Author's note: Hey! Here is the next chapter to the story! I hope that anyone who reads it likes it. It took about 3 days and it's 2:00 in the morning right now and I just finished! Well, enjoy!

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Chapter Two

They had been walking for about ten minutes when Kaede suddenly stopped in front of large mahogany doors, causing Kagome to stumble into her. "Sorry, I wasn't really paying attention," she apologized quickly. "'Tis ok, child. This is Inuyasha's room. He doesn't mind people going in there but I wouldn't. Ye might get eaten by the mess," joked Kaede, as she started to move on down the hall. Laughing, Kagome followed, making sure to remember to stay clear of the 'carnivorous-room'. About 30 feet down the hall, a pair of dark ebony doors towered. Spirals of vines and leaves were carved into the wood, and Kagome couldn't help but stare. Kaede, noticing that Kagome had stopped, waited for her to finish examining the door; Kaede then noticed that someone else had entered the hallway.

"It is beautiful, is it not?" a deep, gentle voice questioned from behind Kagome. Caught off guard by it, Kagome jumped and squealed slightly before turning around to face the person who had frightened her out of her ravine. "Yes, it's gorgeous," Kagome quickly answered. She knew who this man was that had disrupted her; he owned the house that she would be staying in for the next few days. His eyes were shared by his sons, as was his silver hair. The moon on his forehead showed that he was a demon lord, just like the one on Sesshoumaru's, and the single slash across his cheeks accented his high cheekbones.

"Hello, Mr. Iwasaki," Kagome greeted, while bowing low to the business lord of Japan. Hearing a deep chuckle, she straightened herself and gazed, wide eyed, at the demon before her that look no older than 40, when in reality he was well over 3000. "Why hello, little one. And just why are you here in front of my library?" InuTaisho Iwasaki questioned the young girl who was, for some reason, in his home. "I was showing her around, Lord InuTaisho," Kaede stated, moving to stand next to Kagome. "Ah, I see. And just who are you young lady?" he questioned. "Kagome. Inuyasha found me and Kaede offered for me to stay," Kagome started to explain nervously. 'I completely forgot about him! What if he doesn't want some stranger in his house like Sesshoumaru?' Kagome's mind was reeling, hoping that she wouldn't get kicked out before she could come in.

"Kagome was injured and Inuyasha brought her to me. I offered a room to her for a little while. Ye don't have a problem with that do ye?" Kaede questioned, already knowing the answer. Lord InuTaisho had the heart of Inuyasha, yet the forcefulness of Sesshoumaru when it was needed; so Kaede knew that he wouldn't turn Kagome down. "Why, Kaede, what kind of person do you take me for? Of course this beautiful lady may stay here," InuTaisho feigned to be hurt while winking in the direction of Kagome, letting her know he was joking around. She giggled in return and thanked the lord of the house.

"Well, I really must be going to do some studying in the library. I'll see you around then, Kagome," he said, bowing then using his long legs to transport himself past the ebony doors. Kaede gently laid her hand on Kagome's elbow and turned her. "We need to continue on this was to get to your room," she said while shuffling of further down the hall, tugging Kagome beside her. Nodding, Kagome let herself be drug toward a medium sized door that was near the end of the extremely long hallway. "Here we are: your room," Kaede announced as she swung the door open to revel a four post bed with a dark blue comforter and off white walls. A decent sized dresser stood against the wall perpendicular to the bed and a closet was built across from the dresser. It was a quaint, homey guest room and by far the best room Kagome would ever have the pleasure of sleeping in.

"There are clothes in the closet and dresser that you are welcome to use. I'm not sure if ye will fit in them though. If not I'm sure we can find ye something from the other employees," Kaede explained, showing her the closet and dresser's clothes. "You don't have to. I'm sure that my clothes from before can hold me over until I leave," Kagome said shakily, not wanting to put anyone out. "Don't be silly, child; those clothes didn't survive the beating ye took. I have them thrown out! Ye couldn't even recognize what they were!" she exclaimed. "No arguing. I'll show ye to the kitchen now, we are about to eat supper."

Nodding, Kagome stood there speechless. Something had to be wrong with these people; they were giving, nice, considerate, and none of them seemed to take no for an answer! This was going to be either an amazing few days, or some of the worst ones in her life. "Before you show me the kitchen, do you think I can go to the bathroom? It's kinda urgent," Kagome blushed while saying. "Of course ye can! Ye don't expect me to leave ye to stand there and hold it do ye?" Kaede laughed out, "This way, child. It's right across the hall." Kagome quickly thanked her before rushing past and into the room across the hall, not bothering to knock or listen to Kaede telling her to stop.

Sesshoumaru was just stepping out of the shower, towel slung across his hips, when the door leading out of the restroom was slung open, and the young woman he had been admiring swooped in. Clearly, she had no idea that This Sesshoumaru was currently occupying the room she was interested in. 'Well, she is going to have to deal with the consequences of barging in on someone without knocking isn't she?' Sesshoumaru's beast silkily said in the back of his mind. 'This Sesshoumaru does not let just anyone see his body, beast. She does need a manner lesson, but it will not be in the way you wish,' he growled to himself.

"Just what do you think you are doing in this room?" Sesshoumaru spoke, making Kagome jump and slowly pivot in her position to see just who had talked to her. 'Holy shit,' was what went through her head over and over again. Not only was the stoic Lord-of-the-West-soon-to-be standing naked with only as towel over himself in front of her, but also she had clearly offended him by intruding. 'Well of course he is offended! You just walked in on him taking a shower! Stupid, stupid, stupid!' she yelled at herself, wishing that her body would be swallowed by the earth and she would never have to see this demon again. Unfortunately, her willing for something wouldn't help; as Sesshoumaru watched her face turn a deep red he stepped forward.

Apparently, while in her mind, Kagome had forgotten to keep an eye on the demon, for when she finally focused on the task at hand he was a foot away from her and carried a harsh look on his face. "Do you not know how to knock?" he questioned, dangerously low, "Well? Answer my question, woman," Oh no he didn't. He did not just address her as 'woman'. Kagome may have been in the wrong at this point and time, but she was still an intelligent being and would not be spoken to that way. "Of course I know how to knock. You don't have to be so rude about it though. We aren't in the 18th century or anything; you're supposed to call everyone by their names now a' days. Or have you forgotten that?" Kagome shot back at him, just as rudely as he had done to her.

How dare she? Did she not know who he was? How much power he held? He was insulted, astounded, and… excited. He was sexually excited by her straightforwardness and gaud to talk to him like that. It took every once of willpower in his body to not push her against the door she was standing in front of and ravish her. Not willing to show the reaction she had pulled from him, Sesshoumaru glared at Kagome. "I will address you as I please. You are not in the position to correct me. Now I demand to know why you have yet to leave this room to allow This Sesshoumaru to dress," He demanded while trying to hide his obvious 'affection' toward the young woman.

"I was shocked by the site of a naked demon that has a serious attitude problem!" Kagome explained while storming out of the bathroom, her need to use the room forgotten. Kaede stared at the flustered girl as she emerged from the bathroom. "Are ye alright, Kagome?" she questioned, worried about the girl. "I'm fine!" smiled Kagome while mumbling under her breath 'arrogant, asshole, sexy, built, stunning, obnoxious, yummy demon'. God, she couldn't even insult him without having to mention the glorious body she had just seen. Sure, he was wonderfully built, and sure, the delicious strips that were across his face and wrists also slashed over his hips, but he was still an obnoxious jerk who clearly had a stick up his butt. And if he didn't clean up his attitude all of the sexy stripes and abs in the world couldn't keep her attracted to him.

"Are ye ready to go to the kitchen now?" Kaede asked, worried about the female standing in front of the bathroom door. "Huh? Oh! Yes, I'm ready," Kagome beamed as she followed Kaede through the hall and down a flight of stairs. It was unbelievable how large the house was. The second floor alone could be a large hotel and it still had several more! The first floor was beautiful: tall ceilings, hardwood floor, paintings of the family and ancestors, along with a wall with drawings hung upon it that covered every inch of it. 'Must be something that Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru did as kids, it looks to childish to have been done recently,' she commented in her mind.

"Kaede! Kaede! Shippo took my dolly!" cried a little girl about seven or eight. Leaning down, Kaede patted the youngster on the head and looked up to see a redheaded fox demon looking at the ground sheepishly. "Shippo, come here," she commanded gently. Shippo did as he was told and slowly walked over to the group of women that watched him. "Did ye steal Rin's dolly?" she asked. Guiltily, Shippo nodded his head and looked up at Kagome, hopping that she would take up for him. "Well, give it back to Rin," Kaede kindly stated to the young demon. Taking a small blond object from behind his back, Shippo handed Rin her dolly back. "Thank you Shippo," Rin said, wiping her teary eyes and hugged the redhead. Apologizing, Shippo returned the hug and then faced Kaede. "Who's the pretty lady?" he questioned with a grin.

"Her name is Kagome," Kaede smiled. Kagome bent down to see eye to eye with the adorable mini-demon and gave him a gentle smile. "Hi, Kaede is letting me stay here for a little while. Is that ok with you, Shippo?" Kagome asked. "Of course you can! Anyone as pretty as you can stay here as long as they want!" Shippo said happily before taking Rin's hand and skipping away with her. "Dinner is in a few minutes!" Kaede yelled after them, "They are not going to be there." Leading Kagome down a hall on the side of the staircase they came upon an open doorway that lead to a table that had eight chairs places around it with food being laid out. Sitting there amongst the rations of food was Inuyasha with a large bowl of ramen lain out in front of him.

"Yo, Kagome. You here for dinner?" Inuyasha said while shoveling ramen into his mouth. Completely shocked at the amount of food that could fit in his loud mouth, Kagome merely nodded while staring wide eyed. How could so much food fit in one half demon's mouth? "Well don't be shy, sit down," Kaede said while ushering her to a seat next to Inuyasha, "Eat, child. Ye wouldn't want to lye down with an empty stomach while trying to recover from your wound now would ye?" Shaking her head no, Kagome served herself some mashed potatoes, green beans, and a pork chop. "Why are you eating ramen, Inuyasha, when you have all this wonderful food in front of you?" Kagome asked, generally confused at his behavior. "I love ramen, that's why!" was the exclamation she received before he chowed down again.

Sesshoumaru strode into the room at the precise moment that Kagome lifted a forkful of mashed potatoes to her mouth, causing her to blush and lose focus on her potatoes, which happily made a home in her lap. "Ah!" she exclaimed while taking a paper towel and quickly scooping the offending food out of her lap and throwing it away, all the while getting redder and redder. Sesshoumaru simply arched a brow at her then took his seat across from Inuyasha. "Father will not be joining us tonight. He has a business meeting to attend to," Sesshoumaru stated to the table, "And I'm supposing that the two children will be eating before Shippo leaves later, am I correct?" he questioned Kaede. "Aye, that is correct, Sesshoumaru," she replied. Quickly, Kagome returned to her seat and proceeded to eat, keeping her eyes anywhere but on the full demon diagonal to her.

Sesshoumaru noticed how she refused to look directly at him and practically smiled inwardly. He could tell that she was just as attracted to him as he was to her, but she didn't seem to want him to know. Unlike most girls who whored themselves around him, she seemed to be headstrong and didn't take shit like that from men. Demon or human. It was one of the many qualities he liked in her, and he had only known her for a day. Eating his dinner, Sesshoumaru excused himself and headed upstairs to rest. It had been a long day for him: first the dumbass representative for the employee insurance company they used raised the price for their use, then Inuyasha brought home some random person, then he becomes attracted to that random person, afterward she walks in on his shower, and now his head pounded and he was ready for bed.

Once Sesshoumaru left Kagome let out a breath of relief before continuing with her food. Noticing that Inuyasha had left right after Sesshoumaru, Kagome glanced around to find the seat Kaede had occupied was empty. She was alone. Sighing she finished her dinner and headed upstairs.

Kagome changed into a pair of flannel pajamas and slipped under the covers, ready for the first good nights rest she had experienced in years. Shifting around to get comfortable, she laid on her side and drifted into the world of dreams that awaited her. Smiling she snuggled against the pillow at her side and whispered a prayer to God for a good nights sleep.

Kaede passed by the room that her guest was staying in a peeked through the door. She was already sound asleep, hugging a pillow to her chest. 'Poor child must have been tired,' she thought to herself while continuing down the hallway to her own room that was two doors down. 'Maybe I should have told her where Sesshoumaru's room is, just in case she becomes curious and goes in. I'll have to remind her tomorrow,' Kaede thought as she too, put herself to bed.

The two children, Rin and Shippo, decided to spend the night over at Shippo's house, again. They had been back and forth all week and still hadn't had enough of each other. On the ride home they both thought about the new residence at Rin's house. Both decided that tomorrow they were going to find out everything they could about her, maybe she would even play with them! And with that thought they happily continued their playtime at Shippo's house.

Inuyasha finished brushing his sharp teeth and grinned into the bathroom mirror. A hot chick was in the house and all he had to do was make a move; this would be fun. He turned away from the mirror and headed back to the 'carnivorous-room'. Wading through the heaps of clothing and other unmentionables on the floor, he piled into his bed and passed out, thinking of a girl with black hair and aquamarine eyes.

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Author's note: I know the whole guy/girl walks in on guy/girl in shower is over used but I had to put something in there. I thought it was getting kinda boring and that's not what I want. Well, R&R!