Author's Note: I was looking at Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8 and thought; "why do I have four chapters about the same day and they are both short! Doesn't make sense." So I combined them. I don't know if someone told me I should do that, but yeah. I'm taking your advice. I was also reading some of the reviews. At the time, I was about 13 or 14 writing this so I wouldn't really know how long it took for a pregnancy test to tell if someone was pregnant or not. So thanks to the reviewer who told me that. I'll keep that in mind. Just a little side note. Enjoy.
Chapter 5: Freedom: Day two: Effects
Kagome woke up about an hour later with a splitting headache and feeling like shit.
"Owwwwww." She groaned and moved over to her left, grabbed a pillow and put it to her head, trying to block out the non-existent noise.
"Kagome, are you okay?" Sango softly asked on the right side of her. Kagome sat up slowly and clutched her head lightly and closed her eyes.
"Yeah" she whispered and turned to look at Sango. Almost out of no where Kagome had the sudden urge to eat meat….raw meat. 'Strange' Kagome thought as she crossed her legs under the covers and folded her hands in her lap. "Sango, what happened?" Sango sighed.
"Well, you fainted after I told you that there might be a slight possibility that you could be pregnant". Sango said and studied Kagome closely. 'How is she going to react to this?' she thought. After a minute or two of silence and staring at each other, Kagome was the first to speak.
"I don't know what to say, Sango. I guess I'll just have to wait until I talk to Sesshoumaru about this. But thanks Sango for looking out for me." Kagome said, calmly, well as much as she could pull off. On the inside she was screaming about how could she let this happen to her and promising to kill Sesshoumaru and make it slow and painful. 'I need to have a talk with Sesshoumaru. Better yet, I'm going to go buy one of those home pregnancy tests today!' Kagome thought, forming a plan in her head. She could take care of this now, and then have fun on the rest of her vacation.
"Hey Sango, I kinda want to get changed. I need to go out and buy some stuff" Kagome said getting out of bed and stretched.
"Alright, Kagome. Miroku and I will be outside waiting for you" Sango said giving her a small smile and exited the bedroom. 'I wonder if Sango is okay?' Kagome thought and shrugged as she went over to her white dresser on the far right of her wall near the window. Picking out a pair of gray dress pants with an attached little gray belt and a white button up dress shirt, she got dressed quickly and placed her hair in a tight bun. Glancing over at the clock, she found it to be 8:15pm. That gave her enough time to try and get a job at the business, that was very huge in status. She could make big money there, after that she would go to the store, to get a pregnancy test.
Picking up some random dress shoes, Kagome put them on and headed to the door to get her jacket and keys from the living room. With her hand on the doorknob, Kagome stopped in mid-turn when she head voices from the other side of the door.
"How did Kagome take the news?" Miroku asked. Kagome heard Sango sigh.
"She took it fine. I guess, I mean I am worried about her. She doesn't have a job! And what it Sesshoumaru abandons her, when he finds out that she's pregnant?" Sango asked accusingly. Hearing enough, Kagome pushed the door open, surprising both Miroku and Sango.
"Kagome!" they both said at the same time, seeing the angry look on her face.
"Don't. I know I don't have a job. But that is none of your concern. Sesshoumaru would not and I repeat WILL NOT abandon me and the baby, if I am pregnant!" Kagome said with tears brimming her eyes. She didn't know what was wrong with her. She was fine up until Sango started to accuse her mate of abandoning her and their child. She didn't even know him that long and she still felt the need to defend him in some way. She just lost it and now here she is, about to cry. She was just an emotional wreak. OH GOD, maybe she was pregnant! Well the only way to find out is to take the pregnancy test.
Still standing there, Kagome dropped her head so that her bangs covered her eyes. Slowly but surly her tears dropped from her face and onto the fluffy white carpet, under her feet. "Kagome" Sango whispered, tears threatening to spill. She went up to Kagome, and hugged her tightly. Kagome put her arms around Sango's neck and hugged her. Soon after, Miroku joined in to, minding his hands. After 2 minutes of hugging each other, they pulled apart and Kagome wiped her eyes. She looked up at Miroku and Sango and smiled slightly.
"Sorry about getting angry with you guys like that. I don't know what happened. But I have to get going if I want to try and find a job." Kagome said, straightening her outfit and grabbing her coat and keys.
"Okay, Kagome. We understand. Just be careful, okay" Sango replied standing near Kagome. She turned around and smiled at Sango. "Yes, Mom" she said and walked out the door. Sango sighed and turned to Miroku.
"I love you Roku," she said hugging him lightly. She felt him return her hug and she smiled slightly into his chest.
"I love you to San" he whispered.
'Why can't Kagome be as happy as Miroku and I are?' Sango thought to herself as she continued to hug the love of her life.
-:-
Parking her car in the parking lot of Tai-youkai Corporation, she turned it off and exited her car and walked up to the tall black building. Walking through the clear double doors, Kagome approached the receptionist, with a smile.
"Hello, my name is Kagura. How may I help you?"
"Hi, My name is Kagome Higurashi, and I would like to apply for a job here" she said smiling sweetly. Kagura was wearing a black dress shirt and from what Kagome could see, she was wearing black stretch black pants. 'She must like black…a lot' Kagome thought.
Kagura gave her a once over and took a deep breath. 'She smells nice and like……SESSHOUMARU! It's all over her, barely. Interesting, maybe if she gets the job then she could replace that smelly little toad, Jaken, and I get to see some action between Sesshoumaru and her. YAY!' Kagura thought happily. She directed Kagome to a desk and a chair across the hall. Once they both were seated, Kagura directed her blood red eyes on Kagome and smiled brightly.
"Now Miss. Higurashi, tell me which position you would like to apply for?" Kagura asked resting her hands on the desk. Kagura thought it was fascinating that Kagome was so nervous, it was rolling off her in waves!
"Well, I would like to apply for personal assistant position." she said.
"Tell me about yourself and past jobs, you have had?" Kagura asked. She already knew Kagome would get the job, and she liked her already. 'Anyone who can get Fluffy to stop acting like he has a stick in his ass, is cool with me.' she thought amusingly as she listened to Kagome talk. The more Kagome talked the more Kagura was interested in her.
O.O-1 hr later-O.O
"Thank you, Miss. Higurashi! You are by far the most interesting person, I have interviewed yet! You know what, you got the job working as Fluffy's assistant!" Kagura said clapping her hands and smiling widely. Kagome couldn't help but laugh at her attitude. That and she got the job!
"Thank you, Kagura! But may I ask who is Fluffy?" Kagome asked curiously.
'She doesn't know whom she is working for? Interesting.' Kagura thought. "Oh, don't mind me. That's just what I like to call the boss man," Kagura said laughing nervously.
Not thinking anything by it, Kagome shrugged and said, "Okay then. Um when do I start?"
"Tomorrow at 8:30am sharp." Kagura said and stood from her chair and Kagome did as well.
"Alright then, I'll be there. See you tomorrow then." Kagome said and held out her hand and Kagura shook it with a firm grip.
"Goodnight" She replied. While watching Kagome leave, Kagura couldn't help but smirk. Tomorrow was going to an interesting day for all of us in the building.
O.O-With Kagome-O.O
After picking up a pregnancy test from the 24-hour pharmacy, Kagome went back home only to find her apartment empty. 'Must have left along time ago.' Kagome thought to herself as she walked into her bathroom and took a 45-minute shower, before turning off the water and wrapping a towel around her. Taking the pregnancy test from the sink counter, she read the direction carefully. 'Better get this over with now' she thought nervously as she opened the box and took the test.
O.O-15 minutes later-O.O
DING! DING! DING!
Kagome slightly jumped. She was currently in her own little world, wondering what Sesshoumaru would do if he found out she was pregnant. Getting up from the toilet seat, still wrapped in a towel, she picked up the test from the sink and gasped at the results.
She was…..
-:-
Sesshoumaru saw the last person he wanted to see in a long time, standing in his doorway, Inuyasha. He was wearing a red button up shirt with the first three buttons undone, showing his white tank top, with dark blue baggy pants with his hair in a ponytail. Closing the door behind him, he walked up and sat in the empty chair in front of his brothers' desk. 'He seems tense' Inuyasha thought as he eyed Sesshoumaru wearily, as his brother continued to look at his documents.
"Are you going to look at me all day half-breed, or are you going to tell me what you wanted to tell me?" Sesshoumaru snapped lifting his head to face him.
"Well I wanted to know if you could get me a restraining order against Kikyou. You remember her, the chick I brought with me the other night? " Inuyasha asked, leaning back into his chair. Sesshoumaru sighed and shook his head. This would be the 14th time that he has done this. 'When is that mutt going to learn not to use women?' Sesshoumaru thought as he continued to look at his documents.
"That reminds me. What happened to that bitch you were dancing and left with?" Inuyasha asked "was she a good fuck, cause if you are done with her, I would love to give her a try" he continued never sensing his brothers' Youkai starting to overpower him.
Sesshoumaru lowered his head even more, sinking his long sharp claws into his pine wood desk.
'Kill him!' his youkai screamed.
'No' Sesshoumaru screamed back.
'Kill him! He talked trash about our mate! The half-breed must die!' his youkai said dangerously.
Inuyasha looked at Sesshoumaru. 'What's wrong with him?' he asked himself as he felt his brother pulse and smelt his youkai's scent. 'Was it something I said?' Getting up from his seat, Inuyasha placed a hand on his brothers' shoulder. Sesshoumaru felt someone place a hand on his shoulder and he started to growl low in his throat as a warning to Inuyasha to back off. Before Inuyasha could react, Sesshoumaru had him up against the wall with his hand around his throat squeezing lightly.
"If you, ever talk bad about my mate again, I WILL kill you half-breed." Sesshoumaru growled dangerously and lifted his head to look Inuyasha in the eye. Gold met blood red and Inuyasha got a little scared. Sure he had seen Sesshoumaru in this form before, but not like this. Nodding as much as he could, Sesshoumaru lowered him down and sat back down in his chair. He turned his chair around to face the large glass window that look into the towns. "Leave Inuyasha" came his voice. Inuyasha shivered, if was like a cold chill went down his spine.
'Weird' he thought as he placed a hand over his neck and rubbed it gently and walked out of his brothers' office.
Walking down the hallway, he stopped in mid-step heading to the elevator. 'Mate! No wonder he got mad!' Inuyasha thought, exiting the building.
-:-
Sesshoumaru turned back around to face the door and rubbed his aching head. 15 minutes later he felt his self return back to normal. 'This will be a long week without Kagome' Sesshoumaru thought. Then he remembered Jaken hadn't come back yet. 'Stupid. Little. Shitfaced. Toad!' Sesshoumaru thought.
"JAKEN!" he roared. Minutes later, a somewhat beaten Jaken came through the door. He bowed.
"I'm sorry, M'lord. But your brother got a hold of me and beat me up when I wouldn't let him see you" Jaken apologized still on his knees.
"That is still inexcusable. You made me miss a dead line for three documents, you failed to deliver to me" Sesshoumaru stated coldly. Jaken trembled. 'Damn Inuyasha' he thought bitterly. "As your punishment, you will clean the whole building, starting tomorrow. I will tell you when you can stop cleaning, but you will not be paid the entire time, am I clear?" Sesshoumaru said leaning back in his chair.
"Yes M'lord" Jaken said and bowed again, before turning to leave.
'Great, now I need to find another assistant to replace Jaken!' Sesshoumaru thought bitterly and went back to his paperwork.
O.O-1 hr and 45 minutes later-O.O
Finally finishing his paper work, Sesshoumaru put all of them in the "out pile" and turned in his chair trying to figure something out. During his time doing his paper work, he could have thought he smelled Kagome's scent downstairs somewhere. But dismissed it thinking it was something else. He looked at the clock, 10:45pm blinked red numbers at him. 'Time to go home' Sesshoumaru thought as he took his coat off the back of his chair and put it on. Stopping in mid-reach to pick up his brief case, he heard his phone go off. Picking up the phone, Sesshoumaru heard his secretary's voice.
"Hey Fluffy! Are you about to go home?" Kagura asked. He groaned and rolled his eyes.
"Do you insist on calling me that name all the time?" he asked annoyed.
"Are you about to go home or not?" Kagura asked, not answering his question.
"Yes Kagura" Sesshoumaru replied.
"Well, I just wanted to tell you that, I interviewed a great person I think should be your new assistant!" Kagura said happily.
'Well at least I don't have to look for one now' he thought. "A name would be helpful," he asked sitting down in his chair.
"You'll have to fond out tomorrow. Bye Fluffy" Kagura said and disconnected the line.
'Kagura, that……..well at least she got me a new assistant' he thought 'but I can't help but wonder who it is?'
With that thought; he got up, grabbed his briefcase and walked out of the building at a fast pace. Getting into his car, he drove home, wondering if Kagome was okay.