With flushed cheeks, Kagome rose from the couch hastily—suddenly self-conscious. Her guests followed suit and waited.

"Oh! So…you're…not from the agency," She said almost asking—praying—that they were just playing a joke on her and that Sesshomaru did send them. But their grim nod shattered her fleeting hope into millions of tiny shards that were stepped on and then swept away by the janitor.

She glanced down at herself and cringed, she was in no form to entertain her guests. With a weak fake smile, she gently suggested that they continue their meeting at some other time, perhaps when she wasn't so…so…

"No problem, we have to get going anyway," the handsome one said before Kagome could finish. "Come Montan" he said "We have business elsewhere". (I hope that's how you spell his name)

"Coming brother Hitan!" the reptilian one replied, he smiled, revealing unsightly pointy teeth that looked merciless. He lumbered clumsily after his brother who had stopped in the doorway.

"And about our…business" Hitan said to Kagome, "I'll meet you in the lobby tomorrow at…about noon. There is much we wish to discuss with you." He smiled smugly, and nodded towards her in acknowledgement, "We'll see you tomorrow" were his final words as he closed the door himself.

"Oh brother, I wish we didn't leave," complained Montan as the walked towards the elevator, "I wanted to stay. That woman looked quite delectable" he fiddled his fingers at the thought of her as he smacked his lips hungrily.

"Now Montan, we have other things to do" Hitan smirked and raised his eyebrow knowingly at his brother.

"Oh riiight" said Montan slowly with a wide grin; he giggled—barely containing himself—as he got into the elevator.

"The lobby" Hitan said to the elevator boy, Hitan grinned wickedly as the doors completely closed and began to descend to the first floor of the Shikon Grand.

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After her two guests had left, Kagome stared despairingly towards the door.

"I can't believe I just did that" she said in almost a whisper—if she spoke any louder, it would confirm that what just happened was a reality.

"I can't believe I just did that!" she stood there silently with eyes wide and slightly shaking hands—waiting for some reassurance that it didn't happen, that it wasn't a reality. But she was met with only the stony silence of her hotel suite.

"Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" she banged her forehead with the palm of her hand. "I'm getting soft. I can't let myself get all distracted just because of— " she stopped.

"Well no reason to beat myself up about it" she said relaxing, "What I need right now is a nice long bath" Kagome called up room service and asked for a bath—meanwhile she had called Sesshomaru.

Ring

Ring

Ring

Ring

"Hello?"

"Hey Sess! What's up?" Kagome said happily.

"You called me Kagome" he replied with faint amusement, "I assume that you called with a purpose, I do not appreciate my personal phone line being used for no reason" Sesshomaru glanced around him, all the employees in his meeting were staring at him—a nice clean glare sent them staring back at their papers. "You were saying"

"Well I haven't messed up anything this time!" Kagome said proudly.

There was a slight breath of laughter, "Then why are you calling?"

"Uh…" Kagome was silent, "Fine, you caught me! I just wanted to ask you when is the person you sent going to get here. I just had a little issue with some people that I thought you sent, no biggie though. They were pretty nice actually—one was a bit weird looking—but pretty nice. They're…" Kagome paused—she didn't know what they were! "They're called the Thunder Brothers, they gave me their card"

Sesshomaru frowned on the other side of the phone, "The Thunder Brothers?"

"Yeah, we didn't talk much though…" Kagome decided to conveniently leave out the details, "We're going to talk tomorrow though, they said they had some 'business'"

Sesshomaru was pondering silently, "Kagome" he finally said.

"Yeah Sess?"

"Make sure you call me immediately after you meet them"

"No problemo! And by the way," she added, "Who did you send over to help me? I'm still wondering…" there was a silence, "Sess? Sess? Sesshomaru?" but was only answered by the dial tone.

"Ugh," she said as she hung up disgustedly, "Men"

As she walked into the bathroom, a cloud of steam rushed to great her. A stifled squeak escaped from her lips as she saw the Jacuzzi tub, filled with swirling, steaming water, with red rose petals gracing its surface. She quickly disrobed—discarding her bedraggled clothes and kicking them aside, before daintily dipping her toe into the hot water. One foot slowly joined the other until her whole body was submerged in the torrent of the frothing water.

She settled her head on a headrest behind her as she reached for a nearby washcloth and soap. After she had created a rich lather, she began to slowly scrub every inch of her body until she could hear her pores ringing with cleanliness. She settled back into her comfortable groove, and lay motionless, oblivious to everything but the soft churning of the water.

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"Is this the room?" a man wearing a dark hoodie and sunglasses stopped in front of Kagome's suite.

"Damn, I hate hotels" he growled as he grasped the doorknob, only to find it inaccessible. He stepped back and analyzed the situation.

"Heh, this won't stop me" he cracked his knuckles, and then with flailing limbs, sent the door flying.

"Tch, tch, tch" he said sucking is teeth with a disappointed nod, "They just don't make

doors like they used to"

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"Hmm…I love you, I hate you, I can't live without you…Do dum dum, di do do, da di do da da da…" Kagome half sang, half hummed a song to herself as she let the swishing water wash over her body. She dunked herself underwater, enjoying the tingling feeling as warm water relaxed her face, and caressed it. She stayed underwater for a full minute before resurfacing.

"Ahh, that felt good!" she exclaimed, she slicked back her wet hair away from her face, and wiped away droplets of water from her eyelashes. With a reluctant sigh, Kagome mopped her face with a nearby hand-towel, I guess it's time to get out. She stood, carefully balancing one leg before stepping out onto the cold tile floors. She quickly strode across the room and grabbed a huge, white, fluffy towel. She opened the door as she secured the knot holding the towel onto her form. She was twisting her hair to wring out the water when—

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"

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Hello! I know you're all probably mad at me for not updating sooner—oh wait, I forgot that no one reads this story, oh well. Anywhoo, I apologize for this chapter being so short, I was kind of short on ideas (but not adjectives!) when I wrote this. But now all is figured out…well…mostly anyway. I hope that if anyone DOES read this that they enjoy and review. Toodles!