Disclaimer: I don't own him damn it I'm just obsessed with him.
Chapter 2: Aggressive Attraction
Kagome Higurashi sat at her corner office typing incessantly as she organized her boss' schedule for the day. Kagome loved her job. It paid well and her boss was great towards her…in fact they were quite good friends despite the fact that she'd only been working there for a short while. So there she sat staring into her computer screen with her hair up into a bun and a few strands hanging here and there from constant moving that day.
Finally she stopped typing. She hit the print button and stood up, heading towards the door. It was lunch time and she'd be damned if she wasn't hungry. Before she left she stepped into her boss' office.
"Mr. Tanaka, I'm going out to lunch now I'll be back in an hour. If you need to know where your files are they're printing in my office right now and they'll auto-fax to you when they're finished." Kagome informed her boss.
"Thank you Ms. Higurashi" Sesshoumaru replied.
"How many times have I asked you to just call me Kagome…Ms. Higurashi is my mother" she joked.
"How many times have I told you to just call me Sesshoumaru, calling me by my surname makes me feel like one of those old fools at those fancy dinner parties we throw." He replied joking with her.
"Okay well if you need me Sesshoumaru, just hit me on my cell."
"You know what Kagome, I think I'll join you for lunch… if the files will be auto faxed I'll just look them over later. I'd enjoy your company over this clutter any day." Sesshoumaru gestured toward an area of his huge desk where there were stacks of papers.
"Alright let's go."
The two headed out of Sesshoumaru's office and into the elevator. When they reached the lobby Kagome informed the lady at the front desk to hold all of Sesshoumaru's calls until they returned and headed for the exit.
It was a beautiful day outside so Kagome took of her cream blazer. They walked around for a little talking about anything and everything about life. Sesshoumaru decided on lunch at an outside Italian spot. The two were seated immediately because of Sesshoumaru's status.
They sat at their table and the waiter took their order and left.
"Oi Sessh…I didn't think I'd see you here." came a rough voice.
"Kami what did I do to deserve him?" asked Sesshoumaru out loud.
"Oh I'm not here to bug you Sessh I was just passing through and I spotted you" Inuyasha informed.
Kagome watched the man converse with Sesshoumaru as if he knew him forever. She took a closer look at the man and noticed the uncanny similarities between the two. The man had long flowing silver locks like Sesshoumaru and equally amber eyes, though his held more emotion. He was tall and she could tell he was well built though not overly muscular. All in all, this guy was handsome…very handsome.
The man and Sesshoumaru stopped talking. The man looked at Kagome, "Sessh you say I'm the rude one, but here we are and you have yet to introduce me to your…girlfriend I presume?" the man sort of asked.
Kagome went wide-eyed, but Sesshoumaru spoke first. "She is not my girlfriend you idiot, she's way too young. This is my secretary and a good friend of mine…Kagome Higurashi, Kagome this is my younger half brother Inuyasha Tama…and he's an idiot."
"Oi you know you love me" Inuyasha teased.
"Not hardly" Sesshoumaru muttered.
"Anyway hi nice to meet you" Inuyasha greeted and held out his hand.
"Same here" Kagome shook his hand and smiled at him.
'Beautiful' thought Inuyasha
"So Ms. Higurashi what bores you into hanging out with this moron?" asked Inuyasha with laughter in his eyes at seeing the look on his brother's face.
"Nothing at all we were just about to eat lunch and please just Kagome no formalities." Kagome informed him.
"Same here…Inuyasha only. Well I have nothing to do so I think I'll join you if you don't mind that it is?" asked Inuyasha hopefully.
"Not at all" Kagome smiled at him again. Sesshoumaru just rolled his eyes. 'Just great'
Kagome informed the waiter that they needed another order of food. The waiter obeyed and left, but not before winking at Kagome. She noticed but thought nothing of it. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru spared him a small glare, but it went unnoticed as well.
As they sat and waited for their food, Kagome and Inuyasha got to know each other some more. Inuyasha found out what Sesshoumaru meant about Kagome being too young. She wasn't much younger than him, but she was still young. Sesshoumaru talked on his phone which kept ringing nonstop, he might have been able to hold his office calls, but his cell phone couldn't be ignored, only important people, like those he cared for or special business partners have his personal number. At the moment he was on the phone with his real girlfriend, whom Kagome was very fond of and she seemed to really want to see him at the moment.
"Excuse me Kagome Rin needs to see me I think it's urgent." Sesshoumaru informed.
"Oh okay…well is she alright?" Kagome asked a hint of concern in her voice.
"She's fine, but you know Rin…" he trialed off.
"Oi who's Rin?" Inuyasha was confused. Sesshoumaru ignored him as he gave Kagome a small hug and she gave him a quick peck on the cheek and he walked away.
"I'll be back at the office after my lunch is over." Kagome informed her retreating boss.
"Don't bother there are more than enough people there. My V.P. will handle things and since you're my secretary, if I'm not going to be there, why should you?" he waved and left.
"Who's Rin" Inuyasha asked Kagome
"His girlfriend and my cousin." Kagome revealed. (I told you other relationships would be revealed, I just forgot to put Rin in the character bios. I'll give you her bio at the end of this chapter.)
"Oh...damn no one tells me anything" Inuyasha feigned hurt.
Kagome laughed. "Sesshoumaru doesn't seem the type to blab about his love life to anyone, not even his family. I wouldn't know if Rin wasn't my cousin."
"He and I haven't seen each other for awhile anyway considering I just got back from China."
"Really! I've never been outside of Tokyo let alone Japan." Kagome was in awe. "You seem so young to have traveled so far, did you go with someone?" she asked him.
"Nah…just myself, and I'm 24…but, when you think about it I was young when I left to go there, 18 and right out of high school."
"What's it like in China?"
"Well the language is different…" Kagome chuckled (giggling is girly she is not a girly girl) "…and the food is good, but if you want to know the truth… China don't got nothing on Japan." Inuyasha smirked at his last statement. Kagome did too noticing the change in his speech. He was speaking vernacular. She liked it.
"FINALLY!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Huh?" Inuyasha was confused for a second until he noticed the food.
The waiter had finally come with their food. He set Kagome's food down in front of her and gave Inuyasha his food. He noticed that one person was missing.
"Uum…"
He didn't have to ask because Inuyasha already informed him. "He had to go we'll take it though".
"Okay" the waiter glanced at Kagome and gave a small smile before walking away.
"I don't like that guy" Inuyasha said when he left.
"Why?" Kagome asked confused "He seems nice enough"
"Yeah, well he's a little too nice"
"I really didn't notice." Kagome said honestly.
The two ate theirs and Sesshoumaru's food with a little talk here and there. 'She's very smart and young' Inuyasha thought. 'Not to mention pretty.' He was finding an interest in this girl.
"Inuyasha you ready to leave?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah just about." He noticed Kagome pull out here wallet to pay the bill that the waiter had brought a little while ago. "What are you doing?" he asked
"I was just getting some money out to pay for the bill"
"I don't think so" he said
"What why?" she asked.
"Because I'm here. If you were alone then you could pay for your meal, but I'm a guy and that's just a big blow to my ego for the woman I'm with to pull out here wallet and pay for everything while I'm sitting right across from her." He said turning his head to the side with folded arms and his nose in the air.
Kagome didn't know whether to be flattered or pissed in the end her blush said everything and she timidly put her wallet away. Then she smiled at him. "You can stop pouting now." She said
"I am not pouting. I don't pout" he said
"What do you call what you're doing right now?" she asked with laughter in her voice.
"Are you humoring me" he asked in that famous 'Inuyasha threatening tone'.
She finally laughed. "I'm s-sorry I-I j-just can't he-help it" she tried to get her laughter under control.
"grrr stop that damn laughing" Inuyasha growled out.
She had finally stopped and then she smiled at him. "Awe, I'm sorry" she said like he was a little kid. Then she got up and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.
Inuyasha was blushing furiously as she began walking away. "H-hey where are you going?"
"I'm waiting for you to pay the bill so I can go, actually" she answered while stopping mid-stride
"…" he couldn't think of anything to say so he just got up and walked towards the register.
When he got their and paid the bill he noticed that waiter talking to Kagome.
"Uum, excuse me miss?" The waiter asked.
"Yes?" asked Kagome
"I was wondering if I could ask you your name…my name is Hojo"
"Oh nice to meet you Hojo…I'm Kagome" she answered.
"Oh well Kagome I was wondering if I could take you to dinner sometime." He asked a little timidly.
Kagome was beginning to feel uncomfortable. She didn't know this guy and she wasn't to Interested in getting to know him either. He looked of either two things. One he was either really boring or two he was a schemer. Either way Kagome wasn't feeling him, but she always had problems when it came to telling guys no on the spot, it made her feel weird.
Inuyasha sensed her uneasiness. He stomped over to her and put a hand around her waist.
"Um is there a problem here?" he asked Hojo with pure irritation.
Hojo looked dumbstruck. And Kagome was too busy blushing to answer him.
"I said is there a problem here?" Inuyasha asked again.
"Uh you two are together?" Hojo asked on the verge of stuttering.
Kagome blushed again "Y-yes we are" she answered as Inuyasha tightened his grip around her waist.
"Oh well then I'm sorry." Hojo said embarrassed.
"Yeah well you should be." Inuyasha said and turned around with kagome to leave.
When they reached outside he still hadn't let go of her.
"Um you can let go of me now" Kagome said again while blushing. She seemed to be doing a lot of that today.
"I don't think I will" Inuyasha said pulling her closer.
"W-what?" Kagome sputtered.
"I said I don't think I will". He repeated. "I kind of like this position."
"But I don't even know you."
"Well you could always get to know me…I didn't here you deny us being together back there." He teased.
"That was because I didn't wan to be stuck with that guy." She defended herself.
"Well then are you saying you don't want to be stuck with me?" He asked feigning hurt.
"No I didn't say that. I would love to get to know you I jus-" she couldn't believe she just said that out loud. She just met him not too long ago.
"Oh really now. If that's the case I have all afternoon and according to my brother so do you." He said still not letting go of her.
"Alright fine." Kagome sighed and then smiled at his don't take no for an answer persona.
"So where do you want to go?" he asked.
"To the gym!" she said a little too enthusiastic.
"Oh Kami please tell me your not one of those work out, I have to be skinny girls."
"Don't insult my intelligence please." She said with exaggerating the please and pretended to be angry.
"Thank Kami!" he exclaimed. "But, what do you want to go to the gym for, and look what you're wearing."
"You'll see."
Inuyasha and Kagome caught a taxi and took it to the gym. Inuyasha paid the driver after giving Kagome a warning look to say 'don't even think about it'. They walked into the gym and walked to a guy sitting in a chair.
"Hey Kagome I didn't expect to see you so early in the week" said the guy sitting up in his chair.
"Hey Dante I got let of work early today so I decided to get some extra practice you know how it is." She replied.
"Who's your friend" asked Dante.
"This is Inuyasha he's my boss' brother."
"Oh I get it" Dante had a knowing look on his face.
"No that's not the situation Tae…not at all." She quickly informed him.
"Oh so this is a date then." he inquired.
Kagome blushed at a loss for words. Inuyasha hid is smirk and answered for her. "It's not an official date being that we just met a few hours ago, but I'm hoping they'll be one" he said giving Dante the 'if you catch my drift' look and shaking his hand.
Kagome blushed even more. "Anyway Tae did you order any new outfits for the gym? I was wondering if I could get one for him to use seeing as we're not dressed for the gym. My extra clothes are in my locker." She asked.
"Sure I just got some new ones and since you and Sango are my sweat hearts I'll let you have three for free, one for you and Sango each and the other for your friend here to use."
"Thanks Tae you're the best" she hugged him.
Inuyasha felt a small pang of jealousy but he liked this Dante guy so he let it go.
"Kagome why don't the two of you go to the supply closet and see which ones you want."
She and Inuyasha went to the back room and picked out their choices. They went back to Dante and showed him their choices. Dante directed Inuyasha to the changing rooms and kagome went to her usual locker area not wanting to wear her new outfit just yet.
Inuyasha was done changing before kagome and put his things in the locker Dante provided him. He went to wait by Dante for Kagome.
"So you've taken a liking to Munchkin over there huh?" Dante asked tilting his head in the direction Kagome went.
"I only just met her today, but she's something." Inuyasha answered.
"Well are you looking for a relationship right now?" Dante asked him
"I just got out of one actually. I have serious girl issues believe it or not."
"Really, but you seem to be getting along with her so well…I'd have thought you two knew each other forever."
"Well I'd like to get to know her, but it just occurred to me that she might wound up hurt."
"And why is that?" Dante asked with a lifted brow.
"Well I haven't been in a steady relationship for a while and I just broke up with a girl. And the scary part about the whole thing is that I don't know why but I really wanted too." Inuyasha didn't know why he was bearing his soul to this guy, but he was like sort of like Kagome… he had a trusting personality.
"Seems to me as if you're the kind of guy who throws his relationships purposely because he has some how over the years come up with this idea of what his perfect woman would be like. And it's not like you've done it on purpose, it's just that when you get into a relationship and you get out of one, it always seems like the girl had something but was missing everything else and each time the girl is missing something different." Dante just hit a bull's eye.
Inuyasha looked at him "You seem as if you've been through this kind of thing."
"I have as a matter of fact I just met this girl. Her name's Kanuyami." Dante smiled with a dreamy look in his eye.
Inuyasha went wide-eyed "Did you just say Kanuyami?" Dante nodded his head.
"Would her last name happen to be Houshi?" asked Inuyasha.
"Yeah why? Please don't tell me she's the girl who you just broke up with?" Dante asked
"No worse" Inuyasha informed, he had mentally calmed down and was about to laugh, but this wasn't funny.
"How worse?" Dante inquired.
"She's my cousin" Inuyasha told him.
"And that's worse how?" Dante was confused now and that happened rarely.
"Because…she hasn't said anything about you to me and even though I'm a little pissed that she can butt into my love life, but won't even tell me she has one, it's not me you should be worried about."
"And who should I be worried about?"
"My other cousin her brother Miroku. He's a maniac when it comes to Kanuyami even though she's a year older than him, but I guess I can see why she didn't tell him, he'd blow a fuse on his temper."
"Damn."
"I'll talk to him though and mellow him out before she tries to tell him, but I do have a few words for her though." Inuyasha went into a thoughtful expression.
"Well I hope you can control yourself around Kagome" Dante teased.
"And why is tha-" Inuyasha stopped what he was about to say in favor of openly gaping at Kagome who was currently sporting a sports bra and cotton/spandex shorts that came to her mid-thigh. Her hair had been let loose and she was presently walking towards them while putting it into a ponytail.
"Damn" Inuyasha whispered
Dante heard him and chuckled.
"What's so funny Tae?" asked Kagome.
"Oh nothing…Hey did you know that girl I was talking about is Inuyasha's cousin?" he said changing the topic.
"Oh really well that's great…right?"
"Yeah it's just fine…Inuyasha you can stop staring now" Dante teased some more while nudging Inuyasha.
"Huh What?" Inuyasha came out of his stupor blushing. "You ready?" he asked Kagome avoiding looking at her.
"Yeah" she answered.
"We'll talk more later Dante" Inuyasha called back to him while walking towards a sparring ring with Kagome.
"For sure" Dante called back. "Oh…and don't get beat too bad!" he added at the end.
Dante chuckled to himself…that guy didn't know what he was in for.
With Kagome and Inuyasha
"You know any contact sports or Martial Arts?" Kagome asked Inuyasha
"I know a couple of things, but the real question is do you?" he questioned right back.
"I suppose you'll find out soon enough. How about we just do free-form fighting mixing whatever you know." Kagome insisted.
"Alright…and I'll try not to mess up your pretty face in the process." He said cockily.
Kagome's temper flared at his arrogance and he'd pay dearly for it. "Do your worst…amateur" Kagome was baiting him and like a fool he took it.
"You asked for it"
"Yo Tae send a ref over for me." She winked at him and Dante knew.
'Uh oh look what he done did' Tae mentally sighed. He sent their best ref to Kagome and Inuyasha's ring and sat back to watch what he knew would be a show.
The ref came over and took his place to monitor the game. He like Dante knew Kagome well and knew that she only asked for a ref when she was serious. The ref whose name was Kei winked at Kagome.
"Basic Rules apply. BEGIN" Kei shouted.
Kagome and Inuyasha bowed at each other and took positions. Inuyasha took a fighting stance whereas Kagome was more spread out with the grace of an eagle and the intensity of a tiger stalking its prey. She was serious, anyone could see that. The two stood there for a while when Kagome decided to make the first move.
She bounded towards Inuyasha and jumped into a spin kick. Inuyasha was surprised at her precision, but unlike what kagome said he was no amateur so he easily dodged it buy crouching low and when kagome landed he did a sweep kick and tripped her. But before kagome could hit the ground she turned her fall into a back flip and landed on her feet in a fighting stance.
Inuyasha looked stunned. "It seems I underestimated you Kagome, so I won't take it easy on you after all." He resumed his fighting stance and this time he decided to make the first move.
Inuyasha charged towards her and tried to land a punch but when he missed and she appeared behind him he did a high kick behind him with his leg, but kagome caught his leg and twisted him in midair. She let go and intended for him to fall, but he landed on his hands and pushed up of the ground and went into a roundhouse kick. Kagome dodged and decided to try a more head on approach, in which she went from martial arts to boxing and began to throw a series of jabs and uppercuts at Inuyasha. He was surprised considering that she had the agility and movement of a pro. He couldn't block all of her punches and she landed a few good ones on his torso. Just when he thought she had tired from her incessant punching, she switched back to martial arts and did a high kick in his chest sending him flying backwards, which he quickly recovered from, but just when he had thought he figured out her technique she went into something unfamiliar. It looked like she was break dancing, but when he found himself on the floor, dancing was the farthest thing from his mind.
Their fight when on like this for ½ an hour longer, with Inuyasha throwing kicks and blows, and kagome dodging or bobbing and weaving. He caught her a couple of times and she appreciated his fighting back. It meant that he was taking her as a serious opponent. But that didn't stop her from returning the favor. Finally they had stopped seeming almost evenly matched, though Kagome showed more skill.
"So…Kei…what do you…think?" Kagome asked catching her breath. Inuyasha was doing the same.
Kei was standing there seemingly shocked. "Well despite the kick ass skills you both seem to possess, I do have to say that Munchkin here won fair and square." Kei said still a little surprised.
"Munchkin?" Inuyasha asked
"Nickname…my friend Sango is monster." Kagome informed.
Inuyasha mouthed an 'o'.
"So do you still think you want to be taking it easy on me?" Kagome asked smirking
"Not hardly, in fact I stop thinking that around the first 3 minutes of our little showdown."
"No hard feelings?" Kagome asked sweetly giving him her brightest smile, despite the sweat and exhaustion evident on her face.
Inuyasha couldn't say no, she looked so adorable. "Of course not" he smiled back at her.
"Thanks Kei I'll see you this weekend." Kagome said
"Absolutely, hey munchkin do you want me to add him to tally?" Kei asked
"Of course, a challenge won is a challenge won" she answered
She and Inuyasha went to the changing rooms and took quick showers which were only available for special comers like Kagome. They both changed back into their clothes from earlier and went back to the front desk to say goodbye to Dante and left.
"You know Kagome you're a weird girl" Inuyasha told her.
"And why is that?" she asked
"For one I never knew a girl who could fight like you, yet you would never know you could from first glance."
"Well I try to keep my personal, everyday habits separate from my work life no matter how close me and my boss are. Truth is I was a real tomboy growing up. And my brother and best friend didn't help either. My brother Souta loved having a little boy for a sister and my friend Sango was a tomboy like me so we never hung out around girls too much, only our brothers. Girls talk to damn much" Kagome informed him
Inuyasha was momentarily surprised by her use of language but quickly recovered. He was about to say something when his and Kagome's cell phones rang at the same time.
"Speak" they both said in unison, giving each other weird looks at the fact that someone else would actually answer their phone like that.
"Hey bunny it's Souta where are you?" Kagome's older brother asked over the phone.
"I'm just coming out of the gym, why what happened?"
"Nothing I was just gonna come pick you up from work since this is the time you get off work right, I was wondering if you'd like to do something."
"Yeah why not, but you'll have to pick me up from in front of the gym cuz I got off early and that's about where I'm at." She told him.
"Fine, I'll be there in 10 minutes wait for me inside with Tae." He told her
"I'm a big girl now Pooh bear, I think I can-" but Souta had already hung up the phone.
With Inuyasha
"Hey Inu" greeted Inuyasha's older cousin Kanuyami
"Hey Yami what's up?" he greeted back
"Nothing I was wondering if you where still coming to my club tonight cuz if you are I need your help a little earlier to move a couple of boxes and do a little running around with me right now."
"Where's Miroku?"
"His lazy as is probably of chasing skirts" she told him
"Fine I'll help you I'm on my way now." He said and they hung up.
Normal POV
"Uh I got to go." Inuyasha told Kagome when he was off the phone.
"Me too, my brother is coming to pick me up in a few minutes."
"Do you want me to wait with you?" he asked her like a gentleman (Pfft yeah right Inuyasha a gentleman, bite me!).
"Nah that's okay I was going to wait inside with Tae."
"Are you sure? My brother would skin me if he knew I left you here alone."
"I'm okay really." She assured him.
"Alright fine. I had fun…I hope we can do it again soon…really soon." He told her while slipping a card into her hand. "It's my phone number, call me okay" he said and caught a cab to his destination.
Kagome blushed as he took off. At the moment a guy in a midnight blue Lexus pulled up in front of her and rolled down the window.
"What the hell are you doing outside, I thought I said wait with Tae inside." The guy reprimanded her.
"Well if you wouldn't have hung up so fast Pooh, you would've distinctly heard me tell you that I was a big girl and I could wait outside on my own." She said to her brother with folded arms and her nose in the air.
"Whatever…hey wait why are you blushing?" he asked suspiciously.
"W-what, I'm not blushing!" she denied.
"Yes you are, who's the guy?" he demanded.
"What makes you think it's a guy?" she questioned.
"Because I know my little sister, and I know she doesn't go all red over just anything." He teased. "So who is the guy."
"His name is…Inuyasha." Kagome answered with a slightly nostalgic look.
Rin Yukitora Higurashi- 27 years old. She is about 5'4'' with black hair that just passes her shoulders. She is very perky, but can be serious at times and is a worry wart. She is extremely optimistic. Rin is very pretty and is currently dating Sesshoumaru. She is Kagome and Souta's older cousin on their father's side which is why her surname is also Higurashi.
Dante Kurama Soujii- 26 years old. He is 5'10'' and very handsome. He had short dark brown hair and smoky grey/ hazel eyes and a tan figure. Dante is the owner of the gym Kagome and Sango go to. He is dating Kanuyami, so far unbeknownst to Miroku. Dante is very easy going and sweet. He, Sango and Kagome are very close and have been since the girls were young. Dante is a skilled fighter which is why he opened a gym. He taught Sango and Kagome the skills they know and now the girls train against each other on their own. Dante is also good friends with Souta and Kohaku because he grew up with them and is trusted to look out for the girls when their brothers aren't around.
Phoenix-Tabuutz here saying that it's about bleepin' time I got this chapter out. It took me forever. I've never written 15 chapters before and it just occurred to me that I did. I hope you enjoy this chapter. It's the first official one for this story. Read and Review and if you want to send a flame filled with your disgust go right ahead, F.A.F.- flames are funny. And you know what I enjoy seeing people's self hate, that's what a flame is to me, a hater/ someone's self disgust in the form of computerized text. LMAO- :D :P :X