If He's Here, Who's Running Hell?

The moment her phone rang Kagome sat on her hands and wheeled her chair around. "Won't you pick up your phone?" Sango asked, confused by her friend's strange behaviour. Kagome peered over her shoulder at the name on the display screen. 'Sesshomaru Taisho' scrolled across the screen.

"No. I don't want to." She whined, "He is a slave driver and once I pick up that call I won't get a break till midnight." Kagome pouted. Sango had never seen her friend pout before, but somehow their new boss had managed to reduce the strong-willed Kagome to a whining child. "Why did he pick me as his assistant; my life was perfect before he came."

Sango wheeled her friend around so Kagome was facing the phone. "Don't you know ignoring the boss could get you fired?"

Kagome placed her hands on the edge of the desk and pushed so she was as far away from the phone as possible. No matter how hard Sango pushed her towards the phone, she would not budge. "Let him fire me. Tell me, who else would put up with this kind of torture? I got home past midnight yesterday, and at three he calls to say that he needs me in the office before seven. I am sure that is illegal. " She was on a full-on rant; weeks of putting up with her demanding boss had finally taken its toll on her. "I can't help but wonder, if he is here, sitting in that office thinking of new ways to make me miserable, then who is running hell?"

"Kagome," Sango said slowly. She could not understand how Kagome could just decide to not answer the phone. Everyone in the office was terrified of Sesshomaru Taisho. Everyone but Kagome. "Answer, before he gets mad."

"No," Kagome said stubbornly, "let him get mad; I am already mad."

"Pick up the phone."

"No."

"Pick up the phone." At the sound of Sesshomaru's smooth baritone both women froze. Sango quickly let go of Kagome who, still pushing against the desk, went flying backwards and hit the wall of her cubicle. "Ms. Higurashi, I am a very busy man and you are wasting my time. I said, pick up." He was standing right in front of her office, his cell phone pressed against his ear. A normal human being would have just spoken to her right there, but Sesshomaru was far from normal.

Kagome threw him a dirty look, "Standing right there and still trying to lord it over everyone. You really are the devil." She muttered under her breath as she picked up the phone as slowly and passively aggressively as she could. She placed the receiver against her ear and locked eyes with Sesshomaru, "Good morning boss."

She had no idea just how much trouble she caused him in the office. It was as though she was oblivious to office gossip. No one else in the whole company could act the way she did and still keep their job. But he found her utterly amusing and somewhat cute, so he put up with it.

"I need you to rework the Southern Holdings' contract based on new information about their tax evasion. I expect you to be done by noon." He hung up and walked away.

Kagome looked up at Sango, her eye twitching in annoyance. It was already ten in the morning, meaning he expected her to work magic in just two hours. "See what I mean? The devil."

"By the way Ms. Higurashi," He was suddenly back. Kagome had been so engrossed in mentally insulting him that she had not noticed his approach.

"Yes?"

It took all of Sesshomaru's will power to not laugh at how cute she looked when she was angry. But he managed to maintain his stoic façade. "I have people to run hell for me, and they are more competent at their jobs. At least they answer their phones."

God, she absolutely hated her boss.


A/N: I can not remember where I found the prompts, so if they begin to look familiar please PM me so I can attribute properly.