Office Rounds

Disclaimer: See last chapter.

Kagome stared up at the colossal building in front of her. It looked as if it had at least 40 floors and was as wide as 5 houses from what she could see! The gleaming white paint and blue-tone windows gave it a polished air with not even a dot of the oh-so-common graffiti usually seen on such buildings.

"That's my main company building."

Kagome was startled and turned to the speaker, though she already knew who it was.

Sesshomaru stood a little behind her to the right. His hands were tucked into his jean pockets with his arms as possible from his body. His posture was somewhat casual and he stared straight at her. He was almost mesmerizing as leaves swirled around him and everything else but never touched him.

Kagome regained her composure and smiled at him after a few moments. She whistled in somewhat astonishment, turning her gaze to the building. "You must be pretty rich to have a place that big. It looks so… respectable…" She laughed and turned to him once more. "How'd you get all the graffiti off?" She asked him.

Sesshomaru shrugged casually, as if graffiti didn't bother him. "Electric wall." He replied nonchalantly, as if it was something you heard about every day.

Kagome stared at him for a second as she contemplated what an electric wall was. What if it was like an electric fence? That would be… inhuman.

Sesshomaru could tell she didn't understand what an electric fence was so he told her the inhuman truth. "It's like an electric fence." He said dryly. Seeing that she was in disbelief and filling with rage he added on quickly. "But it only gives a very light shock to anyone within 5 feet of the area. It's completely fine, Kagome." He finished quickly, talking fast. Kagome could have a quick temper.

"That's still so horrible!" Kagome burst out. She saw the signal Sesshomaru gave her to stop raving and only was even angrier. "I mean, they're people! They're breaking the law in a minor way, I suppose, but, I mean, you know! Aaargh!" Kagome stumbled over her words as her rage built up.

Sesshomaru heard a sound from around them and jumped over to Kagome and covered her mouth. "Shut up," He whispered sharply in her ear in a rather agitated tone. Sesshomaru's eyes flew around, looking for a possible enemy to attack. "They know you're missing so act normal. Your family are the only people that know I'm not evil but they're not influential enough to convince everyone I'm not like the other demons in captivity." He took his hand off her mouth and returned to her side.

Kagome nodded. "Now let's go inside!" She declared happily. The statement was loud, but not loud enough for anyone to notice. She ran to the building and touched the door handle as Sesshomaru rushed at her yelling at her to stop. She ignored him, seeing no reason to stop, and was met with a rather nasty shock. Literally.

Kagome turned around to Sesshomaru, dangerously annoyed. Her long hair was frizzed in what resembled an uncombed, not permed, afro. Not a pretty sight, to be certain. "WHAT IS THAT!" She yelled at the demon, completely forgetting that she was declared missing and it was a miracle no one recognized her yet.

Sesshomaru stared her in the eye, not sure whether to just push her in the door without getting electrocuted or be embarrassed and intimidated by the much shorter and younger girl. "The doorknob is like the walls. I have to open it because I have a company card. I would give one to you but, you understand." He said, not feeling like repeating himself about the parting of their country.

Kagome nodded and allowed Sesshomaru to take out his company card which he had in his jacket pocket. Kagome had guessed he had had it from habit. He must have run the company for many years and forgotten he didn't need it anymore.

Thoughts she had thought before ran through her mind as he slid the card embellished with a special code through the card thing (AN: Sorry! I don't know what that thing is! If anyone knows please tell me. I'm odd!). Where are we going? Wherever we go can't we be detected? Demons are a big deal, aren't they? Kagome thought, worried at the fact they could be caught. But I have complete faith in Sesshomaru. He knows what he's doing. He's calm and collected and knows what he's doing. Right?

Sesshomaru motioned for her to come in and she stepped in. The inside of the building was fantastic. Sesshomaru had not visited ever since he started teaching but it had still held up and shone so that Kagome was awestruck. Not a single piece of dust was seen on anything. Everything looked as if it was in its place. Kagome would have loved to live in a place so clean if she didn't have to do it herself. Sesshomaru must have trained his employees well.

A secretary nodded to Sesshomaru and he nodded back nervously. The secretary had obviously not heard that Sesshomaru was a demon. It was a good sign. That meant that no one had found out yet about his demonic powers. Sesshomaru strode to the elevator and Kagome followed him, unsure what to do. Sesshomaru pressed the button the said '64'. They rode up for a while but neither started up a conversation nor even talked. They were fine in the silence.

The elevator dinged and the two walked out with no words from either. Some young employees winked at Sesshomaru, noticing Kagome and thinking that Kagome was his girlfriend. Sesshomaru glared at them with a look that said if-you-imply-something-like-that-again-you-will-be-fired-at-the-soonest-possible-second. Needless to say, they didn't take their eyes off of their work for a very, very long time.

Sesshomaru walked into the farthest and, by far, largest office on the floor marked 'Treasurer'. Kagome trailed after him, feeling embarrassedly out of place. A younger man was typing on a keyboard on a computer, firm eyes staring at the computer screen. As soon as Sesshomaru walked into the room his eyes opened wide while Kagome sensed an air of magic in the air…

To Be Continued…

Author's Note: I'm so sorry I was late! You see, I'm a lazy bum and my mom was constantly on the computer and never logged out so I used her profile. Stupidly of me, I earlier made it so that my docs could only be accessed on my file. See the problem. Yes, I know, I'm SO smart.

Ooh! Who is it? No one knows! Not even me! But it's someone new, who I haven't decided yet. A guy, obviously. But is he evil or good? I kind of like the way this chapter turned out. I had a cliffhanger, one of my torture devices! Tee hee hee! I like it! But y'all know I'll post again soon. I'm usually quite reliable except for that big gap between chapters 11 + 12… -- yeah. Never mention that again.

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