"Good morning Kagome. How did your weekend go?" Sango asked as both she and Kagome walked through the door and down the hall to clock in.
"It went well. On saturday I turned twenty-four and Sesshoumaru took me to Kamakura. While there he took me to two of the ancient Temples, and out to dinner and lastly to the beach, and after that he drove me home. Yesterday Mr. Silvermoon and his two sons took me out to dinner. I had fun until Bankotsu showed up. But other than that I had a great weekend. What about you?" Kagome told Sango.
"It was alright. I had to babysit for my neighbor."
"Sounds like you had fun." Kagome smiled.
"Oh such joy. They didn't want to mind." Sango slid the slid the time card in. "I like that pink silk shirt and pants."
"Mother got it for me for my birthday." Kagome answered as she slide her time card in then put it away. They talked more while they walked down the hall.
"See you later. Our duties await us." Sango headed to her desk as Kagome saw that there were only four files to put away and two pages to type up and that was it. It only took Kagome a hour to type up the two pages and put away the files. By the time the Silvermoons came walking into work she was sitting there reading a book.
"You sit there reading a book when there is work to be done?"
"The work that was in basket on my desk that needed to be done is already finished. So my work is done and I can't help Sango because her work is finished as well." Kagome answered then went back to her reading the book. Around 11:00 am Kagome put her book down and headed to the lunch room and got some water then went back to her desk.
"Kagome come into my office." She watched as Sesshoumaru turned and headed to his desk. She placed her water on her desk then went into his office.
"You wanted to see me?" She said as she came into the office.
"Come around here so I may show you something." When he saw her standing next to him, he laid the paper that he was reading on his desk and slid it over in front of her. "Stand there and read over this page." She placed her hands on his desk and leaned at the waist to read the page slowly.
He watched as her attention was solely on the page so he slowly took the chance to slide his left hand over her right hand. She stopped her reading and moved her hand out from under his. Then went back to reading but stopped again when she felt his hand on hers again but this time she moved away from him completely.
"Why are you so nervous?" He asked as he looked up at her.
"If you need something done with that page please have it on my desk and I'll get to it after lunch." She turned and walked out of the office and over to her desk to get her purse then went to clock out then walked out of the firm.
"She seemed to be a bit on the nervous side when she went to lunch." InuTaisho walked into his son's office.
"So it seems." Sesshoumaru got up and both father and son left to head to lunch.
"Kagome is there something bothering you? You seem not to be yourself at this moment."
"Yes everything is fine. I just have something on my mind right now is all."
"If you need to talk just let me know."
"Ok maybe you can help me with, with a problem that was brought to my attention by someone who needs help. I can't tell you then name of the people involved."
"I'll do my best to help."
"Ok here's the problem. There is a guy who works for a public relations business were he has to work with the public one way or another everyday and on two different days the boss's daughter has come to him and out of the blue starts kissing him. He pushes her away and tells her, he can't because she is the boss's daughter and it would be wrong. Then she comes back the next day with something she needed him to look over and she slides her hand over his." Kagome stopped and took a drink. "This guy knows that the boss's daughter wants something either a one night of fun or a relationship. I personally think a relationship between them would be wrong because of who she is. What about you? What do you think he should do?"
"Me personally don't see anything wrong with it. If I were you I would talk with Mr. Silvermoon and ask him." Sango stood up with her tray. "We should go."
Back at the firm Kagome and Sango walked down the hall to clocked in then went back to their desks. At her desk Kagome looked for the page that Sesshoumaru had her read in his office and did not see it. A hour later the Silvermoons arrived back from their lunch.
Seeing as she did not go to the ladies bathroom before going to her desk she headed down the hall and knocked on the door of Mr. Silvermoon's office then walked in once he had her enter.
"Mr. Silvermoon, I was wondering if you could help me with something? I asked Sango for advise, but it ended with her referring me to you."
"I can try to be of some help to you." InuTaisho looked over at her. But as she was about to speak the phone rang.
"While your on the phone I'll step out and got to the ladies room and be right back." Going to the ladies room she thought to herself. "How am I going to speak to him about this?" She asked herself this as she sat on the toilet. When she was done she washed her hands then headed back to InuTaisho's office and knocked.
"Come in." She opened the door and walked in and saw Sesshoumaru sitting there.
"What's he doing here?" She swallowed. "I'm sorry. I mean hello Sesshoumaru."
"My son needs help with a case." InuTaisho said.
"I can come back later. It's not a problem." She turned towards the door.
"Kagome came to me for advise and since your here son maybe you could help as well." InuTaisho looked from his son to Kagome. "So why don't you come over and let's see if we can help." She slowly walked over and took a seat. "Now then let's hear what you are needing advice for."
"Just explain it the way you told Sango and everything will go fine." She sat there and told herself. "A guy friend works for a public relations building that works to help people everyday. He's mentioned that one day the boss's daughter had came up to him kissed him.
Then on another day his boss's daughter came to him with something that she needed for him to see and when he was looking at it she slid her hand over his. He moved his and she did it again until h got up and left the office." She took a breath. "He thinks she wants some kind of relationship with him, but he knows that it would be wrong because who she is and all. So what advice would or can you give. I, myself say it's wrong because others would think the relationship is just to raise up the corporate ladder."
Sesshoumaru sat there in the chair next to her and listened to what she said and realized that what she said. She was describing what happened at the beach and what he did before she left his office to go to lunch.
"There is nothing wrong with a relationship between the boss's daughter and this gentleman as long as there is no hidden reason behind the relationship. Like thinking of climbing up the ropes to get a higher position in the work place or using it to get a higher place in social clubs. It also stands to say that if they don't bring the relationship to the office it is alright." InuTaisho said. Sesshoumaru sat back and was smiling to himself at what his father was saying.
"So let me bring this a little closer to home here. Your saying for instance if Sango wanted to date Sesshoumaru or even you it's ok." Kagome asked.
"Yes if Sango was not with someone now and my son and she started seeing each other or if my son and yourself were to become close there would nothing wrong."
"Are you worried that... I mean would that not tarnisha business?" She asked. Both father and son caught what she said.
"Son could you step out I would speak with..." InuTaisho said but was stopped.
"That's alright I need to get back to work." Kagome stood up and exited the office shutting the door.
InuTaisho knew asking his son any personal questions would not produce any answers so he and his son sat talking about a few files that correspond word for word in each file.
"It seems to me to be a cover up between these two or one of these two or both were forced into saying the same thing like the other by a third party member or these two can speak to each other by using their minds. I would dig up any information on these two by going to places they have been seen together, family, friends, employees etc." InuTaisho handed the file back to his son. "If you need assistance have either Sango or Kagome help you, or even both of them." Sesshoumaru nodded to his father then left his office.
When he approached his office he took a chance to look over at Kagome's desk and found that she was not at her desk, so he went into his office to make a list of the places to get information or at least to check out. As he was making a list he looked up when he heard laughing and saw both Kagome and Sango walking by with their purses. He looked to see what time it was and saw that it was time to go home for the day.
While driving to the apartment the talk she had with InuTaisho played and replaying in her mind. It was still in her mind when she pulled up in her parking space and not noticing a vehicle next to hers as she turned off the engine. Getting out and locking up she headed up the stairs. Going into the apartment she did not see two people pull apart as she walked passed the sofa heading to her room and leaving the two people looking at each other.
"Wonder why she did not say anything to us?"
"She looked to of been in a deep thought about something." They watched when a few minutes later Kagome walked down the hall with a sports bra on and a pair of shorts on. Ayame walked to her friend and shook her shoulder. "Kagome?"
The voice of InuTaisho changed into a female's voice and sounded like it was coming from behind her so she turned around and saw that it was not her boss but of her friend.
"Ayame your back. I've missed you." She shut the refrigerator and hugged Ayame.
"What you didn't miss me?" Came a males voice. He watched Kagome look up and he smiled at Kagome.
"Kouga." She walked to him and gave him a hug as well. "Of course I've missed you."
"So what's bothering you? Has anything happened while we were gone?" Ayame asked.
"I turned twenty-four two days ago. Something at work happened and I have been going over it in my mind since getting off work. It has been bothering me."
"So what did you do for your birthday? Or did you sit around this apartment?" Ayame asked.
"That would be boring to hear. So what did you guys do?"
"We can't remember so you tell us what happened with you on your birthday." Kouga voiced after looking at Ayame.
"Fine, but I warning you it's pretty boring. Well I woke up and was wearing something like this." She looked down and saw what she was wearing then walked over and put a jacket on until she was done speaking. "Well anyway Sesshoumaru came over and I changed my clothes, then we left. He drove me to a place called Kamakura. He took me to a few ancient temples then out to dinner and after dinner he took me to
the beach."
"He took you to Kamakura, let alone to a few temples there!" Ayame looked from Kagome to Kouga.
"Why, what's wrong?" Kagome asked.
"Right now don't worry about it. Go ahead and tell up what else happened." Ayame answered.
"Nothing much else happened besides him removing his concealing spell, him kissing me and I stopping it. Then the long ride back and him dropping me off. That's all that happened besides a few people looking at Sesshoumaru as if they knew him or something."
"He kissed you and you stopped him!" Ayame and Kouga said at the same time. "Why did you stop him?"
"Because he is my boss's son. That is why." She answered.
"Could you describe the kiss?" Kouga asked before getting slapped by Ayame.
"I don't know how to tell you." Kagome answered.
"What I think Kouga means is was there any kind of feeling that happened during the time of the kiss." Ayame asked.
"I'm not sure. All that I know is he tried again, but ended up short lived as I stopped him before he kissed me again."
"How did the kiss come to be?" Kouga once again asked and got slapped.
"When he removed his concealing spell I reached up and touched his mark on his forehead then moved down to trace the ones on his cheek when he grabbed my hand and held it in his. The space between us became smaller and smaller before his lips covered mine."
"So did anything else happen while we were gone?"
"Nothing of any importance." Kagome answered. "I'll be back after I put on something else." Kagome went to her room.
"I'm surprised he took her to Kamakura. After all it is said the old ones despise the silver dog family and all those close to them. There are those that are frightened of them from stories that they have heard."
"Why do they despise the silver dog family? Do they know who are of that family?" Kouga looked at Ayame.
"They have despised them for centuries. It goes back when the giant silver dog destroyed the giant moth from China. Yes there are two scrolls. One scroll is said to tell the story of the battle, but that scroll has disappeared. The second one has the name of the giant silver dog and his descendants." Ayame stopped because they heard a door shut. "The silver dog who killed the moth youkai is still alive. Matter of fact..."
"I work for him." Came a voice from the hall.
"How can you say that Kagome?" Kouga looked at her.
"Because of two reasons. One is because of this." Kagome threw a scroll over to Ayame. Ayame unrolled the scroll.
"This is the scroll detailing the battle between the silver dog and the moth youkai, But how did you get it? It had been lost." Ayame looked it over before passing it over to Kouga.
"This does not have any names so how can you say you work for him?"
"Because he told me himself. That outfit he wore with the sword at the halloween party is what he wore in battle."
"But how did you get this scroll?"
"It was given to my grandfather and I borrowed it from him."
So after they talked a little more about that conversation they moved on and talked about other things then they sat down and ate dinner together and talked some more. Around 8:00 p.m. Kouga left and went home and both women went to bed.
When they got up the next morning Ayame fixed Kagome's hair on top of her head with a few strands hanging down. She also picked out a outfit that would look good on her and would be appropriate for work.
Kagome looked in the mirror and saw that she was that she was wearing a T-shirt with lace-up shoulders and a denim mini skirt that had a canvas belt. Her hair was done up along with make up and earrings. She was not sure if what she wore was going to be ok to wear at work. After she was dressed she grabbed something to eat and was out the door.
"Hey Sango. I know that I'm a bit late. Ayame wanted to do my hair and make-up. This outfit is hers as well. I hope it is appropriate for work."
"You say Ayame's back."
"Yep. Well I need to clock in." She waved to Sango then walked down the hall.
After being at work now for two hors she was almost done with her work when her messenger came on it ended up being Kouga. While sitting there doing her work and talking with Kouga on the messenger the back of the earring came off the earring and on the floor.
"Oh crap. I've got to go for a bit." She typed.
"What happened Kagome?" Kouga typed back.
"The back to the earring Ayame let me wear fell on the floor so I'll talk to you later." After typing Kagome stood up and moved the chair away from her desk and got on her hands and knees to look for the back of the earring. She looked around where the chair sat and did not see it so she moved to look under her desk.
As she was looking under her desk for the earring a person with papers in hand approached the desk and heard a deep sigh and decided to walk around the desk to see what was the cause of the sigh. When the person stood close to where the chair should be he looked down to see Kagome on her hands and knees. The only thing you could see that was not under the desk was from her waist down to her feet. The male knelt down behind her to see what she was doing under her desk.
"Have you found a new place to do your work?" When he spoke he heard her take in a deep breath and come out from under the desk and sat on her knees looking at the one who spoke.
"Did you need something Sesshoumaru?" She asked.
"The reason you were under your desk as you were is the first thing. The second will be brought into the open when that is answered."
"I am looking for the back of this earring. That is the reason I was under my desk."
"I see. At first glance it looked like you found a new way of doing your work by being on your hands and knees. My other reason for being at your desk is to inform you that if anything comes through the fax bring it right to my office even if I'm on the phone." He turned to go to his office. "Have you tried looking in the chair it's self for the earring back?" Then walked into his office. She looked in her chair and sure enough there was the earring back.
"Are you ready for lunch Kagome?"
"Sure am Sango." Kagome grabbed her purse and headed down the hall with Sango to clock out then left.
"So did you talk to Mr. Silvermoon for that advice that you asked me?" Sango asked as they walked across the street.
"Yes I talked with him about it."
"Well what advice did he offer to you? Sango asked as she opened the door.
"He said that a relationship between the boss's daughter and the guy is alright as long as they don't bring it to the office and if the motives behind it is honorable and not to rise up in social events or standings."
"Is everything between you and Sesshoumaru alright? The reason I am asking is because lately you seem to be tense around him." Sango said.
"Oh ya everything is fine between us. It's just I seen Bankotsu the other night and he had said something that hurt and I have to work to forget about it.
"If you don't mind me asking. What did he say to you?" They both walked to a table.
"He saw me at dinner with Inuyasha, his brother and Mr. Silvermoon. He said that he can still see Inuyasha is still trying to get into my panties and that it looks like I'm trying to climb the firm's ladder with my body by going for Inuyasha's brother or his father or both." Kagome looked sadly at the table top.
"Ah I see why you seem tense and why you have to work through the hurt. I guess I would have to have my space too if someone said something like that to me." Sango leaned closer to Kagome and waved her to lean close as well. "But you have to admit that our boss and his eldest son are both handsome."
"Sango should you be saying such things like that knowing that you and Miroku are a item?" They ate and talked more before they headed back to the firm. As they walked past Sesshoumaru's office Kagome looked in and saw that he looked to be frustrated. Kagome clocked in then went to the woman's bathroom. While Sango went back to her desk Kagome walked to the fax machine to see if there was anything then walked to Sesshoumaru's office.
"You look frustrated. May I be of any help?" She walked closer to the front of the desk. "I just checked the fax machine and there was nothing there." She did not get any response so she walked around the desk to stand next to him. "Why do you look to be troubled? Or are you frustrated enough not to speak?" Still no answer so she went to walk away.
"You would be wise to watch what you say." Came a frustrated voice.
"Oh you can speak. I can't watch what I say because I can't see my lips without looking in a mirror. What could happen hmm? I mean your father is the boss..." She went around the desk and stood between the desk and the door. "So being fired is up to him and not you. So I'm not afraid of you on that. As they say with people who talk big and that is they are all bark and no bite, or they are all talk and no show." She laughed as she turned and went to take a step when she was stopped and roughly turned around.