AN: Sorry for the delay folks, but I wanted to make this a long chapter
for once....yeah...and as soon as I typed the title my sister walked
in. She gave me a funny look when she read it.....


Anyways...this fic as you probably already know.....is dedicated to one
of my best friends.....Aeja. (Read her fics...they're AWESOME!! Her pen
name is Aejavu.)*sigh* But she's a quote stealer....Oh well...I forgive
her....^__^




Alright....I've been caught. The lawyers came in the middle of the
night last night and took me away. I can't tell you where I
am.......but I can tell you why I'm where I am. The SLP (or Secret
Lawyer Posse) has been tracking me down for days. It seems that I have
been forgetting to put disclaimers....

Lawyer 1: Just say it!

Ouch...stop pushing me! Fine....I do not own Inuyasha. Happy?

Lawyer 2: Nope! We will now begin to torture you!! Muahahahahaha!!

SEND ME HELP!! PLEASE!!!






All's Fair in Love and Reality Shows





Chapter 4





The Naked Truth (I'm laughing hysterically now...)




After an exhausting night of watching Inuyasha lose a game of tag to a
mouse, Kagome crashed into her bed. Groaning, she remembered that she
still had to get in her pajamas. Strangely, Inuyasha was missing from
his bed. Shrugging, she got up and grabbed her pajamas, pausing to
snicker at Kouga who was drooling and twitching in his sleep. The
bathroom light seeped out from underneath the door into the dark
hallway, but nothing clicked in Kagome's head. Perhaps it was because
it was ten o' clock at night and she had just woken up. After all,
normal people's brains don't usually function very well when lack of
sleep is involved. Well, at least mine doesn't. But for whatever the
reason, Kagome rubbed her half-lidded eyes and reached for the door
handle. As luck would have it...it was unlocked. She pushed the door
open and was met with:

"BITCH! CAN'T YOU KNOCK?!" Apparently, Inuyasha had thought of changing
too. Blushing furiously, she slammed the door shut. Irritated, she
shouted through the rose-colored door,

"THERE'S A LOCK ON IT FOR A REASON!" Muttering under her breath, Kagome
sat down on the ground and waited. Finally, just as she decided that
the floor looked more inviting to sleep on than sitting against a wall,
the door opened and out stepped Inuyasha, dressed in a white t-shirt
and a pair of boxers. He growled at her as she got up, making her blush
even more as she remembered the sight of a shirtless Inuyasha. Shutting
the door after her, Kagome sank down on the edge of the flower shaped
tub. I've only known him for a few hours! What's wrong with me? I'm not
the type to fall for a guy just for his looks! Mentally slapping
herself, she started to get dressed.


~*~^_^~*~

Hours later, Kagome was lying on her back, staring at the ceiling fan,
as shirtless Inuyashas danced through her head. Curses followed abruptly

 as she rolled over on her stomach. She didn't even KNOW the guy
that well! Maybe it was just the shock of seeing him half-naked. He DID
have a nice body....

Satisfied with her reasoning, she fell into a deep sleep.....dreaming
strange dreams where cherry blossoms oddly resembled Inuyasha, Miroku,
Kouga, Sesshomaru, Sango, and Shippou, and where ceiling fans circled
 her and beat her senseless with mice.


~*~^_^~*~


The fingers of dawn reached over the hills, throttling the moon and
pushing it down, allowing the sun to rise. Kagome clenched her eyes
tighter as the sun's rays hit her face. Rolling over and pulling the
blanket over her head, she made a mental note to make sure the curtains
were closed every night. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore. Sliding
out of bed, she looked around the room. At first, she was about to call
for help, seeing two strange guys snoring away in her room. Then she
realized where she was. Smiling at the fact that it hadn't been a
dream, and the fact that she could use the bathroom to get dressed
without barging in on anyone, she glanced at the clock. Now,
considering that any time before noon was way too early in Kagome's
book, imagine her shock when she saw that it was 5:26 a.m. "Damn
curtains," she whispered, suddenly feeling more tired. Finally, after
standing there, blinking dumbly at the clock, she headed to the
bathroom, still shaking her head in bewilderment. Wait till her mom
heard this....


~*~^_^~*~


After an hour of aimlessly roaming the empty halls of the hotel,
Kagome was bored out of her skull. Absentmindedly, she stepped out onto
the hotel's terrace. Breathing in the early morning air, she glanced
around her. Trees bearing fruit the size of her fist lined the stone
wall that surrounded the back of the hotel. Flowers climbed the walls
and formed intricate designs. Statues of nude goddesses were randomly

placed about the garden. Everything was
perfectly arranged, from the little stone paths to the neatly trimmed
grass. "I wonder how many gardeners this place has!" Kagome breathed.


    She was amazed by it all. Even the crumbling stones seemed planned, as
if someone went out one day and carefully made the wall seem ancient.
Which was probably what happened. But wait! A grove of willow trees
stood awkwardly out of place. Curious, and with time to kill, Kagome
made her way to the trees. Brushing through the trees' branches, Kagome
stopped short at what lay before her. A tiny pond lay in the middle of
the grove, with fish lazily circling in its depths. Everything was
untidy, the grass unkempt and moss creeping over the rocks surrounding
the pond. A family of rabbits peered over the edge of a fallen log, and
Kagome swore she saw the tip of a fox's brush. (AN: A fox's brush is
their tail ^__^)

    Immediately she thought of fairy tales her mother used
to read her at night, of fairies roaming the woods, and wolves waiting
just around the corner. Grinning slightly, she sat on a large, out of
place boulder. Finally, something felt right in all of this chaotic
mess. She didn't need to worry about Inuyasha, or about the show. She
could just......relax, her worries left behind the wall of willows.


~*~^_^~*~



Inuyasha cracked open an eye. Groaning at the light, he buried his
head in the pillow. After a few minutes of fighting his awakeness, he
got up. "Breakfast?" Jumping slightly, he turned to see Kagome seated
at a table suspiciously shaped like a cherry blossom. Glancing at the
clock, he saw that it was 7:31.

"Uh....sure."

"Remember, we have to be downstairs by 8:00."

"Right." She smelled different, like nature......a forest or something.
Not the fragrant flowery smell he had whiffed yesterday. Plopping down
in a chair, he snatched a piece of toast off of a tray. "Where'd this
come from?"

"Room service dropped it off. Kouga and I already ate." Ah yes....he
knew something was missing.....the wolf.

"Tho vut are ee thuppothef thoinf fofay?" Inuyasha mumbled through a
mouthful of toast.

"What?" After seeing Kagome's confused look, he swallowed and said
more clearly,

"So what are we supposed to be doing today?"

"I dunno. I guess Sesshomaru will tell us......" she trailed off as
Inuyasha let out a huge belch. "That is absolutely revolting."

"Get used to it, hun," he said while getting up and grabbing some
clothes, "you'll be living with me for the next four weeks." With that,
he yawned and headed down the hall, after swiping a glass of juice
Kagome had just poured.


~*~^_^~*~


Kagome sat there, fuming. Just how rude could you get? She had been

innocently sitting there, being perfectly civil, and he acted like he had
been living with monkeys his whole life! And he stole her juice! She
angrily stalked off to find Sango.


~*~^_^~*~


"....And then he stole my juice!" Kagome was sitting on an overstuffed
purple chair in Sango's new room. The Violet Suite, which Kagome
thought should have been named the Violent Suite after seeing how
violently tacky the room was, was Sango and Miroku's new room. Now
Kagome was shielding her eyes from the brightness of the room,
complaining to Sango abut a certain someone.

"I hate to interrupt you, Kag," Sango said, who apparently had not listened
to a word Kagome said, "But we'd better get going. It's 7:56......and
we're supposed to be down by 8."

"Oh...alright." They hurried down to the lobby, after calling Miroku to come
with them. He took the elevator, steering the girls towards the stairs.
After a night of sleeping in the same room with the pervert, Sango
suddenly developed a phobia of being in a closed space with him....


~*~^_^~*~


"Alright, good. Everyone is here." The contestants had all grouped
around Sesshomaru. "It's officially 8 o'clock, and the cameras have
started." People threw uneasy glances around the lobby. Who knew where
those cameras could be....."I've gathered you all here to tell you your
first challenge." Kagome bounced up and down on the balls of her feet
while simultaneously chewing on her lip. This was it.


~*~^_^~*~

AN: MUAHAHAHA!Great place to leave off, isn't it?




I am proud to say....that is what you sound like when you eat toast
and ask that question. I tested it before I wrote this! And you
probably are all thinking..."Secret grove? How much more cheesy can you
get?!" But trust me...it'll come into play in later chapters.....

Cookies go out to all my reviewers! I love you guys! *huggles*

And a special thanks goes out to XxX-SuPeiNGo RuuKii-XxX for one of the
nicest reviews I have ever gotten. And for putting me on her favorites
list! ^__^ A special cookie goes to you!

Seems I have failed at my attempt to make it longer.....