OKAY! so my updates are late again blame the infection not me. I'm sure those of you who write know how uninspired you can feel when your sick and shit.

DISCLAIMER: dude Inuyasha? yeah soooo not my idea so don't sue me ne?

A week passed since Inuyasha had decided to 'keep' Kagome and he's been doing just that. he had her little tree house built and gave her an apartment in the replica war zone as he had agreed, but also made sure to stock the fridge with her favorite booze and snacks. Sure enough by sun down she was back in his apartment lounging on the couch, every night. much to his displeasure he couldn't keep her out of his private study and often found her there starring at some of his supplies or blank canvases, she was like that today. he found her sitting there staring at a blank canvas, paintbrush in hand, chocolate chip cookie in between her pouty pink lips, he raised a brow, "you made cookies?"

She looked at him from the corner of her eye, "yep. kitchen counter."

He shrugged and looked back at the canvas, "So why are you staring at my canvas?"

She snorted, "Its my canvas...and I'm trying to figure out how to do this."

Inuyasha tried not to laugh as she glared at the canvas harder, "well for starters you either paint or sketch then paint."

"shut up dog boy. I know that but I don't know how to do it."

"that makes no sense."

"yes it does! I just don't know what to paint or how to go about it!"

He rolled his eyes, "well there explaining that wasn't so hard was it?"

Kagome huffed, "well no...but how do you decide what to paint?"

Inuyasha peeled himself off the wall he was leaning against and looked around the room, covered in works of art he had done in his long life, "I paint something that means something to me or cant get out of my head. something that effected me."

He watched then followed her gaze as it landed on the still covered sketch of her eyes, mentally slapping himself for basically saying he couldn't get her fucking eyes out of his head. he was about to walk away and end the entire conversation when she said the last thing he expected to come from that gaze, "The war zone. thats the only painting with it. why?"

Inuyasha looked anywhere but her not sure why his next answer had him so on edge, "well I never really cared."

She looked at him for a second, anger burning behind her eyes before nodding and looking back to her canvas, "why would you? you knew what would happen when the war started, you never cared. never will."

He frowned at the truth of her words, he only painted the city in because it was what she saw every day and was broken like her. she felt like a living war zone to him so he just painted it. and the only reason he even considered a deal with her rebels was because he didn't want her as an enemy or going to another gang, without her they could all die and he wouldn't even blink. he shook off the thought, "true...so why do you want to paint?"

"your paintings are pretty."

"that doesn't mean yours will be."

"yes it does. Im better than you."

He barked out a laugh, "you wish woman. don't you already play the guitar?"

She looked at him again and frowned, "get-are? what the fuck is a get-are?"

"not get-are a guitar. you have the case for it in my fucking living room all chained up."

She blinked, "oh! thats what that is? I found it on the street one day and it was perfect for what I needed. still whats a get-are?"

"Guitar."

"Whatever. What is it?"

"Your serious?"

"Yeah."

He sighed, well I guess no one in a war zone could afford one and its not exactly what I would look for in survival either. "its a musical instrument."

She blinked, "I like music."

Now that was a surprise to Inuyasha, he always figured she just liked her necessary three; food, killing, and sleep along with an odd object every now and then. music seemed so...not Kagome. "Really?"

"mmmhhhmm. its pretty. so how does one play this uh guitar?"

He looked at her for a second, everything form her slightly tilted head, twitching fingers, and wide eyes, screamed curious. He smirked at the way she reacted to the new found information, "you wanna know, pet?"

she furrowed her brows, "pet?"

"would you prefer I called you kitten?"

"no. I would prefer you tell me what the guitar thingy is."

He chuckled, "Ill get you one if your so interested."

Her grin in that moment was blinding to him, it was like everything horrible in her life drained from her and left nothing but pure light, "awesome!"

He almost smiled back but narrowed his eyes remembering her previous words, "hey what the hell is it that case anyways?"

She smiled mischievously and laid back on the floor stretching out and rolling on her side. she reminded him of some strange exotic jungle cat, always lounging around but ready to pounce the second something catches her attention. dangerous and alluring with her long black hair an unearthly eyes. his hand itched like it always did when he needed to make something, he had the urge to sketch her in this moment, his own little exotic pet lounging amongst his artwork. He resisted the urge to capture the moment in exchange for glaring at her arms crossed. she rolled her eyes and took another bite out of her cookie, "whats in the case doesn't matter. what matters is the fact that Ill kill you if you touch it."

he scoffed and walked out of the room as she turned her back on him, he walked straight past the living room ignoring the guitar case propped against the wall and into the kitchen, when his cellphone rang. He growled annoyed, "What?"

Miroku's voice hesitantly rang through the speakers, "Uh is everything okay boss?"

"No Im trying to train my new pet and all she ever does is ignore what I want and sleep the only thing I have managed to do is get her to come back home every night or when she wants to snack."

There was a long pause, "wait...you where serious when you said you where going to keep Kagome?"

"yes and keeping a Kagome is a lot easier than you thought it would be, the problem is training it."

"Kagome is a she not an it. and no disrespect boss but this is going to bite you in the ass...Kagome is not going to like being kept."

Inuyasha chuckled, "I dont ever intend to tell her and neither do you, so I don't see the problem, she's happy with all her booze and things to break and Im happy sitting back and watching her prowl around."

"dude...your taking this pet thing way to far, I mean it was horrible in the first place but seriously...this is just too much."

"your just jealous you couldn't do this with Sango."

"I-I am not!"

"You so are, its the only way she would even look your direction."

another long pause, "okay...so maybe I'm kind of jealous, I mean look at you, you have this gorgeous women lounging around on your couch when you get home everyday. and I well I get smacked in the face at least twice a day, how the hell did you do it?"

Inuyasha laughed and looked back in the direction his private study and new pet was, "well first I found a lost Kagome on a rainy day, she literally fell from the sky and landed on one of my men. she started stalking off the moment she landed but my men captured her. a few things happened and I found out that Kagome's have short tempers and large followings, I got her to leave her's and come home with me although she was reluctant. then I brought my Kagome to a battle and she got hurt, I made sure to save her and then brought the wounded Kagome home with me when she was injured she was grumpy but revealed she had a softer side. after she was better she bared her fangs again but I eventually got her to begin to warm up to me...kinda. I discovered things Kagome's enjoy and used them to appeal to her exotic nature next thing I know I have my very own Kagome lounging around my house, still wild mind you, but hey I still have one."

Miroku's sigh filled Inuyasha's ears, "I cannot believe I just listened to that. Inuyasha Kagome isn't an exotic animal she's-"

"sure she is and she's stalking down my hallway now." Inuyasha watched as Kagome walked into the room and open the fridge he smirked as she bent over, stretching her tiny denim shorts to their limit. Ignoring the fact that Miroku was talking on the other end of the line in favor of watching her body sway as she dug through his fridge, he didnt tune back in until she had left the room, "huh? what was that?"

"Have. You. Slept. With. Her?"

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at where she had just been before scoffing at Miroku, "dude I am so not into beastiality soooo no."

"Inuyasha. Boss...you do realize your a dog demon who has a habit of sleeping with human women and demons of a different uh, animal traits. plus your sexual attracted to a women who you admit reminds you of some exotic cat. If thats not beastiality then I dont really know what is...i mean its defined as two different species getting it on and-"

"shut up Miroku."

"I'm just saying doggy wants that kitty's kitty..."

Inuyasha growled into the phone, "you did not just say that."

Miroku audibly gulped from across the line, "well I uh gotta go bye boss!"

Inuyasha glared at his phone as the line went dead, "fucking idiot."

"Who's a fucking idiot? I mean I know you are but your too much of an ass to admit it soooo.." Kagome stood in the doorway of the kitchen, guitar case strapped across her back.

He bared his teeth at her, "I am so not in the mood to fight with you. what the hell do you want?"

"To tell you theres a slut at your door."

He eyed her for a second, curious, "did you let Kikyo in?"

"nooope." she smiled popping the 'p'

"why not?"

Kagome raised a brow, "you want her in here? fine Ill open the elevator for her but if she drinks my whiskey shits gonna go down, Ill be polishing my chains in the living room if you need me." She pointed to her guitar case and walked off.

Inuyasha heard the fait buzzing signaling that the doors to his private elevator downstairs had been opened. He sighed and walked to the elevator, he got there just as the doors opened and Kikyo stepped out. she smiled at him, "hello Inuyasha."

"Kikyo. what do you want?"

She walked further into the apartment, "to inform you that there are rumors going about headquarters...rumors about you and that psychopath."

Inuyasha glared at the back of Kikyo's head, trying to figure out where she was going with this. He didn't miss the tensing of her body as she entered the living room and spotted Kagome sprawled across the couch on her stomach, polishing the chains on her guitar case, a maniacal grin spread across her face. He smirked, "your point is?"

Kagome looked up at the two, "Hey slut, don't touch my whiskey, my beer, my vodka, my soda pop, or any of my snacks. and if you both use the waterbed burn the sheets after, its my turn to sleep there."

Inuyasha scoffed, "dont worry about it Kagome, I have no intention of getting any closer to Kikyo then necessary."

"mmmkay oh and I need more of that funky pudding stuff that I like...the one with the tan looking carmel sauce on top."

"you mean flan? I just bought you more three days ago."

She shrugged, "its my favorite."

He nodded and flopped down on the couch next to her, absently stroking her hair. he had been doing it a lot lately and would keep doing so until she noticed and tried to kill him, She may be annoying but she has her moments and really soft hair. He looked up and noticed Kikyo glaring slightly and raised a brow at her, "so Kikyo your point is?"

Kikyo nodded, "I just don't think its good for you to have rumors buzzing around like that. people are assuming your sleeping with her and the fact she is a rebel leader will set some of them off if it already hasn't, I think she needs to move out to clear up your so called relationship status."

Inuyasha felt Kagome tense beside him and began rubbing soothing circles in her scalp. its hard to clear up something when we don't even know what the fuck it is, nothing much has happened in the past week besides me working toward her becoming my pet...He removed his hand from her head when she relaxed, "Kagome is not going to move out, this is part of our deal and as for the rumors let them be, don't spread them around. and you dont even have the right to advise me, we done? good. get out and don't come back."

Kikyo looked between the two before briskly walking from the room. when she left Kagome sighed and looked at Inuyasha, "Oi scruffy if those rumors will really have an effect on your leadership then I could leave for a while, just send me my snacks. Ill go start packing."

As she stood Inuyasha growled and grabbed her around the waist pulling her down onto his lap, "you are nor going anywhere, not where I cant watch you."

She huffed and tried to unwrap his arms from around her, feeling a sense of deja-vu from the morning after her night at Duchess she gave up knowing she couldn't pry his arms off her, "Why not?"

"I dont like my things out of place."

She sat dumbfounded for a second before wiggling around to try and face him, "I am not your property!"

Inuyasha tried to ignore the sudden tightness in his pants from Kagome's generous backside rubbing against him, He growled again and tightened his hold on her, "Your right pet your not my property, but i told you one I don't like people touching what I consider mine. I also don't like when what I consider mine leaving."

Kagome clenched her teeth and hissed at him, literally, "I am not yours Inuyasha. I am mine and only mine! I will always be only mine! I don't care what you said that night!"

He practically snarled and twirled her around so she was straddling him, he grabbed her chin and made her look at him, "You. Are. Mine. Do you understand Kagome?"

She glared at him, "you. Don't. Own. Me. Do you understand Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha grinned wickedly at her, flashing his fangs and running one clawed finger down her cheek before grabbing het chin again, "Don't you see pet? I have owned you since the moment you fell on one of my men. I have owned you since I set eyes on you. once I decide I want something I always get it, no matter who or what it is."

"Inuyasha I dont want to be some mans property! I spent my whole life running because I didn't want that, I never wanted to be owned not even for a second, I never will! I-it terrifies me to think that could happen!," She took a shaky breath to try to keep from crying, "I-I n-never stopped looking over my shoulder because of that."

Inuyasha closed his golden eyes for a second and tried to block the sent of her fear from his mind, He let go of her chin and brushed his fingers over her cheek gently, "I didn't mean like that pet, I would never force you to do such things. didn't I tell you before I'm not a rapist bastard?"

She nodded and leaned into his hand, "I still don't want to be owned I like my freedom."

Inuyasha shrugged, "just come home every night like you usually do and Ill be fine, I don't want to have to worry about another incident like at Duchess."

Kagome felt her eyes widen, he wants to keep track of me because he's worried? Kagome didn't know what to say, the only guy who had ever worried about her was Hojo and he sure as hell wasn't as...aggressive as Inuyasha was about it. So instead of saying anything she ran a hand through his hair, gripping the soft locks halfway through, She didn't understand her relationship with the man before her. She knew he was selfish, egotistical, and short tempered but she had also learned that he was protective, kind, and gentle when he wanted to be. She knew that one second she wanted to rip his throat out, chop him into little bits, and paint the walls with his blood and the next she wanted nothing more than to be in his arms. It wasn't a feeling she was used to, she gripped his hair tighter, trying to decipher the chaotic mess that was her mind.

She must have been too quite for too long because Inuyasha was looking at her, half angry, half worried, "Kagome?"

"hmm?"

"Maybe I need to clarify. you don't have a choice, be home by sundown every night." She opened her mouth to respond when Inuyasha's phone buzzed, he held up a finger as a signal for her to be quite before picking it up, "what?"

Kouga chuckled from across the line, "Do you ever start a conversation with hello, boss?"

Inuyasha snorted, "Hello's take too long. I don't like to waste time."

Kagome laughed cynically from her place on his lap and tried once again to remove herself from him, hoping since he was using only one arm it would be easier to get out. It wasn't. Kouga heard her laugh over the phone and cleared his throat nervously, "Uh...am I interrupting something boss?"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "No your not, but I would just love to know why your calling."

"we caught one of the men the owner from Duchess mentioned."

Inuyasha smiled and eyed a still fuming Kagome, her top three..."Hey pet, how would you like to interrogate a spider?"

Kagome's face brightened instantly, "Can I bring my knives?"

He nodded and let her go, watching as she darted about the room collecting her various knifes and putting them in her holder before turning his attention back to the pone, "Ill be down in a few." He hung up after informing Kouga, "HEY KAGOME YOU READY?"

Said raven haired women came running down the hall and into the living room, tripping over her guitar case, "owe!"

Inuyasha chuckled, "smooth Kagome, real smooth. what the hell is in that thing anyways?"

She stood up and glared at the guitar case, "that and if I was one-hundred precent certain it was worthless I would burn it."

"want me to take a look?"

She glared at him sharply, "no. lets go."

He growled, annoyed, "Why not?"

"Because. If its valuable you'll take it."

He rolled his eyes, "Kagome seriously? Im not going to take whatever shiny object you have in there."

"Its not shiny. can we go now?"

"fine!"

She smiled and walked towards the elevator, Inuyasha right beside her. When she reached the interrogation room her future victim was in she grinned, "soooo what do we need to know?"

"Where the warehouse they make their weapons shipment is."

She nodded and kicked open the door revealing a scared looking blonde man tied to a chair, A shocked looking Kouga standing in the room with him. She ignored Kouga and flashed the man a predatory grin, "hey motherfucker! ready to play?!"

The man looked at Kagome wide eyed as she pulled out her first knife, "Whoa! wait a second darlin!"

She looked at him wearily, "damn your gonna be chicken shit aint yah?" she sighed, "finnnneeee, where's the warehouse you people keep your fucking weapons shipments?"

The man eyed her, "will you kill me if I tell you?"

"yes."

"then I have no clue."

"If you don't tell me you still die. but much much slower and it will hurt way more."

Inuyasha sighed and watched as Kagome didn't give the man any time to reply before plunging a knife under his kneecap. Inuyasha almost flinched at the mere thought of having a knife shoved into his knee cap, he could honestly say that was something he hadn't quite seen before. He tuned back in when the man stopped screaming and started talking, "WAR ZONE 82 THE THRID WAREHOUSE DOWN ON THE OLD DOCKS!"

Kagome smiled, "good boy. now you get to die quick." without hesitating she took out another knife and drew it across the mans throat. she pursed her lips, "well that was anticlimactic...are all spiders so pathetic?" she shook her head and slid the mans eyes shut.

Inuyasha stood staring at the women before him with a feeling that could only be described as awe, one second she could be incredibly violent -which he had to admit was kind of a turn on when it wasn't aimed at him- and the next she was treating the mans body like he was a fallen comrade. it intrigued him and for a moment he wondered what life would have been like if he hadn't met this women. he ran a hand through his hair, trying to erase the idea, "Kouga you know what to do. Kagome do you have any rebels in War Zone 82?"

Kagome narrowed her eyes at him, "One of my eight branches is in war zone 82...Im curious as to why the fuck no one told me the war zone was infested with bugs. I have a call to make."

Inuyasha grabbed her by the arm as she opened the door, "Im coming too."

She looked like she was about to protest but just sighed and nodded, heading off toward the conference room, "fine I have to check in on them all though so it will take a bit."

He shrugged, "fine whatever."

When they reached the conference room Kagome immediately turned on the system and called her rebels, she noticed inuyasha glaring at the wall and laughed, "like what I did with the place?"

"you trashed it and painted revenge all over the walls."

"Yeppp...oh look my rebels are here. Hey guys, don't bother calling everyone. this is between just us okay?" The rebels nodded and looked at Inuyasha wearily, Kagome noticed this and chuckled, "yes he need's to be here. first off I want reports, how's everything going?"

Inuyasha leaned against the far wall watching as Kagome conversed with her rebels, she had never told him which zone they were each from just said that they put out a sign at each entrance telling the Blood Hounds they where there. A dog bone with their motto in it, he had rolled his eyes when he heard but supposed it was better than walking in blind. Now...he wasn't so sure he liked the secrecy, it felt like she was hiding something from him. When he noticed she was going off track from business to their personal lives he removed himself from the wall, "stay on track pet, 82 remember?"

The eight people on screen looked at him shocked and disgusted, he assumed it was because of the nickname he had adopted for Kagome. She clearly was not happy either, "how many times to I have to tell you to stop calling me that?"

"How many times do you want to stab Kikyo?"

Kagome glared at him, "that is so not fair."

He raised a brow at her, "have either of us ever played fair?"

She looked at him for a moment, "true...Anyways! War zone 82 thats her." Kagome pointed to a women with mocha skin and a brown pixie cut.

The women raised a brow, "Did something happen leader? I can assure you none of The Blood Hounds have been attacked and or harmed here."

Kagome shook her head, "Its not The Blood Hounds we're worried about."

"Then who?"

Before Kagome could reply, Inuyasha did, "The Spiders seemed to have taken up residence in a part of the zone."

The women looked devastated, "L-Leader...is he serious?" When Kagome nodded she let out a deep breath, "I don't know how that happened...would you like us to eliminate them?"

Kagome smiled mischievously, "That wont be necessary Inuyasha, some Blood Hounds, and I will be heading down first thing in the morning...we need to have a chat with them. have some people and the main entrance to guide the way ne?" The women quickly nodded and Kagome dismissed them all, when they had all hung up she turned to Inuyasha, "happy scruffy?"

He nodded, "Very, now I have a meeting to get to. be good."

She rolled her eyes at him, "Good girls never get anything done."

He shook his head, slightly amused and walked from the room, leaving Kagome alone.

A few hours later.

Inuyasha woke in the middle of the night at the sound of clanking metal he tried to pinpoint the sound as he sat up from the couch. Deciding it was coming from the kitchen he soundlessly walked across the huge living room and down the hall, stopping momentarily when he saw faint light pouring into the hallway. He narrowed his eyes and sniffed the air, relived to find that the sent of honey and rainwater filled his nose. He was about to turn back around and try to get a decent nights sleep when curiosity hit him, Why the hell is Kagome in the kitchen so late? and what the hell was that noise? He swiftly walked into the Kitchen and froze at what he saw.

Kagome was sitting on one of the stools polishing an old beat up sword, she looked up for a second and froze, "I-Inuyasha!" she quickly re-sheathed the sword and hid it behind her back.

He looked at her blankly for a moment, "what was that?"

She bit her lip nervously, "exactly?"

Thats when Inuyasha noticed the open guitar case and kitchen counted covered in chains. He closed his eyes frustrated, "Kagome where the hell did you get that sword?"

She shifted nervously, "you know very well I stole it my first year in was zone 66...why?"

"Kagome...I need that sword."

She bolted out of her seat and backed up as far as she could before she hit the wall, "No, Hell no! I knew It was valuable! I wont let you have it!"

He growled at her and ran a hand through his hair, "Kagome."

She shook her head vigorously, "you promised you wouldn't take it."

Inuyasha's eyes widened in shock, oh shit!.."Kagome...Please. You don't understand...I need that sword."

She glared at him, "Why? whats it worth."

"Nothing to a human, a lot to a demon, and everything to me. so please Kagome please."

She blinked at him and then looked at the sword, I'v never heard him sound so desperate and pleading.."Inuyasha what is this?"

"my sword...I had it since my father died. it was stolen over 30 years ago...I cant believe you found it."

Kagome took another look at the sword, "A memento from your father?"

Inuyasha nodded, "and it keeps my demon side in check...it was my favorite weapon always will be."

Kagome frowned and fished around her pajama pants pocket, pulling out her pocket knife, "Like my mothers knife to me?"

Inuyasha looked at the knife and smiled slightly, "Yeah...I guess we're the same like that."

She bit her lip and looked at the sword, he's not lying about it being his...it clearly means a lot to him..."w-well I guess since your buying me a guitar and this thing means nothing to me. and I just cant sell someone else's memories...so here." She held the sword out to him with both hands.

He strode across the room and took it from her, surprised she let it go so easily, "thank you Kagome."

She nodded, hoping he couldn't see her blush...she wasn't even sure why she was blushing she assumed that it was because she had found some sort of connection to Inuyasha and was suffering a girlish moment, then the flash of metal caught her eye, she looked up to see Inuyasha holding a ridiculously large sword, "holy fuck that is way cooler than a pocket knife! how did you do that?! can I touch it?!"

He looked at her one brow raised, "It does that because of my demon blood and some shit like that, and sure pet why not."

She smiled and reached out, to run her hand over the blade, her finger cut slightly and she checked to see if it cut any better than it had when it was in its rustier form, "damn that is one nice blade..."

Inuyasha re-sheathed the sword and took her hand, bringing her bloody finger to his lips, licking the digit and sealing the wound, "careful Pet, I know you love to play with sharp things but to purposely cut yourself is just stupid."

She pouted, "but I like your sword." Inuyasha had to stifle a laugh causing Kagome to glare at him, "oh shut up you pervert!"

He smirked at her and leaned in close, "thank you pet."

Kagome tried to ignore the involuntary shiver that ran down her spine feeling his warm breath on her ear, "y-yeah whatever."

He chuckled lightly and pulled back to her was looking at her, "no really, it means a lot." He leaned in a kissed her deeply, causing her eyes to widen in shock, he hadn't kissed her since their love hate discussion and she sure as hell wasn't expecting it. she had honestly thought the whole thing had blown over. she realized she was wrong as his tongue flicked over her bottom lip causing her to automatically and involuntarily let him in. he smiled into the kiss, satisfied with her compliance, even more so when her arms wrapped around his neck. he continued to kiss her, slowly, deeply until he was sure she needed air. when he pulled back it was only enough so she could catch her breath. he was still close enough that his lips brushed hers with every word he spoke, "goodnight pet." he pulled back completely and took in Kagome's flushed face, tousled hair from where he had held her head with one hand, and slightly swollen lips. She looked dazed and well kissed, deciding that he was satisfied he quickly left the room before her mind caught up with her.

Kagome opened her eyes to find Inuyasha gone, she leaned against the wall still slightly shocked, "What the Hell just happened?"

Oh and quick question, am I the only one who gets annoyed when I'm looking through fanfictions I might want to read and honestly I go by the summary. (I speak from experience when I say if the summary sucks then usually the story does too...) and the author has the audacity to put something like "I SUCK AT SUMMARIES! BUT READ IT ITS A GREAT STORY!" or will write some half baked thing that has nothing to do with anything then be all like "sorry Im bad at summaries but read it anyways" another thing that bugs me is when authors refuse to write another chapter without a certain number of reviews, I major in phycology and honey that says A LOT about your self confidence and need for attention. oh and THATS JUST BITCHY YOU SHOULDNT BE ON A FANFICTION WEBSITE FOR REVIEWS ITS TO EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH YOUR LOVE OF NERDY CHARACTERS AND MAYBE GET SOME FEEDBACK SO YOU AN IMPROVE AS AN AUTHOR! (or be like me and write to see if people find your stories interesting and because writing is a passion you have.)

damn I'm glad I got that out...Haunt you later!,

poltergeist-people.