FirePetals (muhahahahahaha! I changed my pen name... :AHEM:
Icouldn't take it any more…sorry!)
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and Co, yadayadayada, Takahashi-Sama does blah, blah, blah… and this fic is based on some Bollywood movie I watched when I was bored yadayadayada…let's not do that again shall we? (Just don't sue me…)
A.N. So in the last chap you got to see Inuyasha and Miroku…you might not know what Miroku's role is yet but it'll soon come…and Tadaaaaaaaa! Inu and Kag finally meet in this chapter- though not under pleasant circumstances…and I'll soon have Sango stuffed in here somewhere (that ought to make Miroku happy )
But to tell you the truth …I'm not that happy these days… I haven't been getting Any reviews lately and I'm starting to wonder if ANYONE likes this fic out there…well, with the exception of my little friend Natasha King…:sighs dramatically: Where would I be without her?
I'm seriously depressed right now tho not cause I haven't been getting reviews…my all time favourite author…(who actually inspired me to wite a fic of my own…which leads to the creation of F.C.F) Rozefire, has moved on from Inuyasha…someone go grab a box of tissues and a carton of Ice cream…unless you want me to turn into an uncontrollably morose lump of person…bawling my eyes out…let me tell you people that's not a good thing…or maybe it is…
To make up for taking such a loooooooooooooong time updating…here's my longest chapter (15 pages! Dude, I deserve lots of rviews!) as a peace offerring
Okay…I dunno why but I just felt like doing this… (probably cause I'm so freakin' sad right now and I'm seriouly not thinking…I'm gonna whack myself on the head with a shoe later when I come to my sences…but for now…) Every time for a page break, instead of having just a straight line, I'll have a different letter. For this chapter, it will spell out my name so find all the page breaks and figure out my name. Example: suppose the 1st page break is BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB etc. so that means the first letter in the name is…B, the 2nd page break is: OOOOOOOOOOO etc. well the next letter in the name is O. Now you've got B and O, if the last page break is: BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB etc…can you guess what it is? BOB! Oh, and don't go thinking that's my name…cuz it definitely isn't! This is just an example! (I'm stupid, I shouldn't be giving my name out over the internet…but like I said…ME NOT THINKING!)
O-well… on with the story…
Chapter 5: Chance Meetings and Celebration Fun
She smiled at her new reflection in the mirror and straightened out any unseen wrinkles on her plaid skirt.
Kagome's plan had so far gone… well…according to plan and she had accomplished the first two things on her to-do list. She had snagged some of Kikyo's clothes that she often wore to work- a rust brown plaid skirt with a white, collared tee and a rust coloured vest to finish the ensemble. Then she snagged some cash from Kikyo's purse (unfortunately for Kikyo, she was broke). Now she had to go down to eat her breakfast but just as she turned around, away from the miror- she heard a faint laugh. She turned around completely to see Kikyo leaning against the doorway with an amused smile on her face. She was dressed in clothes similar to the ones Kagome wore if not more mature looking and her hair was tied down behind her back in a low pony tail.
They stood there for a few seconds Kagome staring blankly at her older sister while Kikyo was still giving the younger girl an amused look.
"What?" Kagome finally asked unable to take the silence. Kikyo just shook her head and let out an inaudible laugh as she walked over to where Kagome was standing.
"It's nothing, I'm just wondering why my little sister is in my clothes," She arched an eyebrow "and it almost looks like she's dressed to be going to work."
Kagome grinned and ran a hand through shoulder length, black, wavy hair, straightening out any knots she came upon.
"That's because I am going to work today." Kagome said rather proud of herself.
Kikyo's amused smile suddenly slipped off as a look of shock enetered her usually expressionless face.
"You can't be serious can you?" she breathed a hand going to cover her mouth as though she might just cry out in shock (a very un-Kikyo-like thing to do).
Kagome grinned even wider, pleased that she had made her sister so flabbergasted (A.N Ooooh, I just love that word!)…now how would her mother react to this?
"I'm as serious as mama is about her job." Kagome said solemnly but she still wore her grin. Unexpectedly Kikyo squealed in delight ( A.N. not a very good mental image there) and pulled her sister into a tight hug.
"Oh, Kagome I'm so proud of you!" She looked at Kagome in the eyes. "You aren't lying are you?"
"Gosh Kikyo, I'm not lying." Kagome laughed and pulled out of Kikyo's tight grasp.
"It's just that you've never, ever had a job before let alone think of getting one…and now all of a sudden?"
"Yeah, well I thought if you and mama could do it, then so could I." Kagome replied before grabbing a brush and swiftly began taking out the remaining knots. Kikyo was still standing beside the mirror quietly in amazement.
"Hey, do you think I should keep my hair down or up?" came Kagome's muffled voice as she talked and tried to hold a hair pin between her teeth.
"Uh, I think you should wear it down, you've lways looked more stunning with your hair out." Kagome's cheeks slightly reddened from the compliment and she took out the pin from her mouth and put it on her dresser.
"So tell me, where are you going to get a job?"
"At the Shikon." Kgome said quietlly… 'Oh, Please don't let her blow up on me…'Kikyo laughed softly again and patted Kagome on the back.
"For a second there I thought you said the Shikon." She smiled at her sister but when Kagome just looked sheepishly back at her , again her smile was replaced with the oh-so-familiar look of shock.
"Oh Kami! Kagome you're getting a job at the Shikon?" Kikyo gasped, boy was she over emotionl today. Kagome nodded confirming Kikyo's words.
"Yeah, I am." Kagome said nervously then strightened up and asked "What's wrong with it?"
Kikyo shook her head and gave Kagome a disbelieving expression.
"What's wrong with it? Don't you know that the Shikon is under so much pressure right now? They might even shut it down-how do you think you'll get a job there?"
"Well, when I'm there I'll solve everything-find out why Mr. Taisho is not getting all the income on his sold drinks and that way mama won't have to be worried much either." Kagome said firmly but inside she was having trouble believing her own words. 'Man, my idea sounded so much better in my head.'
"Kagome, I don't want to make you lose any hope, but you're plan might not work it's just-"
" But if it doesn't work I can always try again." Kagome reasoned. Aw, why did Kikyo have to make her feel like she was stupid? She always acted like Kagome's common sense and that was a little disturbing. Kikyo smiled and gave Kagome another tight hug that could've shut off her blood circulation.
"Either way I'm proud of you okay Kag?" Kikyo said and loosened her arms that were holding her sister to look in her eyes.
That's what Kagome loved anout Kikyo, no matter what she'd always be there for you. She put other's happiness before herself and even though Kagome would sometimes be jealous of all the compliments Kikyo got she loved that in her sister.
Kagome hugged Kikyo back with a warm smile. "Thanks Kikyo, I love you."
Kagome pulled back from Kikyo again and looked at the big clock hanging on the wall only to hit herself lightly on the head.
"Oh shoot, I don't have time to eat breakfast, I'll be late for the Shikon!" Kagome cried and grabbed her purse (courtesy of Kikyo ) then dashed out into the hall and down the long set of stairs, all the while Kikyo following.
Rushing down the stairs she spotted her mother talking to one of the maids.
"Good morning mama," Kagome and Kikyo greeted their mother.
"Good morning girls." Mrs. Higurashi said and looked up to see her two daughters when the maid had gone back to her work.
"Are you going somewhere Kagome?" Hyuka wondered why Kagome was wearing Kikyo's clothes, this was very unusual for Kagome, she usually wore bright coloured t-hirts and a pair of blue jeans…what was she up to?
Kagome fidgeted uncertain, after the talk she had with Kikyo if she should tell her mother or not. Just when she was about to answer, Kikyo spoke up for her.
"Mother, Kagome's going to look for a job!" exclaimed Kikyo. Hyuka's eyebrows drew up in surprise but besides that, her face was expressionless.
"Is this true Kagome?" Turning her gaze on Kagome again. Kagome was getting a job? Maybe a little of Kikyo had been rubbed off on her? Kagome looked down at her feet, worrying her lip between her teeth.
"Yes mama I've been planning on looking for a job for a while now and I think that if you and Kikyo can do it, then maybe I can too…" She trailed off. 'She probably thinks I'm so stupid thinking I can get a job!' She thought and nervously shifted her weight from foot to foot.
But surprisingly a warm smile eased onto Hyuka's face as she looked at her younger daughter.
"I'm proud of you Kagome," Kagome looked up at her mother in surprise. 'What? her mother was proud of her? This couldn't be right, Kikyo was the one who everybody was proud of not her!'
She opened her mouth to say something but her voice caught in her throat and she looked at Kikyo with surprise on her face but Kikyo was too busy beaming happily.
" Good luck."Hyuka said to her speechless daughter and smiled again. "I know you'll do a good job." With that said Hyuka bid goodbye to her two daughters and walked off to arrange some important meetings.
As she left Kagome's eyes filled up with happy tears and she grinned good-naturedly. 'Mama said she was proud of me, she wished me good luck for the very first time. She does care about me then!' Kagome thought and she gave Kikyo another quick hug.
"I'll see you later!" She said and rushed out the door.
This was by far the best day yet. But-(there always is a BUT) Kagome had somehow fogotten to tell her mother exactly WHERE she wanted to get a job…
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"I look freaking' stupid!"
"You look like a normal person."
"No, I look like some stupid loser, Miroku!" Miroku sighed and let his head drop in defeat. "And here I was thinking that was how you looked all the time." Miroku muttered under his breath.
"I heard that!" Inuyasha growled from the mirror.
The two had begun changing Inuyasha's appearance but because of an egotistical hanyou who cared a little too much about how he looked—it was more trouble than it seemed.
Miroku pulled out the rubber band that tied his hair at the back of head and tossed it to Inuyasha who caught it swiftly and looked at Miroku with a quizzical expression.
"What am I supposed to do with this?" He asked. Miroku sighed deeply then rubbed his temples in frustration.
"It's to tie your hair." Miroku grumbled but Inuyasha gave him a blank look.
"And why would I do that?" he asked unconsciously running a hand through his long, silver hair.
Unfortunately, Miroku's patience had ended right there.
"For crying out loud you're trying to get no one to notice you! We've already finished your damn clothes and now we have to do your stupid hair!" Miroku all but screamed.
Inuyasha tugged at his tight collar nervously, it wasn't everyday that you saw Miroku (always the calm one) blow up in your face.
"O-Kay, I'll tie my hair, just promise me you won't do that ever again, yeah?"
Miroku nodded as he exhaled a deep breath happy that he'd let it all out and walked over to Inuyasha, pulled all of the hanyou's hair together in a low pony tail at the back of his head and slipped on the rubber band to hold it in place.
"There, now no one will recognize you." He said and moved back to admire his work.
Inuyasha once again tuned to face the mirror and looked at his reflection.
"Great, I look worse now. At least no one will know it's me." He sighed and looked at his friend. "So, we're done?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Miroku replied. For the past hour they had been deciding on how to dress Inuyasha, It couldn't be anything fancy because that would be a giveaway for sure. They moved on to middle-class clothes but even then Inuyasha with his well-built figure and charming face had only looked as good as he did normally. From there they went on to cheap clothes (very hard to find in a rich hanyou's house) and finally that had done the trick.
They had settled upon a black, collared, cotton button-up shirt and beige khaki pants-typical clothing for the average working guy. But Inuyasha didn't like his new look-it was usually brand name T-shirts and leather jackets for him and with his hair tied up so it was covering his demon ears, that wasn't comfortable either, in his opinion he looked like everybody else-something he wasn't too much fond of.
"Now, I've already got your resume typed out for you," Miroku began "and I've already gotten a written note from your dad saying that he wants you to get a job there so they can't say no to you, and now we're done getting you dressed up." Miroku tapped his chin mentally going over all the things they'd had to do. "What else…?"
"Um… how do I get there? I mean I can't just hop into a limo, people will figure out easily and I'm certainly not driving myself." Inuyasha stated turning away from the wall mirror to look at his best friend and his father's business assistant. He'd known Miroku for about…what, six, maybe seven years? Even though Miroku was his father's new business assistant, Inuyasha had already known the guy for five years before that and they had went to the same high school together, they'd hit it off then and were surprisingly still best buds.
Miroku gave him a critical look "Man Inuyasha, you're such a lazy ass," He grinned wide, displaying his collection of perfect, white teeth (too bad for Miroku's dentist!) "What will the ladies think?" Inuyasha sent Miroku a glare then turned around to undo the two front buttons on his shirt, it was getting a bit too tight and Inuyasha wasn't used to it this way.
"Keh, the 'ladies' think of me more than you and if I'm such a lazy ass, then why the hell does Sheera stick with me?" he replied smirking. Sheera, his current girlfriend, was a South-American model who Inuyasha had met during his vacation in the U.S. One look at him and Sheera had clung to him like a lost puppy, (A.N. Feh, ya right, Inu good with girls…please make me stop laughing!) knowing he had more pocket money than she could make in months.
"Maybe it's because if she hits it off with you, she'll be one rich, rich, little girl?" Inuyasha ignored that last remark but whirled around quickly to look at Miroku.
"Oh damn!" Inuyasha cried smacking his hand against his forehead (not as lightly as Kagome though ) and ripping Miroku's rubber band out of his hair, letting the silver tresses fall around his back and shoulders, his velvety ears once again visible on his silver head.
"What's wrong now?" Miroku raised an eyebrow looking at the hanyou with a skeptical look. Inuyasha grabbed a brush, running it through his hair quickly.
"Shit Miroku, I was supposed to go pick up Sheera at the airport! I'm such an ass! I only have…" He yanked up his sleeve and looked intently at his watch. "Oh man, only an hour!"
"Inuyasha, did you have to bring that girl to little, innocent Japan? She'll be way too much for even the army to handle!" Miroku groaned. Inuyasha though, was busy changing back into his black jeans, red Nike T-shirt, and black leather jacket.
"Miroku she's a doll, she'll listen to anything I have to say." Inuyasha said slipping into his jacket and grabbing his bike keys. Miroku wrinkled his nose and made a sick face. "Inuyasha my friend, I don't think I want to know exactly what you have to say."
Inuyasha dug into his jeans pockets, pulling out his cell-phone and tossing it to Miroku who caught it clumsily, sucks to not have demon powers…
"I'm riding my bike to go pick Sheera up and God knows how much luggage she'll have so call the chauffeur and tell him to go to the airport and meet us there. Sheera will ride with me and the driver can pack her luggage in the car and bring it back to the villa."
"Okay, but I thought you were too lazy to drive yourself?"
"I am, but Sheera's just got a thing for my bike." He replied and rushed off out of the room. Miroku groaned again and slumped into an armchair.
"And I thought I was the one who'd do anything for the ladies."
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The wind whipped his hair around in the air and he sighed deeply, the road was so busy and filled with cars and trucks today and unfortunately for him he wasn't going anywhere anytime soon let alone the airport.
"Damn it, stupid-ass slow drivers." He muttered then more loudly he called out. "MOVE IT YOU SLOW LOSERS! I HAVE THINGS TO DO!"
Several heads in the vehicles turned around to see who had yelled out, hoping to give them a piece of their mind, but when they spotted Inuyasha Taisho almost everyone turned their heads back suddenly pretending they hadn't heard- well, it was Inuyasha Taisho, son of THE Yoshi Taisho. Almost no self-respected person wanted to pick a fight with the multi-millionaire's son, but the keyword there was almost-almost everyone turned away except a young, teenage girl who had been waiting well over half an hour at the bus stop to get to work. Since Inuyasha was in the last lane with his bike, his elbows propped up on the handlebars and his feet planted lazily on the ground, the girl walked over to him all the while giving him a 'who-do-you-think-you-are?' look. Obviously she didn't know who he was otherwise she would've turned away like everyone else, but there's never an endless supply of luck for an 18-year-old trying to get a job at the Shikon (Big, HINT!)
She stopped in front of Inuyasha planting her hands on her hips, her head cocked to the side.
"Why are you all of a sudden so cranky?" She asked him. Inuyasha was turned the other way so he turned to look at her when she acknowledged him.
"I have things to do, now beat it." He said coolly and looked her up and down. 'Nice legs,' He thought absently, 'for a wench that is.' Kagome saw him sizing her up and pursed hr lips in anger. 'Stupid, dumb, prick…who does he think he is?'
"You know, you're not the only one who has things to do." She said glaring at him. Inuyasha sighed.
"Yeah? Well, I'm the only one with something important to do." He retorted removing his gaze from her long, slender tanned legs and up to her face. She had long, slightly wavy black hair tumbling down her shoulders and framing her fragile face. The girl's eyes were a creamy brown-almost like caramel- and they had more emotion in them than Inuyasha could make out-but most of it was anger.
"You've got to be the most annoying, stuck-up person I've met in my whole life!" She cried out, anger getting the better of her. The boy smirked again, this time humorously.
"Welcome to my world."
"I can't believe you-" she stopped halfway through what she was about to say as she saw the bus coming through the bunch of vehicles.
"Oh, no! My bus!" She cried and launched off to the bus stand. Luckily for her, she had made it in time. She heaved a sigh of relief as she got onto the bus and paid her fare. Inuyasha stood there, just shaking his head, 'Stupid girl…nice legs though."
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"May I help you dear?" An elderly woman asked from behind the long counter.
Kagome looked around her for the umpteenth time. She couldn't believe it-of course she knew that the farmers and other workers were on strike, but she hadn't known that they were having the strike right there in the office.
"Shikon Industries, Pay Up!" was repeatedly cried out by one of the protesters. The protesters were all grouped up in the lobby screaming at the top of their lungs. There was surprisingly a very big bunch of people on strike. It looked like all the farmers were having a camp out-and had brought their families along just for the fun of it. Kagome bit her nail nervously- this wasn't at all what she expected.
"Um, yeah. I needed to talk to Mr.Chuo, the manager… is he here?" She asked timidly.
"Yes he's here, hold on I'll let him know you're on your way up," The woman picked up the phone and looked at Kagome. "Your name is?"
"Kagome, Kagome Higurashi." She said and waited for the woman to call Mr.Chuo.
"Hello Mr.Chuo? Yes, she's here…do you want me to send her up right now… Of course, yes, I'll do that right now." The woman said into the phone as Kagome waited patiently in front of the counter nervously tapping her fingers on the desk top. The woman looked up at Kagome and put down the phone.
"Mr. Chuo says that he'll see you now. Take the elevator to the twelfth floor and then take a right down the end of the hall, you'll see their office then." She said then quickly grabbed the phone that was ringing.
"Thank you," Kagome said over her shoulder as she walked over to the elevator but the woman seemed too busy in her call to hear her. 'O- well, now I have to get to the twelfth floor…' Kagome thought and brushed past some of the employees lounging here and there.
As she got into the elevator, she realized something. Didn't the woman behind the desk say 'their office'? She stopped to think about it for a moment but right then the elevator doors slid open to the twelfth floor and she stepped out cautiously.
"Take a right down the end of the hall…" Kagome murmured under her breath. She followed the woman's directions and turned right at the end of the hall, noticing the office immediately. Well, it wasn't really hard to miss…mainly because it was the only door on that side. Kagome came to a stop beside the thick double doors with the name plate- OFFICE OF MR.CHUO- and tentatively raised her hand to knock on the door but stopped taking a deep breath. This seemed twenty times harder than she had originally thought.
"Kagome, I don't want to make you lose any hope, but you're plan might not work…"No, Kagome thought firmly. This wasn't the time to be thinking about negative things…like what Kikyo had said that morning, but quite the opposite. Thinking positive would help her in this dire situation…right? After all, Kagome's mother had even said good luck to her, which meant that she was hoping that Kagome would actually get the job-no way would Kagome ever let her mother lose hope in her even though it was the first time her mother had said something nice directly to her.
Gathering up all her courage…there didn't seem to be any left, she finally knocked on the door-softly at first, but then more punctuated.
"Come in," A voice from behind the doors said, it was a male voice-no doubt Mr. Chuo.
She turned the handle of the door and poked her raven-haired head inside. The office was huge. Big, wooden shelves lined up the walls, each holding hundreds of thick books. There were two grey filing cabinets on the other side of the office, also lined up against the wall and in the middle of the room was a huge mahogany desk cluttered with things. In front of the desk there were two cushiony, leather chairs, and seated in each was a person.
'What, I didn't know there was two managers…okay so which one is Mr.Chuo?' Kagome asked herself mentally.
" Come in, you may take a seat." She stepped into the office fully, biting her lip nervously again. Kagome walked over to the desk and sat down slowly, she looked at both the men wondering again which one was the man she needed to speak to.
"Hello, I'm Kagome Higurashi," Kagome stuck out her hand over the desk to the first man. He seemed pretty young, long, black hair plaited into a long braid, he had nice features and he had pointy ears, his eyes were sort of a dark violet…wait, pointy ears? That meant he was a demon. The first man took her hand in his and Kagome's suspicions were confirmed when she noticed the sharp claws adorning his hand.
"I'm Hiten Chuo, nice to meet you." Kagome gave a sigh of relief and smiled.
"Oh, so you're Mr.Chuo?" Hiten shook his head and looked over to the second man. He was the total opposite of Hiten. Where Hiten had a full head of long, black hair, the second man had a head as shiny and hairless as a bowling ball. Where Hiten's features where nice and chiseled, his were ominous and big. And where Hiten's eyes were a dark violet, the second mans eyes were black and beady…well you get the point.
"Well not exactly, you see this is my younger brother, Manten Chuo and he's also the manger of the office." Kagome nodded, now she understood. They were both Mr.Chuo's and that's why the woman at the counter had said 'their office'
"Good morning, Miss Higurashi." Manten said and quickly shook hands with the girl.
"I'm here for an interview," Kagome began but was suddenly cut off.
"No, no, no, no need to explain- we know what you're here for Miss Higurashi," Hiten cut in.
"You do?" Kagome gave him a puzzled look.
"Yes, we know exactly why you're here so we can just cut through all the rest." Manten answered and pulled open the drawer and reached inside, rummaging for a while then finally finding what he was looking for. Kagome was still puzzled. What were these two men talking about? And how did they know what she was here for?
Manten pulled out his hand revealing a thick wad of cash. Kagome's mouth dropped open as he placed it in front of her. She picked it up tentatively and looked up at Manten.
"What, what's this?"
"That's three thousand yen that's what." Hiten answered looking slightly irritated. "Don't you recognize money when you see it girl?" Kagome nodded and slipped on a smile.
"So, I got the job then?"
"Yes you did…" Kagome grinned widely and snatched up the money and began counting.
"One, two, three…"
"Now all you have to do is write an awesome report for our company, make it up if you want to. The government can't know that there is anything wrong in our offices."
"Yeah, yeah sure, I can do that…" Kagome replied and continued her count. "Seven, eight, nine…" The phone on the desk rang and Manten answered it.
"Hello? Yes this is Mr.Chuo, what do you mean the food inspector can't come?" He looked over at Kagome who was happily counting up her money.
"She's already here. What? The food inspector is a man?" He looked at Kagome again, this time looking suspicious.
"Are you a man?" Kagome looked up from the wad of cash and gave a wry look.
"Do I look like a man?" Manten shook his head and went back to the call.
"No, she's not a man, the food inspector is a woman…" then realization hit him like a ton of bricks. "Oh dammit!" Manten slammed the phone down drawing Kagome's attention to him.
"Are you the food inspector or not?" he asked.
"Nope, I'm just Kagome Higurashi-I never said I was the food inspector." Hiten growled and snatched the money from her hands, giving the vulnerable Kagome a glare.
"Hey!" Kagome cried, "I thought that was for me!"
"No, that was for the food inspector!" Manten said narrowing his eyes at Kagome.
"If you're not the food inspector then get out now!"
"But-but I need a job here!" Kagome cried shooting up from her chair.
"Do you think we're in a position to hand out jobs?" Hiten asked coolly and Kagome shook her head.
"Then get out of out of our office!" Manten shouted pointing to the two, thick double doors.
"But you can't kick me out! I have to get a job here!" Kagome cried but both Mr. Chuo's paid no heed to her as they rudely pushed her out of their huge office, closing the doors behind them.
"Ugggggh! The nerve of those stupid, little, annoying jerks!" Kagome fumed to herself as she stood in the hallway processing what she had just been through. Hiten and Manten were not going to give her the job, well that much was clear…but what should she do next? If she went back home, jobless, her mother would think she was capable of doing absolutely nothing, she'd be even harsher on her than usual.
Kagome stood there in the empty hallway thinking to herself and nervously biting her pinky nail again.
'Maybe I should go back home, it's no use wasting time here when I could be looking for a job elsewhere.'
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"Manten, would you stop pacing around? You're making me go crazy!" Hiten growled to his younger brother.
"Sorry Hiten, It's just that I'm worried about what Naraku asked us to do."
Manten replied as he stopped pacing around the office and face his brother.
"Why? We've got nothing to worry about, and besides Naraku did say that after he becomes mayor, we'll be paid generously." Hiten said. Manten was always the one to worry and whine, if he weren't his blood brother then he'd be done killing him by now.
"What if Mr.Yoshi finds out? We'll both lose our jobs and we could also be easily put in jail!" Manten fretted and began pacing the length of the office again.
"Yoshi is just blind. That big-hearted loser cares too much for everyone, he'll be too blinded by our trust to even think that we're against him." Hiten scoffed.
"I suppose you're right bother." Manten sighed and went to stand beside Hiten. "We can get away with any-" he stopped abruptly what he was about to say when the double doors were opened and in popped the familiar raven-haired head.
"What-what the hell are you doing in here?" Manten stuttered as he saw Kagome's face. "I just forgot my purse and came back to get it." Kagome said studying the two managers. They both looked nervous, 'As if they're hiding something…'
"Did you hear anything? What did you hear?" Hiten asked grabbing Kagome's elbow. Kagome instantly yanked it away, a slow smile appearing on her face.
"Everything?" She said simply and was pleased with her answer when both men began fidgeting in their spots. Actually she didn't have a cow's idea of what the two men were talking about, she just remembered she had forgotten her purse in their office and went to retrieve it but if she just played her cards right…
"You heard everything?" Hiten asked still unable to completely trust the girl but Manten interrupted him.
"You won't tell Mr.Yoshi will you?" Kagome pretended to think a moment then frowned, "Of course I will."
Both Manten and Hiten's face fell and Manten looked at Kagome with pleading eyes. "You can't tell Mr.Yoshi, Ms. Higurashi, we'll lose our jobs!"
Hiten narrowed his eyes at the girl. "I bet she doesn't even know Mr.Yoshi-she's just a little girl."
"Of course I know him! Uncle Yoshi has known me since I was a baby." Kagome said putting on her best earnest face even though she knew she was lying between her teeth. She had seen Mr.Yoshi on the telly a million times but she'd never seen him in real life.
"See Hiten, she does know him-he's even her uncle! What will we do now?" Manten cried. He knew his career would end like this, oh why did he have to listen to his brother and make unachievable plans with Naraku?
"Wait," Hiten lifted a hand to silence his younger brother who was lot in his worried babble. "How much do you want a job here Ms. Higurashi?" Kagome tried to act cool but inside she was having a party-she'd done it, she would be getting a job after all! Whatever the two managers were talking about must have been something important.
" I was thinking of getting a job here but after you two rudely threw me out I'm not so sure..." Kagome said trying to sound innocent.
"Well, Kagome," Hiten said in a smooth voice. "Consider yourself the newest and best-paid employee of this Shikon Office."
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She could hear the distant shouts and voices from the vendors and merchants down the street and she sighed happily, enjoying the fantastic view. Kagome was down at the harbor and she was in the best of her moods. People buzzed around everywhere, buying things, selling things, or just hanging around and relishing the view like she was.
After the scene at the Shikon office, Kagome took the bus home and called up Kikyo to tell her the good news. Kikyo was so surprised and Kagome had to stop herself from making fun of her older sister. Kikyo had also asked how Kagome had gotten the job but Kagome didn't think it would be a good idea to tell her sister that she had pretended to blackmail Shikon's managers. After her long chat with Kikyo, she changed into much comfortable clothes- a T-shirt and jeans, then made her way down to the harbor. She'd always loved that place, even though most people liked quiet, secluded areas where they could be alone and think quietly to themselves, Kagome always loved to be around people. The one thing she despised more than her two new bosses, was being completely, and utterly bored and without company.
But she smiled to herself and breathed in the familiar smell of the ocean. There were boats and ferry's lined up against the docks and even though Kagome had lived in that town almost all her life, she'd never been in a boat, maybe she was a bit seasick?
Kagome rounded her thoughts back to that morning and she still couldn't believe her luck. Hiten and Manten had made an awesome deal with her-more to her benefit than theirs because Kagome had not one clue of what they were hiding and even if she did, Mr.Yoshi definitely wasn't her uncle so she wouldn't be able to tell him.
But still, she was one happy girl. Part of the deal was that besides getting a job at the Shikon as an advertisement administrator, she'd get paid twice as much for keeping her mouth shut…life was funny that way wasn't it?
Kagome broke out of her happy thoughts when she saw a bus stopping at the side of the road to let off the passengers. First a couple walked out, holding hands and cuddling each other, then an old lady carrying tons of overstuffed shopping bags and Kagome could only wonder how the woman was able to hold so much weight, but the last passenger off caught her attention. The guy looked like everyone else around the waterfront, carrying a briefcase and wearing a black shirt and beige khaki pants, except that he had a very good looking face and long silver hair tied in a low ponytail, the guy also had an awesome body and-wait, the guy had silver hair? He was demon? (A.N Guess whooo?) She was still staring at him trying to figure out if he was or wasn't when she realized he was coming in her direction so she suddenly switched her gaze to the water. The guy came to a stop beside her, scratching his head and looking hopelessly confused.
'Maybe he's lost and needs directions,' Kagome thought as she stole another glance at him. He strode over to the nearest person, a vendor selling souvenirs, bracelets and necklaces made of colorful stones and seashells and Kagome recognized the merchant instantly. His name was Miyuzuko Konika, and he was known throughout the town for his handmade good luck beads.
'Ha! I have good luck all on my own, even without some lucky beads!' The boy began talking to Miyuzuko and Kagome leaned forward to listen."Excuse me mister," the boy began and Kagome puzzled over the thought if she'd heard his voice before. Miyuzuko looked up to see the young boy and gave him a puzzled look as if he didn't understand what the young man was saying. Kagome smiled to herself, if the boy was lost and needed directions, Miyuzuko wasn't a good person to ask for help- the poor man was deaf. She knew she should go help the guy out but she stood in her spot wanting to see what would happen.
"What?" Miyuzuko shouted staring at the young man in front of him. The boy gave the vendor an irked look and leaned back obviously alarmed by Miyuzuko's yelling.
"I need to know how to get to the Shikon Office."
" You want some good luck beads?" Miyuzuko asked and began picking up a bunch of beads and shoving them in front of the boy's face. "I have lot's of colors red, blue, purple, green, which one would you like?"
The boy scratched his head in confusion and then repeated what he's said earlier, this time slowly as if he were talking to a two-year-old.
"I need to get to the Shikon Office."
"So you want red?" Miyuzuko asked politely but the boy just growled in annoyance.
"Ugggggh! What is wrong with you man? Are you DEAF?" as soon as the word left his mouth everyone around them stopped what they were doing to give the boy weird looks. They actually knew that Miyuzuko was indeed deaf and had trouble understanding what people said to him. Everything was quiet, actually would have been quiet but Kagome wasn't doubled over and laughing her head off. The people around them gave the boy another few looks then continued what they were doing.
Seeing the girl laughing her head off at him, Inuyasha suppressed a growl and stalked over to her.
"Hey, girl," He said as he stopped beside her. Kagome looked up when he called her.
"Yeah?" she asked trying to hold back from bursting into giggles but it was a failed attempt.
"Are you laughing at me?" He asked as if it were the most unbelievable thing in the world.
"Nope, I was just laughing at…" she looked around than spotted the couple who had gotten of the same bus as the boy. "Those two over there." She said pointing.
"Right, so you go on spying and laughing at innocent couples? You sick, sick, little girl." He said smirking and Kagome couldn't help but feel she'd seen that smirk somewhere…but where?
"Well at least I don't make a fool out of myself by asking a deaf person if they're deaf." She said smiling innocently and his smirk slipped off his face.
"I didn't know he was deaf." He ground out, "I'm new in the town and I need to know where Shikon Office is."
'Fine, I'll tell him.' Kagome thought but instantly changed her mind when the boy added, " But don't worry, I don't expect an annoying little girl to know where it is."
He smirked again and this time Kagome remembered exactly where she had seen that smirk. That morning when she was waiting for that bus, she'd talked to a silver-haired demon; she hadn't remembered much of the guy's face but his smirk she would never forget. ' Hmmm, time for a little celebration fun…' Kagome thought wickedly.
"Oh no, this little girl knows exactly where the Shikon is, well that is if you want to know…" She trailed off mentally hoping that he would. This self-centered jerk needed to know that the world didn't revolve around him, she thought firmly.
"Yeah, I need to know." He said gripping his briefcase tighter. It wasn't like him to ever ask help from anyone-especially irritating humans. But this time he really needed it. After bringing Sheera back to the villa from the airport, Miroku had forced Inuyasha to dress up again and start his job. Inuyasha had no intention of starting any of it that day, not when Sheera was waiting for him…but as Miroku put it "The sooner the better." So he got dressed, got onto the nearest bus but when he came to his destination, he remembered that Miroku hadn't given him the directions to the office, thus leading him to ask a human for help.
"Well, since you were kind enough to ask, go all the way down the harbor until you come upon and old cottage. Go behind the cottage and you'll see this small ravine and if you follow it you'll get to this really high hill climb up that hill and you'll eventually see the Shikon office." Kagome said all in one breath. The boy raised an eyebrow.
"Is that all?" he asked sarcastically and began walking away. Kagome smiled after him, now that was what she called celebration fun. The Shikon office was just around the other block but that self-centered jerk was just asking for it.
"Hey, Don't I get a thanks?" She called out to him as he walked away. Inuyasha looked over his shoulder with a wry look.
"Yeah, whatever thanks." Kagome smiled again as she watched his form disappear into the crowd.
"You're very welcome."
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A.N. You do not know how freakishly happy I am right now…Finished, finished, finished! My longest chapter EVER! Okay I'm gonna stop my phsyco babble now…
As you can see…Inuyasha and Kagome have met and if you expect any fluffiness for the next few chapters, I suggest you stop reading right here. Oh and for Sheera, I just added her as my own character, although she's not gonna have a big part in the story, or maybe she will, it depends on what mood I'm in when I'm writing…after all I have the power of the pen!…………LONG SILENCE……………O-Kay…I have the power of the Keyboard but you see what I mean
Chiao! I'm gonna go grab an Iced Cappuchino! (sp?)