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A/N: Well there you go, the second chap. One of my longest chaps, so please review.

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A Match Made In Heaven

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Unexpected Visitor


Kagome stared in amazement, she knew that it was rude to stare but she couldn't help it and plus he didn't seem to notice. He wolfed down the food that was placed on the table while Kagome seemed to have trouble swallowing even a bite. After what seemed like hours he seemed to finish eating or so Kagome thought. He finally noticed that she was staring at him and he turned his face to the window watching the rain droplets fall, hiding his slight blush from embarrassment.

Kagome found herself unable to take her eyes off of him, not because of his incredible eating speed but for him. She had never seen anyone with such a well-built body and such a perfect face. She didn't even think plastic surgery could make someone half as handsome as him. His lack of manners and street-boy like qualities made her feel comfortable and at ease, unlike when she was around the other boys her parents introduced.

The rain was pouring down like there was no tomorrow and Inuyasha continued looking out the window, his golden sun-liked orbs held so many emotions. Kagome wanted to know what he was thinking but was afraid to ask. As if sensing her questioning and staring he turned around and faced her.

" Why are you being so nice to me?" His voice was filled with curiosity and suspicion. Maybe she drugged the food? Inuyasha thought for a moment before shaking that idea out of his head, she was just girl. But then he thought the same thing the last time and he ended up being stuck in a lab as a lab rat. She seemed harmless but things were not as they seemed, he learned that the hard way.

" Do I need a reason to be nice to you?" Kagome asked slightly mad at him because he was suspicious of her. He looked from her to the window and stood up.

" You're right, I'm sorry. I should get going." His voice held no emotion this time as he retreated out of the kitchen and into the living room where the front door was. " Thanks for the meal."

" You can't go out there!" Kagome chased after him, nearly tripping over the couch.

" Why not?" His voice now sounded edgy, as if she was denying him of his freedom. Kagome didn't want him to leave and get soaked in the rain since he had nowhere to go but the main reason was because she liked his company. He didn't treat her like she was some sort of china that would break if treated slightly rough, or like she was the heir to the Higurashi fortune. She felt a bit twisted at that, she can never let him know about her family or he might not treat her the same.

" Because I don't want to stay in the house by myself when there's a huge storm going on outside and plus you'll get pneumonia." He shoved his hands into his pockets and continued walking toward the door.

" You just pity me, well don't. I've been taking care of myself ever since I was seven years old. This is not the first rainstorm I've seen." Kagome ran up to him and blocked the door. "I'm scared to stay in this house by myself, stay with me? Please?"

He looked at her like she was some kind of mental case. This girl was so stupid. Didn't she know not to invite strangers into their homes? He had warned her earlier but didn't press the matter because he was really hungry.

" Like I said before what makes you feel that it's safe to be in an empty house with me? I could rob your house and kill you for all you know."

" If you were going to kill me and rob me you would've done so a long time ago." Kagome stated confidently but she could not hide the small hesitation in her voice. " Just stay with me, please?" He couldn't say no to her pleading eyes and finally gave in. Staying with her would be better that outside being soaking wet anyways.

" Whatever." He flopped himself onto the sofa and began picking at his nails.

Kagome suddenly realized what she had done, she invited a boy she didn't know, homeless no less and let him stay with her. He was enough to snap her neck with one hand. Her parents would kill her if they ever found out but it's not like they'll ever find out. Just then the doorbell rang, snapping Kagome out of her thoughts. She opened the door and found a very drenched Kouga on the other side. Out of reflex she slammed the door in his face and turned her attention to Inuyasha who was now watching a show on the mating habits of wolves.

" What are you doing?" Inuyasha asked Kagome as she dragged him by the shirt collar heading upstairs. She ignored him and continued dragging him up the narrow staircase. She opened the door to the guest room and threw him in.

" Get dressed." Kagome ordered before heading down the stairs once more.

" I am dressed! You don't see me naked do you!" Kagome blushed at the thought of Inuyasha naked but she had no time for that.

" There's some of my father's clothes in the drawer over there" She pointed to a small oak drawer not far from the bed. "Change into those clothes and come down." She ordered, telling him that he didn't have a choice.

" Oh and what ever you do don't mention anything about being homeless and just play along with what I say." With that she disappeared out of the room and closed the door, leaving Inuyasha alone in the fairly large bedroom.

She took a deep breath as she headed to the door, wincing at the loudness of the continuous doorbell ringing. Kagome was afraid that if she didn't go answer it anytime soon then he was going to break the bell. She exhaled the breath she was holding and opened the door, reveling a very wet and angry Kouga.

" Kagome! Why did you shut the door on me?" Kagome thought hard for a good convincing lie but couldn't think of one. " Er…I thought you were that pesky sales man." She mentally slapped herself. Sales man? She couldn't believe that the best thing she came up was sales man. Kouga would be stupid if he actually believed that.

" Oh, that's ok. Can I come in?" Kouga asked, Kagome wanted to scream no but nodded slightly seeing as she had no choice. Kouga stepped into the room and started taking off his jacket but didn't stop at that. Kagome turned around and found a shirtless Kouga standing in front of her.

" Uh...Kouga what are you doing?" Kagome asked nervously as she shifted around him uncomfortably.

" I have been in these soaked freezing clothes for nearly two hours and if I don't get them off I'm going to catch pneumonia. Man, I never knew your house was so hard to find, I shouldn't of let my driver drop me off at the school." He was about take his pants off too before Kagome started to push him towards the bathroom.

" Um…Kouga I think you should go into the bathroom where you can have some privacy." Kouga smiled at Kagome but didn't budge. " That's so considerate but you don't have to be so shy around me, I mean you'll get to see so much more of me when we're family."

Kagome didn't know what he meant by that but didn't want to find out.

" Go to the bathroom before you get water over my clean carpets then." She ran ahead of him and ran into the guest room where Inuyasha was changing but didn't even to knock. Inuyasha was standing before the bed shirtless trying to decide which shirt to wear when Kagome ran in.

" Hey! I could've been naked!" Kagome didn't even look at him as she took a pair of sweat pants out of the drawer and grabbed one of the shirts that Inuyasha was looking at and dashed out without even noticing his existence.

Kagome bumped into Kouga who was heading towards the guest room looking for her. She shoved Kouga in the direction of the bathroom, despite his complaining about being able to walk fine on his own. She pushed Kouga into the bathroom none too gently and threw the set of clothes on his head before slamming the door shut.

Kagome turned around and crashed into someone's bare chest. She looked up at Inuyasha and stepped back. " Why aren't you dressed?" Kagome asked exhausted.

" You took the shirt that I was going to wear." He answered simply. Kagome rubbed her temples; it was like talking to a child.

" You were staring at those shirts for nearly ten minuets and now you're telling me that the one I took is the one you were going to wear?" She gritted her teeth. Inuyasha shrugged as he watched Kagome stomp into the guest room and came out with a random red shirt and threw it at him, which he caught without much attempt.

"Just put it on! God, how long does it take a guy to choose a shirt? You take longer than I do." Inuyasha just looked at the shirt.

" I don't like this shade of red." He smirked, she could tell now that he was just trying to annoy her now. She glared at Inuyasha who sighed and shrugged into the shirt.

Kagome marched down the stairs and flopped into the couch. Inuyasha could be so childish sometimes. Kagome stopped at that thought. Sometimes? She barely knew the guy! She knew him for what two hours and they were fighting like they were an old married couple. She didn't know why but she just felt so comfortable around him, like they were the best of friends.

Inuyasha sat on the other end of the couch as he continued to watch the show that he was watching before Kagome dragged him upstairs. Inuyasha soon tuned out the television with his thoughts. He barely knew the girl but he felt like he knew her for a very long time. He looked at the girl sitting on the other side of the couch and suddenly it hit him. He knew that he had seen her before and now he remembered. The girl looked extremely like her, Kikyo. His heart skipped a beat when he thought about her. He imagined Kikyo waking blindly down a cliff and grinned.

" Inuyasha…" Kagome's voice drifted into his ear as she scooted closer to him. " You're watching a show on the birth of baby wolves and you're grinning? Are you ok?" He suddenly turned his gaze to the TV that was showing what he could only describe as the most disturbing thing in the world and they say birth was a miracle of life, more like the horror of life.

" Oh, I was just thinking of something."

Kagome felt a hand on her shoulder and saw Kouga looking down at her, wearing the clothes she gave him. " Who's the guy?" Inuyasha turned around at the familiar voice and locked gazes with Kouga.

" You!" They both screamed at the same time. Kagome stared at them, not knowing what they were talking about but they knew each other and that was definitely bad. Very bad.

"You!" They both screamed at the same time. Kagome stared at them, not knowing what they were talking about but they knew each other and that was definitely bad. Very bad.

Stillness filled the room, Kagome didn't know what was going to happen next but she knew that they weren't going to shake hands with each other and tell her it was all a joke any time soon. She fidgeted with her bracelet while observing the staring contest nervously. Inuyasha let out a low growl as Kouga flexed his claw, but neither moved an inch.

Kagome felt a chill down her spine, maybe she left the window open but she knew that the two tense guys in her living room was the cause of that. Kagome continued to fidget with her bracelet, then there was a snap. All the precious stones from her bracelet fell onto her now not so clean carpet floor. Immediately she kneeled down at started scrambling for them, it was very precious to her and she couldn't lose any of it. Both guys snapped out of their trance when they realized that Kagome was on the ground looking for her bracelet pieces. Inuyasha dropped down to the carpet so fast that you could feel the wind. He picked up four pieces of stone before he heard Kouga clear his throat. Inuyasha stood up to acknowledge Kouga but his face was met with a fist. The pieces of rocks fell from Inuyasha's hands as he braced himself with a nearby table.

Kagome jumped up just in time to see Inuyasha break the table. That was an expensive table, Kagome thought sourly but when she saw the poor boy lying on top of broken wood and glass she scolded herself for worrying about the table. "You bastard!" Inuyasha growled as he wiped some blood away from the corner of his mouth. He gained his balance and stood up, his amber eyes glazed with hatred. Kouga sneered "You had that coming mutt." He said as a matter-of-factly. Inuyasha began to say something but was interrupted by Kouga. " A filthy mutt like you have no right to pick up my future wife's things, heck you don't even deserve the breathe the same air as a beauty such as herself."

Inuyasha launched himself onto Kouga, how dare he say those things about him. Everything he said was bullshit, except the fact that Kagome was a beauty for she really was medicine for sore eyes. Inuyasha waited for Kouga's well-built body to hit against his own but it never came. Instead he felt thin, gentle arms around his waist. He looked down and saw that it was Kagome who was hugging him, he must of thought it was a dream if his face wasn't hurting from Kouga's previous blow. He forced his amber orbs off Kagome and looked at the now very red Kouga. Inuyasha's shocked face turned into a sneer, he found the look on his face priceless it was definitely a Kodak moment.

He felt her arms slowly loosen around him, he was reluctant to let her go but he knew this neither the time nor place to get attached.

"Kagome! What.." Kouga began but stopped when he noticed Kagome walking towards him.

"Kouga…." Kagome gritted her teeth, her words seeped out of her mouth like poison. " What did you mean your… future …wife!" Kagome screamed as Inuyasha folded his ears slightly to avoid becoming deaf. He observed Kouga's expression and almost felt pity. Even though Kouga was strong enough to knock Kagome unconscious, he feared her like no one else. When a woman is mad, all hell breaks loose. Every man knows that, even Kouga.

He liked the fact that Kagome was so close to him but somehow this wasn't how he imagined their first hug, her hands on his throat. "Ka..gome…you're…chok..ing…me…" Kouga groaned but felt her grip on his throat loosen. He gasped for air as Kagome's hands finally left his throat. " Oh my darling Kagome you are so cute when you get angry. Well I was going to invite you to dinner and then tell you this but since this mutt interrupted us I will tell you now. You listen up too mutt" Kouga grinned and stood up straight as if he was going to announce a letter from the king. " Mr. Higurashi has decided that I was the best choice for you and that since you loved me so much we deserve happiness. So, get shopping Kagome! We're getting married in three months!" Kouga cheered and even did a little victory dance, yes, the all mighty Kouga did a victory dance. Kagome stood there like a stone statue covered in cement, Inuyasha looked shocked as well.

After five minuets of shock Kagome hit the roof once more. " I have a few things to say to you Kouga! One, if you ever call me darling again I will make sure you eat your meals through a straw" Kagome pondered on that thought, how was she ever going to keep to that promise? But at that moment she couldn't care less.

" Second!" she continued " I will not marry you, and why the hell did you make my dad believe that I loved you!" Kagome spat at him, her face turning red from all the yelling. Kouga waited patiently for Kagome to finish and then spoke.

" Alright my little angel I won't call you that anymore. And just to clear my name I did not make him believe that, actually if you will believe it, he was the one who called me and proposed this idea. He said that you didn't know what was good for yourself and also your mother had told him that it was his job to find you a suitable husband and of course someone to help you run the business. You're not one to disobey you parents are you? I for one am very grateful to your father."

Kouga gave Kagome one of his million dollar smiles that dazzled dozens of girls at a time but had no effects on Kagome. That was what Kouga liked about Kagome, she was challenging and he has never turned away from a challenge before. He pulled out a velvet blue box from the pocket of the sweatpants Kagome gave him and opened the box. In there lay the crystal pink diamond ring that had been in her family for generations. It was the only piece of jewelry that was never replaced; it was a big deal in their family as all the women in their family had worn it on their wedding day. When she saw that ring she knew he was serious and it meant that this wedding was an order, whether she liked it or not it was going to happen.

Kouga took Kagome's limp hand and slipped on the glittery ring, it fit perfectly as it had with all the other Higurashi brides. Her hand flinched when she felt Kouga's finger entwine in hers, a horrible chill ran down her spine. Inuyasha just stood there shocked, confused and a bit angry. Though he didn't know why, he hardly knew her and yet he was…jealous. He shook that thought out of his head and glued his gaze to the shocked girl standing a foot away from him.

" Kagome, will you marry me?" Kouga asked as he bent down on one knee, it wasn't like she had any other option. To answer his proposal she simply nodded her head slowly, afraid that if she opened her mouth she would start bawling her eyes out.

She turned her head and tried to find comfort in his warm amber eyes but the only thing she saw was cold hard eyes that reflected pure isolation. Inuyasha saw the pleading look in her chocolate brown eyes but bit back on his feelings. Though he didn't know her very well, he felt like he just lost everything. The four hours he had spent with her was the happiest he had been in eleven years and he would never forget it. He was forever grateful to Kagome for giving him food, shelter, clothing and most of all concern and kindness but it was time to face the cold, harsh, world once again but that wasn't what made him sick to his stomach.

Without a second glance at her flawless face he turned around and walked out the door, heavy rainwater swallowed his body whole as his figure disappeared out the door. What had bothered him the most was that there was nothing he could do in his power to help her, Kouga was rich and successful and she deserved only the best. What could he possibly offer her? But one thing kept ringing in his head, repeated over and over again; she was all his.

TBC………


Not that bad of a cliffhanger. Please R&R for this very long chapter. Until next time….

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