Behind Your Eyes

The next day, before school, she walked over to the supermarket. She told one of the young women at the cashier that she was here for a job interview. The woman said kindly that Naraku was in the back office.

"Be sure to knock." she said. "You don't want to know what I've walked in on."

Kagome smiled, and kept walking. She found a large door at the end of aisle 5, and knocked loudly. She heard some shuffling, and a couple grunts before she heard a cold voice.

"Come in." Kagome opened the door, and stepped inside. The office was small, with one desk and several chairs lined up against the walls.

"Sit." the man behind the desk said. She sat in the chair in front of he desk, and looked around. She noticed a small woman with blood-red eyes watching from the corner.

"Kagome, I understand you are interested in a job." He said. He didn't wait for her to speak but kept on talking. "Your job will be to pick up spills and place items on the shelves. You will place the price stickers on items, and if we are short a register, you shall work there as well." Kagome felt her head spin.

"You will be watched over by one of my best supervisors, he will make sure you do the best job you can, and report your mistakes to me. You can come in, Taisho." Naraku said, and Kagome turned around to see Inu-yasha step inside the office. She noticed him shiver slightly. His eyes swept over her, and made no sign of recognition. She took his example, and turned back to Naraku.

"I understand." she said quietly.

"Good. I will have your shirt ready for you when you get back from your classes at eleven. Have a nice day. Shikon, you are free to go until your shift, same time as Higurashi's." Kagome tried to make it look like she didn't know Inu-yasha when they both left the building and the office.

When they were a safe distance from the windows, Inu-yasha beckoned her into an alley.

"That's Naraku. He has strict rules, and he'll pick on you because you are new. One of the most important rules, to him, are that no sexual affairs may take place between two employees on different levels of hire." He pointed a clawed finger at her. "That means even if you decide to have a relationship with me, you won't be able to until you are promoted to supervisor."

Kagome frowned slightly. "I was going to tell you that I was nearly ready.... but I guess it doesn't make a difference." she sniffed slightly and hung her head.

"That doesn't mean we can't still meet here and..." he lifted her face to his, and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "No tiene saber que besitos." he whispered to her in Spanish. She translated quickly. `He doesn't have to know about little kisses.'

She smiled at him, "I can still wait, it's worth it." She pulled away from his kiss that was too short, and started in the direction of the university.

"I'll see you at work." he said to her, before leaping onto the roof of the store, and running from her eyes, and her smile. He fromfrom the girl he couldn't have.

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Kagome translated a small article from the Puerto Rican newspaper, and couldn't help but think about the feeling of Inu-yasha's lips against hers. So soft. That one kiss had held more emotion than she could handle, and it made her heart swell.

Sango walked over to her, and sat in the desk next to hers.

"I'm sorry you couldn't make it to lunch with me." she said, smiling at Kagome. Kagome looked up and smiled back. There was a boy standing beside Sango. Kagome started,the the boy named Kohaku gawked at her.

"Oh, Kagome, I don't think you've met my younger brother, Kohaku." Kagome stared.

"I have. How old are you again?"

"Twenty-two. Dad couldn't pay for my college until last y You You say you've met my brother before." She said, looking curiously at Kagome.

"It's nothing." Kagome glanced back down at her article. "I should really get back to work, class ends in fifteen minutes."

Sango nodded, and got up. Kagome was glad for the peace.

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Kagome walked slowly to the store. It was 10: 54, and she didn't want to be early. She hung around the place where she and Inu-yasha had shared the kiss earlier. Closing her eyes, she felt the warm lips again, remembering his smell, and his taste. She licked her lips, and opened her eyes. Inu-yasha was standing at the opposite wall.

"You're early."

"So are you." Kagome grinned, motioning him to come closer, and he complied. "I owe you for this morning." She said, pressing her lips to his. She smiled against him when he began to deepen the kiss, begging her to open her mouth to him. She pulled away, and smiled evilly at him.

"You should know what it feels like now." she said, swatting at him. "That kiss this morning was too short for your own good." She looked at her watch. It read 10: 57. She didn't want to be late. She winked at him, and left him there, very flustered ved very aroused.

She walked through the door and was greeted by the same young lady at the cashier.

"Naraku says for you to come to his office." she smiled. "Sinou'ou'll be working here, my name is Rin."

Kagome nodded, and headed for the door to the office. When she reached to knock, she heard Naraku beckon her inside.

She pulled open the door, and took a seat in the same chair she had sat in that morning.

"Kagome, if you disobey me ever again, you shall be in need of a new job." he said coldly gazing into her eyes. "I have your shirt and your badge. Come here and take them." Kagome got up, and picked up the shirt from the desk. She felt his cold eyes roam her body, and she quicky sat down in the chair.

"Your job here is extremely important. I hope you stay out of any more trouble. You may go." Kagome got up, and walked quickly to the door. She wrenched it open, and threw on the red collared shirt. She was pinning her badge to her shirt when someone bumped into her. She looked up to see Inu-yasha. He asked her if she would help him carry some supplies up from the storage, and she complied. She went down the stairs, and she heard him lock the door behind her. When she reached a row of shelves, she felt his hand catch her.

"How does he know that you did something already?" He asked her, pressing her a little too close.

"I have no idea, I just know that he has no clue what I did wrong."

"We will have to be a little more careful if we want to get you promoted." he said, pressing her even harder against the shelf. She felt the pieces of metal dig into her back.

"Inu, that hurts." she said, pushing against him. "You're acting unnecessarily." She scolded, looking into his golden eyes.

He pulled the shoulder of her shirt aside and lowered his head to her
bite mark.

"W-we shouldn't." She said, pushing him away. "We both said we could wait."

His face darkened, and he looked into her eyes. "Help me carry this." he reached for the item over her head, and she looked up. It was a large bag of bread, big enough to fill the back of a pick up truck. She nodded, and helped him lower the bag off the shelf. They heaved the huge bag up the stairs, and out the door. Inu-yasha had to unlock it with a flick of his finger. He put the bag on the floor, cut it open with his claws, and she began placing the er ber breads under the proper lables. It took her about five minutes, and thought she had done an ok job. She took the bag, and threw it in the dumpster outside. She was dusting off her hands when she heard her name.

"Kagome!" It was Inu-yasha.

"What?!"

"Come here, and clean up the spill on isle three!" He yelled, as she walked in the door. He was at the cashier, and had a very long line. His work was amazingly fast, she noticed as he directed her to the broom closet with one hand and typed in a barcode number and handed a person a receipt with the other.

She mopped up the tomato sauce gloomily, and tried not to hold a grudge on whoever made the mess. Sweeping up sharshards of glass, she let herself wander to other places. She remembered his tongue slipping across her skin, his pointed teeth nipping and biting at her skin. She as she felt something sharp slide over her index finger.

"Ouch!" She said loudly, scowling at the offending piece of glass. A circular drop of blood formed at the end of the inch-long sliver, and she hissed.

Inu-yasha's nose twitched, as he rang up the last item for the old hag. Blood. He sme blo blood. His ears swiveled under his hat, and he heard Kagome hiss. Inu-yasha smiled at the lady, and rushed down isle three. Kagome was kneeling beside a small pile of glass shards, her finger in her mouth.

"You ok?" he asked.

She looked up, startled. "Yeah, I'll be fine. Just a little cut."

"Let me see." he said, wrenching her finger from her mouth. The cut was only about an inch, but blood spilled from it. He lapped up blooblood gently, and ripped a strip of cloth from a odd-shaped hankie in his pocket. gazing into her chocolate depths, he wrapped her finger, and tied it with care.

"Tell me if it needs to be changed. Narraku needs you at register 4. He got up, and left, leaving her as empty as ever.

Kagome swept up the rest of the glass, and found her way to register 4. It was next to Inu-yasha's. He gave her a quick over-view before opening her register. Customers rushed to get into the lineline.
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"Have a nice day." she said to her umpteenth customer. The next one
swaggered up to her.

"We're closed." Inu-yasha said, leaning on the counter. "But I'd like to purchase these." He held up a box of strawberry-flavored condoms. Kagome gripped the side of the register, and blushed maroon. "Do you like strawberry or banana flavor?" he smirked at her.

"I told you we can't-"

"It's just a joke, honey, take it easy." he said lightly, strolling away with the box, laughing.

A small hand touched her shoulder. "I see he's started hitting on you." Rin said, her face hard.

"I'm not that blind." Joked Kagome, turning to face Rin. A soft smile spread on Rin's face.

"Just to warn you, y'know, he usually gets what he wants.in tin turned back to thmbermbers displayed on her cash register.

"Has he-"

"No. My boyfriend... actually, Inu-yasha's brother, would kill him."

"I didn't know Inu had a brother." Kagome muttered, putting a stray dime in the right slot.

"Neither did I until I noticed the resemblance. It's not everyday you come across a guy with gold eyes and silver hair, I think it's hot."

"Good, so I'm not the only one!" Kagome smiled, picking up her bag, and locking the cash register. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye!"

Kagome smiled, hoisted her bag up onto her shoulders, and trudged out of the store. She glanced around, made sure no one was looking, and slipped into the alley. It was dark, and she could sense other people hanging in the same alley as she was. Sighing loudly, she ducked behind the dumpster and waited. Nearly fifteen minutes later a severely pissed-off Inu-yasha came through the door.

"Come here, Kag." he said roughly, and she stood up abruptly.

"What is it?" Kagome stepped forward, touching his arm.

"That bastard Naraku promoted me!" Inu-yasha fumed. "Now we have to-"

"I know.... I know what we have to do... What I have to do." Kagome looked at her shoes. "I'll try my best to be promoted as soon as possible."

Inu-yasha grabbed her by her arms and shook her. "Don't you understand?! It took me three fucking years to be promoted!" His tone dropped, and he let go of her. "I can't wait three years for you, Kagome." His own unresolved sexual tension seemed to build more than ever.

"I don't know if I can wait either Inu-yasha..." She led them behind the dumpster. He pressed her against the cold brick wall, and ran his hands down her sides, stopping at her hips. Nipping, biting, licking, he continued to torture her. She slid her arms around him and pressed herself harder against him, chewing her lip to bite back a moan. Nearly losing it when he let his toungue slide into her slightly showing cleavage, Kagome gripped his shoulders, and writhed.

"I-Inu... I have to be home by se-se-seven." she stuttered as his mouth was brought back to the old bite mark on the crook of her neck.

He kissed her one last time, trying to cool the heated blood that was coursing through his ve "I "I'll walk you home." he muttered, befortingting at her earlobe. "Let's go."

The feeling of soaring through the air was one that only heightened the senses. Kagome felt the cold air sting at her cheeks, and she gripped Inu-yasha's back harder. Her fear of falling was small, but there. The bite of the sharp october wind against her cheeks and ears made her dive back into the safety of Inu-yasha's soft mane of silver. His clawed hands gripped the inside of her knees, and she could see the ground below her, lights of all the colors blurring together. She heard cars, and she saw the rooftops of approaching buildings that her prince cleared without a problem. The warmth of Inu-yasha's back welcomed her to close her eyes and fall into a light slumber.