Inuyasha woke up to an empty bed. He wondered were the girl had gone to, but his demon sense picked up the smell of shampoo. Ah, she was in the shower. As he searched for his underwear thrown carelessly across the room, he spotted a bright bubble-gum pink ball of hair. He picked it up and examined it. A wig.
He chuckled to himself as he picked up the phone and pressed the number for room service. Fifteen minutes later a boy came up with a huge table filled with different foods. He tipped the boy and waved him away as he poured himself a cup of coffee. He put the mug to his lips and was about to take a sip when the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Inuyasha? Listen, we've got an important dinner tonight and I-"
"Well, good morning to you too, Naraku."
"This is no time to be joking around. We have an important meeting with your brother tonight and-"
"I thought you said it was a dinner."
"Well, yes it is, but a meeting nonetheless, and it's a ritzy upper-crust type of place. Press will probably be there watching you like a hawk, but you know how your brother is. He'll do anything to set you up to make you look bad. Listen, I think it would be best if you had a date with you tonight, a young lady present."
"What good will that do?"
"Publicity, show the public that you aren't the stone-cold business tycoon your father and brother are. You're a different kind of guy, you know what I'm saying? Inuyasha, you listening to me?" He sighed at his rambling lawyer.
"Yeah, I hear you."
"Good, cause I happen to have a few very attractive options for you to chose from, all with ivy league accents and money coming out of their perfect noses."
"Oh, wonderful, more snobbish women."
"Just one night, son, you can take it. Now, first off is Lady Kanna, Sir Takahashi's young daughter. Now, she-" He stopped listening as soon as he saw the girl from last night stepping out of the shower, shaking her hair.
"She is rather pale, but still quite a looker, and she has amazing-"
"Naraku, I'm gunna have to call you back."
"Inuyasha? Don't you dare hang up the pho-" He hung up on his lawyer and gazed at the lovely maiden clad in one of his soft terry-cloth bathrobes. She looked nothing at all like a hooker. He picked up the wig and looked at her quizzically.
"Oh, it's a…. wig. Yeah its not really pink," she said, pulling at her hair. She had soft raven black curls that reached down to the middle of her back. With all the makeup gone, he noticed her clear alabaster-white skin with just a hint of freckles across her nose and dark blue eyes.
"Better…. much better." He said approvingly. She looked at the table of food.
"Well, I hope you're hungry. I took the liberty of ordering everything on the menu, so feel free to choose what you like." Inuyasha said, gesturing towards the table. She smiled as she took a blueberry Belgian waffle and sat on the table, ripping off pieces and munching happily.
"Wow, this shit is great!" she said with a mouth full of waffle. He cringed at her lack of table manners, but expected nothing better.
"So, what is your name? Your real name." He asked her. She swallowed hard.
"My-my name?"
"Yes, because I doubt it says 'Kandy Kiki' on your birth certificate." She cleared her throat nervously.
"I see. Well, if you don't feel up to telling me-"
"Kagome."
"I beg your pardon?"
"Kagome Higurashi. That's my name."
"Kagome Higurashi…. it's a lovely name."
"Thank you." She reached over to the pile of waffles and helped herself to another.
"I would like it if you would sit down, Kagome."
"I am sitting."
"In a chair, I mean." She looked down at the plush, comfy looking chairs.
"Oh, oops. Sorry." She slid off the table and landed in the blue cushioned seat.
"So, when do ya want me out of here, mister?"
"Please, call me Inuyasha, and I was hoping you would stick around for at least another day. I have an important meeting tonight, a dinner. I was wondering if you would be interested in accompanying me."
"Me? Well…I guess so. What do you want with me if this is a meeting?"
"Well, my lawyer advised that I bring a lady with me. I was wondering if you would be interested in the job, Kagome. There will be an increase in your payment, of course."
"Sure. Why the hell not?"
"Excellent. I will leave you a few hundred dollars, and there are many fine shops around the area."
"What will I need it for?"
"Why, a suitable outfit, of course. The dinner is going to be with my older brother and whatever nut job of an assistant he hired this time. There may be press present, so it's kind of important that you look your best, Kagome."
"Well, ok. Where will you be?"
"At work. I will be here at 6:30. I trust you will be here when I get back. Now, if you will excuse me, I best be off. I will see you later on tonight." He left the girl staring in amazement and called his lawyer back.
"Inuyasha! Were the fuck did you go?! How could you hang up on me boy?"
"Quit your blabbering, Naraku, I just hooked myself up with a lady for tonight."
"You did? Excellent, my boy! Excellent! Who is she?"
"Ah, you will see tonight, my friend."
"A beauty for Tokyo's most sought after bachelor, I hope?"
"A beauty she is, Naraku. I will see you tonight then?"
"Yes, of course. I will be at your suite with the limo at 7:30 sharp. Make sure your lady friend isn't late."
"Of course. See you tonight."