A/N: Sorry about the wait! I just moved!
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Chapter 14:Who little ole me?
She angrily pushed the suitcase to the floor making some of her clothes fall out in a cluttered folded mess. Then she angrily marched towards her charging phone and pulled it up. She dialed Rin's number quickly letting it ring for awhile before hearing Rin's groggy voice on the other line. "Hello..." She snapped making Rin quickly sit up. She didn't say anything for awhile hearing the anger in the woman's voice. She looked at the alarm clock in the corner checking the time. It was only three in the morning. "Rin..." Kagome snapped but still Rin was foggy at who it was. It wasn't until she checked the caller ID did she realize it was in fact Kagome.
"Hey Kagome...it's three what is it?" She asked nonchalantly while letting her form slip in bed slightly.
"What is it...what is it..." Kagome screamed. "What is it! IT'S THAT I OPENED MY SUITCASE AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING I PACKED IS IN IT!" She screamed. Rin's eyes shot open and Ayame slightly woke up looking around for the noise. "What the hell did you do."
"I didn't do anything...maybe you weren't looking when you packed." Rin said as she slowly rose from her bed. She was wide awake now and was looking for an acceptable place to talk without waking anyone up.
"Oh yeah I didn't look while I was packing. That's how a whole new wardrobe made it's way into a brand new replica of the suitcase I've had since I was eight." Kagome said and Rin sighed as she made her way to the bathroom. "You switched my suitcase, even though you promised you wouldn't interfere with anything business wise on this trip. You lied...what am I going to do...I have to be down at the limo by five."
"It's only three something you'll be fine." Rin said and Kagome could feel herself losing her grip. She never really got angry but when someone messed with the natural order she kept things that tend to upset her.
"Why do you always do this to me. You always have to mess with something that was going perfectly fine..." Kagome said and Rin widened her eyes wanting desperately to say something. "Sometimes I wish you'd just..."
"Kagome calm down...I'm sorry I didn't think you'd be this upset." She said "I was just trying to help."
"That's the thing you never really help, Inuyasha was right about you." She said and Rin felt all the fight in her vanish. "Are you even trying to help me or yourself?" Kagome asked and Rin just sighed.
"What are you talking about. You listen to Inuyasha once and I'm a fucking witch." She said making Kagome shut up suddenly. "I'm sorry I shouldn't have interfered with your things." She said but of course she didn't really mean it. Her feelings were slightly hurt so she didn't have time to analyze anything she was saying. "I really was trying to help..."
"I don't know what to wear. I knew what I was going to wear in my old suitcase." Kagome said her voice had loss some of it's anger. "I can't work with disorder...everything has to be together..." she said and Rin just nodded understanding what that meant for her.
"There's a long sleeve black turtle neck in the bag. Wear the gray ribbed tube skirt. Put your hair in a bun and don't forget to put make up on. Also wear the closed toe shoes." Rin said and Kagome looked back at the bag finding the description acceptable. "You'll be fine, you'll look great." Rin said and Kagome just nodded before hanging up the phone. Rin stared at it for a moment before dialing up Inuyasha. He didn't answer till the last ring and he sounded exhausted.
"What..." He barked and Rin just stared forward while taking a seat on the toilet. "Rin what" he snapped and she looked down at the floor. "I'm hanging up..."
"Why do you hate me?" She asked suddenly out of nowhere. Inuyasha could hear the despair in her voice but didn't know how to process the question. Weren't they just hanging out last night. They were in relatively good terms.
"What the fuck do you mean?" He asked letting slight humor reach his voice.
"You hate me. I don't even know why you bother hanging out with me or going anywhere, because all you ever have to say about me is mean things." She said and Inuyasha rose both of his eyebrows not understanding at all. "And that's probably why your brother doesn't ever notice me, because you probably tell him I'm a shallow stupid lazy self centered brat. That's what you tell everyone right?" she asked.
"No Rin..." Inuyasha said looking at the time on the clock near him. "That's what I tell you so you can stop being a shallow lazy self centered brat." He said and Rin shook her head and Inuyasha ran a hand through his face. "Where is this coming from?"
"Just tell me... that's what you tell people isn't it. That's what you told Kagome right? You told her to stay away from Rin because she's only using you." Realization drowned him and he sat up suddenly.
"Rin you're acting irrationality can you take a deep breath and just..."
"No you take a deep breath and listen. I'm in the middle of doing something that's going to change your little pathetic life, and I have absolutely nothing to gain from it. So when you're done putting you're little Takashi nose up at me, maybe you'd be able to see people for more then their flaws. I don't care what you say about me, but stop trying to sabotage me every waking day of my life."
"Rin..."
"Leave me alone." And with that she hung up the phone. He sat up in the bed not knowing what to think or do. He just sat there staring at it.
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It was five thirty when he got downstairs and headed to the limo. He was abrasively late and it would take a bit more then an hour to get to the building the meeting was at. That's what usually happened when you stayed up late the night before. He didn't get to bed till two yesterday, he had only an hour of sleep till Rin gave him that really odd call at three. He came out of the hotels double doors and immediately the chauffeur opened the door for him.
"good morning Mr. Takashi..." He said and Inuyasha tiredly nodded before turning to face him.
"Do you know a faster route into town?" He asked and the man thought that over for a moment.
"I can try..." he said and Inuyasha just nodded before pushing himself into the limo. Kagome was on the other side with loads of opened binders on her lap. He thought about how long she had to be waiting but as soon as she looked up a smile appeared on her gorgeous face.
"Good morning." She said before facing the opposite direction. He wasn't in the mood to play nice but when she turned back around with a coffee in her hands and a small box his disposition changed again. "I got this for you. I know it must have been a rough night." She said and he took the coffee quickly leaving her the box. "I didn't know how you wanted your coffee so I put one cream."
"Black..."he said making her turn to face him. "Black next time." He said referring to the coffee and she just nodded. The limo started up after a moment and Kagome positioned herself to face him.
"So I was planning to tell you this when we got to the building, but because we're going to be a tad bit late. I decided to run it by you now. Okay so we are meeting with Round industries." She said showing him a folder that he only glimpsed at. He had one hell of a hang over. "They are known for having a pretty decent growth in the last three decades, we need them because they would provide good notability for Takashi corporations. They're a pretty small company. I think they only have branches in three towns in this area. I wrote them down here." She paused looking up at him. He was at the moment putting a hand to his temple. "do you have a head ache I have pain medication." she said putting her things down.
"What type?" He asked and she reached in her bag pulling out a rather big jar.
"This is the only one I can use that doesn't interfere with my medication." She said and he looked at it not noticing the brand but not caring. He just nodded and she opened the top. "I have a moderate case of OCD..." she admitted hoping to clear that up now, but he wasn't even listening he was just watching her hands move as she put two pills into her hands.
"Give me four..." He said and she looked up. "It'll be fine I do this all the time." He said earning him a puzzled look. She passed him four and he quickly with out hesitation dry swallowed them.
"Do you want water?" She asked reaching into her knap sack. He shook his head and she nodded pulling out a small case. She opened it putting on a pair of dark rimmed glasses, he quickly recognized them as the ones she sometimes wore in the office, but even with them on she looked relatively different. She had make up on, her dark blue eyes were almost unrealistic, the most peculiar color he had ever seen. Her hair was in it's usual perfect bun but it helped put emphasis on her gorgeous face.
"Do you have everything in that bag?" He asked making her look up. She blushed slightly and he only smiled.
"Pretty much yeah..." She said but before he could comment on anything else she went back to what she was talking about before. "They take pride in being a small company, what we can do is we can buy them out, but let them keep their name. I know it's a far fetched idea, but it's probably the only one they'll go for." she said and Inuyasha nodded while staring at her instead of the papers she kept trying to force at him. "You understand, we'll present the idea of keeping a small business with all the resources of a big corporation." She looked up smiling but when she realized he was staring at her she gripped the folder as familiar feelings came flooding back.
"You know your too smart for your own good." He whispered and those feelings intensified.
"I really don't think that's possible." She said and he just smiled. It was such a handsome smile that she had to actually gulp. He wanted to desperately reach down and kiss her but he remembered what Rin had said, so instead he looked the other way towards his watch.
"I'm sorry about making us late." He said and she shrugged as if she didn't mind. Though in reality she did. She didn't like when people didn't follow a clearly planned out schedule it annoyed her to no end, but Inuyasha was different, she didn't mind too much when he did it. "My father's already called three times." He said looking down at his phone. "I don't have a good excuse so I haven't answered it yet." Kagome looked over at him and then back down at her papers. The phone vibrated again and he suddenly looked up. "Maybe you could I don't know...answer it for me." Inuyasha suggested while turning to face her. "I mean you are my Secretary."
"um..." Kagome looked down at the vibrating phone. Inuyasha had never assigned an actual id to his father's number, so every time the phone vibrated the bare number appeared on the screen under 'unknown caller' at the top left. "I don't know if I should..." Inuyasha furrowed his eyebrows for a moment and she quickly took the phone. "Okay what do I say."
"Well first answer it." He said and she did just that pressing the talk button. She waited for him to give her another command but he didn't.
"what now..."
"Are you serious?" He asked and she turned away from him putting the phone to her ear.
"hello..." she said and the man on the other line paused.
"Who am I speaking with?" He asked realizing it was a woman instead of his actual son.
"This is Kagome Higurashi sir... Is this Mr. Takashi?" She asked and Inuyasha pushed himself closer wanting to hear.
"Yes this is him... who is this?" He asked his voice was very unpleasant and she could tell he was in a hostile mood. Inuyasha lowered himself near her for better access.
"I am your son's secretary..." she stuttered and Inutashio rolled his eyes.
"Can I speak to my son please?"
"Uh...one moment." she turned to give Inuyasha the phone not knowing how close he was. she instead bumped foreheads with him. She backed up putting a hand to her head but he just slightly moved. He put both his hands on her shoulders wanting to steady her. As soon as the pain left she realized how close she was to him. She was almost on his lap, the closeness didn't seem to bother him too much though. He just shook his head before mouthing... "I'm not here." She gave him a slight look returning to the phone. "I'm sorry sir but..."
"Okay tell him that he is extremely fucking late and he better come through this door in less than 15 minutes." With that he hung up the phone. She turned to face him and he just gave a side glimpse. He let his hands fall from her shoulders to her arms before dropping them completely. He didn't seem to notice that now they were awkwardly positioned near her hips and lap. He was deep in thought for awhile.
"Was he mad?" He asked it wasn't till he faced her did he notice how uncomfortable she was. He didn't know why till he realized how they were sitting. He backed up slightly. "sorry..." He said and she shook her head.
"No...I'm fine...I'm okay." She stuttered and it made him smile.
"What did he say?"
"Uh be there in 15 minutes." Inuyasha shook his head.
"Impossible..." he said and Kagome stared at him for a moment. She didn't think it was any of her business so she initially resisted the temptation to ask but for some reason now she really wanted to know.
"Why are you so late?" She asked and he faced her. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want. I'd totally understand."
"Uh no...i don't care." He said with a shrug. He scratched the back of his head while thinking how he'd phrase it. It shouldn't have been that hard, so what he was out last night. He was a grown ass man almost twenty five. He looked towards her, he didn't have to mention too much of it, she was too innocent. "Uh...just out late." He said and she nodded. "I didn't keep track of time. It won't happen again." He lied, he had no intention of stopping it so there was no way that it could stop happening.
"Well I guess the only way to make up for being late is to come prepared." She said and he smiled agreeing with her. "So I was wondering if you'd like you could probably pitch this to Round industries when we get there. I think they'd go for it."
"I think you should pitch it." He said and Kagome looked at him in shock. "Really you should, it's your idea." He shrugged and Kagome smiled taking the whole thing as a joke. She closed the file for a moment putting it in his lap. "I'm serious..."
"It'll be taken seriously when you pitch it." He looked down at if for a moment setting it beside him. He probably wouldn't, it was his job during these stupid meetings to do and say as little as possible. He hated everything that had to do with business. He wasn't going to tell Kagome that of course, she seemed to breath and eat business. She was so in love with it, he only had an understanding for it and he let that dictate everything else.
"Thank you." He stated and she just smiled before grabbing something else.
"I also made a schedule for you, I started it before we left, I thought we could try to follow it. This way this won't happen again." He gave her a look that she of course didn't notice. she was too busy flipping through pages. "Like for instance after the meeting we could run through some ideas for an hour and a half you know just in case we actually pick up their company." She crossed her fingers with a smile on her face. "Hopefully right?" She asked and he nodded as she read over more. "We could break for lunch... or if you want breakfast. I did bring you a danish." she picked the box up again. "I know it's not much of a breakfast but it'll boost you up for the meeting."
"I can't eat anything right now." He said and he could tell she didn't understand why. Had she ever once in her life had a hangover?
"Okay later maybe...you know all I need is more personal things about you...you know so I can personalize your schedule. I'll know when you like to do things."
"I'm sort of spontaneous." He said while taking a sip of the coffee. He could see in the corner of his eyes her writing that down.
"Okay well what do you want to do after this meeting?" She asked and he shrugged for the third time.
"Sleep..."
"Okay...great...I can write that down...you know after every morning meeting you'll have personal time. You can do anything you want. How long do you sleep?"
"Uh...I really don't know Kagome...I uh... I just sleep." He said and she thought quietly for a moment. He didn't want to sound rude in front of her, he just wasn't in the mood to hold his frustrations in. He waited for her to speak and when she didn't he thought maybe he should apologize.
"Yeah..." She said after a while... "but that's why alarm clocks were invented. You don't have to know exactly how long you sleep, just how long you'd like to sleep." She was trying hard not to sound smart, but of course she did and Inuyasha gave her a long look for a moment before smiling slightly.
"Smart..." he stated.
"So I've been told. How about an hour and I'll wake you up." He nodded as she wrote.
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They pulled up to the building at six forty five. Inuyasha had ignored a total of ten calls from his father and soon he just stopped calling all together. The limo driver carefully opened the door on Kagome's side making her slide a little distance to the end. Instead of waiting for the chauffeur to get to his side he slid himself out through the opened door as well. His phone began vibrating as soon as he stepped out. he was about to answer it, tell his father he was here when he got his first good look at Kagome. She was thanking the chauffeur while trying to bring down a fitted skirt that rounded her hips and held on to the shape of her legs. It wasn't too short but a little eye raising for corporate style. It ended a little too far up from the knee. She had a simple black closed toe heel that defined the shape of her legs beautifully, but one thing that caught his eyes the most was the barely there figure fitting turtle neck she wore as her top. It held on to her shape for dear life, she had it tucked in at the small of waist where the skirt sat. It covered enough skin but it left nothing to the imagination. It was as if the whole outfit was feigning modesty. She didn't seem to be uncomfortable in it though. He remembered the small nervousness she had the first time he saw her at the diner a few weeks ago.
She actually seemed comfortable in her clothes, almost as if she had no idea how remarkable she looked in them. She smiled up at him as the limo driver shut the door. "Should we start?" She asked. He looked up at her face realizing that she in fact didn't know. "I'm actually kind of excited about this." She admitted as he fought the overwhelming urge to keep staring at her. Her hair was in it's usual bun. Fantastically dark with shades of blue. The bundles of her thick hair rapped into a rather large doughnut bun at the top of her head, but this was the first time that her hairstyle so vividly captured her features. He had thought that in the car earlier. He didn't see it as a whole til she stood. He didn't say anything as she talked, she paused for a long time to hear his opinion.
When she turned slightly to look at him he was giving her that look again. Her mouth shut automatically and she turned forward looking at the lobby of the building. It had the set up of a corporate office a rather large front desk with a receptionist sitting and answering phone calls. Her throat went dry at that moment realizing it had to be the third time he gave her that look and still it made her insides turn into complete goo in a way that she couldn't explain. He was so unbelievably handsome. He should of known better then setting his eyes on any one girl like that. She stood at the front desk as the male receptionist silently beckoned her to wait. Inuyasha met her at her side a few seconds later.
"What did you say?" He asked referring to the question she had asked earlier before he gave her "the look." She didn't dare gaze at him though instead she stared forward as the man in the front hung up the phone and looked up. He had his eyes on Kagome waiting for the reason she was here. She didn't say anything instead she stood off to the right forcing him to eye Inuyasha. As soon as he saw him he knew automatically who it was.
"Oh Mr. Takashi, we were waiting for you. They are all on the third floor, conference room A." He nodded as he turned back to Kagome.
She had her eyes staring at the folders in her arms trying desperately not to look at him. She had a million different emotions running through her head at once she didn't need him to mess that balance up. "Earlier, whatever it was you asked. Sorry I was in a daze." He excused. It was funny that he found himself so ridiculously attracted to her. It was just something about her that put him on edge. Maybe the way she did things, she had the attitude and the self-esteem of a person who was far less appealing then she actually was. Maybe it was the idea that he could try as he might but he would never be able to fully have her. It had to be that, he didn't like to work too hard on chasing after girls, he never really had to, but when he did. He loved it to be difficult, but Kagome's difficulty ranged somewhere near the impossible.
"Oh it was no big deal." She said while heading towards the elevator. She pressed the 'up' button as Inuyasha watched her. She had a binder pressed up against her chest which reminded him that the folder she gave him was in the limo. When the elevator finally came down there were three other people on it. Kagome thanked the heavens she wouldn't have to ride alone with him, but as soon as the doors opened all three of them headed out. She watched them go for a moment realizing how stupid it was to think they'd stay. They were on the last floor, why would they ride down to the lobby just to go up. She stepped in and Inuyasha followed. There were only three floors in the whole building, and guessing by the size of the town it was probably the biggest building they had.
The doors closed and an awkward silence fell on both of them. Kagome had her eyes paralleled to the floor pretending to look down at the binders in her arms. She moved them slightly letting them fall to her hands for a moment. She didn't say anything though she had a strange feeling in her stomach that he was looking at her. She couldn't bring herself to turn to face him, but she was slowly mustering the strength. When she finally decided to turn and check, the doors slipped open and she took a step forward. He followed after her and she slowed down to allow him to catch up with her pace. He did and it only increased the tension between them. She didn't say anything and neither did he. She was so wrapped up in trying to find out what to say to break the ice that she didn't notice him stop. She was walking forward when she felt someone grab hold of her arm. He pulled her towards him reminding her of the diner yesterday morning.
"Sorry about that, but it's room A..." He stated and she just stared up at him still a little surprised. "Next time I'll just call your name." He said and she smiled slightly realizing that that was in fact what he said last time. He noticed her grin and he couldn't help but smile back, though he had no idea why she was smiling.
"Uh...I had a quick question before we go in." She asked while opening one of the binders she had. He looked down at it with her. "Did you want me to write anything down during the meeting, or did you want me to type, I didn't bring my computer, but I can write down everything then type it out. I'll print it out..."
"No...you don't have to worry about any of that Kagome." He said making her furrow her eyebrows in obvious confusion. "My brother and my dad usually worry about the whole picking up the client thing." He admitted but she was still confused. "They sort of just dump all the paperwork on me." With that he was going to turn and open the door but Kagome quickly moved to block it slightly.
"So what do you want me to do."
He looked down at her for a moment. "Nothing..." He said suddenly. "Just listen." She didn't like that idea very much but she wasn't going to argue. He watched her waiting for her to say anything else, she didn't but instead she took a step towards him. She wasn't really thinking of the action, just doing it. She grabbed hold of his tie and straightened it while carefully untucking one of the collars. He stared down at her blue eyes as she did and when she was done he let a hand run past the solid black tie. "Good..." He asked and she blushed slightly.
"Yeah...handsome..." She stated and when she realized she admitted it she bit down on her lip quickly. He decided for her sake he'd pretend he didn't hear that.
"Okay...thank you." He said turning around towards the door. She mentally slapped herself before rolling her eyes as she watched him head in. She followed afterwards stopping in her spot when she took in the room. There was a rectangular long table in the middle of it and about four men sat on one side. They were talking but as soon as the door opened all conversation ended and everyone stopped to face them. They stared at Inuyasha but a majority kept weary eyes on her. She looked around slowly on the other side of the table sat two men and she knew exactly who they were. They both had silver hair matching Inuyasha's and the most gorgeous golden eyes. The oldest of the two got up as soon as they walked in.
"There he is." He said turning to face them both. He was even more handsome close up. There was no doubting he was Inuyasha's father but his face was almost perfect. Broaden by the fact that his age had at no point diminished his features but seemed to enhance them. He put an arm around him before facing the rest of the room. "This is my second born." He announced, and the whole group rose up at the announcement. Inuyasha walked forward, it was unbeknownst to the rest of the room but his father had tighten the grip around his shoulder and it was becoming a bit painful. As he reached a hand out to start shaking the hand of the first man his father slowly leaned forward "Who is she..." He whispered threateningly. Inuyasha looked slightly towards Kagome who was putting papers in order before looking up at his father.
"You're choking me..." He said releasing himself from his father's hold. "It's nice to see you too by the way." He then turned around shaking another man's hand "Hi..." He said.
"Hello...Inuyasha is it..." One of the men asked. "I'm Mr. Kai.." Inuyasha smiled realizing that he was the founder of Round Industries. He held his hand a bit longer wanting to make a comment but Mr. Kai's eyes swept towards Kagome's instead for the second time, and both Inuyasha and his father turned to look at her. She didn't seem to know they were staring. She closed her binder after a moment and stood straight. At that point Mr. Kai began smiling and he released Inuyasha's hand. "And who is this...you have a daughter I didn't know about." He joked looking towards Inutashio. The group laughed for a short while and Kagome took that as her moment to introduce herself.
"Hi..." she said walking forward with a hand out. He took her hand quickly smiling down at her. "Mr. Kai right, it's a pleasure, Kagome."
"Kagome..." He said. "Well I must say your a breath of fresh air, as you can see we're a room full of men." He said and she swept her eyes through the room again. She smiled and he of course grinned back. "gorgeous..." he stated and she felt her cheeks turn red. "I'm sure you get that a lot though."
"Not nearly enough..." She said shyly. And Inuyasha rolled his eyes before turning to face his father. Kagome caught the movement but didn't understand why he was so annoyed. She stared at him for a bit seeing him begin talking to his father. Mr Kai noticed her distraction quickly.
"So if you don't mind me asking..." He said making her turn forward. "Do you have any relations to any of the Takashi's?" He asked and Kagome gave him a look, her mind was to engrossed at what Inuyasha could possibly be saying she couldn't bring herself to pay him any mind. Though it seemed as if he just asked if she was related to the Takashi's, did he really believe that. They were a family of youkai's. He narrowed his eyes waiting and then she finally realized what he meant. He had just asked if she was involved with any of them romantically. Why would he think that, didn't she look as if she was here for business?
"No...not at all..." She said quickly. "I'm a secretary." She said and then she shook her head. "Well I'm not really a Secretary...I'm an accountant, but..."
"She's our secretary." Inutaisho..." announced cutting her off. She looked at him a little surprised. "But we should return to business." He said but Mr. Kai didn't seem finished with the concept.
"An accountant?" He asked... "You don't look a day over twenty." He said and she rose an eyebrow. That was actually a vast improvement from how old people used to think she was.
"Twenty two..." she said before realizing her mistake. "I mean twenty three." He smiled approaching her again. Inutashio gave his middle son a look and Inuyasha sighed.
"So I suppose it's my fault that your client is a perv." He whispered and Inutashio put a hand on his shoulder, gripping it like before and steering him towards their side of the table. Inuyasha took a seat in the back near his oldest brother. He had been writing something down the whole time and didn't even bother to look up or wave. It wasn't until after Kagome finished shaking the hands of the other three men and walking toward their side of the table did Sesshomaru look up. He let his eyes follow her down the row of chairs until she got to the end of the table. She took a seat near Inuyasha in the back and began taking papers out. Sesshomaru at that point let his eyes draw back to his work before looking up again to continue the conversation they were having before his brother arrived.
"Everyone's so nice." Kagome said with a grin as she took out a pen from the pocket of one of her binders. Inuyasha smiled at her naivety. Of course they were nice, they were all middle aged men. She was young, gorgeous, and female. She turned to look at Inuyasha and her grin widened a bit. "Why are you laughing?" She asked and he just shook his head making her frown a bit before deciding to get to work. She turned to face the conversation at hand looking towards the oldest Takashi son. She didn't notice him when she walked in though she found that impossible when she really set her eyes on him. He was gorgeous just like his brother, but in a flawless way like his father. He wasn't aged though, he was rather young but mature at the same time. When he spoke he only spoke in facts and he seemed completely bored with everything that came out of his own mouth. It was hard to believe that this was the man Rin was so undeniably in love with. He seemed to be the exact opposite of her, he had no enthusiasm when he spoke and he had this dull way of mentioning numbers, but she wrote down most of what he said. Inuyasha had told her not to take notes, but that seemed like a ludicrous idea.
"Yes Yes I understand...It'll be great economically, but I'm not sure you understand what I'm hoping to achieve with my company." Mr. Kai said and Kagome looked to The oldest Takashi who didn't seem too effected by what Mr. Kai said. He instead sorted out his papers before looking at his father. It seemed like a silent cue for him to talk, because right away Mr. Takashi took the floor. He said almost exactly what his son had said, it was like they didn't understand that Mr. Kai wasn't interested in any of that. He wanted a new approach completely. She listened for awhile at the arrangements at hand before turning slightly to look at Inuyasha. He had been very quiet and she wanted to see if he was as involved as she was. When she turned she was surprised to see a handsomely cunning grin on his face while he looked down at his lap. She followed his glance to his cellphone. He was staring at something on it instead of paying attention.
She wanted to desperately find out what it was, she got that jealous feeling again. She had a feeling that she knew exactly who it was, probably some girl, one that he met last night when he went out with Rin. She dropped her pen and moved closer to him. She didn't even know why she cared, it was Inuyasha Takashi, he was so unbelievably gorgeous he could get any girl if he just looked at her. She should of just came to terms with the fact that it was a girl and leave it alone. They weren't dating, they weren't even friends, she was just his secretary for the time being and she wasn't even doing her job, she was snooping. She sat up straight and craned her head, she still couldn't see much but he had noticed her.
"Hey..." He said making her look up, her face turned completely red at that and he just stared not knowing why. He noticed she was moving unnaturally close to him, but he had thought she was trying to get his attention.
"Hey..." she said back smiling innocently. "Really interesting stuff..." she said making him shift his glance to the men talking. He looked back at her and she looked down at her paper. "So are you going to...you know... use my approach...your brother and dad...you know they could really use it." He let his eyes shift to the paper she was now pretending to write on. She instead was drawing a picture of a flower slowly as she talked.
"No...they don't need me. They'll get it sooner or later." He said bluntly and Kagome looked up at him but he didn't notice, he was already back to looking at his phone and jotting things down on it. She faced away from him back to the conference. Sesshomaru had taken the floor again and he seemed a little annoyed. Mr. Kai sat up listening intently but Kagome could see his frustration as well. At the end of Sesshomaru's presentation he got up making everyone look over at him.
"I really don't think you understand what I'm looking for." He said bluntly and Kagome turned to see if Inuyasha had gotten that. Obviously he hadn't, he was now writing something on one of Kagome's forms that were sitting off to the side. She didn't know exactly what he was writing but when she sat back slightly she could see a badly drawn picture of the sun. It had a lopsided smile on it and looked sort of like an egg white. She rolled her eyes partially watching as Mr. Kai gathered his things and started for the door. The other men with him began doing the same thing and Kagome could see the frustration on Inutashio's face. "I'll think some things through, and I'll give you my decision tomorrow morning." After a few hand shakes they were out the door and Kagome watched them leave before looking at the oldest Takashi's faces. Inuyasha was actually paying attention at that point but Kagome hadn't noticed.
"It's fine dad...we'll get them tomorrow." He said making his father stare daggers at his direction.
"We'll..." He snapped and that just made Inuyasha look down at the file in a mixture of defeat and overwhelming carelessness. She knew how amazing Inuyasha was at his job, but it made no sense to her why he didn't show it when it really mattered. "You didn't say anything, you came more than an hour late and you brought...brought...some bimbo." He said while pointing in Kagome's direction. Her breath left her lungs as she sunk in her seat. Did Inutashio really think she was some air head who was only on the job for being attractive? It was all starting to make sense, of course he did. Look at what she was wearing, no wonder Mr. Kai was so nice. It all made sense, she could feel embarrassment sink into her gut and she looked down at the stacks of paper sitting on the table. Inutashio continued his screaming at Inuyasha who didn't say anything, he was a master at ignoring him, but when he brought something else up about her being a harlot he intervened.
"She's not a harlot or a bimbo..." Inuyasha said out of nowhere. "She's my secretary and very well qualified. I told you I didn't want to go on this damn trip this year, so don't start screaming at me if I decide I don't want to do anything on it. Did you ever think that maybe he doesn't want to run his business the way you want him to. Maybe he worked just as hard as you did making it, and he wants to run it himself. Just because he's not interested doesn't mean you have to take your frustration out on me."
Inutashio stared at him while Kagome decided to pretend to sort through papers. "Is that the excuse you're using this time?" He asked and Inuyasha stood up at that moment and walked towards the door.
"I don't have to take this." He stated calmly leaving the room all together. Inutashio watched him for a moment before sighing and looking at his oldest son. "we need a new strategy, I'll be damned if we let round industries slip."
"Would it be such a bad thing." Sesshomaru asked with a shrug. "They're just a small company, they aren't a loss."
"Yeah but they're a gain Sesshomaru, it doesn't matter how small." He began pacing the floor in anger and Kagome stared at him. They both seemed to be pretending she wasn't in the room, just the way she liked it. "I don't have time to schedule a third day for this bullshit...I'm going to head over to Mr. Kai's office and see if he'll reschedule later today, I'll make it after lunch. If you see your brother tell him." Inutashio turned towards the door and walked swiftly out. She watched him leave before laying her eyes on Sesshomaru. He was writing again he seemed very into his work so she decided to quietly organize her papers.
A few silent moments passed when he decided to actually say something. "So a secretary?" he stated but Kagome took it as a question. She turned to face him but he was still writing when he asked the question which confused her slightly. She was about to answer but he interrupted her. "Or what did you say, an accountant was it...?"
"Yeah...I'm an accountant...a head accountant at your brother's branch." She told him and finally he glanced up at her. He didn't have a smile on his face but he did seem slightly amused, the expression was in his gorgeous golden eyes.
"Relax I believe you." He told her, and that seemed to actually surprise her. She was so offended by what his father said, she had thought he felt the same way. "You'll have to excuse my father sometimes he forgets how to act when business is involved." He said and Kagome just nodded, "But you can't blame him can you?"
"Excuse me." She asked not understanding what he meant.
"I don't mean to be rude, I'm just saying you can't be entirely mad at him. I mean look at you." Kagome's face turned extremely red again and she looked down at the conference table embarrassed. Sesshomaru caught the change in her expression and decided to change his approach. "I don't mean to embarrass you or hurt your feelings. I meant it as a compliment." She looked up and he took in her face again. " Mr. Kai was quite right, you are gorgeous. It's easy to believe that you're here for show."
"I'm not..." she said. "I work as a top accountant...I've never even been a secretary..."
"Like I said I believe you. You don't have to take out you're Ivy league degree." He told her and she just stared not knowing what to say. She didn't even understand why he was talking to her. "So you work for my brother. Is that all you do for him?" He asked and she widened her eyes realizing what he meant. "I'm not being brash, I mean are you dating him?"
"No...not at all...I just work for him."
"That's good." He stated and she didn't understand why that was so good. He watched her face noticing her confusion. "I can see you're slightly naïve." He said. "I get that you're smart, probably really smart to be, what was it? 23 and work on the main floor of an international corporation, but you have to know that there are probably a lot of other women working as accountants on that exact floor right?" He asked and she nodded and he flashed her a subtle handsome smile. "But out of all those women you were picked to be here, so tell me the honest truth, you don't think that has anything to do with the way you look?" He asked and she narrowed her eyes turning away from him and looking at her papers. He watched her for a moment before getting back to work.
"You don't know me." She said and he looked up at her.
"I know I don't. I'm sitting here waiting for you to prove me wrong." He said and she just stared at him. She was about to say something else when the door opened and Inutashio came back in with Mr. Kai and Inuyasha following behind. Kagome stood up with Sesshomaru her feelings still slightly hurt. She couldn't help but cross her arms, why was everyone acting like she was some sort of tramp.
"I'm sorry for calling you back in, It's not my intention to waste your time."
"Then why did you call him back in?" Inuyasha wondered out loud making both Inutashio and Mr. Kai stare at him in shock. He slipped himself into the room and walked forward towards Kagome. He didn't make eye contact with her but sat next to her in the spot he had occupied before.
"I don't have much time. I scheduled an early meeting for today... I have to set up for it. You sure we can't go through this tomorrow."
"I'd love to, but we have to be off by the afternoon, and I had tomorrow set up for your signing. If you'd like to pass on the opportunity, I'd understand, but to speak a bit candidly, I'd have to say it's a mistake on your part. Maybe we didn't specify what we're offering you." He said while giving his oldest son a look. It was some sort of cue for Sesshomaru to begin speaking. Apparently Inutaisho had wanted Sesshomaru to come up with more strategies while he was out, but he had been too busy insulting her to think of any. He pulled out some papers reading through some trying to calmly find something that wasn't there. Kagome smiled widely loving his scrambling, she couldn't help but let a few sneers pass her lips. Inuyasha looked over at her knowing she was laughing.
"Sesshomaru..." Inutashio snapped threateningly and he put a finger up as he went through the folder. Kagome put a hand to her lips to suppress the laughter but Sesshomaru had heard her this time. He turned to face her and she boldly let the smile show on her face. To her and Inuyasha's surprise he wasn't upset he was actually slightly amused, he threw an overly handsome look that was obviously directed to her, it made Inuyasha narrow his eyes slightly. "Sesshomaru..." Inutashio snapped again wanting to get his attention.
"Yeah...I was just searching for something..." He said looking up, "But I realized that it's not as good as I thought it was, especially since the secretary...she came up with something much better." He said and Kagome widened her eyes and everyone in the room looked up at her. "she ran it by me earlier, I think it's exactly what you're looking for Mr. Kai." He said as he turned towards Kagome too, she could tell by the look on his face that he was only doing this out of spite. Why did he hate her so much. She hadn't done anything to him, she would be damned if he actually got the best of her.
"Uh..." she stuttered while looking around. "I...um..."
"Is this some kind of a joke?" Mr. Kai asked and Inutashio shook his head before eying his son.
"I'm wondering the same thing." He turned to face the door as Mr. Kai started for it.
Sesshomaru gave her a look and her stomach twisted. "No...I do have an idea." Kagome said making Mr. Kai turn around, but Inutashio was trying to force him to face his way. He wanted to save himself from further embarrassment, but it literally pained her to let Sesshomaru get the upper hand. "I understand what you want." She said and Mr. Kai turned fully to face her. "You mentioned that you want to put your customers first as your primary goal." She said and Mr. Kai looked as if he wanted to say something but she interrupted. "Well you didn't say it today, but you've said it before. Well I've ran some of your numbers off earlier, and I think you know how beneficial being a part of Takashi corporations is, but you also know the set backs from it as well..."
Inutashio walked forward interrupting her. "Mr. Kai, you don't have to listen to her."
"I want too." He said making her smile as she backed up slightly towards the table. She walked back to her spot on the table grabbing her folder from it's binder, Inuyasha looked at her cautiously.
"What are you doing?" he asked and she gave him a strange look.
"what you told me I should do...you remember?" He nodded slightly but she could tell something was bothering him. "what's wrong?" She asked and he looked up in a strange way, she had no idea what he was thinking or what it meant, but she waited for his answer.
"I can't exactly tell you right now can I..." he asked letting false humor lighten his words. She stared at him for a moment as he looked back at his father. She took that as his way of telling her to get back to what she was doing.
"Uh...so...what are some of the set backs?" She asked trying to remember where she left off. You won't have your company anymore it'll be ours." She said and she could tell by the face he made that was exactly what bothered him. "But what if there was a way you could keep your company and get benefits of Takashi corporations?" He looked intrigued and she smiled.
"That's impossible." Sesshomaru said nonchalantly from his spot and Kagome threw him a look.
"Why..." she asked and he faced her.
"We don't have a policy like that, it's either we buy him out or nothing."
"That's not necessarily true." Kagome said turning to face Mr. Kai who was taking a seat at his previous spot. "There are a lot of methods to taking over a company, have you ever thought of doing a fraction of two methods. We can customize one just for Mr. Kai." Kagome said while looking away from Sesshomaru and towards the man in front of her. "So what do you look for in a company?" she asked but she didn't give him a chance to speak. "You want to have a corporation that branches out to different countries but also keeps the small business feel. See what Mr. Takashi doesn't understand." Kagome said referring to Sesshomaru with a flick of her hand so that none of the other Takashi's got confused. "Is that nothings black and white, Takashi corporations doesn't have to buy out Round industries, and that's actually a good thing, because to be honest we don't know how to handle a company such as yours, and I think you know that." She said with a slight smile.
"I actually have to stop you there." Sesshomaru said sitting up.
"Shush...let her talk." Inutashio snapped making both his son's look up at him, but he was still eyeing Kagome.
"What would you say if we were to merge with your company." Inutashio was going to interrupt now. He didn't like that idea, Rounds was such a small company, and even if it was growing it still wasn't worth merging with.
"What type of merger, I won't be bought by the word in itself. I understand that you can still take a large amount of my resources." Mr. Kai said and Kagome nodded agreeing.
"And we will, we'll take almost all of it." Kagome said honestly. "Because though your company is growing rather rapidly it's not growing nearly fast enough for your taste, and if you allow yourself to be bought by us then you'll be able to achieve far more in a short period of time."
"Yes but I won't be achieving anything if you have control of my company." He said tiredly and Kagome nodded.
"This is true, but this is where the unique part comes in, we take Round industries while allowing you to keep your title as head. Imagine this in front of your building, Round industries and in small print a division of Takashi corporations. You'll be able to make the same decisions you always wanted but with a bigger playing field."
"You mean to tell me you'll let me still be the head of my company and you'll fund it. I'll be able to do what I want."
"With reason." Kagome stated and he narrowed his eyes thinking it over. "Round industries is yours Mr. Kai, you wouldn't do anything to it that would harm it in any way. I think we all know that, you've done a fine job with it all this time, that's why we have our eyes on it. So any decision you make we'll ultimately back it, you'll keep your staff and make day to day decisions just like you have been doing. You'll just be bigger, you'll have the resources to reach the world more customers in shorter time, you'll be able to put your big picture ideas to work." She said and He stared at her for awhile before sitting up.
"what did you say your name was?" He asked and she smiled.
"Kagome, Kagome Higurashi." She stated and he nodded while rising up.
"Well how can I say no?" He said which made her smile widen. He looked to Inutaisho. "I'm on board, just as long as the contract reads what she just said. I'll sign it tomorrow morning." He walked forward shaking Kagome's hand before giving it to Inutashio. They talked for awhile as Kagome stared at them with a smile. The nerves she was feeling was turning slowly into pure joy. She hadn't noticed but Sesshomaru was staring at her intently. Mr. Kai left and the room got quiet before Inutashio set his eyes on Inuyasha.
"You heard that, I need a contract written up by tonight." He said and Inuyasha groaned while sitting back in his chair.
"I'll do it." Kagome said making him whip his head towards her.
"Who are you?" He asked with a mixture of happiness and confusion. She didn't say anything she just stared. "Well I have to thank you, Mrs. Higurashi was it? You did something that none of my son's could." She shook her head about to comment on that. "No seriously I have to apologize for earlier, you really did a great thing for this company. You're an accountant, are you? I'll see to it that you get a hefty raise." He said while walking towards the door. He looked to Sesshomaru, "fetch my things I'm going to make a call and head to the limo." He said while walking out the opened door. Sesshomaru rose up and walked around the table to his father's spot.
Kagome watched him for awhile before setting her eyes on Inuyasha. He had a smile on his face. "Congratulations." He said and she shrugged.
"It was nothing really..." She said and he just raised an eyebrow before pushing some of her papers sloppily into the binder. She cringed slightly walking towards him. "Don't do that..." she mumbled quietly and he got up.
"Sorry, I'm just ready to go." She nodded as her OCD acted up and she began reorganizing papers.
"I'll see you downstairs." He said but she was too busy organizing. Inuyasha looked up at his brother who was grabbing the remainder of their dads things. He headed for the door and Inuyasha watched him leave. He didn't know why but he didn't want Kagome in the same room with him. He thought he was just being paranoid but deep down he knew he was slightly jealous. He took a few steps to the right and then walked towards the door completely. She finished packing up her things and headed out as well. She couldn't help the smile from forming on her lips. She was more then excited, she was so ridiculously proud of herself she couldn't see straight. It felt like she finally proved herself. When she came in and Mr. Takashi completely hated the idea of her, it seemed like now he had changed his mind.
When she turned the corner the elevator was slowly closing without thinking she quickly ran after it wanting to slip into the doors. "Please hold the door." she announced and before the sliding doors could close completely she saw someone's dark shoe slip into the opening. The doors stopped automatically and then began opening. She smiled slightly taking a few steps forward when she realized who was standing in the doorway. He wasn't looking towards her because he was angrily looking at someone behind him. It wasn't until he moved to the side did she notice Sesshomaru standing off to the left. He seemed frustrated but when he looked ahead and noticed her he eased up a bit, Inuyasha turned from his brother to her, he rose his eyebrows in realization before stepping away from the door.
"Well come in then." He told her and she quickly looked down before joining them in the elevator. As soon as she got in it became awkwardly silent almost as if they had just been talking, but somehow they couldn't continue. She decided she'd try to make herself invisible as much as possible. The doors closed and she crossed her arms over her pile of things while trying to look busy sorting already organized papers.
"You don't exactly have a say in it." Sesshomaru commented after a few silent seconds. Inuyasha gave him a sturdy look that showed he wasn't too happy. The doors opened and he quickly left leaving her with his younger brother. Kagome waited for him to leave the elevator before following. They didn't say anything, just silently left the building. It wasn't until they got to the limo and she slid in did he say anything.
"So...what are you planning on doing tonight?" He asked as the limo driver shut the door after them. He had his phone near him again making her think he was on it, so she didn't say anything. He looked over at her and she realized he was in fact referring to her.
"Me..." She asked and he smiled slightly in that ridiculously handsome way.
"No the chauffeur." He joked and she smiled slightly to show she found the comment somewhat funny. "Yeah you of course...I think we should celebrate your obvious win." He said and she was a bit shocked at the suggestion, she wanted to take him up on it but she couldn't. What he did with Rin and the others really wasn't her scene she'd feel out of place, and it didn't matter anyway she had to write up a contract by tomorrow morning.
"I don't know..." She said with a shrug. She let some of her folders down beside her and she positioned herself towards him.
"What do you mean you don't know." He asked looking her over fully. She was gorgeous but she had the body language of someone a bit sheepish. She had her arms tucked tightly near her as if she was too overly shy to be facing him.
She shrugged a bit not knowing what to say. She didn't really want to go, but because he was asking her she had an overwhelming urge to say yes. He was asking and that meant he wanted her there, that had to account for something. "Where to?"
He thought about that for a moment. "Does it matter?" He asked and she didn't understand what he meant by that. "Just out, trust me, you'll love it, it'll loosen you up."
She knew by that it wouldn't be somewhere she really wanted to go. "I don't think I can, but I'm tempted." She lied. "I have to work on that contract, and other things..." She said turning slightly away. He looked at her for awhile more though. He had something to ask her but he left it on the tip of his tongue not wanting to make their supposedly professional relationship odd. He was trying to convince himself not to, but did it matter at this point?
"So..." he said making her turn to face him again. "You met my brother." He said hoping that would make the topic a bit lighter. She nodded not thinking anything odd with the question.
"Yeah I did, he was..." she hesitated and he watched her face wanting to see what she thought of him. "Uh nice I guess." She lied. Sesshomaru was everything but nice. He nodded and though she thought it was a little too personal the question slipped out of her mouth. "Why do you ask?"
"Oh, just wanted to know what you thought of my family." He lied. She nodded awkwardly and he just watched her. "I'm glad he was being professional." She agreed slightly but didn't say anything. He couldn't find anything else to say so he let the conversation go dry though he wanted to know more about what she thought of Sesshomaru. His brother was usually extremely picky when it came to women and though Kagome was gorgeous and he could tell Sesshomaru thought so too, she wasn't really his brothers over sophisticated type. Well he had thought she wasn't but it turned out she very much was, because Sesshomaru had taken a liking to her and had asked him if he was in any sort of relationship with her in the elevator. He didn't like the idea of her liking or dating Sesshomaru, he told himself it was for Rin's sake but in all honesty it wasn't and he had no idea what it was.
After awhile of silence she began sorting through papers and they didn't really speak till they pulled up to the hotel. "Well I'm going to call up a few people, if you change your mind about going we'll leave later tonight." Kagome smiled slightly as the chauffeur opened his door.
"Maybe, but I'll probably just order room service and celebrate by myself."
"Well if you change your mind then you know where my room is." He joked while sliding out of the car.
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As soon as she got settled down in her room she began working on the contract. She was getting a majority done when she got a call on her phone. She paused for a moment not really wanting to be disturbed, but after the second ring she answered. "Hello..."
"Hey Kagome it's Rin." She mentally sighed but didn't say anything. "I hear congratulations are in order, apparently you landed some big business thingy." She said and Kagome sat up in shock. She could feel her face blush and that feeling of total pleasure come over her. She pushed herself away from the hotel's desk wanting to thank Rin humbly, but before she could Rin interrupted. "So you saw Sesshomaru?" She asked and Kagome grew extremely annoyed. "How did he look? What was he wearing?
"Yea...I saw him." Rin waited for her to continue but she never did. "Rin, I'm really busy maybe we can talk about this later."
"Yeah later tonight. Inuyasha says you don't want to go out and celebrate, what's wrong? She asked and Kagome just shrugged not knowing what to say. It didn't really matter any way if Rin wanted her to go out tonight she would have to. "I think you should take a break, relax a little, all you do is work."
"This is my first night working really Rin, and I'm not like you and Ayame, I'm here to work..." She said but she knew it wouldn't change Rin's mind.
"Well your going to stress yourself out. Anyway, tell me a little about Sesshomaru, please." Kagome sat up in shock. She could of sworn that Rin would have tried to pressure her into going out tonight, but she for the first time wasn't. She didn't really want to talk about Sesshomaru but if it kept Rin from forcing her to do something she didn't want to she'd indulge.
"Uh he was there, he looks a lot like Inuyasha." Kagome commented, even though she already knew before hand how Sesshomaru looked like. She saw him in magazines a few times, he did in fact look considerably different in person. She searched for more things to say, what was it that girls like to hear about their crushes. She didn't really know.
"Okay what else." Rin said in excitement. Kagome thought hard, she didn't want to mention how much of an asshole he was, that would upset Rin.
"Uh he was wearing a suit today, and a tie..." Rin rolled her eyes not liking the information.
"Boring, next time you see him, take notes...any way Inuyasha said we're leaving at ten tonight, If you change your mind you should come meet us down at the hotel's parking lot."
"Yeah sure, maybe." She said and Rin hung up suddenly without notice. She paused for a moment before getting back to work.
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It was late when she heard someone knock on the door, she was so engrossed in what she was doing she had forgotten what Rin had told her earlier. She invited her to go out at ten, and she remembered purposely taking a shower at that time just in case Rin decided to force her to come, but she hadn't. It was now 12 in the morning. She doubted that they'd be back so soon. Someone knocked again and she hesitated. She was almost done, all she had to do is review the contract and send it to Mr. Takashi and Inuyasha to review it. It was going to be sent late, but she hoped he'd be able to look through it quickly before the signing. The knock continued and she sighed before raising up and going to the door. There was a little peephole in the hotel door but when she looked through it she didn't see anything. It reminded her instantly of the time Rin came to her apartment late and placed her hand over the peephole, but this time she could see everything, even the door across from her, but there wasn't anyone there.
She unlocked the door while rolling her eyes. "Rin, that's not funny." She said annoyingly, but when the door finally opened and she looked out her heart began beating rapidly and her eyes opened widely. He had one hand in his pocket looking down at his watch, but when he noticed she opened the door he looked up and smiled sadistically.
"Rin..." he said momentarily, he looked as if he knew the name somewhere but then let it go. Kagome just stared at him in shock. What the hell was he doing here. What did he want at twelve in the morning. "Can I come in?" He asked but she was still stuck in her spot. He stared at her momentarily, "please..." he asked and when she just stood there he crossed his eyes in confusion. "Okay, I apologize for dropping in unannounced, but I didn't know your number and I had something important to ask. I hope you weren't sleeping." He said while quickly looking over her. She had on a long pair of pajama pants with clouds and little stars covering them and a lavender t-shirt to match. He thought they were hideous, very much a turn off, but he was interested in Kagome for far more than her sense of style.
"Uh... I um..." she stuttered not knowing what to say, but as soon as the initial shock of seeing Sesshomaru Takashi in front of her door passed she could finally process movements. She stepped to the side allowing him to come in, though she had a strange feeling about it. He walked in and looked around raising his eyebrows.
"Wow...clean, like A-type clean." he commented before turning to face her.
"Uh thanks..." she said, though she didn't really think that was a compliment. He walked over to the desk and sat on the chair she once occupied making her salvage for another seat. She had a weird feeling in her stomach that could only be soothed by assuming that he was here to talk business.
"Oh and my apologies, but congratulations for yesterday's meeting, you were amazing." He said making her blush. He then looked around before laying his eyes on her. "So where's my brother?" She gave him a strange look. Why would Inuyasha be here?
"He's out..." Kagome said making him look straight at her. She didn't wear any make up but she was still very attractive, he mentally checked that on his list.
"Of course he is...so what have you been doing. Working on the contract you so generously volunteered to complete. I actually wrote up the primary contract, but of course it's not usable sense you changed the policy." He said and she just nodded knowing that already. "You know if you hadn't volunteered Inuyasha would have done it. You could have been going out..." he said and she narrowed her eyes not understanding what he meant. "He probably wouldn't be out if he did it...who knows what he's doing now, he could be having sex." Kagome felt the color on her face disappear. That definitely wasn't business talk. "Do you hate the idea of him with somebody else?" He asked and Kagome widened her eyes. "You look a little green, so I'm guessing yes..."
She shook her head wanting to reply. "I'm not seeing Inuyasha, I work for him." She said though he was correct she didn't really like that idea, but she didn't have a say in his personal life.
"All you do is work for him?" He asked and she nodded making him smile lightly. He trained his eyes on her, waiting to see any sort of sign of a lie. Anything that showed she had any feelings for his younger brother. "Do you want to do more than work for him?" Her face turned red and his smile widened.
"I thought you had something important to tell me...business related." She stuttered and he stuck up an eyebrow.
"I never said business related." He said, "But it is important..."
"Well if it has nothing to do with business I don't think I can help you with it." She admitted raising up from her seat. She walked away from him in the opposite direction. He watched as she made herself busy by straightening up binders that were set immaculately on the dresser.
"Well I'm sure you can, but you're absolutely correct. Let me jump to my conclusion. As you probably already know every year during this time my father hosts a get together in one of our major cities. It's sort of towards the middle of the trip, it's for investors and clients. My father calls it the company dinner." He said and Kagome nodded telling him she knew about it. Well he requires us to accompany someone every year, and seeing as you're not involved with my brother, maybe you and I could..." He paused when he saw the look of total unadulterated shock run through her face. "You shouldn't leave your mouth opened like that, flies will get in." He said mockingly and she closed her mouth and narrowed her eyes making him rather pleased. "Well sense you're not with my brother you should go with me. It's nothing romantic, really I just have to show face is all."
She hesitated thinking it over while walking back to her seat. She couldn't believe Sesshomaru Takashi was asking her out, she had literally never in a million years think she'd be asked out by a Takashi, but still she had to admit she wasn't as flattered as she should of been. It made her think that perhaps it wasn't the right Takashi. She looked over at Sesshomaru who was turned nosily towards her laptop looking at her completed contract. She should of just said yes, he was gorgeous, handsome, her mom would look at the paper and her jaw would drop, but as soon as she readied herself to accept she automatically thought of Rin and it halted her. "I'm sorry I can't..." she said and he just nodded almost as if he understood.
"Of course, I knew I was doing something wrong. What is it that women like to hear every time you ask them out?" He asked himself. "As if me asking them out isn't flattering enough. My apologies." He said suddenly looking up at her. "Let me do this over..." he rose from his seat and walked carefully towards her. He stopped inches away and grabbed her right hand while staring into her eyes. "Kagome...Kagome right, that's your name...right? Well I find you fairly attractive, and I think you're intelligent and a perfect fit to accentuate me at my father's dinner, will you please do me a great pleasure by accompanying me?" He asked and Kagome stared at him for a moment before smiling slightly. She knew it was rude but she couldn't help herself. She tried holding it in but without warning she began bursting out in laughter. It was so sudden that she couldn't believe she was doing it, Sesshomaru just rolled his eyes as she put two hands over her mouth. "So what do you say..." He snapped and she shook her head.
"I really...I don't know what to say." she admitted.
"Why don't you say yes..." He told her and she shook her head. "why not..."
"Because..." she was about to mention Rin when she realized that would be a mistake. "I just can't, it's out of my place, I'm a Secretary." She told him.
"Trust me it's not. My father would love it. He adores you, all he could do was talk you up in the limo today, he'd be delighted." She sat up when she heard that.
"Really?" She asked and he nodded. "Well I'm not sure...I"
"If it's about Inuyasha forget it, he probably has another woman lined up to take." He insured her and she furrowed her eyebrows. Why did he think she liked Inuyasha so much. She was sure it didn't show. "Trust me, you'll be a branch head soon enough if my father believed you were dating me. It's a career move for you." He informed her.
"really...?" she asked thinking it over and he just nodded, but still she couldn't do it to Rin. "I don't know..." he sighed obviously annoyed.
"What don't you know."
"I have a friend." She said and it was one of the first times she had called Rin a friend. "she sort of idolizes you, she'd be upset if I dated you."
"Who's this friend?" He asked and she shook her head. "Well I'm going to assume she isn't here, probably a friend from home. What you don't tell her won't hurt her." Kagome opened her mouth to say something else and he interrupted. "Just explain to her the situation, we're not actually dating, any friend would want the best for you, she'll understand." He told her and he turned from his spot in front of her. "The dinner's next month so if you have any time away from work I'd look into buying a cocktail dress, nothing black, it's too cliché, and don't wear gray either I don't care for gray." He told her while closing his jacket up a bit. He walked towards the door leaving suddenly.
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A/N sorry for the wait! I wonder how mad Rin will be, but I think Inuyasha's reaction will be more shocking. I'll update soon!