Chapter 4

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"You are so dead when Izayoi hears about your math test." Sesshomaru said to Inuyasha as they entered their suite.

"What am I to do? Oh. How life is so cruel to a cute guy like me?" Inuyasha whimpered in a mock voice. The truth why Inuyasha was going to get it from Izayoi was because he had once again failed his math.

"If you are cute, I will be chased by many girls." Sesshomaru countered.

"You do get chased by many girls." Inuyasha mumbled. (Fangirls: Yeah!)

"Do you have any idea how I should tell my mother and not getting any punishment?" Inuyasha asked his older brother though he was not expecting any brilliant answer.

"Tell you what, write a death note announcing your result. Put it next to you and jump out of the suite window. This way, you can tell Izayoi your result and not get any punishment at the same time. That's because you are dead! And I will be very very happy." Sesshomaru said as he slammed the door of the bathroom.

"Quit slamming that door!" Inuyasha yelled as he sat on the foot of his bed, thinking on how to break the news to his mother.

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Kagome was unpacking a box of newly arrived chocolates when someone came running to her counter and started banging on the bell, continuously.

"Stop jamming your hand on the bell." Kagome snapped as she stood up. To her horror, she saw two eyes staring at her. Kagome screamed hysterically and the entire lobby turned to look at her.

"Sorry." Kagome quickly apologized and turned to look at the object that made her screamed. "Kikyo." She muttered under her breath. There stood the heiress of the hotel carrying a white miniature poodle.

"What the freaking thing is that?" Kagome squeaked as she tried to get away from the dog.

"That's my dog. I just bought it." Kikyo explained.

"What's its name?" Kagome asked, annoyingly.

"Chocolate." Kikyo lose control on the grip over the poodle as it jumped onto the counter. Kagome got irritated and said to the dog, "Look Chocolate, I don't know why you are called Chocolate though you are not chocolate in colour but you don't belong to the chocolates I am selling ok? They are edible and you are not; they are sweet and you are not so get off!"

The poodle barked and showed its fangs at Kagome ferociously who in return, gave a death glare. Kikyo then continued to rant, "I am going to leave it with you here for two nights as I going to Paris for shopping so I have left Chocolate's timetable on her bed. Tata!" Kikyo turned around and left through the main door. Kagome looked at the ball of fur deposited on the counter and looked at it.

"Maybe we have got off the wrong foot. So let's go up to your suite and find what's going on." Kagome carried the dog, which barked in agreement. She still cannot get over the fact that she will be spending two days with a dog and wondered if she could survive these two days.

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Inuyasha moped around the house which soon annoyed Sesshomaru.

"Hey, can you stop pacing up and down? Are you suffering from trauma or what?" Sesshomaru snarled at his annoying half-brother.

"Look Sesshy, having you in anyone's lives is a trauma to anyone and for your information, I am thinking a way to tell mommy of my results." Inuyasha yelled back.

"Look idiot, I will tell you a solution but I won't give my idea for free." Sesshomaru said. Inuyasha turned to look at his brother and got interested in what he had to say. It was only a few more minutes before his mother returned home from singing downstairs so he got desperate.

"State the price." Inuyasha said in a business tone.

"5 bucks."

"Deal." Inuyasha then fished out five bucks from his back pocket and hand it over to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru inspected the note to make sure it was real before continuing.

"When Izayoi returned home from work, she's usually tired and she will not be able to listen to what you have to say 100 attentively. So you could say out your math result and she will not be able to register it into her brain that you failed your math again and you will not get punished." Sesshomaru said.

Inuyasha's eyes sparkled and said, "Hey. Not a bad idea."

"What can you expect from genius Sesshomaru?" Sesshomaru said haughtily.

"Wait, but what will happen if the plan fails?" Inuyasha countered.

"You will get the 5 bucks back. However, it always works 100 on our father." Sesshomaru said.

"You mean that you are not sure it will work on Izayoi?" Inuyasha exclaimed

"It never hurts to try." Sesshomaru said. Inuyasha slumped down on the sofa. Since Izayoi was returning soon, he had no other choice but to try out this method then.

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Kagome and Chocolate sat down on the sofa in the suite. Kagome was polishing the nails of Chocolate's claws.

"Oh great. Now I am sitting here filing a dog's nails. How pathetic my life had become." Kagome grumbled. Chocolate barked and growled.

"Well, it is not my fault that your owner decided to leave you in my care and she herself flew off to Paris." Kagome snapped back. Chocolate then whimpered and covered its nose with a paw.

"Aw. I am so sorry to point that out. Actually you are better than your owner, I think." Kagome hugged the dog closer to her chest. Chocolate whimpered again.

"Oh great, now I am talking to a dog and I really need to get a life." Kagome said which Chocolate barked in agreement.

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It was 10 pm now in the night and Inuyasha, with Sesshomaru, sat down on the sofa awaiting Izayoi's return.

"Remember what you have to do?" Sesshomaru reminded Inuyasha. Inuyasha nodded and then, they heard a click coming from the door. Inuyasha jumped up and got ready. Sesshomaru mouthed good luck to his brother as Izayoi entered the room, looking very tired and dragging her feet.

"Mommy, I have got bad news for you." Inuyasha stammered as cold sweats dropped down from his forehead.

"Whatever that is, considered yourself grounded" Izayoi said as she walked past Inuyasha and went straight into her room. Inuyasha stood there dumbfounded and he turned to Sesshomaru and said, "I need the 5 bucks back." Sesshomaru then quickly said, "I have another plan and it's for free."

"It betters works." Inuyasha growled.

"Here's the plan. Izayoi always wakes up in the last minute and she will always be in a rush. So all you have to do is to announce your result to her when she's rushing to work." Sesshomaru said.

Inuyasha was convinced and headed back to the room and sleep. Hoping that the plan will work.

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The next morning arrived and as usual, Izayoi was rushing to work.

"Where's my jacket?" Izayoi's voice was heard in the dining area where the boys were having breakfast now.

"Get ready in 3 seconds," Sesshomaru whispered to Inuyasha. Then, they raised their fingers. One, two, three. Izayoi came out and said, "I am going to sing now. Bye."

Sesshomaru then quickly nudged Inuyasha and Inuyasha responded by saying very quickly, "Mom, I did something bad."

Izayoi then hurriedly put on her shoes and said to Inuyasha, "Ok, get yourself grounded." She then left the suite.

Inuyasha turned and looked at Sesshomaru and said, "Oh great! Now I am grounded two times."

Sesshomaru shrugged and said, "Tough luck."

Inuyasha then out-stretched his hand and said, "My five bucks?" Sesshomaru then reluctantly took out the five-dollar note form his pocket and passed it to Inuyasha.

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Inuyasha went down to the main lobby to find someone to play a prank with. He glanced around the hall but found no suitable target. Nr Naraku was not there; Sango and Miroku were busy with their own tasks and bossy Kikyo was not there either. Sighing, he made his way to the candy bar.

"Hey Kagome." Inuyasha said as he placed his hands on the counter.

"Hey Inuyasha." Kagome replied, placing Chocolate on the counter.

"Let me guess. This is Kikyo's dog." Inuyasha said, eyeing how well the dog was accessorized.

"Yeah. I am pathetic for baby-sitting a dog." Kagome said, rolling her eyes.

"But not as pathetic as me." Inuyasha sighed. Kagome then got surprised and asked what had happened. Inuyasha related to her how he scored badly about the math test and he had not told Izayoi about it. Kagome listened attentively and knew it was time for her advice.

"Look, Inuyasha. You got to tell your mother sooner or later so why not just tell her straight in the face. The most you get from her is a punishment. I bet your mother won't like it if you keep things from her after all you are her child." Kagome said, "Me too, won't like to tell my mother about my poor results but the truth will come out then."

Inuyasha listened and nodded, "Thanks Kagome." He turned and left.

"Hey Inuyasha!" Kagome called after him. Inuyasha turned and looked at Kagome.

"I can tutor you math next time." She said with a smile. Inuyasha smiled at Kagome before finding his mother to tell her the truth.

Kagome then looked at the dog on the counter, "I give good advice huh?" Chocolate barked and snuggled up against Kagome.

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Inuyasha ran to the bar Izayoi was working and found her sitting on stage, going over her lines.

"Hey mommy. I have got something to tell you?" Inuyasha said softly as he approached his mother slowly.

Izayoi looked at her son and amazed at her son's sudden visit. "Come and sit with me." Izayoi edged to let Inuyasha sit beside her.

"Mommy, I did badly for my math test." Inuyasha said, on the verge of crying.

Izayoi looked at her son and smiled. She knew it must have taken him a lot of courage for him to admit his mistake.

"Oh Inuyasha." Izayoi then Inuyasha into her embrace. "There's a little disappointment in my heart but I am proud of you to admit it."

Inuyasha then said, "Am I still getting punished?"

"That's inevitable." Izayoi began. "However, it won't be heavy. Just submit at least 10 questions of Math everyday to me." Inuyasha groaned and grumbled as he left to return to the suite.

"Make some more noises and I will increase my punishment." Izayoi called after him. Inuyasha kept quiet immediately and dashed up to the suite.

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"Oh Chocolate!" Kikyo cried as she ran into the lobby and dumping her shopping bags into Miroku's arms.

"What the-?" Miroku growled as he stared at the heaps of shopping bags. Sango was beside him to calm and soothe Miroku down.

Kagome got astonished at Kikyo's grand entrance (which was not surprising) and got ready to hand over the dog back to its rightful owner.

"Thanks Kagome for taking care of Chocolate." Kikyo said.

"You are welcome." Kagome said, and thought since when the heiress has manners.

"So where's Chocolate?" Kikyo began. Kagome got down and picked up Chocolate to give it back to Kikyo.

"Oh Chocolate!" Kikyo said, extending her arms to carry the dog. Chocolate did not run into Kikyo's arms though which surprised Kagome.

"What did you do to my precious?" Kikyo accused.

Kagome hugged Chocolate and said, "You abandoned Chocolate for your shopping trips. Can you believe how terrible it must have felt?" Chocolate barked in agreement. Kikyo then cried and said, "Oh I am so sorry Chocolate. I won't do that again!" Kagome then hand over Chocolate to Kikyo and watched their loving moment.

"I hate to butt in loving moments but fir the dog-sitting fees," Kagome said, "That will be 1000 bucks."

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Sorry for the late update. I have writers' block now. Ah!