I do not own InuYasha or Coraline. Ever notice that Cora is also the name of Madea's daughter?

When I woke back up, I was in my old room, looking up at a grey ceiling with grey walls and one chair where my doll watched me sleep.

I went downstairs and told my parents all about my dream. "Kagome, you just dreamed you ate all that food."

"I believe that's what I said." I rolled my eyes.

"So, buttons for eyes."

"Yeah. You had black ones. But dad had red ones and orange monkey slippers."

As my dad walked by, he stopped. "My monkey slippers are blue, thank you." He lifted up his foot to show off the foot wear. "But could you get me some of that magic mud? Because I have a serious case of writer's rash on my-." He stopped because he was pointing at his butt and he was about to say ass.

My mother was glaring at him. "If the real Takumi Higurashi wants his articles edited, he'd better have them for me as soon as possible." He ran off to his study. "Why don't you visit Jaken and Myoga, I'm sure they'd love to hear all about your dream."

I rolled my eyes. "Those two are crazy mom! They always fight."

She shrugged and went on with her business. I went upstairs and put on a green sweater and light blue jeans, tucking them into my green rain boots, and leaving my hair down. I went back downstairs with some stem cutters, and went outside. On our porch, there were five or so packages. I thought they might be for us because they were in front of our door.

I looked through all of them and they all said Totosai, they crazy guy that was doing back flips on the roof. I went upstairs to his part of the house, and knocked at the door. "Hello? I think our mail got mixed up, can I just leave it at your door?" A noise made me jump back in surprise and the door fell open. I looked inside for anyone in there, until I heard someone yell.

"SECRET!" I turned around and was met with a mad and old face, who reached behind me and slammed the door shut. I ran to the far end of the balcony. "No one looks at my mice!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to look at your mice, our mail got mixed up and I wanted to give it to you." I handed him the smelly packages, and he smiled.

"Cheese samples! Finally!" He smelled the mail and loved it. I almost threw up, but that's just me. "You see, I run a mouse circus, and I want the mice to go oom pah!, but they just go toodle toot. So, if I use stronger cheese, it will be a success!"

"That's nice."

"So, what is your name, little girl?"

"I'm not a little girl and the name's Kagome."

"Kagome, well, perhaps one day, when the mice are ready, I will let you see them first."

"Gee, thanks." I started back down the stairs, where guess who was smirking at me.

"Before you go, here is a beat. A beat a day keeps the sicknesses away. Das ve danya Kagome." He waltzed back into his apartment.

"What was that about?" Asked InuYasha who was holding his sides laughing.

"Our mail got mixed up, and I gave it back to him."

"That was the funniest I've ever seen him act ever, and when you looked inside his apartment! That was too good. I've wanted to do that for years now."

"Well that means that I'm more accomplished than you are, doesn't it." It was my turn to smirk at him now.

"Kagome!" Totosai yelled for me at the top of his balcony and then he jumped off and was going to land on me! I covered my head, waiting to die, but InuYasha scooped me up just in time so I wasn't hit by Totosai. "The mice, they have message for you." He looked around for anyone else, even though someone is holding me around the waist right now. "They say do not go through little door anymore."

I blinked in surprise. Was that real? I remembered this morning that my poison oak was gone. Maybe it was real after all. "They said that?"

"Alright old man, what the hell are you trying to pull?" Asked an irritated InuYasha, who still hadn't let me go yet.

He shrugged. "It is just what mice tell me to say." He climbed back up to his door and went inside.

InuYasha finally let me go. "What in hell's name was that about?"

"I don't know. I was going to visit Myoga and Jaken today." I walked over to the stairs that led to the door.

InuYasha snaked an arm around my waist. "Let's go then, shall we?" He gave me a devious smile and dragged me down to the door and knocked on it. "Jaken, open the door!" He yelled through the door.

The door creaked open, and the green guy came out and welcomed us. "It is so nice to see you Kagome! What a sight you are, so pretty." I blushed and InuYasha looked down at me.

"Thank you."

Myoga, a flea, came out next. "Kagome! You seem to become more and more beautiful as time goes on." He smiled.

"Thank you." I was as red as the thermal InuYasha had on with light jeans and black sneakers. We looked like Christmas.

"Well, what are you two doing out there, come on inside." Jaken stepped aside and let us through.

When we enter the room, there are dogs everywhere, "Your other family?" I ask InuYasha. He has dog ears, and I know he's a half dog demon.

He playfully glares at me. "Be lucky you're beautiful, or else that could've ended badly." He pokes me in the side, making me jump right into his other arm. "Hello there." He flashed me a smile.

I rolled my eyes. "You are too much for anyone to handle."

"On the counter argument, I think a lot of people love me." He let go of me with one arm at least. The other was still wrapped around my torso.

"A agree with Kagome, you are too much." Said Myoga from the kitchen. "Kagome, what kind of tea do you like?"

"I think she's a mint tea person." Said Jaken from the couch.

"She's a jasmine person, or a vanilla chai. So, jasmine?"

Jaken gave a sigh. "No, it's mint tea, not jasmine."

"Jasmine tea it is then." He went about making the tea and Jaken just rolled his eyes.

"So, how are you doing InuYasha? I haven't heard from your father lately, he still at sea doing research?"

InuYasha smiled as we sat down. He still hasn't let me go, not that I mind. "He is. He loves it out there. He says that over the summer I might get to come out with him and help him."

Jaken gave a slight nod. "Kagome, it was pouring outside yesterday, so I assume you were out and about gardening?" He asked me. Oh if only he knew my mother.

"No, my mother doesn't like dirt, so she didn't let me go. And when I tried to sneak out after the rain had stopped, she wouldn't let me." I gave a rueful smile.

"What a shame, for I would love to see some plants around here soon."

"I know, I would too, but she's crazy. My father said it would be a good idea, but she told him no, so I read a book instead." I smiled.

"That's good, reading and what not is good for the brain." He nodded his head in approval.

Myoga came back with the tea. "Here we go, nice jasmine tea. Now then, was there something you wanted to tell us?"

"No, it's just a visit." I smiled. They don't need to know about the thing last night. "So, how have you two been? Not killing each other at this point I hope."

We had a nice conversation after that, and then it was time to leave. "Thank you again for the tea." I waved goodbye as InuYasha led me out of the house and into the foggy outside. The fog was rolling down in layers, crawling along the ground like a snake.

Once we were up and the door was closed, InuYasha started talking. "So, what was the deal with the mice and a small door?"

"Oh, there's a small door in my apartment, and I had a dream that I went through it. So, why doesn't your grandmother let kids in?"

"A while ago, when she was a little girl, she had a sister, and one day she just vanished. Kaede, my grandmother, thinks she was stolen by a demon that she says lives in an alternate house on the other side of a dimension. She has a weird explanation for it." He shrugged his shoulders.

This is starting to get creepy. First it was Totosai and the mice, now InuYasha's grandmother's sister was stolen, and she thinks that there's something inside that house. "That's odd." I mumble and InuYasha nods his head in agreement.

There is silence as I ponder about things. "Hey, you alright? You look pale and you're quiet right now." InuYasha was concerned.

I smile. "I'm fine."

He looks at me like he doesn't believe me. "Are you sure you're alright?" He eyes me skeptically.

I giggle. "Yes, InuYasha, I'm fine." I smile to make sure he knows I'm good.

He takes it and we continue to talk about things. "So, have you ever danced in the fog when it's like this?"

I laughed. "What? No I haven't danced in fog, why? You wouldn't be able to see your partner."

He smirked and took me, once again, but the waist and took one of my hands. "Are you sure about that? I can see you crystal clear right now." He whispers. I move my other hand up and put it on his shoulder as he begins to move me back and forth and left to right and we begin our dance.

"What are you doing?" I ask him amused.

He just shakes his head, telling me to be quiet. He looks into my eyes, and his are so intense that I have to look away, but he stops, brings the hand holding my hand to my face and tilts it up so I'm looking at him, and he continues.

When he finally slowed down to a stop, we stood there for just a moment not saying anything. "So, did you have fun?" He asked me.

"You forced me to dance in the rolling fog which is really thick right now. Do you think I had fun?"

"I think that since you danced with me, you did have fun." He smirked down at me.

I smiled up at him. "I did have some fun I guess." I giggled and he laughed. He let go of my hand and walked me to my door.

"I'm going into town tomorrow for a new school uniform, did you want to come with?" He wanted to take me clothes shopping? I don't own flashy clothes, but I-wait, did he just say 'uniform'?

"Did you just say uniform? As in do we have to wear a uniform for school?"

He just chuckled. "Yes we have to wear a uniform. We're on a month long break because of repairs, and for the first week and a half, I did some upper body stuff, as you can clearly see, and now I need a shirt that shows them off."

I just rolled my eyes. "I thought that you needed something bigger to accommodate, but my mistake."

"When are you getting yours?"

"Tomorrow."

He brightened up. "With me?"

"No, with my mother. She said that she was going food shopping tomorrow and she wanted me to come with, but now I know why I need to come with. My mom never tells me anything." I glared at the ground.

InuYasha laughed. "Well, I'm sorry about your bad luck. Does this mean I'm your favorite now?"

"Yes." He looked excited. "You're my favorite right after Totosai, Jaken and Myoga." I laughed when his face went into a look of shock. "I'm kidding. You don't fight with yourself, and you don't jump off of roofs without warning." I smiled.

InuYasha glared at the ground. "I swear if he does that one more time I'm going to kill him." He shook his head. "So, I might see you tomorrow?" He looked hopeful.

I gave him a playful smirk. "You might, you might not." I winked and ran up my stairs to my front door. When I turned around, he looked astonished. I blew him a cute kiss and went inside and started laughing. I went into the kitchen to find my mom. "So, we're going shopping for a uniform tomorrow I hear."

She looked up at me. "How did you know that?"

"InuYasha, the boy that gave me the doll told me. He also saved me from Totosai when he jumped off a balcony and almost landed on me."

"He did not save you from something that didn't happen."

"Sure it happened. Just ask Kaede to ask InuYasha who will tell you."

"How do you know Kaede?"

"She's InuYasha's grandmother mom! There's this boy, InuYasha, who is real, and he and I are friends and he knows more about this town than I do. He's real, you've seen him."

She went back to work. "You're still going tomorrow for a new uniform."

"Well if I have to wear one for school, obviously I'm going." I rolled my eyes and went to my room.

It was later at night, almost dark, when I heard something tapping against my window. I got up from my book and looked out the window to find InuYasha throwing pebbles at it. I opened the window. "What are you doing out there?"

"A better question would be 'why are you up there and not down here'. Why don't you jump and I'll catch you." He opened his arms.

"And what would we be doing InuYasha?" He shrugged his shoulders. "You have no idea of what we would do and you want me to just jump into your arms?" He nodded his head like a happy child. "Nope."

"And just why not?"

"I'm the type of person that needs a plan before I jump into the arms of a stranger." I shrugged my shoulders.

"Well then how about I come up there." He stood back a few feet and started to run at the house. He jumped up and landed on my window sill.

"And now there's a stranger at my window." I stepped aside to let him through.

"My grandmother would flip her lid if she ever knew I was in here. She forbid me to go in this house as long as I live." He looked around my room and saw the picture of my friends and he picked it up. "Who are these people. A boyfriend back home?"

I rolled my eyes. "Obviously." He looked at me with sad eyes.

"Oh. That's cool. What's his name and address?"

I laughed. "He's not my boyfriend. He and the girl you see in the picture had a crush on each other. They never dated though because they didn't want me to feel bad." I shrugged. "His name is Hojo and hers is Eri. I'm sure by now they're making babies as we speak." My cell phone rang and it was Hojo's ringtone. "Hello."

"Kagome! How are you doing so far in where ever you are town?" Same old Hojo being weird.

I laughed. "I'm good. How's Eri? You and her getting along without me?"

It was his turn to laugh. "No, we're both on the verge of suicide right now because you leaving us is too much to bare anymore." He laughed. "But still, it's just not the same without you here so, Eri and I are going to mail you a gift." There was a long pause. "That was me winking."

I laughed. "What is it?"

"I'm not telling, and even if you call her, she won't tell you either."

"Hojo, what are you getting me?" InuYasha looked peeved. "If you don't tell me I can find out other ways you know."

He laughed. "So, meet anyone yet?"

I looked over at InuYasha. "As a matter of fact I have. His name is-"

Hojo squealed. "It is a boy! Hey Eri, Kagome met a boy!" The phone made noises signaling a change in holder.

"Kagome, this is Eri. Is this boy cute? What's his name? Do you like him? Is he annoying? What's he like?"

I laughed at my friends. "Put me on speaker Eri." She did. "So his name is InuYasha. His grandmother owns the apartment complex I live in, and he is a half demon and has silver hair."

"Hey, put me on speaker phone too." InuYasha whispered.

"I'm not putting you on speaker phone." I whispered back. "Let's see, he saved me from one of my crazy neighbors, and he danced with me in some creepy fog, and he made the worst first impression ever. I was looking for a well, and a cat scared me but I kept going. Well, I come to a clearing and behold, there his is, popping a wheely on his dirt bike with a mask helmet thing on his head and I thought he was a mutant. It's all good though."

There was some silence. "Kagome, we need you to exit that place soon and come back here. That place sounds dangerous."

"Not with him around it isn't. I know he'll protect me." InuYasha looked happier after that.

"That's good. Hey, sorry to cut things short, but we have to go."

"You have to go make babies? I know you two have gotten together since last time we met, don't try to deny it."

"Kagome, you know us so well. As a matter of fact, we are not making babies yet, but we are together." Said Eri.

"And I don't know about her, but I'm loving every second of it. So, when you say 'yet' for the babies part, when-"

"Okay guys, goodbye." I hung up. "Sorry about that. Now then, what were you saying?"

He smiled brightly and hugged the death out of me. "I'm so glad you know that I'll protect you so long as I'm here. Now I don't have to say it."

I laughed. "Did you want to stay for food?"

"No, I have something at home. I just wanted to take you for a walk." He shrugged and went to the window. "I'll see you soon." He winked and then jumped. I ran over to the window to make sure he was okay. He looked up at me. "Good night, Juliet." He winked once more and ran off into the forest. He likes winking.

I went downstairs and sat down at the table, poked my food, but took some cheese up to bed with me and put it on the floor.

Just like last night, I awoke to the sound of mice on my floor, and they took the cheese with them.

Okay, so I added a little scene in there just for the fun of it, and because in my opinion it needed more romance.