Dear Mr. Tashou
Chapter 7
Previously:
'Then why can we not be with her now?' He whimpered.
'Enough. She is the one that must make the choice.' I spoke softly to him.
'Fine, but she will be ours.' he calmed slowly.
'I will do my best to ensure it.' I told him before turning my attention back to the paperwork.
My phone rang and I repressed the automatic growl of anger at being interrupted yet again… until I saw the caller I.D.
Kagome H. is calling you
I hit the accept call button and felt my heart in my throat.
Now:
I hit the accept call button and felt my heart in my throat.
I cleared it once before speaking "Hello?"
"Hey Sesshomaru." her voice filtered through the phone.
"Kagome" I greeted.
Something was wrong. She was forcing herself to sound cheerful.
"I'm sorry for calling you. But we need to talk." I heard her voice crack.
"Kagome, what is on your mind?" I asked, fighting back a whimper in pain at my own pain.
"My mom wants me to stay away from you. She's… almost forceful about it. So it seems we won't be working together after all."
'NO!' my beast roared.
'Calm yourself.' I ordered my inner self.
"Kagome, if you hadn't already signed the contract then it would be easy to please your mother. But now… well, Kagome you work both for and with me." I responded fighting to stay calm.
"I know… I don't know what to do." She whispered.
I thought for a moment. How could I still work with the miko without making her mother angry at both she and I?
"Miko?" I spoke after silence had come through the receiver.
"Yeah?" I heard the tears, and I heard her sniffle.
"Does your mother know about your identity?" I asked, my free hand clenching.
"Not fully." Was her answer "She knows that I know who the singer is."
"Do you have a normal job?" I asked.
"Yeah." She answered, the pain slowly leaving her voice.
I can gladly handle her curiosity.
"Why?" She asked me.
"This Sesshomaru has an idea. But I need to meet with the singer." I grinned.
I was a genius. Now all I need is to plan according to my idea.
"Meet this one tomorrow at 4pm. I'll be waiting below your home." I spoke.
"But…" She started.
"This Sesshomaru will not look like himself." I responded to her concern "Please. Agree."
"Alright. I'll see you tomorrow at 4." She responded.
I smiled in joy and she hung up with a sigh. I could feel my beast's curiosity until I lifted the veil between us and he saw my plan. WIth a joyous howl he relaxed and let me do the rest of my paperwork. The paperwork took a timespan of 2 hours to complete, but I finished and as I stood I saw the moon was out. From years of experience I deduced that it was around midnight. Looking around, I sighed and decided to go to bed for the night.
After all, it seemed I had a date tomorrow.
(Kagome's Point of View)
I cried for what felt like hours. But when I heard a singular music note from my piano; my attention was caught. I stood and walked over to my piano, looking it over but finding nothing that could have made my piano play by itself.
Sniffling I sat down on the seat and played my new song.
Once I was calmer I knew I had to call Sesshomaru and let him know. I owed it to him, I had to tell him the truth.
As the phone rang I felt worried.
What if he doesn't answer me?
"Hello?" His voice asked.
"Hey Sesshomaru" I forced a smile.
"Kagome" he greeted.
"I'm sorry to call you." my voice cracked "But we need to talk."
"Kagome, what is on your mind?" He asked me.
"My mom wants me to stay away from you. She's…" was I seriously doing this? I had to "Almost forceful about it. So it seems we won't be working together after all."
He was silent for a moment… Uh oh.
"Kagome, if you hadn't already signed the contract then it would be easy to please your mother. But now… well, Kagome you work both for and with me." He responded, his voice clipped.
"I know… I don't know what to do." I whispered mostly to myself.
He was very quiet. It was never good when he was silent. Silence with Sesshomaru was never good in the same sentence.
"Miko?" He spoke finally and I felt my tension slowly melted away.
"Yeah?" I sniffled, wiping my tears.
"Does your mother know about your identity?" He asked me.
"Not fully." I answered "She knows that I know who the singer is."
"Do you have a normal job?" he asked me.
What on Earth? Where was he going with this?
"Yeah." I answered, my curiosity growing "Why?"
"This Sesshomaru has an idea. But I need to meet with the singer." He answered. "Meet this one tomorrow at 4pm. I'll be waiting below your home."
