Kagome sighed as she climbed through the well back into feudal Japan. She had been coming here for about a year, and she had made many enemies, but more importantly she had made many friends. It was weird to think about a life without this place, in a way, it had become more of her home then the modern era, and sometimes, she thought of staying here for good…


"I'm going over Mom! See you in a couple days, OK!?" Kagome called to her mother from the front door. A crash was heard from upstairs and a disgusted yowl from Buyo, as Kagome's Mother came running down the stairs. "YOU ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!" Her Mother yelled as she skipped the last few steps and stumbled into Kagome. Pulling her self up with the aid of Kagome's shoulder she barely managed to get out what she was trying to say.
"Y-you need to wear something better for the rough stuff you do! Plus, I don't like the idea of you near that Miroku fellow Inuyasha has told me so much about in that skirt!" Taking a sharp breath (she didn't breath during that entire speech) she continued, "So, look what I found you!" Smiling triumphantly she presented Kagome with a beautiful dark green male style kimono, and it's matching female style kimono.
Kagome Blushed, "Mom, me and Inuyasha are NOT going to wear matching Kimonos." Rolling her eyes, Kagome's Mother decided to spell it out for her apparently slow daughter, "They're both for you sweetie, the one that looks like Inuyasha's is for practicality, the one like Sango's is for, well, for being pretty."
"Oh, Mom! They're wonderful!" Kagome grabbed the female style kimono and looked more carefully at the fabric. It was covered in embroidered Japanese words, "They are protective charms, from Keade, not Grandpa, don't worry!" she added quickly when she saw Kagome's doubtful look. "Now go put one of them on and I'll pack the other, hurry up, pick one."
Kagome was stuck, I'd love to see Inuya-everyone's reaction to the female style kimono, it's so beautiful, but I have the feeling I should save it for later. Inuyasha will like the practical one better anyway, he won't be so mad at me for being late if it was for something practical. Miroku will be sad, lol.
"I'll take the practical one Mom, and try to put the dragon kimono somewhere out of sight, I don't want the others to run across it, I want to surprise them at just the right time." Her Mother simply nodded her head and shooed her upstairs to change, "You're late enough as it is, get moving!"
Kagome ran up the stairs in record time, and flew into her room. Quickly she changed into the kimono and turned to view herself in the mirror. She was surprised to see that the kimono didn't completely hide her curves as she had thought it would, instead it seemed to be fit to her in all the right places and yet was still loose enough to move. But that wasn't the only thing that she noticed about it. If you held it at just the right angle you could see the same protective charms as on the other kimono. I wonder how good they work? Oh, well, I'm bound to find out soon enough.
"Kagome! It's time for you to go, come let me see how it fits!" he mother called from down stairs. "Coming Mom!" Kagome ran out of her room and down into the kitchen.
Kagome spun around so her mother could admire her handy work, "Hmmm, looks good, eh? Get along with you now." Giving her mom a peck on the cheek, she ran out the door and to the well.
Swinging her legs over the edge she pushed off, Here I go again…