DC: I don't own the characters of Inu-yasha, because I'm not rich, and I'm not smart. And be sure, that even if I WAS rich or smart enough, I don't have enough time. And I'm lazy. So if you wanna sue me, be sure to think it through first. (I'm not implying that you should sue me. Please don't.)

I've had this account ever since the August of 2002. For some reason, probably being that I'm way too lazy to update or even finish a fic that I began, I haven't put up anything ever since. And then school began, and I was suddenly bombarded with work and stuff like that. Of course, with school, came other stuff. Sigh.

Well, this is the second fic I've ever put up (I deleted another one a long time ago.), so don't make fun of me for it. Please review, and if you want to, PLEASE FLAME ME! Only, be sure to include WHY you're flaming me, because I'd like to respond. Haha, flames are so much fun.

I'd also like to take this one part to thank my friends for giving me inspiration and stuff. Be sure to read my friend's fanfics, under the penname "Lethe".

Um... Oh, and please excuse all of the scary grammar.

That's enough rants for now. Be thankful this isn't like my other fic, where I kept going on and on and on. And on.

Oh, and enjoy, and please, PLEASE review.

##################################################### "I hate you. I hate you SO much. You and your stupid worldly desires. Isn't one day enough? Two even? It's always, always three. I hate you. I hate you SO much..." As always, Inu-yasha was up in his tree, waiting. For Kagome, of course. It was strange how she didn't know about it. She had always thought that he went out to find more jewel shards (After all, that was all he cared about, right?), but oh how wrong you are, Kagome. Who would have known that in most of the days that she was gone to her own world, he would spend the hours camped out in the tree, and occasionally take a break to walk around? He had been in that tree for three days now, and his patience was beginning to wear off. It had seemed that, once again, he would have to go and get her himself.

"Why do you always leave? It's boring here without you," he said, as if she was there in front of him.

Though it was unknown to the hanyou, Miroku had crept into the bushes, to see if he was still moping in the tree. Well, he was, thought Miroku. As he was about to leave, he heard what the hanyou was saying. Curiously, he listened, and for a moment, was surprised at what he heard.

"Why do you always leave me? It's not fair." He looked up at the sky, while Miroku was dumbfounded.

"Things are always so boring."

"Hm. It seems that he's finally done something right," muttered Miroku. Normally, Inu-yasha would have heard him, but right now, he was deep in thought.

After a while, since he saw that Inu-yasha wasn't saying anything else, Miroku decided to leave. After all, he'd use it for blackmail later. Ah, life was good. Suddenly, though, Inu-yasha started talking again.

"You have some nerve, leaving us. Is it we, that make you want to leave?"

"Astounding," said Miroku once again stunned. This was going to make him rich.

Just as Miroku was about to leave, again, Inu-yasha started talking, AGAIN. Only this time, it was just the opposite.

"YOU WENCH! IF YOU DON'T GET BACK, MIROKU'S GONNA DRIVE ME CRAZY! SHIPPO IS REALLY BEGINNING TO PISS ME OFF! AND IF WE DON'T FIND A JEWEL SHARD SOON, I'M SURE THAT SANGO IS GOING TO GET USED TO SLACKING OFF! IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU GOT YOUR ASS BACK HERE!"

At this, Miroku was annoyed. So annoyed, that this annoyance got to his head. He stormed out of the bushes and stood directly under the tree in which Inu-yasha was anticipating Kagome's arrival. Inu-yasha was taken by surprise.

"WAH--?! Miroku?! How long have you been here?"

Miroku gave him a very dangerous and murderous glare. He talked through his tightly clenched teeth. "Inu-yasha... How many times MUST I tell you..." Our hanyou watched as Miroku's hand reached for that staff of his. Uh oh. This was bad.

"...NOT TO SPEAK OF WOMEN IN THAT MANNER?!"

It was pretty obvious what was about to happen. As Inu-yasha looked down at the crazy, twitching man, he tried to persuade him not to do what he was about to do.

"NO, NO! DON'T DO IT! I DIDN'T MEAN ANY OF THAT!"

It was too late, for Miroku had hurled the staff in Inu-yasha's direction. The poor demon watched as the staff came closer, and all in an instant, it made contact with his head, causing him to fall out of the tree and onto a rock. His head was hit pretty badly, and he fell into unconsciousness. Well, you could tell that it was a typical day in the Sengoku Jidai.

##################################################### While it was war in Lady Kaede's hut (For, of course, Inu-yasha had found out about how Miroku had heard the rest of his comments.), in present day Japan, Kagome enjoyed the luxuries of normal life. It was perfect. The weather was awesome, the birds were singing (I guess), she had a pocket full of money and she was going to spend it at one of her favorite places (And just GUESS what that is!). On her way there, she got an ice cream cone and almost cried at the taste of the sweet creamy stuff. It had been such a long time since had tasted food this good.

Ever since the first day she crossed over into the Feudal Age, Kagome had a really hard time doing this on a regular basis. In fact, doing something as simple as eating an ice cream cone was getting harder and harder. The days she spent away from her own time were constantly increasing. It was almost as if it wasn't HER time anymore; the Feudal Age seemed to be her home now.

Still, a walk in a park was still very rare, and much needed every once in a while. She decided to enjoy it while it lasted.

"HIGURASHIIII!! YOU'RE BETTER?! OH, I'M SO HAPPY!" Yes, she had bumped into HIM again. (A note from the author: OK. Hojo-kun is a very annoying character. He just pisses me off. I respect other people's opinions, about how "But he's so dense, it's adorable!" and "How can anyone hate someone like Hojo-kun?". Well, the answer is simple. He's a MORON! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! If anyone reviews, tell me if you like him or not... I just wanna see who does and who doesn't.) It had been a while since she had seen him. The stupid memory still stood in her mind, how she had ran out on him. It had happened twice. (Um, when I made this fic, I didn't want it to be unrealistic. That is, I wanted to write what the characters actually WOULD do. I've read a whole bunch of fics where the characters are totally...well, out of character. Kagome, being the 'bubbles and hearts' personality, tends to give everyone a second chance, a quality that I, personally, can't stand.)

"Hojo? I haven't seen you in such a long time! How have things been?"

"Well, I think that the real question is, how have YOU been? You're always so ill all the time! You shouldn't be out, Kagome. You might catch a summer cold."

A summer cold? Whatever. "Uh... Thanks for your concern, Hojo, but I think I'm fine, for now."

Hojo lit up, and he looked the same as she had seen him two times before. Uh oh. "So you're OK now? That's good..."

"Y-yeah. I guess so." Kagome, now being sort of bored, started to turn to leave, but Hojo caught her by the hand, causing her to drop the ice cream (Ohhh. What a senseless waste of ice cream.) "Uhm... Hojo? Uh.."

"I-I was just, you know, thinking, that since you've been in bed for so long, you probably haven't seen any movies lately, and well..." Of course, Hojo was so nervous that he totally forgot about all the wonderful movies that came on television.

"So, are you asking me out again?" She couldn't help a blush. Hojo smiled a little. "Yeah. The movies this time. Wanna come? And don't worry, I have a plan this time. I have found that since you have such a frail and weak body, you can't do things like normal people. Therefore, I have spent long hours on something that I think can help." He smiled.

Kagome, on the other hand, was almost hysterical. She nodded, very reluctantly, and followed the idiot....I mean, boy, to the movie theatre.

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GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! WHAT A STOOOOOOOPID ENDING TO SUCH A STOOOOOOOOPID CHAPTER!!! Anyway, sorry about that. It just so happened that I have to go on a family trip over the weekend and I had to do this really fast. I'll probably re-do this later or something (It's gonna nag at me.).

Tell me what you think of it so far. I know that this really has no point to it, but the plot will roll in soon enough. Review, flame, but do SOMETHING.