Disclaimer: Not in any way shape or form do I own the characters in this story and if I did… :: runs away from a deranged doggie youkai :: Inuyasha would have my head on a platter.
AN: Forgive me; I can never remember exactly what Kagome calls Sango. It's either Sango-san or Sango-chan. Also, with the whole ordeal of everyone going through the well, I believe that it is possible, that is if the people are in contact with Kagome or Inuyasha, since they are the only two who can really go through the well. I don't recall out of any of the first 105 episodes that anyone tries going back to Kagome's time assisted by either her or the hanyou. To add, I found that things got a bit confusing when I worked with okaasan, so the term will not be used in the fic.
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~Bowling~
Chapter 1
Miroku only laughed. "Tell me you are not serious."
Kagome shook her head. "I am serious Miroku-sama. I seriously believe that you, Sango-chan and Shippou should all come to my country. There are a number of things I know you would enjoy."
"Like?" Sango inquired.
Kagome bit her lip to allow some information to process through her brain. She had been away to her time for a matter of six days. She had to do a lot of catching up at school during that time. Now, there was too much stuff running through her mind, especially all the new information. All she wished for at the moment was to relax with her friends. She knew of a number of things to do, but she couldn't think of anything.
"Keh! Hurry up and say something." Inuyasha snarled, being impatient as usual.
This brought Kagome back around. "Bowling…"
Everyone had a perplexed look set on his or her face. "Bowling?" They questioned.
Kagome gave a little chuckle. The last time she ever went bowling was with Ayumi, Eri and Yuuka. The group of girls had the greatest time ever. "Hai, bowling. It's a really interesting game. You have a ball and you roll it down a lane and try to knock over ten pins. If you get the ball rolling really fast down the middle of the lane, there is a chance that you can knock down all the pins, which would be a strike. You have two chances each turn. If you…"
"Kagome-sama, we have no idea what you're talking about, except for the knocking down of the pins." Miroku said, then looking at the hanyou standing next to him. "But, by the sounds of it, Inuyasha might have a grand time playing."
Inuyasha turned away. "Keh, what's so fun about a ball and pins. There's no point."
Kagome gave a wider grin. "Sango-chan, Shippou, why don't both of you follow me, we can leave right now."
"Wh-what about me?"
"You'll come too, Miroku. Inuyasha will take you."
"NANI!? Why do I have to get him?" Inuyasha yelled.
Kagome sighed. "Don't argue, Inuyasha. Just take him."
Sango turned to her friend. "I'm sure that Hiraikotsu doesn't need to come, so I'll put it somewhere safe until our return. I'll be back in a few minutes." She began to walk back to the village
Miroku nodded. "I should probably do that same." He waved his staff around and followed the youkai exterminator, giving her a most uncomfortable feeling.
Shippou jumped to Kagome's shoulder. "I'm ready now."
Kagome nodded and noticed that both Sango and Miroku heard.
Inuyasha hit the kitsune on the head then turned to the forest, walking away.
"Itai! Inuyasha, what was that for?"
"You deserved it."
"Kagome!" Shippou whined. Inuyasha quickly turned towards the two, seeing the glare in Kagome's eyes. He stood straight, ready for what was to come.
Kagome glared a little longer, watching this with some sort of amusement. Inuyasha was expecting to go face first into the ground again. She did not say a word, but only sauntered over to the well.
"Ka-Kagome?" Shippou found this interesting. After making a fuss and whining, the teen girl did not say the one word that kept Inuyasha in line. "Wh-why didn't you say it?"
Kagome chuckled once again. Whispering, "He was expecting it."
Shippou now understood. "Ah, I see." He gave a little laugh of his own. They jumped into the well.
Inuyasha opened his eyes. "Eh? Where'd she go?" He began to scratch his head in confusion. "Oh well, I guess she finally learned. Heh, it never stopped me from hitting the runt anyways." He bestowed a laugh that it shook some of the trees around him. "Keh, it's about time she learned…"
"Inuyasha…OSUWARI!"
Inuyasha flew face first to the ground. "Me and my big mouth." He muttered.
"I'll be going with Shippou to get things ready, bring both Sango-chan and Miroku-sama." With what was said, Kagome jumped into the well, with Shippou clutched in her arms.
About five minutes passed before Miroku and Sango returned. Kirara followed them. To their surprise, Inuyasha was on the ground.
"How long ago do you think Kagome-sama left?" Miroku whispered to Sango.
Inuyasha began to mutter a few things before sitting up. "Keh, the little wen…"
Kirara gave a little squeaky meow, snapping Inuyasha out of his train of thought.
"What were you saying about Kagome-chan?" Sango questioned.
Inuyasha looked her way. "What are you talking about, I was talking about Shippou, the little wench, always crying to Kagome, knowing that she'll defend him. Keh!" He looked on towards the forest, ignoring the two humans and youkai.
"Uh-hum… are you going to be taking us to Kagome-chan's time or not?"
A frustrated sigh escaped Inuyasha's mouth, no words, just a sigh. He stood and hunched over so Sango could climb on his back. Kirara jumped on his shoulder. He climbed into the well and all three disappeared.
"Now, when will he return for me?" Miroku thought aloud.
He waited for about fifteen minutes. "He-he's not coming back, " he whispered to himself, playing with a few blades of grass.
"What are you talking about? Hurry up and get your butt over here." Inuyasha signaled for the monk to get in the well. He grabbed onto the purple robe and dragged Miroku with him to the bottom.
Miroku had his eyes closed, but when he felt that he was on solid ground, he looked up and noticed that Inuyasha was no longer near him; and it was dark. "Um, is it… nighttime?"
Sango's head poked over the well edge. "No. It's mid-afternoon; the well is enclosed in a building. Why don't you hurry and get up here before night does set. We're not going to be leaving until another few hours."
Miroku began to climb the ladder. When he reached the top, he saw something most fascinating. Sango was in strange clothing, tight, strange clothing.
"Ah, Miroku-sama, you've finally made it. Come on. Mom and Jii-san are waiting to meet you." Kagome snapped Miroku out of his trance.
"Especially Jii-san. He wants to see your charms and spells." Souta called out from behind Kagome. "Naa-san, mom is calling for you."
Kagome walked to both Miroku and Sango, pushing them towards the exit and to the house.
Miroku took everything in with astonishment. "So-so this is what your country looks like. He looked to the sky, allowing Sango and Kagome to pass him. The trees that tried to stretch to the sky, the continuing grey, smooth rock below his feet and all the strange, unusual structured buildings could keep Miroku occupied for hours. Once realizing what was happening, he caught up with the two girls.
Sango felt something touching her posterior. She quickly turned around and slapped Miroku hard across the face. "Kagome-chan, are you sure these 'pants' are the best thing for me to wear?"
Kagome giggled. "They're perfectly fine, it's just Miroku-sama that you have to watch for."
They left the stunned monk at the front door.
A woman walked outside. "You must be Miroku-sama." Her eyes were closed and she had a wonderful smile on her face.
Miroku looked upon the woman with some curiosity. She looked beautiful and extremely caring, willing to take anyone in and care for them. He knelt down. "Madame, if it wouldn't be too much to ask… would you… care to bare my child?"
The woman's eyes shot open with surprise. "Yes, Kagome, he's exactly as you described him."
"Na-nani?" Miroku was caught with a blush on his face.
Kagome had a highly worried yet disgusted look on her face. "Mi-Miroku-sama… don't tell me that you actually…" Kagome couldn't stand to say it.
Miroku quickly let go of the woman's hand standing. "Eh, um, uh..."
"You asked Kagome's mom to bare your child! That's just sickening." Shippou made a disgruntled face. "Eesh. I knew you were a pervert and womanizer, but this time you've gone too far."
A large, heavy, unknown object fell on the monk's head. He plummeted to the ground. "Itai."
"Since I don't have Hiraikotsu…" Sango said.
"Mom, are you okay?" Kagome asked.
"Oh, I'm perfectly fine, I haven't had a guy do that to me for years. It's good to know that I still have my looks." She laughed walking to the living room.
Sango, Kagome and Shippou twitched at the retreating back.
Three fists now landed on the monk's skull. He fell over a few more times, getting dirt all over his robe.
Souta came running out. "Ah, Shippou-chan, come on, mom's making inari."
Shippou's eyes bulged out. His mouth began to salivate. "Yummy!" He dashed after Kagome's younger brother.
Sango sighed. "Can we just go in and eat, onegai?"
Kagome nodded, following the youkai exterminator as they left the monk where he lay.
Miroku finally stood up. He entered the house, only to be glomped by an old man. "Eh… I don't go this far."
"Onegai, onegai, onegai… teach me your ways. I must convince the others that my charms work, I know they do but everyone says they don't, please help me convince them."
Miroku smiled. "You must be Kagome-sama's Jii-san." He received a nod. "Well, I'll teach you, but…" He put a hand to his stomach, "I can use something to eat."
The old man vigorously pulled Miroku to a table that was full of delicious looking food.
"Jii-san, why don't you just leave him alone? Remember, we're going to be leaving soon after dinner."
A sigh escaped from the man. Then tears began to stream down his face. "But… I need to learn his ways so I can convince you that MY CHARMS DO WORK!"
Kagome's mother walked in the dining room with a plate full of steaming inari. "Settle down for now and enjoy your meal."
Shippou quickly grabbed some of the delicious food. "Arigato!"
Inuyasha snatched the food from the kitsune. "Hold on." He looked at Kagome. "Are you forgetting something?"
Kagome was taken aback. This was not like Inuyasha. "Oh, yes… Itadakimasu."
"Itadakimasu." The others chimed before they dug into the wonderful food.
Inuyasha gave the inari back, completely surprising Shippou.
"Ah, that was delicious. How much longer until we leave to go 'bowling'?" Shippou asked, looking outside at the setting sun.
Souta gave a lollipop to Shippou. "About an hour and a half or so."
"Where's Kagome?" Shippou asked.
"Naa-san is somewhere with that priest person."
Inuyasha and Shippou suddenly went wide-eyed. "NANI!?"
Souta moved to the side as both guys ran towards Kagome's room. He chuckled at the sight. Souta walked to the living room, sat down and turned on his Playstation 2. Within a moment's time, he was sucked into the fantasy world.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha and Shippou had made it to their destination. No one was there. "Ka-Kagome! What did Miroku do to you?" Shippou wailed.
"Keh, shut up you useless runt." Inuyasha growled, hitting Shippou on the head.
The kitsune began to wail again. Inuyasha ignored him, looking around the room, sniffing it for scents. "Miroku hasn't been up here, but Sango has…"
"Meow." A little squeak came from behind the hanyou.
Shippou turned around. "Kirara!" He picked up the youkai cat.
Inuyasha knelt down so his eye level was the same as Kirara's. "Do you know where Kagome went?"
Kirara jumped from the arms that held her and dashed towards the living room, being followed by both guys. She then made a turn and then sat at the front door. "Meow."
"Nani? They left… without me?" Tears began to fill Shippou's eyes.
"They'll be back soon, don't worry." A voice came from the living room; it was Kagome's mother.
Shippou ran to her, jumping to her arms. "Mom, when will they be back?"
Inuyasha took a step back. "M-Mom? Shippou what are you saying? What have you done, gone and adopted her?" He grabbed the young one by his tail, holding him about a good five and a half feet from the floor, shaking him briskly.
A gentle hand was placed on Inuyasha's arm, causing him to stop. Mrs. Higurashi took Shippou and held him in her arms. She rocked him a little bit until he calmed. "Inuyasha, why don't you bathe before the others return. The bath is ready." She took Shippou and headed towards the kitchen.
"Inu no nii-chan?" Souta questioned, walking around the wall. He caused Inuyasha to snap out of any of the thoughts he was having.
He looked down at the boy. "Hai?"
Souta grabbed the hanyou's hand pulling him toward the bathroom. He grinned. "This time the water isn't too hot like that one time, come on."
The hanyou followed. The two entered the bathroom. Inuyasha looked at the tub full of water. "I will never understand how you can get all of that in such a short amount of time."
Souta walked to the sink. "Like this." He turned the tap on. Inuyasha watched the running water with fascination, wondering how it all worked.
Mrs. Higurashi giggled as she watched Shippou watch the running water fill the plastic tub in the sink as little soap bubbles began to form from the churning water. "Are you ready for a bath?"
The kitsune nodded, beginning to strip from his clothes.
Sango walked into the kitchen. "Excuse me, Kirara is getting hungry, do you have something she might be able to eat?"
Mrs. Higurashi put Shippou in the tub, wiped her hands clean and walked to the refrigerator. There, she pulled out some meat, placing it on a plate. "Will this do?"
Sango nodded. "Arigato." She took the plate and placed it on the floor on the opposite side of the room.
Shippou giggled as little soap bubbles floated around him. He then made a circle with his fingers, making sure the tips were tight against each other, dipped it in the water and pulled it back out with some soap film. He took a big breath and lightly blew against it. A large bubble came from it, floating up to the ceiling, then down to the ground. Kirara turned and jumped at it, popping the bubble. Everyone in the room laughed.
"I'll wait for Kagome-chan and Houshi-sama to return." Sango turned and left.
"Where did they go?" Shippou questioned as he was being scrubbed.
Mrs. Higurashi smiled. "They went with Jii-san. Even after dinner, he still wanted to know everything Miroku-sama knew."
"Ah. I see."
After the bath, Shippou was wrapped in a towel and taken to another room. "Mom, what are we doing?"
"We're going to find you some clothes that fit."
"Ah, so I can look like the kids around here?" Shippou pulled himself up, holding onto the bedpost. His tail began to move with joy. He then looked at it. "But, I'm never going to look like the others, especially with this." He sat, holding his tail.
"You're a kitsune, you can transform, why don't you try changing your form to only get rid of the tail?"
Shippou looked on with disbelief, "I've never been able to."
Mrs. Higurashi walked to him, holding a set of clothes. She placed it on the bed. "Of course you can. All you need to do is try your hardest, with some support of course."
"Do-do you really believe I can do it?"
A smile answered his question.
"Hai! I will try." He jumped up and a cloud of pink surrounded him, a little 'pop' sound was made. He fell to the bed. Once opening his eyes, he turned to look. The tail was still there. "I knew it, I'm still too young to do it."
"Try again."
"But…" Shippou saw the happy face before him. "Okay…" He went through the same sequence, but came back with the same results. "It's useless."
There was a knock at the door and then it opened. Inuyasha's head poked in.
"Come in." Mrs. Higurashi said.
Inuyasha walked in with a towel wrapped around his waist. Souta stood close to him. "Do I need a pair of clothes like everyone else, or can I wear my kimono?" Souta nodded, holding a set of clothes for himself.
Kagome's mom smiled. "You want to wear something fresh and clean. Kagome has been talking about this for awhile, having everyone here, so I made some preparations." Inuyasha followed her to a closet, where clothes filled every rack. She pulled out a t-shirt, a hoody and a pair of pants, plus a few other articles of clothing. "I hope this will do." She handed everything to Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha picked up a white piece of cloth. "What is THIS?"
Kagome's mother turned and laughed. "I forgot you don't know modern clothing. That is a pair of underwear."
"So, I wear it… under my clothes?"
There was a nod.
"Where?"
"Think about it, just, don't put it on your head."
Inuyasha nodded when she left. "I can figure out the rest."
The door closed giving Inuyasha some privacy.
"Okay, Shippou, have you gotten it yet?"
The kitsune turned around. "Yep! Souta helped me. He kept telling me I could do it and I can." He already had some clothes on, but was struggling with the shirt. "I've never worn a shirt that the front didn't open." He was given a top with buttons on the front. "Arigato." Forgetting the article of clothing he had had before, he put on the button shirt. He now had more difficulty.
After Shippou finished dressing, Mrs. Higurashi and Souta laughed at the end result. The buttons were miss-matched with every hole, and there were a few buttons that were not used. "Help."
Kagome's mother fixed him up, allowing the kitsune to wear the clothes comfortably.
"Mom, we're back." Kagome called from downstairs.
Shippou jumped down from the bed and ran to the closed door, jumping to turn the knob. Once that was done, he ran to Kagome. "YAY! You're back!"
"I'm glad to see you too." They hugged each other and went to the room everyone was in.
"Ah, Miroku-sama, did everything go well?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.
Miroku grinned upon entering the room. "Sort of." He turned around, looking over his shoulder. "But, Jii-san got a little too carried away."
Inuyasha walked out of the closet. "I'm done." All eyes were on him. "Nani?"
"I never knew how nice you would look in everyday clothing." Kagome suddenly said.
Inuyasha turned away and blushed at the compliment. Souta ran to him. "You look great." He was also dressed.
"I think that you should get a bath yourself, Miroku-sama." Kagome's mom said, snapping every person out of the moment.
Miroku turned and walked to the door. "Very well." Mrs. Higurashi guided him to the bathroom.
"Shippou-chan! I just noticed that you don't have your tail." Kagome exclaimed.
A loud smack was heard. Sango and Kirara walked through the door. Sango wore a disgruntled look. "That monk can never keep his hands to himself."
The others sighed.
"Oh, Inuyasha, you look nice." Sango looked at the jeans and red hoody the white-haired hanyou had on.
The hanyou took a step back. "Enough already. What's with all these compliments? This is nothing."
Kagome giggled.
"What?" Inuyasha arched an eyebrow.
She laughed harder. "You're right, that is nothing. I'm just thinking about how you would look in a tuxedo."
Souta grinned. "Inu no nii-chan would look great in a tux."
"Eh?" The others questioned.
Kagome shook her head. "Never mind." Her eyes went wide. "Miroku-sama…" She ran out of the room and towards the bathroom. She placed her ear to the door but did not hear anything. She then went to the living room; no one was there. She then entered the kitchen. There she saw her mom. "Thank goodness."
"What's wrong dear?" Mrs. Higurashi questioned.
Kagome smiled. "Nothing, just… nothing." She turned and ran into Inuyasha. "What are you doing here?"
He looked down at her. "You darted off without warning, the others thought something was wrong."
"Oh, heh, Miroku-sama and Mom left with no one else and I was hoping that nothing happened."
Sango looked towards the bathroom. "I guess it's a good thing that I walked past him then."
Everyone looked at her. "What do you mean?"
Sango was startled. "I probably distracted him from whatever he was thinking."
The others nodded and went to the living room.
Souta began playing his Playstation again. Shippou was sucked into the fantasy realm now. Inuyasha watched them and then returned his attention to Kagome and Sango. Both were talking about the oddest things. He then heard them talking about something unfamiliar to him and did not like it. 'Why do I have a feeling that they are going to be on a topic that girls normally talk about?' He stood and went to the kitchen, completely bored out of his mind. "Do you have anything to drink?"
"Of course. Would you like some soda?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.
A grin spread across Inuyasha's lips. "What kind do you have? Dr. Pepper?'
His answer was a large glass filled to the rim with a dark, bubbly substance. "Here's a straw."
Inuyasha began to play with the straw. He sniffed it, looked through it, bit it and played with it. "What does it do?"
Mrs. Higurashi took it from him and put it in the Dr. Pepper. "You drink through it." She took a glass and filled it with some soda of her own. Afterwards, she grabbed a straw and demonstrated the use to him.
This fascinated Inuyasha. He attempted to do as shown, but instead of getting any into his mouth, a lot of it came out of the drink. He tried again and got it. After a few moments of breath, he returned to the new device and begun to get the hang of it. After quickly drinking the soda, he grabbed some paper towels at the end of the table and wiped up his mess.
Giggling came from behind him. "Eh?"
Sango and Kagome laughed. "You're so adorable, cleaning up behind yourself." Kagome said, going to get herself something to drink.
"And so kind, not allowing Kagome-chan's mom to clean up your mess." Sango sat next to the hanyou.
A blush crept onto Inuyasha's face, along with a few twitches.
Kagome walked to the table, sitting across from the other two, handing Sango a drink.
Inuyasha stood up. "When are we leaving?" He wanted to get out of this situation as soon as possible.
Kagome answered, "Soon, Miroku-sama is still bathing. We heard him singing earlier. It was really funny. He still needs to get dressed too."
"Ah, that was so great, too bad I couldn't share it with either of you beautiful women."
Sango sighed. "There he is now."
"Miroku!" Shippou came running up to the monk. "You look good in modern day clothing too."
"And you look like an everyday child without your tail."
"Really? YAY!"
Miroku, Sango and Kagome laughed.
"Um, naa-san, can I come with you guys, to make the teams even?" Souta asked.
Kagome went over to her brother. "Of course, Souta-kun. You can come with us."
"Arigato, naa-san." Souta hugged Kagome.
Mrs. Higurashi walked over to everyone. "I believe you should be leaving now."
"Hai." Kagome answered.
"One more thing…" Kagome's mother handed a red cap to Inuyasha, when he took it, she couldn't help but play with his ears. "Sorry, I just couldn't hold myself back."
Inuyasha's head lowered. 'Why do people here always do that to me?'
Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's arm. "We need to leave now. Ja, momma." Both left the room and walked outside.
Kirara and Shippou jumped up to Sango. "Bye mom." Shippou called.
Kirara gave a squeaky meow.
"Ja ne, and thank you for everything." Sango said, giving a slight bow.
The three left to meet with Inuyasha and Kagome.
Miroku was the last. He took Kagome's mother's hand in his and kissed it. "Arigatou, Higurashi-sama. I appreciate how you have been most kind to us. Sayonara." He let go of her hand and left.
Kagome's mother walked into the living room and looked out the window as the six left. "Souta, dear, aren't you going with them?"
Souta ran to his mom, kissed her on the cheek and darted out of the house with his coat. "NAA-SAN!"
Kagome ran up the steps to greet her brother. "Gomen Souta-kun." She took his hand and walked down the steps to where the others were.
~To Be Continued~
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So what do you think? I just wanted to give Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kirara some time to get used to Kagome's time before they really went anywhere. The real fun is soon to begin. Please review and tell me what you think. It would be most helpful. Arigato.
