Okay here's a disclaimer for everyone: I don't own Inuyasha and I (sadly) never will

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Chapter 1: Picture-Perfect Sunset?

It's late afternoon, and Inuyasha and the gang have been travelling at a slow, comfortable pace for the past week as they head back to Kaede's village. Normally, this slow pace would've bugged the crap out of the irritable hanyou, but he knew that the sooner they got back to the village the sooner Kagome would leave for her time--and who knew how long she would be gone this time? So, albeit for now, Inuyasha decided to be patient.

The group had all been in a gloomy mood ever since their latest battle with Naraku, especially Sango; the poor girl had seen her brother again being controlled by their despicable enemy.

"Wow, that sunset is beautiful," Kagome breathed, turning around and looking at the direction they had come from. Everyone turns around, and the mood lightens briefly as everyone sees what Kagome was talking about. It truly was an amazing sunset, full of orange, pink, and yellow colors swirling around the setting sun.

"It is," agreed Shippo. "I wish I could capture it and keep it forever." The group collectively sighs in unison except for Kagome, who shrieked in delight.

"Wait a second!" she yelled, digging madly through her huge yellow backpack. As her friends all give each other confused glances, Kagome continues to furiously search through the bag, all the while muttering to herself.

"Kagome, what are you looking for?" Sango asked, but it was pointless. The girl just ignored her and kept on looking through the massive bag.

She stayed that way for a full minute until, finally, she pulled a fist-sized silver box out of the bag. The box had a big black circle on one side and a black sqaure on the opposite side. "Thank goodness!" she cried. "For a second I thought I had left this at home. I almost forgot I brought it with me."

A few moments passed as no one said anything and just simply stared at the triumphant expression on the young miko's face. "Um, Kagome...what is that thing?" Inuyasha finally asked.

"Oh, yeah, you guys don't know." She smiled. "This is a digital camera. Everyone has these in my era; they're used to capture images in a picture so you can keep them forever."

At this, everyone gasped. Kagome, giggling, proceded to press a button on the camera, causing a small green light to blink and black circle to stick out a little from the front of the box. Inuyasha grabbed the camera and started shaking it, much to Kagome's disapproval. "Hey, stop that!" she snapped, pulling the object out of his hands. "This thing is delicate, and I just got it for my birthday, so don't go breaking it!" She sighed and pressed a few more buttons on it before turning back to the sunset.

"Okay, everyone go stand over there." She pointed towards a spot on the road they had been travelling on and the rest of the group hesitantly walked on over. "Now get closer together and smile." Everyone but Inuyasha did as she said, and the hanyou instead crossed his arms.

"What are you gonna do with that cam-thing?" he asked.

"I'm gonna take a picture of you guys," she said impatiently. "But if you don't hurry up, the sunset will be gone!" Inuyasha suspiciously walked behind the monk and demon-slayer, but didn't smile. "Okay. As soon as I count to three, I'm gonna take the picture! One...two...three!"

But right before Kagome said three, a few things happened. Miroku chose this opportune moment to grab Sango's butt, which caused her to slap him. Shippo, who had been stationed on Miroku's shoulder, instead jumped onto Inuyasha's shoulder, causing the half-demon to yell and grab the kitsune by his tail.

Kagome, sighing heavily after all the commotion, looked down on the screen of the camera at the picture she had taken. Inuyasha, yelling with his mouth wide open, was glaring at a terrified (and slightly annoyed) Shippo, while Sango's hand was just making contact with Miroku's scared cheek. The sunset, of course, was beautiful. And, though everyone was either angry or scared in the product, Kagome couldn't help but laugh. This was, actually, a much more realistic image of exactly what would happen in a typical day with her companions.

So, while Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Shippo all argued, Kagome continued to laugh. This camera is going to be a lot of fun, she thought.

Mmkay, well I just joined this website so I have to wait for a few days before I can put this story up. Which sucks. But I guess it's sorta a good thing...hopefully I can have the next few chapters ready by then! Depending on whether I decide I still like the story tomorrow...haha.

Well it's late, and I'm gonna go to bed. Good night!