The Arrangement

The Arrangement


A.N. I will only be able to update once this week. I will try to update twice, but I don’t think I can. Don’t hate me! I will try. I have changed jobs and it requires more of my time. And having a family of course. Please try to understand. *Thinks for a moment* Oh! Yeah! I also must state an issue that one of my lovely reviewers pointed out. My story will make the characters a little OOC. Sorry! But that is the way I want them. So far the majority has ruled that they like them the way they are. So the small few who don’t, well, I am sorry. Also, I would like to remind that my story is kind of strong on the sexual part. It is not for everyone. There will be things in this story that might offend you. Please. If this is the case. Feel free to skip the parts that you find offensive. My feelings will not be hurt. I also might not finish this story on Single Spark. I might only leave it on AFF. It is going to get really naughty. I don’t want to offend anyone. I will let you guys be the judge. If you want it only on AFF, then tell me. If you think you can handle it on a single spark, then I will keep it. I am sorry if this chapter is short. I have a lot to do, with it being a holiday weekend and all. Now, enjoy! Remember to review or rate…or both! It makes my self esteem feel nice. A happy writer is a motivated writer! It also lets me know how I am doing.


Disclaimer: I in no way own Inuyasha. My story is my own though.

Kagome opened her eyes as the bright light, from the window, momentarily blinded her. She scrunched up her face and pulled the covers over her eyes.

‘Damn….it is morning already.’ She put her arms above her head and straightened her legs out so that she could do a full body stretch. It felt good to have her muscles pulled. She could feel them loosen some so she could move easier. Finally letting her body relax after her soft assault of stretching, she lifted one of her legs and kicked off her blanket.

Kagome continued to sit there for a few more minutes before finally making her procrastinating body move. It was Sunday. She could be lazy. She had just barley made it home last night. Kagome was so exhausted. She had an enjoyable vacation, albeit small, but it was fun. Then, she actually got to talk to her master. Again it was a small talk, but it was nice. That thought brought a frown to her sleep ridden features. His suggestion about Inuyasha Takashi.

She would put it off, but Monday was tomorrow. When the day came she would have to do something. Should she call him? No. She would do no such thing. ‘I am not going to call him.’ Maybe she should give him a few days. Once he realizes that her product was the best, he would come crawling right back. ‘Well, that was a stupid thought. Like he would come crawling back to me.’ His pride seemed to be bigger than that thick skull of his.

Kagome figured that she would have to talk to Sango about it. If anything, her best friend could be of some advice about the issue at hand. That is if she hadn’t already done something about it. Knowing Sango Hunter, she probably already had. It caused a little bit of sympathy for the man. Kagome was good in dealing, but when it came to nasty word flinging….well….lets just say Sango lived up to her last name.

She walked down the steps to the bottom floor. She made a right and walked into the small bathroom that was in the back behind the steps. Kagome moved to the shower and turned it on. Waiting for the shower to hit the right temperature, she took off her gown and took a towel down from the shelf that rested beside the sink. She placed the towel on the rack and reached in to test the water. Finding it to her liking, she stepped in.

Kagome washed her hair with the shampoo. She rinsed it and then applied the conditioner. She washed the rest of herself while the conditioner sat in her hair. After she had washed everything off, Kagome rinsed her hair one more time and turned the shower off. She stepped out on to the mat that was resting in front of her shower, to catch any stray water. She dried her body and hair off and went to the sink. Kagome brushed her hair and then her teeth. She wrapped the towel around her body and made her way out of the bathroom and back up the stairs.

Kagome dressed in a white tank top and some baggy sweat pants and decided that she would clean up a little. The loft was not dirty but it could use a little touching up. Kagome walked into her living area and picked up a remote off of her coffee table. She turned on the T.V. and switched the channel to the news channel. She needed to check the stocks and see what had gone on in the last three days.

Kagome hummed quietly as she wiped up various things and dry mopped the floor. “Damn cat hair is all over the place…” she mumbled under her breath.

She walked to the back of the stairs and checked the litter box. In the corner, not far from the litter box, was her cat. He was an overweight cat and would sometimes disappear in her loft for a few days, not wanting to be bothered.

“I don’t suppose you will clean up your own litter box?” she questioned the cat as he opened one eye to pear at her. It rolled over on to it’s back and proceeded to fall a sleep again.

“I didn’t think so.” Kagome walked into kitchen and grabbed the pooper-scooper out from under the sink and grabbed a small white trash bag. She then walked back to the steps and behind it where the litter box sat.

“Eww…” Was her only complaint as she started to scoop out the ‘Kitty Snowballs’ from the gravel. After she was done, she tied it up and put it in her large trash can that was in her cleaning pantry. ‘Well, that was everything.’ Kagome proceeded to her couch and plopped down on it. She looked at her VCR timer and saw that it was only twelve. Kagome grabbed for the remote again and started to channel surf. Hoping to find something to watch besides preachers. Kagome smirked as she thought no amount of preaching was going to save her. Not with the activities she did. Hell, she had some of the proof on her reddened wrists.

Kagome finally saw some old movie she liked and watched it. It had been awhile since she had seen it. About halfway through it, her phone started to ring. She lazily reached over the arm of the chair and picked up the receiver.

“Hello?” she said, laying on her side with her head on one of the seat cushions.

“Hey! Your home! I tried to call you Saturday, but you didn’t answer, so I just assumed that you where out.” Came the chipper reply.

“Hey Sango. Yes, I was out. Why didn’t you call the cell phone?” Kagome didn’t take her cell, but she knew Sango didn’t call it. She checked it last night to see if anyone called.

“I didn’t want to intrude on your ‘vacation’.” Sango replied.

Kagome let a small chuckle pass her lips. “Well, tell me, what do I owe this pleasure?”

She could hear Sango laugh at her remark. “I wanted to tell you that our newest work is almost done and to tell you about an interesting phone call I made.”

“Oh? And what is this “interesting” phone call?” Kagome asked, totally bypassing the progress made on the program she had started. She was more interested in this new subject.

“Well….I made a phone call to Mr. Takashi.” Sango said, as she cleared her throat softly. She knew Kagome would not like it. But the temptation was too great.

“Oh no! Sango, tell me that you didn’t go too far with this. I didn’t wont this to escalate anymore than what it already had.” Kagome moaned into the phone as she flung her free arm over her eyes. She just had an aching feeling that this would happen. Sango was really mad when she told her what happened.

“Don’t worry!” Sango exclaimed, “I wasn’t too ruff with him. I just put him in his place. He needed it.”

Kagome let out a loud sigh as she thought about how Sango would handle anything without being down right nasty. The last time a business deal went bad, she tore the other man a new asshole.

“Sango, if you scare him like that, he will never come to us.” Kagome chastised.

“But Kagome, you don’t understand. He apologized!”

Kagome was quiet for a moment. Maybe she did not hear this right. “He…..apologized?”

“Yes, he will also call Monday and issue you a formal apology. He wants our program. Mr. Takashi said that he would go through with all of your requests but the price. He asked that we negotiate on it.” Sango explained. She was feeling very proud of herself. And why not? She had just cussed the man out and then he folded. Feeling smug, she leaned back on her chair and allowed a small smile to form on her face.

“So, we are in.” Kagome said this more to herself than to Sango.

“Yup!” Sango chirped.

“We are in!” Kagome sat straight up as the realization finally kicked in. She had a big smile on her face and wanted to do some kind of corny victory dance, but she was feeling too lazy to do so.

Sango laughed at her friend. Yes, this was a good day so far. Miroku walked into the room that she was sitting in and leaned over to kiss her cheek.

“Hey.” Sango softly greeted. She looked up into the violet eyes and his black hair that he kept pulled back in a small rat tail over his neck. He was very handsome. The man was a bigger pervert than her. That was saying a lot to. The nice thing about Miroku was that he had money of his own. He, being well off, would not need anything. He was attracted to her and her alone. Not her money.

“Hey, how are you feeling?” Miroku asked as ran his hand down her side and stopped just outside of her hip.

“Not now you pervert!” Sango chastised him.

Miroku chuckled and kissed her forehead. “I will be in the kitchen. I going to make lunch today.” With that said he walked out of the room.

“Sango?” Kagome asked, “Are you alone?”

Sango rolled her eyes at Kagome’s teasing voice. “No, I’m not. I am here with Miroku.”

Kagome smile got even bigger. “Oh you bad girl!” Kagome started to laugh as Sango ‘humhped’ at her.

“Was he good, Sango?”

Sango got a blush on her face but she would not let her best friend get one on her. “Did you enjoy your time off, Kagome.”

Now it was Kagome’s turn to blush. She was really glad they couldn’t see each other. “Yes, I had a very nice time.” She shot back. Trying to cover up her embarrassment.

“What did you guys do?” Sango said in a very suggestive voice. It was great fun to tease her friend. Unlike herself, Kagome always had a hard time coming out and saying anything about her sex life. Kagome was just so shy. Sango, on the other hand, just let you know everything. Even the down and dirty details.

“We spent three days together.” Kagome simply replied.

“Oh?” Sango innocently implied. “Did Mr. Mystery make you scream like you had died and gone to heaven?”

“SANGO!!!” Kagome was not going in to this with her. She was not going to get bated. “I am not like you. I don’t go around spilling my guts when I am with a man.”

Sango got a mischievous grin on her face. “Fine. When do I get to meet this mysterious man of yours anyways?”

“Ummm…..he is really busy. I don’t know when I can introduce him. Besides, its not like we have a serious thing going on. We are just…..friends.” ‘With benefits’ Kagome didn’t totally lie. He was not a boyfriend to her, but she was not going to go into any of the nastier details with Sango, not yet at least. Once she got wind of this, Sango will not let her live it down any time soon.

Sango could smell something wonderful coming from the kitchen. Sango’s mouth watered and her stomach growled in response. It was time to eat.

“Hey, look Kagome, I am going to go know. You can tell me all about your ‘wild’ side later. Love ya!” and with that Sango hung up.

Kagome smiled at her friend’s goofy manners and hung the phone up. Oh well. She would just sit down and be bored for now. Besides, she had earned her laziness. Kagome turned back to the T.V. and finished watching the movie. Maybe later she would go shopping. She needed to update her clothing.


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Kagome walked into the office on Monday. She was a little late, because she couldn’t find one of the matches for the shoes she wanted, that went with her new outfit she bought on Sunday. Kagome had gone out and bought a few new outfits and trashed some old ones. It was time to update her look. She walked in with a long sleeved but low cut two piece suit. It was to her mid-thigh and the over all color was a deep shade of green. Its sleeves and skirt bottom were trimmed in gold. She saw this outfit and fell in love with it immediately.

Kagome smiled at her employees as she walked by and got a few ‘good mornings’ and some waves out of them. She walked into her office and placed her briefcase down on her desk. She looked up to see Sango was not at her desk and figured that she was off doing something somewhere else. She didn’t expect to find Sango coming in late.

Sango came, practically running, into the office. Her hair was slightly messy and she was smoothing down her clothes. Kagome raised an eyebrow questioningly at her and tilted her head to the side.

“What happened to you?”

“Ummm….I…I forgot to get some things and had to go back and get them from the house when I was halfway here.” Sango replied quickly.

Kagome watched as Sango ran her fingers threw the messy hair in an attempt to smooth it out. A smirk curved her face. ‘Running late my ass.’ Sango was never late for work. She was to much of a stickler to do something like that. The woman also being to anal to forgetting anything of importance.

“You had a Quickie that ran too long.” Kagome stated mater of factly. It wasn’t hard to tell. ‘Just look at her!’ Kagome thought with mirth.

Sango looked like she were going to protest before Kagome stopped her from the response by raising her hand. “Don’t give me any lines. You had one and you know it.”

Sango stopped her movements fully before she straitened herself to gain what little dignity she could.

“So.”

Kagome couldn’t hold it in any longer. She broke out in a laughter that made her have to brace the desk in fear that she would end up on the floor. Her eyes started to water and she tried to take deep breaths to control herself. It was just too funny.

Sango swung her hair back over her shoulder with a grumble and went to work setting everything out on her desk for the day. When she was done she waited for Kagome to stop laughing. When she did, Sango proceeded to make a big show of sticking her tongue out at her and went back to work. Kagome giggled some more at Sango’s actions before following her lead.

Suddenly Sango got a naughty look on her face. She stopped what she was doing and looked at Kagome. “Do you want to know the details?” She asked.

“No!”

Kagome blushed dark red. Sango just got her back and didn’t even have to say too much. She started back doing paper work and ignored Sango’s giggles.

The two talked about what was going to be needed to finish the new program, and they got samples ready for when they were to meet with Mr. Takashi. When it was almost lunch time, their receptionist phoned Kagome about a phone call. Kagome told her to pass it through. She was a little surprised to hear Inuyasha on the phone.

“Hello, this is Kagome Higurashi Speaking.”

“Umm..Hello. This is Inuyasha Takashi, Ms. Higurashi.”

Kagome looked over to Sango with a big smile plastered on her face. Sango mouthed a ‘make him cry’ back to her, but Kagome just rolled her eyes.

“So, Mr. Takashi, what do I owe this pleasure?” Kagome said with her famous sweet line.

Inuyasha wanted to cuss her out again. He had to bite his tongue hard to keep from snapping at her. “I want to apologize about my behavior.” She will never know how hard that was for him to say. “I would also like to tell you that my brother will be excepting all of your requests to be present for the testing and also the opening sell of the computer. We would like for you to be open to negotiations concerning the price of your program though.”

Kagome was purposely quiet for a minute. She wanted the ass to sweat. Leaning back in her chair, she took a small, but noticeable, sigh. Kagome looked at Sango and winked at her.

“I will except this offer.” She finally replied.

Inuyasha felt his body relax at this statement. He was still pissed, but at least she was willing to negotiate.

“That is excellent. I would also like to buy your lunch. If that is not too much to ask.”

Inuyasha would do anything to get in her good graces. Not only did he have to deal with Sesshoumaru on this, but he also had to please Sango Hunter. Add Kagome to the mix and you get hell in a shit pan.

“That would be great. I’m open for the next three days. Will any of these days be good for you?” Kagome raised an eyebrow that couldn’t be seen by Inuyasha. It was an honest question. She didn’t have anything going on, so if she could get a free lunch out of this, what the hell.

“Tuesday will be great for me if you don’t mind.” Inuyasha started, totally relax now. He leaned back in his chair with his organizer in front of him. He could still feel irritation in him, but not like anything before.

“Tuesday it is. What time?” Kagome took out her organizer from her drawer and waited for him to tell her a time.

“Will one o’clock be a good time. There is a new restaurant open and I would like to try it out.”

Kagome jotted down the info about where the restaurant was and the time on her organizer and told him it would be fine. She hung up and got a big smile on her face. This was going to prove to be interesting.

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Sesshourmaru had a small headache. He hated taking pills and was not going to do it now. Hopefully it will stay small. The past two days had been stressful hell. The only peace he found was with Kagome. He slept so well with her small body next to his. The two nights he slept with her, he had deep restful sleep. Sesshoumaru couldn’t remember the last time he had that kind of sleep.

He reached for his cup of coffee and was disappointed to see that it was almost empty. The coffee being very cool now and had a few grains visible on the bottom. Sesshoumaru leaned back in his chair. He had a strenuous meeting and it mostly didn’t go well. Some of his computers that he recently manufactured were developing faults. Why, well, he was trying to find that out. Sesshoumaru had to set up a recall on those computers to fix the problem. He was trying to get the hospital, that he chose for the testing of his computer, to agree on a later date. He explained that the testing software was still being developed. Its a small lie. Sesshoumaru couldn’t go and tell them his dumb ass brother caused the lateness.

When Sesshoumaru got home, its late hours not helping, he couldn’t get any sleep. His tossing and turning not helping the situation. There currently was the situation that Sesshoumaru had become very sexually frustrated. It happened when you get sex more often and now, the lack of it. Not to mention stress made him horny for some strange reason. It, currently being Monday, was starting to get to him. Just this morning he had to relieve himself. He hated doing that. The work stress and combined loneliness……someone up above was enjoying his torture. ‘Maybe its karma.’

Not wanting to get into more confusing thoughts that he already had, Sesshoumaru got up from his desk and went to the break room to prepare himself some more coffee. To his unfortunate surprise, Inuyasha was there.

“Damn, Fluffy, you look like shit. Not sleeping well?”

Inuyasha looked at his brother. The man could be the super model of perfection. Why was he looking like he hadn’t sleep in a week? He had bags under his eyes, hair not smooth and shiny, not too mention his skin looked paler than normal.

“Leave me alone.” Came Sesshoumaru’s tired remark.

Inuyasha felt worried now. Normally Sesshoumaru had some crude remark to shot back. He loved his brother, even though they fought like dogs over a bone. He didn’t want him to be sick. Though he would never tell a soul.

“Well, get some fucking rest. You look like a truck just ran over you and then backed up only to repeat the damn process again.”

Inuyasha moved around him and exited the break room, a cup of coffee in his hand as well. “Oh, by the way,” Inuyasha said with only his head visible from the door way, “ I got lunch scheduled with Ms. Higurashi tomorrow.” He then disappeared.

‘Well at least you can do something right. Better not mess this one up.’ He thought darkly. Sesshoumaru looked at the coffeepot like it could be some kind of heavenly being. He reached his hand out and grasped the handle. Positioning the end over his cup, just waiting for the dark fluid of waking life to pour itself into his mug. The coffee flowed out and hit the bottom only to stop after his cup was half full. Inuyasha took all of the coffee and left only some in the bottom. If Sesshoumaru could of gotten away with it, Inuyasha would have been hanging from one of the ceiling fans in the office. His own tie being the noose.

Sesshoumaru grinded his teeth together and prepared more coffee. He hated when people would take the last of the coffee and not make more.