Haha I'm getting a lot about a magic mike style scene. Hmmm, should I? It would be fun... I'll think about it ;) Please enjoy and lend me your thoughts!

"I understand Jakotsu, don't worry. No, it's fine. I'll be fine. Just enjoy your time, okay? Love you too, bye." Kagome hung up her phone before exiting the locker. "Oh-!"

"Hi there" Inuyasha smiled as he leaned back against the wall across form the door.

"Inuyasha?"

"Need a ride this time?" He lifted his keys and was already pulling her duffle strap down her shoulder.

"You know you don't have to do this again? I am perfectly capable of showing myself home." He opened the door.

"I can't let a beautiful woman like yourself out of my sight, these days." His eyes full of amusement as he helped in her seat.

"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked.

"I can't keep my eyes off you, duh." As if it was obvious. He began to drive now.

"Stop." She blushed.

"It's true. You're the only thing I see especially when you're dancing. Not that I'd ever complain about it." He put it in park as they reached her building.

"Inuyasha, you're too much." She blushed harder.

"Can I see you in again?"

"You see me at work." She rolled her eyes.

"Out side of work." He added.

"I don't think so." She spotted something in the corner of her eye. It was just a car but she went into a panic. "I can- I can walk myself. Thank you for the ride, really." She grabbed her bag from the back and without thinking, kissed him on the cheek and raced out and into her building. Inuyasha just sat there and watched her go. Momentarily frozen.

"Can you please?" She whispered looking out her window.

"Are you positive?"

"That isn't the issue right now- can you?"

"Right now?"

"Shippo! I cannot stay here. I'll wait till morning but please? Jakotsu's away and I need a guy. If one of the girls comes it'll end up worse, please?" She begged.

"I'll be there first thing in the morning. Pack things because you aren't going back for a while." He said sternly, and she relaxed a little.

"Thank you, I owe you"

"We're family. We take care of each other. Try to sleep, love you Gome." He wished her a good night and hung up.

The next morning, the car was still there but now Shippo's was too. Shippo was her younger-not-so-younger brother. He was a tiny century old Demon when they had first found him but was now the football and basketball star with at least two feet on her and 100 pounds too. Hence why she needed him to come and pick her up. He knew why he was there and would never object. Kagome raised the boy. They left her apartment with her things and he drove them back to the shrine where she'll be staying for a while.

"You shouldn't have been there in the first place." He told her.

Kagome looked up to make sure that Shippo had come into the living room alone. Souta and her mother where in the kitchen putting away groceries and grandfather was outside cleaning the shrine grounds. Then she narrowed her eyes at Shippo.

"Not now."

"Now is perfect. Kagome, you know I'm right." He sat down next to her on the couch.

"I forget, who raised whom here?" She pointed between them.

"Kagome."

"Shippo, I am a grown woman. Having my own apartment is hardly a fault in life." She sighed.

"It is in yours. Especially when you choose a place like the docks! You were asking for him to come find you again."

"Was I? Hm, thanks for the info." She rolled her eyes.

"Stop being sarcastic about this!"

"I don't know what you want me to say, Shippo. I'm fine. You came to get me and I'll be staying here for a while. As for my apartment, I assumed it would be fine since it was on Takahashi territory."

"Because Onigumo ever gave a shit before."

"Excuse me for assuming that he may have a shred of intelligence in him."

"And this new job?" He rose a brow.

"From one lecture to the next, I see. Have you prepared for this?" She furrowed her brows. "My job is fine."

"Dancing again. And this time it's for Takahashi. It's obvious that Onigumo doesn't give a rats ass about him."

"The only difference is that Inuyasha isn't stupid." She argued.

"Inuyasha? First name basis?" He looked at her. A flush crept up her cheeks and she knew she wouldn't be able to hide it from Shippo. she sighed.

"Yes. A first name basis."

"You can't really tell me you doing this shit again?!" He was nearly yelling now and Kagome narrowed her eyes again.

Of all the shit that has happened to her in her life, she has prided herself in knowing that she has kept her family away from everything. They had known she was in a relationship but didn't know with whom. When everything went sour, she came home less so her mother wouldn't possibly see the bruises or the torment in Kagome's eyes. One thing she always wanted to do was keep the ones she loved out of all of this mess. Shippo was not going to ruin that out of sheer rage.

"Don't you dare, Shippo." She spoke in a low tone but Shippo knew she was serious. He looked away.

"I'm sorry."

Rage or no rage, Shippo loved her. She hadn't wanted to involve Shippo in any of this either but the boy was a curious Demon who was actually older. He found out on his own. Ever since, he's taken to protecting Kagome in his own way. Every argument they have is just because he wants her to make better decisions and live a simpler life. Kagome knew that, truly. But she also knew that she had already made her bed so she was just laying in it now. The arguments were useless but she just let him go on.

"Inuyasha isn't like him. I can see that line in a person now. That line of two different personalities and Inuyasha doesn't have it. If anything, he's a little too honest about himself mostly." She said.

"I still don't trust him." Kagome scoffed.

"You don't have to. He's my boss. So far, he's a good guy." The blush was creeping in again. She didn't care to hide it this time. Shippo took noticed and shook his head. He got up to help in the kitchen and leave Kagome alone again.

Miroku got the call from her later on that she wouldn't be able to come in tonight. She called all the girls as well. She didn't really want to go into details but they would have pestered her endlessly so she summarized. She felt watched, like someone was stalking her apartment so she's staying with her family for now and that was it.

"Where's Kagome?!" Inuyasha stormed in front of Miroku who was admiring his martini.

"what?"

"Where is she?"

"Who- your love interest? She called out." He rolled his eyes.

"Called out? What do you mean called out? Why?"

"I wasn't pressing the issue. She's allowed to call out, Inuyasha. We do not own her."

"Did she say why?"

"I didn't ask. She seemed frantic, so I let her be. If you wanna find out why not ask the other girls? They all seem pretty close." Miroku waved him off and Inuyasha ran downstairs towards the locker room. He heard voices.

"Do you think she's alright?"

"He wouldn't dare show up at her mom's house."

"You sure about that? This is Onigumo we're talking about."

"It's Takahashi territory!"

"So is her apartment but that didn't stop him."

"The docks are different."

"Did she say anything specific, maybe she was mistaken?"

"She just said something was off. I knew we shouldn't have let her move out."

"Doesn't he get what she means when she's done?"

"He's too stupid to grasp the concept of no"

"I'm scared for her.." There was a collective silence.

"Yea.. me too." Inuyasha ran upstairs and knocked the drink out of Miroku's hand.

"You handle the rest of the night." And then he left.

Being the boss grants him the access to personal files. Once he saw them, he almost laughed. Everything about this woman contradicted itself but this made sense regarding the flower shop. He knocked on the door of a shrine home.

"Kagome? Could you get that?!"

"Souta- I AM BUSY!" Inuyasha smirked.

"Can I help you?" A boy no older than 13 opened the door and looked up at him. He had short black hair and a soft face so similar to the very girl he was looking for. The fact that they were related was ever apparent.

"I'm looking for Kagome."

"Kagome! THERES A WEIRD MAN HERE LOOKING FOR YOU!"

"WHAT?!" Footsteps raced down a staircase because the boy was yanked away from his sight. Next thing he knew, a steel ladle was heading straight for his face. He grabbed her wrist before she could inflict damage.

"What the fuck, Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled. He slowly moved the wrist he deflected down and away from his face.

"Inuyasha?!" She asked out of breath. Her eyes were wide and she was flushed from the run. He let go of her wrist and she almost fell back before he caught her again. "What are you doing here?"

Inuyasha never had the chance to answer her. Her eyes closed and her body slumped in his arms. She passed out. Inuyasha cursed aloud.

2 hours later in the darkness of her room, she sits up in bed. This was her room but she does not remember bring herself up here and getting into bed. Before rationalizations formed in her mind, the light gets flicked on. Inuyasha is leaning against her closed door, looking down at her.

"You're up finally"

"Inuyasha? What are you doing here?" She grabed her duvet to cover her body, nervously.

"I originally came to check on you."

"Is that normally your policy for call outs?" She raised a brow.

"It's a special occasion."

"huh?"

"I need you to tell me the truth."

"About?"

"About Onigumo." Her body grew stiff and she tried to pull back her eyes from going wide.

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't play stupid, Kagome."

"I'm not."

"Kagome."

"What?"

"Tell me the truth."

"I don't see how this concerns you."

"I don't give a shit what you see, it concerns me well enough." Inuyasha was practically seething but was keeping his composure. Kagome wasn't coming out front with it which means it's something he probably doesn't want to hear. In all honesty, his mind is already picturing the worst-case scenarios but he wasn't going to let himself get carried away

"How? You're my boss."

"And this has to do with my rival messing with my employees." He needed to tell her something.

"It has nothing to do with your rivalry." She sighed and ran her hands through her hair.

"It does."

"It does not."

"Will you just fucking talk Kagome!"

"I don't want to!"

"I won't let you work until you do. Good luck with that water bill." He made it seem as though he was about to open the door and see himself out.

"You have got to be kidding me." She looked at him.

"I'm not."

"It's embarrassing!"

"I don't give a shit!"

"I do!"

"Kagome, I swear to god. Just talk."

"My relationship with Naraku has nothing to do with you!" She yelled.

"You-"

"Yes. I was in a relationship with him." She closed her eyes.

"How? He's like.."

"He was sweet and caring when he wanted to be." She defended.

"You're really going to defend his character right now?"

"I'm not. I just- oh forget it." She turned away.

"So you left him?" He sat on the bed.

"Sort of."

"Sort of?"

"I did. I left him, literally."

"As in you left his club and came to mine instead? Why?" He asked.

"Do you really need details?"

"Water bill." Was all he said she glared at him before she started talking again.

"He changed. He became… someone else. Someone I didn't know, nor did I want to. Things happened and then a few weeks later, I'm working for you and moving to the other side of town. The end."

"Did he hit you?" There were plenty of things he could have asked her but his lips moved before the statement registered in his brain. Obviously, it was what he wanted to know. Personally, he knew Onigumo to be a dick. A ruthless person who went to means beyond cruelty to get what he wanted. Kagome was his woman at one point which meant possession was there.

"That's besides the point."

"Did he or did he not, Kagome?" He stood up again.

"Why does that matter?"

"It matters to me!"

"Why?!"

"Because I-" he stopped himself and turned around. He needed to calm down. "Just tell me." He tried again.

"Inuyasha, I really don't feel comfortable talking about it. It's my own private life and it's in the past anyways."

Inuyasha knew he had no claims into her life story yet but that didn't mean he wasn't still going to try. She was wounded and shaken up. Onigumo was not kind to her, at least not for the ending portion of their relationship. It was still unclear whether or not she actually broke it off with him or just ran off. By the way things were looking, it was most likely the latter.

"Are you alright, Inuyasha?" He never realized when she had gotten up from the bed and made her way over to him. Her hand was on his forehead checking his temp. "You feel warm. Do you need to lay down?"

"I can't stand it." He said.

"What?"

"I can't stand the thought of him touching you and treating you like that. I'm into you, Kagome. You really haven't noticed?"

She said nothing. His words were registering so he took the chance to push it.

"You're hot, Kagome. Even off the stage, you're gorgeous. Your smile, your skin, your hair, everything. I can't stop looking at you and I don't even want to. I'm not even trying to hide this shit either."

"Inuyasha, I can't-" She tried to move away from him but he took hold of her wrists and held her close to him.

"Can't what?"

"I can't do this again." She won't look at him.

"Be with me? You've never been with me before." His lips quirked.

"Maybe not but I've been with your kind. You guys with your stupid gangs and clubs and all your women. I can't do it again." She pushed away to no avail.

"I already told you, you've never been with me."

"It's the same thing" she groaned.

"It is not. I'm nothing like that spider monkey!" He yelled.

"That is not the argument here, Inuyasha."

"Yes, it is. Do you see me the same as him? Occupation aside."

"Of course I don't."

"Then give me a chance, Kagome."

"Inuyasha please.." She pleaded.

"Kagome I'm not the type to beg a girl here." He groaned like a whining child.

"Is that supposed to help your case?"

"Kagome- I am not going to pass you up." He held her gaze. He wanted her and she needed to see just how much. She sighed and rested her forehead against his chest. "Is this a yes?"

"No" she felt his growl.

"Is it a no?"

Silence.

"Do I get to kiss you?"

"Absolutely not. I am not easy." She looked at him.

"I never said you were."

"Glad you understand." She went back into her bed. "Also, I have said yes to nothing."

"Kagome. I'm not letting this go."

"Inuyasha. I just told you about the worst history I've had regarding relationships and you expect me to jump into something with you?"

"Yes?"

"No."

"I am not him!"

"I know that, Inuyasha. Believe me I do. You are nothing like him. I just can't do this right now."

"I get it. I kind of do but I'm not letting this go." He stood in front of her bed frame.

"Inuyasha."

"I'm serious."

He was. He wanted to be with her, badly. In many ways and in many positions but she was fucked up and it only pissed him off to know that it was Onigumo that was the cause. He wanted to know more but he wasn't going to get it out of her. This wasn't the entire story and though he knew it was only going to get worse, there was a need to know.

"I want you, Kagome."

"Really? I couldn't tell." She scoffed.

"I'm not joking. You'll want to be mine too, don't worry." He smirked. "Get some sleep. I'll be back to see you tomorrow." He moved towards the door.

"I'll be at work tonight." She looked at him.

"No, you won't. Stay here. I'll to pick you up early tomorrow to take you to lunch before rehearsal." He said. "And make sure you pack your things."

"My things?"

"You will be staying with me."

"Like hell I am!" She yelled.

Note: This chapter was more about getting certain interactions across. It feels quite full and to be honest it is longer and bigger than the others. Sorry if it seemed all over the place. It was just a point in the story where we sort of get things rolling for further on.