Chapter #2:

InuMe stood her ground, looking up; mouth agape.

"Hey...HEY! Someone there?"

Still stunned, InuMe stared at the soaked Sesshoumaru, dangling by his undergarments, wedged half way up his ass and his fluff wrapped around his face, making him unable to see a damn thing.

Dumbfounded, InuMe stood infront of the hut's doorway, peering at the tied up dog youkai that she was now alone with.

Sniffing the air, Sesshoumaru almost gasped.

"InuMe!" he smelled her scent, "Hey! Could you please be a good little girl and get me down from this damn thing?" A small grin appeared on his mouth, his fluff still blocking his sight.

Holding back a laugh, she jumped up on the rattling hay roof, walking over to him. She eyed him slightly, "Oh...I dunno. I kind of like you this way." She laughed in sarcasim, as she spread her boney fingers apart, stretching out her claws so they were visable, almost using them as a hand-knife, "How did you get yourself into THIS one, hm?", cutting the rope from the struggling youkai. He fell to the ground, below the roof of the hut with a thud. His underwear still swaying around in the wind, Sesshoumaru stood to his feet, pushing them back into his kimono, mumbling.

"Okay...I surrender." InuMe landed next to him on the dirt path with a smirk.

"Real funny...I'm fuckin' laughing my ass off...But, thank you."

InuMe smiled as if replying to him, while she began to help him with his the large fluffy-like weapon, that almost looked like a tail or something similar. He backed up, moving away from her rapidly.

"Don't...touch my fluff."

She blinked, "Well, so much for 'I-InuMe...PLEASE heeellllppp me!' Maybe I should have just left you up there...and make some money off ya...tell people to come to the show...hrm."

Sesshoumaru shrugged, while ringing his fluff out, sliding his fingers threw his long, silver hair.

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Back At The Hut...

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"Ooo! Ooooo! Pay up..." Ray had a big grin on her face. "Common..."

Seiya shrugged, pulling a small kaban, filled with yin, out.

"Fair enough..." She took one, silver coin from it, tossing it over to the gleeful Ray.

Sesshoumaru and InuMe walked in, through the door, slightly subconscious to their current surroundings. Jiggling around in her place, Ray sat next to Seiya as they watched Satso and Raven go at it for a few moments.

"You two are not fighting and betting already...?" InuMe glanced over at the two who called themselves Seiya Nachi and Ray Jaganshi. The two looked over at the ones who came in the door, grinning and nodding.

"Raven..." Sesshoumaru walked over to her and Satso. "Is this...necessary?"

Raven looked over at her frowning otto, then shrugged it off, walking to a mat infront of the used-to-be-standing bamboo table, sitting there, acting like the tea she was sitting on wasn't there, keeping her face to a frown.

Sesshoumaru then took his glare up at Satso. She quickly put her hands up infront of her, waving them around in surrender while smiling innocently and walking over to the table Raven was setting back up.

InuMe, still standing at the door, peered outside, wondering how late it was.

"Don't you think we should be on our way by now...?"