punkish furball—Hello, man has it been awhile!

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Chapter 5

Mimirou was absolutely giddy as she sat on the rail train going towards the office of Sesshomaru's rival.

'I have to calm down,' she thought to herself, 'Sesshomaru will only be suspicious if I seem to anxious to go out this evening. He might not let me go.'

Despite Mimirou's extreme "dislike" for Sesshomaru, she had lived by his side and in his home since the feudal age. She had been titled everything from his native slave to mulatto servant girl, all agreeable aliases seeing as her neko heritage with roots to the early Egyptians- gave her the light brown tone of her skin. More recently, she was dubbed his orphaned young ward and supposed heir to his estates.

'Strange,' Mimirou thought now that her thoughts lead her to that subject, 'Even in all his years, Sesshomaru never had a child. He had married several times before not out of love but out of necessity and let loose his sexual frustrations from time to time and yet he never had an heir. Surely his demonic urges would have swayed towards that suggestion. Even Aoishi had a few bastard children here and there, but they're all dead now.'

The train came to a stop and Mimioru stood up and got off with a group of others. She walked until she was standing in front of an office building rivaling Sesshomaru's in size and brilliance. Mimirou just sighed at the immense building.

'What is it with males and the size of things?' she thought, 'It's pretty to look at but what purpose does it serve?' Mimirou walked into the building and directly to the desk on the main floor.

"Excuse me," Mimirou said to the dark haired receptionist, "I'm the representative from…"

"Yes, yes," he said cutting her off and not even looking her way, "you're expected to at the 11th floor."

"Right," Mimirou said and walked to the elevator. She snarled at the attitude of the male demon.

'…Ookami,' she thought angrily and pressed the button for the 11th floor as soon as she got into the elevator. Mimirou rode for a short time and got off. Another demon was waiting for her to take her directly to the office of Sesshomaru's rival, this so-called Koga. This demon was much more polite and led her to door of Koga's office after the two of them introduced themselves in the customary Japanese way. He left her there with a short bow and Mimirou bowed in return. She raised her hand to knock on the door when a gruff voice called her into the room.

'He must be able to smell me,' Mimirou said, 'His demonic powers must not be concealed like Sesshomaru's and Aoishi's.' Mimirou walked into the office. It was simple compared to Sesshomaru's but much cleaner than his at the moment. Apparently Koga didn't readily indulge in pleasures of the flesh in his own office like some others and his mate had been deceased for nearly fifty plus years. Mimirou looked up to an ookami youkai with steely blue eyes and black hair cut short.

"Sesshomaru's representative," Koga said from behind his desk, "does he think that sending a child would sway my decision." He chuckled a little.

Mimirou mentally groaned, 'Looks like I'm not going to get too far with negotiations with this hard headed youkai. I don't do well with insults.'

"I assure you I am not a child," Mimirou said in a hard, monotone voice that she had used many times before, "I am a member of Sesshomaru's company. I deal with stubborn morons all the time. Although it has been a while since I'll dealt with a demon. Humans don't put up enough fight. Maybe you can give this little girl some excitement as a change of pace, Prince Koga."

Koga smirked showing off two pearly white fangs.

'I was right,' Mimirou thought, 'He doesn't hide his demonic features anymore than his humanoid form. Cocky.' Mimirou slipped off her power limiter in the form of a bracelet. Her demonic features began to show: her claws, her fangs, her long black hair with the bangs colored ivory, her feline ears and tail.

"I figured there had to be something about you for that old mutt to send such a cute little girl. I hate to break it to you, but you aren't my type, sweetie. Why don't you just let the real demons take care of this and you butt out, half-breed?"

Mimirou began to growl and her tail and ears began to bristle. Just as she was about to retort to Koga's remark, her cell phone rang.

"Excuse me," Mimirou said after taking a few deep breathes. Koga nodded like he didn't really care and Mimirou took out her phone looking at the caller ID.

'Kagome!' she thought excitedly with her ears quickly standing up straight before flicking about a few times. She answered the phone without a second thought.

"Hello?" Mimirou said.

"Hey," Kagome said on the line, "I really didn't want to bother you in case you were still working, but I just got off of work a little early so we could hang out. I'm going to the market to pick up a few things. Anything you want in particular?"

"Nothing comes to mind really," Mimirou said, "I really don't have many dislikes. I do like seafood and milk preferably whole milk."

"Ok, I just wanted to make sure. I know how finicky cats can be," Kagome said with a little giggle.

Mimirou sighed, "I guess that is true. Either way, I will be off in another hour or so. I'll catch up with you then."

"Great. See you in a while. Bye!" Kagome said.

"Bye," Mimirou said and hung up the phone and immediately found herself pinned to the wall with angry red eyes boring into her own.

-O0o0O-

Aoishi sighed when he pulled his coffee out of the microwave in the break room.

'I don't know why I'm surprised,' Aoishi thought to his self and gingerly sipped the reheated caffeine, 'She does this everyday.' He dropped his bitten muffin and cookie in the trash can.

'Still one of these days, I'd like to enjoy my cookie,' Aoishi thought and looked up when he heard footsteps headed towards the door.

"Hey buddy," Aoishi said when Sesshomaru walked into the room and right past him. He had a folded over paper bag with Mimirou's name on it.

"She tampered with your lunch again?" Sesshomaru asked while he put the bag up.

"Doesn't she always?" Aoishi said, "Speaking of the little bastard, where is she?"

"Damage control," Sesshomaru answered.

"Ookami, right?" Aoishi said, "Cocky and an insult to canines like us if you ask me."

Sesshomaru nodded.

"Just thinking of this particular wolf gives me a headache," he said. Aoishi just nodded in his response. He knew about the past the two demons shared and had a feeling if he were to comment on that last statement he would find himself pinned to the wall.

"Another one of mistakes coming to haunt me. I should have killed him when I had the chance," Sesshomaru said and walked out of the room before Aoishi could respond. Aoishi didn't blame him.

'He still blames himself for Lady Kagome's death,' Aoishi thought. He still had clear memories of his mistress. Who wouldn't? She was beautiful and kind and bright and so much more than mere words could name. She was truly the fairest creature to grace the walls of the Western Fortress. Aoishi had to admit she was the talk of many a soldier in his ranks when she was being courted by their lord. Even Aoishi would envision her soft feminine form draped across his. But as beautiful as his mistress was, Aoishi knew he could see something his lord could not. He treated her like a precious china doll that needed protection from the smallest speck of dust. Aoishi could see the longing in those dulled sapphire eyes. Sometimes, when he was worn out from battle or drunk from the escapades with his fellow soldiers he would imagine being the one to take his lady away from her sheltered life of monotony. But such thoughts were treason against his lord so he quickly put them to rest.

Aoishi shook his head to rid himself of his current thoughts. He shouldn't be thinking of such things right now.

'She's dead anyway. No use in thinking about her now,' he thought and left the break room, dropping his coffee in the trash can.

-O0o0O-

Mimirou gasped for air as Koga tightened his grip on her neck.

"Gee, wolf boy," Mimirou managed to say, "thought I wasn't your type."

"Shut up, you cunt. I know that voice. You keeping her for Sesshomaru, aren't you? Is that what you plan? Is it, half-ling?"

Mimirou struggled to breathe when Koga's grip tightened again.

'I have to do something or he's gonna kill me,' Mimirou thought. She placed her hand on her hand on Koga's arm and set his sleeve aflame. The demon howled and was forced to release the young hanyou to tend to his burns.

'It's been a long time since I last used my power,' Mimirou thought, 'I'm glad to see I'm not rusty. Still Sesshomaru better not found out about this. He won't be pleased. He's gonna kill me with training sessions.'

Mimirou reached up to feel her injured neck and flinched when she touched it. She was willing to bet that the damaged area was covered with a large red imprint of Koga's hand with puncture wounds from his claws.

'Good thing he doesn't have any poison or I'd be dead by now.'

"I'm going to say this once," Mimirou said once she felt comfortable enough to speak, "Sesshomaru doesn't know anything about her and I intend to keep it so."

"What are you playing at?" Koga asked bitterly while growling.

Mimirou sighed, 'I didn't want anyone to know about this so soon. Damn him!'

"I don't play games," Mimirou said, "I told you before and I don't like to repeat myself, but I'm going to do if for your sake, Sesshomaru doesn't know anything about her and I want to keep it that way.

"You mean to tell me that he knows nothing about her in this time period?" Koga asked.

'Do I have to drill it in his skull? Ookami…stubborn and stupid!' Mimirou thought.

"You heard what I said," Mimirou said, "Take it or leave it."

"How long have you known her?" Koga asked, "I mean in this era."

'He sounds different now,' Mimirou thought, 'He's desperate for information now. I can get him to do whatever I want, but I think I'll string him along a little bit for pissing me off.'

"That is none of your concern," Mimirou said. She kneeled down and picked up her power limiter off of the ground.

"Oh, I see what you plan on doing," Koga said, "You tell me what I want to know and I give in to Sesshomaru's terms."

Mimirou slipped her bracelet on and her human disguise was back on, "I could care less about him."

"You mean that?" Koga asked. Mimirou nodded.

"I see," Koga said, "So is this before she went back to the Feudal Era for good. Before she and Sesshomaru…" Koga stopped and tightened his fists at his sides. Mimirou just smirked and headed for the door.

"This meeting is over, Koga," Mimirou said just as she put her hand on the handle, "We expect you answer at your earliest convenience." Mimirou left the room, and when she closed the door behind her, she quickly and headed for the stairs not wanting to waste time with the elevator. Koga would no doubt be very angry and she shouldn't toy with him any longer as fun as it was.

'My neck still hurts though,' Mimirou thought when she made to the street in record time, 'Exerting myself like this isn't going to help it. I better get Aoishi. He has enough experience with this type of thing to help me. Plus he won't tell Sesshomaru about this. As stupid as he is, Koga doesn't need to die just yet.'

Mimirou pulled out her cell phone, the indirect cause of her injury, and dialed Aoishi's number. It rang a few times before he answered.

"What's the matter? The big bad wolf too much for the little half demon?" he said when he answered the phone.

"Hello to you too," Mimirou said, "Do you think we can skip the insults and catch up on them later? I need a ride back and a little bit of medical attention if you don't mind."

"Are you serious? Was this wolf too much for you?" Aoishi asked losing the teasing tone from before.

"Nothing I couldn't handle," Mimirou answered, "And most certainly not anything to let Sesshomaru-sama know about. Just come and get me please. I'll bee in a little coffee shop on the corner."

"Alright. Just don't wander off. I'll be there as soon as I can, you little bastard," he said and hung up the phone. Mimirou closed down her cell phone.

'I can count on Aoishi,' she thought, 'but I can't trust him completely yet. He may have gotten a little bit more playful as the years have passed but he is still an obstacle especially now that I have found Kagome-dono.' Mimirou walked over to the coffee shop and took a seat and sat in a corner. She didn't feel like ordering anything and she wanted to keep hidden so no one would notice the damage on her neck. Mimirou reached up to feel the injury again. It was wet with blood not to much but just enough to be worried about it.

'Damn that stupid wolf!' Mimirou thought, 'Not only do I have to worry with Aoishi and Sesshomaru I have to worry with that over ground canine. I have just about had my share of dogs for today.'

-O0o0O-

punkish furball—Hope that you like them apples! I know little Kagome action but there will be more in the next chapter. And I also think you got to see a little bit more into Mimirou's and Aoishi's characters.

-…well, when I think about cats I think Egypt and that's what influence Mimirou's appearance.

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(edited 3.09.08)