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Thanks for the reviews! Hope y'all continue to like it... I have it mapped out and already have several chapter written so I'm hoping to post once a week
Also, it's going to become very very apparent... but Kagome is a bit out of character lol and you may not like her and I'm not wanting to reveal too much about her or her thought process.. just thought it'd be fair to post a warning hahaha
Oh and in the first chapter... it was never said that it was Kagome who Inuyasha broke up with ... but it wasn't said that it wasn't either... food for thought ;)

Kagome took a taxi back to her workplace. It was a large building like that of Sesshoumaru's but they had their obvious differences. Scanning her id she walked into the building and smiled at those around her. She had worked there three months now and it she had become familiar with a lot of the workers. She had a usual group of people she ate lunch with and there were some that invited her to go after work. Making her way up to her employers office she realized it was time to quit. She never stayed at one job too long.

She knocked on his door and let herself in.

"Kagome," he greeted. "Did he receive the documents?"

"He did. I gave them to him myself," Kagome replied, she reached into her purse and pulled out an envelope. "It's been three months, sir. I hope you accept my letter of resignation," she placed the envelope on his desk.

"Ah yes, I was wondering when I would be receiving this. I already have someone ready to take your place. When would you like your last day to be, Kagome?"

She shrugged. "Today I suppose. Who's my replacement?"

"You're leaving so it really doesn't matter, does it?"

"I guess not," she answered.

He grinned, showing his perfectly white teeth. Kagome momentarily wondered if he had ever ripped out anyone's throat with those teeth. "Well, she's just a youkai woman I met a little under a year ago. We met in a bar – apparently her fiancé was cheating on her. Pity how common that is in this day and age."

"I wouldn't know," she replied. "But I will be taking my leave. I don't have any personal belongings so I suppose the new girl can just have all of my things."

"Kagome," there was a hint of warning in his tone, telling her to stop. "Don't forget that before I can completely let you go, that there is just one thing I still need from you."

With her back facing him, she turned her head slightly. "I know and thanks to you I got an opening. I'll get something eventually." Without another word she continued on her way.

Kagome left his office and left as quickly as she could. She didn't want to still be around when word spread that she was leaving the company. It wasn't very conventional but this was how she lived her life. She never became overly attached to anyone and she never stayed in situations that required human interaction for too long. In fact, the only person Kagome had an extended relationship with was Naraku. He had saved her from an unfavorable predicament and now she was paying for it. Working for him was the gratitude she was convinced to pay. After the first month of working with him she realized what a nasty piece of work he was. But who was she to judge?

Reaching her apartment, she unlocked her door and walked in. She was living alone in a one bedroom apartment. Her clothes were strewn around all throughout her apartment. Shirts were on lampshades and there were an unbelievable amount of takeout and pizza boxes all around. Soda cans covered her entire coffee table and sometimes even she wondered how she was able to live here. But it was home. It was hers. She trekked through the mess and made her way to a laundry basket of clean clothes she never got around to folding in the middle of the kitchen floor.

She stripped every item of her clothing off of her body and tossed it behind her. She couldn't find a pair of clean underwear so she slipped on a pair of jeans without them. She put on a plain beige bra and wore a light yellow baby doll shirt. Kagome knew what she was. She wasn't a good girl but she looked it. She lied and she stole and a lot of times she didn't even feel bad about it.

Glancing in the mirror she approved of her appearance and set out to leave.

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"Are you planning on working with Onigumo," his ally and business associate Kouga asked.

"It would be unwise to do so," he said, spinning slowly on his swivel chair. His hands were clasped together and he appeared to be bored. "His numbers are good; however one must wonder which methods he used to achieve them."

"Especially with the rumors," Kouga thought out-loud. "Heard the girl he sent over was something to look at. Mad I missed that."

"Hn," Sesshoumaru replied thinking back to the girl, Kagome. He also made a mental note to not allow Kouga anywhere near her. "I believe she's my mate. Shame that she's working for Naraku – on my part that is."

Kouga had to do a double take. He couldn't believe what he had heard. Most youkai go centuries sometimes even their whole lives without ever meeting their pre-destined mates and here Sesshoumaru was, casually mentioning it as if he had found a nickel on the pavement. "What are you going to do," he finally asked.

Nonchalantly, he shrugged. "Kill him, ruin his company, threaten the life of his first born if he doesn't fire her; I haven't decided which I would do – with the impressive competency level of my lawyers, perhaps all three."

"I meant about your newly discovered mate," he said dumbstruck.

Sesshoumaru blinked once and looked at him wondering if he was serious – he was. "Obviously I am going to mate her. What else would I do?" As he said it, he wondered what else he would do if the problem of her refusing him would arise. Since she is not a youkai, she wouldn't feel the pull of finding a mate – so it is possible for her to want nothing to do with him. Then he inwardly scoffed at the thought; who wouldn't want him?

"True," Kouga looked at his watch. "I'm gonna grab a bite. Wanna come?"

"I suppose."

Sesshoumaru and Kouga left his office and walked to a small café a block away. Rarely did they leave for lunch – rarely did they see each other outside of the office – however, today was different. Rarely did humans realize that every random thing they do leads them to a specific destination at a specific time. A million random little choices, little decisions – however, they're not so random at all. It was as if every living being was on a set collision course – leading them to where they're meant to be.

In the café that the two youkai rarely visited was a petite human woman, receiving a blueberry muffin from the cashier.

"Thank you Hiro," she said, passing him money for the muffin. And then without batting an eyelash she turned and sat at a table, not noticing the two figures that every other person was discreetly eyeing.

"That's her," Sesshoumaru said sounding unconcerned, nodding his head towards the girl who just sat down.

Kouga looked at the girl, sitting alone biting into the muffin. "Fate really works fast, huh?"

"If you consider 5 centuries fast," he responded, bored. "I'm going to go speak with her. Go away." Sesshoumaru left Kouga before he could respond and sat at the table.

"Sesshoumaru," she smiled. "What are you doing here?"

"It's lunch time and this place is only a block away," he stated the obvious. "Care if I join you, Kagome?"

"Of course not. Though I wonder why you would want to eat with me."

Sesshoumaru shrugged. "Perhaps I find myself attracted to you."

Kagome chuckled. "Good boys like you don't belong with girls like me," she warned, teasingly.

He raised a brow at her statement. He was beginning to wonder if she knew anything about him; he thought it to be doubtful. "Accompany me to dinner; there are things I wish to speak with you about."

"If it's about Naraku and the company, I quit that job today. But if it's about something else, then your place will be just fine."

"Are you aware of the implications?"

"Are you aware that I do not care? Just promise me one pesky little thing."

"Hm?"

"Don't do something silly like growing overly attached to me."

Amused, he asked, "And if I already am?"

Narrowing her eyes slightly she asked, "Are you?"

"Exceedingly so," he answered immediately.

Kagome smiled. "Well, if that is true too bad for you." She finished up her muffin and then pulled out a pen from her purse. "Here's my number," she started writing on napkin. "And address. Pick me up outside at seven," she handed him the napkin and then stood up. "See you later, Sesshoumaru."

He watched her leave and wondered what he had to look forward to.