Summary: A rather funny (in my opinion) about what happens when Kagome drags Inuyasha to the future for her little brother's birthday party, and Souta's birthday present is - a puppy! HAHA! There's fluff in here and InuKag pairings! READ!!!
Disclaimer - I don't own Inuyasha...-sniffle-
Chapter One - The Well -
"KAGOME!!! YOU CAN'T GO HOME NOW!!! WE NEED TO FINISH THE SHIKON JEWEL!!!!!" A silver-haired boy with dog ears shouted at a girl who was quickly walking away.
"No, Inuyasha, I already told you, I have to go home. It's important to me." The girl, Kagome, replied, trying to keep her rising temper in check. She knew yelling at the hanyou following her would just result in a fight that would inevitably send her home crying…again.
"What the hell could possibly be more important than me?" Inuyasha whined, trying to sound cute. But the Shippo method didn't work and Kagome kept walking.
Kagome whirled around and faced Inuyasha, who stopped just short of walking into her. "Do you really want to know why I have to go?" Inuyasha nodded. "Alright, fine then, come with me and I will show you. Maybe then you will believe me when I say I HAVE to leave." Inuyasha looked stunned, but he walked towards Kagome.
The two of them walked to the Bone Eater's Well and Kagome jumped inside, motioning for Inuyasha to follow her. When Kagome disappeared, Inuyasha leapt over the wall and into the future.
Kagome waited next the well for Inuyasha to appear, thinking about what she had just done. She snickered to herself when she imagined the face Inuyasha would make when he found out exactly why she had come home. But still, she wasn't sure if bringing him to Souta's birthday party was the best idea she ever had. True it did get him off her back about leaving the Feudal Era, but with him here with her, it meant that not only would she have to constantly baby-sit him to make sure he didn't break anything, but it also meant that she would have no time to relax before Inuyasha started to bug her about going back to his time. She sighed, resigning herself to what was to come. She had already invited him, and she couldn't exactly just tell him to go home again. Then he would start yelling and the situation would go from bad to worse. Kagome looked over to see Inuyasha staring quizzically at her over the edge of the well.
"What," she asked when she saw his questioning face. "Come on, get out of the well. I am getting hungry. I skipped breakfast to pack this morning."
Inuyasha's ears perked up at the mention of food. "Can we have ramen?" He asked, plastering an adorable puppy face across his features.
Kagome laughed. "Yes, Inuyasha, we can have ramen, though how you can eat so much of that stuff will never make sense to me. Don't you get tired of it once in a while?" Inuyasha shook his head 'no' and jumped out of the well, running in front of her to Kagome's house.
"Mom! Are you here? I'm home, and I brought Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled when she opened the front door. No one answered. 'Hmm, I guess she isn't home,' she thought to herself.
All of a sudden, a small figure came rocketing into the room, yelling "INUYASHA" at the top of his lungs. The figure collided with the confused dog-demon and they both landed on the ground with a thud, Souta's arms firmly wrapped around Inuyasha's legs.
Kagome laughed and helped pull her younger brother off of his hero, asking him where their mother was.
"Okasan went to the store to get more stuff for my party! She said she'd be home before dinner. I can't wait till my party. It's going to be so awesome. I can show Inuyasha to all my friends!" Souta walked out of the room, still rambling on about how wonderful his party was going to be.
"What the hell?!?! You came back here so you could go to your brother's BIRTHDAY PARTY!!" Inuyasha yelled.
Kagome calmly turned around. "Inuyasha, do you have any idea exactly what a birthday party is?"
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!!!"
"Yes it is. If you knew what a birthday party was, maybe you would understand how important it is for me to be here for it."
"Fine, then tell me what it is." Inuyasha turned his back and sat cross-legged on the floor.
"A birthday party is something you have every year to celebrate the day you were born. All your friends and family come and give you presents and it is really important to young kids. When their family doesn't show up, they think they don't care. I miss so much of Souta's life as it is, being with you guys in the Feudal era, and I really didn't want to miss this."
Inuyasha laid his ears back. "Then why did you have to drag me along? I don't like being showed off by Souta to his friends like I am some kind of present."
"Well, one because you would never have let me go with a lot more grief if I didn't just tell you to come along. And two...well…I kind of didn't have much time to get Souta a present, so I figured if you were here, he would forget I didn't get him anything." Kagome smiled a half-smile, waiting for the explosion that she knew was coming.
"WHAT??!!? So I am a present!! That's it, I am going home." Inuyasha got up and went for the door, just as Souta came back into the room.
"Inuyasha, where are you going? I thought you were going to stay for my party."
"Hell no, I am going home."
"Bu…but…" Souta began to cry. Inuyasha stopped and turned, smelling the boy's tears. His eyes softened and he took his hand off the doorknob.
'Oh geez,' Inuyasha thought. 'If I go home now, the pup will cry and then Kagome will be mad at me. But if I stay I get to be paraded around this party like a new toy…' Inuyasha sighed and glared at Kagome, but he walked over to the crying boy and put his clawed hand on his head, being sure not to scratch him. "Alright, Souta, if it means that much to you, I guess I can stay a little while longer. " Inuyasha stole a sideways glance at Kagome, who was smiling. "Go play outside, Souta. I need to talk to your sister, alone."
Souta nodded and ran toward the door, his momentary sadness forgotten already. "Alright, I'll go, but no making kissy-faces while I am gone, Inuyasha!" Souta laughed and ran out the door. Kagome's face turned red and Inuyasha yelled obscene remarks at the fleeing boy.
"Calm down, Inuyasha, he was just kidding. Come on, let me put my stuff in my room and then I'll make you some ramen." Inuyasha stopped yelling out the door and grabbed Kagome's bag, jumping up the stairs. Kagome followed, rolling her eyes at the hanyou's antics.
Twenty minutes later, Inuyasha was plowing through his third bowl of ramen while Kagome washed the dishes. She heard the front door open and went into the living room to greet her mother, who was obviously surprised to see her. "Kagome, I didn't expect you to be back till tomorrow at the earliest. I thought you said you would have to fight with that cute dog-eared boy to let you come home."
"Uh…yeah, I found a way around that." At this moment, Inuyasha poked his head out of the kitchen, holding an empty bowl.
"Kagome, can I have some more?" he whined.
"Yeah, Mom, I brought Inuyasha here for Souta's party. I figured Souta would love it if he came." Kagome stammered, ignoring Inuyasha.
But she could not fool her mother. "Oh dear, Kagome, you didn't buy Souta a present, did you?" Kagome shook her head.
"Kagome! Can I have some more, already?" Inuyasha yelled, getting annoyed at being ignored.
"Kagome, why don't you take Inuyasha out and buy Souta a present now. The mall won't close for another four hours. And I see you have already ate, so you won't be needing dinner. You can buy some clothes for Inuyasha to wear tomorrow, since I don't think he should wear that to the party." She smiled and handed some money to her daughter.
"Alright Mom, thanks. I guess I will just go change, and then head out." Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's hand and dragged him up the stairs.
"Wait, aren't we going to have more ramen?" the dog whined.
Kagome quickly showered and changed into some street clothes and walked into her room to find Inuyasha glaring at her cat, Buyo.
"What the heck is going on in here?" Kagome asked, trying not to crack up.
"That damn mangy cat won't leave me alone." Inuyasha nearly growled.
"Oh, Gods, Inuyasha, I didn't think you would hate cats, too. I mean, you're a dog demon, not a real dog! Leave Buyo alone, he was just trying to say hi." Kagome walked over to her terrified cat and picked it up, placing him outside the room, where it promptly bolted down the stairs.
Inuyasha finally looked at Kagome, noticing exactly what she was wearing, which was a far cry from her school uniform. She had put on low cut black flare jeans and a white tank top, accenting the outfit with black thong flip-flops and black wristbands. His jaw nearly hit the floor and his eyes bugged out of his head. Kagome smiled at his reaction and walked out the door. "Come on, Inuyasha, we have to get to the mall!"
Inuyasha shook his head and followed her out the door.
Author's Note: Well, what do you think, guys? Did I get them all in character? All I know of Souta has come from the other fanfics I have read, so I am not really sure about him, or the mom. But oh well. Review and I will have the next chapter posted ASAP. In fact, it's already written, I am just mean and wait for reviews before I post it SO REVIEW!!! Oh yeh, don't worry, the fluff is coming in later chapters .