Yay! Another fanfic XD This one, like my other one, will be a little bit different from the usual Inuyasha personalities that you're used to. I'm just giving you a heads up so that you won't be angered with me -sweatdrop-. But I do make Miroku more talkative and a bit more like the real one if that's any better at all. Lol.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Inuyasha.

Chapter One: Moving In

Inuyasha, Miroku, Kouga, Kikyou, Kagome, Ayame, Sango, and Kohaku had all decided to buy a house and all move in together. It was a fairly large house, big enough for all of them to live comfortably. It was more like a house built in a forest. The surrounding land was filled with trees.

However, the house was a mess right now, since all of their belongings had just been transferred the day before. The yard looked like a dumpster, and inside it looked like a tornado had hit.

Sango sighed. "What are we going to do with all of this junk?" She picked up a random item from the box that was closest to her.

"Hey, that's not junk!" Kouga snatched it back. "It's a treasure…"

Sango rolled her eyes and decided to take a look outside at how the other girls were doing.

Just as Sango was about to go out the door, Kagome and Kikyou burst through it carrying two large boxes.

"Hey, Sango, give us a hand will you?" Kagome panted.

Sango helped the two girls carry the box in. They pushed some of the small boxes aside to make more room.

The three of them sighed out of relief.

"Man, how are we going to live here?" Kikyou wiped her sweat off of her forehead with the back of her hand.

"I know… It looks like—"

"Coming through!" Inuyasha cut Kagome's statement off as he barged in with a huge box and set it down right in the middle.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled at him. "We're trying to save room here!"

"What? There's nothing here," he said innocently.

"Can you at least put that huge box up in your room or something? We've got a lot more to take in."

"Fine, fine…" Inuyasha lifted the box that he had just set down, then put it down again.

"What are you doing?"

"Just taking a few more boxes of mine with me, since you said we're supposed to be saving room and all…" He picked up a few of the smaller boxes, stacked them on top of the larger one, and made his way up the stairs.

"Aw, you picked a nice one," Sango smirked at Kikyou.

Kikyou scoffed. "At least mine's not a pervert like yours…"

Sango sighed and mumbled as she walked outside.

"I win again," Kikyou said with a triumphant smile.

"Speaking of the pervert, where is Miroku?" Kagome looked around. "Damn, Sango just left… She probably went to go find him too. Let's follow her."

Kikyou just grinned, and the two of them followed Sango.

Sango circled the house, but found no sign of Miroku. 'Where is he…?'

She spotted Kouga taking the tape off of a sealed box. When Sango stopped, Kagome and Kikyou hid behind a tree.

"Hey, Kouga."

"Yeah?" He said, not even looking up.

"Have you seen Miroku anywhere?"

Kouga shook his head as he peeled off another strap.

"Okay…" Sango said slowly. "Thanks anyway…"

Kouga grunted and nodded. He never once even looked at Sango. He had no concern for any other girl besides Kagome anyway.

"Damn," Kagome muttered.

"What?" Kikyou already came out from behind the tree. "Come on. Maybe we'll catch them doing something!" She was talking about Sango and Miroku.

"I'm not going to be able to get past Kouga," Kagome said.

"No, there's always a way… We just need to find—"

"Kouga!"

A girl's voice screamed out Kouga's name.

Kikyou laughed. "You got lucky, Kagome."

Ayame appeared next to Kouga. "Hi, Kouga!"

"Hey, Ayame." Kouga had a piece of tape in between his teeth, so his words came out all blurred.

"Whatcha doin'?" Ayame always wanted to get close to Kouga, but she never knew the right words to say. She often took the girly and flirty approach.

"What does it look like…" Kouga grumbled.

"Sheesh, you don't have to be so mean about it…" Ayame sounded hurt.

"Sorry, it just hasn't been a good day…" Kouga finally got up. "Too much stress."

"Tell me about it. I know what you mean."

Meanwhile, Kikyou had taken Kagome by the arm and dragged her across the field, right in front of Kouga. Kouga, who had just happened to get up at this moment, saw a glimpse of them.

"Uh, Ayame, I'll… I'll talk to you later. There's something I need to do," he said rather quickly.

"Aw, but why?" Ayame whined. "You never talk to me anymore ever since you met her." She said 'her' in a disgusted tone.

"What? You don't like Kagome?" Kouga argued defiantly.

"Well, I don't like that you spend more time thinking about ways to talk to her than you do actually talking to me!" Ayame said. "We used to spend so much time together, but now it seems you're too wrapped up in Kagome to even give me a second thought."

'Damn, it's too late now…' Kouga sighed. "I know, Ayame… I'm sorry." He would have continued to try to brush Ayame off if Kagome hadn't passed by so quickly. 'I'll catch you next time…'

Kagome and Kikyou stopped around the corner of the building. They were panting.

"See?" Kikyou said in between breaths. "What'd I tell you? Ayame's good for more than just complaining."

Kagome didn't say anything. She merely tried to catch her breath. She put a hand to the side of her hip. Then she was nudged sharply by Kikyou.

"Ow! What the—"

"SHHH!" Kikyou covered Kagome's mouth.

Kagome tried to say something, but it was muffled by Kikyou's hand. Kikyou pointed to the left.

There stood Sango. She was wandering through the outskirts of their backyard, where the 'forests' began.

"Miroku!" she called. There was no reply. "Mirokuuu!" Still no answer.

'Where the hell could he be?'

Sango wandered deeper in. She knew that Miroku liked to come to these kinds of places when he needed to relieve stress or clear his mind. He liked peaceful places.

Kagome and Kikyou had lost sight of her.

"Damn," they both said.

"Miro--!"

Someone jumped down and grabbed Sango from behind, covering her mouth. Sango tried to scream, but she couldn't. Instead, she tried to fight back, but the grip was too tight.