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Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha. I also don't own Barney. (Thank the lord!)
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The Bachelor Party
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The boys were having no problems; all they had to do to was throw on a pair of jeans and a T-shirt and they were ready to go.
"All right boys," the blindfolded Jason asked, "Where are you taking me?"
"To have a little fun," one of the groomsmen said with an evil snicker.
"Matt, what are you scheming?" he asked coldly.
The named man ignored him.
"Inu, where are they taking me?"
"Like I'm gonna spoil the surprise!" Inu-Yasha laughed. "But I will give you one clue…"
"What's that?" Jason asked eagerly.
"Let's just say that all the morals Barney taught ya just went down the drain."
"And that's putting it mildly!" Miroku chimed in.
The rest of the groomsmen that were shoved into the SUV were snickering evilly.
"I have a feeling this isn't gonna turn out very good…" Jason moaned.
"Here we are boys!" Matt, the driver, called as he parked.
"Where would here be exactly?" Jason asked.
"Fluffy's!" Matt exclaimed happily as he removed Jason's blindfold.
The name took it's time to register in the groom-to-be's mind. When it clicked, it clicked.
"You took me to FLUFFY'S!?!?!?!"
"Yup!" Miroku said gleefully.
"I can't go in there! Kara'll kill me if she finds out!"
"My lips are sealed." Miroku said making a zipping motion across his lips.
All the boys nodded in agreement.
"I'll go in there when hell freezes over and pigs fly!"
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"Hey, boys, you wanna go skiing in hell?" Inu-Yasha asked as they sat down at their table.
"Or go shoot down some bacon?" Miroku suggested. "I hear it's a real problem that they're perching on telephone poles."
After much kicking and screaming, they had somehow managed to get Jason inside the building. All had promised never to tell a word of this to anybody on the terms that they would be slaughtered on sight.
"Hi, boys." a sexily coy voice greeted them.
All current conversation immediately stopped so that the boys could see the waitress in a very kinky maid style outfit waiting to take their orders. Miroku then decided that he would need a cold shower tonight.
Then some of the girls started dancing on stage in much less than appropriate attire.
Oh, yes… a VERY cold shower was in store for him tonight.
"What'll ya be having?" she asked.
"Water…" was the collective squeak that came from all the men. So Miroku wasn't the only one in need of a cold shower that night...
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Inu-Yasha was now shooting some pool near the stage.
"Inu-Yasha." the monotone voice said behind him.
Inu-Yasha stood straight and turned to see a slightly taller, more muscular man than himself standing there.
"Sesshomaru?" he asked, now recognizing who he was. "What are you doing here?"
"I own this club." he said, disinterested. "I want to talk to you about something."
"Okay…Shoot."
"In private, you moron."
Both men walked to an office upstairs, away from the noise. Inside, Sesshomaru sat down and pointed at a chair for Inu-Yasha to do the same.
"It's been a long time, little brother."
"Ya, sure has." Inu-Yasha said gazing around the elaborately decorated office.
"As I'm sure you know, my job as a federal agent…"
Sesshomaru kept talking but Inu-Yasha wasn't listening. He plopped himself down in the chair and looked at the pictures on his brother's desk. One had him holding a little girl and actually smiling. He'd never seen or heard of the little girl before; not even in the letter he got every once in a blue moon warning him not to mess up their father's estate.
"Who's that?" he asked, cutting Sesshomaru off in mid-sentence.
"Who?"
"That little girl." Inu-Yasha said pointing to the picture.
"That's Rin."
"Who is she?"
"You haven't been listening to a word I've been saying, have you?"
"No, not really."
Sesshomaru was just a little bit beyond pissed. He was going out of his way to protect his little brother, and he wasn't even listening to him!
"Inu-Yasha, if we didn't have the same father I wouldn't be doing any of this for you."
"Doing any of what?"
Inu-Yasha was beyond confused. He couldn't recall any time in his life where 'big brother' had helped him. Used him as a punching bag and called it strength training, yes, but that never really helped him out; only gave him bruises.
"If you had been listening to a word I was saying earlier, you would have a clue. Now, I fear, I must repeat myself."
"Sesshomaru, stop talking fancy and get to the point."
"Yes, I suppose I should put it in layman's terms for you. Some bad men are after you, I got you and your friends a condo here, and I still haven't gotten that stain out of my ceremonial kimono you messed with."
"Sesshomaru, I'm not a retard! Elaborate on the circumstances of the danger and your purchase of a condominium for my friends and I."
Inu-Yasha was quite pleased with himself that he had used some pretty sounding words. Then he remembered what Sesshomaru said about the kimono.
"You're still pissed off about the kimono!? That happened, like, five years ago!"
"That was just something I threw in to see if you were spacing out again."
"Oh, so you fixed it?"
"No, it's still got that ugly lipstick stain on it. How you managed to get lipstick on the belt, I'll never want to know."
"It was--"
"I'LL NEVER WANT TO KNOW!"
"Fine, be that way." Inu-Yasha said with a huff.
"Now, as I was saying, there's a major problem with the WPP and leaking through some corrupted agent."
"WPP?"
"Witness Protection Program, you idiot. You didn't forget you were on it, did you?"
"Uh, no."
Sesshomaru rubbed his temples, feeling the oncoming headache dealing with his younger brother always dealt him.
"Anyway, I've found out that Naraku has raised the price on your head. Any idea why? Other than you know his secrets, I mean."
Inu-Yasha's blood boiled over that name. He was the dirty son of a bitch that caused him and Kikyo to break up. After all these years he still couldn't understand it. Naraku was trouble and Kikyo knew it, yet she still went with him.
"Not a clue."
***
One of the dancers was eyeing the group from the moment they came in; one in particular: Inu-Yasha. Her eyes watched him as he left with his brother, the federal agent. That mutt; she'd recognize Inu-Yasha anywhere. She'd left him for that handsome rich man, Naraku. What a mistake that was: leaving Inu-Yasha for that son of a bitch. He treated her like dirt and used her like a fork; shoveling money into his greedy mouth.
Naraku was practically a god in the black market, but he sure as hell didn't know how to treat a lady, or anybody else for that manner. He rarely even talked to clients face-to-face. Oh, no, he was much too important to be bothered with petty things like his own business; that's what he had his pawns for. And anybody that escaped his confidence was quickly and quite gruesomely executed.
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Several hours later, all the men walked out of the building in a dazed and partially happy silence and got into the SUV.
Inu-Yasha recalled the unexpected conversation with his brother. An ironic twist of fate was that his ex-girlfriend was dancing there. The very same girl that had left him for the money-hungry, son of a bitch, Naraku. He was sure she hadn't seen him, so he let it go; he was more worried about what his bother had told him.
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"Sesshomaru, stop talking fancy and get to the point."
"Yes, I suppose I should put it in layman's terms for you. Some bad men are after you, I got you and your friends a condo here, and I still haven't gotten that stain out of my ceremonial kimono you messed with."
"Sesshomaru, I'm not a retard! Elaborate on the circumstances of the danger and your purchase of a condominium for my friends and I."
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"Now, as I was saying, there's a major problem with the WPP and leaking through some corrupted agent."
"WPP?"
"Witness Protection Program, you idiot. You didn't forget you were on it, did you?"
"Uh, no."
Sesshomaru rubbed his temples, feeling the oncoming headache dealing with his younger brother always dealt him.
"Anyway, I've found out that Naraku has raised the price on your head. Any idea why? Other than you knowing his secrets, I mean."
"Not a clue."
"Well, he has. Since you're our only credible witness so far, we need to keep you safe. That's where the condo comes in."
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My notes:
I didn't go into very much detail as to the place the guys were. Why? Well because I'm sure you can all use your imaginations to put some type of picture together of the type of place "Fluffy's" is. *coughstripclubcough!* Excuse me, I have a bit of a cold.
Originally, chapters 9&10 were going to be just one huge single chapter, but I changed that when I added the *snort* little conversation with Sesshy. That would've pushed the chapter to six pages and some people just don't…oh hell, enough with my explanations! Just review damnit! *gets smacked in the back of the head by Raven* *glares at Raven* …Please… Oh and this is Raven! Tee hee hee. He belongs to me...my muse… say hi, Raven!
Raven: ignore her… just please review. It'll make her update sooner. Not to mention happy… when she's happy, the world is a better place…for me…
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