gasping. "I have to run, Fluffy, lord of the jerks, is going to be seething. I'll meet you at a mall in say, half an hour?" Kagome asked.

"Certainly. How bout the new Sakura Mall downtown? Four." Sango counted.

"Sounds good." Kagome said with a nod as she shifted the takeout bag into her other hand.

"Three." Sango said as Miroku scrambled to his feet.

"Okay, see you later!" Kagome said as she started down the sidewalk.

"Kay! Bye! Two." Sango continued as Miroku started running down the street.

Kagome shook her head as she continued up the street, not even stopping to pause when she heard. "ONE! GET READY YOU STUPID, PERVERTED, GROSS… THING!"

The walk to the Tashio Inc building was relatively quick. The entire way over Kagome was grumbling about her salary, and lack of cash. "I had better get a raise for this." She grunted as she entered the building and quietly made her way to the elevator. She rode up to the 52end floor, her forehead wrinkled with concentration.

She winced as she slowly walked down the hallway, her pride still stinging from the last beating Sesshoumaru gave it. A look of determination passed over Kagome's face. "I'm not gonna let him do that again." She vowed before entering the office.

She gazed at Sesshoumaru, he looked horrible. In the past hour he must have gone to the ends of the earth and back. He had dark circles under his eyes and his usually gleaming amber eyes had a glazed look. His silver hair was no longer neatly brushed and was instead swirling around him with a mind of its own.

"You look like a wreck." Kagome she blurted out as she set the bag of food on Sesshoumaru's desk.

Sesshoumaru gave her an icy glare that seemed to freeze her entire being. "You are out of your place, girl." He sneered before eyeing the bag with a great amount of suspicion.

"A hamburger and fries. Don't look at me like that, it's not like I poisoned it or anything! Although… that would have been a good idea…" Kagome trailed off after seeing that Sesshoumaru was not getting flustered or frustrated like he usually did. Instead he appeared to be getting angry, very angry.

"Shut up." He growled as he massaged his forehead.

Kagome rolled her eyes. Why was he so uptight today? "Well how's the work coming?" She asked as she threw herself into her chair and spun around a few times.

"It's none of your business." Sesshoumaru snarled, still rubbing his head.

Kagome stopped spinning and righted her whirling world. "What is wrong with you? Did you not eat breakfast or something?"

"I believe we went over this girl. You are my problem."

Kagome's mouth dropped before her eyes hardened, this time she wasn't going to let him get away with it. She got up and stalked over to his desk, sharply prodding him in the chest. "Look bucko, I don't know who you think you are, but you are in serious need of an attitude adjustment. I don't care if you are the CEO, you cannot and will not talk to me like that." She ordered, jabbing him to prove her point.

"Oh? And what are you going to do to stop me?" Sesshoumaru asked, his voice starting to get louder.

Kagome glared and stood on her tip toes to appear as intimidating as possible. "I'm not going to do anything! I'll simply stay away from you! After all who would want to hang out with such an antisocial, egotistical, slug!"

"At least I do not venture where I am clearly unwanted!" Sesshoumaru shot back.

"Correct, you don't venture anywhere! Do you even know the name of your father's secretary? I'm surprised you've bothered to learn your step mother's name!" Kagome yelled, her voice clearly getting higher and much louder.

"You're one to talk! At least I see my family and I don't beg my boss to give me cash to support them!"

"Keep my family out of this Sesshoumaru!" Kagome yelled.

"Well you're a Higurashi! What did you expect, me to dance around the fact that you are practically a beggar?"

"I'm not tramp Sesshoumaru. I have friends that will gladly defend me. That's more then you can say, after all who likes you?" Kagome shouted; he had gone too far.

Sesshoumaru calmly stood and towered over her, his eyes gleaming a dangerous gold. Kagome gulped, afraid that she was in for the lecture of a lifetime, even so she wasn't prepared for what he did.

Sesshoumaru stared her down for a moment until she visibly shrunk. Then he struck out, literately, and roughly slapped her in the face while giving her a slight push making her fall onto the floor.

Kagome stared open mouthed from her bent position on the floor as her cheek stung. She watched Sesshoumaru calmly sit down in his chair before he took the bag of food and dropped it in the garbage can.

Kagome slowly stumbled to her feet. "You are the slimiest creature on this planet Sesshoumaru." She said before she walked out of the office, tears prickling her eyes while she disappeared down the office.

The second she was gone Sesshoumaru fell out of his chair and collapsed on the floor. He had hit a woman, Kagome Higurashi to be exact. He never thought he fall to that low of a level, my how he over estimated himself. He stared up at the white ceiling as he felt his self destructed world fall apart. "It's for the best, Kagome. It's for the best." He muttered as he tried to ignore the nauseous feeling in his stomach and the heart wrenching sobs of both his assistant and his inner soul.

Kagome walked blindly through the mall, closely resembling a lost puppy that had been kicked by its master. She had visited the bathroom to confirm that the slap she had received from Sesshoumaru would not leave her with a bruise. "Scumbag." She muttered. "I hope his fan club finds him." She closed her eyes, longing to say much stronger things due to the damage he had inflicted upon her. "Scumbag." She half heartedly repeated as she started to storm down the large walkway of the mall. She still had thirty minutes before she was supposed to meet Sango and Miroku, who would most likely be trailing behind Sango like a wounded kitten.

Kagome continued to rant to herself as she wrathfully stalked through the stores. Mother's shielding their small kids ran from her dangerous onslaught as she grabbed random hangers and clothes and dragged them into fitting rooms.

She continued to mutter and grumble as she tried on the clothes before angrily throwing them on the return rack. She stomped out of the store and flew on to her next batch of horrified victims, erm I mean stores.

She was walking so fast that she didn't notice one person who was to oblivious to move out of the way, and promptly ran him over.

Kagome halted after noticing that she was standing on something soft. She glanced down to see a dazed Naraku with his glasses askew as she stood on his chest. "Oh, Naraku I'm so sorry!" She apologized as she hopped off of him and helped him up, brushing off the footprints on his chest for him.

"It's okay." He said in a stunned manor. "I don't think you broke anything." He said with a shy smile toward Kagome, who promptly burst into tears.

"Kagome what's wrong?" He asked as he nervously looked around, people were giving him dirty looks as if he had hit the poor sobbing girl.

"Sesshoumaru." She hiccupped out between cries.

To Naraku's astonishment she threw herself at him and wrapped her arms around his waist, crying into his chest. Naraku grew paler at first before smiling tenderly as he gently stroked Kagome on the back while musing over the said problem. The CEO had obviously done something to upset her… knowing Sesshoumaru the silver haired man had discovered he had feelings for the young hacker and decided to drive her away. How exactly would Naraku know this? Well, being an employee and a link in the gossip chain for six years might have had something to do with it… not to mention that Tashio had a very big mouth.

He gently guided the girl over to a bench and sat down before offering Kagome a Kleenex. "What happened?" He asked as Kagome's sobs shrunk down to shudders and hiccups.

"He slapped me." She said, still sounding shocked.

Naraku froze; never would he have thought that Sesshoumaru would do something that low. "Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yes." Kagome quietly said. "I don't know why he did it though… we were getting along fine yesterday."

Naraku shoved his glasses further up his nose as he studied the hurting girl. He wasn't exactly sure what he was supposed to say. "Why are you here?" He asked.

Kagome gave him a smile, her blue eyes glimmering. "I'm meeting Sango and Miroku here.

Naraku blinked. "Weren't you supposed to meet them like twenty minutes ago?"

Kagome looked confused and gazed at her wristwatch before promptly having a heart attack, Naraku was right! "Ack! Sorry Naraku, I've got to run! Thanks for letting me cry." She said with a sweet smile before running through the mall.

Naraku watched the girl disappear with a small smile, trust the town pervert to know appointments and such between friends. Miroku really was a sicko. Naraku leaned back in his chair before pressing the speed dial number on his cell phone.

"Hi Kagura, do you happen to have Inu Yasha's number?" Naraku said with a small blush at the mere thought of the beautiful secretary.

"Hey Naraku! I sure do!" The girl chattered before rattling it off. Naraku scribbled it down, said a quick good bye, and then dialed Inu Yasha's number.

"Inu Yasha? This is Naraku. I thought you might like to know… Sesshoumaru hit Kagome."

Kagome heard her phone ringing and quickly dug through her purse as the chirpy melody played. She finally found with and gave a cry of triumph.

"Kagome speaking!" She cheerfully answered.

"It's Sesshoumaru. I was wondering if you would like to go to dinner tonight." Sesshoumaru all but ordered.

"Fine. When?" Kagome said, a frosty tone settling in her voice.

"Six sound okay to you?"

"Sure."

"I'll pick you up." Sesshoumaru said.

"Okay. Bye." She hung up on him.

"Who was that?" Sango asked, leaning over her friend's side.

"Sesshoumaru. He wants me to eat dinner with him." Kagome replied with a frown.

"What? That jerk! You're actually going to?" Sango shrieked.

"Who knows, maybe he's going to apologize." Kagome said with a shrug.

"Maybe." Sango said with a doubt filled voice.

Sesshoumaru massaged his head as he forehead as he stared at his cell phone. He felt like he was going to do the most savage and slimiest thing on Earth, but it had to be done.

"Sesshoumaru!" Inu Yasha burst into Sesshoumaru's office, uttering a few colorful words.

"What?" Sesshoumaru said as he stood and gazed out the window.

"I was told that you hit Kagome!" Inu Yasha stormed, forcibly turning his elder brother around to face him.

"She dared to tell you?" Sesshoumaru said with narrowed eyes.

"Quite being such a moron! No she didn't tell me, Kagome is honorable unlike you." Inu Yasha stormed. "I'm going to tell dad and then you really will be sorry." He growled as he grabbed the neckline of his brother's shirt.

"Whatever." Sesshoumaru said, glaring at his ghastly little sibling.

Inu Yasha released him and pushed him backwards. "You really are a slug! I always thought you were above hitting a girl, but apparently I was wrong!" He taunted.

Sesshoumaru said nothing and simply turned around.

"Why do you have your head shoved up your butt? Honestly, your such an"

"Ask me no more questions Inu Yasha, I won't answer them." Sesshoumaru said in a slightly haunted voice.

The younger brother paused and gazed at Sesshoumaru seeing the dark circles under his eyes and the ghostly look in his eyes. Inu Yasha's eyes harded, the jerk was doing it simply because he loved her!

"Dad wants an update on the European project." He growled. "And you had better stay away from Kagome, Dad will make sure of that." He warned before storming out, noticing Kagome's folder on Sesshoumaru's desk along with Inu Yasha's advertisements for the European firm. He stormed out to his car and sped back home, his mind racing. Why on earth would his brother do something so dishonorable?

"At least he's getting some work done." He grumbled as he stopped at a stop light. "That Europe firm needs some help." He sullenly said before pausing. Wait… Kagome's folder, the firm! "Sesshoumaru!" Inu Yasha growled as he quickly drove to his apartment, intent on getting there on time to retrieve Kagome's phone number before Sesshoumaru could reach her.

Kagome twirled around in the full length mirror in her apartment. She was wearing a long black dress that had small sparkles woven into the fabric. The gown wrapped around her upper body and pooled out at the waist, dropping just to her knees. She grabbed her matching black purse and slipped on a pair of black heels when the phone rang.

"Hello?" Kagome asked.

"Kagome? It's Inu Yasha, I have to tell you something!"

At that exact moment Sesshoumaru pulled up to Kagome's apartment complex and honked. Kagome rolled her eyes. "Sorry Inu Yasha, I've got to go. Your brother is taking me out to eat, we're going to the Western Lands, it's pretty nice from what I've heard." She said with a small smile.

"He's what? Wait! Then I really HAVE to talk to you!" Inu Yasha frantically said.

Kagome frowned a bit as Sesshoumaru impatiently honked once more; she was going to get in trouble with the land lord if he kept it up much longer. "Sorry Inu Yasha, I'll call you if I get home at a reasonable time. If not I'll see you tomorrow! Bye!" She said, hanging up on the protesting male before grabbing a slinky black jacket and running out of her apartment.

Kagome raced outside and quickly seated herself in the passengers' seat of Sesshoumaru's convertible. "Did you remember to take that jewelry? I thought it kind of looked like you might have forgotten it in all of the, um…" Kagome trailed off as he nodded.

An awkward pause filled the car as Sesshoumaru drove at a reasonable speed. Kagome frowned; he obviously wasn't going to apologize for hurting her. Well, she would simply not speak until he did!

Her resolve faltered as silence roamed around the car, neither occupants making any move to recognize or converse with the other. They reached the restaurant and Sesshoumaru simply ignored Kagome and walked into the fancy club, straightening his tuxedo.

Kagome frowned and followed him as a waitress seated them on a sparkling glass table. The lights were low and small candles in the center of the table gave off a warm, comforting glow.

Kagome gazed around the room and continued to make no attempt for conversation as Sesshoumaru ordered his food.

"What would you like to order miss?" The clean cut waitress asked.

"I'll have the shrimp and pasta please." Kagome said with a smile as she handed the girl her menu. Heck, she didn't get to eat out much, why not live it up? Besides, she wasn't paying.

"You have expensive tastes." Sesshoumaru dryly remarked, sounding like himself for the first time that day.

"You still owe me for those hamburgers." Kagome said as she gazed at her water before taking a sip.

"I owe you nothing!" He scoffed before a small smile settled over his lips as he gazed at her from across the table. As quickly as the look came it disappeared and his eyes became hard again.

Kagome said nothing and they remained in silence until the food came. They ate quietly, Sesshoumaru eating his steak while Kagome daintily picked at her shrimp.

"I trust everything is to your likening?" Sesshoumaru all but spat, gazing frostily at her.

"Yes." Kagome said with a frown after pushing her plate away. "Now why did you invite me here? It is obviously not because you find my company enjoyable." Kagome never was one to be tactful.

Sesshoumaru cleared his throat as he too pushed his plate away from them. "As you know Tashio Inc is expanding into other countries. We have firms in America, England and a new one in France. We are planning on expanding into Spain and Germany too." He said.

Kagome nodded, not understanding where he was going.

"I received a call from the French firm this morning; they are in dire need of a manager."

"So?" Kagome asked, taking another sip of her water.

"So I'm sending you there."

Kagome almost spit her water out at him. "Are you crazy?" She demanded, sparks shooting in her eyes. "I'm not leaving Japan!" She glared as she crossed her arms.

"Oh?"

"You cannot make me."

Sesshoumaru smirked. "But I can. I have contacted your bank and they are going to foreclose on your family shrine. The only way to save your family is if you go!"

"Why are you doing this?" Kagome demanded, blinking away her tears. "You could just leave me alone on my floor; we'll never see each other again anyway!" She said turning her gaze to the window as she continued to furiously blink.

Sesshoumaru took a drink of his own water. "It is because I dislike you. You annoy me Higurashi, you have such a fake, one dimensional personality. I have no idea why my father hired you in the first place. The only reason you are getting such a large paycheck is because he pities you, why do you think he assigned you to be my assistant?" Sesshoumaru sneered. "You are a nobody, you are easily replaceable. You mean nothing to the company, nothing to me. I couldn't care if you were dead."

Kagome closed her eyes and stood. "I hate you." She said before turning around.

"SESSHOUMARU!" Tashio thundered as he and Inu Yasha burst into the restaurant. Inu Yasha spotted Kagome fleeing out onto the patio of the building and quickly chased after her while his father stalked toward Sesshoumaru who was coolly seated and taking sips of water.

"What have you done?" Tashio growled at his son.

"I've taken care of a problem." Sesshoumaru said with a sick smirk, but Tashio was still able to see the small drop of water that was slowly traveling down Sesshoumaru's cheek.

Tashio pulled Sesshoumaru to his feet before solidly punching him. Sesshoumaru almost fell to the floor but caught himself and glared at his father as the tables around them gasped and gossiped away while watching the father and son.

"You are the lowest creature on the Earth. How could you purposely harm that poor girl, merely because you're in love with her? I've greatly over estimated your honor and character Sesshoumaru." Tashio growled, his eyes almost burning his son.

"Perhaps, or you simply never thought that I would have the courage to foil your stupid match maker plan." Sesshoumaru mocked.

"Get out of my sight." Tashio sneered. "I hoped I would never say this Sesshoumaru, but right now I honestly wish you weren't my son." The older man said before he followed Inu Yasha out onto the patio.

Sesshoumaru slowly stood and elegantly exited the Western Lands, walked to his car, and broke down. He had just made the biggest mistake of his life. "Kagome." He whispered as it started to rain. "I love you."

Inu Yasha chased Kagome who was running through the gardens, quite fast in spite of her heels.

"Kagome!" He yelled as he gained on the girl.

Kagome stopped as it started to drizzle and collapsed, sobbing. "I have to leave Japan." She mourned. "I HATE YOU SESSHOUMARU! I HATE YOU, I HOPE YOU DIE!" She screamed to the dark sky as Inu Yasha skid to a stop and bent over the hug the broken girl.

"Shhh. It's okay, you don't have to leave Kagome. Father is moving you back down to the programming wing. You won't ever have to see my wretched brother again." Inu Yasha soothed.

"Good." Kagome whispered before erupting into loud sobs as she cried over the cruelness of Sesshoumaru, and the remembrance of a pure kiss that never should have been.

"He's such a slim ball! I hate him!" She cried again as Inu Yasha rocked her back and forth as black rain fell from the sky.

Tashio watched the wrecked form of Kagome as Inu Yasha attempted to calm her. "Sesshoumaru, you really screwed it up this time." He mourned.

Hi guys! Sorry this is late but I didn't get the internet back till yesterday! Not cool, I was having withdrawal!

As for my future projects… Honor and Glory so far is ahead by two votes, however I believe I'll do the first chapter of all three and post them. Whichever gets the most reviews I will update first. All three will be written in different styles, I'm trying different ways. I'm just trying to figure out different ways I can write, and this is the perfect way to see which kind I'm best at!

I've been doing self guided crash courses in writing, so when I get the new chapters out I would REALLY APPRECIATE IT (if you read them) if you would tell me which style you like best. (You'll know what I mean when you read them, they are all very different.)

Thanks a lot guys, stay tuned cuz to be perfectly honest I've already started on My Pet, which I think is going to be my favorite. Still, we shall see! Stay tuned for the next chapter… It's most likely going to be the last since I'll just make it super long instead of dividing it up.

I APOLOGIZE! Fighting/hurtful scenes aren't my strong point… sooo this chapter kinda sucked. I'm sorry! However the next chapter will hopefully be my best yet!

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