InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Intern ❯ Chapter Two ( Chapter 2 )

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The Intern


Chapter Two


Author’s Note:  I am actually quite surprised at how many alerts I received on the first chapter. I also appreciate the favorites as well, oh and those who were nice enough to let me know they enjoyed the first chapter.


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Disclaimer: It is really quite simple. I don’t own Inuyasha, and I am pretty sure that if I said anything different they would just laugh at me anyway.


Kagome let her finger tips skim over the smooth keys as she quickly typed up each of the business proposals that Mr. Takahashi had placed upon her desk at the beginning of the day. She had already typed them up, and added the comments made by Sesshomaru. She bit down on her lower lip and leaned in, letting her eyes skim over each line carefully. She clicked on the tab that labeled ‘file’, and pressed ‘print’. The hard copy was in her hands, and she felt quite confident.


She took each business proposal and stapled them together and decided it was time to check in with her boss. He had specifically told her that he wished her to speak with him when she had completed her task.


Kagome cleared her throat and tucked a few loose strands of her hair behind her ear. She stood up carefully and straightened her skirt before making her way to the double doors just feet from her desk. She knocked and popped her head in to the dim room. Sesshomaru was on his cell phone, speaking softly to whoever was on the opposite end of the call. Those amazingly gold eyes shifted in her direction. Kagome smiled softly and held up the documents she had completed only to be rewarded with the back of his chair.


Kagome’s smile quickly disappeared from her face as her hand slowly dropped to her side. She frowned deeply at his reaction to her presence and decided to wait for him to get done with the call. She tapped her foot anxiously and tried her hardest not to listen to the phone conversation. After about seven minutes of waiting by the door she heard a soft beep. Her attention was directed back to Mr. Takahashi who had placed his cellphone back upon his desk and was now watching Kagome intensely.


“I’m sorry Mr. Takahashi, I was just waiting so you could check these for me before I sent them.” She said softly making her way toward the desk with her arm extended.


Sesshomaru shifted his eyes to the papers the young woman was holding in her hand and then reached for one of the many red pens in one of the three pencil holders. Kagome’s eyes shifted to the pencil holders taking notice that he had color coded them. One was for black, one for blue, and of course one for red. He was an odd sort of man. She quickly shifted her wandering eyes back to Mr. Takahashi and let him take the printed documents from her. His eyes skimmed over each page.


Kagome bit her lower lip nervously as she twiddled her fingers. She took a nervous step forward as she saw him begin to tarnish her hard work by circling certain words or letters as he read. Kagome’s lips parted slightly as her dark eyes shifted from the paper to the intense face of her boss. Every now and again he would pause to let a small chuckle escape his lips. It was brief, but it was enough to drive her crazy.


As he was done skimming over each one of the documents, which were completely ruined by the vibrant red ink, he lifted his eyes and handed her back the documents. He stared at her blankly a moment, which he could see the look of shock written all over her face. He raised a brow and let his eyes narrow slightly. There was something about the way she reacted to his comments and actions that completely captivated him. He waited for it…and then it came.


“What…I… you didn’t have to completely destroy my work. I worked hard on this.” She stammered out the words as her finger tips clenched the white paper, causing it to crinkled the pages as her anger and distress grew, “And why did you have to do it in red ink?” she glanced up at him wide eyed and completely distraught.


“Not hard enough apparently,” Sesshomaru said as he leaned back in his leather chair, “These are documents for my company, Higurashi. Not a silly work sheet you complete in high school. This has to be perfect. As for the color, red is seen clearer on a white page. It is better than using blue or black. I use red for corrections. I am sure you will get used to it. Now if you will excuse me?” he opened up his Mac laptop and began to read through his e-mails.


Kagome’s mouth dropped open shifting her eyes back to the sheets, “I will fix them for you. I will be back soon, so you better be ready.” She said in a determined tone, and then exited the room quickly.


Sesshomaru watched the door close softly, and couldn’t help but feel the corner of his mouth quirk up in a tiny grin.


Kagome growled and threw the documents on top of her desk. She slumped into her chair and used her heels to roll the office chair closer to the desk. She cracked her knuckles and pulled up each individual saved copy of the document on her computer and thankfully was able to fix each small error that she had made in the process of completing them the first time. She didn’t realize she made so many mistakes before. It could be because she was so nervous. She wanted so desperately to make this job worthwhile, and be rewarded with the chance of having Mr. Takahashi as a reliable contact. She also wanted her boss to enjoy having her around, and hopefully he could in time learn to trust her with his work.


Kagome quickly shredded those god forsaken red ink drenched mishaps, and printed fresh copies, stapling them beautifully before rising and making her way back to his office. But before she could make it that snarky old woman that she had met the day of her interview cleared her throat and was watching her intently with her arms casually crossed over her chest.


What now?


Kagome took in a sharp breath and paused just outside of Mr. Takahashi’s door. She shifted her dark eyes toward the woman and decided it would be best to make a good impression not only with her boss, but with the other’s as well.


“You cannot just simply walk into his office. Do you walk into your neighbors’ homes without knocking?” she asked in a snippy tone as she slowly made her way toward Kagome.


“Well, no I do not but…” she was immediately cut off.


“Well then, why not find those manners of yours and knock. I am sure Mr. Takahashi isn’t pleased with you barging into his room without alerting him first.” The woman said holding her head high.


Kagome watched her carefully and nodded, “Yes, of course. I am sorry. I am still learning.” She flashed a fake smile and turned her body toward the door, knocking twice just as the woman had done the other day.


The older woman shot her a snotty grin before walking back to her small office. She sat in her chair and watched the girl carefully through her open door.


Kagome gripped the door handle and waltzed into the office and slowly made her way toward the desk. She saw him lift his head up from his work and stared at her blankly.


“They are finished. I have corrected everything that you pen marked as incorrect. I hope this pleases you because if not, well I guess I will do it again.” Kagome stated quickly as she dropped the documents carelessly upon his desk and watched an odd expression flash for a brief moment across his features.


“Yes, I see you have quickly finished it. I am glad that you aren’t a complete failure.” He let out a small sigh as he picked up the documents, along with that terrible red pen and began to scan over the papers. Moments later he slid them closer to the girl in front of his desk and nodded, “They are adequate.” He said softly, folding his hands upon the desk top, shooting an eyebrow up.


“Adequate? Well, what can I do to make them better?” she blinked and placed her hands upon his desk.


Sesshomaru frowned and waved her away, “Yes, Adequate. They are satisfactory. Please put them in their own personal envelopes. As you already know their addressed are within the documents themselves. Be sure they are sent out today before you leave. I have a few others for you as well.” Sesshomaru shifted his eyes to the drawer, pulling it open and gripping a few more documents in his hand. He shoved them to her, causing her to fumble for them in the process.


Kagome nodded and gripped each stack in a different hand, “Thank you and I will see it done sir.” She offered him a sweet smile.


He watched her curiously, but his attention was drawn to the door of his office as it was carelessly thrown open. A women in a beautiful designer dress waltzed in. She had bright red high heels and the jewelry she was wearing must have cost a fortune. She was talking loudly on her cell phone, which was pressed tightly to her ear.


“Alright Walter, I will give you a call later. I am in my husband’s office.” She chuckled and then hung up on the man, “Well, nice to see you are hard at work.” The woman’s voice was dripping with sarcasm as she dropped the cellphone in her Prada bag.


“Kagura, what do I owe this pleasure?” he asked tapping his red pen upon his desk and quickly shot her a look of annoyance.


“Oh you know, just wanted to drop in and say hello. You know I can’t live without you.” She batted her eyelashes before dramatically rolling her eyes and looking around his plain office.


“Oh you don’t say?  If that is the case, than I wonder why you have yet to drop dead?” he said plainly letting his clawing fingers drop the pen upon his desk. His jaw tightly clenched hearing her ridiculous laughter fill the room.


“Oh, you wish Sesshomaru.” She shifted the strap of her purse on her shoulder, quickly turning her attention to the girl who stood next to her soon to be ex-husbands desk, “Who is this creature? Don’t tell me she is your human mistress…” Kagura chuckled standing before the girl, inspecting her carefully.


Kagome’s mouth dropped open and a blush formed upon her cheeks.


“Kagura, you may leave the papers on my desk and get the hell out.” He said with a sneer.


“She is terribly plain, and her choice of style is hideous. I mean look at those things upon her feet.” She chuckled, rudely taking a couple strands of her ponytail between her fingertips, allowing her red painted fingernails to slide through the silky locks of hair. Kagome felt a chill run down her spine as she lifted her brown eyes to meet a pair of blazing red orbs staring down upon her.


“Where are the papers?” Sesshomaru asked standing up slowly and making his way around the desk and leaned up against it.


“Of course I brought the papers. I wouldn’t have come unless it had a point.” She shifted her eyes to the light haired man, letting her ruby red eyes scan the length of his lean build.


She quickly reached into her bag and pulled out a folder, which most likely held the files they were speaking about. Kagome watched her movements carefully, still shocked to be standing in the room with this horrid woman present. The intern side stepped the woman and decided to leave the room to offer them some privacy.


“Do not leave. Sit down. I am not done yet.” Sesshomaru snapped and pointed to the chair in front of his desk.  


Kagome paused in mid step and pursed her lips tightly, letting a dramatic exhale of breath escape her nostrils. She slowly turned with the papers clutched to her chest and slowly lowered her body to the chair. She tried her hardest not to look over at this ‘Kagura’ even though she could feel her cold eyes upon her form.


Sesshomaru watched his secretary sit immediately and then shifted his golden eyes back to the woman he despised at this very moment. He lifted a clawed hand and raised a brow, “I will look over them, and my lawyer will be in touch with yours as soon as possible.” He said in a monotone.


Kagura chuckled softly, flashing her brilliantly white teeth. She took a few steps toward him, letting her hips sway seductively. Her red eyes caressed over his long lean body as she snaked a well-manicured hand up his dress shirt and clutched his tie. She yanked it hard, minimizing the space between them to the point that their noses were almost touching.


“It’s too bad that the only place we seemed to get along our entire marriage was the bedroom.” She whispered seductively, allowing her pink tongue to escape her lips and caress over his lower lip.


Kagome watched the couple a moment, growing curious when she saw the woman move closer to her…husband? Her eyes grew wide as she witness the scandalous display. She felt a blush form over her soft cheeks and she quickly looked away.


Sesshomaru growled before lifting his hand to grip Kagura’s upper arm tightly and roughly shoving her away, “Keep your hands off me.”


The woman bared her teeth in return and yanked her arm from his grasp, frowning to see small droplets of blood, which were caused by the sharp tips of his claws, “Be sure to hurry with those papers. I can’t wait for the day when I am free of you.” She sneered, turning on her heel and rushing to the exit.


Sesshomaru’s nostrils flared slightly, and just as quickly as his anger came it was gone. His face was once again calm and collective.


Kagome finally lifted her gaze when she heard the door slam shut.


“Um, Mr. Takahashi may I lea…” she bite her lower lip seeing him shift in one quick movement, too fast for her human eyes, he was standing before her and had his claws upon her upper arm and yanked her from her seat.


“Yes, leave…now.” He spoke harshly.


Kagome gasped softly and winced in pain as she felt her body being forced toward the exit. She barely had time to react, which caused her legs to stumble in every other direction except for toward the door. Finally, she felt one hard shove and she catch her footing and gripped the door handle without wasting another second to think about what could have happened. This woman obviously brought out his anger, and she could understand why. She rushed to her desk and sat, shifted her glistening brown eyes toward the door of his office.


Sesshomaru yanked open the door and pointed to the exit, “You may leave for the day. I shall see you in the morning.” He spat. “You can send those blasted papers out tomorrow, just leave.”


“But it is only twelve, sir. I still have till five at least.” She shifted her eyes to her wrist watch.


“I am sorry are you the boss? The last time I checked I owned Takahashi Corp, Higurashi…” his eyes had a tint of red mingling with that shimmering gold.


“Yes Sir.” She said grabbing her things and trying her hardest to keep down her tears of disappointment and confusion. Kagome threw her bag over her shoulder roughly and took off down the hall toward the elevator, biting back the angry tears.


Sesshomaru watched her small frame disappear from sight. He softly cursed under his breath before turning and walking back into his office. After he was no longer in sight the entire facility count casually made their way out of their office, curiously looking about.


The whole train ride she sat wondering what made him act that way toward her. Of course there were a lot of things she didn’t quite understand about this Sesshomaru Takahashi. He was a complete and utter control freak, which she understood because he was the owner of that particular company, but the color coding and the extreme tidiness really made her quirk an eyebrow.


He never had anything nice to say, and he was painfully plain personality. Sure, he was extremely good looking, and she wouldn’t mind seeing what he had to offer beneath those dress pants… Kagome let out a growl of annoyance completely intercepting that extremely inappropriate thought that once again seemed to haunt her thoughts. He was he boss for god sakes.


Kagome reached into her pocket as she heard the soft chimes of her ringtone. She lifted the screen up to eye level and sighed softly seeing it was a text message from Sango.


Sango: Oi, how is that extremely sexy boss of yours? When do u get off?


Kagome rolled her eyes and quickly used both thumbs to text her obnoxious friend back.


You: Fine, and stop asking me about my boss. Key word BOSS. Im off.


Just moments after she sent her that text, Sango’s number brightly flashed across the screen of her phone.


“Hey…” Kagome said softly, shifting her eyes around hoping she wasn’t going to annoy any of the passengers who were trying to sleep.


“You’re off already? Don’t tell me that asshole fired you!” Sango said rather loudly into her ear.


Kagome clicked the side button, turning down the volume, “No, thank goodness. I thought so at first. He was angry today. I guess he is getting divorced?” Kagome said softly, making a funny face and tilted her head to the side.


“Oh yea, I thought I heard that on the news. I heard it is sort of wicked. I think she is trying to take half of his business even though they signed a prenuptial agreement, which the reason why they are getting divorced is because he caught her cheating, so technically that is no longer valid. Scandalous!” Sango said in a sing song tone, chuckling at the end.  


Kagome smiled softly and leaned back in the chair and looked outside the window, “Yes definitely. She is very pretty. I met her today because she decided to barge into his office when we were reviewing documents. Though I have to say her personality definitely doesn’t match those looks.” She said softly into the speaker.


“Shut up, really? Don’t tell me…fake boobs, ridiculous bleach blonde hair, and a cake face?” she asked.


Kagome chuckled and glanced over seeing an older gentleman glaring at her, “Listen I am taking the train back now. I will call you when I get home. How about dinner? We should get some pasta. Nothing better than some unhealthy carbohydrates.” She smiled closing her eyes, willing her over stressed body to relax just a smidge.


“Sounds good, keep a smile on your face, chick. I will talk to you soon.” Sango said right before Kagome clicked the phone tightly shut and placed it back in her bag.


The plates of lasagna came from the kitchen’s steaming hot, with delicious garlic bread and a side salad.  The waitress was exceptionally sweet, which was refreshing for Kagome after a day of pure hell with that man she called her boss.


“So, dig in and tell me about this woman. So, she wasn’t a Barbie doll then?” Sango asked cutting into the thick piece of pasta.


“No, unfortunately she wasn’t a Barbie doll. I think that wouldn’t be much of his style if you ask me. She seemed very needy, and very materialistic. I can see why it didn’t work out. Plus he isn’t the emotional type and doesn’t seem to give a shit about anything unless it has to do with him. He seems to get off on making people feel like crap.” Kagome made a funny face and took a bite of her salad.


“That isn’t cool. Well, I know you and you’re a complete kiss ass, so I don’t know why he hasn’t fallin’ in love.” Sango snorted softly, trying to swallow without choking.


“I am…not a kiss ass…” she paused and stabbed her lasagna, “Well, I wouldn’t call it that, but I would say I am a people pleaser. Your wording was just…rude.” She stuck her tongue out.


“Oh Kagome, I was only teasing. Yes you are a people pleaser. You always were, along with the teacher’s pet.” She pointed her fork at her frowning friend.


“Whatever, I just hope I don’t get called into his office tomorrow to be let go just because I happen to witness his misshape with the soon to be ex. I don’t care. It isn’t like I am going to run to the press.” Kagome huffed.


“Well, like you said he is kind of too himself, yea? Maybe he was embarrassed?” Sango suggested.


“I honestly don’t care anymore.” Kagome whispered, feeling that anxiety build within her once again about the possibility of being let go.


“Yes you do, everything is going to be fine.” She said softly.


“Hold on my phone…” Kagome growled. Her eyes widened slightly as she noticed the particular number that popped up on the screen.


“Mr. Takahashi?” she asked softly as she answered.


“I expect you in my office at 8 am tomorrow with my coffee, Higurashi.” The deep voice said in reply, without a hello or anything before it.


“Of course I will, thank you for kindly asking me to bring it in for you.” She spoke sarcastically.


“Don’t be late girl, or you will regret it immensely.” That extremely deep voice caused small shivers to travel down the length of her body.


“Yes, don’t worry I will be on time…good-bye” she whispered in response only to be hung up on without a friendly ‘good-bye’.


“I told you.” Sango grinned playfully.


Kagome slipped her phone into her pocket and rolled her eyes, “It doesn’t change the fact that he is a completely jerk.” Kagome said placing another piece of her dinner between her lips.


“Never argued against it,” Sango chuckled.


This chapter wasn’t nearly as long as the other one, but there will be more to come.


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