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Sweet Temptation
Kagura sat back in the passenger seat of the black Hatchback, stunned. Inuyasha sat back too, feeling a million pounds lighter now that he'd finally told someone. He only hoped now that she would help him, and not turn on him for the horrible thing he'd done.
Kagura began to see red. What Kanna had confessed to her was true. Her sister was spiteful, vindictive, and even more manipulative than she'd ever realised. That little bitch had gone too far with this scheme of hers.
Breaking her hand was one thing, but trifling with her friends - that's where Kagura drew the line.
Heaven help us if Kanna ever gets wind of the existence of the Sacred Jewel, she thought, turning to face Inuyasha. She took his hand in hers.
"Listen to me, Inuyasha. What you did was in no way your fault."
He looked at her with shock. Was she crazy? He felt flattered that she'd tried to comfort him by saying that, but knew he had to set her straight.
"Are you off your rocker? Did you hear a word I said? I cheated, Kagura! I'm scum!!"
She shook her head, and winced as her bad hand bumped the dash.
"No, she just wants you to think you are. I had no idea she was so evil… Inuyasha, I'm willing to bet you my last yen that what she did was a ploy to break you and Kikyou apart. You said she was holding this over your head, so you would take her to the dance?"
He nodded, not following her yet.
"And you plan to confess to Kikyou before then, and hope she can forgive you?"
He nodded again.
She smiled. "I think your plan is sound. In fact, I'll come with you. We may just be able to straighten this whole mess out, and in time to show Kanna up at the dance, too."
His eyes widened, and his smile came back. "Really? You think she'll forgive me?"
Kagura grinned, happy in the knowledge that she was finally getting something right. "Believe me, Inuyasha, with me helping you, you will clear your name and get her back in no time!"
S.T.
Sango sat in her English Lit class and propped her head up with her left hand, writing lazily with the other. The look on Inuyasha's face this morning haunted her; he'd looked genuinely miserable, and her heart had gone out to him. Miroku could offer no insight to his brother's melancholy; he refused to tell him what was wrong. She hoped he and Kikyou could figure this mess out soon. Her sister never had been good with rejection, being so sensitive about her appearance. Sango thought about how angry Kikyou had been when all the guys had been flocking to Kagome, and how depressed she'd been when she compared herself their sister and found herself lacking.
Suddenly the bell rang for lunch, jarring Sango from her thoughts. Picking up her books, she smiled as Miroku came up next to her after class, and walked with her to her locker.
"Have you decided what you want for lunch?" he asked, leaning against the wall as she stashed her books on the top shelf and took out her purse before slamming her locker shut again.
"How about Gino's? You in the mood for pizza?"
He smiled. "I'm always in the mood for pizza. And for you." Leaning in, she let him steal a quick kiss before she grabbed his collar and led him to his locker, gritting, "Don't get too cozy, boy, or I'll have to take you out back!"
He got excited hearing that. "Will you spank me?"
She released him and smiled, evilly. "Oh yes, very hard. You'll be black and blue for months."
He made a face as she motioned for him to get his things. Opening his locker, he threw on his jacket and felt in his pocket for his wallet and the keys to the car, but they were gone. He turned around to inspect the bottom of his locker, and muttered, "Huh."
Sango tapped her foot impatiently. She was soo hungry!
"What?"
"The keys are gone."
"What? Where would they go?"
He shook his head, and told her, "Only Inuyasha knows my combination; maybe he took them."
"Damn it." Now they'd have to settle for cafeteria food! Yuck!
A few minutes later both stood in line, making faces at the menu board. Pea soup, chicken salad sandwiches, and macaroni salad. Sango almost gagged.
Taking Miroku's hand, she turned him around and marched him toward the doors leading outside. "That's it, I'm not eating that crap. We're going for pizza even if we have to crawl there to get it."
He said over his shoulder, "What if we're late getting back?"
She shrugged. "You're always late. Since when does that bug you?"
He was quiet then and she could no longer push him, for he'd stopped and was watching the scene before him, his mouth agape.
Sango peered around him and narrowed her eyes; Kanna was sitting at one of the picnic tables, surrounded by a group of senior girls, Tsubaki Chihiro among them. She frowned in disbelief.
"Looks like she's made a few friends," Miroku noted, counting twelve girls. Sango snorted. Friends my ass, she thought, straining to hear what they were talking about. Grabbing his other hand, she yanked him forward and said, "I need to get closer. Act normal."
He let her lead him as they slowly strolled past the group of girls, who fell silent as soon as Kanna spotted Sango. Smiling, Sango cheerfully waved, but Kanna only glared. When the pair had passed, Kanna continued to speak, this time in whispers, to the older girls around her.
Sango's face was grim. Miroku had heard it too, and all thoughts of pizza were abandoned in favour of finding Kagome.
Kanna had been discussing the Sacred Jewel with Tsubaki and her friends. Both knew the implications to this news, and they had no time to lose.
Anxious, they hastily made their way home.
S.T.
Kouga and Shippo sat in the cafeteria, Ayame and Rin across from them. Kouga leaned toward Ayame and said above the din, "I saw Inuyasha leave with the car keys this morning. Wonder where he went?"
Rin looked around, and commented, "Do you think Kagura will come to school today?"
Ayame shook her head. "After last night? I doubt it."
Shippo looked up from his half-eaten danish and gurgled, "What happened to Kagura?"
Rin looked at him. She'd forgotten that he and his brothers hadn't been there… it was so common for the two families to be together, now. Having Sesshoumaru living with them was so misleading to her memory sometimes.
"Didn't I tell you? Kagura broke her hand."
"She did?" Kouga asked, raising a brow. "What'd she do that for?"
"She didn't do it on purpose, butthead," Ayame said, laughing. "She said she slammed it in a car door, but I think that's shit. I bet-"
"-Kanna did it," Rin finished, looking at the older girl out the window as she sat, surrounded on all sides, lapping up the attention the older girls were lavishing on her.
"Kanna?" Shippo turned to look at what the girls were seeing. She gave him a bad feeling. He sensed something sinister about her, even when she was being nice, that he just couldn't trust.
Rin watched Shippo's reaction closely as he looked at Kanna through the window. When he furrowed his brow in disgust, she breathed easier.
Reaching out for his hand, and feeling him squeeze hers reassuringly in return, she relaxed.
Then, Sango and Miroku walked past Kanna, and Ayame said, "Hey, there's goes Sango and Miroku."
They all watched Sango wave, and Kanna's reaction, and then the pair's hasty retreat.
Ayame looked at Rin, getting up. Kouga looked back at them and asked, "What?"
"Something's wrong," Rin said, and Ayame nodded, her fists clenched.
Shippo grabbed Kouga's collar and hauled him up, following the girls as they made their way out of the crowded cafeteria.
"Where are we going?"
Ayame pulled her phone out of her purse and dialled her sister. "We're following them."
S.T.
Sesshoumaru sat at his desk, and stared at the wall. He'd gotten to work this morning to find a note on his desk; his boss had found him a new secretary.
Pushing the intercom button on his phone, he said into the speaker, "Miss Sakamoto, will you come in here please?"
"Yes, sir." Came the pert response.
His office door opened, and Yura Sakamoto walked in, her tailored suit jacket open and her blue silk shirt showing from underneath. Sesshoumaru glanced at her, donning his own suit jacket.
"I'm leaving early today, Miss Sakamoto. Can you have those TPS reports done by four-thirty?"
She smiled brightly, and laughed; it sounded like bells. "Yes sir. Anything else?"
He shook his head. "That will be all."
Bowing, she closed the door behind her. Picking up his briefcase, he shut off his laptop and dug the keys to the Mustang from his pocket. His early arrival home would surprise Kagome… maybe they would go out for lunch together.
Leaving his office, he smiled at Yura as she waved goodbye, then followed the winding path through the cubicles to the exit at the front of the building.
Yura watched until he was gone, and, stripping off her jacket, turned on her little radio and exited from the TPS window on her computer and sat back, pulling up Solitaire on the Start Menu. The frigging TPS reports could wait.
She enjoyed her lunch and ten games of Solitaire, plus a short smoke break and a Messenger conversation with the hottie over in the Consumer Complaints Department, before she finally got back to work.
S.T.
Kanna cut off her conversation soon after seeing Sango and her geek boyfriend, Miroku. Had they heard what she was saying?
No matter. She was confident in her abilities, though even now she sensed that Inuyasha had managed to get out from under her thumb. Was he confessing his guilty conscience to Kikyou right now?
She narrowed her eyes as she slammed her locker door shut. That didn't matter anymore. She was sick of using petty manipulation to get what she wanted; now, she had bigger fish to fry. This Sacred Jewel sounded interesting, and she wanted it, was even dreaming about it and what its powers could do for her. She disregarded the fact that in his lust for the Jewel, it had been a factor in her own Father's demise, but she had resolved to be smarter than him. She would not let her greed blind her.
Stalking down the hall, she took the rest of the day off, and walked home to an empty house.
Perfect. No interference meant more plotting time.
S.T.
Sango felt her hip begin to vibrate. Stopping, she dug around in her purse and pulled out her cell phone, flipped it open and yelled, "For the love of God, what??"
Ayame yelled back through the receiver, "It's me, you ditz! Wait for us!"
Sango smiled at Miroku. "Where are you?"
"Right behind you. Over here."
Turning, Miroku spotted the four of them on the hill behind them. "There they are."
"Hurry up," Sango snarled into the phone before flipping it shut. Her patience was running out. They had to do something, and fast.
She tapped her foot impatiently as they waited for the others to catch up.
S.T.
Inuyasha pulled into Kikyou's driveway and, looking to Kagura, heaved a huge breath. God, he was nervous!
"It's okay, you'll do fine," she said, rubbing his back.
He nodded, then got out, and rang the doorbell. When no one answered, he turned to look back at her.
Getting out awkwardly, she almost fell but managed to stay upright, and called, "They were here when I left, and the car's still here."
"Maybe they went for a walk?" he suggested.
She shook her head, sitting on the hood of the car, hot under her backside.
"No, I think-"
"Wha?t"
Kagura held up her bad hand for silence. He frowned.
"Do you hear that?"
Inuyasha turned his head into the wind. Sure enough, a grunting sound could be heard from his backyard. Curious, he pushed open the gate, Kagura peering around him to see what was going on.
Dachi stood over the pool filter, vainly trying to remove it from it's hole in the side of the pool. Straining, he let out a massive, "Arrrrrggggg!" before it finally popped out, a horrendous wookie lodged in the fine mesh.
"That's sick," Inuyasha shook his head. Kagura covered her mouth.
Kikyou looked up from her lounge and whispered, "Inuyasha… Kagura?"
Inuyasha came straight to her side and knelt there as she pulled up her legs to cross them, and he flung his arms around her waist, burying his face in her gut.
She smiled at him, feeling tears prick her eyes, before her smile faded. What had he done that he was so obviously remorseful for? She feared the worst.
Kagome flung her shades away and walked around them so she could see what was happening, picking a piece of fruit off the tray as she passed and swallowing it whole.
"Kagura… did you go to get him?"
She nodded, but was too involved in the scene before her to tear her eyes away.
"Kikyou, I'm so, so sorry I left you there last night… I feel so horrible."
She stroked his silver head and asked in a voice that was way too calm, "What happened, Inuyasha."
Looking up at her, he couldn't miss the defeated look in her eyes. He suddenly felt like his bones had turned to lead.
"It wasn't his fault!"
Kikyou shaded her eyes to look up at Kagura. "What wasn't? Will someone spit out what happened, already?!"
Inuyasha hugged her tighter, fearing his next words would burn her so bad that she'd never even look at him again after he said them. He plunged in anyway, knowing that he couldn't rest easy until he'd confessed.
"I had sex with Kanna."
Kikyou snapped her jaw shut with a click. Her worst fear, come to fruition… she viciously pinched herself, but did not wake up. So it wasn't a dream. She was very disappointed.
Breathing deeply to calm her anger, which swiftly rose to the surface, staining her face red, she gritted, "What?"
"I didn't mean to! She tricked me, Kikyou, I honestly thought she was you, I swear to God!"
Kikyou could take no more of his lies and she exploded, "Tricked you!? Tricked you!? How could you possibly mistake her for me? I'm thirty pounds heavier, for Christ's sake!"
Kagura winced at the tone of her voice. She'd never heard Kikyou so angry before. She crossed her fingers behind her back. Come on, Inuyasha, fight back! Make her see you aren't at fault!
Inuyasha let go of her when she stood, trying to run, but he latched onto her ankle, and refused to let go.
"It was a dirty scheme, Kikyou, meant to split us apart. It was dark, and I wanted it to be you so badly…" here he faltered, and released her, though she did not run again.
Kikyou thought it over. He really did seem sorry, but her heart was bruised. She could not find it in her heart to trust his words.
"You're not going to let this little misunderstanding ruin a perfectly good relationship, are you, Kikki? Kanna wins if you do, but… she did deal a hard blow. What do you think, Kagura?"
Kagura looked at Kagome, and saw her wink. What was she trying to accomplish? Suddenly everything fell into place.
"I think I agree with you, Kagome. Kanna loses if you two stay together, if you persevere… if you forgive. Look at him, Kik. He's miserable without you."
Kikyou felt hot tears stream down her cheeks to drip off her chin. Her brain was screaming for her to run, to turn him away, to severe her ties with him. Once a cheater, always a cheater. She looked at his moist eyes and her heart burst.
Kneeling before him, she wrapped her arms around him and cried, "I'm so sorry, Inuyasha!"
He held her face between his hands and murmured, "No, babe, I'm the one who's sorry. You have done nothing wrong, it's me who's damned to make the mistakes. I wish this had never happened. Two fights in two days… something's gotta be done about that girl."
Kikyou sniffed and wiped her eyes. She smiled at him, happy to have him hold her close once again. The past twenty-four hours without him had been hell.
Kagome smiled at Kagura. Kagura sighed. Things had finally gone right, for once. She picked up a piece of fruit when Sesshoumaru came out of his parents' house, his suit jacket gone and his shirt unbuttoned.
Kagome grinned, and ran to meet him, and he kissed her passionately.
Daichi looked up from his task and shouted, "Hey Sesshoumaru, come here for a minute, will ya?"
Kagome pulled his face back to hers and giggled, "Don't do it!"
Daichi held up the giant wookie and waved it at them, smiling like a kid in a candy store.
"Jesus, that is so wrong," Sesshoumaru murmured, and led Kagome back into the house, shaking his head in disgust.
Kagura, realising that her job here was done, said to Kikyou, "I'm gonna go home and get ready. You two keep making up."
Kikyou smiled, then asked, "Get ready for what?"
Inuyasha laughed, and said, "The dance, babe. Remember? It's tonight?"
Kikyou grinned. "Oh yeah! Okay, see you later Kagura! Thanks."
Kagura smiled and turned to leave, but she came back to watch them when they thought she'd gone. Kikyou had taken him by the hand and was leading Inuyasha to her empty house.
Kagura grinned. You go, Kik, she thought, crossing her fingers again, you show him how Higurashi girls get down! Put Kanna to shame!
Whistling, Kagura walked home, content, for the first time in a long while.
S.T.
Ahhh! TPS Reports! Office Space! Milton!! "Can I have my stapler?" lol, I'm so tired, I'm rambling! Hope you guys liked my office humour there, heehee! That movie was soo funny! "She had sex with Lumbergh?? Sick!" Review me, and hopefully they'll show up within a reasonable time period. I'm gonna choke the bot, I swear I will... "Oh, and I'm gonna need you to come in on Saturday, Okaaayyy? Yeaaahhhh."