hello again if you read my other fanfics you know why this is late

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha

Kagome stood starring at herself in Inuyasha's bathroom mirror, Just to make sure she was real. that the person in the mirror was really her, once she had decided it was, she was pissed. "INUYASHA WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!"

The previously mentioned hanyo strolled into his bathroom and gave the angry raven haired girl the once over, "Its what Sango and Rin call a make over."

She glared at him through the mirror, "not the make up, the dress the FUCKING DRESS!"

He grinned at the girl, "Its the dress I picked for you to wear."

Kagome huffed and looked at what was barely an excuse for a dress, and she noticed with slight distain that it was a fiery red, matching the buttons on Inuyasha's black dress shirt. Kagome had been fully prepared to get her hair, makeup, and nails done for this, she even looked forward to it. But not this. "this is not a dress! its a fucking shirt thats gone through a highly advanced wood chipper!"

Inuyasha smirked at her choice of words while mentally cursing and thanking Sango and Rin at the same time. Kagome looked amazing. The red dress wrapped around her throat, was backless, cut out in a diamond over her stomach and the valley of her breasts, all while hugging her figure. The damn thing barley covered her ass but was perfect for where they where going. Her long legs seemed absolutely endless in her black pumps, her hair pulled up in a high bun, parts of it framing her face. Inuyasha had no idea what the girls had done with her makeup but Kagome's unearthly gem-like eyes seemed to glow. overall Kagome had managed to make an overly revealing excuse for a dress into something sexy and powerful looking. He looked away from the girl faintly wondering why he had agreed to his sponsors request. "Its fine Kagome we are going to a night club anyways."

She glared at him, "Then I could have worn black jeans, like you are! and I don't know some stupid strapless sparkly top not some whore dress!" She walked out of the room to grab her weapon of choice, regretting her agreement with inuyasha she had made shortly after moving in three days ago. He had told her that one of the sponsors insisted on meeting her, the mystery rebel leader after they had learned of the Shikon Rebels deal with The Blood Hounds and that she was now working for them. she smiled when she found what she was looking for and walked back into the bathroom. the fact that it was her job and she could bring a weapon was the only reason she was doing this. "I don't see whats so amazing about me, so what if no one knows what I look like or what gender I am? I like it that way."

Inuyasha who had been tying his hair into a low pony tail, turned around to look at her but froze in shock, she was attaching a knife holster to her thigh. "I tell you, you can bring a weapon so you bring that? I mean its not like the damn club will try to mess with a Blood Hound but really?" The blade attached to her thigh directly under where her dress ends, turned the whole thing from sexy and powerful, to drop dead gorgeous and...well deadly.

She gave him a pointed look, "and where else to you expect me to put a weapon while wearing this pathetic excuse for clothing oh wise one. I already look stupid enough so why not add a knife, it always helps."

He rolled his eyes before glancing at the mirror again, "Okay you ready? do you remember what I told you?"

She scrunched up her nose in disgust, "don't speak unless spoken to and whatever I do I should not act like my usual sarcastic self."

He nodded and walked out of the room motioning her to follow him. she did reluctantly after grabbing her small clutch that held her lipstick and new cellphone, with that the two where off to the damn night club.

The drive on the way there was silent, Kagome kept herself entertained by imagining different ways she could damage or destroy Inuyasha's expensive looking car. when they arrived she starred at the odd gigantic pyramid shaped building made from red metal and brick in disgust, a huge neon sign reading: TOKYO DESTRUCTION! She raised a brow and snorted, "wow they are just so original."

Inuyasha laughed, "they're loaded too. this is one of the most popular night clubs in Japan. Its where tokyo tower used to be...before I blew it up..Its even made from the bottom of the tower and brick."

"I can see what its made of. why did you blow up tokyo tower?"

He grinned and pulled her towards the club by her wrist, the bouncer took one look at him and let them pass, but not without giving Kagome a look that set her nerves on end and made her hate the dress even more. He seemed to notice this and frowned as he lead her around the nightclub, close to the dark back walls, "Because I thought it would be fun. and it was...hey are you still not over the whole fear of men thing?"

She glared, "Its not a fear I just hate them and I look even more like a cow in this dress than usual! its embarrassing!"

He stopped and blinked at her once, "a cow? you think you look like a cow? have you ever even seen a cow?"

"Yes! in a book at school just because I have never seen a live one doesn't make me ignorant!" she sighed and Inuyasha mouthed the word 'cow' so many times she wanted to kill him. even more than usual, "what?!"

"do you really think you look like a cow?"

She gave him a pointed look, "well no duh! look at me and then look at other girls! these things are uselessly large!" she pointed to her chest, her black bangles clattering at the action, "and do you know how hard it is to fit into some hiding places with an oversized ass!"

Inuyasha looked down at her his eyes scanning over her voluminous chest, slim waist, and delicious flare of her hips giving off a not-so-subtle hint that is she was to turn around she would have an ass that would make most women cry with envy. He had seen men spend millions on women who's figures where above average but no where near Kagome's standards in the blink of an eye. He had wondered why such a devious girl hadn't tried to flaunt herself to get what she wanted before, god knows she wouldn't have to actually do anything to get a man to fall on his knees and grovel before her if she really wanted. originally he thought maybe it was because of what happened to her mother. but he had dismissed it when he remembered she had flashed him at the training center to win a sparring match, the wench was ruthless, and now he knew what the real reason was. she thought she was a cow. a fucking cow. "your kidding right?"

She snorted, "how many asian women do you come across with such a fat ass and obnoxious chest? Ill leave such useless things to foreigners! if I was petite like those other girls I could fight so much better! and save time when wrapping my chest. ugghh and they are so pretty! if had that amazing straight hair and slim instead of this unruly mess and dippy monstrosity do you know how many men I could seduce to help with my revenge?!"

Holy crap we all gave her to much credit but she's a fucking idiot. "Kagome have you ever wondered why foreign women are so popular in other countries?" Inuyasha didn't give her time to reply, "its because they look exotic. different then what people are used to seeing. pretty as those other girls might be, your exotic looking but are still clearly japanese."

"yeah a japanese cow I dont want exotic If it makes me less of a fighter and a cow."

"your far from a cow, your tiny as shit women."

She glared at him and leaned against the wall, "just because we are not all six foot giants doesn't mean that Im tiny, you can't use your standards."

He growled at her, "Just try seducing anyone in this club and you'll see. If Im wrong you can cut off my ears."

Kagome internally pouted at the idea of what she believed was inuyasha's only redeeming quality being cut off but couldn't help but grin at the thought of cutting him, "challenge excepted."

He grinned at her then, "great you can go seduce men after we meet and you say hello. that way you wont get bored."

She rolled her eyes and let him lead her up several flights of stairs noting that every level had some sort of different party going on, the bottom was a regular night club, the second floor had what Inuyasha had called a 'bubble party' which Kagome saw no point in, although when she had said it would make good cover to murder someone, inuyasha had given her a strange look. The third floor they passed had a strip club, which disgusted Kagome to say the least, and the fourth floor was the finial level. the one where the club owner was and where they would be having their meeting. She sighed at looked up, "these floors have ridiculously high ceilings."

Inuyasha shushed her, "Just remember what I said about being quite and not you okay? this is the business side of things no killing. No rude comments. we cant always make money off the things we loot and investors like these are the only reason I could consider giving you the medication we did when you almost died. the medication that put us in the red."

She nodded, "okay boss. got it, this is important..ill listen to you for once."

With that Inuyasha opened the door and walked into the room, Kagome trailing behind. He walked directly to a table with a handsome red-eyed man, black hair braided down his back and a rather ugly beast looking man sitting next to him. As Inuyasha approached the table, the two men stood and smiled at him, The handsome red-eyed man spoke up "Hello Inuyasha."

Inuyasha gave them a slight nod, "Hello Hiten, Manten."

The uglier man - Manten- nodded back in hello and eyed Kagome who was standing a few feet by Inuyasha, her head tilted to the side examining the trio, "who is she?"

Inuyasha looked over his shoulder at Kagome, "The person you where both dying to meet, Kagome, they are Hiten and Manten. they are also known as the thunder brothers for their less..desired business. also they are our investors."

Kagome took a few steps forward and eyes the two bothers carefully, as if she where a panther eyeing her prey. "Brothers? Interesting...a bit young for such business though if you ask me."

Hiten inwardly grinned at the sweet sound of the women's voice but kept his mind on the topic at hand, "The person we requested was the leader of the Shikon Rebels, not a little girl thats a bustier version kikyo, although the gesture is appreciated."

Inuyasha inwardly groaned when he heard Kagome's enraged hiss, "you did not just compare me to the little whore."

The two brothers looked taken aback by her response and Inuyasha caught her wrist just as she had pulled her knife from her holster and aimed it at Hiten, ready to throw it through his eye, "god damn it Kagome what the hell did I tell you?!"

She glared at Inuyasha and then the brothers before tearing her wrist free and placing her knife back into place on her thigh, "To not kill them. and I wont boss, I was just...kidding." She waved her hand in the air as if brushing off the whole thing, "Anyways, I am the leader of the Shikon Rebels. My name is Kagome Higurashi, Im not a little girl I'm 18, and can assure you am nothing like Kikyo, the damn bitch doesn't know her place I would break her neck if I was allowed and savor every crunch of her spine."

The two brothers looked at her impressed before sitting down, Inuyasha followed after. Kagome eyed them before turing and walking to the bar, ordering a jack and coke and returning to the booth, taking her seat. The Thunder brothers continued to stare at her as she sat on the very edge of the booth facing outwards with one leg crossed over the other, causing her dress to ride up even more. She took a sip of her drink and turned slightly to look back at them. Hiten spoke first, "In that case I apologize, I honestly did not expect the leader of such a destructive force to be such an attractive young girl."

Kagome smirked at him and rested her elbow on the table, knuckles under her chin, "and I didn't expect such handsome young men to be the people I was supposed to meet today, I would have dressed much nicer had I known." she looked at both of the men before her and winked.

Inuyasha nearly choked on his beer, out of all the fucking men she choses my investors? the bitch wants to spite me.

Manten looked at her wide eyed and attempted to fix the little hair he had. Hiten grinned at her, "I must say you look absolutely stunning, you would have been blinding had you tried to dress any nicer. and as for the young men comment, I thank you. but I can assure you we have lived a long time being the demons that we are."

Kagome smiled at him and practically purred her next words -much to Inuyasha's horror- "demon or no, I know a handsome man when I see one."

The two brothers smiled at her, and then looked over to Inuyasha, "we understand your looking for a bit of extra money from each of your investors, may we ask why?"

Inuyasha, who was thankful to get back to the actual reason he was here, nodded, "We have recently encountered events that have put us into the red, we don't want to go any deeper in than we already are."

Manten frowned at him, "don't tell me that Kagome's rebels have leached such a huge sum of money out of you in that deal?"

Inuyasha shook his head in the negative, "Not in the slightest."

Hiten looked suspiciously at him, "the what took so much money out of you?"

Inuyasha smirked behind his beer suddenly glad Kagome had made the two demons like her, "you see kagome wouldn't be sitting here had I not paid a huge sum of money in medical bills."

The two demons instantly looked to Kagome who beamed at them, the smile would have been charming to even inuyasha had he not recognized it as the same smile she had used before hitting him with a frying pan the night before just to knock him out for a few moments to steal his last beer. It was a smile meant to feign delight and innocence, to make you let your guard down. he had to admit it worked on him last night and he still had to continuously remind himself that, that smile was evil. he almost forgot and let it trick him even now, when it wasn't even directed at him. She then turned fully towards the demons across the table, "you see I had blown myself up in an attempt to rid us of Sesshomaru and almost died in the process...Inuyasha here tells me my heart did actually stop twice in surgery. and you know the real down side? Sesshomaru is still alive and out for blood. my blood."

The brothers looked at Kagome sympathetically and then back at Inuyasha, who decided to play off Kagome's flirty innocence, "she was also in a coma for a week, when she woke up she couldn't speak and was stuck in a wheel chair for another week."

Hiten frowned, "you lost your ability to speak for a week?"

Kagome nodded, "It could have been permanent."

"That would have been a true shame, you have the voice of an angel."

Kagome smiled at Hiten, "thank you, I just hope that we can be prepared to fend off Sesshomaru when he comes for revenge."

Inuyasha grinned, "and in order to do so we need money, or we all die, right Kagome?"

"yes boss."

Hiten and Manten exchanged a look and then looked back at Kagome before quickly agreeing to give them whatever money they needed. they had their assistant draw up a contract and the three signed it before Inuyasha and Kagome left. Kagome of corse gave both the demon men a kiss on the cheek before sauntering out the door confidently. when the pair reached Inuyasha's car he spoke up, "I won."

Kagome smiled, "Did you now?"

He nodded, "They where sold the moment we mention the money had gone to your life, probably the moment you even walked into the room."

"so...this means I'm actually pretty?"

and there's the understatement of the fucking century, "yes Kagome, It means your pretty...you know what else it means?"

She shook her head.

Inuyasha drove away from the curb, "You will be accompanying me on a lot more of investor meetings, try to work that charm you pulled out of your ass in there will you?"

Kagome blinked, "but I almost threw a chair with how disgusting all that was. and the kisses almost made me vomit."

"Ill give you whatever you want."

She thought for a second, "I want to cut off your hair and sell it on that internet thingy Shippo told me about."

He glanced sideways at her, "No."

"but you said you would give me whatever I wanted."

"But not that."

She frowned, "fine...then I want a tree house and and apartment."

she just asked to move in with me again and now she's leaving? "okay...since we still have money in that area of our finances and then some..where do you want an apartment and where the fuck do you expect me to build a tree house?"

"courtyard level 22. its built to replicate a war zone right? it would feel like home..oh and i want my tree house in court yard one. in that Giant tree near the back."

"okay I can kinda get the whole war zone apartment thing...but why the fuck do you want a treehouse?"

Kagome grinned out the window, "rule number 39."

"...do I even want to know?"

"well it came from a dream when I had wings and-"

"No. I don't want to know."

She huffed and looked at the huge building The Blood Hounds had made their headquarters and home as Inuyasha drove up, "Hey Inuyasha?"

"what?"

"whats the leader of The Spiders like?" She looked over and almost gasped when she saw Inuyasha's face twist in rage and his eyes flash red before he took a deep breath, returning his face to the mask of indifference it almost always was. even when he yelled at people he never really seemed to show any sign that you really got to him. he made himself seem cold. but Kagome knew from that moment, Inuyasha had a lot more to hide then she thought...just like me..

She shook the thought away when he spoke, his voice carefully level, "He is the most sickening person you will ever meet. The worst kind of scum."

"the kind of scum who rapes and murder's a mother as her child watches and kills a toddler?"

"and he would do it with a smile. him and his men are the reason Im even in this fucking war."

Kagome frowned to herself as her and inuyasha exited the car and went inside, "Interesting."

"Kagome...are you sure those men who killed your mother and little brother didn't see you?"

Kagome pressed the elevator button for the 49th floor before turning to him with a sad smile, "Just because I told you I had hidden doesn't mean they didn't find me. they where demons after all."

"they found you and let you live?"

"On the grounds that I was to young to fuck properly but too old to be an entertaining kill, yes they let me live. I swore to make that into the biggest regret of their life."

Inuyasha looked down at the girl, her eyes glittering with anger and sadness, she no longer looked powerful in that dress she looked distant and lost, like she was a spirit, broken in life and left to haunt the earth. thats what she really is isn't she? She has nothing to do here but wonder...just like me...In that moment Inuyasha did something he hadn't done in years, He kissed a women on the lips.

Kagome felt her eyes widen in shock, she had felt a mans kiss before. but never like this, what she had felt was always desperate in an attempt for sex -and not by choice on her part- or fake, as a way to distract someone long enough to save her life. This..this was different, the kiss Inuyasha gave her was nothing desperate or sexually charged, it wasn't even much of a kiss just a feather light brush of his lips against her own. but this kiss, it was filled with years of pain and sorrow, hatred and loss, but above all Inuyasha's kiss was understanding. It was a silent way he told her that he understood her pain, that she was not alone. In that realization, kagome did something she swore she never would, she let her guard down, and she let herself hope that maybe she did have something to live for. maybe one day she would be okay, maybe life wasn't all about a peaceful death. maybe there was something to it and for the first time in a long time she felt a small spark of something other than hatred, sadness or pain. Something she couldn't quite identify but it had her thinking that maybe, just maybe, her life was worth living.

What surprised her more was when Inuyasha pulled away he looked vulnerable too as he brushed away the tears she didn't even know she had shed with a gentleness she didn't know he possessed. Then all too soon the elevator bell rang and he was back to his cold self, he walked out of the elevator calmly but not before whispering, "Im sorry Kagome." it was so faint she almost missed it.

She stood there in the elevator doors alone, two fingers on her lips. no one had ever been so gentle with her, and absolutely no one saw past her walls like Inuyasha did, not even Hojo. that little detail unnerved her, it shook her to the core. she stepped from the elevator in a daze, debating between trying to build her walls higher and push Inuyasha as far away as she could get him, or letting whatever emotions he had sparked in her grow and see what happens. above her more rational debate, that tiny cautious was screaming at her to run in the opposite direction as fast as she could, until she was back home in her domain. Instead she slowly walked down the hallways to Inuyasha's office, in the secret elevator he had left open for her and directly into the lions den.

Kagome had never been one to listen to caution.

there! finished joy to me...anyways yall are going to find out what 'that' is in soon if all goes well