Disclaimer: InuYasha is © copyright Rumiko Takahashi. Ri-chan is © copyright Shawn.

Hello everyone! Ri-chan [shawn] here! Ok...um... in this chapter we find Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and

Ri-chan setting up for Kagome's surprise birthday. Thats about it... ^_^;; oh yeah P.S. Ri-chan is supposed to

represent me, and no, Inuyasha and I don't have 'that kind of relationship'. We are just friends. Well, read on! ^-^

"Inuyasha!" Ri hung on for her life by the end of a red flowing streamer hanging from the upper corner of the wall.

"Achk!" she fell off the stool she was standing on and on to the ground.

"Ha ha ha!" Inuyasha laughed as Ri lay on the ground.

"That wasn't funny Inuyasha!"

"Oh yes, ecscuse me for enlightening your 'near death' situation!" he continued to laugh. Ri threw a roll of streamers at him.

"Will you two stop fooling around! Kagome will be here in 2 hours if Kaede doesnt stall her long enough! So get busy!" Sango was quite up tight to today's birthday situation. It had been at least year since she teamed up with the Gumi, and they had taken care of her. So she wanted to thank Kagome in the nicest way.

"Awe c'mon Sango-san, it's a party.... lighten up!" Miroku put his hand on Sango's shoulder and smiled.

"Houshi-sama...." She smiled and blushed a bit. Miroku slid his hand down a bit to low.

"Miroku! *gasp*!" She slapped him. "Etchi! Etchi! Etchi!" She glared at him, with a glare as deep as the blaring slap mark on his cheek.

Inuyasha and Ri laughed. Shippo came down stairs from the kitchen with a scared look on his face.

"Ri! Ri! That cake or whatever you call it is burning!"

"Huh?!" Ri ran upstairs and looked at the stove. "Oh my God!" Smoke was everywhere. Flames nipped out from the stove door. The fire alarm wasnt going off, but it looked bad.

"Look out, Ri!" Miroku grabbed the fire extinguisher and put the fire out.

"Kuso....." Inuyasha said. "There goes the cake."

"Great..."Ri said sarcastically. "Now I have to run out to the store and get one." She reluctently walked over to the stove and grabbed a face cloth. She wrapped it around her hand and opened the door to the stove."*cough* *cough* Shimata... " she said as she looked at the burnt chocolate/vanilla cake. She pulled it out and dumped it in the trash.

"So...." she continued.... "who wants to go to the store?" She gave a weak smile.

Sango looked at her watch (yes...sango has a watch).

"We got an hour and 50 minutes....so, I guess thats enough time considering we got most of the work done so far."

"Good. Now Ri can show us this 'store'." Miroku said.

"Can I come?" Shippo asked.

"Sure. Besides, you guys need to pick out gifts!" Ri said.

"Oh, thats right..." InuYasha said. He smacked himself in the fore head. "I neeeed to get her a gift!"

"We all do. We were so busy with the party." Sango said.

"Well lets go then!" Ri said with a smile.

"And since when can you drive?" InuYasha asked.

"Since I got my American License."

"But your only 15."

"Exactly."

Inuyasha looked really confused. He never understood Ri.

"Oh yeah.... you guys have to change, plus you need a hat, Inuyasha." She tossed a black beanie at him. "Also some new clothes. The red won't work."

"Whats wrong with my red-ness?"

"Nothing. But... you and Miroku look through my closet. I'm pretty sure Andrew and Zack have some clothes in there."

"Ok..." Miroku said. He opened Ri's closet and grabbed a pair of black baggy jeans with the slipknot symbol on the side. He examined them then found one of Zack's shirts. On it, it said 'I used to care, but now I take a pill for that.' Inuyasha grabbed one of Andrew's shirts. It had 'Korn' imprinted on the front. He grabbed a pair of jeans that were similar to Miroku's.

"Wow. Cool clothes." Miroku said.

"Now go change." She shooed them out the door. "We haven't much time." Then she threw some Vans and Chuck Talors at them.

She shut the door behind her then looked at Sango and Shippo.

"Sango...."

"Hai?"

Ri rummeged through her closet once more and pulled out a pair of bondage pants and a tight shirt that had 'Happy Bunny' © on it.

"Wear these."

Sango took them and changed into them.

"Now Shippo. We need to covor your tail and I think my little brother has some old clothes that will fit you. She dressed shippo in a pair of baggy jeans covoring his tail. Than a shirt with the Nirvana 'smiley' in it along with some little vans.

"Mmm... these are cumfy (yes... cumfy)." Shippo said.

"I agree."

InuYasha knocked on the door, "Ya done?"

"Yeah." Sango replied.

The boys entered. They looked very nice as punk goth dudes.

"Now lets go... the party is gunna be soon." said Sango.

"Ok...." they all said.

Ri grabbed her keys and the others followed her out the door.

"Um..Ri...."

"Yeah Miroku?"

"Where is your car?"

Ri looked around....her 'driveway'. Empty.

"Hm... guess we'll walk."

"Walk? oO;"

"Yes walk."

"Well, good thing Kagome lives so close to the super market." Shippo said.

"Keh..."Inuyasha snuffed. So they walked....

*10 minutes later*

They had reached the plaza to enter the store.

"Ok. We'll get the cake first, then some movies, then we'll get gifts. OK?"

"Good idea, InuYasha."

"Oh no...." Ri said.

"What?" Sango asked.

"Ugh, those jocks from my school. They're always messing with me and my friends."

"Messin' with you... how?" Inuyasha asked curiously.

"Well... ya know..."

"Do they hurt you?"

"....Not reall---"

"DO THEY HURT YOU?"

"ONCE!"

InuYasha looked angry. He and Ri have been friends. Ri had helped him get Kagome's soul back. InuYasha helped Ri save her friends too. So they became good friends.

"Hey Ri..." One of them called. They snickered.

"What do you want, Koto?"

"I want you outta here. You don't belong."

"Get outta here Koto!"

Koto pushed Ri back into Sango making them both fall. Miroku helped them both up and gave a dirty look to the jocks.

"Hey!" InuYasha yelled. "Ya think your a big tough guy for beatin' on girls?!"

"Huh? Who the hell are you freak?

"Your worst nightmare."

"Heh. Right."

Koto looked at Sango. "Wow. What are you doing hanging around these losers, babe?"

"Hey! Back off!" Miroku barked at him.

"Miroku?"

"Heh, your woman eh?" Sango blushed from that remark. But Miroku and Inuyasha looked really pissed.

Koto took Sango by the arm and threw her back to the jocks behind him. "Keep her with you."

The jocks laughed at her.

"GET OFF OF HER!" Miroku came at them full throttle and with a hard blow to Koto's face, making him fly backwards.

"Miroku..." Sango said under her breath. The jocks let her go and ran off.

"C'mon Sango."

"Miroku. What...was that?"

"It was... nothing" he smiled.

Ri, InuYasha, and Shippo looked at eachother.

"Weird..."

"Now, lets get in the store and get out!"

So they walked in the sliding doors and dissappeared behind the giant pyramids of Pepsi. (Oo;)