Continued

Everyone stopped at mid-mouth. Naraku, Sesshou and Tashi were looking between Kagome and Inuyasha. Kagome on the other hand let her fork fall unceremoniously to her plate. She brought her hand up to her face to see if it was a joke. Instead it came away with mash potatoes.

'Oh no the hell…'

InuYasha still had his spoon in his hand scooping up mash taters onto his plate like nothing ever happened.

"What?"

He looked at everyone and then turned to Kagome was slowly starting to turn towards him.

"Oh no. You can't pin this on me. I didn't do it," InuYasha said rapidly trying to fight the smile that was tugging at his lips.

Naraku and Sesshoumaru blinked.

"What," Naraku replied?

Tashi blinked also but he was more worried about the young lady thatwas turning a nice red hue.

Kagome took a deep breath and looked at Inu dead in the eyes. The mirth she saw present was not good. She exhaled the breath she took in and smiled at him.

"So you didn't do this," she pointed to the mash that was slowly trailing down her face. InuYasha gave a negative shake of his head and went back to serving himself. Kagome gave a small smile and wiped her hands and face on the napkin that was in her lap. She then turned back towards the others and smile at them but her eyes held an evil glint.

"Sesshoumaru, could you please pass the butter? My roll is a little dry."

Sesshoumaru arched an eyebrow and Kagome smiled sweetly at him. He reached for the small butter dish and handed it to Kagome. She thanked him and took it from him. InuYasha, not paying attention to what was going on around him, didn't notice the Kagome reaching over to him. He turned at the last minute and got a face full of butter. She rubbed it in real good making sure to catch each and every piercing, Not to mention to make sure it got in his hair.

Tashi coughed behind his hand, Naraku looked the other way and Sesshoumaru smirked. Kagome opened her mouth and place her small hand in fornt of it.

"I am so sorry, it must have slipped. Here let me clean that up for you." She then reached for the brown gravey and poured it all into his lap. Her eyes widen and she placed her hand over her heart.

"Oh damn, I'm sorry Yasha. My hands are weak you know. Carpal tunnel and all that jazz."

InuYasha just glared at her. 'So that's how it is,' he thought. He picke dup the bowl of mash potatoes, stood and dumped them onto Kagome's head.

"Ya, know Kag's that color just suits you so much better. Wait," he held up a finger and picked up the second bowl of gravey and pouredit over her head, "now that brings out the color of your eyes."

In a fit of rage, Kagome jumped up, grabbed the first thing on the table and hurled it at InuYasha. He duck and there was a wet smack on the person behind him. Kagome put her hand over her mouth and Inu turned around. Naraku was sitting there with cranberry sauce dripping down his face. Kagome and Inu started snickering as Naraku wiped the sticky mess out of his eyes. Sesshoumaru and Tashi sat there stunned. Neither knew what to do, it was like a train wreck. It's horrible but you can't help but to watch.

'That little…' He grabbed one of the meat pies that was sitting next to his plate and chucked it. Instead of hitting its intended target, Kagome, it smacked Sesshoumaru in the face. This cause InuYasha, Naraku and Kagome to start laughing. Sesshoumaru left eyebrow twitched as he wipe the meaty substance off his face.

Tashi knew to retreat right then and there. He slowly slid out of his chair ungentlemanly like, onto the floor and under the table.

'There is no way in hell I am getting caught up in a food fight.' With that thought he slowly crept towards the end of the table. No words were said no moved an inch but each person had something in there hands. Well accept Sesshoumaru he was holding on steak knife ready to gouge out Naraku's eyes. Tashi peeked over the table and ducked back down.

'Good, they haven't notice.' He slowly tried to tip toe out the room but then a sweet voice called his attention.

"Mr. Maxwell?"

Tashi froze. 'Shit shit shit shit.' "Yes?" HE didn't turned around but kept his back facing the table.

"I was wondering, are you planning on having a New Year's Ball? I mean its such a big house maybe you should invite some guests and have an extravagant ordeal."

Now this appealed to the older man. HE turned to speak more on it and he was hit by four different foods.

He listen to his children and guest laugh hysterically before he wipe the mess off his face and persona. Then it was on.

He started slinging food back at them. Everyone was ducking and hiding, trying to avoid getting messier than they already was.

Ring Ring Ring

Ring Ring Ring

Naraku ducked behind a potted plant and pulled out his cell.

"Naraku…yes? Why are you calling me now?...no, no, no… don't do anything…Listen you insignificant…." He put his hand over the mouthpiece and stood up.

"I'm sorry but even though I would love to enjoy in this rather juvenile display of fun I have a phone call that needs to be taken care of."

He put the phone back up to his ear , walked off cussing into the phone softly. Sesshoumaru saw this and put down the pie he was holding. He looked down at himself and sneered. 'I can't believe I let her draw me into this mess.'

"I think I will excuse myself also. I have some things that needs to be cleared up before the New Year." Sesshoumaru took off his shoes and socks before leaving the kitchen making sure he didn't track anything upstairs to his room.

InuYasha, Kagome and Tashi were the only three left. They each look at one another and sighed. Kagome stood up from her place and tried to get as much mess out of her hair and clothing.

"Well, that accomplish nothing. Thanks to InuYasha we haven't eaten." On queue, Kagome's stomach growled.

"Well, if a certain nosy chit would have let me wear what I wanted none of this would have happened?"

"Chit? You little ponce watch who you call a chit." InuYasha rolled his eyes then his stomach growled. Tashi laughed and pulled the remaing to food tossers into the kitchen. Sitting there waiting, were the same dishes they were tossing. They looked at Jules who was standing over the sink drying dishes and humming.

"I knew it was coming. InuYasha had that look," was all Jules said without turning around. Tashi and Kagome looked at Inu and he grinned sheepishly.

"What can I say? It was fun though. It's been a while since we actually did something so juvy."

Tashi snorted, "We never do anything Juvy. I believe this was all for Kagome. AM I right?"

Inu blushed and shrugged, "Whatever." He sat down and started to eat. Kagome and Tashi followed suite.


Kagome sat in the bathtub soaking after all of today's events. She replayed everything through her mind and notice that it was the first time she head Sesshoumaru laugh.

'He should laugh more. He's always so up tight. Even during the snow fight he was uptight.' Kagome sighed and sank further into the tub.

'It's no wonder Inu spent more time at our house than here. Everything is stuffy. I wonder what happen to their mother? Did they ever entertain guests here? Were there any other women in their lives or am I the first minus the maids that I haven't seen, female to grace this place? They confuse me something horrible.'

Kagome sighed and reached for her shampoo. 'I mean even tonight, naraku gets a phone call and rushes off to handle business. You would think it's the holidays he would not worry about that. Same goes for Sesshoumaru. Let's see,' she started lathering up her hair. 'They both work their father except Inu and they are both tight wads. Sesshou more than Naraku. Naraku is a jerk and pig and Sesshou..well I don't know what he is. He's so uptight about everything. And what is with this hate for Inu. No I shouldn't say hate but extreme dislike. ARGH!'

She submerged herself under the water to wash her hair out. She came up sputtering, wiping her face.

"That's it. A party is needed for New Years. I will talk with Mr. T and see….wait did I say Mr. T?" Kagome started laughing. 'Oh yea, Mr. T it is… I will talk to him and see if we can get this thing worked out."


Somewhere else…

"Let's get this information moved so we can get out of here."

"But don't you think we should wipe any traces left behind?"

"No. the corporation doesn't employ people that smart to search for things like this."

The other person grunted, "I still think we should."

"Boss, said that no one will trace it back to him or us. So just shut up and do it."

The two men went back to there task of download and printing out information concerning bankrolls and several different account statements. Once they were finish, they made sure that everything was left as it was and quietly walked out of building.

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