Okay! Thank you if you reviewed! They were awesome reviews! This chapter is going to be much funnier! I want to make someone fall out of their chair laughing… Who will crack first? My disclaimer for the rest of the story: I don't own Inu yasha, so sue me. Okay, on wit it then!
Chapter 2
'I'm so late! If he see's me, well, I might just end up suspended from my job!' Kagome franticly looked for a place to retreat, without dealing with the center mess of her picture. She would take care of Sesshomaru later.
Kagome quickly dashed up the first flight of steps and took the elevator the rest of the way up, all the way to floor 42. Her boss wouldn't be happy if he got there to find her gone. Though, he was late himself. But he was always at least 25 minutes late to a meeting, so she only has 5 minutes. 'Come on stupid elevator. Move faster!' Kagome pushed on the elevator door, as if expecting it to go faster that way. But instead, the doors opened about 20 stories below her appointed one, and she slammed into, of all people, Kouga.
"Why, I believe I have hit the jackpot." Kouga's rough and harsh voice filled the elevator as he tried to hit on Kagome.
"Which floor, Kouga?", asked a nervous Kagome.
"The 42nd. Apparently your going there too. Well, I have a friend to pick up at floor 35, 36, 37, 1, 2, and 6." Kouga rudely pushed all of the buttons on the navigation before settling himself against the back wall beside Kagome. The elevator retreated down to floor one, entirely avoiding floor 42.
"Kouga, did you have to do that? Can't they use the other elevator?"
"You don't get it, do you? I want to spend time with you. You're my… boo." Kagome backed away as her predator took over. She would break his nose if she had too.
"You know, I'm not sure I'm ready for a boo… see, um, my parents… their, um, very strict! No boys! None what so ever!" 'Nice one Kagome. You real reason will come out sooner or later. You don't want to date him because then he'll act over protective and it won't be nice…' Kagome shook her head as she looked to his face. His eyes were hurt. But then they became bright and starry.
"So, you'll go out with me, just not at your house- wait… you live with your parents?" Kagome faltered for a moment.
"Yes! Yes, that I do…" Kagome looked at the elevator floor as she thought about the conversation. 'Yes! Now he'll think I'm a momma girl!' Kagome smiled at him with a bright grin.
"Well, I like devoted girls…" His grin widened as he got closer to her. As he pinned her to the elevator wall, the door dinged and opened, as a group of ten got on. He quickly moved from her, and she let out a breath of air.
"Kagome?" Kagome looked in the direction of the voice to find her boss, currently eating his guilty pleasure… a malasada.
"Why, um, hi Mr. Saito. Sorry, I'm a little late…" He grinned and pushed the people between them away to stand by her.
"First of all, call me Tashio. You are my future daughter in law and all…" Kagome had to stop herself from gagging at the comment. Tashio had wanted her to marry Sesshomaru ever since she had first met him. "…And now, we are both trapped, late to our meeting… why is the elevator stopping at every floor?" Kagome nodded toward Kouga whom smiled sheepishly. "Should have known."
5 minutes later, after fixing the problem, Kagome, Tashio, and Kouga were the only ones still on going to floor 42.
"Kouga. You are demoted to first floor, where all you can do is sit at the counter. You will never mess with Ms. Higurashi again. Do you understand?" Kouga, in spite of himself, nodded and quickly moved so that they could get out and prepared himself for another ride all the way down.
"Thank you Mr.… er, Tashio. That was nice of you."
"No problem. Now, about our meeting…"
Sesshomaru
Sesshomaru was bored to death. Without his assistant, there were no pranks to pull. 'Today is bloody boring.'
Sesshomaru's head perked up at the sound of the door opening as Miroku walked in.
"Hello, sir. I need someone to talk too. Your father sent all the hot girls away." Sesshomaru snorted and pointed to the chair at Kagome's desk.
"Sesshomaru sama, do you have another way to say don't cry over spilt milk? Sango told me to get smarter, and I decided you are the best way."
Sesshomaru thought for a moment before saying, "It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitously departed lacteal fluid." His face made it look as if high jargon came easily to him. Miroku backed away simply and took out a piece of paper and a pencil.
"Okay, so that would be, fruitless…", he jogged it down slowly, "fluid… um, fruit… departs… through… the… nasal… system. Done!" Sesshomaru gave him a sideways look and pushed him out of his office. He was helpless. At this rate, Sango would never go out with him.
Sesshomaru was finally starting some work when his insolent brother busted in.
"I have just heard the best joke! Okay, I was walking alone when I heard someone whispering, I gottcha where I want ya, now I'm gonna eat ya. I didn't like what I herd so I walked to one room. Wasn't there. Then, louder, I gottcha where I want ya, now I'm gonna eat ya. I went to the next room, and there, on a bed, was a guy, a booger on his finger, whispering, 'I gottcha where I want ya, now I'm gonna eat ya… NOW!' It was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo funny!" Inu yasha fell over laughing, as Sesshomaru sat still and stared, pencil in hand.
"Inu yasha, that joke is the oldest in the book. Go brush up on your skills and avoid me. Bye."
"Sesshomaru, I really came in her to tell you, father wants you to invite Kagome to our house for dinner tonight. He said she's been enduring a lot by helping you, so she deserves it."
Sesshomaru sighed. "Fine. But she had better accept." Inu yasha walked out leaving Sesshomaru alone for a while. Sesshomaru decided that he would never get anything done, so he took to flinging his pen cap at where Kagome's picture was on the wall.
"Ten points for hitting her front tooth….", Sesshomaru aimed, fired, and… "YES! Ten points." He then noticed he was acting like Inu yasha and opened his drawer, throwing the pen in. "Darn it ALL!", he roared. Kagome was having a major effect on him…
Meeting-Kagome and Tashio
"YOU WANT ME TO WHAT!"
Kagome's voice lifted papers and desks as she proved angers boiling point.
"It's just for a limited time, Kagome… settle down…" Tashio was now speaking in forced whispers in fear of Kagome's explosions.
"But I don't want to! It's bad enough having to work for him, but even stay at his house? No way!"
"Now, Kagome. The reason is because he has been getting overworked, and he needs a personal servant at home. All of the other maids are either with the kitchen or I. You know what kind of luxury it is to have a personal servant? I can't just give that up!" Kagome stomped her foot.
"Fine! But no more!" Tashio grinned in confinement. He would get them together no matter what. But only if she could last.
"I will pay the bills for the month that you will be gone for. So, don't worry. I plan to pay you triple your salary." Kagome turned to face him, her face happy.
"Triple… salary… I'M RICH!" Kagome started to dance around clapping her hands as Tashio wished he had never said anything. Finally, Kagome noticed his existence again and blushed. "Hi… I didn't –cough- know you were there… eh, heh…" Kagome started for the door, her head looking toward the ground.
"Don't forget, tonight is your last day to pack for our house!"
"Yeah… I won't…" Their meeting was officially closed. And maybe just a minute to soon.
BAM!
Kagome fell back as the solid wall she had run into stood stiff and tall. 'Oh, wait! That's not a wall… that's Sesshomaru!'
"Um, hi." Sesshomaru's eyes moved to her form on the ground and followed her as she stumbled to her feet.
"Watch where you are going Higurashi." She nodded her head sheepishly as his eyes never left her.
"Why are you looking at me?"
"I'm containing laughter."
"Why…?"
"Because I just heard that you're my new personal assistant at home as well. Do you have any idea what torture you will endure in my constant presence?"
"Yes. I didn't want to go through with it-but I'll have you know! I am not submitting to you easily! If you think I'll do EVERYTHING for you, you are sadly mistaken!" Sesshomaru smirked and walked away.
"DON'T YOU WALK AWAY FROM ME MISTER! SESSHOMARU! I'LL GET YOU LATER!" A small tour group passing by stared at her, as two were overheard by her.
"Mommy, she's throwing a fit!" The elder smiled at her young one and replied, "And what happens when we throw a fit?"
"We get spanked and go home."
"That's right!" The two continued to stare up at Kagome, as Kagome followed their forms all the way down the hall with her eyes.
"Yeah, go home! I'm not throwing a fit!" Kagome clenched her fist in frustration.
"Yes you are dear.", spoke Inu Yasha as he walked by.
"Oh, shut up!" Kagome stormed off, wanting to escape, but having to go back to the office.
Kagome swiftly walked inside the office and sat in her seat. She turned on the computer and then the monitor just so she could wait for it to turn on fully.
After she had been typing for a few minutes, Sesshomaru made his entrance.
"I have been instructed to invite you to dinner. Get your coat and let's go."
"Oh, but you must allow me to go home and get ready!" Sesshomaru thought for a minute.
"No. You will go just the way you are. We are due to dinner in about 30 minutes." Sesshomaru walked to the door frame and turned his head to glance over his shoulder. "Are you not coming?" Kagome quickly stumbled up and ran to him.
"Yeah. Let's go!" With that, the two made their way to Sesshomaru's car.
Enter the car-
"Sesshomaru! Are you sure you have a real drivers license?"
"Yes, Higurashi. I just don't want to stop at a red light." He tires squealed once again as Kagome started to talk to herself.
"I never meant to steal dear lord, I know I wanted those shoes, but, my parents wouldn't pay! I only want someone to love in life, I'm sorry if that's a sin! Just, I hope you welcome me into your –squeal- humble… home. I'm so very sorry for everything!" Kagome slowly peaked through her fingers as the car stopped.
"We made it! Yay…" Her face grew giddy as she praised the ground… or the car…
"I suggest you stop kissing my leather interior. It's way to expensive for you to repair any day. Now out." Kagome gave him a short glare before she descended to the main entrance.
"Welcome, Mr. Saito. Your seat at it's usual, I take it?" The woman at the door was unexpectedly beautiful. She had glowing black hair, piled like a rounded haystack pinned with bobby pins of multi colors and feathers. Her eyes were a pinkish red, most likely contacts. The attire for the waitresses at this restaurant was a kimono, covered in dove shapes and vines.
"Yes, and I presume that Tashio and Akikyo are already there with Inu Yasha?"
"Yes, how could they possibly be late? Their way to prompt. This way sir and Madame." The beautiful hostess walked Kagome and Sesshomaru to a table, located in a reserved corner.
At this table sat Kagome's boss, and his wife, Akikyo, whom Kagome found astonishing in beauty.
'How is it possible for such a beauty as her to conceive such a… pig as Inu Yasha?' With one look at Tashio, Kagome got her answer. 'Never put your eggs in one basket… it tends to fail you…'
Kagome, not expecting Sesshomaru to pull her chair out for her, took her seat without assistance. At a place like this, she might as well be the waitress cleaning the dishes. Cherubs were painted on the ceiling, as painted glass surrounded every table, for more privacy no doubt. It was also very dimly lit, a candle serving as the most light anyone could get.
"So, what do people eat at places like this?"
"It depends. Would you like a kids menu? It probably serves what lowly people like you eat." Of course this reply came from Sesshomaru, the one and only.
"That's fine. I'll find my own plate, thank you." Kagome began flipping through the already laid out menu. 'Okay, so manicotti, Kung Pao beef… My gosh what is this?' Kagome looked up, and into all the faces around her. They all knew what they wanted already.
"Problems?", asked Tashio.
"Eh, heh. Um, what type o food is this? Haven't they ever heard of Pizza? I mean seriously! And who serves a side dish of apricots? Ewe!" Sesshomaru had barely noticed how other heads had been turned their direction, as if seeing through the stain glass wall…
"Kagome, just order off the kids menu."
"And what do they have there? Midget escargot?" Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. He reached across the table and grabbed the menu. He decided to order for her, since she had to be so much trouble.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Here's your meal." The beautiful waitress from before laid down the elegant plates before getting to Kagome. In front of Kagome, she laid down a medium sized plate with pizza lined up around it, and a small dish of apricots. "Enjoy." The waitress left them to their privacy as all the others looked at Kagome, whom dug in graciously.
"What?", she asked with a mouthful of vignette sauce.
"It's nothing. Just, you act like a hungry pack of wolves…"
Kagome blushed as she wiped her mouth. "Sorry bout' that." They all turned from her and began to eat their own food, Tashio eating worse than she had. 'This is going to be a long evening…' Kagome focused her attention on Sesshomaru as a solvent.
'He has such beautiful hair…' Indeed her new boss was very 'beautiful'. He had shimmering silver hair, flowing to his knees, and a strong physic. He was also a skyscraper compared to Kagome and Inu Yasha. He also had a cunning intellect. He was very smart, and sometimes Kagome got jealous, considering in her world girls were supposed to be smarter than boys. He was so smart he got to skip elementary. At work, he had a huge fan base, but Kagome was always called the lucky one, as she got to spend every day with him.
She didn't see anything lucky about it. Whenever she said something, she felt like a deer caught in the headlights. To him, she was always wrong.
Kagome caught herself staring at him, so she had to change her trail of thought.
So she now found herself entranced by her food again. 'The pizza… the apricots… wait… Apricots…' Kagome hated apricots with a seething passion. She had to get them away.
Her first idea was to push them away, but Sesshomaru and his stick up his butt, had to push them back even closer. With a sigh of exasperation, she thought for another idea.
After she figured it out, she attempted it. She slowly picked up an apricot and took a bite, holding her tongue as the nasty taste filled her mouth. The other bit, she was going to use to slowly add it to Sesshomaru's bowel, but fate had other plans. The apricot was flung from her fork right into Sesshomaru's coffee'. He didn't notice, but he soon would.
Kagome sat and watched as the apricot spread it's taste through the drink. With a shrug of her shoulders, she decided that it would be great payback for the whole mental thing. With all thoughts pushed aside, Kagome toasted herself silently and continued chewing on her kiddy pizza.
Minutes later, Sesshomaru took a drink, and his face turned slightly sour as he excused himself from the table. He swiftly walked to the bathroom, leaving an in-the-know Kagome, clapping her hands at the luck.
With Sesshomaru-
'I swear this is Kagome's doing. That nasty taste… what is it?' Sesshomaru moved his tongue along the roof of his mouth as he detected the taste.
"Apricots." Sesshomaru could barley remember the comment Kagome had made earlier, leading the evidence to her very own.
'And who serves a side dish of apricots? Ewe!'
Sesshomaru smirked, his revenge would have to be sweet. Oh so very sweet… he turned on his heel and marched back to the table, ready to face Kagome, though revenge would be given tomorrow.
Back at the table…-
Kagome watched as a smirking Sesshomaru sat down at the table. He moved his eyes to her instantly and licked his lips. Kagome was taken off guard by this action, but decided to just ignore it. Then, his lips perked upwards into a slight half smile. He raised an eyebrow, trying to look apprehensively, well, hot… His plan would fit better if he began tonight.
Yes, tonight would be the beginning of a lot of things.
After the meal, where Sesshomaru had no longer sipped his drink, they split ways, Sesshomaru driving Kagome back to work to get her car.
"Sesshomaru… I left my keys in your office, but everyone on that floor is off tonight. Could you please come with me?" Sesshomaru sighed silently and agreed by walking with her.
Once they had gotten to their destined destination, Sesshomaru decided to take it a step farther, still preparing her for payback.
"Kagome, look at this view", spoke Sesshomaru from the balcony.
Kagome walked to him and looked out. "Yes. It's so beautiful. I never notice it during the day."
"Me neither. I'm a little worried as to why I even noticed it now." Kagome thought about hat he said and understood what he meant.
But actions were speaking louder than words as his plan went on.
He grasped her hand with his, shivering on the inside at the thought of touching a girl, Kagome in particular.
"We can only enjoy the view for a bit longer. The whole building will be closing here soon." Sesshomaru yanked her arm and pulled her away, down the hall.
Once they had made it to the bottom, Sesshomaru let go of her hand, allowing her to fall back from surprise.
"Why did you do that?"
"Females are such beasts. I wish not to touch them."
"Well, someday, when you get through the cootie stage, you'll have special feelings for a girl, but she won't like you. Why? Because you are such a jerk!" Kagome pushed her finger into his chest to make her point as Sesshomaru knocked her back.
"Stay away from me wench."
"Who's a wench, bighead?"
"You are Higurashi. Now, leave before I call security."
"But I work for you. They know I'm no threat. Besides, I played cards with them this morning! They bartered with their guns. It was quite odd, truthfully…"
Sesshomaru had started getting bored with her babbling, and covered her mouth.
"Go, home. And don't be late for work tomorrow." His whisper was so sinister and wicked, Kagome couldn't help but nod and scamper away. Tomorrow was not going to be her day.
That's the longest chapter I have ever written. 7 pages! 7! My limit had been 4 and a half before! Well, I actually have to go. I wanted more , but I need to post this! Well, Til' next time!
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