Unofficial

"I'm so glad you decided to call me about this." Kara Higurashi said as she took a sip of her strawberry lemonade. She was a bit surprised when she received the phone call inviting her to lunch to discuss her daughter.

"I figured you would be the expert on this." Inuyasha chuckled. He had decided to give Kagome's mother for advice after the "lunch date" in Kagome's office the other day. He had avoided Kagome since then.

"When in doubt, seek Kara Higurashi out! That's what I say anyway, especially when concerning my Kagome." Kara said smiling at Inuyasha. "I've been trying to figure out this problem for awhile now myself."

"Have you gotten anywhere?" Inuyasha asked as he munch on his chicken salad. He wasn't really hungry, but seeing as he invited Kara to lunch, the least he could do was eat something.

Kara took another sip of her lemonade before leaning back in her chair and exhaling. "To be honest, all I have are opinions on what it could be. I can, however, say that it started after her father left."

Inuyasha leaned forward, suddenly more interested in the conversation. 'Kagome never mentioned her father before..'

"I take it she never mentioned him?" Kara wasn't surprised to see Inuyasha shake his head in the negative. "I'm not surprised. Let's see where to start…Well for starters we were married five years before Kagome was born and our marriage lasted another eight before he just up and left one day."

"When you say left-"

"When I say left, I mean I came home from picking Kagome up from school to find all his things gone and divorce papers sitting on my bed." Kara interrupted Inuyasha. "Kagome was a smart little girl-she knew what that meant."

Inuyasha sat in silence for a moment letting the information sink in. What type of man would abandon his family? The thought alone made Inuyasha sick. That wasn't a man-that was a coward. A coward that ran away from his wife and child because he was a selfish son of a bitch.

"So did he ever come back?" Inuyasha asked, not that he really wanted to know the answer.

"Yes, he did actually. Once, when Kagome was a junior in High School. He had heard from a mutual friend how well Kagome was doing academically and about the scholarships she was being offered. I guess he thought he deserved something for helping in her creation. He canceled that thought after Kagome lit into him…" Kara smiled at the memory of her daughter's last conversation with her "father". Her smile soon turned to a frown.

"I guess I should've seen her feelings towards him for what they really were. She wasn't just venting because he walked out on us-on her. I think it was at that point that Kagome just lost faith in men. It's not unheard of for women to have a "daddy complex"."

"What the hell is a daddy complex and what does it have to do with Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, highly confused. Kara just smiled.

"It's when a girl associates men with her own father. Kagome's father was no good, undependable, weak. Therefore she associates that with every man and yes that means you too." Kara added when she saw Inuyasha shake his head.

"So, basically she avoids relationships because she has something akin to abandonment issues?" Inuyasha asked not liking when Kara nodded her head. "How the hell do I get close to her then?"

"Very, very slowly. Patience is a virtue, especially when dealing with Kagome."

-x-

Kagome was laid out on her living room floor watching music videos and playing with her white nameless puppy. She was extremely bored, yet too tired to actually do anything about it. Sango was busy with Miroku doing wedding shopping. Apparently, he finally popped the big question a few days ago, after six years of dating. 'Slow fucker.'

Naturally Sango had demanded-no asking involved-that Kagome be her maid-of-honor. Lucky for Kagome she didn't have to do any of the shopping with Sango for at least another month or two. The happy couple wanted to spend all their time together since the engagement. 'Not that I'm complaining.'

Kagome was truly happy for her best friend, she just…missed her. As much as she despised Sango for calling her all hours of the night or just popping up at her apartment-she oddly missed the intrusions and desperately wanted them to start again. She almost felt like the odd ball out, if she didn't have Inuyasha…

Speaking of which, she hadn't heard from him since the steamy fuck in her office four days ago. A small blush crept up her face as she recalled the moment he walked into her office and turned her into his little naughty vixen. He always brought out the inner freak in her and she could never understand how or why. Sure, she had had sex plenty of times before him, but none were as passionate or as fulfilling as sex with Inuyasha.

"Maybe it's a half demon thing." Kagome mumbled to herself. She decided to not think about it any longer and instead turned her attention to the television. Lady Gaga's video Judas was playing and Kagome turned it up to the max.

She then grabbed her puppy, stood up and began dancing with him. To say the little rascal wasn't a bit overwhelmed would be an understatement.

"I'm just a holy fool and baby it's so cruel but I'm still in love with Judas babyyy." Kagome sang at the top of her lungs effectively making her four leg companion whimper. She wasn't the worst singer but she certainly wasn't the best either.

"I'll kill him."

Kagome quickly turned towards the sound of the masculine voice to see Inuyasha leaning against the opened front door. She stared at him in confusion. "What?" She asked.

"Judas, I'll kill him." Inuyasha said nonchalantly as he closed the door and sat on the couch, his eyes never leaving her.

"One it's a song, two what are you doing here?" Kagome asked as she sat her still nameless puppy down, missing the way he scampered away. Kagome joined Inuyasha on the couch.

"I actually came to ask you something." At Kagome's nod he continued. "Would you be as kind as to accompany me to a benefit for my company?"

Kagome blinked a few times before flat out laughing. Inuyasha's ears twitched in confusion as he stared at her. 'What the hell is so funny?'

"So what did you really come here to ask me?" Kagome asked after she got her laughs under control. Inuyasha stared at her and replied slowly.

"Will you go to the benefit dinner with me?"

"What the fuck Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled as she stood up and began pacing the length of her living room. "We fucking agreed we would fuck and that's it!"

"We still are, I'm just asking you to accompany me somewhere." Inuyasha stood and watched Kagome pace. She was being very dramatic in his opinion.

"No, because if I accompany you then we'd be overstepping the bounds of fuck buddies and I told you I don't want that. Besides that, we agreed we wouldn't tell anyone we were fucking and if I go then Miroku will see me and will likely be with Sango so she'll see me too."

"Kagome you're really overreacting, calm down." Inuyasha said while grabbing Kagome by her shoulders so that she would look at him. "Its just a dinner and if anyone asks anything we say that we're good friends okay? Its not the end of the world and we can still be fuck buddies." Inuyasha ran his hand up and down her back in a soothing manner. 'One little white lie…'

Kagome stared at Inuyasha for a few more minutes before sighing loudly and laying her head against his sculpted chest. She mumbled something Inuyasha couldn't quite make out despite his enhanced hearing.

"What was that?" He asked her. Kagome lifted her head and looked him in the eye.

"I said you're buying my dress."

-x-

"So what do you think?" Kagome asked as she spun in a slow circle so Inuyasha could see the dress she was trying on. It was a pale blue floor length gown. It was beautiful and matched her eyes, but it wasn't 'Kagome'.

"Nope, try another." Inuyasha responded and looked back down to his magazine. He didn't miss the huff of breath or the stomping of her foot.

"This is the tenth dress today!" Kagome yelled at him before storming back into the back of the store where the women's gowns were kept.

It had been two weeks since Kagome had agreed to go to the benefit dinner with Inuyasha and he was finally available to go dress shopping with her. The weeks before the company's annual benefit were always busy for him. He was lucky if he got four hours of sleep a day.

Inuyasha watched as Kagome stormed to the back in anger. He could smell the fatigue coming off her in waves, but he wanted her to be the talk of the night. Therefore, he couldn't let her settle on just any dress.

Even though he hadn't seen her in two weeks he had made it a point to call or text her at least once a day. Mrs. Higurashi told him to take baby steps to win Kagome over and he would do just that. He had a feeling that if Kagome knew what he was up to she would kick his ass all throughout Tokyo, maybe even castrate him. Inuyasha just shrugged at the thought. 'She's worth it.'

Inuyasha was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice Kagome had walked back onto the platform in front of him. He looked up once he heard the clearing of her throat. His eyes widened and his insides turned to jelly.

Kagome stood before him in a floor length midnight black halter styled dress. There was a slit on the right side that went almost to her hip, enough to entice but not enough to look trashy. There were diamonds around the midsection and a few were her cleavage was.

"Please say you like this one, I'm tired." Kagome said waiting on Inuyasha to approve or deny the dress.

Inuyasha stood, abandoning his magazine and walked over to Kagome. He walked around to the back of her and noticed that her entire back was out. The things he could do to her in that dress….

Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist and whispered into her ear. "Baby, you're a winner." And he didn't mean the dress…..