Dedication: To my dog, Cassie, who keeps badgering me to write... erm - to feed her, actually. In fact, probably through most of my writing this story, she'll be jumping onto my back asking for more food.
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In The Dog Pound
Chapter One
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"Now, Miss Higurashi, you say you had an... obese... calico cat...?" The director of the animal shelter repeated. The young woman at the desk nodded furiously, tears spiking her long eyelashes. A small, ten year old boy next to her rolled his eyes.
"Sis, do we really have to get Buyo back? How about a new dog? I want a dog!" The boy said. His sister glared at him. "C'mon, Kagome, I want a dog, not a fat cat that does nothing!"
"Souta, do you not miss Buyo? He's been in the family since you were born!" Kagome said. "If we never find him, he may be put to sleep somewhere else!"
"Please, Kagome? I want to get a dog!!" Souta whined. Kagome ignored her brother as she smiled at the director.
"So, would you like to check out the dogs or cats?" He asked. Kagome looked at her brother, whose expression looked like a child who didn't get the cool present for Christmas, and immediately was hit by a wave of guilt.
"Ugh... dogs..." Kagome answered.
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"Hey, Kagome! Look at this one-- whoa! What is he doing?!" Souta exclaimed, pointing at a very active (to say the least ^_^) Jack Russell terrier who was getting a little too close for comfort to a small little Yorkie. Kagome whacked Souta on the head, before ushering him to the next cage.
"How about that little thing?" Kagome said, pointing out a small Papillion. (I always wanted one. ^_^) Souta grimaced.
"Oh, the Papillion? His name's Killer," The director said. "You wanna pet him?" Kagome gulped, but nodded. She paled when the director put on thick, cow hide gloves, a protective helmet, and a lot of safety pads.
"Oh, that's all right!! You don't have to bring him out!" Kagome said. When she took another look in Killer's cage, she could've sworn he was smirking at her.
They walked past a few more cages until they reached one filled with puppies. A dozen of them were German Shepherds, except for one little puppy. It was white with a thick mane of fur, and bright gold eyes. It looked like it was being ostracized from the rest of the group of puppies. Kagome felt a little pity for him.
"Souta, what about that white puppy?" Kagome asked. Souta looked at it, and grinned.
"Yeah! He could grow up huge, too!" He exclaimed. The director looked at them with an odd look on his face.
"You sure about that one? He was dumped by some evil woman that looked like she beat him... he might not take kindly to you, ma'am," He said.
"We'll try to accommodate to him," Kagome answered, with a smile. She felt even more pity for the poor thing.
"All right," The director sighed. "The woman called him 'Inuyasha'. He had a litter mate, but a girl took him a few days ago."
"Arigatou gozaimasu," Souta said, as the man walked into the cage, and picked up the pup. "He looks tough." When the director handed the puppy to Kagome, it immediately relieved itself of anything inside his little bladder... on her new Calvin Klein t-shirt.
"Oh, no.." She muttered, handing the now-happy puppy to Souta. "I get an odd feeling that that puppy is no good."
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A/n- Making Inuyasha a puppy is cute! R&R please!