Beauty and Brains

by ceryoko

After graduating from Harvard at the top of her class, Kagome was determined to get her dream job at Takeda Advertising Industry. However, everything turns upside down when her boss goes from hating her to wanting to "have" her, all in one day. How will K

4. Chapter 4

Hey! It's me, ceryoko, again, here with a whole new chapter. This will be a very long chapter so prepare to read.

Thanks to all of my loyal readers and reviewers. I appreciate each and every review that I get.

It may seem like I am focusing on the relationship between Sango and Miroku and not the one developing between Inuyasha and Kagome but that's only because I can't really concentrate on two relationships at once so I'm trying to get one out of the way.

Here it is, the long awaited chapter 4 of Beauty and Brains...

Chapter 4

After work, Kagome just wanted to be away from Inuyasha and his advances and be with her mother and brother. She picked up the portfolio and packed up her stuff before walking into Inuyasha's office. She walked directly to his desk and put down the portfolio. "Here's the portfolio, Mr. Takeda. I'll be leaving now. I want to spend as much time with my mother and brother as possible."

"What did I tell you about calling me that? I don't like it. Besides, I'm only two years older than you are," Inuyasha said. He stood up and began to walk around the desk towards her.

"Stop Mr. Takeda. Look, I rather call you Mr. Takeda because this is a business relationship and therefore I should show respect for you as my boss."

""I don't want you to think of me as your boss. Why can't you think of me as a friend?" he asked and added silently, 'or as something more?'

"I can't and won't do that because I know that's not what you want. You don't want friendship from me unless that means us being kissing friends without any boundaries. You don't care about friendship. You just want a roll in the sack so you can have another scratch on the butt of your gun or your wall. I won't allow you to use my body for your own sexual pleasure and gratification," she said firmly before turning and leaving his office.

"She'll be back,"he whispered to himself. "I made sure she'd come back." He leaned back in his chair and waited for her to come back. "Oh, I better call Sango to make sure she's not here," he said as he picked up the phone and dialed Sango's number. "Kagome will probably go to her once she realizes that her brother took her car to get home."

"What do you want, Inuyasha?" Sango answered her phone. "I'm not ready to talk about Miroku."

"How'd you ... never mind. I forgot you had caller ID. I didn't call you to talk about Miroku, although we still have to talk about that. I just wanted to know where you are."

"I'm already on my way home. Why?"

"Nothing. It's not important anymore."

"So why'd you call?"

"I have something to talk to you about. I got a call from Sesshoumaru regarding the annual company picnic. There have been new rules and a new game. It's now an all white affair and we now have a swim relay race for money."

"Why is there a bet? There's got to be more to this. They wouldn't just put money on the line so suddenly. Something is up."

"Yeah, I agree with you Sango. But I'm not going to worry about that right now. I think my father wants to tell me and Sesshoumaru about this and why money has suddenly been involved."

"Okay Inuyasha. Just let me know what's going on okay? We're friends and if you're having some trouble, you know I'm here for you."

"Geez, Sango, you sound like a shrink. I know I can depend on you for emotional support but I will tell you now, I do not and will never need any form of emotional support."

"Okay Inuyasha. Just don't leave me out of the loop when you find out what's going on."

"Okay. Oh and I'm not sure I told you but I want you and Miroku, along with Kagome to come over to my house this afternoon to practice for the relay race so I can figure out the average time we make together. And could you call Miroku and let him know?"

"Inuyasha, please don't ask me to do that. I'm really confused right now and I don't think my calling Miroku will help."

"Now who needs emotional support?"

"..."

"Sango, it's okay. I won't push you to get closer to Miroku. I might suggest it or conspire to leave the two of you alone in a locked room with no way out, but I won't force you because you're my friend."

"Gee, thanks Inuyasha. Where would I be without a friend like you?" she asked, sarcasm dripping from every word.

"Yeah, I know. Anyway, I'll call Miroku and let him know about the changes in the picnic and the practice this afternoon."

"Okay thanks Inuyasha. I'll talk to you later," she said before hanging up the phone.

Inuyasha hung up the phone and sat down again. "Now I just have to wait for Kagome to come back.

Kagome took the elevator down to the parking lot. As soon as she stepped off, she realized that it was mostly empty with only a familiar red Ferrari and another strange car. She looked around again and again helplessly, hoping to miraculously spot her car. When she did not see her car, she stomped her foot and shouted "shit!" She suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder and spun around wildly.

"Oh it's you Kagome. Are you okay?"

"Oh, you scared me is all," she said with her hand on her chest. "Miroku, right?"

"Yeah, I hope it's okay that I called you Kagome."

"No problem."

"So, are you okay?"

"Yeah I guess so. So ... what's going on with you and Sango? Are you two an item?" She noticed him starting to fidget and then added, "unless it's none of my business."

"No, I don't mind your asking. It's just that," he heaved a heavy sigh before continuing, "things haven't been going well at all. I have ... um ... a problem ..."

"What type of problem are we talking about?"

"Well, I guess it's because of my genes but I can't help but look at other women. It's like an incurable disease I have. It's like if I don't look, I won't feel right."

"You know what I think? You're making excuses for yourself. Besides, something doesn't sound right. I know Sango and your looking at other women would irritate her, but not make her mad enough to mess up a relationship that she seemed so excited about. It just doesn't add up. Is there something else that you do or say to these other women that you're not telling me about?"

Scratching the back of his head, he said "uh ... well ... I also have a problem with my hands. Uh ... you see ... I can't help myself. I grope women. All the time. I can't stop my hand. When a woman passes by, I just have to do it. If I could stop, I would. But I can't. And I can't promise Sango that I won't do it whether or not we're together. I can't do that to her. She deserves better than that. I try ... I really do but –"

"Miroku, you're still making excuses for yourself and your excuses are beyond lame. You can help yourself if you try to change. But that's your problem. You don't want to change. I think that you're hoping Sango will settle for a man with "wandering hands". You don't want to change. That's the problem with men. Women must always be the one to give in, to lay her pride on the line for men. But what about you? Why won't you change for Sango? She's my best friend and I know how she is, and I'll tell you this, if you're expecting her to settle, then you are most definitely mistaken!"

Miroku took a deep breath before speaking again. "I want to change Kagome. I just don't know how."

"Kagome calmed down a bit then placed her hands on his shoulders. "Miroku, I don't think you're such a bad guy so I want to help you."

"Really? You'll help me win Sango over?" he asked, hope shining in his eyes.

"Yes I will. But you need to learn to take risks. Life itself is a risk and you won't gain anything unless you take a risk and give up something of yours."

"Okay where do we start? I mean I –" He was cut off by phone ringing. "Sorry. Just give me a minute." He took two steps away from Kagome and turned his back before answering "Hello."

"Hey Miroku."

"Oh, it's you Inuyasha. What's up?"

As soon as Kagome heard his name, she stiffened. She took a deep breath then whispered to herself. "It's okay. You're stronger than this. Just relax and act casual."

Miroku and Inuyasha continued to talk as Inuyasha filled Miroku in on the changes in the picnic. Miroku also had suspicions but he decided that he would tell Inuyasha about them face to face.

"Oh and Miroku, since I probably haven't told you already, I want us to practice for the swim relay race this afternoon."

"Okay Inuyasha. I'll talk to you later."

"Okay Bye."

Miroku turned back and looked at Kagome. "So what should I do first?"

"Hmm," she mumbled deep in thought. "I know. Come here."

"Why?" he asked as he came closer still.

Kagome reached up and hugged him.

"Uh ... Kagome, are you all right?" he asked as she held on to him.

"I'm fine. Can't I give my new friend a hug?"

"Oh okay," he said and returned the hug.

After a while, Kagome pulled away and said, "well, you passed the first test."

"I did? What test?"

"I was checking to see if you really do grope women all the time. But you didn't grope me so there's hope for you yet."

"Wow! I really didn't grope you. Maybe I can do this after all," he said slowly. "Thanks a lot Kagome. Can I call you? Just in case I still need help?"

"Sure, here's my numbers," she said as she scribbled them down and handed it to him. "If you can't get me at home, call my cell. It's always on."

"Okay and thanks again for everything."

"No problem, Miroku. Just don't hurt Sango."

"Okay. Bye," he said as he jumped into his car and sped off.

Kagome sighed then said to herself, "well I guess I better get back up to Inuyasha and ask him to take me home. I'm so sure he planned this too." She got into the elevator and punched the number for the twelfth floor. When the elevator got to the twelfth floor, she went straight to Inuyasha's office and walked right in without knocking.

"Kagome? What are you still doing here? I thought you'd be gone by now," Inuyasha said as Kagome came into his office.

"Oh please. Cut the crap Inuyasha. Don't act like you don't know why I'm here because I know you set it up. You set this all up."

"Kagome, I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't know why you're still here. What happened? Do you have a flat tire or something?

"Inuyasha, I know as much as you do that you're spewing a bunch of bullshit. I know you told my brother to leave before me so I wouldn't have my car and so that you could drive me home."

"You have brilliant deduction skills. But I didn't have to tell him. I merely suggested that he take your mother for a joy ride all afternoon so that we could spend some time together," he said with a cool smile on his face.

"Inuyasha, you need to stop this. You can't force me to do anything with you. In case you don't know, that's rape, and I will not hesitate to scream like a banshee until the entire business district is at the door."

"Kagome, I know for a fact that I don't have to force you to do anything that you don't want to do. I've never forced myself onto a woman either and I don't intend to start with you. I could have my way with you right now and all you'd be doing is quivering with need and sexual desire, not complaining."

Kagome's face turned red with anger and she stomped towards Inuyasha's desk. "You're so infuriating! God! You really need someone to deflate that ego and apparently I'm going to be the one to do it. I may be inexperienced, but I'm not stupid, Inuyasha. If you think I'm just going to lie back and spread my legs for you just like that then you've got another thing coming. I'd rather die than let you fuck me."

"That just goes to show how inexperienced you are. I know what I can do. Heck, I've already given you a taste of what I can do. If you think you're so strong and that you can resist me, why don't you prove it? Girls like you," he snorted, "you girls are all mouth. When it comes to talking, you know just what to say. But only put you in an action situation and you get scared and lose control. I wouldn't even bother with such an inexperienced annoying little bitch if I didn't want to break you. When I'm done with you, you'll be beyond broken."

"Fuck you!" she shouted angrily at him and raised her hand and slapped him hard. "Don't you ever say anything like that to me again," she said as angry tears rolled down her face. "I'll walk home. I can't stand to be anywhere near you!" she shouted and turned around and left through the door, slamming it.

Inuyasha fumbled to gather his stuff and chased after her. 'If she think she's going to get away with hitting me then she's wrong. Nobody hits me, not man, not woman, not anybody.' He went straight to the parking lot and got into his car and drove the route to Kagome's house. He didn't have to drive far before he saw her walking along the sidewalk. He began to cruise slowly alongside Kagome, who was on her cell. "Kagome!" he began to shout. "Get in the car and let me drive you home."

Kagome continued to talk on her phone. "Souta, I really need you to come for me...what do you mean you can't come for me?...damn it Souta I need you now!"

Inuyasha jumped out of the car and walked over to Kagome. He snatched the phone from her hand and said, "don't bother to come for her. I'll bring her home Souta," he said before shutting the phone and then he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. I'm taking you home now. Then you'll come over to my house for practice."

"Inuyasha, put me down! I don't want to go with you," she complained as he lifted her into the car while people around looked at them strangely.

He put her in the seat and fastened her seatbelt before driving again. The car was in complete silence. He was not going to apologize for tell her the truth and she wouldn't talk to him or listen to him for that matter. He drove very fast so that he could reach her house quickly. When they finally got there, he parked and she tried to get out immediately, but he grabbed her arm. "Hey!" he shouted to get her attention. "You listen here and listen good. I've never had any qualms about hitting a woman and don't think you're any special. The next time you even try to hit me, I will not hesitate to return it with so much force, I'll maim that pretty little face for life."

"Are you done? Because all I can see is you sucking up a good five seconds of oxygen that an otherwise more important person could have used."

He put his hand over his heart and said, in fake agony, "Oh God it hurts." He moved his hand and said to her fiercely, "I don't care what you say because I already realized that's all you can do. So do me a favor and shut up and get out of my car. Shower and change into your swimsuit and be at my house in a half hour," he said as soon as she got out and drove off.

Kagome ran into her house and locked the door. She went up the stairs and jumped into the shower. As the water flowed over body, she started to think about Inuyasha. 'What the hell is his problem? He just wants me to lie back and let him have his way with me, but he's wrong if he thinks I'm going to let that happen. That's never going to happen. He may be witty and good-looking, but he's still a jackass and no amount of good looks can change that.'

When she was done, she toweled herself dry then went to her drawer to pick out a swimsuit. 'Wait a minute. What am I doing? I shouldn't go to the practice and make him mad. That'll really burn him.' Just then her phone rang. She picked it up and answered, "Hello?"

"Hey Kagome. Inuyasha said to tell you that you can't back out of practice because Sesshoumaru is going to be there and he wants you to meet him," Sango said all in one breath. "Oh and can you pick me up?"

"Okay Sango. Bye." After she hung up, she went back to the drawer. "Alright, which one will it be?" she asked herself as she began to move around the garments in the drawer. 'Now I really wish that me and Sango had bought one piece bathing suits too instead of just two piece ones.' She pulled out the most appropriate and decent two-piece she could find. It was a baby blue tankini. The top ended a little ways above her navel and the bottom was shorts. When she was done, she slipped on a white Old Navy t-shirt, a beige Capri and some white Old Navy flip flops. She combed through her slightly damp hair before putting it up into a high ponytail. When she was ready, she picked up a blue backpack and put in a change of clothes, a comb and a scrunchy, along with her cell phone and her purse.

Kagome ran back down the stairs, opened the door and stepped out, only to remember that Souta had her car. Not wanting to go back inside, she pulled out her cell phone and called Souta.

"Hey Sis," he answered.

"Souta where are you? I need my car now!"

"Kagome, relax. I'm going to pull into the driveway in about ... oh say five seconds," he said then hung up the phone.

Kagome closed her phone and looked up to see him pull into the driveway just like he said. She walked towards the car as Souta and her mother got out. "Hi Mom. I have to go out for a while so don't leave dinner for me okay?"

"Okay sweetie."

"And Souta, don't think I'm ever going to let you borrow my car again," she said as she got in and sped off to Sango's house. She put on the radio to relax until she finally arrived at Sango's home ten minutes later. Sango was already outside waiting. She jumped into the car and muttered a "thanks" and then they were off again.

When they finally got to Inuyasha's home, they were met by Miroku, who was waiting at the door. He came down the steps and said "Hey Sango, hey Kagome."

Both Kagome and Sango said "hi" together but Sango said it in a depressed way whereas Kagome said it in a cheerful way.

"Come on. I'll show you to the pool," Miroku said and began to direct them to the pool.

After about five minutes of walking, Kagome said, "wait a minute. I thought the pool would be outside."

"Well, there is one outside but Inuyasha said that we should use the indoor pool instead." By the time he was done talking, they had reached the pool to be greeted by the sight of Inuyasha lying in a lounge chair in just a pair of red swim trunks.

Kagome stopped and turned to look into the pool, hoping that he did not see her face go up in flames or heard he heart beat quicken.

"Geez, what took you guys so long?" Inuyasha said with a smile before picking up the scent of slight arousal. He turned to Kagome and smirked when he realized that the scent was coming from her and that she was the only one not looking at him. He walked over to her and said, "Glad you could make it."

"Yeah, whatever. Let's just do this and get it over with," she said and walked around Inuyasha and went towards Miroku and Sango, who were already stripping down to their swimsuits. She walked right by them and went over to the lounge chair where Inuyasha had been and put down her bag. She slowly disrobed and put her clothes by her bag as well. She went back to the group just as Inuyasha began to talk.

"Alright guys. I want the two girls on this end of the pool and Miroku and I will go to the other end. I think I want Sango to start since she's such a strong swimmer. Sango, you'll tag Miroku, Miroku will tag Kagome and finally, I'll finish it up. Everybody got that?" After everyone nodded, he continued. "I set up a little buzzer to start us off. Everyone, take your positions," he said before walking to the other end of the pool with Miroku.

They all did some stretching before Sango got ready to go. She stood at the tip of the pool and tensed in anticipation as she waited for the buzzer.

"Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" the buzzer went off loudly and she was off. She dove into the water before surfacing and beginning to stroke. Sango was swimming really fast and only took thirty five seconds to tag Miroku.

Miroku dove over her head and swam to Kagome faster than Sango had swum to him. He reached Kagome's end in thirty seconds before tagging Kagome.

Kagome's plunge was much faster and more graceful than Miroku's and Sango's, and by the time she surfaced, she was already a quarter ways through the pool. She stroked and kicked her feet smoothly and as swiftly as possible. When she got closer to Inuyasha, she pushed harder and tagged him quickly. She had taken thirty five seconds to reach Inuyasha.

Inuyasha was the fastest of them all. He plunged into the water and swam swiftly and gracefully to the other end of the pool, reaching in twenty six seconds. When he got out, he checked the time meter. Together they had swum two minutes and six seconds. He called them over to one end of the pool and announced, "together, we swam a total time of two minutes and six seconds. That's not bad, but we can do better. Let's go again."

They did it two more times. The first time, they took two minutes and three seconds, and then they took two minutes flat.

"Alright, take a rest. You guys are probably really tired," Inuyasha said.

"Thanks," they all said.

Kagome asked Inuyasha where the bathroom was and left for a while.

Inuyasha, noticing that he could leave Miroku to fix things with Sango, also slipped away unnoticed.

"So, hey ... Sango."

"Hi Miroku."

"Um ... can we talk?"

"Isn't that what we're doing?"

"Oh yeah right. Um ..." he took a deep breath. "Sango, will you go out with me tonight?"

Miroku, I –"

"Wait," he cut her off. "I'm not finished. I think that I've been sort of pressuring you into going out with me and I promise I won't anymore. In fact, this will be the last time I ask you out if you decline. I won't ever bother you again."

"You promise that if I say no that you'll never bother me again?"

"Yes, I promise. But I really wish you'd give me a chance. I won't force you to go out with me. I just want the chance to show you that I can change."

"Miroku, I don't know. This is really a hard decision to make. I really want to believe but I've seen you and you don't look like you can change."

"Then allow me to prove it to you tonight," he pleaded.

"I, uh ... okay Miroku but this better not be a waste of my time."

"Thank you!" he said and pulled her into his arms quickly. After a while, he realized what he had done and pulled away. "Sorry, I didn't mean to be so forward. I –"

"Oh my God!" Sango exclaimed in shock as she stared wide-eyed at him. "You didn't grope me ..."

"Oh ... uh yeah, did you want me too?"

"Of course not. It's just that you've always groped me any and every chance you got."

"Yeah well someone told me that to get what I want, I have to give up something of mine"

"Wow, I'm actually impressed. You know what? Let's take a walk around the big mansion."

"Okay," he said before walking side by side with her.

Kagome stepped out of the bathroom and backtracked, right back to the room with the indoor pool. As soon as she was about to step into the room, a hand slithered around her waist and one covered her mouth before she was pulled back to press on someone's back. She tried to speak and began to wiggle out of the person's grasp until she heard a voice hiss in her ear.

"Would you shut up and stop wiggling already. Do you want to mess things up for Sango and Miroku?" Inuyasha hissed in her ear.

She stopped wiggling then slowly removed his hand from her mouth. She slowly caught her breath then whispered to him, "Geez, you didn't have to scare me like that."

"Well, you would have interrupted Sango and Miroku and ruined the moment." He did not let go of her waist and instead, just held her until he heard Sango and Miroku leaving the room. "Okay, you can go in now."

"Yeah, I'll go in as soon as you let go of me."

"Does it bother you that much?" he said in a husky voice.

"Yes it does," she said as she forcefully removed his hand. "Why can't you just be in a room with me without trying to get into my pants?"

"Because there's nothing better to do."

"Why do I even bother to have an intelligent, neutral conversation with you?" She turned her back and walked away from Inuyasha. She walked over to the chair and took the ponytail from her hair. "You know what, I think I'll just take a dip in the pool. Maybe then you'll stay away from me." She dove into the pool and swam to the other end, away from Inuyasha. When she turned back around, he was no where in sight. "Finally," she mumbled. She waded to the deepest end of the pool and leaned against the wall. Suddenly, she felt something grab her foot and tug her under the water.

As soon as she was under the water, she opened her eyes and saw Inuyasha smiling at her. She glared at him before rushing to the surface. When she broke the surface, she sucked in a big breath of air before she felt him pull her under again. This time, he held her around her waist. He began to swim and pull her along until he felt her moving on her own. As soon as his arms loosened around her, she pushed away from him, swam to the surface and held on to the wall.

Inuyasha surfaced close to her and smiled at her, before breaking into a wide grin, then laughing. "Oh God, you should've seen your face. I swear you looked like you thought you were going to die." He said and continued to laugh.

"Well, in case you didn't notice, I'm not a fish!" she shouted.

He continued to laugh at her then tried to talk. "Kagome, you need to loosen up. We can have fun even if we're not in bed."

She rolled her eyes and smiled in spite of herself. She looked at him and said, "you know what? Maybe you're right," she said as she rushed over to him and pushed his head under. She laughed as he came up sputtering.

"Hey! You caught me off guard."

"Oh I'm so sorry. Next time, I'll tell you, count to three, then do it," she said jokingly and laughed as she swam away from him. When she reached the deep end again, she look back and didn't see him. "Oh no, not again," she said before looking under the water to find him. When she didn't see him, she whispered to herself, "where the hell is he?"

"Cannonball!" he shouted as he jumped in right in front of her and totally splashed her.

She screamed then began to splash water into his face when he came up out of the water. They started to laugh and splash water on each other. Kagome got out of the pool quick and said, "you know what, I have an idea. Come out of the water and I'll show you. When he got out, she splashed water on the outside of the pool and pulled Inuyasha by the arm. When the reached to the water streak in front of the pool, she pulled him down to sit and pushed him so he slid straight into the pool.

As soon as he surfaced, she came sliding down and landed right on him. When they surfaced, they were both laughing. When they stopped laughing, Inuyasha looked at her with mirth in his eyes and said, "I'm not so bad, am I?"

"No, you're not bad at all," she said, still smiling. She started looking around then said, "hey, do you have a big slide?"

"Yeah, but only by the outside pool." He looked at her with a funny look, then said, "I'll race you to it," he said then jumped out of the pool and began to run.

Kagome jumped out behind him and started to run too. When they got there she saw Inuyasha at the top of the slide in a tube.

Inuyasha looked down at her and said, "what took you so long?"

"Well, I'm sorry that I'm not a half demon like you," she said in mock anger before climbing to the top of the ladder to meet him.

"Come on, get in. It'll be better if we go down together," he said to her.

She did not hesitate to jump into the tube in front of him. He held on tight to her waist as they slid down the tube, laughing and screaming. When they hit the water they were still laughing. They got out and grabbed two towels that were in a nearby closet.

Kagome wrapped the towel around herself, just like Inuyasha did, and began to rub her body. Inuyasha walked over to her and began to help her too. "Who knew you had so much of a kid in you?" she asked, smiling at him. "I would've never guessed that you used to have fun."

"Yeah, well it's been a while since I've had this much fun..." he trailed off softly as he realized that the atmosphere had just changed from friendly, to extremely hot and intimate in a second. "Uh ... maybe we should go inside..." he said slowly, his hands still on her body.

She just continued to stare up at him as his hands continued to run up and down her body. "Yeah..." she mumbled although she made no move to step out of his arms. She slowly stood on her toes and put her arms around his neck before she softly pressed her lips against his.

Inuyasha's eyes widened as he realized that she had just started to kiss him without him doing anything. He began to kiss her back, until she opened her mouth for him. The kiss was passionate and all he could think about was how much he wanted her. He just couldn't get enough of her – her scent of Jasmine and honeysuckle, the taste of her, the feel of her under his hands...

Kagome was lost in the kiss. All she could think about was the havoc he was wreaking on her body. She kissed him with all the fervor she had and held him tighter, never wanting the kiss to end. Inuyasha slowly slid his hands down her back to the swell of her ass until she shivered beneath his touch.

Just like that, the spell was broken. He felt as if a bucket of cold water had been thrown on him. He slowly pulled away and looked down into her confused and dazed eyes. He started to whisper to himself, but Kagome could hear him. "What are you doing to me? It's not supposed to be like this. I'm not supposed to regret anything." He slowly stepped away from her and headed back into the house, leaving her all alone.

'What just happened?' She slowly followed him inside but went straight back to the room with the indoor pool to get her stuff. She picked up her bag and went to the bathroom to change.

Miroku and Sango walked in, just in time to see her leaving. "Kagome, I need to talk ...to you..." Sango said but trailed off when Kagome didn't even seem to hear her. "I wonder what's wrong with her." She turned to Miroku who led her to her stuff, before they changed and left.

Inuyasha went down to his personal gym and began to beat and pound at the punching bags. He was angry. No, he was beyond angry. 'How could I let her get under my skin like that? It's supposed to be the other way around. I need to get her out of my system. I need to just fuck her now and get it over with. Then, I'll be able to get pass this and move on to someone else.' He stopped after he had worked up a thin sheen of sweat. He went into a little shower room in the gym and changed into a pair of track pants. He came outside and went to the living room to see Kagome sitting down with a spaced out look in her eyes. 'It's time to get her back on the defensive.' He walked over to her and said, "hey. What do you say we go finish what we started in my room?"

She simply got up and followed him to his room. When they got there, she paused just inside the doorway. The room had a lot of red. His sheets were white but they were covered with a thick red comforter. He had a plush red carpet beside his bed, a big entertainment center with a flat screen TV, and a massive stereo system. Beside it was a laptop computer. He came back over to her and directed her to his bed with his hand at the small of her back. She finally looked at him.

"So, you ready to go?" he asked, his sexy smirk in place.

"Why are you acting like this?" she asked suddenly.

"What do you mean? I haven't changed. I've been trying to get you in bed since we met. Now I know I should have brought you straight here instead of to the other pool if I knew you were ready."

"Stop it," she demanded. She walked slowly to him and raised her hand to stroke his cheek. "I kind of liked the other you..."

"There is no other me, just this one!" he shouted and pulled her roughly to him. He looked down at her and said, "this is what I want from you, and nothing more." He pushed her down onto the bed and sat next to her, caressing her legs through her Capri.

She didn't stop him, just merely gave him a calculative stare. "I know what you're problem is. You like me and you don't want to. Something happened tonight when I kissed you and you're scared."

"I am not scared. Look, if you want to talk, then you obviously want to waste my time. I can go out and find a more willing woman. I don't need you staring and talking to me like you know me better than I know myself." He got up off the bed and went over to the door and opened it. "Just get out."

She simply looked at him before walking to the door. When she reached him, she stopped looked at him, then rose on tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek before leaving. She walked straight down the hall and left.

He looked out the window and watched as she drove away. He turned away angrily and grabbed the lamp from the bedside table and hurled it into the wall. "You won't do this to me Kagome," he whispered to himself. "I'm going to have you and then throw you away, just like all the rest. You can't change me. I know what I'll do. I'll have you by the end of the night at the picnic. Then, I'll be rid of you. I won't have to worry about you again."

Inuyasha went downstairs to wait for his father and Sesshoumaru. When they all arrived, they sat in the living room and waited for their father to talk.

"Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, we have a problem. Someone has been sabotaging our company. Somehow, they are stealing our data on our clients and they are stealing all of our clients from us."

"Would this person happen to be Naraku?" Sesshoumaru asked coolly.

"Yes, it is. I don't know how he's doing it, but somehow we keep losing clients to his company. But that's not all. We have a traitor in our company as well. Someone has been taking out our money and putting it into a special account for Naraku. I need you boys to research every person in your company and report it to me."

"Okay Dad," they both said before Sesshoumaru and their father left.

"I think I'm going to bed. I have to think out a plan to get Kagome before she pulls something on me," he said before walking to his room and going to sleep.

Okay, everyone. This is chapter 4 of Beauty and Brains. I hope everyone liked it. I made it longer for everyone's reading pleasure.

Other characters will be introduced at the picnic. I'll have Sango and Miroku out of the way by the picnic as well so that I can concentrate more on Inuyasha and Kagome.

I hope everyone enjoys this chapter, as well as the others to come.

And don't forget read and review.

ceryoko