Disclaimer: My claim to Inuyasha is as strong as my claim to being Prince William's fiancé…oh wait…they're nonexistent.

Summary: When her boyfriend and best friend, Inuyasha, dumps her for her cousin, college student Kagome ends up kicking a can in her fury. The little can accidentally damages the car of the rich businessman Sesshomaru. In order to pay him back she must spend 25 days basically as his slave! Sesshomaru could get his car fixed without even scratching his wallet, so is there something up his sleeve?

Thanks for reviewing: The Evil Liar, Aqua Miko, Shini'chi Raine, Kagamoesiun, magiclover53, LadyAkina, j.b Raven, Darkness Carrier, Red satin and Black silk, Purotekuta-Shikon no Tama, Defafaeth-Mechqua, ForestSprite, Kurai Ookami, Emerald-Eyed-Faye, lilshiasha, Rhea9, MeMe, silvertigerlil, some1, atashi-wa-Yume, BlueMonkey89, CrystallineLily, Lilian, MindlessInuyashaWander, Dana Daidouji, sandalwoods, Fujiiann, kitsunelover25, Celestial Fox, mau ty, Beth, Yujin-chan aka Neko Megami, Leighbriel-Misokita, Hiyami, Kat, amy, Pink Sakura, ChIbI rIn, Kaguya's Chaos, Sesshomaru's mate lady Yuzuki, x tales of glory, Adrianne, Myztical Star, InuFairy77, raye the great, Golden Rose, honey-gurl88, KNE, Ayjah, funnygirl, I-LUV-FLUFFY-SAN46, SakuraoftheDream, melissa, Tinkerbell-69-4ever, chibiNeko192, …nox, ioke, Sarah, whoeveryouwantittobe, SaturnNeko, ShindyNova, Golden-Eyed-Girl, Unicorn'sWhisper, Gopher2806 and confused mentor.

Lady Akina- I actually haven't decided if I should make Inuyasha and Sesshomaru related. I think I'm going to have to though…but the one thing that stops me from writing that in is the fact that it's always cliché with Kagome finding out that Inuyasha is Sesshomaru's brother and she never knew and all that stuff…what do you think?

j.b Raven- That was a funny review. Yes, Sesshomaru does love his Escalate doesn't he? I can't wait to see what Kagome does when she finds out he has half a dozen other cars…

Darkness Carrier- Happy Belated Birthday eh? Am I taking on too much with three fics in progress? I promise to update as soon as I can though.

Rhea9- I agree! Humor and Romance are a good combo, especially for Sesshomaru and Kagome fics. Besides, I just love Romantic Comedies.

CrystallineLily- What can I say? I knew that you would immediately congratulate yourself on campaigning for hard and vigorously for this fic…and for being like the number one advocate. Just to let you know, you make ME laugh too! And yes, you seemed a bit…coughoddcough in that review. Yes, it seems that you just may be one of my most devoted and insane reviewers…

MindlessInuyashaWander- Have you succeeded in saying it all in one breath yet?

Dana Daidouji- Yes, I do know a thing or two about cars. So thank you on that note. Unfortun ately, I happen to like those big expensive SUVs and trucks that I will never ever be able to afford.

sandalwoods- You like me?!?!?! I LOVE you!!! Your works are amazing. Your Girl at the Corner totally reminded me of the movie (starring Keanu Reeves!) Sweet November. I admire you!!! I can't believe you liked my fic!!!! I am honored!

Fujiiann- Now feeling the pressure…

kitsunelover25- I am your favorite author?! faints

Celestial Fox- Hola! Que pasa amiga? (Despite having taken Spanish for quite a few years, my Spanish-speaking skills don't go much further than that)

Beth- Yes, I believe you have experienced something called Karma…

Hiyami- It is too bad not all authors write long chapters…perhaps that is why I try and write long ones, I don't want the rest of the world to suffer like I have…

Pink Sakura- That was a funny review. Remember, if you get caught kicking cans at nice cars, you will not say you got the idea from me!

Kaguya's Chaos- The ice cream…yes…the ice cream…

x tales of glory- Wow! Another Korean!!! Definite Asian Pride. Do you watch other Korean dramas and movies? I personally liked the movie My Sassy Girl and My Tutor Friend, and don't even get me started on dramas!!!

Adrianne- You actually read my A/N?!

honey-gurl808- I'm glad that you appreciated the comedy! Yes, Sess/Kago forever! I think I'm going to have to make Inuyasha and Sesshomaru brothers…it doesn't really work otherwise…does it? I haven't decided on a specific age, but Sesshomaru is going to be in his early 30's. I'm glad you loved all the funny parts and stuff…loved your review too.

Ayjah- Eh…I think Inuyasha's going to have to make an appearance later on…

Inukamisashi- L.I.P eh? I actually found out the name of the movie. Translated it means "You can't buy my love" or something. But yeah, the plot may sound familiar…but no worries…you have no idea of these little odd ideas I concoct in my head. But thanks a million, and I could never hate you!

chibiNeko192- Yeah…I really did. I hate math, but I endured the evil subject just to please you all…the things I do to make you readers happy…

Sarah- sigh I have sort of noticed that too. Thank you for appreciating my effort to use proper grammar and spelling…and have a plot. To be honest, it irks me when people write stories that lack the above.

confused mentor- A masterpiece?! turns red And thank you for appreciating my 'research.'

Day 1: Kagome's 'Karwash'

"Hey…Kagome?!"

Kagome opened one eye. "Ugh…it is way too early…" Kagome muttered. She flopped over onto her back, and managed to creak the other eye open. "I'm awake!" she announced, her voice groggy.

"There's someone at the door!" Sango yelled again. Kagome blinked in an attempt to clear the haze that clouded her mind.

Flashback

"I'm home!" Kagome announced as she removed the key from the lock of their apartment door. Instead of living in a dormitory on a college campus, Sango and Kagome lived a few minutes away from the campus at an apartment complex…that was much cheaper than a dorm. That and it was much roomier. The place was pretty run down and it was always too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer…but hey…they still had a roof over their heads.

"You hungry?" Sango asked as she came in from the kitchen.

"Whaddya make?" Kagome chirped as she took off her puffy white jacket and tossed it onto the couch.

"Mm, a chicken Caesar salad." Sango replied.

"Eh…I'll just make myself my Ramen."

"It won't kill you to eat a little bit of lettuce. As a matter of fact, it'd be beneficial." Sango informed Kagome as she shoved a forkful of the salad into her mouth.

"I know! But I just feel like eating Ramen." Kagome said a slight guilty tone in her voice.

"You always feel like eating Ramen." Sango reminded her.

"Well…I eat healthy stuff sometimes." Kagome insisted.

"Ice Cream doesn't count Kagome."

Kagome let out a sigh of defeat. "Fine, you got me…I'll eat your salad…" Kagome reluctantly carried a fork over to Sango who was sitting on the couch, and joined her. "Itshokay." Kagome admitted, her mouth full. It was a wonder how the two managed to live together. Kagome was a messy and unorganized junkie while Sango was a neat, exercising health food fanatic. Luckily for Kagome, Sango wasn't a vegan or vegetarian.

"Is it just me or do you seem…happy?" Sango asked as she noted that Kagome was humming. Kagome rarely hummed, which was a good thing considering that Kagome wasn't a very good singer.

Kagome grinned, and withdrew the $50 dollar bill that Sesshomaru had given her from her pocket. "See this?"

Sango's eyes bugged out. "It's been forever since I've seen one of those!" she exclaimed.

Kagome nodded. "Yup, and it's all mine!" Kagome pocketed the money again. It wasn't often that Kagome Higurashi had big bills like that, and so she would relish the feel of it while she could.

"So what did you have to do for Inuyasha?" Sango teased as she put the plastic salad bowl into the sink.

And the flood gates opened.

The tears Kagome should have cried hours ago were released. Kagome sobbed, sobbed, and sobbed…while throwing a tantrum. "Heeee dumped meeeeeeee!" she wailed as she began to beat at one of the couch pillows. She then beat the couch with the pillow for each word she spoke. "I…can't…believe…he…dumped…me!" Kagome threw the pillow across the room. "I hate him!" she screamed.

Sango watched, alarmed. Kagome had never had such an emotional break down before. Even when she found out that Inuyasha had cheated on her the first time she hadn't taken the news this hard. Kagome showed no sign of anger after that. All she showed was sadness and hurt. She ended up using up exactly one box of Kleenex, no more and no less. Kleenex wasn't cheap! She had to use sparingly.

"I'll be back!" Sango said quickly as she grabbed her light dark blue wind breaker, and dashed out the door.

Kagome sniveled in reply, and began on a whole new round of sobs.

Sango raced down to the little market just outside the radius of the university's campus to buy several pints of ice cream. She bought three pints of chocolate chip cookie dough for Kagome, and one pint of Rocky Road (Now with extra chunks of fudge!) for herself. Being a health food advocate she couldn't help but wonder if she had bought too much. Buying all this ice cream was pretty much encouraging Kagome's unhealthy eating habits, but ice cream did do wonders…and she deserved a treat too.

"Thanks a lot Sango," Kagome stuttered, her voice shaky from all her tears. Kagome stopped crying…at least long enough to eat a whole pint and a half of her chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. Then Kagome began crying…and moaning.

"Kagome! Someone's going to complain about the noise if you don't try and turn the volume down a bit!" Sango hissed.

"I can't help it! My stomach…and heart hurt!" Kagome wailed, droning out Sango's pleading.

"How many times do I have to tell you that just because some actress can eat several gallons of ice cream doesn't necessarily mean you can?" Sango reprimanded. "It's called a movie and not real Kagome!" Sango often had to remind Kagome that it was only in movies that people managed to eat several gallons of ice cream while wallowing in their sadness without getting a major stomachache.

Kagome nodded tearfully. "I hate ice cream." she grumbled bitterly.

"We'll see about that," Sango remarked as she put away the ice cream into the freezer.

"I do! And you know what else I hate? I hate cousins who steal other cousins' boyfriends, boyfriends who dump their girlfriends for their girlfriends' cousin and weird rich guys with silver hair who care waaay too much about their cars." Kagome was now up off the couch, and pacing back and forth. Sango watched Kagome and paid astute attention as if she were in a lecture.

"And now that I think about it, this is all Kikyo's fault! If she hadn't seduced Inuyasha then he wouldn't have dumped me and I wouldn't have been so angry and upset meaning that I wouldn't have run off, kicked the can that dented the car and then I wouldn't have to pay him off!"

Before Kagome could go off on another long confusing tangent, Sango interjected. "Kagome…whose car did you dent?"

Kagome looked at Sango blankly. "You don't know who I'm talking about?"

"No…"

"How can you not know who I'm talking about?"

"Well, you use the word 'he' and 'him' a lot without making clear if you're talking about several different 'he's' and 'him's.' It's really confusing!"

Kagome thought about Sango's words before plopping down onto the couch again. "Ok, so it all starts out with me going to the café to see Inuyasha-"

"I got all that, but happened after he dumped you?" Sango asked as she hugged the pillow that Kagome had previously been beating on.

"Well…I ran off…and I saw a can, and I swear it had Inuyasha's face on it! So I kicked it…and…it hit some guy's car. It was a Cadillac Escalate, and you couldn't even see the dent! So I really don't know why he went off on me about it, I bet he could fix the stupid car by himself."

"Hmm…Kagome, it seems like this guy was pretty lenient on you."

"Lenient? If he hadn't wounded my pride then I wouldn't have tried to fix it to redeem myself and create a total of two dents, and I wouldn't owe him $1100, and I wouldn't have to work for him to pay him off!" Kagome complained.

"You created another dent?" Sango asked in disbelief.

"But I fixed the original dent!" Kagome protested.

Sango shook her head in dismay. "Kagome, I can't believe you're not in jail! You made two dents in his Cadillac Escalate! I would've taken you to court!"

"Come on! It's not that great of a car!"

"But still! He could have taken you to court for vandalizing private property. I'd be thankful if I were you."

"That doesn't matter! What matters is that he treated me without respect! He like harassed me and stared me down, and commanded and-"

"Kagome…you dented his car…" Sango said slowly.

"Sango! Whose side are you on?!"

"I guess you feel better…"

"No! I am not feeling better! Think about it Sango! I have to spend the next 25 days for eight hours every day with…with…eh…"

"With?"

"Umm…"

"You don't even know his name??"

"I never said that!" Kagome then grabbed her white puffy jacket, and began to empty its pockets. She ended up with a paperclip, half a piece of gum, a candy wrapper…and a card. "Ah hah. His name is Mr. Sesshomaru Arishima…more like Mr. Sesshomaru Arrogant." Kagome muttered with bitterness.

"I personally think you should be thanking your lucky stars." Sango commented. "He gave you $50…and is letting you work for him instead of suing him."

Kagome could have sworn a vein popped in her forehead. "He still could have been more compassionate to my case." she grumbled. "And you should have heard the guy Sango! He thinks he's hot enough and worthy of the title 'Master.'"

Sango raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, Master. He said that I have to call him Master Sesshomaru or Sesshomaru-sama. Now that's arrogance."

"Actually, it just sounds like he wants respect."

"Sango!!!"

"Sorry!"

End of Flashback

Kagome groaned as the haze in her mind cleared. She actually cried because of Inuyasha. At least she stopped crying after an hour. "Inuyasha doesn't deserve my tears." she grumbled.

"Kagome?!" Sango yelled again.

"Coming!" Kagome let out an 'eep' as she tumbled out of the bed as she tried to wrestle herself free from the confines of her blanket. She finally wriggled free of her blanket, and leaving it on the floor of the bedroom she shared with Sango she hurriedly opened the door and tried to walk into the living room at the same time. She ended up walking too fast and opening the door too slow for she hit her forehead…with a door she opened by herself. "Owwww…"

"Kagome, are you alright?"

"Fine! Fine! Fine!" Kagome assured her, her voice rather vicious sounding.

"There's some guy here to talk to you."

'It better not be Inuyasha. I don't care how much he grovels and begs, I will not take him back!' Kagome thought to herself. But it was definitely not Inuyasha at the door. It was an old man with rather greenish skin, bulbous eyes…who came up to Kagome's waist. Kagome was pretty short…so this would mean that this guy was really short. "May I help you?" Kagome asked as she stifled a yawn.

"Yes!" the man said authoritatively. "I am here to remind you that Master Sesshomaru does not like people who are late." Kagome's eyes grew to size of the old man's, and she frantically began running around and panicking. "Hmph. Master Sesshomaru was right about the girl." The old man said to Sango who was trying to figure out what was going on. "Yes, Master Sesshomaru knows everything! He said the girl was clumsy…" As if on cue, a loud 'thud' was heard from the bedroom. It was Kagome…tripping over the blanket she had left on the ground. "And annoying and stupid…"

"That's it, you're going out!" Sango shoved the old man out into the hallway and slammed the door shut. Sango then walked into the bedroom as Kagome was trying to brush her teeth and hair at the same time. "Kagome? What's going on?"

"I'm going to be late!" Kagome complained as she ran to the bathroom to spit out the toothpaste foam into the sink. "And he's going to kill me! He told me he hate people who are late. What if he makes me spend another day or something with him?"

"What time do you have to be there?" Sango asked, worried for her friend.

"Noon!" Kagome said as she splashed water onto her face.

"Umm…Kagome?"

"No time Sango! No time! What's the weather like?" Kagome asked as she ran into the bedroom.

"Kagome…"

"Weather Sango! Weather!" Kagome chanted.

"It's 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and it's kind of cloudy, but it's going to shower later." Sango said as she read the thermometer that dangled outside the window, and the strip of the 'Week's Weather' cut out from the newspaper that was taped to the wall. "But Kagome…?"

"Thanks Sango! I'll see you later!" Kagome said as she zipped past her wearing the same puffy white jacket, dark blue jeans with tennis shoes, and a back pack in hand.

One of the reasons that Kagome never was able to dress accordingly to the weather was because the thermometer was broken, but of course neither one of the girls knew that…and meteorologists were always wrong. "KAGOME!" Sango yelled, desperate to get her friend to just stop for a second and listen to her.

"Bye Sango!" Kagome yelled back as she grabbed an apple, and headed for the door.

"IT'S ONLY NINE O' CLOCK!"

Kagome froze, her hand just about to touch the door knob. "What?"

Sango sighed. "It's only 9:00 o' clock. You still have several hours before you need to be there." Sango informed Kagome.

Kagome stared at Sango, and Sango looked back at Kagome. Seconds of silence passed until Kagome dropped the apple…and hell broke loose…at least that's how it seemed to Sango. "I can't believe him! He sent some guy who was even weirder looking than him to tell me I'm late!!!"

That's how it was.

Kagome was the temperamental one….sometimes a drama queen. But she was actually the kind of person who liked to help others in need out, most people described her as a kindred spirit. She would appear to be the quiet kind, but there was definitely a fire in her. She was still a little kid at heart to be honest…still naïve, unsure of herself… She always gave everything her all even though she tended to be lazy and disorganized. Kagome was…simply put, Kagome.

Sango was the more level headed one. She was the more mature and organized one, more serious, not nearly as bubbly as Kagome. But maybe it was because she had to grow up fast. After her mother died, Sango had to grow up, and take care of her father and younger brother. Sango was the quiet and shy kind….who had a fierce spirit and ambitions.

Sango was as Kagome would say, "too perfect."

Perhaps.

Sango was on Tokyo University's Cross Country Team, Soccer Team and Judo Team. The number one emblazoned on the back of her Soccer Jersey told all. On top of that she managed to get extremely good grades, and hold a weekend job at the market she had bought ice cream at the day before. Sango was one of those 'early-go-getters', and woke up every morning at 6:30 am religiously to jog around the campus regardless of what time she had gone to bed, and four times a week, she would work out at the gym too.

She was definitely one of those people that you wished you could be. She was of brain, brawn and beauty even though her athletic-ness and smartness drove a lot of potential boyfriends away. Sango repeatedly told herself that it was a good thing because that would leave her more time to focus on her studies and sports.

After shouting and waving her hands around for a good hour, Kagome finally helped herself to a bowl of cereal, and left by 11:00. "If I go insane by the end of the 25 days, it's not my fault. It's his! I mean think about it! I have to spend 25 days with …that Mr. Arrogant!"

"Kagome, you shouldn't call him that. You should call him by his real name, besides, how do you know if he's arrogant?"

Kagome ignored Sango. "I'm going to give him a piece of my mind!" she resolved.

Sango merely smiled to herself. "You go ahead and do that."

"Thank you very much sir!" Kagome chirped cheerfully as the taxi driver pulled to a stop. "Is this enough?" she asked as she pulled out the $50 dollar bill that Sesshomaru had given her yesterday.

"I'll get you your change," the driver told her as he took the $50 dollar bill from her. The driver had to tug on it a little hard than one would normally have to. Kagome was rather reluctant to give it up. The driver handed her her change, and Kagome got out of the cab. She had her backpack with her with some homework she had yet to finish. Instead of finding a house in front of her, Kagome found a long and winding driveway…she wasn't going to have to walk up the thing now…was she?

With two minutes to spare and flushed, Kagome rang the door bell of 'the castle' as she called it. It was answered by a little girl…and that old man who had shown up at the apartment squawking about how she wasn't supposed to open the door for strangers. "Hi! My name is Rin. What's yours?"

Kagome forgot about being angry at Sesshomaru, and the long speech she had prepared on her walk up. She knelt down to Rin's level, and grinned. "My name's Kagome. How old are you Rin?"

Rin smiled, revealing that she was missing her two front teeth. "I'm seven."

Kagome was about to tell Rin that she was 22, but a dark shadow loomed over her. Kagome had an ominous feeling about who it was, and slowly looked up. "You're late."

"Uncle Sesshomaru!" Rin exclaimed as she hugged Sesshomaru's leg. Kagome thought that Sesshomaru was going to shake her off, but instead he reached down and patted Rin on the head.

Kagome's jaw went slack.

"I see that it is going to be normal for me to remind you that you look most peculiar with your mouth wide open."

Kagome immediately closed her mouth, and glared at Sesshomaru. "I am not late."

Sesshomaru looked at his watch, a beautiful stainless steel Rolex with a thick gold band around the face. "You most certainly are. You are two minutes late."

"Impossible! I was two minutes early! Ask Rin! She opened the door!"

"Are you incapable of talking?" he asked.

"What are you talking about?!" she demanded.

"All you seem to do is shout."

"I do not!" she protested indignantly.

"You prove my point."

Kagome scowled. "Well I was early, and how come you didn't tell me I was going to have to walk up a five mile long drive way?"

"You exaggerate. It is only a quarter of a mile long."

"Well…it was like five miles long." Kagome grumbled.

"Now you are three minutes late."

Kagome let out an angry huff. "Well, it's not polite to enter someone's house without being invited first." She said smugly.

"Of course…my apologies. Please…do come in." Kagome wanted to scowl again. Only he could make being polite sound so…unpleasant and impolite.

"Thank you." Kagome said stiffly. Kagome's breath caught in her throat when she saw the inside. It was beautiful. The ceiling was incredibly high, and the door opened up to a large and spacious living room. There was a white staircase that led up to another floor…and directly to a walk way that went across the living room to what she guessed was the other part of the second floor. The floor was all of a beautiful dark smoky gray marble that contrasted with the white walls and staircase.

There were several steps that led to the actual living room area. In the living room there was a fire place, a white rug with two black leather couches, two armchairs, and a large glass coffee table. Above the fire place was a number of pictures. All of them were of…Sesshomaru. There weren't exactly pictures, more like magazine articles that his pictures were in, magazine covers, newspaper articles... 'They should have shrunk his face, and not blown it up,' Kagome thought bitterly. 'If that isn't arrogant than I don't know what is…'

"Since this is the first day, I will let your tardiness slide," Sesshomaru began, snapping Kagome out of her stupor. "You will be working with me for the next…seven hours, and you will be allowed to dine with me and Rin…and I am a reasonable person," Kagome snorted. Sesshomaru stopped speaking, and looked at her.

"Sorry…I sneezed." Kagome explained. If she had been the sort of person to use vulgar language she would have said, 'Excuse me. Sorry, I'm just allergic to bullshit.' But she wasn't, so she didn't.

Sesshomaru arched an eyebrow just slightly, and resumed speaking and circling Kagome again. Kagome couldn't help but feel like a piece of meat…or a carcass…and Sesshomaru was some vulture. "I will include the time it takes for you to eat into the seven hours. But if you purposely eat slowly, I will add onto the time you spend here." Kagome cringed at the thought. "I will not tolerate you doing something other than what I assign you to do."

Kagome nodded.

"Jaken, take Rin back to her playroom, and bring me the contract."

"Right away my lord!" Jaken bowed deeply before waddling up the stairs, and ushering Rin off into her 'playroom.'

Kagome tried to suppress her giggles. How did he manage to convince somebody to address him as lord? "Does something amuse you?" he asked.

"Nothing!" Kagome said quickly.

"You lie."

"I do not!"

"I rest my case." Kagome wrinkled her nose. He was impossible. What was he? A lawyer? Jaken soon came back, and Sesshomaru walked down into the living room, and seated himself at the head armchair. Kagome followed, and sat on the adjacent couch. "Here is the contract. It states that you acknowledge damaging my car, and that I will pay for the damages and in return you will work for me for the rest of the month of March, 7 hours a day-"

"I can read ya' know." Kagome informed him as she snatched the contract from Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru merely eyed her. Kagome tried not to squirm, and tried to focus completely on the contract. She got tired of reading it half way through. 'He's the meanest, most arrogant and stuck up person I've ever met in my life, but he can't be sleazy…like Kikyo.' Kagome thought. 'At least I hope so…' she added as she picked up the fancy pen, and signed her name on the line. Jaken grabbed the contract from her before the ink even had a chance to dry, and promptly went upstairs to put the contract away.

Sesshomaru slowly got up not too long afterwards, and began to walk away. Before Kagome could ask where he was going, he turned his head slowly. "Someone will be along in a little while to show you what you are to do. The only break you will be given is for dinner, and you will be dining with me and Rin."

Kagome found that all her questions were answered. Huffily she plopped back down in her seat. After a while she was up and out of her seat, and looking at the framed magazines, pictures and newspaper articles all pertaining to 'Sesshomaru-sama.' "On TIME magazine? That must mean he speaks English…one of the hottest men alive? Who are they kidding? One of the richest men alive? That's funny, I don't see one that says most arrogant man alive. What sort of person frames everything that has their face on it?"

Kagome looked at the framed items for a little longer before returning to her chair. "Not arrogant? Hah! I'll bring a camera, and show Sango who's arrogant." She soon began jiggling her feet up and down out of boredom….until she hit the glass table. "OUCH!"

"A pitiful creature you are."

Kagome whirled around, only to see Sesshomaru again, leaning against the wall, with something akin to a smirk on his face. "What are you talking about?"

"I am pleased to see that you did not break my table. I would not want you around for more than 25 days."

Kagome glared at him. "You're just mean." she said. "You're just a grumpy, mean, old man!" Kagome wished she hadn't said that as one of Sesshomaru's hands clamped down onto her arm. "I was joking! I'm a joker. I joke a lot!" she insisted as she was dragged outside.

The death grip on her arm did not loosen until they reached their 'destination.' "I was going to be lenient and take pity on you, but you make it difficult for one to be kind." Kagome was too scared to laugh. "I expect a professional job," he told her. He then leaned down, enough so that the ends of his hair were tickling Kagome's nose. "And believe me, I will inspect your work."

"But what am I supposed to do?" Kagome yelled as Sesshomaru walked away. "You pig!" she added when she was sure he was gone and inside the house. Kagome let out an angry huff and turned around. Kagome almost fainted at the sight.

In front of her was a stable of cars. There were…so…many… She was at loss for words. She stood there for a good fifteen minutes. There were seven cars in total. There was a burgundy Denali, a silver Aston Martin, a dark blue Mercedes-Benz convertible, a black Lincoln Navigator, a silver Lexus SUV, a dark green Range Rover and of course…the silver Cadillac Escalade.

Her arms ached…she was cold…and wet…and hungry. 'I've burned more calories than I've eaten!' she thought as she sprayed the Range Rover with water. This was the dirtier of the other two cars she had already done. She had done the Aston Martin and Mercedes-Benz. They had been easy enough, and besides the fact that the Range Rover was a magnet for clumps of dirt, it wasn't too bad.

She couldn't believe the precision that she had to exercise as she cleaned the cars. It was exactly this much soap for this car, and exactly this much turtle wax for this car. It was absurd. "He obviously has more money than he knows what to do with," she grumbled bitterly. "He's a freak. That's what he is," she affirmed to herself. "He's a freak. A car-loving freak with weird silver hair with more money that he knows what to do with." she concluded as she finished waxing the rims of the Range Rover. "If I were him, I would use my money to better this world."

It was late afternoon by the time she was on the Lexus SUV. She was working at a much slower pace now. Then again, these cars were much bigger…and took more time. "Why couldn't he have bought smaller cars?!" she exclaimed, frustrated. "Or even better, he could not have bought so many! What is it, a car for each day?!"

"Do you talk to yourself often?" Kagome almost fell off the small step ladder she was using to wash the top of the car.

"Do you try to send people falling to their deaths often?" Kagome shot back as she washed the car more vigorously.

"If you scrub any harder you will scratch the car."

Kagome immediately began washing the car as if she were giving a baby a bath. The thought of 'inflicting damage' on another one of his cars just gave her the chills. And then there was the way he put it; it made it seem like she had assaulted someone. 'Hmph.'

"Your work digresses in quality."

"You're still here?!" Kagome asked with a groan. Kagome waited for him to say something like 'I'm the big bad boss here and you are only the oppressed and insignificant worker' but no such reply came. Thinking that perhaps he had left she turned around only to be greeted with a spray of water. Kagome let out a shrill shriek, and almost fell off the ladder again. "What are you doing you psycho?! Stop it…Ok...That's enough...I'M SORRY!"

"I will not hesitate in using forceful measures to put you in place."

"Ya' know there's a fine line between forceful and just down right heinous," Kagome muttered as she stepped down the small ladder, dripping wet. That earned her another blast from the hose. "But yeah, you're doing a great job at saying on the forceful side." she added. She got sprayed again. "What was that one for?!" she demanded as she tried to wring the water out of her hair.

"For good measure."

Kagome finished washing all of the cars by six. Not only had she exercised great control in not turning the silver Cadillac Escalate into a crushed up piece of metal, she had cleaned the insides of all of them. All of the cars had had the same interior. The obviously expensive black leather seats with 'S.A' engraved into the headrests with silver lettering, and black floor covering. All of the cars also had DVD players with 15" screens in the back. She guessed that they had been put there for Rin.

When Kagome wasn't thinking about how hungry she was, or how much she hated Sesshomaru, she was thinking about Rin. So Sesshomaru was her uncle? Rin seemed like such a sweet girl, but then again, Kagome though all kids were sweet, even the ones who were always hyper, annoying, and spoiled. Kagome couldn't help but feel sorry for Rin. It beat her how Rin could hug that guy without biting him.

Kagome was sure that there were numerous other gadgets in the cars, after all, all of those buttons had to do something. All of the cars had been extremely clean, and she though it a waste of time, until she came to the silver Cadillac Escalate. The source of her current state, a majority of her problems, and what only increased her hunger. She had spent a good part of an hour cleaning the front passenger seat, and the floor in front of it and behind it. Those places had been covered with sticky white gunk; white gunk almost impossible to get off of the black Italian leather without taking half of it off as well. But Kagome had been extremely gentle, the thought of having to work for him even more because she had damaged the leather convinced her to work carefully.

Kagome's hair was frizzy and limp, her skin clammy, and her stomach gnawed with hunger. Jakken had brought her two sandwiches about three hours ago, but seriously, as if two sandwiches was going to be enough for her. She was a working woman! She needed her nutrition. At least her clothes were dry. She had brought the wrong back pack with her, which, in this case had turned out to be a good thing. The back pack had been Sango's, and had a pair of sweats, socks, a shirt and a wind breaker. Everything was too big, but it was definitely better than nothing.

She trekked back to the house, and entered in from the back door that led to the kitchen. Delicious aromas filled her nose as she stumbled in. "Mmm…that smells good."

"I hope you did a proper job the first time."

Kagome's mood turned slightly sour as she heard his voice. "Duh."

"If you continue to be disrespectful I will continue to give you physically laborious tasks."

"I was going to say Sesshomaru-sama after that ya' know." Kagome told him. Her voice didn't even sound sarcastic…she was too tired…and she needed food…desperately.

Sesshomaru didn't say anything and merely watched her. Kagome seated herself on one of the high chairs at the counter, and watched as the chef prepared the meal, a small thread of saliva developing at the corner of her mouth. Sesshomaru silently sat next to her. "I trust you cleaned the inside of my Cadillac well?" he asked.

Kagome wiped the drool with the sleeve of Sango's windbreaker. Sesshomaru looked on with disgust. "Yeah, but whatever that white gunk was, I suggest you never let it near any of your cars."

"Interesting. From now on you are not allowed to have any sort of ice cream within an 8 feet radius of any of my cars."

Kagome almost fell from her seat.

"I had to suffer through that repugnant smell my drive home."

"Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream is not 'repugnant.' "

"That may be the case, but that pool of your saliva is most repulsive."

'Well I think you're repulsive.' Kagome thought. "I am not drooling." Fortunately the food was ready before Kagome was required to say anything more. She began to shovel food into her mouth. Pasta was good. Unfortunately Kagome had no clue how to prepare pasta of any kind, unless ramen counted, let alone the 'Italian' style. The sauce was white and creamy, and Kagome was wallowing in bliss. Her mouth also wallowed…in the sauce.

Sesshomaru watched Kagome out of the corner of his eye. He was glad that Rin wasn't here at the moment. She might pick up on this…girl's…hideous etiquette. The mere thought was a nightmare. Sesshomaru was afraid that he had lost his appetite. "Do you always eat in such a…vicious manner?"

Kagome speared several strings of pasta, and held it up to her eye level thoughtfully. "Mmm…no, not really, but right now, I'm really angry." she informed him. "I can be really nasty when I'm angry…but food makes me happy."

Sesshomaru, who was about to take a sip from his glass of water, set it down warily. At first glance, it was hard to understand why he had done so…upon closer inspection, one could see several particles of pasta…floating about. It wasn't extremely hard to figure out where they had come from. "Then I suggest you enjoy your food while you can." Sesshomaru then left the kitchen by the back door that Kagome had come in by.

"I bet he's going to find something wrong, and make me wash the car all over again." Kagome grumbled bitterly. The chef gave her a pitying look as he carried a tray of pasta and milk out of the kitchen. Kagome finished hers not too long after, and decided to go see what Mr. Arrogant was up to. The sound of the gravel crunching underneath her feet seemed unusually loud. It was easy to see the car stable since it was practically a beacon of light. Seemed like the stable was more high-tech than her apartment.

Kagome stopped walking, and checked her watch. It was almost seven. While he kissed his cars good-night, she would head on out...it wasn't like he'd notice anyways. She began to slowly walk towards the tall black iron spiked fencing that seemed to surround the whole property. She gripped it, and shook it…as if she could knock it down. So much for wishful thinking. She felt like she was in jail.

"Where are you going?"

Kagome spun around quickly. "No where!"

"Your lies are almost as pathetic as your attempt to escape."

"What? I've served my seven hours…not in a way I'd like to have, but I've served them! Ok?!"

"That is where you are wrong…and I am right. You have five minutes left."

"That's crazy! It's seven o' clock now! I came at noon. I'll even count for you. One o' clock, two o'clock, three o' clock, four o' clock-"

"No, you arrived at 12:05 pm." Sesshomaru corrected.

"No, no, no. I was definitely here by noon."

"I have been timing you wench. Do not try to-"

"Here we go with the wench-thing again. I have a name ya' know."

"I am well aware we-"

"Ah hah! You were about to call me wench again!"

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed. "I do not think so."

"Funny. I know so." Kagome retorted.

"Do you wish to clean my cars for the next 24 days?" he threatened.

"NO!" Kagome protested. "Kagome's Carwash is out of business! We've gone bankrupt…oh look at the time…it's 7:05 pm…BYE!" Kagome zipped past him, and disappeared inside the house by way of the back kitchen door. He stood at the fence and watched her race down the drive way.

A rather sadistic look crossed Sesshomaru's face as he turned to go inside the house himself. He had yet to finish that letter to send to a company that his would possibly merge with. And he had to update his contacts list…and he needed to mail out those invitations for the business party that was to take place by the end of the month…

((A/N: I'm really nervous…so many people liked the first chapter! I almost FAINTED! I could hardly contain my happiness!!!! YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. Anyways, it's a lot of pressure to put out a second chapter after that…what if I let y'all down? I would never be able to live with myself You are all lucky that I was able to update this month…finals! Hides But yeah…I hope you guys liked this chapter as much as you guys liked the last chapter…I know…not a lot of Sess/Kago action...yet…))

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