So Long Sanity

Summary: Kagura was a college student looking for an apartment. Sesshomaru was a college student looking for a roommate. Unluckily for both of them they found eachother…so no one's getting their security deposit back.

Disclaimer: Roses are red, Violets are blue. I don't own, so don't you sue.

Chapter Two: Understatement

But you're getting worse
I swear it

Kagura had finished her conversation with Yura and promised to meet her at the Peach Garden at six o'clock on the dot. Then she clicked off her phone and surveyed the vacant room. "Well, there's room for a my bed, dresser, night stand and armoire and maybe a giant stuffed bunny."

"No, not the bunny!" Sesshomaru cried, he had been walking by Kagura's room and heard her mention something about a bunny as she opened her door and entered the hallway.

Kagura looked out into the hall since she had heard Sesshomaru scream when she mentioned the giant stuffed bunny she was thinking about trying to win at the local amusement park. As she looked down she caught Sesshomaru curled up into the fetal position rocking back and forth and muttering about a bunny. "What's this about a bunny?" Kagura asked her roommate trying not to laugh at his insecurities and failing miserably.

"What?" Sesshomaru had the decency to look embarrassed as he stared into the ruby colored eyes of the woman who found out his secret fears about bunnies.

"You were crying about bunnies. Why?"

"Well, I saw this scary movie back when I was about ten or eleven where a bunny turned evil and attacked everyone."

"This movie wasn't by any chance Monty Python and the Holy Grail, was it?" Kagura asked with a smirk.

"Yes, do you know the movie?"

"Kind of, I haven't gotten a chance to watch it yet and Yura thinks I'm awful for not seeing it yet. But I really don't care. So, the great Sesshomaru is afraid of bunnies….I'll have to remember that."

"No, please."

"I'll think about it, but I'm late for my date with my friend. And she'll kill both of us if I'm late." With that Kagura picked up her purse and walked out the door laughing,

Sesshomaru guessed that she laughed all the way to her truck. Well, he'd get back at her for laughing at his unreasonable phobia. 'Just wait until she tries to get into the apartment without her key' he thought to himself chuckling.

"So does he have nice hair?" Were the first words out of Yura Sakasagami's mouth.

"What the hell is it with you and hair?" Kagura demanded grabbing her menu from the table. "Honestly it's like you have some sick obsession, maybe you should have gone into cosmetology instead of family law. Or start seeing a guy who's a psyche major."

"I do not have an obsession with hair, I'm just interested. So, what color was it?"

"Silver. Go figure, and he has amber colored eyes and an attitude problem and…." Kagura gave her friend a conspiratorial look and motioned her closer, "Don't tell anyone, but he has a fear of bunnies."

"Oh, I won't tell a soul" Yura promised crossing her heart. I swear on my grandmother's curlers." However, Kagura knew that Yura couldn't keep a secret to save her hair and as soon as she found out who Kagura's roommate was it would be all over Kyoto, not just the university, all of Kyoto. Especially since Yura's grandmother had no curlers. "What's his name?"

"I'm not sure, I actually don't think he told me. I swear I'll say 'Hey, Prick!' until he tells me though."

"And you'll tell me, right? Do you know what his major is?"

"No, but I know that he knows Hiten Raiden, so he can't have the sophistication that we do."

"Oh Gods, he knows that obnoxious ass?" Yura gasped "Do you know that Kaguya is dating that jerk off?"

"No, how did you find this out?"

"She's in my sorority. I think he's just seeing her so he can get a chance to get some. He doesn't have discerning tastes like us. Oh yeah, before I forget this Saturday

Omega Phi is having a mixer. You're welcome to come and bring your hot roommate, uh he is hot right?"

"Eh, I guess. I mean I really didn't pay much attention since that ass hole was screaming at me even after I apologized."

"Ladies, are you ready to order?" their waiter asked with a smile on his face, Kagura guessed that he had been listening to the whole conversation.

"Yes, I'd like the orange peel shrimp, and can you give me a refill on my Sprite please?" Kagura replied calmly.

"And I'll have kung pow beef and a skinny bitch. This water is so bland." Yura complained.

"Well, it is water." The waiter pointed out.

"Yes I know," Yura paused and looked up. "Hey, you have nice hair."

"Uh, thank you?" replied the waiter touching his soft silver tresses; he'd never been told that before. Well, Kagome told him that, but a customer had never told him that after he made a blunt remark like he just did.

His voice caused Kagura to look up too. "Dammit that's scary, you look just like my roommate." She reached out and gave him a sympathetic pat on the arm. "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll grow out of it."

"No, my only other hope is plastic surgery." The waiter replied caustically, "I'll be right back with your drinks.

"Oh shit!" Kagura exclaimed when the waiter walked away. "That was probably my roommate's brother. "I think I'm going to go crawl in a hole and die somewhere."

Yura was unfazed by the whole situation. "Well, if that was your roommate's brother then your roommate must be hot."

Kagura resisted the urged to slam her head repeatedly against the table only because she didn't want to embarrass herself in public. Instead as soon as the silver haired waiter cam back with their drinks, Kagura grabbed Yura's Skinny Bitch and downed it. Then asked for another and downed that too. "Ya know what ,Yura?" Kagura asked after a third Skinny Bitch was brought to the table.

"No, what?" replied Yura drinking the mixture of vodka and diet coke.

"I don't even like diet coke and I just drank two of those things."

"Kagura, go poke yourself with a stick."

Meanwhile back at the apartment Sesshomaru had finished eating dinner and putting away his laundry and was now sitting down to watch his favorite movie, The Goonies, it was his favorite movie growing up and he hadn't watched it in a while. However, this Sesshomaru was very sleepy and right around the same time Sloth had been shown Sesshy was out like a light. He also slept like a rock and a very dense rock at that. A bomb could go off right in his ear while a hundred yappy dogs were barking and a rock concert was playing in the bathroom and Sesshomaru would keep sleeping, which is probably why he didn't hear Kagura pounding on the door to the apartment at eleven o'clock because her wonderful roommate had forgotten to give her a key.

"Dammit Sesshomaru!" Kagura screamed on the other side banging on the door in a futile attempt to wake the slumbering Sesshomaru. "Let me the fuck in or I swear I'll tell everyone about your very interesting phobia!"

The banging, pounding, threatening, and cursing went one for about fifteen more minutes because even though Sesshomaru can sleep through bombs and yapping dogs he can't sleep through a full bladder which had been helped along by three bottles of Guinness. While stumbling into the bathroom to pee, Sesshomaru heard the pounding and yelling supplied by his extremely pissed off roommate. "Fuck, maybe I should have given her a key." Sesshomaru remarked to no one in particular as he relieved himself at a leisurely pace. After thoroughly washing his hands the silver haired youkai walked as slowly as possible to the door and opened it a crack only to have a pointed Coach heel slam down on his slippered foot.

"That's for not giving me a key!" Kagura announced satisfied by her roommate's grimace of pain. She then nudged the door open a bit with her Marc Jacobs bag and beat him over the head with it. "That's for not getting the door fast enough."

"Ow bitch!" Sesshomaru yelled grabbing Kagura by the wrists and pulling her inside before any of his neighbors could wake up and complain.

Kagura smacked him upside the head with her bag of restaurant left-overs. "And that's for calling me a bitch, you ill mannered prick."

Sesshomaru, who had received just about all the abuse he could take from one woman , reached behind him and picked up one of the couch cushions. He then proceeded to beat Kagura over the head with it mercilessly. "That's for stomping on my foot with those damned shoes!" Wack "That's for hitting me with your bag." Smack "And that's for calling me an ill mannered prick. I have a name."

"Really? Because you never told me." Kagura complained rubbing her abused head, never mind that Sesshomaru had received worse injuries from her shoes.

"Oh?" Sesshomaru was taken aback, perhaps Kagura was correct in calling him ill mannered. "My apologies, I'm Sesshomaru Nishi." And he held out his hand to his bedraggled roommate.

Kagura realized with a start that he was actually being polite for the first time in what may have been a good twenty-four hours. "Kagura Tsukiyomi, may I borrow a blanket?" Kagura asked her question while shaking Sesshomaru's proffered hand. "You know, since all my stuff is still in my truck."

Sesshomaru scowled, "The fact that you are not able to get your priorities straight is of no concern to me."

"Go fuck yourself, all I asked for was a blanket. It's not like I asked to sleep in your bed or anything." Kagura snapped.

"Keh, fine." Sesshomaru wandered off to the linen closet in the bathroom and grabbed the most worn out thinnest blanket he could find for his obnoxious roommate, he also took the time to dig up two flattened pillows. Sesshomaru then brought his cache of findings to the front room and deposited them on the couch. "Here ya go Kagura."

Kagura eyed the bedding quizzically. "Gee, thanks a bunch."

"Don't mention it."

"Don't worry, I won't."

There was a long awkward silence while Sesshomaru wondered if maybe, just maybe he should do the polite thing and let the woman sleep in his room, but then he recalled all his beatings and decided that Kagura was lucky enough not to be sleeping in the hallway instead of his comfortable couch. "Well, good night then." He finally said breaking the silence and walking to his room where a nice comfortable bed awaited him.

Kagura bit back a curse. 'Oh well, at least the couch is comfortable…even if Sesshomaru does insist on having the air conditioner on.' She said to herself and settled down on the couch pulling the worn blanket over herself. Kagura stretched out trying to get comfortable then mentally berated herself for not bringing a change of clothes with her, or more accurately, nothing but a change of underwear. 'Maybe I can borrow something from Sesshomaru.' Timidly Kagura made her way to Sesshomaru's bedroom and knocked lightly on the door, receiving no answer she figured that her cantankerous roommate had already fallen asleep. Instead of risking the righteous anger of Sesshomaru Nishi by waking him up Kagura tip toed over to his dresser and helped herself to a large red t-shirt, a black tank top, a pair of argyle socks and some antique wash boot cut jeans. Thrilled with her findings, Kagura then crept over to her roommate's walk in closet and selected a wine colored button down shirt which was obviously made of pure silk. Finished pilfering clothes from Sesshomaru, Kagura left the bedroom quietly and shut the door behind her. She retraced her steps to the bathroom and changed in there leaving her clothes in a heap and pulling the red cotton shirt over her head. Confident that she hadn't done anything wrong, Kagura made her way back to the couch and tried to fall into a deep sleep.

Unfortunately sleep wasn't that easy to come by for a freezing Kagura who wondered why she hadn't had the foresight to grab a sweatshirt from Sesshomaru since she knew he liked to have the air conditioner on. Teeth chattering away, Kagura wrapped herself into a cocoon and tried to get some much needed sleep, she had a long day tomorrow.

Around three in the morning Sesshomaru woke up with a dry mouth and reached for his water glass only to find that he had forgotten to refill it before going to bed. Cursing Kagura because he was sure that she was the reason he had forgotten to fill up his water glass, Sesshomaru walked into the room where Kagura was sleeping and took a good look at her vulnerable figure. "I think I like you better this way." Sesshomaru told his slumbering roommate. "You don't talk in your sleep so I can't get my ears injured with that mouth of yours."

"I think I like you better when you're sleeping too." Kagura mumbled cracking one ruby colored eye open to peer at her roommate. Then without another sound, she closed her eye and went back to sleep holding her arms around her body in a futile effort to stay warm.

Sesshomaru wandered into the kitchen and filled up his glass with water from the dispenser on the refrigerator. As he made his way back to his room, Sesshomaru noticed that Kagura was shivering in her sleep.

"Are you just going to let her stay like that?" A voice asked in Sesshomaru's head.

"Wuh? Who are you?" The silver haired man demanded confused.

"I'm your conscience, you silly person. So, are you just going to let her freeze or are you going to do something about it?"

"I really hadn't thought that far ahead." Sesshomaru admitted sheepishly. "What should I do?"

"Well," replied the voice, "Picking her up and taking her into your room would be a nice gesture."

"Then where would I sleep?"

"The couch."

"Are you sure you're not her conscience sending me subliminal messages?" Demanded Sesshomaru.

"Yes, quite sure. So why don't you go do your little gallant thing so we can all get a good night's sleep."

"Fine." Sesshomaru complied with his conscience and picked up the sleeping Kagura bridal style and carried her into his room, placed her on his pillow top mattress and tucked the blankets around her not even realizing that she was wearing his favorite t-shirt. Then grabbing a spare blanket, Sesshomaru made his way back into the front room and fell asleep on the couch he had just vacated Kagura from.

Fin

Well, this chapter took me a bit longer than this one because I had to figure out where I wanted to go with it I feel cool though because this was almost nine pages long, one of my longest yet.

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