AiShi: Fweeoo. Done! Sorry it took a little longer to update, I had LOTS of projects because teachers are just SOOOOOO nice! Letseeeeee...that's about it...I guess all that's left is to enjoy peeps!

AiShi84 does not own anything EXCEPT the plot line, Aki, Moriko, and Amaya(who's role will become more pronounced in the next few chapters).

"You need to come over."
"Okay, I'll be over in a sec."
"Poe."
"Poe."
Aki hung up the phone; she needed Moriko over here to help her deal with her dead guests. She wasn't worried about if Moriko could see them or not, if Aki was psychic, then Moriko definitely was. Suddenly, the sound of shattering glass cut through the house, causing Aki to jump about three feet in the air. She quickly dashed into the kitchen to see Kagome breathing rapidly (I know ghosts don't breathe, it's a figure of speech people.) and standing next to one of Aki's mother's shattered blue china plates.
"I-I-I went inside it!" she gasped, still trying to calm down.
"Hey, it's okay, you probably just possessed it," Aki told her, trying to help.
"And since when are you an expert on all things dead?" Inuyasha asked sarcastically.
Aki was taken aback.
"I'm not!"
Kagome, now having recovered (whoa, quick recovery O.o) glared at Inuyasha.
"Hey! Give her a break Inuyasha," she scolded him.
Inuyasha "feh"d and went back to looking at all the futuristic appliances.
"So lemme get this straight Kagome," Shippo started, "you were in a plate?"
"Uhhhh…I think so."
"So…you were in the plate…and you moved it?"
"Yeah, I accidentally walked into it…literally…Sorry about the plate Aki."
"That's all right, my mom won't kill me too much." She smiled, grabbing a broom from the closet. "Alright, who wants to possess this broom and help me clean up?"
Shippo grinned.
"I will!" and with that, he jumped straight at the broom…and into it.
Suddenly, the broom started moving by itself.
"Oh my god!" Aki laughed. "It actually works!"
The very handy broom then swept up the bits of broken china into the bag that Aki had laid on the ground, then, its job done, out popped Shippo.
"That was great!" he exclaimed, throwing up his arms for effect.
The chime of Aki's doorbell rang through the kitchen.
"Hang on guys, I'll bet it's Moriko," Aki told them and the alarmed Inuyasha and Miroku who were ready to attack the source of the noise. Running into the hallway and almost tripping over a bunched-up section of carpet, she opened the door to see Moriko standing there. Her wavy-almost-curly brown hair drenched and her glasses covered with water, she looked like a drowned rat.
"Take me to your leader, so I can get out of the damn rain," she laughed, and then stepped inside on the rug.
Aki laughed along with her.
"They're in the kitchen, oh honored guest."
Moriko grinned.
"Well then, what the hell are we in a hallway for when there are ghosts about? Onward I do say!" she exclaimed as she pointed dramatically towards the kitchen.
Following her into the kitchen giggling, the look on Moriko's face when she caught sight of her dead guests was priceless.
"Hi, you're Moriko right? It's nice to meet you," Kagome greeted her, holding out her hand.
'I guess it is possible to forget you're dead…' Aki thought, a little surprised.
Moriko however, acted like it was completely normal to shake a ghost's hand. But when she reached out and tried to touch Kagome, her hand went right through hers.
Kagome blushed.
"Whoops, I forgot…" she muttered.
Moriko grinned.
"That's alright, Aki forgets everything too."
"Oh thanks," Aki laughed.
"Who the hell are you?" asked an impatient Inuyasha, folding his arms. His glare was interrupted though by Miroku whapping him upside the head with his staff.
"You must be respectful to a lady," he explained.
"Who the hell are you?" Moriko copied, asking Inuyasha the same question.
Inuyasha smirked.
"You learn quick don't you?"
"Not really," Moriko answered.
Aki noticed Miroku glancing around the room.
"What's up?" she asked him.
"It's…faint…but I almost sense a demonic aura around here."
"A what? Huh? How?" Aki asked him, obviously oblivious to anything.
"Miroku's a monk, he knows things like this," Shippo explained, the little fox curiously poking his seemingly nonexistent finger through the wall.
"And the demon part?"
This time Kagome spoke up.
"Uh, demons give off a sort of energy."
"And Shippo and Inuyasha are demons?" Moriko asked, now staring at Inuyasha's dog ears.
"Basically," Miroku answered.
"Okay, I think we need a question and answer time," Aki suggested.
Kagome nodded.
"My turn!" Moriko immediately volunteered. "Why do you have doggy ears?" she asked, pointing at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha stared at her for a second before answering.
"I'm a demon idiot."
"Half-demon," Miroku corrected.
"But then why does Shippo doesn't have fox ears?"
"All demons are made different? We don't really know," Kagome tried to explain.
"My turn!" Shippo shouted, and then pointed at Aki. "Can we stay here? I like it!"
Aki raised her eyebrows.
"I dunno, maybe," she responded. "I call this turn then. How are you guys here right now?"
"We died, we went to a realm of the dead, met the Spirit Guide who told us we get another shot at life, then warped us into this hell," Inuyasha told her.
"Wow, you get to the point."
Kagome smiled.
"My turn, Aki, what grade are you in?"
Aki was a little surprised at the normality of this question, but then answered,
"I'm a freshman at Nagoya Main High, so is Moriko."
"I believe it is my turn," Miroku said, stepping forward. "Would either of you beautiful young ladies care to bear me a child?"
Aki stared at him, dumbfounded, while Moriko reached for the meat knife on the kitchen table. Just as Aki had drawn back her hand and was ready to slap him all the way to next September, Shippo hit them all with a jackhammer of logic.

"How? Miroku's dead."

Aki and Moriko both stopped in mid-strike.

Miroku sighed.

"The downside of being a spirit."

"YOU PERVERT!" they screeched.

Kagome, who had been shaking her head this entire time, looked at Inuyasha.

"Do something will ya?" she asked him, pointing to Miroku.

Inuyasha didn't need to be told twice. In less than a second he had crossed the room and whapped the monk on the head.

Shippo sighed.

"Idiot," he muttered.

Once Moriko and Aki had calmed down a bit, they let go of their weapons. (Aki had managed to grab hold of a plastic spork after Moriko had begun wielding her meat knife.)

Aki leaned back against the cream-colored kitchen wall.

"Well, sounds like you guys need some help and Shippo had a marvelous idea, wanna stay here until you sort things out?" she offered.

"Thank you, thank you, and thank you!" Kagome praised her, bowing her head repeatedly.

Aki smiled and was about to respond when Moriko let out a squeal.

"AWWWWWWWWW! It's so CUTE! Can I keep?" she asked, pointing to Kilala who had just wandered into the kitchen.

Aki sweatdropped.
"Mor, it's a demon cat ghost, what do you think?"

"YAY!" Moriko cheered. Though, when she bent down and tried to pick Kilala up, her arms went right through her. "Aw man…"

Aki sweatdropped again.

"You idiot, even if you could pick her up, you couldn't keep her. She's Kagome's."

At this comment, they all fell silent.

Aki paused.

"Did I say something? Sorry, I didn't mean to…" she apologized. Looking towards Moriko, Aki saw that she was confused as she was.

"It's okay, one of our friends just decided to stay behind," Kagome explained.

"In the Spirit World?" Moriko asked.

"Yeah, you need it spelled out?" Inuyasha remarked, although his drooping ears gave away that he was sad inside at Sango's leaving too.

"I'm really sorry…" Aki felt bad that she had just brought up such a painful subject. Even looking at Kilala she could tell the cat demon was very saddened by the absence of her owner.

Suddenly, they were all blinded by two bright lights coming from the hallway. Moriko, recovering the quickest, peaked around the doorframe into Aki's hall.

"…Hey Akiiiiii?" she started slowly, "I thought you said your parents were away for the weekend…?"

Aki scrambled to where Moriko was standing and looked around the corner.

"Ohhhhhh crap."

AiShi: Bwahaha, behold a pathetic cliffhanger! I'm sure you're just DYING to have me update eh? (note sarcasm)

IT LOOKS LIKE PACMAN!

(Don't own him neither.)