Silence invaded the lab as Kagome gathered the last of her arrows. "Alright, there's nothing else here…" InuYasha said taking the last of the ammunition and placing it in a bag. "We should probably look for more weapons…" Johanna smiled as she held on to Koga's arm. "In your position, I don't think that's a good idea." FireFang growled. Johanna bit the air before her and went back to cuddling the wolf.

InuYasha and the others agreed and they walked out the lab. "Sh… you guys hear that?" Koga whispered setting out his arms, stopping Johanna and FireFang. "Good… I'm not the only one then." InuYasha smirked. "Sounds like gunshots…" FireFang said as she held on to Koga's arm. "I can hear growling coming from that direction." Sesshomaru said clearly pointing to the north. "Should we check it out?" Kagome asked. "I think we should…" Johanna answered as she cocked her rhinestone studded gun. "Sigh… she did this last time…" InuYasha started. "Jo, just calm down you don't need that yet."

"Oh hell yes I do!"

"The rhinestone gun, again? That shit always gets us in trouble."

"So? Isn't it fun? I love it and so do you, so shut up and get your guns ready." She smiled as her heels hit the pavement.

They snuck behind some rubble to see a tall guy with black hair shooting at some walkers and a shorter girl with brown hair throwing what looked like a giant boomerang at the creatures, as well. "Whoa…" Johanna smiled. "They make a pretty good team."

"Let's get outta here, Sango!" the guy yelled as he took her arm and ran towards the others. The girl saw them. "Wait, there's people behind those rocks." She whispered. "Probably more walkers… show yourselves." The guy said seriously as he pointed his gun towards them. "Hey, we don't want any trouble." InuYasha held up his hands. "We're all alive." He said as the others emerged from the wreckage.

"Oh, good… my name's Miroku… this is my girlfriend, Sango." He smiled as he held the girl close.

"I'm InuYasha; this is MY girlfriend, Kagome."

"Sesshomaru, and his foster daughter, Rin..."

"Koga, and his girlfriend, FireFang…"

"Johanna and her rhinestone gun..."

"Good to meet some survivors… this whole thing was so sudden we didn't think anyone was still here!" Sango smiled. "Yeah, we thought we were the only living things for miles." Miroku said seriously. "Well, we could always use the extra muscle… so would you like to join us? We're looking for survivors… to save as many people as we can." Johanna smiled.

The couple looked at each other. "Sure." They both said in unison.

"Is it safe to come out now?" a childish voice asked. "Yeah, come out, little guy." Sango smiled. A little head with brown hair and pointed ears poked from behind her boomerang. "This is Shippo. He's an experiment on a fox we saved last week." She giggled. Kagome and the other girls awed. "He's cute, isn't he? They were gonna kill him but I saw and got him outta there." She pets his head. The fox child blushed. "His name stands for Simple Ship Interval of Plutonium Plastered Overdose… they wanted to inject him with a plutonium alloy that would make the average fox ten times stronger, but it went wrong when they used a younger fox." Sango explained. "But now here we are… and we should get going."

They made their way from the zombie infested area to a secret place Miroku had underground in a neighboring town.

"Whoa…" Kagome gasped at the sight. Guns and ammo everywhere as far as the eye could see. "We should be safe here." Miroku smiled. "And there we were, scavenging for more weapons…" Koga whispered.

"Holy crap, look at this!" Johanna yelled running towards a gun behind Sesshomaru. "No wait, that's…" Miroku was cut off by a blast. "Heat sensitive… she touched the trigger."

Johanna went flying, taking Sesshomaru who managed to push Rin out of the way, along with her. The others ran to their aid. Johanna shook her head and lifter herself up a bit. She shrieked to see she was on Sesshomaru. He looked back at her. She blushed wildly; trying to hide it she tried to get up but pulled his long silver hair instead. He grunted. "Sorry!" she said nervously as she tried getting up again, this time pulling at his ear.

"Gah, here…" he took her hands and set them to her sides then he sat up. "Y-you mind moving…" he said, trying (succeeding) to hide a blush. 'Is that a… a smile?!' she thought to herself. "Uh… oh, yeah." She smiled nervously getting off him.

"You shouldn't have done that…" Miroku explained as Sesshomaru helped Johanna up. "Sorry… it matches my shoes… I had to." The group looked over at her. "Really?" InuYasha hummed from behind.

"Kirara!" Sango yelped when she saw a two tailed cat run to her. "Holy hell, how many more adorable friends you got hiding?" FireFang smirked (still holding Koga's arm). "This is the last one…." Sango smiled as the cat jumped in her arms. "She's a demon cat we rescued when we went to Japan. They were going to kill her so we took her when we saw the chance." Miroku smiled as he went over to the brunette and petted the kitty as well.

"She is simply adorable!" Rin giggled. "Oh, you think she's cute?" Sango asked. "Kirara, could you transform for us?" she set the two-tail on the floor. Fire emerged from her paws, coating the feline from head to claw.

The fire spread to almost the ceiling and once it had diminished the cat had gone from cute and small to enormous and terrifying; like a savor tooth with the size of an adult bear. Everyone gasped.

Rin smiled. "Yes, I do." She walked over and began petting the kitty's nose. Kirara purred and seemed to smile as she tilted her head to the sides.

"Well, now that we all know each other, this is going to be HQ from now on so let's go scout out some food." InuYasha smiled.

The others agreed, and so, they were off.

THIS TOOK FOR… EVER! Thanks to FireFang for giving me a start on this chapter.