Hey everyone, welcome to the first chapter of Together. I hope you guys like it as much as A Winter With You. I already have half of this planned out and I love it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha the belong to the mighty Rumiko Takahashi

Kagome and Akina chatted excitedly as they exited their third shop of the day only to enter another just a few doors down. Inuyasha and Kouga followed behind at a sluggish pace still dressed in their girly disguises. The two had been punished to carrying the shopping bags full of clothing and accessories purchased by the two women, who they were currently regretting befriending, for getting in a fight with a cashier at a grocery store because she wouldn't accept their coupon.

"It says that right there" the cashier pointed at the fine print on the bottom on the small piece of paper, "That it's only good Mondays to Fridays."

"It's Tuesday!" Kouga had pointed out at this point.

"Yes, but if you continue reading it clearly states that it can't be used during special holidays and the Qualifying Tournament counts as one of these holidays."

"Listen lady" Inuyasha began slamming his clawed hands onto the counter and leaning closer menacingly, "You had better accept this coupon. I don't have time to mess around."

"Sir, would you please calm down."

"I will not calm down!" Inuyasha had yelled

"Lady just tale the darn coupon!" Kouga added angrily.

The cashier had been silent at this point a mere moment before…"SECURITY!" she yelled out.

Inuyasha and Kouga had both been kicked out leaving Kagome and Akina standing in line still beat red from embarrassment. The two had to not only pay for their purchase, but also apologize for their behavior countless times.

"I don't understand why we need even more stuff. We just bought all that new stuff a little while ago." Inuyasha mumbled as he struggled with the weight of several shopping bags filled to the brim

"They shop too much. By the time the tournament's over we're going to be beyond broke. One of us had better win so we can pay back the debt we are bound to be in." Kouga replied

"You guys need to hurry up!" Kagome called poking her head out the store door. The guys had been so slow they had been in there for at least five minutes, "We have some more clothes for you to carry for us!" she added in a sing song voice

Inuyasha and Kouga didn't reply but sped up their walk just the same.

The days had gone by quickly and the small vacation that the qualifiers were given was over. Inuyasha, Kagome Akina, and Kouga were on their way to the port.

Inuyasha and Kouga were still dressed as women, only today they had managed to get away with wearing pants instead of the skirts and dresses Kagome and Akina had been forcing them to wear.

As they approached the port Kagome was practically jumping up and down in excitement as she turned her head everyway possible to see everything going on. She had never been to the port before so she didn't want to miss a thing and it didn't help that she was loaded with caffeine.

"Hurry up!" Kagome yelled to her friends as she ran ahead of them eager to ship the ship that the three of them that passed the qualification round would be riding. Akina would be leaving tomorrow on a different, less fancy ship. She turned the corner and stopped running suddenly as she got her very first look at the grand ship. She felt her jaw go slack in awe. She had expected the ship be big but certainly no this big. The thing looked like it could fit the entire city inside it and still have room left over. "Wow."

"It is a beauty isn't it?" Someone said from behind Kagome

She turned to find a man standing before her. Kagome felt her breath get caught in her throat. The man had shoulder length ebony black and deep blue eyes. He was definitely handsome. Somehow Kagome felt like she knew him, but she was positive she had never met him before.

"Are you okay?" the man's voice awoke Kagome from her thoughts

She looked away from him, blushing having realized that she had spent the last minute staring at him, "I'm sorry." She said with a nervous laugh, "I'm fine."

"Emily!" Inuyasha yelled out worriedly, he was careful to use her false name

"Oh hi" Kagome said brightly, "Let me introduce you to Mr…." Kagome trailed off and looked over at the man remembering that she had not gotten his name.

"Rogers" the man said quickly, "Dean Rogers."

Kagome nodded, her dyed blond hair that she had pulled into a pony tail bounced up and down. "Dean, these are my," Kagome paused for a second as she tried to remember what they were to her, "sisters." She said after a moment, "Bell, Lily, and Julia."

"It's nice to meet you all." Dean said with a polite nod.

"Last call for boarding The Alkali at port 8." A voice echoed through the speakers, "Last call for boarding The Alkali at port 8" The voice repeated

"That's us!" Kagome yelled franticly, they were going to miss the ship!

"I'm boarding The Alkali as well," Dean said calmly, "and they won't leave, so worry not." As he began walking at a leisurely pace towards the ship

"They've left people before." Inuyasha pointed out glaring at Dean's back; there was something about Dean that was screaming at Inuyasha to not trust him

"Those people weren't me." Dean said dismissively

"He's awfully sure of himself." Kouga snarled

"Don't be so mean." Akina said staring at Dean wistfully

"Yeah." Kagome added. The two began to follow the black haired man hurriedly. Inuyasha and Kouga followed also just at a bit slower pace.

"Can you believe them?" Kouga snapped

"They're following him like a lost puppy." Inuyasha agreed still glaring, "Kagome's supposed to my girlfriend." He mumbled

"Yeah, well, you can't let anyone know that until you're yourself again." Kouga replied so quietly that only Inuyasha could hear him because of his demonic hearing.

The two demons caught up with the trio at the entrance to the grand ship that would be taking off any moment now

"We'll meet you at the port, okay?" Kagome was saying to Akina. Dean was standing behind her patiently.

Inuyasha and Kouga remained silent as the two girls hugged and said their goodbyes.

"You do realize that you'll se each other in a week right?"

Kagome turned and glared at Inuyasha, "A weeks a long time." She turned back to her 'sister'. "Bye Lily."

Akina walked over to Inuyasha and gave him a quick farewell hug and then to went over to Kouga. She hesitantly wrapped her arms around her in a sisterly way even though her face felt like it was on fire. She released him quickly and turned away from him and Dean so that they would not see her burning face; because she turned she didn't notice that Kouga was doing the same thing.

After a moment of two she turned back around to see her friends, "I'll see you guys soon." She said waving as her three friends and Dean boarded the ship and the doors closed seeing that they were the last people to get aboard.

As Akina walked back to the hotel room to finish her packing so that she would be ready to leave tomorrow. What she didn't know is that she was turning away from her friends for what will seem like an eternity. She didn't know that one of the people that had just boarded the ship would not live long enough to meet her at the main port in Kila. She didn't know that the worst few months of her life were approaching fast.

END OF CHAPTER

I hope everyone enjoyed reading the first chapter of the sequel to A Winter With You. Much will be explained about Kagome's past along with Akina's.

I hope that this fic will allow you to laugh, cry, and expierce all the rest of our healthy human emotions

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