Invitation

Inuyasha stared blankly at the document in his hand as he rested in his usual position near the well, waiting for Kagome to come back from her world. He sniffed the paper; his eyebrows knotted as he pulled the document away from his nose and stuck out his tongue. Ink, it just had to be in ink.

The Han-you tugged at the string closing the document annoyingly, but he was too nervous to open it and find out what it might be.

The letter was given to him by a lowly youkai who ran away screaming after handing the thing to the who-was-sulking Inuyasha, and being his usual self; no one gets to see him sulk without leaving in pieces or mentally insane for the rest of his of her life. Besides Kagome of course.

"Ooph." A voice called out as Inuyahsa turned his head to see the girl climbing out of the well, her hands pushing her petite body out of the hole that led to the other world. Kagome was back after three days.

She dusted off her skirt after pulling her whole form out of the magic well, then looked up and noticed his existence. "Oh, Inuyasha, I didn't see you there."

That threw off an almost automatic response from him. "You're just blind."

"Excuse me?" Her fists were against her hips as she pressed forward, one eyebrow twitching. She stopped abruptly and gestured toward the paper in his hand. "What's that?"

Taken back from her sudden question, the Han-you froze. The next thing he knew, Kagome was reading the paper that was in his hand just less than a second ago.

"Dear Inuyasha:
You have been formally invited to the family reunion on the twenty-third of August, please attention the thousands of year old tradition that only comes once a thousand years, or else. Bring only up to five people maximum and arrive around high noon. The reunion will be located at 27025 Bloodfang Street, West Planes.
Your truly,
Sesshoumaru"
Kagome stared vacantly at the paper, then turned back to meet an identical face of Inuyasha. "Family reunion?" She questioned.

"I don't know! How should I know!" The Han-you complained. "I'm only a little over a thousand!"

"But don't you remember a thing from the last one?" Kagome accused.

"No, I don't remember a damn thing!" He shrugged. "I'm not going to that stupid family reunion anyway, it's just not like I want to see Sesshoumaru's disgusting face, as if I don't see enough of that already!"

"Eh?" Sango's head randomly popped up from behind Kagome, who back away in shock from her emergence. "A family reunion huh? So that's what he's been hiding from us." She absorbed the words from the letter.

Shippo nodded gravely, his tiny arms crossed.

"Hiding?" Kagome raised on eyebrow.

"I was not hiding anything!" The fang-boy managed to show his teeth as he almost danced at the back of the two women, very badly that is.

Miroku pulled a hand to his chin and spoke out loud with a serious face, his eyes closed as if he was trying to recite a book. "Inuyasha ran out almost as fast as the messenger after he got the letter, without telling anyone of us about it. But because of our excellent detective skills, we were able to find out about his actions."

The dog boy growled; then threw his head away with a humf sound. "I'm not going to go to that damned family reunion, and that's that!"

"Um, Inuyasha, I don't think you would want to do that."

"Ah, why is that?" The Han-you turned his attention to the reincarnation of his ex-lover as she continued to read the letter.

"P.S. Inuyasha, if you decided not to come to the family reunion, I cannot make you. But just for your information, we shall be sharing the embarrassing stories of your childhood if you don't show up." Kagome looked up just in time to see the half shocked face of Inuyasha as his jaw nearly dropped to the floor. "I think it's better if you go."

"Chi," Inuyasha muttered curses under his breath as he walked away, "do what ever you want."

Kagome smiled and decided she should prepare for the party as the other three shrugged and started to chatter about the family reunion. She'll need to bring so much stuff there.

"All right!" Kagome climbed back to the well, waving a quick goodbye to Sango and the others. "I'll be back soon."

The light of the well swallowed her as she suddenly got two weird questions in her mind.

Exactly how old is Inuyasha?

And when did Sesshoumaru started using squiggles?

Kagome jumped off her bike and landed silently on her feet, she looked up from the letter to the large sign on the grass-covered field that read 27025. "I think that's it." She looked back at the sulking Inuyasha sitting on the back of her bike. He threw his head back and closed his eyes, by that look, it seemed that he had decided that he would not speak to her for quite a while. He never held out though.

"I think that is it." Miroku walked up to Kagome after he jumped off of Kirara, his voice grave. "Are you prepared?" He turned his face to each of the members of the group as Shippo jumped to hide behind Kagome's shoulder. Sango nodded in return.

Kirara shrank into her tiny size and perched on Sango's shoulder, peeking her eyes out with a soft "mew". Sango absently stroke her chin as she purred, her chin tilted and large eyes closed.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called out. "Let's go."

The dog boy didn't budge.

"Inuyasha, come one already!"

No motions.

"Inuyasha." Kagome turned away from him. "Sit." She spoke calmly.

A loud thud echoed through the space as the Han-you's face impacted with the ground and made a nice big dent on the grass field. He came up from his face first position with a loud growl.

"Inuyasha, we're going." The rest of the group walked passed the sign as Kagome looked back once, then shifted her attention back to the road.

Inuyasha followed with mumbles of curses.

After about five minutes of walking, then came to a hill clearing filed with tables, glistening white sheets covered the bare wood, topped with bowls and plates and chopsticks arranged in the most elegant way. Apparently they were the first one there.

Kagome sighed.

Just want to expect of Sesshoumaru with the elegancy.

And in the middle of the display stood the man in white with the long thick tail over one of his shoulders, the great demon of the west, bother to the Han-you beside her, Sesshoumaru.

The great youkai turned his head as his overly beautiful face spun around and met the gazes of all the others, a low smile spread his lips as Sesshoumaru skipped toward them beaming with radiance.

Kagome's eyes nearly budged out as Sango chocked on air while Sesshoumaru glomped Inuyasha into his arms and gave him an almost bear hug.

"Inu-chan!" He placed his face next to that of Inuyasha and rubbed his cheek against his brother's. "Oh my gosh, long time no see!"

"I...Inu-chan?" Miroku babbled as he took a stop away from the hugging brothers, brother to be exact. Inuyasha was trying his best to detach himself from his high-on-something brother and failing miserably. Sesshoumaru was a lot stronger than he looked.

Sesshoumaru pulled away from his younger brother and then pinched his cheeks with both hands, stretching them almost a foot apart. "Oh my gosh, you've grown, my dear dear little brother!"

"Dear...dear lil' brother?" Shippo smacked himself with one hand. "I'm dreaming, ain't I?"

"Get away from me you asshole!" Inuyasha screamed as he violently shook his head in an attempt to escape himself from his brother's iron grip.

"My my, such a language Inu-chan, where did you learn that from?" Sesshoumaru grinned, releasing his brother and clapped his hands together. "I wonder what our father would say about that."

Kagome just couldn't get her fingers on what was wrong with the picture, besides Sesshoumaru acting as if he was cheeriest demon in the entire world. Then, she figured out what was bothering her. "Sesshoumaru!" She called out. "When did you get your hand back?"

Sesshoumaru ignored her question as his attention drifted to another arriving figure, pacing slowly up the hill. He danced his way down the hill and managed to land his entire body in the arms of the other. "My dearest brother!" He squealed.

"Huh?" The group of five blinked at the mob of two people as Sesshoumaru jumped from his brother's arms. Inuyasha nearly fainted as he glanced at the two standing men.

Kagome chocked. "If you're seeing doubles... So am I."

Standing next two each other, one with a calm and deadly face and the other covered with all smiles was the color of white. Pale hair, gold colored eyes, youkai marks on the beautiful faces, the two Sesshoumarus stood in front of the five friends.