InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Play On ❯ Day One ( Chapter 5 )

Play On

By: hanyou_gurl004 a.k.a Corinthia

Disclaimer: InuYasha and Company belong to Rumiko Takahashi, but man do I wish I owned him….muwahahah, most of the plot belongs to the screenwriter of Two Can Play That Game

Rating: R for language and adult situations…some chapters may be rated NC-17

Pairing: InuYasha/Kagome, Miroku/Sango, Sesshoumaru/Rin, Koga/Ayame

Summary: Are there certain types of rules and games you can play when it comes to love. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow of things.

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Chapter 5

Day One

When I awoke the next morning, it was to Rin's happy, cheerful voice. Apparently while I was out, Sess called and said he needed to talk to her. For him, that's a big step up.

"Kaggie, Kaggie, Sesshie called me last night. I think that we might get back together. This `Ten Day Plan is really working!" She chirped.

"See, I told you he would come around. Just remember to play it cool. And don't make your move till tomorrow."

"Hai. Are you going to go to the office today?"

"Yeah, I guess so. I have nothing better to do today. And I think now is a good time to introduce Ayame to Koga. I told her to meet me at the office for lunch and I'll introduce them.

"And besides, since InuYasha didn't call last night, I fully expect him to call me at least once today."

"Okay, I guess I'll see you around. I'm thinking I might go back to work today, missing 4 days is already making me a week and a half behind."

"Okay, I'll see you around 6. Maybe we can go out or something."

"Yeah, I'd like that."

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When I got to the office I knew no one would be there except for the workaholics: Me, Koga and another guy that I never really paid attention to.

I got to my office and closed the door, hoping I could shut myself off from the rest of the world.

"You have one message" the automated voice mail told me.

`Hmm, I wonder if it's from Yash.'

"Hi, Kagome, it's Yura. Keade called me and told me what happened. I hope you don't mind that I know. Anyways I can't believe he did that to you. As soon as I found out I knew you would just throw yourself into your work. I'll be over shortly to help you out. Expect me around 9:00. See you then, ja ne."

`Awww, she is so sweet. Not only is she coming to work on a Saturday, she wants to help me out. I should give her a bonus or something.'

Not five seconds after I sat down to relax, a tentative knock sounded.

"Come in, Koga."

"Hey, beautiful. Fancy seeing you here today. I for sure thought you had a date with Inu kurro."

"Hai, well things ended a little earlier. So what brings you to my office, Koga?"

"Oh I just caught your pretty scent and thought I would drop by to say hello."

"That's very nice. But I have some news for you."

"Good or bad?"

"It depends. I happen to think it's very good news. I found someone who is interested in you."

"But Kagome, you know you're the only one for me. I couldn't even lay eyes on another woman."

"How sweet, but you know I'm with InuYasha," `No sense telling him everything that went down last night,' "I told her she could meet you today at lunch. I thought you, she, Rin and I could all go out for lunch around 1:00, ne?"

"Okay, but I already know I won't want her in that way."

"We'll see. So 1:00 then?"

"Yeah, ja, Kag."

"Ja"

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True to her word, Yura showed up at 9:00. Then at 9:30 she paged me.

"Kagome, InuYasha is on the line"

`I knew it. He's probably at work too; he has nothing better to do if he knows what's good for him.'

"Tell him I'm in a meeting and to call me back in ten minutes."

"Way to play it cool, Kagome, I'll do that."

Never take the first call. It makes you seem like you're waiting and expecting him to call, even though you are, but he doesn't need to know that. Make any excuse you can not to answer the first call. Have him call you back at a nice round number like 10 or 15 minutes.

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Nine minutes and 50 seconds later, I looked at the clock

`Hmm, he should be calling in 5 4 3 2 1'

"Kagome, its InuYasha,"

"Okay, Yura, I'll take it." If you man is even one minute late, be in another meeting. That way you give the message that your world doesn't revolve around him.

"Moushi, moushi," I said nonchalantly

"Hey, babe, how are you?"

"I'm fine."

"How's work going?"

" It's going well."

"Yeah same here, you know things have just been so hectic around…"

"Hey," I interrupted, "I'm so swamped right now, how `bout we talk later on tonight. How is 7:30 at La Bella Notte?"

"That's fine, but..."

"But nothing, I gotta go, see you tonight 7:30. Ja ne"

"Ja…"

Never discuss anything over the phone. You always want to talk face to face when you're in a situation like this. Set up a date that evening at a nice place you are both familiar with. More than likely he'll talk there thinking you won't make a scene and he'll just explain the entire thing.

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At 12:50, Ayame showed up at the office.

"Okay, Kag, so where is this Koga fellow?"

"Well, he should be here any minute."

As if on cue, Koga showed up, calmly strolling into my office.

"All right, Kagome, I'm ready, but like I said earlier, I'm not…."

He took one look at Ayame and froze. I said earlier that Ayame is quite the looker and I think Koga noticed that.

"Hello, I'm Ookami Koga, and you are?"

"Itekani Ayame, nice to meet you," she extended her hand and Koga took it gently and kissed it.

"I believe the pleasure is all mine," he smirked and Ayame blushed.

`Well, so much for me being his only girl, but what do I have to be jealous about? I don't even want Koga.' "All right you two, Rin said she'll meet us at the restaurant. We don't want to be late now do we?"

"Hai," the both said, "Let's go."

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The luncheon went wonderfully. As planned, Koga and Ayame hit it off. I just knew they would. I wasn't surprised when I found them exchanging phone numbers, and I knew they would be going out very soon. I couldn't help but feel a little proud of myself, despite all of what was going on.

I told Rin that I wouldn't be able to go out with her tonight because I'm going to make move number 1 with InuYasha tonight. She totally understood; I didn't really tell her everything that went down, but you don't always tell your friends because then they get all up in your business and give you horrible advice. But I'm getting beside myself. She said it was actually a good thing because then she could plan what she was going to do for her final move on Sess.

Did I neglect to mention she finally moved back to her place? Not that I didn't mind having her live with me, it's just with everything going on, her bubbly persona was starting to annoy me.

The rest of the day passed uneventfully. InuYasha called a few more times, but I didn't take his calls. I told Yura to remind him of our date tonight. As I said earlier, you never want to discuss anything over the phone, it makes it easier on the man and we don't want that.

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I arrived at La Bella Notte exactly at 7:30. If you wanted to you could make him wait, but since I didn't take any of his calls, I decided to be nice.

InuYasha was sitting at the table waiting for me. I knew he would be.

"Hi, sweetie," I said as I kissed him on the cheek. He looked a little surprised that I did such a sweet gesture, considering. You don't want to appear too mad; it gives them too much to play off of.

"Hey, babe," he sighed returning the gesture.

InuYasha seemed to be a little talkative, telling me about the business and how excellently it was growing, much to Sesshoumaru's enjoyment. I didn't say too much, just made small talk. When Yash noticed I wasn't talking as much, he excused himself.

`Hm, probably went to get some advice. Hope it's good.'

He came back five minutes later and decided to spill all

"Look, we both know why were here, so I might as well tell you everything that went down that night.

"Not long after you left, Kikyo showed up..."

`Kikyo, huh, that slut. I forgot I noticed her in the elevator on the way to my car.'

Susaka Kikyo. She works with one of the companies affiliated with Takahashi Inc., and she's a ho. Now I know every woman has a little ho in them, but Kikyo is a different kind of ho. She is a lie on her back and do whatever it takes to get your man kind of ho. She's had her eye on InuYasha for quite sometime and ever since I snagged him, we haven't been on the best of terms. It's kind of like Koga and InuYasha.

"Kikyo didn't want much, just to tell me that the Germany expansion is moving along quicker than we expected and the Frankfurter accounts needed to be ready by Monday.

"Sesshoumaru placed Keiko and me in charge of that account. We worked on it as much as we could, because I told her I had a date with you. When 7:30 rolled around, we still had an ass load to finish and that's when I called you.

"Keiko and I were working and it got pretty late so she suggested going out for a bite to eat. Being the gentleman that I am I invited her to go to a restaurant…"

I started tuning out of the conversation when he came to the part about being at the restaurant, because my eyes told me enough. No matter what his ass has to say, it doesn't matter, because he should have known better. So I did the only thing that I could.

"And that's when we saw you coming up to us. That's all that happened, I swear, Kagome."

I sat and I thought for a long time. Longer than I thought because InuYasha started to become a little antsy.

"You know what Yash; I think we should put this whole thing behind us."

"I was thinking the same thing, Kag."

"Ano, what I meant was we should put this behind us and spend some time apart; y'know, test the waters."

InuYasha looked absolutely shocked. I felt his whole world crumbling and my heart reached out to him, but my head told me to stay strong.

"I'm sorry that it came to this, but I just need some time to think things through before we can continue with this relationship."

"Y...You're breaking up with me?" was all he could manage to get out

"Try not to think of it as `breaking up' we're just spending some time apart"

As if on cue, the check came and I offered to pay for it.

"It's okay, Kag, I got this one."

"Are you sure?"

"Hai, go ahead, I'll be seeing you."

"All right, sayonara, Yash," I said as I kissed his cheek again, rubbing off some imaginary lipstick.

"Hai," was all he could say.

And that is that. Cardinal rule #2: Break up with him before he breaks up with you. Whoever breaks up first, wins.

`And now were ready to face day two.'

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A/n: Ahhhh! Don't hate me! I promise this is an I/K fic. We just need a little drama to spice things up! Next chapter we see how InuYasha took the break up. Till next time. Ja!

Citrus-luvr: Thank you very much. I'm glad you like the story. I don't like the fact that Inu was with Keiko, as well, but, if you think about it, he technically didn't cheat, but you're right, he is extremely protective of Kag. But even he slips up every once in a while with Kikyo, who will be making her debut in chapter 7 or so.

Shinobi-chan: I was laughing so hard when I wrote how calm Kagome was, because I knew I would never be that calm. Well, as of now Kag and Inu are no more. But don't worry; Kag is not finished with him. She'll get him back…oh no... I'm giving too much away. Oh believe me when I tell u, that Kag will get even! Heh Heh, *evil smirk*.

Deathsite-zero: Thank you. I'm glad you like it, really.