He never finished his sentence. Kagome stood dumb founded on the veranda, staring up at the guy as snow swirled fiiercly around her. InuYasha stood before her, clad only in a pair of black boxers. He was built too. He looked as if he was a body builder. Heavily muscled, he looked down his nose at her, cheeks taking a pink tint.

"What do you need?" He asked the shivering girl. "On the other hand, want to come in? It's pretty cold out." He stepped back and Kagome entered the foyer. If she thought the outside was nice, she was in for something now.

The foyer itself was palacial. The ceiling swept high above her, walls edged in heavily carved wood work. The furniture was a dark wood and carved like the borders on the walls. The floor was dark wood and had a beautiful rug on it.

"Erm, wait here, I need uh, you know, erm,.." He pointed at his bare chest and ran off. Kagome took her coat and placed it on a hook. She slipped her boots off and placed them in the corner. He returned fully dressed in a maroon shirt with jeans.

"Hey, so what do you need?" He asked again. Her stomach gave a low rumble, as Kagome hadn't had any breakfast. "Do you want something to eat? Follow me."

They walked down a small hallway and past a living room, finally entering the kitchen. It was victorian style like the rest of the house, done in shades of gold. Kagome took a seat at the island bar and watched as InuYasha began peeling an apple for himself as he asked Kagome what she wanted.

"Um,if you have cereal that's fine." Her stomach growled in protest.

"Heh, sounds more like you want pancakes, ne?" He got out the utensils needed and began to mix the batter as he munched the apple. "So, why did you stop by? I'm guessing it's not for my charms or looks." He flipped a pancake and caught it expertly in the pan.

"I need math help. I have this quiz monday and..." She left the statement hang as she gawked. He tossed the pancake into the air, let it flip and caught it even though it would have been impossible for anyone else. 'Wow, that's amazing...'

"Go take your plate and stand by the door." A commanding voice pulled her out of the pancake reverie.

"What?" She asked, puzzled by his order.

"You heard me, stand by the door with the plate. Hold it about chest high." He sighed as she gave him that queer look again. " Just trust me."

She stood nervously near the entrance as pancake flew through the air, straight at her. She considered moving, but in the split second her mind wandered the pancake fell expertly on her plate. It was followed soon after by three others, landing one by one on top of each other.

"How do you DO that?" She asked in awe as she sat down and began to slather her breakfast in syrup. InuYasha stacked about five flapjacks on his plate and flopped down across from her.

"My da taught me." He muttered between mouthfuls. He polished of a pancake in record time and began work on another one.

"Oh. He must be really good! Where are your parents? I noticed no one but you was here." She watched as he shuddered and finished another pancake.

"Both of 'em are about six feet under near Kyoto. Don't worry. I live with this old woman named Kaede, but she's at a bingo tournament right now. Don't look so apologetic either. Both died when I was too young to know them, so I'm not gonna crack up or anything mushy." Kagome sat shocked at his nonchalantness. His parents had died? Wow, it must be hard on him. Then again maybe not, it didn't seem like it bothered him.

They finished their pancakes, which were quite delicious, and headed toward InuYasha's room. They were walking up the elaborate stairs when Kagome fell. She waited to hit cold wood and feel her jaw crack when two strong hands caught her. InuYasha lifted he up and set her on the top stair.

" I fell the first time I went up them too. They're kinda steep." He jumped the last step and went in front of the stunned young woman. He opened a door near the end of the hallway and the two stepped inside. The entire room was rather punk like. The walls were a deep red, his bed spread, table, couch and desk black.

"What do you need help with?" He asked, falling lazily onto his messy bed. He hadn't made it yet and the blankets were everywhere. Kagome looked around for a place to sit The room looked wrecked. InuYasha cleaned up quickly and sat on the floor. Kagome took that as a hint and beside him They ran through the math fairly quickly; InuYasha was amazingly patient.

Little did they know, a blizzard had hit the city and wasn't showing any sign of letting up soon. The world was a swirling mass of white. Kagome noticed this fact and InuYasha flipped on his radio to check out the weather.

"The blizzard of a lifetime has hit Tokyo and most likely won't let up until sometime tomorrow morning! DO NOT GO OUTSIDE. STAY OFF THE ROADS. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOMES OR WHERE EVER YOU ARE AT UNDER PENALTY OF LAW." Their faces fell as they figured out they would have to stay the entire day together.

"May as well show you around since you'll be here a while." InuYasha gave Kagome a quick tour of his home, ending in the small library. The house had three bedrooms, three full baths, a half bath, kitchen, dining room, parlor, living room and study. It had an old cellar, but they decided against visiting it right now. InuYasha stood in front of a book case and pushed on the left side of it. The bookcase swung out to reveal a set of hidden steps. He took Kagome up the stairs, ending in a small door. He slipped a key out of his pocket and opened the door. It turned out they were in the tower room. It was done like InuYasha's room, except a little cozier. A fireplace sat on one wall with a tv and couch. A la-z-boy was in the corner and laptop sat on an end table. Kagome noticed a black guitar in the corner.

"You play?" She asked.

"Yeah, I have a band. You can look at it if you want. Here." He picked up the Les Paul and put the strap around her, settling the guitar as it would be if she played. A dog demon was meticulously painted above the strings on the base of the instrument. "I painted it. Got bored." He answered her question before she even opened her mouth. "See, put your hands like this. That's A. Now if you move them here, that's G." Her moved her fingers to the right strings and strummed it. "Sorry, it needs to be hooked to the amp to sound right." She took the guitar off and handed it back to him, very carefully.

"Want to watch tv?" He pressed the power button and picked up some dvd's. "Movie or just what ever's on?" Kagome decided regular tv would be fine.

'He's so much different at home. I wonder why?' She thought to herself. They watched tv for a while and Kagome stood up to go get a drink out f the little refrigerator. It was the kind that held some drinks, nothing else. She noticed InuYasha was asleep. 'He looks so sweet. Where are his ears?' She had never seen his ears before. She looked around his head, but there was nothing but skin where his ears should be. She began to move away when she noticed a pair of dog ears perched under his bangs. 'Dog ears? They're so...so...cute!' She reached out and began to pet them, trying to figure out if they were real. She rubbed the fuzzy, white ears near their base. 'This is fun!' She pet the ears for a while and noticed a low rumble coming from InuYasha's throat. It didn't sound threatening, more like....purring? 'How cute!' She continued to pet his ears, not knowing he was slowly waking up.