InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Professional ❯ chapter 06 ( Chapter 6 )

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

The Professional
Chapter 6
Kagome
It was around six o'clock and I was at my mother's house for a healthy dinner. She had cooked a full course meal of grilled chicken, stir-fry, and rice and I was thoroughly enjoying myself. I didn't usually stop by my mother's house during the week but she cooked large dinners for Souta and I figured I'd get my helping in as well. Dinner was cool; it was almost how it used to be when I was in high school and Souta was in junior high. My mother delved into our lives trying to catch up on all the important moments of our week before Souta and I washed the dishes and headed into the living room to watch a movie. My mother and Souta were arguing over which movie to watch when my cell phone started ringing. I pulled my phone from its clip on my hip and answered it with a polite hello.

"May I speak to Kagome?" the voice on the other end spoke.

"Speaking," I replied as I stood from my spot from the couch and headed to a quieter part of the room.

"Hey, It's Inuyasha," the voice replied.

"Hey! What's up?" I asked him.

"A couple of my friends want to meet you and I was wondering if you want to go out with us tonight," he said asked more so than said.

"I'm actually with the family right now but I can swing by a little later," I offered.

"No baby!" my mother replied, overhearing my end of the conversation, "Go out. We can do this on Saturday."

"What was that?" Inuyasha asked over the line.

"Nothing, just my mother being the wonderful person she is. Is this a come as you are affair or is there something special I should wear?" I asked him.

"Just come comfortable," he replied.

"Alright, so I'll be by your house in an hour or two, depending on how long it takes me to make the drive to the country," I replied.

"The country?" he asked curiously.

"Now you know good and well you live in the boon docks," I replied.

He laughed over the line and I found myself forming a smile at his amusement. "Well that's something I haven't heard before."

"Well now you have," I replied as I grabbed my purse from the sofa and slung it over my shoulder.

"Alright, I'll see you in a bit," he replied before ending the call.

I closed my phone and headed over to my mother, who was sitting with Souta on the couch watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek before pushing Souta on the head and leaving the house. I locked the back door behind me and made the twenty minute drive back to my apartment. As soon as I walked through the doorway of my apartment I kicked off my heels and picked them up before carrying them to my bedroom. I placed them in my closet before I pulled off my suit and tossed it into the dirty clothes hamper. I stretch my limbs as I made my way into my bathroom and bypassed the whirlpool tub for my shower stall. I turned on the water and made sure the temperature was set on hot before I headed over to my sink and proceeded to rid my face of the make up I had painted on it earlier in the day.

Once that was done I pulled off the undergarments I had worn earlier and pulled on a thick white shower cap and entered the shower stall. I moaned in pleasure at the feel of the two shower heads blasting hard water onto my skin. The beating water pellets quickly worked out the kinks and I savored the warmth of the water for a minute before grabbing my loofa sponge and rose scented shower gel and proceeded to cleanse my body. Fifteen minutes later I left the bathroom feeling refreshed and towel dried my body before grabbing my rose scented shea butter body cream and smoothed a coat over my dry skin.

I grabbed a pink bra and panty set from my underwear drawer and proceeded to put it on before rolling on my deodorant and heading into my closet to pull something comfortable on. I grabbed a pair of blue low rise jeans and pulled them on before grabbing my pink long sleeved Henley. I smoothed the comfortable shirt over my chest and smoothed it over my jeans before unbuttoning the first four buttons of the shirt, giving it a v-neck appeal. I slipped my feet into a pair of incredibly soft pink terry cloth flip flops before leaving my closet and heading into the main portion of my room.

I pulled my hair out of the tight bun I had it in and just pulled it back into a casual low ponytail before rolling on my clear gloss and leaving my apartment. I drove the somewhat lengthy drive to Inuyasha's in relative calm until I was at the edge of his property waiting for the gates to open. It suddenly hit me that I would be meeting his friends, friends that meant a lot to him and I suddenly felt like I was a real girlfriend who was being introduced to his friends for the first time and it was nerve-wracking.

When the gates opened enough for me to enter I drove though the winding path and parked in an empty spot and cut off my car. I sat in the front seat and gathered myself and tried to calm my nerves before I walked towards the front door and rang the doorbell. I heard the faint sound of laughing as the door opened and a handsome guy stood in front of me. His short hair had that messy tousled look and he was tall and muscular, not overly so but enough to show that he either did manual labor daily or he exercised on a regular basis. His brown eyes sparkled with mischief as he looked me up and down.

He smiled widely, showing two rows of perfectly white teeth before saying, "You must be tired because you've been running through my mind all day."

I laughed a bit before saying, "I'm sure you have better lines than that," and walked past him.

"Okay, how about this one," he said as he closed the door, "That must be jelly cause jam don't move like that."

I shook my head before saying, "And how does your wife feel about that particular observation?"

"Wife?" he asked me with an arched brown.

"I have impeccable eyesight," I replied as I motioned towards his left hand where a sleek platinum wedding band sat.

"I can answer that," a smooth female voice said from beside us.

I turned to see a beautiful woman who was about two inches taller than me and more definition in her body than I could wish for. A pair of baggy men's jeans hung dangerously low on her small waist and the yellow cropped top she wore revealed chiseled six pack abs that were enhanced by a chandelier belly ring and the indention of her pelvic bones. The cut of the top she wore revealed cut arms and her thick black hair fell down her back in waves. Her hazel eyes looked at the guy and me with amusement as she introduced herself.

"Don't mind Miroku. He's a hentai and after being married to him for three years, I've learned to accept his shortcomings. I'm Sango Houshi. It's nice to meet you," she replied as she offered me her left hand.

I shook it with my right hand as I said, "It's nice to meet you."

I looked down and gasped at both her engagement ring and wedding band. "Your rings are very beautiful. It's so rare to see antique designs anymore."

"Thank you," she said with a smile. "This was actually Miroku's grandmother's ring. I fell in love with it the first time I saw it. I've never seen a solitaire designed like this."

"Why don't we take this to the basement?" Miroku asked as he walked away.

Sango and I followed Miroku down to the basement, which was designed as a sort of game room. There was a large plasma TV mounted on the wall across from a very comfortable looking sofa. To the far end of the room was a fully stocked kitchen, which I was sure housed even more Ramen. There was a pool red topped cherry wood pool table as well as an air hockey table. Inuyasha and Miroku headed over to the pool table and racked the balls while Sango led me over to the couch.

"So how do you feel about Inuyasha?" Sango asked once we were seated.

"Well aren't you straight forward?" I asked rhetorically.

"I find it’s the easiest way to get the answers to things I want to know," she replied as she picked up her drink from the table in front of us. "So?"

"Inuyasha is nice. I mean I like him and I think we'd we great friends," I replied.

"So you only like him in a platonic way?" she asked, her eyes staring directly into mine.

I nodded and said, "I haven't known him long enough to like him in any other way."

She stared at me hard before smiling and saying, "I think I'm going to like you," and with that said she put on Kung Fu Hustle and we laughed at the comedy while the guys played pool.

~*~*~
Sango
"So how do you feel about Kagome Higurashi?" Miroku asked me.

"I actually like her. She doesn't seem like the average gold digger that tries to latch onto Inuyasha," I replied as we drove home.

"Yeah, the only problem is that they're not together," Miroku replied.

"That's not a problem, per se, it's just an obstacle. You know good and well that if Inuyasha falls for her than he'll do whatever's in his power to make her his. And seeing as she works with, and is very close to, Rin there's a huge chance that he can win her over," I replied.

"Well just stay out of it," he ordered me.

"Me?" I asked as if Inuyasha and Kagome getting together was the farthest thing from my mind.

"Yes, you," Miroku said. "I know how your mind works and don't meddle. Let things just happen."

~*~*~
Kagome
It was about two months since Inuyasha introduced me to his friends and the four of us have hung out together on various occasions and I appreciated the fact that they made me feel comfortable. My mother and brother were only too happy to see that I was going out and having fun with people my own age and that it wasn't based on business. It was around noon Saturday and instead of being at my mother's house or working I was in the mall doing a little window shopping. I was trying on a pair of sandals when my cell phone started ringing and I picked it up with a polite hello.

"Hey Kagome, its Inuyasha," the male voice said over the line.

I smiled and paused what I was doing before saying, "What's up Yash?"

"I was wondering when was the last time you took a vacation?" he stated.

"Vacation? You mean time designated to not do work?" I asked.

"Yeah," he answered with amusement in his voice.

"Never," I replied after a couple of minutes in thought.

"Never?" he asked shocked.

"Can I get these?" I asked the woman in the Dior store and handed her my credit card before turning my attention back to Inuyasha. "Never. I've always worked and never really saw a reason to not work. I mean I don't have that many friends and my brother is in school so I wouldn't have anyone to take with me on a vacation and its not fun to go away alone."

"Hmm, so what do you think about taking a two week vacation?" he asked me.

"I don't know. What would I do for two weeks without work?" I asked him.

"You can spend some time with me," he said.

"I do spend time with you. I was just at your house the other day and I manage to work at the same time. Besides don't you work too?" I responded.

"I'm going on a trip to the US about this contract and I was thinking that maybe you should come with me," he said.

"What!" I asked surprised, and then lowered my voice when I realized how loud I was.

"My company is home based but I do have an extension in the United States that is run by an associate of mine. There's a large deal that was brought their way and I need to fly up and while it's mostly business I'm just there to sign some papers and the rest is up to Kouga. I'm not needed for very much other than to give my input on the deal and then I have all this free time and I would love it if you accompanied me," he replied.

"I don't know," I said as I signed the receipt and put it, and my credit card, back in my wallet.

"Why not? We'll be in Miami and there'll be so much to do. The weather is going to be beautiful and we can make our way to Orlando after I take care of my business and we can experience Disney World and Universal Studios," he replied.

"That's for children Inuyasha," I replied with a laugh.

"You never out grow some things. Come on Kagome," he whined, "I promise you'll have a good time."

"Alright Inuyasha. I'll go," I replied as I walked out of Christian Dior and made my way into Nieman Marcus to get some luggage.

"Great, pack your things tonight and meet me at the airport five thirty tomorrow morning," he replied before ending the call.

I looked at the phone in shock before dialing Rin's cell phone number to let her know that I wouldn't be in the office for two weeks. With that done I headed home to pack for a weekend of fun.