Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha or any of its characters.

Author's Note: Rather short chapter I apologize, but well you'll see… I'm also getting over writer's block and finding time while in college to write (when my boyfriend is sleeping in on weekends seems ideal).

I just am starting off with your long list of Japanese words. Here is the requested Japanese-English dictionary for the all chapters! I use this online dictionary for Japanese: http/ www.freedict. com/ onldict /jap.html (remove spaces) great site!

Chap 1

Chaputa-: Chapter

Ichi: one (counting)

Musashi: area of Kaede's village

Kazaana: Wind Tunnel

Goshinboku: the sacred god tree, one of the trees of ages

Bouzu: slang for a monk (not so nice)

Shinidamachuu: Kikyou's Soul Stealers

Sayonara: Goodbye

Shikon no Tama: Bluish pink Jewel; Jewel of four souls (Shikon: Blueish pink, Shi: 4, kon: soul, no: used to make possessive, Tama: Jewel)

Mori no Inu-Yasha: Inu-Yasha's Forest (mori: forest, no: used to make possessive)

Osuwari: the Japanese word Kagome uses as a subduing spell direct translation I'm not sure of since in English we say Sit but in German they use Platz which is used for lay down for dogs although it does literally mean place.

Kotodama: the name of Inu-Yasha's rosary

Hanyou: Half-demon short for Hanyoukai (han: half, youkai: demon)

Kitsune: fox

Youkai: demon

Inu: dog

Tetsuseiga: Inu-Yasha's sword, the sword that can kill 100 demons in one swipe, a sword made to protect mankind

Akai no Tama: Red Jewel (Akai: Red, no: used to make possessive, Tama: Jewel)

Tama: Jewel

Chap 2

Ni: Two

San: three

Shi: four

Go: five

Roku: six

Shichi: seven

Miko: Shinto Shrine Maiden

Sengoku Jidai: 1482-1558 Warlord's Era or the Era of the Warring States. Kagome first fell through the well on her 15th birthday in 1997 to travel 500 years in the past to the year 1497.

Kurokami: black hair

Yani: Sleep in eyes (eye mucus)

Haori: Men's formal Japanese jacket (The top of Inu-Yasha's outfit)

Chap. 3

Oni: Ogre, Demon, in this case 'It' as in a game of tag

Mesuinu: Bitch, female dog

Shi-saido: seaside in this fic it is the seaside village to the east where Inu-Yasha hopes the Akai no Tama kakera are.

Kakera: shard, fragment, splinter

Neko: cat (:purrs: ..)

Inu-n-neko: dog-n-cat like a game of cat-n-mouse but Inu-Yasha is a dog (the whole 'inu-n-neko' combination is my creation.)

Kitsune-bi: Shippou's Fox Fire (Kitsunebi: Spunky, St. Elmo's fire, will-o'-the-wisp)

Chap 5

Kawaii: cute

Koinu: puppy

Inu-hanyoukai: half dog demon

Chap 6

Koinu-Youkai: puppy demon

Hashi: Chopsticks

Arigatou: Thank You

Mimi: ears

Chap 7

Koneko: Kitten

Chap 8

Gomenasai onegai: Please Forgive me

Ano: Umm….

Chap 9

Houshi: Monk

Youkai: Demon

Taiji-ya: Exterminator/Slayer

Nippon: Japan

Dansei: Male or Man (I'm too lazy to keep writing "The 'Man'" so now he is Dansei)

Sankon-Tetsusou: Iron Revere Soul Stealer

Ara: Oh

Hai: yes

Kaze no Kizu: Scar of the Wind or Wind's Scar or Windscar (one word?)

Ne: right

Shakujou: Miroku's staff

o-ke-: Oke (or umm… Okay)

Yep that is done, now we all know some Japanese!

Happy Reading!

-Na

Seppan Watashi no Kihaku Akai no Tama desu

Chaputa-ju

Kagome sighed; she was starting a new job that day, Sanitation Worker, for a very prestigious Laboratory. Which she was pretty sure, did something important, like find vaccines for small pox (which has already been found). But at this moment she didn't care as she starred at the small white room, with a single cot and nightstand/chest of drawers in the sub-level B2.

The dark-haired beauty had to curse her friends for pointing out that a job that included housing was significantly cheaper than trying to find an apartment and a job separately.

Her job was simple enough; sub-level B2 was hers, the floors, the bathrooms, and any room that opened with her access card. Basically that included caring for rats and chimpanzees. The job was meant to take eight to ten hours a day and it was strongly suggested that she started in the morning and work through lunch.

But not tonight, tonight she would be unpacking and bringing color into the desolate room. Slowly Kagome pulled out her neatly folded clothes and placed them gently into the chest of drawers. She didn't bring too many outfits, because she would spend most of her time in her pink pajamas or the dull, frumpy grey dress that was to be her uniform. Next she made the bed carefully spreading the western style cot with crisp pink sheets and a pink comforter. On the bed she found a laundry bag on the side was printed a large B2, her own personal laundry would be done with the rest of the building's laundry. Lastly she placed an old ticking alarm clock and an old photo of her and her friends: Eri, Yuka, and Ayami.

Taking a couple grocery bags down the hall to the break room, where she could use a stove and refrigerator. There she unpacked many packages of instant ramen and curry, a bag of rice, a carton of eggs, a jug of milk, and a few other necessities. It would seem Kagome would be living on rice, omelets, and instant food, for awhile.

Returning to her room, Kagome frowned; the pink didn't really brighten the room at all. But sadly she really couldn't complain she had a roof over her head and a warm bed that is more than some people. Although she thought at least the homeless knew what their purpose in life was what they had to do. If you were homeless, you would dream of better things, try to survive, and try to make your life better. Kagome though on the other hand, she had no dreams, no purpose in life. She couldn't pass the University entrance exams, or do any thing else worth while; all she could really do is cook her 'special omelet' (although she frequently forgot to add oil to the pan). And so here she was, now laying on her pink bed spread, starring at the ceiling.

After a few moments of silence she could swear she heard the rattling of cages, some scratching, and the occasional animalistic-whimper. Kagome shook her head, she wasn't quite sure she could do this job now. Pulling a pillow over her head, Kagome rolled over and went to sleep.

Kagome sighed and throw her mop back into the bucket. It had been a few hours since her day began, and the storage rooms had been reorganized and the bathrooms both male and female had been scrubbed. Kagome couldn't understand it, the whole building was sterile. Dust had no chance to settle on the bathroom fixtures and Kagome had to clean every last millimeter!

Well now, Kagome smiled a bit it was time for the best part of the day, or the saddest, she got to clean the animal cages and feed the test subjects as well. Her smile left her gorgeous face as she swiped her card through, and opened the door farthest from her own, chimpanzees.

Finding an extra cage in one corner; Kagome careful took out each chimpanzee and placed it in the spare cage, while she cleaned out its normal home. One chimpanzee, CHI003, was a rather clingy creature, and would not go into the temporary cage. Luckily for Kagome the chimpanzee stayed obediently on Kagome's back and CHI003 went back into her own cage at the appropriate time. After all twenty chimpanzees's were cleaned and fed, Kagome mopped the floor and left.

After the chimpanzees, were the rats, than rabbits, cats (most were hairless), and dogs (which whimpered and shied away from human contact). Kagome was tired, by the time she made it to the sixth door. She couldn't even imagine what would be inside. She was so tired and her brain simply didn't comprehend anything, everything seemed to run off of muscle memory. She didn't notice that there was no light on the card scanner; there was no red stating it was locked, nor green saying it was open. There was also no beep when her card swiped. And yet the door slid easily open.

The first thing she saw was a pair of white fuzzy, cute dog ears atop a mop of white hair, Kagome backtracked for a second when she realized that it truly was hair and not fur. And that's when the piercing amber eyes drew her attention, they were humanoid and yet canine. Kagome scanned the creature. It was a boy about her age, clad in red, crouched down like a dog, with long white hair, golden eyes, and dog ears.

Kagome glanced around the room; it looked much like hers, except the cot had standard white hospital sheets and really no additives. The only splash of color was truly the boy's bright red clothing and golden eyes, even his skin added to the white, it was as pale as if sunlight never graced his epidermis.

"You're not supposed to be here!" growled the boy.

Kagome jumped; it wasn't until that instant that she realized that the human male with the twitching dog ears was what? Alive perhaps, real maybe, or it could be that this creature even existed. Kagome gasped, "What are you?"

"I'm not going to answer that girl, you are not suppose to be here!" yelled the boy.

"I'm not 'girl' my name is Kagome, Ka-Go-Me."

"Well Ka-Go-Me, here I'm called Lupus Sapiens 001, but I've been nicknamed Inu-Yasha. Now what do you want?" Inu-Yasha bit out.

Kagome was stunned, "I'm the Cleaning Lady?"

"I don't need one now leave!"

Now Kagome was angry, "Well Mr. Lupus… whatever! My job clearly states that any door that open with my access card on sub-level B2 I must clean and all animals I must feed!"

"Lupus Sapiens as in the genes Lupus and the species Sapiens: a dog human. A genetic experiment: splicing the genes of a Homo Sapien, human, and a Lupus Familiaris, domestic dog!"

Those words hit Kagome hard, how could anyone do that? The man in front of her was an experiment, they took him and made him into a dog-man and the only words that reached her lips were, "sorry," before she ran from the room.

Kagome cried into her pillow that night, for the animals that were tested on, for Inu-Yasha. She knew she would keep this a secret; perhaps she could make Inu-Yasha's imprisonment a bit less unbearable. Fill the extra time of the day, or fill the emptiness in her heart ever since her friends left her for universities across the globe.

Author's Note: What did you guys think? All reviews welcome if you hate it or love it tell me! I hope you like it! Thank You!

-Na