Yes, omake, but first...

Some of you pointed out that I used quite a few Japanese words in the story, and didn't explain them.  Sorry about that!  ^_^ allow me to do so now, to the best of my ability.  Below is a short list of words that appeared and their meanings.  If I am wrong about any of the words, please let me know.  I've picked them up through anime/manga, and also through other fics.  I've put them in the order of their appearance.

Neko: cat

Osuwari: most people translate it as 'sit', which is what I choose to do.  But I think it's tech. a command used to get dogs to behave.  ^_^ don't quote me on that.

Arigato: thanks

Ja ne: see you later, basically.

Hone kui no ido: bone-eaters well; bone-gobblers well.

Oden: Kagome's favourite food!  I think it has fish in it, but I'm not sure.

Youkai: demon

Inu: dog.  Hence, when I type inu-youkai or inuyoukai I am describing what kind of demon.

Miko: priestess.  But don't equate it with priests and the such in the Christian religion.  I believe Kagome's a Shinto priestess?  And generally mikos in the Inuyasha-world have supernatural powers centred around purification.  Other than Kagome...Kikyou, Kaede, Midoriko, and Tsubaki are priestesses.  Though Tsubaki is a priestess of the black arts (that means curses and black magic people! ^_^)

Baka: I don't know if I need to explain this one, but here goes.  It translates as any number of the following words: stupid, idiot, fool, moron, etc.  get the idea?  I think it's the Japanese word that pops up the most in fanfics.

Hanyou: half-demon

Hai: yes

Shikon no kakkera: shikon shards

Nani: what?

Oni: kind of means the same as demon, but it's used more for monsters within the series.  Doesn't Viz translate it as 'ogre'?  Devil.

Gomen nasai: I'm sorry.

Kitsune: fox.  Fox-youkai, that would be Shippou!  (always makes me think of Kurama...)

Hi-nezumi: fire-rat! Ya know, what Inuyasha's kimono is made out of.

Hiraikotsu: Sango's weapon.  The boomerang made out of the bones of youkai that her village killed.

Kaze no kizu: one of Tetsusaiga's special attacks.  It translates as 'wound of the wind'.

Taijiya: exterminator, really.  Demon-hunter.  What Sango and Kohaku are.

Shakujou: Miroku's staff.  A Buddhist staff.

Kuromiko: literally, black priestess.  A priestess that practices the black arts, one who casts curses.

Houshi: Buddhist monk, one of low rank, I believe.  That would be our dear Miroku!

Hentai: pervert.  I think ecchi is another word that appears in fics, and it means nearly the same thing.  Hentai is also a type of anime/manga/fic that deals with or depicts scenes of a VERY sexual nature.

Omake: hehe, usu. what I like to call parodies.  They often take a serious scene and twist it into something funny...or sometimes they're just plain strange.  In essence, it's usually the author or artist making fun of their own work. ;-D

Which brings us here.  I had one omake in mind, but then when I was writing that scene a few more wormed their way in.  I won't say they're funny.  But they ARE something.  :-D  imo, an omake works better as a visual joke, but my artistic skills just aren't up for that challenge.

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Miroku, being the clever lad that he was, had waited for Sango to sit down before casually making his way over to sit beside her.  It was the most logical place for him to go, he reasoned, since Kaede was on the other side of the small fire patiently awaiting what news they had brought back from their extensive travels.  Inuyasha snorted and Miroku spared a moment to feel pity for the hanyou.  He knew how much Inuyasha hated having to sit in the old miko's hut and answer questions.

The moment over, the lecherous houshi quickly sank back into the fantasy party that raged non-stop in his head.  Lovely it was...fantasy-Sango had just offered to polish his shakujou.  She placed the staff very firmly between her knees and began to rub rhythmically at the battle-worn metal.  Oddly, or not, she wasn't wearing her usual outfit, but something the monk had once seen in one of Kagome-sama's picture books.  Something softly curved and made of thin, shiny silk.  It hung off her very shapely shoulders by two nearly invisible strings; dipping low enough to hint at what Miroku saw when the exterminator was bathing alone.  He was salivating.

Sango had just asked him if there was anything else he wanted her to polish, when Miroku was jolted out of the daydream.  Something had...squeezed his butt?  He held very still, and did not have to wait long for the sensation to come again.  His blue eyes were confused a moment (not used to people groping HIM!), but they instantly cleared when he remembered he was sitting next the beautiful Sango. 

I knew it!  She does want me!  Turning on what he considered to be his irresistible charm, he looked at Sango.  And one look was enough.  Before he could say anything remotely lascivious the stubborn demon-hunter slapped him upside the head and scooted far across the floor, putting a good three feet between them.

Miroku pouted.  If she didn't want my attention than she shouldn't have...uh?  *patpatsqueeze* Miroku twitched.  Kagome?  No, she's in her own time.  Then who...?

Miroku turned slowly, ready to bolt if the other end of the hand was attached to a female twice his age or more. 

"AHHH!" Miroku yelped like a startled girl, jumping to his feet and away from the offending appendage. 

All the commotion stirred a sleeping boy.  Inuyasha peered up at Miroku through half-open eyes and grumbled, "What the hell is your problem, monk?"

"HENTAI!" *SMACK*

"Hey, Inuyasha!" she called into the rushing wind. "What happened to your face?" she paused for a moment to have a very disturbing thought. "Oh no, tell me you're not picking up Miroku-sama's ways?!"

Inuyasha twitched, so small that had she not been smooshed up against his back, she probably would have missed it. "Shuddup!"

[[Inuyasha should really see somebody about those dreams he's been having.  They're starting to get him into trouble! ^_~]]

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Kikyou worked her fingers into the collar of her robe, sliding them up and down under the cloth, then pushing it off her right shoulder completely. She smiled as she did so, parting her lips and licking at them suggestively.

"I've missed you, Inuyasha. I'm over that 'love-me-I'm-dragging-you-to-hell' bit. I..." She lowered her eyes demurely a moment. "I want you to be my first."

"Bitch!" Kagome screeched, suddenly appearing out of nowhere. She latched onto Inuyasha's arm and swung him around violently, sending the hanyou skidding across the ground face-first.  The irate teenage girl stood over him and panted. 

"Stay the hell away from my woman!!" Kagome screamed, her face contorted in jealous rage.  Kikyou smiled and flirtatiously wiggled her fingers at him from behind the younger miko's turned back.

Inuyasha: ^O_O^;

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Kagome leaned her bike against the Hone Kui no Ido. She didn't really have any exams this time (as far as she was aware), but dog-boy didn't need to know that. She just hadn't seen home in a couple of weeks, and...well...she missed mama. And hot water! And oden! And pillows---and damn it, she missed HOJO, too!

[[O_O that's.just.wrong.  *shudders*]]

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Okay, Kagome, think. But she was doing anything but. She frantically wanted to look around for escape, but she couldn't drag her eyes away from the unfairly beautiful demon as he approached her.  Gods, he's yummy.  With that long, silver mane of hair and those piercing gold eyes.  Golly!  Not to mention those stripes!  Stripes are dead sexy!

"Damn, boi, you is hot!".

Sesshoumaru stopped.  "Huh?"

The miko straightened away from the well in one seductive line.  Smoothing a suggestive hand down over her breast to her waist, then back up again, pulling it slowly through the waves of her hair.  She sauntered toward the suddenly hesitant youkai, a very threatening swing to her hips.  The atmosphere being broadcast around her changed from innocent, shy schoolgirl to dangerously unhurried sex-on-the-hoof.  The look in her blue eyes was...ravenous.

Sesshoumaru, not known for being stupid, quickly started backing away from this newly discovered threat.  "Uh, on second thought, I'll just find him myself...Eeep!"

Kagome pounced, then pouted cutely as the object of her desire took off running, tripping over himself in his desperation to escape.

Undaunted, Kagome slowly climbed to her feet and started hopping after the high-tailing Sesshoumaru, ala Pepe Le Pew.  "I love it when they play hard to get!"

[[and that's what I mean about these being funnier if visual. -_-']]

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Kagome peered over the rim of the well, ready to duck back into it and her own time at the slightest hint of danger.

*squeaksqueak*

Kagome: *blink*

She quickly lowered her head back into the well, her hands still visible clutching at its side.  She stared sightlessly at a vine near her face, trying and failing to process what her young mind had just seen.  She rose just enough to take another look.

*squeaksqueak* The youkai lord of the western lands zipped by the well again, peddling as fast as his poofy pants would allow.

Kagome: *blinkblink*

[[Sesshoumaru.  On Kagome's bike.  Now THAT I would love to see!]]

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Inuyasha crawled around on his hands and knees. Not exactly knowing why, but knowing it was expected of him. And he had to do what was expected of him. He paused as two dainty feet appeared in his line of vision, white against the grass' green. He slowly lifted his head from staring at the ground, and his gaze crawled over long, shapely legs, thighs and hips veiled in a strange green kimono that teased more than it covered. Kagome, he thought, but the girl that lowered down to kneel before him was older, more mature in face and body. An older sister, but no...a *really* older sister.

Kaede?!!!

[[O_O Inuyasha, that is just sick!!!]]

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Sesshoumaru saw stars when he opened his eyes. Real stars. It was like he was staring up a long tunnel. The open well showed him bright flecks of light, and a night that was deep in contrast.  Something tugged on his head and his attention snapped to the left.  Umm...

The miko knelt by his side, gripping tightly a handful of his long silver hair.  She was petting it adoringly, as if it were something alive.

"My precioussss," she hissed, a demented look in her eyes.

Sesshoumaru swallowed, nervously.

[[why, yes, I watched 'lotr: the two towers' just last week.  Why do you ask?  :-D no, seriously, my brother was making fun of me because I tend to have this little obsession with long-haired boys.  Just don't say...Orlando Bloom.  *faints at the name* (*_*) you think that's bad?  You should see me when I watch any movie with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in it! *begins to hyperventilate*  hehehe ^_^]]

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Confusion, a hint of emotion in his otherwise empty eyes. He stared at the scar and did not know what to make of it. Oh, wait, yes he did.  He tilted his head slightly, just enough to make out...

'Kagome Wuz Here'

Sesshoumaru: O_o

[[Has anybody seen 'Psycho Beach Party'?  I thought about putting 'ann bowman lives' but I didn't think most people would get it.  Oh well, there's another over-done joke!  Teehee!  How many does that make now?  Don't worry, I'm not done!  I just love making fun of my own work!]]

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She stood stock-still, though every nerve in her body screamed out at her to run. You don't run from dogs, her mind thought in an odd burst of clarity. They like it when you run. They like the chase. She was dealing with a dog-demon, but she didn't think that fact changed the rules as much as one would expect. 

Hey...She bent down and picked up a stick.  "Fetch, boy, fetch!"

Sesshoumaru watched as the stick went flying past him.  Then returned his glare back to its rightful place.

Kagome's arm dropped back down to her side.  "Er, nevermind.  Forget I did that."

[[dog jokes!  dog jokes!  Aren't you sick of them?!]]

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"Kagome-sama," Miroku said, stepping over Inuyasha's prone form, "I understand your hesitation, but is it really wise to choose Sesshoumaru's side over Inuyasha's?"

"I'm not on Sesshoumaru's side!" Kagome shouted---

"Yes, you are."

"Huh?"  Kagome looked down at the inuyoukai that was supposed to be passed out beneath her.

"Ow!  My ribs!  Get offa me, wench!"

"Ahh!  Gomen, gomen!"  She scrambled back off the demon lord's now bruised side.

Sesshoumaru rolled over and curled around his injuries.  Torture.  Torture before death.  He should have known.

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And finally, Kagome's dream:

The very strange girl danced from foot to foot, laughing and clapping her hands ecstatically.

"What the hell are you doing, bitch---" *SLAM*

"Inuyasha!  I got a perfect score on all my exams!  Even MATH!!!"

"Like I care---" *SLAM*

"Oh!  And I saw Naraku today.  He gave me his shards and then walked away and POOF," she made a *kersplat* motion with her hands, "he fell on this really blunt sword that just appeared out of nowhere.  Man, that had to hurt.  And yay!  Miroku and Sango are getting married!  They want me to be the Maid of Honour!  ME!"

"Hey, what the hell is going on?!"

"Oops, forgot to mention, the 'osuwari' command doesn't work anymore."

Inuyasha: O_O you mean I'm free?

"No, silly!  It's automatic now!"

"What the hell does that mean, you stu---" *SLAM*

"Wheee!  This is so fun!"

[[*sweatdrop* I don't know where that came from.  I really don't.  it scares me. O_o]]

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okay, nothing really funny.  Just some weird ideas I had when writing the story.  :-D  if they didn't make you laugh, I hope at least one or two of them made you smile!

Last thing.  I will be doing a sequel.  Look for it soon under the title: "It Changes Everything".  Wow, it took me forever to come up with that title, can't you tell?  I'll have a note at the beginning explaining why it's a sequel to this and not just another part.

Eternal thanks to all those who reviewed!  I attribute the success of this story to you.  Without reviewers, us poor writers would hoard all our work to ourselves and never share!  And that would just be a waste!

Thanks!

Love and gratitude,

~Loki