Author-chan's notes: HI AGAIN!!! This is my third chapter!!! I'm so proud of myself. I want to thank the people who reviewed my story. Reviews make me feel happy! ^_^ I especially want to thank all those people who reviewed my story, and told me about a few mistakes of mine WITHOUT flaming me. Arigato! Thanks for reminding me that England is only ONE of the landmasses that make Great Britain. Well, enough of the author's notes, on with the fic!!!
Overseas
(Chapter Three: New Clothes)
"I can't believe I have to wear this," Inuyasha grumbled.
"Stop complaining," Kagome scolded, "You don't look that bad…"
"I look like a farm boy!!!" Inuyasha yelled.
"No you don't," Kagome said, "If you were a farm boy you would be wearing overalls and chew on pieces of straw."
"Feh!" Inuyasha growled. Miroku had made Inuyasha pile all of his hair under a bandana-like cloth, and then Miroku placed a giant straw hat on top (*AN: How that's possible, I don't know. Inuyasha has a lot of hair! But I REALLY like his hair. I have a weakness for guys with white hair and doggy ears. Um, and you probably know what kind of hat I'm talking about. The straw hats are the ones that Asian rice farmers wear.*). To cover up his claws, Inuyasha had wrapped his hands with bandages.
"Do I really have to wear this hat? I look stupid in it," Inuyasha grumbled.
"Hey! I had to steal that hat, so you're going wear it!" Miroku said hotly.
"I can't believe he's a priest," Sango groaned, sweat dropping.
"Me neither," Kagome agreed.
"So, let's go to the city!" Sango cried, as she began to walk off.
"Hold it, Sango!" Miroku said, "You and Kagome-sama can't go into the city wearing what you're wearing now!"
"Why not?" Kagome asked.
"Baka!" Inuyasha sneered, "Look at what you're wearing!"
"Oh," Kagome blushed. She was wearing her usual school uniform, an outfit that wouldn't be invented for over five hundred years. Sango was wearing her demon exterminator outfit with the Hiraikotsu slung across her back. Needless to say, but her outfit SCREAMED that she was a fighter.
"Wearing those clothes will get you two confused as youkai," Miroku said.
"So what now?" Kagome asked, "You could have warned us how people felt about youkai in this area, Miroku."
"Well, um, I didn't think about it at the time," Miroku said, blushing.
"Baka," Sango muttered. Miroku blushed even harder.
"So where are you going to find Sango and me clothes?" Kagome asked.
"I have my ways," Miroku said mysteriously.
"In other words, the so called priest over here is going to steal some kimonos from a few women that are doing their laundry by the stream," Inuyasha translated, fidgeting with his hat. (*AN: Yep, Inuyasha REALLY didn't like the hat.*)
"I have no idea what you're talking about, Inuyasha," Miroku said stiffly as he walked away to get the kimonos.
"Bet the kimonos are still wet when he comes back," Inuyasha muttered.
"I bet that the women who own the kimonos will grind him into dust once they catch up to him," Sango added, "That plus slap him for asking them to bear his child."
"Who knows?" Kagome shrugged, "Maybe he'll come back perfectly fine with dry kimonos and no people trying to kill him."
"Don't say that!!! Do you want to ruin the happiest vision I had since I met that hentai?!" Sango asked, her eyes wide.
"You couldn't possibly really think about Miroku like that," Kagome began, but then she remembered who she was talking to, "Wait, never mind, you probably do."
A few minutes later
"COME BACK HERE, YOU HENTAI!!!"
"GIVE ME BACK MY KIMONO!!!"
"WHEN I TELL MY BROTHER WHAT YOU ASKED ME, HE'S GOING TO KILL YOU!!!"
"HOW DARE YOU TOUCH ME LIKE THAT!!! AND YOU'RE A PRIEST TOO!!!"
"KYAAAAAAA!!!!!" Miroku cried, running from a mob of women. Inuyasha, Kagome, and Sango watched as he climbed a tree in hopes to lose the angry women on his trail. Surprisingly, the women ran right past the tree without noticing Miroku. Kagome's eyes widened when she noticed that a few of the women were naked.
"I knew it," Sango muttered under her breath, "That baka priest just had to steal a couple of kimonos from women doing their laundry. And he just had to ask a few of them to bear his child in the process."
"They weren't doing their laundry when I stole those kimonos," Miroku said as he slid down the tree, "They were bathing."
"Baka priest," Inuyasha growled, "You're more of a hentai than I thought."
"Well look at the bright side, I did manage to get a couple of kimonos," Miroku grinned, whipping out eight kimonos.
"No wonder some of those women were naked," Kagome said, "You stole kimonos from eight women!"
"No, I just stole from six," Miroku said, "Two of them wore two kimonos."
"I can't believe he's a priest," Sango muttered.
"Oh my gosh!" Kagome exclaimed, "Look at this kimono!"
"It's wet," Inuyasha shrugged. Turning to Miroku he said, "Are you sure they weren't doing their laundry?"
"Yes," Miroku nodded, "I just dropped them in the river when I was running away."
"Baka priest," Sango muttered again.
"Everyone, look at this kimono!" Kagome said again, holding up the garment.
"What about it?" Inuyasha asked.
"You're supposed to have better vision than humans, Inuyasha," Kagome said, "Look at this kimono, and tell me what you see."
"I see a kimono," Inuyasha said, "Are you happy now, wretch?"
"Stupid, Inuyasha!" Kagome cried, "What's on the kimono?"
"Don't call me stupid, wretch!" Inuyasha snarled, grabbing the kimono from Kagome's hands. Then he looked at the kimono more carefully.
"What the?!" Inuyasha exclaimed, "This kimono is embroidered with gold!"
"Uh huh," Kagome nodded.
"But that's impossible!" Sango cried, snatching the kimono, "No ordinary woman would wear a gold embroidered kimono to go bathing!"
"Precisely," Inuyasha said, "No ordinary woman. I bet a few of those women were nobles. The rest were probably handmaids."
"WHAT!!!!" Miroku cried in shock.
"Way to go, priest," Sango sneered, "You just got a noble family angry at us for what you did."
"Not us," Inuyasha said, "Him. We had nothing to do with what he did, so as far as I'm concerned, we're gonna leave the priest to his fate."
"Good point," Sango nodded. Miroku moaned.
"I wonder what human nobles do people who they want to kill," Inuyasha mused, "Demon Lords usually just rip out the throats of their enemies."
"Humans just chop off the heads of their enemies," Sango said.
"Isn't that the same thing?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah. The only difference is that chopping off a person's head is a lot cleaner than ripping out their throats," Inuyasha said with a shrug. Miroku moaned again.
"I don't want to die!" Miroku moaned.
"Don't worry, you won't," Kagome soothed, "We'll help you keep away from those nobles."
"We will?" Sango blinked, "Can't we just leave him to his fate?"
"That's cruel, Sango," Miroku pouted.
"Sango, please apologize to him," Kagome sighed, rubbing her temples.
"Fine," Sango sighed, "Sorry."
"You have just made me the happiest man alive, Sango!" Miroku said joyfully, "Will you please bear my child?"
"HENTAI!!!" Sango yelled, slapping him.
"Baka Miroku," Inuyasha and Kagome muttered.
"Ow…" Miroku muttered.
"So can we go into the village NOW?" Sango asked impatiently.
"Not yet!!!" Miroku cried, "Those kimonos that I stole are too rich looking. There's no doubt someone would recognize them. After all, how many women wear kimonos like those?"
"Well, only two of the kimonos have expensive embroidery," Kagome pointed out, "The other six are more plain."
"So wear one of the plain ones," Inuyasha snapped, "And hurry up about it. That shard won't wait for us forever!"
"Is that all you think about, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, "The Shikon shards?"
'No,' Inuyasha thought to himself, 'I also think about Kagome and her wonderful scent.' But that's not what he said to her…
"It's none of your business, wench," Inuyasha snarled.
"SIT!" Kagome snapped.
*THUD!!!* Inuyasha was slammed into the ground, yet again.
"I'm going to change my clothes, and you better not follow me, Inuyasha!" said Kagome, as she walked off with one of the plain kimonos. Sango picked up another kimono and followed her.
"Maybe I should go follow them," Miroku mused, "After all, they never said anything about me not following."
"Don't even think about it, monk," Inuyasha growled.
"Damn!" Miroku muttered under his breath.
Author-chan's notes: I know there's not a lot of stuff going on, but I was afraid this chapter might end up going on too long. But I promise I'll have more action in the next chapter. Oh, and there is a reason why I wrote this chapter. Trust me, those expensive kimonos will needed later. ^_^
P.S. Please review. I'm begging you!!!