Finally school is out!!! Yippee. No more tests, no more homework, and no more projects!! (Jumping in the air in excitement) So that means I have more time writing this fanfic. Thanks for my wonderful beta, lovinsesshomaruisnteasy, for proof-reading it. You are incredible! Gurl, you know I don't want to hit you. I was actually surprised that the editing & stuff was quick that's all. All right. Enough of me talking, go read.
Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Inuyasha. Even Sesshoumaru. (sigh) If I only I did, though.
The Wrong Soul Mate
Chapter 5: Mischief Goddess
"It wouldn't kill you to say 'thank you' once in awhile, you know? Well, at least you still owe me, so that's fine with me."
"If I give you a candy, would you shut up for a minute? I'm trying to concentrate here." Inuyasha snapped at her as he waited for the number to reach the thirty-fifth floor.
"Humph."
The elevator was moving so slow for some reason. 'God must really hate me at the moment.' He closed his eyes as he remembered what had happened yesterday.
After the meeting with the clients, Sesshoumaru walked off to his office without saying a word to him. It was a good thing for Inuyasha because he didn't want to mention anything about the disobedience of Sarah earlier until she came along and fixed it. He knew he wouldn't hear the end of it from his older brother if he knew it all started out because he took away Sarah's favorite snack from her.
He sighed. 'Animals and their snacks, and I thought women were complicated.' He opened his eyes to see Kagome staring at him with her hand sticking out in front of his face.
"What?" He looked at her, bewildered.
"You say you will give me this 'candy' if I be quiet." She replied.
"Well, you aren't quiet right now." He walked off when the elevator doors slide open.
She frowned as she followed him. "Without me, I don't think she would have agreed in signing it." She mumbled.
"Keh. I could have done better."
"You wanna bet?" She replied. "Wait, you already lost the first bet, so that means you still owe me."
"I do not owe you anything!" He turned around quickly to face her, nearly causing Kagome to smash into his well-built chest. Luckily, she stopped in time. "Beside, I didn't even agree to bet with you. So there."
Suddenly, the elevator's doors slid open again to reveal the ever cool, calm Sesshoumaru walking towards them with Sango and Miroku trailing behind.
"I heard there were a few problems before the show, Inuyasha." He responded when he reached them. "Somehow, I wasn't informed of it yesterday."
'Another point for Him.'Inuyasha quickly gazed at the ceiling above him.
His brother continued on. "I thought you had everything in control, but then again, I must have thought wrong."
"Everything was fine." He didn't exactly lie. Everything did go well yesterday, except the part with the snack and the dolphin that is.
"Then tell me why the show started a few minutes late?" Sesshoumaru glared at him, ignoring Kagome along the way.
"Look it was just a minor prob--" Inuyasha responded, but Kagome interrupted him before he could finish talking.
"Everything did go smoothly that was why they were impressed at the end." Kagome replied. "If not, they wouldn't have agreed to sign the contract today."
Everybody in the room froze as they watched the scene unfold in front of them. No one ever dare say that in front of Sesshoumaru, except Inuyasha, but he was his brother, so they didn't count him. But a stranger? They continued to watch them in silence.
Sesshoumaru turned his head to finally look at her. "And you must be?"
"Umm, Sesshoumaru." Sango walked to Kagome and held her arms at the side. "This is my cousin from Osaka, Rin."
He silently examined her. "This is... Rin?"
Sango nodded. "Yes."
"Plus," Miroku added. "She helped motivate Sarah to do her best during the show. Did I tell you she's great with animals?"
Sesshoumaru didn't say anything as he stared at Kagome, making her feel uncomfortable inside.
'What's with this guy?' She thought as she tried to avoid his gaze.
"She did. Even I was surprised." Inuyasha responded.
They stared at him in disbelief, except Sesshoumaru, whose face didn't change a slightest bit.
'Was he defending me?' Kagome thought.
"What?" Inuyasha said when he felt three pairs of eyes staring at him.
"I see..." Sesshoumaru spoke as he walked off to his office.
"Did you just see what I saw, that everyone saw, that was happening in front of us?" Miroku looked at Sango. "Was it me, or was Inuyasha being nice, and defending Rin at the same time?"
"Uh, yeah." Sango tried to remember half of what Miroku just said.
"Hey, I'm not rude all the time!" Inuyasha defended himself. "I have a decent heart too, you know?"
"I was surprised too, Miroku," Kagome put her hand in front of her chest. "That our Inuyasha has the decency to defend someone without cursing at them, also. Especially me, of all people."
"Hey!" Inuyasha shouted. "Well, at least, well..." He didn't know what to say next. The only thing that he did know what to do was walk off mumbling God knows what about them.
"And he didn't even have a good remark for us." Miroku nodded, observing his dear friend from the distance. "I think we will make a great team, Rin."
Kagome smiled and nodded at him. "Yep. I totally agree."
Sango rolled her eyes. "You two can stand here and talk about Inuyasha for all I care, but I'm off to work." She walked off.
"Wait!" Kagome called, running after her.
Two hours later...
Mr. Kuruma signed the contract as Kikyou signed it after him. "I can't wait to make this project a success in Kyoto!"
"I agree." Sesshoumaru replied as he read the other contract, and then finally signed it at the bottom of the page, before passing it to Inuyasha. He, too, read it first before signing his name next to Sesshoumaru's perfect script.
"The construction will start when we get the blueprints from Omizo Architect Company." Sesshoumaru continued, ignoring the soft grumble from Inuyasha. "After that, we will go to Kyoto to prepare the planning. Any question?"
"When will the blueprint arrive?" Kikyou responded.
"It will arrive later, around three months from now, with the blueprints of the hotel and the amusement park."
"I see."
"Hmm, do you mind me asking who's the artistic architect is that is going to be constructing the blueprints?" Mr. Kuruma asked before taking a sip of his coffee.
"Kouga Hisao." Sesshoumaru answered as Inuyasha growled at the mention of that name. "He is known for his exotic and unique ideas of architecting."
"Ah, I have heard of that name. Mr. Hisao drew that plan for your resort in Kobe, correct?"
"True."
"Then I'm glad that this project will be in good hands." Mr. Kuruma and Sesshoumaru got up and shook each other's hands as Kikyou and Inuyasha followed their movements, but quicker. "I'm glad that we will be working together."
"So am I." Sesshoumaru lead them out of the meeting room, but stopped when Mr. Kuruma called his name. "Yes?"
"Are you and young Mr. Sakamoto busy tonight?" He asked.
"Why? You want to party all night for the celebration of our partnership?" Inuyasha responded.
Sesshoumaru glared at him as the older man laughed. "Ha ha. Not exactly like that, but I was thinking of a nice dinner celebration tonight with all of us. But are you busy Mr. Sakamoto?"
"Not that I know of." The older Sakamoto replied.
"Wait, wait. You said all of us?" Inuyasha asked, as he eyed the raven hair woman in the corner of his eyes.
"Yes, of course. Last I checked Miss Kikyou's schedule wasn't busy tonight. Unless," The man turned to face his worker. "You have a change of plans."
"No, Sir. I'm not busy at all." She replied.
"Ah, that's good news." He smiled. "Then I will let my secretary book a reservation at Emeril's. Sounds good?"
"I haven't tasted that pasta for a long time now." Inuyasha smiled as he led the man out. "Can't wait to get there."
Sesshoumaru resisted the urge to roll his eyes as he walked off. If someone was paying for his brother's meal in a pretty nice expensive restaurant, he knew for sure Inuyasha would be there.
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Kagome watched them from the distance as they walked out from the meeting room. She held up a magazine high enough to cover half of her face, leaving her eyes to watch them intentionally. She pretend to read as her eyes followed their movements toward the elevator hallway.
They stopped again as the raven haired woman said something to the brunette man before walking off towards the opposite direction.
Kagome's eyebrows creased together in confusion, looking at her departure in question. Curiosity won her over as she made her way towards Inuyasha.
Inuyasha's smile vanished as he watched the brunette man walk off to the elevator with Sesshoumaru as they talked about the plans for the future amusement park and hotel in Kyoto. 'Finally.'
"So um, where is Kikyou going?"
A female's voice startled him from behind as he turned around to face her. "Oh it's you. She's in the restroom right now." He was about to walk off when he stopped and looked at her. "Why?" His eyes became suspicious as he gazed at her.
Kagome smiled and put on her innocent act. "Oh, it's nothing. Umm, I need to go the restroom, too. Okay bye." She turned quickly as she rushed towards the restroom hallway before Inuyasha could say anything to stop her from running away.
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Kagome peaked through the small gap as she slowly opened the doors wider and wider. She saw no one in sight, but that didn't last long as she heard someone flush the toilet in the middle stall. As if on cue, she ran quickly to the sink to wash her hands as the door to that stall opened in an effective manner.
She quickly glanced in the mirror to see Kikyou walking towards the sink that was as far away from her as possible.
Kikyou lay down her handbag next to the sink as she turned on the faucet before rubbing her hands gently with soap and warm water, not even noticing the girl looking at her from the mirror.
"Hi."
She turned her head to the sound of the voice to see Kagome looking at her.
"Um, hi." She replied back.
Kagome turned off her faucet and smiled broadly at her. "You're Kikyou, right?"
She nodded as she stared at her.
"My name is Kag—Rin."
"Sorry what was that again?"
"Uh, Rin." She smiled innocently at her. 'That was so close. I nearly blew my cover.'
"I see." Kikyou also turned off the faucet. She tried to get a towel, but Kagome handed her one instead. "Thanks."
She didn't feel comfortable while this strange girl stared at her weirdly. She threw the towel into the garbage as she walked towards the exit as quickly as she could possibly, with her high heels, and business-like skirt.
When she was a few inches away from the door, Kagome spoke again. "Inuyasha told me tons of things about you."
She stopped again as she spun around gracefully. "Has he, really?" She said in a very indifferent tone. It almost unnerved Kagome.
'Bingo.' Kagome nodded as she got her interest. "Yeah, when he found out that you were one of his client's workers, he felt very guilty inside for that incident the other day."
"Go on." She folded her arms together as she watched Kagome with mild interest.
"Well, this morning, he was trying to build up his courage to apologize to you." 'Well, a bit of lying never hurt anyone, right?'
"Really?" Her voice didn't sound convinced at all. "The great Inuyasha, who has a pride the size of China and an ego the size of Russia, is willing to apologize to me? Are you sure, you haven't mistaken him with someone else?"
Kagome shook her head. "For real. He was rehearsing in front of me to say 'I'm sorry' to you." 'Okay, maybe a few more lies won't hurt anyone. Beside, it's not like they will know about this, right?'
She grew suspicious as she stared at her.
"You're not busy tonight, are you?"
"No, I have a dinner with the Sakamoto's brothers and my boss." Kikyou mentally cursed herself for shouting her business out loud like that to a strange girl. She had reason to believe this 'Rin' was a stalker.
"Oh then Inuyasha might try to apologize to you tonight during dinner."
Kikyou shook her head gently. "If this is some kind of joke—"
"No, it's not." She interrupted her. "He's going to say how sorry he was and how he was a jerk for treating you earlier. He told me so just now."
Kikyou gently bit her bottom lip as her words slowly registered in her head.
"If you don't believe me, you should wait for tonight. Well, good bye. It was nice meeting you." She said before walking out of the restroom.
'Him apologizing? It would take a miracle if that happen…' Kikyou stared at the door as it slowly closed by itself.
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Kagome smiled to herself as she made her way towards Inuyasha's office. 'Now for the other half.'
She looked at him from the door as she leaned against the door frame.
"If you are looking for a snack, go to Sango, not me." Inuyasha responded without looking at her. His eyes glued to his computer screen as his hands typed swiftly on the keyboard.
"I didn't come here for a snack." She walked inside without an invitation. He glances at her from the corner of his eye when she sat in a chair across from him.
"You know when I was in the restroom, Kikyou said something to me."
"Don't tell me. She's head over heels all over me, and just dying to kiss my handsome face right now."
Kagome rolled her eyes. How could she forget that his ego was the size of Russia? "Don't let your head get any bigger, Inuyasha, it just might explode. Just because you're in love with yourself, doesn't mean every one else is."
"Keh. You're just jealous that I'm better looking than you."
She sighed. "If you don't want to hear what Kikyou said about you, fine, I'll be off then..." Kagome slowly walked towards the door. '1… 2… 3...'
"Wait."
'Bingo.' She secretly smiled to herself before turning around.
"What did she say? I mean, I'm not at all interested or anything." He stopped typing and looked at her.
"Well," Kagome sat back down. "When I was in the restroom, we met and introduced our selves to each other. She was actually nice. You know, she reminds me of—"
"Ahem." He went back typing.
"Oh sorry. During our conversation, she was thinking of apologizing to you during dinner tonight."
"Keh. Like she would do that. The day she ever considers bowing down to my feet and apologizing is the day I turn human."
'Hanyou and their damn egos.' Kagome resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "I mean it. I could see it in her eyes. She was saying that we, meaning you and her, should forget about their differences and work together as a team to make this project a success." Kagome watched him stop typing, yet again and look at her. 'That's not exactly what she said, but he doesn't need to know that.'
She continued on. "I know you don't want this project to fail just because you two don't like each other from the beginning. And plus, you don't want Sesshoumaru to blame you for everything, right?" She smiled at him as she got up.
"And why should I believe you?" Inuyasha said, pensively.
"If you don't believe me, just wait for tonight at dinner, and you'll see..." She walked off toward the door.
Before she left the office, she heard him say softly to himself as he stared at his computer screen. "She's sorry?"
Kagome smiled. 'I just killed two birds with one stone.'
AN: Just a reminder, this is not a Kikyou-Inuyasha couple story. It's Kag/Inu and always will be.
Recommendation: Relinquished Destinyby LaraWinner. I fell in love with this story ever since I read it from iridescent-dreams.net. The author make us surprised each moment a new twist comes up in the story. Relinquished Destiny starts out with Kagome making a choice to undo history or else Inuyasha will die (I think). In order to save Inuyasha, she have no choice to kill Naraku (with her own hand, yes, w/the help of a ghost) and let Inuyasha and Kikyou be together at last with everyone not remembering her anymore. Yes, Kagome's sacrifice will bring peace to that time. And so she went back to her time without coming back to the Feudal Era again. Sad, isn't it? However, fate has other plan in stored for her. A new student, resembled the human Inuyasha, transferred to her modern school with almost the same personality and qualities like the Inuyasha from the past. Will Kagome allowed herself to love again? Or will she look the other way? Read it and found out. Highly recommended from me.