Inutori: Wasn't there a rule on ff.net that said that you can't steal other people's ideas and stuff?  If you guys have read some of my other stories, you may already know this, but one of my original characters has been kidnapped by someone.  I didn't find out about it until recently while talking to one of my friends that read fanfiction. 

Inuyasha: Inutori isn't even in this story, so why should the readers care if she's been kidnapped?

Inutori: It's the concept, Inuyasha.  The person kidnapping Inutori with my being aware of it has drained me of all of my inspiration.  I've been rather upset with learning that not only was she kidnapped, but the author that did it changed her into a female clone of Inuyasha.  That just really ticks me off.

Inuyasha: Get over it already.

Inutori: I will, when the person who stole Inutori fesses up and kindly asks for my forgiveness.  I don't mind people using my characters, I'd just like to know where they are on the internet and get credit for creating them.  Is that too much to ask?

Inuyasha: Apparently, since whoever kidnapped Inutori didn't bother to leave a ransom note.

Inutori: And now for business that actually pertains to this story.  I just thought people would like to know a little more about the characters:

Sengotsu:

Kagome, she is a human, and is just about to turn 18, but you all have probably already gathered that from the story so far.

Sango, is also human, but she is already 18, being a few months older than Kagome.

Kagura, is a wind youkai like in the original story, and is 19, having graduated from High School a year ago.  She's going to college at the local university, but will put her studies on hold for the summer tour.

Ayami, she, like in the original story, is a wolf youkai and turned 18 last fall.

Ami, is a fox youkai and actually has a tail, but is hidden with her kitsune magic.  She just turned 16, but skipped a couple grades several years ago due to her intellectual superiority and is graduating from HS like most of Sengotsu.

Enchanted:

Inuyasha is half inu youkai, like in the original story and looks like he does in his hanyou form.  He turned 19 in January.

Miroku is a human (he wouldn't be anything else) and turned 20 this last December.

Kouga is a wolf youkai and is going to turn 21 in the fall.

Other Characters that are/will be in the story and are of notable significance:

Sesshoumaru is an inu youkai and turned 24 a month or two ago.

Shippou is a fox demon that is coming up on his 17th birthday in July.

Kikyou is a human (with a broken back) and turns 23 a week after Kagome's birthday.

(Keep in mind that it is the beginning of June right now in the story)

Now, on with the story.  Sorry for the long authors note.

Chapter 3

Get A Clue

The next morning, Inuyasha woke up to the smell of bacon cooking downstairs.  It was a refreshing scent after eating food packed with enough preservatives to keep his body from rotting if he were to die. 

Stretching slightly as he began to fully awaken, Inuyasha glanced over at the bed that had been occupied by wench jr., only to find the bed neatly made and Kikyou's sister no where in sight.  He didn't care that much where she was, but noticed that the notebook she had been writing in last night was sitting on the desk by the bed.

Curiosity took over him and he soon found himself holding the seemingly ordinary blue notebook in his hands.  Inuyasha sat back on the bed and opened to the front page, feeling slightly guilty as he realized he was looking at a girl's personal possession without permission.  But after reading what was written, any guilt he felt was overcome by anger.

The page read as follows:

Hey, jerk-face.  You're such a snoop.  You should know not to read a girl's journal.  But do you honestly think that I'd be stupid enough to let an idiot such as yourself actually get a hold of my journal.  I think not! 

If you're wondering where I am, I'm probably laughing maniacally in the kitchen about the permanent marker scribbled all over your face.  I couldn't decide which color to use, so I used them all.  But the blue one matches your hair best.  That's why I took the liberty of streaking it too!  ^_^ Look at it this way; at least no fangirls will recognize you when you go out in public.  You'll probably burn out their eye sockets with how hideous you are.  After all, you do that to some of us already: namely the tajiya and me.

I'm sure the new look will be a hit at tonight's concert, and I'll be sure to get you a matching outfit.  So don't fret yourself over what to wear.

Well, hope you have a miserable day!

-Sengotsu-hime

Inuyasha crumpled up the entire notebook in his seething anger at the gall of that stupid woman.  Talk about a way to ruin his day.  But, he would have woken up if she really had done all of that to him.  Thought the blue that caught his attention out of the corner of his eye said otherwise.

Nearly screaming in rage, Inuyasha ran to the nearby bathroom to assess the damage.  And to his horror, reds, blacks, blues, and greens thoroughly covered his face and hair.  That girl was just begging to die.  He was about to start hyperventilating when Kouga stumbled into the bathroom, rubbing his eyes.

It took a few seconds of Kouga staring at Inuyasha to realize he wasn't imagining things, and when he did, he broke out in uncontrollable fits of laughter.  "Dude, what happened to you?"  The wide grin on his face ruled out that Kouga was sympathizing with Inuyasha.

"Hey, what's with all the noi-whoa, Inuyasha, what in blazes did you do to yourself.  You do realize that that looks hideous, ne?"  Miroku had joined them in the bathroom and stared openly at Inuyasha.

"Yes, I know it looks hideous, tell that to the idiot wench that did this to me!"

Inuyasha was still just wearing his boxers, and it wasn't until he turned around to glare into the mirror again that Miroku burst out into laughter.

"Hey man, she was all over you!"  Miroku had a big lecherous grin on his face as he watched Inuyasha jerk around to face him again.

"WHAT?!"

Kouga was holding his mouth to hold back the laughter, but the mirth was evident in his eyes.  "On your back, dude.  She's written stuff all over your back!"

"What does it say?  Tell me already!"  Inuyasha turned so that his back was towards the two boys as his muscles tensed in anger.

Miroku tried to calm Inuyasha down.  "I don't think you really want to know."

"Yes I do!  Now tell me!"

Kouga cleared his throat.  "You better not kill me for reading this, but this is what it says: 'I am a fat playboy, I've slept with over half the female population of America and have countless numbers of STDs including AIDS.  So what if I'm a little too horny?  Wanna get it on?' "

"WHAT?!"  Inuyasha was holding Kouga up by his throat and glaring murderously at him within the blink of an eye.

"Inuyasha, put him down.  Kouga didn't write it!  You know that!"

Reluctantly, Inuyasha set Kouga back on his feet and stormed downstairs to where the true culprit was standing at the kitchen counter cooking breakfast.

*

Neither was sure of how it happened, but Kagome's mother managed to force both Inuyasha and Kagome into the bathroom where they were locked until Kagome was able to get Inuyasha completely free of the permanent marker.  It had to do with Kagome not going to her graduation unless Inuyasha was as spotless as when he first arrived and Inuyasha losing his job as a singer if he didn't let Kagome clean him without killing her.

So here they were, trapped together in the bathroom, both acting like three-year-olds.

"It's your fault we're in this mess."  Kagome scrubbed Inuyasha's back a little harder as she continued washing off the color and turning Inuyasha's skin red.

"I didn't tell you to write that stuff.  It's your fault."  Inuyasha scowled and flinched as the cloth bit into his back and the feeling of Kagome's nails scratching him came right through the material supposedly protecting him.  "Will you stop that already wench, you're going to make me bleed!"

"Sounds like your problem."  Kagome only scrubbed the harder and caused Inuyasha to start growling from his position kneeling on the floor between Kagome's legs.  She was seated on the toilet with dignity and Inuyasha was forced to the tile floor in front of her ever since they first were shoved in here.

A couple of hours later, Kagome was sitting with Inuyasha now facing her and she was much more gently scrubbing his face, having become tired of her angry scrubbing from before.  It was all she could do to keep herself from falling asleep. 

Inuyasha was slumped over grumpily himself, using each of Kagome's knees as armrests and fixing a halfhearted glare in her direction.  Very few words had been spoken in the last few hours, and both occupants of the bathroom were comfortable in the silence.  It had been nervous at first, but they had gotten used to each other's silent companionship.

Kagome had been seated at the edge of the toilet seat, so when she finally was overcome by sleep, she fell forward and onto the tired hanyou.  He didn't seem to care as he caught her and moved her into a more comfortable position and slumped against the bathroom wall himself.

The majority of the marker had been gotten rid of, and Inuyasha's hair was still damp from its scrubbing, but neither boy nor girl cared as sleep possessed the quiet bathroom.

Kagome snuggled against Inuyasha's bare chest, water from his hair dripping down and adding more water to her already damp blue t-shirt.  Her legs were on either side of his torso, having not moved from when she first fell on Inuyasha, and her arms were placed firmly on his muscular chest.  A peaceful expression was on her face as she pressed her head down further on Inuyasha's well-toned chest.

And if thought that Kagome's position was questionable, one must look again at what the sleeping hanyou was doing.  One arm was wrapped around Kagome's waist and the hand slipping under her bunched up shirt, almost reaching the elastic of her bra, his hand being so large.  The other hand had found the skin of Kagome's upper thigh beneath her jean shorts and was snugly pressed between the material and her leg.

So for either of them their position could definitely be questioned, especially considering the length of time the two had known each other and how they ended up alone together in the first place.

*

Mrs. Higurashi felt it was about time to unlock the door to the bathroom and let the two quarrelers out.  It was almost one in the afternoon, and Kagome's graduation was in a little over an hour.

There had been silence in the bathroom for a good three hours, the arguments having stopped after only the first half hour.  She had taken that as a good sign, and decided to leave them alone, but now it was time for the day's activities to commence.

The key clicked in the lock and Terri opened the door without a sound.  She heard the pair's steady breathing and found them precariously positioned in the corner where the side of the tub met the wall.  The short-haired woman was pleasantly surprised by this turn of events, having already set her eyes on Inuyasha to be the father of her grandchildren.

So just as silently as Terri had entered the cleaning room, she exited to go locate her brand new digital camera.  Once found, she returned to the bathroom and took several pictures from different angles of the sleeping couple.

And as soon as she was satisfied, she left and put her camera away.  This time when she came back to the bathroom, she did plan to wake them.  But she didn't want them to know what she had seen, so Terri knocked on the closed bathroom door to alert them of her presence.

"Kagome, Inuyasha.  You can come out now.  It's time to get ready to go to the graduation."

She heard a yelp from inside the room and could just picture those two jumping away from each other like they were the Black Plague.

*

"Inuyasha, get your hand out of there!"  Kagome hissed as she tried to keep her voice down as well as the blush on her face while Inuyasha attempted to pull his hand out of her shorts in a rushed haste.  She could still feel his warm hand on the skin of her waist as he tried pulling her away from his offending hand.

"I'm trying, wench!  Don't think that I'm enjoying this."  Inuyasha too had a light pink blush on his cheeks as he continued to struggle with his hand, until finally it slipped out of Kagome's pants.

Once it was out, Kagome jumped to her feet and ran to the door and out of the bathroom.  Her hands batted at her cheeks, trying to reduce the cherry color that they had gained from the occurrences of the last few minutes.  Thank goodness her mother hadn't seen that, otherwise she would never hear the end of it. 

Surprisingly, Kagome felt more refreshed now than she had ever felt after sleeping.  Even if they had only been sleeping for less than an hour.

Kagome got ready for her graduation and met up with the other members of Sengotsu to head over to the school gym where the ceremony would take place.  Kagura was only going to watch, so took a seat in the front row of the chairs while the other four girls headed to the classrooms where the seniors were gathering.

Graduation went smoothly, if you don't count the members of Enchanted showing up and distracting every young female bachelor present.  Excluding three of the five members of Sengotsu.  Kagome turned bright red at the sight of Inuyasha, and Ami was still a fan of the band minus Miroku.

After graduation, instead of heading to their graduation party with their class, the girls headed to the concert hall downtown where they, as well as Enchanted, would be performing.  Then tomorrow morning they were going to leave and head to China.

*

The first song of the night was performed by Enchanted, and it was a song they had never sung before in front of a crowd. 

"Before we start the song, I'd like to dedicate it to two girls I know.  One was my girlfriend up till a few hours ago, and the other is her little sister.  So now, in honor of these to girls, Enchanted will now play Get A Clue."

Screams rang up from the crowd and Kagome nearly lost her stomach backstage at how loved that idiot at the microphone was.  And dedicating a song to her and her sister?  What was all that about?  Especially when he basically said that he and Kikyou had broken it off.

Inuyasha played a complicated solo on his guitar, then strung a chord with Kouga and Miroku joining in to harmonize.

A scowl crossed the hanyou's face, obviously setting him in the mood for the lyrics he was about to lip sing...wait, he wasn't lip singing…that was genuine.  Wow, totally unexpected.  And what really surprised Kagome was that he actually sounded halfway decent.

I don't care what you think

The world don't revolve 'round you

So get out of my way; I'm heading for fame

No strings attached, Get A Clue

Well, that explained why he had dedicated the song to them.  He hated both daughters of his producer.

You think we're an item

You'd better look again

There's a screw you should tighten

In your big head

At that a smile spread across her face, as she pictured Kikyou with a head twice the size of her body.  But a frown covered her features immediately when she remembered that the song was probably also referring to her.

We had a little fling

Fun while it lasted

But now I do sing:

Get A Clue

The rest of the song, Kagome had a scowl on her face, ready to pummel Inuyasha the second he got off stage.  It would serve him right for so kindly dedicating such an atrocious song to her.

I don't care what you think

The world don't revolve 'round you

So get out of my way; I'm heading for fame

No strings attached, Get A Clue

You called me ugly

Stubborn and cruel

You said I looked stud-ly

Before all your nasty rules

You're a wench too

So get over yourself

Worse than Winnie the Pooh

So Get A Clue

I don't care what you think

The world don't revolve 'round you

So get out of my way; I'm heading for fame

No strings attached, Get A Clue

I don't care what you think

The world don't revolve 'round you

So get out of my way; I'm heading for fame

No strings attached

Get A Clue

As Inuyasha ended the song and waved to the crowd, Kagome clenched her fists in anger, preparing for her own comeback when it was her group's turn to play.  And, oh so conveniently, her father had planned it that every other song would be Sengotsu so that Enchanted would have a nice little break between numbers.

So as Enchanted left stage and the five girls from Sengotsu stepped on in their places, Kagome racked her memory for the perfect song for Inuyasha after his little performance.

It came to her as she stepped up to the microphone.

"Sorry to disappoint all you Enchanted fans, but the Japanese group Sengotsu would now like to play a song for you.  We'll be playing after each of Enchanted's numbers."  Kagome looked back at Sango and Kagura, who were still settling in to their spots and winked when they looked at her.  "In case you didn't know, my older sister Kikyou was just recently dating Inuyasha, and he so kindly dedicated his last song to the two of us.  Now I'd like to return the favor and dedicate this next song to him." 

Kagome looked back at Sango in a questioning glance, and her friend seemed to get the jiff of it when she smiled maliciously and nodded.

"Then this next song, I dedicate to the leader singer of Enchanted."

Sango appeared to be about to burst out in laughter as she handed her drumsticks to Ami and grabbed Kagome's earpiece to put in her own ear for the microphone.

~

Inutori: I forgot to mention at the top that I don't own Inuyasha or the rest of the cast, but that I do own Ami and Kagome's dad.

Inuyasha: I would think that'd be a given.

Inutori: You never know, after all, I said I owned Inutori and she was kidnapped anyway.

Kagome: Why did you leave the story off right there of all places?

Inutori: Because I put in a song per chapter, and two in one would be too much.  I'm saving it.  Which reminds me.  These songs also can't be used, due to the fact that I've written them all.  That's why I am able to describe how they're written the way I do.  I can write them in maybe half an hour, then have a tune for it in the next ten minutes.  I sang Yesterday to my mom right after I wrote it, and she said, "I don't get it."  She said it was good, but that she had no idea what the message was.  That's understandable considering she doesn't know who Inuyasha and Kagome are, though.

Kagome: So just remember that any and all songs used in this ARE original creations of the author and are not to be used without Inutori's permission and you have to give her credit.

Inutori: Something I'm curious about is: Do they look like real songs when you read them?