Oh, thank you thank you! Oops, sorry foxshadow, I got your name wrong on the last chapter! I accidentally put foxfire. Thanks for putting your favorite line in the review! I like that! There's something InuYasha says about IHOP restaurants that I actually said…in fact, more than a few comments are stuff I've said…Anyways! Onward!

"My idea of total misery is sitting in traffic" –Mark Hoppus

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"Mom! Mom! I got in!" Kagome screamed as she bounded into the shrine house. Her mother looked up from her cooking to see her daughter bouncing up and down with happiness. "And you said being a musician would never pan out! I'm going upstairs to pack because I'm leaving for the mansion tomorrow!" Kagome resisted the urge to add and 'in your face' to the statement as she took the stairs three at a time.

She entered her bedroom and rushed over to the closet, dragged out three or four old bags and began throwing every article of clothing she owned into the suitcases. After tossing in her clothes she began to work on forcing in some hygiene products and personal effects. After her packing frenzy her room was nearly bare, as all that was left in it was the furniture and a few decorations. She'd thought twice about packing her bed clothes, deciding the mansion would have some. Kagome polished her guitar quickly before packing it up too and then threw on her pajamas. It was late and she wanted to rest up for tomorrow.

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A harsh knock sounded at the door to the Higurashi home. A young boy, about thirteen, jumped up from his seat on the floor and rushed to answer it.

"Hey. Some chick named Kagome here?" A tall white haired teen was standing at the door, looking down his nose at the boy, the picture of surliness.

"Yeah, she's my sister. Who're you?" The kid asked. The teen sniffed as if he needed no introduction and didn't enjoy being questioned by what he considered a child.

"InuYasha. You?"

"Wow! You're the lead singer of the Tamas! I love that band! My name's Souta by the way. Wanna come in? Kagome probably isn't ready yet; she never is. I could get you something to eat." Souta was practically bouncing out of sheer excitement. Hey, superstars didn't visit your house every day! InuYasha held in a smirk at the kid's antics and stepped in.

"Who's there Sou-" Mrs. Higurashi stepped out of the kitchen with a plate of pancakes in her hand. Silently she did a double take of the scene before her. A tall, white haired teen boy was standing in the living room, clad in black jeans and slightly tight red t-shirt bearing the band's logo. A black bandana covered the top of his head. Her son stood next to him, still in his pajamas, looking as if he'd known the guy forever. "You must be InuYasha. I'm Kagome's mother. Would you like some food?"

"Um, I'm okay." He answered, but his stomach chose that second to emit a large growl. "But then again, those pancakes look good. Obviously my mind and my stomach have different ideas this morning. Got any maple syrup?" InuYasha followed the woman to the kitchen and sat down at the table. 'May as well make myself at home. People who offer food can't be all that bad.' he thought as a steaming stack of pancakes was set down in front him. He began to pour as much syrup on them as humanly possible and dug in. Souta asked him questions about rock star life at every chance, which he answered happily between mouthfuls.

Right as he was telling a lively story about how he "kicked Miroku's ass" playing a new video game, Kagome thundered down the stairs into the room. She wore a tight pair of army green pants with straps down the outside of the calves, each strap clasped by an antique gold buckle. Her shirt was the same color green with a black floral motif across the chest. She wore a black long sleeved shirt underneath and black boots. Her hair was in the same spiky buns as yesterday. In one word she was gorgeous. InuYasha stopped mid sentence, mouth hanging open, still full of half chewed pancake. Mrs. Higurashi pointed to her mouth, trying to tell him to shut his own. He finally got the hint and swallowed loudly.

"Mom, you give everyone food, don't you?" Kagome asked and grabbed a plate, figuring if he was eating she would too. She took the seat next to InuYasha and began to dig in.

"Oi, what's he doing?" InuYasha whispered in her ear and pointed at an old man across the room. Her granpa had slipped into the room unnoticed and was doing something weird near the counter.

"Probably trying to exorcise the coffee machine. Don't worry, he thinks that a demon is inside everything and desperately needs exorcised. If you aren't careful he'll get you too, dog boy." He gave her a shocked look before she continued. "Don't think I didn't see those ears yesterday at the try outs. You hide them most of the time I guess, but you had your guard down yesterday. Don't let my mom see cause she'll mess with them. We're a curious family by nature." Right as she finished her last sentence, the old man snuck up behind InuYasha.

"DEMON BEGONE!" He yelled and slapped a scroll down on top of the star's bandana. InuYasha's eyes crossed at the shock of the impact and he began to choke on his pancakes. Kagome pat his back as he tried to expel the gob of dough from his windpipe, all the while yelling at her granpa.

"What do you think you're doing? He's a guest, Jii-chan! Don't hurt guests! He's famous too and could call all kinds of lawyers on you for that."

"I don't care! He has a demonic aura around him!"

"You and your spells! Are you okay?" InuYasha was still hocking up the food while she smacked his back. Souta and his mother were suppressing giggles at the strange tableau rather unsuccessfully. He finally got the pancakes out of his throat and inhaled deeply.

"I wouldn't call them on something this stupid. And I think I'll live to answer your question, thanks." He peeled the scroll off his head and returned it to the old man. "I think you left something up there." Jii-chan merely bustled off in a huff, muttering about teens today and their back talk. Kagome cleared her plate and went to grab her luggage.

"Ready to go yet?" She asked from her place behind the mountain of bags.

"Did you pack your whole room?" InuYasha picked up all of the bags in one heft and started for the door. "Thanks for the food. And I'll see if I can get another copy of that game, Souta. The companies usually give me a couple of prereleases every now and then." He motioned to Kagome. "Let's go."

They walked down the steps to the little silver convertible that Kagome immediately recognized.

"Hey! You flipped me off yesterday!" She said angrily as she stepped into the passenger side. InuYasha finished packing up the back seat and jumped over his door and into the drivers seat. He slid the key into the ignition and took off down the road.

"Yeah, well you're the one who called me a dumb fuck. Guess that makes us even, huh?" He said contrarily and sped down the street.

"You heard that?"

"These ears hear a lot more than you think. You have some lung power when you're pissed too, you know. Home please." He told the car as an auto pilot popped up, showing him a complete map of the city. A little red triangle indicated his location and a green circle showed his destination. He drove along at breakneck speed, seeing how much he could push this girl. Kikyo never liked his speed; perhaps this girl would.

"Could you drive any faster?" She asked, settling back into the seat.

"Don't like it?"

"No, I actually was serious." She said with a smirk. "I'm just as much of a speed demon as you when I can get the junker going." They jerked to a sudden stop, making Kagome's head reel.

"Dammit! What the hell is going on here?" InuYasha said loudly as he surveyed the traffic they had just been caught in. "Turn on the damn radio so we can what's going on!"

"This car's like a rocket ship! It has more buttons than I could imagine for one little vehicle. What do I do, say 'radio on'?" She replied. The sound of rock music blared in response.

"Smarter than you look, I guess. Traffic report please." The radio changed stations automatically to the nearest traffic report.

"At least it doesn't let you act like a total heathen with the please thing."

"Nope. Louder you piece of shit. See?" he smirked as the volume went up to a deafening level. He listened quietly to the announcer as the man explained that traffic was blocked up due to a minor wreck. Tow trucks promised to arrive soon, but it could be hours before they had the accident cleaned up.

"Fuck." InuYasha cursed loudly, attracting attention from nearby motorists. He noticed Kagome was muttering something under her breath. "What was that?"

"Oh. I've been counting every time you cussed since we met up this morning. I'm up to eight now. Care to add anymore?" She smiled innocently, making him more aggravated than he already was. Boy, it was easy to make him mad.

"You- you...." He trailed off.

"What were you going to say?"

"I was going to call you a name, but I didn't want to hear your incessant counting, wench. And no, wench is not a swear word by any standard. Now hang on, we're getting out of this mess." He looked over to his left, noticing there weren't any posts to run into on the sidewalk and began to speed down the pedestrian lane. He hung a sharp right through a set of road blocks and proceeded to blast down the pot hole filled road, jarring both of them up and down. They finally hit normal pavement and stopped jiggling.

"That..." Kagome gasped "That was great! I never get to ride like that anywhere, even if I am riding with a slight idiot."

"Yeah, well we need to get home. And I was going to call you a bitch earlier." He said and raced down the road, cutting people off at every chance.

"Well, you're an ass."

"Whiner."

"Jerk."

The war of words continued until they parked in the circular driveway of a large mansion. The house was built from ivory colored stone and was three stories high. The windows were large and white. The door was huge and white, like the windows. A balcony overhead created some shade over the small porch. The lawn was perfectly manicured and filled with an assortment of flowers and shrubbery. A large garage sat off to the side of the house, most likely filled with expensive cars. InuYasha lazily pulled the bags out of the back seat and walked up to the door, which was immediately opened by a member of the staff. He sat the luggage next to the door and took off his bandana, handing it to the maid that rushed forward to take it.

Kagome gaped at the luxurious hall before her. Open door ways led to other rooms, probably just as fancy. The hall had high, vaulted ceilings, pale blue walls, light wooden floors, the works. Crystal chandeliers hung from the ceilings, casting a warm glow throughout the room.

"The rest of the place is nowhere near as fancy, we have a ton of room in here. Have Sango show you around if you want. She was going crazy waiting for you last night. I thought she was bad on a sugar high, but you got her really riled. Come, come." He motioned for her to follow him. They walked down the hall and into a living room. A light brown leather couch sat freely in the middle of the room in front of a large TV. A desk was in the corner, Miroku glued to the screen of the computer that sat on it. Sango was flopped over in the couch, dressed in a loose pair of jeans and a black t shirt. A glass of juice sat on the coffee table in front of her, next to a bowl of cereal.

"You're here!" She said and jumped up to greet Kagome. "Miroku's been glued to that computer all morning and hasn't even said good morning. Then again, his usual greeting consists of something along the lines of 'How you doin'?' and a wink. Stupid lech. How about I show you around and get you settled in." She chirped happily. Kagome liked her immediately. She trotted out the room, Kagome following behind slightly. The taller girl paused to let her new companion catch up. "You won't see most of the place, since a ton is servant's quarters or storage and the rest I couldn't possibly show you in a day. This house was designed with a space warp in it, I think. It looks big on the outside, but is huge inside. You could get lost easy."

"InuYasha said you couldn't wait for me to get here. Weren't you friends with Kikyo? You just sound starved for female attention." Kagome asked as Sango rattled off a list of rooms they were passing.

"Oh. I never considered her human since all she did was hang on things. She was always hanging on her cell phone, her makeup case, her credit card or her favorite, InuYasha. I don't see how she seduced him into even giving her a second look, but I give the sorceress credit. "

"Seduce?"

"I meant into dating. Kami, they never did that! Maybe you'd be better suited to talk to Miroku!" Kagome punched her lightly in the shoulder. "Kidding! Kidding! InuYasha might seem like a playboy, but I've seen every person who walked through those doors and he's never had anyone but Miroku in his room. I don't even know what the place looks like. I don't even think the maids bother to go in and clean it but once a month." They rounded a corner. " Up these stairs is the second floor. That's the boys' level. The girls' floor is up on top. InuYasha and Miroku took over that whole floor for their stuff, so Kikyo and I stayed up on the third floor. Elevator or steps?"

"You have an elevator?"

"Sure! It's over here." Sango walked down the hall to a pair of gold doors. They slid open to reveal a small, mirror covered elevator room. Sango pressed the button and the lift took off slowly. A small ping sounded when they reached their floor and they both got off. The level had light wood floors and coral colored walls. Sango stopped and pointed to two doors.

"The one down the hall is Kikyo's old room. The one in the middle is the guest room. Wanna see her old one first?" Kagome nodded and followed her to the door. She opened the large wooden panel to reveal a heavily decorated room that would have been better suited in Belle's Bordello in Gone with the Wind. The walls were a gaudy flocked purple, the floors cream carpet. Everything was either carved or jewel covered.

"I think I'll check out the guest room." Kagome said tentatively. Sango opened the other door and let her in. It was like a like heaven to Kagome, who always longed for tropical settings. The carpet was a lush cream and the walls had been painted a minty green. The furniture was all dark wood. The bed had four tall posts, surrounded by sheer cream curtains. The bed covers were cream and covered with prints of large palm leaves. "I'll be staying here."

"Great! The little door there connects to my room if you ever need something. That door goes to the bathroom and that one is to your closet. That window there is actually a door to your balcony. We'll have someone bring up your stuff and unpack it for you. Want to go downstairs and see what the guys are up to? You can explore as you get settled. If you get lost, yell for InuYasha. He can hear most everything."

They both went back downstairs, Kagome telling Sango about the ride over. Sango merely laughed, much to Kagome's annoyance.

"Sorry, it's just that InuYasha is always like that. You get used to it, or you smack him around until you do. Miroku requires more force though. He never gets the hint. If he gropes you, smack him as hard as possible. It's great stress relief since he never quits." She said and walked back into the living room. "Tonight we'll hang out in the basement. We always do. The basement is more of a huge rec room slash recording studio slash practicing area slash home theatre. It has a stereo system that could break a glass. If we turned up the theatre system and played just one song all together we could shatter a window." Kagome gaped again as they discovered that Miroku was still on the net and InuYasha had begun playing a video game.

"What do you guys wanna do?" Sango asked. No one answered. "Hello?" They only continued to ignore her, sucked into the electronic world. "Watch this." She whispered to Kagome. "Well, me and Kagome were thinking about going skinny dipping and then wandering the house naked." Both boys jumped up, actually believing her. "You're both lechs. We actually need to practice some with Kagome. She has to learn all of Kikyo's parts so we can re-record the album. Let's get going downstairs."

"My guitar. Where is it?" Kagome asked as they trekked down the hall.

"It's down there already. Come on!"

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Review Reply to…

Katrina: Sorry if the chapters are a bit short, but never EVER worry about me taking weeks to update. I'm the kind of person with way too much time on my hands. I'm trying to make up for size in frequency.

Animepeep: Thanks for the pocky! Hojo? No, I didn't mean to. And DON'T FORGET TO TAPE INUYASHA OR I SHALL HAVE TO HIT YOU WITH A RAMEN NOODLE!

Melby: Yes, this is an Inu/Kag fic as well as some Mir/San. I'm so glad you think I portray InuYasha well! I think he's the easiest character for me to write.

Foxshadow: You crack me up! Pocky rocks! You're such a faithful reader and reviewer! You deserve special award.

Okay, can anyone guess which scene is my fav? Remember, review review!

Quote of the day:

"At least rap has a message, even if it is f**k you." My grandma. (seriously! She likes Ludacris and thinks Lil John and the Eastside boys are quite talented. Me, I like blink 182 and stuff like that. Oh well, each to his/her own)