This chappie is after they get to the mall thing and are walking up to it..yeah..ok..R&R!

"Wow..this place is huge.."

"Yeah..just wait until we get inside.." They all walked through the 2 huge doors that led inside the giant Tokyo Megaplex. Kagome and Mihoshi froze in amazement at the gargantuan structure that stood before them. A number of people walked past the 2 girls, Inuyasha and Kurama just stood there watching them. One guy in particular didn't like the fact that Kagome and Mihoshi had "decided" to stand there and block the doors. He was leaving the mall and had at least 4 shopping bags in his hands and tucked under his arms. On his way out the door, he decided to take matters into his own hands and bumped into Kagome on purpose, trying to tell her to move..without actually talking to her. Inuyasha caught site of this and immediately took action. Kagome thought nothing of it.

"Go block another door..freaks.." The man mumbled only a few words before being picked up by the collar of his shirt and meeting a very pissed Inuyasha eye to eye. His shopping bags fell to the ground and his glasses slumped down to the end of his nose. He began to sweat and shake. Inuyasha got a very serious look on his face and started yelling at the guy, thus attracting the attention of just about everyone around them.

"What's your problem, man?! You just go pushin' everyone around like that?!" Inuyasha pointed a clawed finger at him. "Not so tough now, are ya?" The man shook his head. "You may can push around other people..but not my girl.." He let the man go, who quickly pushed up his glasses. gathered his bags, and hurried out of the mall, tripping on his way out.

"Heh..come on, Inuyasha..lets go..I wanna look in every store..and plus, people are staring.." She grabbed his arm and led him along to the escalator. She was blushing.

"Hey, Inuyasha, you hear that? People are staring, you gonna do a trick?" Inuyasha laughed.

"No way, you're the one with the shirt..you do the trick." Kurama looked down at his shirt as they walked.

"Mmm..that's ok..I'll pass..^.^'" They rode the escalator up to the 2nd floor. No one knew where to go to they just went walking and ended up in front of Hot Topic(wouldn't ya know it..). Kagome and Mihoshi drug Inuyasha and Kurama into the store. Inuyasha went straight over to look at the spiked collars and took Kagome with him. As they walked up, Kagome noticed Ryu looking at the collars as well.

"Hey, Ryu." She turned around.

"Hey." Ryu looked over at Inuyasha then at his and Kagome's hands. Their fingers were laced. "Is this your..uhh..boyfriend, Kagome?"

"Well actually.." She looked at Inuyasha, "Um..yeah..my boyfriend."

"Hmm..o..k"

"His name's Inuyasha.." Ryu waved at Inuyasha and he waved back. "And this is Ryu.."

"Mmm..k.." She turned back around, grabbed the collar she was looking at, and went to pay for it, then left the store. Inuyasha moved closer to the collars to get a better look.

"So, which one you want?"

"Hmm..I like this one.." Inuyasha picked one up off the shelf and showed it to Kagome. It had 4 spikes on it and a metal ring in the middle that hung off. It was made of leather..and it was black too, Inuyasha's favorite color.

"Oo..that one's cool..and I bet it could be used in more than one way..^.^" They both laughed.

"Yeah..bet it could." He looked up at the chained wallets. "I think I need a new wallet too.."

"But.." Kagome gave him a confused look, "you don't even have one to begin with.."

"I know ^.^', that's why I need a new one." She laughed.

"Ok, pick one out.." Inuyasha picked up the one with the Slipknot symbol on it.

"I like this one."

"Alright, lets go pay for this stuff." Inuyasha held back.

"You're not gonna get anything?"

"Nah..not this time..maybe later though.."

"Mmm..ok.." They went to the counter to pay for the wallet and collar, then joined Mihoshi and Kurama in looking at some clothes.

"Hey, are you going to get anything?" Kurama butted in.

"Yeah, see that straight jacket?" He pointed to the straight jacket which was high up on a rack near the ceiling. "We're gonna get that." he had a big smile on his face.

"Uhh..heh..no..we're not..we don't have enough money and plus..what could you possibly do with a straight jacket?" Kurama looked at her and smiled. "Ah..nevermind..I don't even have to ask.." Everyone laughed. "But umm..no..we can't buy that, Kurama.."

"Aww..ok..well..I'll just go pick out a collar to get or something.." Kurama walked over to the collars, followed by Inuyasha. Mihoshi held up a pair of black pants and showed them to Kagome.

"I'm gonna buy these..think they look ok?"

"Yeah..they look cool."

"Mmm..thanks..are you going to get anything?"

"Nah..better not..I'm waiting until we find a music store..so I can buy me a CD or something.."

"Ah..ok..gotcha.." Just about that time, Kurama came walking up again carrying a collar. This one was made of barbwire..but it wasn't as sharp as the real stuff.

"Can I get this one?"

"Sure..go for it.."

"Ok." They went up to the counter to pay for their things and then everyone headed out of the store, in search of somewhere to eat.

A few minutes later they came to the food court.

"What do y'all feel like eatin'?" Mihoshi asked.

"How 'bout Chinese?"

"Sounds good to me." Poor Inuyasha and Kurama were drug to a restaurant called 'Chinese Gourmet'(I know, I know..Chinese food in Japan..yes!). After ordering their food they sat down at a table and started eating. Kagome had orange chicken with a little bowl of sweet and sour sauce, Kurama and Inuyasha had bourbon chicken, and Mihoshi just had egg rolls(yum! ^-^).

After a few minutes passed, Kagome got an evil look in her eyes and waited for Mihoshi to take a drink of her Sprite, then leaned in to whisper something in her ear. Mihoshi's eyes went wide and she nearly choked on her drink. After she wasn't in danger of death by Sprite she turned to Kagome and asked.

"Please tell me you didn't just say that?!" Evil smirk still present, Kagome nodded.

"I know I did..^-^" Mihoshi went to lunge at Kagome but was stopped by Kurama.

"You want to tell me what that was all about?"

"I would..but no..we're not supposed to talk about that, are we Kagome?!" Curiousity getting the better of them, Inuyasha and Kurama began to bother kagome until she told them what she had said. Kagome had picked up her bowl of sweet and sour sauce, beginning to pour some on her chicken.

"Alright, the thing I'm not supposed to say is..." The next thing Kagome knew, Mihoshi had her hand over her mouth and the sweet and sour sauce was all over her arm and the table..and not to mention her pants..and the floor. After death threats were traded and the sweet and sour sauce was removed, all four left the food court, Inuyasha and Kurama still as confuzzled(yes, confuzzled it IS a word!) as when this all began..but that's probably for the best.

"So, uhh..where we goin' now?" They all stopped walking.

"Dunno..Mihoshi..where do you wanna go?" Mihoshi smirked.

"We could go to Americal Eagle or Abercrombie and Finch and make fun of the preps in there." As she said this a cheerleader walked by, looking at Kagome, she scoffed at the red streaks that were in her hair. Mihoshi pointed at the cheerleader. "Like that one." They all laughed.

"C'mon..lets go." Kagome began to walk through the crowded "streets" of the Tokyo Megaplex, with absolutely no idea where she was going, followed closely by Inuyasha and the rest of the gang. They passed by one of those fancy, expensive, fashion places. It happened to be the famous fashion designer Eri Matsui's, showcase store..thing.(^.^') They only sold "the latest fashions," or so the sign on the door said, Inuyasha observed this quietly. While looking through the countless windows of the store, Inuyasha came upon something that caught his eye. He stopped dead in his tracks, staring at it. A thousand memories went rushing through his mind. He could see it all, and even smell it. It was like he was in some kind of dream of the past. Inuyasha could smell his scent. It was, in a way, rough, and sort of dirty, but at the same time, as sweet as fresh picked flowers. Suddenly, Inuyasha felt a warm hand on his shoulder and whirled around to meet Kagome, face to face. He looked as though he had just seen a ghost.

"Oh, my God!" He turned back around to face the window and slowly, nonchalantly, waltzed up to it as not to attract attention from any passerbys(sp?). He put his hands on the cold, crystal clear, glass. "Sesshoumaru..." He managed to utter before being met "oh so graciously" by the store manager.

"Hey you..you..child! Remove your hands from that window at once! You're getting fingerprints on the glass!" Inuyasha did as he was told and after smirking and looking back at Kagome, Kurama, and Mihoshi, turned to the lady.

"'Scuse me."

"Yes, what do you want?" She took out a cloth and began wiping off the glass.

"That kimono.."

"Yes.."

"Where'd it come from?"

"As yes, we..someone donated it to us..it's not for sale..display only, so don't ask to buy it. We won't take any amount of money for it." She turned around and started off towards the door.

"Hey wait, I'm not through! I don't wanna buy that thing.." he laughed to himself, after catching up with her. Inuyasha wondered how women could walk so fast in those big-heeled shoes, and was thankful that Kagome stuck to combat boots and Converse sneakers.

"You want something else, too?"

"Yes." He pointed back in the general direction of the kimono. "Tell me please..that kimono..who gave it to you?"

"Ah..I can't tell you." She looked him up and down. "No doubt you'll swarm him for his great fashion sense..I see you're lacking in that area."

"Well..gee...thanks.." His voice was thick with sarcasm. "But..no..I'm not into that kinda 'gaudy fashion' stuff. I like the way I dress just fine. Just, please, tell me who it was that gave it to you."

"Hmm..well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt, seeing as you won't find him out in public aound here."

"What d'ya mean 'in public around here?'"

"After donating this seemingly priceless item, he mentioned that he didn't need it anymore because, and I quote, 'My life is over, I need this not, for I will be draped in white forevermore..' It's quite odd actually, the poor man looked like he was going crazy. Anyway, he had a really odd name too, it was kind of long and started with an 'S'. Sess...Sesshoumaru. Yes, that's it..Sesshoumaru..he didn't give us a last name." She shrugged.

"Ha! Thank you so much!" He walked back to where the others stood across the walkway against a wall, what a great place to relax.(-.-')

"Uhh...Yasha? What was that about?" Kagome shot him a confused look, but in reality, he was as confused as she and the rest were. Mihoshi was rather quiet on this subject.

"See that kimono over there?" He pointed to it. Kurama and Mihoshi just stared at it.

"Yeah.....hey, that looks vaguely familar.."

"Like hell it does..that's Sesshoumaru's kimono!"

"Really?" She was surprised, she hadn't heard his name in..forever. Kurama spoke up as well.

"Sesshoumaru? As in..wears eyeshadow and has claws, Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha laughed.

"Yeah..that's him..haven't heard from him in a while though..wonder how he is."

"But..wait..why is his kimono here?" Now Mihoshi was confused. "He was in Feudal Japan with you guys, ne?"

"Yeah..he was..he's..Inuyasha's brother.."

"Ohh..so..why IS it here?"

"Don't know..but I'll be damned if we can't find out. There's something that lady said to me, '...the poor man looked like he was going crazy..' and then she told me what he said to her, 'My life is over, I need this not, for I will be draped in white forevermore..' I don't understand that, And if we could figure out where he is..maybe we can find out what happened to him and why he's here in present day Japan.."

"Well..think about it.."

"My head hurts.."

"Ha..funny..yes but..where's a place, where everyone wears white?"

"Somewhere..'pure' I guess." Mihoshi knew what they were talking about.

"Yeah..like a hospital."

"I got it!" Kagome hit the bullseye, "The..insane asylum..thing.."

"Yeah.." Mihoshi knew more than well that she was talking about, "Brentwood..err..no..wrong one..Claymoore..Claymoore Psychiatric Institution..yeah.."

"You know this place?" Kurama was curious.

"Umm.." Mihoshi bit her bottom lip, "been there..only once though..they have a women's and a men's ward..seperate buildings of course..heh.."

"Ah..sounds cool!" Kagome couldn't wait to visit now, she thought back to the times when she was 14, when she could have sworn up and down that by the time she was 18, she'd be locked up for good in one of those things, but here she was..19..she was going to one..not to be locked up buy hey, at least she got to see inside one.

"You wanna go see if he's there?"

"Yeah!"

"Sure."

"I'm up for it."

"Alright then, if we can find a way outta this place. I'm sure Kagome would just LOVE to take us there."

"Of course!"

"Love?! Heh..that's an understatement." Mihoshi poked Kagome on her arm and they both laughed.

"Well..heh..let's go.."