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llebreknit: I know! I love kids too! Which is probably why I'm having so much fun with this fanfic lol. Thanks for reviewing!
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PurpleLuna: Thanks! Glad you like it! Though I'm not sure how cute it will stay. I have an idea to make it darker, but it's still processing in my head so I don't know if I'll go through with it or not. Thanks for the review! And keep reviewing!
Mlmonty: Oh I know, I love Rin so much in the show. The idea popped in my mind since kids usually are manipulating at times, and thought of some cute things for Rin to do :]
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Kagome was presently running late on getting some of her paperwork to Miroku as she hurriedly collected all of her work in her arms and checked her desk for any more papers one last time. Miroku had offered to help her catch up and Kagome couldn't even fathom how grateful she was to him.
She walked out of her office and looked down at the floor for a moment, thinking about how far behind she was and how bad and unnatural it was for her. Normally she did everything a head of time to avoid these kinds of situations.
She assumed it was because of Inuyasha's sudden appearance back into her life. She couldn't think straight when she thought about him. She wondered if he was thinking of her…as if on cue she covered her mouth and sneezed. She smiled slightly after, thinking about the the rumor that if you sneezed someone somewhere in the world was talking about you. She couldn't help but hope that person talking about her was Inuyasha.
Suddenly someone's form came into view and Kagome stepped to the side to prevent them from colliding with one another. She was about to keep on walking, but curiosity got the better of her and she looked up from the ground to see that it was Sesshomaru she had almost run into. He was looking at her rather strangely, as if he were studying her features for some hidden secret. Kagome shrugged off the thought and smiled at him.
"Oh, hi," she greeted and he nodded towards her in return. She turned away and was about to continue on her way when she heard Sesshomaru's voice call out to her.
"Where did you get that necklace?" he asked and Kagome looked back to see him looking intently at the diamond necklace resting against her collarbone.
"Rin gave it to me," she answered and, unable to help herself, she continued on to say, "she said it was from you," She wanted to laugh when she saw the look of slight horror and shock that crossed over Sesshomaru's face. It was only there for a moment, but Kagome had gotten so used to his stoic mask that when it cracked every now and then she was able to catch it.
He grunted at her before whirling on his heel and heading back towards his office. Kagome stared after him with worry, hoping he wouldn't go punish Rin for what she had done.
It was harmless enough, that little display from Sesshomaru showed that the necklace wasn't a gift proclaiming his love for her. Rather it was a clever scheme on Rin's part. Kagome smirked at the child's obvious intelligence under all those innocent acts she liked to pull, and was sure she'd pull something else to appease Sesshomaru.
She shook herself out of her inward thoughts when she realized she had meant to go to Miroku's office.
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Sesshomaru walked back into his office with an evident snarl on his lips to find Rin still sitting on the floor. She was playing with her hair and looked up at him when she heard him walk in. She flashed him an innocent smile and bounced up on her feet to greet him.
"I waited just like I promised," she announced proudly and Sesshomaru felt his anger slowly diminishing as she hurried over to him and smiled sweetly up at him. The little girl has you wrapped around her finger he thought somewhat bitterly, but the thought soon faded when she tugged on his suit jacket and he saw her looking up at him with large guilty eyes.
"You found out about me giving Kagome the necklace, didn't you?" she asked and her eyes weld up with unshed tears, "please don't be mad," she begged him quietly, her fear evident in her voice and face. He felt his heart melt at her obvious knowledge that her act would upset him, but made sure he kept his face unemotional as his eyes narrowed.
"Don't do it again. If you wish to give Kagome gifts, ask me and I will get it for you," he answered and he saw Rin's eyes light up.
"So you're not mad?" she asked, hopeful.
"No, I'm not mad," he replied and walked around her to sit in his office chair and get back to work. Rin didn't seem to care at the dismissal, she was used to his ways. She merely shrugged it off and went over to his plants to begin poking them intently with one little finger.
After a time, he had gotten a decent amount of work done when Ms. Kito paged him.
"Please excuse me, Mr. Tashio, but there is a Koga Wolf here to see you. He says it's urgent," she informed him. Sesshomaru stared at the phone for a moment, not recognizing the name, but told Ms. Kito to send him in.
"Rin," he called to the girl. She turned around and looked back at him, ready for his next order.
"I need you to be quiet while I talk to Mr. Wolf, can you do that?" he asked and Rin nodded at him before hurrying over to his side.
"Can I sit on your desk? I don't like your chairs very much. Whenever I sit on one, the cushion sucks me in. I always think that it wants to eat me!" she proclaimed and Sesshomaru slightly smirked down at her for thinking such an impossible idea.
"Ridiculous, but if you wish to sit up here then you can," he answered gruffly before picking up her small form and placing her on the edge of his desk opposite of his laptop. She sat facing the doorway and started kicking her legs back and forth while resting her hands on the desk. Thats the scene that the proclaimed Koga Wolf walked in on.
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Kagome sat across from Miroku as he looked through her papers and stacked up the choices he wished to work on. While she was positive he was picking the easiest assignments, Kagome had no right to complain, he was helping her afterall. Once he had seemed to pick as much as he was willing to do for her, he handed her the rest and flipped through his choices quickly.
"Alright, I'll work on this stack and give them back when I'm done," he stated and Kagome nodded.
"Thanks again Miroku, you're a life saver," Kagome replied with a smile as she clasped her hands together with a quick bow, "how are things with you and Sango going?" she added, truly curious. She hadn't talked with Sango in a couple of days and felt out of the loop when it came to hearing about their little office affair.
"How nice of you to ask!" Miroku exclaimed with a grin, "it's going good, we see each other once or twice a week and have s-"
"Watch what you say," Sango warned darkly. She had walked by and poked her head in to interrupt Miroku's comment that was most likely an embarrassing fact about their love life.
"Hey Sango," Kagome greeted and the secretary gave her a warm smile before glaring back at Miroku and continuing merrily on her way. Miroku let out a sigh once she left before loosening his tie a bit.
"Is it getting hot in here? I swear I'm sweating like crazy," he mumbled and Kagome laughed before standing up.
"Well I have to get back to my office, let me know when you finish those assignments for me," Kagome stated and waved goodbye to the man. He returned it with his own friendly wave before grabbing his phone and dialing the number for the first contact.
Kagome had just walked out to the hallway when someone suddenly bumped into her from behind and she dropped her papers in reflex. The person let out a grunt of surprise before stepping away from her, and Kagome took the opportunity of space to bend down and grab for the scattered mess.
"Sorry 'bout that. Didn't see ya coming," a man's voice inclined her head to see a tall man with striking blue eyes looking down at her with a playful (and prideful) smirk. He bent down beside her and grabbed a few sheets. Kagome held most of the stack and blushed when they both stood and the man handed her the rest he had picked up.
"It's fine, I should have been paying better attention," Kagome answered with a small laugh directed at herself. The man's smirk widened and Kagome couldn't help but notice that he was rather handsome.
He had long black hair that was pulled up in a high ponytail and tan skin that looked rather unusual since not many people were that tan in Japan. When she looked at his wide smile she couldn't help but think that it looked rather wolfish, like a wolf proudly baring its fangs rather than a man merely smiling at her.
"What's you name? You're very pretty," he boldly proclaimed and Kagome couldn't help but blush like a school girl. Though she knew she was...attractive for a woman, she always liked it when people told her so. Of course being told by a complete stranger was flattering, and a little uncomfortable.
"Kagome Higurashi," she answered with a small smile and he returned it with another one of his wolf grins.
"Koga Wolf is the name, you better remember it 'cause I promise I'll be back for your number," he answered with a wink, "but I'm afraid I have business to get to, so I won't be able to enjoy your company any longer," he added, but gave her a graceful bow before walking around her and down the hallway. Kagome was still flustered when Miroku popped his head out from his office to look around.
"Who was dishing out lines a minute ago, Kagome? I can't stand competition," he growled angrily.
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Sesshomaru was a bit taken aback when Koga Wolf walked into his office. He hadn't expected the man to be a demon, but the smell of wolf was all over him and the scent reeked like he wore too much cologne.
He also sensed the demonic aura spiraling around his person, and was rather surprised to sense that he was a powerful demon. Of course he was no were near as powerful as he was, but Sesshomaru wouldn't take the demon's power for granted.
"Sesshomaru?" he asked as he closed the door behind him.
"Mr. Tashio," Sesshomaru corrected as the wolf smiled at him.
"My mistake...Mr. Tashio. Cute kid," he added while shifting a glance at Rin who smiled happily at him. She was sitting on the edge of the desk, seemingly excited to take in the new arrival. Sesshomaru didn't reply but watched Rin, slightly amused at how interested Rin seemed to be in Koga Wolf.
"I take it you're doing well?" Koga asked, seeming to want to make polite conversation with him.
"Mr. Wolf, I neither have the time or patience to converse with you. Tell me what you want or get out," Sesshomaru answered and saw Koga take a shaky step back, but his blue eyes did not reveal any amount of fear.
"Fine, we'll do things your way," he growled lightly under his breath before walking up to Sesshomaru's desk and sitting in a nearby leather chair.
"I'm an executive from a neighboring company, we're looking for a merger with InuTashio Corp." Koga stated.
"Which company are you from?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Wolf Electronics, or as our competitors like to call us, Wolf Pack," Koga answered with a smirk.
Sesshomaru had heard of the company, (and the nickname) and was surprised that they would be looking for a company to merge with. From what he had heard from reliable resources, Wolf Electronics only sought to better themselves and others within the company by buying out and taking over other companies and replacing everyone with their own employees.
A rather ruthless tactic, which was why they were given the name "Wolf Pack". They worked like a pack of wolves would, fighting for the better of the pack, but never helping those outside of it.
He supposed he worked almost the same way, the only exception was that he helped out other companies who needed it and thus gained their trust and support for future relations with InuTashio Corp. And frankly, Sesshomaru didn't like working with another company if he could help it, he enjoyed taking control and ruling over it unopposed.
"I suppose you're wondering why we'd come to you with this offer, given the reputation that InuTashio Corp. has with taking full control of all business operations. Onigumo Inc. is trying to buy us out, and to be quite honest, I detest the man running the company. His name's Naraku, or something like that. Met him once and knew right away I'd hate him. I don't think the man has a bit of sense when it comes to running a business. You seem much more equipped then he does," Koga explained. While Sesshomaru had to admit he was flattered at the compliment, he knew Koga must have an alternative motive.
While he had submitted to Sesshomaru's dominant order before, he could tell submitting both bothered and angered the wolf. It would only cause such a reaction if he were an alpha demon.
If that were the case he wasn't sure two alpha demons could possibly work together. One would fight for dominance over the other until one submitted, or died. He figured this Naraku character must be a bigger threat than even he was to Wolf Electronics.
"While your offer sounds genuine, I'm not sure we'll be able to work as a team. Being the two alpha demons that we are, work will be...difficult," Sesshomaru replied truthfully. Koga looked at him for a moment before answering, seeming to choose his words carefully.
"I know that two alphas normally don't run together, but I believe we can. If we share the same beliefs and ways of running a business, I'm sure we can stand one another. I've done a little research on you, Mr. Tashio, and I know that we run our businesses almost as if we were collaborating already," he stated, "since Wolf Electronics only works with electronics and not all other sales items that InuTashio Corp. does we will work under you. We can run the companies as we have been, it would just be a title change is all," Koga added.
"Give me time to do my own research Mr. Wolf, and I'll have your answer," Sesshomaru replied levelly. Koga seemed a little put out at not getting an immediate answer, but nodded anyway.
"Just let my people know," he shrugged and turned to walk out, but paused right before reaching for the doorknob.
"Oh, one last thing," he added with a small, confident smirk, "can I have the number of Kagome Higurashi's office? I promised her earlier that I'd drop by,"
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"Here," Sango placed a mug of hot cocoa on Kagome's desk as she sat in a chair across from Kagome's desk.
"Thanks Sango, you're the best," Kagome smiled as she grabbed the mug and blew on the hot liquid a couple of times before taking a sip.
"It looks like you needed it, you've been locked up in this office for two hours now. You've never closed your door before," Sango observed with a gentle smile.
"Yeah, I'm falling behind in my work. Miroku is helping me out. Please don't tell Sesshomaru, he'll have my head," Kagome mumbled as she put the mug down to rub her temples and rest her elbows against the desk.
"You mean Mr. Tashio? Since when did you start calling him Sesshomaru? I didn't think the Lord of Ice would let anyone get that familiar with him, other than Rin," Sango asked with a curious light in her eye. Kagome blushed slightly and sucked in a breath, she had slipped again! And to Sango of all people! She looked up to see Sango was still awaiting an answer before she let her arms fall onto the desk and rested her forehead against the hard wood.
"I lost the keys to my apartment when I tried jogging home yesterday. I was trying to get home as fast as possible since it was pouring out. Sesshomaru was driving from somewhere and saw me, and offered to drive me home. But when we finally got there I realized that I lost the keys and didn't know what to do," Kagome blurted out and came clean to her friend.
"So what happened then?" Sango pushed.
"Well Sesshomaru offered to let me stay at his place," when she saw Sango's face light up she waved her hands back and forth frantically, "it's not what you think! It's just until I file for a lock change and a new pair of keys. Nothing is going on!" Kagome assured her.
"But you could've gone to one of your friends' places, but you didn't, did you?" Sango teased as she wiggled in her chair, "oh how I love office affairs," she added with a wink.
"It isn't an office affair, or any kind of affair for that matter! My phone is sitting in my apartment," Kagome tried to explain, and save what little dignity she had left.
"Sure Kagome, say what you want," Sango teased again before sitting back with a confident smirk and her mug resting close to her lips.
"Ugh, it's no use fighting with you. I need to work," Kagome groaned as she rested her head back on her desk.
Her phone started to ring a few seconds later and Kagome hurried to answer before Sango's knowing smirk drove her crazy.
"Ms. Higurashi," Sesshomaru's voice rang in the receiver, fancy that, she thought and nervously looked over to Sango hoping she wouldn't hear his voice. But by her widened eyes and her lips mouthing the name Sesshomaru she could tell she already knew. Kagome hesitated for a moment, but nodded towards her and Sango squealed softly in excitement.
"There's a Koga Wolf coming to see you," he informed her and Kagome turned her head to the side, trying to place a face with a name. Then she remembered the man who had run into her a little earlier, the one with the wolf smile.
"Oh, OK. Thanks for letting me know. Goodbye," Kagome thanked him and hung up the phone.
"What'd he say?" Sango asked curiously.
"Koga Wolf is coming to my office,"
"Koga Wolf? The business executive for Wolf Electronics?" Sango asked back with a blink of surprise.
"I don't know! How do you know these things?" Kagome exclaimed in dismay as Sango laughed.
"Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, and now Koga? Have you done something to your hair Kagome? If you have you better let me in on your little secret cause I wish I had as much luck with wealthy businessmen as you seem to have," Sango stated and winked at her causing Kagome to let out a well needed laugh.
"Believe me, if I knew what I was doing I'd stop it," Kagome smiled, "well I'd tell you first, then I'd stop it," she added with a grin, which Sango returned.
"Well, do you think I should leave? I don't want to ruin your romance," Sango asked with a playful smirk and Kagome shook her head in return.
"I hardly know the guy, and I don't think I'd want to spend time alone with him anytime soon. He seems a bit arrogant," Kagome answered and Sango merely shrugged her shoulders.
"So is Inuyasha, and Sesshomaru is definitely arrogant," she replied nonchalantly as Kagome playfully socked her in the arm.
"That isn't making me feel any better Sango," Kagome answered and Sango was about to say something but was interrupted as Kagome's door was flung open and Koga Wolf proudly strolled in.
"Hello there, my angel," he greeted, "and angel's friend," he added, looking at Sango for a moment. Sango's eyebrow rose at that and she looked at Kagome, but Kagome merely shook her head, signaling she didn't know why he called them that either.
"Mr. Wolf...what a pleasure," Kagome stated with a sarcastic undertone and a smile that was a bit forced. He didn't seem to notice either, or chose to ignore it altogether.
"I'll leave you two alone," Sango stated suggestively and winked at Kagome before taking off. Kagome could only watch helplessly as her friend left her alone...with Koga Wolf.
"I came back like I promised I would. I hope you're willing to give me your number and maybe go out to dinner with me sometime?" he asked, his confidence evident in the way he held his head high while asking her. He also didn't break eye contact either, proving that he was more than ready to face whatever answer she gave him.
"Uh...well I don't know if giving my number to you is the best thing to do right now," Kagome stated and nervously giggled.
"But surely you find me attractive? I'm strong, wealthy, and handsome. What else would you possibly want in a mate?"
"A mate? Who said anything about becoming your mate? I thought this was just an invitation to dinner!"
"When I laid eyes on you today I knew you'd be the woman that I make mine, Kagome,"
"OK...that's a little creepy,"
"Hardly, I know what I mean when I say that I want you to be mine. As wolves we can sense who would be most compatible with us as mates. When I had a whiff of your scent today I knew we'd be together forever,"
"Wait, you're saying you're a wolf? What are you talking about?" Kagome asked and knew by his slightly confused expression she was probably looking at him like he was crazy.
"Sesshomaru didn't tell you...?"
"Tell me what?"
"We're demons,"
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