A/N:Yay!Here I am again!

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Four spoons of sugar

Inuyasha was still walking half an hour later and about 5 blocks farther. Actually, he should have arrived at his apartment building long ago. But the pouring rain swallowed everything that was farther away than 3 or 4 meters, and to be honest- At the moment, he had no clue where he was.

He looked down at the bundle in his arms. The girl was shivering uncontrollably and her face wasn't pale anymore, it was see-through. She would freeze to death if he wouldn't get her inside soon. He himself was chilled to the bone - he didn't feel his hand or feet anymore, and he could feel his strength vanish with every minute - it already cost him a serious effort of will to not drop the girl. And he was a hanyou – he didn't even want to imagine how the girl felt- she was human and she only wore underwear.

It was his own fault. He should have gone back to the car. But his flat had seemed to be only a stone's throw away...

The city looked as if she would drown in the water which was falling from the sky and the puddles in the gutter had turned into a ragging miniature – torrent.

All he was able to see was a traffic light at the end of the street – wait! Traffic light? If that was the traffic light he hoped it was, then he would be standing right beside the entrance to his building.

Slowly, he turned around- And there it was! The door that led to that warm , cozy place called home!

Inuyasha slammed the door shut with his foot. Without even turning the light on, he staggered to the bathroom. Inuyasha only shot a cursorily glance at the bathtub – they would freeze to death , before it was even half full – and then decided for the shower. Without much ado, he shifted the girl into the cabin, stepped beside her and turned on both water taps as far as they would go. At the first moment, the water was icy, but it felt warm to him nonetheless , after the cold wetness of the rain, which was still in his clothes. Then it got warm, and after an instant, it got so hot that it hurt. Hastily, he turned the red and blue taps till the water reached a somewhat bearable temperature, and then turned back to the girl.

She was still unconscious, and although she stood under a steaming hot water-jet she shivered terribly and her face had imbibed the colour of ashes. The hot water had dispelled the frostiness from his clothes and the upper two or three millimeters of his skin, but because of some mysterious reason, the heat didn't reach deeper. He huddled out of his clothes (and yes, he still wears his underwear) and tried to snatch as much warmth for himself, without taking away too much from the girl.

When the water started to cool off sensibly, Inuyasha turned off the taps, stepped out off the shower and wrapped a towel around the girl.

She still shivered.

He quickly entwined a towel around his hips, pulled the girl to his chest and rubbed her down with the towel.

When he was done, he picked her up bridal stile and carried her to the bedroom. He gently placed her on the bed and tucked the blanket around her. It didn't help. She still shivered. He remembered something his mother had told him once. The only thing that helped in a situation like this was body warmth. Inuyasha sighed, "She's going to kill me tomorrow", crawled under the blanket and wrapped his arms around her to keep her warm. He was asleep in the matter of seconds.

Kagome felt miserable. Every single muscle of her body hurt and behind her forehead bore a dull pain, which just didn't want to go away. In her head were convoluted memories, snippets of a conversation, for the most parts noises. She just couldn't manage to get them in the correct order and attach the proper meaning to them. The only thing she could define, was that it was soft, very soft. She must be lying in her bed. She forced her eyelids open a slit and blinked through her lashes. Everything was white. Relieved, she closed her eyes again to get a bit more sleep. She didn't remember her bed to be that comfy. She snuggled deeper into her warm, muscular pillow.

Muscular?

Kagome tore her eyes open. Her pillow wasn't a pillow – it was a chest – to be exact, a manly chest.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

she screamed horror-stricken and lashed out at the man.

Poor Inuyasha got jerked out his well-deserved slumber somewhere between hits and "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY BED?????!!!!!!!!!!!!"

He blinked completely confused and looked up at the freaked out creature bending over him. "Wha-" Then the events of the last night came back to him.

"GET-OUT-OF-MY-BED!!!!"

Okay, now that was enough! His bed was holy!

"First of all, that's MY bed!!" He yelled back angrily, but she didn't seem to listen and instead of an answer, she dealt him a blow in the face.

"Owwww..." That girl knew how to pack quite a punch... Before he was able to say anything, she started throwing things at him.

Inuyasha jumped out of bed when he saw a luster thrown his way.

"WHATS WRONG WITH YOU,WENCH??!!"

She just continued screaming. "PERVERT!!!!!!!!!!!OUT!OUT!OUT!OUT!!!!"

Inuyasha quickly pinpointed that it was a hopeless endeavor to try to talk to her civilized. And that made him really angry. That unappreciative bitch! Infuriated, he yelled back "SO THAT'S ALL THE THANKS I GET FOR SAVING YOUR LIFE!!"

He turned his heels and stomped out of the room. Of course, not without slamming the door.

Kagome sat on the bed and breathed heavily, while she heard the guy on the other side of the door cursing something. She stared at the door, confused.

Thanks for saving her live?

What did he mean with that?? She knew that she had seen that weird guy before, she just couldn't remember where and under which circumstances. She could almost feel how the small wheels in her brain started turning. And then, everything came back to her. Talking to that guy in the school's kitchen, running away, freezing half to death, and nearly being raped.

Oh my god. He really saved her life.

She pulled the sheet tightly around herself and jumped out of jumped out of the bed. Or tried to jump out of it. She fell out of it, to be honest.

Inuyasha sat at the kitchen table and desperately waited for the coffee- machine to bubble - He absolutely needed too strong coffee with four spoons of sugar now. He heard a loud thud coming from the bedroom and looked up. A few moments later, the girl stepped into the kitchen.

She looked at her feet and wrung her hands, which held the sheet that covered her body. She shifted from one foot to the other and tried to look everywhere besides him. Finally, she managed to stutter some words out "Listen,...... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.....I'm sorry." When he didn't say anything, she continued, "Thank you for your help....I owe you something......I'll go then..." She turned around and shuffled to the door like a beaten boxer.

Inuyasha snorted, "Do you really want to go out there in underwear and a sheet? My sheet, by the way."

She looked over her shoulder and shot him an estimating glance. Then she asked cautiously, "What do you mean with that?"

"Sit down and drink a coffee. You can stay here till we've found a solution for your .... little problem."

She looked at him undetermined, but then she walked over and sat down on a chair.

"Coffee?" he asked, keeping a straight face.

"Yes please." she whispered, her voice breaking, and then added quickly "With four spoons of sugar, please"

He looked at her, dumbfounded.

"What's wrong? Coffee with a lot of sugar is okay, isn't it?" Of course it was. He always drank his coffee with four spoons of sugar. He shrugged, and went over to the cupboard to get some cups.

Two minutes later, he put a cup of steaming hot coffee down in front of her. She closed her hands around it and mumbled "Thanks."

"For the coffee?"

"For saving my live.... And for the coffee" She laughed insecurely and raised her head to look at him. He was a handsome guy, she had to admit that. Those amber eyes, and his long, white hair, those incredible kawaii doggy- ears ... and he looked incredibly good without his shirt on.... What's up with those thoughts? She blushed and shook her head, as if trying to shake them off.

He shifted uncomfortably under her gaze, and then stretched out his hand "No problem...my name is Inuyasha, by the way."

She took his hand and gave it a quick squeeze, "Kagome. Nice to meet you"

He sneered at her and retorted, "We've already met before. In the school. Remember?"

"How could I forget that?...But... you were the one who saved me from that man, weren't you?"

"Yeahh..that was me."

Her blush turned into deep purple, and trying to hide that from him, she turned her head to examine her surroundings.

The walls were painted red, and one off them only consisted of window, which gave you a nice view over the wet roofs of the city. The kitchen units were made of stainless-steel and everything was sparkling-clean. Summed up, it was pure, modern, expensive good taste.

Kagome gulped and looked at him again and asked curiously, "What where you doing in the school anyway?"

"Business meeting."he replied choppily .

"For which company?"

"Tahiko – Petrol corporation."

"So you work for Tahiko-corporation?" she assured herself with fake interest.

"No. I'm the Vice-president."he answered, and it didn't sound the slightest bit arrogant.

"Oh."

To change the issue, he stood up and asserted, "I think you need new clothes. I'll call my secretary- she will go shopping with you."

"But ... I won't be able to give you the money back for a while, you know that?"she stated with a hint of panic in her voice.

"Keh.I don't care, wench. Just be quiet."he scoffed and tipped a number into his cell phone.

A/N: REEEEEEEEEEEEEVIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!!!!!!!!!!!