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Chapter 5- I want my answers!

Seiko looked at her reflection in the mirror and sighed when, for a second, her brown eyes turned into their natural color of green. Damn, that concealing spell was giving her a headache. She was really looking forward to five p.m. when she could finally go home. Only there, in the safety of her apartment, could she allow herself to take the spell off.

Not that she was complaining; the spell was good- it made her attractive even when she was in her forties, according to her documents. And really, she liked her fake look, even if it was totally different from the way she really looked, but for her sensitive eyes, it was still a hard time.

Turning from the mirror, the secretary looked at her watch. 4:47 p.m. Hm. Perhaps she could skip those few minutes and go home early? After all, her guardian dog wasn't here today and what he can't see can't hurt him, right? Still, he would probably sniff her little run away. Damn those dogs and their noses.

"No," the woman told herself aloud, "I, Seiko refuse to have my bonus taken from me for skipping 10 minutes of work." With that she turned back to her mirror.

Suddenly, the youkai sat up stiffly listening to the coming steps. The approaching person was moving lightly; the steps were followed by light clicking noise, probably made by heels. 'Hmm a woman? Did Sesshoumaru find himself another girlfriend? Well, he's fast.' she decided.

When the person finally arrived, Seiko's mouth fell open, just slightly. This woman looked nothing like the previous girls Sesshoumaru would date. Not that she was ugly, but she wasn't the top model either. Suddenly the girl sighed and turned to her desk, slowly approaching.

Then another thing caught the elder woman's attention. The white walking-cane. The girl was blind.

"Can I help you with something?" Seiko asked, her voice allowed the other woman to turn her face in the right direction.

"Well, I'm looking for Sesshoumaru, but I have a feeling he's not here."

"Indeed, he's in Kyoto today." Seeing disappointment creeping on the woman's face, the youkai quickly added, "But you can leave him a message. I will make sure he gets it as soon as he returns." The raven-haired girl smiled lightly and nodded her agreement.

"So what should I tell him?" Seiko asked. The woman thought for a long moment before smiling mischievously. 'If I didn't know better I would swear that woman was a cat,' the secretary thought.

"Okay you can tell him that if he doesn't wish to be subdued like Inuyasha was, he better meet with me in one week or I swear I'll come back and he will regret that greatly."

Silence fell over the office, broken only by the noise of the falling pen. Seiko stared at the blind girl with terror.

"You wish to tell him that? Are you sure?" The firm nod that she received assured Seiko that the girl was certainly insane and there was no point in trying to make her reconsider her choice of words.

Shaking her head lightly the woman finished her note and once again turned to the girl.

"Would you like to leave him a name?" The woman shook her head in answer.

"No, I doubt he'll even remember it, so there's no point." She turned around and tapping her cane, she went to the stairs. She was about to take her first step when she turned once again.

"You know, you can tell him it's from the miko." Seiko's pen once again fell to the floor but she made no move to retrieve it until the girl was fully out of the building.

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"Hi sis!"

"Kya! For kami's sake Souta stop doing that!" screamed Kagome, dropping her purse. The boy started to laugh while Kagome tried her best to glare at him through her dark glasses. Hearing no change in the volume of the laugh, she decided she was failing. Damn.

"Yeah, yeah, very funny indeed. Care to tell me what you are doing here?" she asked finally locking the door. The boy giggled a few times before answering.

"I wanted to know how your search was. Did you meet with that youkai lord?" The teenager asked slumping on the couch while his sister went to the bedroom to change her clothes. She came back in her favourite pajamas with a big bunny on her chest.

"I can't believe you still have that thing. It's childish," he commented. The miko stuck her tongue out at her younger sibling, making her way to the kitchen knowing he would follow her. He was almost as predictable as her dog. Giving a little sigh, the woman started making her dinner.

"Was there any news about Inuyasha?" she asked hopefully.

"None, sorry Kagome." The girl shook her head sadly. Her hope to find her friend was slowly fading. What would she do without him? 'No, Inuyasha will come back. I'm sure of it; I just need more time.'

"It's okay, we will find him. Hey, did you ask me something? Oh right, no, I haven't met Sesshoumaru, he was in Kyoto." Souta sighed with disappointment.

"By the way why are you here so often lately? Normally you go straight to home. Did mom tell you to be her spy?"

"No it's just that something interesting is going on here. The Shrine is so boring." Kagome shook her head. She should have known her brother was looking for adrenaline in the worst of places- youkai weren't exactly something you could play with safely. Not when you hadn't a bit of sacred power, though Souta didn't seem to realize that.

"So when are you going to meet him?" he asked, not aware of his sister's worries. In his own eyes, he decided, it was perfectly obvious he was interested in her newest problems. After all, it was thanks to him she had found that Sesshoumaru guy, it was only fair to keep him informed how things were going on. He was cut from his thoughts by Kagome's answer.

"I won't, I left him a message and I'm sure he will come to me once he hears it."

"Why?" the boy asked curiously. Kagome smirked.

"Well, I said if he doesn't do so, I will subdue him like Inuyasha. He will come if only to show me that I'm not able to do it," the young miko explained, grinning widely. Souta's eyes widened.

"He will fall for it? I thought he was intelligent!" Kagome chuckled, taking a sip of the soup before putting it in two bowls.

"He is," she said after a pause. "But he's a dog and he likes to show he's the dominant one." The boy nodded, glaring at the soup.

"Hey Kagome, I thought you said you would have fries for dinner?" Kagome shrugged carelessly.

"I changed my mind, something wrong with that?" He didn't answer, but an unhappy pout didn't leave the boy's face for the next hour.

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Sesshoumaru climbed the stairs to his office, unbuttoning his jacket and loosening his tie. The whole trip to Kyoto was a failure. His informer was supposed to have some interesting rumors for him, but it all turned out to be good for nothing. He just wasted his time.

He was about to go into his office when a scent from the desk stopped him. The youkai lord turned around and glared at his secretary.

"Pray tell, but what are you doing here at this hour Seiko?" he asked. The woman smirked at him lightly.

"I made a bet with myself where would you go first- to work or home. It seems I won," she said leaning in her chair casually. Feeling a headache forming, Sesshoumaru decided he had enough for stupidity for one day.

"Don't test my patience, get to the point feline," he growled, making Seiko hiss at him in reply. He fought an urge to roll his eyes. That was exactly what you get when your secretary is a cat. Great.

"Seiko…" he growled again. This time the woman turned around and grabbed her purse. He watched her until she came to him, pushed a sheet of paper in his hand and went to the stairs. Curiously he read the message.

"Woman, who left this?" he barked. The secretary turned to him grinning like mad. Oh yes, he knew she would find this situation amusing.

"Oh, I'm not sure," she said innocently, "the girl didn't left her name, but she said I can call her a miko." Sesshoumaru snorted and the woman giggled.

"You are stuck in a hard place?" she asked quickly running down the stairs. Sesshoumaru glared at the place where she stood a moment ago before turning around. What was the point in chasing her? She would have to come back tomorrow for work. Besides, he had other matters on his hand, like Inuyasha's wench. 'What was her name again?' Shrugging, he went inside his study.

"Stupid onna," he muttered, closing the doors.

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The hour was surely inhuman Kagome decided half-walking, half-crawling to her front doors. She was sleeping so it better be something important to wake her like that.

"Who's there?" she muttered rubbing her eyes. She couldn't understand why she was still doing this, but well, some things are not so easy to change.

Silence came from the other side of the door, and Kagome was about to turn away when the youki flared from behind making her own powers sizzle just beneath her skin. Her heart skipped a beat, but this time there was no fear, she knew that youkai. Still lightly on alarm, she leaned to the door.

"Who's there?"

"Wench…" came the light growl. 'Figures he would say that.' Allowing her power to surround her, the young miko opened the door, allowing her guest to come inside. He did it without words, lightly arching his eyebrow. In the scent of the hall was something strange, but he decided to ignore it for now.

"You wished for my presence, why?" he asked. Kagome smiled lightly, deciding to put things straight. She leaned her back on the door crossing her arms over her chest. Forgetting she was in her 'cute' night clothes, the woman said, trying to look very serious.

"I want my answers, and you won't leave until I have them." Sesshoumaru arched his eyebrow to the point where it disappeared under his bangs. She didn't believe he would take her words seriously, did she?

Unconcerned by his unnoticeable, at least to her, reaction Kagome continued.

"I need to know if there's any reason why I was attacked by a youkai two times in five days, now, when I don't carry Shikon Jewel any longer." That caught Sesshoumaru's attention.

"Attacked?"

"Yes, the first time was when you saved me from the car; I sensed a youkai's aura before I was pushed on the street. The second time he came here. If I weren't lucky, he would've killed me here in that hall, instead I purified him. I want to know why?" The man watched her for a moment, sorting the information he had gained in the last few minutes. They had been so sure of themselves that they had come to her house?

He took big sniff of the air trying to remember all scents. Now he knew what had smelled so weird. Purified youkai, but it was better than nothing. It was still a clue, something he had not had in a long time. He looked at the miko once again.

"Three days," he said before crossing the space between them and removing the unwilling miko from the door. Not listening to her protests and complaints, Sesshoumaru went out, quickly disappeared in the darkness of the night.

"Bastard," muttered Kagome locking her door back "If he runs away, he could at least say goodbye."

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