Author's Note: Ah, I feel so loved. Thank you for all the reviews. And since you have all been patient, I won't bore you with my babbling.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
Chapter Three
Beep. Beep. Beep.
Kagome groaned as her alarm jerked her from her dream. Groggily, she sat up and stared at the clock. It read 7:30. Groaning again, Kagome tossed the clock, taking pleasure in the hearty thunk of it hitting the floor. She pulled the covers over her head and closed her eyes, preparing to fall asleep again.
Just then, Eri burst into the room.
"Kags," Eri called out. "Wake up!"
"Don't want to," Kagome mumbled.
"Come on Kags, you know you have a meeting today," Eri said.
Kagome sat up in bed. "Meeting?" she said groggily.
"You know, the meeting with the president of Hanyou Corp (A/N: wink, wink)" Eri said.
Kagome's eyes shot open. "Holy sh-" she caught herself right before she said the scurrilous words.
"What time is the meeting?" Eri asked.
Kagome scrambled out of bed and in her haste, tripped on her covers as she tried to make her way to her closet.
"It's at 9!" Kagome said, half-panicking.
"So, what's the rush?" Eri asked, lying on Kagome's bed, totally relaxed.
"I'm going to be late," Kagome said, wishing her friend wasn't so laid back.
"No, it's only 7:30," Eri pointed out.
"I still have to go to my office and pick up things," Kagome said, throwing on a blue dress with a matching jacket. Professional, gotta look professional! Kagome said mentally.
Kagome started throwing things onto the floor in her haste to get out the door. Eri ducked as a couple pairs of sneakers found their way to Kagome's bed.
"Watch where you're aiming those," Eri said.
"Can't help it, I'm gonna be late!" Kagome said, almost hysterical by now.
Eri shook her head. Kagome never acted this way before because Kagome had always been the punctual one. It was kind of amusing, in a way, to see her the antithesis of her regular self.
"Okay Eri, I'll see you whenever I get home," Kagome said hurriedly, barely grabbing onto a purse that hung on a chair.
"Oh, Kags, wanna go to the Undead's Haven again?" Eri asked.
"We'll see," Kagome said. "Ask me later. Sayonara!"
"Sayonara Kags," Eri said. "Don't forget your designs!"
"Ahhh, Arigatou Eri," Kagome said, rushing to fetch them before she left.
Hearing the door slam, Eri smiled as she thought of her mischievous plan she had started concocting in her head.
"Kags, you're going to worship me when I get you and that stud together," Eri said aloud. Then she laughed, anxiously waiting for tonight.
Kagome rushed into her office and scrambled through her drawers trying to find her presentation she was going to show to the president of Hanyou Corp.
"Come on," Kagome called out to it. "I know you're in here somewhere."
Feeling the disk, Kagome smiled. Stuffing it into her purse, Kagome dashed off, saying a quick good-bye to her co-workers.
Arriving at the Sakura Café, Kagome slowed her breathing down as she looked for the businessman. Kagome felt a bit foolish because she didn't even know the president looked like. Groaning underneath her breath, Kagome did a quick scan of the room, hoping to see someone that was either wearing a suit or had some sort of identification that the owned a business. Unluckily for her, almost everyone at the café was wearing a suit. Kagome sweatdropped and sighed, knowing that this day was going to be a long one.
"Why couldn't he just have me meet him at his office?" Kagome muttered.
"Even presidents need to get out of the office," a voice behind her spoke.
Kagome froze and turned around, an audible gasp escaped her lips. The man had the same gold eyes and flowing silver hair as the man she had danced with last night. As last night began to play again in her head, Kagome blushed a little. However, something was different about this man. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but she was fairly certain that this was not Sesshoumaru.
"Uh, I-I'm Higurashi Kagome," Kagome introduced, holding out her hand.
"Takashi Inuyasha," the man greeted, shaking Kagome's proffered hand.
"Um…uh…I…" Kagome was a mess.
Inuyasha chuckled slightly. "You're earlier comment right?" he asked.
Kagome could only nod dumbly. "Gomen, I shouldn't have…" Kagome said.
"Don't worry about it. Hell, I would've been pissed too if I couldn't find the person I was looking for," Inuyasha said.
Kagome stared at Inuyasha for a moment, hardly believing that this man owned a company. His language certainly wasn't as civil as it should be.
"Umm…shall we take a seat?" Kagome asked.
"Sure, pick one," Inuyasha said.
Kagome walked over to one of the window seats and took a seat. Inuyasha pulled a seat across from her and sat.
"So, uh, Takashi-san," Kagome started out, unrolling the designs she had worked so meticulously on. "These are the designs that I have been working on for Hanyou Corp's Tokyo branch."
Inuyasha leaned over the table to get a better view. "It's Inuyasha, thank you very much," he said, a bit arrogantly.
"Inuyasha," Kagome self-corrected.
"Don't wear it out!" Inuyasha joked. "Okay, serious now."
Kagome fought the urge to roll her eyes. He acts more like a child than he does a man. She thought. Focusing back onto her blueprints, Kagome pointed out the specifications that each room would have.
"I do have a three dimensional layout of the building, if you want to take a tour," Kagome said, taking out the disk.
"Sure," Inuyasha said. "Although there's no point, 'cause everything Hanyou Corp needs, you've designed."
Kagome blink a couple of time. "Are you saying, Inuyasha-san, that my designs are exactly what you've been looking for?" Kagome said skeptically.
"It's just Inuyasha!" Inuyasha said forcibly.
Kagome sighed an exasperated sigh. "Very well, Inuyasha," she said.
"Hell yeah," Inuyasha said, staring at Kagome "You seem to know Hanyou Corp well enough to know our needs."
Kagome kept her gaze from Inuyasha. Mustn't look. Mustn't look! She chanted over and over. Why did he have to have the same eyes and hair?
"Kagome Higurashi?" Inuyasha called.
Kagome forced herself to look at him. "Uh, hai?" Kagome asked.
"You spaced out there. You okay?" Inuyasha asked
"Yes, fine," Kagome said, smiling. "Now, if you would like anything to be added or modified, let me know."
"We already went over this," Inuyasha said. "Everything's fine."
"I'm sorry, but I cannot believe that a first draft blueprint is good enough," Kagome said.
(Author's Note: I know nothing about architecture or being an architect, so please bear with me. Arigatou!)
"Hey, I've already said 'yes' to the fucking plans, now can we talk about something else?" Inuyasha growled.
Kagome gaped at the young president. How vulgar does he need to get. I get the message already. Just trying to make sure that I don't have mistakes and Mr. Pompous-Ass here is giving me a hard time. She fumed. (A/N: Does Kagome seem a little OOC here, sorry if she does)
"This meeting is strictly about business," Kagome retorted.
"Yeah, I know," Inuyasha said, giving a careless gesture,
"Then we should really stick to business," Kagome said.
"Bureaucrat," Inuyasha muttered.
"Excuse me?" Kagome asked.
"Nothing," Inuyasha said, "We've already talked about business, now we are off the business meeting and just enjoying breakfast."
"You don't take your job seriously," Kagome said, before she could stop it from coming out.
Inuyasha gave her a look and Kagome placed a hand over her mouth. "You wanna keep you're job don't you?" Inuyasha said.
Kagome only nodded, hand still covering her mouth.
"Do you always insult your clients?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome shook her head violently.
"How about you make it up to me and we'll forget this whole thing?" Inuyasha said, an evil gleam in his eyes.
"How?" Kagome managed to squeak out.
"Kiss me," Inuyasha replied.
"What?!" Kagome exclaimed.
Inuyasha chuckled. "Just kidding, lighten up will ya?" he asked.
Kagome's speeding heart rate slowed down and she began to breathe again. "That wasn't funny," she said darkly.
"Of course it was, you should've seen the look on your face. Classic!" Inuyasha howled. He burst into laughter again, not noticing some of the stares that were thrown his way. Finally, he began to calm down. "Okay…wheeze…I'm okay…chuckle…Whew, you're one funny person, Kagome Higurashi."
"Glad I could be of service," Kagome said bitterly.
She had had enough and stood up abruptly. "Excuse me, Takashi-san, I am expected back at the office," Kagome said stiffly.
"Aw, you're leaving?" Inuyasha said. "So you'll come by my temporary office tomorrow?"
"Is there anything else you wish to speak to me about?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah," Inuyasha said.
"About?" Kagome questioned.
"You're designs," Inuyasha answered.
"Why not now?" Kagome asked.
"I thought you said you had to go," Inuyasha said,
"Then tomorrow," Kagome said, leaving as quickly as possible.
Arrogant…Pompous…Selfish…Spoiled…Argh! Kagome screamed to herself. Inuyasha Takashi did not leave her with a good impression. Why me? Why did I have to be stuck working with such an…immature person? It's not fair! Kagome almost cried as she made her way back to her office. Taking out the designs she had brought back from the meeting with Inuyasha, Kagome decided to work out the problems that she saw.
Pompous…Arrogant...Jerk…Author's Note: I know there was a lot of redundancy, but I didn't want Kagome to be vulgar like our little Inu-kun. I think that I will have the other people also become present in this story. What do you think? Please tell me. And I'm sorry if thischapter seemed stupid. I will have Sesshou-kun back in the next chapter. I promise!!!
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