A/N: Hi, updating again. I'm very happy with the response of this story! Thank you very much, and majority wins, Kikyo will marry Suikotsu. Thanks

Chapter 2: elevator

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Inuyasha POV

The next morning

"Well everything is under control now so I decided that there was no reason to go in." Inuyasha said as he steadied the grip on his pen. He wrote something down quickly than let it roll off the kitchen counter. It fell with a click on to the tiled floors as he adjusted his tie. He walked forward to the hook sitting near the exit of the kitchen and grabbed his car keys. "I'm going to stop by there now." He said, and he could hear his father sigh on the speaker phone. His cell sat on the middle of his counter face up.

"No, you won't just stop by, you'll do some work too." His dad said in frustration. Inuyasha paused as he thought that over. He had an obvious response to that, but he held his breath. He had a favor to ask his father, and he didn't want to get on his bad side just yet. "I have a list of things that needs to be fixed with that branch. For instance some employees need to be fired, we need a few others hired, that's something that only you can do."

"I'll do that." He said while making his way closer to the phone. He picked it up and thought over what he had planned today. He didn't really want to, but he would. "I was about to do it anyway." He lied.

"Yeah, well you better, oh and don't forget about the business trip coming up in a couple of weeks, you'll of course be attending?" His dad asked, and that was what he had wanted to talk to his father about. He wanted to know if there was any way he could skip that.

"Dad…as amazing as running around city to city with you and Sesshomaru sounds…I was thinking that maybe this year I could… you know skip it." He said. No one answered on the other line and he waited patiently for his dad to respond. "Hey…" He repeated wanting to get his attention, still no answer. "Dad…"

"Sorry, what was that?" He asked as if he was distracted, but Inuyasha knew better. His dad was king of sarcasm, "for a minute there it sounded like you wanted to skip our business trip for the year, the one time we have to expand the company, get more investors, and clients, and you want to take off." He said causing his son to sigh.

"I don't understand why you're being like this? I get my half of the work done, and when we go I don't contribute to any of it, I literally just sit in those boring ass meetings while our representatives and you do all the talking…Why the hell do I have to go?" He asked but his father didn't say anything. He just ignored him, it was his usual response. "Okay dad…" He said in total defeat. He wasn't going to argue, he was just going to pack his things up and go, like he did every year. "I guess I'll just call you on the office phone so you'll know I actually showed up today."

"Don't worry about that. I'll know either way." He said making his middle child roll his eyes while hanging up the phone. He looked up at the wall for a while before setting his eyes on his phone again. He dialed a number and let it ring two times.

"Ello…" a male said on the other line.

"Miroku…"

"Yup… what's going on?"

"Turns out I'm actually going to that business trip so I won't be able to make that party you've been planning for me"

"Are you serious?" Miroku asked. He didn't get a response and he searched his mind for some sort of suggestion.

"No… I just wanted to bust your nut…. Of course I'm serious…" He said in frustration. "I think you should throw a party before I go, a small one, in the city…" He said while thinking it over.

"She's going to be really upset." He said after a while and Inuyasha sighed. "This is going to be sort of hard…you know you're telling me last minute." Miroku muttered and all he could do was shrug. "Isn't there a way you can tell your dad you can't go?"

"You know if there was I would. Besides maybe it's better this way. She'll stop thinking I'm leading her on…"

"She only thinks you're leading her on, because you do." Miroku said and that caused Inuyasha to shrug once more. "Well, have you gotten the cities you'll be going to this year on the trip?"

"I don't know, there more like towns any way… it's all just more work for me." He said while letting his eyes roam towards the clock on the wall. He decided he should make it down to the office for the day. "And as if that wasn't enough, I get to go down to the office today too." He mumbled sarcastically into the phone.

"Yeah…" Miroku said for a second before yawning annoyingly loud. "But that is sort of your job; I go to work every day." He said and Inuyasha narrowed his eyes while turning towards the front door.

"Yeah but you're a video game tester, you barely leave home."

"I said I go to work every day, I didn't say it was hard work. You don't have to be jealous." Inuyasha paused for a second than hung up the phone. He jammed it into his slacks while heading to the front door.

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Kag POV

She hugged her binder tightly while rising from her seat. She had just sent a few documents to the printer, and though she usually hated doing it, she needed the papers at the moment; she couldn't wait till the end of the day. She rose from her seat and turned into the thin halls. No one noticed her, the usual. She passed several conversing people; some of them were propped up against the wall socializing, and some were near the water cooler. She passed them all to make it to the printer and fax machine located near the entrance of the room. She opened up her binder as she rounded the corner near the main office. The door was locked and the lights were off. It didn't shock her that Mr. Takashi wasn't here, he rarely was.

She flipped some pages of the binder to the back and began placing perfectly warm documents from the printer into it. She had her mind set on that one task as she checked the time on her watch. Her lunch break was coming up in about five minutes. She was unusually exact with her time. She didn't go to lunch until the clock struck eleven thirty exactly, but as she looked around the office, she adapted the idea that she'd go a bit early. It was eleven twenty six, and it didn't seem like a majority of the office was doing any work. She took the last sheet of paper from the printer and turned towards the door. So what, she'd just leave a couple minutes early. It wasn't that big of a deal. She had once seen a woman leave from work at four thirty. That was a whole thirty minutes of work she just liberally missed.

She looked around the office for a moment before quickly shuffling out the door. She had a huge smile on her face as her heart began to beat unusually quick. She held on to her binder tightly as she took off in a small jog down the hall. For some reason she couldn't help but to look back, as if someone was running after her, though that wasn't the case. She slowed as she got to the elevator; she began pressing the down button several times with the same excited smile on her face.

She checked the time on her watch. It was now 11:28, for a fragment of a second she looked back again. No one was walking up the hall, no one down the hall. She let the small charge of adrenaline die down as she walked into the now open elevator.

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He had his mind on other things as the door opened on his main floor. He was debating on rather or not he should set down his brief case and then make his way to the top floor. Or should he just go ahead to the top floor, fire a few people with low stats than make his way to his office. He let the choices play out for a while as the elevator door opened. He took a step forward. He was about to make his way out when someone quickly entered. He wasn't too shocked by that notion; he was more taken aback by the overall appearance of the person.

She looked eerily familiar, the type of familiar that you've seen, but didn't know. As she walked in he decided he had never seen her in his life. If he had, he would have known. She looked to be in her late teens, maybe early twenties. She was fairly attractive, and he knew if he had seen her he would have recognized her. She was wearing an unflattering dress though, her hair was in a very strict bun, but he could tell she was petite and her hair was very long. She hadn't noticed him as she walked in, and her hands automatically shot to the buttons on the side of the elevator. She pressed the button for the lobby than looked up at him. As soon as she did her smile disappeared and her face lost all color.

He looked around not understanding why she seemed so shocked. She couldn't work for him, could she? She seemed so young. "Do I know you?" He asked slightly but from the look of regret on her face. He knew the answer to that. "I guess that's a yes." He said while shifting his eyes on the closing elevator doors. He was immediately beginning to wish he had left, everything was about to get very awkward.

She gulped silently turning to face away from him. She didn't say anything as the elevator began to descend down. There was slight tension between them and he decided he'd go ahead and break it. He cleared his throat and he could see her back tense up. "Hi…" He said and she turned only slightly to face him. "I'm Inu…"

"I know who you are." She said in frustration and he nodded while bouncing slightly on the tip of his toes. He didn't say anything as the elevator stopped. She took a deep breath while the doors opened. He let his eyes shift to the glowing numbers on his right. They weren't at the lobby yet, someone on another floor had pressed the down button. The elevator was stopping for them, but nervously the girl beside him walked forward. He watched as she left the elevator all together.

Whoever initially pressed the button had left or taken the other elevator to the right. He waited for a couple moments before walking forward; he didn't have to wait too long, only a few seconds past and the elevator doors began to shut, she came running back. He hid the small smile that threatened to spill out. She was jogging back with a binder tightly pressed to her chest. He held the elevator doors casually as she slowed down. She glanced up at him, her face was completely flushed and she smiled shyly.

"It's not the lobby." She said and he nodded as if he knew. "I'm going to lunch…" She mumbled again and he raised his eyebrows slightly. "My lunch is usually at eleven thirty, but I went five minutes earlier, but I was ahead in my work before I left so…" Her voice trailed off as she took a look at his face, not only did he seem to be slightly confused, he also seemed a bit patronizing, she could also tell he didn't very much care. "And you don't care…" She mumbled after a while.

The elevator doors began to shut after that and she sighed silently while nervously turning forward. She cursed herself while crossing her arms around the binder. He looked at her back for a moment. She wore a knee length beige skirt and a matching blazer. It wasn't too ugly, just horrendously shapeless, and a bit boring. "So you work here?" He asked and she turned at that.

"Yeah…I'm an accountant; I work on the main floor." She said as if that should ignite his memory. It didn't but he knew that it should. He should have known all the main workers; they were the most skilled out of all the other employees.

"So you're an intern?" He asked and she shook her head. He narrowed his eyes slightly. She was too young, there was no way she could be an actual employee. "How old are you?" he asked. He could see the surprise on her face. The doors to the elevator opened suddenly and she walked backwards slightly.

"I'm 22…I mean I just turned 23, sometimes I forget." She stuttered he smiled slightly, as she turned towards the lobby seeing the huge receptionist desk. When she turned back around she had a very pleasant smile on her face. It caught him by surprise and he had the unusual need to follow her out. She stumbled back before lifting a hand to say bye. "I guess I'll see you after lunch Mr. Takashi…" She said and he nodded slightly as she turned away from him. He watched her for a moment as the doors began to close. As soon as she was gone he suddenly recognized her. He didn't know how, or why, but he did. He couldn't put a finger on where though.

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Moments later

"What…" He said and Miroku crossed his eyebrows for a moment at the harsh tone.

"Wow, I call you with great news and you have an attitude." Miroku said as he stared at the TV screen. His game was on pause but he was also analyzing the probability of him actually beating the current level.

"I'm sort of busy; I don't have time to talk." He said as he sat up in his seat. He took his eyes off of the computer screen to focus on the small cubicles in front of him. No one was wondering around, which was the usual when he was there. He sighed while sitting back in his seat. "Well go on then." He said and Miroku smiled as he set his controller down.

"I have this amazing plan… what is the most exciting place you're going on this business tour thing?" He asked. Inuyasha furrowed his eye brows slightly before thinking back. Everything was all a huge blur, but he did remember going to some city…it wasn't too extravagant.

"I don't know some city near some dinky town." Miroku stuck an eyebrow up.

"Seriously Inuyasha, that's the definition of every city…"

Okay, Miroku, what do you want, I'm busy." He announced causing his friend to sit up and smile widely.

"I was thinking maybe we can bring the party to you. It would be exciting, look Kouga and I will follow you around, you know make the best of your situation, and when you get to this city, we'll have the party there."

"You're going to invite everyone from here to some strange city to have this party, really?" Inuyasha said thinking what he said over. Miroku nodded. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."

"No it's not, listen you can go on this stupid trip forever and work and have a horrible time, or we can come with and turn it into a road trip. You don't turn 25 every day." Miroku said and Inuyasha thought that over before finding something negative to say about it.

"Yeah, but what about the work. I'll be swamped the whole time."

"Get a secretary to come on the trip, bring someone hot too, I know there has to be one attractive middle age woman at that office. Even if you don't fuck her, at least she won't be hard to look at." Miroku said and Inuyasha raised his eye brows before finding the humor in it and smiling slightly. He thought that over, he knew he'd have to say no to it, but he liked entertaining the thought. He was about to mention something when he saw an older man with a stack of papers making his way to the front. He crossed his fingers and hoped he wouldn't knock on his door. Luckily he didn't, he actually paused and began talking a bit aggressively to someone.

He moved his chair to get a better view. Whoever he talked to stepped a few paces forward, and he noticed the girl from the elevator. The huge binder she was holding was dangling in her hand. She lifted it suddenly and took the massive stack of papers and placed it into the binder.

"Did you hear anything I just said?" Miroku said, Inuyasha hadn't and Miroku of course knew that. He had his eyes on the girl as she walked past his office into the back of the accountant area. It didn't take her long to come back up with just one sheet of paper. He noticed her tacky sky blue silk blouse over her beige skirt from earlier. She looked like a teenager trying to play dress up at that point, she had a remarkable youth to her face, and he knew that would be even more noticeable if her hair was down. She walked quickly in her black flats to the printer. He rose from his seat at that moment.

"I'm hanging up…" He said while pressing the button to shut off the speaker. He walked to the front of the office opening the door. As soon as he did he could feel the tension around the office.

Kagome turned to face him, and like usual the color ran from her face and she gulped. Why did she have to be up when he was headed out of his office? She decided to just ignore him and continue copying the sheet of paper she had in her hands. She could feel his footsteps as he came closer, but she decided that was in her head. She only doubted that conclusion when she heard him talk.

"Hey… elevator." He said loudly. Everyone in the office typed or talked a bit quieter to hear what he'd say next. "Can I see you in my office please…?" He said and she gulped before turning around slowly. When she did she was shocked to see how close he was. It made her stumble back into the copy machine, he didn't think too much of her clumsiness. She stared up at him as he turned to walk back into his office.

"Um…" she stuttered making him pause. "Am I elevator?" She asked and he turned slightly before smiling gently.

"Yeah…"

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A/N: I hope people won't be mad, but this is in fact an Inuyasha and Kagome story, and a Sesshomaru and Rin, romance, but of course mostly Inuyasha and Kagome. But I changed Rin's personality a little, and put her in a different position, I did the same with Ayame. I don't think it'll matter too much though.