InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ All In a Day's Work ❯ Origins ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

A/N: I want to thank Mela and kokoronagomu for their reviews =] And you made a good observation *gives you candy* =P Once again, I hope this makes sense.


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Here goes it!
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Chapter 2: Origins
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An hour passed and the heated arugument had finally subsided in Kagome's opinion. After picking up what was left of her work, she silently began to organize and read the papers before her. She allowed herself to smile again when she thought about how she was actually working at something she liked. 'He's a complete moron, but I can't let that bring me down, VP or not.' Sango had come in a few times to see if Kagome was ok. She had told Kagome a little more about Inuyasha...about how he was a Hanyou, half human, half demon. One hundred percent jerk had been Kagome's response, and the older girl couldn't help but laugh.
"He's really not that bad. I've know him for a few years now...he's just touchy. He doesn't do well with meeting new people." Kagome scoffed at the memory. 'That's no excuse for being so rude.' She was relieved that Inuyasha had yet to barge in. He hadn't come back since he left fuming and she wasn't really missing him. She was more on her toes, trying to savor the temporary solitude. She let herself relax and continued to analyze the reports.

Inuyasha on the other hand couldn't think of anyway to relax. He rode the elevator to every floor atleast three times before he got off on the twentieth floor. "Stupid Sesshoumaru...thinks he can just decide things without me." He walked angrily towards his brother's office and decided it was time to confront him. He let himself in and ignored the annoyed look that Sesshoumaru gave him.

"I suppose you're a little annoyed about sharing your office..." Sesshoumaru said this while dropping his gaze to meet his Blackberry. He started to enter an important date into it and continued to speak. "Can't say I really care though..."

Inuyasha's anger was rekindled. How the hell can he act so cool about the whole thing? "Well it would be in your best interest to care, because if she doesn't get the fuck out I can assure you that hell will be raised in this building." Sesshoumaru didn't even look up from his phone. "Too bad," was all he said. He could smell Inuyasha's intense anger, but made nothing of it. His younger brother could be very volatile at times, but nothing to be too scared about.

"Did it have to be my office!? Why couldn't she--"

"I can't have her in here because I am constantly on the phone or holding small business meetings in here. It would be a distraction for both of us." Sesshoumaru said matter of factly. He went to reach for his phone, but Inuyasha was faster and picked it up and threw it out the window. Sesshoumaru stared blankly at him. "Now why would you go and do something like that?"

"Get her out of my fucking office Sesshoumaru or I swear to GOD!" Inuyasha felt like this was going to lead to an actual fist fight, so he began to clench and unclench his fists.

Sesshoumaru sighed. "You do realize that this is your fault."

"How so?" Inuyasha still felt like punching his brother in the face, even though he knew it wouldn't do much damage.

"Because I told you on the day I left for Miami to call the contractors to build another office in a hurry."

"Oh come on! You knew I had a hangover and I couldn't have cared less about a word you said."

"Your drinking problem is of no concern too me, little brother, but I suggest you go to an AA meeting if it's going to interfere with your work."

"I'm not an alcoholic you asshole."

"That's what they all say..."

Inuyasha let out a loud sigh. This was getting nowhere. Now he had to do the thing he hated the most: compromise.

"What the hell do I have to do to get her the hell out?"

Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes. "Call the contractors and tell them to come build a new office. At most it will take about three weeks, maybe less if you are around to bark orders at them." Inuyasha cringed when he heard the word 'bark'. It made him think about Kagome calling him and animal. 'Animal she says...dumb bitch.' Just thinking about her made him boil with anger and thinking about that smile of hers when she found out she had his parking spot nearly drove him over the edge. He couldn't be around her and dreaded the minute he would have to set foot in his office again. 'Why should I care about going in there? It's my office!'

"Or we could just fire her." Inuyasha liked that idea, but Sesshoumaru just continued to stare blankly at him.

"I will do no such thing. If you can't get along with her, then that's your issue. Just remember how many people here dislike you and I haven't fired you yet."

Inuyasha blinked. People didn't like him? "That's different. You can't fire me. Besides the ones who don't like me can go straight to--"

"Hello? Yes, this is Sesshoumaru Taisho...fine and you...at the moment I find myself a little tied up..." Inuyasha just stared at Sesshoumaru. Figured as much that he would have a back up phone. But it was the fact that his older brother completely blew him off to answer a stupid phone call that made him upset. Still he sat down and looked out the window, or the glass wall as he called it, in his brother's office. He let himself relax a little bit as he started of into space. 'This isn't going to just go the way he wants.' Inuyasha smirked at the thoughts that were slowly unraveling in his mind. Kagome had no idea who she was messing with.


"Three o' clock," Kagome sighed to herself. Her stomach had been grumbling since the argument and she forgot to bring some money for lunch. She eyed her purse and looked inside to make sure she hadn't missed a pocket. Then she found something. "Oh mom.." she said, smiling as she pulled out a box from her purse. Kagome let out a sigh when it finally came to revealing her lunch. "A bento box, how mature," she said and took a look around her office...or thier office. That thought brought a slight frown to her face, which quickly dissapated into a pensive look. 'Sango can't be that blind his foul behavior.' Hmph. Her thoughts were interrupted by a series of taps on the door. "Come in." She smiled and let out a quick sigh of relief to find that it was only Sango holding a rather large bag. Had that been Inuyasha, he would have chewed her out, saying how it was his office and he could come in whenever he wants.

"Hey there, if you don't mind I thought we could eat together...I remembered it was your first day and that lunch time was replaced by all the yellin...is that a bento box?" Sango walked over to Kagome's new desk and stared at her lunch. Kagome felt her face heating up from the embarrassment.

"Y-yeah. How childish huh..."

"Are you nuts? Hey can I try some? I haven't had a home cooked lunch in years!" Sango mused happily much to Kagomes surprise. Kagome felt the heat fall from her face and held out the box to Sango. "Help yourself!" Sango then opened her bag and revealed two very greasy yet wonderful smelling items. "I brought one for you too." Sango held out her hand for Kagome to take one of the itmes from her. "Is this a sandwich?" Kagome opened the parcel slowly while Sango answered. "Yeah, I got it from the cafe down the block, it's American..a Philly Cheesesteak. I had this the first time I worked here and I have been horribly addicted to it since!" Sango then took a big bite from the sandwich causing some of the onions and cheese to fall onto the wrapping paper. Kagome had to admit that however greasy, it still looked and smelled delicious. She then went in for the kill and took a bite from the sandwich Sango bought her. She was in heaven.

"Are you trying to get me addicted too?" Kagome said between bites.

Sango let out a chuckle, "Sorry, I didn't know if you would like it or not, but be warned if you want to maintain that figure, it isn't such a good idea to eat these like I do...even I'm ashamed to admit that I gained a few pounds." Though she didn't seem to care too much about it and continued to eat what was left of the sub.

Kagome on the other hand was shocked. If anything, Sango could have used the weight. She wasn't exactly super model skinny, but she was thinner than Kagome and a few inches taller. So where did these so called pounds go? "You could eat these for the next three years and you would still have such a nice figure," Kagome said. She was now picking at her bento box and popped in a sushi roll. "What do you do to stay in shape?"

Sango perked up a little at the question. "Well I when I said I gained weight I wasn't really worried about being heavy, more that I was losing some tone in my muscles and got a little slower." Sango took a swig from her soda. "I come from a long line of Youkai Exterminators." Kagome was shocked. This sweet, pretty girl before her was a Youkai exterminator? Sango noticed the look in Kagomes eyes, and waved her off. "Don't worry, we don't actually exterminate much of anything!" Both girls laughed and Sango continued to talk. "Anyways, I practiced that style of martial arts since I could walk and it has helped me stay in shape all these years." Kagome then thought about her family. Shooting arrows, yeah. Real athletic.

"So doesn't the boss know about your lineage?" Kagome took a drink from her water bottle and tried to find a solution for all the food that was left.

"Well, sure he knows. But the techniques of Youkai Exterminators are now useless. Humans and demons live together now...not always the picture of perfection, but better than it was before. Besides, the boss would probably kill me before I could lay a finger on him." Kagome's stomach curned at how casually Sango said this. Sango noticed and quickly tried to relax her. "But I don't think he hired us to kill us...atleast not with you around." Kagome arched an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" Sango shifted in her seat and crossed her legs. "Well aren't you a miko? If you really wanted to you could find a way to hurt him."

"How could you tell?" Not many people knew about Kagome's ancestry, and she liked it that way. It saved a lot of explaining.

Sango shrugged. "I picked it up from your vibe...and possibly because some of the weaker demons here talked about avoiding you...it doesn't matter."

"Well then I guess you could say that I am, but my older sister is the real winner of the family." Kagome frowned slightly after she said this.

"Oh you have siblings?"

"Yes, my sister who is two years older, and my brother who is four years younger."

"I see, I have younger brother as well, but he's three years younger. Still we get along great." For a second, Kagome saw sadness in Sango's eyes which quickly disappeared. Sensing the tension Kagome quickly changed the conversation. "What's that?" Kagome asked while pointing to a sword hanging over Inuyasha's side of the office.

"Oh that thing? It's a family heirloom from Inuyasha's father. He gave one to Sesshoumaru as well. I think this one is the Tetsusaiga." Kagome looked over at it again. Seemed old enough, but besides the fact that it was an antique, it didn't seem to have much value. The scabbard was in horrible condition and the threads with the family seal looked like they would turn to dust if you so much as breathed on it. If that's just the outside, imagine the sword itself. It must be rusted beyond all repair. Sango continued on.

"Our boss has the other one, the Tenseiga. Niether of them have even bothered to pull the swords out as far as I know, but they hang them up as a symbol of their family's strength I guess." Sango walked back over to Kagome's side of the office. "My family has all sorts of heirlooms. The one given to me is the Hiraikotsu." Kagome blinked. Was she supposed to know what that was? Sango giggled a litte. "It's a giant boomerang, that is supposedly made out of Youkai bones that have been concentrated together, but I don't believe that much." Kagome thought of her own family. Sure her gramps had all sorts of things in the shed, enough to start a small museum, but nothing really seemed like and heirloom. Except for one thing.

"I guess my family has the Shikon no Tama." Kagome sat back down in her seat and started to pack away all the food. "I guess all this food could be used as left overs or something. It would be a shame to throw it away...what's wrong Sango?" Sango looked like she was going to pass out and quickly shifted her gaze over to Kagome.

"What did you say your family heirloom was?" Kagome looked more confused than ever. "The Shikon no Tama. It's this pefect sphere about the size of a golf ball. Rather pretty I suppose since it's a weird mix of pink and purple. It almost looks like glass, but I know it's really stong because it won't break."

"You tried to BREAK it?" Sango looked like she was talking to a ghost and Kagome was still dumbfounded by her reactions. "Well not exactly. When I was seven I wanted to play princess with it and when I got it I dropped it. My grandfather scolded me and locked it up even tighter. What's with you all of a sudden?"

"The Shikon no Tama is a very powerful jewel Kagome. I can't believe it's your heirloom. You must come from a long line of powerful mikos." Sango then changed her expression from that of fear to one of reverence and patted Kagome on the shoulder. "I have faith in you as long as your family keeps it safe, there's nothing to worry about." Kagome was still not understanding anything. What did she have to worry about? Keep the jewel safe? 'Not much I can do there,' she thought and saw Sango leaving the office.

"Hey where are you going?"

"Well some of us have to work you know," Sango said while winking at her. "We'll do lunch tomorrow, kay?"

Kagome nodded and sat down in her chair once again. Was the Shikon no Tama that special, or was Sango just exaggerating? She would have to ask Gramps...that is if he was willing to talk to her. 'Of course he would be, it's about our history for crying outloud.' She looked at her wristwatch again. Only twenty-five minutes had passed since her lunch. She smiled though as she thought how her first day was almost over. Then the door was all but busted open. She didn't even look up, but she knew it was Inuyasha. Kagome was determined to ignore him.

"It smells in here." Inuyasha sniffed around. 'Onions. Steak. Sushi?'

"Mmmn." was all Kagome managed to say. She was writing and circling things next to some charts.

"Next time take a bath before you come to work." He remarked dryly.

"The pot calling the kettle black..." Kagome still wasn't looking up from her work, which gave Inuyasha the urge to scatter all her papers again. 'When did she get another desk?'

There were taps coming from the door, and Sango let herself in again. "Kagome you have a phone call..." She looked over at the hanyou who seemed a little to happy that Kagome was being summoned. She igonored it and figured he was just glad to be alone for a while in his office. "It's your mom."

Inuyasha sniggered and Kagome wasted no time in glaring at him. "Don't touch my stuff." She followed Sango out the door and Inuyasha flipped the finger while she had her back turned. He walked casually towards the window and saw her car there again. A smile crept on his lips.

"I'm sorry you have to walk the circle again, but since you don't have an official extension number, all of your calls will be sent to me first, is that ok?"

Kagome smiled at her. "Don't worry, I doubt I will be getting many calls after this. Either way I don't mind." Kagome picked up the phone as soon as she entered Sango's office. She noticed how it smelled like wild flowers in there. "Hello mama?"

"Kagome, did you remember to look in your bag for lunch?" Kagome smiled against the reciever. Her mother was always so prepared. "Yeah thank you, you saved my life. I forgot my money at home."

"Good, and how is everything so far?"

"Great!" Kagome said as happily as she could pretend. She didn't want to worry her mother, much less complain in front of Sango. "I'll tell you all about it when I get home, but right now I have to get back to work."

Kagome heard her mother laugh lightly over the phone. "I forgot my baby is now a working woman. I won't keep you. Do your best!"

"Thank you." Kagome hung up and felt a genuine smile come to her. Atleast her mother could always make her happy. She made her way back to her...his office and startled Inuyasha when she walked in.

"Uh yeah yeah. Thanks, Bye." He slammed the phone down and gave Kagome a death glare. "Can't you knock?"

Kagome shrugged. "It's my office too. I don't have to knock." Inuyasha growled and made his way back to the window.

"Don't get too comfortable. Your days in MY office are numbered."

"Trust me when I say I couldn't be happier." She was back into the groove of looking over her work. 'Why won't she look at me?'

"So what does your car look like again?" Inuyasha's ears shifted around waiting for her answer.

"Didn't you get a good look while you willed it to explode a few hours ago?" Kagome asked cooly.

"Wow. How did you know I wanted that?"

"You're not exactly the most complex person..." She paid no mind to his sudden interest in her car.

"Are you saying I'm stupid?"

"Hmm. You might not be as dumb as you look." Inuyasha was getting irritated. Everytime she spoke it was as if she already had an answer for everything he said. He found that very frustrating and the fact that she kept her eyes glued to her desk made it worse. She didn't even want to waste time looking at him.

'Why does he keep talking to me? Can't he see I loathe him?' Kagome felt him staring at her and figured enough was enough. She slammed her hand on her desk and snapped to him. "Why are you staring at me?"

Inuyasha just smiled arrogantly at her. "I didn't take you for the concieted type."

"I'm not like you. I don't need attention to survive."

"What makes you think I need attention?"

"Well you still won't shut the hell up, even though I'm making it quite obvious that I want nothing to do with you." Inuyasha just kept smiling at her despite himself. He couldn't stand to look at her face, but he figured she hated him looking at her more than anything else, so it was worth it. Kagome then began to gather her things.

"Where are you going?" Inuyasha now looked out the window, still sporting the same smile.

"Home." She put the last of the files away in her desk and picked up her tote bag, as well as the left overs from lunch. She heard Inuyasha chuckling, but paid no mind to him. "You're weird." She said curtly and left him alone in the office.

"Yeah, but you're screwed." His gaze remained on the activities outside. A tow truck had come and began to hook a black coupe on the ramp. A heavy set youkai pushed the car onto the ramp with two fingers and whistled a tune that Inuyasha didn't recognize. The youkai went back into his truck and carefully pulled the black car out of the space and began to pick up speed. 'Three, two, one...' Inuyasha thought to himself and right on cue a very confused Kagome appeared outside. She looked at the spot and then fixed her gaze on the tow-truck that was making it's way out of the parking lot. She sprinted towards the truck and managed to catch up with the driver. Inuyasha was impressed at her speed, but he was more impressed with himself. He had made that call to Big Al's Towing as soon as she had left to Sango's office. He was happy she hated him to much to ask questions about his suspicious behavior and waited patiently for Al to show up. He saw Kagome pleading to the driver, though he couldn't hear her very well...her voice sounded strange. Was she crying? 'Oh this is perfect!' Kagome dug her hands into her hair and Al just looked at her. If Inuyasha could guess, he was saying something along the lines of 'I'm sorry toots, but rules is rules.' Then Al began to get in his truck, ignoring a now angry Kagome who was pulling him. He managed to get in his truck and she just stood there watching her precious baby get towed away by that oily freak. Inuyasha was enjoying this a lot more than he had thought. "Serves you right, bitch."

Kagome wiped her eyes and thought of what just happened. Then it dawned on her. All those questions about her car, he couldn't have...could he? She frantically looked at the building, trying to find the office window. She covered her eyes to shield it from the sun and glanced all the way to the top. She couldn't see a thing. Still she started trying to make out any kind of shadow. 'If you had anything to do with this...' Kagome gave up and shoved down the tears that wanted to come out again. She wouldn't cry again. She wouldn't give Inuyasha or her Gramps the satisfaction. She was a soldier and she could handle anything. But even this was a little extreme. She turned around one more time to see if she could find anyone looking down at her, but instead she came face to face with a certain hanyou.

"You..." she said venemously.

Inuyasha smiled and cocked his head to side. "Need a ride?"




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A/N: I'm not sure if this really qualifies as a cliff hanger or not, but oh well! :3 Once again thanks for the reviews =]

Ciao amores!
-Guayaba