A/N: I'm sorry for not updating sooner. I know I promised another one on the same day, but something was wrong with Fanfiction. I'd log in and they'd say it's server couldn't be read. Something crazy like that. I don't even know what it meant.

Chapter 7: The real you as described by her

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The door opened slowly while she bit the corner of her lip waiting to be caught. She took one step forward but the door never fully opened. It confused her; she was so sure it would burst open, and she'd be finish. The door only cracked slightly and all of a sudden she heard a woman's voice. She had thought it was familiar before, but now she knew exactly who it belonged to.

"Hey whose jacket is this?" She asked and Kagome took a step forward wanting to hear the conversation clearer. Through the small slit of the door she could see Rin holding her jacket and waiting patiently for an answer. She couldn't see Mr. Takashi correctly, he was in front of the door, but she realized he was whispering something towards Rin. Her face was growing vivid as he whispered. She didn't know exactly what he was saying but she could make out something under the lines of 'be quiet, someone's in the closet.'

"How do you know?" Rin asked in total shock. She raised a hand to her lips as she stared directly at the door. "Well call the police." She whispered harshly dropping the jacket on the floor. Inuyasha whispered something else slowly and quietly, Kagome couldn't make out what it was, but all of a sudden she really wished earlier she had dropped his mail on the table and left. She moved herself towards the back of the door and bit her lip hoping when he finally opened it he wouldn't notice her.

There was more whispering she couldn't hear. Nothing happened for awhile and then all of a sudden she heard footsteps coming towards her. She didn't even have time to hold her breath before the door came hurling in rather harshly. It hit her so hard in the face she saw complete darkness and her body just willingly crashed down on the floor.

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Inu POV

When she fell a loud rattling went through the closet and Rin screamed. "Could you shut up?" Inuyasha snapped making her place a hand to her lips again. He took a step into the closet and looked around. He couldn't see anything, just clothes lying untidily all over the floor. He walked further in and turned on the lights. He still didn't see anything, but he could sense her. Rin followed behind him grabbing hold of his arm tightly. "You're cutting off my circulation." He lied but Rin still didn't loosen her grip. "If you're so scared, go downstairs."

That obviously didn't mean anything to her because she continued her death grip as they walked slowly into the closet. Once he got deeper in he looked around. No one sat hurderling in a corner or trying to blend in with the fallen clothes. "There's no one in here." Rin said while backing up. "Maybe Ayame's right, you're a bit paranoid."

"I'm not paranoid, I can sense her, she has to be here." He stopped in the middle of the closet as Rin sighed and walked herself out. It didn't make any sense. He could sense a girl in the room as clearly as he could sense Rin. He paused for a moment as Rin walked back into the closet.

"Whose hideous coat is this?" She asked in disgust. Inuyasha sighed letting his eyes glimpse towards her. It was a woman's jacket, brown and long, almost like a trench coat. She waited for his answer but when he didn't respond she tried another angle. "Maybe it's a newmoon tonight…" she whispered and Inuyasha quickly looked up at her in annoyance.

"I lose my senses I don't…" he stopped talking suddenly when he realized something. "Wait bring me that coat." He said and she looked down at it for a moment before walking forward and handing it to him.

"I can't picture you dating a girl who'd wear that." Rin said shallowly. she was going to add something else when her train of thought was interrupted. Her face scrunched up to show her amazement. Inuyasha without any warning began to sniff ridiculously hard at the coat. "You are so weird…" she said shockingly. "You don't even know who that belongs to…"

"It's hers." He said suddenly. He turned again and walked deeper into the closet. He looked around for a moment before his eyes caught something a bit out of the norm. He narrowed them realizing it was someone's hand lying on the floor. "There she is…" he murmured to himself but Rin caught it.

"There who is?" She ran back into the closet as Inuyasha rounded the corner and moved the door to the side. Lying unconscious on the floor was Elevator. Her arms were sprawled every which way and parts of her usually strict bun sat loosely at the edge of her shoulders and framed one half of her face. It took Inuyasha a long time to recognize who it was. He didn't admit anything but he found the disarrayed look extremely attractive on her. He was about to say something when Rin put two hands on her lips and huffed out a "Kagome…is she dead, did you kill her?"

"I didn't kill anyone…" he mumbled while looking directly at the girl lying on the floor. He watched her chest move up slowly before turning to face Rin. "She's not dead… I think she just passed out."

"Why would she pass out in your closet?" He didn't have the answer for that, but as he tore himself away from her and took a glance around the room he noticed a scratch on the back of the door.

"I think she might have hit her head." Rin sucked in air dramatically while Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Can you run down stairs and get some ice." She nodded quickly turning around and running out of the room. He heard the hissing from the stairs and realized that Ayame was making her way up. He waited till he heard descending down the stairs before walking towards Kagome's body. "Now what are you doing up here?" He asked sarcastically while crouching down near her. He stared at her face, her eyes were closed her mouth shut, but her hair, still in its bun had loosened covering one whole half of her face. He slipped his arms under the small of her back and knees lifting up easily. Her head moved center and he could make out her face.

Her hair was longer than he imagined it was. Swaying far past her shoulders, though he couldn't see the rest of its length because of the angle. He carried her out of the closet and down the stairs. He had his eyes on her face hoping she'd drift her eyes open but she never did. It wasn't until he stepped into the light of the hall did he notice the dark red bump forming on the left center of her forehead. He was walking down the hall towards the stairs when Rin and Ayame met him halfway.

"Did she wake up?" Rin asked as Ayame craned her head to see.

"Is she dead?" Ayame asked and Rin quickly hit her on her arm.

"She's fine, did you get that ice?" He was trying to get down the stairs but he was waiting for both Rin and Ayame to move. It took them awhile to get the hint but when they finally did they hustled down quickly. He waited for them both to clear the way before continuing to walk down slowly.

"Do you want me to call an ambulance?" Rin asked. "I'm starting to get worried. You know if she hasn't woken up."

"She'll be fine." He murmured while turning the corner. Both Ayame and Rin hovered over him, inspecting the unconscious girl in his arms. He didn't say anything but as soon as Ayame leaned her weight in his arms he stopped walking completely, hoping she got the picture. "You guys have to give me space." He commented as they all backed up. "Why don't you make room for her on the couch?" He told Ayame forcing her to leave.

"Why was she in your closet?" Rin asked suspiciously. "Don't you find that weird?"

"Yeah, but I can't exactly ask her. Did you get the ice?" Rin quickly nodded pulling out an ice pack she had gotten. "I hope she'll wake up soon so I can ask her that exact question." As they walked Rin placed the pack on the bump directly. Pressing it to her forehead and staring down at it, if she didn't know better she'd say Kagome seemed dead, but her chest moved ever so lightly.

"Do you have any guesses?" Rin asked as Ayame came towards them with a cereal bowl. She gave Rin a look before heading to the kitchen. Inuyasha rounded the corner into the living room. He walked forward laying her down gently on the leather sofa. She didn't even move her arms, her limbs just sprawled lifelessly over the sofa and her head moved towards the side making her hair cover her face completely.

Ayame came back from the kitchen and hurried to the living room. "She doesn't look too good." She muttered and Inuyasha turned to look at her. She had an uneasy expression on her face that caused his own stomach to heave.

"Why don't we wake her up?" Rin suggested. He shook his head wanting to say why that was impossible. "Well…" she started cutting him off. "We should at least take her hair out of her face. That could be stopping her breathing or something."

Inuyasha looked over at Kagome's limp body. No one moved for awhile and finally Rin sighed and walked towards her. She knelt down beside the couch and moved the mass of wavy hair from her face. "She has gorgeous hair." Ayame mumbled shallowly while watching. Inuyasha gave her a disgusted look as he moved towards the couch to watch. After Rin removed the hair she placed both arms on her shoulders and began shaking harshly. All they could see was Kagome's head bobbing back and forth dramatically.

"Rin…Rin…" Inuyasha said moving quickly around the couch. "I'm pretty sure that's not going to work, it'll probably make it worse."

"Well we have to try something…" She mumbled softly. "Maybe we should call 911 now…"

"Wait hold on. I have an idea." Ayame announced quickly. She turned around and ran the other direction returning seconds later with a bowl in her hands.

"What is that?" Inuyasha asked. She didn't bother answering. Instead she walked forward and without any warning she flipped the bowl upside down on Kagome's lying body. A flow of water began pouring out. "What the hell Ayame…my couch" Inuyasha exclaimed. He was going to continue when he realized Kagome's small jolt and the moving of her legs. After a moment her eyes opened quickly, her breathing became harsh, and she pushed upwards all while screaming.

She was looking around the room like it was a foreign region. She looked completely disoriented, he was beginning to think she lost her memory. When her wide eyes landed on him, recognition hit them immediately and instead of calming down she became more panicked. He didn't know exactly what do do, all he could do was watch as she placed a hand to her temple quickly. It seemed to hurt because as soon as she did, she winced and closed her eyes tightly. He took one step forward, closer to her, but before he could intervine Rin interrupted.

"How many fingers am I holding up? She asked and Inuyasha furrowed his eyebrow waiting for her response. She didn't say anything, instead she began flagging off the water that Ayame had drenched her with. He took a seat watching her intently. When Kagome didn't answer right away Rin asked the same question louder making her stare up blankly at the four fingers in front of her face. "How many…" Rin demanded.

"Four, your holding up four…" she admitted a bit annoyed.

"Okay very good..." Rin mumbled as she tried thinking up something else to ask. "Okay so whats uh..9 times 9?"

"You can't ask her questions like that." Ayame said with a roll of her eyes. "You have to ask her things she knows."

"Everyone knows what 9 times 9 is but you."

"Yeah well you have to ask her things about herself. That's what they do in the movies." Inuyasha shifted his glance to Ayame before rolling his eyes. If ever he had thought she was an idiot, it was right now.

"I know who I am…" Kagome said suddenly as she sighed and placed both of her feet on the ground. Rin moved from beside her allowing Inuyasha to get a good look at her. Her long black hair had fallen completely out of its bun, well past her shoulders, to the small of her back. She pushed some out of her face in frustration making it shift over to the right of her neck. It did a good job at hiding the bump, but a fantastic job at shaping her face without covering it. He sat up wanting to get a better look at her. He tried to remind himself she just woke up from getting her head bashed in, but it didn't matter in the end. Was he actually attracted to her?

"If you know who you are, what's your name?" Rin asked.

"Kagome…"

"Right, okay when were you born…?"

"Rin leave her alone…I think your overwhelming her." Inuyasha said which earned him a glance from her. She stared his way, and he wasn't pretending to admit his body didn't heat up at her glance. Why he had no idea.

"Mr. Takashi…" she stumbled and he smiled slightly her way.

"I know this is a bit overdue, but its Inuyasha not Mr. Takashi…" He said which made Rin open her eyes in shock. If she didn't know better she'd say Inuyasha was flirting. Kagome on the other hand didn't connect the dots, instead she took a moment to glance somewhere else completely in confusion.

"um... thanks...but I rather not." She mumbled. Rin who had been staring knowingly at Ayame turned to give a shock glance towards her.

He raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised by her response."I just thought once you've been found in your boss's closet the formal charade stops…"

"I'm really sorry for that…" She turned to face him completely and he sat up as a response. "I was…well I really don't have an accurate excuse. I came in to drop off the statements. you weren't here, and I gave myself a tour… I heard you come in and…"

"Save it…" She closed her mouth quickly biting the inside of it harshly. "I think that bump on the left of your head is punishment enough." She took the time to raise her hand on her forehead again as soon as she touched it she hissed. "Where did you put that statement?" He asked making her look up.

"It should be on the table." He rose up leaving the living room and walking towards the table. She only glanced back at him for a moment. She had a feeling she said something to upset him. She was trying to contemplate what that was when Rin got her attention

"You probably want to go home now, Inuyasha's in a bit of a bad mood…. we should leave before he strikes." She whispered. Kagome glanced slightly at her, but Rin had already gotten up and was walking towards Ayame. Inuyasha on the other hand was sorting through his mail behind her. "I'm going to get your coat; I'm assuming that was it, the one lying on the couch when we got here." Rin said turning and disappearing past the kitchen. Ayame followed after her leaving both Kagome and Inuyasha alone.

None of them said anything for awhile until Kagome turned to face him. "I'm really sorry…"

"You might want to keep that ice pack on your bump. We don't want it morphing into another head." He said turning away from her and walking down the hall. She stared after him before putting two hands on her face in frustration. All she wanted to do at that very moment was scream.

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He went to work to see her. He hadn't known it when he woke up that morning. It was only apparent right now, as he sat down in his desk staring forward. He actually remembered her name; he asked one of the accountants earlier for a Kagome. Apparently she had called out sick. He felt so dumb, the only thing he could do to redeem himself was stay and actually do work. Try to make himself believe he came for something other than some accountant that he found lying in his closet.

He did most of his work, and when she found her way into his head, he told himself repeatedly that it wasn't because he was attracted to her. Why would he be, he dated girls far more appealing right? A lot more fashionable, a lot less spazzy. He typed out something else for a moment till his phone began ringing. He didn't want to answer it; he was in the middle of conflicting emotions he needed to straighten out. He let it ring one more time till it answered itself. "Hello Mr. Takashi…" A woman said on the line.

He looked up at the speaker. "Rin is on line 1, would you like me to leave a message."

"No…you don't have to, go ahead and send her through." He paused for a moment waiting for someone to say something. Nothing happened for awhile till he sat up and muttered a "Hello."

"Hey, why aren't you answering your cell phone?" She asked making him roll his eyes. "I've been calling and calling."

"Okay, well you got me… what do you want?"

"I just wanted to tell you, you can put your lawyers away. Kagome is not pressing charges." She joked. It helped to break him out of his slump. His heart rate increased a bit more as he waited for more information. "Hello…"

"Yeah I'm here…I should be the one pressing charges, she snuck into my apartment."

"Yeah…yeah I know, I dropped her off yesterday, Ayame and I slept over…."

"You what?" Inuyasha said in shock. He didn't understand exactly why he was so upset by that, but he was, and he didn't even want to disguise it.

"Calm down, Ayame wanted to take her to the hospital, but she said no…so we were searching the web and they said something about concussions. Did you know if you have a concussion you're not suppose to sleep for like a day. So we wouldn't let her sleep, we ended up watching movies. It was fun…"

"Wow, talk about unprofessional." He murmured and that confused Rin slightly. She smiled when she realized something.

"Please don't tell me your still upset about the whole; 'I'm not calling you Inuyasha thing?'" Rin asked. It wasn't something that would usually upset Inuyasha, but if it did she wanted to know why. "I wouldn't worry about it…"

"I'm not upset by that. Can I please just be in a bit of a bad mood that I found one of my employees hiding in my closet?" He said.

Rin just shrugged while finally progressing in the line she was standing in. "I don't know. that doesn't sound like you either. I mean I can see you defiantly annoyed by that, but completely mad…"

"Yeah well I am…than she has the audacity to tell me that I'm unprofessional, you were in my closet."

"She didn't call you unprofessional." Rin commentated she was trying to remember exactly what she did say. It had nothing to do with him being unprofessional, but it had the world to do with lowering his ego. If she remembered correctly Inuyasha had a certain charm to his demeanor when he asked her to call him 'Inuyasha' last night. It spiked an idea in her head suddenly and she had to bite the inside of her cheek to withhold the huge smile threatening to spill out.

"Yeah she sort of did…"

"You're mad for no reason." Rin said with slight humor in her voice. Inuyasha grew more annoyed at her tone. "I think she just hurt your ego."

"What…"

"She lowered your ego…you did one of your smooth Takashi lines on her, and she put you down." He laughed heartily in a very sarcastic tone. Rin rolled her eyes waiting for him to stop laughing. He continued to laugh louder forcing her to wait for a break in the laughter… "It's not a big deal, it really isn't. If it's worth anything she wasn't trying to shoot down your pass, she probably isn't used to guys flirting with her you know…"

Wait…" he interrupted her while simmering down his sarcastic laughter. "You actually think I was trying to flirt with her. You have to be kidding me. You did see my last girlfriend right?" He asked making Rin roll her eyes.

"Which one? hmm.. the one that slit your tires, or the posh one that broke up with you... after finding out you were still dating the one that slit your tires?" She got to the front of the line and laid the unbought clothes on the counter. "To be honest Inuyasha, Kagome is probably the best girl that you've ever been interested in. Any way it's great your an idiot and you won't give her a chance, she's too good for you."

"Really…" he muttered as he began to type. "She's too good for me." Rin didn't say anything; she just fished into her purse for her wallet. He thought about what she said for awhile before quickly looking down at the monitor for a moment. He didn't want to talk about it anymore. He felt like if he said one more thing it would sound ridiculously shallow. What was it about her that put him in this situation? "Whatever… what are you doing? I want you to come pick me up at like 3 I'm going to pick up my car."

"Wow 3, I think that's the longest you have ever stayed at work. Why are you at work anyway?" She asked and that brought the conflicting feelings back. It was apparent that the only reason he came in was to see her. Why did he want to see her!

"Because I have work to do, are you going to come pick me up or what?"

"I don't know I'm at the mall and…"

"Come on really… you go to work once every month and you shop the rest of the time, come pick me up." He demanded and Rin sighed deeply while grabbing her bag of clothes and turning away from the counter.

"I have no idea what's with you today, but you really need to simmer down."

"I'm fine... I'm fine really… pick me up at 3." He stated while hanging up the phone. She was heading to the door when she heard the dial tone.

"What a dick." She mumbled…

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Kag POV

She was scrubbing the floors of her kitchen for the fifth time that day. She usually did that when she was in some sort of distress. After getting caught yesterday she had cleaned her apartment four times over. As if the house wasn't spotless already. She was going to move on to the counters when she heard her cordless phone ringing. She hesitated for a moment before pulling off her gloves. She wasn't too happy about answering it. No one calling at the moment was someone she wanted to speak too. If it was her sister she'd actually contemplate killing herself. She didn't want to speak to her mother or grandfather. She wasn't even in the mood to speak to Sango.

She decided she wasn't going to answer it; instead she walked towards the sink to start cleaning the counters. As she grabbed the sponge her cell phone began ringing. It was sitting behind her on the counter. She really didn't want to answer it, but as it started on its second set of rings she couldn't help it.

"Hello…"

"Hi, it's Rin; I called your house phone." Kagome rolled her eyes while drying her hands on her t-shirt. This was the exact reason she didn't want to pick up any phones. She had had her fill of Rin. Yesterday she and Ayame insisted on staying over all night. Usually it wouldn't have bothered her that much, but she was having the hugest head ache at the time. And not to mention she was extremely embarrassed after what happened earlier involving a certain persons closet. She was still beating herself up about it.

"Oh hey Rin…"

"You don't sound too excited, how's your head?" She put a hand to her forehead. It was a bit sore but the bump was going down.

"It's okay, it hurts a little…"

"That's good anyway… I went shopping today and I picked up a few things that I thought were so you." Rin interrupted. "I would come show them to you, but Inuyasha's making me pick him up. I think when we go on the trip you should wear them."

"Uh…I don't know about that."

"What do you mean you don't know… uh you are such a little prude? I'm not taking no for an answer."

"I'm not very comfortable with that, but it was very nice of you to buy me clothes. You didn't have to do that…"

"Yes I did…" Rin said suddenly. "You are really adorable Kagome, so don't take this the wrong way, but you dress like a stick in the mud."

"Wow…how nice."

"I said don't take it the wrong way." She sighed suddenly before sitting down on her futon and staring at the blank TV. "You don't have to worry about a thing. Have I ever told you what I do for a living?" Rin only paused for a moment before continuing. "I make new fashion designs for my mom's fashion line."

"Really…"

"Yeah really, why would I lie? My mom's a famous fashion designer… have you ever heard of the clothing line 'Tempted to touch?'" Kagome made no sign of knowing on the other line, and Rin smiled as she pulled out the keys to her car. "Ha… you're like a Martian. You need something designer in your life."

"Okay…well I…"

"You said okay, cool I'll be there right after I drop off Inuyasha at the car shop." Kagome tensed up for the second time since hearing his name. "Oh and maybe tomorrow we can hang out. We'll go see a movie."

"I don't know… I have work, I took off today."

"Tomorrow is Saturday, there's no work on the weekends." Rin said as she backed up from her parking spot.

"Yeah, there's no work in the office, but there's still work that needs to be done at home."

"Do it later, we're hanging out tomorrow, it'll be fun you need fun." She said and Kagome sighed at that. She really didn't have any way of saying no. Rin was the type to show up at her door. Instead she decided to let it go and ponder something else. She thought about Mr. Takashi for a moment before ultimately deciding to go ahead and ask.

"So, you've talked to Mr. Takashi…" she mumbled and Rin closed her mouth tightly listening extremely hard. "Has he said anything?"

"Has he said anything about what?"

"You know about yesterday," her smile widened slightly.

"Nope…" she lied. "Inuyasha is really cool when it comes to things like that. He throws a lot of parties and he leaves his door unlocked. Almost all his friends have a spare key. I wouldn't worry about it."

"He seemed upset."

"He wasn't upset." Rin lied again. Inuyasha was upset, but not for the reason Kagome thought he was. "But for future reference start calling him Inuyasha. He doesn't really like Mr. Takashi; it leaves a bad taste in his mouth."

"Why?"

"Well running a branch of Takashi corp. wasn't really something he wanted to do. He sort of did it because he had to. The real Mr. Takashi, his father, they don't really see eye to eye, so if you're going to hang out with us than you probably should call him by his first name."

"I'm sorry I didn't think he considered me as a friend."

"He doesn't. But in his defense, he doesn't consider anyone as a friend, more like nuisances. But none of that really matters Kagome. You shouldn't really care what Inuyasha thinks. He's extremely pompous and egotistical."

"It's easy to say that when he's not your boss." She said and Rin shrugged seeing the meaning in what she said.

"That's true, but you wouldn't see it that way if you just lighten your view. Your thinking way too much of him. Everyone at that office does."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean everyone thinks he's so menacing but in reality he's like a giant kid. He watches cartoons, plays video games, the nine yards. He really doesn't care that you were hiding in his closet; you shouldn't be embarrassed." Kagome tensed up at that. It was almost like Rin knew exactly how she was feeling. It was sort of awkward; she had a knack for doing that. Rin was going to mention one more thing when that plan she'd been brewing came to life in her mind again. She knew she should have left it alone, especially after what Inuyasha had said earlier, but she had a feeling he was just putting up a pretense. "Well Kagome I have to go now… I'm at you know whose office." She lied quickly. "I'll be there by 6…" she didn't wait till Kagome replied to hang up. She smiled slightly as she stopped at the traffic light. She had a new addition to her plan all she had to do was make the appropriate call.

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A/n: Sorry about the delay, like I said before Fanfiction wasn't working or something rather.

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