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-Balance: A Tale of Two Workaholics-
The Tyrannical Ms. Higurashi
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"Rika, you are needed in my office. I repeat: Rika you are needed in my office." a voice said on the intercom.
The entire staff heard and their hearts stopped and waited for the said person to walk to their boss' office.
Once again, they were all prepared to say goodbye to their fellow employee.
However, nobody stood and went to the office. They all began to wonder...who was Rika?
"RIKA, WHERE'S MY FUCKING COFFEE?!" the building echoed once more with yelling through the speakers.
All of the workers covered their ears and looked around for this "Rika" person.
The new girl quickly stood up, realizing that her boss was referring to her.
She was, after all, her personal assistant. It was her job to get the coffee.
The problem was, her name wasn't Rika. Her boss always got her name wrong.
Slowly, the young assistant opened the door, meeting her doom.
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"Hello, Rika." the female voice spoke calmly, the back of the large desk chair facing the nervous girl.
"H-H-Hello, Ms. H-Higura—What, you got a speech impediment? I am your boss. Speak to me clearly, girl." the business woman muttered in annoyance.
The poor assistant was silent and rocked back and forth on her feet.
From what she could see from behind the chair, her boss was tapping her freshly manicured nails on the arm of her chair.
"Now...what took you so long to come into my office, sweetheart?" Her boss asked, picking up a stack of papers from her desk and reading them.
Uh oh.
The assistant smiled in relief that her boss didn't sound so angry anymore. Poor new girl...she didn't know any better.
Every other person who was employed longer than her knew that when sounded nice, it only meant that she was pissed off beyond compare.
Somebody was getting fired today and 'Rika' didn't have a clue.
"Well?" her boss questioned once more, looking up from her work to meet her gaze.
The assistant jumped, realizing she didn't answer her question.
"Huh?" she asked dumbly.
"Why...were...you...LATE?" her boss bit out, trying to keep her cool. She looked back down at her work and continued writing.
"W-Well on the intercom, you called for a 'Rika'" she explained, fear evident in her voice.
"What?" Kagome said with interest, still paying attention to her work.
"Actually...M-M-My name is Eri..." she mumbled.
SLAM!
Once again, Eri jumped. Her boss slammed the heavy stack of papers on her desk and was now standing.
A heavy tension filled the silent room as the boss lady gave her employee an incredulous look.
"Excuse me?" Ms. Higurashi spoke with a raised eyebrow, daring her to say something else.
Eri fidgeted.
"It's Eri, ma'am. You called me Rika." she whispered fearfully.
"Speak louder!"
"I-It's Eri, ma'am!" she cried.
"Eri, huh? Tell me, Ms. Rika...do you think I'm stupid?" Ms. Higurashi asked.
Oh, how she loved torturing the new meat.
"N-No, Ms. Higurashi! I would never call you stupid! I admire your work so much and I-I—Listen here, little girl. As long as you work in MY company, I will call you whatever I want, you got that? Whether it's Rika, Haru, Ami, or BITCH, for that matter. Okay? As a matter of fact, didn't I call you for my coffee? Where is it, bitch?" The tyrannical woman interrupted.
"I-I-I'm sorry, ! I'll make it right now!" Eri spoke frantically.
"No, don't bother. Get out of my building. You're fired."
Once again, the successful businesswoman spun her desk chair around, not bothering to see the girl's reaction.
"Wh-What?" Tears pricked the girl's eyes.
"You are dismissed, Eri."
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And that was what always happened. She never got any of her young employees names right.
The only time she did was when she fired them. After all, they didn't work for her anymore.
Kagome Higurashi no longer had the right to call them whatever she wanted anymore.
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Kagome pressed the button on her phone to contact the receptionist.
"Sandy, call Mr. Tamaki and tell him to come in for an interview and that he better not disappoint me."
"It's Sango, ma'am."
"Excuse me?"
A sigh was heard over the phone.
"Nothing, ma'am. I'll call him right away."
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"What experience do you have in business, Mr. Tamaki?" Ms. Higurashi began, folding her hands.
"Well, my father had a tiny, but successful business so he taught me a lot. I have also graduated from Tokyo's Academy of Business at the top of my class. I even used to have a sock company." the man said confidently.
"You're a cocky bastard, aren't you, Mister Academy of Business?" Kagome scoffed.
"N-No, ma'am."
"Uh huh," she started, brushing it off. "Anyways, who the hell gave you the idea to sell socks in the first place?" She muttered, arching a perfect eyebrow.
"W-Well, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein have their own socks and I thought—Thought what? That you'll be just as successful? Let me tell you something, kid," Mr. Tamaki's eyes widened, considering the fact that he was at least 10 years older than her. "I am fully aware that Lauren and Klein have their own socks. They are famous, so what makes you think that you could ever compare to them? This is the real world, Mr. Tamaki. Right now, you're just a tiny little beetle meant to be eaten by predators like me. So tell me, what happened to your little sock joint?" the woman asked, smirking at the dejected man.
"W-W-Well...not many socks were sold and I became bankrupt."
"BANKRUPT?! So, you try to pick up the pieces of your pathetic life by attempting to land a job at MY company?! Have you no respect for your boss?!" Kagome yelled.
"I respect you so much, ma'am!"
"...Okay then...I'll give you the job." she spoke with fire in her eyes.
"Thank you, Ms. Hig—But! Let me warn you. I will chew you up and spit you out, just like I did with my previous assistants. Can you handle it?"
"Yes, ma'am!"
"Even if I make you suffer for my own personal joy?!"
"Yes, ma'am!"
"Even while possibly having suicidal thoughts because it's too much? Are you sure, god dammit?!"
"YES, MA—Wait, WHAT?!"
"Congrats, new meat. You're hired!"
A/N: That's it for this chapter! That's a taste of Kagome's work ethic. Next chapter will take place at Sesshomaru's company building!
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