InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Be Without You ❯ I said Chicken Parmesan! ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

A/N: Hey, everyone. My name is Sammie, and this is my first fic. Please review and tell me your ideas, because I know I need some improvement! xD This story is dedicated to Kagaga no Subaba, AKA InuU, because her stories moved me to write one of my own. I hope you all like, and enjoy!
 
-Sammie
 
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Two years. Two whole years since that happened. Two years seems like a long time, but to 20 year old Kagome Higurashi, the past two years seemed to go by like yesterday. She wouldn't realize the time pass, as every day was the same for her.
 
“Kagome! Get up; We're going to be late!” Sango yelled, fumbling for the key that fit the door to Kagome's apartment.
 
Kagome rolled over, groaning. Suddenly, she heard her alarm clock beeping in the distance, and the front door to her apartment slam shut. She cracked her eye open, to find a very wet Sango in her room, rummaging through her drawers and closets, picking out her clothes for their long day at work. Kagome rolled over once more, trying to drown out the sound of slamming wood and doors that were well over due for WD-40, and the annoying beep of her alarm clock. After about ten minutes, she finally gave in, and sat up. Rubbing her eyes, she looked like she was a zombie, as she walked lazily into the bathroom. Sango sighed and continued to find something for Kagome to wear.
 
The hot water beaded on her skin as Kagome stepped into the steamy hot shower. “Shit, hot!” Kagome cursed as she turned the knob more toward the cold water.
 
Sango giggled, and laid out a nice suit for Kagome to wear for the day. It was the same routine every morning. Yelling and slamming things to wake Kagome up. Then laughing at the mistake her best friend made in her sleepy state, hearing her curse like a sailor at the running water in the shower.
 
`Poor Kagome, when will she be back to her normal cheerful self again?' Sango thought as she made her way to the kitchen to cook a quick breakfast. Kagome's psychiatrist had told Sango to be patient with Kagome, for her trauma would not be easily recovered. Still, Sango could not help but worry over her friend.
 
They would be late to work, but it didn't matter. Kagome and Sango were the top waitresses for “Only Yours”, a five star restaurant of ten floors, the top three rooms being small, and secluded, for private business parties. They were partners for the top three floors, considering waiting on large parties of rich people was way too stressful for only one waitress. `Partners in Crime' everyone called the two, they were inseparable.
 
Kagome stepped out of her room, and eyed Sango for a minute, then grabbed a piece of toast.
 
“So it's raining outside.” It was a huge understatement, as Sango was drenched head to toe.
 
“Kagome, I need to borrow some clothes and your hair dryer. That damn weatherman is always wrong, saying it was going to be clear and sunny today!” and it was just as the weatherman had predicted, until about a half hour ago clouds appeared from nowhere, and it felt as though someone from above had dumped a huge bucket of water on the city.
 
Kagome was half listening, and replied with an “Mmmhm”, pointing to her room. She couldn't help but stare into space, her mind racing faster than the speed of light, deep in thought.
 
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Two years. Two years and not a single phone call from her. The love of his life ripped his heart out and did a dance on it, making it turn into stone. He was arrogant, rude, and impolite. Inuyasha rolled over onto his side, glaring at his alarm clock.
 
“It's going to be bright and sunny today, not a cloud in sight!” the weatherman exclaimed, and Inuyasha picked up the device and chucked it across his room. He knew damn well it was going to be raining like cats and dogs in a few minutes, give or take, he could smell it. Yes, I said smell. Inuyasha Kochi, a 22 year old male, was a hanyou; half-demon, half human. The two triangular ears perched on the top of his head swiveled toward his bedroom door, and in less than a minute, Miroku, his best friend, came running into his bedroom, water dripping from every part of his body. Inuyasha inwardly laughed, a smirk crossing his features.
 
“Look what the cat dragged in.” Inuyasha's smirk was slapped off of his face when Miroku took off his soaked coat and threw it on him.
 
“The cat dragged in this wet coat.” Miroku retorted, watching Inuyasha growl angrily, jump from his bed, and shake head to toe in a dog-like manner. Miroku chuckled, and soon his chuckle turned into full-out laughter as he saw Inuyasha use his hand to cup his ears in a move of drying them off.
 
“Thanks Miroku, now I need to take twice as long of a shower, because I smell like you.” Inuyasha ground out through gritted teeth.
 
“Well hurry up.” He untied his hair and picked up a comb from Inuyasha's desk. “Sesshomaru is going to be furious, considering we will be late to that lunch-thing held at the top floor of this fancy restaurant.”
 
“Nice choice of words; `lunch-thing.' Hahaha.” Inuyasha faked a laugh, turning on his shower.
 
Miroku was looking at his watch, counting down with a mischievous smile on his face. `Five, four, three…two…two and a half…one.'
 
“SHIT, COLD!” Inuyasha yelled from the shower, and Miroku went into fits of laughter. It was the same thing every morning, well, ever since Kikyo had left him. That girl sure broke his heart, and he hasn't been the same since. Sesshomaru even tried setting up blind dates for Inuyasha, to try and rid his heart from pain and the icy cold-ness that frosted over it, but he had a wall of brick built up, not letting anyone in.
 
Miroku frowned and set down the comb, putting his hair back in a low pony tail. He walked out to the living room, giving Inuyasha some space to get dressed. He flicked on the TV and turned up the volume. None other than Kikyo herself was plastered on the TV screen, in the middle of an interview with the news. She was the head of a world known perfume company, and everyone wanted her pretty face on the front of their tabloids. Hearing Inuyasha come out from his room, Miroku abruptly turned off the television, and turned to see him in a terrible mood. Miroku sighed, knowing he saw her, and moved to speak, but Inuyasha put his hand up to silence him.
 
Inuyasha scowled at the hot coffee in front of him. He heard Kikyo's voice from the bathroom, which put him in a worse mood than he already was in. He drank the last sip and moved to put on his jacket. Miroku followed him and grabbed an umbrella.
 
“Today is going to be another shitty day.” Inuyasha sighed and got into the drivers side of the car.
 
Soon, they arrived at the restaurant called “Only Yours”, and Inuyasha gave a grunt at the name.
 
“Think they could have been more creative?” He said dryly, pointing a finger toward the restaurant. Miroku rolled his eyes, without responding he got out of the car, and walked to the entrance.
 
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“Why did you choose starbucks, Kagome? Now we are thirty five minutes late for work.” Sango sped up, and zigzagged through the traffic.
 
“I like their Mocha Frappuchinos. I can suck it down before we get there, I promise.” Kagome took another slurp of her coffee drink. “Besides, it is well worth it; all this tasty goodness.” She planted the straw back into her mouth and once again slurped.
 
After what seemed like forever through the traffic of the busy streets, they finally arrived at the restaurant. After Kagome got out of the car, Sango grabbed her hand and dragged her into work. They sped passed two men, one with dark brown hair, and the other with long silver-looking hair. Sango didn't think twice about them as she rushed into the kitchen, pulling on her waitress apron, grabbing a pen and a pad. Kagome clocked both of them in, pulling on her apron, and grabbing the pen out of Sango's hand. Sango gave her a `what the hell do you think your doing?' look.
 
“I want purple.” Kagome stated as she ran to the elevator, sticking out her tongue as the doors closed.
 
Sango grabbed another pen and waited for the elevator to return to the bottom. `She hides her pain behind her job and smiles that look like they reach her face. If anyone knew her as well as I do, they would realize behind those smiles was a girl screaming for help. I know I cannot help her, but if I am unable to, then who can?' Sango stepped into the elevator, thinking of ways to bring her friend out of the stump she was in. `If that fucker wouldn't have…' her thoughts trailed off and she lifted her eyebrow in amusement at what she saw before her.
 
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“I said I want the chicken parmesan, bitch!” Inuyasha growled to the waitress. She was really getting on his nerves, and the fact she resembled his ex was quite disturbing.
 
“With all do respect sir, my name is Kagome. I do recall telling everyone that.” Kagome was trying her hardest to remain at her best behavior, but it was something about this white-haired guy that really ticked her off.
 
“Keh! Whatever.” He watched as her eye started slightly twitching, and her eyes became livid, looking like burning flames dancing within them.
 
She couldn't believe this guy! Out of all of the men she had ever met, he was the hottest guy she had ever seen. But her thoughts soon turned dark after he had mumbled what he wanted to order, and after she had asked him kindly to repeat, he called her a bitch. `The nerve of this guy! I should give him a piece of my mind.'
 
“Ok, Ok, that's enough Kagome, I will take over.” Sango interrupted her friend from almost losing her job. She looked around the table, and noticed the majority of them were demons. The only two humans were a girl who didn't look a day over seventeen, and a guy with brown hair and light brown eyes, staring at her, grinning. He stood out of his seat, and walked toward her, not taking his eyes from hers. She found it very hard to look away, and only half noticed her friend and one of the people at the table starting to argue. He stopped in front of her, putting on his boyish smile. He picked up her hand and kissed it lightly, watching the dark blush cross over her features. Reality came crashing down on her as he raised his hand to cup her breast. Her face turned even more shades of red, and she hit him over the head with her note pad. Hard.
 
“PERVERTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!” She screamed, and Kagome stopped her argument with the asshole with white hair to direct her attention to her friend. In fact, everyone in the whole room stopped their conversation and looked in Sango's direction with curiosity. Almost the whole table sighed, and returned to conversing. Kagome looked around questioningly, and got a dumb stare from the guy facing her.
 
“He's a lecher. Miroku that is. This is something that happens every day. It's only amusing until you have seen it a thousand times.” Inuyasha stated, and Kagome formed an `O' of her mouth in understanding. At this time Inuyasha took the opportunity to take in her appearance. She was tall; around 5'6 with long legs, her waist curved at just the right points, and her breasts were not too small, nor too big. Her skin was pale and her eyes were light brown, with the look of amusement playing across her features. Her hair was black, giving off a blue-like hue, long and wavy, stopping in an angle just above her mid back. Her voice shook him out of his reverie, and he came back to the real world.
 
“Like what you see?” She became very unnerved by the way he was `checking her out'; almost as if he approved of the way she looked, so she decided to interrupt him.
 
“Keh!” Was all he could manage, as he crossed his arms and turned his way the opposite way, trying to hide his blush. While Inuyasha was recovering from being caught, Kagome turned to see Sango still red and infuriated. She walked over to Kagome and dragged her into the employee's room on that floor.
 
“DID YOU SEE THAT?!?!” Sango all but screamed, her face still as red as an apple. Kagome patted her on the back and sighed.
 
“Let's try introducing ourselves again, and hope that asshole doesn't call me a bitch again or else I will jump across that table and pull out every strand of his pretty silver hair.” Kagome picked up her note pad and pen from the little table in the middle of the room, and went to open the door, but Sango pulled her back into the room.
 
“I haven't seen you like this in what seems like forever. Why did you let him get to you?” Sango questioned, very curious as to how this guy could get her friends eyes so full of fire. Usually Kagome would just brush off assholes like him and ignore their shouts. `I guess the saying `Ignorance is bliss' doesn't work in this scenario.'
 
“Well, I asked to take his order and he mumbled what he wanted, so I asked him to repeat it and he called me a bitch!” Kagome huffed and put the tip of her pen into her mouth.
 
“Okay, let's go back out but please hide all objects that might cause harm, that are within 5 feet of me. I just might want to pick up a knife or something and throw it at that lechers head.” Sango said, her face starting to flush again.
 
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“Just apologize to the poor girl, Inuyasha. All she was trying to do was take your order.” Sesshomaru tried to reason with his half-brother. He didn't feel like having to tip the waitress more than he needed to.
 
“Keh!” Inuyasha crossed his arms and looked the other way. “And what about you, Miroku? Why don't you apologize to that other waitress and introduce yourself the right way if you like her so much?”
 
Miroku coughed and looked up at his friend. “I think you should do the same. She looks fiery, and full of personality. Not stale like Kikyo is. She's the type of person who could knock you off of your high horse, your type, Inuyasha.”
 
“How the hell would you know what my type is? And how does Kikyo always end up the topic of conversation? Inuyasha scowled and got out of his seat to look out of the tall glass window. He heard the footsteps of the waitresses coming back to the table, so he turned around and walked back to his seat.
 
“Hi, my name is Kagome.”
“And my name is Sango.”
“We will be serving you for the day” Kagome continued with a bright smile.
“We will start with the woman in the blue dress.” Sango pointed to the girl who looked very young. The woman didn't speak and a guy with very long, silver hair and golden eyes stood up. He looked very feminine. His hair was silver, and very long, stopping at his butt. He had very high cheek bones, and amber eyes, with a crescent moon on his forehead. He also had two purple streaks on each side of his cheek.
 
“Sorry to interrupt, but I would like to apologize for my partner's behavior, and introduce everyone, since you have been so kind to put up with them.” Sesshomaru looked around. “My name is Sesshomaru. I am at the head of the company called “Outbreak”, but what we do exactly is strictly confidential, so no questions please. I would like the chicken alfredo.” Kagome scribbled on her note pad as a young girl stood up. She had brown hair so dark that it looked black, and it stopped at her lower back. She smiled brightly.
 
“Hi! My name is Rin. I am Sesshies secretary! I am nineteen years old, even though I still look like I'm in high school. I would like the same as Sesshie please.” She giggled and sat down. Kagome took down her order, and Sango ran to get refreshments. A woman with brown hair pulled up in a pony tail, with red eyes stood. “I'm Kagura and I am the front secretary for “Outbreak”. I would like spaghetti marinara.” She introduced herself with an expression of boredom across her face. Sango returned with a helper from the kitchen, carrying two pitchers of water, two of iced tea, and two big bowls full of salad.
 
“I will be right back with rolls and glasses.” She ran back into the elevator, the kitchen helper in toe. A young man with brown hair in a high pony tail, with ice blue eyes stood, eyeing Kagome. “Hi, my name is Kouga, and my part of the job is what makes our business confidential.” He flashed a grin at Kagome and continued. “I would like the shrimp scampi.” Kagome flushed a little and jotted down the orders. Sango returned again with the kitchen helper, carrying three baskets of rolls, and 6 glasses. She set the glasses down beside each member at the table asking each if they would like either iced tea, or water. The guy who had infuriated Sango stood, pulling the guy with white hair up with him.
 
“Hi, I'm Miroku, and this is Inuyasha.” Miroku pointed to himself, then to Inuyasha. “We would like to apologize for earlier, and hope you two would accept our apology by letting us treat you to dinner tonight.” Inuyasha did a double take. `Us?! I have to take that bitch out to dinner, and PAY FOR IT?!' he screamed in his head. While Inuyasha was having his self-conflict, Kagome and Sango looked at each other and nodded their head.
 
“Sure, we will go. Under one condition.” Kagome eyed Inuyasha suspiciously
“Which is?” Miroku asked.
“Don't touch Sango in any way, unless she asks you to. And tell Inuyasha to call me by my name, nothing else.” Kagome finished. By this time Inuyasha was about to open his mouth, most likely to say something nasty, when Miroku jumped in.
“Deal. Before we leave this restaurant today, we will need both of your address and phone numbers, so we can pick you up, and call you.”
“Deal.” Sango and Kagome chirped. Miroku sat down, and pulled Inuyasha with him.
 
“I would like the linguine with clam sauce.” Miroku finished and looked to Inuyasha.
“Chicken parmesan.” Simple and clean, just like Inuyasha himself.
“I will be back with your food in about fifteen to twenty minutes. Please enjoy yourselves.” Kagome smiled and turned to walk to the elevator.
“Today is going to be a long day.” Sango sighed and dragged herself into the kitchen.
 
To her word, Kagome, Sango, and a kitchen helper popped out of the elevator with plates of food in their hands. They set each dish down to their rightful owner and set the bill in the middle of the table. Kagome scribbled something down on her note pad, tore it in half, and handed one piece to Miroku, and the other to Inuyasha.
 
“Enjoy your meal.” Sango said with a smile. “We will be back in another twenty minutes to check up on you.” She winked and took the elevator to the ninth floor. Kagome and her friend took a deep breath, ready to wait on another party, and stepped out of the elevator. `Good, this party only has three people.' Kagome thought and let out her breath she had been holding. She stopped dead in her tracks, with eyes opened wide. Sango looked behind her, sensing her friend had stopped, and then looked in the direction she was staring toward. Sango put her hand up to her mouth.
 
“Oh, my, gosh.” Was all that could come out of her mouth. Kagome regained her composure and walked over to the table, still a little shaky.
 
“Hi, my name is Sango.”
“My name is Kagome. We will be your waitresses today. Can I take your order?” She tried to smile the best she could. The girl at this table could be considered some type of a twin, the resemblance was so strong.
 
“Can we have our rolls, salad and drinks while we think about what we want?” The girl asked, eyeing Kagome like she was a mirror. Sango nodded, turning toward the elevator, Kagome right behind her. As soon as they got into the elevator, Kagome almost screamed.
 
“What the hell?! SHE LOOKS LIKE ME! What the fuck is going on here?! If we were related I would to at least have known. Is this girl some kind of clone or something?! This is just weird.” Kagome ranted to her friend. Sango just nodded and agreed. They picked up a bowl of salad, two baskets of rolls, three glasses and asked a worker in the kitchen to help them carry a pitcher of water and iced tea. They stepped out of the elevator and set everything down on the table in their right place.
 
“There's water and there's iced tea. Please help yourself to pouring whatever you would like. If you want soda, please let me know and I will run down and get you a pitcher.”
 
“This is fine.” The young man answered. He looked like a human with his black long wavy hair, but his dark red eyes screamed `demon!', it wasn't too hard to tell between the two. Kagome left Sango to take their order as she went to check on the floor above them. When she came in she noticed they were about to leave.
 
“Your money is on the table, along with a nice tip for you to split between you and your friend. The food was great, and thank you very much for your patience.” Sesshomaru walked toward the elevator, his employees behind him. Kagome followed and stepped into the elevator with them. She pressed button 9, while Sesshomaru pressed button 1. In no longer than 10 seconds, the door opened and Inuyasha's heart sunk.
 
`Kikyo' Inuyasha was surprised to say the least, for the ex girlfriend he had not heard of in two years, sat at a table no more than 15 feet away from him. Everyone else saw her too, and as Kagome stepped out of the elevator, the door closed.
 
“Inuyasha,” Miroku tried to coax him, trying to help his friend from having another nervous break down.
 
“Cram it, Miroku, save your sympathy.” Inuyasha looked down at the ground, not moving his eyes until the elevator reached the bottom floor.
 
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Inuyasha walked into his apartment, and slammed the door behind him. Two seconds later the phone rang. He cursed under his breath, muttering something about `no peace and privacy' and picked up the phone.
 
“What do you want?” was his oh-so-welcome response.
“Don't forget Inuyasha, call that girl and set up a date, or else I will do it for you!” Miroku teased. Inuyasha slammed the phone back down on the holder, sighed, and went into his room to rest. His thoughts went to Kikyo, then Kagome, then he drifted off to sleep. His dreams were filled with running from one thousand Kikyo's who were chasing after him with red eyes.
 
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Twenty minutes after Sango walked through her door, she got a phone call.
 
“Hello?” She answered.
“Hi Sango, this is Miroku. So, I'll pick you up in two hours?” Sango's heart skipped a beat, and she was blushing all over again.
“Umm, sure.” She couldn't say much because she all the sudden found it very hard to talk.
“Wonderful! Can you do me a favor and call Kagome and tell her the news? Inuyasha, well you see, he's a bit shy if you know what I mean.” If Miroku had been in her presence he would have winked.
“Okay, I will tell her that he will be at her house in two hours.” Sango said, stating the obvious. She all the sudden felt very stupid.
“Sounds like a plan. See you in a little bit Sango.” And with that, he hung up the phone.
 
Sango leaned against her back against the wall, and slid down to the floor. What the hell was she going to wear? She decided she would think about that later, and picked up the phone to call Kagome.
 
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A/N: This chapter took forever for me to write…I kept going through it over and over again trying my best to correct my mistakes. Please read and review, tell me how you like it, I like constructive criticism, but please keep the flames within your mouths, and reviews motivate me to write more :3! I should be able to update once or twice every week or so. TTFN!!~~