A/N: AHHH!

(Hides behind Sesshy figurine)

Apparently a number of people feel very strongly about the subject of fluffy's bo- I mean, tail. Thanks to those of you who took the time to review! And here is another chapter as your puni- … reward.

SilverYoukai:Hey, I'm really sorry this is so late. I got banned from my home computer, then had three essays due at once. I will try to go back to updating regularly now. NOTE: A friend I met online, that I have known for a couple years, also has this username and wants to submit stuff under it. I said sure, but I need to warn my readers. This person, now to be referred to as EmeraldYoukai, is… odd. In the two years I have known them online they have yet to tell me their gender, let alone their real name. And they are, uh, special. They write mainly Slash in the HP fandom, and LotR fanfiction. And they write… odd pairings. So if you like light and fluffy things, like I write, AVOID EMERALD! She is insane, and she will mark her pieces as hers. So that is your warning. Now, on to my fic.

Kagome sighed. She wished that just once Inuyasha would pretend to like her world. Her friends were going to start wondering what was going on if he kept acting so… so… well, demonic.

At the moment he was crouched on the bench next to her holding his haori sleeve over his face protectively, one hand on his sword. It really wasn't normal…

"Hey, will you stop, Inuyasha?"

"What?" His voice was muffled by several layers of fabric. Inuyasha still hadn't gotten over the idea of perfume as a pleasant smell for humans.

"I don't know, just act… more normal." Especially on this wonderful day, couldn't he just act like a regular guy? Or maybe a better than regular… She closed her eyes and pictured an Inuyasha that wore handsome modern clothes, and brought flowers, and never said 'wench,' and opened doors for one, and …

"Feh. It's not me that is acting strange."

"What do you mean by that?" She opened her eyes and looked around. Kagome didn't notice anything unusual about her world today. In fact, everyone looked just amazing… she sighed again.

"Look at them! They are all acting even weirder than yesterday!"

"How?"

He jerked his head toward a couple standing across the field.

"They have been doing nothing but look at each other since we sat down. And they," He gestured towards six girls arm in arm skipping towards the school entrance, "are all wearing the same damn colors as everyone else in this school. Red, white, and pink! How can you miss it? Do humans normally act like this?" He hoped not. After all, Kagome was from this time. Kagome wasn't going to suddenly transform into one of the giggling scary girls of this time, was she? He looked over at her.

"Hey, wench! Aren't you listening?" Kagome was staring at the couple with a dreamy look in her eyes. Wouldn't it be nice if she and Inuyasha could be like that…

She shook her head. "Hmmm? Did you say anything, Inuyasha?"

"Yeah! Why are you all acting like this? All stupid…" Was she sick, maybe? Was this a disease of this world?

To his absolute horror Kagome giggled.

"It's Valentines Day. People are allowed to be a little silly, Inuyasha." And with that she jumped off the bench and headed towards her school.

Inuyasha watched her go with a frown. Feh. She shouldn't stay in this world for so long, it was making her screwy in the head. He jumped up into the tree that was conveniently placed behind the bench, resolved to wait until Kagome came out. Then they would go directly home together and get away from this craziness…

Inuyasha didn't even notice that he considered the village his home now. Nor that in his mind it was Kagome's home as well…

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Sesshoumaru walked in a dignified manner toward the next village. It was an extremely dignified manner. Despite the skipping. Nope, skipping would definitely not affect the dignity of his walk.

He sighed. Who was he fooling? He had been completely twisted around the finger of his charge. His dignity had been abandoned long ago.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, Rin wants to pick flowers!"

"Where would you like to stop?"

Rin pointed to a clearing a little further up.

"There!"

Sesshoumaru nodded and began skipping in that direction, the new baby bouncing slightly on his back, wrapped securely in his tail.

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Inuyasha bared his fangs, causing the unfortunate pedestrian to fling himself into a nearby river in order to escape.

What was going on with Kagome? Why was she being so… so… well, human. And what was this Valentine's Day? Was it some kind of female thing?

It was just really creeping him out. An hour later after her giggling at him, Kagome had started to mope, looking at all the couples with huge sad eyes. It was making Inuyasha very nervous. Kagome never acted like that, and he couldn't figure out what he could do to help her.

Always when Kagome was in trouble, Inuyasha saved her. If it was a demon, he would kill it. If it was a perverted priest, (think Miroku,) he would punch them. And if it was a goddamn wolf he would take it and beat it, and tie it up, and kick it, and stomp on it, and then throw it into the lake.

But what was he supposed to defend her from now?

AAARG!

Seemingly out of thin air, Kagome's friends had appeared in front of him. That was creepy how fast they could move…

"Inuyasha! What are you and Kagome doing tonight?"

"Are you taking her out to dinner?"

"Are you going to have a romantic date?"

"What flowers did you buy?"

"Can I touch your ears?"

Everyone turned and stared at Ayumi, who blushed.

Yuki shook her head briskly.

"So, have you already made reservations? If you haven't, you should. Restaurants fill up quickly on Valentine's Day."

Inuyasha slowly was edging his way towards the river the man had jumped into earlier. It was actually a very attractive body of water…

He suddenly had a thought. (gasps of shock) Maybe the girls could tell him what was bothering Kagome so much. And in such a good cause, Inuyasha could try to stand the girls' company.

And he might be able to find out about this Valentine's Day, as well.

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Sesshoumaru gave a deep sigh of contentment. It was odd, but he felt more at ease than he had for years. The tailed baby rested on his stomach, curled into a ball, gurgling happily in its sleep. Rin was brushing his hair, which she loved to do, and weaving flowers into it. Jaken was lying unconscious somewhere, and had been ever since he had been skipped upon.

Sesshoumaru felt… safe.

He knew that the people he had with him would never try to betray him. And they would never…

Well, they might embarrass him. But at least he knew that he could always kill anyone who made fun of him.

He felt himself hoping that things would never have to change…

SilverYoukai: I am really sorry about my lack of updates. I will try to update again tomorrow. (Saturday)