"How's everything going back here?" Kagome asked as she walked through the kitchen, taking a peek in every pot. "Pretty good so far, boss. What are you doing back here? Go enjoy the party. Let us handle this. Mingle!" her head chef Suki exclaimed with a bright smile. Kagome lightly blushed "I just wanted to check up on you guys. "When have we ever stirred you wrong, boss? I'll hold down the fort" and Kagome giggled as her other chef, Jakita lightly pushed her towards the double doors "Fine fine, I'll leave, but please come find me if anything happens"

Kagome spotted Sango across the room getting a drink from the bar "So how's everything going out here?" she said as she snuck up beside her "Oh Kagome, when did you get here?"

"Just now, I stopped by the kitchen and they've got it all under control so I came out here" Sango nodded as the bartender handed over her Miami Vice with a pineapple accenting the glass. Her silky brunette tresses were blown straight and flowed behind her as she turned around to face her friend. Her dramatic smoky eyes drew attention to her deep brown eyes and her Barbie pink lips latched onto her straw as she tested out her drink.

"This is really good Kags you should get one" and she turned around to address the bartender "Can I get another one for Kags please?" "One Miami Vice, coming right up!" Hitoma responded and got busy preparing another drink for his bosses.

Sango smiled and turned to face her friend again "You look great Sango!" Kagome exclaimed with a bright smile. Sango was wearing a white dress, similar to Kagome's, with pink patent leather Christian Louboutin's stilettos and a spiked pink heart chain purse. "Thanks love, so do you!"

"Order up!" Hitoma said as he placed Kagome's drink down on the bar and left to cater to another customer.

"My, my, my, you ladies look ravishing this evening" a familiar voice said behind Kagome as she reached over to retrieve her drink. "Not too bad yourself Houshi" Sango blushed as Miroku gently kissed her hand. "Thanks Miroku" Kagome replied as she turned around to face him and saw that he wasn't alone "Good Evening Inuyasha" "Keh, hey" was his response as he crossed his arms and looked in the other direction and Kagome furrowed her eyebrows and rolled her eyes. What's his problem?

"Attention, attention please" A young woman with deep burgundy waves that reached the small of her back and bright emerald eyes that sparkled as she spoke into the mic. "Good evening everyone. On behalf of the Takahashi Firm I, Ayame Rodaru, would like to welcome you all to this evening's festivities." Her teal gown had a sweetheart neckline that accentuated her plump C cups and hugged her slim figure and gracefully pooled onto the floor, lightly dragging on the floor.

"She's cute" Sango whispered into Kagome's ear and she nodded in agreement and took a sip of her drink.

"As you all know we have just closed one of our biggest cases and merged with the Wolff law firm. SO without further ado, Takahashi Firms very own owner, Sesshomaru Takahashi and Wolff Firms owner, Kouga Wolff!" she announced and started clapping and the crowd applauded, whistled, howled, you name it. She gracefully walked off stage with the help of a gentleman nearby.

A man in a black tux with knee length silver hair swiftly glided onto the stage. He had blue stripes on the side of his face and a deep purple crescent moon adorned his forehead. I'm guessing this is Inuyasha's brother. They look alike and have the same amber colored eyes. Is their whole family filled with handsome men? I wonder why he doesn't have those adorable dog ears. Kagome thought as she eyed the 6'7" Taiyoukai with curious eyes.

On the other side of the stage a very good looking wolf demon quickly made his way to meet with the dog demon. His tan skin and azure eyes drew attention and his long brown hair was held up in a high ponytail, revealing his pointed demon ears. They met at the middle of the stage, shook hands and Sesshomaru stepped back and let Kouga take the mic. Kagome shivered a little looking into the cold eyes of the Taiyoukai. Why does he seem so cold? Is he not excited about merging?

"Thank you, thank you. It is my great honor to merge with the Takahashi Firms. With our company's merging together we can make great progress and soon become the number one firm in the country! Now I don't know about you Sesshomaru but that's something to celebrate!" Sesshomaru simply nodded and Kouga continued, unfazed by the lack of energy that his new partner displayed "Remember it's open bar, make sure you drink and there is plenty of scrumptious delicacies, courtesy of Simplicité owned by the lovely Kagome Higurashi and the ravishing Sango Tai, and enjoy the rest of your night" He finished and they both walked off the stage and everyone went back to what they were doing.

Kagome yanked her heels off her feet and was placing them in her closet when she heard a knock at her door. Who would be here at this time? She peered through the looking hole and was surprised at what she saw. "What are you doing here?" she asked after ripping the door open and was slightly thrown off balance when he pushed through and entered her apartment. Rolling her eyes she closed the door and turned to face her intruder "Inuyasha, how'd you find my apartment?"

"Keh, you're not a hard person to find Kagome. Anyway I got information on your parents" he said as he quickly scanned her brightly colored apartment. It had a very 'homey' feeling, warm yellows, soothing oranges and bright reds. There were pictures on the walls and on the side tables and a plush rug in the center of her living room. He turned to face her and his breath was caught in his throat. Her hair was pulled out of its bun and her waves framed her face.

"Sit on the couch, do you want anything to drink?" she offered, now curious about what the hanyou had to say. Normally he would stand but at this point he'd do anything she asked of him. He sat down and shook his head no and she sat next in front of him on the glass coffee table with her legs crossed which resulted in her dress riding up, unaware to her.

Inuyasha tried his hardest to keep his eyes off of her smooth, sun kissed legs and, boy, was he starting to regret stopping by. Shit I should've waited till tomorrow or something.

"So what did you discover?" her voice breaking him out of his trance "Well we found your biological parents addresses and phone numbers. They live just outside of Kyoto and they might know something about your little dilemma. Speaking of which, where is she?"

"Oh she's with my mother" and he nodded in response "Well I was passing by and noticed your car and decided to at least tell you the news. We can meet up tomorrow and I'll give you their files."

"So you knew of this while we were at the party and failed to mention it to me while we were there?"

"No, I was on my way to leave and my brother came and told me. He said it wasn't appropriate to speak business at a celebration. Keh, what does he know? Evidently you have a brother and sister that were also put up for adoption" and her eyes widened in disbelief. "Are they older than me? Where do they live?"

He chuckled and leaned back into the couch and folded his arm behind his head and rested on it "They're both older then you. You're the youngest in your family, biologically speaking. Kino lives in Osaka and Midaru lives in Chiba." Her bright blue eyes sparkled learning this new set of information. I have more siblings? I wish I could've grown up with them like I did with Souta. I wonder what they're personalities are like, are they mean or nice? Do they know about me? Do they have a relationship with my biological parents?

"How old are they?" "26, they're twins." and she gaped. "What the hell? They gave them up for adoption just to get pregnant again and give me away too?! The world isn't populated enough? 'Why don't we just fuck around and hand our children away. No biggie!'" Kagome said in frustration now pacing the room and Inuyasha watched her intently.

"Kami, there's so much going on. What am I supposed to do? I've done everything right in my life. I went to school, got straight A's, and graduated college with a master's and a 3.8 GPA. I opened my own restaurant, I work like a dog, I follow the rules and I don't break laws. What have I done for kami to curse me this way?"

Kagome was starting to break down and Inuyasha was starting to panic. He walked up to her and gathered her in his arms and stroked her hair and she let it all out and bawled on to his Armani suit but he didn't seem to mind. Kagome's body shook as she let her frustrations escape her and she clutched onto him and buried her face into his chest. "Inuyasha, what am I supposed to do?" she hiccupped looking into his amber pools, feeling slightly relieved.

He looked down at the beauty in his arms and sighed sympathetically "I don't really know. Do you really want to meet your family?" and she nodded hesitantly. "Do you want to give her back?" and she was at a loss for words. I want her to be safe and healthy and happy. I know that I can do that, it won't be easy but I have help. I can't do it on my own. Maybe Souta was right. Two is better than one.

"I would need help" she replied shyly and started to let go of him and his grip lessened. "Your mom's helping isn't she?" he asked curiously and he noticed her blush and start looking anywhere but at him

"Well, yeah but my brother did mention that if I take her as my daughter she would need a father figure" he raised an eyebrow "I'm guessing your boyfriend will take on that role then huh? Keh, figures" and he crossed his arms and looked away from her and she glanced at him curiously.

"Well that's the issue, I don't have a boyfriend" he stared at her, dumbfounded. How can someone as HOT as Kagome not have a boyfriend? This has to be some kind of joke. Maybe she's an undercover lunatic or something. Oh get real Inuyasha, an undercover lunatic? This girl doesn't even look like she can open a jar of pickles let alone drive a grown man away. Keh, you'll be surprised. Women are crazy. True.

Kagome watched him intently as he had his mini internal battle. Huh? I just told him I don't have a boyfriend and he has nothing to say?

"Keh" That's it? Ugh…he can be so infuriating.

They stood in an awkward silence for a little while and Inuyasha decided to speak up "The hospital is pretty unpredictable. I get called in at all hours of the day and the night and I don't come home for days at a time sometimes" and he let his sentence hang in the air.

Kagome cocked her head to the side and looked at him curiously, before she got to ask him what he meant by that he continued slowly pacing and scratching his head, deep in thought.

"I know we haven't known each other of that long and we're basically strangers but our best friends are now dating and I'm pretty sure that I'll be seeing a lot more of you in the future. This is a cute little town to live in, your home is nice, spacious but homey and I think she would do great living in this environment"

"What are you getting at Inuyasha?" Kagome asked now filled with anticipation and quickly losing her patience.

"I can move to a place nearby, I need a change of scenery, the city is too crowded and all the different smells give me a headache" she continued to look at him still curious as to what he was getting at and he threw his arms up in annoyance "It means I'll help you with her"

She screamed and launched herself at him and wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a tight hug "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Completely caught off guard he stumbled a bit and chuckled as he wrapped his arms around her and smiled as he nuzzled her hair, taking in her captivating scent. You have a lot riding on this Inuyasha, you better pray to kami that you're not making a mistake by helping this chick, I hope you know what you're doing.