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Chapter 6

Revealing Truths?

"Is this imported silk?" Ayame asked. She held up the new dress that Kagome had handed her. It was a black spaghetti strap dress that loomed a little above her knees and supposedly hugged her every curve. On the dress was a design of fancy flowers on the bottom left side and laces up in the back.

"Yes, it is. Inuyasha and I had it specially made for this mission." Kagome replied. Three weeks had passed and it was almost time to carry out the rest of the plan.

"Well, what Koga and I are about to risk we both have to look good. We have to look rich." Ayame stared at herself in the mirror.

"Well, you will be after this job." Kagome pointed out.

"True, true." She answered. "This dress is so beautiful! I just have to try it on!" Ayame whined as if she was trying to resist the temptation.

"Well, no one is stopping you! It isn't like the silk will fall off if you try it on. Actually…go ahead and try it on. I want to see if you fit into it. If it doesn't I'll have to order another size." Kagome presumed.

Ayame went into the bathroom with the dress. Kagome sat down on the couch and began flipping the channels of the TV. 'I hope…we don't get caught for what we are about to do…I do feel rather bad for betraying my cousin since it took her a month to convince ' she thought.

"Kagome, could you please not tamper with the TV? It is intervening with my hackings." Kanna asked the girl from her computer. "I used the power that channels to the television to power my computer."

Kagome quickly shut off the TV. "I'm very sorry!" The pale girl shook her head and said nothing else. Still waiting for Ayame to finish trying on her dress, the head of Naraku's security system picked up the plans Inuyasha had drawn. She spent her lunch breaks and nights with the man, covering every angle and every flaw in the plan. 'I'm so sure it is not even Naraku can break this one!'

The door to the private suite opened and revealed Inuyasha and Koga coming in. Koga was wearing tuxedo and Inuyasha was eating the apple in his hand and holding papers in the other. "I'm telling you, you look fine! Just act the part!" Inuyasha answered irritably. He spotted Kagome on the couch and decided to get her opinion. "Kagome, does Koga look good in the tux? Does he look like the rich bastard he's supposed to look like?" He questioned, taking a bite out of the apple.

"Inuyasha! Open your eyes you moron! This is just like any other tux I've worn and rented before!" The wolf protested.

"Actually, Koga, that tux happens to be made out of the finest Chinese silk. Inuyasha and I had it specially ordered along with the dress Ayame is supposed to wear." She thought for a minute. "Speaking of Ayame and her dress, why isn't she out of the bathroom yet!" She stormed to the bathroom door and kicked the door. "Ayame! Did you drop dead in there? It isn't hard to try on a dress!"

"I'm so sorry Kagome! Just before I go out, could you just look over how I look?" Ayame asked from inside.

"Oh! You're so hopeless!" Kagome opened the door and went inside.

"Oh yeah! Kanna, are you bored with just watching the security monitors?" Inuyasha asked his key hacker.

"Yes, I happen to be bored. I'm tired of patrolling the staff through the security cameras, taking note on their routine when, for the past three weeks hasn't changed one bit." Kanna noted in a hushed, but nasty manner. Ignoring the sourness in her tone, Inuyasha handed her the papers. "What is this?"

"I thought you would have been tired so I was able to get something else for you to do." Inuyasha suggested.

Kanna opened the file and quickly looked over the notes. "You want me to find out dirt on Naraku?" she asked. "Isn't it enough that we're stealing from a rich bastard to enjoys taking money from gamblers and giving it away to those who win?"

"But that's Vegas for you." Koga stated bluntly.

"But I need really good scandals that cloud the past of Naraku Onigumo. Kagome and I have been planning this for the past three weeks. The only way this plan is going to work is if Naraku managed to piss off someone. They have to have really bad grudges against him." His leader explained.

"Huh. I'll see what I can do." Kanna replied.

Koga stared at his friend for a moment before commenting quietly, "You've been spending a lot of time with Kagome lately. Mixing business with pleasure, huh?"

Inuyasha glared at him. "That's none of your business."

"Oh ho! Closing up again? You do that every single time one of us manages to bring up the subject of the love you have for Kagome." Koga answered slyly. "But sometimes it is okay to mix business and pleasure together. Then you'll end up just like Ayame and me and Miroku and Sango. Maybe this business and pleasure stuff runs between us, friends."

"Or maybe it just rubbed off from Miroku." Kanna muttered coolly.

"Koga. Shut the fu-"

"Okay! Presenting Ayame Lily's rich and fashionable, might I add, look!" Kagome announced, her head poking out of the bathroom. She kicked the door completely open and out strolled Ayame, as if she was a model walking down the narrow stage. She did a small twirl so everyone in the room (whom was only Kanna, Inuyasha and Koga) could get the full picture.

"Isn't it beautiful?" Ayame asked excitedly.

"It's even more beautiful since it's on you." Koga said lovingly.

"Oh! How sweet!" Kagome said in the background while Inuyasha snorted with disgust.

"Is that one of your old pick-up lines or one you just borrowed from Miroku's?" Inuyasha asked laughing.

"He got it from Miroku." Kanna whispered from her computer.

"Inuyasha! That's so mean to say!" Kagome said sternly.

"Oh, don't mind him. He's just bitter that he's the only one among his friends and family to not have a girlfriend." Ayame said sharply.

"Ah! Not this again! I have work to do! I don't have time to be bantered around because I don't have a girlfriend." Inuyasha grumbled bitterly. "I'm capable of meeting women on my own."

"If you are, then would you like to borrow some of my pick-up lines? Maybe I can get Miroku to throw his in too!" Koga joked.

Inuyasha gave him the middle finger just before slamming the door shut. "Morons."

"Is Inuyasha really the only one in his family to not have a girlfriend or even a wife?" Kagome asked when he was gone.

"Yeah…even though we joke around with him about it, we really do want him to settle down. His last girlfriend…was Kikyo, right?" Koga answered.

"It was Kikyo. But then they ended up on bad terms when she dumped him." Ayame explained.

"Wait a minute! Is Inuyasha just using me so he can take revenge on what Kikyo did to him!" Kagome said, completely outraged.

"Kagome, you're just jumping to conclusions." Kanna replied in a rather medium voice. It was the first time in years since she was speaking normally. "Inuyasha isn't using you. He doesn't use people. He can't stand things like that."

"Then why did he approach me? Why is he robbing the man who his ex-girlfriend, my cousin, is dating? Why haven't I asked these questions before?" Kagome wondered out loud.

"He approached you because…" Koga began before he cut off short.

"Because…"

"I just remembered. I need to do something!" He cried and began heading for the door.

"Koga Wolf! Stop right there!" Both Ayame and Kagome screamed.

"Why did Inuyasha approach me?" Kagome repeated.

"Why wasn't I told about this? Was Sango told of this as well!"

"Er…I…uh…"

"Speak up Koga or the wedding is off!" Ayame screeched.

"All right! All right! No Sango does not know…" Before he finished Kanna did in the loudest voice she could muster. (And that's not really so loud. It is like when a shy person speaks.)

"Inuyasha approached Kagome because he likes her and doesn't want to punish her when he'll be the cause of the casino going bankrupt." Ayame and Kagome looked at her blankly as if they didn't know what she was saying. Kanna sighed before explaining, "If Inuyasha had not approached Kagome the casino would have gone bankrupt after the job. She would have lost her position and had to suffer. But since Inuyasha likes Kagome and really has a caring heart, he decided to enlist Kagome's help and save her with the money troubles. God! You all are older than me and yet I know about this stuff more than you do!"

"Oh. Inuyasha likes me?" Kagome asked slowly.

"Yeah!" Koga, Ayame, and Kanna yelled.

She began blushing before smiling. "How sweet of him…"

A/N: Ok! Sorry for the long time of not updating! I've been busy and avoiding writer's block. Now I think I'm up for writing again. Hopefully, I'll be back on track and I'll finally be able to finish my stories before beginning on other ones. '