Inutori: I just know someone's going to have a heart attack over this one.
Kagome: Why?
Inutori: Because it took me forever to update. I don't own Inuyasha, and since it has been so long since the last chapter, (for most people) I'll do a little recap on what has happened so far.

Story so far…

Inuyasha Jidai is a FBI agent trying to catch the infamous Naraku. His partner Kikyou Miko was killed, so he was sent to Japan by Kaede Sutruss (his superior) to employ the assistance of the Japanese Snake (an infamous thief herself). He met some Japanese agents, Sango Takajima and Miroku Houshi while there, and discovered the Snake's identity. He threatened Kagome's life and forced her to come to America with him. She called Sango and told her what was going on so now the Japanese agents are coming to America. Kagome went to a shady bar and enlisted a boy named Shippou to dig up everything possible on Inuyasha and Naraku…after going shopping for furnishings for Inuyasha's decrepit looking apartment…and so we continue from there…

Chapter 8
Glimpse

At the stroke of midnight, Inuyasha heard the window in his bedroom squeak open, and he weaved as quickly as he could through all of the junk to get to there. He slammed the door open just in time to see Kagome pulling off her shirt.

"HENTAI!!!" Kagome pulled her shirt back on and rushed at the door, shoving it into Inuyasha's face and hearing the satisfying click of it locking.

Inuyasha stood there blinking in surprise at the door for a few moments before turning and heading into his poor living room. The place was such a disaster with all of this junk Kagome had purchased. How in blazes did she expect all of this to fit in his small living space?

Kagome came into the room with a large t-shirt on. Her legs were bare except for the socks on her feet. The only thing keeping her modest was that shirt coming down to mid-thigh.

She grinned. "It came!"

Inuyasha glared at her, blaming her for the lack of space in his small apartment. "Get rid of it."

"Shush. You'll thank me later." Kagome began digging through everything and pulled out a box with that had a bed frame in it. "Help me with this, dolt."

"Great way to get me to help, wench." Inuyasha didn't bother to move, just crossed his arms over his chest and looked away from her.

"Fine." Kagome moved things out of her way and slowly dragged the large box towards his bedroom.

He listened to the thuds and clangs, wondering what was going on in there. Curiosity overtook him and so he got up and watched her through the hole that he had put in the wall earlier that day.

His twin bed was leaning up against the wall opposite him and she had already taken apart its frame. Now she was setting up a frame for a larger bed.

Inuyasha looked behind him at the huge mattress and box spring standing on their sides in the living room.

Apparently she had finished putting that together, because she was dragging his old bed through the hall towards him. "At least go put this in this dumpster outside, will ya?" She took in a deep breath and heaved the mattress into the air pushing it at him and forcing him to take a hold of it.

"What? I'm not throwing my stuff away!" Inuyasha held the mattress and looked at Kagome angrily.

"There's no room for it anywhere. If you want to keep it, get a storage facility or something."

Inuyasha grumbled under his breath and carried the mattress reluctantly out the front door and down to the dumpster. It was kind of an old bed, but it was his.

When he returned Kagome just forced him to take his box spring down as well.

Pretty soon he found his bedroom completely transformed. There was a king-sized bed in the corner of the room, covered with dark blue bedding and lots of fluffy pillows. Next to his desk and dresser stood another dresser that was maybe slightly fancier. Kagome was putting her clothes into it quickly along with rearranging his closet so she could use half of it.

She was just making herself right at home, apparently. Kagome didn't say anything as she did this, until she was completely finished in the room. It was already approaching one in the morning.

"Get some sleep, Inuyasha, you have to 'work' tomorrow, don't you?" The raven-haired girl left Inuyasha in the bedroom and shut the door behind her.

Kagome looked at the disaster the living room was in and sighed. She had decided that the work was worth it when she bought all of this stuff, but she was still kind of reluctant to actually do it.

Clenching her hands into fists, Kagome tried to decide what to tackle first. She tied up her hair into a high ponytail to get it out of her way and began pushing and shoving furniture this way and that.

The entertainment center was extremely heavy, but fortunately for her it was on wheels. Clearing a spot for it against the wall that Inuyasha had remodeled, Kagome maneuvered the wooden construction so that it was facing the room but didn't cover up Inuyasha's lovely hole.

Kagome smirked slightly with that thought. He had apparently decided it okay to tear up a place that wasn't even his; he was just renting it.

She looked behind her and pulled the box with the flat screen TV in it over carefully and pulled it out, reading the instructions and setting it up correctly. Once that was done, she put the empty box by the door and hooked up the Game Cube and put the games on one of the shelves of the wooden structure.

After that she dragged the box containing a desk she had purchased over into the corner where she would assemble it later. The furniture was her next hurdle and she arranged each piece so they were all facing towards the TV and the coffee table was situated in front of the largest couch. She pushed Inuyasha's decrepit excuse for a couch next to the door with all of the other trash for Inuyasha to take out in the morning.

The kitchen didn't exactly sound too fun to tackle at the moment, so she just put the boxes that contained stuff that belonged there on the kitchen counter and went to her new desk.

It was already approaching three in the morning, but Kagome really wanted to get all of this done and take a look at the stuff she had gotten from Shippou.

She needed a computer for that…preferably her own. But she didn't want to hook up her computer until she had a place to put it; she knew if she hooked up her computer before organizing the apartment it would never get done.

The desk was fairly easy to put together, but she cringed with each pound of the hammer, feeling embarrassed about the possibility of disturbing both Inuyasha and their neighbors. Finally it was assembled and she was able to set up her new computer.

Feeling satisfied with what she had accomplished, Kagome decided that she had better get to bed. The CDs weren't about to decompose, after all.

She tiredly made her way to the bedroom, turning off all of the lights as she went. Figuring it would be better not to disturb Inuyasha, she left the light in the bedroom off and merely felt her way to the bed through the dark.

Through the room she heard the shuffling of material and the creaking of the bed. Inuyasha must have been extremely restless when he slept.

Kagome found the bed and crawled up onto it, sinking into the soft new mattress happily. Inuyasha's steady breathing came from beside her and it began to lull her into a trance.

The blankets were warm and felt soft and clean. She let her heavy eyelids fall. Just before she slipped into dreamland, Kagome felt a strong appendage lay across her torso and tug her closer to the body it came off of. Too tired to pay it much heed, Kagome fell asleep.

Kagome woke up slowly, the light of the room awakening her. She squinted open her eyes and realized the light was shining in from the window. With a jolt she sat upright and looked at the clock on the dresser.

It read 12:34. It was already after noon. Then she looked to the bed and saw the space closer to the wall empty. Inuyasha was gone.

The seventeen-year-old thief swung her legs off the side of the bed and stood up, looking at the room tiredly. A yawn overtook her and she paused for a moment until it left.

Kagome intertwined her fingers and pushed her hands above her head for a nice stretch. Her feet carried her slowly to the door, but she paused before opening it.

On it was a note.

Good morning, sleeping beauty,

I'm going to talk to Sutruss, so you're on your own. Don't go anywhere. I'll be back around 3. Probably.

The apartment looks tidier. How late did you stay up for that? You must have been a zombie last night. Wish I had seen it, it would have been hilarious.

Toodles,
Inuyasha

She shrugged and left the bedroom, shuffling to the kitchen to get a glass of water.

Instead of drinking it, she dumped the liquid over her head, waking her up fully.

"Now to see what Shippou got me!"

Kagome ran out of the apartment and to the AC unit outside in the bushes. She reached her hand between the unit and the building and pulled out the bag Shippou had given her. Inside were the CDs he had burned.

With a large grin plastered on her face, Kagome went back up to the apartment and locked the door behind her.

To her satisfaction, she saw that Inuyasha had taken the trash down to the dumpster like she was planning on him doing. And to think that she didn't even have to ask him.

Kagome put the bag next to her new computer and went into the kitchen to grab a bite to eat. With a cold glare she saw several of her boxes cut open and the contents scattered around the small cooking area. Inuyasha must have been looking for something else to eat.

Amazing, even he was sick of eating purely ramen for who knows how long.

She grabbed a box of doughnut holes and took them into the living room to begin her long and boring look into two people's lives. Inuyasha's actually could prove to be a little interesting…but Naraku? She already knew more than she wanted to about that guy.

If she wanted to go home, it was looking like she was going to have to learn quite a bit more.

Paranoia took over her and she set the kitchen timer after she pressed the power button for her computer. She decided to only go for an hour and a half presently, since Inuyasha said he'd be home around 3.

Even though Inuyasha was involved with the whole hunt down Naraku thing, Kagome didn't feel that things were safe enough that she would be willing to risk another life along with her own.

Kagome would take this stupid guy down and be back in Japan in a snap.

She put the first CD of her large stack into the E:/ drive of the computer. After pausing for a moment, Kagome moved the mouse over the CD icon and double-clicked.

The things she may find here could bring her death. Naraku wasn't a clean thief like her own family. He played dirty. If it were to come to his knowledge that she was here, reading this stuff, she could find a lovely bullet in her temple.

Clenching her teeth, Kagome prepared for the worst. She opened the first file and began reading through it.

Inuyasha grumpily climbed back into his car. Sutruss hadn't been much help…at all. All the senile woman did was nod and hand him a folder with the latest info on Naraku that had been gathered since he had left for Japan.

A glare on his face, Inuyasha drove back to his apartment. He was in a fowl mood. He'd have to go face that annoying schoolgirl camping out at his place soon.

Inuyasha wasn't too sure about doing that. This morning he had woken up with his teeth clamped on her neck and her shirt shoved up to just under her chest so that his arm was wrapped around her bare skin.

He had slept well though, which was unusual for him. Sleep had been easy for the last two nights, actually. Guess that trip to Japan was the right thing for him: he was now able to relax while in his own bed.

Before he even realized it he was parked in front of his apartment complex and stepping out of his car. He closed his eyes to think for a moment.

His thoughts were so messed up these days. It was annoying, really.

The FBI agent meandered up the stairs and pulled out his key for the apartment. He unbolted the door and stepped in, closing and locking the door behind him.

Kagome was sitting in the living room on her computer, doing something. Inuyasha was out of it as he walked up behind the girl off in her own world.

Looking over her shoulder, Inuyasha saw that she was playing some computer game. Some version of Roller Coaster Tycoon, it looked like.

"Welcome back, dead person." She didn't even look at him as she continued building some high-intensity coaster meant to traumatize the guests. "What did your boss say?"

Inuyasha just grunted and slapped the manila folder onto the desk beside her hand.

She jumped slightly and opened the envelope, looking at the contents quickly. "This is all wrong. He did this three weeks ago…this one wouldn't be his style…" Kagome looked up at Inuyasha. "Where do you guys get your info, anyway?" She was looking at Inuyasha like he was some sort of idiot.

"Only the best sources." Inuyasha gave her a challenging glare, towering over her dominantly.

"Then you seriously need to recalibrate the meaning of a good source." She turned back to her computer and saved her game before closing out of it. "What do you say to a friendly game of Super Smash Bros.?"

Inuyasha didn't say anything, just followed her movements with his eyes. Kagome turned on the game cube and picked up a wireless controller for herself and one for Inuyasha.

"Come on, mute boy." She dragged him to the largest couch and pushed him into a sitting position. Kagome sat down beside him and turned on the TV.

"You have serious mental issues, woman."

"Thank you, but I already knew that."

And so an afternoon of silly battling on a pixilated screen began.

I
Do
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Inutori: I made sure to make this chapter nice and long so that no one would feel too ripped off.
Sagi: Then this should have been 50 pages, not 7!
Inutori: Count your blessings, not misfortunes. You'll be so much happier.
Kagome: She's right, you know.
Sagi: Shut up.
Inutori: Well, I'd appreciate it if people left a happy little review for me to find in my inbox. I didn't get much of a positive response for I, Sessoumaru, which is disappointing. That is one of my best pieces to date (I feel, other people may not) and only my faithful reader SakuraCillaBlossom86 (going from memory, not sure what it is exactly, and I'm sorry if I got your name wrong!) reviewed the one shot. It was very depressing indeed. I got more of a response from SpiderWebs, and that was written in a spur of the moment, one-sitting kind of deal.
Inuyasha: Don't you ever shut up?
Inutori: Gomen! Well, I'll let everyone of the readers get on with their lives now, and thank you for reading this and putting up with me! Ja ne!