Me: give me a break, I've been working on my story Azrath, on fictionpress.
Sesshomaru: excuses will not do you any good, only writing can spare you miserable life
Me: this kinda reminds me of blackmail.
Sesshomaru: and your point is
Me: I don't enjoy being forced to write! It doesn't work as well, and I can't stop writing you o.o.c.
Sesshomaru: then the people reading this will tell you. And then I will met out punishment.
Kagome Higurashi was pissed. She had put up with InuYasha's attitude, his undeniable obsession with Kikyo, and being second best for too long.
About two days ago she had snuck out of the camp in the middle of the night and set off. She had nearly turned back several times solely because she missed Shippo, but she couldn't put up with it anymore. So she had left, and hadn't looked back once.
oOo
Sesshomaru was having a terrible day, and was tempted to go take it out on whoever got in his way, but in the last four, five centuries the laws had changed, and he couldn't just go on a killing spree anymore, and it was making him mad.
No, not mad, the great Sesshomaru did not get mad, he was simply having a bad day. His secretary had not stopped chatting at him since he entered the office, and he was on the verge of snapping
"Woman, I suggest that you remove yourself from this Sesshomaru's presence at once." He said, careful not to let the full extent of his rage show in his voice. The woman started stuttering something, and Sesshomaru tried to tune her out.
oOo
Kagome found her way through the well, and into her room, knowing that InuYasha would eventually find her here, and wishing that he wouldn't.
"Kagome? Is that you?" came her mother's voice, but Kagome didn't answer.
"Kagome?"
"Are you in your room?"
Finally giving up on her hopes of having a quiet afternoon to herself Kagome sighed
"Yes mother. I'm in my room." replied Kagome, steeling herself for the inevitable questions that would ensue.
"Well, tell me if you want to talk to me about whatever it is that's bugging you" said her mom, and Kagome nearly cried at the amount of compassion in her mother's voice.
oOo
The day was not getting any better, and Sesshomaru was tempted to throw the latest supplicant out the window, but once again restrained himself.
"Mr. Katchag, I do NOT want to merge with your company, nor do I want to ever see you again, so my new secretary will see you out."
"Sesshomaru-sama" came his secretary's voice
"Yes, Yolana?" replied Sesshomaru, not without an edge in his voice.
"Your next appointment is ready, sir"
"Very well, send him into the yellow board room, I will be in there in a minute."
"Yessir, Sesshomaru-sama"
Sesshomaru growled in frustration, the day had been endless, and the smell of so many humans in close proximity was making him nauseous. The sooner this day was over, the better.
"Yolana, reschedule the rest of my meetings, will you." said Sesshomaru, his tone turning it from a request to a demand.
"Yessir, Sesshomaru-sama." replied his secretary, and Sesshomaru left the office, not growling, but coming perilously close.
oOo
Kagome couldn't stay still much longer, the innate regularity of her day was driving her insane, sure there was a whole population of youkai out there, but the times had changed, and the human population was no longer unprotected, so there really was nothing left for Mikos to do.
"Kagome? Are you looking at any of the job descriptions that I found, honey, and you really should buy yourself a condo of your own" came her mother's voice, nagging once again
"Mom, I just need some time, the well isn't accepting me anymore, and I need to figure out why, so will you just leave me alone!"
"I need to get out of the house" said Kagome to herself, pacing the floor in her room
"I need to get out and do something"
Kagome had just decided to go for a walk when the phone rang.
"Goddammit!" swore Kagome, and picked up the phone
"Hello, Kagome Higurashi speaking, how can I help you?"
The voice of a VERY old acquaintance answered her not-so-cheery hello
"Kagome? Is it really you?" came Koga's voice through the phone.
"Koga?" answered Kagome in surprise, staring at the phone, somewhat in shock.
"Don't you live in the past, Kagome, and shouldn't you be dead? I mourned for you, after all, you were my woman."
"Only were?" asked Kagome, teasing the wolf youkai a bit
"If you want to be my woman now, you can be, Kagome, I'd treat you right, I promise" Said Koga, and Kagome winced a bit at the fervor in his voice
"When I stopped smelling you in the past I just assumed that you had died, seeing as mutt face didn't know where you were, oh man is he going to freak when he finds out that you're here, seeing as it's been five hundred years!"
Oh, crap thought Kagome, InuYasha would still be alive thanks to his hanyou status.
"Thanks, Koga, umm, not to be rude, but, why did you call?"asked Kagome, uncertain
"I called to see if it really was you, and well, now that I know it is you, will you meet me for coffee?"
"Sure Koga, meet you at the conservatory coffee shop?" said Kagome's traitor mouth before she could stop it
"Of course Kagome, I'll meet you there in ten, or better yet, I'll pick you up"
no sooner then had Koga finished speaking than he burst into her room, picked her up, and they were off again
"Koga, I thought we had settled all this grabbie stuff" said Kagome, not really minding, with Koga she felt safe, but there was no way she could see him as more then a brotherly figure.
"Give me a break, Kagome, I haven't seen you in more than five centuries! Oh, I invited mutt face to join us for coffee, I hope you don't mind" continued Koga, completely blind to all the strange looks they were getting, and to the glare that Kagome was shooting at him.
"And here we are" said Koga, waving broadly at InuYasha, who had risen from his seat at the arrival of Koga, and was making his way toward them with an expression of hope mixed with trepidation.
"See, mutt face!" called Koga, and gestured to Kagome, still on his back
"Kagome" InuYasha breathed, as if uttering a prayer, and then tentatively reached out and touched Kagome's cheek, hardly believing that she was really there. Then the spell was broken, and InuYasha said
"Where the Hells have you been, and why didn't the well let me pass? I had to wait five hundred fragging years!"
"To me hasn't been five hundred years, and the well wouldn't let me pass either."
"Yeah, well, while you were gone we finished collecting the jewel shards, and killed Naraku, and Kikyo and I got together, I'm sorry, but when you didn't come back I started thinking, and Kikyo is the one for me, I really am sorry Kags, please don't be mad at me" Finished InuYasha, and then sighed
"Whew was that good to get off my chest"
InuYasha stiffened.
"I smell Sesshomaru, and he's headed this way."
Sure enough, Sesshomaru himself was weaving his way through the crowd toward them.
"Miko, Hanyou," He greeted them, ignoring Koga completely.
"What are YOU doing here Sesshomaru?"
Asked InuYasha, resisting the urge to growl
"My business is not with you, it is with the Miko." Said Sesshomaru, with the air of someone doing another a great favor just by admitting that they existed.
What? What could Sesshomaru want with me? Thought Kagome
"What do you want with her?"
"that is between the Miko and I" replied Sesshomaru
"Miko, you will come with me, now." and with that Sesshomaru turned on his heel and strode off, people parting before him like the waters in a river.
"Miko, I do not hear you coming, and if you do not start soon I will be forced to remove you against your will" Sesshomaru called, and Kagome knew with utter certainty that he would, and no one would stop him.
"InuYasha, I'll be back" she said, then sprinted after Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru did not know what possessed him to, in effect kidnap the Miko, but at the moment he didn't care.
"Sesshomaru, I demand that you explain this all to me at once, how are you here, and why aren't you dead, and if I tried to kill you several times, then why are you just talking to me"
"Miko" said Sesshomaru in a warning voice
"I do not enjoy being nattered at."
Sesshomaru sped up, forcing Kagome into a run.
"Sesshomaru, I do not have legs as long as yours are!" panted Kagome
"And this matters to me why?" replied Sesshomaru, unfazed as ever
"I can't keep up, and you want to talk to me."
Sesshomaru stopped, turned around and grabbed Kagome before she had even registered the fact that he had stopped.
"Hey, what are you doing, you big brute?"
"You cannot keep up, so I will carry you, and if you struggle I will knock you out Miko, it is as simple as that."
At his words Kagome stopped struggling, but a fierce scent of anger emanated from her form, and the great Sesshomaru suppressed a chuckle.
"What, may I ask is so funny?" Asked Kagome archly
"No"
"No what?"
"No, you may not ask what is so funny"
"You are just impossible" Kagome shrieked, and Sesshomaru winced, the height and intensity of her tone having an adverse effect on Sesshomaru's inu ears.
"Miko, you will stop your impossible caterwauling at once, or I will stop it for you."
"It's a free country, I will do as I wish, you, you, you"
"Miko, I am going to knock you out now." was the last thing that Kagome heard for a long time.
oOo
Sesshomaru could not believe himself. He had kidnaped and then knocked out the Miko, and there would be trouble because of it.
oOo
The next thing that Kagome heard was two voices arguing softly over her.
"Sesshomaru, you can't just go around kidnaping humans, let alone knock them out in the process, they just aren't built for it."
"Mother, I have been quite patient with the new laws that the humans have put up, and I have resisted the impulse to go on a killing spree, be thankful for that."
"Your Miko is awake, my dear."
"Miko?"
It was no use pretending to be unconscious any longer. Kagome groaned and opened her eyes to find a pair of hard golden eyes staring at her. Kagome gasped, remembering being abducted and knocked unconscious.
"What do you want with me?" Asked Kagome, staring intently into the golden eyes, unwilling to look away just yet.
"Well, she seems quite enchanted with you, eh Sesshomaru?"
Kagome blushed, and looked away
"Finally able to tear your eyes away from mine, ne Miko?" said Sesshomaru sounding, amused!
oOo
She was quite amusing to watch, this Sesshomaru had to admit, the Miko blushed at nearly everything, and it was refresh- no, this Sesshomaru would not go there, she was merely here for business.
"Mother, would you leave the room please?" as usual the tone of voice that Sesshomaru used had turned the request into a demand, and his mother winced, saying
"Tut tut, Sesshomaru, where have your manners gone?"
"Leave. Now"
"I'm going, I'm going"
"Why am I here? What do you want with me?"
"This Sesshomaru has need of a new secretary, and this Sesshomaru has chosen you, Miko, and this Sesshomaru will not talk business in front of his filthy hanyou half-brother."
"So, wait, let me get this straight, first you kidnap me, then you knock me unconscious all so you can ask me if I want a JOB?"
"That is what I said Miko, unless you wish to imply that this Sesshomaru lies, and that, Miko, would probably end in ultimate demise, for you."
Sesshomaru: why is no fluff happening?
Sesshomaru: did I just say that out loud?
me: ah yes, actually, yes you did.
Sesshomaru: tell anyone and you die
me: if I die, then there definitely won't be any fluff
Sesshomaru: this Sesshomaru has decided to spare your puny life, human
me: umm, okay then help me! (he needs anger management classes)
Oh, A/N: This chappy is extremely long, and most of my other chappies will only be about two to four-five-ish pages in word perfect format, so sorry to all you looking for really long chappies, hope I didn't lose any of you.