Hello everybody and happy New Year.
I have been working on a follow up to my last story, Kirara's adventure. This one is a bit different from Kirara's adventure that was more episodic like the anime, now it will be a long, single story, that will connect the plots from my previous story.

I will highly recommend that you read Kirara's adventure first, but if you haven't done it already, you can safely read the first chapter here and if you like my writing style, you can go back and read Kirara's adventure before I post the next chapter.

Disclaimer; I don't own Inu Yasha.

1….Back to the future

Kirara lay in Sango's arms and enjoyed herself greatly as Sango let her hand glide through her soft fur. They had taken a couple of days off when Kagome, after a brutally short discussion with Inu Yasha, had convinced him that let her go back to the school for a couple of days would be good, not only for her grades, but also for the ground he walked on. The nekomata could therefore just relax and have some lazy days.

"Hello guys!"

Kirara's ears suddenly perked as she heard Kagome's voice. The girl had told them she probably would be gone longer then this and Inu Yasha hadn't even gone "visiting" her yet, what could this be.

"Hello Kagome." Sango said and turned around towards her best friend, "What brings you back so early? I had the impression you would like to stay in the future for at least a few more days."

Kagome smiled, but not one of her usual cheery smile. "Yes, and I will certainly do, it is just that something important came up."

"Oh?" Sango said and tilted her head, noticing that the priestess hadn't brought her giant yellow backpack, "And what would that be that brings you back here?"

"You remember what I told you what happened when Kirara came with me to the future a little while ago?" Kagome began.

"Yes, and so?"

Kagome looked at the demon slayer before she let her eyes rest on the tiny demon in her lap, "You see the friend of mine, Eri, who Kirara saved, is going to witness against the people who threatened her in court. Those crooks seem to have done a lot of bad things towards many people and she told me she is a bit nervous about all this."

Kirara gave Kagome a mew.

"Well, terrible scared then." Kagome corrected herself and looked at the feline. "And I wondered if you would like to come with me back to the future again and keep her company while all this is going on. I was hoping she might feel a bit safer with you at her side. I know this is a bit of sudden, but do you think you could do that?"

Kirara stared up at the young girl, she sat up, closed her eyes and; "Meeewww."

"Thank you so very much!" Kagome smiled and clapped her hands together, "I hope it also is okay for you Sango."

"Of course it is," the girl replied. "How long do you think this will take?"

"Let's see," Kagome said and searched her mind. "I know it is set aside three days for all this, but Eri is only going to witness the last day. I was sort of hoping Kirara could stay with her until then to calm her."

The nekomata made a chuckling sound. Kagome's friend had been terrified of her, at least in the beginning, and only Kagome's serene demeanor had calmed down the frightened girl somewhat. Despite having a lot of insight into other people's minds, the simple naivety of her human friend occasionally displayed, were amusing.

Kirara rose from Sango's lap and made a jump up to Kagome's shoulder and mewed softly, telling her she was ready to come whenever she would be going back.

"Hehe," Kagome laughed, "Thanks Kirara, I….."

Then suddenly, "Kagome? Are you back again already?" Inu Yasha greeted in his usual way, walking beside Miroku. "I take it you are ready for more shard hunting?"

Kagome made a one hundred and eighty degree turn on her heels to face her impatient friend. "No, I am not ready, I will stay home a few days more and you know that."

"Keh, and why are you here then?" Inu Yasha grunted, earning him a sigh from the monk.

"I am here because something important came up, and I wanted to ask Kirara for help."

Inu Yasha looked almost startled, but quickly corrected his demeanor and crossed his arms. "Whatever you need her help for, I can do it better," he hastily said.

Kirara looked at Kagome, seeing her expression fast turn from irritated to a dangerously sweet one. "Ah, so you don't mind me doll you up and display you at a cat-exhibition?"

Inu Yasha stared dumbfounded at Kagome while Miroku and Sango's smile turned treacherous upwards.

Then Kagome surprised him by shaking her head and say, "No, I am sorry Inu Yasha. The reason for why I am here is because Eri need some help."

"Eri, isn't she one of the noisy friends of yours?"

"Inu Yasha, please." Kagome began, staring at his face. "Come to think about it, you said you would help her if she needed it."

"I have never…"

"Oh, yes you did, and don't you try to deny it. Both mom, grandpa and Souta heard you say so."

Inu Yasha seemed to try to think of something to say in order to get himself out the nice-guy situation, but eventually settled with "Whatever."

Seeing he didn't try making up any lame excuse, both Sango and Miroku gave the half demon a surprised look. The first one to speak was Miroku;

"Wow, Inu Yasha. I didn't know you had that in you. I mean, you are always there for Kagome, but offering yourself to help another woman in need, that was gallant of you." But of course, being the man he was, he also added, "What did she do to make such an impression on you?"

Inu Yasha's eyes narrowed dangerously, but the actual bodily harm was it Sango who took care of with her ever faithful giant boomerang.

"Shut up monk" Sango said as Miroku ever so gently stroked the bump on his head.

Kagome on the other hand was smiling, happy that Inu Yasha had come so far that he wouldn't deny being nice, right out. She stepped up beside him and took his strong arm to hold it close to her. "Thank you Inu Yasha, I knew I could always count on you. Now Eri can have two body guards!" She beamed and started dragging him towards the well. She turned around for a moment to face her other companions, "I will see you guys later. Give Shippo my greetings and tell him we will be back soon."

"Don't worry Kagome, we will." Sango said. "And I trust you will take care of Kirara and Inu Yasha in the meanwhile. Bye."

The trip through time and space went uneventful; it turned out Kirara was able to follow them without any trouble this time as well. Why Shippo couldn't do the same would be a question for another time.

Kirara, Kagome and Inu Yasha landed safely on the other side, Inu Yasha jumped out together with Kagome who was holding onto the feline. Mrs. Higurashi who was making dinner, greeted them when they entered the house. Kirara knew Kagome probably hadn't thought about bringing Inu Yasha home with her this time, but wasn't surprised when she looked at the dinner table and found it set for five people. Her mother had obviously anticipated his presence and Kirara made a light hissing sound, chuckling for herself at the thought how well her mother knew her daughter and her canine boyfriend.

"Welcome Inu Yasha" Mrs. Higurashi said and gave the half demon a motherly hug, "And welcome to you too Kirara," she proceeded and let her fingers stroke through her fur. "I am so glad that both of you would come. I will have dinner ready for all of you in a short minute."

"Keh," Inu Yasha said although not unfriendly and closed his eyes. He quickly opened them again however, visible annoyed when a shower of tiny white paper strips rained over him.

"Keh," Kagome's grandpa repeated and threw another load of useless sutras over him, "Welcome to you too."

For once though, Inu Yasha behaved, he would not give the old man the pleasure of provoking him in a way that ended with him being sat by Kagome. So he just stood completely still until Kagome instead went over to him and picked off the sutras. Now she was becoming irritated at her grandpa. Inu Yasha grinned. Bonus!

Failing to get the reaction he was hoping for and instead earning him a nasty look from his granddaughter, was it a tiny growl he heard from her lips, he quickly put away his last sutras and changed topic. "Souta just made a phone call. He won't be joining us for dinner tonight, he is watching a movie together with a friend and said he would eat at his place."

"Very well then." Kagome said and threw the sutras into the trashcan, "His loss, but…"

….Rrriinnggg…..

The doorbell rang all of sudden, getting everyone's attention. It rang once more as they looked at each other to see who would go and answer. "I wonder who that could be?" Mrs. Higurashi finally said and walked past the others to see who was at their door. "I don't expect any guests."

The old man turned around and walked after her, closely followed by Kagome and Inu Yasha. But from the look of it, one of them had to explain the concept behind the doorbell to a confused Kirara afterwards. With Mrs. Higurashi at the front, the entire family marched through the short corridor and upon passing a wardrobe; Kagome opened it with a swift motion, pulled out a cap and thread it on the half demon's head.

"Hello." Mrs. Higurashi said friendly and opened the door ajar. She was usually a lot more welcoming when people knocked on her door, but for Inu Yasha's sake (and Kagome's nerves with Inu Yasha around) she wanted to be a bit more careful.

Kagome, Kirara, Inu Yasha and grandpa peeked over/under her shoulder to see a quite regular looking man standing outside with some paper and a letter.

"Does a Mr. Higurashi Souta live here?"

"That would be my son." She said, "He is staying with a friend right now and won't be back before later this evening. May I ask what you want?"

"I am here from the Shinigawa Exhibition Centre," he began. "The entrance ticket your son bought when he went to the Cat Show was also a part of a lottery which he won. I am terrible sorry for the delay in all this, but after the entire ruckus that happened there, this was completely forgotten until now."

Mrs. Higurashi gave the man a kind smile, "Don't be sorry for that, it couldn't be helped. But can you please tell me what he won?"

"Yes of course mam. And if he is under the age of eighteen, I would like you to sign under for him on this paper please," the man said and gave it to her. "It is nothing dangerous or so, it is just a formality."

"Very well," She said and took the paper, "But before I sign…"

"Oh, yes," the man continued. "He has won an entire pig!"

"What!" Mrs. Higurashi exclaimed. "Not a living one!"

"No, it is dead." Inu Yasha stated flat from behind her. "I can smell it!"

The man looked a bit surprised at the rather unexpected statement but didn't dwell on it, instead he said;

"Yes, it is indeed dead. It is an entire carcass of an adult pig, it is perfect if you want to invite friends or family over to a barbeque. But if you want to part it up instead, you will get plenty of meat in your freezer."

Mrs. Higurashi looked quite skeptical at him, "If you got a large freezer that is… Something I don't have," she sighed and though of her options for a moment before a smile appeared on her face. She knew just what to with it and signed the paper. "Here you go," she said. "But do you think you could do me a favor and place the carcass inside the well house over there?" She said and pointed towards the tiny house with the time traveling well inside. "That would be a nice place to store it for tonight."

The man looked over to the well house, "No problem mam" he said and gave a few signs to his guys sitting in a lorry not far behind, showing them where he wanted the lottery price moved.

After the men from the Shinigawa lottery had left, Kagome, Inu Yasha, Kirara and grandpa walked to the well house where the matriarch was standing and looked at the carcass lying on the floor.

"Uh mom, why did you want to have the carcass in here? Do you want us to take it back to the feudal era?"

"No my dear, it was not quite my intention. Since it was won on the ticked Souta bought for the cat show and he can't possible eat up all this thing alone, I was rather thinking that Kirara should have it instead, if she wants. After all, if it hadn't been for her, he would never have been there in the first place. So what do you say?" Mrs. Higurashi said and looked down at the surprised feline between Kagome's feet.

Kirara stared back at the woman and her unexpected offer. Surely, the large animal would be far more filling than whatever she would get inside the house, but still… Kirara tilted her head and looked up at the woman with her large red eyes as if she was in need for a second confirmation. The woman responded by giving her a smile and clap her hands together, just like Kagome does. "Great, then it is all yours." the woman said, "I do hope you don't mind eating out here too much, because I really don't want that blood soaked carcass inside my kitchen."

Kirara answered her by wagging her tails and giving the woman a happy mew, walked past them and transformed.

"Thank you very much." Mrs. Higurashi said and turned to the rest of her family and pushed them outside. "Ok, then I think it is best for us to go inside and eat before our dinner gets carbonized." She left the light on and closed the door to let Kirara eat alone.

Kirara walked around the carcass, inspecting it from all sides. All this meat would for sure be a royal treat back home, but witnessing Kagome's mother giving it to her without even a second thought, showed her how different the future world was from the past. In this time, there were plenty of food, and people her in Japan, Kagome had told her, didn't live in worry for when, or if, the next meal would come.

Someone seemed to already having cut the animal's belly open and emptied it for several organs, although not all of them and some intestines were left as well. Kirara recognized the practice from her previously interactions with humans. They tended to tap the blood and use it to make different kinds of food. They did the same with most of the organs too, but strangely enough, no matter what type of food Kagome had brought with her from the future, none of it resembled any animal parts she knew. The priestess had called it processed food, and to Kagome's credit, Kirara had never had such tasty and variated food before, but she wondered what kind of species proceeded food could be, surely it had to be something foreign!

She found the soft spot under its belly she was looking for, teared off a large chunk of meat, and ate. The animal must had been dead for a while since it was cold, but that sort of thing didn't really matter much for Kirara as long as it wasn't spoiled or rotten.

The carcass was large, and Kirara ate through it. Her huge sharp teeth had no problem ripping it open to get what she wanted or buried her head deep inside to get it. Fate however, had unfortunately made the butcher forget to see if he had managed to empty the carcass for all its blood. Kirara had stuck her head inside to rip out something when suddenly one of the organs exploded under the pressure and sprayed her face and eyes with blood. This was hardly something new for her, but it still managed to take Kirara by surprise and she jerked her head upwards, through the flesh and the other organs of the half-eaten animal. Making all of it cling to her blood drenched face. This momentary distraction had also made her careless about her surroundings, because suddenly in front of her, the door flung open ….

Souta hurried home that night, not because he was late or because nobody knew where he had been, he had told his grandpa. The reason for his haste was because he had finally seen the movie the entire school had been talking about. Strictly speaking, it was mostly the boys who were talking about it, but some of the girls had already seen the film. Taro, one of his best friends and classmate, had an older brother who happened to have the DVD. Taro's brother had not been home today and therefore they could borrow it without his brother's knowledge and watch it together.

Despite the artificial light of Tokyo, the city was still a scary place for a young boy when night came. Most good people were safe inside their homes making them fewer outside on the streets. Tokyo was considered one of the safest cities in the world, despite the enormous size of it, but Souta knew better, at least after tonight. Monsters could be lurking in the streets and psychopathic assailants just waited for the right moment to snatch him away and cut him open. The pre-teenager jogged along the sidewalk, newer stopping to catch his breath, and when he came to the shrine stairs he ran up while he looked behind for each second step he took.

"Uuhhgg," Souta gasped for air when he finally reached the top. "The first thing I am going to do when I am a grown up is to install an escalator." Still nervous, he looked around himself. "Great, nobody outside, I guess they are all ins…"

…Crash…..

Souta jumped and turned frightened towards the well house where he heard the noise came from and saw a light coming from inside. And for a moment he just stared, then a grin broke out on his face and he started running towards it.

"Inu Yasha," Souta shouted happily as he practically flew across the courtyard to greet his idol. He heard some new noises inside and saw a shadow moving from under the door crack. The boy took hold on the door handle and showed the door wide open; ready to tell his hero about the film he just had seen "Gut Splatter IV", the infamous movie with eighteen-year limitation….

That was the first chapter, and if you enjoyed this I hope you will read my other story as well if you haven't done it already.

And as usual, reviews are more than welcome^^