Kagome sat at the table and stared at the door in shock as the demon walked out of the room.
"Yes!!" she cried out joyfully and danced around the room, laughing happily. She looked at herself in the bathroom mirror and played with her curly black hair.
"Well, Miss Kagome, it looks like you have some shopping to do." She said to her refection. She threw on her black thigh-high socks and miniskirt. Instead of wearing her ill-fitting blouse that left little to the imagination, she wore one of Inuyasha's large work shirts over her skirt. Throwing on her loafers she took one more look into the mirror before she headed out to shop.
The streets here were much different than the area that Kagome was used to, but that was all right, she hardly noticed the sneers she got in the streets. Her first stop was at Chez Moi, the ritzy fashion center she has read about in her out-of-date fashion magazines. She entered the shop at smiled at the crisp-looking woman. Kagome thumbed through the skirts and silk blouses, looking for something special.
"Can I help you, miss?" asked the saleswoman, looking at her coldly.
"Nah, I'm just looking around, thanks though." She gasped at a lovely butter-yellow dress made of lace and silk. She picked up the dress and held it in front of herself in the full-length mirror. Well, the pearls she could do without, and for a dinner party, she should look a little classier, but still, this dress was gorgeous, and it totally complimented her creamy skin.
"Ah, miss, please put that dress down!" the saleswoman cried out in horror. "It's part of the Sunshine collection from a great Italian designer."
"Oh, I see. Hmm. Sounds fancy. Well, how much is it?"
"Miss, to be blunt, I don't think you would have enough for even one of our purses. Now, if you would please exit the store."
"Excuse me? Is this about money? I have money, look see?" Kagome thrust out a handful of crumpled hundreds that Inuyasha had given to her. The woman frowned at her.
"Please understand, miss, that we do have a reputation to uphold in this store, and for someone to see your kind shopping here…"
"My kind?"
"You are a prostitute, miss, its plain and simple and oh so obvious. Now, I will not ask you again, please leave or I will have to call security."
"No! I want to speak to your manager, I have equal rights too!"
"Miss, I am the manager." Kagome looked at the woman, then flung the dress onto the floor and left in a huff.
"I guess I have no other option than to go back to the hotel and tell Inuyasha about the dress." She sighed and headed to the hotel. This time walking back, she was much more aware of the dirty looks and snickers she received. She started jogging back to the hotel, eager to get out of the public eye. For the first time in a long time, she felt exposed. She hadn't felt like that since she first started working the streets, and if it hadn't been for Sango…but she didn't want to think about that right now.