Disclaimer: I do not own any of the awesome Inuyasha characters. T-T
CHAPTER 2- Whatcha gonna wear?
"Thanks," Miroku said as Inuyasha helped him out of the well.
"Wow… what is this place?" Sango asked no longer seeing a clear blue sky, but a dark creepy brown room.
"This is the shrine." Kagome said with a smile, "my family comes from a long-line of caretakers of the well." She paused, her smile fading into a frown.
They were gathered around the door, waiting for Kagome to lead them out. She was just looking at them, though. She looked more and more worried.
"What is it, Kagome?" asked Shippo.
"Mm. Its just…" Kagome looked embarrassed. She looked at Inuyasha, who was looking impatient.
"Out with it, Kagome. I don't wanna stay here all day, ya know."
"You don't have to be rude, Inuyasha." She snapped. Then she looked at Miroku and Sango again and her cheeks pinked. "I'm sorry, but you won't fit in here with those clothes."
"What's wrong with our clothes?" Miroku asked, pulling at the front of his robe looking slightly offended.
"Yes, Kagome, what's wrong with what we're wearing?"
"Well, it's just that you guys won't exactly blend in with those clothes here. People only wear kimonos on special occasions in this time." Kagome replied to Sango, looking down, trying not to offend her friends.
"What about me, huh Kagome? I don't have to change my clothes, I just have to cover my ears?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well I don't know what size you would fit and frankly you don't really give me a chance to give you something to change into. Usually you would come to my school or just stay at my house." Kagome replied, getting a little irritated with Inuyasha's comments - trying to keep herself calm. "I know a place where we could get some clothes, but I don't know how we could hide Shippo's tail long enough to find clothes for him."
"Maybe he could try to turn his tail invisible like he did with that old exorcist lady." Sango suggested.
"But my tail only disappeared for a little while and it only disappeared because of her sutra." Shippo pointed out.
"Yes, but her spiritual power isn't nearly as powerful as mine. I could see if I have a sutra that would suit the job." Miroku said as he rummaged through his robe. When he finally found what he thought would work he placed it on Shippo and he used the same fox magic he used with the old exorcist's sutra. 'POOF'
"Hey! It worked - my tails gone!" Everyone just stared at the spot Shippo was at. Shippo looked at them with a curious face. "Come on guys let's go!" Shippo said getting a little nervous.
"Shippo? Where are you?" having heard the comment Shippo looked down at his hands only to find nothing.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Shippo screamed. "WHERE DID I GO!"
"Calm down Shippo just peel the sutra off." Miroku instructed calmly while Shippo peeled it off and became visible again. Taking the sutra back he pulled out a less powerful one "Try this one." Miroku placed the sutra on Shippo's tail this time and one 'POOF' later his tail was gone.
"Awesome! Now we just need to cover Inuyasha's ears and get Shippo some boots." Kagome said getting more excited by the moment.
"Can we just get out of here already?!"
"Fine, let's go into my house." She paused grabbing the handles on the door then turned to the group. "Brace yourself" was the only warning they had. She opened the doors and the group squinted at the sudden light. When their eyes adjusted they just stood there with mouths wide open. Kagome smiled at their reactions. "That's my house there" Kagome said to the group while she pointed to the two story building. They started to walk toward the house. The group was staring at all the enormous structures and was startled by cars honking and construction. Inuyasha, on the other hand, thought he was about to go deaf every time he came. When they got inside they heard gunshots and then a deep male voice "PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!" they jumped at the sudden noise then got in their fighting stances. "Who's there!?" Miroku yelled getting a couple of sacred suetras out.
"Show yourself!" Sango yelled while Kirara started to transform.
"Calm down." Kagome said trying to get everyone to put their weapons away. "it was just the TV."
"What's "the TV"? Is it a demon?"
"No, it's something we watch for entertainment." Kagome said smiling as she went to the living room and switched the magical light box off. After everyone calmed down she gave them a tour of her house. "Alright, my Mom and Grandpa are on vacation in Hawa'ii and Souta is sleeping over at a friend's house so the house is ours tonight."
"They paddled a boat all the way across the world?!" Sango asked in amazement.
Kagome giggled. "No, they flew over in an airplane. There these big metal things that fly all over the world that you can ride to any place you want." She explained as she gave Inuyasha a hat and gave Shippo a pair of Souta's old boots, then she went to the door and grabbed a key. "Come on you guys, the fair starts soon!"
x"How far do we have to walk?" Sango asked.
"I didn't say anything about walking."
"Well, how else are we supposed to get there?"
"By car. My mom got one a little after we defeated Naraku."
"What's a car?" Shippo asked curiously.
"If you come outside I can show you." When they got outside she took them to the small parking area they had in the back of her house were a path that lead the car to the road was connected. She pointed to a red van, an older one, but well cared for. "That's a car." When they looked at her, confused, she said, "When you get in we can drive to the clothes store and then drive to the fair."
"Are you sure it's safe?" Sango asked worryingly.
"Of course it is. If it wasn't I wouldn't suggest it." Kagome answered as she clicked a button on her keychain making the headlights flash. The whole group jumped at the sudden flash. Kagome giggled. After she explained how the car works and got everyone in the car she started the car and pulled out of the driveway.
When they got to the store everyone around them was wondering when the cosplay convention had let out. When Kagome was done showing the boys the men's isle, she showed Sango the women's isle. Sango blushed when she saw all of the tank tops, spaghetti straps and shorts. After a little bit of looking around Sango found some clothes that she would be comfortable in. She decided on wearing a red tee-shirt with a silver ribbon that tied around the shirt right below her chest, a black pair of pants, and some conferrable shoes (Miroku wanted to see her in a spaghetti strap and some really short shorts but only got a slap on the face).
Kagome got a green tank top with faded blue capris and Shippo got a blue tee-shirt size xxs and some pants. After picking his clothes out, Shippo sat on the sofa out in the waiting area, when a girl around his age sat next to him, accidently sitting on his tail. "OWWW!"
"Oh my gosh! Are you ok? I didn't hurt you, did I?" The girl asked, getting a little teary.
'Wow.. she's so pretty…' Shippo thought to himself, looking at the sniffling girl. "Oh.. uh, no. I'm ok," he said, still staring. "My name's Shippo. What's yours?"
"Hime." The girl said wiping her tears away.
"That's a pretty name." Shippo said looking at her beautiful blue eyes. Hime blushed.
"Thank you." She said smiling, before a women called her. "I have to go. Are you going to the fair?" Shippo nodded. "Good! Maybe I'll see you there." She said getting up, leaving Shippo sitting there, day-dreaming about her.
Miroku opted for a blue tee-shirt and black pants with white tennies and after a long, loud argument, Inuyasha grumpily agreed to wear a black shirt, black jeans, and a red hoodie. Kagome and Sango waited outside while Inuyasha tried them on, talking about all the weird things (in Sango's opinion) that future girls wear. When Inuyasha finally stepped out of the dressing room, Kagome stopped talking - in mid-sentence. She heard Sango asking her what's wrong, but she didn't answer, she was so shocked. Inuyahsa looked…handsome. Like…really handsome. Her cheeks got really hot and she looked quickly away. Sango looked up to see what had gotten her attention and she said, "Oh." Kagome reached up, put two fingers on the bottom of Sango's chin and pushed her mouth closed.
"Well!" Kagome said, a little too loud. "Time to go. Yes, yes. Let's go everyone." Taking her friend's things, Kagome headed to the cash register and, after she had spent almost all the cash she had on her, they got back to the car and started for the fair.
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