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Inuyasha spent the rest of that day exploring the house, looking for anything he could remotely even recognize. He steered clear of Kagura's room, as after that morning's meeting he didn't want a repeat, and stayed away from Sesshomaru's office, in which a sign was hung warning certain death should the White Dog be disturbed.
Finally, when almost every room had been checked, Inuyasha stopped at the last door down the hall, and walked into it. He wasn't that surprised when the walls of the room were covered with long mirrors, all of which covered every thing, even the window that was supposed to be there. The room was empty except for the mirrors, but Inuyasha found that when he looked into each one, they seemed to be a doorway into another room. One had a white bed with lace and a night stand with a glass and a lamp sitting on top, and another had a small kitchen with a cat sleeping on the counter top. One had a bathroom with white lace shower curtains, and then there was a computer room with a cherry wood desk. The last one caught most of his attentions though. It showed a wall with many hooks holding up small mirrors, all of which were decorated in either lace, bows, crystals, or different colors of cloth, metal, and even beads. Some were small, some were big, others were square and some were diamonds. But he recognized one mirror there that he remembered all too well. It was the same mirror Kanna always carried with her in the feudal era, the plane little silver mirror.
"This must be Kanna's room." Inuyasha whispered to himself, sniffing. It even had her scent.
"Yes, it is." Said a feminine monotone voice. Inuyasha nearly leapt out of his skin.
"Where?"
"Here." Said the voice, as a young woman stepped out of a mirror. She was very dainty, with a long light blue sundress that fell down to her ankles and pale white hair that flowed down from it's pony tail. Her white eyes stared at him, plain.
"Kanna?" He said. She was older of course, and much more mature, but she still had the dead look in her eyes.
"Yes."
"You scared me." Was all Inuyasha could find himself saying.
"Yes well, I believe I always have." Kanna replied, stepping past Inu to walk into another mirror, where the kitchen was.
"Yeah, but I didn't expect you to walk out of a mirror."
"You never expected me to suck out souls either, and I do that."
She was now in the process of making a sandwich, and when she spoke her voice sounded somewhat choked, like she was in another room talking through a doorway.
That was understandable, Inu guessed. She was on the other side of a mirror.
"That's not what I meant." He said, folding his arms. She was just as confusing as she had been the last time he saw her. The only difference was that now she had character behind her dull voice.
"I know." She said, slapping what looked like a piece of lettuce in her sandwich. Inuyasha was interested to see she didn't use meat.
"I am a vegetarian and I hate meat." Kanna said as if she had read Inu's mind.
This did nothing to help the feeling of Goosebumps running up Inu's arms and back.
"Oh, right. I guess your rebelling against Naraku?"
"No. I just do not like meat. This concept of eating is new to me. I have only been devouring food for the last century, and I find meat rather appalling."
She placed the last slice of bread on her sandwich and set it on a plate she got out of the cupboard. Then, she sat down at the table and began to eat it.
"New?"
"Yes." She replied after gulping a bite. "We creations do not require food to sustain ourselves. I eat souls, and Kagura devours the wind. To actually eat a human item is new, but the notion is in my interests so I eat when I have nothing better to do."
Inuyasha figured it was reasonable. He'd never seen Kagura or Kanna ever eat anything. Well, for that matter, Naraku either. Then again, the few times he saw Naraku he got into a fight with him, so it wasn't like Naraku suddenly set up a tea time and took a break in front of them.
"I see…" Inuyasha said, staring at the floor. It was very white too.
"Have you anything else to do?"
"No."
"Then come in, and have a sandwich." She beckoned him towards the kitchen, and Inu figured it was alright. 'And it's getting a free sandwich.'
So, he took a step right into the mirror, and hit his nose.
"Ow! What the hell?"
Kanna stared at him as if he were nothing new, or that his running into the mirror happened every day.
"You amuse me hanyou. I have not seen that kind of stupidity in years. I miss it."
Inuyasha rubbed his nose.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"It was a joke hanyou. Come, you may come in now."
Again Inu tried to get through the mirror, and again he walked into glass.
"What the hell!"
To this Kanna cracked a smile, a rare appearance on her face.
"And again I have fooled you. I do miss your silly acts."
Inu began to growl. He didn't like this being made fun of.
"You may go. The mirrors will let no one else in but me. Perhaps you shall remember that in the future."
Inu wanted to attack the mirror and show her a what for. Actually, he tried, but the mirror attacked him back and threw him out of the room. That was about the only way he could explain the blast of power that blew out of the glass like a harsh wind from his Tetsusaiga.
Again she had gotten him.
"Stupid Kanna…" He mumbled to himself as he stood and dusted off his suit. When he reached up to make sure he was still wearing his sunglasses, he found them missing.
"What the….?" He began to look around, and nearly tore a hole through the ceiling when a light tap touched his shoulder.
"Here hanyou." Kanna said, standing in the doorway. She was holding his sunglasses in one lazy hand. "You dropped this."
Inu mumbled a thanks as he took the sunglasses from her and marched down the hall. He didn't even dare spare a glance back when Kanna said her own version of goodbye. "Next time, do not attack my mirrors unless you are prepared to be returned the same."
With that, Kanna disappeared into her room and her bright white door closed behind her.
"She got scarier since the last time I saw her." Inuyasha mumbled to himself.
"Your tellin' me."
For another turn that day Inu nearly destroyed something in his fright.
It was only Kouga though, leaning against the stairwell on the side with his arms crossed. "You know, she's the only one whose room I've never actually managed to sneak into and rummage through. Too hard to get to her stuff."
"Is that a hobby of yours or something?"
"Next to the ties? Yes." Kouga seemed very proud of his ability to sneak into peoples rooms and snoop. The fact that he'd done it to Kagura on more than one occasion proved that.
"Is everything in there real?" Inu found himself asking as they made their way towards the back of the house. It was almost time for him to leave that day and he didn't want to be late.
"Oh yeah, everything's real. And everything she paid for herself, including the mirrors. She puts a spell on them when they come in and turns them into a room to make more space for herself, and then she stuffs everything else into that mirror. It's the perfect way to keep your stuff from getting stolen when you want to keep it. Sometimes I'd like to know how she does it."
"Does she only work on the weekends?"
"Yep."
"What does she do during the day?"
"Believe it or not, she's a kindergarten teacher."
"What's that?"
Kouga sighed. "A person that takes care of and teaches little kids. Like four or five year olds."
At this Inu finally became astonished.
"She teaches little kids!"
"Yep. Has a few awards too if I'm correct. I guess it's just her quiet countenance that wins it all for her. That and not to mention her age."
"And she doesn't try to eat the children's souls?" Inu asked, disbelieving.
"Nope. She's changed to human food completely. Although it's very difficult to get her to eat an actual steak. She prefers salads. You'd think with today's world and her way of living, she wouldn't need to cut the carbs but she does."
"What are carbs?"
Kouga sighed again.
"Never mind Inuyasha. In any case, you better go in and talk to Fluffy-sama. He'll be wanting to hear your day and see you off personally."
"But I didn't kill anything today except for a squirrel?"
"I'm sure he'll be much appreciative that you killed a squirrel to keep him safe. Now get in there. You know he hates to wait."
Inu glared at Kouga, but none the less left into the room where Sesshoumaru was waiting. Once the door clicked closed, Kouga couldn't help but laugh outright.
"A squirrel! What kind of an idiot beginner shoots off a squirrel's head on his first day! Oh gosh I've got to tell someone this…But who…Not Ayame, she won't let me hear the end of it. No, she'd come here and try to see Inu in person and then drag him out to eat or something. Hm…But who…Gah! I don't know enough people! I might as well just tell my department how our little hanyou's doing."
With a big smile he left the house, walking with a spring in his step.
"You wanted to see me?" Inu asked, walking into the room. Sesshoumaru was just barely finishing his mulling over the days paper.
"Yes, have a seat. What kept you?"
"Kouga was talking to me on my way here." Inu replied.
"Kouga? He left an hour ago."
Inu furrowed his brows. "Could have fooled me. He was waiting at the bottom of the steps."
Sesshoumaru's own brows furrowed, and he ended up hitting a small sleek box button that was attached to a speaker.
"Jaken? Come here please."
An instant later the short little butler had come.
"You rung Sesshoumaru-sama!"
"Yes. Check my rooms. Report if anything is missing from me so I'll know what to kill Kouga for."
"Yes Sesshoumaru-sama!" And with that Jaken left the room at a run.
"What's all this about?" Inu asked, slouching in his seat. He was somewhat exhausted from seeing too much in one day.
"Kouga's been meaning to steal something from me ever since I got this mansion. It's a strange hobby of his to take something out of everyone's room and keep it as a souvenier. It's why he sneaks into peoples rooms and sniffs around. Frankly I would believe he's lost his mind over ties and old times. In any case, the miko, your friend. Her birthday is the day after tomorrow correct?"
Inuyasha nodded. "Yeah."
"Fine. I will have something arranged. You'll need a tuxedo and a fancy restaurant, and the bracelet gift wrapped in black velvet lining…."
"Wait a minute? A restaurant, and a tuxedo…what the hell is a tuxedo?"
"You'll learn in time Inuyasha. There is much to plan. Now, your hours are over so change and go home. I want you here at six sharp tomorrow morning. We will worry about a tuxedo and your job then. You are dismissed."
Inu stood in confusion. It was that type of confusion that left you so mulled over in thought that you didn't think about anything and did what you were told without argument. In any case, Inu walked out the door just as Jaken was coming back in. They dodged each other, and Inu, still full in thought could have sworn he heard Jaken say a certain coat or suit was missing and heard Sesshoumaru begin to growl.
Catse: There yah go! All finished! Oh yeah, and for those wondering, these guys are not gay. They've just had a full five hundred years to themselves, so they've gotten kinda cooky. Anywho, this is chappie seventeen, so tell me what you think if you can! Yays!
