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Overtime

Chapter 3

Kagome had to quicken her pace to keep up with his rushed strides. Inuyasha didn't even look at her. After walking down a tiled isle, they finally stopped. She stared up at him questioningly when he didn't let go of her hand. He felt her stare and turned to face her.

"What the hell is your problem now? Huh-"

He followed her gaze to their hands still linked together and quickly dropped it, beginning to talk about the department and who handled it. They went from each department like that, with him briefly explaining what he knew of it.

Black counter after shiny black counter. They were just about done when the two arrived at the shoe section. Inuyasha snarled and kept on walking, leaving Kagome staring at a handsome black haired boy with piercing blue eyes.

'Like ice,' Kagome thought 'but so warm...' His hair was up in a high pony tail and a large grin slowly made its way across his face as he noticed Kagome staring curiously at him. He put down the phone, after handling the customer, and flashed his most charming smile. He strode right up to Kagome and held his hand out in greeting.

"Hello beautiful, they call me Kouga. Would you be so kind as to give me your name?" When she reached her hand out for a shake he grabbed and kissed the back of it gently. She looked away, shocked at his forwardness and mumbled, "Kagome.."

Kouga released her hand and asked her politely, "What was that? I didn't quite catch what you said." He smiled at her but before Kagome could answer, an all too familiar voice for Kouga butted in.

"Her name's Kagome, are you deaf?"

Kagome turned to find Inuyasha shooting Kouga a fierce glare.

"She's quite capable of telling me herself Takashi. Anyway, who asked you mutt face? Kagome's mine, I already claimed her! And plus, I thought you were into creepy pale chicks."

Kouga looped a possessive arm around Kagome's waist and she stood there frozen, a blush creeping up her neck.

'I'm right here, I should be able to speak for myself. Wait...creepy pale chicks?'

Inuyasha growled and stepped a bit closer to the two. "I don't care what you do to her but right now," he said, pulling her out of Kouga's grasp, "she has a to start her training."

For some reason this made Kagome angry. Whether it was because she was hurt that he just didn't care or frustrated at how he bossed her around, it didn't matter.

'What does he mean by that?' She thought, as she followed in tow of Inuyasha back to the front desk. 'That was odd.'

Caught up in her thoughts she didn't even notice that Inuyasha had stopped right in front of the small swing open door that led behind the black counter and she bumped into his back, letting out a quiet "Oof!" and rubbing her head. She opened her mouth to get mad at him for being so careless of the person behind him but then abruptly shut it when she saw the look on his face and where his death gaze was directed.

She recognized the man right away as he approached the two smiling wickedly. If Kagome hadn't been so close she never would have heard Inuyasha practically spit out the man's name, "Naraku."

End chapter three