Disclaimer: If I owned Inu-boy n friends, would I be here? NO! If I did, some things would go a LIL differently...

Ok, another chapter. I needed to update this weekend, since I actually have time gasp! yea, I know. With school and it being the first week and all, it's a bit hectic. And then there's this stupid hurricane, and I'm around where it might hit, and if it does, I will not be to happy. Anyways, I haven't gotten any more review. Makes me sad :( see, see the sad face? That's me folks...But if anyone out there IS reading this, here's the third chapter.

Chapter 3-Over-heard and Interupted

Kagome sat for the longest time staring out her window. 'What does Sango think? And Miroku? I can't ever look Inuyasha in the eye again. Not after what Miroku sai-' Her jaw set, her eyebrows furrowed, and she threw open her door to head for the kitchen.

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"You knew! You knew I was there!" Kagome's voice echoed through the large kitchen. Miroku was backed against a cabinet and Kagome had an accusing finger in his face. "You had it planned, didn't you? You scheming pervert!"

"No, I didn't have it planned. I just walked in and saw your clothes...and him. I assumed, naturally. I could've done a lot more damage, but decided against it." The cook said to the fuming girl. "We all toy around with each other, you should join the fun. You'll feel better if you do."

Kagome spun around and sat at the counter in the center of the kitchen. "What does Sango think?" Kagome asked, worried about what her friend thought.

"I told her what happened, she thinks I'm a jerk, but at least Hojo thought it was funny." Miroku answered, then added with a sigh, "But he thinks everything's funny, so he might not count."

As the cook was pondering about whether or not Hojo's opinion counted, Sango walked in, shooting Miroku a dangerous glance. He held up his hands in defense. "How are you Kagome?" Sango asked.

"Oh, I'm ok, really." She answered, looking at her friend with a convincing smile. Sango then walked up to Miroku and started lecturing him about kindness and trickery when the doorbell rang. Kagome got up to answer it, leaving the other two to bicker.

She walked up to the large glass door with the oak frame. She straightened her dress before opening it. As soon as she did though, two children flew in. One, was an orange haired demon boy. His jade green eyes sparkled as her chased after the little girl. Her brown eyes seemed to laugh as joyously as she was.

"So, you must be the new servant." The young man in the doorway took Kagome's attention from the children. His cool, blue eyes looked her up and down. "I'm Kouga, I live next door." He said, leaning in the door's frame.

Kagome blushed at the way he watched her. "I...I...my name's...uhh." But instead of seeing those lovely blue pools when she looked up, she saw silver hair and a shoulder with a red t-shirt.

"What do you want flea-bag?" Inuyasha asked gruffly.

"You're supposed to watch the brats, remember? I have somewhere to go." Kouga growled back.

"Then go, we wouldn't want you to be late, now, would we?" Inuyasha asked tauntingly. Kouga glared at Inuyasha, and then his eyes fell to Kagome. He smirked and waved to her before he turned on his heals and left.

"Finally." Inuyasha muttered. He caught Kagome blushing out of the corner of his eye. His eyes narrowed and he turned to her. "Why are you blushing like that?" He asked in a tone she had never heard him use before.

Kagome fidgeted with her fingers, "No reason." She said nervously. Thankfully, before he asked any more questions, a loud crash was heard. Then it got deathly quiet.

"Shippo, Rin, get in here! I don't feel like hunting you two rats down!" Inuyasha yelled.

The two children slunk down the stairs. "What did you break?" Inuyasha asked, his eye twitching.

"He did it Lord Inuyasha!" Rin said, pointing at her young master. Inuyasha wanted an answer, not an accusation. But before he exploded, the young girl asked, "Who's she?" pointing at Kagome. Kagome smiled and bent down to the kids.

"My name's Kagome, my friend and I are new here."

"Where's your friend?" Shippo asked.

"In the kitchen with Miroku." Kagome replied.

Shippo jumped onto Inuyasha's shoulder and said, "Let's go! I wanna meet her, and I'm thirsty too." Inuyasha grumbled as the four walked to the kitchen. They were outside the door when they heard voices.

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"Are you sure that was your first time?"...Miroku.

"Yea, (catches breath) wanna do it again?"...Sango.

"Let me rest a bit."...Miroku.

"Oh come on! I thought you had better stamina than that Miroku!"

"Well, I didn't think you could do it that long! You're better than I imagined."

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Kagome gasped and looked at Inuyasha, whose expression was equally surprised.

"What the hell are they doing in there?" Inuyasha asked, his mouth gaping.

"Let's find out!" Shippo said as he leapt from his perch and onto the doorknob. He opened it and ran in, followed by Rin.

"NO!" Inuyasha and Kagome yelled in unison. They ran in after the kids and found Miroku and Sango with their arms propped up on the counter...arm wresting.

Kagome and Inuyasha looked at them, then to each other, and back to the pair. The kids were sitting up on the counter and counting down for them to start again.

Kagome sighed. "Oh, I thought they were...ya know..."

"Yea, I know, me too." Inuyasha said, equally relieved. He shook his head and turned to leave.

Kagome blinked. "Where are you going?" she asked.

"To my room." He replied, still walking.

"But won't you get-"Kagome started. He stopped and looked at her, "-lonely?"

"Keh, I'll be fine." He said as he turned to continue.

Kagome glanced at the four goofing off in the kitchen. She ran to catch up with Inuyasha. He could hear her running after him, and stopped before he reached the stairs, waiting to see what is was she wanted.

"Wait!" Kagome yelled. "Do you...want company?" she asked, trying to reach out to him. 'He just seems so lonely. Even when he's around us all, he seems so...secluded...so alone. And the world's not a pleasant place to be without...someone.' She thought as she watched him, waiting for his answer.

He kept his gaze forward and his features unmoved as he replied, "Sure." She smiled and followed him to his room. She hopped in front of him to open the door.

"Allow me to, master." She said more playfully than serious. He walked in and plopped on his bed. She stepped in behind him, closing the door after her. His gaze followed her as she walked around his room. She made her way over to the window. The sun was setting in an array of spectacular colors. The yellows, reds, oranges, and pinks swirled along the horizon in an ever-changing crimson hue, as the blue faded to a light purple and deepened in the far sky.

"Wow..." she whispered.

Inuyasha crept up behind her. With a mischievous smirk, he leaned down, his chin nearly touching her shoulder, and whispered, "Never seen a sunset?"

Chills ran down her spine in a tingling sensation. "No," she finally whispered, "never."

"Well, if you want, you can come here every night to watch, this room has the best view." He said, still where he was.

Kagome nearly spun around, but he grabbed her upper-arms to hold her in place and said, "No, keep watching."

She finally relaxed under his grip. She watched the sun fade, the moon rise and brighten, and slowly stars started to shine through the navy blanket that covered the sky.

"We...never saw this. Not in our cells. We didn't have windows. It was always so dark...dark and cold." Her body went tense as she clenched her fists. Inuyasha felt the change in her and turned her around to face him. Her sad, dazed expression shocked him. Though he hadn't known her long, he felt like he'd known her forever because he felt so comfortable around her. He didn't want to see her like this.

"Hey, you're not there anymore. You're here now and we're all gonna be friends, ok?" He said, hoping to pull her out of her trance.

She blinked and looked up at him. "Ok, yea." She said. 'We're friends. For some reason, hearing him say that...makes me feel better.'

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They were back downstairs in the kitchen making sundaes with everyone (minus Sesshomaru). Shippo and Rin were staying the weekend it seemed.

"Kouga's away a lot, so we stay here. There's only one other servant, and she travels with Kouga." Shippo explained.

"So this Kouga, is he your brother?" Sango asked before taking a bite of her ice cream.

"He's my cousin. Both my parents died, so he's my guardian now."

They finished their treat and went their separate ways to bed. Shippo slept with Kagome, and Rin with Sango. Both Kagome and Sango smiled as they drifted off to sleep, happy that they had survived their first day.

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Ok, done for now. Kikyou enters next time kiddies! Oh, and the part with Miroku and Sango...you know what part I'm talking about...arm wrestling? Yea, that was inspired by a fanart piece done by the wonderful Mikaila at And please...PLEASE leave a review. I NEED to know if typing this all up and posting it is worth my time. It would make me very happy to get one...two maybe...please...it's not that hard. Just click on the bitty button...right down there...look down...see it? huh? Ok, now, click...and type something. Just tell me what you think. Do you like it? Is there somewhere I can improve? Even if it's just to tell me how much you love chicken...I don't care, but I need to know if anyone's actually reading this...At all...or else it's a waste of my time. But I would like to let you ppl see a few more chapters, at least get more of the plot in, THEN I'll start threatening to stop posting. No need to worry just yet. But you wouldn't have to worry at all...if you left a REVIEW. lol. Ok, maybe I'm rubbing this in too much, but it is rather important.