Kagome Higurashi groaned as she rolled over on the bed, growled at
her alarm clock and closed her eyes.
"Kagome! Kagome, wake up!" the voice of her older roommate and one of her best friends, Sango Hitachi called.
"Yeah?" Kagome jerked her door open.
"Gome, I'm worried about Jules. She hasn't even been out of her room at all and I cooked her favorite breakfast. Usually, she is up and watching cartoons when I stumble out of my room." Sango jabbered.
Kagome shock her head consolingly. "Sango-chan, I'm sure Jules is fine. Inuyasha hasn't been by in a while. She's probably resting, so if he pops up, she'll be ready."
Sango shook her head. "That's just it. Inuyasha was by here, this morning. He knocked on her door. He said he heard muffled crying, and you know how Inu gets."
Kagome nodded. "I'll go check."
'Jules' was Julian Tomoyo Takaherashi, the younger sister of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru Takaherashi, the owners of Tama Inc., a technological company that grossed multimillions on a daily basis. Julian was thoughtful, energetic and prone to days of living in her room.
"Jules?" Kagome called, knocking on the door that was painted a bright red.
No answer except for a slight scratching and some soft cooing. Then Julian's voice came clear as church bells.
"Gome-chan? Is that you?"
Kagome rolled her blue-gray eyes. "Yes, Jules."
The door swung open, and a slightly ruffled teenage girl pulled Kagome in and closed the door. "I need your help."
Kagome looked confused. "With what?"
Julian smoothed a hand over her unevenly streaked black and silver hair and pointed to a wriggling lump in the corner. "That."
"Jules, is that a cat?" Kagome asked her face melted into a wistful grin.
"Kagome, cat's don't whine. It's a dog. Besides, I absolutely loathe cats, though Kirara is an exception." Julian rolled her exquisite green eyes.
"You got a dog?" Kagome asked. "That's what you were hiding in here? Inuyasha's thinking you're on another of your kicks, Sango's worried herself sick and you're hiding a dog."
Julian grinned. "It's not just any dog. It's Sesshy-niisama's dog."
Kagome blinked. "Stick-in-the-mud Sesshoumaru has a dog?"
"GrrrBarkWoofWoof"
Kagome turned to Julian. "Translation?"
Julian sweatdropped. "Kagome, I speak English, French, and Spanish. Inuyasha speaks—Oh all right. He says that he resents his owner being called 'stick-in-the mud'.
"That's his name." Kagome shrugged.
"This is Himoro. Himoro, this is Kagome." Julian grinned happily.
"Bye, Jules."
Julian turned to the dog. "Sesshou-niisama, that was rude. Telling Gome that she's a shrew."
"WoofWoofWoof."
"Oh, yeah tell me anything, I'm only a full-blooded youkai" Julian rolled her eyes.
"Bark."
"Whatever. I'm starved, and you're coming with me to the store!"
"Grrrrrrr."
"Nope." Julian flounced over to the closet and tossed a pair of jeans and a tank top over her head.
Sesshoumaru mentally shook his head. Julian was gonna kill him and dog food was gross.
'I do believe a call to Inuyasha is in order.'
"Kagome! Kagome, wake up!" the voice of her older roommate and one of her best friends, Sango Hitachi called.
"Yeah?" Kagome jerked her door open.
"Gome, I'm worried about Jules. She hasn't even been out of her room at all and I cooked her favorite breakfast. Usually, she is up and watching cartoons when I stumble out of my room." Sango jabbered.
Kagome shock her head consolingly. "Sango-chan, I'm sure Jules is fine. Inuyasha hasn't been by in a while. She's probably resting, so if he pops up, she'll be ready."
Sango shook her head. "That's just it. Inuyasha was by here, this morning. He knocked on her door. He said he heard muffled crying, and you know how Inu gets."
Kagome nodded. "I'll go check."
'Jules' was Julian Tomoyo Takaherashi, the younger sister of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru Takaherashi, the owners of Tama Inc., a technological company that grossed multimillions on a daily basis. Julian was thoughtful, energetic and prone to days of living in her room.
"Jules?" Kagome called, knocking on the door that was painted a bright red.
No answer except for a slight scratching and some soft cooing. Then Julian's voice came clear as church bells.
"Gome-chan? Is that you?"
Kagome rolled her blue-gray eyes. "Yes, Jules."
The door swung open, and a slightly ruffled teenage girl pulled Kagome in and closed the door. "I need your help."
Kagome looked confused. "With what?"
Julian smoothed a hand over her unevenly streaked black and silver hair and pointed to a wriggling lump in the corner. "That."
"Jules, is that a cat?" Kagome asked her face melted into a wistful grin.
"Kagome, cat's don't whine. It's a dog. Besides, I absolutely loathe cats, though Kirara is an exception." Julian rolled her exquisite green eyes.
"You got a dog?" Kagome asked. "That's what you were hiding in here? Inuyasha's thinking you're on another of your kicks, Sango's worried herself sick and you're hiding a dog."
Julian grinned. "It's not just any dog. It's Sesshy-niisama's dog."
Kagome blinked. "Stick-in-the-mud Sesshoumaru has a dog?"
"GrrrBarkWoofWoof"
Kagome turned to Julian. "Translation?"
Julian sweatdropped. "Kagome, I speak English, French, and Spanish. Inuyasha speaks—Oh all right. He says that he resents his owner being called 'stick-in-the mud'.
"That's his name." Kagome shrugged.
"This is Himoro. Himoro, this is Kagome." Julian grinned happily.
"Bye, Jules."
Julian turned to the dog. "Sesshou-niisama, that was rude. Telling Gome that she's a shrew."
"WoofWoofWoof."
"Oh, yeah tell me anything, I'm only a full-blooded youkai" Julian rolled her eyes.
"Bark."
"Whatever. I'm starved, and you're coming with me to the store!"
"Grrrrrrr."
"Nope." Julian flounced over to the closet and tossed a pair of jeans and a tank top over her head.
Sesshoumaru mentally shook his head. Julian was gonna kill him and dog food was gross.
'I do believe a call to Inuyasha is in order.'