Inutori: So sorry this has taken sooo long to update. In repentance I'll let you get right to this fairly short chapter. Unless you want a brief summary/reminder of the story so far...then stay tuned...

Summary: Kagome's group Sengotsu went on tour with the famous group Enchanted around the world. So far they have stopped in Japan (to pick up the girls), Australia, India, and now Russia. Along the way we have found out that there is something mysterious about Kagome and Ayame broke up the band temporarily due to jealousy issues with their lead singer centered around Kouga. Shippou has come into the story as the owner of a Russian chocolate shop owner and has met Ami, who has become jealous of a girl that has been flirting with Shippou. And that's where we'll begin...

Chapter 15
Undefeatable

Shippou watched the blonde demon leave, her hips swinging shamelessly with each step. She had stayed for far too long, but Shippou hated to be rude to anyone. If it weren't in his nature to respect girls, he would have released one of his tops on her head.

That would have been rather hilarious to watch.

But what really irritated Shippou was the fact that she never bothered to buy anything when she came by. All she did was stand there and talk about herself and her villa on the other side of town.

He laughed. That girl had some major issues.

With a sigh he decided to close shop early. Really early: it was only 10:30 in the morning. Like he cared. During the school year it was closed most of the day anyway. Being summer and all he could open shop a little earlier, but it was up to him when to close.

After the front door was locked and the sign switched to saying he was closed, Shippou went behind the counter and grabbed a bag. He carefully wrapped each piece of chocolate and then set them in the sack, making sure that none of it would be ruined.

Once the bag was full, he put it in his backpack and put that on his back.

He exited through the back door and locked it behind him. No reason to ask people to steal his ingredients, recipes, and chocolates.

Shippou leapt out onto the main street, taking a good whiff to catch the scent he was looking for. There was no problem with locating the scent, now all he had to do was follow it.

He ran down the street towards a hotel not far away at all. Eyeing each of the windows, Shippou tried to decide which one to choose.

First he found the area where her scent was freshest, then looked up. There was a column of balconies above him and one of them had to lead to the girl he was looking for. He took a leap into the air, able to smell the other fox demon strongest on the third story.

On the fall back down to the ground, Shippou grabbed onto the railing and pulled himself up.

Some call me a monster

Others a werewolf

Once it was a lost puppy

But is that really me?

His ear twitched slightly with the music playing. It was a male's voice. Was she listening to a CD or something?

That's not who I am

It's not who I'll ever be

I'm a demon at heart

Ferocious and strong

Undefeatable

Shippou shrugged and pulled open the sliding glass door, feeling a blast of humidity rush past him. He entered silently and looked around. There were a couple of bags on the floor, halfway packed.

Grateful that he had caught her before she had left, the fox demon slipped off his backpack and pulled the bag of chocolates out carefully.

I've been called cocky

Arrogant or rude

You make the pick

Of my attitude

A squeak pulled his attention to the other side of the room where the door to the hallway and the one to the bathroom were.

"Sh-Shippou!" The timid voice that carried to him he immediately recognized as the little kitsune girl's.

"Ami." Shippou nodded, sitting down on one of the queen-sized beds.

Perhaps you're jealous

Of my higher state

And that's why you

Call me a mutt-face

Her head was the only thing peaking out of the bathroom, the rest of her hidden by the wall. "You don't just waltz into a girl's room unannounced, you know."

But that's not who I am

It's not who I'll ever be

I'm a demon at heart

Ferocious and strong

Undefeatable

"Wha?" Shippou cocked an eyebrow in confusion, looking into her eyes with interest.

Too many times I've been called

A half-breed weakling

But there's more to me than that

Oh so much

Ami blushed lightly and looked at the ground between them. "I just got out of the shower." She tried to smile, but it ended up looking more like she was bearing her teeth.

Shippou's eyes widened, realizing what she was trying to get at. His face turned into a ripe tomato and he quickly stood up and faced the sliding door that led to the balcony.

You call me filthy

Unworthy of grace

That I shouldn't have lived

Through all that I've faced

He listened as she cautiously emerged from the bathroom and went to her suitcase for some clothes. The awkwardness between them was almost tangible and Shippou just wanted to deck himself.

"So…um…what's this music you're listening to?" Shippou shifted his weight from foot to foot, antsy about being in a room with a cute girl while she dressed.

But that's not who I am

It's not who I'll ever be

I'm a demon at heart

Ferocious and strong

Undefeatable

Undefeatable

She didn't answer for a moment, and then the music cut before it had died off completely. "That was Enchanted."

"The other band you're touring with?"

Ami let out the air in her lungs. "Yeah."

"They aren't too bad." Shippou looked up at the ceiling. "Is it safe to turn around now?" He hadn't thought visiting Ami would feel this awkward when he had made the decision to come. Now? He wanted to leap out the window and fall to his death.

"It's safe. I'm modest." There was a hint of amusement in her voice as Shippou let out a sigh of relief and swung around to face her. "So why are you here, anyway?"

The fox demon gave Ami a toothy grin. "Is it against the law for a guy to pay a visit to a girl?"

She shrugged. "I don't know Russian laws that well. You tell me." Her eyes looked as if she were forcing herself to smile.

Not only that, but Shippou could feel the unease pulsing off of her in waves. "What's wrong?" He may have totally changed the subject, but he wasn't one to not speak his mind to people he felt he could trust.

Ami jerkily sat down in one of the chairs provided by the hotel. "Nothing."

Shippou moved to stand beside her. "Is it about me?" He didn't get a response from her. Thoughts ran through his head a mile a minute to try and figure out what would have her so upset. "That rabbit chick this morning?" She had said some pretty cruel things about Ami earlier.

"You wouldn't understand."

At least he had gotten her to admit something was amiss with her. "I would if you told me."

Ami let out a snort. "No you wouldn't, you're a guy."

Scene Change:

Kagura looked at the clock sitting next to her temporary bed. 11:38. Sesshoumaru would be coming by soon to get them herded into the buses that would take them to the airport.

She drummed her fingers on the table beside her, mulling over her worries and troubles silently. Since she had beaten up Ayame she hadn't really spent much time with the other girls. Everyone seemed to be doing his or her own thing as of late. It was actually quite boring.

With a groan of misery she slouched down on her chair and laid her head on the table. "Why did I have to be dealt such a lousy hand?"

Naraku always told her that life was a card game and everyone is against everyone else in hopes of succeeding. After he had been released from prison, he had smiled evilly at her and said, "I've been dealt all of the aces while you and everyone else in this pathetic existence are stuck with the lowest cards."

That man was so arrogant it was sickening. He would deserve to have someone put him in his place. Sesshoumaru could probably do it. He too acts like he is meant for better things than this life has to offer, but does it in a manner that makes him appear like royalty. Naraku just acted like a gang leader.

Kagura closed her eyes for a moment and listened. The wind outside blew softly through leafy trees. A maid down the hall had a cart with a squeaky wheel in desperate need of oiling. Ayame was balling her eyes out…still. Ami was laughing hysterically with some stranger. Miroku and Inuyasha were talking…well…more like Miroku was talking and Inuyasha was grunting. Sesshoumaru was walking down the hall, his footsteps pounding rhythmically like a drum. The staff his ugly follower carried around hit the floor every once in awhile. Kouga was practicing his timing on the wall of the hallway.

Who to kill first?

She laughed at herself for that. They probably didn't think about how annoying they were all being to any other demons around: especially those who have been experimented on since birth. Then again, she was the only one of them that fit into that genre. Kagome almost did…except the demon part.

A knock on the door signaled that Sesshoumaru was starting his rounds to round up the delinquents that called themselves band members.

With a roll of her eyes and a large sigh she stood and opened the door, looking up at the stoic inu-youkai. His gold eyes showed no emotion, but his words were filled with a smoothed-over malice.

"Get down to the bus now." He turned and walked away down the hall to the next room just to repeat those same words.

Kagura watched him for a moment, admiring the way his business suit complimented and accented his muscular build. She shook her head jerkily, ridding her head of those thoughts. What was she thinking? Naraku would murder anyone he felt got in the way of Kagura's complete submission to his will.

Scene Change:

Kouga counted one and two and three and four and one and two as he tapped his drumsticks on the hotel wall. Ayame was in his room and he had forgotten his key. He had tried knocking, but the girl just screamed that she wanted to be left alone.

It was his room, not hers…

The wolf demon shrugged and kept on tapping. Not that he wanted to stand out in the hall, but Ayame was cute and she obviously liked his room. He'd let her have it if she wanted.

I
Do
Not
Sleep

Inutori: If you think I own Inuyasha, you are sorely mistaken. But I do own this story line so stop thinking about stealing it...:grin:...you know you want to...
Sagi: You wish I did. I could pull a better story out of my second grade journal.
Gemini: Shut up if you wish to live.
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