Author: Pyari
Disclaimer: If you've read the previous chapters, you should probably know that I don't own our beloved Inuyasha (Sorry: Looks at an angry Rumiko Takahasi and gulps: I meant your beloved Inuyasha, hehe u.u) Also, I forgot to mention this earlier but this fic is based on a Bollywood movie (Indian movie) called 'My heart is yours.' (I had to translate it)
A.N. Finally, I'm back again! There's just been so much going on in my life…arggh! But you know I couldn't stay away from writing about Inuyasha
Yay! Inuyasha is in this chapter- I'm sorry (again) to everyone who I said that Inuyasha would be in the last chappie but you know…It just didn't fit! And for those of you who are wondering what the pairings are, I'm sorry but I cannot say… It's all gonna come later in the fic…sorry! XD
Now to answer a review…
Rin14- Thanks for reviewing again- it's cuz of you that I got this chapter out
And yes Naraku will be a bad guy and for your next question…Inu and Kag aren't gonna get together for a loooong time…you'll know when you read about their first meeting o
WARNING (PLEASE READ): Please know that there is absolutely NO fluff in this chapter between Inu and Kag due to plot of story…in fact there will be the opposite of fluff which is…sorry I dunno : grins sheepishly: Anyway, don't be expecting any fluffiness in this chap between Inu and Kag… It's for your own safety 0
Chapter 3: Porn Shows and Interviews
(5 hours after the interview)
Kagome stared blankly at the screen and though it looked like she had all her attention focused on the television set, that wasn't exactly true. Kagome was too busy and lost in her wild thoughts to even notice that the anime she was watching was long over and another show had started after it's end.
Kikyo suddenly yawned loudly and looked up from her romance novel long enough to see what Kagome was doing.
"Um Kagome?" Kikyo began whilst giving the younger girl an amused look. To Kagome the words went through one ear and out the other. Kikyo sighed "Why in the world are you watching ' Fulfilling My Desires'?" That got Kikyo the reaction she was looking for. Kagome suddenly scrambled up from her position on the carpeted floor, eyes boring into the screen. Her face flushed and she quickly stuttered a useless response.
"I-uh… was just uh… what are you talking about?"
Kikyo laughed heartily, mirth visible in her eyes.
"I'm talking about you watching that Japanese porn show Kagome." Kikyo tried to keep a straight face but when Kagome's face flushed and she started stuttering uselessly she couldn't help herself and began laughing openly.
Kagome glared at her sister, her eyebrows furrowing.
"Oh shut up Kikyo, I was just thinking about something." Kagome huffed sending the vulnerable Kikyo whose pale skin was now flushed a death glare. Kikyo finally pulled herself together and looked at Kagome with sly smile.
"You were thinking about something or someone?" Kikyo's sly smile turned itself into a toothy grin. "And may I ask who that someone is…hmmm, it wouldn't happen to be Kouga now would it?" Kagome's face flushed an even darker shade of red…if that was possible and she started stuttering all over again.
"I-I wasn't thinking about Kouga…I, he's just a friend okay?" Kikyo sent Kagome a 'yeah right' look and she shook her head. 'Stupid Kagome, Kikyo thought ruefully. 'She should know by now that Kouga is much more than a friend.' But Kikyo didn't say those thoughts aloud; it was better for Kouga to tell Kagome than Kikyo telling her so instead she changed the subject.
"Anyway, if you weren't thinking about Kouga, what were you thinking about?"
"Um, I was just thinking about um…" Kagome thought about telling Kikyo her idea which she had now successfully made some improvement on but then thought better of it. "I was just thinking about Mr. Taisho. I mean, why isn't he paying the farmers enough and where are all the profits from the drinks going to?" 'And will I get a job in the Shikon?' She added mentally. Kikyo got up closing her novel and stretched.
"I don't know, but let's just hope mamma figures out something to do about this whole situation."
"Yeah, you're right. But I still can't believe that she said that she wasn't sure about what to do in that interview." Kagome said grabbing the remote and quickly shutting off the T.V screen that was still showing 'Fulfilling My Desires.' Kikyo started to leave then stopped at the doorway.
"I'm going down to talk to mama, she must be exhausted after everything. I'll be back up in a few minutes okay?" Kagome nodded absent mindedly as Kikyo left. Her thoughts were still on earlier in the day- actually 1:00 to be exact.
(THE INTERVIEW)
"Good Morning viewers, today as we had promised earlier we are having a special interview with Mayor Higurashi concerning the Shikon Industries Company in Tokyo."
There was the stiff looking reporter again on the T.V from yesterday who was holding onto her big, black mike." Now to you Kaede."And the woman nodded her head at the camera.
The screen switched to an old looking woman with a black eye patch covering her right eye and Kagome recognized her immediately. 'That's the woman we were talking to a while ago.' Kagome thought as she watched the screen with Kikyo sitting right beside her. 'I forgot she was the interviewer.'
"Good morning everyone. Today we have a special interview with Mayor Higurashi and I am the interviewer; Kaede Kura." Instead of wearing her baggy black 'CREW' T-shirt, Kaede was now clothed in a white silk blouse with a black over coat with matching pants. She also had some make-up applied on.
"So, Mayor Higurashi how are you today?" Kaede turned to the person seated in the chair next to her and the camera did the same.
"I'm doing very fine thank you." Mayor Hyuka Higurashi replied in a cordial voice.
" And your two lovely daughters?" Kaede asked again with a grandmotherly smile graced on her aged face. Kagome smiled, she was beginning to really like this Kaede.
"Why, my two darling daughters are doing fine. Kikyo the older one is so responsible, She's always striving to meet her goals and she is a very sweet and talented girl." Mayor Higurashi beamed while Kagome who was watching all of this was feeling a hint of bitter jealousy.
"How about your younger daughter Kagome-chan?" Kaede asked and Hyuka's big smile slipped off her face.
" Kagome is also doing very well and with Kikyo as a sister I know she will be able to become more and more mature." Hyuka replied slipping on another smile, this one even Kaede knew was fake. Kagome, who was still watching the interview unshed tears flowing in her eyes. 'I'm not going to cry.' She thought and took a deep breath.
"Now, would you like to tell us what is happening between the farmers and the Shikon Industries?" Kaede said now all business.
"Sure Mrs. Kura." Hyuka looked directly at the camera, her face showing no emotion.
" Shikon Industries was made six year ago by Mr. Yoshi Taisho when he invented his new fruit drink. The drink was a big hit with everyone in Japan and his factory grew into an industry. Mr. Yoshio would pay the farmers a fair price for their fruit for his fruit drinks. Just yesterday though, the farmers from the neighboring towns and from our town as well went on strike. They claim that the Shikon Industries haven't been paying them enough for their fruit." Hyuka took a deep breath as she finished off.
" Mayor Higurashi what are you planning to do about this incident. Since the farmers are on strike we won't get any crops for the grocery markets and we will be met with many problems." Kaede asked curiously. It was her job to ask these questions but she was so interested on the matter alone, she didn't even care if she'd get paid. Hyuka took a moment before she answered Kaede's question.
"I have already tried contacting Mr. Yoshio but to no avail, I just simply can't reach him or his son, Inuyasha Taisho."
"Is that all you have thought of doing so far?" Kaede questioned. The mayor closed her eyes.
"My other plan is to talk to the farmers and make them calm down for now. They need to know that they can't just jump into strike… they are affecting not themselves but the whole town."
" Have you heard about the rumors that say that Mr. Yoshio will be shutting down the Shikon in a couple of days?"
"Yes," Hyuka nodded. "Yes, I have."
"Well then if that rumor grew to be true, than how do you think this will affect the town?"
Hyuka let out a slight sigh.
"Concerning the people's jobs, there will be many people fired or laid-off. That means many people without jobs this is due to the fact that most of the towns population have jobs connected to the Shikon. If it shuts down, then a lot of people may even be left homeless. 'Awww, that is so sad.' Kagome thought her doe eyes wide with worry.
Kaede then decided to change the subject.
"Okay Mayor Higurashi, since the next elections are coming up in a couple of months, do you think that if you don't figure out a solution to this problem, the people of the town will elect someone else to be mayor? What about Mr. Onigoumo Naraku? He has been looking forward to being the Mayor for a while now."
Hyuka swallowed a ball of rage as she heard of the name of one of the men she despised.
" I'm positive I will find a solution. And yes, Mr. Naraku has wanted my chair for a while now and he will take the opportunity when it comes to become the mayor. But I assure everyone, I will find a solution to this and I will be successful." Hyuka said firmly.
"Okay, thank you Mayor Higurashi for taking your time to answer the people's questions."
"Anything for the people." Mrs. Higurashi said beaming her trade mark smile.
"Again thanks for the time Mayor Higurashi, we wish you all the luck with the elections." Kaede shook hand with Hyuka and then turned to the cameras
"And thank you everyone for staying with us, I hope we answered all of your questions. Have a good day and be sure to tune in tomorrow for the daily Tokyo Tonight."
The screen quickly flashed to a diaper commercial and like last time left Kagome staring at the Television set.
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Kagome was still thinking about the interview when the ringing of a phone could be heard. Kagome got up and strolled over to the cordless phone.
"Hello, Kagome speaking." Kagome said and sat down on the fluffy pink comforters of her bed crossing her legs.
"Hey Kag, It's me Kouga." The voice on the other end said.
"Hi Kouga, what's new?" Kagome said and twirled a lock of ebony hair between her thumb and forefinger.
" I just called to make sure if you're still up for going to the movies tonight." Silence on Kagome's end.
"So are you?" Kouga asked crossing his fingers. 'Please let her say yes Kami,' he chanted through his head as a mantra.
"Oh my gosh Kouga!" Kagome breathed into the receiver. "I'm so, so, so sorry! I totally for got about the movies and I've made new plans so I won't be able to go tomorrow."
"Aw, Kags can't you change your plans?" Kouga asked chanting his mantra twice as fast.
"Sorry Kouga-kun this is really, really important to me. Ah…Oh, how about I make it up to you later? We could go to the movies on Saturday then out to dinner. It'll be fun and I promise I won't forget it next time." Kagome pleaded.
"Okay, fine." Kouga grumbled into the phone.
"I'll talk to you later 'Kay?"
"Yeah sure Kags. Bye." was Kouga's deflated reply.
"Bye." Kagome said guiltily and buried her head into her hands. "Oh Kami, how could I have forgotten about Kouga?' She asked herself. They had been planning to see a movie together since Saturday and Kagome always being one to rush into things had arranged her new plans before even giving the other ones any thought.
Oh and speaking of new plans-actually scratch that, new and improved plans- there was a lot to do.
After watching the interview and having learned much about the problem her mother was facing, Kagome had a change of plans. Instead of getting just any job, Kagome was going to get a job at the Shikon. Yep, life was cruel to certain teenagers, life was certainly cruel.
"Dad!" A gruff, male voice cried out from inside a vast villa.
"No." Another male voice replied curtly, this one more deep and masculine.
"But I haven't even asked anything." The young man said running a hand through his silver tresses in frustration.
"I know exactly what you wish to ask Inuyasha." The man the deep voice belonged to briskly flipped the page of the newspaper he was reading with a flick of his wrist.
The said hanyou suppressed a growl and went back to pacing around his father's study. It was rarely an event for him to be there but what he needed to ask now pretty important-well, for him that is.
"Dad, just hear me out okay? We have to shut down that damn company or we're going to lose face. People think that we're not paying the farmers enough! They-they'll think we're getting bankrupt or something!" Inuyasha cried out and slammed a clawed fist onto his father's desk to top it off.
" Don't you think I know that Inuyasha? I just can't shut down the Shikon, too many people's jobs depend on it." Yoshi Taisho said giving his son a glare.
But the hanyou just wouldn't let up and started pacing again as he talked.
"Who cares about those stupid nit-wit humans anyway? Its not like they've ever done anything for us and we could wipe them all out in the blink of an eye." Inuyasha stated. Mr. Taisho gave an irritated sigh and folded his newspaper up, tossed it onto his expensive oak wood desk.
" I care about humans son. Just because we can wipe them all out in the blink of an eye doesn't mean we will. They are the ones who came up with all the inventions, It was them who evolved this world into what it is now. Plus," He said and looked at Inuyasha with a smirk (A.N- Wonder where Inu got that from…hmmm…)
"Are you forgetting that you are a half human as well as half demon?"
"No," Inuyasha said between clenched teeth, he was stuck and he knew it but fortunately for him a knock on the door saved him from his troubles.
"Come in." Yoshi said and began signing one of countless other contracts sitting atop his desk. The large glass doors opened and in walked a tall man with slightly long hair pulled into a small, tight ponytail at the back of his head.
"Good morning Inuyasha," The man said then glanced at Yoshi and nodded in acknowledgment. "Mr. Taisho."
"Hey Miroku." Inuyasha said glad for the interruption. Miroku looked at Inuyasha then at his father then back at Inuyasha.
"…So, I'm guessing the answer is no?" he asked uncertainly. Inuyasha mumbled something under his breath but Yoshi spoke up.
"Yes Miroku, the answer is definitely a no." 'Might as well work the charm then.' Miroku thought and put on his best businessman like face. 'I knew that Inuyasha wouldn't be able to pull it off.' He thought to himself.
"Mr. Taisho, I believe Inuyasha is right, I went out yesterday and I overheard so many people saying that the Taisho's weren't paying the farmers enough because of money loss, In a few more weeks your company will start losing popularity and because of that the Shikon could be overcome by other competitors." Miroku stated calmly but inside was cheering his head off.
'Yes, that should do the trick!' He thought happily and a smile splayed over the young mans face.
Mr. Taisho considered it for a while and both Inuyasha and Miroku's hopes were soaring until one word burst their bubbles.
"No." Mr. Taisho said and went back to signing. Inuyasha who hadn't spoken for a while got an idea.
"Okay dad, how about this? I'll got to the Shikon and see how things are playing out there. If I find out where all the profits are disappearing to, we won't shut the Shikon down." Inuyasha began and Yoshi looked up at his son with slight interest.
"I'll also see how the employees are doing and how business is running and if there are any problems and there's a bad report, you're going to have to shut it down." Inuyasha looked into his father's eyes waiting intently for his answer but again Miroku interrupted.
"Wait Inuyasha, you can't go like that. If you go to the Shikon as yourself obviously everyone will be their her best behavior so you wouldn't find out anything. I say, you get a disguise!" Miroku exclaimed that he'd added to Inuyasha's plan, surely Mr. Taisho wouldn't say no now…right?
Mr. Taisho sighed deeply but smiled at the two boys.
" Fine, I agree to your idea and I'm surprised Inuyasha, that my son was able to think of a plan that would help solve a problem." He gave a nod of approval for emphasis and then picked up his pen and carried on signing.
Miroku and Inuyasha gave each other looks saying 'I knew we'd get him to listen!' and walked out of the thick, glass doors and into the hall with excitement.
" Okay, now we better start getting ready and I need to think of a disguise." Inuyasha said and strode into the entertainment room with Miroku following. He flopped down into a leather sofa and turned on the 40 inch, flat screen television.
"Don't worry about your disguise, I've already thought of that." Miroku said sat down beside Inuyasha.
"And?"
"You are going to be Yasha Konira, you are Mr. Taisho's, drivers, son who is now looking for a new job. You'll go to the Shikon and ask for a job in any position and while you're there, you get all the proof you need to shut it down." Miroku said and grabbed the remote out of his friend's hand and began flipping through the channels.
" Yeah sure Miroku." Inuyasha said with a smile that revealed his demonic fangs. " The Shikon is going to be shut down and no one's gonna be able to stop it." Inuyasha looked at Miroku who was now watching the wide screen T.V with uncomfortable interest.
"Miroku?" Inuyasha questioned with a curious look.
'Huh, oh did you say something?" Miroku asked not removing his gaze from the screen.
"Yeah, I did." Inuyasha replied with and irritated sigh.
Miroku turned around to look at his friend with a sheepish grin.
"Sorry Inuyasha, It's just that 'Fulfilling My desires' is on right now." Inuyasha groaned and buried his face in his hands.
Yes, life was very, very cruel.
: Exhales Breath :
Yay, finally done- Oh my back is killing me! Standing up while typing is not a very smart thing to do XD
Inu's here and I also introduced Miroku in the fic! I might have Sango in the next chap…you never know! I'm so proud of myself…Ahhh this was the longest chap I typed so far And next chapter, Inu and Kag get to meet- won't that be fun?……O-Kay maybe not…..
Now, you know what to do…if you want me to keep writing you'll have to send me a special something! -