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Trial And Error	By : MomoDesu Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 4540 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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The next morning at work Kagome was still feeling worse for wear. After she had cried for a few hours Inuyasha had finally decided to bathe her and put her to bed. He stayed when she asked him to, and she got the worst sleep of her life. Inuyasha tried to make it better by rubbing her back and whispering soothing words into her hair, but none of it helped. The thought that her first date in years was a disaster was on the forefront of her mind, as well as thoughts that she wasn't relationship material. About an hour before her alarm clock went off she confessed to Inuyasha that she was going to get a cat, only the first in her collection as she began to live the life of a spinster.
Calmly she sat in her desk chair and sipped her coffee, formulating her plan for the day. One article to write, one page layout to do. At least she would have something to do to keep her mind off of the awful date last night, and feelings of possible inadequacy. Time for a nice peaceful day.
Or not.
Down the hall came the current bane of her existence, strutting like a show dog, smiling at every female in sight. After what Kagome considered a horrible date the night before, Kouga looked rather dashing and fresh as a daisy. She even swore that his bright blue eyes were twinkling a bit more than usual.
That could only mean one thing.
He was going to ask her to go out again.
Kagome steadied herself and waited for the happy go lucky man to come and ask her to go out with him again. Of course she would say that she really appreciated his friendship, and that he was a wonderfully sweet man, but she felt that they just weren't right for one another. Yes, that is exactly what she would say to him!
As if it was perfectly planned, Kouga made it to the cubicle right as Kagome spun around in her chair.
"Hey, beautiful!" he greeted with an enormous smile. He leaned down as if he was going to kiss her, but Kagome scooted her chair away so he missed. "Did I do something wrong?" he asked, curiously.
'Like you don't know, Kagome thought, grimly. Instead, she put on a small smile, the 'I'm sorry' smile as her mother called it, and readied herself for the possible argument from him. "Kouga, I don't think we should see each other anymore." There. It was said.
Kouga's shoulders dropped in disappointment. "Was it something I said last night?"
'Only everything.' Kagome shook her head. "No, no. Nothing like that. I just don't think I'm ready to date yet." She tried to make it sound as sincere as possible, though she knew in her mind that it didn't sound near as sincere as she wanted it to be.
His eyebrows shot to his hair line. "Not ready to date? You've been single for the past two years!" he shrieked.
She immediately went on the defensive. "Excuse me? How the hell would you know?"
He laughed haughtily. "Everyone knows you haven't had a date since you dated Michiru Kururugi! I bet he ruined you for other men."
She wanted to slap him. She wanted to scream that Michiru was really gay, and that they only dated because their grandfathers tried to match them, to continue their family lines as so called 'holy people'. Instead she took a deep breath. She was going to solve this neatly with dignity. "Kouga. I don't want to see you again. End of discussion." Quickly she turned her chair back to her desk and opened one of the documents she was supposed to be working on that day.
Instead of leaving, Kouga leaned on the side of the cubicle, toward Eri's side. "So, beautiful. Want to go out to dinner with me tonight?"
Eri's face lit up. "That would be great, Kouga!" She waited until Kouga walked away, with even more of a bounce in his step, before she shot Kagome a smug grin. "I'm sure I'll enjoy him," she said brightly.
Kagome contained her anger and continued her work. If only the day would end sooner.
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As if her boss knew she wanted to leave early he slammed more work onto her. Kagome didn't stumble out of the office until nearly seven that night, dead tired. Out parked at the curb was Inuyasha's sleek yet economical Toyota Platz. He sat in the driver's seat, drumming wildly on the steering wheel, screeching some heavy metal song that blasted through the speakers.
Kagome swung the door open and plopped down into the seat. "Will you turn that crap off?" she asked, then reaching for the volume knob.
Inuyasha batted her hand away. "This is not crap!" he said defensively, though he did turn the volume down to a decent level. "Hot Asphalt could only aspire to be this awesome!"
She just rolled her eyes. "Home, my faithful driver!" she commanded, with a wink.
"I'll show you faithful," he growled in threat, but instead just pulled away from the curb. "So, what's for dinner tonight, wifey? Or are you going out again?"
"Why don't you make dinner for once?"
"Because you know I'll burn it and ruin your pans," he replied, quite honestly. The last time had had attempted to cook anything at all, it was an oven pizza, which he forgot to take off the cardboard off of the bottom and nearly destroyed the oven. The apartment managers weren't very amused.
"We're getting takeout then," Kagome decided. "I don't feel like cooking. Stressful day."
Inuyasha nodded in understanding.
Twenty minutes later they were in the apartment and Inuyasha was ordering food. Kikyo sat on the couch, but she immediately arose from her seat when the two walked into the door and shocked Kagome by throwing her arms around her.
"Inuyasha told me what happened last night," she said, as she slowly petted the shorter woman's hair, "and I think it is awful." She pulled away, but still held Kagome by the arms. "I think I have the perfect solution!"
Kagome giggled nervously, almost afraid to hear of her 'solution', and stepped back. "Can it wait until I get my things put away?"
Kikyo laughed. "Sorry, sorry. Got ahead of myself. Go put your things away and then I'll tell you about my brilliant plan!"
Kagome wasn't sure if she should be scared or nervous, or both. Kikyo wasn't famous for her brilliant plans. More often than not they ended up falling through and making Kikyo look like an idiot in the end. In her bedroom, Kagome took extra time to cool down. After the horrible morning, and even more horrible evening, she wasn't sure she even wanted to deal with plans, Kikyo, or Kikyo's brilliant plans. It was just the thing that could make the day that much worse.
Dressed in her comfy yet stylish track suit set Kagome emerged from the bedroom, ready to face the music.
She had taken so long that Inuyasha and Kikyo were both at the kitchen table, eating the food that had been delivered. In her usual spot sat a plate with her favorites. She knew Inuyasha made sure it was set out first, something that she knew in her heart bugged Kikyo to no end.
She came and sat at the table. "So, what is your brilliant plan?"
"Plan?" Inuyasha asked, his mouth full of food.
Kikyo put down her utensils and smiled sweetly at Kagome. "Ok, I know you probably won't want to go out on another date so soon, but you will love the guy I have in mind for you."
Kagome raised her eyebrow. "I will?"
The other woman smiled and nodded. "It's a guy I went to high school with. He's an entomologist with Tokyo University."
That sounded promising. He had a good job at the university and possibly a doctorate, meaning he would have something interesting to talk about. He had to be good looking. Everyone that knew Kikyo knew that she didn't spend much time around anyone if the weren't attractive in some way, shape, or form. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad. "I'll meet him."
"Great!" Kikyo's entire face lit up. She reached to her back pocket and fished out a card, which she promptly slid across the table to Kagome. "I'll set everything up, but here is his card, in case you want to start the show a little early." She winked lasciviously.
Kagome looked down at the card in her hands.

Dr. Naraku Kumo

Department of Entemology

03-3027-2070

kumon@u-tokyo.co.jp
"Thanks, Kikyo. It is safe to say I don't have the courage, so you will be setting all of this up." Kagome put the card into her sweater pocket.
"He's amazing!" Kikyo gushed, blind to the seething looks that Inuyasha was sending in her direction. "He's amazingly smart, in both business and life, but the idiot decided that he would study bugs for a living. Really gross I think. He's about as tall as Inu, with really long black hair and...."
Kagome wondered if Kikyo was going to pass out from lack of oxygen. On and on and on, it was if taking a breath when talking about this Naraku person would be blasphemous. Finally Kagome grew ill of it and stood from the table, then took her plate to the sink. "Hopefully things will turn out ok!" she said, brightly. "I'm beat. Night, guys!" On her way out of the kitchen she gave Inu a light hug where he sat in the chair, and pecked Kikyo on the cheek.
Her room was her sanctuary, where Kikyo couldn't come and upset the balance.
She tossed her hair up into a ponytail and stripped out of her track suit, slipping between the covers in just a pair of panties. "Aah," she sighed blissfully. Peace and quiet, with nothing but her, her cool sheets against her skin, and her super soft pillow that she had stolen from Inu. Life was good as long as she was in this bed.
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Her pleasant sanctuary was being breeched. There was something warm was wrapped around her body. Something that was large, muscled, and smelled suspiciously like Chanel Egoist. Something that smelled like Inuyasha.
Kagome's eyes snapped open. Instead of a calming blue wall, her gaze was blocked by a mass of black hair. She reached up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "Inu? What time is it?"
The hair in her eyes moved when Inuyasha pulled his face out of her throat. "Kikyo broke up with me." His normally calm violet eyes were bloodshot and there were dried tear tracks on his cheeks. "She said I wanted too much, and she broke up with me."
As his eyes pooled with tears once more Kagome pushed his face back down into her throat and held him. Everything seemed to be perfect between the two of them, other than the argument the night before. The argument. That is what it had to have been about. "You wanted too much?"
"I got her a ring. I tried to give it to her, and she refused it." He sighed shakily and gripped Kagome tighter. "How could she do that to me?"
Kagome started to stroke his hair. "Like you always told me, she's just not the marrying type."
He nodded against her shoulder. "You're right 'Gome. You're always right."
She laughed lightly. "Not always right."
"Usually," he responded grimly.
"It's not that I'm always right, you are just usually wrong."
He poked her in the ribs and laughed, even though it sounded more melancholy than joyful. "See, right again."
Then he was silent. Kagome glanced over at the bedside table at the clock. "Inu, it's two thirty in the morning."
"Yes it is."
"You realize I'm still naked, right?"
"Yes, I do."
"And?"
"And I've seen it before and it's nothing special."
Kagome huffed. "You aren't anything special yourself, mister."
"Kagome?" he asked, sounding more like a child than she had ever heard him sound before.
"Yeah?"
"Can I sleep in here with you tonight?"
She nodded against his hair. "Sure." She rooted around to get comfortable, all the while keeping her grip on Inuyasha. "Hey, Inu?"
"Yeah?"
"If we aren't married by thirty, want to do it just to do it?"
He laughed again, this one sounding completely genuine. "Sure."
TBC
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Notes: First off, major thanks as usual to anyone who reviewed. I appreciate it more than you will ever know, especially since this is my first Inu/Kag story in AGES. Yeah, AGES. As kookookitty said, I have returned from the dark side. They burnt the cookies, and they were just disgusting. *blech* Maybe the next batch will be better! *snickers*
Ok, now a few things about the chapter. For those of you who don't know, an entomologist is a person who studies insects/spiders. I thought it was quite appropriate for Naraku.
The email address is fake, obviously. The basis for it is real though. The only difference is the end, where I changed it from @u-tokyo.ac.jp to @u-tokyo.co.jp. With my luck, there is someone there with that name and would get random emails.
The phone number is also based from a real phone number, at least in structure. The numbers are totally random, all except for the prefix 03, which I believe is the prefix for Tokyo.
Alright guys! Thanks for reading (and sticking with it if you are reading this), and please be sure to leave me a note with what you think!
See you next week! (I know, I was late this week, haha!)
-MD
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