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wk: Hi guys! Well, it's been a while, and I'm really sorry about that. My job has been driving me crazy, and it's been taking up more than half of my time. Jobs are a freakin' waste. I mean, almost half of it goes to taxes anyway. Stupid system. (Sighs) Well, anyway, here's chapter three! I had forgotten I had this finished... (Looks sheepish and very apologetic). Sorry!

Chapter Three
First Date

Inuyasha arrived an hour late to work, and Miroku chewed him out. He sat down heavily, not wanting to insult people for the first time.

"Hey Hanyou, this is Kami," a voice said. Obviously, it was a little joker posing as God. Okay, he could handle nicknames, albeit bad ones.

"All right, Kami, what's your question?" Inuyasha asked.

"Well, my question is this. If you've met a girl you really like, but she doesn't seem to like you, what do you do?"

"Hm… I didn't think God would have problem like this in the first place," Inuyasha drawled, making Miroku chuckle. "Don't you have power over her and can't you threaten to smite her if she didn't go out with you?"

"Ah, well… I leave free will alone. Can't mess with that stuff," he said. Inuyasha laughed appreciatively.

"Well, I would advise that you find out what her favorite things are. Then just start to woo her. Let her know your feelings. If she doesn't return your affections, to hell with her. I'm sure God can find a hot girl in a club somewhere," Inuyasha said as he hung up on God. Speaking of clubs… "Okay, now I'm going to do something I've never done before. I'm going to… talk about my day. Or specifically, last night." Miroku raised an eyebrow at him. He knew Inuyasha had left without a word last night, but when Miroku had glanced over, he seemed to be in the arms of a pretty chic who was dancing all over him.

If only he had that magnetic effect, Miroku thought wistfully.

"Okay, so I wanted to unwind last night, right?" Inuyasha drawled. "So, I go to Crystal, the dance club downtown. I'm sitting there, and I see the most gorgeous girl in a black skirt and a red top. I go down there, and the bitch is all over me. Then I make the uncomfortable realization that she's drunk off her rocker. She tells me all sorts of intimate details, and let me tell you; all I wanted to do was (beep) her. She ends up passing out on me, and her friends all leave since one of their boyfriends was in a bad accident. What do they do? They leave her to me. Now, normally, I would have called them stupid for doing that. Oh, wait, scratch that, I will call them stupid for doing that. What kind of friend leaves her friend to a complete and total stranger? So I take her to my place, and she's practically begging me for it, if you know what I mean, but I'm an honorable guy--" Miroku snorted. Inuyasha continued. "But then she passes out again. When she wakes up, what does she do? She barfs from the bad hangover she has. Miroku, wanna take a guess at how many drinks she had?"

"Ah… seven?" he asked. Inuyasha laughed. Genuinely laughed.

"No. She drank one. And she's drunker than Kid Rock at a party." Miroku laughed. "Then, I take her to her home, right? And since she probably can't drive because of her stupid hangover, I drive her to work. I made an uncomfortable discovery there, which I will not divulge over the air, but it was uncomfortable all the same. That's the end of my story. And kids, there's a moral." Inuyasha paused for effect. "Don't dance with drunk girls. You might get lucky, but in the end it's not worth it."

"Er… Thank you for that enlightening tale," Miroku said. "Well, we'll start taking calls again."

"Okay, well, Hanyou, what was this person's name?" a guy's voice asked. Probably trying to see if he could get the girl to dance all over him too. Inuyasha mentally snorted. No chance of that at all.

"Uh…" He wracked his brain for a fictional name. "Kikyou," he blurted out. He smacked himself on the forehead, and Miroku raised an eyebrow at her. Inuyasha muted the call, and hissed at Miroku, "Well, she does look like Kikyou! You should see her! Besides, it's not my fault I outlived her."

"I really don't think your dead girlfriend should be brought into this as a new girl you met!" Miroku hissed back. Inuyasha only shrugged and unmuted the call.

"What was your name, kid?" Inuyasha asked.

"Ken."

"Okay, Ken. Was there something else you wanted to ask?"

"Yeah! Do you think you get her number for me, since you didn't seem to like her that--"

"No," Inuyasha snarled, and hung up on Ken. I shouldn't have told that story. Dammit. The red light was flashing. Another call. He was shocked at himself since he found himself wishing it were a female.

"Okay, this is Ayame. So what happened to this girl?" Inuyasha growled. What was it with Kagome now? He had started a discussion on her and now other people wanted to only discuss her? He would never talk about Kagome again. "You dropped her off at work and that was it? Reading between the lines, it sounds like you two had a hot night--"

"Nothing happened, miss prissy," Inuyasha bit out. "Next caller." He hung up on her protesting words.

"Hey, this is Etsuya." It was a guy. "Are you in a relationship with this girl now?" Inuyasha bit back a curse and breathed deeply a few times.

"No."

"Why not? She sounded like she was extremely hot for you, even if you two didn't do anything."

"No," Inuyasha repeated, and hung up on Etsuya. This was getting ridiculous. He pressed the red flashing button, hoping that there was an earthquake somewhere in the world, or a natural disaster of some kind. Maybe a tornado?

"Bryant here."

"Hanyou here," Inuyasha mocked slightly.

"Okay, well, don't you have more to tell us? It seems a bit anticlimactic if you just leave it off--"

"Okay, that's enough about Ka-- I mean Kikyou! She's dead news okay?"

"Quite literally," Miroku mumbled. Inuyasha hung up on Bryant then took off his headset. He stomped out of the recording room, grumbling and mumbling. Miroku hastily put on some music and followed Inuyasha out the door.

"Dude, they seem to be really digging the stuff you said about-- whoever-- earlier. Talk some more about her!"

"Her name's Kagome! And I can't! That's all I know, dammit! And I don't want to go into my personal life with strangers! Plus, I'm not going back out with that psycho."

"But that's what they do, Inuyasha. They give their personal life to us. I suppose it would be intriguing for one of us to do the same and give some of our personal life to them," Miroku reasoned. "Besides, you would probably get a lot of money if you go out with--"

"Okay, I'll do it," Inuyasha growled. "I just need the extra money for rent," he grumbled. Miroku grinned at him over his shoulder as they went back in. "I'll give them a tidbit everyday for an extra two hundred dollars everyday that I tell a story." Miroku's grin became wider.

"I'm sure the boss will agree."

"All I'm saying is, he better."

It was six o' clock in the afternoon, and Kagome was bored. She didn't know how many phone calls she had answered. The phone started to ring again. Sighing, she picked up. "Hello?" she asked, bored. She didn't want to be a damn secretary. Her headache had mostly gone away, thank God. Of course, the three extra Tylenols didn't kill anything either.

"Hi." She narrowed her eyes. She didn't think she'd forget that voice. Not after waking up next to it.

"What do you want?" Kagome asked, playing with the cord, twisting it around her fingers.

"Such a rude way to greet a friend," Inuyasha cooed. Kagome was still not over her hangover, and did not want to deal with this. Headaches were the most evil thing that the devil could have come up with, for trying to punish people for having fun--

Wait, wouldn't that be God? Ah, well…

"I'm hanging up on you. Bye."

"You know, technically you're not hanging up on me if you tell--" The dial tone answered him. He chuckled. At least the girl had some fire in her. Otherwise, this would have been boring and he would have dumped her. Then again, maybe that might have been better since that would have ended his "on-air relationship". Oh well. Too late to back out now. He lounged on his couch for a few minutes, maybe five, before punching in the numbers again. He had gotten her numbers from Eri, who was excited that he was interested in her, even after all the hullabaloo.

"Hello?" her words were clipped, showing her irritation. Inuyasha chuckled.

"Hi again."

"Inuyasha, I'm busy right now, so I'll call you later."

"You don't have my number."

"Exactly." Inuyasha laughed. So she was trying to get rid of him? What happened to the seductive vixen that had tried to get him into bed? Where did that girl disappear to?

"Well, babe, I was going to ask if you would like to have dinner with me tonight, since it's too late for lunch."

"Well, babe, I'm going to have to say no." Kagome looked at her fingers, analyzing her fingernails. She winced as she looked at them. She was going to have go get a manicure. She wasn't actually superficial, but after her friend had convinced her to get a pedicure and a manicure, she liked the feeling of someone tending to her for a change. Of course, she always gave them a hefty tip.

"That's too bad. I could have told you everything you said to me, but…" Kagome stiffened in her seat. Everything that she had said? What had she said? And what would he do with that information? He could probably make Eri spread it around, the traitor. "Of course, there's also the matter of what you did…" Kagome seethed.

"You're pure evil, Inuyasha. I can't believe you're blackmailing a hungover girl with things she said and did while she was drunk."

"Eh, whatever works." Inuyasha seemed unconcerned with the lack of morals on his part. Kagome took a deep breath to try to calm her anger.

"I'll go out to dinner with you tonight. But only tonight." There was a pause.

"A month. You got out to dinner everyday with me for a month," Inuyasha said. Kagome snorted.

"As if."

"I think that's how long it'll take me to convince you that I'm decent. And if you want to stop our relationship after a month--"

"There is no relationship."

"There isn't right now," Inuyasha said confidently. "But I'm sure you won't be able to resist my charm."

"Inuyasha?" her voice was suddenly sweet, and Inuyasha was instantly wary as he stiffened. "Go to heck." She hung up on him again. Inuyasha stared at the phone. He had never heard someone say that phrase. It was always, always, "hell." Never "heck." He never met anyone who refused to curse.

He called back, and told her the restaurant and the time, despite her venomous words towards him. Of course, they really held no venom when she only called him a pompous jerk, an arrogant jerk, and an overconfident jerk. He was just a buffet of jerks today. He went early, dressing casually since it wasn't a fancy restaurant. That would be too much for a first date.

He waited at a booth for thirty minutes, forty minutes, an hour. He sighed. Was she going to stand him up, despite his threats? Then he saw her, in comfortable clothes. She was in tight jeans and a tank top, with a light jacket to ward off the night's chill.

"So what did I say and do that was so bad?" she asked, sliding into the booth across from him. He shrugged.

"I don't kiss and tell," he said smoothly, sipping his water. She rolled her eyes.

"Don't you realize that you're telling me what I did?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha shrugged.

"Maybe. Maybe not. Are you sure you're still a virgin?" he asked slyly. Kagome flushed.

"Unless you're a rapist--" she started loudly, enough for the others to hear. Heads turned their way, and Inuyasha clamped a hand over Kagome's mouth.

"She's joking," Inuyasha said weakly, then glared at her. She was smiling smugly when Inuyasha took his hand away. "Whatever. I guess I'll just have to tell my 'grandfather' Myouga about your trysts..."

"No!" Kagome huffed out a breath of exasperation. "Okay, I lose. A date for the whole month, everyday."

"Except for weekends," Inuyasha cut in. He didn't have to work on weekends.

"Um… Okay, yeah, that sounds good. Twenty-two days, more or less with you don't seem that bad," Kagome said, pursing her lips in thought.

"And then after the twenty-two days, or whatever, you can decide whether you want to keep seeing me or not. That's normally how long a relationship lasts anyway, right? If it can't last more than a month, we know that it wasn't meant to last. Oh, and I meant twenty-two consecutive dates, not days." Kagome gaped at him, and fumed. "Deal?" Inuyasha held out his hand over the table. She looked at it solemnly, then hesitantly shook his hand.

He slowly smiled as she shook it, unknowingly making a deal with him saying that he was going to broadcast their growing "relationship" on air. Okay, so she didn't say that at all, but it was implied. Kinda.

"So what? Is this our first date?" Kagome asked, sitting back and crossing her legs and arms.

"Technically, this is our second date, only you don't remember the first one… honey," he replied with a smirk on his lips.

"Right… So, are you going to tell me, now that I made the deal with you?" Kagome asked. She makes "deal" sound like something she did with the devil. Ah, well, she's not that far off, Inuyasha thought.

"No," Inuyasha said calmly, sipping his water. Kagome bared her teeth unknowingly, and leaned across the table, putting her elbows on it to support her weight.

"What do you mean 'No'?" Kagome snarled. Inuyasha continued to sip his water.

"It seems like you still didn't get rid of that hangover," he said mildly, and she rolled her eyes.

"Gee, you think?" she asked sarcastically. He shrugged with one shoulder, downing his water. He stopped the waiter and ordered a burger with fries.

"Want anything, darling?" he asked sweetly. She grit her teeth, then smiled sweetly in return.

"That's okay, honey, unless you want it ending up in your lap," Kagome said in a sugary voice. Inuyasha raised a brow, and the waiter fidgeted, waiting to see if they would order anything else. Inuyasha turned to the waiter, grinning.

"She's hot for me, you know," Inuyasha drawled. "That's why the food's gonna end up in my lap. She'll end up there as well." Kagome choked at his words, turning red from lack of air and anger. When she got her breath back, she made threats that ended up with nothing in his lap. And she meant nothing. The waiter still looked uncomfortable, and Inuyasha only said, "Get this girl a milkshake. I think she needs to cool down. You know what they say about milkshakes and boys these days. I might need some of that," Inuyasha said. The waiter laughed nervously and quickly went on.

"You're not funny," Kagome hissed, and sat back again, huffing.

"Kagome, you're being a bitch," Inuyasha said, toying with a napkin.

"I'm being a WHAT?" she yelled, and people turned to see what the big hubbub was about.

"Calm down, woman," Inuyasha scowled. Kagome gripped the edge of the table so hard, that he thought she was going to break it. Instead, she took a deep breath, and slid out of the booth. He watched, interested. "Where are you going?"

"Home," was the calm answer.

"But our date isn't over yet," Inuyasha called.

"It is now," Kagome threw over her shoulder, and went out the door. Inuyasha sighed, cursed, then threw money on the table for the meal and tip. Even though I didn't eat anything, Inuyasha thought. He followed her out the door, and saw her trying to open the car door by stabbing the key the right way into the keyhole. When she noticed him, she stopped trying to kill her door and open it as fast as she could. Unfortunately, she dropped her keys and she muttered curses at the keys. With no cuss words, of course.

"Wait," Inuyasha called.

"I don't think so," Kagome said, then bent down to get the keys. He was there in an instant, snatching the keys from her hand.

"I'm sorry," Inuyasha said tiredly. Kagome scowled, trying to get her keys back, but he held them out of reach.

"It's okay, now give me my keys back," she said, jumping to get the keys. Inuyasha whirled, pushing her between himself and the cold metal of the car. She was breathing hard, her breasts heaving against his hard chest. He looked down at her with his eyes heavy-lidded with desire, but she didn't notice. She still reached for her keys, not looking at his face. She crowed with triumph when her hand finally found her keys, but his mouth on hers cut off her sounds of delight.

She instantly wrapped her arms around his neck, not expecting the quick fire to go through her veins, not expecting the longing to pool in her stomach, and most of all, definitely not expecting her own response to his kiss. He pulled away, pulling on her lower lip with his teeth, making her follow him, not that she thought of not going where he led. His hands were on her hips, but they came up to cup her face, showing her which angle was best for both of them. Finally, they came up for air, and Kagome shrieked with sudden surprise. She felt something… hard, pushing against her stomach, and she was afraid she knew what it was.

Frightened, she pushed him off of her viciously, her cheeks red from the blood rush and the desire. And of course, the embarrassment that she had responded. He moved maybe two inches.

"Good Lord, what was that?" Inuyasha asked in amazement. He hadn't expected her to kiss him back, but when she did… He couldn't remember anything except for kissing her. Maybe dating her for twenty-two or twenty-one or whatever days was worth it. She was a virgin, but she was the most enticing girl that he had met.

"I don't know," Kagome wailed in answer to his question. He pinned her again, holding her wrists in his hands. She struggled, keeping her face lowered and away from him.

"Let's go watch a movie," Inuyasha said. Kagome stilled, and she glared up at him for a moment.

She said, "If I do, you have to promise no kissing." Inuyasha grinned. What a jumpy little thing!

"Okay, okay. Only if you're dying and you need CPR," Inuyasha said, leaning in to nibble on her lip. She quickly pulled away, a blush rising once more to her cheeks.

"I mean it buster! You promised! If you break your word at any time of this deal, then the deal is over like that." She snapped her fingers to emphasize her point. He nodded solemnly.

"Okay, now that you have my word, let's go watch a movie." Kagome growled.

"Say the words, buster," Kagome hissed. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at her and shrugged.

"Okay. I promise not to kiss you without your permission," Inuyasha said solemnly, saluting her. Kagome sighed in exasperation and defeat.

"Okay. Let's go. Your car?" Inuyasha shrugged.

"Why not? Let's go."

"For us to go, you have to get off of me, and let go of my wrists," Kagome suggested. She squeaked when he settled more heavily on her, pinning her from knees to shoulders on her car.

"But it's so comfortable," Inuyasha said, still grinning.

"Not for me. It hurts my back. Now let's go," Kagome lied. She honestly couldn't feel the cold metal of the car when he was on her. How could she pay attention to anything else, even pain, when he was on top of her? Crud. Now she was getting sappy. Inuyasha got off though, and Kagome found the night air to be chilly compared to the heat of his body. A heavier, larger jacket settled on her shoulders, and she clutched at the sides to keep the jacket closed. She looked up to see Inuyasha smiling at her. She scowled, about to take the jacket off. He settled his hands on her shoulders, and shook his head.

"Just because you don't like me right now doesn't mean you should deprive yourself of warmth just because of your feelings." Kagome clutched the jacket tighter around her then, not seeing a fault in his reason.

Since when did he get a single thought process in his head that wasn't about sex?

Lord, what have I gotten myself into?

wk: Okay, sorry... I know this chapter must have been short. (Grimaces) Sorry! Okay, anyway, I'm going to skip the apologies and all the other stuff to get to the...

ReViEw oF rEvIeWs:

I thought it was a fun setup too! =) It was an interesting challenge to see how to get those two together after such an... unforgettable encounter. Well, unforgettable to the sober people.

Well, Star Weaver, I can relate to the whole getting off of work and being barely coherent. It might be the reason why the quality of my writing has been declining a bit. (Sighs) Sad. So sad. Hehe, don't worry, I won't forget. And if I do, give me a good (figurative) kick in the hiney to get my ass in gear and rewrite it or something. Thanks for reviewing and reading when you must have been tired after work. (Grimaces)

Well, anime-babe21, it's really simple. Myouga can take the stairs (despite the incredible amount of time that would take). Or, since he's the boss, he can tell someone to get into the elevator with him and push the buttons. Pure genius. Hehe, I didn't mean for Inuyasha to seem like a gentleman, since he's usually the opposite, but I know he does have his own code, so... =) Haha, and yeah, Kagome, I decided, wasn't a heavy drinker at all. And I mean at all. Kinda like me. (Pouts) And thanks for your compliments! I'm glad and flattered you think that highly of me. Wait for the next update! (Hopefully, it won't take as long...)

Thanks silentslayer! At first, I wondered how Myouga could fit into the story, and while I was writing, (I'm afraid everything occurs to me while I'm writing... Probably why I don't remember half of my own stuff...) it came to me! Make him Kagome's boss, and then when Inuyasha was driving Kagome there... Bam! Another rush of ideas that hit me along the head. I must say, I was rather breathless.

Hm... Well, Esther Tan, Sesshoumaru will definitely be in this fic. The only character that I don't think will be in this fic is Kaede, because I don't know how to fit her into this story. Maybe you could come up with another brilliant idea for me? Your last one just started a ball rolling and started the inspiration for what I now call... The Idea. Meh heh... Thanks for being with me! I hope you're with me the rest of the long way! And thanks for your idea in the first place! You're brilliant.

Thanks for liking my story, Daddy's Pixie! I didn't update soon, but I hope you forgive me for that. (Sighs) Time just isn't on my side this summer. And I'll be starting college soon... Aargh, don't want to think of that now.

Wow, thanks Melissa! Just like any other person, I am growing very big-headed from all my reviewers' compliments. I updated, but I hope you're still there reading, since I took so long... (Sighs)

Haha, no she can't, Wheezambu. I didn't know Inuyasha had it in him either, but my fingers are doing all the work. Along with itty bitty parts of my small brain. Bad grammar is a bad turn-off, but I'm afraid that when I'm really into the story myself, I can't seem to type right. (Sighs) I hope you or any other reviewer points out any and all of my mistakes to help me get better. And I'm also afraid that my chapter wasn't so long this time either. (Winces) Sorry! Hope you stick with me!

Your ideas are great, drake220! I wish I could use all of them. (Pouts) Hehe, you liked my phrase, did you? I don't know where I get these words, but like I told Wheezambu, my fingers do all the work. The only problem I can see with Naraku vs. Inuyasha is that it doesn't have anything to do with Kagome, since she doesn't know his identity, anyway. 'Tis the only problem. Alas, if I could just twist the plot around and twirl it until it didn't make sense, but... 'tis not to be. Hehe, I'm trying to update as soon as I can, but with my job, and my computer constantly being an ass, I'm afraid I have little spare time to write anymore. Don't worry though! I'm sure I'll make a comeback soon... Hopefully!

Thank you, sapphire pink! I really like to think my story is original. But, I'm sure there are other story lines like mine out there. Hopefully, not plagiarized. Hehe, like anyone would. How silly. I'll try to keep updating as fast as possible!

Well, Boo, Kouga will definitely have a personality in the future. I know I didn't give him much of a persona yet, but I have yet to concentrate on other characters. Meh.

Thanks so much PeachesDani! Hehe, I doubt my writing is mastery, but thanks for thinking so! Like I've said many times before, it inflates my big fat head. (Grins)

I updated, aznguardanang3l! I love your name, by the way. Did you read chapter two yet?

You are absolutely right, inuyasha's girl. I don't know why I'm having Inuyasha so well-mannered in this fic, but I'll get right to it! In the next chapter, or the chapter after, (since I've already written like... half of the next chapter, maybe more) I'll definitely have him more like himself. Maybe he's sick or something in my mind. And it's inevitable that Inuyasha meet Kouga. I'll have so much fun writing that little scene. (Rubs hands together evilly, plotting bad things) Thanks for reviewing, and keep with my story!

wk: That's it for my ReViEw oF rEvIeWs. Wait for the next one, folks! In the next one, Inuyasha will more than likely start his broadcasts!