Have no idea where this came from, but here it is. Thank you Sayuri for being my Beta for this story.

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

Demon voice

"Inu language"

Chapter 1

Touga looked down at the impressive resume on his desk and then back at the young woman sitting across from him and raised an eyebrow, perplexed. The resume certainly didn't match what he had expected when he first reviewed it, making him believe a mistake must have been made in matching the files together.

From reviewing the resume again in surprise, he was expecting a tall, confident, self-assured, strong-headed young demoness to stride through his doors, and yet here was the complete opposite. A shy, petite, human, young woman.

"I am very impressed with your resume Nori-san," he started observing her perfect body posture, her light brown eyes cast down at her clasped hands resting on her lap. "Graduating top of your class from Tokyo University in Business Law, studying abroad at Yale University and then getting your Master's in Communication at Toronto University. Along with your volunteering and internships, I dare say you may be over qualified for this position, especially with your ability to speak five languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Inu? With your unique set of skills, I'm sure you want to become more than just an executive secretary."

Touga's careful, sharp eyes watched how Nori-san fidgeted with her fingers and cleared her throat, slowly nodding her head to what he said. The smell of nerves emitting out of her reached his nose.

"However," he continued, "the only thing that I cannot seem to understand is why you left your previous job. From what I can see, being an executive assistant for rising youkai politician Hiro Yukine is a great deal; I am curious as to what made you quit?"

Touga's sharp ears heard her quiet gasp, his nose instantly picked up the sharp scent of fear rolling off of Nori-san. He furrowed his eyes in confusion, not understanding why his question made her scared.

"T-there were complications I had with the work material," Nori-san hesitantly spoke in a soft voice, "having majors in business law and communications, I felt I did not know much about youkai politics, since it is very different from humans. With my constant struggle to learn such new and broad material, I felt I was inadequate for my position working on Yukine-san's campaign. I did not believe my skills were being used to their full extent." Touga heard her steady heartbeat, indicating Nori-san was not lying or deceiving him, and nodded his head in understanding.

He looked at her once more and admired her honesty. There was something about her that he could not place. Something old-fashioned, but perhaps it was her ability to freely speak about her flaws or lack of understanding. Not everyone these days, humans nor youkai, could discuss their weaknesses in a job interview without lying about something.

"Did you work under Hiro before his campaign?"

Nori-san nodded her head, biting her lips. "I had just finished grad school when I got hired to work for him." She explained.

Touga smiled and sat back into his chair, his pen twirling in his fingers, "Tell me about yourself. I read your cover letter, and as impressed as I am, I fail at getting the sense of actually knowing you. I can see you are an ambitious young woman who definitely knows how to do her job and will be a great asset for my company, but I want to know what makes you, you?"

"Um," Nori-san paused swallowing, "I do not know what to say. I do not find my personality that interesting to share. What would you like to know about me?"

Touga chuckled smelling more of her nerves. Her scent practically filling up his entire office with her light honeysuckle essence. It was almost hard to believe it was her natural fragrance and not her wearing perfume. "Why don't you tell me your hobbies? Surely you enjoy doing things in your free time?"

"I do, but even then, I do not think you would find any of them interesting."

"Humor me." Touga said with a smile, liking her modesty and playing his little game.

"I enjoy reading, a nice walk in nature, dabbling with the piano and the occasional baking, when I have time."

Touga wolfishly grinned. She was practically perfect he could just taste it. But now, there was only one final question he had, and it was the most critical question.

"Hypothetically, if I were to say that your boss despises humans, would you still be interested in the job?"

Nori-san looked startled by the question as her head popped up, her doe brown eyes widening in shock as she was processing his question.

"Do you despise humans, Taisho-sama?" she asked with a note of skepticism in her tone. Touga laughed at the look on her face, a face of confusion and utter disbelief.

"Forgive me for the abrupt question, and no. I do not despise humans, in fact my mate is human, and we have a son, Inuyasha," Touga explained as he saw Nori-san's confusion disappear. "I asked because I want to know if you'll accept the job or not."

Nori-san paused for a moment, licking her lips, as Touga saw her thinking about his question. "I will still accept the job. Race, ethnicity, gender, species, should not matter when hiring someone for employment. We are in a new era where many humans and youkai have become more accepting towards one-another. Judging in favor of one species is prejudice and not wanting to see another species worth is ignorance."

Touga softly smiled at her and nodded his head. "The reason why I ask is because you will not be working under my branch as my executive secretary, but rather my son's."

Nori-san gave him a confused expression again. "Your son, Inuyasha, whose mother is human, hates humans?"

Touga sighed and shook his head no. "No, my other son, Sesshomaru, does."

"Forgive me for prying, but may I ask why?" Touga looked at Nori-san's face and saw her sincere concern.

Tiredly, Touga sighed and vaguely explained, "My first wife and I got divorced when he was younger, and he blames me for the failed marriage. He claims that I was unfaithful to his mother and was bewitched by my mate. Ever since then he has grown to hate humans."

Nori-san nodded her head in somewhat of understanding. Her light chocolate brown eyes looking at him with sympathy as she softly smiled with encouragement.

"I am sorry that he feels that way towards humans, and for you" Nori-san spoke with emotion, "and I am sorry for him to have such a big hatred towards humans for so long. But on the other hand, I can understand where he comes from; as a child of divorce, we sometimes resent our parents."

Touga raised an eyebrow, intrigued by Nori-san's response. A small smile tugging on his lips by her bold statement. He leaned forward, his arms resting on the armrest of his chair as he just admired her courageous statement.

"Shall I be expecting you here tomorrow at eight o'clock in the morning?" Touga asked a few minutes later.

Nori-san gave him a small smile and nodded her head.

"Hai, Taisho-sama. I look forward in working under your company and am pleased to have accepted this job." Nori-san said standing up and bowing her head in gratitude and respect. Touga stood up and held out his hand as Nori-san gently shook it.

"I will have my secretary gather all of the work my son's current soon-to-be-fired secretary has been neglecting to do," Touga said with a smirk, "I look forward to having you here. Welcome to Taisho Corporation Inc. Company, Nori-san."

San – Mr. Ms. Mrs.
Sama – Lord, God
Hai – Yes