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Hey readers, this is my first attempt at writing fanfiction, please be gentle. - Please read & review; constructive criticism greatly appreciated!
A/N: Thanks for the reviews. I really appreciate it!!! All comments are after this chapter. I really tried to make this longer and I promise that the next one will be even longer. As for the flashbacks, I put 2 in here so I hope everyone's happy. '-'
Unspoken Words
by: lady-rouge
Chapter 3
"Good morning. Inuyasha-san's office, how may I help you?" Kagome answered the inexhaustible rings."Inuyasha, please."
"Hai, just a second," she answered before reaching over to press it on hold and sending it to the long line of calls waiting for him.
The beginning of the day had started out quiet but it soon had picked up and now she was struggling to finish most of the tasks before lunch. It was now 10:46 and lunch was in 44 minutes and she had not even typed out the envelopes to be sent out to clients of the company. After that, there were contracts to type out and oversee. They were easy enough tasks but the phone kept ringing and she could not just ignore them.
This is what you get for applying to the biggest corporation, she thought wryly with a smile. Snapping out of her thoughts, she realized that except for Inuyasha's voice drifting slightly into her room, it was silent. The rings had stopped. She relaxed and thought about her plans for the day. Today, she was meeting Sango for lunch at the café across the street and then after work she was going to walk around the park for a bit before heading on home. Thinking about lunch sent a rush of adrenaline through her and she quickly started to do the tasks at hand.
The café that they were meeting for lunch was a small comfy place with a comfortable atmosphere. The sound of quiet chattering put Kagome at ease as she sat there and waited for Sango. She took a quick glance at her watch and saw that it was 11:35. Glancing around to make sure that Sango was not at the front, she turned back down to look at the menu in her hands; her eyes unseeing as her mind drifted elsewhere. At work, Inuyasha still avoided her as much as possible and tried to keep their talks to a minimal as possible, she thought depressingly. It seemed that Inuyasha would continue to hate her. Not that I blame him, she thought sadly.
"Kagome!"
A voice interrupted her thoughts. She looked up to see Sango dressed in a magenta suit with her long dark hair tied into a high ponytail.
"Sorry I'm late," she apologized; sliding into the chair across from Kagome. "The pervert Mirouku was bothering me today and wouldn't let me leave even though he had to go to a meeting with Inuyasha."
"Who's Mirouku?" Kagome asked confused.
"Oh, he's Inuyasha's assistant in International Affair contracts."
Suddenly Kagome's eyes brightened in recognition. "Does he have a short ponytail?"
Sango nodded. "The one and only, though I do warn you to be careful around him because he will make...how should I put it...unpleasant advances on you with or without your invitation."
"Ok," Kagome nodded hesitantly, not sure of what to say.
"Let's order, shall we?" Sango asked, smiling. "I recommend the chicken chowder, it's my favorite."
"Sure, why not?"
"Waiter," Sango flagged one down. "We'd like two orders of chicken chowder and two glasses of water."
"Coming right up," he said before disappearing into the steamy kitchen.
"So how do you like it here so far?" Sango asked, turning back to face Kagome.
Kagome squirmed. Truthfully, she did like it here, but what she couldn't handle was the real life breathing man next door to her at the office. "I like it," she started out. "But I don't know if I will stay here long. Things still aren't going well with Inuyasha and me," she finished, looking down at her hands.
Sango looked like she was about to ask her something, but was interrupted by the waiter.
"Here you go, ma'am," the waiter's sudden appearance made them forget the talk at hand. He handed them two streaming plates of their order.
They both took a bite out of their bowls and sighed. It was delicious. Kagome could sense Sango's question coming up again and decided to switch to a safer subject. "Let's talk about you. How long have you lived here?"
Kagome walked down the bustling sidewalk and headed to the park. She had a lot of things on her mind that she needed to let loose and the park seemed like the place to do it. She crossed the street and found herself by the entrance of the park. She began to walk into the park and let herself indulge on her thoughts. Things were too stressful at work. She would have to go look for a new job even though she really didn't want to. It was just that every time Inuyasha was around, she felt like her nerves were on the edge. She could never relax because Inuyasha was always cold towards her.
Hearing some laughter, Kagome quickly looked up and saw that she had unconsciously walked to the Sakura trees where a young couple sat on a picnic cloth eating dinner together. Instantly, Kagome was hit by a sense of deja vu. She could only stand there as a happy, but bittersweet moment snuck into her mind:
Kagome had just finished school and she was tired. Tired from all the studying she had to do for her finals.
"Kagome!" A voice called.
Kagome turned around and found herself face-to-face with Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted happily and ran to hug him. "I thought you said that you weren't coming to school today."
He blushed as she pecked him quickly on the cheek. "I did, but now I finished what I wanted to do and I came here to take you to the park with me."
"Why?" she asked curiously.
He just smirked and said, "You'll see."
Kagome prodded him to tell her, but he wouldn't give her a hint. Finally Kagome gave up and just followed him as he took her hand and led the way. As they came to the park, he told her to close her eyes. She grudgingly did so. He gently took her hands and pulled her along the park's paths until she felt her feet on a dirt path. She wondered where they were going and why it was taking so long.
"This had better be good or you're in big trouble Inuyasha," she threatened. The only thing she heard from him was his laughter.
"We're there," he said softly. "You can look now."
Kagome opened her eyes slowly and gasped. There, in front of her was a beautifully set dinner with candles and wine on the table cloth.
"Happy birthday, Kagome," he whispered in her ear, "it's not much but I hope you like it..."
Kagome turned blindly and hugged him. "What are you talking about? This is the best birthday present that I have ever received. I don't want diamonds or pearls. That's not how I am and you should know that by now."
Inuyasha blushed again as she kissed him gently on the lips. Afterwards, he smirked and led her lightly to the cloth. "I'm famished. Let's eat now."
"Inuyasha," Kagome said and laughed loudly; her laughter twinkling in the night air and surrounding them as well as the Sakura trees nearby. "You always know how to ruin everything, don't you?"
Inuyasha just laughed as they sat down and began to eat. Kagome began to eat and as she took a bite out of the scrumptious food, she looked up to see Inuyasha staring at her with a tender look in his eyes.
"What?" She asked him. "Do I have something stuck in my teeth?"
"No," he hastily assured her. "It's just that I'm still surprised to this day..."
"About what?"
"About the fact that you would choose to love a guy like me when there are many other guys out there who are better and richer than I am."
Kagome's face softened and she scolded him, "Oh you. How many times have I told you that all that doesn't matter? I love you for who you are. Not for anything else.
His violet eyes turned a soft hue as he heard her say that. "I'm so lucky to have you, Kagome," he said before kissing her fiercely. "I'm never going to stop loving you."
Kagome jerked out of her reminiscence and was surprised to find a tear rolling down her cheek. That day had been one of the best days in her life and now, to this day, it was still the best birthday gift she had ever had; even better than the expensive diamond necklace that Naraku had given her on one of her later birthdays.
She walked quickly down the dirt path and decided to go to the grocery store before heading on home. She did not want to remember that night anymore or the fact that she had discovered that she had lied to him. For that, she cold not forgive herself. As she began to walk, she thought back on her conversation with her mother and her eyes turned sorrowful. She was no good. Not only had she lied to Inuyasha, she had lied to her mother. "You're right, mama," she whispered into the quiet night air, "I really did love him, and I still do...ever so much. He was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I was stupid enough to let him go."
"Kagome, there is someone here to see Inuyasha." Sango's voice broke through her thoughts and filled the quiet room.
"Is it an appointment? Because I don't remember him having one."
"No, but she is demanding to see him. Should I kick her out or send her bitchy ass in?"
Kagome laughed. Trust Sango to cheer her up everyday. She knew that there was something going on between her and Inuyasha though she did not ask because she did not want to pry into their business. "Send her in. Inuyasha's at a meeting, but I'll see what to do about her. Thanks Sango."
"No problem. Though if you need help in telling her to leave, just call me on the intercom and I'll be there in a flash. I took some martial arts class when I was a little kid," she said with a laugh and hung up.
Kagome just shook her head and waited. She did not have to wait long. The sound of high heels could be heard as the woman entered the room. She was beautiful, though the scowl on her face marred the perfect features.
"Who are you?" She asked rudely, looking Kagome up and down with a disgusted look on her face. "His servant, I presume?"
Kagome face turned red and she held back the urge to shout at her. "Actually, I'm his secretary."
"In other words, you're his servant," the woman said nonchalantly; looking at her long red nails.
"Why you..." Kagome took a deep breath and counted to ten before she could look at the woman without grabbing her hair and slapping her. "Who are you?" It was Kagome's turn to question her.
She smiled delightedly. "Who else? I'm his girlfriend." She looked at Kagome like she was the dumbest person on Earth. "Where is he?" She demanded.
"I'm sorry, but he is at a meeting now and it may take a while for them to finish up."
"I want you to call him now and tell him that his girlfriend is here."
"I can't. You'll have to wait because he told me specifically not to bother him at this meeting."
The woman's voice turned syrupy, but was laced with threat. "I'm sure he wouldn't mind because it's not just anyone, it's me. Now I'm sure you like your job here and I know you wouldn't want to lose your job with the biggest corporation in Japan, do you? If you don't do what I say, don't be too surprised if Inuyasha fires you one day in the near future. I have a big influence on him."
"No," Kagome said in an even tone.
Her voice turned nasty. "Why you-"
"Kikyo?"
Instantly, both of them turned towards the voice and saw Inuyasha and Mirouku by the doorway.
Her voice turned sugary. "Oh Inuyasha," she walked over to Inuyasha and grabbed his arm. "Your secretary was so mean to me. I can't believe she was even hired to work for you. She wouldn't let me come see you," she turned and gave Kagome an accusing glare.
Kagome met her accusing glare and only stopped when she saw Inuyasha look at her. She looked down at her feet.
"That's because I told her not to disturb our meeting. She did her job like I told her to, Kikyo. I'm sorry, but even you can't disrupt the meeting."
Kagome's head snapped up and she looked at him in surprise and a joy flashed through her face. She had thought Inuyasha would snub her to get Kikyo happy.
Kikyo pouted at not getting her way and pulled him closer to her. Kagome felt a sharp pain at their closeness and she turned to walk away, not seeing him pull out of her grasp.
"Are you taking me out to dinner tonight?"
"I can't." He pointed to Mirouku who had sat down to look at a magazine by his desk. "There are a lot of contracts that Mirouku and I have to finish up by today. Why don't you go with your friends instead?"
She pouted, but nodded grudgingly. She knew she could not win when she was against his work. "Fine, but you owe me dinner some other day."
"Okay," he agreed quickly.
She smiled triumphantly and left the room.
Inuyasha sighed and turned around.
"Well, Inuyasha," a sly voice broke in. "You and Kikyo still together after your dad introduced you to her and her family a year ago? How far have you made it with her?"
"You pervert!" Inuyasha went up to him and hit him on the head. "I'm not like you." Inuyasha took a glance at the closed door that held Kagome inside. He knew that Kikyo had angered Kagome in some way and he wanted to go to apologize to her for whatever Kikyo had done, but he didn't have the nerve to, or the heart to. He was feeling things for her that should have remained dead. No, it was definitely not a safe thing to do. He turned away from the door and looked at the unconscious man on the floor. "Come on you pervert, let's get to work."
Kagome stared at the calendar on her desk. Three weeks had already passed. Three weeks of tension and silence between them. Earlier last week, Sango and Mirouku had invited them to lunch and Kagome, not know Inuyasha would be there, had agreed. Inuyasha, thinking the same, had also agreed. That lunch had been the most uncomfortable that Kagome had ever eaten at. Mirouku and Sango had known that they had some kind of difference that they needed to settle and had saw the lunch date as a means to solve it. Boy, had they been wrong, Kagome thought bitterly. Kagome remembered the flash of hurt that had swept through her as she saw the angry look on his face when he saw them from afar. Correction: saw her from afar. Mirouku had tried to smooth things over, but the damage had been done. Kagome had sat through lunch with a forced smile on her face, as she tried to deny the fact that Inuyasha did not even want to have lunch near her. She bet that he had probably gone to his brother earlier on in the beginning to beg for a new secretary too, she thought sadly. She had stayed there for a while and had left with a complaint of a stomachache; trying to get as far away from the source of her pain as possible. Sango had caught up with her and had begged her not to be angry.
"I'm sure he didn't mean it towards you," Sango had said to her.
"Don't lie to me Sango. I have my own two eyes to see for myself,' Kagome said to her softly.
"Oh hell. Sorry Kagome, I don't know why he's acting the way he is, though after today, I'm going to make sure he tells me everything," she vowed. "And I'm going to make sure he stops hurting you like that when you don't deserve it or else. Friend or no friend, I will make him stop no matter what."
Kagome's eyes watered and she shook her head frantically. "No, don't. Don't hurt him. You don't understand, I do deserve it. More than you think. He's only doing to me what I did to him. It's only fair," she finished softly.
Sango looked at her with concern and confusion in her eyes. "I-I don't understand, Kagome."
Kagome eyes watered and tears shed down her face. Tears that Kagome had tried to restrain during lunch time. She told Sango the whole story through her tears and finally stopped after she finished. "And that is why he hates me, Sango," Kagome said, wiping away her tears with the tissues that Sango handed to her. "So it's not his fault. Don't hurt him."
Sango hugged her tightly. "Oh Kagome." Her heart went out to the poor girl who was suffering. She could see that Kagome still loved him. But did he still love her? "Let's get you cleaned up, shall we?"
Kagome nodded and smiled. "Thanks for listening Sango, I've never told the whole story to anyone before, but I had to let it off my chest."
Sango smiled sadly at her and led her to the restroom. "No problem at all."
Sango waited by the swishing doors until she saw a familiar figure walk up to her. "Mirouku, what took you so long?" She demanded.
He turned sheepish. "I-ah-confronted Inuyasha today at lunch time after both of you left and was not able to continue our conversation until after work. I still could not get anything out of him as to why he was so mean towards Kagome. He became angry in fact when I said I would go ask Kagome instead. And I would have, except that she had already left for the day."
Sango's face turned grim. "Kagome told me what happened today and I will tell you, but you better not tell anyone, even Inuyasha," she threatened.
Mirouku nodded weakly.
"It seems like he is mad at her for something that happened six years ago. Something that involved a guy by the name of Naraku."
"Naraku?!?"
"Naraku," Sango confirmed with a nod of her head and began to tell him the story.
Kagome trudged home; exhausted after the day's events. She had not meant to tell Sango everything, but her heart been loaded with so much weight that in the end, she had spilled everything to her. She grimaced. She didn't know what Sango thought of her anymore, but she had a feeling that Sango was not the kind of person to judge people like that. Spying the familiar building in front of her, Kagome walked quickly to the door and let herself in. She walked to her room and entered it. She was so tired today. Tomorrow, she would call her mother. Tonight she would go to sleep early. She went to go lay on the bed, but for some reason, sleep would not come. Instead, as she lay there bathed in the quietness of her apartment, a scene that she had unleashed earlier this afternoon came back to her in a rush. The scene that had started it all.
Kagome was talking with Inuyasha in her backyard, when she heard her dad come towards them. "Kagome, we are having some important guests over in a bit so it would be wise to get ready for them."
Kagome nodded and he left. "Do you want to stay for dinner, Inuyasha?" she asked him.
He shook his head. "No. I don't want to intrude if there are guests coming. I'll see you tomorrow," he said and kissed her. "Bye."
"Bye." Kagome smiled at him as he left and walked dreamily to her room. Her dad stopped her though.
"Kagome, I need to talk to you before the guests come over. It's very important."
"What, papa?"
He looked at her and motioned for her to sit next to him on the floor. "You know that your mother and I have been working very hard to afford a heart for your brother, ne?"
"Yes, but what?" Kagome's voice was confused.
"And you know that we are not succeeding in that yet."
"Hai."
"So we'd like you to date and marry someone who has more resources..."
"You mean someone who is rich," Kagome stated bluntly.
Her father nodded firmly. "And Inuyasha is not someone who can do that."
"I'm sorry, but I love Inuyasha. And no matter what you say to me will stop me from loving him," Kagome said angrily. "I will not drop him just because of something like that."
Her father became angry. "Why are you being selfish? Can't you see that your brother is in pain? Don't you want Souta to be a normal boy like everyone else?" His voice turned sorrowful. "I'm trying my best here and my best is just not good enough in these circumstances," he turned away.
All the fight drained out of Kagome at seeing her father like that. Her eyes watered and she clenched her hands tightly; ignoring the pain that was slowly evading every corner of her heart. "Wh-what do you want me to do?" She asked him slowly; trying to control her emotions.
"Marry Naraku."
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Comments:
- For Kikyo fans: sorry for making Kikyo such a bad person, but I needed to do it for the purposes of my story. Gomen!
- Tenxjigoku: I hope this chapter answered some of your questions. '-' lol.
- Lady Mac: Thanks for your advice and information Lady Mac! I will try to apply your advice into the next chapters.
- Quiet Escapist: That was surprising wasn't it? Well I hope you learned more about it in this chapter.
- Shesshy-Slipperz/S.Wooz: Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! I picked him because it suited with the story. I hope you forgive me? '-'
- Inusapphrine: So do I Inusapphire. But on the other hand, your guesses are very good!
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TO BE CONTINUED
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