Obliviously Wanted

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Chapter 3

Kagome was growling a little bit as she picked up pieces of cloth here and there. Inuyasha's room can win the "Nobel Prize for Most Horrendous and Smelly Room of the Entire Century and Beyond!" And that was an understatement. Kagome almost barfed when she picked up pieces of food on the floor. There was hardly any part of the room that you could step on without feeling something cracking or squishing under your feet.

"How can he sleep in here at all?" Kagome picked up a broken bottle and deposited it in the trash bin. Kagome growled as she pricked herself with a shard of the broken bottle.

"Damn!" Rushing to the bathroom, she rinsed her finger carefully and then looked at the mirror. Look at me, I came here to babysit and I end up being a personal garbage-collector! Argh! This is not what I had in mind...I can't believe I sunk this low...I should never have even traded my old job for this! I was better off before...Shaking her head; she went out the bathroom and proceeded to clean Inuyasha's room.

The three of them had agreed...actually, they forced Kagome to give up her job in the junkshop during the weekdays. From now on, if she wishes to stay out of trouble and keep her job, she'll have to go to her collage during weekdays and after that she'll go straight to their house and, as Inuyasha put it, be a good little bitch and start cleaning. It wasn't like they lacked servants and such but with all the other things to attend to; some of the housework couldn't be done satisfactorily. Besides, they were all too old and lazy. In a way, they needed 'a new piece of meat'.

Kagome had no choice but to agree. She had just called the junkshop where she and Sango worked for and told them that she just had to switch her schedule so that instead of working there on weekdays, she'll just have to go in the mornings during weekends. That's the only time Sesshomaru and Inuyasha will be out on small business meetings to monitor their companies' current progress.

After sweeping the last ounce of dust away, Kagome wiped the slight sweat on her forehead and went to Sesshomaru's room. She prayed to all the Kamis that his room didn't need so much attention. Her back is aching like hell and she really just wanted to get this over with. Entering the room, her breath was caught in her throat. The room was very tidy. She scanned Sesshomaru's room and was overjoyed to see it so clean and orderly. She only had to arrange his papers in alphabetic order. Sitting down in his huge chair, she turned to the large stack of papers. Woah...Maybe I can help him a bit... Kagome read document per document and while arranging them, she also sorted the ones that were urgent and the ones that were not so important. She came across a paper that was marked with a very familiar sign. Her eyes widened as she read it fully. Something wasn't right and she knew it…

Kagome put the paper down and went out of the room. She headed down the hall in deep thought. 'I can't believe it. After all these years of avoiding them…Well, seeing their insignia on Sesshomaru's pile doesn't mean that I'll see them…Maybe I'm just tired. Hey, for all I know, maybe I didn't see right-'

...BANG!

Snapping out of her reverie, she noticed that she had accidentally ran into one of the marbled pillars of the mansion. Shaking her head at her stupidity, she headed to the kitchen. She needed to clear her mind. It was time for 'the brats' to have their lunch. Kagome decided to make her favorite for the three of them—Oden—when the doorbell rang. She almost dropped the porcelain bowl on the floor if not for her reflexes. The sound rang throughout the seemingly empty mansion, it almost scared her but since nobody came to answer the door, she went and did it.

Opening the huge doors, she looked at the 3 men...er...demons outside. One had long, black hair that was in a braid with a violet diamond mark on his forehead, probably around Kagome's height and age. Another was shorter with whitish hair reaching his shoulder with mischievous, violet eyes. The last had his long, black hair in a high ponytail and blue-green eyes. Kagome blinked her eyes twice in wonder before smiling gently,

"Yes?" They were quite surprised to see a human female open the door. She wasn't even fazed by them. The one with the high ponytail stepped forward. He held his boyish grin that made Kagome want to gag. Boys...,

"Heh, I didn't know the ice prince got himself a bitch, and a good-looking one at that." His comment made Kagome bristle immensely. His words reminded her of her father all too much,

"Who are you calling 'bitch', wolf?" Kagome felt her rage building up inside her ready to burst. This stupid person didn't seem to notice and instead added fuel to the fire by putting his hand on her shoulder and said,

"Don't worry wench, it's nothing personal." Kagome's eyes narrowed into slits as she grabbed his hand and twisted his arm painfully. Men—demon or not—were really getting on her nerves today. The guy gave a surprised yelp of pain,

"Hey, let go you damned woman!" Kagome grit her teeth and twisted harder and growled in a low voice,

"Shut up before I break your arm, demon. Next time, if you want to see someone, ask nicely or else I'll purify you 'til kingdom come." with that, she let go and shut the door in their face. He rubbed his sore limb and looked at his snickering friends with a useless glare. Shaking their heads at his stupidity, they were about to knock again or something when they heard the girl shout furiously from the inside,

"Sesshomaru, get down here! Some ill-mannered wolf and his friends want to see you!" Kagome had guessed that 'the ice prince' was Sesshomaru so the next person that opened the door was not the fragile looking female from before but the great taiyoukai himself. His face was emotionless as ever but if you looked closely, irritation flashed in his amber eyes,

"It seems that you have upset my guest." he stated simply in a cold voice. Somehow, seeing the female upset was not appealing to his mood. Shrugging it off, he turned his attention back to the matter at hand. Raising a delicate eyebrow indicating he was waiting for an answer or confirmation of sorts from the wolf. The others sighed and the one with white hair stepped forward,

"Sorry about that but Kouga will always be Kouga." Sesshomaru resisted the urge to snort,

"Unfortunately."

"Who was that girl anyway, Sesshomaru? I haven't seen her before." Kouga grumbled something in the back but everyone just ignored him. Sesshomaru avoided the question about Kagome and instead inquired their reason for their visit,

"Hakudoshi, state your business. I did not inform you of a meeting today if I recall correctly." The one with the long braid stepped forward and said,

"Chill, Sesshomaru, we're only here for a friendly chat." Sesshomaru glared at them icily. He was never one to beat about the bush. Rather, he wanted to get straight to the point.

"Bankotsu, do you want to be fired?" Bankotsu put his hands up in mock surrender and laughed nervously,

"Heh, sorry 'bout that. Didn't know you were in a bad mood." Kouga spoke up,

"We're here to deliver a message from your father." That caught Sesshomaru's attention but with his legendary facade he stepped aside and let them in. This conversation seemed to be a long one and he preferred that they were all seated and not out in the cold. As they seated themselves in his study, they heard someone stomping their way towards them. One person came to their minds,

Inuyasha...

And indeed, in not less than a minute, the silver-haired hanyou slammed open Sesshomaru's doors and shouted,

"Where the hell is that bitch! Hey, have you guys seen here?"

All four of them ignored him and, of course, Inuyasha being who he is continued to yell at them. Then,

"Oh will you just shut up all ready! I'm getting tired of hearing your voice and, damnit; my ears are starting to bleed! If you say one more word, I will beat you until you're black and blue all over!" Kagome crossed her arms and stared menacingly at Inuyasha. Everybody turned to her and saw that she was serious. She was already huffing and red in anger. But...

"Oi, wench I was looking for you! Where'd you put my-!" He was cut off by a hard punch to his stomach and a knee on his groin followed by a swift kick in the head. Inuyasha lay there unmoving and completely knocked out. Kagome silently and roughly slung him over her shoulder and walked off to Inuyasha's bedroom. Surprisingly, she was able to carry him effortlessly. Turning her head towards the ones left in Sesshomaru's study, she said,

"Your lunch is on the table." And then she proceeded to the moron's room, leaving four very amused demons. Kouga, Hakudoshi and Bankotsu stared after her in shock and then back at Sesshomaru who was smirking lightly,

"Wh-Who did you say that girl was?" stammered Bankotsu in awe.

"Wow... I can't believe she just beat dog turd! But the worst thing is—that could have been me!" shouted Kouga.

"That's one hell of a woman, Sesshomaru..." murmured Hakudoshi.

Ignoring their comments he cleared his throat to gain their attention. He would store his satisfaction until they were gone and then he would confront the miko. Hopefully, Inuyasha will remain unconscious.

"Tell me what my father wanted me to know." he ordered. He was sitting calmly in his leather chair as he eyed his guests making them uncomfortable. Hakudoshi and the others snapped out of their daze and the white-haired demon decided that he would start the conversation,

"It's nothing much but Toga-sama wanted you to know that their stay will be prolonged due to some merging issues. They also said something about you orienting your 'babysitter' on the work we do. He said that she will be joining our fieldwork and will be working directly under you or something." Sesshomaru was more than surprised. His father's idea was totally insane. How can a female college student know anything about demon work? His father had to be joking. Besides, unlike all the other companies, they do more 'fieldwork' than they do their paperwork. This is a demon company we're talking about after all.

"That is ridiculous. I will not adhere to this and that girl will not be appointed to any other position other than our 'babysitter', as you put it. Tell father that I will decline his offer." Sesshomaru turned his eyes towards the documents on his desk and took one of them gently from the pile and started reading it. The others knew it was a sign that they were dismissed but they were not going to leave until their duty was finished. Toga-sama told them that this was going to be a lot of work but they are not about to lose to Sesshomaru's proud demeanor. Toga's wrath is positively greater than Sesshomaru's; therefore they will not lose to this ice prick unless they want to lose their heads.

"Listen, Sesshomaru. Your father said that the girl is more that capable of that sort of position because she has had suitable classes on this stuff. Heck, he even said that this girl was a direct link to something important or…something. I know it sounds strange but your father sent us a copy of her background and it looks more than just plain promising." Hakudoshi nodded to Bankotsu and he handed Sesshomaru a document from his jacket.

Sesshomaru put his paper down and took the one being handed over to him. He scanned the document and his eyes widened a fraction. Everything they told him was found to be true. That girl ...Still, this is all so sudden and I do not think that I can believe all this just yet...Then again, when I came in my room, I noticed my paperwork half-done. She is the only one I let in there and it seems that she did know about the documents she found in my room...I will have to ask her later.

Putting the paper down as if it was not significant, Sesshomaru spoke,

"Tell my father that I wish to investigate the girl on my own and until I have satisfied my own questions, there will be no evidence that this conversation ever transpired. You are all dismissed." deciding that it was better than nothing, the male demons all vacated the mansion. Sesshomaru sat in his chair for a good amount of time, contemplating about what he was to say to the miko, and then he stood up and sought her out.

It didn't take long before she made herself known. She was in the kitchen and she was obviously upset over a good set of things.

"You know, I did tell you guys that your lunch was on the table. All you had to do was eat it but no~ you had to waste the food. Tthen there's your brother throwing a tantrum and then that infuriating wolf! What is wrong with you people today?" Kagome scowled as she crossed her arms and placed them above her chest while staring angrily at the food.

"We have some business to discuss, miko. Come with me." Sesshomaru walked out of the room and towards the living room and sat down on his personal couch waiting for the girl to follow suit. Kagome growled lowly and cursed everybody that just had to get on her nerves. Her day started out simple enough... She wasn't sure if she would be able to survive all this crap for two months. She followed him to the room and sat down angrily,

"Well? I'm here. Now what do you want?" she asked harshly. Sesshomaru merely raised an eyebrow and began to speak,

"Your father worked for Shikon Inc. some yrs. ago." It was a statement, not a question. Kagome wasn't fazed though and simply 'huffed',

"I don't see how any of this has got to do with the situation, Sesshomaru, but yes."

"Hn. What happened to him? In your file, it was stated that your father has gone missing. And after this incident, you worked for the company in his place. However, after a year you quit. Why?" He saw Kagome sigh and scratch her head in an irritated manner. She let out a frustrated groan before answering,

"Look I will only answer your questions because I have no chance of escaping you but to tell you the truth, you are quite a bastard. My father did not go missing. He died in a car accident. I decided to try and work there as well because mother could not provide the means to support both me and my brother. There was nothing much to do anyway. I just got to answer calls and e-mail messages. Any idiot could do it fair enough. But I had to quit and take on two easier side-jobs as school got in the way. It was easier to help support both families

"I am working for you for the sake of your parents and the extravagant amount of money they pay me but other than that, my world does not revolve around you or your half-brother. I will do my job and keep you both in line but as far as I'm concerned, I have no further ties to you. Now, if you'll excuse me, I will be seeing to your staff. Good day." Kagome stood up and gracefully strode out the door and into the staff quarters.

Sesshomaru did not expect her reply but it was enough to satisfy him...for now. He will tolerate her just this once. He had much more pressing matters to attend to rather than getting into a meaningless argument with her. Her position and situation in his eyes are still vague but he will settle for this. Besides, he has his resources. Unknown to Sesshomaru himself, he had at this moment bound himself to figuring out the puzzle that is his babysitter, Kagome... Truly, this girl is a mystery that he is more than willing to solve...

But...he still did not approve of this "babysitter business"...It was just so degrading...

Kagome...

Kagome didn't really go to the staff to check on them but instead, she was wondering about Sesshomaru's sudden interrogation and interest in her life. Sure she was kicked out and all, she was living with Sango and, even for just a short amount of time was she living a beautiful dream but they all ended just as quickly as they had come. And everything boiled down to her father who, until his death, tormented his only daughter for the fun of it.

Kagome wondered why he was such a bastard to her. But the real question is, why does she still love that bastard? Why is she putting herself through all of this just for him. She knew that when she worries over him, it's her fault for doing so. Shikon Inc. was a company run by Midoriko, another miko, like herself. They were doing quite well until someone appeared. Someone that had destroyed her life and her father's. That shameless prick had the nerve to step into her haven and wreck all that she had worked for...

TBC...

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