InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Professional ❯ 03 ( Chapter 3 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

The Professional
Chapter 3
Kagome
It was around two o'clock on a Friday afternoon and I was already ready to just go home. It had been a stressful day, what with my having to fire an employee for discussing her clients outside of the work place and then having to fix a problem that H&R made. On top of all of that my feet were killing me from having to break in a new pair of shoes and then I had that formal thing with Inuyasha later on tonight. I was seriously stressed and needed a break. Just as I was about to call my secretary and tell her to hold my calls Rin walked in, her heels clicking lightly on the marble floor, as she made her way over to my desk.

"Do you have any plans other than the party tonight?" Rin asked me.

"No. I was just going to head home after this and take a nap before getting ready for the party," I answered.

She looked at me as and shook her head before saying, "Get up and grab your jacket."

"Where are we going?" I asked as I logged off my computer and stood from my seat.

I straightened my desk and locked my files in my filing cabinet. I smoothed my shirt over my skirt and re-tied the satin sash of my lace cropped top before I grabbed my purse and walked with Rin to her office. Rin grabbed her white blazer and shrugged it over her lace top before grabbing her purse and leading me to the bank of elevators.

"Did you forget my question?" I asked as we rode down to the lobby.

"We're having a girl's day," she replied.

"What? We have work to do," I replied.

Rin rolled her eyes and said, "That's what assistants and secretary's are for. It's Friday Kagome. Don't worry about all of that nonsense. If they can't handle it then they have our cell phone numbers. Now do you want to ride with me or are you going to follow me?"

"I'll follow you that way I can go home after we're done," I replied as I headed to my car.

Rin nodded and closed the door to her convertible SLK Mercedes and turned on the ignition before pulling out of her space and out of the underground garage. I followed her maneuver her way through the city and she drove into the fashion district and parked in front of this posh looking spa. I followed her inside and as soon as we walked in a hostess came over and smiled widely when she saw Rin.

"Good afternoon Mrs. Taisho. Do you want your usual treatment?" she asked with a friendly smile.

"Hello Ayumi," Rin started as she shook the girl's hand before saying, "Yes. Kagome and I will have my usual treatment."

The woman nodded and led us to the back. I was a little apprehensive about letting anyone except for my own stylist touch my hair but Rin always looked well put together so I decided to give it a try. Rin was ushered over to her regular stylist while I was led over to this guy who had blue highlights in his hair. He smiled at me and introduced himself as Surei as he motioned for me to sit down in his chair and turned me to the mirror.

"It's nice to meet you Surei. I'm Kagome Higurashi," I replied as he pulled the pins from my hair and places them on the marble top of his desk.

"So, what do you have in mind?" he asked me.

"Well I'm attending a formal dinner party tonight. I need something classy and sophisticated while still be fashionable and youthful," I replied.

He smiled, revealing a set of perfectly straight white teeth and the deepest dimples I had ever seen, before saying I have the perfect thing for you. Follow me," he replied as he led me over to the rinse station and proceeded to wash and deep condition my hair. He set my hair in rollers and set me under the dryer for twenty minutes before ushering me back to his seat to work his magic. An hour later he spun my chair around and said Voila!

My hair was beautiful. The front and back were done in tight twists that led up in a beautifully styled bun. A tendril of hair was left out to frame my face and I honestly felt I looked beautiful. After I told him I loved the style and gave him a tip I was ushered over to the nail salon and was seated in the massage chair. Two nail technicians came over and I was told to remove my sandals as the woman filled the sink with warm bubbled filled blue water. With that done I was told to place my feet into the water. The massage chair was turned on and the vibrations massaged the kinks out of my back and neck. I leaned my head back and closed my eyes as the second woman used acetone to take the polish off my nails before placing my hands into a white porcelain bowl filled with warm bubble filled water.

"How do you want your nails painted?" the woman doing my manicure asked as she pulled my hands from the waters and dried them with the warm towel in her hands.

"I want a French Manicure on both my manicure and pedicure," I replied.

She nodded and oiled my cuticles before grabbing my left hand and filing my nails evenly around the edges to change the square tip into a round tip. Once I was sure she knew what I wanted I leaned back and closed my eyes for a short nap.

~*~*~
Rin
I watched Kagome get her treatments and shook my head sadly. The girl was so young but she didn't indulge in herself like a normal woman of her prestige would. Kagome made enough, hell she made more than enough, to be able to enjoy going to a spa twice a month and getting custom treatments. I've known Kagome for a little over six years and I haven't heard her tell me anything she did for fun that didn't involve her little brother, mother, or grandfather. Had it been anyone else I would have accounted it as her professionalism and not discussing her private life with a co-worker but we were friends way before we became co-workers so that didn't apply to her. Kagome went out on dates, but those were few and far between. She was genuinely a good person and the type to give you the clothes off her back if you asked and I didn't want to see her end up alone or look back on her youth and regret not experiencing and living life because she put too many responsibilities on herself.

Kagome was still sleeping well after our treatments were done and our polish had dried. I handed my credit card to Ayumi so that I could pay for both of our treatments before waking Kagome up. I knew good and well that if I woke her before the transaction went through that she would pitch a fit and demand that she pay for her own. Kagome is one of the only true friends I've ever had. Most of the other girl's I became friends with over the years started treating me differently when Sesshomaru started courting me.

Sesshomaru was, at the time of our courtship, the most eligible man in Japan youkai or otherwise. He had one of the greatest business minds to ever be seen and then on top of that he had looks that were unparalleled by anyone. He was the muse of several couture lines and had even modeled for a couple of years during his college days. Needless to say my friends and sorority sisters treated me differently when he and I started dating. Sesshomaru didn't date, that was a known fact, and for him to decide to court a woman who was younger than him by a decade and who wasn't a youkai or hanyou made the tabloids and when he engaged the girl's really showed their envy and started talking about me. Once a girl I had invited to our home to just spend time with me actually tried to seduce Sesshomaru. That really hurt me because she was someone I had known since we were children.

Kagome was different. She was focused and didn't care for all the hoopla surrounding the Taisho name. She loved me when I was Rin Hamasaki and loved me just the same when I became Rin Taisho. She didn't even mention she knew me when she had her final interview at the Taisho Corporation. That meant a lot to me so when I started the company there was only one person I wanted and trusted enough to run it with me and it amazed me to this day that she never asked me for anything.

I remember one time during our earlier years into the company when the business hadn't been growing as quickly as we expected and funs funds hadn't been as good as it has been for the last couple of years and her grandfather got really sick. She could have asked me for the money to put him in the hospital that specialized in helping people with his particular cancer, hell Sesshomaru could have got him into the best part of the hospital for free but she hadn't even asked. She just used her savings, the money she was using to purchase her dream apartment, to get him in. I would have done it on the strength that her grandfather had always been nice to me and because she was my best friend but she never wanted anything from me and that's why I went out of my way to do things for her.

When Sesshomaru decided to find someone for Inuyasha I told him about Kagome. I knew that Kagome liked nice things but she didn't like to spend over a certain amount of money on things because she was used to be frugal so on birthday's and holidays I would give her the expensive gifts I knew she wouldn't get for herself. Of course she pitched a fit but it was a gift so she couldn't return them.

I dotted the last 'I' in my signature before waking Kagome up and quickly ushered her out of the spa while she was still a little disoriented and not in her right mind to ask me if I paid for her services as well as to get me far enough away so she won't yell at me for spending money on her.

"I'll see you later Kagome," I replied as I helped her in her car.

I then headed over to my own car and drove off to my estate so that I could make sure I had everything I needed for the party tonight.

~*~*~
Kagome
I yawned as I pulled off from the salon and headed over to Franco Tailored and Custom Design's, which was in the heart of the fashion district, and picked up the dress I had custom designed for the night. When I walked in Daniel, the owner, smiled and ushered me to the back and gave me the dress to try on to make sure it fit the way he wanted. As I walked out a huge smile graced his face and he had me spin around. I did so and he nodded before speaking.

"You look wonderful girl and if I was straight I'd be a little jealous of your date tonight," he said with a smile, his warm brown eyes glowing is mischief.

"I'll take that as a compliment that I know it was meant to be Danny," I replied.

"Change back into your clothes and I'll put your gown in a garment bag," he replied as he headed into the back to get a black garment bag that had Franco Tailored and Custom Design's inscribed on the back.

I headed home after I left Daniel's and hung my dress in my closet before covering my hair with a scarf. I set the clock for six o’clock before pulling off my work clothes and slipped on a lavender satin slip and went to sleep.

~*~*~
Inuyasha
I had just slipped on my boxers and a white ribbed tank top when my phone started ringing. I looked at the clock before hitting the speaker button and saying Inuyasha speaking.

"How are you coming along?" my father's baritone voice asked over the line.

"Everything's fine pop," I replied.

"So you have your suit?" he asked.

"Yes," I replied.

"And you have a limo to pick you and your young lady up?" he asked.

"Yes pop. I'm not a pup anymore. I do know to do things," I replied.

"I know Inuyasha but you're not exactly up to par when it comes to formal situations. If it were up to you, you would wear jeans to tonight's dinner, and while Izayoi might not mind seeing as she still sees you as her baby it is not acceptable," he replied.

"Whatever. How is mom doing? I haven't seen her in almost a month," I replied.

"Well she's fine. She returned from visiting her sister in New York last week and has been looking forward to this party since. You know she likes to socialize," he replied.

"Alright, well I have to go and get dressed," I replied.

"I'll see you tonight Inuyasha," my father replied before ending the call.

I cut off my phone before grabbing my lotion and smoothing a coat over my skin. With that done I rolled on my deodorant and grabbed my black dress socks and pulled them on. I grabbed my black Ryan-Kenny shirt and pulled it on. I quickly buttoned the buttons going down the front of my shirt before grabbing my platinum cufflinks that had my initials engraved in white diamonds and used them to fasten my cuffs. I then grabbed my black tailored Armani pants and pulled them on, being careful not to wrinkle them as I tucked my dress shirt into the pants and buttoned them. I slipped on my black Louis Vuitton loafers before I grabbed my white silk tie and flipped my collar up so that I could put the tie in a neat knot.

With that done I headed over to my dresser and lightly sprayed on my cologne before brushing my hair back into a neat low ponytail. I slid my white gold diamond encrusted Gucci watch on my right wrist before I shrugged on my suit jacket and pulled my hair out to lay on the back of my suit jacket. I looked myself over before I slipped my wallet into my pocket before I grabbed my keys and left my home. Lionel, one of my family's drivers, was waiting outside in the driver's seat of a black stretch limo. When he saw me leave my house he left the driver's seat and came over to the side I was on and opened the door for me.

"Thank you Lionel," I replied as I slipped in the back seat.

"You’re welcome Mr. Taisho," he replied.

Once he was in the driver's seat and driving off of my property I rolled down the privacy window and asked him if he knew Kagome Higurashi's home address.

"Yes sir," he replied.

I nodded before putting the window back up and turning on the television to watch the Thomas Crown Affair. It was at the part where Thomas was going to reveal where he put the painting when Lionel stopped in front of a posh apartment building. I grabbed the paper that had Kagome's apartment number on it just as Lionel opened the door for me. The doorman at Kagome's apartment building watched me curiously and didn't question me when he realized that I was a Taisho and just let me in. I nodded at him and entered the elevator and rode to the 16th floor where her apartment was.

She really has done well for herself, I thought as I looked down the vast hall way where there only five doors on the fall. I headed to apartment 164 and rang the door bell. Five minutes later the gold door opened and Kagome stood in front of me and I didn't know what to say. The dim light of the chandelier added to her looks and I couldn't take my eyes off her. Her make up was done lightly but brought out her features. Her hair was up in an intricate hairstyle while a pair of white diamond drop earrings hung off her dainty ears. A beautiful diamond necklace graced her delicate neck white a white and black accented floor length gown clung to every curve of her body managing to look both sexy and conservative; something not many people could pull off. A black silk shawl lay though the crook of her arms, covering the back of her gown while this soft tantalizing scent came off of her.

"Are you ready?" she asked with a smile.

"If you are," I left hand through my right arm and left her apartment.

The train of her dress dragged along the tan and white marble floor and she bent down to pick it up as we entered the elevator, as to not get the white material dirty before we got to the party. Kagome looked amazing and that added to her perfume was making it increasingly harder to keep this arrangement strictly business.