Title Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Author landofthekwt

Rating M

Word Coutn 670

Prompt On the Roof

Warning language

Summary Kaille meets Shippou

a/n part of Soul Under New Management

Inuyasha settled Kaille onto the floor. The trip frm Oakland had gone smothly Somewhere along the line the young lady had fallen asleep. They arrived before rush hour Inuyasha pounded on the door until his friend opened it.

Shippou was not surprised to see Inuyasha return with the girl. Inuyasha was the knd of guy who brought home strary puppies especially ones that reminded him of the love of his life whom he had lost twice in the Sengouku Jidail

While Inuyasha watched over her, Shippou went online hacking several data bases until he found a match to the person sleeping on the futon upstairs. What he found shocked him. This girl was not Kagome he remembered.

A runaway. A drop out. In and out of rehab. In fact the only similarity was that they shared the same soul Gave off the same aura. And there scent was similar. No the same Just as Kagome was not Kikyou. Kaille was not Kagome no matter how much he and Inuyasha might want to see her again

Shippou printed the significant document. Inuyasha would probably face the truth with ramen. The love he had for those noodles never faded over the years. Shippou suspected it was one of those things that still connected him to Kagome so what could he do.

He handed the ramen to Inuyasha along with the documents. Until Inuyasha reviewed the materials he would stay close. Inuyasha was still unpredicatble He no longer destroyed villages, but he had punched an occasional wall

Inuyasha nodded and began to read wt Shippou handed him. After finishing the ramen and perusing g the documents When he was done, he ttossed the cup and the papers back to the kitsune and sighed as if to ask "Now what do we do?

Just as Shippou was about to reply, Kaille bolted upright and gazed frantically around the room. When she spied Inuyasha, she started swearing."What the fuck do you think you are doing kidnapping me. If you don't let me go, I am going to start screaming statutory rape"

Shippou started to laugh As he rolled on the floor his disguise came off. revealing a ktsiune with four tails When his laughed his fangs showed. The young girl backed away only to run into Inuyasha. When she saw his ears, she started to scream

Inuyasha slapped his hand over her mouth Her immediate reaction was to bite him. As fearless as Kagome when faced with a four tailed kitsune and an inuhanyou, she kicked and clawed to no avail. Finally deciding to take a more reasoned approach she snarled at Shippou

" What's your deal? Aren't you a little old for cosplay, old man?" Her voice was muffled by Inuyasha's hand

Shippu sneered " I will have you know that I have won many prizes with this tail. The questions is what to do about you, Miss Howard Should we turn you over to State of California for probation violations, escape from jail or escape from the orphanage you grew up in Or maybe we should turn you over to gang you stole from Or maybe we should tell the police that it was you that burned down your parents house"

Kaille was taken aback. She prided herself on blending into the shadows. No one knew her true name and background. Whoever these people were, they were more dangerous than any gang member she ever met. Time to pretend to be the fifteen year old girl that she really was. She dimpled and smiled " I '' be good ,Master"

Shippou giggled. Kaille might not trust them, but for the moment they had the balance of terror. He did not trust Kaille for a moment. His senses told him that she was lying Unfortunately it would defeat their purposes if the had to tie Kaille up for the rest of her life Her willingness to lie was a rocky start Hopefully they could work through their problems