InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Indecent proposal ❯ Different expectations ( Chapter 29 )

Chapter29: Different expectations

 

 

A/N: I tried to have this chapter up as soon as possible. I am sorry if it seems a bit late.

 

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

 

 

“Speaking”

`Thinking'

 

 

`How come he suddenly has so much work to do? When he was running after me he didn't seem this busy. Ever since we slept together it's as if Sesshomarou doesn't care about me anymore. Maybe he is seeing someone else. I remember just last week I saw this movie about a businessman who had a different girl in every city…' Kagura thought with a heavy heart as she wondered about Sesshomarou's feelings towards her.

 

`Don't tell me you honestlythink Sesshomarou would be this kind of man' her inner demon said.

 

Persuaded that her sudden irresistible urge to break something was due to her anger at Sesshomarou, and maybe also her nervousness at her interview that afternoon, Kagura instead of punching holes in her walls, or shredding down things with her wind blades settled for enjoying a pint of chocolate fudge ice cream. In the middle of a mouthful of frozen goodness, she heard the door bell ring. She smiled thinking and hoping, that maybe it was a rose from Sesshomarou, and that he was only playing the super busy boyfriend so as to surprise her. She was sure that he had come home early and simply wanted to make his absence up to her with a nice surprise romantic date.

 

As she opened the door she was not greeted by Jaken or Suikotsu, but she was treated to a pair of amber eyes, a silver head…but a pair of twitching doggie ears…

 

“Inuyasha, Kagome isn't here” Kagura said with a sigh.

 

“I know, and thanks for the warm welcome” the half demon said, as he invited himself inside.

 

“What do you want?” Kagura asked ready to sit on the couch, but once she remembered what her roommate and Inuyasha had done on it almost two weeks ago, she winced with a disgusted frown. Despite the fact that she had made Kagome scrub the piece of furniture with disinfectant and that the events had occurred a long time ago, Kagura still could not bring herself to sit on the couch.

 

The wind sorceress then went back to the kitchen and resumed her place on the stool in front of her ice cream pint.

 

“Keh! It's only nine o'clock, and you eat ice cream for breakfast? That's just sick” Inuyasha exclaimed.

 

“Did you really come here to criticize my eating habits?” Kagura asked taking a huge spoonful of ice cream just to spite the inu hanyou.

 

“Feh! Of course not!...I want to ask your opinion on something `cause I know that Kagome respects your opinion a lot and sees you as her older sister.” Inuyasha said as he sat next to her on another stool.

 

Seeing her nod while taking another spoonful of frozen chocolate delight, he added “do you think that if I propose Kagome would say `yes'?!”

 

Coughing violently which caused her mouthful of ice cream to run up her nose, Kagura turned to her left in order to glare at Inuyasha while she wiped herself clean.

 

“You want to propose to her? But you've been dating for what? A couple of months?” Kagura then shook her head before adding “Besides weren't you in a long relationship with Kikyou before?”

 

“:Maybe… but Kags is the one, the only one.” Inuyasha said crossing his arms stubbornly.

 

“Okay, but why are you telling me this? Shouldn't you be asking her?”

 

“I figured you'd know what she would answer. I mean, I don't want to rush her or anything”.

 

Kagura snickered she could not possibly tell Inuyasha that Kagome had been fantasizing about marrying him ever since she had caught a glimpse of his silver hair a few years ago.

 

“Do you have a ring?” Kagura asked him, deciding that it would be better for her to push away the ice cream, for the time being in case Inuyasha had another unusual question for her.

 

“My mom gave me her engagement ring the day after we all went to the Opera. She said that Kagome deserved it. Funny, that she would say that after meeting her once, whereas she saw Kikyou like a thousand times but never gave me her ring”.

 

“Well, Kags has a way of sucking people in and make them like her. Now let's see this ring, it better be worth it” Kagura said feigning a threatening tone.

 

“Here” Inuyasha said thrusting a blue velvet box in Kagura's hands, she opened it and was shocked to see a simple yet pure and beautiful diamond ring. The ring was composed of a silver band and one simple diamond.

 

“Wow, this is so…Kagome. It's simple and pure and plain beautiful. She'll love it congrats” Kagura said giving him back the box.

 

“Really you think so?” Inuyasha asked all traces of apprehension changed to true happiness, a large smile displaying his sharp fangs playing on his lips. Then as if he realized he had disclosed too much information about him, the half demon cleared his throat and asked “Keh! So will my brother the pompous bastard grace us with his presence at the party tonight?”

 

Seeing Kagura's smile fade to a look of sadness and irritation, Inuyasha regretted asking.

 

“No, he's not coming back for another week or so.” Kagura said with a dismissive hand gesture.

 

“Feh!. I'm not surprised, the bastard Ryukotsusei, from fucking Ryu bank has been trying to screw up the value of our stocks. And it's been working, so now Sessh has got to clean all this mess up otherwise we'll be in deep shit.” Inuyasha said crossing his arms.

 

“I see” Kagura said thinking `Here I am being jealous and bitchy when he's got all this work problems to take care of. Some comforting girlfriend I am…But I do wonder if Ryukotsusei is really responsible, I mean he looks like such a nice guy, I have a hard time believing he's to blame for all this'

 

Seeing Kagura's crestfallen face, Inuyasha said “You know it's not like you have to worry about Sessh cheating or something like that. He may be a bastard but he is faithful to a fault. Besides he likes you, it's not everyday that almighty Sesshomarou introduces a girl to his precious Rin or to our parents. And he did bring you along on a business trip which is so not Sesshomarou like. His behavior with you goes against everything he believes in, which I found hilarious…that hypocritical bastard”. The half demon then had a thoughtful frown before shrugging.

 

“Well, I guess I'd better leave now” the Inuyasha said, as he walked towards the front door. “See you tonight”.

 

As soon as she heard the front door close behind Inuyasha, Kagura took back her ice cream. And half heartedly ate thinking:

 

`I guess Inuyasha's right, I just wanted Sessh to be here, but I guess it can't be helped. Gods since when am I so clingy? I am an independent and fierce demoness. I don't need a man by my side!'

 

`Maybe you want someone by your side because it's almost the day' her inner demon suggested.

 

`I doubt that me being a pathetic girlfriend has anything to do with the one year anniversary of Grandma Kaede's death. Time sure flies, it will already be a year.'

 

Kagura then sighed deeply before putting away her ice cream and went to her bedroom, in order to get ready for her interview.

 

 

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“Mr Ryukotsusei is ready for you now” A young cheerful rabbit demoness said with a bright smile as she led Kagura towards the large double doors of the CEO's office.

 

Answering the young pretty secretary's smile with one of her own Kagura stood up and smoothed the small wrinkles on her navy pants before picking up her precious folder and walking to Shishinki's office.

 

“Have we met before? You seem so familiar.” The young rabbit demoness said smiling brightly.

 

“No I don't think so.” Kagura assured her.

 

“Oh then I must be mistaken. Here you are. Good luck!” Ryukotsusei's secretary said before ushering Kagura in her boss' office.

 

`Let's just hope it will go better than my interview with Sesshomarou did' Kagura thought nervously as the secretary closed the door behind her.

 

“Ah Miss Kagewaki! Such a pleasure to see you again. You look gorgeous today, or should I say you look as beautiful as usual.” Ryukotsusei said with a smile as he stood up from behind his desk to walk up to the wind sorceress. Before she could react, he had her hand in his and pressed his thin lips to her knuckles.

 

“Here is the paperwork all filled in” Kagura hurriedly pushed the large manila folder in the dragon demon's hands as soon as he released her smaller hand.

 

“Oh yes of course. Why don't we seat before reviewing these numbers?” He asked before resuming his place behind his large imposing desk.

 

As she sat on the dark red leather chair in front of Ryukotsusei's desk, Kagura could not help but compare his office to Sesshomarou's. Unlike the dog demon who had opted for a more somber, professional atmosphere with only dark colors and whites, the dragon demon's office showed his taste in fine and expensive things. The predominant color was a brownish red, which perfectly matched the color of Ryukotsusei's eyes and gave the whole place an imposing look.

 

Several exquisite and Kagura was sure expensive paintings hung on the wall. Among all the works of art, Kagura's eyes kept coming back to an impressive portrait of Shishinki. On it the dragon demon was represented as a demon feudal era Lord in glistening armor, a sharp and deadly sword in one hand and an imposing, fierce and fearless look on his face.

 

`Wonder if Sesshomarou would ever let me paint a portrait of him. Would he even hang it in his office?' Kagura wondered.

 

“A young artist painted it.” The dragon demon said referring to the portrait. “A thank you gift for having helped her start up her own gallery, her business is thriving right now. Talking about business…” Shishinki trailed off opening the folder Kagura had handed to him.

 

After a few minutes of scanning over the papers the dragon demon raised his head and with a broad smile announced “Miss Kagewaki this is a very promising idea and us at Ryu bank would be honored to help you create your dream”

 

Kagura frowned at his light survey of the documents. She could still vividly remember the large amount of time Sesshomarou had spent going over every single document she had provided. Sure she knew her lover tended to be a little too meticulous, but it was more reassuring to her than Shishinki's quick look over.

 

“So what do you say? Are you on board?” The dragon demon asked a seductive smile on his lips.

 

“I think we need to discuss some things first. Specially the amount of money you would lend us, the interest rates and all that stuff” Kagura said the frown on her brows deepening.

 

“You are right. I was about to come to that. You really are a smart woman Miss Kagewaki. To discuss this more in details, how about lunch?” He asked Kagura before standing up and walking towards a small door at the other end of his office.

 

`Didn't we enter from the other door?' Kagura asked her self, the feeling of uneasiness growing inside her.

 

“I already have everything prepared. You can come closer you know I won't bite. Unless you want me to” The dragon demon said laughing. As he noticed Kagura's apprehension he quickly added “Forgive me for my bad joke” a large toothy grin was now playing on his lips.

 

`The hell with it, it's only a free lunch. And I'm starving' Kagura thought with a shrug as she walked towards the red door.

 

As soon as she stepped inside the small extension of Shishinki's office, Kagura could not suppress a gasp of shock. The reason being that in front of her stood a conference table changed in lunch table dressed for two. But what surprised her the most, was the red rose petals, champagne flutes and long red candles adorning the table.

 

On a small nearby tray she could see that the meal would be composed of oysters and chocolate covered strawberries. She could not make out what the main course would be as it was hidden inside warming containers, but she was sure that she had seen enough to know that Ryukotsusei had the wrong idea about her.

 

“What is all this?” She asked turning towards the grinning demon by her side.

 

“Lunch. If it is not to your taste I can have my personal chef cook something else for you” Shishinki said. “In the meantime come and sit. We have so much to talk about”

 

“I'm not sure I want to” She said taking a step back towards the door.

 

“Wait I have yet to tell you what I want from you” Ryukotsusei said serving himself and his host some champagne.

 

“I don't want to know, and I think I can already guess…” Kagura said taking another step back as her eyes rested on a red velvet couch covered by a blanket.

 

“I think you are mistaken” The dragon paused to gulp down some champagne “The sex part is only optional, I would of course make it worth while, but I would never force myself on a lady as delightful as you. No my proposition is purely on a business level, at least for now…. We are friends are we not Kagura? And friends help each other. I would be glad to lend you money for your little restaurant and in exchange I am sure you can think of something to repay me.”

 

Kagura stayed silent trying to make sense of Ryukotsusei's words and get rid of the shocked expression she was sure was adorning her face.

 

Mistaking her silence for compliance, the handsome demon added “You see, I know you have access to Sesshomarou's home office. You are very lucky, after all only a few people can roam freely in Sesshomarou's house. He is not a very trusting person and hides at his house a very interesting file that I would just love to put my fingers on and Kagura, as my dear friend to whom I have made a favor I am sure you could help me out and…” Shishinki started but was interrupted by Kagura.

 

“Who the fuck do you take me for? I don't want any of your money you bastard. And I sure as hell don't want to fucking work for you! I would never spy on my boyfriend for whatever amount of money you could ever give me” With crimson eyes burning in fury Kagura turned around. Just as she was about to walk out, she heard him call behind her.

 

“I will leave you some time to think about my little proposal. But not too long Miss Kagewaki”

 

 

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'I can't believe this! How stupid can I be? I really thought that bastard of Ryukotsusei had a genuine interest in the restaurant!' Kagura scolded herself as she walked towards her car.

 

`And what is up with these men? Money, sex and power are those all they freaking care about? I am not willing to be a pawn in their stupid power plays… At least with his proposal, Sessh did not stoop as low as that bastard of Ryukotsusei did... What was that idiot thinking, as if I would betray Sessh for him?!'

 

`Now come on, you know you have to admit it!' Kagura's inner demon could not help but remark.

 

`Fine! Sesshomarou was right and I should have listened to him. Thank God he didn't know I was seeing that bastard otherwise he would have bit my head off. Seriously, as if I needed more drama right now' Kagura thought as she reached her car in the parking lot.

 

Her mental berating was cut short as she heard her cell phone ring. Thinking that it surely was Kagome who was anxious to find out how the meeting went and eager to release some of her frustration, Kagura quickly picked up.

 

“Kagura where are you? And what have you been doing?” She heard the smooth and velvety voice of her beloved Sesshomarou ask her.

 

 

To be continued…

 

 

A/N: Oops looks like Kagura was fooled and busted. Will she tell Sesshy the truth and will he be okay with it? Find out next time in Making amends.

 

Happy Holidays to you all. I will try to post the next chapter before the end of the year!