Kaede-ba-chan stood there, smiling brightly as if everything was normal, and that the weather was perfectly fine. My dull stormy azure eyes were widened, staring at the feminine form of ba-chan in a pure, dripping astonishment, while I gawked at her. I couldn't resist but to slam my desk with my palm loudly and stand up, yelling, "KAEDE-BA-CHAN???!!!!!!"

I noticed that a little figure at the front did the same at the exact time, both of us frozen in our spots as the silence greeted us.

The little figure turned around hesitantly and met my eyes with his frightened one, and I immediately found out that that little figure was, indeed, my otouto, Souta. More silence greeted us as Kaede-ba-chan continued to smile as if her muscles were permanently stuck in that expression and me and my otouto frozen there like doe caught in the light.

It started with a quiet, but audible snort, joined with stifled snickers. The snickers turned into giggles, and the giggles turned into a chorus of laughter, not even close to the chorus of majestic and dramatic "hallelujahs," while my otouto and I gazed down at the table, nursing our stinging palms. Sango-chan trembled quietly beside me as she hid her face against the hard surface of the desk, but I just had this feeling that she was laughing at me like that…

O, the humiliation!! The horror!!! I felt myself flush, heat rushing quickly to my cheeks in pure humiliation. Souta quickly sat down, practically cowering behind his desk while Shippou-kun said something to him that made him flush even more. The chorus of laughter continued to echo throughout the meeting hall, sounding like some kind of evil laugh of herd of banshees to my ears.

Kaede-ba-chan chuckled, and shushed us when about a good minute or two of humiliation passed quickly. "Well, nice seeing you too, Kagome-chan," she winked slightly when I sat down on the seat hastily, not even looking up into the crowd once. Hue of humiliation continued to stain my cheeks brightly throughout the whole entire session, while Kaede-ba-chan lectured on some things about the school.

"…well, so, do you guys have any questions?" ba-chan asked, looking at the crowd with an eyebrow arched into her thick black bangs as if expecting something from the still snickering students. Only silence (if you can call that a silence) greeted her question. She clapped her hands once cheerfully, her wide dark blue eyes focused on an elegant female figure sitting to her right, "Well, I suppose it's the time for the Search, neh, Kagura?"


In the Same Room with a Dog

Chapter 3: Stuck


Kaize-senpai?

I stared at the figure, while the students began to fuss about "the Search" excitedly, excluding the freshmen and the transfers, like myself.

Kaede-ba-chan removed herself from the center desk for a moment, and Kaize-senpai settled herself there, looking expectedly at the crowd when they shushed themselves. Her inky black hair still remained black even under the spotlights, but her dark crimson eyes turned a little lighter, maybe a shade of medium red. And of course, her perfect hair didn't even droop once.

"I suppose all the sophomores, juniors, and seniors know about the Search, but since there are transfers and freshmen, we will go over it again," her hypnotizing cool voice echoed through the microphone, "Find the little piece of white paper in your folder, but don't look at the back of the paper, or you will face the consequences."

The students began to excitedly search through their folders frantically, excluding the transfers and freshmen, since they were cautious and hesitant about it. I flipped to the page after the schedule, finding the promised little piece of white paper there. I took it out and examined it, while Sango-chan was nervously shifting in her seat, staring down at her paper as if it was about to move.

"Hey, you!!!!" I heard Kaize-san yell at this young boy at the front, startling him, "I told you to not flip it right?" the frightened boy nodded, his wide brown eyes staring up at hers, "Well, don't do that!!!"

I stared at mine, sending a suspicious look toward it. Kaede-ba-chan grinned, speaking into the microphone, "You can flip it over now."

Waves of "o hallelujah," "finally!" and "Please let it be him/her," washed over the students while I narrowed my eyes at the little paper. It was a surprise that it didn't flame up that instance.

I poked at it once.

It didn't move.

Still suspicious, I poked at it again.

No response.

I narrowed my eyes at it, while the paper stared back at me.

"I hate you," I sneered at it.

No response.

"Okay, it's safe!" Sango-chan called, waving her hand to reassure me, "They are not going to jump up and eat your hand, you know."

Still, I glared at it. "Then why aren't you turning it over?"

"Uh… Um… Ah…" Sango-chan stuttered, obviously unable to throw a reply back at me.

Cautiously, I flipped it over, only to find two words printed neatly on it, to my great relief.

Inoukai (18)

I stared down blankly at the white paper that just sat there innocently. My gaze didn't falter even though Sango-chan loudly muttered something I couldn't pick up from the noise.

What was it? I squinted, looking at it more closely. Was it…food? I was starving… I could use a little help from cheesecake right now! But still…it could be…an item. I rolled my head into action as I searched through my brain for possibilities. (Even though they didn't make any sense…)

"Well, everybody… FIND THEM," my 22 year old aunt's teasing and singsong voice echoed on the microphone. Most of the students started to stand up, to find that something, even though the freshmen stood up hesitantly, confused. I sat there, my mind turning blank, tuning out. Sango-chan seemed to know what she was supposed to do, because she organized her folder immediately while holding that piece of paper between her fingers.

"See you later… I gotta find Shinaka… Good luck…" she mumbled and abruptly left, as if she was chased by something very horrifying.

Not sure what we were supposed to do, I looked around to look like as if I was looking for that something, trying to not look very lost or stupid.

"Oi, are you Higurashi (17)?" a husky, boyish but manly voice called from behind. I stiffened, not even daring to look behind. A hand reached out and grabbed my shoulder, turning me so I could face that someone. That touch triggered a painful feeling in my stomach, indicating me that this someone was indeed a guy. I met a pair of liquid amber hinted violet eyes with my dull blue gray eyes.

First thing I noticed about him was his freakishly long black hair that reached his low back. Second thing I noticed about him was that he was something the normal girls considered as sexy or hot. (Thank God that I'm not one.) Third thing I noticed about him was that he had a strange eye color. I mean, it's not an everyday thing when you meet a person with amber hinted violet eyes.

"Yeah," I replied, putting my anti-guy defense up again, "Why would you want to know?" I stared, actually glared straight at his face, stimulating a rather surprised look from the guy. Oh, so now what? He expected me to blush or be swooned!!!

He looked at me curiously, before abruptly sticking his nose in my black hair. I yelped at the sudden contact, trying to stop the painful feeling in my gut by trying to pry him off of me, while he…uh…sniffed at my hair? What the…??

I brought my hands up to my stomach, for the each contact he made triggered a loathsome and painful reaction in my gut. He pulled away before I made a comment, obviously liking my hair scent. Oh, and that was supposed to be a sarcastic remark.

He cocked his head to the side slightly, his freakishly long black hair falling to the side, and grinned. And I swear I heard the girls around me collapse with a dreamy sigh. I'd have done that if I was a normal Japanese girl, but I wasn't normal, so I didn't. (Hallelujah to that!!) Instead of his dreamy grin, I swear I saw a very horny wolf grin. (I shudder at that.) I really don't feel safe now…

"Why would I want to know?" he asked back, a grin still grazing his lips, "Because you are mine."

I froze in my mid-glare, surprise suddenly overtaking the painful feeling I had in my gut. It pumped through my blood vessels until it was practically paralyzing my body. I felt cold. I breathed in and out deeply, trying to calm myself from that outburst. "What did you say?"

"I said you are mine," he said casually with a wave of his hand, "I'm assuming that you didn't know that I'm your roommate for the rest of your sophomore year. Well, I'm your roommate. You are stuck with me, wench."

My brain tried to register what he said. A guy…roommate…sophomore year…a guy...a guy…a guy…

Knowing that my brain was suffering from problems in anti-guy defense system, I only did the thing that registered in my brain first.

I screamed in pure terror.

The auditorium, or the meeting hall, fell silent while my freaky not-so high-pitched voice rang in the hall, eyes focused on me and that hypocrite. All I saw was that amused looking guy with the freakishly long black hair in front of me, while my ears caught the sounds of female students murmuring in surprise.

"That girl, with Inuyasha-niichan? No way," I heard a very snobby voice say.

"I know. She looks just like that Minoko bitch, doesn't she?" another snobby voice replied to the first comment.

The sounds of gossiping and murmuring started overwhelm me, bringing back my buried memories. I clenched my eye shut tightly, not caring if that long black haired guy stared at me in surprise or not. Memories flooded back, instead of hearing the feminine or male murmurs, I started to hear the all-too-familiar adults talking around me.

When it started to take over my senses, a loud slap rang throughout the hall, snapping me out of my daze. Everybody immediately stopped murmuring and turned around…only to see Sango-chan constantly slapping this one guy in short ponytail, while yelling some things I couldn't understand well between her colorful words. While the crowd was occupied with the couple, the long haired guy turned to me again. I immediately stiffened, and tried to make up an excuse that would make him go away permanently.

Instead of harassing me like previous time, he gave me a smirk that clearly read "You-are-stuck-with-me."

I wanted to pull my hairs out in pure frustration.


I stopped in the middle of the hallway and looked back for the hundredth time that day, to find the same long haired guy following me with his bags, wearing an innocent expression. If it wasn't for that stupid bastard standing over there, I would have been very excited about the dorms, which were located in the 4 towers in the corner of each castle walls, after Kaize-senpai dismissed us. Maybe if it wasn't for him, I'd have noticed how stylish the tower was inside out. I growled, set my bags down and faced him angrily. It was time to kick him out.

"Why are you following me?" I asked with dripping lemon-lime colored disgust, narrowing my dull blue gray eyes at him, while he shifted with his bags.

He innocently looked at me, and looked around, before pointing at himself. "You mean me?"

Feeling this urge to pull my hairs out for the hundredth times ever since the "search," I replied coldly, "Yes you. Why are you following me?"

"I'm not following you, woman," he stated simply, "I'm going to my room."

"Well, then, why are you going the same way as me?" I asked, my patience wearing thin by the second I spent with that bastard. I was getting irritated by his hair, his face structure, and everything about him.

"Because maybe…" he tapped his chin, looking like he's thinking deeply, "…we are roommates?" There was a sarcastic hint to his sentence, but I ignored it completely. "Come on, Higurashi, it's the time you start admitting it. I mean, I was a roommate to a girl last year too, you know…" his brow furrowed in thought, and I was able to make out a bit of longing in his clear amber speckled violet eyes before it vanished.

"How could we be roommates?" my enraged voice rose a bit, "I'm a girl, and you're a guy! There's no way we could live in a same room for a year!!! I know Kaede-ba-chan does have a weird sense of humor, but that doesn't mean she will shackle me to a guy like this!!!"

"Keh," he snorted slightly, before turning his full attention on me, "Don't worry, I won't take advantage of you if that's what you are worried about, wench."

I felt the heated blood rushing to my cheeks in rage, coloring them dark red like spilled ink. "That's not my point, you despicable-!!!"

"Then what is your point?" came back the sarcastic response with an eyebrow disappearing to his slightly long bangs. If I had an ax in my hand, I probably could've sliced that thick head of his like…oooh!!! How dare he??!!!

"What is going on here?" a calm male voice came, and we turned around in alarm. It was a guy, probably a senior, with freakishly long silver hair like that hypocrite and strange amber eyes. I frowned a bit. They looked alike…except the hair and eye color and the obvious difference in maturity…

"Sesshoumaru," the hypocrite said with much calmed voice, "What are you doing in the West Tower?"

"That's Sesshoumaru-nii-chan to you. I'm supposed to be making sure that everyone is in their dorm," the senior replied calmly, "Now, what are you two fussing about?"

"I DON'T WANT HIM TO BE MY ROOMMATE!!!" I blurted out before the hypocrite did, getting a somewhat hard glare and an amused expression in response.

"So, there was a girl who was able to resist your charm…Inuyasha," the senior chuckled slightly in amusement, getting a hard glare from the hypocrite named Inuyasha, "Or should I say…your seduction. By the way," he looked at my ID card necklace, "Higurashi-san, no matter how much you loathe my brother, I can't do anything about it. He's your roommate, and you are stuck with him for rest of your school year, unless you both agree to resign," he turned around with a swish of his silver hair, "Good day to you two."

I watched with my mouth agape, watching the hypocrite's brother disappear down the hallway…or corridor, if you want to call it that way. I was clearly able to feel a smug grin directed at me, and my hands itched to cut off that thick head of his with…some weapon…I could find in this tower…must…restrain…

"Well, it is official that we are now stuck together," he teasingly said with a hint of seduction, "What would you say about that, Miss Go-Away-You-Freaks?"

"GO AWAY, YOU FREAK!!!!!!!" I yelled.


My hands trembled, as if wanting to kill somebody.

Somebody named Higurashi Kaede, to be more exact.

She's 22 years old and owns this devil's den called Tokyo Private High School. She likes yakisoba and our Japanese classic, sushi, and hates being busy and complicated. She's an aunt to me and Kikyou-nee-chan, my mother's side. She's also a little sister to mama, which they are more than 10 years apart. She has a very weird sense of humor that crossed the line today…

I let out a series of evil and dark chuckles as I stood holding a small knife in my hand. Oh, oh, oh, how I wanted to take this knife and poke at her head with it…after I'm done unpacking.

Turning to my gigantic sports bag that was opened, I grumbled, letting out few colorful words before reaching inside to take out more clothes. I put them neatly into my walk-in-closet in my dressing room. If I wasn't in such a bad mood, I could've been impressed by my dorm and even faint at the sight of it. I heard Inoukai moving around in his dressing room next to the bathroom, which was in between our dressing rooms.

The dorm was hexagonal, our dressing rooms taking two corners while the bathroom occupied the space between them. Across from the bathroom were two rooms that took the corners with small living room in between. (I have to admit that I adore the TV in the living room…) Between the space of dressing rooms & bathroom/two rooms & living room was a little hall way that led to the exit. The dorm was in a nice shade of beige, brown, dark yellow, and dark orange…autumn type of colors.

Folding my gigantic sports bag into a smaller shape, I sighed before stuffing it inside of the drawers and walking out of the room with my arms occupied with my school materials. I had a scowl on my face ever since my last encounter with Inoukai in the hallway, and to the fact that I was to share the same dorm with him for the rest of my years. I shuddered before kicking the dressing room shut, since my hands were occupied.

I staggered, trying to balance the loads of materials in my arms while nearing my expensive looking desk in my room. I started to lose my balance, occasionally staggering to a side limply when my arms started to tremble from the heavy weight.

"Aw, shit," I let out a curse, staggering backwards while trying to find my balance back before two arms caught me. My back fell into something hard. I didn't even dare to find out who caught me.

"You alright?" an all-too-familiar husky male voice asked. I narrowed my eyes a bit before letting out a controlled breath through my clenched teeth. I would rather fall flat on my ass while the books rain on me than have this bastard start another attempt to seduce me like I'm some kind of common…err…girl.

"I was fine…until you came," I answered, sarcasm dripping heavily from my voice, "So let go of me now, Inoukai."

"No Inoukai-senpai or Inuyasha-nii-chan for me?" he purred slightly into my ears while my body let out shudders of disgust. "You wench need to start respecting elders."

"You are not worthy of my respect," I replied, my weight still on his unmoving form, "You disgust me. Every one of your kind does except the ones who are younger. So let go of me now."

"Keh, fine," he let go, pushing me up slightly so I was back on my feet again. Passing by him without acknowledging him, I approached my desk, which was made of sakura tree, before letting my materials land on the surface with a loud slam. Being sure that Inoukai was gone, I slowly let my guard down. I supported my weight with my hands on the desk, facing the desk while my black hairs curtained my face. I was glad, because I wouldn't want anything to see my bitter expression right now.

Kaede-ba-chan knew what happened to me 7 years ago…and so did Kikyou-nee-chan. So why was ba-chan doing this to me? Did she seriously think I would overcome my hatred for male once I live in the same dorm with a guy who was considered irresistible and sexy by normal girls? I was forever scarred once that happened… I would never be able to overcome it no matter what I do, and what she does. I'll never be normal…

Exhaling slowly, my right hand immediately reached up and ran through my hair, just plain out of habit. My fingers paused over my scar for a moment, and I froze. I withdrew my hand and looked at it as if another finger grew out of it. I was pathetic and I knew it. I want to be strong so I wouldn't taste this kind of feeling again…

A pair of arm snaked around my waist slowly, only to rest on side of my hip. I felt something stuck in my throat, as if somebody stuck his or her hand down it. It brought painful feelings. It was not any worse than him striking my stomach repeatedly. I tried to wiggle myself free. I didn't like this a bit.

"Stop wiggling, wench," Inoukai whispered into my ears, "You looked sad over there…what were you thinking about?"

"None of your damn business," I answered through a choke, because the pains were now seemed to be throbbing, "Leave me alone."

He didn't answer. His arms tightened even more. I struggled while biting my lip. I was self-conscious that my back was like glued to his upper torso because I was able to feel his chest even through my and his shirt. "Inoukai," I said louder, as I felt my controlled self turning dangerous, "Let me go."

He only growled before turning me around and pushing me back against my desk. I swear I heard a crack. Before I was able to tell him off, his lips were blocking my words. My head felt like it was about to burst, throbbing like my heart and the painful feelings in my gut. Flashes of familiar images flashed through my head. Bloodied wall, shattered glass bottle, otou-san, knife, and blank white walls…

I felt Inoukai detach himself for a while, whispering against my lips, "I never met a girl like you… Why do you resist me so? How can you?"

Still having that stuck feeling in my throat, I only took couple of raspy breaths before he kissed me again, this time deepening it slightly while his fingers unbuttoned couple buttons of my shirt.

He detached himself once again, but this time trailing down to my jaw line and my neck, only to pause at my left ear.

More images flashed through my head. "N-No… Stop…" I managed it out painfully, lost in my memories as he continued his assault on my neck. Shattering sound, bloodied wall, shattered glass bottle, and muffled scream… Blood staining my body… His blood on my hand…

Then it suddenly ended, leaving me at the image of black white walls. My senses cleared and I felt Inoukai nearing my collar bone.

Unidentified feelings bubbled up inside me, heating my cheeks up. Before I knew, I shoved Inoukai off with a strength I didn't possess. Before he knew and said anything, I was gone with a slam of the door, already storming down the corridor with only rage to drive me on.


I stormed down the corridor in a rampage and couple students looked at me as if I was some kind of psycho on the loose. Even few couples making out in the darkened hall way paused to look at a flushing, rampaging, and raging girl in a messy state.

My super tangled hair whipped around me as I stomped across the main hall. Oh, how much I HATE Inoukai!!! I gritted my teeth as I spotted a student with the "Staff" necklace. In fact, I hate him so much I could write a very long scroll about him even if I was a baby.

Once I stood in front of the staff member, I instantly grabbed his collar, almost choking him, "Tell me where the principal-san's office is," I said threateningly, my dull blue gray eyes flashing in rage. My hands tightened when he didn't answer in two seconds because he was in too much of shock.

"I'll give you five seconds to answer before I add another hole to your head," I narrowed my eyes, mentally counting in my head.

One…

Two…

"NOW!!!!" I yelled impatiently, throwing his face into the wall next to us.

"That was only two seconds!" he protested against the wall, "And I'm afraid I can't tell you where…"

Before he finished his sentence, I started to shake him madly back and forth by his collar, "TELL ME NOW, YOU WUSS!!!!"

"You take an elevator to the top," he managed to cough out, "then take a right turn at the hallway."

"Thank you," I said dryly before dropping him on the floor and stomping off to the elevator.


I stomped to an expensive looking door and slammed it open. "I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!!!" I yelled with a paper crumple in my hand, which was in my pocket. Just as I expected, my aunt looked up at me with "I-knew-you-would-come" expression and mumbled, "I'll call you later," into the phone before hanging up with a simple click.

She raised an eyebrow up, while smiling innocently at the same time, "Meaning of what, Kagome-chan?"

I shook in rage as I withdrew my hand from my pocket to shove the crumpled paper into my ba-chan's face, "THIS!!" I yelled and pointed at the paper which looked like it was stuck on my ba-chan's face forever.

She didn't seem to get what I meant as she stared blankly at the paper. A knowing look flashed across her face before she grinned up at me, her mischievous blue eyes sparkling humorously. "Inoukai the Second, eh?" she looked over my appearance with an amused expression, "I suppose that explains a lot about your…current condition…"

I looked at ba-chan with a blank look.

Ba-chan gave me a grin and pointed at the life-sized mirror next to me.

Turning my head around, I studied my form quietly with a blank look. It took me a while to register how I looked like. I saw myself looking at the mirror blankly, my brows furrowed in confusion, before it finally fixed on the horror stricken face which I saw clearly on the mirror.

I only did the thing I remembered to do.

I screamed.


A/N: Shorter than the other chapters… But I promise I'll make it longer next time…

Took me a while to update, but I've been stuck on many parts of this chapter…;;;

Oh, and ignore all the grammar and spelling errors... What can you expect from a fob who is a thirteen years old?

I'm in Korea right now…finished at 1:10 A.M…

Korea's been pretty fun so far and I still have about a month to play.

I'll still write, though.

Once in the middle of the story, I'll start posting up the fanfiction I've been working on for a while… I have three to choose from. Decisions, decisions…

I'd love a review, but I won't beg for it! XD

Japanese used in this chapter:

ba-chan: aunt

otouto: little brother

senpai: used for older people

nii-chan: older brother for both girls and boys I think…

-san: I'm sure you guys know about this one…

otou-san: father…but it could also be chichiue