Chapter two: By chance
Sesshomaru waved over the bartender, all the while plotting how he would get the girl to grace his bed. The bartender bought over his drink, setting it down beside him. Sesshomaru gave the man a nod before leaving, following the path that Kagome had earlier. He searched the club for sight of her, his amber irises peering into the darkness. Just before he was going to give up he caught sight of her. She was sitting with another girl, giggling as a beaming young man walked away from their table.

Smirking, he approached them.

"Excuse me, miss?"

Kagome ceased her giggling as she instantly recognized the voice. "Yes?" She said, pretending to be oblivious.

"May I ask your name? You walked away from the bar before I got a chance to ask."

"I believe that you know already."

"I guess that I've forgotten. I have terrible memory."

"That or you weren't interested at the time." Kagome retorted, her voice almost as icy as his.

"Perhaps. But would you mind giving me your name now?"

Kagome turned back to Sango, now completely ignoring his presence. Sango raised a questioning eyebrow as if to ask the girl if she were crazy. Sango looked at her friend then back at the tall amber-eyed man.

"Her name is Kagome Higurashi." Sango said beaming at the man. "And she is delighted to meet you."

"We've met." They both announced in unison.

"This is the guy that nearly killed me."

"Oh." Sango said looking away as if she were innocent.

Kagome glared at the girl and turned back to the man. "Is there anything else that you want, Mr. Taisho?"

"A date would be nice."

Kagome frowned. "You want a date with me?"

"Yes."

"I don't think so, buddy." Kagome said standing. "You were just looking down on me just earlier but now that I have on a dress that looks like it was painted on you want to all of a sudden treat me as an equal. You sure have some nerve."

Sesshomaru chuckled lightly. She was truly a fiery young woman. He was used to the passive types, surely this woman would be a challenge, and he loved challenges. "I won't take no for an answer." He said, cooly, as if he hadn't heard what she said.

Kagome stared at the man in total awe. He truly had some type of nerve to deny her wishes like that. "Excuse me?"

"I will not take no for an answer." His reply was as smooth and flat as the first time that he'd said it.

"And what exactly does that mean?"

"You'll find out." Sesshomaru said flashing her a small smirk, showing his unusually sharp canines before turning away from her completely. "I hope that you will excuse me, Ms. Higurashi. I have an important meeting in a few minutes." And with that, he walked off disappearing into the crowds of people.

Kagome huffed and sat back down next to her friend who was turning her head to hide the muffled sounds of her giggling.

"Oh screw you, Sango!" Kagome said, pushing her friend on the shoulder whose response was to only giggle again. "Can you believe that guy?" She said, anger seeping. Although she was slightly intrigued. This man did have his ways about him. She grinned slightly.

"I think you need a guy like him, actually." Sango said, taking a sip of her drink. "Someone needs to tame you."

Kagome glared at her friend. "We barely know him. He could be a serial murderer or something."

Sango nodded, agreeing with her.

"I hate to butt in ladies, but he's actually the owner of this club." A young woman said, her red hair pulled into a slight ponytail. She looked too young to even be working.

"This club!" Sango yelled, chocking on her drink. "You mean, he's the Sesshomaru Taisho?"

"Wait. I'm confused." Kagome said looking at Sango as her eyes bugged. "Are you saying that, that arrogant bastard owns this club?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying."

Kagome sighed. Even more reason for me to go."Come on, Sango."

"Wait, what?"

"Come on!" She said grabbing her by her arm, nearly dragging her.

The girl giggled slightly. There were some odd people in the world these days. She began to remove the glasses from the table and wipe them down when she noticed a black handbag sitting in the chair where Kagome was sitting. She snatched it from the seat, and began to run towards the door to see if she could catch the girl before she disappeared from the club. But when she got there she could not see any sign of the girl. Sighing she returned back to the table so that she could finish cleaning. She would turn it in to the lost and found. Ayame placed the bag back on the table and proceeded to clear the glasses.

"Ayame."

Ayame spun around and was met with an icy amber gaze.

"Yes, Mr. Taisho? Is there a problem?"

"Do you know where the girls that were sitting here went?"

"No, I don't. Do you know them? If so, you can return this handbag to that weird girl."

"Handbag?"

"Yes. This one." Ayame said, handing the bag to her boss.

"Ah, thank you. I'll be sure to return it to her." Sesshomaru turned from the girl and began to walk away. He opened the bag, and reached in, pulling out the small card that contained all of Kagome's personal information. Slowly, he read over her I.D. She's 22. Perfect age. Ah, it seems she doesn't live too far from the club either. I'll be sure to make a visit.

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Kagome sighed, and laid across her bed. She loved how her pajamas felt against her skin. And she was more than happy that Sango had decided to go to Miroku's after spending nearly an hour fussing about how abruptly they left the club. Kagome pulled her knees closer to her chest. She was just downright tired and her feet hurt after being in that club for nearly four hours. She groaned contently as she got under the warm blankets of her bed. She closed her eyes, trying to force herself to sleep but thought of that arrogant bastard kept filling her mind. Why was she even thinking of him? He was the most arrogant, conceded, sexy bastard that she'd ever known. She frowned. How was he in any way sexy with that twisted personality of his. Only hours before he'd seen her in that club he'd looked down on her like she was the scum of the Earth and when he saw her sitting at the bar he looked at her with a lustful gleam in his eye as if he wanted to just take her right there. She smiled and drew in her bottom lip, biting it softly as the thought of it sent chills through her. Ugh...Kagome. Get a grip! She said mentally kicking herself. She was supposed to hate him. Well, maybe not hate. But strongly dislike! She nodded to herself mentally. Yes, dislike would work. Kagome felt her eyelids get heavy and quickly closed her eyes, allowing herself to drift off to sleep.

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Kagome groaned sleepily as she made her way to the bathroom. Turning on the faucet in the bath tub she reached for her strawberry bubble bath, pouring a large amount into the steaming water. She smiled at the thought of how it would feel on her skin. She placed the sweet smelling liquid back to it's rightful place and continued to wait for her bath to fill. After it was finally filled she slipped into the warm water, sighing contently. She slipped deeper into the water until it was up to her neck. She lied back onto the bath pillow, relaxing herself completely. It felt wonderful to just take a warm bath and soak away her aches and worries. Kagome closed her eyes in pure bliss, allowing her thoughts to flow. That Sesshomaru is such a jerk. He has a lot of nerve to think that he can just tell me that I have to say in who I date. I hope he doesn't think that I'm one of those girls that he can lead around like some pet poodle. Kagome huffed, throwing aside the thoughts of him. Kagome lifted her hand out of the water, frowning at how wrinkled it was.

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Sesshomaru sat motionlessly with his fingers intertwined. Paperwork was strewn about in front of him, yet that was the last thing on his mind.

"Mr. Taisho?"

"Come in, Kanna."

A young girl walked into the large office, her long pure white hair pulled into a tight ponytail.

"Mr. Onigumo wishes to see you." She replied flatly. Her small voice barely audible.

Sesshomaru grimaced. Naraku was his least favorite person, and having to be his partner was even worse. Naraku had deliberately dug his claws into his father to convince the man to allow him to lead his son in hopes that he would bring it up to his highest expectations. After Sesshomaru was of age he took over the company and did just that. But instead he'd taken them higher. He now had clubs in almost every city in Japan and one soon to be in America. His business was growing into a small empire. But unfortunately he still had that leach, Naraku stuck to his back. He'd manipulated his father's contract and made himself a permanent partner. And after all these years Sesshomaru was still looking for some way to change that.

"Tell him I'll be there momentarily." Sesshomaru was not the type to easily lose his temper, but he had to struggle to retain the anger in his voice. Quickly after Kanna left he gritted his teeth, anger was rushing through his veins and he knew if he saw Naraku in this state he would surely try to strangle him to death. He smiled at the thought of watching Naraku's eyes bug out of his head as he took his last breath. After Sesshomaru was completely calmed he started towards Naraku's office. Although he was higher up he always reported to Naraku's office. He couldn't stand the thought of that bastard being in his personal office.

"What is it, Naraku?" Sesshomaru said after stepping in the door.

"Ah, Mr. Taisho. There are some things that I wanted to discuss with you." A smirk was on his face which meant he had something up his sleeve. Sesshomaru sighed inwardly and sat in one of the chairs facing his desk.

"Speak."

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Sesshomaru left the building, complete and utter disgust was written all over his face and his attitude betrayed nothing less. Quickly he left so that he would not have to see him again, because surely he would kill him. How dare he jeopardize his company all because he can't keep himself composed around beautiful women. Surely a scandal like this would not bring pleasing publicity his way. No one would want to go to one of his clubs when he could not even control one employee. Sesshomaru clenched his teeth to prevent the flurry of curses that were flowing through his brain. Some day he would just fire Naraku and risk the 40 million dollars. Sesshomaru calmed himself as he approached a red light. He was in a certain area that held a memory for him. He was at this exact place when he'd proposed to Kaguya. Slowly he turned to the bench that they sat on. He remembered vividly how she'd teared up and threw her arms around him screaming "yes!" a million in one times. That memory made his heart smile while at the same time it made it break all over again when he thought of how she'd died. More than happy that the light had turned green Sesshomaru quickly sped off, shoving the memory back into the deep recesses of his mind.

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After spending nearly two hours searching for her purse, and still wrapped in a towel, it was way past time for Kagome to be at work and she was sure that her boss would have a fit. Finally giving up on locating her purse, Kagome searched her drawers for something to wear, groaning in frustration. Even after laundry day it was difficult to find something to wear. Huffing in annoyance she simply grabbed a pair of low rise jeans and a green T-shirt. Quickly dressing she rushed into the living room she slipped on a pair of green flip flops. Grabbing her extra pair of reading glasses from the kitchen counter Kagome quickly ran from her apartment hoping that if at least she ran the whole way there (yeah right) that she would be on time.

Kagome was trying so hard to make it to work on time that she didn't notice that she'd ran into the street when the sign clearly said "Do Not Walk". Not paying attention, she yet again did not notice the black Porsche that was this time only a mere inch away from colliding with her. Kagome's eyes grew wide as the realization that she was almost hit again set in. And by the same man, no less. Mr. Sesshomaru Taisho. Grimacing and cursing her rotten looked she turned to look at the man, who was climbing from his car.

"Well if it isn't miss Higurashi. You would think that after 22 years you would know how to cross the street."

Ending it here! Okay, I gave a little background on Sesshomaru, but not much. I will get more in depth with their backgrounds and how Kaguya died and such. And you don't get to know exactly what Naraku did for a while! But I'll be sure to fill you all up with Kagome/ Sesshomaru goodness soon. I just need him to stop being an asshole and return to his "true" self first. But, when you find out all that's happened in his life you'll kind of understand why he's so OOC and a jackass! But I'll elaborate more on that later. If you have any questions, either email me, or put it in a review. Or if you'd like to be on a mailing list please send that in an email, because it doesn't work in the reviews.