A/N: Also there is a bit about birthdays and other personal celebrations. I can not remember the story where the idea kinda stuck with me. But I thought it was a cute addition. I know it had something to do with an HR person. If you know the story please let me know. I love giving credit where it is due.
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She had been working at the desk for a little over a month now. Kagome was efficient even though her methods were unconventional to say the least. She had prepared an entire list of birthdays, work anniversaries, as well as other person celebrations so that "he" may send a greeting to employees. Clients even expressed their thanks to him at meetings, on one occasion he had been blind sighted by a lower Lord thanking him on the lovely baby shower present. Kagura laughed at him the entire way back to the office, which soured his mood. Sesshomaru sat back in his chair and listened to the soft tapping of her nails hitting the keyboard. She was playing a soft classical melody in the background, she had mentioned she hated silence. It was another unusual quirk he had come to know about her. First, it was the need to never have her back to the door. He had noticed this at a lunch meeting with another client. She had purposefully maneuvered the client to sit in front of her, thus having his back to the door. The second, was the ebbing and flowing on her aura. He would sometimes feel the light brush against his own from time to time. Curious he followed her on a weekend, from a safe distance away he realized she did it unconsciously. He understood the need for her to use it to help her get around. But the flow seemed to have a mind of it's own.
She had become a fixture in the office. From employees stopping in to say hello or to sneak a piece of candy from her large candy dish. He had noticed she has a large sweet tooth, she would suck on a hard candy till it was a tiny piece then crunch it between her teeth. He sat forward to continue to work as he listened to the soft melody of a classical pianist. On the other side of the cracked door Kagome's eyebrows were knitted together. She was in the middle of an email when her phone began to sound with incoming text messages. One right after another sounded, annoyed she stopped mid-sentence and picked up her phone. A familiar female voice sounded and began reading messages aloud.
"Kagome! I hope you are okay, please text me when you can." From Koyoto.
"Please tell me you are NOT down town right now?!" From Minko
"Bird, call me ASAP! Can't get a hold or Roku" From Sango.
"Huh?" Kagome inquired out loud, before instructing the phone to call Sango. After two rings, Sango picked up frantically yelling at her.
"Where are you?!" she half screamed into the receiver.
"At work, what is wrong?" Kagome asked, confused. She could hear sirens and other people yelling in the background.
"Hospital. There was a bombing set off on the north side of town. I can't get ahold of Roku." Sango's voice trailed off, fear gripping her.
"He is fine, in a meeting with a few Military heads, his phone is off. He is in the building. Are you okay? Anyone we know hurt?" Kagome asked, now clicking away on the keyboard again.
"No not in my hospital. I was afraid he was out." Sango said, softly. Kagome could not make out what people were screaming about in the background. Suddenly Sesshomaru's office phone began to ring and her office phone began to signal as well.
"Have to go, stay safe, I'll Roku call asap" Kagome said before the pair exchanged goodbyes and love you.
Kagome answered calls some trying to get ahold of Lord Sesshomaru's line and others demanding to know what he will be doing about the bombing. Answering the best she could, Kagome took down names and numbers as quickly as possible.
"I do not care if he is on vacation, a bomb was placed at a community center and six were killed. More injured and they are trying to secure the scene, drag him in or I will!" Sesshomaru growled out. His temper and aura flaring in anger. He slammed the receiver down and snapped his jaw.
"Er Lord Sesshomaru," Kagome called from the door way. His eyes trained on her form and narrowed, she was scared.
"Yes?" he asked, trying to keep his tone from being clipped.
"There is a Lord Neji Onigumo here to see you. He... well sir he," her voice trailed off after she shut the door.
Sesshomaru stood as she walked over to his desk. After requesting a piece of paper and a pen, she scribbled a note.
He stated he demanded an audience, but his aura is concerning and he has a few other individuals with him. I pinged security on the chat modal I set up and they have no record of them checking in. IT said the elevator authorization has been jammed. They wont leave.
He placed a hand over hers and whispered into her ear. "Stay in here, sit in my chair." he said before leaving and opening the door. She did was she was told and moved the chair so it was facing the door and a bookcase. She heard her boss greet the four men and invite them into the office. She stiffened her back as the five men walked in, she felt a soft brush of her bosses aura as if to calm her in some way. Sesshomaru moved around the desk next to her and pressed an intercom button.
"Jinenji, could you come up to my office. I have a Lord Onigumo and his associates here for a meeting." Sesshomaru spoke, his voice icy. He really did hate being interrupted at worked and he did not take kindly to impressions of threats or to people sneaking into his building.
"Lord Sesshomaru, as I'm sure your secretary explained I am here to inquire on what you will be doing about these attacks on our people." One of the associates asked, Kagome could feel the man's eyes on her. Her aura flickered across the room onto his skin. A soft tingle ran up his skin, a simple warning.
"No, you barged into my offices with out checking in, to which will be seen as a serious slight against my family. And I believe you implied there would be repercussions upon my personal assistant, to which again is seen as a slight against my family." Sesshomaru snapped out, irritated. Jinenji entered the office, his face giving an innocent impression of a child. He was a half Yōkai, who in the past was a natural healer. These days however; he was proficient in hand to hand combat and weapons training. He stood silently at the door way, waiting. His large bug like eyes trained on the intruders. Security had called before Lord Sesshomaru had. Furious he had already called a few of his under covers to search the building top to bottom. The tension in the air was thick and suffocating. Kagome fought the instinctual urge to run as clashes of aura swirled in the room.
"No offense was meant my Lord, Lord Onigumo requires a certain level of secrecy. He has had dealing with the lesser kind of humans on this earth." the same male explained, his tone off.
"What did you come here for?" Sesshomaru inquired, his annoyance level rising by the second. The men were dosed in cologne which began to bother him. He wanted to vacate the room as soon as possible and have it and the air sterilized.
"Lord Onigumo-" the accommodate was cut off by Sesshomaru.
"I was not speaking to you, nor will I continue to converse with your lesser." Sesshomaru growled out, his eyes trained on the man who took it upon himself to sit down. The male known as Lord Onigumo smiled, his thin lips curling upward in a cat like grin. His cardinal red eyes trained on Sesshomaru's face. The smile did not travel upwards, the dead black pupils reminded Sesshomaru of a fish.
"My name is Neji Onigumo of the Western Spider Clan. I mean no dishonor or slight upon you Lord Sesshomaru. This tension with the holy beings has interrupted my business for lack of better terms." Neji said, his words sliding through the air like oil on a pan. His eyes trained upon Kagome as he spoke of the Holy community. She could feel his aura reaching out and probing her own, testing it's limitations. Kagome felt an overwhelming feeling of terror and death radiating off of him. The aura around Onigumo was a plume of dark purple, it's smoke like consistency dissipated in the air only to appear again. The intrusion of his probing became more forceful and it sparked against her own.
Sesshomaru had enough of this, while culturally obligated to listen to a lesser Lord in his realm, he did not have to abide by the disrespect of this idiot. His jaw snapped, teeth clicking together in a non-verbal warning.
"Get out," he demanded, his chest vibrating with aura flared out, sweeping out into the room. Kagome become visibly uncomfortable, his aura enveloped the room. It's thick presence was like humidity on a hot summer day. The sticky wet feeling of trying to breath become too much.
"As you wish, but understand others will not give you a courtesy call." Neji warned, his voice even and smooth. The men left the office and several others joined him in the large marble waiting area. Kagome could feel them leaving as the elevator doors closed and ascended to the ground floor.
Kagome let out of the breath she was holding, her should slumping slightly. She closed her eyes and relaxed her heavy breathing. Sesshomaru's aura engulfed her own and pressed against it. The pressure of his being had almost become too much like she was drowning. Letting out a soft sigh, she opened her eyes again to the sound of glass clinking together.
"Here," Sesshomaru said, pressing a cut crystal glass into her hand. The rough texture softy scraped against her skin as she lifted the glass to her lips. A strong smell of alcohol flooded her nose, whiskey. The sting of liquid passing her lips last for only a moment, the earthy flavor lingered.
"I must apologize for unleashing that much in your presence, I am sure it was very uncomfortable for you," Sesshomaru said, watching her take another sip from the glass.
"It was rather... overwhelming," Kagome finally settled on. How to tell your boss that he made every hair on your skin stand up. The goosebumps rippled across the white flesh of her back and chest. Overwhelming and powerful, the feeling was a mixture of suffocation and awe.