One: I do not own InuYasha.
Two: All other notes are at bottom of Chapter.
Half a world away, and fifteen hours later, Sora was getting home from riding lessons. She could hear water running, and feminine laughter coming from one of the bedrooms. "Father's brought home another girl. Goody. I really need to check my mail, though....I didn't get the chance to talk to Amaya." She quietly made her way to the computer room, signing in to her screename as she pulled the mail from her bag. "More stuff for Kori-I have to hide these. Bills. And still no college letters."
"You have Mail!" A voice chimed. She'd programmed it to mock the AOL voice.
"Poor Amaya." She quickly scanned the later, one ear loosely hanging as the other perked up at the last lines. "'I don't even know what you look like, much less if you're a girl or guy (though I sense girl....) and here I am pouring my feelings out to you.
"'Arigatou, Amaya.' Well, that certainly was interesting." She sent a quick reply, planning for a longer one later, then stood to disappear into her room.
"Sora! Lisa's staying for dinner! D'you wanna start that while we get dressed?"
Or not. "Yes, Father. What do you want?"
"Do you have shrimp, Inu?"
"Do we?"
"We do." Sora ran her hands around the edge of a table, meeting her borderline bored, dark lavender-gray eyes in the mirror. She quickly fixed her silver tipped black locks before her father and his current lover decided to come out. "Boiled, baked, or fried?"
"Boiled sounds good, Sweetie. We'll be down in a moment."
The girl made her way into the gourmet kitchen, pulling the already thawed and peeled shrimp from the fridge, then filled a pot with water before she set it over the range. As it began to boil, she added a seasoning packet, then the shrimp, and started on pasta a dish, as well as the sauces.
Her father entered as she began chopping garlic cloves for the butter and cream sauces. "Smells good, Hun." He grinned at his daughter, before motioning a Bombshell Blonde from behind the partition. "Sora, this is Lisa. A friend."
The girl nodded to the older woman, eyeing her. Under her breath, she murmured "Yeah, friends. Friends with benefits."
She wasn't expecting the light laughter and the gleam in the piercing blue eyes. "Inuyasha, your daughter seems to know you better than that." That earned the woman some points in Sora's eyes. "I'm a cop by profession, but an actress by hopes." Conspiratorially she leaned closer, whispering to the younger girl "Just don't tell him I want to become an action star."
Sora bit back a grin as she made her way over to the stove. "Dad, if you want a particular wine, you'll have to get it yourself. Besides, you know how I just pick one at random."
The golden eyed man grinned, uncorking a bottle after selecting it. "How was the lesson."
A true smile split Sora's face as she recounted her mounted adventures. "Kouga fell off, though. Ayame and I laughed at that."
"Do you think he'll get the trick?"
"Eventually. Until then, he just wraps his tail firmly around his waist and prays that none of his cousins show up."
"I wouldn't doubt it." By this time, they were eating, joking about school work, and politics, and various other subjects. Gradually, Sora passed an assessment on the relationship. It was a friends-with-benefits deal. Inuyasha and Lisa loved flirting with each other, but also enjoyed the free life too much.
In the computer room, a sound was heard. "That will most likely be my penpal, Amaya. She's had a rough day, yesterday, so I really need to talk to her." She bowed politely to her father and his friend, disappearing into the office and closing the doors behind her.
NOTES: Let me get this off my chest, people. DO NOT REVIEW SIMPLY TO SAY YOU DON'T LIKE THE STORY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CONTAINS BAD GRAMMAR, SPELLING, AND IDEAS.
Thank you. Now, as to the reason: I will not mention any names here, simply because I'm not a petty, narcissistic BITCH. but I recieved a Review on the fist chapter that was petty, and judgemental. Let me lay a few things straight:
1. KAGOME IS NOT A SLUT IN THIS STORY. Her idea of love parallels mine in the fact that you can have a healthy relationship even with the physical aspect. If you don't like it, FUCK OFF.
2. AKURYOU IS HERE FOR ONLY A FEW CHAPTERS, NO MORE. He is a vital character to the storyline, and as much as the storyline may be AU the characters are not. Therefore, I couldnot in good concious use a canon male for this particular plot device (and any more information would give the story away.)
3. AND MOST IMPORTANLY. THIS IS A RATED R FIC. NOTE, R. That does not mean Inu and Kag are taking an innocent walk through the forrest talking about the weather and watching little fluffy pink bunnies. AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T LIKE R/SLIGHT LEMON CONTENT, FUCK OFF.
Okay, now that I've probably scared most of you away, I would really like to thank those of you who stuck with me through this rant.
and KAIRA: I really, really appreciate your review. 1 good review will replace a dozen flames. Thank you.