Inuyasha Goes to the Airport
"Whaddya mean, you're goin' on a trip!?" Inuyasha yelled as Kagome calmly slung her deflated bag over her shoulder and shrugged.
"Mom's gonna be out of town for a while with Gramps so my aunt invited me and Souta to stay with her until Mom comes back. I accepted and that's all there is to it." Inuyasha, childish as usual, crossed his arms across his chest and stormed off to find a good tree to sit in until his anger cooled down or food miraculously appeared, whichever came first. Miroku and Sango exchanged frustrated glances and knew that their plans to bring the two closer together could be destroyed by Inuyasha's attitude.
"Don't worry, Lady Kagome," Miroku began with a smile. Kagome scooted away nervously as Miroku draped one arm over her shoulders.
"Hands where I can see them, monk," Sango warned in a low growl. Instantly Miroku pulled the hand away from where it had been hovering over Kagome's backside. He forced a nervous laugh and backed down under the fierce glare of the demon slayer.
Shippo burst onto the scene and hopped up on Kagome's shoulder with his big green eyes full of sadness.
"You're going to leave us again, Kagome? You just got here!" Kagome sighed and nodded as she hugged the little fox demon.
"Yes, I will be going away for a while but don't worry, I'll come back; I promise." He seemed satisfied with this answer and proceeded to search through Kagome's bag to see if she had somehow hidden more candy in the little pockets; he was sorely disappointed to find only one slightly melted mint and a smattering of American currency.
Kagome jumped sky-high when Inuyasha appeared right behind her from out of nowhere.
"Feh, you can go on your stupid trip," he muttered. The young miko rolled her eyes with a small smile.
"Gee, thanks, not like I needed your permission to begin with." Inuyasha growled low in his chest and his hands clenched into fists.
"Watch it, you're lucky I'm letting you leave the Feudal Era at all. So yeah, you can go on that trip but under one condition-"
"And that condition would be?" She knew she was going to dread his answer.
"You have to take me with you," Inuyasha said with a smirk. Kagome's stomach dropped; life sucked.
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"Are you sure you don't mind doing this, Kagome?" asked Mrs. Higurashi as she watched her daughter begin to pack her things in neat little piles inside suitcases. Kagome smiled and waved her mother off.
"It's not a problem, Mama," she replied. "I wouldn't want to be here with Souta for two weeks without having any help. Aunt Miyako will be a major help." Mrs. Higurashi removed three plane tickets from her back pocket and handed them to Kagome.
"Your aunt said that you would need three instead of two. She said that you were bringing an extra guest that she was quite eager to meet." Kagome blinked but then remembered that holy powers ran in her bloodline. She could travel through time, her grandfather had served at the shrine all his life, and her aunt Miyako could communicate with the spirit world and gaze into the future. With a lineage like that there was no chance of having anyone being normal. Her eyes brightened and she put the tickets in a safe place so that Buyo would not mistake them for food.
"I can always rely on her to know what's best," Kagome replied. "I'm bringing Inuyasha with me. Actually, I wasn't going to at first but he insisted in his pushy way." Her mother laughed and nodded.
"We should probably look for clothes for him if you're going to be seen with him in public. Most people don't wear clothing from the Feudal Era these days and I'm sure he would stand out in a way that would not be to his liking." At the mention of shopping Kagome perked up with a big evil smile. It was payback time.
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"I'm not wearing this stupid outfit!" Inuyasha hissed as Kagome stared at the boxer-clad hanyou standing before her. "I'd feel ridiculous!"
"Well you don't want to be walking around wearing that outfit and have everyone question you, do you? I would think that it would be a lot more embarrassing that way." Inuyasha clamped his mouth shut once he realized she did have a point. Begrudgingly he pulled on the baggy pants and buttoned them up. They were still slightly loose so Kagome slid a plain belt under the door. He jerked a t-shirt over his head and glanced at his reflection in the mirror.
"Come out and let me see how you look!" Kagome said cheerfully. The door swung open and Inuyasha walked out. His arrival was met with Kagome's approval. "It seems like they fit well. That's good. Do you feel comfortable wearing these?" He shrugged his shoulders and shoved his hands into the pockets of the jeans always mindful of his claws.
"It's all right, I guess. I'm just trying to adjust to all the differences." She nodded understandingly and quickly shoved a cap on his head to cover his ears.
"We'll get these and those other two outfits over there," Kagome told the sales associate that had been following them around for the past half-hour as if she were waiting to see them stealing something. The pinched-face woman sniffed and brushed past the two as if they were the filthiest creatures on Earth. "So much for good service," Kagome muttered under her breath. Inuyasha was about to say something when the lady turned around. Kagome took the clothes, paid for them, and then dragged Inuyasha out of the store with the cap still on his head. Fortunately the cashier had had the foresight to scan it first before they forgot it was there so there were no worries this time.
Now it was Kagome's turn to have fun. She went into store after store to search for clothes. Inuyasha thought that if he saw another advertisement with a barely clad woman he was going to get A: slapped B: scolded or C: a nosebleed. Kagome appeared beside him all of a sudden which startled him.
"Gee, you were looking at that picture like it was some sign from God," Kagome said with a giggle. "Maybe Miroku has been rubbing off on you." Inuyasha growled and narrowed his eyes.
"I'm nothing like that pervert," he muttered. "It's just that your time doesn't care about modesty." She shrugged her shoulders.
"True, but I bet there were some scandalous styles back in your time too." With six bags in tow the two walked through the mall and out into the bright, sunny afternoon. And Inuyasha knew he never wanted to see another dressing room again.
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The day of their trip arrived and Kagome woke early to finish packing before she woke Inuyasha. She checked all tickets and was relieved to see them all intact. Kagome glanced at the clock and her eyes widened to see how late it had gotten. In the blink of an eye she was in Souta's room and was practically throwing the boy out of the bed. She tugged even harder and Souta flew out of bed and landed on Inuyasha who let out a loud grunt of discomfort as Souta accidentally jabbed Inuyasha with his elbow.
"What the-"
"No time, get ready, we have to go!" Faster than a speeding bullet she was out of the room and down the hall to go and put her bags in the car that her mother had left for her. Bags flew down the hall and down the stairs where they then crashed with a lovely resounding thud.
"Hey, Kagome," Inuyasha began from behind her. Startled, she whirled around and managed to jam her elbow into his stomach, which knocked the breath out of him. He stumbled and tumbled down the stairs where he joined the bags she had thrown down there. Somehow Kagome had the feeling that this was going to be a very long trip.
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"Look, I'm sorry! I didn't punch you on purpose!" Kagome told the moody hanyou.
"Feh, yeah, and I bet you don't mean to tell me to 'sit' all the time. You're not fooling me, Kagome." She groaned in frustration and fought down the urge to strangle him. Inuyasha surveyed his surroundings with barely concealed interest. He leaned forward towards the cigarette lighter and fiddled with the knob until it flew off towards the backseat where it met its new friend, Souta's forehead.
"Inuyasha!!" Kagome screamed. "What did you do!?"
"Stop screaming at me and I'll you!" he demanded with his hands over his twitching ears. "I was messing with that hot thing and then it just flew off." Kagome repeatedly banged her head against the steering wheel even though the light she had stopped at had turned green quite a while a go and cars were honking from behind her.
"Do I need to tape your hands down?"
"Tape can't hold me," he said with a smirk that made her blood boil. She grumbled and sped down the street to the airport so that the next part of their journey would continue. And the day was just beginning.
END PART 1
So, what did you think? This is part of a new mini-series I'm going called "Inuyasha Goes to…" I select a new modern location for Inuyasha to visit and wreak havoc on and you can contribute too! Let me know what you think of this story and what other places he and Kagome should visit.