Touga and his wife, Izayoi were currently sitting in front of a woman. She was the last of the five hundred plus people that they had interviewed for Touga's oldest son, Sesshomaru in hand of marriage. Both were at a lost; everyone that came either had some of the quailties Sesshomaru wanted or two or none. "What is your name, miss?" asked Touga, trying to smile at her desipte the fact that he had already given up at searching for someone.
"Izumi Yamanaka," she replied. She was nice enough, they supposed. She was pretty too. She was a demoness; long blonde hair that ended mid back, hazelnut eyes, fair skin with her houses' markings on her face. She wore a plain and simply blue kimino.
Izayoi nodded to her, glancing down to her papers. She reread the quaitlies that her step-son wanted and checked off pretty. Izayoi was tired and sent a quick glance to her mate, who nodded back to her. They wanted to ended this as fast as possible. "Miss Yamanaka, have you ever thought of becoming a mother?"
They watched the reaction of Izumi, whose face made a face at the thought. "Oh god, no. I prefer the quiet life without children."
Touga sighed; they had already sent many women away of simply answering that question. "Thank you, Miss Yamanaka; that'll be all." He waved her goodbye. She nodded; she knew that would get her out, desipte knowing and giving up a fine man in the process. Pity. She walked out the door as both sighed.
"Touga, what are we going to do?" his mate questioned, throwing yet another piece of paper in the trash. They had made multiple copies to be able to check them off as they went over the women. "This is a lot harder then I thought it would be..."
"Indeed," he agreed and it was. Honestly, this was a nightmare. "Sesshomaru better be happy when we find someone... if we ever do that is. I guess we should go home?" Before he got a respond, they were interrupted.
"Um, excuse me?" came a voice as the couple shared a look with each other then looked over to the door. Izayoi's eyes widened a litte. This woman was so pretty! If anything, Izayoi totally got lost in her eyes.
"Yes, what can we help you with?" Touga asked, motioning for the woman to come in. He noticed his mate checking the woman out, then questioned her sainty. He let his eyes travel around the woman.
She had midnight hair that seemed to shine a hue of blue in the light, startling sapphire blue eyes; she wore a smile to grace her face. She wore a cute sundress, light blue, with white spots. She was adorable! "I have been sitting in the waiting room for the last two hours and was wondering if now would be okay if I came in?"
She had waiting to come in for two hours? "Oh my, I had no idea. I'm sorry that we made you wait," Izayoi said with a soft smile. The woman's eyes brightened at her apology.
"What is you name, my dear?" Izayoi shot her mate a look as he innocently looked back at her.
"Kagome Higarashi," she answered with a light bow in their direction. They blinked in surprise. Out of every woman that they had seen; she was the first to bow to them. She knew when respect was due; Izayoi scribbled something down on her paper.
"What made you come here today?" the woman asked, watching the younger with adoration. "And just think of this as an interview. We ask questions, you answer. Pleae be very honest with us, my mate here will know if you are lying."
Kagome giggled. "Of course!" She closed her eyes, tilted her head, and smiled before opening her eyes again. "Well, if I have to honest, I was drawn to this place."
Touga's eyes widened at that. Curious. "Really?"
"Yeah..." She rubbed the back of her neck. "I was with my children and a friend. We both stopped what we were doing and looked at each other. He told me that whatever we were feeling, probably meant I had to be somewhere else. He took my kids and I followed my weird feeling in my stomach. Then I came here," she explained, noting twin jaws that were dropped. She resister the urge to laugh out loud.
"Christ," he said, trying to understand that this woman was in fact, not lying.
"I know right! It sounds so weird but hey, it's what happened and I'm one to trust my feelings since they have yet to lead me in the wrong direction."
"Well, that's good to know," Izayoi said with a knowing smile. Those feelings that she was getting were her instincts; she wondered if she knew that or not. "You have children?" She decided that now was a good idea to switch subjects; at later date, she'd get back to the other subject.
Kagome hummed, squealing a bit. "Yes, I have a eight year old girl and a seven year old boy. Both are the sweetest people in my life; I'd be lost without them."
Is this woman for real? Izayoi said in her mind, connecting it with her mate. He was gaping openly.
I can't... she actually... She is not lying, Touga responded back, stuttering. "You have to be the first woman that we have interviewed that has said that they have children."
"Really? Wow, okay..." Kagome looked at her lap. "Is that a bad thing?"
"Oh goodness no," Izayoi said as Kagome looked back up to her. "That's acutally one of the quailties that we are looking for or a woman that wants to be a mother."
"I would love to be a mother, which techincally I already am but it would be nice to be pregnant." She recieved two looks of confusion and then added, "My children were adopted."
Touga was sporting a big ol' fat grin, giggling to himself. He felt his mate roll her eyes at him. "What do you do for a living?" Kagome could hear his exceitment in his voice, if that grin was anything to go by...
"I own a restaurant named Blue Desire. It's a restaurant, bar, and club. I'm a chef," Kagome said.
"That's a really expensive place," he muttered to himself in disblief.
"Yes, it is." She heard him?! He snapped his attention back to her, even Izayoi seemed surprised that she heard him too. "But boy does it have good food if I do say so myself."
He chuckled; he liked her. "Where do your children stay when you have work?"
"They still with my friend when he's not working and when he does work, they stay with Sango," she told them as they both noticed that she didn't say the name of the male friend. They wondered why but let it slide for the moment; they were on a mission.
"Do you have any connections with other idustries?" Kagome blinked at his question before looking like she was trying to remember. She made a noise in the back of her throat.
"Okay, so there's Naraku," she started, holding up one finger; she heard gasps. Everyone knew who Naraku was, she wasn't surprised by their shocked faces. "He's the friend that normally watches my kids." Well, that answered one silent question. "Then there's Kouga, who runs a tattoo business four shops from my restaurant." She held up a second finger then a third as she said, "Then there's Jakotsu, who is an amazing fashion designer. That's all I can think of."
Touga got over his shock before a more serious face weaved onto his face. Kagome wondered if she offended him. "Naraku Takahara has been a buisness associate for a long time. We are currently trying to settle a deal; he doesn't quite approve of what we have."
"Oh, your merger right?" Kagome asked as Izayoi's mouth formed into a small circle. Touga nodded to her then gave her a look to continue. "Yeah, honestly, I don't quite agree with it either. You're trying to do a seventy-thirty, that's why Naraku doesn't approve. He has worked hard for his business as I am sure that you have as well but to have control of seventy percent of his industries is not how you should go about this."
Touga was impressed and quite shocked that Naraku had told her of the deal. "We need control to be able to settle this. He-"
"Naraku is not stupid and he knows what you are doing." Kagome gave him a hard look. "Think of it this way, if you were in his position, what would you do?"
He blinked back at her. He never even thought of it like that. He pondered for a moment. "I would fight back, try to get it at least fifty-fifty."
"Then there's your answer. You have some control on his business as does he with yours. That is how to be fair," she answered with a level stare.
"I'm impessed; better yet, I'm sold." Touga smirked at her. "I would like it if you are at our meeting next week to go about this."
Kagome didn't move then said, "Alright. I'll listen to what you all have to say, then I'll say what I want. You all can decide after that; whether my input is worthy or not. Just know, that if you ever try something stupid again like this, Naraku and I will move and look elsewhere."
"You work for Naraku?" his mate questioned.
"No, but Naraku trusts me and I him. If I were to say that he shouldn't merge, he won't."
Good god, she has that much control? Touga didn't know how to take that. He had to admit though, she understood business deals. She was sharp; he liked that. It was rare to find that in someone.
"How would you say you act around people?" Izayoi changed the topic again. She wanted nothing to do with business to be honest.
"I act the way that they want to be treated."
Nice answer; she checked everything. Kagome Higarashi had everything her step-son wanted. She stared at the last unmarked box, silently pleading for this girl to answer it right because if she didn't, they'd have to send her away... "What do you want in a man? And, do you prefer demon or human?"
Touga froze; none of the women they talked to had managed to get down to the last question. This was a moment of truth.
Kagome smiled at her. "Well, for one, you can't judge someone by their race." They gaped at her together. "I personally have no problem with either, considering I have some demon in me." Their eyes widened at the same time. "And two, I just want someone that will love me as me; all of me. I want someone to be here for me when I need, challenge me-push me to my limits, strengthen and support me, allow me to do the same for them."
They were offically sold. "I'm out of questions," Izayoi informed them all, completely enthralled by the woman in front of them. She was perfect; it was a scary thought. Did they really just find the one for their son? All she had done was walked through the door saying that she was drawn here.
"I have a final question," Touga said after a few minutes. Izayoi stared at him as Kagome nodded, having heard him. "Do you know what this interview was for?"
"Let's see, there was a good amount of women in that waiting more. Most looked eager to be here, like if they got this, it would settle their lives. I'd have to say that it's either a job or you're looking for someone to set up with possibly your son or sons?"
"Was that a wild guess?" he asked.
"Yeah... Honestly, I had no idea what I was getting myself into by coming here..."