"So you guys are from the USA?" Kagome asked as they joined the guys.
"Yup," Ashley said.
"That's interesting. I've
always wanted to visit there, but I haven't had any time
to."
"Visit where Kagome?" Shippo leaped at her and hugged
her.
"The United States of
America."
"What the hell is that?" Inuyasha dug his pinky
in his ear.
Kagome looked at him disgustedly, "It's a different country. It's across the ocean."
Shippo's eyes grew wide, "You mean there's other places than Japan?!"
"Exactly. There are many places on Earth."
Shippo looked at Jalynn and Ashley, "So, are you two from this States of America place?"
Ashley nodded as she said, "Yeah. And we're from Kagome's time too."
"So how were you able to get to Japan if it's over the ocean?" Miroku looked shocked.
"Uh, an airplane…" Ashley scooched away from him.
Miroku stepped closer to her, "So, what is an airplane, my lovely lady?"
Sango fumed as Ashley sweatdropped.
"Uh…"
"Miroku!" Sango shoved him away from Ashley and he fell into Inuyasha.
"Hey, watch where you're falling!"
Jalynn's eyes widened as she saw Kirara dodge Miroku's clumsines, "AH!!! She's sooo cute!" She flung herself at Kirara who wasn't fast enough to get away from her. Jalynn scooped her up and started petting her. Sango sweatdropped.
"Uh… Kirara doesn't really like being held by people she doesn't-" A purring sound erupted from her feline friend's throat. "Or maybe she does…"
Ashley shook her head as the other's watched in disbeliefe at Jalynn, "Yeah, she has a thing with animals."
"Evidently. Kirara never let's strangers hold her, let alone pet her."
"Yeah. She needs to gain trust first," Kagome scratched her head.
Inuyasha stretched, "Well, let's get going then. We have a long journey ahead of us." He started walking and Miroku followed him.
Ashley seemed timid as she asked, "How long will it take us to get to the place that'll take us back to our time?"
Kagome looked at her as Jalynn
walked by smiling as she stroked the still purring cat demon, "To
be honest, I don't know."
Inuyasha spoke up, "It'll be
about a week, if we don't run into any trouble along the
way."
Miroku snickered, "When don't we run into any
trouble?"
Shippo crawled up Miroku's robe and clung onto his head, "We always's run into trouble with you two!"
"Get off of me!"
Shippo dodged his hands as the girls walked past them. Shippo then leaped onto Kagome's shoulder.
"Kagome's nicer than you! She lets me hang onto her shoulder," He stuck his tongue out at Miroku who glared at Shippo.
"Shut up! You guys are giving me a headache!" Inuyasha yelled at them.
"Well, you're giving ME a headache," Ashley huffed at him. Inuyasha just stared at her blankly as the other's laughed. Jalynn looked at Ashley then at Inuyasha, confused.
"Ok, what did I just miss?" Kirara continued to pur as Ashley shook her head.
"Well, let's go…" Inuyasha was quieter and less tempermental as he said that. The other's followed as Kagome, Ashley, Sango, and Jalynn all talked about what had happened at the game and where Ashley and Jalynn were actually trying to go.
