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Disclaimer: I do hereby
acknowledge to all that stuff you have heard before and that you don�t need to
hear again since we all know it by heart. Takahashi-sama is the only one who
can do that.
This is an AU fic based off the
plot of an old romance novel of my mom�s.
Cyancat ^_^
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The Captive Bride

Chapter Two -A Meeting that
Wasn�t Fate

�It�s going to be
a great day today.� Koga Kato sighed as he stared out the window of the sleek black
sporty car he was riding in. �I wish I was spending it out running though.�
�Rather than spend
a day with me and the spinster that Tosai keeps raving about?� Sesshomaru
Sadamoto said as he glanced away from traffic to peer at the man beside him.
Koga shook his
head, his long hair waving like a black sea. �Sess, I�m surprised about you. Of
all the people I know, you can figure out a person instantly, yet you
immediately think this woman is the worst kind of person. I have no doubt about
her. All the balance sheets and statements I saw looked like they were done by
a professional, not some two-bit floozy.�
Sess turned his
head back to traffic and stared at the car ahead of them.
�No, its not that,
is it Sess?� Koga realized with a look
to Sesshomaru�s serious face. �You�re still harboring over your father�s will
aren�t you? That�s it isn�t it?!�

�Like it was
anything else?� Sesshomaru retorted with a snort. �I don�t even understand the
old dead bastard! Why do I have to get married?! Why just me?! I�m not the only
one in the family. There�s Inuyasha, too. Yet, no! He doesn�t have to do jack
squat! Just sit at home on his hanyo butt! I�ve been running this company since
my old man retired years ago, and now that he�s dead, I have to get married
just to own it?! Do you know how brainless that sounds? I earned that right years
ago, damn it!� Sesshomaru slammed his fist upon the steering wheel causing Koga
to get the message that he didn�t want to talk anymore about the subject.
Koga stared
silently at traffic for a moment before deciding to change the subject. �So...
what do you think about Sagawa Affiliates? Do you think Tosai�s designs are
worth overtaking the company for? I mean, they�re just designs at most.�
Sesshomaru glanced
at Koga with a questioning look before turning back to the road. �But they�re
good designs, Koga. You may not have handled many swords in your life, but I
have. I know good craftsmanship. Those swords of his are strong and powerful in
the right hands. Plus, the company�s been inactive for two years and there�s
been no growth since Tosai�s brother died. With those designs of his, the
company should have taken off. Tosai doesn�t know what he has in that company.�
�Had,� Koga
corrected. �You own those designs now. And you didn�t even let the old man know
how much they were worth.�
�So? We both got
what we wanted.� Sesshomaru shrugged. �It doesn�t matter how much they were
worth. For the time being, Sagawa will serve to just handle our overflow.�
�Remember, you
promised Tosai that you�d keep the employees there as part of the contract.�
Koga prompted him.
�I�ll keep who I
see fit. The others will probably find the working conditions not to their
liking and voluntarily quit.� Sesshomaru�s amused glance was full of scheming.

�That�s cruel.�
Koga reacted with a laugh. �As long as I�ve known you, you�ve always had a way
about you that said �evil with a smile.� Did you ever think that we�d be doing
this sort of stuff when we were older? I never thought it for a second. I
believed it would be running around, chasing out demons, and ordering around my
subordinates. Now my only subordinates work with calculators and computers.�
�Don�t sound do
sad about it.� Sesshomaru stated as he pulled the car into the Sagawa
Affiliates parking lot. �Just the other day, you were raving at how marvelous
the new computer system was. Sure, times have changed, but that�s all. We just
can�t run around like animals anymore. Life has changed for all of us and we
have to adapt, even if we don�t like it.�
�This is true, my
friend. � Koga stated. �And I don�t mind working for you, but... I�d sure as
hell hate to be these people doing business with you. This kind of work really
brings out the demon in you. I mean, I think you actually like taking out these
tiny companies and smothering out the competition.�
�You make me sound
like a villain.� Sesshomaru�s mouth smirked. �Even if we are both demon, this
job is still hard on our nerves. You know as well as I do what this kind of
feral work can do to us. It�s just like killing, only we don�t get the blood on
our hands anymore.�
�Yeah, well it�s
still just as messy to deal with.� Koga remarked and got out of the parked car.
Sesshomaru scoffed
at the wolf demon that he�d been friends with for nearly over two centuries and
got out of the car as well.

They�d known each other since they were young and
had grown up together through the years. Their families had worked together for
many centuries to keep the demons of the area in check. Along the way, Taisho
started a business to make sure that life would be easy for his family. When the time was right, Sesshomaru started
work in his father�s business and so did Koga. The friendship they possessed
wasn�t seen by many, but when in private the two could drop all formalities and
be themselves. As time went on, Koga became the best financial manager that Taisho�s
company had ever seen and Sesshomaru eventually went from vice-president to
president when his father suddenly died due to a strange demon disease that no
one could figure out.
As Sesshomaru
stepped out of his car, a green transit bus pulled away from the street corner.
His attention immediately went to the slim black haired woman who had obviously
just gotten off the bus. She was hurriedly walking towards the main entrance
and by the time he and Koga had gotten half way to the front doors, the girl
was ahead of them.
A whipping wind
was plastering her yellow silk skirt to the back of her legs, suggestively
outlining the slender curve of her hips. Sesshomaru wouldn�t have been honest
if he didn�t admit to liking what he saw. He grinned as he let his eyes wander
over the graceful curves of her legs and hips as she bent down to pick up a set
of keys she had dropped.
As she
straightened, the silk shawl that had been wrapped around her shoulders slipped
away with the wind and fell to the ground just in front of Sesshomaru�s feet.
He nonchalantly reached down to grab it before the wind could take it further.
When she turned around, he felt his entire body stir at the sight of her. Hazel
eyes were beautifully framed in her oval face and her cascading black hair
reminded him of darkest night. Her pale pink lips parted slightly in gratitude
towards him but that was all. As she took the shawl from his outstretched hand,
Sesshomaru let it pull slowly through his fingers, somehow knowing that it was
just as smooth as her skin would be underneath those clothes.
�Thank you.� she
said quietly before rushing off inside the building.

Sesshomaru watched
the woman walk hurriedly away inside the building, his mind repeating every
curve and shape of her firm body. Even that enchanting voice was a melodious
tune.
Koga exhaled a
long breath beside him. �I thought I�d never see the day. There is actually one
in this world.�
Sesshomaru snapped
out of the trance he was in and replaced his serious face, turning to Koga.
�There is one what in this world?�
�A human that
could stop you in your tracks. I don�t know if your eyes have popped back in
their sockets yet.�
�You�re seeing
things.� Sesshomaru scoffed and started walking toward the building. �I don�t
get involved with humans.�
�I think you just
met the exception, Sess.� Koga kidded as he caught up with the dog demon. �Even
I would be worked up over a girl like that, but then again, I already have a
mate at home. I just need to go home to Ayame and be reminded of what I have.�
Sesshomaru opened
the front door and let Koga walk in before him. �Yeah and every time you come
back from home, you complain about the mood swings she gets from being
pregnant. I don�t think that having a mate is such a great thing. There are
other things in life than women.�
Koga turned back
to Sesshomaru, mouth agape at his words and pointed outside. �Then what do you
call that thing two minutes ago? If she had said fetch, you would�ve gotten her
a stick!�
Sesshomaru stared
at Koga, who leaned against the front desk with a smirk on his lips.
�Just forget it
Koga.� He huffed and started walking toward a pair of glass doors of the sales
department. �Let�s just get this over with. I don�t want to spend all day
talking about her. We do have business to deal with, remember?�

�Yeah, yeah, I
know.� Koga sighed, unhappy that his game wasn�t working and quickly loped
after the tall form heading through the doors.
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In her office, Rin
found herself staring into space and tightly clutching the silk folds of her
white and yellow shawl. She dropped it down on her desk and smoothed out the
creases she had made on it. Wrapping it back around her neck, the musky smell
of men�s cologne floated around her, obviously from the man she had met
earlier. It was a spicy scent she didn�t recognize and was intrigued by the
tingling that it sent through her body.
Closing her eyes,
Rin shook her head to clear it of the memory of those amber eyes, boring their
way deep inside. It didn�t do any good. She could still see that tall,
broad-shouldered man in the deep black purple suit who had returned her shawl.
His features had been hardly rugged but were still alluring to any woman. With
his pale but perfect skin, his amber eyes were dazzling alive with spirit and
strength. The morning sunlight had shone off his waist length silver white hair
to give it an iridescent sheen. His mouth had been thin and firm and the nails
on his long thin hand seemed to curve like claws.
Everything about
him, from the expensively tailored suit that fit his form to a T, to the casual
way he wore his long hair, reminded Rin of the chiseled and honed details of a
diamond. Although he showed the unmistakable stamp of refinement, it didn�t
change the underlying hardness of the stone.

Her mind turned to
a different subject, as in why was he here? What had he wanted? The question
had her sitting up straight in her chair. He�d been here for more than business
obviously by his looks, but what for? Maybe he�d ordered some equipment or
weaponry for a store or was planning to. What did it matter? Rin shook herself
out of the trance-like state that the stranger had put her in. There was a
great deal of work that needed attention and she didn�t need to spend her day
dreaming about some stranger she�d never see again.
An hour later, she
was heading down to see the billing clerk because of an error she found on an
invoice. There was a static current of excitement in the air as she walked down
the hall past the rows of office staff. Something was up and everyone was
gossiping about it.
�Kaede.� She
began, addressing the plump woman who was the head of billing in the company.
The plump woman, whom had been talking avidly with the woman at the desk next
to her, turned suddenly, surprised at Rin�s presence.
�Oh my!� She said,
placing a hand over her heart. �You startled me Rin. We were just talking about
our visitors. Have you heard?�
�Visitors? Who is
it this time?�
�Two executives
from Taisho are here, getting a tour of the place! Isn�t it exciting? And
Yumiko here says that she was talking to Kari down in the service department,
where they had just showed up with Mr. Hashi . Apparently they�re real hunks
too! Did you know about them?� Kaede responded to the question more than
whole-heartedly.
Rin felt an icy
trail shoot down her spine at the mention of the Taisho executives. �No, I
didn�t know about them.� She paused recollecting her thoughts. �Anyway, you
need to fix this bill, you charged the customer too much. You�ll have to send
them a corrected invoice and adjust the total.�

Rin placed the
invoice on the desk, but the plump woman hardly noticed, just nodded her head
and started to avidly talk again to Yumiko beside her. Rin sighed
half-heartedly and walked back to her office, sure that Kaede would do her job
once everything had settled down.
Hours later, Rin
was jolted from her work by a knock at her door. Looking at the clock she
realized that the morning had gone by quickly and it was past twelve.
�Come in.� she
called and Kaede opened the door enough to stick her head in.
�Yumiko and Hana
are going to watch things here while we go out for lunch. Would you like to
come with?�
Rin sighed,
thinking about the invitation. Her stomach groaned, declaring the need for
food. �No, I can�t go. There�s just too much to do, but could you bring me back
something from the vending machine downstairs. I�d really appreciate it.�
�Sure thing Rin.�
Kaede said with a smile and took the money that Rin held out to her, closing
the door behind her. Within minutes she was back again to offer Rin a cup of
strawberry yogurt and a plastic spoon. With another smile, Kaede was gone and
Rin was alone once more in her office. As the yogurt slid down her throat, Rin
pondered more about what Kaede had informed her earlier. Two executives from
Taisho were here and most likely touring the building. They had to of been the
same men she had met this morning. Another vision of the tall stranger that had
retrieved her shawl flashed in her mind and a tingle flew down her back. God,
what a man he had been. She didn�t even spend one whole minute with him and
yet, she had felt more alive during those few seconds next to him than she ever
had in her entire life.

Her door swung
open without the warning of a knock and a puzzled Mr. Hashi stepped in. �Where
is everyone, Miss Nagawa?�
�Out to lunch.�
She replied nonchalantly and lifted the yogurt loaded spoon to her mouth. She
looked up and froze, spoon stopping halfway to her mouth. Her gaze was locked
on a pair of amber eyes belonging to the tall, broad-shouldered man framed in
her open doorway. A glint of surprise and revel shone in his eyes as he made
contact with Rin, a smug smile on his lips as well. Rin exhaled the breath that
she found herself holding as she slowly lowered the spoon back down to the cup.
She didn�t need to act like she was surprised to see him nor act like she
didn�t have any manners.
Mr. Hashi looked
at his watch. �I guess I didn�t know what time it was. You probably want to go
out for lunch right?� He frowned at the man behind him solemnly. �I guess we
could come back later.�
�Actually Mr.
Hashi, Miss Nagawa has the right idea.�
The tall stranger entered the room, passing by Mr. Hashi and was followed
behind by his companion. �We could have lunch in here with her and still be
able to talk business. That�s alright with you, right, Miss Nagawa?� He said,
though his stoic face showed hardly any change of expression save for his
animated eyes.
�Sure, whatever
suits you is fine with me.� Rin stated, her throat nearly choking on the words.

�Good. Tosai, why
don�t you have some sandwiches and coffee brought in?� He said with a wave of
his hand towards the old man who promptly left leaving the two strangers in
Rin�s company. Placing a hand upon the
only available chair in the room, his gaze drifted back toward Rin. �Mind if I
sit, Miss Nagawa?�
�No, not at all!
Please make yourself feel comfortable.� She motioned with a hand toward the
chair. She knew that if she had tried to stand it wasn�t possible as her body
was frozen to the spot. As soon as she had laid eyes on that man for the second
time in her life and nonetheless in her own office, her mind had finished the
calculations. Those two men were the executives from Taisho Twin Swords. Her
palms started sweating and her throat dried faster than she could swallow.
�Sess, I�m going
to find another chair. If we�re spending lunch here, I am not standing!� Koga
declared before marching out the door, following Mr. Hashi�s path.
Rin glanced at the
man sitting alone in her office, slightly smiling to himself as he reclined to
the side, holding his head in his hand. Immediately her eyes shot back to her
desk and the papers that had suddenly become very interesting. The half-empty
yogurt cup was forgotten, pushed to the opposite end of her desk.
�Mr. Hashi has
great appreciation for you, Miss Nagawa.� He suddenly stated, pulling Rin out
of her shocked state. Her head shot up to stare back into his calm face.
�I, well, I try to
do my best. You get used to this kind of thing after a while.� Rin said, a
blush rising up her neck. �So I presume you are Mr. Sadamoto.�
�You presume
right, though I would prefer for you call me by my first name, Sesshomaru.�
�Do you normally
let people call you by your first name just after you meet them, Sesshomaru?�
Rin inquired with a raised eyebrow, confused by his request.

Sesshomaru nodded,
shifting his position in the chair. �Only my closest friends, plus a few
exceptions.�
Rin placed a hand
on her chest, feeling her rising blush suddenly hit the roof. �I�m an
exception?�
�Of course. Though
with everything he told us, Tosai neglected to tell how extraordinarily
beautiful you are, Miss Nagawa or should I say Miss...� He left off with a
pause, prompting her to supply her first name.
�Rin. Rin Nagawa.�
She gave it to him, yet she was sure that the heat of her blush was radiating
off her face like a heater.
�Rin Nagawa.
Hmm...It�s very nice.�
A thought suddenly
crossed Rin�s heated mind. What in the world was happening to her? She had
hardly spent ten minutes with this man and already she was overheating from the
blush he had helped to build. She wasn�t this desperate for companionship, was
she? But she had hardly any time to think on the subject as a movement in the
doorway signaled the return of Sesshomaru�s companion.
He wheeled in a
big swivel chair into the office, a smile on his face as he looked quickly at
Sesshomaru before grinning back at Rin. �Hello again, I return from my travels
with a chair!� He emphasized the happening as if he had just come back from an
around the world trip.

Sesshomaru stood
up and walked the few steps toward his companion. �Koga, I don�t think you�ve
been introduced to Miss Rin Nagawa yet, have you?� He stared down at his
friend, a glint in his eyes telling Koga not to take this any further than what
it was supposed to be, a company merger and no more.
�No, not yet.�
Koga choked out, as he stifled another laugh. That look meant only one thing
from Sesshomaru, keep your mouth shut or else he�d close it himself. That meant
he WAS interested, totally opposite from what he had said that morning. Koga
grinned inwardly, oh he could have fun with this situation. He stepped away
from Sesshomaru�s glare and reached out a hand to clasp Rin�s firmly.
�Hi, I�m Koga
Kato, financial manager to Taisho Twin Swords, compatriot to Sesshomaru
Sadamoto, and all around good guy.� He said all while brightly smiling and
shaking Rin�s hand.
�It�s nice to meet
you, Mr. Kato.� She greeted him, having seen the silent words pass between the
two men. She was surprised that such an opposite from Sesshomaru could be
friends with him.
Though he nearly
matched him in height, he was more slimly built, less muscled. His black hair,
cut just past the shoulder, reminded her of the hackles around a wolf�s neck.
His eyes were a warm blue, not the frozen amber of Sesshomaru�s. The tan suit
he wore was accented against a gray dress shirt, which seemed to be the best
colors that would ever suit him.
It was also his
personality that confounded her. He was energetic, happy, and ready to laugh.
Sesshomaru hardly looked energetic, more like bored with the world and if he
had a smile on his face, Rin somehow felt it wasn�t because he was happy. There
was nothing about Koga that made Rin feel threatened, yet there were some
things about Sesshomaru that could make her say otherwise.

But before more
could be passed between the two, Mr. Hashi walked back into Rin�s office with a
delivery boy right behind him, toting cups of coffee and a sack filled with
food.
�Looks like
someone was thinking of us even before we were. Met the boy on his way to my
office and directed him here. I wonder who would have ordered lunch for us?� He
said, scratching his head as the delivery boy received a tip from Sesshomaru
and left the office.
�Your secretary,
of course.� Rin stated as she sat back in her chair. �She orders your lunch
everyday, remember? She probably just took a look at the time and seeing you
were still with these men, decided to order lunch for everyone.�
�Oh, I guess I am
getting a little senile. I always forget about ordering lunch. � He blinked a
few times, as if to clear his mind. �Well, we might as well sit down and make
ourselves comfortable, don�t you think?�
With a quick
glance at the room, everyone suddenly realized that they were one chair short.
Noticing the problem that had arisen, Koga quickly ran out of the office and
was back in the blink of an eye with another chair. Finally everyone had a seat
and as the three men ate, at which Rin noticed that Sesshomaru hardly ate much
and just sipped on his coffee, they began talking about the company.

In his usual
talkative fashion, Mr. Hashi took control of the conversation. He changed from
one subject to another about his company, yet all he could do was refer more
and more to his weapons and the beautiful designs he had made. Rin pretended to
have an interest in the conversation, but she had heard it all before. Tosai
usually liked to tell anyone he could about a new idea and every time he had
come to Rin first. Though it was becoming harder and harder to ignore the fact
that she was being studied by a certain Sesshomaru Sadamoto. He seemed to take
an excessive amount of interest in watching her as she spoke to Koga and Mr.
Hashi. It was like he was watching her mouth move, the way her lips parted to
the way her tongue clicked against her teeth as she became more bored about the
conversation.
She was more than
happy when there was a sharp knock at her door before it burst open. �Rin,
someone took my...chair.� Kaede finished the sentence quietly as she saw Mr.
Hashi sitting in it and the other two men occupying her office. �I didn�t know
you had it, Mr. Hashi. I�ll find another one.� And just as quickly as she had come
in, she was gone, but not before shooting Rin a crafty glance which somehow
said, �You lucky girl.�
Rin rolled her
eyes at Kaede�s intrusion and that look. Great, now they�d be gossiping
about her. So with their first
conversation dead, Koga began asking Rin questions, more about accounting
matters- nothing out of the ordinary- and Rin concentrated all her attention
with him and answering as best she could.

**Thank you all for reading my
story, I just wanted to add a little explanation here about Koga. You�re
probably wondering why I have him portrayed as so happy and enthusiastic, when
in the anime, he�s nothing like that. Here he grew up around a loving family
and became friends with Sesshomaru. No one around him was killed nor was there
much reason to fight, as they were one of the high families above all demons.
Kinda-like their keepers, more or less.
I thought that if he had lived a different life from all the fighting
and dying he had around him in the anime, he might have turned out more lighthearted.
We might see a little of the old Koga depressed state in later chapters, but
we�ll see about that.***
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