InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Professional ❯ chapter 05 ( Chapter 5 )

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

The Professional
Chapter 5
Kikyo
It took some doing but thanks to Kagura, and rumors floating through the Taisho Corporation, I found out that Inuyasha's date was named Kagome Higurashi and that she worked at Shikon along with Rin. I googled her, hoping to find at least a little info on her but all that came up was an old article about her being some type of whiz kid. I needed to know more about her and figured that I'd take a different approach than the one I had taken at the party. I had let my emotions get the best of me and so I didn't come off as smoothly as I would have liked.

I put my car in park and stared up at the tall skyscraper that was dedicated to the Shikon Company and promptly turned off the ignition to my cherry red corvette and slipped out of the driver's seat. I tossed my black pinstripe jacket on the passenger seat, leaving me in only a tight lace corset bustier and a pinstripe mermaid skirt that sat low on my waist and clung to my body. I gave myself a once over in the mirror before walking effortlessly in the building on my high stiletto heels.

"Can I help you Mam?" the main receptionist asked me as I walked inside the building.

"Yes, I need to know what floor Kagome Higurashi is on," I replied.

"She's on the twenty-second floor," she replied and I nodded before heading inside of a recently opened elevator and pressed the button to my floor.

It took about ten minutes to get to my desired floor, what with stops and people getting on and off, and I made sure my make up was perfect by gazing into the gold elevator doors before walking across the marble floor and over towards the secretary's desk. She motioned for me to hold on while she finished her conversation. I rolled my eyes, feeling the itch to tell her that I make more than she ever would and that it was in her best interest to take care of my business before she gave her attention to whoever was on the phone. Once ended her call she jotted something down on a piece of paper before turning her attention to me and plastering a smile on her face.

"What can I do for you?" she asked in a smooth tone.

"I'm here to see Kagome Higurashi," I replied.

"And your name is?" she asked.

"Kikyo Takagi," I replied.

She flipped open a large appointment book and looked through it before turning her attention to me, "I'm sorry but you don't have an appointment."

"I know that but I need to see her," I replied.

"Well you can set up an appointment and come back then," she replied with a smile on her face.

"I don't think you understand..." I started and she cut me off.

"Look Mam, I'm sure whatever you need to speak to Ms. Higurashi about is very important but you can't see her without setting an appointment. Now you can give me your information and I can pencil you in when she has time and then you can come back and tell her all about your dilemma but you won't see her until then."

I was about to snap when a door opened down the hall and the woman I had come to see walked out. I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed as I realized that her appearance at the party hadn't been a fluke. Here she was dressed in an impeccably tailored white suit whose pants fit her perfectly and jacket draped over her satin ice blue shirt in an amazing fit. A pair of ice blue satin pumps covered her feet and a beautiful diamond and aquamarine broach was clipped on the corner of her jacket. Her hair was twisted back into a fashionable French Twist and she was looking over a few papers in her hand. She looked up as she approached the secretary's desk and smiled briefly at the girl.

"Hello Miss Shidoushi. Did I get any calls?" she asked as she stopped next to me.

"Yes Ms. Higurashi," she replied as she handed Kagome her messages.

Kagome was about to walk down the hall when I called her name. She turned around and looked at me curiously before asking, "Yes?"

"I was wondering if we could talk." I asked.

She looked at me with squinted eyes, as if trying to place me, before smiling and saying, "Kikyo right?"

"Yes," I replied smirking, knowing I'd made an impression.

"Well I'm kind of busy right now so if you don't mind, I'd like to do this another time," she replied.

"This is actually one of the only free moments I have so if we could get this over with I'd appreciate it," I replied.

She looked at me and shook her head before politely saying, "I'm sure your job and life is very taxing but seeing as I'm running a business you'll have to excuse me if I don't think you life and job is more important or tiring than mine."

"This won't take long," I replied, brushing off the insult.

She turned to her secretary and said, "If Mrs. Taisho calls for me let her know I'm in the employee's lounge."

She then turned to me and led me down the hall to this huge lounge and motioned for me to take a seat before pouring herself a cup of tea and taking a seat across from me. She took a sip before saying, "So what is it that you need to talk about?"

"I think our initial meeting came about the wrong way," I started, trying smooth out the feathers I may have ruffled so that I could pry the information I wanted out of her.

"Really?" she asked, "How was it supposed to come across?"

"Not so confrontational," she replied. "Why don't we start over?"

She put her cup down and stood as she said, "If this is why you came here you might as well leave."

"Excuse me?" I asked, shocked at her reaction.

"This is a place of business," she started, "My place of business and I don't have time for this right now."

"I'm just trying to be cordial," I replied, trying to cover up my shock and anger.

"We're both grown here Ms. Takagi so lets cut the bullshit. You're here because you feel like I'm coming in on your territory but the truth of the matter is that Inuyasha isn't yours and hasn't been for some time. I'm not into games or consorting with fake people so there's no chance of the two of us ever becoming anything more than strained acquaintances so you might as well take yourself, and whatever you brought with you, and go along you merry way. I have too much to do than to go back and forth with you on a verbal spar, besides I just do have the interest in it," she replied frankly as she dumped her tea in the sink.

"What are you saying?" I asked.

"I'm saying that I don't have the time nor patience to go about you tip toeing over the fact that you're here to find out more information about me and Inuyasha. Anything you need to know has been said and/or put out there. He and I are seeing each other and anything else besides that fact is our business. Our, meaning that it doesn't concern you or anyone else," and with that done she picked up her things and carried them to the door. "I'm sure you know your way out."

I watched her walk out of the room and I knew I was red in the face. I was pissed. Who did she think she was? I'm Kikyo Takagi not some average little underling that she could speak to in that manner. It seems that I underestimated her a bit but it won't happen again. I'll just have to impose on her the fact that Inuyasha is off limits in another way. I grabbed my purse and headed out of the building.

~*~*~
Kagome
I hadn't been in my office for five minutes when my phone rang. I didn't bother looking at the caller ID as I answered the phone with," Kagome Higurashi speaking. How may I help you?"

"Hey Kags," Rin's voice said over the line.

"Hey Rin. What's up?" I asked her as I wrote the corrections on the papers I had been looking for and tossed them into an open file.

"I heard that Kikyo was here to see you," she replied.

"Yeah, that girl has some major balls just showing up here and acting as if everything was peachy. I swear I hate fake people," I replied.

"So you told her where she could stick it, huh?" Rin asked with a giggle over the line.

I blushed a bit before saying, "But I did it in a polite manner."

"I'm so sure," she replied.

"Seriously, Rin. It amazes me that Inuyasha dated someone like her. She just doesn't seem like his type," I replied.

"Well looks are deceiving. I can honestly tell you that the Kikyo he fell for isn't the Kikyo we all know and love to hate. She plays a good game and Inuyasha was caught in it for a while. She's just a scheming diva and apparently she caught someone who could afford to keep her in the life style she's grown accustomed to," Rin replied.

"What are you talking about?" I asked curiously.

"Kikyo recently got engaged to some guy named Hojo something or other. He holds a cushy position at the Sun Corporation, which is more title than any real important, and while he's not an imbecile, you can tell that he got his job based off of connections than of real talent and skill," Rin replied.

"You would think since she's engaged that she wouldn't be all in Inuyasha's business," I replied as I turned my swivel chair around to take in the beautiful view I had of the city.

"Please, that girl just can't stand to see Inuyasha happy. She could be the mother of six kids with more money in the bank to spend and she'd still be preoccupied with what Inuyasha is doing and who he's doing it with," Rin replied, annoyance clear in her voice.

A couple of minutes later she got a call on another line and told me she had to take it before we ended the call and I put my attention back on the paper work.

~*~*~
Inuyasha
"So I saw the pictures with you and your new girl and the lady is beautiful if I must say so myself. So have you hit that yet?" Miroku asked.

I snorted before saying, "No. We're just enjoying each other's company."

"I seriously can't believe you haven't had any of that yet. The girl is bad," Miroku replied.

I picked up the magazine that had Kagome and me on the cover and stared at it or a moment before saying, "Yeah, we do look good together."

"So what's up?" he asked.

"It's not like that with Kagome. She's different," I replied.

"In what way?" Miroku asked as he started printing out the floor planes that he had typed up using the drafting and design program on his laptop.

"She's not looking for a meal ticket. She's just having fun and going with the flow. She doesn't need to be in the spotlight or shop twenty-four seven. She has her own job and enjoys it. She's happy with or without me; her life is established and she's worked hard to be where she is. It's crazy because she's the first woman I've been with who's together and it’s because of Sesshomaru," I replied.

"Well damn, you make her seem perfect," Miroku replied.

"She's not perfect, but maybe she's perfect for me," I replied as I turned to look out the window.

"Damn," Miroku said and I could feel his heated gaze on me. "This is something serious isn't it?"

"Maybe, maybe not. I haven't known her that long but I have a feeling that it could be something serious," I replied with a shrug of my shoulder.

"Okay. Me and Sango need to meet her," he replied.

"Nah, the two of you might scare the poor girl," I replied.

"Who? Us?" he asked, replacing his devilish look with an innocent doe eyed face.

"Yes you two. You're a pervert and Sango is outspoken to the point of being rude. The two of you aren't exactly the ones I'd ask a girlfriend of mine to meet," I replied.

"Well if you had, maybe you wouldn't have been with Kikyo that long. Besides she's already met the family, we can't be any worse than that," he replied.

I sighed, and thought about the request. Kagome would have to meet Sango and Miroku at one point in time so what would be the difference in now or a couple of weeks from now? "I don't know."

"Well we're the only friends you got so you might as well get it over with. If she's as cool as you say she is then there won't be a problem," he replied.

"Come on Inuyasha. What's the worse that could happen?" he asked.

"Alright but if you embarrass me I'll tell Sango exactly what happened at your Bachelor Party," I threatened.

"You wouldn't?" he asked with a gasp.

"You wanna bet?" I asked.

He put up his hands in surrender. "I'll be on my best behavior."

But knowing Miroku that wasn't saying much.