A/N: Arigatou! I really enjoy reading the reviews, seriously! I hope this chapter is much better, but inspiration is getting hard to come by… And I need at least ten reviews to actually update faster. That's the key. If you read, review. I know who's reading.

Knowing full well that I was now the only teenage female in this new jungle of different people, I insisted on still being who I had been in my stuffy apartment. Can't change me! I'm defiant!

Or was the word… indecisive?

I shrugged and moved on, propping myself up on my forearm and throwing myself-and the covers- onto the ground, off of my bed. I stood up slowly, exhausted, and plowed my way through the thick covers. Even if I was impossible to change, I could feel my mentality changing.

I've been using way too many big words lately. Time to slow down a little.

"Kaede, fold my water and pour me a cup of laundry!"

Dammit, Kagome that was really smooth! "I meant fold my-"

"Yes, I get it, ye can settle yer' ass down now."

I sighed and trudged forward, tripping at some point that I can't seem to remember, and then finally grabbing the small knob on my new dresser. I pulled with my one, wimpy arm and sighed in defeat. At this particular moment, I was in dire need of a strong muscular man.

Although I now have at least two of those working at my every whim that could fill that position…

Distracted. I was distracted. I had always been attracted to possessive guys, but the two that I had 'met' last night were too impulsive for me. But alas, in times like these, I really wished I had chosen one to have at least a ten minute 'one-night-stand' with. I'm totally vulnerable in the mornings, with my hair a mass of a nest not even rats would live in, and my footy pajamas disarrayed a lot like my moron-of-the-year outfit.

Dammit, Kagome too much vocabulary!

I raised my hands to my head and started to sob from the pain of a brain that was in fact working—Finally.

"Kaede, I'm functional! I can think!"

"That's great, and next ye'll be telling me how amazing it is that ye can finally aim at the toilet rather than the floor." I blinked as Kaede opened the pantry door, holding a basket of neatly folded clothes.

"I didn't wear those many clothes…"

"Ye got new ones."

I sighed and pointed at the dresser, my forgotten vendetta suddenly remembered. "Can't open it."

Kaede sighed and dropped the basket, not one single sleeve moving out of place, and she slipped on over to my side and pulled the dresser open.

"How did ye manage to survive in an apartment without a mother?"

"A lot of cheese crackers", I mumbled, picking up a shirt and a pair of denim shorts. "I'll see ya in a while."

I stood up straight and walked into the bathroom, slamming the door shut before dressing myself properly. At least in this situation, I looked decent. Granny-denim shorts with a white shirt that started with a collar around the neck. I was nerd material, and that was all that mattered!

So I opened the door and waved to Kaede while dashing down the stairs. Multi-tasking was my talent.

"Kagome, watch out for the--!"

I turned my head at the last minute and BAM!

"…stair railing…"

"Thanks for the late notice, Kaede!"

"I didn't suspect that you would be so stupid as to not realize that all stairs have railing to help you get down the steps safely."

"Yeah, well the fact that I fell proves that they have false advertising! I'm suing the company later." I pushed myself up and ran down the rest of the stairs, limping slightly during the descent.

"What are you doing this early?"

I stopped and turned my head to find myself face to face with the oldest male in the house. He was also the hottest, tallest, coolest, calmest, silverest, muscularest male in the house! And don't pull out your dictionaries. Two of those words weren't real.

"I felt like running into a stair post." I drooled as he raised his eyebrow at me delicately.

"So you've upgraded from hitting men to hitting stair posts?"

"It depends what you mean by 'hitting men'." I assumed he meant it in the dirty way.

"You know which way." Yup.

"Then I most certainly upgraded." I nodded and fluttered my eyelashes at him, twisting my hips and bumping into his side gently before walking away. I couldn't remember who I had seen doing that… but I vaguely remembered a second grader doing that to the trash man at school.

So I shivered and ran away from him quickly. It was on the verge of embarrassing to copy a second grader.

"Oy Kagome. Good morning!" I stopped and looked up from the ground to the plain eyes of Kouga.

"Hi Kouga…"

"Where are you going?"

"I just thought I'd go down the street to the strippers club. Lots of girls there."

"We have a stripper club?" I closed my eyes to think and then nodded, smiling. I had just remembered something.

"Why yes we do, Kouga. Wanna come with me?"

"Do I ever!" His eyes were glassy with excitement. All I could do was grin as I grabbed his hand and pulled him to the front door.

"Then get ready for a great time! Got any money?" He nodded and opened the door.

"Hurry!"

I walked outside… rather, I was speed walking down the sidewalk, Kouga gliding beside me. Ah… I'm back to normal now… I said gliding. You see, it was a real strip club a couple of blocks down. By the old subway where I lived in a box. And I knew Kouga would just have a scream if I took him there… So I grinned wickedly, dismissing it as a case of indigestion when he asked why I was grinning. He slowed down after that comment and stayed to my side rather than behind me.

"Here it is!" He looked up at the sign.

"Men's Paradise… Ahh the glory… Let's go Kagome!"

"As long as you don't pay to get me a lap dance." I snickered behind his back as he waved me off, and then I followed him in. This would be fun.

"Ello dears, what can I get you?" I looked at the female in front of us and smiled.

"We're just here for the show." She looked at me oddly and then nodded.

"Have fun. You can have the stools up front."

I smiled and grabbed his hand, pulling him to the stools.

"Front row." A dancer/stripper appeared in front of us by a pole.

"So what will it be?" She bent over and held out her hand to Kouga.

"I-I'd… I'd like just a regular… strip?" I shook my head and laughed into my hand. He had no clue what he was doing, nor did he read the fine print underneath the sign.

The girl smiled and stood up, hooking her leg around the pole.

"Aight' honey." She pushed herself around it once and then pulled off her top. Just as I expected…

She was flat chested.

Then she lifted her leg and smiled at Kouga, who had pulled himself up out of his chair slightly. Still excited. I could almost see a tail wagging behind him.

She sent another dazzling smile at him and pulled off her skirt. Just underwear and tights left and then… I smiled again and watched Kouga's face.

She bent down and brushed his cheek before pulling off her tights and underwear.

"OH MY GOD!" I looked at 'her' and burst out laughing. How could he have not known!

"What, Kouga?"

"It's… a guy?!" I laughed and handed he stripper more money, grabbing Kouga and then I walked out.

"Well, did you enjoy that?"

"You lied to me!" I shook my head and pointed to the sign.

"Read that carefully."

"Men's Paradise… A gay bar and strippers club… Ah, you deceiving bitch!" He grabbed me and dragged me all the way back to our mansion. "I hate you", was all he could say the entire time. I, on the other hand, could not stop smiling.

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"Welcome back Kouga… and… Kagome…" I looked at InuYasha as we entered the house. He seemed jealous, while Kouga was still fuming.

"InuYasha, you get dibs! For good! I hate her!" He threw me at InuYasha, who caught me and stared at him oddly.

"She… she lied to me! Now I'm embarrassed!" The doorbell rang and an angry Kouga opened the door. A man was standing outside with flowers.

"Hello, kind sir… My name is Hojo, and I was wondering… I saw you at the club… would you like… to maybe… go out sometime?"

"NOT WITH YOU!" Kouga slammed the door shut and glared at me. The doorbell rang again. He pulled it opened and yelled once again. "I'M NOT GAY!"

"I never said you were." He looked at the female in front of him.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Ayame. I wanted to sell you Girl Scout Cookies, but I guess you're… not ready for them. I'll come back when you're not a toddler. Little kids can choke on them." She sent him a small wink, as if she was talking about something else, and then walked away.

"Gosh.. I ruined another chance to get a mate because of KAGOME!" I smiled sheepishly and looked at InuYasha.

"I still got you, don't I?" InuYasha smiled and nodded, walking past Kouga and out the door, me in tow.

"Kagome, what happened?" I grinned again.

"I'll show you." I grabbed his hand and dragged him down to the club. "It's a strippers club. Wanna go?"

"It says gay bar. So no. I don't." He laughed for a second and looked at me. "You tricked Kouga into it, huh?"

"He didn't read the sign."

"He can't read." I laughed and walked down the street.

"I say we go to… oh, the Gym! Love the gym!" He gave me a weary look and shrugged.

"Okay…" He opened the door to the gym and pushed me inside, following me silently. His eyes were nervous… oddly so.

"Ah! Bench press!" I ran through the equipment, skipping the check in counter and started to put on heavy weights. InuYasha moved to sign in, still acting shaky. "I love this one!" I laid myself down on the cushioned bench and lifted the weights slowly. It was a little heavy, but I wouldn't let myself look weak in front of InuYasha, who was walking over, staring oddly.

"Wow, Kagome. You can lift 15 pounds on the bench press." It was a joke. But his voice faltered slightly, giving me a bad impression.

"Like you could do better! Try!" He glanced around him to find nobody near and then he pushed me out of the way gently, laying down where I had been previously.

"I'll show you, Kagome…" He lifted the weights…

And then dropped them over his chest.

"Agh! Help would be nice, spotter."

I blinked and stepped forward, lifting the weights and setting it back down on its rest.

"You did worse than me, little man. I bet Sesshoumaru could do better!"

"Oh, so you like Sesshy-chan, eh?"

I slapped his arm. "Hell no, I was just using banter to make you mad. It's fun when men get mad."

"Females are so cruel." I smiled and grabbed his hand, running outside.

"It's nice when it rains, huh?"

"It isn't raining…" He looked up, and then screamed.

"What?"

"I just got a damn rain drop in my eye!" he doubled back, rubbing his eye vigorously.

"I told you!" The rain started pouring. He glared at me and ran back into the gym, shivering and holing his arms to his chest. "Men… They're such girls when it comes to simple stuff…" I sighed and walked down the side walk a little ways.

"Need an umbrella?" I turned in response to the voice. It was that Hojo guy that had stopped at the mansion a few hours ago.

"Oh… nah, I'm fine… but uhm… weren't you… gay?" He laughed nervously and yanked out a chain that had been hiding in his shirt. It glittered in the remaining sunlight that was slowly fading behind the clouds.

It said 'Big Pimp' in gold.

"Ohhh… So you're not gay?"

"Not at all, miss. I'm bisexual."

"Oh. Well I'm Christian. So you might wanna back off. God created people like me to kill all homosexuals!" I inched forward, flexing my fingers, being weird while making cross signs.

And he backed away before taking off into a full sprint in the opposite direction. Not that I was telling the truth… but it did get rid of him.

So I smiled and skipped around, waiting for InuYasha to venture back towards me.

"Women shouldn't degrade themselves when they have porn to do it for them." I turned my head to the smooth voice to find who I had expected. Sesshoumaru.

"Oh. It's the Greek God, back from destroying the man your wife was cheating on you with just after finding out that your wife was actually your mom who was sold into prostitution by your grand dad for money."

He stared at me oddly, which is what I expected. Because I didn't remember any of that from any Greek myths.

"Nice… well Kagome, I was here to rescue you. InuYasha called, and Kaede forced me out here." He extended his hand, covering me with an umbrella and then walked away.

"Aren't you gonna escort me?"

"No. You have too hard of a time walking, even more so walking and drooling over me at the same time. That must be like the special Olympics for you." I glared at his back and threw the umbrella at his back… but it hit an older man instead. He turned instinctively to find me pointing at Sesshoumaru.

"Hey, tall man!" Sesshoumaru turned and looked at the hunched over elderly man.

"What?"

"You threw an umbrella at me!" Sesshoumaru glanced at me.

"Yes. Yes I did. Is there a problem?"

"You don't need to be throwing things in public." Sesshoumaru seemed irritated, but he wasn't blaming it on me…

That was surprising…

"I did it." I stepped forward, guilty.

"Oh. Bye then." The man walked away, leaving me baffled.

"Wha…?"

"Probably likes little girls."

"Ohhh… so he was the straight, older version, of Michael Jackson… I get it…" I waved after him. "I'm a huge fan of your old music!" The man glanced at me before limping away… rather quickly. "Oh… not a big talker, huh…"

Sesshoumaru flipped his hair over his shoulder, glancing at me before walking away. "Enjoy your loneliness."

"I have InuYasha!"

"No. He got in Kouga's car and left a few minutes ago. I think they're both mad at you." He turned back to me and walked up, close to me. "I think I should be a fan of your work. Both of them are morons, and you've made them both upset and embarrassed. But I don't exactly feel like admiring silly prostitutes."

"It was a joke…", I mumbled through my gritted teeth. Even if he was 'hot', he knew how to really piss me off.

"Ha. Right." He placed his singers on my forward gently… which caused me to blush and look up… Stupid red cheeks… "It doesn't matter… Either way, you're…" He stroked my cheek gently before moving his index finger and thumb back up to my forehead…

And flicked me as hard as he could. "Still just a poor girl who moved in."

I groaned in pain and kicked him where the sun doesn't shine… but I didn't feel anything…

"Ew, you're a girl?!" He grabbed my hair and pulled me behind a wall.

"Shut up! I am not a girl. I'm simply using a protective spell…"

"It makes your balls disappear?" He shook his head at me, stepping away.

"It just makes it impossible for you to kick me and hurt me." He turned away from me and started walking down the street. I, however, remained against the wall.

The rain resounded in my ears several times before I finally realized that the nice thing to do would be to run after him and give him the support of his umbrella… So I ran, hoping to do some good for someone for once.

"Sesshoumaru?" He was no where in sight.

Well duh Kagome. He left a few minutes ago.

I hit my head and looked all over, trying hard to find him and getting soaked in the process. My white shirt was see-through against my skin and men were staring. But I had no time to fix the problem.

"So you normally where shirts like that?" I turned and glared.

"You were here the whole time?"

"No. I just thought it would be nice to comment since I was walking to find you. Stupid men still like you, but not enough to come get you themselves." He stepped towards me, grabbing the umbrella and holding it out in front of him. "Why weren't you using it?"

I blushed slightly.

"I wanted to hit you in the head with it, but I couldn't find you."

"I suppose that's your way of saying that you were going to give this to me so that I could use it?"

I nodded. He could see right through me.

"You beat around the bush a lot, Kagome. Do you not feel comfortable with anyone?"

I shook my head and grabbed the umbrella from him.

"Let's go." I opened the umbrella…

Which hit me in the face in return for everything I had done for it.

"Kagome, you must stop being retarded. If umbrellas continue to beat you up, we may have to report them for abusive behavior."

I gasped and threw my hand into his pocket…. And I felt that he most defiantly was not a girl…

"Ugh… Kagome, please… let go of that…" I stared at the pocket in disbelief and then moved my hand over slightly, finally grabbing the cell phone I was going for.

"I didn't mean to grab that…" I quickly dialed 911, noticing that he was staring at me with curiosity.

"Hello. My name Is Kagome Higurashi. I'm on the corner of… some random Japanese street. I need your assistance… it's by the gym, strippers bar, and the New Sanno hotel… Ah well… an umbrella just beat me up. Uhhh… Hello? Hello…?"

I snapped his phone shut and handed it to him. "They hung up on me."

"I don't blame them." I glared at him and started to stomp my way down the street, ignoring the rain that fell persistently.

Until it stopped falling on my head, but continued on the ground. "What…?" I looked up to see Shesshoumaru staring straight ahead, holding the umbrella above my head, but not his own.

I lifted my hand and placed it on his, slowly lifting the umbrella higher to cover him, which caused my side to get wet. But he was protected from the rain now. Just like me.

"I'm sorry I trouble you, Sesshy-chan."

"Who is Sesshy-chan?"

"Sesshoumaru-sama. Sorry. Slipped." I smiled in a silly way, causing him to close his eyes in order to not give into me.

"It's… okay…." He moved the umbrella so that it only covered him and started to walk past me.

"Hey, what's that for!"

"If you need a place to stay, you should try the strippers club! You're naked even with your clothes on!" I watched as he left, placing my hand over my heart.

I was soaking wet… I looked down…

And everyone could see what was meant to be hidden by my outfit…

So I shrugged and took it off.

"I'm STREAKING!!!"

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Well that's all. It wasn't as… sarcastic, but hey… I tried. The next chapter should be better… And I feel like this chapter is clichéd… just like the last… and the next one probably will be too…

Now R&R! (Or no update).