I feel like these first two chapters are very much prologue chapters, so I'm posting them in the same day! After this though, I'll update every other day or so after today. Thanks for the positive feed back ^^ I hope everyone likes this!

Anyway, ON WITH THE STORY

No other time in the history of his life had Sesshoumaru been so irritated than in the week following his last maid's... dismissal. Every interview he had set had been the same; blundering idiots, fools, and women looking only for the pay and caring nothing for the quality of work. Now, money was no issue for the young businessman; however, he was not going to shell out money for someone to do half a job. Sesshoumaru was brought out of his musings by a knock at his door.

"Enter, father." It was a simple, strained greeting. Inutaisho waltzed into the office, a file under his arm.

"Afternoon, son! How fairs the hunt?" The eyebrow wiggle served to reinforce his pervy thoughts.

"Father, please tell me you have an inkling of good news. I don't have the patience for anymore perverts who waste time." Sesshoumaru pinched the bridge of his nose as he leaned back in his desk chair.

"As a matter of fact, my boy, I may have 'come across' something earlier this week. Take a look." He handed rhe file to his son. Therein lay a simple resume and refrence letters. Sesshoumaru looked everything over.

"And you waited until now for what reason?" His father, who had reclined in one of the extra chairs next to the desk, rubbed the back of his neck in a very Inuyasha-like fashion.

"There are actually a number of reasons for that." Sesshoumaru gave his signature eyebrow raise and Inutaisho took it as an okay to continue. "Well for one, she's pretty hard to get in touch with.. By the time I had caught up to her, I was banking on you having already found a new replacement."

"But you did contact her?"

"Yes." Why was his father looking so strange?

"And what did she say? Was she willing to come for an interview?" His father chuckled more to himself than he had intended.

"She actually didn't say much of anything!" Sesshoumaru was thoroughly confused and his father shook his head. "You'll see in a moment, and yes she agreed to an interview." Inutaishi stood and made his way back to the door leaving for a moment and returning with a demoness just a little younger than Sesshoumaru.

The taiyoukai took in her appearance with a critical eye. She was tall and curvy, with a bright smile that reached her emerald eyes. She was dressed in a navy blue short sleeved button up with some white under shirt and a simple pair of denim jeans. Her skin was dark, he noticed, a tone close to caramel. And in her cropped blavck hair was a pin of cream colored feathers. She looked decent, he thought, she smelled of soap too. Sesshoumaru gave an approving nod everything seemed to check out.

"Tell me women, what is your name?" The demoness straightened her back looking to his father. He smiled at her reassuringly before giving Sesshoumaru a sheepish look.

"What is the matter, Father? I know that look."

"Ah, haha, nothing's really the matter my boy. Her name is Nikkole, she is of Native and African American avian demonic heritage..."

He's stalling. "And?"

"And... well let's just say this little songbird can't sing." Sesshoumaru's eyes went wide for just a moment.

"She's mute?"

Yeah! And that begins the fun that will be the Taisho family plus one! I think, for as much as I've imagined this story, we'll enjoy seeing where this goes together!

Next Chapter: Meeting Expectations