InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Indecent proposal ❯ Scheduling issues ( Chapter 28 )

Chapter28: Scheduling issues

 

A/N: Not much to say this time, except longer chapter, so rejoice! Thank you for reviewing:

 

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Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, Sesshomarou would be the one to hold Kagura's heart.

 

 

“Speaking”

`Thinking'

 

 

“Goodbye Koharu,” Kagura said waving her hand enthusiastically a large smile playing on her cherry lips.

 

“Goodbye Miss Kagura” the dark haired four year old girl said before running in her awaiting mother's arms.

 

Satisfied that all her young art students had been picked up by their parents; Kagura walked back in the classroom to finish cleaning up their art supplies. As she was busy rinsing paint smeared paintbrushes in the sink at the back of her classroom Kagura's youkai senses started tingling, she felt as if someone was watching her. She abruptly turned around and was shocked beyond words by the sight in front of her.

 

“What are you doing here?!” She asked bewildered her eyes opened wide.

 

“Forgive me for the intrusion. But this I was assured was the only place I would be able to find you at this time” The tall handsome impeccably dressed demon said throwing his long low ash blond ponytail over his shoulder to run down the length of his broad back.

 

“I am sure you remember me” he added flashing Kagura a seductive smile she was sure had led countless numbers of women to his bed.

“Yeah you're Shishinki Ryukotsusei” Kagura said trying to quickly wipe the paint and water from her hands with a small towel.

“I am honored that you remember me Miss Kagewaki” He said his smile broadening to reveal an almost irresistible dimple on each of his smooth cheeks.

“I am still waiting for your answer” Kagura said frowning, as she really could not see why he would be standing in her small art classroom.

“My my where are my manners today? I am sure an active and beautiful woman such as you must be very busy; therefore I shall go straight to the point.” The handsome dragon demon said approaching Kagura.

“What do you want?” She asked more firmly not at all comfortable with the way his red eyes were peering inside hers.

“It has been brought to my attention that my dear friend Sesshomarou was stupid enough not to accept a business venture you presented him” Shishinki said stopping only a few feet away from Kagura.

“And how does it affect you?” Kagura asked confused about where the banker and famous entrepreneur was getting at.

“Well I always had a soft spot for beautiful women and artists; besides Sesshomarou has often been wrong when it came to investing his money. Just two years ago he refused to finance a project by some young designer. This was in the end to my advantage as I of course jumped on the occasion. The young designer was none other than the now famous Hitomi Kawada. I am sure you have heard of her. Maybe I should introduce the two of you, Miss Kagewaki you would certainly look fantastic in one of her designs.” Ryukotsusei said once more charming Kagura with a broad smile.

“Wow who hasn't heard about her?! I love her clothes; she is as talented as Ayame.” Kagura said amazed.

“Yes, Hitomi is talented, but if you were to ask her I am sure she would tell you about the importance of having people helping you create your company. If you were to work with Ryu group I can assure you would not regret it” The dragon demon said in a confident voice.

“I don't know, I need to talk with my partner. Beside don't you want me to pass an interview or something?” Kagura asked surprised. She could still remember how much of a hassle it had been to get an interview with Miroku at Tashio bank.

“Oh yes! But of course! I was coming to that. How does next Saturday sound?” Shishinki asked her his confident bright smile still in place.

“During the weekend? Wouldn't you rather we meet at you office on a weekday? Or even better that I meet with one of your subordinates or whatever?” Kagura asked with a frown. She could not tell why, but Shishinki's reassuring smile did not comfort her at all.

“If you insist Miss Kagewaki we can meet at my office, but I do insist to have you present your idea directly to me. Us dragon demons just have a good sense when it comes to hearing a sensible idea” He told her tapping a long finger on his nose.

“Okay fine.” Kagura said her mind already wondering about what Kagome would think about this new development. Since Tashio's bank refusal the search for financial help for their restaurant had slowed down considerably, but the offer from Ryu bank might be exactly what they needed.

“My secretary will call you to make arrangements” Shishinki said before bowing to Kagura and quickly snatching her hand to land a peck on her paint smeared knuckles.

“I look forward to seeing you again Miss Kagewaki” Ryukotsusei said before turning around and elegantly walking out of the classroom. Looking down at her hand that he had kissed earlier, Kagura could not prevent a blush from appearing on her fair cheeks..

`Damn what am I going to wear for my interview?' She wondered excited and anxious.

 

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“So romantic, but I'm still pissed you were so very close to Sesshomarou and did not bring me back a lock of his silver hair!” Yura exclaimed but with a smile before sipping on her cappuccino after Kagura explained in details her shortened trip with Sesshomarou “To think that the two of you are finally getting some” the hair youkai added with a smirk.

 

Her words made Kagome blush brightly, which made Yura send her a surprised look.

 

“Oh, right I forgot to tell you after I got back I almost walked in on Kagome and her boyfriend `getting some' as you said. Needless to say I am scarred for life” Kagura said with an evil chuckle.

 

“Well you were not supposed to come back so early!” Kagome said for her defense.

 

“Maybe, but still on my napping couch! By the way Kagome weren't you supposed to remind me last week to buy some type of disinfectant for MY abused piece of furniture?” Kagura said smirking at the now bright red Kagome. The wind sorceress then meant to take a bite of her lemon and blueberry scone, but as soon as she put the pastry next to her nose, she set it aside disgusted.

 

“What is it?” Yura questioned her.

 

“I don't know, all of a sudden I just felt disgusted by it, like almost nauseous. Maybe it's not fresh, I bet you it's more than a day old. Fucking pastry swindlers! Damn, I should have stuck to my usual chocolate croissant! Or maybe I just feel nervous because of my interview with Ryukotsusei next week” Kagura explained her reaction biting her lower red lip before adding “or even better yet it's the mental image of Kagome and Inuyasha doing `it' on my favorite couch, I swear what were you thinking?! I've got the image is stuck in my mind” she said on a teasing tone with a mischievous smile.

 

“Hum Yura didn't you say you had some great news to tell us once Kagura got back?” Kagome asked eager to get some of the attention focused away from her.

 

“And I wanted to make you wait. But then again since we didn't get to have our little breakfast ever since Kagura got back last week, Kagome, I guess you suffered long enough.” The hair demoness said with a fake pout, she then nervously started playing with a lock of her short hair before continuing.

 

“Byakuya and I have been approved by the adoption agency and a mother, a fire demoness already picked us. We should get the baby in three months or so” she said on a careless voice, hiding her excitement.

 

“Oh my God, I'm going to be an aunt. Congratulations!” Kagura exclaimed truly happy for her brother and sister in law.

 

“Really congratulations!” Kagome said as she hugged her friend.

 

Kagura was truly glad for Yura and Byakuya, she could still remember how devastated her friend had been when she learned that she could not have children. At first Yura insisted to use a surrogate mother so that their child could have a chance of having “Byakuya's sexy red eyes and luscious black hair” as she put it, but her husband refused and they opted for adoption. The wind sorceress remembered clearly the amount of tests and interviews the couple had to go through, even Kagome and her had to send in letters of recommendation saying how much the couple would make great parents. And now the long process was finally paying off.

 

“Well, the mother is young and single and she said that when she saw our profile she was moved by our story, and she knew then and there that she wanted us to be the parents of her baby” Yura said with tear filled yes.

 

Kagome and Kagura could not remember the last time they had seen their friend being this close to tears. The miko gently wrapped the hair demoness in her arms and let her cry on her shoulder.

 

After a few minutes, Yura took the tissue Kagura was handing her and said joking “What's up with me? You'd think I was the six months pregnant woman with crazy hormones”.

 

“We have to have a party or do something to celebrate your big news” Kagome said happily. “How about next Friday.” The young human said clapping her hands.

 

“Yeah sounds great, you can come over to our house” Yura said, then seeing the horror on her friends' face she quickly added “I won't be the one cooking! And I improved you know, remember I'm taking cooking classes” her statement did not reassure her friends one bit as they remembered the horrible stomach cramps they suffered after tasting some of her cooking.

 

“Well, that's the day Sessh is supposed to come back, but I guess I can always drag him along. Kagura said thoughtfully.

 

`I hope that just like in Paris I will have to repay his coming to the party with spending the night with him…' Kagura thought remembering the night and day she had spent in bed with Sesshomarou.

 

'Hum bad bad Kagura.' Her inner demon scolded her with a chuckle.

 

`Maybe but that would be so good. I mean come on can you blame me for missing my boyfriend who happens to be a great lover? I guess not since it's been more almost two weeks and all' Kagura thought with a frown. `He's been so busy that he had to push back his return for a whole week. I miss him' Kagura thought with a sigh.

 

“Talking about Sesshomarou, how does he feel about your interview at Ryu bank next week? I mean from what Inuyasha told me him and Shishinki hate each other” Kagome asked breaking through her friend's musing.

 

“I don't know how he feels about it and I don't think it really matters. It's just business it's not like I'll jump in bed with the guy and cheat on Sessh or whatever…” Kagura trailed off.

 

“So in other words you didn't tell Sesshomarou? Is that a smart move?” Yura asked.

 

“You guys I'll tell him if it works out, if it doesn't then Sessh doesn't need to know about it” Kagura said on a cutting tone exasperated by her friends.

 

`I bet he won't be happy. Your `puppy' tends to be very jealous…' her inner demon remarked casually.

 

`Well too bad for him. I don't need to ask his permission when it comes to MY business ventures. He didn't ask me how I would feel about it before boarding a plane and going to the other end of the world for two whole weeks! Especially when Mr. Almighty assured and promised me he would be gone for only a week!' Kagura thought unnerved even if the rational part of her mind knew that Sesshomarou's extended trip overseas was due to reasons out of his control, his absence did not hurt her any less.

 

“So Kagura will bring her puppy and you can even bring your sexy couch loving stallion” Yura said with a smile pointing to the blushing Kagome.

 

“Sure, I'll bring Inuyasha” Kagome said trying to wash down her embarrassment with a big gulp of tea. But seeing it was unsuccessful she quickly got up and grabbed her stuff.

 

“I've got to run, no worries I'll bring food for the party next Friday!” And in an instant, Kagome was gone.

 

The two demoness laughed whole heartedly at their friend's hasty retreat.

 

 

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“I am afraid I will not be able to make it to your brother's parry” Sesshomarou said as he cradled the phone receiver in the crook of his neck by using his shoulder. The dog demon then turned the page of the file opened in front of him.

 

“Oh okay. Too bad, Byakuya really would have enjoyed seeing you. He's been asking about you for so long” Kagura said as she looked into her closet for something to wear to her interview at Ryu bank the next day. She settled for a simple pair of dark blue dress pants and a fitted white shirt

 

“This brings me back to the main reason I called you to begin with.” Sesshomarou said.

 

“What you did not just want to hear my sexy angelic voice?” Kagura asked faking surprise.

 

“Hmpf you know the answer to this one” Sesshomarou snorted.

 

“Hey you've never even heard me sing!” Kagura retorted with a small laugh. She hoped that for her sake Sesshomarou would never have to hear her pseudo angelic voice. “So what did you want to tell me?”

 

“Things at one of the bank's offices have been quite hectic. Therefore I have to go visit this subsidiary in New York. It will probably take me an additional week.” Sesshomarou answered.

 

“I see.” Kagura said coldly after sighing she added on a fake cheerful tone “It's okay, I can live without you for a week or two. Anyway I have `girl stuff' to do with Yura and Kagome. We've got to make Yura have fun before she gets stuck changing diapers.” she lied thinking `We haven't seen each other ever since Rin and him dropped me off after breakfast. And that was two weeks ago! I really feel like I'm dating the invisible man. Or maybe he's seeing someone else?...No he wouldn't'. The wind sorceress shook her head and wanting to distract herself from her negative thoughts she asked “How's Rin?”

 

“Good, she is hosting a slumber party tonight”

 

“Oh? Does that mean that your parents' house will be taken over by hyper active and sugar crazed little girls? Does she often host sleepovers?” Kagura asked joking, as she had a hard time picturing Sesshomarou's opulent mansion being taken over by a hoard of little girls. And picturing Sesshomarou stuck in the middle of the craziness almost made her explode in laughter.

 

Sesshomarou scoffed as he knew exactly where Kagura's thoughts were going. “As usual father made Jaken in charge of watching over them. Talking about plans, tell me Kagura are you doing anything special in the next few days?” He asked her stressing the last few words.

 

“Not really. Nothing special at all” Kagura said surprised by Sesshomarou's sudden question.

 

“I see.” He paused before adding “I have to go. I will call you tomorrow” Sesshomarou answered dryly.

 

“Oh, okay see you next week.” She answered surprised and hurt by his abrupt and snappy tone. She felt her own resentment swell as she answered “Only one more week apart isn't it?!” all signs of amusement gone, she did not even try to erase the traces of the bitterness she was feeling as she suddenly hung up.

 

 

 

 

 

A/N: Ouch things aren't going so well, trouble in Paradise. Wonder how Kagura's meeting with Ryukotsusei will go. And what's up with Sesshy? Find out next time in Different expectations.