"Oy, nothing on tv again!" I said as I slid out of bed on a late Wensday night. I went over
to my computer after turning on my radio, determined on finding something to write. I sat down and
thought of all the possible things I could write, but nothing really seemed to be me.

I sat staring at the computer screen, just staring off into space. And then it hit me, I could
write something about how I had spent my night working at the bar. One of the hottest bar in Japan,
As I started writing I felt the same pull I got whenever I wrote, and my body started to work without
my mind's impulses telling it how to act.

As the words came onto the screen, I closed my eyes, tired but knowing I wouldn't be able to
sleep until the story I was writing was finished. Soon after I closed my eyes I opened them and
realized I had quit typing and looked to see twelve pages of writing done. I stood and stretched.
As I stretched my eyes stopped and looked at the clock on my dresser in the one room apartment I
lived in. It read 6 A.M., pretty late considering I had gotten home from work at 2:30 that morning,
I yawned and prayed that I would be able to sleep tonight, without my dreams being invaded by him.

I changed into my long nightshirt, and pulled my hair into a ponytail, keeping it out of my
face was something I had to do at night, otherwise I had the strangest dreams ever, that I was some
woman named Kikyo. I knew that I supposedly looked like her, according to Sango. I knew it was a
bad thing, especially because that idiotic bouncer would do nothing but hate me because I look like
her, I don't know what his problem is, I mean, hello, my name is Kagome, not Kikyo!

I'm so tired of him treating me like trash, acting as though I'm going to turn around and hurt
him, even though there is no possible way to do that, I don't even go near him at all. Like tonight
at the bar, he did nothing but glare at me on his break. At least I could ignore him when he wasn't
coming over to the bar to make snide remarks about my workmanship as a bartender. He was always
complaining, but tonight he drove me nuts, I wanted to reach across the bar and strangle him, I
think Sango sensed it because she inverted her way in-between the two of us and told me that I was
needed by some guys at the other end of the bar.

Kaede, the bar owner, knows that InuYasha and I don't like eachother, but she acts as though
that has nothing to do with the way we treat eachother. It annoys me to death, but I can't do
anything about it, the bar pays good money. And I need the money, if I'm to ever pay the rent
for my apartment.

You would think that with as small as my apartment is that I wouldn't have to pay so much for
rent, but I guess I have to, it doesn't matter, I'm searching for someplace cheaper anyways. This
place is too small for me, even though it is just me, no one else. The place is laid out like this,
you walk in the door and nearly fall over the couch which is parked a little to the left of the
kitchen, in the kitchen all there is is a half refridgerator, a sink, microwave oven and one cabinet.
My bedroom is in the living room, in a curtained off section of the room, inside it is my t.v.,
desk with the computer on it, and the full size bed I sleep on.

Oh well, I found an ad in the paper about a guy looking for someone to split the rent with
at his place, it didn't leave a name, but did a number, I haven't had a chance to call him yet,
I will tonight, before I start work, I just hope I can catch him.

I climbed into bed and fell asleep quiet easily, but my dreams were quiet vivid, I could see
myself, standing in the bar, but then again, it didn't look like the bar, there was someone standing
in front of me. But then as I stared at the person I realized they weren't in front of me, but
they were the reflection of someone behind me. I turned to see a woman who looked exactly like me,
the resemblance scared me so.

I awoke short of breath, my body covered in cold sweat. My hair had come out of the ponytail,
so I had yet another dream of Kikyo, I didn't want to ever sleep again, and I had my wish granted
as I looked at my clock,(which btw I forgot to mention in the layout, sorry!)it was noon, time for
me to wake up anyways.

I went into the bathroom which was right through the kitchen to the back and showered. The
water on my sweat covered body felt so good, it also woke me from still being half asleep. As I
climbed out of the shower and into my warm fuzzy towel my dream invaded my mind, causing me to start
to drift off into sleep, standing up. I quickly shook my head and went into my room getting dressed.

I spent my day looking through the newspaper for more ads on a place to go, I didn't find anything
cheaper than moving in with the other guy. I wasn't feeling to certain about a male roommate but
Sango already told me, I can't stay with her, because of Miroku, her on-again-off-again boyfriend. They
were living together. I didn't really mind Miroku, he was one of those people you can enjoy for
company, along with Shippo, but Shippo offered me to stay with him and I had to decline, I had
gone to his apartment to live when I didn't have a place yet and I had to duck throught the whole
place. Shippo is a little on the short side.

As I got ready for work I hurried so I could get there a bit earlier to use the phone, as I
don't have one in the apartment, I couldn't afford the phone line, what with the rent, water bill,
electricity bill, and heating bill. I got to work as Sango, Shippo, and Miroku were getting there. I
quickly went into the back where I could use the phone. I dialed the number and waited for an answer.
What I got was a familiar voice picking up the phone and saying, "Hello, InuYasha speaking."

I felt my hand go slack and the heard the phone fall onto the counter, I blinked and picked
up the phone quickly, "Hello, InuYasha, this is Kago-" was all I got out before the phone went dead
and I heard the dial tone.

"That asshole, he hung up on me!" I said as Sango came over.

"And what asshole would that be?" Sango asked.

"InuYasha, did you know he is looking for someone to share his apartment with, to share rent?!"

"Yes, I thought I told you about it, but then you said you found an ad in the newspaper-OH!
So he is the ad you found." she said after peicing it together.

"Yes, that same asshole. I didn't know it was him otherwise I wouldn't have called. Great,
did you know I'm behind on my heating and electricity bill payments? This is just going to be
great, I get to lose heat and electricity and then I'll be losing my apartment, to live on the streets!"
I said, my voice going high pitched in exasperation.

I felt a hand on my shoulder, and felt pain as the hand squeezed tightly. I slowly turned
around to face InuYasha. I shoke his hand off my shoulder and rubbed it feeling the bruises spring up.
I glared at him and he started to snarl when Miroku came over to the rescue, and told him that he
was working first shift as bouncer to the door. After InuYasha was out of earshot I thanked Miroku.

The night was pretty slow, with nothing really to do, I tended to the customers and the regulars,
even though one of them wouldn't quit reaching over the bar and ogling me. I would back away and smack
at his hands, but that didn't seem to stop him, he didn't seem to understand the concept of 'no' and
was drunk beyond all reason. Finally, right before the bar was to close the guy jumped over the
bar and grabbed my wrists pulling me towards him.

I screamed and tried to jerk my arms away but I couldn't. I kicked at him but he was still
sober enough to dodge the kicks. I screamed again and InuYasha picked the guy up by the back of
the throat, causing my arms to go up with him. I felt pain in my arms as the guy was shaken by
InuYasha, the guy wouldn't let go of me. I winced in pain as the guy was ripped away, causing my
arms to pop. The guy was thrown out of the bar and the place closed right after that. I rubbed
my arms together, trying to get rid of the pain I felt in them.

I changed into my regular clothes and went into the employee parking lot and saw that someone
had stolen my car. My life was just not going good that night. I was kicking at the air when the
others came out of the bar and went to their cars. Sango looked at me and asked if I wanted a ride
to my apartment from her.

"No thanks, I'll just walk, I'll be fine." I said, Sango wouldn't hear of it.

"Nonsense, after the scene in the bar, that guy could be waiting for you, right around the
cornor, InuYasha will walk you home, no one will mess with him." She volunteered.

"I don't think so, if she wants to walk and get raped or killed let her, its not going to be
on my head." InuYasha said.

"But InuYasha, don't you think you ought to do it? You did hang up on her when all she wanted
was to know if she could stay with you, split the rent. She saw your ad in the paper, the one you
declined to mention when you told me about your looking for a roommate. And if you don't I will
make sure that a little secret of yours is posted up in the bar one night when Miroku has first
door shift." Sango said with a sly grin.

"Thats blackmail."

"No, thats just torture."

"FINE! Come on wench. The sooner you get home, the sooner I can go home to bed."

I groaned and walked with InuYasha down the road towards the apartment complex we both lived at.
As we got closer to the complex I started to get uneasy, I felt as though someone was following us.
I looked back to see five guys with weapons following us. I quickened my step and InuYasha looked
back to see what had startled me. He smirked and cracked his knuckles, he loved anything that
involved brute strength.

The guys behind us ran and caught up with us, two grabbed me and jerked me away, InuYasha started
fighting with the other three. I tried to scream but I couldn't as the guys pulled out their knives
and started to cut at my arms. I did scream that time, as I felt the blood running down my arms.
InuYasha looked up from the guy he was making beg for mercy and saw me bleeding. His normal golden
eyes seemed to glow red like my blood as he came over and pummeled the guys to bloody pulps. He
picked me up and carried me the rest of the way to the apartments, and went to his, where he set me
down on the couch and went to get some gauze to cover up my cuts.

The cuts hurt like hell, especially as he poured some hydrogen peroxide on them. I winced in
pain and he gently wrapped up my arms. I had never known InuYasha to care for anyone so gently
before, and my guess is, he never really had. Not for anyone else but Kikyo.

"There. Done. Your going to stay here tonight. Your not leaving, your going to stay sleep
in my room, I'll sleep on the couch." he said, he kept his silver hair over his eyes and face so I
wouldn't be able to see the care in his eyes.

"Thanks for doing this InuYasha, but I'll go home, that way you can get some sleep, in your
own bed. I'm sure you don't want to sleep on the couch, it is after all your apartment-" I started
before he cut me off.

"No, its ours. I heard about your problems from Sango, she's told me how small your apartment
is, and mine's big enough for 5 people. You can stay here. We'll split the rent and bills. And
for tonight your staying in my bed, even if I have to go in there with you to keep you in it. You
have to be able to stretch out, otherwise your going to be stiff in the morning, and your arms will
be hurting more than ever. And I don't need to hear you bitch." he said, which surprised me.

"Are you sure? Cause I'll end up leaving the minute your out cold, and you should know that.
I'm not making you sleep on the couch."

"I'm sure. And since you seem to think your going to leave, I'll be sleeping with you(NOT TO SOUND PERVISH!)."
he said.

I gave up and went into his room climbing into his bed, where the second my head hit the pillow
I was asleep. I felt InuYasha climb into the bed, and to make sure I would stay put, he put his arm
over my waist, or at least that's why I thought he had done that.