AN: Yay!! A new story!! FINALLY!! I was wondering if I was ever getting
around to a new one.....and I'm sure you all were too. As a side
note....I am currently suffering from severe writer's block for
'Shattered Glass' so I might not update it as often as this fic.....and
I will update this one often! Or try to at least....heh. Well, with all
of that said and done....onto the fic!

Oh...but first the disclaimer!

Disclaimer: I do not currently own Inuyasha....but I'm looking for him
on eBay. I mean come on! If they're selling October fashion bras and
solid gold spoons they have to at least sell just one little
hanyou......



By the way...this is dedicated to one of my best friend.....Aejavu aka
Aeja. She's an awesome person...although never ever call Nuriko gay
around her. There will be lots of blood involved if you do.....and I
guarantee it won't be her blood....




All's Fair in Love and Reality Shows




Chapter One




Welcome A Board! (You'll get the title later on in the chapter....)






Kagome Higurashi stepped off the plane and took in a lungful of fresh
air. Being trapped on a plane with a person who actually uses those
barf-bags for five hours had not been pleasant. Or pleasant smelling
for that matter. Hitching her yellow backpack higher up on her
shoulders and hoping that they hadn't sent her bags to Australia by
mistake, she set off towards the taxi awaiting her.


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After the taxi driver had seen her bright orange note, he sped off.
After many hours of driving and of Kagome going insane from listening
to the guy talk about his new son, they arrived at a luxurious looking
hotel. Thanking the driver and yanking her backpack from the seat,
Kagome walked timidly up to the huge revolving glass door. She stepped
inside the lobby and looked around in amazement. "It looks like a
mansion," she breathed. After taking in all of her surroundings, her
eyes caught on one particular group of people roughly her own age,
staring at the hotel in awe, clutching the same neon orange paper she
was. Kagome trotted quickly over to them. Squeezing in next to a tall
girl with her black hair up in a ponytail and a short kid with dull
orange hair....and a tail?

"Are you Kagome Higurashi?" Kagome looked up at the mention of her
name.

"Yea...that's me." The speaker was a tall man with long silver hair
and....make-up? And a boa? Or was that a tail...like the kid's?

"Good. Now everyone's here. We can begin." He cleared his throat, then
began speaking again. this time in a much louder voice. "Hello! Welcome
to The Shikon! I see that you all have gotten your invites. Those allow
you to take taxi rides for free, and the tags that came with them that
you attached to your bags allowed them to come straight to the hotel.
But enough of that. I am Sesshoumaru Takahashi, the host of the newest
reality game show......Hectic Hotel! (AN: Sorry...it's a really corny
name, I know. But I suck at naming things...especially game shows..)

A cheer rose from the group, receiving a dirty glare from the desk
clerks in return.

"I can't believe it!! We're on T.V.!!!" The girl next to Kagome turned
to her and squealed. "This is gonna be so much fun!!"

"Yeah, I know!!" Kagome's excitement matched the girl's. She couldn't
believe they had chosen her. She'd never done anything exciting in her
whole life...and here she was standing in the lobby of a billion-dollar
hotel about to be on national television!

"Here are the basics. You will be given more detailed rules when we
start tomorrow. But anyway, you will be paired up with a person of the
opposite sex." Murmurs arose from the crowd as everyone glanced
nervously at the guy or girl near them. "You will share a room, and
will complete challenges. And no," he added, "No one will be 'voted
off.' The pair with the highest score at the end of the show will,
obviously, be the winners!" Sesshoumaru offered a small smile at the
eagerness of the group. Smiling was very rare for Sesshoumaru, as Kagome
would find out later. "Now, let's pair off." He cleared his throat
again and began. "Rin and Shippou! Come forward please!" The kid next
to her (who looked to be about thirteen, two years younger than
herself, Kagome figured) shot her a small smile, then ran to join a
small black haired girl about his age. "Naraku and Kikyou, step up."
Another girl walked up. Kagome took in a sharp breath. The girl looked
enough like her, they could probably pass as twins! But her thoughts
were broken as Naraku stepped up, a young man with long flowing
hair......and a baboon pelt. "I feel bad for the Kikyou girl," Kagome
muttered. "She's stuck with a wacko in a baboon cloak." The girl next
to Kagome turned and grinned at her.

"He's a weird one, isn't he?" But just as Kagome was about to reply,
Sesshoumaru spoke again.

"Miroku and Sango." The girl next to Kagome gave her another smile,
then trotted up to Sesshoumaru and a guy with black hair in a short
ponytail and long, purple robes.

"Kagome and Kouga." Kagome gulped as she trudged warily up to
Sesshoumaru and a tall, slim, brown-haired guy. With a tail. She gave
Kouga a small smile as he eyed her. His eyes lit up and he looked like
he had just gone shopping and found what he wanted. Kagome's small
smile was replaced by a small frown and she turned and watched
Sesshoumaru call out pairs.

Soon she got bored with this, and she turned to the kid, Shippou. "Hey!
I'm Kagome!"

"I'm Shippou! Welcome aboard!" Shippou gave her a large piece of wood
and grinned. "Get it? Welcome A Board? Welcome aboard?"

"Yeah, I get it!" Kagome laughed....then started a real conversation
with him.



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Finally, Sesshoumaru reached the end of his list. "Inuyasha and Nazuna."
A tall, muscular boy sullenly trudged up. He cast contempt filled
glances at everyone, until his gaze found Miroku. He frowned even
harder at Miroku, but his amber eyes had lost the scorn-filled look.
Instead they were filled with a sort of gleam. Kagome shook her head,
then turned her attention back to the host.

Sesshoumaru was quietly conversing with a small, bald, frog-like man.
And he did not look happy. "There seems to be a slight
problem.....Nazuna was not able to make it. It turns out she declined
our offer. So Inuyasha will have to be paired with a couple." That made
the gleam go out in Inuyasha's eyes faster than the wind blows out a
candle. "He will be paired up with.....Kouga and Kagome!" Kagome sent
Inuyasha a small smile, which was returned with a snort. "Now, I will
be handing out room numbers. Good luck to all of you!" While Sesshoumaru
started passing out slips of paper, Inuyasha, Kouga, and Kagome gave
each other uneasy looks, then edged away from each other.

"Kagome!" A shout came from behind. Kagome whirled around, right into
the girl that was next to her, Sango. "Hey! I'm Sango, but I guess
you've already figured that out. What room did you get?" Kagome looked
at her slip of paper.

"Room 555, The Cherry Blossom Suite. What'd you get?"

"Room 557, The Lily Suite. We're next to each other!"

"Good! I was hoping I'd just be stuck with those two. They're about as
talkative as a brick wall." Sango laughed.

"Miroku's okay. Just a little....touchy. And perverted. He's a monk
too...."

"Touchy? A monk?"

"Yeah. I'll show you. Oi, Miroku!" Miroku trotted up. "This is my
friend, Kagome."

"Ah, Lady Kagome," Miroku closed his eyes and kissed Kagome's hand,
causing her to blush. "It is my pleasure to meet you. Will you bear my
child?" The lobby went silent as Miroku was sent flying across the room.

Sango broke the silence. "Well, he never asked me that."

"I understand why you said perverted. But not why you said touchy.."

"He's coming back. Obviously that punch you gave him didn't knock
enough sense into him." Sure enough, Miroku was hobbling back over to
them.

"I would humbly like to beg Lady Kagome's forgiveness." He knelt before
her and took her hand again.

"Well......uh.......PERVERT!!!" Kagome sent another punch his way and
soon he was flying across the room. Again.

Kouga bounded up. "Are you alright Kagome?"

"Uh...yea.....he just...well....is a little...."

"He grabbed her ass," Sango stated bluntly.

"Why that little....I'll teach him to mess with my woman!"

"YOUR WOMAN?!" Kouga soon joined Miroku in a crumpled heap at the other
end of the lobby. Sango was grinning broadly, and Inuyasha was howling
with laughter. He then went to help Miroku up off of the ground, still
chuckling. "You're this lech's friend?" Kagome looked in wonder at
Inuyasha.

"Good job. You aren't as stupid as you look....so far."

"You asshole!" Another blow was dealt and Inuyasha was on the floor.
"C'mon," Kagome motioned to Sango. "Let's go find our rooms."
Sesshomaru chuckled as he watched their retreating backs. This would be
more interesting than he thought......




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AN: There. The first chapter. Finished. HOORAY!! Okay...it's short...I
know...but hey! At least it's a chapter!! And I like this story...it is
based on a dream I had....but I won't go into details.
Anyway....questions? Comments? Concerns? Press the blue button the says
'review' and let me here them!