"What?" Kagome mumbled to herself though she did not expect an answer in return.
"You will be assisting me Ms. Higurashi," Sesshomaru began in his commanding tone that made Kagome wonder if he was an 18th century king brought to the future with use of a time machine, "by watching over my child" he finished and he didn't have to wait long for a reaction. Kagome's mouth dropped and her eyes widened, unintentionally causing a stray thought to pass through Sesshomaru's mind. 'What had she thought I was hiring for?'
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Myoga had not told Kagome this, not in the least bit. He had said assist, as in "you have a meeting in fifteen minutes, ." Not babysitting. She baby-sat all the time, not that it wasn't hard work, she had to admit that it really is difficult watching over a child you're just a stranger to or just a child period. But she wanted to do something different, something new.
"Baby-sit?" Kagome had to make sure this was what he wanted.
Sesshomaru decided not to answer believing she could figure out the response to her question without his guidance.
Kagome fixed her face, she always could sense when someone was agitated and it seemed Sesshomaru wasn't far from being in that state. This job couldn't slip away.
"When should I start?" She asked and though the question was blunt, Sesshomaru had not shown any disapproval. Instead, he reached quite elegantly underneath his large desk and into one of the drawers' part of it. He pulled out a small manila folder and then gracefully flipped through the papers held inside, though his actions would be interrupted by Jaken's cry of, "Girl, speak respectfully!"
And it was then that Kagome felt her annoyance and uneasiness transform into frustration. But she held it all in only for the interest of her job and the fact that Jaken was told to leave the room, she gained some satisfaction with that.
Jaken nodded and quickly scurried away, but not before giving Kagome a glare before he left which as expected upset her further and so, it seemed Kagome didn't feel like having an internal struggle with herself about not striking back at Jaken, so she did what she wanted and struck back.
Sesshomaru watched Kagome make very childish faces to Jaken even though the man was no longer in sight. This whole interview had been such a disappointment for the business man. The only reassurance out of the conversation was that his daughter would definitely approve of the girl in front of him and that wasn't much comfort compared to having the two alone together, which would be (in Sesshomaru's words) "utter chaos." 'Why had Myoga recommended this girl?'
Though he would take the chance of hiring Kagome because of Myoga's reference but to make sure she would not make a mess of his child, he would have Jaken assist her while she worked, longer than he had intended to in the first place.
"Be here by the established times." Sesshomaru said handing Kagome a paper with rules and a schedule printed neatly on it. "Myoga informed me of your football." He said speaking like someone who just saw the nastiest thing in all the universes and Kagome could have promised she saw him roll his eyes but she smiled anyway and gave her thanks to the man when he dismissed her. Then, when the door shut and she was standing alone in the strange mansion, she did what a few others would do in this situation without a guide, she got lost.
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Kagome had ended up in a hallway with a humongous chandelier that dimly lit the passage where she stood next to a room with its door wide open and in the room a boy, 'no…he's a man' (she blushed) was leaning back in a chair, his eyes closed and earphones plugged into his ears. He was gorgeous. 'I mean Sesshomaru is way up there, but this guy…' He had a certain kind of something that she loved.
Kagome stared intently at his silver hair that swung from side to side as he bobbed his head in time with the music he listened to. Her gaze drifted to his non-covered chest and soon she found herself leaning to get a better view. 'What am I doing?' She thought.
Kagome lifted her foot and carefully rotated so she was facing the room's entrance. Just a small step and she'd be out of here, effectively evading the embarrassment of being caught in the room… peeping. She hadn't made it though; Jaken was standing right in front of her, crying out "Stupid girl!" and "I went through all this trouble finding you and this is where you are?" as loud as he could. Kagome quickly muffled his voice with her hands and slowly, her eyes traveled to his face.
He was mad and seriously looked like he was going to hurt her. 'Maybe if I explain…' She thought.
She leaned down so her mouth was next to his ear. "Jaken, I need you to stay quiet" Kagome paused and glanced back to the once occupied chair that was now completely empty. She panicked. 'Where's the other one?'
Jaken threw Kagome's hands off his face while mumbling about filthy women always touching him.
Kagome's eye twitched, 'he's wrong,' she thought, 'I am actually quite beautiful.'
She prepared to open her mouth to let Jaken know just how wrong he was but the words would not be able to come out as a brassy voice interrupted and called, "who're you?" Unaware of the soon to come argument the owner of it was bound to be a part of.
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'This is the worst.' Kagome thought thoroughly stressed. Her job was definitely in jeopardy now, if miraculously, it wasn't before. Why didn't she just turn around when she knew she went the wrong way? Why did she have to stay and watch the guy? He wasn't that good looking. '…Okay, now that's a lie.'
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After following the sound of the ruckus, Sesshomaru had traveled through many hallways with the three "children" and ended in what seemed like his dining room to Kagome, where he spaced each of them out around a magnificently large table. "Jaken" He spoke in that authority voice again.
And this time Jaken flinched, though he wasn't the only one to do so. "Ye-yes Mr. Taisho?" He said.
"Do not speak." Sesshomaru answered and Jaken as well as Kagome followed this order and tensed up as they did so.
But on the other hand, Inuyasha was calm, a bit annoyed, but calm, with his mind on the girl he would definitely remember. 'Kagome's her name' and he liked it. She had even spelled it out for him. "My name is KA-GO-ME!" she said. "K. A. G. O. M. E."
Inuyasha directed his gaze on the girl of his thoughts, staring at her pretty blue eyes that looked over to him once she noticed his eyes on her and when she tried to cover her resulting blush, he smirked. "Hey Sesshomaru" Inuyasha said. "Can we hurry this up? I got things to do, people to see."
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'Ugh more trouble.' Kagome thought. Who knows what Sesshomaru would do now? What about her job? Did she still have it? And even though she couldn't believe she was concerned, she still questioned, 'how much trouble are the other two in?' But that didn't keep her from voicing what she thought needed to be said.
Kagome looked to the person that heightened her chances of getting fired, signs of frustration forming on her face. "Why did you just say that?" She began, though one could say it was an overreaction. But she had dealt with Jaken the majority of the time she spent in this home, so it was to be expected.
"Are you trying to make this worse?" She continued.
And all that came to Inuyasha's mind was the word 'feisty.' He glanced to Sesshomaru to see his brother's reaction and surprisingly, just barely, Sesshomaru was startled.
"Ha, Sesshomaru what's wrong with you?" Inuyasha began to ask thinking that his brother must have had a bad day or something because it wasn't often that Sesshomaru portrayed any emotion. But the question came out louder than he meant it to.
"I am right here. Do not yell." Sesshomaru demanded and lifted his hands to his head to rub soothing motions near his temples.
It was the first real emotion Kagome had seen from him and it was irritation. She had caused so many problems after just an hour, which was a record in her opinion and she knew that Sesshomaru was being extremely lax for not kicking her out with a "you're fired!"
"Um…Mr. Taisho" Kagome began hesitantly, wondering if her apology would make her boss' day just a little bit better. "I'm sorry, this is my fault. I got lost, Jaken found me, and then you stopped our argument." She finished with an anxious smile, noticing that what she said wasn't anything new to him. "I won't cause anymore problems… well I'll try not to."
"She's coming back?" Inuyasha asked, interrupting with a slightly hopeful tone.
Sesshomaru ignored the question and gestured gracefully with his hand to the doorway, informing Kagome that now would be the best time for her to leave and accidentally he reminded her of her mother's friend who would always wave at her like that when she wanted to have an "adult" conversation with people over the age of 18, which Kagome wasn't at the time. 'They only talked about T.V. programs and stuff.'
But Kagome got up and left, skillfully hiding her distress with the memory and not saying a thing about Sesshomaru's dismissal, not that she would anyway either and she didn't even show traces of anger when Jaken slammed the door behind her saying "Good Riddance" in the process. She just left in a mature adult way that most people wouldn't expect from her and when she got home, she took a much-needed, peaceful nap.
