Chapter 4

Sesshoumaru stared at his clock. 'She's late. Two hours late.' Sesshoumaru thought angrily. Then he heard his door opened. A smell of rain, wildflowers, and wet human hit his nose. He turned around to face Rin Higurugi. He took in her sight. Her hair was dripping wet, her clothes were even wetter, and an angry gleam was in her eyes.

"You are late." Sesshoumaru said coldly.

"Sorry Mr. Takashi," was all she said, giving him a bow.

"Why are you late?"

"I forgot to set my alarm clock, my car wouldn't start, I had to run all the way here since taking a bus would get me here even later and because I live in the part of town where there aren't any taxis. Then it started to rain." Rin said. Her voice was calm but her eyes kept flashing with anger.

"It's not good to start your first day two hours late. How do I know whether or not you'll do it again?" He asked.

"Fire me if you must. If I can't make it to work the first day on time, it's best to get rid of me. I won't complain if you wish to get rid of me." Rin said, still no emotion to her voice, her eyes still flashing with anger.

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow. Normally a person in Rin's position would be begging to be able to stay, promising to get there on time from now on. Her actions confused him.

"I'm not going to fire you this time, but I expect you to be on time now on. The building is opened at 6:00, so you can get here an hour early."

Rin gave a nod, the anger in her eyes dissipating somewhat.

"Thank you sir," She said, still no emotion in her voice.

"Jaken!" Sesshoumaru called. Once he was in the room Sesshoumaru spoke again.

"Jaken here will teach you what to do. At two I have a meeting with Mr. Tasami of Tasami Technology. I want you to be there to take notes. It will be in the conference room on the 23rd floor. Don't be late. Now get to work."

Rin yawned. She had been listening to Jaken ramble on for what seemed like eternity. He spent half the time saying how lucky she was to still be able to work for Mr. Takashi and that if it were up to him, she'd be fired already. Then one forth of the time, he kept speaking about how great Mr. Takashi was. How long he had worked for him. On and on and on. Finally Jaken got to telling her how everything worked. It was now 1:30 and Jaken still wasn't done talking.

"Rin, are you paying attention?" Jaken asked noticing her yawn.

"Yes, Jaken-sama." She mocked.

Jaken's faced turned red. "How…dare you mock me."

"What you going to do about it you annoying toad?" She said anger flashing in her eyes like wild fire.

Jaken took a step back. 'She's very scary when she's angry.' He thought.

"Well, I've told you all you need to know. I got to go get Mr. Takashi his lunch." Jaken said, then he hurried off to get away from the very scary, very angry Rin.

At 1:45 Rin started for the conference room on floor 23. Her clothes were still wet, but her hair had almost dried. Most of her anger had left and she was being pretty friendly. She talked to Yura on her way and talked to Shippo while going down to the 23rd floor.

Once on the 23rd floor, Rin walked into the conference room. It was empty, but it wouldn't be for long. She found the seat that was designated for her and sat down to wait.

Exactly at 2:00 Sesshoumaru walked in followed by Naraku Tasami, Naraku's secretary, and Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru sat in the chair by Rin's left, Inuyasha was to Sesshoumaru's left and Naraku and his secretary sat directly across from Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha.

"Well, let's get this meeting started." Sesshoumaru said.