Chapter four: Time gone quick in the modern era

Amazingly it has already been a year and Ichiro and Hoshi look like they are three, Ichrio has silver waist length hair like their father; Hoshi has dark brown waist length hair like their mother, Rin and her children all have a dark purple crescent moon on their forehead, two maroon stripes on their cheeks and golden eyes like Sesshoumaru.

XX Sesshoumaru XX

Sesshoumaru has felt confused and in a word . . . lost, he keeps feeling these strong annoying emotions and then he has random visions about strange things happen.

Lately he has smelled Rin's blood and then get visions of her screaming and crying, or he will get the vision of her being grabbed by the throat and then randomly remembers a slight idea of what her scent was like it was a mix of flowers and water . . . and something else?"

Sesshoumaru has been different since Rin has disappeared quieter and more to himself.

Whenever he sees Jaken he is often gloomy or just not as happy as he used to be, even though Rin was at the palace for a day and a half not having her here seems to make people that knew her feel down.

Sesshoumaru knew he had to find out what happened to her, why he is having these visions and odd things he remembers.

XX Modern Era XX

Kagome and Inuyasha walk into Rin's house, the see Rin is doing dishes while Ichiro and Hoshi are playing in the house.

Inuyasha smiles "Ichiro, Hoshi don't I get a hello or anything?"

They run and hug his knees and shout in unison "Uncle Inuyasha!"

Kagome walks over to Rin "Rin you know that is been a year right?"

Rin looks up and nods "Before we leave I want to go shopping."

Kagome smiles and nods "I understand . . . to load up on things you can't get in the feudal era right?"

Rin laughs "Exactly like toys, toothbrushes, walkie talkies and books, and many other useful things."

Kagome smiles "I'll go start the car."

Rin smiles looking at her children playing with Inuyasha "Ichiro, Hoshi were going to go shopping for the trip home."

Hoshi and Ichiro run to the car while Rin laughs walking behind them.

Rin is sitting in the passenger's seat while the twins sit in the back, Hoshi smiles "Mommy?"

Rin smiles and looks at her daughter "What is it Hoshi?"

Hoshi looked at her mommy "Why did you leave the feudal era, if we were just going to go back?"

Rin sighed "Because there were problems there, but I'm sure that they're all gone."

Ichiro looked at his mother "Um . . . what's the feudal era like?"

Rin smiled "Well I loved it Ichiro, that's why we are going back and beside you both have more family there." She continued to explain "There are no big buildings unless they are mansions or palaces, no electricity, no plumbing and no toys really."

Hoshi and Ichiro look up at her mommy and unison scream "No Toys?!"

Rin nods laughing "That's why we are going to the store to buy some things they don't have there, before we go back."

Hoshi and Ichiro sighed in relief when Kagome pulled into the toy store, then Hoshi had a big smile and Ichiro had a slight smile he doesn't really show his emotions.

They all went into the store and got two carts, Rin smiles at Hoshi and Ichiro "Both of you pick three board games, eight books, three coloring books crayons and pencils and shapers for them, two puzzles and Hoshi you pick out six dolls and six outfits, and Ichiro pick out six cars and six action figures, one place set and some squirt guns too."

Hoshi and Ichiro take their cart and zoom down to the toy aisles, while Rin and Kagome talk

XX Kagome and Rin in the store XX

Rin looks and picks up some walkie talkies and batteries, "Kagome is it just me or is Ichiro have his father's personality too."

Kagome grabs some ramen noodles "No, he reminds me a lot of his father."

Rin looks at some candy and gets about five bags for each of the twins "Can we stay in the village?"

Kagome picked up some books for herself to read as did Rin "Sure, what are you going to do as a job?"

Rin smiled as she puts about five books into the cart "I was going to have me and the twins travel and kill demons plaguing villages around Keade's village, but we will be close to Keade's village enough that we can sleep in our house every night."

Kagome nods her head at the idea it wouldn't be that bad and Rin and the twins they are very strong.

Rin also put a ball with a purple crescent moon on it for the twins to share and two big jugs of bubbles for them to blow in the wind.

XX The twins in the Store XX

Hoshi Looks at Ichiro with a begging smile and eyes "Ichiro can we go to the girl aisle first?"

Ichiro glares at her "No, the boy aisle I won the race so I get to go first."

Hoshi glares back "I let you win."

Ichiro smirks and pushes the cart into the girls' aisle "Make it quick."

Hoshi hugs Ichiro "Thank you, brother."

Ichiro just stands there for a moment then hugs her back.

Hoshi picks up the board games Sorry and then Twister "Ichiro which one should I get?"

Ichiro shrugs as he looks at some board games as well, he throws the ones he wants into the cart "I got Headbands, Battleship and Trivia game: Modern and Feudal Era Version."

Hoshi looks up at him since he is taller than her by a good two inches "What one would you enjoy?"

Ichiro shrugs "There not mine, there yours so pick one you like."

Hoshi glares at him "I want the one you will like playing with me."

Ichiro sighs "I don't care . . . I suppose Twister."

Hoshi smiles and puts it in the cart with her other games "I got Hungry Hungry Hippo and Checkers."

They roll their cart down the aisle further, Hoshi picks up four girl dolls and two boy dolls and six outfits.

Ichiro rolls his eyes with an annoying tone "What is it with girls and dolls?"

Hoshi glares at him "It's the same thing with boys and action figures, there just dolls for boys."

Ichiro gives her a dirty look "No, action figures have actions like chops, and sword slicing; dolls can't do that.

Hoshi laughs "I don't see the big difference, it I tied a toy sword to my dolls hand then It be the same thing."

Hoshi gets a big smile as she looks on the top shelf it's a pink fold up doll house "Ichiro, can I climb on your shoulders?"

Ichiro has a confusing look upon his face "Why . . .?"

Hoshi smiles and points to the house on the top shelf "Neither of us can reach it unless we used our demon whips that come out of our hands, but mother told us never to use them in front of normal people.

Ichiro sighs and helps her on his shoulders "Hurry and get it Hoshi."

Hoshi nods her head with a smile she grabs the toy house and jumps off his shoulders putting it in the cart, "Thank you, and now let's go get your dolls brother."

Ichiro smacks his hand on his forehead "I told you," Hoshi giggles "Can't you take a joke."

Hoshi watches him pick out his action figures "I'll get a boy and girl of each set I get, I'll get normal people, police men and demons and then six random cars."

He looks up at a top shelf and sees a jail/police man set, Hoshi looks at the set he wants.

She smiles "Do you want me to get on your shoulders again?"

He shakes his head "There's no need," he jumps up and grabs it.

She glares at him "What if someone saw you?"

He laughs "I can tell them I practice high jumping."

Hoshi giggles "Well I think you should do it, you would always win."

He looks at her and whispers "Yeah, but isn't having demonic powers sort of cheating?"

She smiles "Only if you tell someone."

Hoshi smiled at him, her eyes big and gold "Want to have a race to finish grabbing our stuff?"

Ichiro smiles "I will win fair and square this time right?"

Hoshi runs and grabs her books "No I'll win!"

She puts princess, cute animal and hello kitty books in the cart.

Ichiro runs and throws car books, japan fact books and hero books in the cart.

They both rush and grab the same kinds of coloring books, easers, crayons, pencils and crayon and pencil sharpeners.

And lastly they throw two small water guns and one big water gun and then the puzzle they wanted.

Ichiro finished first and smiled "Hoshi what kind of puzzles did you get?"

Hoshi smile "I guess you won after all, and I got a 3-d one with a lot of puppies and then one with a lot of princesses on it.

Ichiro smiled "I got a 3-d one with cars and samurai ones.

XX Rin and Kagome XX

Kagome looks at Rin "I got everything I need."

Rin looks down at her list "Walkie talkies, batteries, a few books, a cd player with children cd's and song music for her, medicine: Children's cold, flu, pain medicine, bandages and a few medicines for herself cold, flu and pain medicine."

Rin nods "Got everything I need let go find the twins and see if they're ready."

Next thing they see as they walk out of the aisle is the twins riding in a cart that zooms past their aisle.

The twins jump out and push the cart over to Rin.

Hoshi smiled "Mommy we're all done."

Rin looked at them both "You got everything you need?"

Ichiro looks emotionless as Hoshi is full of excitement; Ichiro nods "I made sure that Hoshi and I got everything you told us to get."

Rin smiles and hugs them both "I'm glad, shall we go check out and then go home?"

Kagome smiles at them and takes them outside to the car while, Rin takes her cart to the check out and comes out a few minutes after them. She and everyone packs the car full of everything they got.

XX Higurashi family shrine XX

When they all arrive back at the shrine they told Inuyasha to take their shopping bags to the other side of the well, to the feudal era.

Rin hurries inside her house to grab one of the scrap books of her time her in the modern era with her children and adopted family.

Maiko, Sota and grandpa all come outside to say their good byes.

Once everyone says their goodbyes as Rin hugs her children close and then jumps into the well, Kagome jumps in right after her.

XX Sesshoumaru's Office XX

Sesshoumaru is at his desk, in his office writing important notes down, when he feels a strong feeling return. It's lot of happiness something he hasn't felt in a long time, but was it his emotion?

Jaken walked in and saw Sesshoumaru looking down at him "Jaken what is it?"

Jaken stutters "Have you spoken to your Youkai?"

Sesshoumaru glares "why?"

Jaken walks away "Only he knows what happened to Rin. . ."