InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Silver Dove and the Raven ❯ Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Koga scratched his chest as he rummaged the fridge for breakfast. Everyone decided to take turns on making breakfast and dinner. Today was his turn at the breakfast cycle. 'Shit, what do I cook?' he thought. He only just found out that you can make food without having it delivered to you.

It was 6 in the morning and everyone would wake in an hour to start their day.

He frowned looking into the fridge pulling out random condiments, eggs and cheese and cereal.

"Hmm..." he murmured to himself. He had never in his life touched the stove unless it was to light his cigarettes. He was a microwave boy. " Well...if it comes out nasty...it's their own fault. I told them I couldn't cook." he sighed as he kicked the fridge door closed.

He looked towards the hallway hearing the outside door open and kept his gaze to see who had just come in.

Kagome yawned as she dragged her feet while rubbing her eyes. She felt like a zombie walking past the kitchen when Koga whistled.

"and where have you been, missy?" he shot an evil grin. Too early to be effective.

"uh...is there coffee?" she groaned as she walked into the kitchen and slumped on the chair.

Koga caught a quick blur of white hair passing the hallway toward the steps and looked back at Kagome.

"I see..." he smirked and shrugged. " I'm not going to ask." he went back to the counter and opened the egg carton only to stare at it as if it were a difficult math equation. " I'm just now boiling a fresh pot" he looked up.

"It's not what it looks like, Koga. " Kagome answered the unasked question lurking in his mind.

"Hey" he shot up his hands. " It's none of my business. You're a big girl." he shook his head with a teasing smirk that made Kagome want him to choke on his own spit for some reason.

"Whatever. " she buried her head in her arms as she rested at the table.

"Dude, go to sleep." he said as he cracked an egg onto a pan he just set on the stove. He cursed as part of the shell fell into it as well. " Damn it, isn't it supposed to be frying or somethin'?" he growled.

"Um...how about turning the stove on, genius." she yawned and blinked the tired tears from her eyes.

"Oh, right. Shut up. Leave me alone. I know what I'm doin'!" he spat defensively.

"Riiight..." she mumbled and looked at the clock. " I can't go to sleep. If I do, I'll sleep through the day and mess with my cycle. I can make it through the day, just keep the coffee coming."

"Don't you have work tonight?" he asked as the oil popped and he dodged each one coming at him.

"No...uh..I got fired." she bowed her head.

"This wouldn't be because you uh..left with Sesshomaru during your shift, would it?"

" that could have been a reason." she nodded and cocked a brow as he broke some eggs into a bowl and stirred it while he poured Fruity pebbles into the mix. "um..."she said but she decided to leave it alone. We all must learn one way or another.

" Actually, I knew you were fired already." he said in a low raspy voice. " The other bartender told us."

"I have no life of my own." Kagome sighed and stood up from the chair. " I'm going to go take a shower."

"O-bee K-bee" he said as he turned on the radio blasting rock music.

As Kagome walked up the steps, Sango came down rubbing her eyes.

"Hey, what's up..."she said sleepily. " Did you just come in?"

"Uh...yeah..." Kagome said awkwardly. Why did she have to answer to everyone?

" I see." her face turned red. "You and Mr. Demon left together somewhere, huh?" she teased.

"Not what you're thinking." Kagome rolled her eyes. "Anyway, I'm off to take a shower."

"Something smells...weird. Kind of good but...not really." Sango grimaced. "Who's cooking?"

"Koga." Kagome answered as she continued to walk up the steps. "if I were you, I'd hope I get a cold before breakfast , that way you can't taste anything." she muttered under her breath.

Sango shrugged as she walked down the steps onto the first floor and strolled to the kitchen with a perky smile.

"Hey.." she greeted Koga and walked to the counter to see what he was doing. " Um...Why are you pouring egg mix into a bowl of Fruity pebbles."

"You'll see…" he smiled.

"Uh..I am seeing and that doesn't look appetizing." she cocked a brow.

"Look, leave this to me, alright. It's Chef Koga's day not Chef Sango, now back off of my kitchen space." he pushed her away softly.

"Fine.."she chuckled and sat down at the table. " Kagome just came in."

"Yep and so did Sesshomaru." Koga nodded to the music as he ate some fruity pebbles.

"I don't understand her..." Sango lowered her head and then snapped it back up. " Did you tell her she was fired?"

"Yep."

"How'd she take it?" Sango looked concern.

"Uh...she already knew and it didn't look like it bothered her." he said as he started mushing the egg-fruity pebble mix into patties and frying them.

Sango farced a heaving sound and smiled when Koga rolled his eyes.

"I'm just kidding." she sighed and looked at the clock. " I wonder where those two went anyway that they arrived just now."

"What'd you care?" Koga licked his fingers.

"Well, because...they don't strike me as people who'd hang out with each other. They both have...their issues about each other, it seems...yet, they hang out." she walked over toward the pot of coffee that was still brewing and inhaled the lovely aroma.

"Opposites attract." he said as he set the plates on the table and pulled out a cigarette.

"so…you were great last night." Sango decided to change the subject. It seemed they always did talk about Kagome. Kagome must not like that, without a doubt.

"why, thank you." Koga impersonated a British accent. " So...what's up with you and Miroku?"

"Uh.."Sango blushed. "What do you mean?"

"It was a relatively straightforward question, Sango." Koga lit his cigarette through the fire that cooked the eggs and began to pull on his cigarette.

"Nothing is up." she crossed her arms and looked off. " He's a flirt."

"Uh-huh..."

"And... I don't like flirts..." she said.

"Uh-huh..."he continued blinking a few times at her in mockery.

" and...he is..."

"Uh -huh.."

"Would you stop that!" Sango orated.

"Stop what?" he said calmly with the intention to irritate her.

"You keep uh-huh-ing me and it's annoying!" she growled and looked away.

Koga sighed and turned the fruity pebble egg patties over to let them cook on the other side and inhaled his cigarette. "Come on, Sango, what are we, in Kindergarten?"

Miroku stretched into the kitchen and scratched his chest as he made his way to the table.

"What are we talking about?" he sighed.

"Nothing!" Sango shot up and scowled at Koga.

"Yeah...nothing." he raised his brows and smiled.

"What's that smell?" Miroku asked.

"Ah, you like it?" Koga preened.

"Smells like...scrambled eggs...and berries..."Miroku cocked a brow at his silliness.

"You smelled right. Good nose." Koga raised the spatula at him and Miroku drew his brows in confusion at Sango who shrugged at him.

"You'll soon find out." she said in a threatening tone that made Miroku question his hunger.

"Hmm...whatever." Miroku craned his neck and massaged it. " Did Kagome just come in? She was still wearing what she wore last night.

"No comment." Koga added vanilla extract to the patties as they fried and caused the oil on the pan to respond violently. "Agh.."he groaned as the oil popped shooting a hot one at his delicate skin.

"What do you mean ' no comment'?" Miroku squinted and crossed his arms. " You know, I saw Sesshomaru walk up the steps too, also looking like he just came in. Could those two happen to have been together? Hmm, I know Inuyasha won't like that..." he rubbed his hands at the potential drama that could rise.

"What are you, a 70 year old grandma searching for gossip? Cut it out." Koga growled in agitation. "Kagome is seriously not gonna like it if we keep talking about her personal life like this...and I for one don't want to be the one caught talking about her and Sesshomaru."

"Who and Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha came in and yawned. " What's that smell?"

"Uh.." Koga looked at Sango and Miroku for help.

"It's Koga's special uh...Fruity pebble egg patties."

"Sounds disgusting..." Inuyasha grimaced.

"Hey...don't knock it till you tried it." Koga squinted defensively.

"So...you said her and Sesshomaru. Who is 'her'?" Inuyasha crossed his arms and leaned against the counter leaning over the stove to take a look at what was frying.

Koga shook his head in disappointment feeling bad that he was about to answer him. He liked Kagome and didn't want to give her any reason not to trust him. She already walked around with a distrusting look at everyone.

"Well…Sesshomaru and Kagome." he answered forcefully. " Patties are almost done."

"Great, I'll call everyone to come to breakfast." Sango shot up and left.

"I'll uh...go help her...do that." Miroku stammered and got up and left. Koga shooting a scowl at both of them who shrugged and pointed at him with teasing smirks. 'I'll get you for this..' he mouthed the words as Inuyasha squinted between them.

"What's going on?" Inuyasha scratched his nose not liking the feeling that people were playing games.

"Oh...nothing. I'm just making breakfast…like I'm supposed to."

"So... what about Kagome and Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha went right to it.

"Nothing. I don't know. What about them?" Koga stuttered. Why was he always the one stuck having to explain things to people? He eyed Inuyasha from the side and turned his head noticing he had a scrutinizing look on him. He took out the oatmeal mix and milk and poured it into a pot trying to make it look like he was busy.

Inuyasha clenched his jaw and decided to drop it as everyone came into the kitchen, yawning and grumpy.

"It's like.7, dude." Hiten groaned as he went to his seat. " I only fell asleep like..30 minutes ago."

"Same here.." Hojo yawned as he adjusted his glasses. " The X files marathon finished like 2 hours ago."

Sango pulled Kagome in who was still holding a towel in her hand.

"I didn't even enter the shower yet..." Kagome rolled her eyes and blinked sleepily. She caught a glimpse of Inuyasha who was frowning at her.

Miroku came in along with Shurran, Kikyo, Kagura and Ayame.

"I told Sesshomaru about breakfast. He kind of just...stared...so I don't know if he is coming. "he said and then turned behind him to see Sesshomaru right beside him. Miroku squeaked and tried to hide it with a smooth titter.

" Hehe...I..uh..didn't see you there." he looked at everyone else with a scared shitless face and went to his seat.

"Something smells...uh.." Shurran sniffed.

"Fruity.." Koga, Miroku, Sango and Inuyasha finished.

"Wow...that's amazing. I was just about to say that." she smiled looking perfect in the morning. Her hair was done and she had makeup on.

Sango and Miroku exchanged glances and opened their eyes wider at her daftness and shrugged.

"Okay, Koga. Let us have it." Sango teased him and Koga avoided her comment and nodded.

"Alright..I give you my fruity pebble egg patties and ...cinnamon oatmeal.."he said at the last minute adding cinammon to the oatmeal.

"Mmmm..." everyone said unenthusiastically.

Sesshomaru sat at his chair holding the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger with his eyes closed and Kagome held her head up with her eyes closed as well.

"Hello? Wake up!" Miroku whistled and waved his hand in Kagome's face startling her.

"I am up." she retorted annoyed.

Koga set the bowl of the fruity patties on the table and bowl of oatmeal.

"Dig in.."he said but everyone looked at each other hesitantly as if speaking to each other telepathically 'Who goes first?'

Miroku shrugged being the bigger man and grabbed two patties, one for him and Sango.

"Way to go, Miroku" Hiten whispered loudly. " Take one for the team."

Koga squinted at him.

He set one on his plate and threw the other on Sango's plate and there was a quiet little shatter.

"I think you just broke my plate..."she murmured.

"Shut up." Koga squinted.

Sango raised her patty and picked up the plate, while a piece of it still stood on the table. She tapped it on the table and the patty didn't budge. "Anyone need a hammer?" she snickered and hit Miroku on the head with it.

"Ow.."he whimpered. " They should be considered a weapon."

Koga scowled and scoffed and Kagome smiled sleepily at him.

"Thanks for breakfast, Koga." she tried to bite into the patty and winced.

"Well?.."he asked her.

"I'm not sure if it's the patty I taste...or a piece of my tooth." she teased.

Koga rolled his eyes.

"I'm kidding. It's good. Mine isn't that hard." she bit into it and tried to keep her eyes open.

He smiled halfly at her and looked at Sesshomaru who still had his eyes closed holding the bridge of his nose as if he were agitated. Sesshomaru sensing him, opened his eyes and shot him a side glance noticing Koga was waiting to hear his response.

Kagome chewed expressionlessly at him and raised the patty to egg him on. No pun intended.

Sesshomaru sighed as he picked up his knife and fork and tried to cut through it but didn't succeed. He looked up at Koga who was pouting at him. Sesshomaru sighed once more grabbing it with his hands breaking it in half and something white popped out of it.

"Is that a bone?" Miroku laughed and Sesshomaru and Koga both leaned in to see what it was.

"It's an egg shell." Sesshomaru said monotonically without his expression changing.

"Koga, who taught you how to cook?" Kikyo poured the oatmeal onto a bowl and shook her head.

"No one." he said, smugly.

"It's actually good." Ayame chewed the patty and Koga's face lightened at her remark.

Kagome grabbed the bowl from Kikyo and poured some oatmeal onto her bowl and lifted up her head realizing she was dozing off.

"You look tired." Inuyasha said.

"Hmm?" Kagome tried to sound awake. " Oh...uh...yeah, I am."

"Didn't you get much sleep?" he suspiciously looked between Sesshomaru and Kagome.

"I had work last night." Kagome said and continued to doze off. Everyone looked at her and watched as her head just lowered and lowered and lowered, closely hovering over her bowl of oatmeal.

"Uh...Kagome?" Sango tapped her shoulder lightly and Kagome fell right in her bowl.

Everyone looked at each other perplexedly except for Sesshomaru who sighed.

"Someone should lift her head up...before she…um...drowns?" Koga spat as he got up from his seat and lifted her head. Milk shown on her face and everyone was laughing.

"I can't believe she didn't wake up..."Koga cackled softly and lifted her up over his shoulder. "Sango, can you help me...uh,you know...you can do the girly part and…clean her." he said and Sango nodded trying not to laugh.

Miroku stuck his spoon in his oatmeal and stuck it into his mouth and stared at everyone with wide eyes.

"Dude.."he began to laugh again. "Man, we gotta get Koga off of cooking details..on the account of...he didn't even cook the oatmeal." he began crunching the uncooked grains in his mouth.

"I'm going for McDonalds..."Hiten got up and pushed his plate aside.

"I'm going too." Kagura followed along with Hojo, Shurran, Kikyo and Ayame.

Sesshomaru watched everyone leave from his seat and sighed in agitation as he got up himself.

"Where are you going?" Inuyasha asked, his arms crossed as his chest raised.

Sesshomaru didn't answer and continued to walk.

"Hey!" Inuyasha shouted. " Did you not hear me? I'm talking to you!"

"No need to shout, Inuyasha." Sesshomaru stopped and calmly spoke over his shoulder. " I heard you clearly." he continued to walk away.

Inuyasha frowned but decided not to push it.

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Kagome woke up to the feeling of vibration on her bed. Her hand felt around the bed as she kept her eyes closed looking for the phone around her. She felt it behind her head on the pillow and grabbed it and answered it hoarsely.

"Hello?" she cleared her throat.

"Kagome, you are sooo in trouble." a girl's voice sounded on the other line.

"Uh huh.." Kagome yawned as she turned to her side and rubbed her eyes.

"No, I'm serious. Myoga is really mad. He said you can't work in any bars in NYC, and he'll make sure of it."

"Oh, come on, Azumi. He says that all of the time." Kagome chuckled at the repetitive silliness of her employer.

"Kagome, he faxed your picture to every bar!" Azumi squeaked and this made Kagome shoot her eyes open.

"You can't be serious!" she shot up from her bed and smacked her palm against her forehead. " I mean, I left, so what? You were there bartending, you could handle it."

"Kagome, don't you remember? Myoga had a meeting with another bar owner to discuss about merging both bars? So that night had our customers and theirs! I was alone with a huge bar crowd that your friend Sango and Myoga himself had to help me! He was so embarrassed and the deal fell through."

Kagome couldn't believe what she was hearing and started to panic. She opened her mouth to speak but Azumi continued.

"and..Sango wasn't fast enough for this crowd and she couldn't make some of the drinks they asked for so a lot of people got mad and left. You know how Myoga feels about losing customers, Kagome."

"Oh god, Azumi. You must hate me..."Kagome groaned.

"Actually, it might sound very cold of me but I don't hate you. Thanks to you, I made over $1,000 last night and he scheduled me for all of the busy-money making shifts!" she giggled.

"No problem..." Kagome shook her head and sighed. "Thanks for the...heads up, Azumi." she said and hung up her phone. "Shit."

She sat up and rubbed her head.

"Ok...don't panic. Myoga is probably bluffing." she walked over to her calendar and realized rent was due in a week. She ran to her purse to see how much money she had. Rent was 500, she thought as she counted her money. Her heart began to race as she counted and noticed not many bills were ahead to reach what she was hoping for.

'Please let them be 100 dollar bills!' she cried in her mind and growled when she came up short.

"Shit!" she shouted and someone knocked on her door.

"Kagome?" she heard.

"Come in."

Sango came in and walked over to her.

"Is everything alright? I heard you cursing and shouting." she shot a quick glance around and noticed money scattered on the bed.

"I'm fine…"Kagome snapped and Sango snapped her head aback noticing her tone.

"Um...ok." she bowed her head and turned around. " Well...if you need anything, let me know." she said.

Kagome nodded in a daze with her hands on her hips. 'What am I going to do?' she continued to chant in her head and decided not to just stand there and just go out and find a job quick. She needed a bartending job since it was quick money. She couldn't live with those weekly paycheck jobs.

She shook her head and snapped out of it as she went to her closet and then stopped for a moment realizing she was wearing different clothes. She pulled the white t-shirt that she had on and tried to remember when she changed into it.

She decided to think about it later and opened her closet and pulled out a white T shirt and denim low rise jeans. She pulled her long hair into a pony tail and glanced at the mirror.

"Yeah, that'll do.." she quickly muttered as she sprayed perfume all over her and grabbed her bag and threw her money and cell phone as she headed out the door.

"Hey, Kagome..." Inuyasha was outside of her door as she opened it. " I was about to-"

"Hi, Inuyasha, gotta go." she cut him off and walked passed him.

"but.." he said but she was already down the steps.

Inuyasha sighed and heard a laughter. He looked to his side and saw Koga peaking through his door and shut it and heard even more of a louder laughter. Inuyasha frowned and scoffed as he walked off. Why did he make himself look so pathetic? He normally could have any girl but he was stuck on Kagome for some reason. Something about her just drew him to her.

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Kagome chewed her gum and looked at the newspaper as she sat in the park with the classifieds and her 50 cents coffee from the nearest Bodega (Grocery store, New York Natives know what I'm talking about). No Starbucks, she was on a budget.

She circled the ads in the newspaper that asked for Bartenders and made a few calls.

"Hi, I was inquiring about your ad in the newspaper? It says you're hiring...is the position still available?" she nodded as she listened. " Ok, great! No, I can be there. Thanks." she hung up the phone. "Ok..."she said to herself. " That's not so bad for a first try." she smirked.

The place wasn't too far from where she was at and she decided to walk there. Once she got there, she asked for the manager and a handsome guy with blonde spikey hair came down.

"Hi, my name is Jason." he smiled at her and Kagome could tell off the bat, he liked her. "and you are?"

"um...K- Kagome Higurashi?" she hesitantly said and he nodded with a smirk. His smirk faded when the hostess looked at him with a weird look.

"Ok, um...please take a seat and I'll be with you in a sec." he pointed to the bar and went to talk to the hostess.

Kagome sat down and tried to hear what they were saying and looked through the corner of her eye to see the hostess showing him a picture. He grabbed it and observed it and looked at Kagome.

"No way..." Kagome's mouth dropped and looked away pretending to be oblivious. No way, Myoga has that kind of power.

"Hi, Ms. Higurashi?" said Jason.

"Yes?" Kagome looked up at him.

"I'm so sorry to say that one of the other managers already hired someone."

"Uh huh..." Kagome looked at him with a cocked brow. " Right. Well, sorry to waste your time then." she got off the bar stool and walked out the door."

It was crappy luck. There was no way Myoga could ban her from working at every bar in New York City. She aggressively started walking into every bar she could. Four hours later, Kagome slumped on a stoop of an abandoned building in Chinatown wondering what she was going to do.

One place said "Sorry, we can't take you. You are a well-reputed bartender but we don't want any trouble."

Another place said " Ohhh...bartender? No, um..we need waitresses" while Kagome noticed that there was no bartender behind the bar.

She was so desperate after the first five places that turned her down, she even settled for waitressing and they gave her the whole " We'll call you." which never happens. She was so desperate, she even applied to McDonalds but they were fully staffed. What am I going to do? I'm going to be homeless!

"Come on!" she begged the man behind the newspaper stand. " I can sell everything here in one day! You can take that vacation you always wanted and I even work holidays if I have to." she tried to bargain but he still yelled back in Punjabi. English or not, no was the same in any language.

Rent was in a week, which was 500 dollars and she only had $227. Well, $226.50 after the coffee. How embarrassing. She couldn't go back home and ask for money, her family basically disowned her, or they would throw it in her face that she couldn't do anything on her own. So, now she was facing the facts:

1-She was broke

2-Her boots were killing her that she could barely walk

3-No bars nor restaurants will hire her unless she can change her name or get plastic surgery.

4-She will lose the first place she had that didn't have anything wrong with it. Great timing.

5-She had no one to turn to, no friends and no family.

6-She'd have to leave and it will be embarrassing when her roommates ask her why.

She blinked as a water drop fell onto her eye and she looked up as the sky turned gray and thunder cracked into the sky. She rested her head on her knees and wrapped her arms around her legs and started to cry as the rain came down hard. Every sane person around ran for shelter but her. She just continued to cry more and more and wished she was home, right now in a dry and warm bed. It was only 9pm and everyone would still be awake at the house. She couldn't let them see her like that. She noticed a few homeless people wandering over to her and she decided to leave the building.

One continued to follow her and she started to walk faster. She made it a few blocks down and noticed she lost him and didn't see where she was walking.

She screamed as she slipped down the driveway into a muddy puddle. She fell on her back and her purse shot out of her hands into the sewer.

"NO!" she cried as she lunged for it and caught it before it fell. She sighed a huge breath of relief and pulled it back up from the straps and looked down at her white shirt. It was brown now and the water smelled kind of funny like...Shit?

She screamed into the sky at her bad luck.

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Sesshomaru looked at his watch and sighed, ignoring his persistent phone calls. If it wasn't his mother, it was Marquis DeBois calling about modeling for him. In College, he had taken modeling but it didn't last too long. It wasn't his thing. There was also a fashion show in town that Naraku insisted on him coming to since all the models there yearned for Sesshomaru's presence.

It stopped raining, he sat on the stoop of the building and continued to read his book. He'd just come back from a boring party with celebrities and didn't feel like entering the apartment yet since everyone was hanging in the game room.

He turned the page to his book and looked up for a second to see Kagome walking down the block. He squinted realizing she was limping and looked a little off.

He heard a woman and a little boy walking pass her saying " Oh my god, how potent!"

A hobo walked passed her as well and said " and they say I smell? Oh my god!"

A pregnant woman taking out her garbage looked at Kagome and threw up in her garbage can.

His eyes followed her as she made it to the steps and looked up at him.

"Don't!" she raised her finger.

He held his chin with one hand and looked back down at his book as Kagome slowly walked up the steps. He could hear her boots squeaking with water and she stopped at the top to look for her keys.

Sesshomaru looked to his side seeing brown water leaking out of her bag right next to him and grimaced at the smell.

"Door's open." he said as he continued to read his book.

Kagome sighed. " Of course it is..." she entered the house and closed the door behind her as she ran up the steps before anyone could see her.

Outside, Sesshomaru could hear people in the game room saying :

" What the hell is that smell? Koga!"

"What? That wasn't me!"

"Damn it, Koga. That's disgusting!"

"but really, guys, it wasn't me!"

Sesshomaru shook his head as he pulled a cigarette out and lit it and continued to read.

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Kagome stood lifelessly in the shower as the water hit her. She finished the entire shampoo bottle and an entire bar of soap and even emptied a whole tube of toothpaste into her mouth. She threw her clothes and purse out and washed her money along with her. After 2 hours in the shower and arguing with Kikyo, Kagura and Shurran for taking so long, she walked to her room.

"Hey, Kagome?" Sango stopped her in the hallway before she entered her room.

"Mm?"

"Inuyasha bought Starbucks for everyone, join us downstairs."

"Oh...um...that's...ok" Kagome nodded. " Thanks but I'm...I'm really tired."

"Come on," Sango begged. " just hang a bit. You're not busy, right?"

"Um, no... I guess I'm not. " Kagome forced a smile and dropped all of her things in her room and followed.

Everyone sat at the table drinking their coffee and a huge box of Doughnuts sat in the middle of the table. There were two cups of Coffee left. One Latte and a Frappuccino.

"Hey, Kagome, grab a cup and sit down." said Inuyasha and pointed to a seat.

Sesshomaru walked into the house and passed the kitchen.

"Sesshomaru!" Koga, Kikyo and Shurran called out and he looked to his side. " Some coffee, dude!" Koga grabbed the Latte from the table and handed it to Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru stared silently at everyone who looked at him waiting for him to take it and he did.

He raised the cup in thanks motion and was about to walk out when Shurran stood up.

"Heyyy! Come back, sit! We're all hanging out, discussing things!" she squealed and hyped it up more than it should have been.

"It's so hard to convince you two to participate and hang." Koga said, referring to Kagome and Sesshomaru. "Sit down, stay a while, for fuck's sake, you guys live here." he cackled and everyone else did as well, except for the two.

Kagome grabbed the last coffee on the table which was the Frappuccino and sat down between Koga and Sango. Sesshomaru sat at the end of the table by Shurran and Inuyasha. Everyone kind of stood silent for a bit before Inuyasha broke it.

"Okay, guys. As you know, rents up next week..."spoke Inuyasha

Great, this is exactly what she didn't want to talk about. She sighed softly and closed her eyes as she sipped her coffee and opened them and noticed Sesshomaru looking at her. He quickly looked away to the side and sipped his coffee.

"Well, I have some bad news, guys. I think have to collect the rent a bit sooner since the day rent falls on is a holiday and all of the banks are closed."

Kagome looked up wide eyes but tried to look calm. Sango leaned in closer to her.

"Kagome...you don't have a job now, right?" she whispered. " You can come up with it? If not, I can help you."

"I'm fine." she whispered back but there was no point in whispering. Every demon there could hear them so the only ones that couldn't were Kikyo, Hojo and Miroku.

"Kagome, you lost your job?" Inuyasha asked out loud and everyone looked at her.

"W-well, um...sorta but I have others, don't worry about it."

"Are you sure?" Inuyasha asked. " I can postpone-"

"No, I'm fine." she said more sternly.

"Okay..."he said and everyone changed the subject.

Shurran flashed a smile at Sesshomaru." So we're in the Fashion show tomorrow night, you guys coming?" Judging by the way she stared at Sesshomaru, the question could only be directed at him.

"Yeah, everyone is invited." Kagura added.

"Sweet!" Miroku howled. " Models are going to be there?"

"uh...duh?" Shurran nodded.

"Nice!" Miroku and Hiten high-fived and howled.

"There's a 45 dollar entrance fee though and that' s because you know us, normally it'd be 85." Kikyo mentioned.

"You guys will be able to make that, hm?" Kagura asked. " Huh, Kagome?" she smirked and Kagome squinted her eyes.

"It's tomorrow at 7:30 and it ends at midnight and there's an after party."

Inuyasha smirked. " That sounds great, of course I'll come."

"Me too" said everyone else but Kagome and Sesshomaru.

Kagome stood up and grabbed a doughnut. " Well, fortunately I have other things to do, what a shame I'll have to miss it." she rolled her eyes and walked out of the kitchen. " Night."

Everyone looked at Sesshomaru then.

"You're coming too, aren't you?" Shurran begged.

Sesshomaru looked away and stood up.

"I'll have to look at my schedule." and walked off as well.

"Uh...I guess that calls it a night, huh guys?" Koga shrugged and shook his head and everyone nodded.

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