Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Rurouni Kenshin. If I did, I would be filthy stinkin' rich, which I am not at the present moment. Darn.

Kagome sat on her bed, looking around at the room this Kenshin fellow had shown her. Well, it was fairly small, but it would have to do for the moment. At least she didn't share a room with Inuyasha. Ah, yes, at least.
"Dinner!" Kaoru shouted. Kagome got up, dusted herself off, and walked out, closing the door behind her. As she neared the eating area, the two little girls found her again.
"Hey, it's Auntie Kagome!" They shouted, and ran around her several times, laughing as they did so. Kagome laughed, too. These kids were just darling!
"Hey, who're you?" A gruff voice behind her asked. She whirled around to see a tall man with white clothes on and brown, spiked hair. He had bandages on his chest, legs, and arms, and also wore a red bandana around his head.
"I'm Kagome. Who are you?" She asked, watching his every move. This guy looked dangerous. He must've been a bodyguard here or something like that.
"I'm Sagara Sanosuke, but you can call me Sano. Nice to meet you. How did you get here?" he asked back.
"I came in through the well. You see-" Inuyasha, who was coming down the hallway as well, interrupted her.
"Feh! Who's this?" he asked, smelling and looking Sano over. Sano raised a brow at her.
"Is he with you, too?" He asked. Kagome nodded.
"Yes, unfortunately, he is," she replied. Inuyasha huffed.
"You have the stench of blood on you! What does that tell me about you?" he asked. Sano blinked.
"I have that scent because I used to be a fighter in the Seki Hotai. Hey, what's up with your cat ears? Do those come off?" he replied, trying to deflect the conversation off of himself and onto the newcomer.
"Bah! They're not cat ears! They're dog ears! I'm a dog youkai!" Inuyasha ranted and raved some more, before Kagome finally used her "secret weapon" against him.
"SIT!" she shouted, and he was on the ground in less than .2 seconds. Sano blinked.
"Okay, that was interesting." he trailed off.
"DINNER!" Kaoru shouted. The stragglers in the hall got up and walked to the eating area. As they were walking, Sano began to walk ahead of them.
"This way, guys!" he told them. Suddenly, Kagome noticed it-the "evil" kanji on his back.
"Hey, what's that on your back? The 'evil' word?" she asked. Sano stopped for a second and looked off at nothing, but then began to walk again.
"Oh, it's nothing, really. It's just there to give me some recognition. You see, my name used to be Zanza, Fighter-for-Hire, and this is how people remembered me by," he explained. Kagome nodded. Inuyasha, for once having some perception, caught his bluff.
"Bah! Yeah, right! I'd hardly believe you for a second! I can smell you lying!" he shouted. By now, they had reached the eating area, and the others were sitting there, waiting. Sano gave Inuyasha a strange look.
"What's up with this guy and smelling?" he asked as he sat down. Kagome and Inuyasha sat down as well, Inuyasha in a very literal since.
"That's how he senses and recognizes people. Now, Inuyasha, stop being such a jerk and sit down at the table correctly this time," Kagome answered. He got up from the floor, rubbing his aching head.
"What did you do that for?" he asked, shaking a clawed hand at her. She just blew it off and began to eat her food. She stopped at the first bite.
Inuyasha "Feh"-ed again and began to eat his food as well. He stopped as well. He felt he was going to be sick. Oh, gross! Can't this girl cook?!
"So, how do you all like it?" Kaoru asked, "I've been working on this recipe for a long time, now!" They both blinked at the toxic waste now before them.
"Yeah, I can tell you worked on this for a long time." Inuyasha said, and trailed off, leaving any rudeness unsaid. Of course, Kagome knew what he really meant, but Kaoru seemed to have no clue.
"Oh, thank you so much! And what do you think, Kagome?" she asked. Kagome blinked at the toxic waste again before answering.
"It's delicious!" she answered.
"That's great! As soon as you're done with that, then I can get you more!" Kaoru told them in delight. Inuyasha's eyes practically bugged out. Even Kagome couldn't hide her disgust.
"How do you put up with this. stuff?" he whispered to Kenshin, who was sitting next to him.
"Kaoru-dono's cooking has gotten better these past months, that they have," he answered.
"Hey, who are you two?" a little boy asked. He looked to be around ten, and wore yellow and green with black spiked hair on top of his head.
"I'm Kagome, and this is-SIT!" she shouted, for Inuyasha had tried to get up and sneak away. The boy blinked.
"Kagome and Sit?" he asked, confused.
"No, I'm Kagome, and this is Inuyasha, not Sit," she answered, and giggled at the thought of it. Inuyasha got to his feet and sat back down again.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, you may think it's funny, but I don't" he grumbled to himself.
"Well, I'm Yahiko," the boy said, and then asked, "hey, what's up with his cat ears?" Inuyasha's eye twitched again as it had when Kaoru asked him that same question.
"For the last time, they are DOG ears, NOT cat ears! I am a DOG youkai!" he shouted.
"Hanyou. You're a hanyou," Kagome corrected.
"Hey, shut up, you! I'll be a youkai when I find the rest of the Shikon shards!" he exclaimed. The others blinked at them.
"The Shikon shards? I am not aware of anything by that name, that I am not. Would you mind telling us?" Kenshin asked. Inuyasha sighed as he began his story.

A/N: So, what did you think? Er. the characters weren't too OOC, were they? I hope not, as I tried to get them a little more correct than I did with Kaoru in the last chapter. HEHEHE!!! "Auntie Kagome"!!! How kawaii!!! So would that make Inuyasha "Uncle Inu"? ^^;