Hey, ceryoko here again. I'm sorry I haven't updated in two weeks but one of my aunts came from NY to visit and she was working me to the bone. I was doing everything from cooking and cleaning to washing clothes and bathing her kids. I would have updated last week but I wasn't able to get on the computer either to type up the chapter. So I started typing it up today, Friday, 1st July.
Anyway, thanks to my reviewers. I'm glad that you like my story. I also have another idea I think that you guys will like but I don't want to start it while I'm in the middle of this story or else I won't be able to update both of them at the same time. But I think all you readers will like it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, the show, or any of the characters.
Here it is, chapter five of Beauty and Brains...
Chapter 4
It had been two whole days since the incident between Inuyasha and Kagome. Since then, he had gone back to making sexual advances at her at every possible opportunity. Kagome was starting to wonder if she had imagined the moment she had with Inuyasha. As she sat in her office, spacing out, she did not notice when someone entered the room.
Sango walked slowly towards Kagome's desk and stood directly in front of her eyes. When she realized that Kagome still had not acknowledged her presence for the entire five minutes that she had been there, she cleared her throat noisily, causing Kagome to jump.
"Oh, hey Sango. When did you get here?" Kagome asked.
"About five minutes ago but you seemed to be a little lost. Are you okay?" Sango asked, obvious concern written on her face.
"Of course I'm alright. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Kagome, I know we haven't been acting like the best friends that we are for a while now because I've been busy with Miroku and Inuyasha always seem to be working you like crazy. We are best friends and you can tell me anything, Kagome. You do know that, right?"
"Yes, Sango, I know that I can tell you about anything, but there is nothing to tell. Really. There isn't anything that is bothering me at all." She got up from behind her desk and pulled Sango to sit on the couch beside her. "So, tell me about you and Miroku. Is everything going good?"
"Actually, it's going better than I thought. We go out almost every night and I think this relationship might actually last. I know I haven't liked anyone as much as I do Miroku right now."
"Sango, I'm so happy for you. I hope this relationship lasts too. God knows how hard Miroku is trying to be all that you want him to be," Kagome said before slapping a hand over her mouth and hoping Sango had not been paying attention.
No such luck.
"What do you mean by that, Kagome? I didn't want him to change per say, I just wanted him to stop messing with other women. Are you telling me that he did a complete one eighty just for me?"
"Well yeah. I thought you knew that."
"No, I didn't. But how would you know that? You haven't been here very long and I doubt you and Miroku talk about me. You don't even seem to know Miroku very well."
"That's because I don't know Miroku very well. I overheard Inuyasha and Miroku talking about his change," she lied. "Besides, I already know how much you hate it when people meddle in your love life because they usually mess it up."
"Well this time, I guess I'll have to thank meddling little Inuyasha for helping me and Miroku," Sango said. "I guess he was helping both me and Miroku then."
"Yeah, I guess so. Well, that's great. You go and do that." Kagome got up and went back behind her desk to sit. "I have some work to finish up so I'll talk to you later, okay?"
"Oh, okay Kagome. I'll just go thank him now," Sango said before exiting the room.
Kagome sat for a while, wondering if she should have told Sango that she was the one who had helped Miroku. 'Nah, the last time I tried to help her, she got so mad because the guy was a sleaze. I better just stay out of this one and let her think that it was actually Inuyasha who did it.'
Kagome began to sift through her stacks of files that Inuyasha had given her this week to organize. 'You'd think I was just some ordinary secretary with what he has me doing.' She continued to alphabetize them until she was finally done. "Finally!"
Picking up a stack of files, she walked through the adjoining door to Inuyasha's office. "Mr. Takeda, I've organized the files like you asked." When she received no answer, she put down the files on his desk and realized she was alone in the room. "I wonder where he could be," she said softly to herself.
After taking all the files to his desk, she decided to take a coffee break. As soon as she exited the room, she bumped into a firm chest and hit her back on the door. "Oh sorry, Sir. I guess I wasn't looking where I was going," Kagome apologized.
"No, it was all my fault," said the man as he looked up into her eyes. "My name is Kouga Himori. It's a pleasure to meet you," he said as he held out his hand for her to shake. "You must be Inuyasha's new creative designer."
"Yes, I am. My name is Kagome Higurashi. Nice to meet you as well, Mr. Himori." She accepted his hand and shook it firmly. "I hope you don't take this the wrong way but why are you going into Inuyasha's office? He's not there and Nazuna didn't announce your presence either. Does she know that you are in the building?"
"Oh...uh...I slipped past her." He scratched the back of his head. "The last time I came here, she gave me a really hard time. I don't think that she'd be happy to see me because I rushed past her and shouted at her."
"Oh...well...as I said, Inuyasha is not here. Is this visit really important?"
"Well, yes it is, but I oddly find myself distracted by you," he said, trying to charm her with a wide smile.
"Okay, Mr. Himori. I really don't know if I'm supposed to take that as a compliment or an insult so I'll just ignore it," she said as she kept a pleasant smile on her face. "Can I help you with something?"
"Well, I wanted to talk to him about another draft for another product. This time, we want to advertise about some new children toys. Since you are the creative designer, I should think that you would be able to help me with the draft."
"Oh, okay Mr. Himori. Right this way," she said as she led him through Inuyasha's door then through the adjoining door to her office. She walked around to her side of the desk and motioned to Kouga to sit in the chair in front of the desk.
When he was seated, she continued to speak. "So, what exactly are your products and do you already have an idea for the advertisement, Mr. Himori?"
"Please, call me Kouga. I have a few things that my boss would like to be factored into the advertisement," he said as he handed a manila folder to her.
"Thank you," she said as she went through the folder. "So, these are the toys that you're going to be advertising?" Kagome asked.
"Yes. There's also the type of advertisement we want as well. It's all written down there."
"Hmm," she mumbled as she continued to look through the information in the folder. "Okay, I think I have an idea of what you want. When do you need the draft for exactly?" she asked as she finally looked up at him.
"Well that's just it. There's this picnic tomorrow and there's a bit of a surprise show at the end and the different companies have to show some of the work they have been doing so –"
"So you need it for tomorrow at the picnic," she finished for him. "Mr. Himori, Kouga I mean, I'm sorry if this seems a little rude, but I am neither a robot nor a demon like you or Inuyasha. What makes you think that I can finish your advertisement by tomorrow?"
"Well, Inuyasha was bragging about you and saying that you could do anything, so I just thought..."
"Do I look like I can do anything?" she said, a bit loudly. "Look, Kouga, I'll try to help you but I can't make you any promises, okay?"
"Okay, Ms Higurashi. I'm sorry for putting so much pressure on you," he said sincerely. "Maybe we could talk some more, maybe even become friends."
She cooled down a bit and smiled at him warmly. "It would be nice to be your friend, Kouga."
"Great!" he said, smiling like a kid in a candy store. "So, I'll see you at the picnic then?"
"Yeah, you will," she said as she waved him off. When he left, she sat down again. "I guess I actually have a guy friend who wants to be just that, a friend."
Sango had searched everywhere in the entire office building for Inuyasha and still had not found him. 'I wonder where he is...' She had finally sat down, only to hear a loud rap on the door. She went over to the door and opened it, only to find Miroku with a bouquet of flowers in his hands. "Hi Miroku," she said, no longer in a bad mood.
"Hey Sango, um...I got these for you," he said as he handed her the bouquet.
"Oh, Miroku, how did you know that my favourite flower is the sweet pea?"
"Don't worry about it. I just hope you like them."
"I love them Miroku," she exclaimed as she launched herself into his arms. "I can't believe I almost let you get away."
Miroku smiled s he held her in his arms. "Sango, I wanted to know if you'd like to go out to dinner tonight."
"Well, I don't think I have anything to do. I might have to get someone to keep an eye on Kohaku. He's only sixteen and he's already acting like a hormone driven teenager."
"Okay. Maybe we can get your friend Kagome to keep an eye on him."
"That's a great idea. Besides, Kohaku have been going on and on about how he misses Kagome's little brother Souta since he moved to Japan. I heard he's back. That'll be a great surprise for Kohaku."
"Great! You go talk to her and let her know."
"Actually, I need to get in touch with Inuyasha. Maybe you could tell her for me instead?"
"Alright. I hope she agrees. I really want to spend more time with you. And I mean besides the time we spend together here at work," he said before exiting the room.
He walked straight up to Inuyasha's door and went in, before knocking on the adjoining door which led to Kagome's office.
"Come in," she called, not even bothering to ask who it was.
"You do know that if I were an axe murderer, you'd be dead, right?" he asked as he stepped into the room.
"I know you didn't come all the way here just to tell me that."
"Of course not. Sango wants to know if you can baby-sit Kohaku tonight while I take her out to dinner. She says he's been going on about how he misses your brother and she said that since he was back, maybe they could hang out."
"Miroku, you know I'd do anything to make sure that you and Sango stay together, but I have a lot of work to do tonight. I have to finish a draft for tomorrow's picnic and I'll need to concentrate."
"Oh, sorry Kagome. I guess I didn't think about what you have to do." He started to turn towards the door. "I guess I'll just go and cancel my dinner plans with Sango."
"Miroku... don't do that. You're intentionally trying to make me feel bad. Miroku, I want to do this for you, you know I do, but I just got this draft to do and it's a bit more complicated because they already have an idea what they want."
"How does that make it more complicated?" he asked, truly confused.
"Well, usually, I try to imagine what would interest me in a commercial. It's usually totally my idea and so it just flows from me. But since they want me to do it a specific way, I have to think from their point of view."
"Oh, I guess you really are too busy to help me this time."
"Yeah, I'm really sorry, Miroku."
"It's okay. You've helped me enough already," he said before turning to leave. When he reached out for the door knob, he stopped and turned back around, an idea having hit him. "What if I get someone to help you keep an eye on Kohaku? Would that help?"
"Well yeah I guess."
"Great! If I get someone to help you, I'll call you and then I won't have to cancel on Sango." He moved swiftly around Kagome's side of the desk and hugged her tightly. "Thank you Kagome," he said as he hugged her.
"Um... too tight Miroku..."
"Oh sorry Kagome."
"It's okay and you're welcome. I'm happy to help you."
"Okay, bye," he said and left. He moved swiftly back down the hall to Sango's office.
He walked right into her office and said, "she said she'll do it, but only under one condition."
"What's that?" she asked.
"She has this draft to do and she says she'll only do it if we get her a partner to watch your brother until she's done with the draft."
"Okay, that won't be too hard. I'll just get Inuyasha to do it. He really likes my brother anyway."
"Okay. Did you get in touch with him while I was gone?"
"Nope. I can't find him anywhere."
"You know what, leave it to me. I think I have an idea where he is," he said.
"Okay, bye Miroku."
"Bye Sango," he said as he pecked her on the cheek before leaving. He went straight to the parking lot and jumped into his car. 'If you're not there Inuyasha, then I don't know where you can be.' He put the key into the ignition and sped off.
There was a slight rap on the door, but Inuyasha would not answer. The raps got louder and more frequent. Suddenly, he heard the voice of one of the maids.
"Master Inuyasha, you have a visitor. It's Miroku, Sir," said his maid.
Inuyasha got up and stormed to the door. He opened it roughly and shouted, "Why can't you guys just leave me alone!"
"Inuyasha, are you okay? You look like you've been to hell and back."
"Yeah well I've been doing so much the whole morning that I couldn't even get to the office this morning. We have a traitor working for us and he's leaking information to Naraku. Naraku is stealing our big clients and he's somehow transferring money from our account to his."
"Oh, this is what your father wanted to talk to you about."
"Yeah. We have to find out who the traitor is. That's also the reason for the money bets on the swim race. We figure that the picnic is the perfect time to catch the rat."
"Do you have any suspicions about anyone as yet?"
"Well, I'm not too sure but everything points to...um...Kagome Higurashi."
"Kagome!"
"Yes. Jeez did I stutter or something?" he asked angrily before continuing. "All the problems began when she came to work for us."
"But she's made so much money for us. Besides, how can that be? She hasn't been able to access any financial records or statistics for our company. How can it be her, Inuyasha?"
"Damn it I don't know, alright? But my dad wants me to keep an eye on her because he has his suspicions about her. I don't want to believe it but my dad said that her presence seemed to be the beginning of all our troubles."
"Oh, wow. I'd have never guess Kagome was a traitor. Why would she do it?"
"I don't know, but I intend to find out. As soon as I think she has gone home from work, I'll drop by her place. She can't lie to me. I can smell a lie on her as plain as day."
"Okay, Inuyasha. I hope you find out who the traitor is. I don't think it's Kagome, though. It's just a feeling. Besides, Sango is her best friend. She'd tell Sango if she was doing something like that."
"Maybe you think she's stupid, but I wouldn't underestimate her if I were you. If she's doing something bad, I know she'd be smart enough to keep it to herself."
"Yeah I guess you're right."
"Wait a minute! What are you doing here Miroku?"
"Oh, I almost forgot. Sango wanted to know if you could help Kagome baby-sit her brother tonight."
"Sango's brother is sixteen. He doesn't need a baby-sitter."
"Well, Sango says he's acting all hormone-driven and so she just wants someone to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid."
"So why can't Kagome do it by herself?"
"Well, she said that she has a new draft to complete for tomorrow's picnic."
"But I didn't give her a draft to do."
"Well, she says she has one. She is getting more suspicious isn't she?"
"Yes, she is."
"And this would be a good opportunity for you to question her."
"Yeah... I'll do it," Inuyasha said.
"Good. I have to get back to the office to meet Sango before she leaves. Bye."
"Yeah, bye," Inuyasha said, deep in thought. 'Great! I just had to pick the girl who's stealing from my company.'
When Miroku got back to the office building, he met Sango outside waiting for him. He stopped his car in front of her and waited for her to jump in. When she jumped in, he started to move again.
"So, what did he say?" she asked.
"He said yes, but he has ulterior motives."
Sango just looked at him questioningly.
"He thinks she's a traitor to our company."
"What!"
"Apparently, there's a traitor who's stealing money from our company and giving it to Naraku's and also somehow getting our clients to leave us to go there as well."
"But that can't be right. I doubt that Kagome even knows who Naraku is."
"Really? Then I'll have to let Inuyasha know. I can't believe she'd do something like that. She seems so innocent..."
"She is innocent. I know Inuyasha is wrong. I know Kagome and she wouldn't do anything like that."
"I hope you're right, Sango." Miroku stopped the car outside Sango's home. "Bye Sango. I'll pick you up around seven."
"Okay, bye," she said and went into her home.
Kagome trudged into her home through the front door and slumped on the couch. Her brother came into the living and saw her on the couch.
"Jeez Kagome, what happened to you?" Souta asked.
"I just had a lot on my plate today. Plus, I have to go to Sango's home tonight to keep an eye on Kohaku. Sango's scared he might bring a girl in the house."
"Cool. I really want to see him. Can I go with you Kagome, please?"
"That's actually the idea. Kohaku wants to see you too so Sango wants me to bring you so that you guys can hang out."
"Thanks Kagome. You are the most awesome sister ever," he said and kissed her on the cheek. "I better go get ready. It's already almost six."
"Yeah okay. I'll just go take a shower," she said and headed to her room to pick out a pair of panties and matching bra, then to the bathroom to shower. She took about fifteen minutes to shower and she slipped on the pink lacy boy-shorts panties and the matching lacy pink bra. She slipped her towel back around her then walked into her bedroom and locked the door.
She began to rummage through her draw and found a pink baby tee with the word cutie in rhinestones that ended a little way below her breasts. She pulled out a short dark blue pleated jean skirt that ended a little above mid thigh. She sat down on her bed. "I wonder if I should wear sandals." She realized that she just might have to chase down one of the boys so she decided against it. She put on socks and her white Air Force Ones before going downstairs to pick up her folder and laptop.
Souta ran downstairs wearing a black jean pants that ended a way below his knee, a long red t-shirt with a skater picture on the front, black and red Air Force Ones and a black and red NY hat.
"Were you trying to dress like me?" Kagome asked, looking at his shoes.
"Me? You're the one dressing like me. Besides, who'd think that after nearly three years, the same shoes would still fit you?"
"Well, I don't grow anymore."
"You got that right."
"Oh shut up before I slap you upside the head and leave you here."
"Oh come on Kagome, it's six thirty and I want to see Kohaku."
"Okay, let's go over to Sango's," Kagome said and led Souta to the car after bidding her mother goodbye and sped off.
It only took twenty minutes to get to Sango's home.
Kagome parked by the car by the sidewalk and walked into Sango's house. As soon as she entered, she was met by Sango, putting some earrings in her ears. Sango was wearing a black evening dress that ended at her knees. It was a halter type dress and it clung to all of her womanly curves.
"Thanks for helping me out, Kagome. I don't know what I'd do without you," Sango said as she hugged Kagome.
"It's okay. I'm just happy that everything is working out great for you. I hope I can get my work done. I already started at work so I really want to have it done by eight tonight at the latest."
"Okay, let me talk to my brother," Sango said before proceeding to call her brother into the room. When he entered the room, Sango said, "Kohaku, I need you to behave yourself while I'm gone. Kagome has a project to finish and she's not fun when she's angry."
"Okay Sango. I'll wait until she's done. Then she'll be able to pay attention to me," Kohaku said.
"Good. Kagome, I know you haven't seen Kohaku in a while and he really wants to catch up with you too."
"Okay Sango." She turned to Kohaku. "You got big. You're my height. It's great to see you after all these years."
"Yeah, I know. I should have continued to visit even though Souta was gone but I couldn't help it. I just missed him."
"It's okay. I understand. Where is Souta anyway?"
"He's in my room checking out my video games."
"Okay. You go on up with him. I want to ask Sango something." As soon as Kohaku had run up the stairs, Kagome turned around to Sango. "So, did you get someone to help me tonight?"
"Yeah. He should be here soon." As soon as she was done talking, the doorbell rang. "That must be him."
'Him? It better not be the him I think it is.'
Sango opened the door to reveal both Miroku and Inuyasha. Miroku was wearing a white button up dress shirt, khaki slacks and brown dress shoes. Inuyasha was wearing a white t-shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans that ended below his knees. On his feet, he sported a white pair of Air Force Ones, just like Kagome's.
Kagome groaned audibly at the sight of him before walking towards the table to set up so that she could work. 'If I ignore him, maybe he'll get a hint. I must have been wrong about him two days ago...'
"Sango, you look beautiful," Miroku complimented her as his eyes roamed over her entire body.
"Thank you, Miroku." Sango turned to Inuyasha. "I'm glad you could come to help Kagome."
"It's okay but you owe me one."
"Yeah, whatever. You know my cell number. If there is any trouble at all with Kohaku, call me and let me know."
"Alright. Bye," Inuyasha said, hurriedly pushing them out the door.
"Bye Inuyasha, bye Kagome," Sango said and Miroku simply waved.
"Bye Sango, Miroku," Kagome replied as they shut the door.
As soon as they were out the door, Inuyasha walked over to where Kagome was working in front of her laptop and stood beside her. "So, what are you doing? Miroku said you had some work to do, but I don't remember giving you any."
'Is there...ice...in his voice?' She turned and looked at him. "Actually, one of your clients came over today looking for you. His name is Kouga Himori. He said that he needed an advertisement for baby toys for tomorrow's picnic."
"Oh," he said in obvious relief.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I just need to talk to you about something when you're done."
"Okay, just give me until about maybe quarter past eight."
"Okay. I think I'll go upstairs and hang out with the kids and stay out of your way," he said before going upstairs. 'I just need to approach this. If she panics, I won't be able to tell her lies from her fear.'
As soon as he reached upstairs, he began heading to the room he heard voices from. He stopped and pressed his ear up to the door when he heard Kohaku say Kagome's name.
"Man Kohaku, Kagome is so hot. I should have continued to come over to your house. Did you see that ass?"
"Um...Kohaku...that is so nasty. She's my sister man."
"So! That doesn't mean she isn't hot. I mean, she's got the most amazing pair of breasts I have ever seen," Kohaku said with a dreamy look on his face.
"Alright, burn this talk. I am not talking to my best friend who's getting horny for my sister."
"Okay Souta, but she does have a hot body –" Kohaku was cut short by Inuyasha entering the room.
"So, you got it bad for Kagome huh?" Inuyasha said with a knowing smirk on his face.
"What are you talking about? Kagome's too old for me and she's his sister," Kohaku quickly answered.
"You do know I'm half demon and that I could hear you from all the way back down the hall right?"
"Aw man... Just don't tell her alright. She'll never come over if you tell her."
"Don't worry about it. I won't tell her. Besides, she does have a nice body. But I know that better then you do," he said and smirked when both Souta and Kohaku's eyes widened.
"You mean you touched Kagome?" Kohaku shouted.
"Yeah. She can't resist me."
Souta rolled his eyes. "You're wrong. You probably tried to molest her in her sleep or something. She wouldn't let you touch her because she's waiting for marriage. She wouldn't give it up for you for anything."
"Yeah well then you don't know what I can do. They don't call me a playboy for nothing."
"Wow!" Kohaku said in admiration. "Could you show me a thing or two?"
"Maybe another time. I need to talk to Kagome in the next half hour."
"If you try to force my sister to do anything, I'll cut your fucking dick off," Souta threatened.
"You couldn't even if you wanted. Besides, Kagome is a big girl. She can handle her own problems."
"Yeah, well that doesn't mean you won't try and take advantage of her."
"Why would I take advantage of Kagome? I can have any girl I want."
"I don't care about any other woman. I just don't want you messing with my sister."
Inuyasha smiled. "You know what? You're a pretty good brother to worry about your sister like that. But trust me, Kagome's strong. She won't let me do anything to her that she doesn't want."
"Alright this talk is getting a bit too serious for me," Kohaku jumped in. "Let's just play video games until Kagome's done with her work."
"Okay," Souta and Inuyasha said as they sat down to play video games.
After a half an hour had passed, Kagome came upstairs and rapped softly on the door, before walking into the room. "Hey you guys. I'm finished so you can all come back downstairs now."
"Mmhmm," they all mumbled, so engrossed in the game.
Kagome walked over to Inuyasha and tapped his shoulder. "Don't you want to see what I did? And I thought you wanted to talk to me."
"Oh yeah," Inuyasha said, as if a spell had just been broken. He got up and followed her back downstairs. When they were downstairs, he said, "so, do you want to show me what you did first or do you want to talk?"
"Let me show you my work first. It's not going to take very long. Come on," she said as she led him to her laptop. "Okay this is what it's going to be like."
Inuyasha looked on intently until the end. When it was done, he said, "wow! This is really good. I can't believe I actually doubted your abilities."
"Oh my God, are you actually complimenting me?"
"Um... yeah?"
"Thanks."
"Yeah whatever. Come on," he said as he motioned her to the chair. "I need to talk to you about something important."
"Okay."
When they were seated, he began. "Do you know a man named Naraku?"
"Not really. I just know that his company is giving yours and your brother's a run for your clients and your money."
"Are you sure that's all you know?"
"Well pretty much. And anything that comes in the paper."
"Look Kagome, stop playing dumb. There's a traitor at our company and all evidence points to you!" he shouted, getting angry.
"Evidence? How can there be evidence of something that doesn't exist?" she asked incredulously. "Besides, I'm sure that all you have is circumstantial evidence. Do you have any physical evidence to show that I did it?" she asked, her temper also rising.
"Well...no," he said, slightly embarrassed.
"So you need to stop with the third degree, because I haven't done anything wrong!"
"Kagome it has to be you!" he shouted as he got up in her face. "Our clients and our money started to disappear as soon as you came to work for us. Stop lying!"
"I'm not lying, Inuyasha! Why would I do that? All I've ever wanted to do was work for your company. Why do you think I'm so wholesome still? It's because the only thing I've ever been focused on was your company. I can't believe you'd even accuse me of something like that!" she shouted as frustrated tears began to fill her eyes and flow down her cheeks. "And to think I actually thought I liked you." She made a move to get up but he pulled her down into his lap.
"Kagome, stop it. Look, I guess I was wrong alright."
"Let me go. You're just saying that," she said as she began to squirm, frustrated tears still flowing down her cheeks.
"Kagome, I...I...I'm sorry okay? Now stop squirming before you and I both regret it," he hissed through his teeth. He knew when she caught his meaning because she immediately stopped squirming.
"Sorry, I didn't realize..."
"Yeah well now you know."
She made a move to get up but he held her down. "Don't you think I should get up then?"
"No... actually I rather like this position," he said as he began to caress her toned belly.
"Inuyasha, stop this. I'm angry at you right now and you can't change that. I'm in a bad mood alright?"
"Well, I can fix that. I'll fix your mood, and then get you in the mood." He then proceeded to tickle her.
"Inu...Yasha...stop it..." she said between bouts of laughter. She began to squirm uncontrollably until they fell from the chair.
He straddled her hips and continued to tickle her. "See, you're not in a bad mood anymore."
"Okay!" she shouted and grabbed his arms. "You can stop now."
"I have stopped."
"Good. Now get off of me."
"No. I like you like this. Besides, you're going to end up here sooner or later."
"Oh God you really are sex deprived," she said as she rolled him off and got up quickly. She headed to the kitchen with him right on her tail. "Inuyasha, leave me alone!"
"No!" he said and grabbed her arm and spun her around. He put his arms on either side of her and encased her so her back pressed up against the sink. "I know you want me Kagome. So stop wasting time and just give in already," he said gruffly before crushing her lips with his own.
He kissed her, long and hard, and before she even had time to process a thought, he pulled back and said, "see. It's not so hard to give in." He pressed his lips to hers again, not roughly this time, and kissed her deeply. She opened her mouth to his kiss and trembled with desire. He smirked when he knew he had her.
He moved his arms from the sink and closed his hand over her breast. He gently squeezed as she got more into the kiss and push up against him. He squeezed a little harder and began to knead her nipples between his fingers until they were hard peaks.
She moaned and made a motion to push him back. She pulled her mouth from his and said, in a breathless voice, "stop, Inuyasha, please. I'm not ready for this."
He simply put his mouth back on hers and kissed her again. He broke away for a second and said, "stop fighting it, Kagome. Why can't you just stop thinking and just be," he said. Somehow, he had managed to let go of her breast without her noticing and now he cupped his hand over her core.
She gasped as pleasure shot throughout her body. "Inuyasha, what are you doing to me?" she asked as she kissed him this time, with a passion she did not know she had. She put her arms around his neck and pulled him closer as his hand continued to caress her in the most intimate of ways.
Inuyasha himself was lost in the pleasure. He couldn't stop, even if he wanted to. It was as if his hand had a mind of its own. He kept on rubbing and rubbing until he felt he would explode. "Touch me, Kagome," he begged in a breathless voice.
Kagome began to fumble with her hand and he grabbed it and pulled it towards his manhood. As soon as she was about to close her finger around it, she heard a slight sound towards the steps. She stopped her hand and tried to stop Inuyasha as well.
"Kagome, please..." he pleaded softly into her ear again. He kissed her again and touched her harder. "Don't you want me too?" he asked softly.
"Hey guys, get a room!" Kohaku shouted at them before running back up the steps, laughing with Souta.
Kagome looked up to see that Inuyasha had his head bowed. "Inuyasha, are you okay?"
He moved away from her and went to sit on the couch. He flipped on the television and proceeded to ignore her.
"Inuyasha, I...it's not that I don't like you," she said as she sat next to him and held his hand. "It's just that you don't like me. You only want me. I can't do that, Inuyasha. I won't do the casual sex thing."
He finally looked up at her and she could see that he was trying to hide his hurt. "Instead, he responded with anger. "I don't care what you want. And what makes you think that what just happened affected me?"
Instead of answering him, she looked pointedly at his crotch.
"I don't mean like that. I'm not hurt by your refusal because I know that you want me just like I want you. And you are right. I only want you, and no more. As soon as you've warmed my bed, I won't even give you a second glance."
"Why do you always have to be like that?" she asked standing up. "Every time you don't get what you want, you get all hostile and push me away."
"I can't push you away when we were never close at any point."
"Forget it. I can't take this anymore. You're always treating me like crap one time, and a whore the next. Don't ever touch me again, or try or I'll slap a restraining order on you," she shouted and left the room.
'I can't believe I actually wanted her as more than a bed warmer.' He began to channel surf. 'I just need to have her. Then I'll be able to forget her. But should I apologize? If I want to ever get close to her, I'll have to apologize.' He got up and followed her scent into the room beside Kohaku. He knocked softly before calling. "Kagome, open up," he said as he twisted the knob. To his surprise, the door opened.
"I thought I locked that," she mumbled.
"Kagome, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get hostile when you tried to express your feelings. I guess I'm not really much of a sensitive man. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."
"I guess it's okay. I know what type of guy you are. Let's just forget about everything and be friends. And yes, I do know that I'm very forgiving. I don't like enemies."
"Okay Kagome," he said as he hugged her in a friendly gesture.
Just then, the front door opened and Miroku and Sango could be heard talking and laughing. Kagome and Inuyasha walked out the room but she stopped as soon as she saw Miroku and Sango in a lip lock.
"Wait, Inuyasha, you'll ruin the moment," she whispered to him.
"What? What's going on?" he whispered back before leaning over her and seeing the two kissing as well.
When the two broke apart Kagome and Inuyasha began to talk loudly as they came down the stairs. They both turned around and feigned surprise. "Sango, Miroku, you're back." Kagome said. "That means I can go. Come on Souta," she shouted. As soon as Souta came down the stairs they both headed to the door.
"I better get going too," Inuyasha said before heading to the door as well.
"Wait, Inuyasha. I just want to thank you for helping Miroku. You really helped him to turn around."
"O...kay..." he said and left the house, thoroughly confused. He ran up to the side of Kagome's car. "So Kagome, I'm really sorry about...you know. I guess I just got a little carried away."
"It's okay Inuyasha."
"Good," he said and bent and pressed a quick kiss to her lips before running to his car and driving off.
"So... you and Inuyasha are a couple now huh?" Souta asked.
"Well, no."
"So what was that in the kitchen?"
"I don't know exactly. I guess I do like Inuyasha and we just got a little carried away like he said."
"Oh. I just hope he doesn't hurt you. I told him I'd cut his dick off if he did."
"Oh Souta," she said as she leaned over and hugged and kissed him. "You're the best little brother ever."
"Yeah well I have to look out for you. Anyway let's go home. It's already eleven and you have that big picnic tomorrow and I'm really hungry."
"Do you want to stop by Burger King and pick up something?"
"Sure."
Kagome took them straight to get something to eat then headed home. 'I guess my little brother loves me. I hope Inuyasha stops thinking about me as a sex toy and then more as a person.'
Wow! This is a really long chapter. I hope you all like it.
There is the long awaited meeting of Kagome and Kouga. I know it may have been a little slow and it may seem as if Kouga doesn't like Kagome but he does. It's just that she sort of already likes Inuyasha and she couldn't really tell if he was complimenting her by saying she was a distraction. It either meant it was a good distraction or that she was a nuisance.
I decided to make Kagome and Souta have a close sibling relationship because I think it was a rarely used tactic in writing.
Kagome does like Inuyasha for all of you who don't realize. And he does sort of like her too. It's just that he's torn between his actual feelings and his character trait of being a playboy. You can say he's rather confused but don't worry, things will clear up soon enough.
Well, Read and Review everyone.
ceryoko