Chapter 36

Oh no…how did…these aren't mine! I dig through the clothing in my suitcase to see different clothes scattered in the bunch of my clothes; how did this happen? I hear a chuckle and turn to see Sango leaning in the doorway. "Ah come on Kags, my best friend is going to have some style this summer. You can't be completely covered head to toe during summer vacation while living on a beach!"

"Sango…I'm going to kill you!" I run after my giggling friend while the imagery of lingerie and bikinis fill my head. Some of my more comfortable clothing is missing too with miniskirts, short shorts, and tank tops in their place. She turns quickly down the hallway and I follow suite to run straight into Inuyasha. Sango laughs mischievously again from the safety of Miroku's arms.

Inuyasha raises an eyebrow in curiosity and asks, "Whoa, what's going on here?"

I glare at Sango while saying, "Sango changed the clothes that I brought without telling me and now I'm stuck with those."

"What clothes did she put in there?" My face turns bright red quickly and I start stuttering while trying to avoid answering his question. He rolls his eyes and suggests, "Well, it was Sango…so they can't be all that bad…"

I groan and say, "You have no idea…I'm going to finish getting ready. Sango, I'll get you back for this later!" While running back to my room, I can see Megumi crawling out of it. "Where do you think you're going little missy?"

She squeals and sits down to hold her hands out for me to pick her up, "Mama!" I smile but ignore her request so she'll work her muscles and start walking on her own. Megumi follows me quickly until she reaches my ankles; she hasn't walked since she called Inuyasha 'da da' earlier. I reach back into my suitcase to pick up the green and white striped bikini top and bottom. Groaning, I put those on the bed while reaching back in to get Megumi's bathing suit. It's a blue one piece with white polka dots and a tiny skirt at the bottom over the waist. A green little button sits at the bottom of each strap in the front as well.

"Let's get ready to go swimming ok?" Megumi claps her hands together while I lock the bedroom door so we can get changed. I give her a toy to play with and while her back is turned away from me, I quickly change into my new bathing suit. Once I'm ready, I pick Megumi up to get her changed into her adorable little swimming suit. "You're going to look so cute in this Megumi, you know that right?"

"Oi, hurry up in there would ya?" I ignore Inuyasha and pull up the waterproof diaper before putting her into her swimsuit.

"Oh hush up out there, I'm getting Megumi changed. I could use some help though, it seems she's a bit restless today." Megumi flails her arms around while occasionally hitting me in the face and trying to move around to get out of reach. I let out a quick breath while pushing my hair out of my eyes, I need a haircut soon. With Megumi only in her diaper, I get up to unlock and open the door for Inuyasha to come in. "She won't sit still and I can't get the bathing suit on; can you hold her still while I get it on?" He just stands there looking at me and his jaw drops slightly, making me blush. I forgot I'm only in the bikini still; turning around, I grab the long green halter beach dress and throw it over my head to cover myself up. He shakes his head to clear it and walks in to sit down in front of Megumi.

Megumi plops down in front of him and they begin a staring contest while I creep over behind her with the swimsuit in my hands. He picks her up and throws her in the air which gets a high pitched screech out of the now ecstatic baby before he catches her. He gives me look and I smirk knowing what he's planning. I stand back up with the bathing suit ready; when he throws her in the air again, making her squeal loudly once more, I put the bathing suit underneath her open and ready when Inuyasha quickly places her inside of it. I help guide her legs through the holes and Megumi looks down at her new attire. As I pull up the straps over her arms, she watches it as she tries to figure out if she likes it or not. Holding my breath, I wait to see if she's going to start crying or not. When she gives me a big open smile, I can't help but smile too. "That's my good girl, let's go find your cousin Shippo and have fun on the beach huh?"

Inuyasha and I head downstairs to see Sango holding Shippo while talking to Miroku. "You ready to meet the boss monk? You ain't gonna screw things up are you?"

Miroku looks over at him while pretending to be hurt, "Why Inuyasha…do you think so little of me?"

"Keh." We all leave through the sliding glass doors that show the beach on the other side of the glass. The guys walk over to the lifeguard stand while Sango and I take Shippo and Megumi down by the water.

Sango asks, "So Shippo, are you going to teach Megumi how to make a sand castle?"

The little boy's eyes light up at the thought, "Yeah, I can do that!" We both put the kids down and Megumi crawls after Shippo's running form to a clear spot of sand close to the water while Sango and I sit on the sand watching over them.

(Shippo POV)

"Alright Megumi, let your big cousin Shippo teach you how it's done. First we need to gather some sand together in a pile like this." I scoop as much sand to a single pile as I can while Megumi slams her hands into it. "No, you can't hit it yet Megumi. We need to gather it first." I scoop over some more sand and Megumi does the same thing while laughing at the hole that she's making.

(Kagome POV)

"So, why'd you do it?" I look at the girl next to me with crossed arms. She looks over with an innocent smile on my face, but I don't buy it and so stare her down.

She sighs and says, "You were going to sweat yourself away if you covered yourself up like you planned. I was saving you Kagome!" I roll my eyes at the drama queen that became my best friend. "Besides, you have to admit that they are cute." I shrug and take off the cover-up dress so I can soak up the sun. "This feels amazing though, doesn't it? And look, the kids are having a blast." We both look down at where Shippo and Megumi are playing; they gave up on the sandcastle and are now digging a giant hole instead. Well, Shippo's digging…Megumi is patting her hands down inside of the hole and laughing her butt off.

I smile and say, "Yeah, they're so adorable; I still can't believe she's almost a year old now. Only four more months till Megumi turns one."

Sango gasps and says, "We should have a birthday party for her! Oh come on Kags, please? It would be so much fun to plan a party!"

I giggle at her excitement, "You're getting excited for a one year old's birthday party, do you realize how old you sound right now?" Sango shoves me playfully while sticking her tongue out at me. "You're right though, we should definitely do something. But, what should we do?"

"Well, nothing big of course since she's still only turning one and it's not like we have a lot of people able to come over here. But, we can make sure she has her favorite foods and play her favorite games…" I nod; it would be nice to celebrate her first birthday. "I should ask Shippo when his birthday is now that I think about it…"

I call out, "Hey Shippo," when he looks over at us, I continue, "when is your birthday?"

It's easy to see that he's surprised by the question, but when he recovers he says, "September 23th!"

My eyes grow wide at the realization. "Sango, Shippo and Megumi have the same birthday!"

Sango shoots up into a sitting position, "Shut up, are you serious?" I nod my head and she continues, "We're so doing something now! I can't wait to tell Miroku."

My eyes take an evil look while I ask innocently, "So, you and Miroku are kind of like Shippo's parents huh? Are you all like a small family unit now?"

Sango looks away with a blush on her face, "Well yeah…kinda…Miroku comes by all the time to help me take care of Shippo. He takes us both out to eat sometimes too." I squeal and hug Sango; the two of them are so cute together. "Kind of like you and Inuyasha for Megumi huh?" I freeze as I think uh oh…damn…this backfired. "I see how Inuyasha is with the two of you, he's definitely the father figure in Megumi's life and the way you two work together definitely screams parental unit." I shove her and look away while my face turns to match Sango's. We're all one big family in a way, let's just hope things stay that way.

I know it's just a filler, I've been kind of pressed for time lately. My next semester is starting back up again next week and I have to get my textbooks and supplies for school. Not sure how good this chapter is since I'm multitasking to the max right now; if it's choppy then I apologize and hopefully my next chapter will be better. Till next time!