Kagome sat at her job, her boss was a quiet and reserved but demanding guy. She rarely ever saw him, and when she did nothing good ever came out of it. Last time she had gotten demoted, and today she had a meeting with him. Despite his overbearing posture she couldn't help but think about how good looking he was, hell if she could have smelled it she would have been sure he was youkai.

He had waist length hair, over a foot longer then her own but it was silvery-white, but not with age. His eyes were an intriguing amber, that could show every emotion, unfortunately they were always cold.

A voice shook Kagome from her reveries.

"Ms. Higurashi, he's ready to see you." Kagome stood up and straightened out her knee-length skirt. She had been working for the company for a few years now and had been hoping for a promotion, but the outlook for the meeting looked grim. She took a deep breath put on her best smile and opened the door to his large office.

Kagome looked around herself and was instantly surrounded by an obviously profesionally decorated office. It was masculine and dark, but well lit by the many lamps and pot lights. He sat with his back to her staring intently at his work seemingly unaware of her presence. But that was deemed wrong when he acknowledged her.

"Ms. Higurashi." He said coolly.

"Sir." She thought it sounded stupid, but she really hadn't known what else to call him.

"Ms. Higurashi, I've been monitoring your work, as I do all my employees. And it has come to my attention that you have been in need of a promotion." His voice was smooth, and deep. It seemed to ripple from his throat.

She couldn't believe her ears, what she wanted! She was getting a promotion! Yes!!!!!!

"Umm... Thank you!" She said excitedly.

"Yes, well drop your disguise woman." He said sternly.

"Er, uh, what?!" She was so nervous.

"I said drop your disguise. I can see what you are, and I will not have you hide it from me. From them? I could care less, but I will know what species my employees are. Do not think that you will hide this from me.

Either drop your disguise or it will be done for you." He uttered emotionlessly.

"Uhm, but what if someone sees? I mean... I can't just...I mean." Kagome looked around her someone could walk in at any minute, and she would be caught, a full blooded youkai inside Sesshoumaru-sama's office! What was she going to do?!

"No one can get in here. Drop your disguise now woman." He was getting irritated with this girl. He Sesshoumaru Lord of the Western lands, would not stand for this. Even if the times had changed, he still owned one fourth of all Japan. Granted he couldn't claim it as his own until he found his mate. Normally he would just find a female he liked and would claim her as his bitch, but since he was a Lord, it was pre-determined for him from birth. His forehead was adorned with the mark that set him apart from the rest, a crescent moon. His mate would bear a star on hers, and when they were mated as they were supposed to by fate, it would change the star would appear in the curvature of the moon on his forehead, and the moon would appear around her star. It was simple really, but finding that woman was hard in these times. No youkai showed their true forms as part of the agreement made a few hundred years back between the youkai and the jinmei. He needed to find his damned woman but because of the fucking times he couldn't!!!! Easy there.... He needed to keep calm in front of her, there was something about her. He couldn't see through her concealment spell, but he could feel it. She was powerful and hadn't been able to control all of her aura as she had probably thought she could.

"Okay..." Kagome was tentative, because she wasn't like most inu-youkai. She bore two burgundy streaks across either of her cheeks, arms and torso, and then there was also that stupid star on her forehead. She'd always thought that it made her look as though she was part of a black magic group, and had damned it since her birth. Little did she know that it bound her to the man before her, if only someone had explained that to her. But her parents had died when she was young, and had grown up with a loving human woman.

Kagome let her disguise drop slowly. Sesshoumaru watched as her ears became gently pointed, much like his own. He noted how they were slightly reminiscent of a pixie's ears, and wondered if his own looked like that. He saw her eyes change color until they became a gentle violet. And then he watched wide-eyed as the star appeared on his forehead. If he hadn't been as controlled as he was he could have passed out. That was when he decided that it was most definitely time to let his own concealment spell down.

Kagome watched as her boss suddenly became an inu-youkai with stripes much like her own adorning his arms and cheeks, and he bore a crescent moon on his forehead. Suddenly she didn't feel quite as alone, but she suppressed this feeling.

"Kagome. We need to talk." Sesshoumaru said seriously.

"About what?" Kagome was confused about what was so serious, there were plenty of youkai so why was he so concerned?

"You mean you do not know?" He sighed heavily, suddenly aware that the weight of the world truly was on his shoulders.

"Kagome. You are my mate." He said simply.

"WHAT!?!?!?!?!??!!??!?!?!" Kagome couldn't believe this man, all he wanted her in his office for was this so called 'promotion'. Yeah right, he just wanted her to be his mate, and he should know that inu-youkai mate for life!!! What was he thinking!? How dare he think that he could just take her like that.

"Kagome, you do not understand." He started.

"No, I don't have to take this! I don't have to listen to you!" She seethed.

"Kagome, sit down or lose your job." She was really trying his patience and he really wasn't sure how much longer he could be gentle with her. In a second he might rip out her throat. But then that meant he would never be able to take over the western lands. Damn it, this was such bull.

"Fine." Kagome stated indignantly.

"Kagome, you know not of the star on your forehead ne?" He thumbed the mark gently "Kagome, it is the star that goes with.....mine. You understand that I am the Lord of the Western lands and own one fourth of all of Japan. At least I am the heir to the throne. But I can't take what's mine until I find my mate. Now in normal youkai mating you probably know, that all I should have to do is pick my bitch. But I am royalty, and my mate is pre-determined from birth. The one that bears the sapphire star to my crescent moon is my....Mate." It had gone over well, or at least that's what he had thought.

She started breathing rapidly, and became overrun with hyper-ventilation. She looked around and noticed that everything started to become a snowy white, and suddenly was being shaken roughly. Then the clouds seemed to dissipate and Sesshoumaru-sama her 'pre-determined mate' was standing before her, a slight, almost invisible glint of concern gracing his eyes.

"Sesshoumaru-sama...I...I don't know what to say." She tried.

"Accept it. We don't have a choice. It is Kami-sama's will. We cannot go against it." He said.

"But Sesshoumaru-sama, You are so much older than I am... I'm only 21 well... 420." She said pleadingly. All she wanted was for him to forget all of this and leave her life alone!

"You are much younger than I, it's true, but it's destined Kagome. Do not go against your fate." He said irritatedly.

"Er...Sesshoumaru-sama... How old ARE you?" She asked inquisitively.

"30." He answered simply, unwilling to offer anymore information then was absolutely necessary.

"30??!?! YOU'RE 160 YEARS OLDER THAN I AM!!!!!!!" She nearly screamed.

"Good math." He noted that she was relatively smart, able to figure that out nearly instantly.

"Oh Kami-sama... Why me?" Kagome muttered to herself.

"Kagome, I can't get you out of the situation so you're going to have to deal with it. I'll be by your home at seven to pick you up." He said.

Kagome was embarrassed for three reasons. The first, was that he had heard what she said, she had forgotten about his hearing, hell she had forgotten about her own hearing. The second, he was asking her on a date, well rather he was making her go on a date with him. The third, she couldn't go because she had promised Inuyasha that she would spend time with him tonight.

"Er...Sesshoumaru-sama. I can't. I er...Have plans." She said nervously, hell he could fire her. Or worse.

"Going to see my idiot brother no doubt." He muttered.

"What do you mean your brother??" She asked incredulously.

"Inuyasha." He breathed.

"YOUR BROTHER????" She asked wide eyed.

Come to think of it they did resemble each other, their glistening silvery hair, their golden eyes, of course Inuyasha was a hanyou so that would be the reason for his facial features and what not. But she couldn't believe it, Inuyasha was loud and obnoxious, but sweet and gentle when he cared. But Sesshoumaru seemed nothing more then a shell of a person without feelings, always enveloped in their work.

"My brother will have to deal with it. You are my mate, I will get you at seven. You are excused. Put your spell back on and leave." He was too angry to keep his serene persona anymore, given a few more minutes of this torture with this girl, he would end up hurting her.

"Er okay..." She closed her eyes, and focused on the appearance that she wished to acquire. She glowed a gentle blue, and then she started to change. The glowing subsided, and she opened her eyes, once again brown. She smiled at him and left. She was going home early forget it. She had WAY TOO MUCH to think about, and she couldn't take the people here asking her questions... Hmmm, she wondered if she did get that promotion or not.

As soon as she got to the door of her car, she found a sudden determination to find out about her promotion. She walked back into the building in a huffy, and then straight up to his office ignoring his secretary Rin, and straight through the door.

"Sesshoumaru-sama?" She asked determined.

"Yes Kagome?" An exasperated Sesshoumaru answered.

"Do I still get the promotion?" Kagome asked hopefully.

"No." Sesshoumaru answered harshly, but with a little smile.

"WHY NOT?!" She asked irritatedly.

"Because you're fired Kagome." He smirked inwardly.

"WHAT!??!?!!" Kagome was furious, how dare he fire her, she had been working for him for the past 3 years and she had never once done anything wrong...Well except that one thing. But other then that she had never done anything wrong! Kagome regained her composure and asked simply,

"Why?"

"If you are to be my mate, I shall not have you work for me. It would be....Improper." He answered as gently as he could, as to prevent a scene.

Kagome went wide-eyed. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. MORE ABOUT THIS STUPID MATING BULL SHIT! Ugh! That ass. No... That ROYAL ass.

"You are excused. I'll see you at seven."

She was about to go into a rant about how he couldn't just do this to her, but thought better of the idea and just decided to leave.