Ok, I got a lot of reviews. No flames, might I add. (Gosh, I'm so good, I even get good reviews from a bad chapter... sigh) Ok, no i'm not selfish and full of myself. But I thank all my readers and reviewees. My computer is back up and working to full potential, so now the chapter is up. And, before anyone asks at the end of this, THIS IS NOT THE END!
Sesshomaru and Kagome: An Elevator Ride
"Good morning, Miss Miko," Sesshomaru said slightly cheerfully as he entered the office. One day after the break up. He was fine with it. And guess what? He didn't care how Kagome felt about it.
He looked around. No Kagome anywhere. Perhaps she was going to miss work. Well, that would be a warning for her. She didn't call in. He turned back around towards the elevator and Kagome walked out with a pile of papers in her hands. Sesshomaru had the urge to help her with them, but instead turn his "boss" look on and glared at her.
"Why are you late?" Sesshomaru demanded.
"I'm not, um, Se- sir. I just went down to get your mail. Seems you have a lot," Kagome made a poor attempt of a smile and then the pile tumbled to the floor. She sighed before kneeling down to pick them up. Sesshomaru had another urge, but turned his head away.
"Well, just drop them off at my desk, in an organized pile, and start working. I have three meetings and need you to handle things here for a while. And no personal phone calls," Sesshomaru said, walking into the elevator and closing the doors almost immediately. Kagome sighed and did as she was told. She made a few more meetings for the week afterwards, took Sesshomaru's calls and then started typing up his schedule. He returned right about then, angrier than ever. Kagome looked at him and then back to her computer.
"No, you look at me. Tell me why there is a Mr. Onigumo downstairs, asking to see you for a date today?" Sesshomaru demanded. Kagome was confused and turned to look at Sesshomaru.
"Sir, I have no idea. I only took messages today, and I made no plans today. See," Kagome said, pointing to the brown paper bag on her desk, "I brought my lunch."
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at Kagome. He couldn't smell any fear or nervousness, so she was telling the truth. "Damn that man!" He exclaimed and nearly flew down the stairs. Kagome sighed again before turning back to the computer. Life couldn't get any worst.
Three weeks later...
Kagome laughed as she walked to work with Sango. "Hey, Kagome!" Rang out. Kagome looked around. Only recently had her vision returned, and she was so happy. She could finally see.
Kouga ran down the sidewalk to the two girls. "Hey, Kagome. You free at lunch?"
"Not really. I have to work straight through. A huge project to work on," Kagome told Kouga.
"Well, could I come up and help you on it? Or bring that laptop I bought you down to my office and work with me," Kouga told her. Kagome shook her head.
"Sorry. I can't. Perhaps tomorrow," Kagome told him. "It's due by the end of my shift today, so no breaks until it's finished. Sorry," Kagome said with a sympathetic smile.
"Hey, we ought to go. Our bosses will kill us if we're late," Sango told Kagome.
"Hey, perhaps you could walk me home afterwards. I'll email you!" Kagome called as she was dragged to the company building. She saw Kouga shrug and then walk the opposite way. Gosh, Kagome was having a hell of a life. Almost every male was after her after they heard she was single again. But she was still trying to get over Sesshomaru and was not ready for another relationship. Even with the ambitious Naraku on her, along with the unforgettable Kouga, and the demanding Inuyasha hot on her trail. They almost all knew where she was and at what time. That's why she started going to work with friends and family. She did not want to be caught alone, and then ambushed by the three males at once.
She said farewell to Sango when she stepped of on the 25th floor. Kagome then made it up to her floor and Sesshomaru stood there, waiting for the elevator. Kagome gave him a small smile before passing him and to her computer. She sat down immediately and started working. She did not want the project to be handed in late or she'd be yelled at. And she didn't want to be yelled at by Sesshomaru again.
"Miss Miko," Sesshomaru said almost silently. Kagome nodded her head just slightly, her eyes on the computer. "Do you need any help with that project?"
Kagome just turned the slightest to Sesshomaru. "Perhaps a little. I've been-"
"I'll have Sango or Inuyasha come up and help you, if you desire," Sesshomaru told Kagome, interrupting her and looking at the floor. "I don't wish that to be late."
"If Sango has the time, have her come up. Perhaps she could help me with the pictures," Kagome told Sesshomaru. She almost snapped at him. He was still cold to her, but not like before.
"Ok," he told her and then disappeared down the elevator.
Kagome sighed and went back to work on the project. She sighed as she finally finished typing the last part. Now all she needed was help getting the pictures in. It never worked. It would always change the font of the words and move the words. It got so annoying.
Kagome finally gave up. She could not get one picture in. It kept screwing up on her. She finally burst and screeched, laying her head down on her arms on her desk. Sesshomaru sat at his desk and jumped when she screeched and looked over at her. She looked stressed out.
"Everything all right, Miss Miko?" Sesshomaru asked, turning in his seat. Kagome shook her head and moaned in despair.
"I can't get the picture in," Kagome moaned, looking at the screen. Sesshomaru got up and walked behind her, watching her try to get the picture in for the millionth time.
"Here. You need to do this," Sesshomaru told Kagome, reaching for the mouse. He went to edit, and to add picture. "Type in the name of the picture." Kagome did as she was told. He clicked around, telling where to add the picture and then "ok." The image appeared right where Kagome wanted it, and the font didn't change or move the words. Kagome sighed with relief.
"Oh, thank you, Sesshomaru," Kagome sighed. Her eyes went wide. "I meant sir."
"Next time, just ask. You wasted three hours on this when you could have asked and finished this two hours ago," Sesshomaru told her coldly, walking back to his desk. Kagome nearly growled. He always had to take everything into a negative approach. "But I like that you tried to do it on your own."
Kagome smiled. At least she got some compliment. She did the other pictures in less that half an hour and yelped when she was done. Saving it and sending it to Sesshomaru's box, she got up and stretched.
"Sir, may I take a short break?" Kagome asked.
"You have an hour, and then return to work," Sesshomaru told her, not taking his eyes once off his screen. He couldn't. If he did and looked at her, he would have told her to take the rest of the day off and go gallivanting across town with him. He couldn't explain the way he felt. He felt like they were together again when he looked at her. He felt like he cared. But they were over. He broke them up. He ruined their relationship. So he couldn't just say he wanted her back. No proud Youkai would do that. So he made as little eye contact as possible.
Kagome left down the stairs to the lunchroom to eat. She needed some relaxation. She needed some human contact. Or just some contact from one living thing to her.
As she took a bite from her egg sandwich, Inuyasha, Kouga, and Naraku walked in. They all took double takes of her and then skid into seats around her.
"Hi Kagome."
"What you eating there?"
"Wanna share?"
"Hi, egg sandwich, and no," Kagome answered at once. She knew she should have ate upstairs. Only Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru's guests and her could be there.
"Well there's a restaurant down the street. Wanna go?"
"I have a salad in my office. Wanna have a bit?"
"My office is real big. Wanna have a meal you'll never forget?"
Kagome stood up, grabbing her brown paper bag and left the room. She just couldn't stand the group.
"Hey, wait up, Kagome!"
"She doesn't want to talk to you. Why do you think she left?"
"You're not even supposed to be here. You're a guest! I order you to leave."
"WOULD YOU ALL SHUT UP! SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO WORK!" Sango's voice yelled from the other side of the floor. The lunchroom went silent, but Kagome was already on her way to her and Sesshomaru's floor. She couldn't risk being with anyone else.
"Back already?" Sesshomaru asked as Kagome stomped out of the elevator.
"Oh, um, yeah. It was, um, kind of crowded in the lunchroom, and I wasn't that hungry," Kagome told Sesshomaru seating herself in her chair again.
"Kouga and Inuyasha won't leave you alone, hum?" Sesshomaru said without even looking at her. She didn't respond, so Sesshomaru was silent.
"Sir?" Kagome asked, turning to face him. Her respond was a grunt. "I need to take a week off. I might be in here for like one or twice during that, but I just need to go see my family and some time just to myself."
"We have a trip in two weeks," he suddenly said and Kagome could not find a connection to her sentence. "Put that on your schedule and mine."
"Sir, did you hear me?" Kagome asked.
"You may have this week and some of next week off, if you desire that much time. Return when you desire, but no later than that. We will leave for Japan on Friday, two weeks from this week," he told her.
Kagome brought up the two documents that held her and Sesshomaru's schedules and typed that in that Friday. "When will we return?"
"Two months from then," Sesshomaru told her. Kagome's eyes nearly flew out of their sockets.
"Two months? You're kidding, right?" Kagome asked. Sesshomaru turned and looked at her with narrowed eyes.
"Am I kidding type?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Not really, but I can't stay away for that long," Kagome told Sesshomaru.
"Stay that long from Inuyasha or your family?" Sesshomaru demanded, "Miss Miko?"
"That is none of your business!" Kagome yelled. "I thought you were over that!"
"Over it? I never cared. I just wanted to know so I knew about my secretary's life, that's all. You remember that I like knowing about my employees' lives. I just wanted to know if you would miss Inuyasha or your family so I would know if I need to get two separate rooms or two separate beds," Sesshomaru told her coldly.
Tears trickled from Kagome's eyes and Sesshomaru turned his head away so she did not see the pain that he felt. She slammed the stairwell door as she ran down the steps to go home. She could no longer stand it. Sesshomaru didn't care any longer. And she could only bet he despised her working in the same building, the same floor, the same room as him. Tears fell freely as she missed a step and tumbled to the landing of the thirteenth floor. The unlucky floor. Oddly enough, the building had one. But no one worked on it. Too many people were superstitious. Kagome cried there until nightfall when she finally worked up the courage to continue down the stairwell. She got to the lobby and walked out into the cool night. The fresh air cooled her down and dried her tears up, but she still felt pain.
Meanwhile, Sesshomaru was drinking to his heart's desire at the nearest bar to the company building. Kagome had walked out, crying her eyes out and it was his fault. He needed to take that thought out of his mind and he planned to with vodka. He was on his tenth shot when the bartender said he had enough. Sesshomaru growled, and the bartender poured another shot.
"Leave the bottle," Sesshomaru ordered, and the bartender did as he was told. He chugged the bottle for a while and then looked around. It was a Friday, so the ladies were coming out right about then. But he didn't care. If none of those ladies were Kagome, he didn't care. The only female he wanted to see was Kagome. The only female that now turned him on was Kagome. And in that outfit, it would.
"Sesshomaru, what in the world are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked, strolling up to Sesshomaru. He only got an angry glance and then Sesshomaru took another chug of the vodka bottle. "Looks like you went through another break up with Kagura."
"Inuyasha, I really am not in the mood to deal with you," Sesshomaru growled, vodka almost spilling out of his mouth.
"I don't even think you're in the condition to deal with me," Inuyasha teased. Then an idea came to mind. "Come with me, would you?"
Sesshomaru gave Inuyasha another angry glance before finishing the vodka bottle off with another chug. "I could kill you with this bottle, no matter what state I'm in."
"I could kill you without a bottle no matter what state I'm in," Inuyasha told Sesshomaru. "How about I show you?"
"Get away from me!" Sesshomaru yelled. His collar was grabbed by Inuyasha and dragged outside the bar. Unfortunately, Sesshomaru still had the vodka bottle in hand.
Glass shattering was heard, but no one went to investigate. If they heard the growls, perhaps they would have, but too many people walked in for the Stripper Show to hear.
Kagome was walking along the street and then stopped. She had completely forgot her purse upstairs. Could she get it now? She gulped. What if Sesshomaru was still there, working? She didn't wish to face him again and have him upset her once more. But she needed her purse.
She took a chance and headed back to the company. There were loud noises coming from the bar she passed by with males screaming and yelling and some seductive music playing. Kagome knew that bar was famous for it's sick shows on Fridays, with strippers that stripped it all off and got a lot for it. No woman walked in there on Fridays, but many single and married men did. It was the only place that had strippers and they wanted to watch the show.
Kagome hurried to the floor and saw no one around. She quickly grabbed her purse so she could get out quickly and then hurried out of the office. But Ayame stopped her.
"Miss Miko, you're Mr. Youkai's secretary, correct?" Ayame asked.
"Yes, why?" Kagome asked.
"No one had been able to see him since lunchtime. Have you?" Ayame asked. Kagome shook her head no. "Well, he's probably in his office or something."
"I was just there. He isn't," Kagome told Ayame. Then a thought came to mind. His computer was still on, and he was still logged into the company filing system. He couldn't be far. "Well, he's probably out for supper or something. I'm sure he's all right."
Ayame nodded and said farewell to Kagome. Kagome returned the farewell to her friend and walked down the road. The commotion at the bar had disappeared and Kagome was happy. She was more worried about Sesshomaru.
Kagome kicked a bottle accidentally and looked at it. Hey, was that blood on the end? And it was half broken! Someone must have been injured. She looked down the alley she was near. It looked abandoned, but she swore there was blood on that bottle. She took a gulp and slowly walked down the alley.
"Hello? Is anyone here?" Kagome called out. Her voice echoed, but she got no respond. "Is anyone injured down here?"
A squeak was heard and Kagome jumped ten feet as a rat rushed past her feet. This was a creepy place and it gave Kagome goose bumps.
She looked around. Didn't look like a lovely place to be living. Garbage and moss covered the walls. Dumpsters overflowed. And blood droplets trailed the ground. Blood droplets? Yes, someone was down that alley and injured.
"Sir, Madame? Do you need help? Are you all right?" Kagome called again. Once again, her voice echoed. And once again, no respond. "Do you need assistance? Do you need an ambulance?"
Something rushed by her and it wasn't wind. She looked behind her, but saw nothing. She looked around; nothing. But she swore something just rushed by her. She just hoped it wasn't some rat demon or something.
"Please, respond!" Kagome called out. Echoed, but responded as well.
"Stupid girl," a slurred voice could be heard. Kagome looked around. Where did that come from?
"Do you need assistance?" Kagome yelled.
"Yeah, perhaps," the slurred voice said.
"Do you have a name?" Kagome asked and then suddenly tripped over something, falling face first into gunk. Her entire suit outfit was ruined with grime and gunk, but she was going to find this person.
"Yeah. Look behind you," the voice told her. Kagome looked behind on her right and saw something or someone sitting in the shadows of a dumpster. "Wow, you look a mess."
Kagome looked at what she tripped over. A leg. In expensive black suit pants. She only knew one person who wore black expensive suit pants.
"Sesshomaru? Are you all right?" Kagome asked, hurrying to Sesshomaru side. He gave a slight nod and then a hiss of pain. "What happened?"
"Why do you care? Aren't you just going to run out and live me to die here?" Sesshomaru hissed. Kagome lowered her eyes. Should she?
"Why would I do that to the one I love?" Kagome asked. She saw him slightly look at her confused, but she beat him to words. "Oh, I never meant to upset you or make you get jealous. I never liked Inuyasha. I swear, he's the worst male alive, next to Naraku. Oh, Sesshomaru, I don't love Inuyasha. All he wants is my body and my prized possession. Oh, I can't stand this. I can no longer take us being angry at each other. I can't go one more day not telling you that I love you. You are the one I choose. I can't love Inuyasha after all he did. You were right. You were right all along. And I love you, Sesshomaru. You are the one I want to be with forever. I can't stand a day with being angry at you. Oh, I am so sorry!"
Sesshomaru sat and listened to her cry out all her words, not saying a word himself. "Kagome," he said almost silently, "can I take you up on that offer?"
"What offer?" Kagome asked.
"Calling the ambulance. I forgive you, Kagome. And I am sorry myself. I should have trusted you to love me and not just burst. I just, well, I can't explain exactly," he told her. "But I'll try to at the hospital."
"You won't make it to the hospital. Say your peace now!" A voice said behind Kagome. She looked around and saw Inuyasha holding the same pistol he had at her many months ago.
Sesshomaru chuckled. "Well, I guess it's time for me to die. You know what, Kagome? I never-" He never finished his sentence. Kagome stood, grime dripping off the end of her skirt and she was angrier than ever.
"Kagome, I don't wish to shoot you as well. Just move out of the way," Inuyasha told Kagome.
"You want to shoot him, you'll have to shoot me too," Kagome told Inuyasha with a glare.
Inuyasha took the safety off the gun. "Kagome, I'm serious. Move!" He told her.
Before anyone could do a thing, Kagome was standing over Inuyasha, holding the gun at his unconscious body on the ground. Kagome sighed. "Will you ever learn?"
Sesshomaru sat with a huge shock. He never knew Kagome had those moves.
"Sesshomaru, you all right?" Kagome asked, turning her head to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru nodded and Kagome turned the safety back on before throwing the gun on top of a dumpster and running next to Sesshomaru again. "Here, let me help you up."
"No, don't. Call the ambulance first," he told her. "And the police."
Kagome did as she was told and in three minutes flat, two sirens could be heard and Kagome and Sesshomaru became famous, while Inuyasha became infamous in both the outside world and prison, seeing that he spent three months for a consealed weapon. Kagome and Sesshomaru got back together again and everyone but Naraku and Inuyasha were happy once again.
Oh, they are back together... Isn't that great? Odd situation, but back together, right? This is not the end, another chapter is coming up. Now, this will be at the bottom of the next chapter as well, but I'm wondering, should there be a sequel? I mean, so many people love this one, why not a sequel? Just let me know through your review or private message. Thanks!
Great news, readers! I got so many people telling me to get a sequel, I will! The prologue of the sequel will be the epilogue of this story. I really hope you check that one out too!