Chapter 15
Too Many Laughs

Kagome woke up the next morning, still having the hungry and restless feeling in her. She still wanted to be petted. Kagome got on her hands and knees and she stretched, her body moving backwards, but her hands remaining in the same spot. She felt a small pinch and shrieked. Kagome turned around to see a smirking inu hanyou.

"Etchi," Kagome muttered.

"You know you love it," Inuyasha replied, still smirking.

"Hmm, let's get back to Kaede's. I'm still hungry and I'm craving some ramen."

"You never get full, do you?"

"Of course I do, I'm just still really hungry! I didn't have anything last night, you know."

"Whatever you say, Kago."

"Kago," Kagome raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah."

"That makes me sound like a man!"

"Nah..."

"Fine, Inuya!"

"That makes me sound like a woman."

Kagome snickered, "You asked for it, Inuya!"

"Shinzuka ni, Kago!"

"That makes my name sounds like Kouga's too..."

Inuyasha growled, "'Ome..."

"Now it's Ome? Make up your mind! Besides, Ome sounds like oni!"

"Kag."

"Kag is OK, but you get different words with that..."

"Like what?"

"Bag, sag, dag, rag, fag, mag, cag--"

"Cag isn't a word."

"So? Anyway, like I was saying. Lag, zag, yag, wag, tag, nag, jag--"

"Jag isn't a word either, Kagome."

"I don't care, now do I? Stop interrupting me! Gag, hag, pag, qag, and vag!"

"Interesting, should I just start calling you fag then?"

Kagome yanked on his hair, "Yarou!"

"Abazureon'na!"

"Jackass!"

"Wench!"

"Hentai!"

"Fluffer!"

"Mothe... Wait, a what?"

"A fluffer."

"What the hell is that?"

"I'm not telling you! You've been extremely mean to me and you think I'm going to tell you? Ha!"

"If you don't I will never bear your pups and I won't kiss you until you tell me."

"Fine."

Kagome smirked, but then it faded into a grin as she rubbed his pants, "That's a real shame..." Kagome felt his erection and she rubbed it softly. "I guess I'll find some other male to satisfy me, won't I?" Inuyasha simply groaned as Kagome went on, still rubbing there, "You know, I could probably find someone who's a better kisser than you and can nibble more tender-like and softer... He could probably love me better, too."

"Kagome," he groaned.

"If you tell me what a fluffer is, maybe I won't go find some wolf youkai to satisfy my desires..."

Inuyasha's eyes flew open, he knew she was talking about some guy like Kouga. Inuyasha growled, "It's a woman who keeps a man aroused during a porn flick..."

Kagome stopped rubbing and she back away a little, "You called me that! Oh, you, you, you... Osuwari!"

Inuyasha slammed into the ground and Kagome stormed off, Inuyasha looked up and chuckled, "You wore those black lace panties for me?"

Kagome turned around, walked over to him, and lay on the ground. She smiled so sweetly and so innocently. The spell began to wear off and Kagome smirked, "Come with me to the bridge."

Inuyasha took Kagome's hand and she took him to the bridge. Kagome stood him on the bridge and stroked his cheek, "Stay right there, I'll be right back..." Inuyasha stood in the middle of the bridge and Kagome turned around once she was a good twelve feet away, "Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha looked up, "Hai, koibito?"

"I forgot something..." Kagome looked down, then looked back up. "Osuwari, osuwari, osuwari, osuwari, osuwari, osuwari, osuwari, osuwari!" Inuyasha had fallen into the water, breaking the bridge. Kagome giggled and ran to Kaede's hut before Inuyasha freaked out and came after her.

Kagome entered Kaede's hut, giggling too much for one kitsune-neko hanyou. Koishii-Yume, Sango, and Miroku awoke, blinking at Kagome. "What's up with you," Koishii-Yume asked, then she smirked, "or should I even ask?"

"Arigatou for the rosary, Miroku," Kagome smiled.

"Umm, do itashimashite," Miroku said this very curious what she meant by that.

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A few minutes later, Sango walked into the other room with Koishii-Yume. They both saw Kagome rummaging through a chest. "What are you doing now," Sango asked. "Are you looking for your hidden condoms?"

"Ursai, Sango," Kagome beamed red. "I'm looking for something else to wear, this is annoying me. Apparently, Kaede only has yukatas!"

Koishii-Yume, very foreign to the wearing of skirts and dresses, asked, "What's a yukata?"

"It's a light, cotton kimono. Mostly worn in the summer and they usually have flowers on them or something. But, chikusho! She only has all of these flowery ones! I don't want flowers..."

"Umm, I have some that I dropped off at the weavers for safe keeping," Sango said.

"Really!"

"Yeah, we can all go get one. I think you'd like it, Koishii-Yume."

"I'm really confused..."

Kagome and Sango sighed; Sango replied with only: "Just come with us."

"All right!"

The three girls left just as Inuyasha arrived at Kaede's hut, wet from head to toe.

Miroku plugged his nose, "It's called bathing, Inuyasha, try it sometime!"

"Shut your mouth, Miroku," Inuyasha snapped.

"What happened to you?"

"Stupid bastard, you gave Kagome a rosary! And you call yourself a hoshi..."

"What? It was for her protection!"

"Kagome used it to get me back for calling her a fluffer!"

"Oh... So what's the word?"

"The word? Oh, yeah, it's osuwari."

"She's a smart girl... I hear smart girls are good in the sack, but I haven't really slept with that type yet..."

"Wait until Sango hears!"

"What do you want from me?"

"Remove this fucking rosary!"

"I can't, only Kagome can!"

"Then prevent her from using 'sit'!"

"All right, deal." Miroku shook Inuyasha's wet hand and he dried off his hand with his robes. "Go get dry for Buddha's sake, you'll ruin the floor and Kaede will not be happy!"

Inuyasha growled and went to dry himself off.

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Kagome, Sango, and a very uncomfortable Koishii-Yume walked out of the weaver's home. Kagome and Sango seemed to be satisfied, but Koishii-Yume was very embarrassed and nervous.

"What's wrong," Kagome asked, noticing Koishii-Yume closing her yukata a little more than it was meant to be.

"It's just that I feel so," Koishii-Yume stood there for a moment looking for the right word, "naked, you might say. It just feels all weird and I have nothing on under here, but a bra and my panties. It's so strange!"

"Just relax, Koishii... Wait, you're from this era right?"

Koishii coughed a little, "N-not really..."

"What," Sango and Kagome exclaimed in unison.

"I'm from and era where soul exterminating was my job."

"Soul exterminating," Sango gaped.

"Umm, ha-hai... I didn't enjoy it though. These souls that were acting so evil were actually kind children than only didn't know how much their parents and their friends cared for them, but my mate basically forced me to exterminate them..."

"That's horrible!"

"I know! So, I left that era and I came to this one."

"When was that era?"

"Oh, I'd say... A little ahead of your time period--about ten years at least in some place that doesn't exist in reality. I got here by a cave..."

"A cave?"

"Yeah. One day, I was walking, escaping from my 'mate' again and I felt some type of youki from the cave. I wandered inside and I armed myself. It wasn't until I came in when I noticed this barrier of some sort. I investigated it. I poked at it and put my hand in the pulled it out, but nothing had happened. So, I stepped through the barrier and it took me here!

"I was very excited because I had never seen so many youkai in my life! When I exterminated my first one, I knew this was better than exterminating souls. So, now I'm here, exterminating demons!"

"Well, I guess we have the same career," Sango smiled, adjusting her yukata.

The three girls walked down the path, all walking in their yukatas like they were very proud of them (which they were). Kagome's black tail twitched from behind her as they walked. Her yukata was a dark, dark, dark, brown (almost black), and the piece that wrapped her the same tint of orange as her highlights. Kagome wore her black sandals with these; she just thanked Buddha that it was early spring.

Sango's was pretty different from Kagome's. Sango's yukata was light pink with shapes of white water lily flowers on it and the piece that wrapped around her was white. Sango seemed to enjoy the whole light pink/white theme with her clothing, but oh well. On Sango's feet were tan sandals that clapped against her feet when she walked.

Koishii-Yume, being the most uncomfortable of them all (or out of all the girls in Feudal Japan), wore a baby blue yukata that had sheer silver swirls and curls. The cloth that wrapped around her was glistening silver that shined in the sun's light. The baby blue was perfect for her because her hair was a navy blue. Koishii-Yume was the most different from the rest with this next fact of her outfit: She had no shoes on what so ever.

As they walked, Kagome fiddled with her hair along with Sango. Koishii-Yume knew what the big deal was and she sighed deeply. Koishii-Yume felt so alone and left out. Even when she had a mate in her era, she still felt lonely. There wasn't really anyone that she could say for sure that they cared about her health and mood. All her mate would do all day was soul exterminating; when her mate and her got home, he would talk about soul exterminating and how she need to improve on her skills. Sometimes they'd roll around in bed at night, but after that, it'd be straight back to soul exterminating.

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When they arrived back at Kaede's hut, Shippou had returned with Kiara and Inuyasha was dried off. Miroku had been making some tea for them when the girls arrived. When Kagome, Sango, and Koishii-Yume did walk through the "door", Inuyasha's and Miroku's mouths dropped. This had caused Miroku to burn his hand a little on the pot and for Inuyasha to hit his head on the doorframe to the next room.

Kagome, Sango, and Koishii-Yume giggled at the boys. Shippou was totally confused, but he shrugged it off and continued to play with Kiara. Miroku and Inuyasha approached their girlfriends.

"Sugoi," they managed to get out in unison.

"Arigatou," Sango giggled.

Koishii-Yume smiled, but felt very ignored. She sighed and slumped. Something pulled on her yukata and she looked down, it was Shippou.

"You look very pretty," Shippou smiled.

"You think so," Koishii-Yume smiled.

"Hai, but who are you?"

"I'm Koishii-Yume... You can call me Koishii though."

"I'm Shippou!"

"I've heard a lot about you, Shippou, you little kitsune."

"Where'd you get that you-ka-tada?"

"It's call a yukata and I got it from the weaver's home down the path."

"Ooh, my mommy had a yukata that looked something like that when she was in her human-like form!"

"Really now? I should feel special, shouldn't I?"

"Hai! You remind me of my mommy too," Shippou sniffled. "She would always smile like that..."

"Aw, don't cry now. Koishii will protect you too. I won't let anything happen to you, I promise. Neither will Kagome or Sango. They love you very much like I do now."

"But... you barely know me and I barely know you!"

"Yes, but there's something special about you, Shippou. Something very special that sparkles in your eyes likes the morning sun and the starlit moon. You're going to be something amazing one day, Shippou."

"Really? Me?"

"Hai, you."

Shippou smiled at Koishii-Yume and climbed up her arm to sit on her shoulder. "Shall we go down to the stream," Koishii-Yume smiled.

"Hai! Let's go," Shippou smiled with glee on Koishii-Yume's shoulder.

Koishii-Yume walked out, scratching Shippou's head. "Come on, Kiara," Shippou exclaimed, turning around on Koishii-Yume's shoulder. Kiara ran after the two and leaped into Shippou's arms. The three walked down to the river, all eager to be near water.

Meanwhile, Inuyasha and Miroku were still surprised at what was in front of them. Miroku poked at Sango's head, "Is that really you, Sango?"

A sweat drop formed on the side of Sango's face; "Of course it's me! I can't look femine?"

"You can, it's just... Wow..."

"Stop staring at me like that, it's getting creepy..." Sango beamed a rose red.

Miroku smiled and looked down, closing his eyes a little, "All right." Miroku leaned and kissed Sango. Sango returned the kiss, getting a very loud and annoying "Awww" from Kagome and Inuyasha.

Inuyasha and Kagome laughed quietly. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist and held her close, "Not bad for a miko kitsune-neko hanyou."

"That's a long title," Kagome grinned.

"Would you prefer the miko kitsune-neko female hanyou who stole my heart away and I can't stop picturing her doing that dare of hers?"

"I like the other one better," Kagome blushed, "and you're a hentai for still picturing that!"

"Oh, you're no fun anymore!"

Kagome giggled and kissed him, "Am I any fun now?"

"Mm-hmm, oh yeah." Inuyasha returned the kiss, but was interrupted by an annoying and loud "Awww" from Sango and Miroku.

Kagome turned as red as Sango was before and sat down on the floor, waiting for Miroku to finish with the tea. Sango sat next to Kagome and Inuyasha sat on the other side of her. Miroku took the tea off of the fire as the pot began make the sound of a high pitched whistle.

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Koishii-Yume played with Shippou and Kiara by the river, splashing water at each other and making jokes. Koishii-Yume felt like she was playing with a child of her own, but knew that wasn't going to happen anytime soon. She just enjoyed it while she could. Kiara meowed when she was splashed with water and she'd leap on to Koishii-Yume's shoulder for protection, but that didn't do much good. Shippou just splashed Koishii-Yume to get Kiara and this would cause Koishii-Yume to splash Shippou back.

From the other side of the river, a little further down, a young man watched Koishii-Yume play with the tiny kitsune and the small cat. He growled out of anger and clenched his teeth. What was Koishii-Yume doing in this era? What did he do wrong? He would have to bring her back, but whom's yukata was she wearing?

The man stood up and rushed over to Koishii-Yume and grabbed her wrist, "Hello, Yume..."

"W-what are y-you doing here," Koishii-Yume stuttered in fear.

"I came to take you home."

"I'm happy here! You can't take me away!"

"Yume, I've been lonely and depressed without you by my side for the past two years. Please, come home with me."

"No, I will not."

"Onegai, Yume. What happened to us?"

"All you ever did was talk about soul exterminating! I never wanted to do that; my father made me become a soul exterminator! Now that I'm here, I can exterminate evil, living youkai! I have friends now, too!"

"Yeah, leave her alone," Shippou shouted, glaring at the man holding on to Koishii-Yume's wrist.

"Shippou, right," the man grinned.

"Ma-matte, how do you know me?"

"You would be at my house all the time, remember?"

"Y-you can't be hi-him, could you?"

"How would you know?"

"Onegai, leave Shippou alone," Koishii-Yume cried out, "he's just a child! Don't hurt him!"

"Yume, darling, you've been rude," the man grinned, "you haven't introduced us properly..."

Koishii-Yume gulped and looking down at her feet, "Shippou, this is my mate. Sesshoumaru, this is one of my new friends, Shippou..."

"Se-Sesshoumaru," Shippou cried out, backing away, "how can it be?"

"Haven't you ever wondered why I went on so many business trips? I had to return to my mate, didn't I? If I didn't, she'd be alone. But these past two years, she's been gone everytime I returned. I've missed her so much, but did she care, no! This Sesshoumaru isn't very happy..."

"Sesshoumaru, onegai," Koishii-Yume tried to pulled her wrist from his grip, "don't hurt Shippou, don't hurt any of my friends! I'll do anything! Onegai!"

"You would always do anything for friends..." Sesshoumaru smiled up at Koishii-Yume, "Yume, darling, return with me."

"Can't I come back here," Koishii-Yume bit her lip.

"I'm afraid I can't do that. You see, once we got back through the barrier, it'll be sealed and never to be opened ever again."

"Iie!" Koishii-Yume pulled on her arm harder. She finally gave up and collapsed to the ground, crying, her arm still being held on to. "Iie, I finally feel like I belong and that I'm actually cared for. What happens? My mate decides to take me away and never let me see them again!"

"Kitsune bi," Shippou shouted, blue flame coming from his hand.

The fire hit Sesshoumaru directly in the face and Shippou grabbed Kiara. Koishii-Yume's wrist was released and she picked up the two creatures, rushing back to Kaede's hut. There was a blur of white and Sesshoumaru stood in front of Koishii-Yume, making her stop.

"Now," Sesshoumaru said plainly, "I know I won't let you ever return."

"Kagome," Koishii-Yume shouted, trying to find her bow that she left somewhere near here.

"Don't even think of it, Yume, darling." Sesshoumaru approached Koishii-Yume, grabbing her chin. He kissed her against her will.

Koishii-Yume pulled away, grabbed her bow, and prepared an arrow, taking aim. "Let me pass, Sesshoumaru," Koishii-Yume yelled, not a hint of fear in her voice anymore, "and I'll spear your life."

"Yume, don't you know?" Sesshoumaru approached her, breaking the arrow in half and throwing the bow aside, "I know your weaknesses."

Koishii-Yume got an idea. Instead of struggling for her life, she collapsed into Sesshoumaru's chest, crying her eyes out, "Gomen, Sesshoumaru! I never meant to hurt you! I just came here and I didn't come back! Gomen, mate! Onegai, don't hurt me, yurushite kudasai!"

Sesshoumaru was speechless; he didn't know what to do. The one thing him and his pathetic hanyou half brother had in common was that neither of them could see a girl cry--except for Sesshoumaru, this girl had to matter a lot to him, like Koishii-Yume had meant a lot to him. Sesshoumaru embraced her softly and petted her head, "Gomen, Yume. I didn't mean to frighten you. I just get out of hand sometimes..."

"Sess-Sesshoumaru," a shocked voice said from Sesshoumaru.

"Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru said, turning himself around, an arm still around Koishii-Yume's waist. "What a pleasant surprise."

"Leave Koishii alone!"

"Why? Yume is my mate, I have the right to touch her..." Sesshoumaru's hand moved from her waist down to her bottom. Yume shrieked and moved his hand back up to her waist.

Kagome, who was standing next to Inuyasha, began to stutter very badly, "Y-you're hi-his ma-ma-mate!"

Koishii-Yume flinched and sighed, "Sesshoumaru, don't hurt them, they're my friends."

"Ah, but one of them is my half brother," Sesshoumaru growled, "I can't just let him walk away."

"Yes, you can, just onegai, don't hurt them." Tears began to weld up in Koishii-Yume's eyes.

Sessohumaru looked down at his mate. He loved her, but this was his half brother and this was the perfect time as well. They were in Feudal Japan and he could kill him without being trailed for it! But Koishii-Yume's eyes, they were full of pain, despair, and loneliness. Sesshoumaru moved his hand away from his sword and hugged Koishii-Yume.

Inuyasha and Kagome blinked; they didn't know that Sessohumaru was capable of actually caring what Koishii-Yume, his mate, thought. They looked at each other, both with the same look of confusion. Kagome finally said something, "How long have you two been mates?"

"Including the two years she's been gone," Sesshoumaru replied, "about three years."

"And you never told me," Inuyasha yelled.

"Why would I tell a pathetic hanyou about my mate?"

Inuyasha growled, but Kagome stepped forward, "Well, as long at Koishii-Yume is happy, we are, right, Inuyasha?" Kagome turned around, giving him a very fierce look.

Inuyasha unwillingly nodded his head, "Yeah, whatever."

Sango stepped forward next to Kagome; "It's nice to finally meet you, Sesshoumaru-san. I'm Taiji Sango and the other young man back there is Miroku."

"How can you have a mate from a time ahead of ours," Kagome asked.

Sesshoumaru began to get a little frustrated with all of the babbling going on. Koishii-Yume just stroked his cheek and said, "I'll explain." Koishii-Yume took a step forward, "You see, Sesshoumaru found a way to my time. There, I met him when I mistook a blur of white to be a soul. Fortunately, he dodged my arrow, only cutting his arm a little.

"Like you two girls, you were foreign to this place and you were amazed by its beauty. Sesshoumaru was the same, except he didn't admire the beauty of the place, he was amazed that he was in a new time."

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Sesshoumaru had walked out of the cave, looking around, dressed black slack, a white dress shirt that was unbuttoned a little. Sesshoumaru let his demon side show once more, his tail flowing over his shoulder. He brushed himself off a little and took his hair out of the low ponytail it was in. Sesshoumaru was eager to learn about this time. He sped around a little, letting out some anger he had from other companies that he was competing with.

As he entered the forest, a golden arrow flew at him. He only just nearly dodged it, scratching his shoulder. He fell and sped off in the way the arrow had come. When he reached that spot, a woman stood there.

This woman wore armor like youkai exterminators would back in the Sengoku Jidai, but the pieces that weren't black were silver. Her navy hair hung down to her lower back, the wind blowing her bangs across her forehead and bringing some hair upon her face. She unarmed herself and rushed over to him, "Gomen gosaimazu! I saw your white blur and I thought you were some evil soul, gomen!"

"An evil soul," Sesshoumaru replied, hypnotized by the warrior's beauty.

"Hai, duh! Have you been under a rock the past five years or something?"

"Where am I?"

The woman sighed, "The Tamashii Era! God, where the hell have you been?"

"The year 2000 in Tokyo, Japan."

"You mean the Japan of Asia?"

"Yeah..." Sesshoumaru just wanted to silence this woman's throat for scratching him, but his body wouldn't let him. He would only care for this exterminator.

"Wow, I haven't been there in ten years! The year 2000 though? You mean you traveled through the forbidden cave!"

Sesshoumaru shrugged, grabbing his arm. This woman had remembered about the scratch that she made, "I'm terribly sorry, come with me and I'll get you better."

"I don't need your help," Sesshoumaru growled.

The woman put her hand on her hips, "Fine, but just because you're a lonely youkai with no mate doesn't mean you have to be so rude! You can die from that scratch for all I care now!"

"Some stupid arrow can't kill me."

"'Stupid arrow'? Don't you even know what's in them? They contain toxins, poisons, and gases that'll kill you by lunch tomorrow. It's meant to kill the evilest soul, even a big, macho, thinking he's all that dog youkai would die. So, if you think my 'stupid' arrow won't effect you, then just wait until lunch."

Sesshoumaru growled at this woman's stubbornness, "I'm not going to die."

"If you don't want to, then come with me! Don't complain about me being stubborn, all right? You're being the stubborn one right now, I'm just trying to help!"

"I didn't say you were stubborn."

"That doesn't mean I didn't hear it." The woman rolled her eyes, helped Sesshoumaru up, and took him to her hut.

It was a warm, comfortable hut with a fire in one room and another rooms where the exterminator slept and fixed/made her weapons. The soul exterminator set Sesshoumaru on a pillow near the fire, making sure he didn't fall over. She got some bandages and some herbs.

"What are those," Sesshoumaru asked, wrinkling his nose. He noticed he had become more talkative since he came here.

"These herbs will save your life," the woman snapped, "will you just be cooperative and stop thinking about how much you've changed since you came here; it's getting pathetic..."

She can read my mind? Sesshoumaru thought. I want to slice her throat, but she's so beautiful. There's something about her, a kind nature not meant for an exterminator. Why is this woman helping me though? What's her name?

The exterminator blushed, taking the armor off, leaving her in the black suit, "Yes, I can read your mind. I'm helping you because I scratched you with a deadly arrow and it's my duty to do that. Help the innocent and wounded when they need it, whether there's an evil soul around or not. My name is Koishii-Yume."

That's an interesting name... Sesshoumaru pondered, watching Koishii-Yume grind the herbs into a mush.

Koishii-Yume giggled, "You need to stop thinking so much. You have a nice voice, use it. My father gave me that name... it means Beloved Dream. According to my father, my mother would always talk about dreams she'd have. My mother was certainly a beloved woman in my hometown; so, he named be Koishii-Yume as like a remembrance of my mother. I was nameless for about a year, then my mother died and my father finally named me."

"You talk like you have no care if anything happens to you if you told people this information."

"That's because I trust you for some reason." Koishii-Yume threw a lavender plant in the fire, filling the room with a lavender scent and she put the bowl above the fire on a rack. Koishii-Yume sighed and sat on a pillow next to Sesshoumaru, looking up at him. "What's your name?"

"Sesshoumaru."

"I like that name," Koishii-Yume smiled.

Sesshoumaru turned away and stared at the wall in front of him, trying to ignore Koishii-Yume's gaze. He looked down at her and she stared back up at him with her blue-violet eyes. Koishii-Yume looked down at the ground, blushing, pulling some hair behind her left ear. That's when Sesshoumaru saw that she was a youkai.

"Are you a hanyou," Sesshoumaru eyed her a little.

"Nope," Koishii-Yume replied. "One hundred percent full youkai. My mother was a youkai and my dad is one too."

Sesshoumaru looked away again, but this time he stared at the fire, avoiding eye contact with her. Sesshoumaru still grasped his wound as he winced a little. The poison was starting to take effect. Koishii-Yume reached over Sesshoumaru and placed her hand upon his.

"Don't squeeze," Koishii-Yume said, "that'll make it work faster. It's a mistake that anyone could make..." Koishii-Yume blushed and crawled over to the fire. She took the bowl out, silently burning her hand, but she just ignored it and waited for the bowl to cool down. Koishii-Yume looked at her hand and set it on the ground.

"I'm going to get some more water," Koishii-Yume said, "the herbs are a little dry..." Koishii-Yume walked outside with a bamboo container. As she walked, she was blushing pink. Koishii-Yume began to hear Sesshoumaru's thoughts again (she couldn't help it, she had to listen).

Sesshoumaru stared at the fire, Kind of pathetic; a beautiful exterminator has an antidote for her own deadly poison. Hmm, she says I have a nice voice though? She should be afraid of me; damnit, but I don't want her to be. What's wrong with me? Sesshoumaru sighed and saw Koishii-Yume walked back in.

Koishii-Yume's hand was returning to its normal color. Koishii-Yume put some water in the bowl, but then crawled over to Sesshoumaru's hurt arm. Sesshoumaru growled, "What are you going to do?"

"Oh, relax, you big puppy," Koishii-Yume said, her hands on her hips. "I'm just going to put some water on the wound, the surface has to be wet."

Sesshoumaru had removed his hand and saw that the scratch hadn't even started to close yet. He was shocked and Koishii-Yume muttered, "Gomen... The poison is suppose to slow down the healing process until the antidote is applied..."

"Bitch," Sesshoumaru muttered.

"Hey, you want to live or die?"

Sesshoumaru grumbled, "Live..."

"Good, then keep those comments to yourself and stop acting like you're still a tiny, new born pup!"

Sesshoumaru huffed and looked away from her. Koishii-Yume grabbed the bowl, mixed the water with the herbs, and pulled a strand of Sesshoumaru's hair out. Apparently, he hadn't noticed. Koishii-Yume pulled out a strand of hers and put the two strands into the mixture, they automatically dissolved. She dabbed her fingers in the mixture and rubbed it against his wound.

Sesshoumaru growled in pain, "That hurts!"

"You're such a puppy," Koishii-Yume snarled, "act like your age for once."

Sesshoumaru grumbled and winced in pain when she would add more to the wound. When Koishii-Yume had used up all of the herbal mixture, she took the bandages, and wrapped it around half of his upper arm. She finished and shook her finger and Sesshoumaru; "You try to take that off anytime before midnight tomorrow night and you'll be screwed."

Sesshoumaru huffed and looked at his stretched out legs. Koishii-Yume took a seat next to him and watched the fire. "So," Koishii-Yume said after a long silence, "you have anyone back in your time?"

"A little girl named Rin," Sesshoumaru muttered.

"You have a daughter!"

"She's not my daughter, she just tagged along once when I saved her from a pack of wolf youkai."

"That's nice, so, you're kind of like a surrogated father?"

"You might say that..."

Koishii-Yume smiled, "I wish I had siblings or a surrogated daughter or something. Being an only child isn't any fun. My parents always watched me, making sure I didn't do anything horrible because I was their only kid."

"Like having siblings is better? I have a pathetic hanyou half-brother."

"That's the way life went for you."

"Life sucks, what are you going to do?"

Koishii-Yume looked up at Sesshoumaru, "Life doesn't have to suck, you just need to find someone to share it with." Koishii-Yume looked down and blushed, her hair hanging on the side of her face, hiding the pink in her cheeks.

Sesshoumaru smirked, "I guess, not like I can actually find anyone to satisfy me there."

Koishii-Yume raised an eyebrow and looked up at Sesshoumaru, "Your full of yourself, but why not? You're handsome, you could probably support them with such an expensive suit, and you have a surrogated daughter. Woman tend to be attracted to guys with kids."

"Hai, human woman are attracted to guys with kids."

"That's not," Koishii-Yume cleared her throat, looked at her feet, and continued, "exactly true..."

Sesshoumaru looked down at Koishii-Yume, "You would know this how?"

"'Cause I'm one of them..."

Sesshoumaru sighed, "I'm tired."

"You can sleep in my bed, I'll sleep here. You should rest anyway." Koishii-Yume made herself comfortable on a pillow, lying back, and falling asleep.

Sesshoumaru hadn't moved an inch; he looked down at her and felt... pity for her? Why would he feel pity? She has a father, she's very good at what she does, and she could get any man she wanted. Then, why did Sesshoumaru feel guilty about leaving this girl alone? Sesshoumaru picked Koishii-Yume up, set her down in her bed, and crawled in behind her. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him.

Sesshoumaru had never seen this side before, but it was like an instinct. Sighing lightly, Sesshoumaru fell into a deep sleep, the antidote taking effect. Koishii-Yume smiled in her sleep, feeling warmth she hadn't felt since she was little.

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"That's so romantic," Sango and Kagome sighed; now sitting on the ground with Koishii-Yume.

"Keh," Inuyasha grunted, "sounds like bullshit to me..."

"That's because you are bullshit, half brother," Sesshoumaru said plainly.

"Don't start, Sesshoumaru," Koishii-Yume growled. Sesshoumaru silenced himself and leaned against a tree.

"That's how you two got together," Sango daydreamed.

"Yeah... It was amazing. Right, Sess?"

"Mm-hmm," Sesshoumaru grinned.

"With Inuyasha and I," Kagome said, "I bumped into him after coming out of the shrine I use to live in. I was checking on my family. Anyway, I bumped into him and he was so rude."

"You weren't watching where you were going," Inuyasha snapped.

"Me? You're the one who ran into me!"

"Don't start you two," Sango rolled her eyes. "Miroku and I went to school together since third grade. We always ended up having some class together in middle school and high school."

"Oh, fun," Koishii-Yume smiled, "old friends become a couple kind of thing?"

"Not really... More like two kids who went to school together until one began to despise the other around sixth grade because of the constant groping."

"My hands are cursed," Miroku lied.

"Only one, hoshi-sama, only one..."

Miroku held his tongue and then smirked, "You know you liked it and you still do..."

Sango rolled her eyes again, "You so pathetic, hoshi-sama."

Miroku chuckled a little and sat down, leaning against the tree Inuyasha was sitting in.

"So, how did it happen then, Sango," Koishii-Yume asked as politely as she could.

"Well," Sango said, "it was one day and Miroku came over to my apartment with my favorite flowers. I let him in and he said he was bored because Inuyasha and Kagome were together."

"Really now," Koishii-Yume giggled.

"Yamete," Kagome blushed.

"Go on," Koishii-Yume winked at Kagome and then focused herself on Sango.

"So, then he said I was too tense," Sango continued, "and he began to massage my shoulders. That's when I freak out and say 'Oh, no, Miroku, you are not getting me bed!' Then he's saying that he was thinking of it and I boot him out."

"Itai..."

"I know! Then, around midnight that night, I can't sleep because I feel so guilty. So, I go to Miroku's, in my robe, wearing my pajamas, no shoes, looking a little decent."

"A little," Miroku grinned, "she looked perfect."

"Ar-Arigatou," Sango blushed.

"Anyway," Koishii-Yume grinned.

"Yeah, anyway, I arrive and he's very tired. I apologized to him and I was going to go back, but then he told about some crazy neighbor who would through scissors at me if I left."

"Scissors?"

"Yeah, I didn't really want to test that theory, so I stayed. Miroku said he would sleep on the couch and I could sleep in his room. So, he goes, cleans his room a little, and I'm looking at the pictures. Miroku comes back and asks if I was thinking about my family, and I lied, he knew. Miroku got me some ice cream and that's when he decides to bring up my blackmail."

"Which would be what...?"

"I'm not that stupid, Koishii."

"It was--" Kagome started until Sango smacked a hand over her mouth.

"Kagome, can we please not start with the blackmail again, you know what happened last time!"

"Go on," Koishii-Yume sighed.

"Yeah, so, I'm wearing my pajamas which is an extremely low cut shirt with short, short PJ shorts."

"Bet Miroku was turned on."

"He was shocked!"

"Ha!"

"Then, I say, 'You think you could be a little noble for a whole night, but no.' and he says what would he be then. I told him somebody who doesn't blackmail people, he says it sounds boring, and I told him it sounds like the calling of not losing your head.

"Then he tells me I'm too violent. I say I gained it from him. That's when he acts like an idiot and says 'Who would that be?' So, I say, 'The one eating ice cream with me, then flirts, then decides to bring up blackmail...' and I fling some ice cream in his hair. Miroku said that wasn't very nice and he flings some ice cream at me then says, 'Prepare to take the consequences.'

"I'm acting very sarcastic and that's when Miroku says, 'I was thinking more...' and Miroku kisses me. I wasn't expecting it at all! I didn't know what to do and then he ends it, opening his eyes, mine still closed. I open my eyes finally and I start blinking, totally confused. That's when Miroku grins and says, 'Seducing you...'"

"That's too sweet," Koishii-Yume shrieked.

"It's only a stupid kiss," Sesshoumaru muttered.

"A stupid kiss? Sesshoumaru, the way you kissed me the first time was while a youkai soul was attacking me! Tell me, how romantic is that?"

Sesshoumaru grumbled a little, and Miroku grinned, "You've got to be romantic or else they won't stay with you forever." Miroku went by Sango, sat down, and began to rub her bottom.

Sango took his hand and put in his lap, "Not here, not now, hoshi-sama."

"I was only joking, right, Koishii," Miroku looked at Koishii for help.

Koishii-Yume shrugged and Miroku stiffened, moving back to his sitting spot. Koishii-Yume giggled a little, trying to break the tense moment, "Ah, so, Kagome, you and Inuyasha, was it love at first site kind of thing?"

"Well," Kagome started, "first he mistook me for his dead ex-girlfriend, Kikyou."

"Ooh!"

"That day, this human, Hojo, had just broken up with me because I preferred hanyous and youkai over humans, so he left me."

"What a jerk!"

"I know! Anyway, when I was crying under the cherry blossom tree in the park, Inuyasha came and comforted me. Then we went on a date that night, but we got busted because we were on 'private property'."

"Interesting!"

"That's when I found out that he had some criminal record. Drugs, acohal, parties, shoplifting, and trespassing."

"A juvenile! Even better!"

"Ursai, Koishii," Inuyasha growled, shaking his fist a little.

"Inuyasha," Kagome closed her eyes, making her hands into fists, and getting angry. "Osuwari."

Inuyasha collapsed from the tree, making an indent in the ground, "Bitch."

"Osuwari!"

Inuyasha plummeted even more into the ground. Kagome smiled and nodded, turning back to look at Koishii-Yume, "So, anyway. Inuyasha gave me his haori and let me keep it!" Kagome held on to the fire rat fur haori closely in her arms, not wanting to let go, "But then I found out by listening to Miroku's machine that all of that was a lie on the Monday after we met. Which was only four days! It was his scheme. I kind of beat up on him, told him off, threw his haori at him, and stormed off. It was not pretty."

"It wasn't," Sango said, "trust me. Kagome ate a whole carton of ice cream out of depression! I rented The Breakfast Club and she didn't laugh once! It was creeping and so sad."

"Aw man," Koishii-Yume said, "that really sucks."

"It did," Kagome sighed, "but then he wrote me a song called 'Everything'. He played it outside of my apartment with Miroku and Sango. He got them to help him get me back. It was just too sweet. I wish I had a tape recorder with me!"

"How cute!"

"I know! And then we remained a couple and now that he has a rosary around his neck, everytime he pisses me off, I don't have to rip his ears out! I can just say the word!"

"Does it work if I say it!"

"No," Miroku answered automatically.

"That's not cool, hoshi-dono..."

Miroku shrugged, "That's how the spell works. I learned it from Kaede."

"Chikuso... Hey, Miroku, could get me one for Sess?"

"Oh, no, you don't," Sesshoumaru grabbed Koishii-Yume around the waist and pulled her close. "No way, you are not getting me a rosary!"

"Oh, but why not? Inuyasha has one!"

"So?"

"So, if you two start fighting, we can both 'osuwari' you! It would be fun, wouldn't it Kagome?"

"It would," Kagome smirked, her tail twitching will amusement. "I can imagine it now..."

Koishii-Yume and Kagome giggled.

"Hey, what about me," Sango said. "If Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha get one, then Miroku gets one too!"

"Matte, nani? Why," Miroku exclaimed.

"So, if you grope any other girl or you ask any other girl to bear your child, I can just 'osuwari' you too!"

"You know, 'osuwari' isn't the only word you can use..."

"So? It's amusing. You pissed us all off at once and we can be like a choir!"

"How amusing," Koishii-Yume sighed.

The three girls all pictured it. Miroku had just asked some other girl to bear his child and Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were fighting. They heard themselves make a nice little 'sit' tune. The girls giggled and Shippou finally got their attention, "Hello! I'm hungry!"

"We haven't had lunch yet, have we," Kagome's stomach growled as she said this.

"I don't think so," Koishii-Yume replied. "Join us, Sesshoumaru?"

"As long as I don't have to sit by the hanyou," Sesshoumaru growled.

"Sesshoumaru, you're just begging for a rosary right now."

Sesshoumaru silenced himself and took his mates arm politely. They walked off together, but Koishii-Yume turned her head to give Kagome a pleading look that said: "Save me..."

Kagome took Inuyasha's hand and Sango took Miroku's hand, dragging the two boys ahead with them. Shippou and Kiara followed. Kiara sat on Sango's shoulder and Shippou rode on Koishii-Yume's shoulder.

"Get off her shoulder, brat," Sesshoumaru snapped.

"Sessy-puppy," Koishii-Yume exclaimed, "don't be mean to Shippou! He's only a child! Besides, I promised I would take care of him, Kagome did as well. Sango is going to help too, right?"

"Yup," Sango replied, trying to hold a laugh.

"Sessy-puppy," Inuyasha snickered.

"Shizuka ni, hanyou," Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes, throwing a threatening glare.

"Puppy, don't fight with Sesshoumaru," Kagome said.

"Oh, you call him puppy too," Koishii-Yume smiled.

"Hai! But you add Sessy to your nickname. I'd add something, but it would never work."

"Yeah, well, whatever!"

Miroku laughed at them, but Sango slapped his arm, "Quiet, usagi..." The laughing stopped and everyone looked at Sango and Miroku. Miroku was the reddest and Sango was a pinkish-red.

"Bunny," Koishii-Yume snickered.

"If you keep talking, you won't get a rosary to put on someone," Miroku snarled.

Koishii-Yume smirked, along with Sango and Kagome. Now, they all knew their pet names for their boyfriends and the boyfriends knew the pet names given to them. They all thought they were funny, but each one was very embarrassing.

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Arriving at Kaede's, Shippou still sat upon Koishii-Yume's shoulder as she held Sesshoumaru's hand. Kiara rested on Sango's shoulder while Sango held Miroku's hand. Then, Inuyasha being the most possessive hanyou in the Sengoku Jidai, had his arm wrapped around Kagome's waist, putting her around his. Kagome groaned and rolled her eyes, "You're too possessive."

"So," Inuyasha replied.

"You can't blame him," Koishii-Yume said, her arm being forced around Sesshoumaru's waist and his arm around her waist. "It runs in the family."

"I think it's more among the men we pick," Sango growled as Miroku wrapped his arm around her bottom. Sango smacked him and muttered, "Not in public, Gods!"

Miroku rubbed his face and did what Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha had done. Kaede looked outside and said, "Is this a new rebellion or just an army?"

"Men are too possessive," Kagome rolled her eyes, trying to pry herself away. "OK, you're hurting me. Itai, itai, itai, itai! Grip too tight! Itai, itai, itai, itai, itai, itai!"

Inuyasha loosened his grip, "Gomen..."

"And you're suppose to have keen hearing..."

"Miroku doesn't even get it through his thick skull that you do not grope woman and ask them to bear your child," Sango said, holding his hand on her waist, making sure that it didn't go any high or lower.

"Sesshoumaru wouldn't even let me go soul exterminating by myself," Koishii-Yume exclaimed.

"Why do the men we pick have to be so thick head or so possessive?"

"We're unlucky," the three girls said in unison.

"Unlucky," Sesshoumaru, Miroku, and Inuyasha said in unison as Shippou yawned upon Koishii-Yume's shoulder.

"What do you mean unlucky," Inuyasha snarled.

"I worked very hard to get on your good side," Miroku exclaimed, "and you're unlucky!"

"I took so many trips just to see you," Sesshoumaru exclaimed.

Shippou shouted, "Shizuka ni!" Everyone silenced, looking at the kitsune child on Koishii-Yume's shoulder. "Me and Kiara act more mature then you people! Kiara is a cat and I'm a 'kid'! Get over yourselves." Shippou folded his arms and stuck his nose up in the air. "Pathetic adults..."

Inuyasha whacked Shippou on the head and Shippou cried. Koishii-Yume growled and reached for her bow and an arrow. Kagome shook her head and smirked cynically, "Inuyasha... osuwari!"

Inuyasha crashed into the ground, "What the fuck was that for?"

"You don't hit a child! It's called child abuse, baka!" Kagome folded her arms and walked into Kaede's hut. She noticed that Kaede had disappeared. Kaede was most likely gone to the sick child. Kagome sat on the floor and everyone walked in except Inuyasha. He still lay on the ground, waiting for the spell to wear off.

"That was harsh," Sango said.

Kagome huffed, "He deserved it for hitting Shippou."

Shippou smiled a little, still resting on Koishii-Yume's shoulder. Sesshoumaru sat down on the ground next to Koishii-Yume and once again, wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her close. Koishii-Yume smiled at him, but once he turned to look around at the hut, Koishii-Yume rolled her eyes; Sango and Kagome giggled.

Sesshoumaru glared at them, but Koishii-Yume took his eye contact away from them when she giggled, playing with his tail (which he wore like a boa). Kagome and Sango sighed; thanking Koishii-Yume had saved their lives.

Inuyasha stormed in, a little dirty. Kagome looked at him, whimpering a little. Inuyasha sat down next to Kagome, looking away from her. Kagome frowned and looked down at the ground. Koishii-Yume stopped playing with Sesshoumaru's tail to look at the couple. She sighed and decided to break the silence, "Want to come help me get some fish, Kagome?"

"Uh," Kagome said, "um, yeah, sure." Kagome stood up, taking one glance at Inuyasha as she left.

Inuyasha looked out of the corner of his eyes for a moment, but looked away once more. Who does she think she is? Kagome just can't push me around like this. Stupid Miroku, stupid rosary, stupid Kagome, stupid sit! Whenever I piss her off, she just can't subdue me and then think that everything's going to suddenly be all right! Bitch...

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Kagome held a bucket as Koishii-Yume put another fish in there. Kagome looked so depressed, she was frowning and not even a touch of happiness glistened in her eyes. Kagome's ears were flat on her head and her tail didn't even twitch. "Do you think I was too harsh on him, Koishii," Kagome asked, not even glancing up.

Koishii-Yume looked up at Kagome; "You want the truth?" Kagome simply nodded her head and Koishii-Yume sighed, snagging another fish. "A little too harsh, I think you said osuwari with too much anger. I guess the strength of the spell depends on the anger that's inside when you say the command."

Kagome sighed and Koishii-Yume put another fish in. Kagome looked up; "I should take off that rosary, shouldn't I?"

"No, no, no," Koishii-Yume sat down next to Kagome, waiting for more fish to travel down the river. "You can keep the rosary on him, just try not to subdue him so much, you know? Unless he like, cheats on you or something, then yes, you can subdue him. If he hits Shippou, hit him yourself."

"Yeah..."

Koishii-Yume's ear twitched and turned around to see Sango there. Sango sat down on the other side of Kagome, "Those men were driving me nuts. I'm surprised you can't hear them."

Koishii-Yume shrugged, "They're men, what are you going to do?"

Kagome stood up and stood in the water, she sniffed the air and hopped out of the water. Kagome crept over to some nearby bushes, hearing giggling. She sprang into the bush, pinning the giggling creature to the ground.

"Who are you and who sent you," Kagome snarled.

"N-no one," the person stuttered.

"Does my pain amuse you? Let's see if your pain amuses me!" Kagome's claws raised into the air, but Sango caught her wrist and Koishii-Yume pulled the person out of the bush.

"Who are you," Koishii-Yume snarled.

"I was sent by Lord Naraku!"

"Na-Naraku," Kagome stuttered.

"Yes! He's here in this world. He wishes to see the presence of you three girls, none of your mates can come with you or else they will die and you will too!"

"Go away and stay out of my face. Come back and I'll slice you into pieces. If Naraku has a message for us, he can give it to us himself."

Koishii-Yume dropped the person and they ran off, completely terrified. "How can Naraku be here," Sango pondered aloud.

"I don't know," Kagome growled, "but whatever he's planning, I'll put an end to it!"

"Calm down, Kagome. You can't get pissed off now. You and I both know what happens when you get pissed off as a human, imagine it when you a hanyou!"

Kagome sighed, closed her eyes, and relaxed. "You're right, I should relax and not worry about this."

"There we go, now let's finish catching fish so we can get back and be able to plan all three funerals."

Koishii-Yume, Sango, and Kagome caught six more fish, making twelve total. Kagome carried the bucket back to Kaede's hut where there was yelling and screaming coming from. "Sh," Kagome whispered. The girls approached the hut quietly, listening from the outside.

"What do you mean by that," Inuyasha growled.

"It means the reason you're so pissed off is because you don't have control anymore," Sesshoumaru's voice smirked.

"Calm down," Miroku said, very panicked. "If Sango, Koishii, and Kagome get back soon and see you guys fighting, both of you will be killed."

Inuyasha just snarled and Sessohumaru snarled back. They sat down on opposite sides of the room. Koishii-Yume gestured Sango and Kagome towards her. In the most quiet whisper, Koishii-Yume said, "Act all perky and happy, like nothing ever happened. Which means Kagome, Inuyasha will get jealous and very pissed. He'll expect you to be depressed; if he tries to touch you, push him away or think of some excuse for him not to. It works like a charm and us being happy will make Inuyasha even more jealous."

"She's right, you know, Kagome," Sango whispered just at quietly, grinning. "Inuyasha will want you so bad, he won't be able to stand it. It'll be so perfect."

Kagome nodded, putting on a perky smile. The three girls walked in, giggling, smiles wide on their faces. The guys looked at them oddly. Shippou was gone, along with Kiara.

"Where's Shippou and Kiara," Sango asked.

"Playing somewhere," Inuyasha replied.

"That's good," Kagome smiled, "they're getting off to a great start!"

Inuyasha looked at her; she was smiling like she was happy. Why is she happy? Isn't she still supposed to be sad about me being pissed at her? What the fuck did Sango and Koishii do to her? Inuyasha scooted closer to Kagome, trying to take her hand.

Kagome automatically moved away, "I'll start cooking the fish!" Kagome lit a tiny fire and put the fish in a pan. "Got some spices with you, Koishii?"

"Of course," Koishii-Yume replied, still smiling. Koishii-Yume pulled out a few plastic jars and gave them to Kagome.

"Perfect!" Kagome cooked the fish, letting it sit sometimes until it would pop a little.

Inuyasha was enraged, but he didn't show it. Kagome was supposed to be sad or angry, but she was happy and perky! Was this a trick or something? If it was, it wasn't very funny, it just pissed him off even more. The more Kagome laughed, giggled, smiled, and talked, the more Inuyasha became jealous. He wanted to show her that he was sorry and he forgave her, but all she did was either push him away or make up some excuse so he couldn't touch her. This made him angry; he would touch her some how, anywhere! Well, not anywhere, that'd just be really, really bad.