Inuyasha

Chapter 2: Punishment

She never really did want to hide from him that she was now working as a part-time gravure model at the moment, but also because she was just starting out and the jobs that she was hired to do, as handled by her manager, was really rather small. She was scouted along the streets of Shibuya despite of what she wore being out of fashion, she was told that she had the potential to, and that was also just when she broke up with Inuyasha who went behind her back with another.

It was heart breaking but the way he had phrased himself really put her down in confidence and had it not been for her friends and Miroku who were by her side, she would have like been more depress and down in the dumps. Her confidence would have most likely taken a fall for the worse as well, but this job, as encouraged by the friends that were privy to it, told her it has boosted her confidence and so did her sexual appeal, that had her blushing all the time, despite of her new career.

She went by a different name, just so that those that were unsure of it being her, would most likely think not. It requires some acting on her part from time to time, but she wanted to keep it under wraps for now, at least until she was more prepared. There were times when she would receive a mail via her phone from her ex-boyfriend, but was sure that it was his girlfriend that was making him do so out of concern for her. It was hard to find fault in her, but it did make Kagome feel inferior that she was the bigger person than Kagome could ever be.

"Please take care of me," Kagome greeted the crew that she was working with for the first time as she bowed to them courteously.

A resounding of "Same here, please take care of us," emitted from the crew as Kagome was guided by the stylist and makeup artist into the dressing area where they had prepared for her the set of clothes to be worn whilst doing her makeup.

Miroku kept away from Kagome for a few days, to keep his bad habits at bay, but mainly it was to not scare her too much should he accidently let it out of his feelings for her. It was easier this way to keep at bay, and keep track of things with her via phone mailing. It was really a miracle that he had kept his grabby hands to himself, but it was also because he wanted to change for the better now that he had thoughts of settling down. From time to time he would constantly flirt with other women, but it was just for the 'fun' of it and to keep up with appearance. He should really stop, but thought it was best to keep up with appearance when around Kagome.

He had long since stopped with sleeping around, usually spending the time with Kagome whenever he could that would not arouse suspicion on her end. Learning how to play video games, was really just a means of getting closer to her, and to spend more time with her, despite of his own reasoning to Kagome.

The charade was a tiring one, but at least she was starting to move away from her ex-boyfriend, Inuyasha who too is a close friend of his despite it all. How they had gotten together was really a curious thing to him, but then again he too got together with Sango in the past, and she was really a tomboyish girl as compared to the various other girls around them then.

Though a curious thing he had found recently was that Kagome had been telling him to not come over whenever he would ask to, claiming that she would be busy and would not be home. It had gotten him curious, but left it as it is, shrugging it off as Kagome wanting to be left on her own to finish a new game campaign or just wanting to be left alone, which worries him.

And recently it has been happening quite a lot as well that he was feeling left out even if they were to converse via phone often. Had it not been one of the days that he spent some time with the department that he was in-charged of, he would not have known of what she had been up to recently. He was unsure at first but the more he looked through online for the model, Ai, the more it confirmed his suspicion. Why had she not told him about her new job, was the second thing that came to her mind, the first made his thirsty and staring in disbelieve of how she looked.

It was not that she was not pretty in the first place, but to see her there in the magazine with such confidence was really something that he had hoped to see around him. And to see her already like that before of the camera with the look of shyness to her really adds onto the appeal that he had to suppress a groan that his imagination was playing on him.

Kagome was just wrapping up after countless of photo-shoots that she was engaged for thanks to the pushing of her manager who had always wanted her to be on full-time. She had recently taken to doing some clothes modeling as well for VIVI fashion magazine, Akira, and even a few cosplay photo-shoots for some of the brands that were interested in her. Though it did deprive her of her games, but it did brought her more confidence and gave her some joy, especially when in modeling for some of the cosplay costume catalogues.

Finally able to call it a day, Kagome trudge back home after much good byes and good work to everyone else at the studio as she let her manager drive her home. Somewhere in the night when she was falling asleep, her phone began to ring as Kagome picked it up, wincing at the sudden light in the darkness.

"Hello?" Kagome groggily answered phone, covering a yawn as she lay in bed with her eyes closed.

"Kagome~!" came the over happily voice of Miroku over the phone as she groaned out inaudibly which had Miroku frowning over the phone to her.

"Did I wake you up?" he asked with a frowning tone as Miroku kept his eyes on the road whilst driving.

"What do you want Miroku," she asked him, sleepily groaning into the phone as she turn to lie on her side, just so her phone will rest upon her ears without her hand.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'll call you again in the morning okay?" Miroku asked her, feeling slightly guilty about make the call in hopes of asking her out for supper. Though if hearing her groaning voice was a form of punishment, he would rather take it as a reward at the moment.

Kagome hanged up with a "Mmnh," as she place her phone back to her bedside table where her spectacles is and rolled back into slumber, not at all bothered by his call.

Miroku however was in torture that night when he was trying to fall asleep, just because he made a phone call. It was really a punishment instead of a reward now.

A/N:

Hello Readers!
I can't help it if I can type out such a quick chapter update to this new fan fiction. . it's really hard not to somehow, just like some of the other fan fiction or crossover that I've done thus far. It's hard to fight it! I hope that you had enjoyed the first chapter though, even if it was released just about 2 hours ago, have a great week guys!