As predicted once they were inside of the mall, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha's father led the two pups and Kagome towards the middle of the ground floor of the mall where the salon was located. Inside, the group was recognized and greeted immediately by some of the women who worked there.

One of whom was an old schoolmate of Sesshomaru's, Shiori, whom after being introduced to Kagome was told a little bit about what the girl wanted- no- needed done. After which the woman nodded her head and led Kagome over to her booth and sat her down in the chair in front of the mirror and began asking questions.

The first thing that she noticed was that the little one wanted her hair completely chopped off as short as possible. Which after turning her head to glance towards the three inu's, she figured out that that wasn't going to happen. Apparently the little one didn't know just how much inu demon's appreciated long hair.

It had to do with their pack instincts.

Long hair was meant for playing, styling, and grooming (mostly grooming, but inu demon's sometimes went crazy when they were doing stuff with hair). Why once when she had gone to school, Sesshomaru had been walking the halls with Yasha tangled up in his long hair where he had gotten himself tangled up while playing with his brother's hair.

So the only acceptable thing to do if she cut the girl's hair would be to merely shorten it somewhat.

If she so much as pulled out a buzzer to buzz some of the hair away while styling it- she suffered no illusions that she'd very likely lose an arm. And she didn't want to be down an arm, because adapting so that she could do her job would be a bitch.

So after some negotiating (quite strenuously, she might add since the kid was stubborn) she managed to find a happy medium that would make everyone happy. And quickly went to work dampening the long glossy locks with her squirt bottle while absently brushing the ends and snipping away at it here and there for several minutes until she had cut off an inch or two from the once waist length strands.

After that she took another minute to ask Kagome how she wanted her hair styled.

Kagome told her honestly that she hadn't really thought about it. Her plan had only been half baked, which the inu's probably knew and were simply willing to roll with it to see what happened.

Something that the woman wouldn't put past Sesshomaru, his father or his little brother. They were by far some of her more vexing and entertaining clients.

However when talking to Kagome yielded no answers, she once again looked towards the inu only to see Sesshomaru holding up a magazine and pointing to something blue.

Blue? What the hell was he doing? Playing charades? What was she supposed to get out of that? She wondered as she gave him a dark look as he rolled his eyes at her and walked by her, pretending he had to go use the bathroom, and whispered only loud enough for her to hear.

"Blue highlights. Dark blue, tasteful, nothing trashy." She blinked for a moment as he disappeared into the restroom and then tried to ask the little one if she wanted highlights in her hair. Blue would certainly blend well with her dark hair. And it would make her eyes stand out even more too.

After all, the kid's eyes seemed to be like a mood ring. They were a pretty turquoise blue right now, but just a little while ago they had been a deep sapphire color.

Both were gorgeous colors on the kid.

So she could certainly see why Sesshomaru suggested it.

After Kagome agreed to the highlights, the woman spent the better part of two hours fixing her hair, and then shampooing the color dye out and then conditioning it really well and by the time she was done and Kagome's hair was brushed and dried, she saw the kid's lips twitch slightly.

Obviously satisfied with the results as she tilted her head this way and that so that she could watch the color of her hair change in different light. Finally Kagome hopped down from her seat, politely thanked the woman for her work as she then walked back towards the front of the store where she rejoined the inu's who all took a moment to look over the little onna before Inu no Taisho went over to the register to pay for Kagome's stuff.

A small fanged smile on his face as he handed over not only the money for Kagome's cut and highlights, but a nice tip as well as he thanked Shiori and then walked back over to his son's and the little girl and carefully took hold of one of her hands as he led her out of the salon again, with Sesshomaru and Yasha trailing behind them.

Looking down at Kagome once they were several feet from the door of the salon, Inu no Taisho asked her, "Do you feel a little better now?" Kagome nodded slightly, causing the tall male to smile. "That's good. Now what do you wish to do?" He asked, trying his hardest not to push her since he knew that she would only shut down even more if he did.

Kagome sighed and looked around.

This particular mall was something that she wasn't familiar with. So even if she wanted to do something here...she had no idea of where to go. Plus she didn't know if she had a budget that she needed to work around or anything.

She must have been thinking things over pretty hard when one of the inu demons seemed to realize the problem per say and moved to stand next to her as he said, "Don't worry if you can't think of anything right this moment. We can walk around for a bit until something interests you."

After which Inu no Taisho said, "And if your worried about spending money- don't be. You can quite literally shop till you drop here and it won't make even a dent in my bank account. Plus there is the fact that I have yet to give you your new bank account information, monthly allowance, plus your debit and credit cards... I probably should have mentioned them before now." Kagome gave him something between a 'what the hell' and a 'no duh' look as he fished a long, thick white envelope out of one of his jacket pockets and handed it to her.

"Anyways, you had no interest in doing anything before now. So I guess I was waiting on you to say or do something... You can spend the money on anything you want. Food, clothing, books, toys, jewelry, even hobby materials if you have a hobby. All of the cards in the envelope are already active, and I've already placed some money in your checking account." He said as he leaned down until he was looking her in the eyes, gold met turquoise for a moment as he finally asked, "So...are you ready to see if you can make me and the pups collapse from exhaustion?"

She knew what he was doing. She really did and while she didn't necessarily like it- she understood it.

He was both baiting and challenging her to do something instead of staying locked away at their home. He and his son's wanted her to cut loose and have fun dragging them around.

Well, her new 'daddy' apparently knew very little about her otherwise he wouldn't have baited/challenged her since all that she could think at the moment was, Semper Fi, as she merely took two of her cards and a little bit of cash from the envelope and then handed it back to him as she said, "Challenge accepted."