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Chapter 5

Yesterday had been spent listening to Inuyasha complain, over and over about what he wanted to do, and didn't want to do, and what dress he liked and didn't like that Kagome had chosen.

"It was either too pink, too red, too black, godddddd was he annoying." Kagome fell back into her sofa, her phone in her hand. Sango began to laugh at her comment feeling her friends' frustration. "In the end I had to tell him to go away so I could pick out my own dress."

"He can't be that bad, Kagome."

"Oh, trust me, he was bad. Oh, man, he was rude too. He told me that I reminded him of his ex-girlfriend, all out of the blue!" Sango laughed again.

"I wouldn't mind being his ex. Kagome, he's hot." It was Kagome's time to laugh now.

"Don't let Miroku hear you. He'll whine all day."

"I know. Speaking of the devil, here he is. I gotta go Kags.'

"Kay, later."

"Bye." She hung up the phone and began to relax on her chair. It had been a long day and she was restless. She got her laptop from her desk and placed it on the couch and put it on. She went through most of her files making small corrections. Then a small bubble popped up in the corner of her screen. Your files are being downloaded. Please standby. Her eye brows quirked in confusion. "I just bought this computer

and it's already messed up? Dammit!" She clicked on the bubble and it went away. Then it shut off. "Stupid laptop…"

The next day had come. Kagome was in her apartment getting ready for the ball. (Just like Cinderella, huh?) She stands in front of her mirror applying her make-up.

"At least Inuyasha's gonna look halfway decent tonight."

"He's cute, you know." Sango came behind her and scooped her hair into a tight bun, deciding how she would put Kagome's hair.

"I never said he wasn't, although you've said it all too many times. But if his attitude was only half as good as his looks he'd be the perfect man." Sango dropped her hair to fall onto her shoulders and gave Kagome a sly smile.

"Sounds to me like you like him."

"I do not! He's rude and obnoxious. I can hardly stand him!" Kagome defended herself. There's no way she'd let herself fall for a guy like that. Not in a Million Trillion years.

"These earrings would look so cute on you!" Sango held up a pair of diamond hanging earrings that matched her dress.

"They are cute. Thanks so much San for helping my tonight." She leant over and gave Sango a hug.

"I know you'd do the same for me. Is he picking you up?"

"Yea, he said he'll be here at 9."

"It's about to be 9 now."

"Yea….

The doorbell rang and Sango opens the door for the hanyou.

"Hey, Inu."

"What's up, San. The wench ready yet? "

"That's not very nice." He gave a very ungentlemanly snort and walked in the door.

"I heard that you stupid mutt!" Kagome walked into the room in a stunning, fit, midnight blue dress. Her hair was flowing over her shoulder, gorgeously, but on her face was a scowl. "Stop Insulting me, at least for the-"She was cut off as she saw the hanyou in his tux. His silver hair was tied above his head in a neat ponytail, his fluffy ears sticking out on the side. Sango snickered in the corner as she saw their reaction towards each other. It snapped them out of their daze enough to blush.

"Not too shabby." Kagome took a step back noticing his wandering eyes.

"You're no better than Miroku."

"Come on, let's go."

"See ya later San. Don't forget to lock the door if you leave."

"No Prob." They walked out the apartment and down into the parking lot. He opened the door for her and she got in cautiously.

"And no funny business with Miroku on my couch."

Sango gave a loud exaggerated gasp. "Then was only once and we weren't doing anything!"

"Uh huh."

"This is my song. Since you been Goneee!

I can't breathe for the first time

I'm so moving on

Yea yeah

Thanks to you

Now I get

I GET WHAT I WANT-

Why'd you turn it off?"

"You can't sing." She took the moment to stick her tongue out at him. He only rolled his eyes and directed his attention back to the road. "Listen, there are going to be a few people that aren't too nice there. Try to avoid them if you can't think of anything intelligent to say. There's Naraku, Kagura, Kikiyou and Sesshomaru at the top of the list. Avoid at all costs."

"Sesshomaru? Sesshomaru Tashio?" She watched him as he scowled and nodded. "He's your brother."

"Yeah, I know. We aren't that close."

"But he's your brother."

"Half brother,"

"But still-"

"Oi wench. Stop saying that. I'm pretty sure I knew that before you did."

"Don't get so touchy."

"I want you to stay near me tonight. I want to see how you associate yourself and such. Next time, you'll be on your own."

"Okay, that's fine."

When they arrived at the ball, Inuyasha stepped out and opened Kagome's door. She was awed by the big mansion the ball was held at. The outside was lit with Golden Lighting and a fountain was placed in the garden that led to the stairs of the house. Everything was beautiful, even the people. She watched the men and woman in their rich clothes walk in two by to into the grand mansion, faces straight like this was nothing new to them and it bored them out of their mind. She turned to Inuyasha and his face was just as stony as the rest.

"I don't get it? What's wrong with every one?"

"This is just a big convention for rich people to talk about how rich they are and to criticize you."

"So everybody hates it?"

"No, not everybody. The really rich ones love it."

"Oh. Well, if everybody but he really rich ones hate this. Why do they go?" He sighed outwardly.

"They go because a part of business is getting to know your competitor, getting to know your supporters, and getting to know your sponsors. So, while you're in there, try to remember names and categorize them for future reference."

They stepped into the door and were led to a table. Every few moments a young man would come to the table and ask Kagome to dance. She would politely decline and watch as other couples danced on the floor.

"Go, dance. You've sure gotten many offers."

"I don't want to leave you alone. Who knows what you could do."

"Ha-ha." He laughed dryly. "Really, don't worry about me, I can handle myself."

As he finished his sentence another young man approached.

"Hello, my name is Kouga Adecchuki.(pronunciation: 'a' sounds like apple, 'dec' sounds like deck 'chu' sounds like chew and 'ki' sounds like key. A-deck-chew-key!) Would you like to dance?" She looked back at Inuyasha and smiled, he nodded back at her.

"Sure." She held out her hand and Kouga took it and smiled. Although he had given her permission to dance, he couldn't help but feel a little jealous. Inuyasha sat in his chair trying not paying attention to anything when a woman sat next to him. When he realized it wasn't Kagome he by instincts told her that he didn't want to dance. The woman chuckled. His head spun around as he realized who the voice belonged to.

"Kikiyou…"

"I'm glad to see you remember me." She stood up in front of him and locked onto his hand pulling him out of his seat. He got up out of his seat without trouble and followed her onto the ballroom floor as if he was being hypnotized by her presence. She placed her arms on his shoulders and his on her waist.

"I'm surprised to see you here. It's been years. How was America?"

"Fine, I guess."

"Who ya here with?"

"Ms. Higurashi."

"Her?" She pointed out with a jerk of her head towards Kagome who was still dancing with Kouga. He nodded to clarify and watched as her face turned into a sly smile. "She's pretty. I don't have to worry about you cheating in me, do I?" Her face then turned to a pout. Inuyasha watched her intently feeling like he had gone back in time. Until he saw Kagome over his shoulder and realized that here was here and now. He unlatched himself from Kikiyou and began to walk away gaining his cool composure rather slowly.

"We don't go out anymore Kikiyou, remember. There's nothing to worry about." Her pout turned thicker and her eyebrows knitted together in annoyance.

"No need to get mad, Inu." He sat back in his chair and she followed after him, moving to sit in his lap. He gently pushed her off and stood up to make sure the stunt wasn't pulled again. He felt as all the control he had worked so hard for over the years away was slowly desegregating and falling into her possession.

"I need to go, Sorry, I have work tomorrow."

"Don't be such a work-a-holic, Inu. Come with me tonight." Slowly dripping into her cup…

"I can't…" Kagome at the time came back and sat in her seat. Seeing his discomfort she stepped in.

"Is there a problem, Inuyasha?" He nodded his head 'no' but she could see he meant yes. "Well, I'm getting tired so I was wondering if we could head out."

He nodded feeling his composure beginning to strengthen each step he took away from Kikiyou. They went outside and Kagome didn't even bother to talk or ask what was going on. She had to trust that if he wanted to tell her that he would in his good time. The ballot driver came to the front to hand the car over and Inuyasha once again opened the door for Kagome and stepped in. They sat there for a while until he slowly began driving off.

"Thanks."

"No problem. Who was she?" There was a long silence and Kagome was sure she had offended him and he wasn't going to answer. But he did...

"Kikiyou Asesume, my ex."

Oh…

The ball had been fun but a day after, it's effects had long worn off. She sat on her bed, on her stomach prompted up on her elbows and grabbed the phone. Who can I call now? Her fingers began dialing numbers she had dialed so many times before on more professional occasions.

"Hello."

"What's up?"

"Uhhh… nothing I guess. Just playing some video games. Why, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I was just really bored. What games you got, Inu?"

"Midnight Club, Paris in Paris, Grand Theft Auto-"

"Do you have Street Fighter?" On the other end of the phone Inuyasha began laughing. "What's so funny?"

"Street Fighter is ancient. When was the last time you played a video game? Sega?"

"Actually, yes. Let me over, teach me some new games."

"That sounded wrong in so many different levels."

"Get your head out of the gutter."

"Fine, I guess you could come over. What the heck."

"Be there in 20."

"Uh huh. Later." Kagome ran over to her closet to find something other than her sweats to put on. She picked out a white polo shirt with a cute mini skirt. She ran into the shower singing Vivian Greens Emotional Rollercoaster. The phone rang and she wrapped her towel around her.

"Hello?"

"Yeah, Kagome, it's Inuyasha. Something funnies-" The doorbell rang. She drops the phone on the couch and walks over to the door.

"Oh, shoot. HOLD ON INUYASHA! I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!" She screams over to the phone hoping he could hear her. She opens the door and sees a man walking back around the corner. Being only in a towel, she chooses not to walk after him and goes back to the phone.

"Yeah, hello?"

"Dammit, Kagome!"

"What?"

"Don't answer the door again. Something isn't right. I want you to stay in your apartment. I'm coming over there."

"What's up?"

"I'll tell you when I get there. Don't open the door unless it's me."

"Well, how will I know if it's you if I can't open the door?" She heard him sigh, frustrated.

"I'll say, "Kagome, stop smoking whatever's making you high and open the door.' Good enough?"

"Yeah, why not."

"Be there in 15."

"Kay, Later."

"Uh huh." She hurried up and got dressed not wanting Inuyasha to wait outside the door and sat on the couch to watch television. In a few minutes the door bell rang and she got up to open the door.

"So what's going on Inuyasha? You made it sound so serious over the phone."

"I think… some one is trying to get rid of us…"

"What do you mean, 'get rid of us'?

"Someone is trying to kill us Kagome. There was a bomb on my car today… The security system in my house is too high- tech for any one to try any funny business. So they settle for my FAVORITE Lamborghini. I was about to drive it when I smelt and unfamiliar scent it had. I knew something or someone had tampered with it. The old hag turned everything over to us. Including the companies current profits. With you as a President and all the publicity we've been doing recently, we're about to burn our only serious competition."

"Onigumo Corporations?"

"Yeah…"

"Well, this is good news then. What's going to happen?" She replied nervously.

"Nothing, if we get killed. The information that me and you know is trapped between me and you. To release our information to any one else is literally giving our business away. Naraku has spies all over this business, the same way we have in his. It's how it works. All this information stored on our computers are vital for our success."

"So what should we do?"

"Kagome, you're the one about to be Ms. President. You tell me."

"Inuyasha, I can't deal with this."

"What the hell is your problem?" His eyes narrowed at her pessimism and Kagome frowned in distaste.

"Inuyasha, this is a lot to handle-"

"You just went from 23 to 5 in a matter of seconds. Suck it the hell up. You got this job which means Kaede knew you could handle it. Use that god-damn brain of yours, Kagome! Think." Her eyes narrowed back in response as she took a seat at her old bulky computer. She turned it on and it automatically went to a blue screen with yellow number and writing.

"What if we reduce the number of share holders. Give us more power instead of putting it down. It'll be harder to bring down the company this way. Reduce our employees. Keep the most trusted ones and any one suspected of treason is automatically out and never working in this business again. I want it advertised all over the building. It'll strike the right nerve. And although it's better for you if I solve this all on my own, a tag team would be more beneficial for the company…"

"I knew you could do it," Talking for hours about business can sure make you tired. Not wanted to order out, Kagome and Inuyasha settled for instant ramen.

"Inuyasha, do you really think I can do this? I mean, this is a lot of hard work here. When you're gone, you're gone. I won't have any one to help me do anything. I'll have to do it all on my own."

"I think it was wishful thinking that got you into this position. But your capability that is keeping you here."

"I know there was a complement in there somewhere…" He laughed briefly and chose the moment to ruffle her hair. An electric charge ran up his hand as his hand touched her skin. "You know, this isn't that bad."

"What?"

"Just sitting here and chillin' with you."

"Feh. Glad to see you have so much faith in me."

"You know what mean. Just take the complement." Inuyasha's head all of a sudden whipped towards the door knob. She focused on the knob and saw that it was jiggling. Somebody is trying to break in!

Inuyasha began to whisper. "This way, Kagome." He put down his ramen on the table.

"Hold on." She ran to her computer and erased every file all at once and took her laptop with her. She followed him out the window, down the fire escape. Once they reached ground level she gave Inuyasha the laptop to hold.

"Kagome, you're moving in with me."

"What?"

The End of Chapter 5! Onto Six!

I know the names are kind-of weird… but it's what came to my head at the time. I think this is the longest chapter yet. I hope you enjoyed. jane