Coffee stain by Sophie
Prologue
This chapter was checked and eited thank to my beta reader: coolwolf22
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Disclaimer: Of course I don’t own Inuyasha..... sadly.
This story is AU and characters are sometimes OOC. Anyway, enjoy!
Prouloge
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It was a nice day. The air was warm although it was only March. A young man sat on a bench in the park nearby his office. It was only an hour after Noon and he already had a headache. He sipped his coffee very slowly; this park was the only escape from his employees. While they had been on his nerves as of late, today they had completely crossed the thin line of his patience.
‘Like this Sesshoumaru need do what they want. They should be happy I don’t simply fire them. Yet…’
Sesshoumaru smiled darkly, ‘Oh yes, showing them their place would be really nice…’
Sighing heavily, he looked down at his watch. It was time to head back; his company couldn’t run itself. However, his plan was forgot when a childish voice screamed at him and in the next second he was hit by a ball.
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Shippo’s eyes widened as he watched the ball fly. He hadn’t noticed the man before and now their ball was heading straight for him!
“LOOK OUT!” Shippo yelled, trying to prevent an accident. It was already too late.
He took off towards the man, followed immediately by his elder brother, Souta. They stilled in front of the angry businessman. His once pristine white shirt now ruined with a coffee stain. The boys gulped as the man’s eyes landed on them. This was going to be bad…
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Sesshoumaru Taisho just couldn’t believe his luck. How could fate be so cruel? Wasn’t it enough that his head hurt like hell? Did he really need to lose his favorite shirt as well?
Slowly Sesshoumaru narrowed his golden eyes at the two boys standing before him.
Shippo began to stutter, “S-Sir I'm really sorry. I-It was an accident...”
“I suppose it never crossed your little minds to play a little farther down from here?” Sesshoumaru asked coldly, sending chills down both boys’ spines.
“Um, sir, we are really sorry, we didn’t think-“ Souta tried to say.
Before he could finish, Sesshoumaru interrupted him, saying sarcastically, “For that I’m sure.”
“Um,” Shippo decided to try his luck again, ”can we get our ball back please? We are really sorry…and…”
“No.”
Sesshoumaru wasn’t in the mood to play the role of the good man. He took the ball in his hands and examined it silently. Then he began to squeeze the toy, which cracked under the pressure. Both boys looked up at him with tears in their eyes.
“You destroyed my favorite shirt, I ruined your ball, we are even. Now go away.”
Seeing Sesshoumaru’s death glare, the boys ran away as fast as they could.
Looking down at the brown stain, Sesshoumaru sighed. Now he would have to change, this day just couldn’t get any worse.
“Hey you!!”
Sesshoumaru closed his eyes for a second in exasperation as he heard a feminine voice shout at him.
‘Well,’ he thought, ‘at least it’s not another fangirl; they never shout with anger.’
Slowly he turned and found himself face-to-face with a young raven-haired woman who possessed the most beautiful blue eyes he had ever seen.
‘Hnn…quite pretty, pity she looks so angry..’
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For a second Kagome almost forgot how to speak. She was standing before a god-like man with long silver hair and golden eyes. He was almost two feet taller than she and he was just perfect.
Her momentary shock dissipated as she heard Souta whisper, “Sis, please! He’ll kill you with his eyes!”
Kagome shook her head and politely asked, “Sir, can you please tell me why you destroyed my brothers’ toy?”
Sesshoumaru almost chuckled, ‘Ah, so that’s what is making her so angry.’
“If you look at my shirt you will understand my reasons.”
Blue eyes drifted over his chest, “Yes, I can see that stain, however it doesn’t explain anything. If you would have just given them back their ball, I would pay for your shirt.”
Sesshoumaru snorted.
“Great idea, give them back their thing and let them attack someone else. Really brilliant.”
“Hey! It was an accident! They would never do this on purpose!” Kagome’s voice began to vibrate dangerously.
“Oh I see,” Sesshoumaru said, “however, apologies won’t clean my shirt.”
“For kami sake! Can’t you hear anything I’m saying?! I told you I would pay for this!”
Sesshoumaru raised his eyebrow.
“Girl, this shirt cost more than you have in your account.”
At this Kagome had heard enough and burst out angrily, “Listen buddy, I don’t care who you thik you are, but you have no right to insult me like this! If you hadn’t been such an ass I would have paid for your damnable shirt however now you can forget about it! Bastard!”
She turned to the two boys who had been hiding behind her all this time, “Come on. I’m finished here.”
As Sesshoumaru watched them disappear from his sight he slowly returned to his senses. Incredible, never in his life had any woman shouted at him like this, let alone called him an ass! Pitty she was already gone, it would have been fun to show her what a mistake it was to call him, Sesshoumaru Taisho, the richest man in Japan, an ass.
Shrugging he turned and headed back to his office building.
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As Kagome pushed open the door to her work she heard the boy behind the counter call out a greeting.
“Kagome! My woman!!”
Sighing at her friend, Kagome shook her head.
“Kouga, please stop calling me that, I’m not your woman.”
Kouga just grinned wider, “Sure you are Kagome! You just don’t realize it yet.”
Giving up for the moment, Kagome asked instead where Jakotsu, the third person on their shift, was. Spotting him, Kagome smiled and they shared a wave.
“Okay, just give me two minutes and I’ll be back to help you.”
Kouga sighed with relief, “Good! I hate taking orders!”
Kagome giggled as she walked around the counter to grab a vest. She’d worked at the coffee shop for almost two years. At first she had shared a shift with her best friend Sango and Sango’s boyfriend, Miroku. After a couple months though, she had traded shifts with Kagura since she’d been unable to stop fighting with Jakotsu.
Kagome enjoyed working at the coffee shop. In addition to being the only place that agreed to cooperate with her school schedule, it was a fun job.
Kagome was still grinning as she took her place.
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It was five p.m. and once again Sesshoumaru was finding himself in need of some strong coffee. As he stared at the busy streets of Tokyo from his limo, a coffee shop caught his eye.
“Jaken, stop. I need to buy something.”
The old man stopped as he was told and Sesshoumaru entered the shop.
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As Kagome was writing down her last order, another customer came to stand before her. She quickly finished her note and turned her attention to him.
“Welcome to the coffee shop! How can I-“ Her throat forgot how to work for a second as she found herself looking into a pair of golden eyes, “Oh shit!”
Sesshoumaru smirked. Maybe fate wasn’t so cruel after all.
“Well, well, well, hello to you too…” he looked down at her badge,”…Kagome.”
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AN: End for now, I hope you like it. If so please leave reviews, but don’t forget it’s my first story! Anyway I will add next chapter as fast as I could.