Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Australia. In fact, the only Australians I know are on the tv.

April 26- Hug an Australian Day

"Imouto, I warned you before we went to the beach."

"Urusai, Miroku!" Kagome huffed, wincing at the cold lotion he rubbed on her skin to relieve the burn. She and her brothers had decided to take a trip to Australian for the next two weeks, since her brother and she had just graduated (she had skipped a grade or so).

Miroku pouted, "Kagome-chan, call me onii-chan. It makes you cuter." Kagome snorted and went to put her shirt back on over her swimsuit top. She began to button the blouse as Miroku complained, "You know, I could still be at the beach rubbing tanning lotion on very well endowed Australian women instead of rubbing sunburn reliever on my little sister."

Kagome growled in what, in her opinion, was a menacing way, but Miroku only laughed.

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"I-Itai!" She turned around quickly and glared. Kagome blinked as she realizes that her brothers were one, no longer right behind her and two, they weren't the one who bumped into her. "G-Gomen... Ah, I am sorry."

"You must be a tourist. Your bathers are showing." The white-haired native glared down his nose at her. She blushed, not really knowing what a 'bather' was. She adjusted her shirt, trying to cover more. "What is... bather?"

He smirked at her and began to walk away. Kagome glared at the man's back, "Matte! Wakarimasen!" Kagome almost crashed into his back as he stopped abruptly.

Why does this always happen to this Sesshoumaru? He sighed to himself and turned to look at the small foreigner. "I hope you are not by yourself with such a small grasp of English."

Kagome huffed, "I am not... alone." She paused to think of the words for a moment. "I am on vacation with my brothers. I do not know where they are now." She smiled up at the man. She really didn't want to have to go looking for a police station. "Will you help me?"

"Why should I help a galah like you? You'll probably be lost again tomorrow."

She glared. "What is galah?!" He gave her that same smirk again and raised a brow. He was still waiting for an answer as to why he should help her. She muttered "Baka ka" and then smiled. "I will not get lost tomorrow. My--"

Sesshoumaru was staring down at her wide-eyed. "What did you dare call me?!"

Kagome looked up at the man, shaking her head. "I did not--"

"Do not lie to me, woman!" He grabbed herm arm and, growling, pulled her into a nearby cafe. Having an argument in the street was no way to go about this. Kagome, thinking heavily about what she might have called him, didn't protest.

As the waitress appear, Kagome's head shot up and her eyes landed on the Australian man. "Nihongo o hanashimasu ka?"

Sesshoumaru sighed and nodded. Kagome bowed her head sheepishly. "Sorry." She wrung her hands as Sesshoumaru ordered them something. She wasn't quite sure what. "Will you help me?"

Sesshoumaru looked across the table at the dark-haired girl. She reminded him of his stupid brother, which worked against her quite a bit, but who she reminded him more of was his ward, Rin. Reluctantly, he nodded. Kagome grinned and spoke in Japanese now. "I'm Kagome Higurashi. Nice to meet you."

"Sesshoumaru Taishou."

"Ehh?" Kagome gave him the once over. "You're Japanese?! Is that hair dye?"

Rolling his eyes, Sesshoumaru explained that it was a family trait and, while he was full Japanese, his father and he had moved there to be with his, now, step-mother. His younger brother was only half Japanese. Kagome nodded and smiled at the waitress who was now bringing them a malt. "Oh, wow. Your hair is so gorgeous, too though! I almost can't believe it's natural."

"Hn," Sesshoumaru took a drink of his strawberry malt. "Perhaps you should call your brothers. They should be worried."

Kagome jumped and reached into her bag, muttering "Of course, Kagome. Just call Miroku-niichan, duh." She dialed the numbers after taking out the phone. "Moshi moshi? Ah, yeah. It's Kagome. ... No, you two are too slow! ... Hah! I had a feeling you would go back there! ... Oh, right. Hang on." Kagome covered the mouth piece and asked, "Where are we, Taishou-san?"

Of course. He rolled his eyes. "We are at the Coldie Cafe on the corner of Wales and 12th." Kagome repeated the directions and after saying farewell, hung up the phone. She smiled at the man.

"Thank you." She shook her head at herself. "Although, I don't know why I didn't think of it. I guess I was just fretting bout it too much." She smiled up at him and took a sip of her chocolate drink.

"Ah!" The girl rustled around in her purse some more and drew out a sheet of paper and a pen. She wrote her number down and handed it to him. "Here. If you ever go to Japan..."

"Hn." Sesshoumaru took the paper and stuck it in his pockets. He would throw it away later (or at least that's what he told himself).

"Imouto!"

"Nee-chan!"

Kagome turned in her seat and grinned. She waved at the two as they walked to the table. "Miroku! Souta! You got here pretty quickly." She followed their eyes to the silver-haired man. "Oh, this is Sesshoumaru Taishou. He helped me out."

Miroku bowed and apologized for his sister, earning him a glare and a kick to the shin. He smiled, taking it in stride. "Come on, Kagome. We've got lunch arrangements, remember?"

"Oh, right. Okay." They said goodbye to Sesshoumaru and begin to leave, all except Kagome. She stood and stared at the expectant man. What could she say? While nothing seriously had really happened, she felt connect to this man now. She gulped and went with her impulses. She moved forward and hugged the thoroughly shocked man, kissing his cheek as well.

She giggled lightly, "Now that you probably feel thoroughly molested..." Kagome bowed. "Sayonara, Sesshoumaru."

A/N: Hmm, this one might need a sequel. I thought about just continuing it here, but I like the ending. But yeah, Kagome got a sunburn because I have a sunburn and it... well, it burns. x.x Ah, anyway this one definitely needs some definitions doesn't it?

Imouto- little sister
Urusai- Shut up
Itai- Ouch
Bathers- swimsuit (I believe...)
Matte- Wait
Wakarimasen- I don't understand
Galah- fool, silly person
Baka ka- Stupid Asshole (something more for males to say, but yeah...)
Nihongo o hanashimasu ka- Do you speak Japanese?
Moshi moshi- hello (phone only)

I wont insult anyone's intelligence by putting sayonara on the list. The middle was nice, but I think I had to push it a bit. Oh, oh, oh! If you didn't notice, I did, but Sesshy is a lot more OOC than usual. I blame aussie culture, not that I really know anything about it.

Anyway, I know some of these more recent ones aren't quite as good, but stress and hectic-ness kill my creativity. But with this, there are 4 days left! Oh, and I did skip the 25th, but I'm working on it. I've changed the holiday like twice already. x.x Thank you for the reviews (which never make me angry!) and thank you for reading. See you next time!