Why am I starting a new story when I have so many unfinished? Because I'm insane, that's why. Plus, this seemed like a semi-good idea, so I'm going to wing it. A note in advance, the rating on this story is going to change from T to M quite a bit, because I'm not sure what direction it's going to go. I have some main ideas down, but otherwise, this story is basically the Indy Ploy (If you don't know what it is, look it up on TV Tropes). So don't be surprised if the rating goes up at some point.

All cultural stuff and puns are at the end of the chapter.

He stood in the back, watching his fellow staff members as they flirted and poured drinks. Their clients seemed to be enjoying themselves, some giggling like crazy, others making suggestive comments and gestures. The hosts were, of course, going along with the antics; anything to get their pay and fill their quota. He, himself, tended not to degrade himself as much as some others did. Only if he really had to. He simply shook his head, and walked away from the employee lounge's door.

He was a host. A young, nineteen-year-old, working at a host club to pay his way through school, and to work off numerous debts. He wasn't getting paid a whole lot, since he was new, but he took what he could get. He was known, at Renai MAI, as Aoshi. Some people thought it was a strange nickname choice, considering he was neither "blue" nor "purple". He was "red". But, as was everyone else's, his real name was unimportant around here.

"Oi, Rinne!" At the name, the man known as Aoshi turned his head. His good friend, known as Ryoga around the club, walked through the lounge's door, a fairly stupid grin on his face. Rinne, of course, was Aoshi's real name. "What are you doing back here all by yourself, Rinne?" Rinne silently snorted to himself. He must've had a few if he's calling me by my first name… Normally, his friend called him by his last name. It was rare to hear his name being called by Ryoga.

Naturally, Ryoga wasn't his real name. His name was Tsubasa Jumonji, and he was Rinne's best friend; he also might've been one of his only friends. He was the one who had gotten him the job at Renai MAI, and was one of the more popular hosts. Kami, and Tsubasa, knew he needed the job. Clarification is probably needed at this point.

Rinne is an in-debt college student living on his own. Thanks to his deadbeat of a father, Sabato, he had little to no money for himself. Sabato sucked him dry whenever he found out that his son had money. His life was an utter hell, thanks to that. He was paying off college by himself, he was paying off high school by himself, he was paying off his apartment by himself… And daddy dearest was off skipping and wooing the ladies with the money he stole from his own child.

Oh, yes. He hated his father. Dearly.

"… I have no clients tonight, Jumonji," Rinne answered stoically. "I was not requested." Tsubasa wrapped his arm around his friend's shoulders.

"That sucks, man… Buuut you're still new here, so it's not thaaaaat surprising…" Rinne made a face.

"Are you drunk, Jumonji?"

"Only a little. My brother and I just had three girls who love their alcohol, apparently…" Tsubasa answered. "I proooobably have around two more girls to cater to tonight, then we can go home, 'kaaaay?"

"Stop slurring your words," Rinne said in reply. "You're making it too obvious that you can't hold your liquor well."

"Like you're any better, Rinne." Touché. Just then, the door flung open again, and Tsubasa's twin brother burst in, looking just as bad.

"Heeeey, Tsu-ba-sa," he called. Tsubasa turned around, earrings smacking his cheeks.

"What is it, Miroku?" Miroku grinned.

"Guesssss whoooo's heeeereeeee?" Tsubasa immediately got the same grin on his face.

"The Higurashi girls?" Miroku nodded in response. Rinne stared at them both with his usual half-lidded gaze. Why they got so excited when those two girls came, he never knew. They weren't even requested by the girls. Maybe they just got excited to see another pair of twins.

Tsubasa released the redhead from his grip, and ran out the door to join his brother in the club. When the door shut, Rinne walked over to it, and peered through the door's window. His boss was welcoming the rich girls, and was showing them to a seat.

The girls were Kagome and Sakura Higurashi, a set of fraternal twins. They looked exactly alike, except Kagome had black hair, and Sakura's was dark brown. Their father, Tetsuo Mamiya, was a big-time company president, and their mother, Kaiya Higurashi, was a world-renowned designer. Needless to say, for them, coming to a host club didn't even put a dent in their wallets.

Possibly, somewhere deep, deep in the back of his mind, Rinne wished one of them would request him; getting rich clients like them could really help him out. Then reality kicked him in the stomach. Fat chance. Nobody like them wants a nobody like me.

"Ah, Kagome-sama, Sakura-sama. Once again, you grace us with your presence."

Kiyotsugu, the host club's boss, led the two girls to their favorite spot. He had his usual grin on his face, one that made him look a bit too much like a stalker. Nobody noticed it, though.

"Always nice to see you too, Kiyojyuji-san," Kagome greeted, taking a seat in the velvet chair. Sakura sat down beside her. Kiyotsugu continued to smile.

"Who will you have tonight, girls?"

"Like you don't know." Kagome and Sakura smiled. Under the lighting, they really looked truly identical. "The usual," Kagome continued. Kiyotsugu nodded.

"And you, Sakura-sama?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.

"Didn't you hear my sister? The usual."

"Ah, terribly sorry, Sakura-sama," Kiyotsugu apologized, losing his smile temporarily. "Shima-kun has quit his job at Renai MAI, regretfully." Sakura pouted.

"That's too bad…" she mumbled. "Let me have the menu, then." Kiyotsugu's grin returned. He pulled the menu out from underneath his arm (He had it in advance), handed it to the brown-haired girl, and walked back to the entrance. Kagome looked over at her sister, waiting for her host to come.

"Too bad Shima quit," she commented. "He was cute, with his two-tone hair…" Sakura gave her a look.

"And Ranma isn't cute?"

"No, he isn't." As she answered, a tall man with long, silvery hair in a black suit walked up to them. He bowed to Kagome, and smiled.

"Hello again, Kagome-san," he greeted, sitting down next to her. "I see you've gotten highlights since I last saw you; purple is definitely one of your best colors." Kagome whispered over to Sakura,

"Ranma's not cute; he's hot." Then she turned to Ranma, and gave him an award-winning smile. "Thank you, Ranma-kun." As her sister and Ranma continued their conversation, Sakura was looking at the list of hosts. Most of them she had met before, when she and Kagome had first come to Renai MAI. However, there was one name that was new to her.

She raised her hand, and yelled out for the club's boss. "Kiyojyuji-san!" Kiyotsugu came running over at the call, shooing away some of the wandering hosts who had been staring at Sakura. He smiled at her.

"Yes, Sakura-sama? What can I do for you? Have you chosen someone new?" Sakura looked up at him with slight confusion.

"Kiyojyuji-san, who is Aoshi? I don't believe I've seen him before." Kiyotsugu's smile faded halfway.

"Aoshi is our newest member of the club," he explained. "He signed up after Shima quit. He hasn't had too many clients since he joined, but I keep him on because, well…" Kiyotsugu leaned in closer. "Word's goin' around that he needs the money. You didn't hear it from me." Sakura's expression was unreadable. Kiyotsugu blinked. "Sakura-sama?" Sakura handed the menu to him.

"I'd like to see him, please."

"…Who?"

"Aoshi-kun." Kiyotsugu blinked again.

"Are you sure?"

"Quite." Sakura looked at him with determined eyes. Kiyotsugu bowed to her.

"As you wish. I will fetch him." Kiyotsugu turned one hundred-eighty degrees, and headed for the employee's lounge.

"Feh… Kubinashi was a lucky bastard, I tell ya…" Tsubasa ranted, fixing his hair with a small comb. He and Miroku came back to the lounge after getting a few looks at Kagome and Sakura, and a few cell phone pictures in the process. Miroku gave a low whistle.

"Kubinashi, Inuyasha… I'm jealous of boooth of them," he replied. "The Higurashi sisters are both good clients… And they're both hot." Rinne shook his head.

"You two are impossible sometimes," he muttered. "You're not supposed to comment on the women that come in here." Miroku made a childish face at him.

"There's no rule against it, Rinne," he retorted, still a bit drunk. Tsubasa nodded in agreement, and sighed.

"Sakura-sama is such a lovely girl…" he commented to no one in particular. He sat up straight, with a determined look on his face. "And with Kubinashi looooong gone, maybe it'll finally be my chance to have her as a client!" Rinne narrowed his eyes at him slightly.

"I'm fairly sure you're not supposed to get emotionally attached to clients, Jumonji," he insisted strictly. Tsubasa waved his hand at him.

"Pleeeeease, Rokudo." Rinne could tell Tsubasa was a bit more sober at the moment – He called him by his last name. "First off, she's not my client. Second, don't talk like you've been here longer than I have." Miroku just nodded in agreement. Rinne kept his arms folded. The door was pushed open, and the three turned to see their boss. Immediately, the Jumonji siblings stopped fooling around and paid attention.

"Kiyojyuji-san!" Tsubasa cried. Miroku gave a slight wave.

"What'cha need, Kiyo?" Kiyotsugu ignored the nickname for the moment, and looked to his newest worker.

"Rokudo, fix yourself up. You've got a request." Rinne looked up in surprise. So did the twins.

"Whooooaaaaa…!" Miroku drew out his exclamation. Tsubasa cracked a small grin.

"Really, Kiyojyuji?" he tried to hide a snigger. "Who?" Kiyotsugu grinned back at him.

"Why, Sakura Higurashi-sama, of course." Tsubasa's eyes widened. Miroku laughed at his brother's expression. Rinne's face looked similar to Tsubasa's.

"Kiyojyuji-san, are you sure?" he checked. If this was a joke, it wasn't a funny one, so far. Kiyotsugu shrugged.

"She said she wanted to see Aoshi. So straighten yourself up, and get out there, man." The purple-haired man looked to Miroku, and smacked his forehead. "And make sure he's a bit more sober next time he goes out. He's annoying when he's drunk." Kiyotsugu then took his leave. Tsubasa turned to Rinne, glaring at him ever-so-slightly.

"You are one lucky bastard, Rokudo…" he gritted, eyes starting to flare. Miroku was still laughing at his brother's bad luck. Rinne stood up, fixing his vest and sleeves.

"Jumonji, you need to calm down," he said in an extremely flat voice. "Just because you're after her doesn't mean I am, necessarily." He could tell that fixing his hair in a nearby wall mirror wasn't calming Tsubasa down in any way, but he wasn't about to miss a chance to walk away with some serious, and needed, cash. Time to put on an act. He grabbed something off a nearby table, and headed for the door. Before leaving, Rinne looked over his shoulder. "And Kiyojyuji-san is right; Miroku is annoying when he's drunk." When the redhead had completely left the room, Miroku was still laughing. Tsubasa turned to him, temper already being tested.

"Just what the hell is so funny, Miroku?" Miroku chuckled a bit more, before answering.

"You luck sucks, Tsubasa…"

Tsubasa whacked him in the head, then helped his brother up, and guided him to the kitchen.

1) Renai MAI (恋愛マイ) is the name of the host club (A fictional name, not a real one). Renai means "love", "passion", or "emotion"; mai can mean "dance", or it could be a name, but since it's written in katakana, it has no significant meaning.

Also, I'm making Renai MAI a bit unorthodox, compared to regular Japanese host clubs, but whaaaatever.

2) At host clubs, the hosts have "stage names" taken from historical, film, or anime characters, that say things about their personality. So when a host is called by name by a client, it's not their real name. (Obviously, I'm using anime characters)

3) The whole "blue and purple" thing, and even Rinne's nickname, is a lame pun. Rinne's nickname is taken from a character from Rurouni Kenshin, Aoshi Shinomori. Aoshi is quiet, intelligent, level-headed, and thinks before he acts. Sound familiar? That's why I made this Rinne's nickname. And as for the color thing, Aoshi's name is written with the kanji for "blue" and "purple".

Tsubasa is only called Ryoga because they're both the dogged nice guy of their stories. I would've called him Miroku (He could be Miroku's twin! *shot*), but you can see why I didn't.

4) I'm going based on manga here, not anime, so Kagome has blue eyes, like Sakura. Animated, Kagome has brown eyes, as does Sakura (Well, that's what the CM showed).

5) By the way, the reason that their family name isn't Mamiya is because dad married into mom's family instead of the other way around.

6) Kiyotsugu Kiyojyuji is a character from Nurarihyon no Mago. I'll be doing more crossovers in this story besides InuYasha in the future, and Nurarihyon no Mago is one of them. Rurouni Kenshin is not.

7) Kubinashi is a character from Nurarihyon no Mago, and he's the one who took up the name Shima (For those of you who read that series, don't worry; Kubinashi's head is fully attached to his shoulders in this story). Inuyasha… Well, everyone knows where he's from, and his nickname is Ranma. Again, like people don't know where that name is from.