InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Heart's Landfill ❯ Bamboozled ( Chapter 17 )

A/N: As always all characters will be walking that fine line called OOCness. Some of you may want to skip the first paragraph or two. Since the reviews for this fic, over the past few weeks to a month, have fallen drastically, I won't be posting as often as I once did. Instead of every week it will be every other week. Please don't take this as a punishment, because it's not, I assure you. I've just been kind of neglecting my other fic, because there was such a demand for the new chapters of this one. Now that that demand has fallen off, I feel it's time for me to share my attention more evenly. Besides, Neko, my beta, and myself have just adopted another beta and we need to give her time to do what she needs to do with the chapters. To those of you that review religiously, thank you and never doubt that you're appreciated and thought about on a daily basis. To everyone else, thanks for reading and enjoy.

 

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Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership to anyone with the exception of Nya and Dr. Aikio.

 

Chapter 17:

 

Bamboozled

 

 

“I'm unbuttoning my shirt slowly,” she whispered seductively. “Do you like that baby? Yeah, I know you do.” She moaned softly and licked her lips. “Oh, damn I'm wet, can you feel it? Do you want to taste it?” She moaned again, her head falling back against the chair she was sitting in. “I love it when you touch me there, do it again.” She inhaled. “Oh yes, just like that.”

 

Her back arched up off the chair as her hips ground into the seat. Her legs parted as she whispered to her lover, “I want you inside me. I…I need you inside me. I'm throbbing baby. She's calling your name, can you hear her?” Her head tipped back a little further as her hand came up to caress her breast. “Umm, lick it. Just like that…just like that. Yes, yes, oh baby…”

 

“You nasty bitch,” Kagome hissed, stepping up to Sango's desk. “Is this what you come in early to do?”

 

Sango actually had the audacity to blush as if embarrassed as she whispered into the phone, “I'm sorry, babe, but the Boss Lady just walked in. You're going to have to finish yourself off.”

 

Kagome glared at her as she quickly hung the phone up and had the nerve to turn and face her with a huge grin on her face. She had been standing there for the better part of two minutes listening to her friend and employee's, x-rated phone call. She wasn't necessarily mad, but she was rather embarrassed that she'd seen and heard what she had.

 

“What if a client had walked in and heard you speaking like that?” Kagome growled in a low, authoritative voice.

 

Sango adjusted herself since she'd actually turned herself on in the process of trying to give her husband-to-be his morning fix via phone sex. Sure, she may have gotten a little carried away, but she'd never admit that; at least, not in the manner any normal employee would've if their boss had just caught them painting such a vivid picture.

 

“Please, your first appointment won't be here until 10:30.”

 

“And exactly what does that have to with the price of rice in Rome?” Kagome asked irritably, staring down at her nonchalant looking friend. “What if one of the other Partners had walked in and caught you acting in such a whorish manner? How the hell would I explain to them why I shouldn't just fire your horny ass, Sango?”

 

Grinning sheepishly, she replied, “You think they don't have phone sex with their wives and mistresses? Please, if you ask me, you're the only that's not getting any.”

 

“If they do it, I'm sure it's in the confines of their offices, you nit wit!”

 

“Well, if you put it like that, am I not in the confines of `my' office?” Sango retorted while spreading her arms out to either end of her L-shaped desk.

 

Kagome narrowed her eyes at her friend. “You're fucking unbelievable!”

 

Standing up, a stack of files cradled in her arms, Sango couldn't help feeling as if her long-dead mother was chastising her. She replied snappily, “Actually I am very believable. I'm just a normal twenty-something female; willing to do any and everything to make sure that her man is pleased. You should get one and try it.”

 

Kagome looked as if Sango had just slapped her across the face, but she quickly recovered. “Have you ever heard of being a lady in the street and a slut in the sheets, Sango?”

 

“Yeah, and?”

 

“And maybe you should practice it because the whole world doesn't have to know what you and yours do behind closed doors!”

 

Sango sighed and rolled her eyes in a childish manner. She wanted to continue debating this with Kagome, but she knew deep down somewhere in there that she was wrong for doing that on company time. Not being aware enough to have heard someone walk in was a tiny bit embarrassing. “Fine, I'm sorry, Boss Lady. It won't happen again, I promise.”

 

Knowing that her apology was half assed at best, Kagome stared at her for moment longer before she shook her head disapprovingly and walked away. Realizing that Sango was following, she asked, “So did he cum?”

 

Giggling, Sango replied, “Nah, he had to finish himself off.”

 

“I'm sure he won't have a problem with that.”

 

“Believe it or not, Miroku doesn't like to masturbate. He feels like it's dehumanizing or something. The only reason why he was doing it today was because I was on the phone with him.”

 

Setting her purse down on the corner of her desk, Kagome slipped out of her crème blazer as she asked, “So, how often do you guys do that phone sex stuff?”

 

“We normally do it when we're both at home. I'll call him from my cell and act like a horny stranger or he'll call me and act like the pervert that he is, you know, it kind of just breaks up the monotony.”

 

Sitting down, and feeling totally intrigued by their current topic, but unwilling to show just how interested she really was, Kagome inquired, “What does he do when you go out of town?”

 

“I don't go out of town, but if I did, he'd probably come with me or he'd wait for me to come back,” Sango replied. “Why are you asking me so many questions about this when only a few moments ago you were acting like it was the sickest, dirtiest thing in the world?”

 

Kagome frowned in thought. “Curious I guess.”

 

Sango asked while handing her boss the files that would be needed for the day, “You've never had phone sex?”

 

“Never needed to, I guess.” Sighing lightly, she changed the subject totally, “So, who's our first clients for the day?”

 

“Munsun Nak”

 

“That should be a fast one,” Kagome avowed, picking up her file as the phone rang loudly around them. “Can you please get me a cup of coffee? I didn't sleep too well last night.”

 

“Sure, let me get this first. Good morning, Higurashi Kagome's office,” Sango said as she reached over and pulled a post-it off the dispenser.

 

“Who?” Sango queried to the unknown person on the phone, causing Kagome to look up.

 

“Okay, but…” Sango tried to say, but Kagome could tell that the person, whoever it was, cut her off rudely. “Did you say…? I really don't think she has time for…”

 

Sango growled, annoyed that she couldn't get a word in. “Sure, whatever, what time?” Slamming the phone down, she hissed, “That obnoxious asshole!”

 

Kagome knew very little was able to upset her friend, so for her to be upset it had to be a pretty bad conversation. “Who was it?”

 

“I think he said Jakken or something like that. Anyway, the indomitable Takahashi Sesshomaru is going to be stopping by on the way to his office, so you `better' be available because his time is valuable and he `better' not have to wait to see you. His words not mine,” Sango finished, throwing the post-it in the nearest wastebasket.

 

“Jakken? Sesshomaru? I wonder what he wants,” Kagome asked rhetorically.

 

Ignoring her question, Sango retorted angrily, “Well, I hope he brings that Jakken bastard with him so I can teach him a thing or two about manners! I can't believe he talked to me like that!”

 

“What did he say?” a voice inquired from the doorway.

 

Both ladies turned, only to come face to face with Takahashi Sesshomaru himself. He stood there staring at both of them, but his eyes focused more on the woman sitting behind the desk.

 

Sango gulped as she allowed her eyes to slowly take in his manner of dress. He had on a dark blue, double-breasted suit with a sky blue button down shirt underneath it and a multicolored tie that united the entire ensemble together a little too perfectly. His hair was loose, yet tamed and hung just past his buttocks. She knew this because she could see a few strands sticking out at the side of his hips.

 

“Good morning. Takahashi Sesshomaru, I presume,” Sango stated with a bow and a flirty smirk.

 

As he stepped into the office, one hand in his pocket, the other holding a leather binder, he replied with a quick glance in her direction, “You presume correctly. Please continue, what is it that my assistant did to upset you?”

 

“That's not important,” Kagome interjected quickly as she stood to her feet. “How nice to see you again Takahashi-sama, but to what do I owe this pleasure?”

 

Bowing again, the flustered young woman agreed, “As Higurashi-chan has stated it is not important.” Turning to Kagome so that Sesshomaru couldn't see her, she mouthed, her eyes as big as saucers, `He's so fucking hot.' She then said, “I'll be at my desk if you need me.”

 

Trying not to laugh, Kagome watched her friend and assistant make a more than hasty exit, sparing only a moment to close the door behind her. Turning her attention back to Sesshomaru, who was staring at the closed door, she stated, “Please have a seat. I haven't started working on the amendments quite yet, but I hope to have them done this afternoon so that they can be sent overnight to your clients.”

 

Taking a seat in one of the well-cushioned leather chairs before her, Sesshomaru set the leather binder he was carrying in his lap and stared around the office slowly.

 

He hadn't paid much attention to it when he'd first come to her office at Rin's request, but now that he felt he knew her a little better, he had to admit that he found the place well kept and immaculately decorated. This was a complete contrast to what he thought he knew of her personality.

 

`There's always a surprise with this one.'

 

Turning his attention back to her, he crossed his legs in a manly fashion and began, his expression unreadable, “That is not the reason for my visit today. However, I am sure that you will see to it that everything is handled appropriately and in a timely manner.”

 

`If that wasn't his reason for coming here this early in the morning…' she thought, eyeing him skeptically.

 

Not being one to mince words or beat around the bush, Sesshomaru continued, “It would seem that we, myself and my brother, are still in need of your assistance, Higurashi.”

 

`My assistance… What the hell is he talking about?' Sitting back, her interest thoroughly peaked by his statement, Kagome eyed him closely, but didn't know exactly how she should respond to that.

 

Sesshomaru took her silence and the spiked change in her scent as a sign for him to continue, “As you know, my wife, Rin, is well into her final trimester of this pregnancy and in such a condition, she is not able to travel.”

 

“Of course, but what does this have to do with me?”

 

“As of yesterday it has everything to do with you, Higurashi. The closing is coming up in a week's time and we need you to complete what you started yesterday.”

 

One eyebrow quirked higher than the other, Kagome replied hesitantly, knowing that she was missing something important, “I am finishing what I started. As I already told you, Takahashi-sama, the documents will be sent out tonight.”

 

`Am I speaking with Inuyasha?' Sesshomaru thought absently, and then continued, `There's no possible way that she could not know or have an inkling as to what I'm speaking of.' Shifting the binder on his lap, he stated, “There has to be an attorney at the closing to represent Takahashi Mergers & Investments. That attorney would normally have been Rin, but because of her current situation, neither she nor I will be able to make it. We need you to complete this transaction, Higurashi, in its entirety.”

 

Kagome blinked and shifted in her chair, not totally comprehending what he was getting at, but knowing just the same. “Ex…excuse me?”

 

“Was there any part of that that you did not understand?” he inquired with a hint of exasperation.

 

“I…I…” she stuttered. Inhaling, her mind barely able to put together one coherent thought, Kagome tried again, “I…I'm sorry, but I can't.”

 

“You can't or you won't, which is it really?”

 

Kagome had never been a very spontaneous person, so to stand here and tell him without thinking about it that she'd fly to God knows where to do this closing was just out of the question. Besides, outside of the contract, she knew nothing of this merger. Standing to her feet, she spoke, her voice wavering slightly, “I'm sorry, but I can't. My work load won't allow me to be gone from the office for any amount of time.”

 

“Is that the only reason why you `think' you can't?” Sesshomaru asked dryly.

 

Stepping around her desk and over to her wet bar, Kagome tried desperately to think of something, anything that she could tell him that would make him accept her answer as final. “I don't know anything about this merger outside of what the contract said. Where is the closing supposed to take place? How long would you expect me to be gone?” Growling to herself since she could feel her agitation rising, she stated, “Maybe if I had more time to think about it, but…”

 

Standing up as well, Sesshomaru set the leather binder on the corner of her desk and turned to face her. “The closing will take place in Kapalua, Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands. If you decided to go, you would be gone a total of 4 days; two for travel, going and coming, and two on the actual island. You would also only be missing one day at the office because your flight would leave Friday night for Maui and arrive back in Tokyo on Monday night. This trip is all expenses paid, including whatever personal effects you may desire to bring back with you.”

 

`Gods, he has it all figured out.' Taking a sip of water that she'd just poured, Kagome sighed heavily while shaking her head negatively. `I can't go. ...But its Maui… It's halfway around the world. Although… I guess I could…' Shaking her head, she blurted, “This is a business meeting. Why would you choose to have it in a place like…like Maui?”

 

Though she'd never been there before, she knew it was known to be one of the top five honeymoon spots in the world, which meant that it was a very romantic place. Most people would have thought that this was wonderful, but the last thing she needed right now was to be accosted by loving, in love, and lustful couples, groping each other every five minutes like horny teenagers.

 

Shoving both his hands in his pockets, Sesshomaru replied, “It's not our doing. The clients decided that since this merger has been a rather stressful one, they'd have the closing some place less demanding.”

 

Kagome frowned, she didn't want to tell him no, but she just couldn't see herself saying yes. “I'm sorry, Takahashi-sama, but right now, I…I just can't. I have just a little too much going on in my personal life,” she lied.

 

“Is that your final answer?”

 

She nodded and looked away shyly as she took another sip from her glass.

 

Sesshomaru looked away from her and around her office. He hadn't wanted to take this route, but the stubborn, bull-headed woman was leaving him no other recourse. If he didn't get her to say yes, then Inuyasha wouldn't go, and if he didn't go, that meant they would lose the deal. More importantly, if he accepted her `no' as an answer that would mean that his half brother had won and that was just unacceptable.

 

Sighing deeply, he queried evenly, “Higurashi, you are a partner at this firm, are you not?”

 

Kagome looked at him, but she didn't respond because he had to have already known the answer to that question for him to ask it in such a manner.

 

“Tell me in one sentence what it was that you did to become partner here at such a young age,” Sesshomaru requested, his golden gaze unwavering.

 

She inhaled, not sure why she was even following him up. “I went above and beyond for a few of our more important clients.”

 

“Exactly. Now, tell me, do you not consider Takahashi Mergers and Investments an `important' client?”

 

Kagome frowned. `This bastard, he's… I can't fucking believe him,' she thought, trying desperately to keep her face calm. `Why am I not surprised? After all, he is that prick's older brother! I guess Takahashi Inuyasha had to get it from somewhere!'

 

Taking a step towards her, he continued, “What do you think Yamaguchi would say if he found out that he lost my company's account because you refused to oversee a simple closing?”

 

`Yama…guchi?' Kagome inhaled heavily.

 

Yamaguchi was the CFO of her law firm. He'd actually built it from the ground up and took pride in bragging to their potential clients that there were no bounds that his attorneys would not leap for their clients. So, no, he wouldn't look kindly on her turning this Takahashi bastard down.

 

Shaking her head, Kagome murmured softly, “That's low, Takahashi-sama.”

 

“And this is business, Higurashi,” he retorted as he walked towards the door. “Your itinerary, including your airline tickets, is in that binder there on your desk. I'll have a car pick you up at your home at 5:30 on Friday afternoon.”

 

“I…I didn't say, I'd go,” Kagome blurted helplessly.

 

“Higurashi, perhaps I've confused you somewhere. I only asked to be…polite. You never had a choice.” Sesshomaru declared turning on her. “Either you go, or I'll make a call to Yamaguchi letting him know that all of my business and the business of the tenants in my office building will be pulled from this firm because of a partner by the name of, Higurashi…Kagome. Have I made myself clear?”

 

Kagome was flabbergasted. He was so refined before, quiet even. He was appreciative to her for doing him and his wife a favor, but now…this man before her…

 

All of the sudden, she understood. She understood that this was actually the nature of his and his brother's business. They were sharks! They devoured people…companies…things. They never, ever took no for an answer and now would be no different.

 

Staring at her crestfallen face, Sesshomaru stated as he reached for the door, “I'll let Rin know that, once again, you were more than happy to assist us. She will be most pleased.”

 

“This…this isn't fair,” she whispered brokenly. `How can he do this? He can't just make me go! I…I… Damn it! I don't have a fucking choice!'

 

Opening the door, he replied, “No, its business.” As if it was an after thought, he finished smoothly, “Inuyasha will fill you in on everything else you need to know for this closing during the flight. Good day, Higurashi.”

 

She felt her heart stop. She couldn't blink, couldn't think, and couldn't swallow.

 

`Inu…yasha?'

 

Her palms became sweaty, her knees began to shake, and her stomach did flips around her large intestines.

 

`This…isn't… possible. I…I… How the hell… Have the Gods gone mad?'

 

Watching the door close softly, Kagome picked up her glass and clutched it in her fist tightly, wanting more than anything to just throw it at the back of Sesshomaru's head. `Maui with Takahashi Inuyasha… He's setting me up… The gods… The gods must hate me!'

 

Simonkal of Inuy

 

“Your coffee, Takahashi-san,” Nya stated politely, setting down the cup of coffee on the edge of Inuyasha's desk. She'd promised herself after he'd rudely cursed her out and hung up on her that she'd remove herself from his friends list, per se. Sure, she was used to his crass attitude and his vulgar whip-like tongue, but she felt that, for the sake of her sanity, she had to draw the line somewhere and this was it.

 

Inuyasha glanced up at her, a little taken aback by her politeness. She may have been a lot of things to him, but she was never very…polite. “What's your problem?” he queried, reaching over and picking up the cup.

 

“Whatever do you mean?”

 

“Nya, cut the crap. What's with the Takahashi-san shit? And when the hell did you become so fucking proper?”

 

Squaring her shoulders, she held her head higher and willed herself to not say what she so desperately wanted to as she replied, “You hired me to do a job and so I'm here to do it.”

 

Taking a sip of his coffee, Inuyasha stared at the woman, but couldn't figure out for the life of him what had crawled up her ass. `Maybe it's her time of the month,' he thought with a nonchalant shrug of his shoulders.

 

Her fingers interlaced before her, she asked, “Did the meeting go well, Takahashi-san? Are there any documents that you would have me prepare?”

 

“No,” the hanyou mumbled. “Higurashi Kagome will be preparing those.”

 

Not caring who this Higurashi Kagome person was or wasn't, Nya turned and prepared to leave, but was stopped by his voice booming in her ear.

 

“Okay, enough is e-fucking-nough! What's your goddamn problem? Did that bastard do something to you?”

 

Nya stared at him, her expression never changing. “My personal life is no concern of yours, Takahashi-san, and yours is no longer a concern of mine. You hired me to be your assistant and that's what I am. No more, no less. Now, if you don't need me for anything, I have some files that I need to prepare for your accountant.” The last part was a total and unadulterated lie.

 

Inuyasha laughed, unwilling to believe that she was serious. “Since when is my personal life none of your business?” he asked rhetorically.

 

Trying not to roll her eyes, Nya inhaled deeply, doing her damnest to remain impassive and professional.

 

Inuyasha chuckled while leaning forward in his seat. “You know if you would've told me that a few months ago I would've thanked you, but…”

 

“If this doesn't have anything to do with business, I must ask you to refrain from speaking with me,” Nya stated cutting him off. She wanted to laugh at the shocked expression on his face, but was able to maintain her calm.

 

“Sit…down,” the hanyou almost shouted as he stood abruptly to his feet. `What the fuck is her problem? Did I do something to her?' At any other time he would've found this amusing and rather refreshing, but after the weekend he had, had, he just didn't feel like dealing with another moody bitch; and certainly not one that he had to spend more than eight hours of his day with.

 

“Why? So you can tell me to stay out of your life?” Not waiting for him to respond she finished, her anger rolling to the surface, “Well, I'll pass! The last time you and I had a conversation about anything not pertaining to Takahashi Mergers & Investments was the last time we were going to have `that' conversation!”

 

One would've thought that a light bulb had gone off in his head by the expression on his face. `The other night… The date… Oh shit… She's mad...'

 

Flashback

Holding the phone up to his ear, he heard her answer with a chipper, “How's it going? Isn't she pretty?”

“Oi, don't you ever try setting me up again,” he stated his voice holding a hint of annoyance and a tad bit of anger.

“What happened?”

“The stupid bitch stood me up! That's what fucking happened,” Inuyasha hissed. Taking the phone from his ear, he took a slow sip of his drink.

“She wouldn't have done that. She was excited about meeting you,” Nya tried to explain, but Inuyasha cut her off.

“Excited my ass! That stinking cunt stood me up! This is the last fucking time, Nya! No more dates! No more meet this bitch or that bitch! Your three strikes are up,” he hissed as he closed the flip on his phone and turned it off with his thumb.

End Flashback

Stepping towards his desk, she ground out, “You, sir, are an ass. In all of my working experience, I have never been privy to working with anyone as narcissistic, self-loathing, and downright rude as you! How it's possible to be all three at once is beyond me, but you, Takahashi Inuyasha, have them all mastered!”

 

Inuyasha sat down, but didn't even try to interrupt her. He just stared at her as if she had lost her mind. `She can't be this mad, can she?'

 

“All I've ever tried to do is take care of you since that bitch left your ass, but all you ever give me is grief! Well no more, Inuyasha, no more! If you want to sit around here and sulk and feel bad for yourself because that gold-digging two-timing whore left you, you do that because I'm done!”

 

“Did I ask for your goddamn help?” he snapped, trying to regain control. After all, he was supposed to be her boss.

 

“You didn't have to because that's what friends do!”

 

“You're just pissed because I didn't go out with your little vagina tickling friend!”

 

“No, I'm not! I'm pissed because all you ever do is talk down to me when all I'm trying to do is show you that you weren't the problem! That conniving cunt, Kikyo, was,” Nya almost shouted.

 

Inuyasha stared at her. He knew she was only trying to help him by setting him up on dates and maybe he had gone a little too far during their last conversation. But damn it, what was done was done, she needed to get over it!

 

“Feh, I don't give a fuck,” he whispered, more to himself than to her.

 

Turning away from him, she threw her arms up in defeat as she finished, “Just stick a fork in me because, I promise you, this Nya is done with you and your depressingly broken-hearted crap!”

 

Standing up, Inuyasha yelled, “You can't fucking quit!”

 

Nya turned quickly, her eyes narrowed, her hands on her hips. “Who said anything about quitting?” she hissed. “I may be pissed at you right now, but I'm not stupid,” she finished, proceeding out the door.

 

Feeling like a total baka, Inuyasha scratched his head and mumbled, “Oh, just letting you know,” as if he thought he'd just told her off.

 

Sitting back down in his chair, Inuyasha scowled at the door as if she was still standing there telling him about himself.

 

`I don't give a fuck if her feelings are hurt. I've been telling her from the beginning to stay out of this and to leave me alone,' he tried to tell himself.

 

Sighing, he reached over and picked up the cup of coffee that she'd brought him and had brought him everyday since she started working for him.

 

`It ain't my fault that her feelings got hurt! How many fucking times did I have to tell her to mind her own goddamn business?'

 

He took a sip of his coffee and tried desperately to fight off the tiny voice that whispered to him that she meant well…she always meant well.

 

He knew that in this world where he had everything and yet so few people that truly cared for him, he could always count on her to be standing at the top of that small pile.

 

`I ain't fucking apologizing! I told her ass I didn't want to go out on that damn date. It's her fucking fault!'

 

Staring down at the cup of coffee in his hand, he growled dejectedly. Reaching over, he started to hit the intercom button, but thought better of it. `Maybe I'll let her calm down a little first,' he thought as he picked the phone up and hit the button for the operator.

 

“Takahashi Inuyasha here; connect me with the florist on the ground floor.”

 

It took about 30 seconds for the line to click over, but as soon as it did, Inuyasha stated, “I need a bouquet of Lilies and whatever else you have delivered to my office.”

 

The young lady inquired, “How soon will you need them, sir?”

 

“As soon as you can get them up here, just leave them with my assistant.”

 

“Okay and what would you like me to put on the card?”

 

Inuyasha thought that over for a minute, and then said, “Suck it up.”

 

“Excuse me?” the woman queried.

 

“I want the card to say, “Suck it up.”

 

Inuyasha heard the woman stuttering incoherently so he took that moment to cut the conversation off. “Just get them up here before twelve,” he demanded then quickly hung the phone up as his brother stepped into the office carrying a leather binder.

 

“Half breed”

 

“Asshole,” Inuyasha replied.

 

Tossing the folder onto his younger brother's desk, Sesshomaru said, “Your itinerary.”

 

Inuyasha stared from his brother to the binder and back again. “What the hell are you talking about?”

 

Without even a look backwards, the full demon replied, “Have you forgotten our deal, Inuyasha?”

 

`Deal? What fucking…' Blinking a few times, Inuyasha mumbled in disbelief, “She didn't. She wouldn't. No fucking way.” Picking up the leather binder, he quickly read the ticket and the time for the flight. Dropping it back onto his desk, he asked seriously, his eyes narrowed, “What did you do, threaten her?”

 

Turning slightly to face his brother, Sesshomaru replied, his face impassive, “I did no such thing. Higurashi was more than happy to go on this trip for us.”

 

As Sesshomaru walked out the door, Inuyasha hissed to himself, “He's lying. What the fuck did he do or should I say, say to her to make her agree? Surely if she knew I was going, she would've said no right away.”

 

Staring down at the tickets again, he thought, `Maui with her for two whole days is going to be absolute hell.'

 

Until Next Time… (Your .02 cents are greatly appreciated.)

 

Next Chapter: Turbulence and Then Some

 

A/A/N: I don't like to give false hope, so I'll give you all one piece of advice, `don't get your hopes too high'.

 

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