Disclaimer: Anything in this story related to Rumiko Takahashi's "Inu-
Yasha" is not mine. All other ideas that make up the story, however, are
mine. Enjoy!!! ^_^
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
CHAPTER 1 "Spy Game"
It was a chilly autumn day as 23 year old Kagome Higurashi walked through the doors of the tall Tokiyuki office building. She was a journalist for the Tokiyuki Corporation, and worked for Sesshomeru Lieko; the manager and founder of the business establishment.
The Tokiyuki corporation was actually the company that ran and published the Tokiyuki News; the top newspaper in all of Tokyo. However, even though the Tokiyuki News was the most famous newspaper in Tokyo, there was another company that published newspapers as well- and was right behind Tokiyuki- in second place. This business establishment was called the Hirokoyori Company. And, not only was Hirokoyori the Tokiyuki Company's toughest competition, it was also run by Sesshomeru's younger brother. This, naturally, made the fight for first place rise to a more personal level- brother vs. brother.
Kagome signed in at the front desk and then walked into the elevator that would bring her up to her office. She absentmindedly tapped her high- heeled foot against the shiny marble floor and glanced at her watch as the elevator slowly ascended up the tall office building to the 20th floor. Finally, with a soft ping, the doors opened and she stepped out. Kagome walked down the hallway, her heels clicking against the floor. She got to her office, unlocked the door with her keys, walked into her private quarters and shut the door behind her softly.
She turned the lights on in the spacious room and hung her red suit jacket in her closet. Walking over to her desk, she sat down, booted up her computer, got out her research she had gathered, and started to type a column she was writing for the newspaper. And that's basically how things were around there. Kagome's schedule. It wasn't boring for the young woman- just repetitive.
As she was halfway through her column, her speakerphone buzzed. Kagome pressed the button to accept the paging message.
"Yes, Mai?" she asked the secretary.
"You have a call on line 1, Miss. Higurashi." The chipper secretary answered.
"Thankyou." Kagome said. She then picked up the receiver and pressed the button on her phone that read "Line 1" and greeted them in her usual style.
"Good morning- this is Kagome Higurashi of the Tokiyuki News speaking. How may I help you?"
"Miss. Higurashi..." was the reply. Immediately, Kagome sat up in her chair. It was her boss, Sesshomeru himself!
"Good morning, Mr. Lieko!" she greeted him. "Can I help you, sir?"
Sesshomeru cleared his throat. "What column are you working on for this week, Higurashi?" he asked. He always called people by their last names. Kagome guessed it was because it made him sound more official.
"It is the local news column sir." She said. "This week I am doing a article on the recent muggings that have been going on around the town square this past week." Then she added, "Why do you ask?"
"I need to talk with you about a serious business affair that may cancel your column for this week, Higurashi. I wish to see you in my office now." Sesshomeru answered.
Kagome gulped nervously. "Y-Yes sir." She stammered. She then said goodbye and hung up the phone. "A serious business affair?" she thought to herself as she left her office. "What in the world can this be about?"
She finally reached Sesshomeru's office and knocked respectively on his door before entering. Sesshomeru was seated at his desk with his hands folded comfortably. He certainly was handsome! He had long silvery- white hair and striking golden eyes. His suit was a dark blue and was spotless. However, his fine features seemed burdened with worry and concern.
Sesshomeru smiled slightly at Kagome and motioned for her to take a seat. She did so, and asked, "What can I do for you, sir?"
Sesshomeru sighed. "Higurashi, the Hirokoyori News Company, as you know, is our toughest competition today. Lately, ever since they won an award for their performance, the public has started to shift towards purchasing their newspaper as opposed to ours. This means that if we do not strike back within the next couple of days, Tokiyuki News, as we know it, will be bumped to second place and that damned Hirokoyori Company will rise to be the number one newspaper corporation in all of Tokyo." He slammed his fist onto his desk, showing his deep contempt towards their competition.
Kagome nodded her head thoughtfully and waited for him to continue
Sesshomeru took a deep breath. "I figure that there is one way to really ruin Hirokoyori for good. We need to get some extortion, if you will, on the person running the cursed company- my younger brother. You know as well as I do that slime has been stealing our ideas and frilling them up to make them more elaborate and pleasing to the people. If we let all those people see that the 'wonderful, well-written, deserves-an-award' news from their beloved Hirokoyori newspaper is really from us, they'll drop them like a load of shit and our company will be in the clear. Do you understand?"
Kagome shrugged. "I understand what you are saying, sir, but isn't extortion of other competition illegal in public business matters?"
Sesshomeru folded his hands on his desk once again. "Isn't the stealing of another company's private information illegal also?" he countered.
Kagome sighed. "Yes, sir. It is. But what do you need me to do?"
Sesshomeru flashed her a sly grin. "Higurashi, you are going to be the one to personally find out all you can on my brother and his company- every little dirty secret he is hiding- and report back to me when you have a sufficient amount at hand. AND I'll double your pay along with a special bonus for doing the inquisition. How does that sound?"
Kagome was silent for a moment. She pondered what might come of her doing this "inquisition." There was still one question on her mind. "What if I get caught, sir?" she asked.
Sesshomeru smiled again. "You WON"T get caught." He said. "Let's just put it that way."
Kagome gulped and nodded. She reached for Sesshomeru's extended hand and shook it. The deal had been made. She was going to get the lowdown on this Hirokoyori News company for her boss, no matter what.
Sesshomeru nodded. "Thankyou, Higurashi." He said, easing back into his chair. "And since you are so willing to do this, I am letting you have the rest of the day off. Prepare yourself. Tomorrow I want you over there first thing in the morning, understood?"
Kagome nodded. "Yes, Sir." She said. "I won't let you down." She added, before leaving the office. It wasn't until she was in the privacy of her own office that she realized totally what she was going to do. Sighing, she gathered her things, shut down her computer and walked out of her office, turning the lights off and locking the door. She draped her suit jacket over her arm and rode the elevator back down to the ground floor where she signed out and said goodbye to Mai, the secretary. Then, Kagome walked outside into the brisk weather and put on her jacket. She flagged down a taxi that would take her to her townhouse. As she was getting in, she glanced across the street at the Hirokoyori office building. She shook her head and shut the taxi door. After telling the driver where to go, she sighed and rested her head against the window, watching as the scenery flew by. What had she gotten herself into now?!
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
CHAPTER 1 "Spy Game"
It was a chilly autumn day as 23 year old Kagome Higurashi walked through the doors of the tall Tokiyuki office building. She was a journalist for the Tokiyuki Corporation, and worked for Sesshomeru Lieko; the manager and founder of the business establishment.
The Tokiyuki corporation was actually the company that ran and published the Tokiyuki News; the top newspaper in all of Tokyo. However, even though the Tokiyuki News was the most famous newspaper in Tokyo, there was another company that published newspapers as well- and was right behind Tokiyuki- in second place. This business establishment was called the Hirokoyori Company. And, not only was Hirokoyori the Tokiyuki Company's toughest competition, it was also run by Sesshomeru's younger brother. This, naturally, made the fight for first place rise to a more personal level- brother vs. brother.
Kagome signed in at the front desk and then walked into the elevator that would bring her up to her office. She absentmindedly tapped her high- heeled foot against the shiny marble floor and glanced at her watch as the elevator slowly ascended up the tall office building to the 20th floor. Finally, with a soft ping, the doors opened and she stepped out. Kagome walked down the hallway, her heels clicking against the floor. She got to her office, unlocked the door with her keys, walked into her private quarters and shut the door behind her softly.
She turned the lights on in the spacious room and hung her red suit jacket in her closet. Walking over to her desk, she sat down, booted up her computer, got out her research she had gathered, and started to type a column she was writing for the newspaper. And that's basically how things were around there. Kagome's schedule. It wasn't boring for the young woman- just repetitive.
As she was halfway through her column, her speakerphone buzzed. Kagome pressed the button to accept the paging message.
"Yes, Mai?" she asked the secretary.
"You have a call on line 1, Miss. Higurashi." The chipper secretary answered.
"Thankyou." Kagome said. She then picked up the receiver and pressed the button on her phone that read "Line 1" and greeted them in her usual style.
"Good morning- this is Kagome Higurashi of the Tokiyuki News speaking. How may I help you?"
"Miss. Higurashi..." was the reply. Immediately, Kagome sat up in her chair. It was her boss, Sesshomeru himself!
"Good morning, Mr. Lieko!" she greeted him. "Can I help you, sir?"
Sesshomeru cleared his throat. "What column are you working on for this week, Higurashi?" he asked. He always called people by their last names. Kagome guessed it was because it made him sound more official.
"It is the local news column sir." She said. "This week I am doing a article on the recent muggings that have been going on around the town square this past week." Then she added, "Why do you ask?"
"I need to talk with you about a serious business affair that may cancel your column for this week, Higurashi. I wish to see you in my office now." Sesshomeru answered.
Kagome gulped nervously. "Y-Yes sir." She stammered. She then said goodbye and hung up the phone. "A serious business affair?" she thought to herself as she left her office. "What in the world can this be about?"
She finally reached Sesshomeru's office and knocked respectively on his door before entering. Sesshomeru was seated at his desk with his hands folded comfortably. He certainly was handsome! He had long silvery- white hair and striking golden eyes. His suit was a dark blue and was spotless. However, his fine features seemed burdened with worry and concern.
Sesshomeru smiled slightly at Kagome and motioned for her to take a seat. She did so, and asked, "What can I do for you, sir?"
Sesshomeru sighed. "Higurashi, the Hirokoyori News Company, as you know, is our toughest competition today. Lately, ever since they won an award for their performance, the public has started to shift towards purchasing their newspaper as opposed to ours. This means that if we do not strike back within the next couple of days, Tokiyuki News, as we know it, will be bumped to second place and that damned Hirokoyori Company will rise to be the number one newspaper corporation in all of Tokyo." He slammed his fist onto his desk, showing his deep contempt towards their competition.
Kagome nodded her head thoughtfully and waited for him to continue
Sesshomeru took a deep breath. "I figure that there is one way to really ruin Hirokoyori for good. We need to get some extortion, if you will, on the person running the cursed company- my younger brother. You know as well as I do that slime has been stealing our ideas and frilling them up to make them more elaborate and pleasing to the people. If we let all those people see that the 'wonderful, well-written, deserves-an-award' news from their beloved Hirokoyori newspaper is really from us, they'll drop them like a load of shit and our company will be in the clear. Do you understand?"
Kagome shrugged. "I understand what you are saying, sir, but isn't extortion of other competition illegal in public business matters?"
Sesshomeru folded his hands on his desk once again. "Isn't the stealing of another company's private information illegal also?" he countered.
Kagome sighed. "Yes, sir. It is. But what do you need me to do?"
Sesshomeru flashed her a sly grin. "Higurashi, you are going to be the one to personally find out all you can on my brother and his company- every little dirty secret he is hiding- and report back to me when you have a sufficient amount at hand. AND I'll double your pay along with a special bonus for doing the inquisition. How does that sound?"
Kagome was silent for a moment. She pondered what might come of her doing this "inquisition." There was still one question on her mind. "What if I get caught, sir?" she asked.
Sesshomeru smiled again. "You WON"T get caught." He said. "Let's just put it that way."
Kagome gulped and nodded. She reached for Sesshomeru's extended hand and shook it. The deal had been made. She was going to get the lowdown on this Hirokoyori News company for her boss, no matter what.
Sesshomeru nodded. "Thankyou, Higurashi." He said, easing back into his chair. "And since you are so willing to do this, I am letting you have the rest of the day off. Prepare yourself. Tomorrow I want you over there first thing in the morning, understood?"
Kagome nodded. "Yes, Sir." She said. "I won't let you down." She added, before leaving the office. It wasn't until she was in the privacy of her own office that she realized totally what she was going to do. Sighing, she gathered her things, shut down her computer and walked out of her office, turning the lights off and locking the door. She draped her suit jacket over her arm and rode the elevator back down to the ground floor where she signed out and said goodbye to Mai, the secretary. Then, Kagome walked outside into the brisk weather and put on her jacket. She flagged down a taxi that would take her to her townhouse. As she was getting in, she glanced across the street at the Hirokoyori office building. She shook her head and shut the taxi door. After telling the driver where to go, she sighed and rested her head against the window, watching as the scenery flew by. What had she gotten herself into now?!