Human Compensation

A/N: Okay people I know this story is starting off slow, but I promise you the next chapter will be better. Still, I hope you enjoy it.
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Kagome stood in the middle of the huge, living room of her new, luxury, furnished apartment......that she shared with Inuyasha. She glared at him as he walked passed her with that arrogant smirk she was beginning to hate. They had argued again after her conversation with Sango, about her finding a place of her own. Inuyasha had wanted her to live near him. She had wanted to live far away from him. Inuyasha had finally given in, to her delight. He’d walked back to his car, took out his cell phone, and called someone before they left to look for a suitable apartment for her to live in. Kagome had went back to the hotel, checked out, hauled the few suitcases she’s brought with her in the back of her trunk, and proceeded to look at every apartment in the city. She was turned down by all of them. Half of them saying they didn’t want her to live in their apartment because she didn’t have credit. The other half said there were no vacancies. By the time the sun had set, Kagome was tired, hungry, frustrated and near tears. She had all this money and no place to live.

“Well Kagome, I guess you’ll be staying with me for a while,” Inuyasha had cheerfully told her as they walked out of the last apartment in the city.

For some strange reason, she wanted to think he had something to do with her trouble finding a place. Who had he called after their argument? She shook her head, that was impossible. Inuyasha couldn’t have that much power to manipulate so many people into not giving her home. She was just tired and looking for someone to blame for her bad luck.

She flopped down wearily on the couch. What a day this had been.

“Are you hungry?” Inuyasha asked her.

“Yes,” she said.

“Then go fix us something to eat, bitch.”

Kagome closed her eyes feeling the anger rising in her until she couldn’t control it.

Inuyasha let out a shriek when she suddenly loomed over him with a scary look on her face.

“Listen you!” She shouted hurting his sensitive ears. “I’ve had enough of your attitude with me today! I am not your cook! I am not a bitch! And as long as I’m not at work, you can’t boss me around! I’m tired and I’ve had a very bad day so where is my bedroom?”

Inuyasha pointed down the hallway.

“Thank you!” She shouted and marched to her room.

‘Sheesh’, Inuyasha thought. ‘What a temper!’

The phone rung. Inuyasha answered it.

“I hope things went well with your new personal assistant today?” A smooth, masculine voice said on the other line.

“Sesshoumaru, why didn’t you tell me about her?” Inuyasha growled.

“You’re not amused?”

“No, I’m not. She knows nothing.”

“Well, that’ll make it more interesting for you.”

“Let her go, Sesshoumaru, she doesn’t belong here.”

“Why?”

“She’s an innocent.”

“All humans are born innocent, but they never stay that way. She’ll loose it sooner or later, if not by me, then someone else, it’s human nature. “

“I guess I can say the same thing about your bitch,” Inuyasha said.

“Leave Rin out of this,” Sesshoumaru warned. “Think of this Kagome as my gift to you. She’s yours to do with as you please as long as she gets her work done.”

“How thoughtful of you,” Inuyasha said his voice heavy with sarcasm.

“You have work to do, tonight. Is she somewhere for you to contact her?”
“She’s staying with me and I’m not taking her with me,” Inuyasha said.

“You can’t hide the truth from her forever, little brother,” Sesshoumaru said. He hung up.

Inuyasha glanced at the room Kagome had went into. ‘Feh, she’ll be fine here while I’m gone,’ he thought as he walked out the apartment and locked the door.

Kagome woke up two hours later, starving. At first she was confused about where she was, until the events of the day came crashing back to her. She sat on the edge of the bed, rubbing her eyes. Right now she could use a hot bath with lots of bubbles to relax her mind and body, but first she had to find something to eat. She walked into the living room.

“Inuyasha?” She called.

No answer.

Was he here?

She walked down the hall on the opposite side of the living room and knocked on a closed door. The door slightly came open. The room was dark.

“Inuyasha?” She asked again.

Still nothing.

So he had left her. She went to the kitchen to see if he had any food in his refrigerator. There was nothing but left over pizza that looked like it was a week old. There was also a strange smell coming from the seal containers that had been stacked on the racks. She scrunched up her nose and closed the door. No wonder he told her to cook. She searched through his cabinets and sighed with relief when she found a stack of ramen noodles of all different flavors. After fixing her favorite chicken flavor ramen noodles she went into the living room to watch TV while she ate. She settled down in the big comfy couch in the middle of his living room and flipped on the television. The phone rung. She hesitated about answering it, then decided to let the answering machine get it.

“Inuyasha, where are you? I’m waiting for you and I’m so lonely. I’d love to wash your hair again, you know how I hate to see it so dirty.”

Kagome rolled her eyes. Yura. Ten minutes later the phone rung again.

“Inuyasha, honey, it’s me, Kikyo. I know we haven’t been the best of friends, lately, but Naraku was just a fling. I’m over it now, really! Give me a call.”

Kagome frowned. ‘Who was Kikyou? His girlfriend?’

A few minutes later the phone rung again.

“Inuyasha, why do you always leave me to clean up your dirty work? It took me forever to get rid of those body parts and I’m never going to get this green blood out of my clothes. The next time you slash up a youkai, you clean up after yourself!” Shippou’s shrilled voice yelled loudly on the answering machine.

Kagome spit out the noodles she was eating, suddenly losing her appetite. Her hands shook the bowl she was holding. ‘Slash up a youkai? Body parts? Green blood?’ Shippou was kidding right?’

She heard someone opening the door and turned around to see Inuyasha. Part of his shirt was torn to shred with spots of blood on the tattered cloth. Her first instinct was to rush to him and ask him if she was all right, but the look he gave her made her stay where she was at.

“What are you doing up so late?” He asked.

“I was hungry,” she said.

He started to walk to his room.

“Inuyasha, are you all right?” She asked hesitantly.

“I’m fine,” he snapped.

“What happened to you?”

“I went out and got into a fight,” was all he gave her as he went into his room and slammed the door.

She was determined to get some answers out of him. She couldn’t stop thinking about what Shippou had said and now Inuyasha came in looking like he’d just killed someone.
She knocked on his door.

“Inuyasha, would you like me to fix you some ramen?” She asked in a very sweet voice.

There was a pause. “Umm...sure,” Inuyasha said from behind the closed door.

Kagome went into the kitchen.

Inuyasha took a shower and changed into his flannel pants and a thin t-shirt. Kagome had the noodles ready when he came out. He gave her a quizzical look as she sat on the couch watching him eat.
“Didn’t anybody tell you it’s rude to stare?” He asked.

“Oh sorry,” she smiled at him and turned to the television. “Are you hurt?”

“No,” Inuyasha answered, his mouth full of noodles.

“I saw blood on your shirt,” Kagome said.

“It wasn’t mine.”

“The phone rung while I was eating and I heard Shippou say something about cleaning up after you, then he went into some gory details about body parts and green blood.”

Inuyasha stopped eating and looked at her.

“What was that about?”

“He likes to joke around a lot,” Inuyasha said watching her closely.

“Strange sense of humoKagoKagome said glancing at him. “Inuyasha, you don’t have to keep anything from me especially since I’m going to be living with you. I think I know what your second job is.”

“What?” Inuyasha wanted to know, his eyes narrowing.

Kagome looked at him, her face serious. “You’re an assassin for the government.”

Inuyasha shoulders slumped. His head went down and his bangs covered his eyes.

“I was right! This is so dangerous and exciting. I mean, I don’t like that you kill people, but you must be doing it to save our country, like the army. Are there spies here that are trying to take over?” Kagome rambled on in breathless excitement.

“Kagome...”

“Yes, Inuyasha?”

“Go to bed.”