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AN: This shall be a Minoru/Kagome romance.

For those of you wonder who Minoru is, he is a minor character in the manga Inubaka. I truely loved his character and hope he reappears in the manga.

This is what he looks like:

www . mangafox . com / manga / inubaka / v09 / c087 /21 . html

Chapter 1

Kagome sighed, she loved working at Woofles. She really did, it was one of the reason she still worked here after being signed with a publishing company for her fiction work "Inu Yasha."

But she felt like she was being eaten up on the inside, the city held no appeal to her, to be honest she wished she was still in her coma were she'd be back in the world of Inu Yasha, or Ranma, or whatever else had been inside her mind during that time period.

On her fifteenth birthday she's fallen down the well on their family shrine. She'd cracked her head on the way down, and had spent nearly a year in a coma, when she'd woken up they had been forced to explain that she'd simply gone on a very, very long vacation within her own mind. Apparently she'd been pretty fucking bored, and being influenced by her grandpa's stories made several stories inside her mind.

So here she was so many year later after getting a degree in creative writing, working at a pet shop. While writing at night, and finally after 8 months worth of fighting with a publishing company she was here.

And she was extremely unhappy, she loved working for Teppei she adored getting to know their customers, her co-worker, she had even gotten to love Lupin, even though the dog stole her underwear and shoved his nose in her crotch every time he got a chance. She was beginning to worry both Suguri and Momoko, her roommates in the girls' dorm. Not only that, but Kagome KNEW, she was making her three sweet doggies worry more than necessary!

Kagome sighed, again, damnit, she needed to talk to Teppei. She just couldn't ignore this anymore; she was really beginning to hate this town, all the hustle and bustle. The loudness and idiocy were getting on her last nerve.

"Ma'am, ma'am!" A young boy was looking at her over the counter.

Kagome smiled weakly, "I'm sorry. Can I help you?" she asked.

"Yeah, there are some puppies I want to see." The boy replied, he looked to be about eleven or so.

"Alright let's go see." Kagome sent the boy a bright smile, and nearly broke down into giggles at his bright blush.

"Well, I really like the Labrador." The boy smiled.

"Alright, let's go!" Kagome smiled, following the boy.

Teppei frowned, that kid had been calling Kagome for nearly ten minutes, and if it had been a more impatient customer it could have ended badly. Waving Suguri over, he almost smiled as she scurried over.

"Do you know what's wrong with her?" Teppei asked.

"No, Momoko and I are really worried. She hasn't said anything, but even the dogs can tell something is wrong." Suguri replied worry apparent in her eyes.

Teppei sighed running a hand over his face in frustration. "We need to talk to her about it, tonight! She can't keep doing this."

"Are you more worried about her, or Woofles?" Suguri asked a slightly dangerous look in her eyes. After meeting Kagome, and her "kidnapper" she'd grown up quite a bit in a number of ways. She was much more serious and though things through

Teppei raised a brow, "Both."

"Correct answer," Suguri finally replied, "We were going to take to her tonight on the roof, Momoko and I. But seeing how you're so concerned you can talk to her tonight."

"Suguri." Teppei looked annoyed.

"Hmm?" An eyebrow rose, "I'm not going to just leave you hanging Teppei."Suguri finally giggled, she couldn't be to stern for very long.

He glared in response, before sighing when she kissed him lightly.

"Your fun to tease." Suguri laughed before wondering back to the puppies, completely ignoring the indignant look on her boyfriend's face.

Everyone was one the roof that night and things were more than a little awkward, neither Suguri nor Momoko felt comfortable talking about things in front of Kentaro. While Teppei just wanted to hide in a corner to get out of this particular conversation, while he was worried about Kagome he didn't need to know the details.

Kentaro sighed, he wasn't oblivious and Kagome was one of the hotties you just couldn't ignore. "Kagome, what's bothering you?" He finally asked, he was positive he wasn't the only one asking.

Kagome chuckled, while the other three were more than a little startled. "I'm just tired of living in the city, Ken. I just want to get away."

"Kagome, are you thinking about moving?" Momoko asked, a bit sad. Chizuru and she would miss their partner in teasing Akiba and Suguri.

"Yeah, I just. I need to get away. I mean I love working here, with all of you guys. But I'm not happy. I feel like I'm being swallowed up." Kagome smiled weakly. "I was thinking about trying to find a breeding facility in the country and working there."

Teppei went still, maybe? Would she be willing to work there?

"Ah, so you want to work more with dogs than people then?" Suguri asked.

Kagome nodded, she really did love dogs, and she was vaguely thinking about breeding her own. She wanted to see and work with the process before she committed to such a thing.

"I might know some where you can work. They supply most of the puppies for Woofles." Teppei spoke calmly, "I could probably talk with Nakatani about giving you a short probation period, two of his long term workers have quit. But he needs them year round."

Kagome look rather cheered up, she'd heard a good bit about Nakatani Heartland from Suguri. It sounded perfect. "If I can get some internet access and a fax machine that's really all I need." She replied.

"Oh, will I be able to take my babies?" Kagome asked curious, as she looked over her dogs. Her Saluki, Hotaru was currently snuggled down against her side, while the Papillion, Choko was plopped down in Momoko's lap with Mel. Her newest baby, Hajime was molesting… err… harassing Kentaro, then again the small English springer spaniel was a puppy.

Teppei snorted, "Yes that should be fine. Do you want me to make the call?"

"Hai." Kagome grinned; she was going to be out of this town! She really hoped she would be allowed to at least try. She was so excited!