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~*~Chapter 3: Yin and Yang~*~
After Sesshoumaru had a tour of the shrine, and being pulled towards the gift shop more times than Kagome could count, the Taiyoukai finally left. But not before Kagome's mom had said hello and Souta ask him how old he was.
'I can just hear Sesshoumaru saying to Souta "I'm over 900 years old." That would go over well.' Kagome thought, sighing and trying to finish the math homework from a month ago. She had been in the Feudal Era for so long and was so far behind in homework and studies. How she was going to pass was beyond her.
"Kagome-chan! Dinner!" Her mom yelled up the stairs. Kagome had smelled dinner cooking and her mouth was watering as she jumped down the stairs, almost running over Souta and Buyo on the way down.
"Finally...some real food!" Kagome squealed happily and dug her chopsticks into the rice and noodles.
About 45 minutes later the phone rang. Kagome's mom answered it while everyone else looked at her, wondering who it was on the other line.
"Alright, we'll see you tomorrow morning then....." Kagome's mother said, nodded. "Alright....you too, goodnight." She hung the phone up and sat back down, calmly going back to dinner with the rest of the family staring at her.
"Well...who was it?" Souta asked, but Kagome's mother was silent.
~*~
The next morning Kagome awoke to birds singing on her window side. She rolled over and landed with a thud on the ground. (AN: I've done that before, hurts ne?) After yelling at the birds, because she knew that they were laughing at her, Kagome got dressed and headed down the stairs, having smelled her mother's cooking.
"Mom! I smell something good, what are you making?" Kagome said, not noticing the guest sitting at the table until it was too late. "Sesshoumaru?! What are you doing here!?" Indeed, the Taiyoukai was sitting at her table, sipping a mug of coffee. He wore a simple suit, nothing fancy, his hair had been tied back into a low ponytail.
"Your mother and I were just talking dear Kagome." Kagome sat down at the table, across from Sesshoumaru. Her mother set some eggs on her plate, glass already full of orange juice.
"Talking bout what?" Kagome asked, stuffing her face full of eggs and gulping it down with OJ.
"Well Kagome, you have missed a lot of school already this year."
"Don't remind me."
"Anyway, you would probably be held back anyway, so Sesshoumaru and I were thinking that you could work for him." Kagome nearly chocked on her breakfast.
"What!? Me!? Work for him?!"
"Indeed, I already have cleared a space for you Kagome, you shall have to position of an intern, my assistant, more or less." Sesshoumaru smirked at her face, it was priceless.
'Me, follow Sesshoumaru around all day!? This is the youkai who's tried to kill me way too many times to count, and now he wants me to follow him around all day!?' "I'm not sure Mom, I mean....."
"Well, you can think on it, but be quick, I have to leave for work in a half an hour." Sesshoumaru looked at her and then took a sip of his coffee.
"What!? You're acting like I don't have a choice." Kagome's anger flared and tickled Sesshoumaru's nose.
"Well, you could go to school and get held back, or work at the local BurgerKing and make $5 an hour, or come to work with me and maybe learn something while getting paid." Sesshoumaru smirked again, as Kagome was giving him a death glare, nothing like his death glares mind you, but a glare that said 'piss off' all over it.
"Would you like some eggs?" Sesshoumaru nodded to Kagome's mother, at least he wouldn't have to buy food on the way, he hated to eat on the run, not to mention that Kagome's mother's food was much healthier then BurgerKing's egg, cheese and sausage biscuit. (AN: I love those by the way!)
"No way, I'm not going to get held back!!!!" Kagome jumped up and grabbed her backpack and ran out the door. Her mother sighed and served Sesshoumaru more eggs.
~*~
"Kagome-chan! You're back! I thought you allergy to the sun wasn't gone yet!" Kagome blushed as her friends ran up to her.
'So Grandpa ran out of real illnesses.' "I'm fine....really! I'm fine!" Kagome followed her friends inside and sat down in her seat.
By the first half of first hour Kagome was completely lost. She had been gone so long, everything she had learned she had forgotten, and everything new made no sense to her. Everyone around her looked like they were doing fine, but poor Kagome was so lost not even a compass could help her out of this mess.
'Oh hell, even working for Sesshoumaru would be better then this! Maybe I could hire a tutor or something.' Kagome left next hour, sneaking out and calling GT office.
"Sesshoumaru speaking, what is it.....Kagome?" Sesshoumaru's calm voice said. How she got to his office was beyond her.
"Ummm....I was thinking over your.....ummm....offer.....and ummm....I guess I'll take it."
"Excellent. I'll send a limo to pick you up." With that, Sesshoumaru hung up, leaving Kagome to wait. She didn't have to wait long, as a black limo soon appeared, Sesshoumaru stepped out and led Kagome in.
"I could get used to driving around in one of these." Kagome was amazed. There were plush seats, almost forming to fit your body. There was a bar, Kagome could only guess that it held some good wine and other alcohol. There was a TV, currently turned to the stock quotes. Kagome could also see a VCR and DVD player, and as her eyes scanned she saw that small selves that held some great movies. At least in Kagome's view.
"This isn't the largest one I have, this is just the everyday limo." Sesshoumaru said, watching the stocks go across the bottom of the screen.
"Damn." Was pretty much all that Kagome could say. She didn't notice the small smirk that Sesshoumaru held on his face.
"We're up 5.9 points sir." The driver said.
"Good."
"Umm....Sesshoumaru?" He looked at the frightened miko, enjoying the smell of fear that was coming from her in waves. "What exactly am I suppose to do? I mean....I've never done this sort of thing before."
"You do whatever I wish for you to do." Sesshoumaru said, still looking at the TV.
They arrived at GT headquarters about half an hour later, and again Kagome was amazed. The building was huge, windows covered all sides of the at least 50 story building. Sesshoumaru seemed to notice Kagome's awe and smirked.
"This is only one of 10 buildings located around the world. One is here, another is in America, there is one in South Africa, one in Germany, one in the UK, one in the Netherlands, one in France, one in Switzerland, one in Denmark and the final one is in Canada." Kagome nodded dumbly and followed Sesshoumaru into the building. The front lobby was made of almost pure marble, stairs led upstairs. Elevators also went up and down.
"Good morning Sir." The woman at the desk said, typing at the computer in front of her.
"Good morning Sir." Another person said, walking past him. Sesshoumaru and Kagome got into an elevator, thankfully no one got in with them, although Kagome got a couple 'What do you think you're doing, getting into an elevator with him!?' She tried to ignore them and instead watched the red numbers in front of her go up.
"Umm.....Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked.
"Yes?" He looked at her, his eyes boring into hers, making her feel very very small.
"How am I suppose to find my way around here?"
"You will find that each floor is has a simple layout, the staff room and restrooms are in the middle of a square, from there are the cubes, around the outside of all the cubicles are the meeting rooms and my office.
"I see." Kagome followed Sesshoumaru out of the elevator and found the layout easy to remember.
"You have a meeting at 11, 2, and 3 today sir." Sesshoumaru nodded to the chocolate colored hair secretary sitting at a desk, her phone rang and she answered it quickly, as if by reflex.
"Come Kagome." Kagome was led into a very large office, a simple desk was by the window that overlooked Tokyo. Chairs lay in scattered places around the huge room and there was another small table in the corner. There was a bookcase on the wall with the door, classic novels and some business magazines, along with some history books. Why he had those Kagome had no idea, until she noticed the title and author: Feudal Era of Japan, Myths and Facts.
Sesshoumaru
'Figures.' Kagome thought. Sesshoumaru sat down in a very comfy looking chair and booted up his computer.
"Fetch me a cup of tea Kagome, no sugar." Kagome winced...how could anyone like their tea like that?! She gave a mock curtsy and smirked as he raised an eyebrow, then walked out the room. She found the staff room easily enough, after asking for someone to show her the way of course.
"Are you Sesshoumaru-sama's new intern?" Kagome looked at there person leaning against the water cooler.
"I am." Kagome replied, something in this man's eyes made Kagome a bit wary of him.
"You poor child. The last intern disappeared and wasn't found." Kagome could only imagine what happened, a sudden vivid image of Sesshoumaru standing over some persons body, his claws covered in blood and poison.
"Here's your tea Sesshoumaru." Kagome set his mug on the table. He took a sip and growled.
"I believe I said no sugar." He locked eyes with her, sending shivers down her spine.
"I...I" Kagome tried to say....words didn't come, everything seemed to go cold as Sesshoumaru's eyes bored into hers. She tried to look away, but was unable to.
"I do believe....I asked for no....sugar."
"I'm sorry...I'll get you a new-" More pictures of Sesshoumaru's last intern again entered her mind.
"You'll do no such thing." Instantly he was in front of her, staring down at her....not only that, but his markings were back, as his tail. In another instant Kagome was against a wall, sharp claws were wrapped around her neck.
"I....."
"Look here wench....I may look different by I am still Sesshoumaru, Taiyoukai of the West," Kagome winched as he pressed his claws against the back of her neck, not hard enough to break the skin, but enough to cause a lot of pain. "If I wish for a cup of tea, you ask 'green or chamomile Sesshoumaru-sama?' if I wasn't something typed, you say 'what size font Sesshoumaru-sama?' and if I want you to clean my shoes with your dirty human tongue, you will do so." Sesshoumaru inwardly smirked, enjoying the fear that now covered her, the look of terror in her eyes that he oh-so missed. "Is..." He removed a claw, leaving a painful mark on the back of Kagome's neck. "That....clear?" With every word he removed another claw. Kagome nodded and he let her go, watching as she collapsed into a heap of clothes.
There was a sudden knock at the door, the secretary's voice came through the door. "You're meeting is in 5 minutes sir."
'At least she's smart enough not to come in.' Sesshoumaru thought, he looked down at Kagome, who, at the moment, was looking up at him with a look of pure terror written all over her face. A hand around her neck, as if trying not to remember the feel of his claws there.
"I must leave for a meeting, I will be back in one hour, when I return, I want this room cleaned and those," Sesshoumaru pointed to a pile of papers on his desk, "sent out to whom needs them. Is that clear Kagome?" She looked down at the ground, feeling about the size of a flea at the moment. He growled softly at her, and she felt his anger flare a bit. She looked at him again and saw his markings and tail gone.
"Y...yes." He raised a eyebrow at her, even with his piercing gold gaze gone, he still looked threatening. "Yes Sess...Sesshoumaru-sama." He seemed pleased with that answer and walked out.
Kagome got up after a couple more minutes on the floor. She found the stack of papers and walked out of the room, hoping no one would notice the red marks on her neck. She looked at the person at the desk in front of her. "Umm...could you tell me where these people are?"
"Of course...but an easier trick is that the place is in order from A- Z, your standing in the R section. Kagome nodded and worked her way around the floor, giving papers to the different people sitting at desks, either sipping a cup of coffee or tea, or typing something on the computer, one person was sleeping, drool dripped onto his paper.
After 45 minutes or so, Kagome made her way back to Sesshoumaru's office, really really hoping that he wasn't in there and that the meeting would go on forever. She started cleaning the room, picking up papers that had fallen, or reshelving a misplaced book, and for the first time, she saw what stuff Sesshoumaru had on his desk.
"Rin?" Kagome said out loud. Indeed, there was the cute little 7 year old, it wasn't a picture, but a damn good painting, and big enough to fit in the brass frame that sat on Sesshoumaru's desk, right next to the computer.
"Is long gone, now what are you doing at my desk?" Kagome jumped at the sudden voice, there standing in the doorway was Sesshoumaru, he closed the door and walked towards his desk. Kagome moved, gladly getting out of his way.
"I'm sorry...I"
"No you're not, as I said before, you are a bad liar." Sesshoumaru sat in his chair, Kagome sat as far way from him as possible, without making it look to obvious.
Lunch passed, Kagome made an excuse that she had to buy lunch. She wandered the building, hoping not to get lost. She returned to Sesshoumaru sitting at his desk, a phone in his ear and a frown on his face.
"What do you mean?" He growled. His markings were back, and his tail. His anger flared around the room, making Kagome want to run away or hide under something until he was a bit calmed down. She didn't have to wait long, as Sesshoumaru hung up the phone, and it seemed like the man was still talking.
"Umm...do you want anything Sesshoumaru-sama?" Kagome asked nervously. He shook his head.
"Sit." Kagome sat in the first chair that she saw, which happened to be right across from Sesshoumaru.
"Yes?" Kagome felt his anger go down a bit. He seemed to relax a bit.
"How well did you know Rin?" Kagome was surprised at the question to say the least.
"Well, one time she found our little group, she had a cut and came running up to me."
~*~Flashback~*~
Kagome and the rest of the group were coming back to the village when Inuyasha's ear twitched.
"What is it Inuyasha?" Sango asked. Inuyasha sniffed the air and growled.
"Sesshoumaru." Everyone tensed up. Sango readied her boomerang, Miroku held the beads that concealed his Wind Tunnel, ready to use it at a moments notice. Suddenly a little girl, about the age of 7, in a orange and white checkered kimono ran out, tears streamed down her face.
"What's the matter!?" Kagome said, stopping the girl. Where this little girl got such an expensive kimono was beyond Kagome, colors that bright only belonged to rich people, not a 7 year old girl!
"Rin hurt herself!" The little girl stopped her crying and looked up at Kagome, then held out a finger, which, true to her word, had a tiny cut.
"Hang on Kagome! Why does this girl smell like Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha whispered to Kagome.
"I'm not sure Inuyasha, unless he was the one who-"
"Ha! She'd be dead if he got anywhere near her!" Inuyasha said, his nose bugging him from the dreadful smell of his half-brother.
"Well Rin-chan....I'll heal your finger if you want me to." Kagome said sweetly. Rin nodded and sat on the ground, Sango and Miroku relaxed a bit, Inuyasha still looked pissed.
"What's your name pretty lady?" Rin asked Kagome. She blushed a light pink.
"My name's Kagome." Rin nodded and held her 'injured' finger out. "Why didn't your mother or father fix your finger Rin-chan?"
"My mom and dad are dead." Kagome instantly regretted the question. But the little girl remained as cheery as ever. "But Sesshoumaru-sama takes good care of Rin!" Kagome nearly choaked, Sango and Miroku turned around to gasp, and Inuyasha put his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"Sess...Sesshoumaru?" Kagome stuttered, she couldn't believe that this little human child belonged to Sesshoumaru, the Taiyoukai who hated humans.
"Yup! Sesshoumaru-sama brought Rin back to life after some mean wolves attacked Rin. And Sesshoumaru-sama brought Rin a new kimono, and Sesshoumaru-sama saved Rin lots of times!" Kagome nodded dumbly as she put a bandage on Rin's finger.
"Well...ummm....Rin, there you go, your finger is all fixed!" Kagome said, putting her first aid box back into her huge backpack.
"Thanks Kagome-sama! Rin couldn't heal it herself and Sesshoumaru- sama and Jaken-sama are doing something!" With that, Rin ran off, chasing a butterfly.
~*~End Flashback~*~
"That's how I know Rin." Kagome finished. Sesshoumaru nodded, so that's why Rin had smelled of Kagome that day when he returned.
"Rin married to a human when she was 16, they had 3 pups. I watched over them, Rin was always happy when I came over. Her mate didn't want to live in my castle, but I made sure that they lived within my boundaries. Rin grew older, as did her pups. They soon married and had pups of their own." Sesshoumaru paused.
"I continued to watch over her family, her mate didn't like me, that was all to obvious. I was with Rin on her deathbed, as where her grandchildren. Her mate had died before her. I offered to bring her back, but she wouldn't let me. Her children enjoyed me, and I watched over them, but not as often.
"I watched Rin's grandchildren and great-great grand children grow up and have pups of their own, I went to their homes once in a while, but I could tell that they were wary of me, they weren't like Rin, who didn't fear much of anything.
"I was walking around my lands when I found on of her offspring in trouble, some muggers were going to kill her. I dealt with it quickly, and after trying to help her up, she screamed, as if I might hurt her. I tried to tell her not to fear me, but it was no use, she didn't know me or who I was, just what I was. A youkai. All her life she had been taught that all youkai were evil, that they all wanted to kill you. She ran away from me."
"They found her body later that afternoon, she had run and not watched where she was going, she fell and drowned." Sesshoumaru finished.
"I'm sorry Sesshoumaru." Kagome said, wanting to comfort the Taiyoukai, but knowing that probably wouldn't be a good idea.
~*~End Chapter~*~
WD: Yay! Another chapter done!....This one didn't have too many changes in it. I was feeling really lazy when I re-did it....*sigh*
~*~Reviewer Respones~*~
Skitzoflame: I'm glad you like it. And yes...I did post it once before, but I decided to re-post it with better details and longer chapters. I hope you like the new verison!
Sake-is-Yummy: Will try to post every Wed.
Sukera: I'm glad you like! Yay!
Thesta: Is this a Sess/Kag story?.....It might be....but after what Sesshou- chan does to Kagome-chan in one chapter is...opps...I've said too much.
Sango13: You may have read it before, I posted it once but wasn't very happy with it...same with The Other Taiyoukai, it's been re-posted as well.
Silverspun: I'm glad you think it's cool!
~*~Chapter 3: Yin and Yang~*~
After Sesshoumaru had a tour of the shrine, and being pulled towards the gift shop more times than Kagome could count, the Taiyoukai finally left. But not before Kagome's mom had said hello and Souta ask him how old he was.
'I can just hear Sesshoumaru saying to Souta "I'm over 900 years old." That would go over well.' Kagome thought, sighing and trying to finish the math homework from a month ago. She had been in the Feudal Era for so long and was so far behind in homework and studies. How she was going to pass was beyond her.
"Kagome-chan! Dinner!" Her mom yelled up the stairs. Kagome had smelled dinner cooking and her mouth was watering as she jumped down the stairs, almost running over Souta and Buyo on the way down.
"Finally...some real food!" Kagome squealed happily and dug her chopsticks into the rice and noodles.
About 45 minutes later the phone rang. Kagome's mom answered it while everyone else looked at her, wondering who it was on the other line.
"Alright, we'll see you tomorrow morning then....." Kagome's mother said, nodded. "Alright....you too, goodnight." She hung the phone up and sat back down, calmly going back to dinner with the rest of the family staring at her.
"Well...who was it?" Souta asked, but Kagome's mother was silent.
~*~
The next morning Kagome awoke to birds singing on her window side. She rolled over and landed with a thud on the ground. (AN: I've done that before, hurts ne?) After yelling at the birds, because she knew that they were laughing at her, Kagome got dressed and headed down the stairs, having smelled her mother's cooking.
"Mom! I smell something good, what are you making?" Kagome said, not noticing the guest sitting at the table until it was too late. "Sesshoumaru?! What are you doing here!?" Indeed, the Taiyoukai was sitting at her table, sipping a mug of coffee. He wore a simple suit, nothing fancy, his hair had been tied back into a low ponytail.
"Your mother and I were just talking dear Kagome." Kagome sat down at the table, across from Sesshoumaru. Her mother set some eggs on her plate, glass already full of orange juice.
"Talking bout what?" Kagome asked, stuffing her face full of eggs and gulping it down with OJ.
"Well Kagome, you have missed a lot of school already this year."
"Don't remind me."
"Anyway, you would probably be held back anyway, so Sesshoumaru and I were thinking that you could work for him." Kagome nearly chocked on her breakfast.
"What!? Me!? Work for him?!"
"Indeed, I already have cleared a space for you Kagome, you shall have to position of an intern, my assistant, more or less." Sesshoumaru smirked at her face, it was priceless.
'Me, follow Sesshoumaru around all day!? This is the youkai who's tried to kill me way too many times to count, and now he wants me to follow him around all day!?' "I'm not sure Mom, I mean....."
"Well, you can think on it, but be quick, I have to leave for work in a half an hour." Sesshoumaru looked at her and then took a sip of his coffee.
"What!? You're acting like I don't have a choice." Kagome's anger flared and tickled Sesshoumaru's nose.
"Well, you could go to school and get held back, or work at the local BurgerKing and make $5 an hour, or come to work with me and maybe learn something while getting paid." Sesshoumaru smirked again, as Kagome was giving him a death glare, nothing like his death glares mind you, but a glare that said 'piss off' all over it.
"Would you like some eggs?" Sesshoumaru nodded to Kagome's mother, at least he wouldn't have to buy food on the way, he hated to eat on the run, not to mention that Kagome's mother's food was much healthier then BurgerKing's egg, cheese and sausage biscuit. (AN: I love those by the way!)
"No way, I'm not going to get held back!!!!" Kagome jumped up and grabbed her backpack and ran out the door. Her mother sighed and served Sesshoumaru more eggs.
~*~
"Kagome-chan! You're back! I thought you allergy to the sun wasn't gone yet!" Kagome blushed as her friends ran up to her.
'So Grandpa ran out of real illnesses.' "I'm fine....really! I'm fine!" Kagome followed her friends inside and sat down in her seat.
By the first half of first hour Kagome was completely lost. She had been gone so long, everything she had learned she had forgotten, and everything new made no sense to her. Everyone around her looked like they were doing fine, but poor Kagome was so lost not even a compass could help her out of this mess.
'Oh hell, even working for Sesshoumaru would be better then this! Maybe I could hire a tutor or something.' Kagome left next hour, sneaking out and calling GT office.
"Sesshoumaru speaking, what is it.....Kagome?" Sesshoumaru's calm voice said. How she got to his office was beyond her.
"Ummm....I was thinking over your.....ummm....offer.....and ummm....I guess I'll take it."
"Excellent. I'll send a limo to pick you up." With that, Sesshoumaru hung up, leaving Kagome to wait. She didn't have to wait long, as a black limo soon appeared, Sesshoumaru stepped out and led Kagome in.
"I could get used to driving around in one of these." Kagome was amazed. There were plush seats, almost forming to fit your body. There was a bar, Kagome could only guess that it held some good wine and other alcohol. There was a TV, currently turned to the stock quotes. Kagome could also see a VCR and DVD player, and as her eyes scanned she saw that small selves that held some great movies. At least in Kagome's view.
"This isn't the largest one I have, this is just the everyday limo." Sesshoumaru said, watching the stocks go across the bottom of the screen.
"Damn." Was pretty much all that Kagome could say. She didn't notice the small smirk that Sesshoumaru held on his face.
"We're up 5.9 points sir." The driver said.
"Good."
"Umm....Sesshoumaru?" He looked at the frightened miko, enjoying the smell of fear that was coming from her in waves. "What exactly am I suppose to do? I mean....I've never done this sort of thing before."
"You do whatever I wish for you to do." Sesshoumaru said, still looking at the TV.
They arrived at GT headquarters about half an hour later, and again Kagome was amazed. The building was huge, windows covered all sides of the at least 50 story building. Sesshoumaru seemed to notice Kagome's awe and smirked.
"This is only one of 10 buildings located around the world. One is here, another is in America, there is one in South Africa, one in Germany, one in the UK, one in the Netherlands, one in France, one in Switzerland, one in Denmark and the final one is in Canada." Kagome nodded dumbly and followed Sesshoumaru into the building. The front lobby was made of almost pure marble, stairs led upstairs. Elevators also went up and down.
"Good morning Sir." The woman at the desk said, typing at the computer in front of her.
"Good morning Sir." Another person said, walking past him. Sesshoumaru and Kagome got into an elevator, thankfully no one got in with them, although Kagome got a couple 'What do you think you're doing, getting into an elevator with him!?' She tried to ignore them and instead watched the red numbers in front of her go up.
"Umm.....Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked.
"Yes?" He looked at her, his eyes boring into hers, making her feel very very small.
"How am I suppose to find my way around here?"
"You will find that each floor is has a simple layout, the staff room and restrooms are in the middle of a square, from there are the cubes, around the outside of all the cubicles are the meeting rooms and my office.
"I see." Kagome followed Sesshoumaru out of the elevator and found the layout easy to remember.
"You have a meeting at 11, 2, and 3 today sir." Sesshoumaru nodded to the chocolate colored hair secretary sitting at a desk, her phone rang and she answered it quickly, as if by reflex.
"Come Kagome." Kagome was led into a very large office, a simple desk was by the window that overlooked Tokyo. Chairs lay in scattered places around the huge room and there was another small table in the corner. There was a bookcase on the wall with the door, classic novels and some business magazines, along with some history books. Why he had those Kagome had no idea, until she noticed the title and author: Feudal Era of Japan, Myths and Facts.
Sesshoumaru
'Figures.' Kagome thought. Sesshoumaru sat down in a very comfy looking chair and booted up his computer.
"Fetch me a cup of tea Kagome, no sugar." Kagome winced...how could anyone like their tea like that?! She gave a mock curtsy and smirked as he raised an eyebrow, then walked out the room. She found the staff room easily enough, after asking for someone to show her the way of course.
"Are you Sesshoumaru-sama's new intern?" Kagome looked at there person leaning against the water cooler.
"I am." Kagome replied, something in this man's eyes made Kagome a bit wary of him.
"You poor child. The last intern disappeared and wasn't found." Kagome could only imagine what happened, a sudden vivid image of Sesshoumaru standing over some persons body, his claws covered in blood and poison.
"Here's your tea Sesshoumaru." Kagome set his mug on the table. He took a sip and growled.
"I believe I said no sugar." He locked eyes with her, sending shivers down her spine.
"I...I" Kagome tried to say....words didn't come, everything seemed to go cold as Sesshoumaru's eyes bored into hers. She tried to look away, but was unable to.
"I do believe....I asked for no....sugar."
"I'm sorry...I'll get you a new-" More pictures of Sesshoumaru's last intern again entered her mind.
"You'll do no such thing." Instantly he was in front of her, staring down at her....not only that, but his markings were back, as his tail. In another instant Kagome was against a wall, sharp claws were wrapped around her neck.
"I....."
"Look here wench....I may look different by I am still Sesshoumaru, Taiyoukai of the West," Kagome winched as he pressed his claws against the back of her neck, not hard enough to break the skin, but enough to cause a lot of pain. "If I wish for a cup of tea, you ask 'green or chamomile Sesshoumaru-sama?' if I wasn't something typed, you say 'what size font Sesshoumaru-sama?' and if I want you to clean my shoes with your dirty human tongue, you will do so." Sesshoumaru inwardly smirked, enjoying the fear that now covered her, the look of terror in her eyes that he oh-so missed. "Is..." He removed a claw, leaving a painful mark on the back of Kagome's neck. "That....clear?" With every word he removed another claw. Kagome nodded and he let her go, watching as she collapsed into a heap of clothes.
There was a sudden knock at the door, the secretary's voice came through the door. "You're meeting is in 5 minutes sir."
'At least she's smart enough not to come in.' Sesshoumaru thought, he looked down at Kagome, who, at the moment, was looking up at him with a look of pure terror written all over her face. A hand around her neck, as if trying not to remember the feel of his claws there.
"I must leave for a meeting, I will be back in one hour, when I return, I want this room cleaned and those," Sesshoumaru pointed to a pile of papers on his desk, "sent out to whom needs them. Is that clear Kagome?" She looked down at the ground, feeling about the size of a flea at the moment. He growled softly at her, and she felt his anger flare a bit. She looked at him again and saw his markings and tail gone.
"Y...yes." He raised a eyebrow at her, even with his piercing gold gaze gone, he still looked threatening. "Yes Sess...Sesshoumaru-sama." He seemed pleased with that answer and walked out.
Kagome got up after a couple more minutes on the floor. She found the stack of papers and walked out of the room, hoping no one would notice the red marks on her neck. She looked at the person at the desk in front of her. "Umm...could you tell me where these people are?"
"Of course...but an easier trick is that the place is in order from A- Z, your standing in the R section. Kagome nodded and worked her way around the floor, giving papers to the different people sitting at desks, either sipping a cup of coffee or tea, or typing something on the computer, one person was sleeping, drool dripped onto his paper.
After 45 minutes or so, Kagome made her way back to Sesshoumaru's office, really really hoping that he wasn't in there and that the meeting would go on forever. She started cleaning the room, picking up papers that had fallen, or reshelving a misplaced book, and for the first time, she saw what stuff Sesshoumaru had on his desk.
"Rin?" Kagome said out loud. Indeed, there was the cute little 7 year old, it wasn't a picture, but a damn good painting, and big enough to fit in the brass frame that sat on Sesshoumaru's desk, right next to the computer.
"Is long gone, now what are you doing at my desk?" Kagome jumped at the sudden voice, there standing in the doorway was Sesshoumaru, he closed the door and walked towards his desk. Kagome moved, gladly getting out of his way.
"I'm sorry...I"
"No you're not, as I said before, you are a bad liar." Sesshoumaru sat in his chair, Kagome sat as far way from him as possible, without making it look to obvious.
Lunch passed, Kagome made an excuse that she had to buy lunch. She wandered the building, hoping not to get lost. She returned to Sesshoumaru sitting at his desk, a phone in his ear and a frown on his face.
"What do you mean?" He growled. His markings were back, and his tail. His anger flared around the room, making Kagome want to run away or hide under something until he was a bit calmed down. She didn't have to wait long, as Sesshoumaru hung up the phone, and it seemed like the man was still talking.
"Umm...do you want anything Sesshoumaru-sama?" Kagome asked nervously. He shook his head.
"Sit." Kagome sat in the first chair that she saw, which happened to be right across from Sesshoumaru.
"Yes?" Kagome felt his anger go down a bit. He seemed to relax a bit.
"How well did you know Rin?" Kagome was surprised at the question to say the least.
"Well, one time she found our little group, she had a cut and came running up to me."
~*~Flashback~*~
Kagome and the rest of the group were coming back to the village when Inuyasha's ear twitched.
"What is it Inuyasha?" Sango asked. Inuyasha sniffed the air and growled.
"Sesshoumaru." Everyone tensed up. Sango readied her boomerang, Miroku held the beads that concealed his Wind Tunnel, ready to use it at a moments notice. Suddenly a little girl, about the age of 7, in a orange and white checkered kimono ran out, tears streamed down her face.
"What's the matter!?" Kagome said, stopping the girl. Where this little girl got such an expensive kimono was beyond Kagome, colors that bright only belonged to rich people, not a 7 year old girl!
"Rin hurt herself!" The little girl stopped her crying and looked up at Kagome, then held out a finger, which, true to her word, had a tiny cut.
"Hang on Kagome! Why does this girl smell like Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha whispered to Kagome.
"I'm not sure Inuyasha, unless he was the one who-"
"Ha! She'd be dead if he got anywhere near her!" Inuyasha said, his nose bugging him from the dreadful smell of his half-brother.
"Well Rin-chan....I'll heal your finger if you want me to." Kagome said sweetly. Rin nodded and sat on the ground, Sango and Miroku relaxed a bit, Inuyasha still looked pissed.
"What's your name pretty lady?" Rin asked Kagome. She blushed a light pink.
"My name's Kagome." Rin nodded and held her 'injured' finger out. "Why didn't your mother or father fix your finger Rin-chan?"
"My mom and dad are dead." Kagome instantly regretted the question. But the little girl remained as cheery as ever. "But Sesshoumaru-sama takes good care of Rin!" Kagome nearly choaked, Sango and Miroku turned around to gasp, and Inuyasha put his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"Sess...Sesshoumaru?" Kagome stuttered, she couldn't believe that this little human child belonged to Sesshoumaru, the Taiyoukai who hated humans.
"Yup! Sesshoumaru-sama brought Rin back to life after some mean wolves attacked Rin. And Sesshoumaru-sama brought Rin a new kimono, and Sesshoumaru-sama saved Rin lots of times!" Kagome nodded dumbly as she put a bandage on Rin's finger.
"Well...ummm....Rin, there you go, your finger is all fixed!" Kagome said, putting her first aid box back into her huge backpack.
"Thanks Kagome-sama! Rin couldn't heal it herself and Sesshoumaru- sama and Jaken-sama are doing something!" With that, Rin ran off, chasing a butterfly.
~*~End Flashback~*~
"That's how I know Rin." Kagome finished. Sesshoumaru nodded, so that's why Rin had smelled of Kagome that day when he returned.
"Rin married to a human when she was 16, they had 3 pups. I watched over them, Rin was always happy when I came over. Her mate didn't want to live in my castle, but I made sure that they lived within my boundaries. Rin grew older, as did her pups. They soon married and had pups of their own." Sesshoumaru paused.
"I continued to watch over her family, her mate didn't like me, that was all to obvious. I was with Rin on her deathbed, as where her grandchildren. Her mate had died before her. I offered to bring her back, but she wouldn't let me. Her children enjoyed me, and I watched over them, but not as often.
"I watched Rin's grandchildren and great-great grand children grow up and have pups of their own, I went to their homes once in a while, but I could tell that they were wary of me, they weren't like Rin, who didn't fear much of anything.
"I was walking around my lands when I found on of her offspring in trouble, some muggers were going to kill her. I dealt with it quickly, and after trying to help her up, she screamed, as if I might hurt her. I tried to tell her not to fear me, but it was no use, she didn't know me or who I was, just what I was. A youkai. All her life she had been taught that all youkai were evil, that they all wanted to kill you. She ran away from me."
"They found her body later that afternoon, she had run and not watched where she was going, she fell and drowned." Sesshoumaru finished.
"I'm sorry Sesshoumaru." Kagome said, wanting to comfort the Taiyoukai, but knowing that probably wouldn't be a good idea.
~*~End Chapter~*~
WD: Yay! Another chapter done!....This one didn't have too many changes in it. I was feeling really lazy when I re-did it....*sigh*
~*~Reviewer Respones~*~
Skitzoflame: I'm glad you like it. And yes...I did post it once before, but I decided to re-post it with better details and longer chapters. I hope you like the new verison!
Sake-is-Yummy: Will try to post every Wed.
Sukera: I'm glad you like! Yay!
Thesta: Is this a Sess/Kag story?.....It might be....but after what Sesshou- chan does to Kagome-chan in one chapter is...opps...I've said too much.
Sango13: You may have read it before, I posted it once but wasn't very happy with it...same with The Other Taiyoukai, it's been re-posted as well.
Silverspun: I'm glad you think it's cool!