InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Close Quarters ❯ The Press Party ( Chapter 15 )

A/N: And here it is just like I promised! The big press party now go read!

 

There is lemon content in this chapter and any under age readers need to turn back now! You have been warned!

 

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“Kagome!”

 

She had been listening to Inuyasha scream her name, swear, and yell bloody murder for the last hour. She had no idea that putting on a tux could be so stressful, but then again Inuyasha was not one for fancy clothes and he could make anything stressful.

 

“Kagome!” He yelled again. She finished tying the last strap on her shoe and walked out of her room to Inuyasha's to see what the new dilemma was.

 

“What is it this time Inuyasha?” She asked.

 

“I can't get this on!” He said, struggling with the bow tie.

 

“And I thought women took a long time getting dressed,” she giggled.

 

“Screw it! I'm putting on something else!” He said, throwing the bow tie on the floor.

 

“Inuyasha it's formal you have to wear a tux,” she reasoned.

 

“The party is for me and my design so it's not like they're not going to let me in,” he said, taking the jacket off and throwing it on the floor too.

 

“I just hope we're on time,” she said.

 

“We will be; this won't take long.” Kagome exited the room and went to sit on the couch. When she sat down she played with her dress a little, letting it pool on the floor and then crossing her legs to see how it draped. She had never worn a dress made out of such fine material before and she loved the way it felt on her skin.

 

“Let's get going.” Inuyasha's voice startled her out of the adoration of her dress. He was dressed less extravagant this time in a black dress coat and pants with a red button up shirt and his hair was tie back in a pony tail at the base of his neck. Kagome had to admit that he looked better like this.

 

She went to get her coat and walk out of the door when he stopped her and started to fumble with his jacket pocket.

 

“Umm here, I got this for you to wear,” he said, awkwardly. He opened the rectangular jewelry box to reveal the pearl necklace he bought for her. He even went out on a limb and got matching pearl earrings.

 

Kagome's mouth was opening and closing like a fish and she couldn't figure out what to say. The jewelry was beautiful but she felt a little spoiled.

 

“How much did that cost?” She asked in a whisper.

 

“Never mind that, just put'em on,” he said, blushing a little.

 

“I can't. Inuyasha this is too much, first the dress and now this. They look so expensive,” she said, shaking her head.

 

“I bought it because it would be silly to wear that dress and no jewelry to go with it. If you're so concerned about money then you should know that not wearing it is a waste `cause I ain't taking them back,” he said, matter-of-factly.

 

Kagome didn't say anything else she simply turned around and allowed him to put the necklace on. Inuyasha tied the pearls around her neck, which was much easier to do since she had her hair up in a tight bun. To him she looked better this time then first time she tried the dress on. She looked really beautiful with her hair up and the little curly tendrils hanging down. His hand brushed against her back and he almost wanted to do it again.

 

“Inuyasha is it on?” She asked, breaking his concentration.

 

“Yeah let's go,” he said, heading for the door.

 

Kagome put her new earrings on in the car and they made it to the party in record time. Members of the press were already gathered inside the building that had been rented out for the occasion. Inuyasha opened her door and took her hand before giving the keys to the valet to park. Kagome felt very shy and excited about the whole thing. She really felt more like Inuyasha's girlfriend right now than his friend.

 

As soon as Inuyasha arrived the cameras flashed and she smiled and waved at everyone. Then Inuyasha's boss came over with a cigar in his mouth. He was smiling and laughing and pulled Inuyasha into a strong hug. She could have sworn she heard Inuyasha mutter something about a “three second rule” and then he pushed away from the hug. Then he stood next to Inuyasha who pulled her closer so they could all have their picture taken together.

 

“Now that the guest of honor has arrived let's start the party!” His boss announced loudly.

 

All the reporters, photographers, and magazine representatives entered the building and Inuyasha's boss pulled them along. Inside the building waiters and waitresses walked around with trays of champagne and high-class hor'douerves and a small band made of violinists and a piano played. Right now she didn't have to do any talking because it was just Inuyasha's boss introducing him to more important people. He would of course introduce her too, but they would forget she was there after that. She did spy her boss on the other side of the room but thought nothing of it.

 

“Inuyasha go mingle with the other guest and put our product out there,” his boss said, after the conversation was over.

 

“Come on,” Inuyasha said, rolling his eyes.

 

“Kyouryoku-san?” A young woman asked.

 

“Yeah?” Inuyasha said.

 

“I'm here representing the Japanese Time magazine,” she said, holding out a tape recorder.

 

“Oh…” Inuyasha looked a little stunned. He never thought he would be in the Times in any way. With this kind of exposure, he could even become a household name in America. Supposedly, they liked video games a lot.

 

“Please who is your lovely date?” She asked, gesturing toward Kagome.

 

“Oh…umm…this is Kagome,” he said, a little flustered. Kagome of course knew he didn't mean it the way it sounded but the reporter did not.

 

“How does it feel to be the woman behind the man?” She asked Kagome, holding the tape recorder up.

 

“I…well…it's not easy,” She managed.

 

“Can he be a hand full?” The reporter continued.

 

“You have no idea,” Kagome answered.

 

While they laughed at this, Kikyou watched them intently. She was wearing a short pink dress, which had been designed with no sleeves and a thick business-suit collar. It had a glitter and a see-through midriff. Her hair was down completely to frame her face and she had on pink stiletto heels. She sipped lightly on a glass of champagne. And in her line of view was her ex-boyfriend and one of the reasons why she'd dumped him.

 

She just knew they were attracted to each other and the constant denial of said attraction was pointless. But what surprised her the most was the fact Inuyasha had dressed up so well. Even though it was a press party, she expected him as always to show up looking less than impressive. And the fact that his little friend was wearing such an expensive looking dress didn't help either. Even though Kagome worked for a very respectable advertising company she, like Inuyasha, dressed rather substandard. As head of a magazine she was obligated to be there, she wouldn't trust the assignment to anyone else seeing as how she use to have a personal relationship with the subject. Of course, she wasn't jealous in the least; Inuyasha had always been so low class that it drove her crazy.

 

Her concern was whether he had been fooling around with Kagome while they were together. Kikyou shrugged and sipped out of her glass. It made no never mind to her. She motioned for her photographer to follow and walked over.

 

“Inuyasha it's good to see you,” she said, flatly.

 

“If you say so,” he replied, just as flatly.

 

“Kagome it's good to see you too. Where did you get that gorgeous dress?” She asked with a smile.

 

“I don't know where it's from. Inuyasha got it.”

 

“And the pearls?” She pressed.

 

“Yeah…” Kagome said, feeling uncomfortable.

 

“Well Inuyasha I'm glad to see that you've refined your tastes a little. So what's the big surprise I keep hearing about?” She said, changing the subject.

 

“Not supposed to tell,” he said, nonchalantly.

 

“Oh come on now Inu, considering our history you could give me just a little hint.” She grinned.

 

“I don't think so Kikyou.” After that, she turned her attention onto Kagome.

 

“Kagome you must be very proud of Inuyasha's success.”

 

“Yes I am…”

 

“My magazine will start running the ads you created for Inuyasha's great idea.”

 

“That's great, Kikyou. Now if you'll excuse us we have to go speak to Tech Magazine,” Inuyasha said.

 

“Of course…” Kikyou said curtly.

 

Kagome managed a small “Nice to see you,” before Inuyasha dragged her away.

 

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Sango and Miroku arrived at the press party shortly after, as Inuyasha's guests and because Sango was a co-worker on the ads. And much to Inuyasha's dismay, Kouga appeared also.

 

Sango was wearing a dim purple dress. It was form fitting without being extra tight and it was sleeveless on one side and had a spaghetti strap on the other. She also had a small train that touched the floor and trailed behind her a little. Her hair was done in a long French braid and she left her bangs to hang freely. Miroku was wearing a formal black tux that he had no problem getting into at all.

 

Kagome was laughing at Sango who was plucking hor'douerves from every tray that passed her and happened to run into something that didn't taste as good as it looked. Since there was nowhere to spit it out, she just had to suffer through it. Kagome was enjoying it though because Sango kept making the most disgusting faces as she chewed. When she managed to swallow it she hurried and grabbed a glass of champagne to wash the taste out her mouth, but she didn't like that either.

 

Kagome could only bury her face into Inuyasha's shoulder as Sango held the drink in her mouth. Her cheeks were puffed out and she was fanning her face rapidly. She put the glass back on the next tray that came around and instead plucked one of the small cakes from another one.

 

“Well this helps,” she said, as she licked the frosting off.

 

“Sango you should be careful about what you put in your mouth…” Kagome giggled.

 

“What was that awful stuff?”

 

“I think it was caviar.” Kagome laughed again when Sango made another face at hearing this.

 

“May I have everyone's attention please?” Said Inuyasha's boss from the podium at the front of the room. Everyone turned in his direction as he puffed on his cigar. Kagome and Sango saw their boss standing next to Inuyasha's and only became confused.

 

“If Kyouryoku-san and his special guest would join me up here, we will present our surprise,” he said.

 

Inuyasha took her hand and led all of them to the front on the room. Along the way he passed Kouga and told him to come too, which surprised Kagome a great deal. When they were all up there, his boss removed the cigar from his mouth and proceeded.

 

“We give this special surprise just for you, the members of the press. A preview of our new commercial for the new design!” A large television screen was unveiled and everyone clapped. Kagome realized now that the only reason why Inuyasha invited Kouga up to the front was because of this.

 

The room silenced and the screen came on. At first, you saw a normal day at school during break. Kids were laughing and playing and then suddenly the camera zoomed in on one boy who pulled out the new portable game player. All the other kids turned around and gave a huge dramatic gasp. Then the camera zoomed in on Kagome's brother, Souta, who was pulling out a game also. The kids gave another dramatic gasp as both boys started playing.

 

Everyone laughed because soon all the kids had formed one big mob and were racing from one side of the courtyard to the next trying to watch both games at once. The shots from the air and of the games being played were dramatic and hit home perfectly. Then the narration began “The new portable player from Tohomiko. Recess will never be the same again.” Then it ended with the Tohomiko symbol. Everyone clapped and cheered and then Inuyasha's boss spoke again.

 

“This wonderful commercial and the ads you all soon be running in your magazines were done by none other than the top advertising company in Japan, Hakuhodo Inc.” Everyone clapped as Kagome's boss came forward and stood behind the podium.

 

“I had my best people working on this project and I am pleased to see that they did not disappoint, here they are; Higurashi Kagome, Ganjou Sango, and Hidaka Kouga.”

 

They walked up stood next their boss and bowed at the clapping people. Then of course, they all took a group picture together. They split Kagome up from Inuyasha for the picture. They lined them up in order; Inuyasha's boss, Inuyasha, Kagome's boss, Kagome, Sango, and Kouga. Miroku was left out completely, but he didn't mind. He was just smiling and admiring Sango. Reporters rushed to get interviews, some of them seconds, because now they had to add on about the commercial and team behind it.

 

Inuyasha stayed close by as Kagome and Sango took their interviews with Kouga. Kikyou only spoke briefly with Sango and Kouga before moving on to their boss. Finally, when they realized that there were just too many questions to be answered, they arranged it like a normal press meeting. All the reporters stayed on the floor and all of them behind the podium. The reporters would raise their hands and Inuyasha's boss would pick from the crowd.

 

Kagome knew it would take a long time but it was a lot better than being questioned by five people at once. The subject of her relationship with Inuyasha was among the first of the questions. Inuyasha jumped in front of the bullet for her, and answered the question by saying that what concerned they're personal life and was not subject for discussion. She thought it was very well put, but couldn't help but glance at Kouga out of the corner of her eye. The fact that they were refusing to talk about it gave it the air of a secret relationship, and that kind of excited her. But she couldn't entertain that thought now because she had to pay attention.

 

“Hidaka-san? What was your roll in the advertising production?” Another reported asked. Kouga stepped forward to the podium and cleared his throat.

 

“Usually I work in the commercial part of our company and was only called onto this project after Ganjou-san became ill. That's when a commercial was added onto the project. And as much as I would like to take credit for that wonderful commercial, the interior creative idea came from Kagome-chan.”

 

Kouga stepped back ushered her forward. Kagome knew Inuyasha had not missed Kouga use of suffix and she could almost feel the anger radiating off of him. Nevertheless, she walked up the podium and smiled. It seemed as if every Teen magazine reporter raised her hand to ask a question. Kagome picked one, and she knew exactly what was coming.

 

“Higurashi-san do you perhaps have a special relationship Hidaka-san?”

 

“Kouga-kun and I have known each other for a while now and I consider him one of my friends, but other than that, no.” The reporter seemed satisfied with that she so she moved on and picked another one, this time one from a more serious magazine that wouldn't be interested in gossip.

 

“Higurashi-san, how did you come up with the idea for the commercial?”

 

“In all honesty it came to me out of no where during a brainstorming session. While discussing it with Kouga-kun the idea developed more.” She kept smiling even though she could feel Inuyasha's eyes on her back.

 

“Yes you,” she said, picking another reporter.

 

“Privet life aside, did it help having a personal knowledge of your client to create the project?”

 

“No actually it made it a lot more stressful. When you work for a friend there's always the fear of disappointing them,” she said, honestly.

 

“You?” she said, pointing at another one.

 

“This question is for Ganjou-san,” the reporter said. Kagome gladly returned to her pervious position in back as Sango stepped forward.

 

What out warning she felt Inuyasha grab had right hand, looking up at him she was taken aback. He looked sad and almost apologetic. She didn't know what to think until he gave her hand a little squeeze that made her smile.

 

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The first thing that Kagome did when she walked into their apartment was take off her shoes and sit down on the couch. It had taken so long to answer the questions that Inuyasha's boss finally called an end to the party still leaving so questions left unanswered.

 

“That was an interesting evening…” She said

 

“Dumbass reporters…” Inuyasha mumbled as he threw his jacket on the coffee table.

 

“They were so interested in us,” she laughed.

 

“Teen magazine have nothing better to do than to tell everyone else's business,” he said, grabbing the remote.

 

“Kouga didn't help…”

 

“You didn't help it either…”

 

“What does that mean?” She asked, defensively.

 

“You didn't have say he was your friend or call him “kun”.”

 

“Inuyasha it would have raised more personal questions if I hadn't made it look like we were friends!”

 

“You know he'll get the wrong impression from it…”

 

“He did it to make you angry and it worked! Look at you, you're seething right now.”

 

“I don't like him around you Kagome.”

 

“I know, but we were in public.” The two settled down and watched TV in silence for a while until Kagome stood up.

 

“I'm going to change out this. I'll have to take it to the dry cleaner's in the morning.”

 

“Hey, Kagome?”

 

“Yeah?” She asked, turning around.

 

“Did I really stress you out?” He asked.

 

“Oh…” She said, and her eyes softened.

 

“Well it really wasn't you. I stressed myself out because I didn't want to let you down.” She smiled at him and walked toward her room. Hearing the rustle of fabric, she turned around only to come face to face with her roommate.

 

“What's wrong?” She asked, looking surprised.

 

When he leaned down to kiss her, she froze, her feet were glued to the floor and her mind had gone numb. When their lips touched, she felt like she had left her body. She was so stunned she didn't even know he had stopped and was looking down at her until she felt his hand on her left cheek.

 

“Stupid,” he whispered, gently. And then kissed her again only little rougher this time.

 

He didn't know what came over him or why he was doing what he was doing. She just looked so beautiful and soft. After all the fantasizing and wet dreams, he couldn't take it anymore. Both hands slipped down from their places of cupping her cheek and holding her waist to the sides of her thighs. He slowly began to pull her dress up, bunching it in his hands. Kagome didn't notice anything else happening but the kiss until he hooked his hands on the back of her thighs, right under her butt cheeks and lifted her up.

 

Even when she felt herself straddling his waist in mid-air; she didn't break the kiss. Inuyasha could feel nothing but bare skin and grinned on the inside because he knew she was wearing a thong.

 

He carried her to his room and laid her down. The kiss never ended and he was on his knees in the bed, between her legs with his hands still up her dress. Kagome felt drugged, her mind was hazy and her body had turned against her. All she could feel or cared to feel were his lips, tongue, and his hands rubbing her thighs.

 

Slipping his hand under her back, he sat her up and pulled the dress over her head. The kiss finally broke but before Kagome could open her eyes, he attached himself to her neck. The only thing she was wearing now was her thong. She felt her hair come down and heard the hair clip hit the wall across the room. Inuyasha buried his fingers in her curly locks and began to nip at her right ear. When Kagome felt this, she thought her eyes were going to roll into the back of her head until his voice pulled her back.

 

“You should really be more careful when you're home alone. Anyone could just walk in and see you fucking yourself. And you looked gorgeous doing it…” He chuckled at her sharp intake of breath.

 

“Don't worry I won't tell. I never thought you would do something like that,” he said, licking behind her ear. He heard her whimper and licked again.

 

“I wonder what you were thinking about...” He was just teasing her. How could he ask her for an answer when he knew he might not like it? What if she had been thinking of Kouga?

 

After a few more seconds, she managed to get out a weak “you” and Inuyasha felt his erection become even harder. She had been thinking about him that night, he caused that beautiful scene to play out; that's all he needed to know.

 

“I think about you too,” he whispered, into her ear.

 

Then he kissed her again more passionate than before. Kagome felt a fire come to life inside her when he said that. She freed his hair as he had done her's and began to unbutton his shirt. Inuyasha toed his shoes off, and soon the only thing left were his boxers. He stopped kissing her and moved down to her right breast. Sucking her nipple into his mouth, he began to work it over with his tongue. While Kagome moaned and dug her fingers into his hair, he slipped his hand inside her thong. She was so wet that his finger slipped in easily and found her sweet spot.

 

She gasped and moaned louder. When he switched to her left breast he sank his finger in deeper. Kagome withered as he assaulted her body. She bit her lip, her toes curled, and her hands balled into fist in the sheets. Then suddenly he stopped and pulled his hand out of her. He made sure she was watching him before he started to lick his finger clean. It was like every nerve ending in her body turned its attention on him as she watched what he was doing. Then it was as if her body was screaming for him. She didn't know what to do with herself, but luckily, Inuyasha did.

 

He pulled her thong off and situated his head between her legs. Kagome could feel his hair spread over her thighs and his bangs rubbed against her lower abdomen. When she felt his tongue snake inside of her she moaned loudly and arched her back. She drew pleasure from every touch his body had with her; his hair that tickled the sensitive skin of her inner things, the warmth of his tongue inside her, and even his hands that were gripping her hips.

 

She tasted so good that he didn't want to stop. He licked circles around the little button of flesh he found and plunged his tongue into her. When his erection became too much for him he stopped, and crawled back up to kiss her. It was weird at first to taste herself on him but soon it didn't matter. She could feel him against her entrance, he was bigger than she thought and it scared her a little. But when he leaned up and looked at her, she could see something in his eyes that calmed her.

 

His eyes were even more beautiful in the dark and it was as if she couldn't look away from him. She soon forgot what he was about to do until she felt a sharp sting of pain. Her eyes clamped shut and she gritted her teeth. She could feel herself stretching around his size and the confusing sensations were over powering. It was an odd mix of pleasure and pain, but the pleasure soon won out when she felt him start to kiss her neck again.

 

He knew he had hurt when he saw her expression. The gentle butterfly kisses to her neck were the only comfort he could think to give. Slowly he began to move inside her, but he was more torn than ever before. He had to try to satisfy them both without losing himself to his passion. The way her face contorted in pain along with her shallow breaths had one side of his mind telling him to go slow and take it easy. But the feeling of being inside of her, and having her legs wrapped around his waist, had the other side telling him to pound into her tight little channel and fuck her as hard as he wanted. But he had no desire to hurt her more, so he kept his slow and steady pace.

 

Since it was her first time, it wasn't long before Kagome was climaxing. With his face nestled into her neck, Inuyasha heard her breathing speed up. He felt her hands grip his back and then the feeling of her orgasm drove him over the edge with her. He felt her go limp under him and relaxed on top of her. When he finally gathered the strength to pick himself up and look at her, she was already asleep. Her hair looked wild and fanned out around her but her face relaxed and peaceful. The light from his computer illuminated the fine sheen of sweat covering her. He eased up off the bed and carefully positioned her under the covers, and then he gently climbed in next to her.

 

He tucked her head under his chin and rubbed her hair. He didn't know what they were going to do in the morning; what kind of conclusion could be made from this, or how it was going to affect them at. But he knew he wanted this moment to last as long as it could.

 

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There it is, the long awaited lemon!

 

Okay first, to look at everyone dresses go to:

 

http://www.dariuscordell.com/collection.htm

 

They're all in the right hand column.

To look at Kagome's dress again it's number 2103

Sango's is number 2052

Kikyou's is number 3322x3

 

And second, I would like to thank all of you for being really patient with me. I didn't get any rude reviews or flames, which was really helpful because this chapter was harder to write than I thought it would be. I must have deleted two or three rough drafts before even getting three pages down.

 

This chapter went through a lot of surgery. I was constantly cutting things out, adding things in, and changing existing stuff. I finally got it to where I'm comfortable with it and I hope you guys liked it.

 

Recommendation: One of my favorite stories of all time, “Destinies Collide” by `xfiledino'.