InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Special delivery ❯ New faces ( Chapter 49 )

Chapter 49: New faces

 

 

A/N: This one's going to be a transitional chapter because I like torturing you guys lol.

 

My dear friend ArtemisdelaLune wrote me a wonderful giftfic, which is an alternate reality of chapter 49 and 50. I took (with her permission) ideas from it.

 

Thanks for still reading and reviewing:

 

Sychotic

Little25victor

Soojinyeh

Soul.fleur

Sesshkagufan13

 

Hellina-Bertinelli (Interesting theory, but since you asked I won't reveal anything.)

 

Thanks to ArtemisdelaLune for the PM's.

 

 

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Zetsuii (The identity of the mysterious woman will be revealed in a few chapters.)

 

Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, Sesshy and Kagura would be happily mated and working on silver haired baby number three by now…

 

 

“Talking”

`Thoughts'

 

 

Sesshoumaru was looking down at his desk, trying his best to focus on the campaign he was working on. No matter how much he tried, his mind kept on straying to the day he had planned. He had impatiently waited for the last two weeks to go by, so that he could spend some time with Kagura and her daughter. Having Rin by his side as well was going to be a nice addition.

 

“Mr. Takahashi here's the file you asked for.” He heard his new secretary walk into his office. He had had a hard time finding a replacement for Kagura, but was overall glad for the newest addition to his advertising agency.

 

“Thank you.” The dog demon looked up to receive the file from the fellow inu youkai.

 

“I wanted to ask if I could leave the office early today. I have a date with a hot long legged blonde with breasts the size of watermelon. I met her at a strip joint two days ago, and she's in town until tomorrow, so I'd like to take advantage of the situation as much as possible.” The secretary said, looking hopefully at Sesshoumaru.

 

Instead of dignifying his employee with a verbal response, Sesshoumaru glared furiously in the direction of the newcomer.

 

“Aw come on what's so bad about getting some action with a gorgeous girl? If I were you boss, I'd go to a club, a bar or something and pick up a girl to take home. You need to let out some steam. If you need, I could take you out, and we could get a drink and look at some girls…” The young inu youkai stopped talking due to a sharp glare from Sesshoumaru.

 

“Get out of my office now!” He roared. “I have no need to hear of your salacious tales.”

 

“Thanks so much for giving me the afternoon off boss!” Without another word, or waiting for Sesshoumaru's assent, the employee was out of the office.

 

“Feh! Was that your secretary I just saw skipping happily out of your office?” Inuyasha asked as he stepped inside his older half brother's office.

 

“Oh yes I believe that was.” Miroku remarked dryly. He was more than glad to see Sesshoumaru's secretary leave their workplace. Since the newest addition to the agency, the purple eyes human had a hard time getting the attention of the women eployees.

 

`To think that now that Sango isn't working here anymore, I was sure I'd be able to flirt with as many women as I wanted. Not that it would go beyond that. I love my dearest Sango too much…but I still like to have a little fun. If it weren't for that damned inu youkai I would be able to get the attention of all the women in the agency!' Miroku thought, an uncommon scowl on his face.

 

“It seems I gave that lecherous idiot the afternoon off due to a date with a stripper.” Sesshoumaru sighed tiredly. He would have enjoyed daydreaming the rest of the afternoon away, but now that his secretary had interrupted him, and that his two closest friends had decided to crowd his office, he had to give up on planning his big date for the following day.

 

Just as he was about to shoo his collaborators from his work space, the dog demon heard his phone ring. He quickly reached for it, knowing that his secretary must have left by now.

 

“Hi. Sesshoumaru?” He heard a familiar feminine voice coming from the receiver.

 

“Kagura?” He asked truly surprised. Sesshoumaru quickly raised his gaze to stare at Inuyasha and Miroku, silently telling them to get out of his sight. To his annoyance, they merely smiled at him without moving one inch.

 

“To be honest I didn't think you'd pick up yourself. Whatever happened to your secretary? To think that when I worked for you I would jump on the phone every time it rang. ” Kagura joked lightly.

 

“Things have become a little more lax around here…” Sesshoumaru admitted. He picked up his phone and turned his chair around to face the windows behind his desk. He did not want to see the mocking looks of his brother and friend nor their taunts. He could however still hear Miroku mimicking loving looks and blowing kisses at his back.

 

“Is there something you wanted?” He asked his former girlfriend.

 

Even though she did her best to mask it from him, Kagura was hurt by his coldness and the way he seemed to dismiss her. Little did she know that he was simply feeling uncomfortable due to Inuyasha and Miroku listening in on their conversation.

 

“I'm about to go to work, and I just wanted to ask you something before I left.” She said her previous cheerful tone gone.

 

“What is it?” The dog demon asked.

 

“I just wanted to double check at what time you were going to come pick us up.” The wind sorceress asked nervously twirling a strand of her long dark hair around her finger.

 

“I see. I have to pick up Rin first, so I should be at your place around two in the afternoon.”

 

“Good. See you tomorrow. Oh and before I forget, I just put Kanna down for her nap, but she wanted me to let you know that she was impatient to see you.” Kagura had debated over to tell him that, but had finally opted to be honest.

 

“That is very kind of you. I am sure it will be a fine day.” Despite himself, his pride could not allow him to speak his real feelings, at least not as long as his friends were in his presence.

 

“Oh okay.” She replied dejectedly. “Well I'll see you on Saturday then. Goodbye Sesshoumaru.”

 

“Goodbye.” He answered wishing he could say more. He then hung up the phone and turned around to face his leering friends.

 

“Hum the wench did mention you were taking Kanna out. Ya back with Kagura or something?” Inuyasha asked happily. After all he could not wait to stop having to look after Kagura from afar in his brother's stead. The hanyou was also looking forward to not have Kagome complain about the relationship, or rather lack of between Sesshoumaru and Kagura.

 

“We are not. Kagura and I are merely meeting for Kanna's benefit I do not see why we would not be able to stay civil, despite what may have happened between us.” The elder Takahashi answered.

 

“You are speaking as if you two divorced and are sharing the custody of your kid or something…” Inuyasha remarked amused. Even though he could see how his brother's words rang true, Sesshoumaru ignored his half sibling, and pretended not to have heard anything.

 

“Divorce? Nope no one is going to break up. Can't you tell the love birds are definitely back on. I knew you two would get back together as soon as you realized you were meant to be together. As my uncle Mushin used to say all the time: love will always prevail!” Miroku grinned happily.

 

“Do you have a death wish?” Sesshoumaru glared at the young human, meaning to frighten him. He had barely been able to stand Inuyasha giving his unwarranted opinion, but Miroku's gleeful words annoyed him beyond words.

 

“Feh! Come I'll take you home unless you might my dear big bro' to kick your ass.” The grinning hanyou remarked as he dragged away his best friend.

 

`Idiots. All of them.' Sesshoumaru thought about his secretary, brother and friend, who he had finally managed to get out of his office.

 

`I hope Kagura will not be too put out by my lack of conversation…' He thought, making a mental note to try to smooth things over on Saturday.

 

Letting a sigh escape his lips, the dog demon let his golden gaze fall back on his desk laden with work and files. He picked up his favorite pencil, and resumed working on the campaign he had been designing before the many interruptions.

 

 

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After her slightly disappointing talk with the dog demon, Kagura had quickly left the shrine and hurried to her job at the restaurant.

 

`I wasn't expecting for him to be overjoyed to hear from me, but it's the first time I made the effort of calling him since we parted ways, and instead of talking to me he totally ignored me, and pretty much dismissed me.' She silently fumed.

 

The wind sorceress walked to the back of the restaurant, and pushed the employee only door. In no time she walked up the corridor, and arrived in the bustling kitchen. Due to its relatively small space it usually kept the heat of the large stove inside. It was therefore a blast of heat that welcomed her.

 

“Wind witch you're late.” Her boss, Kenji Yamamoto, remarked as soon as she walked in. The older tiger demon was both the head chef of the restaurant and the owner. To anyone who would ask, he would proudly tell the story of how his grandparents had opened the restaurant almost a century ago, and how he and his parents had worked hard to keep it in the family.

 

“What?” The already exasperated wind sorceress gasped as she looked down at her watch. “I'm only a minute late!”

 

“Don't bother arguing Kagu-chan, he can be as stubborn as a mule when he wants to be.” His wife, Mayumi a tiger demoness as well walked past the pair, carrying plates of steaming food. Despite her advanced age, she still had as much energy as any of the young waitresses employed at the restaurant. “Don't pay attention to this old man, and get changed and come help me dear. We have a full place this afternoon.”

 

“Stubborn, me?” Kenji grunted just as he threw some chopped vegetable into the frying pan in front of him.

 

“Do not get me started on your case honey. If I had known how insufferable you would turn out, I never would have married you old man.” Mayumi retorted, to Kagura's surprise. She had heard that it was Mayumi who had pursued him until he finally gave in and agreed to marry her.

 

“Oh Kagura ignore my grandparents. From what my mom told me they have been bickering like this since before she was born.” The future owner of the restaurant, Ai said as she walked into the kitchen. The young tiger demoness had gone to culinary school and had also gotten a management and accounting degree in the hopes of becoming her grandparents' heir and take back the restaurant when the two retired.

 

“I started working at the restaurant when I was a kid, and let me tell you something that never failed me. When they get in a bickering mood, it's better to leave them alone and go about your business.” Without sparing her grandparents a glance, the young woman took Kagura by the arm and led her towards the employees' rest area, where she would be able to change in peace.

 

“Oh by the way Kagura I meant to ask you, Kara asked for the day off on Saturday, so her shift's open.” The young tiger youkai, who was also in charge of planning the shifts of the waitresses, said. She knew that Kagura was always open to take more hours, as much long as her schedule permitted it.

 

“I'll pass. I have something planned this Saturday.” Kagura answered just as the took her uniform out of her locker.

 

“Oh my god! You have a date. I'm so glad for you. If he has a brother, send him my way. I'm pushing thirty and still single…” Ai sighed, hanging her head.

 

“Too late, his brother is marrying a good friend of mine.” The wind sorceress smiled just as she started changing into the white dress she wore at the restaurant.

 

“Oh well I can still hope I'll met a great guy on the job. See you in a bit.” With a wave Ai walked out of the rest area and returned to the bustling kitchen.

 

`I wonder why I didn't contradict her. It's not like Sesshoumaru and I are going on a date. We're just seeing each other for Kanna's benefit. It's more like a play date…' The wind sorceress thought to herself. Despite herself she could not help but hope that things would however turn out to be more than just a play date for her daughter's benefit.

 

`Then again you never know how Sesshoumaru might react, or how things will end up tomorrow.' She thought remembering how cold he had seemed on the phone earlier.

 

“Wind witch! How long can it take you to get changed?!” She heard Kenji's voice roar from the kitchen.

 

“Silence yourself old man! Take as long as you want Kagura dear.” Mayumi retorted cheerily.

 

`These two…' Kagura laughed to herself as she finished getting changed, and walked out towards the restaurant's dining area.

 

 

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“Sesshoumaru-sama?”

 

“Yes Rin?” He asked the human child securely strapped in the backseat of his car.

 

“Is Rin going to be friends with Miss Kagura and her daughter?” She asked anxiously. She did not mind meeting some of her beloved mentor's friends, but she was still apprehensive. Ever since her parents' death, Rin had become much more nervous of meeting new people or communicating with others, but Sesshoumaru was slowly helping her get over it. Unlike other people he had never tried to push her to talk, or be like her sunny old self, which was a relief. However since she met the dog demon Rin had started behaving more like her old self.

 

“Here we have arrived.” He said parking his car. “I will call them; they should come down in a minute.” Before dialing, he took the time to turn around and send Rin a reassuring light smile. She had seen him interact with many other people, so she knew how rare his smiles were, which made the one he gave her even more precious and reassuring. All of a sudden her jitters were gone, so was the knot in her stomach.

 

`Everything is going to be okay. Sesshumaru-sama is so nice, so of course his friends must be too.' The six year old thought confidently as she watched her protector fish his cell phone out of his pocket.

 

 

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“Are we going soon?” Kanna asked her mother. The young girl was seated on the carpet of their living room, impatiently playing with her stuffed toy Kuma-chan.

 

“Not yet baby.” Kagura smiled indulgently. She too was impatient, but showed it less than her daughter. Ever since she had told Kanna the previous week that they were to spend the afternoon with Sesshoumaru, the little girl had behaved as sagely as she used to. The prospect of being reunited with the dog demon had been enough to pacify her rebellious instincts.

 

“When is he coming?” Kanna asked again.

 

“Soon Kanna-chan. Soon.” The wind sorceress smiled as she gave herself a critical once over in the mirror; the void demoness was not the only one looking forward to seeing Sesshoumaru. Kagura sighed as she rearranged her headband, which was trying to keep her long dark unbound hair in place.

 

`I do wonder how Kanna will react to Sesshoumaru's mentee… well as long as she's not some snotty kid… Then again I doubt she would be, Sesshoumaru isn't known for his patience, so I think he wouldn't be able to bear having an annoying kid follow him around. I could still remember how haughty he was where Kanna was concerned when we first met.' She thought to herself, a smile tugging at her lips. Sesshoumaru had changed drastically.

 

`And for the best. I guess I like the new him much better.' Kagura jolted when she heard her cell phone ring. She quickly picked it up and was not surprised to see Sesshoumaru's number appear on her screen.

 

“I am here.” He simply said.

 

“Okay we're on our way down.” Kagura smiled just as she hung up.

 

“Sesshoumaru is here?” Kanna asked, dark eyes gleaming.

 

“Yes he's waiting downstairs.” Kagura picked up her purse and took the time to once again make sure she looked right before walking towards the door.

 

“Let's go!” Kanna ran to the door, an eager smile on her lips. Kagura laughed wholeheartedly as her daughter's antics even if she was worried that things would go well between Kanna and Sesshoumaru's mentee, and of course between the dog demon and herself.

 

 

To be continued…

 

 

A/N: We'll see how the day of fun will go along in the next chapter Date. I'm pretty sure you can guess how some things will turn out. I'm 60% sure there will be an update next week… I'll try to get some writing done since it's my Spring break, but I've got lots of schoolwork. It seems some professors seem to forget that it's not much of a break if they assign papers due the day we come back ugh…