Twenty minutes in to her dusting frenzy there was a knock on the door. Laying down her cleaning supplies, the young woman opened the door with a smile to the man outside.
"Hojo! I havent seen you in ages. Your father got you on delivery duty huh?"
"Yeah, I'm home for the summer, so the old man has me doing some of his deliveries. Even told me he added a little extra in for you for the help you gave him last week. I still can't believe those little kids could make such a mess in just five minutes. "
Kagome held the door open for her old high school friend and showed him where to put down the bags of groceries she had ordered in the kitchen.
"You know how kids are. I just felt bad for their mother. She was so embarrassed. It was a good thing i caught them before they hit the carbonated section of the drink aisle. Fruit juices and water are nothing compared to cans of cola spewing everywhere."
Hojo laughed as he looked around the kitchen.
"So the groceries say your feeding an army... But that livingroom suggests that the party just ended... Dare I ask?"
" Oh! No party. Just planning ahead for my army gets here. I have alot of work planned for them and decided to feed them as a thanks."
"So Inuyasha's dog really did all that damage?"
Kagome gave him a look.
"I know! I know! Dont listen to rumours, but word spreads quick when his past maids shop at the store. Where is this huge beast at anyway?"
Kagome walked to the backdoor and slightly opened the curtain covering the window.
"He was being bad so i put him outside."
Hojo walked over to her and looked outside, accidently making eye contact with the beast staring, more like glaring, at Kagome. A deep bone curdling growl left the beast as he threw his whole body into the door, teeth snapping shut before the frightened young man.
Hojo swore the only thing that was saving his life was the thin glass window.
"He seems a bit unstable. A..are you sure y..your okay here with him?" Hojo couldnt help the slight stutter that left him. That beast of a dog scared the hell out of him.
"Him? I can handle him. No worries." Kagome smiled as she closed the curtain and began to walk Hojo back to the front door, completely ignoring the deafening growls and barks from the dog locked outside.