Discliamer: If I owned anything would it be on this site in actual text? I didn't think so...

The Author, Alonea Onihito Metallium

As the Inu Yasha shopping crew piled into the silver, Higurashi minivan that cruised, with the windows down, to their destination, Tokyo Mall. Inu Yasha was terrified of the "mechanical dragon" and sat very uptight during the ride. He however did enjoy the wind in his hair. For him it was an interesting ride. He stared out the window and stared at other vehicles, plant life, people walking, talking, moving, living. Just being alive in this world of technology. Inu Yasha sat in amazement as Mrs. Higurashi closed in on the mall and found a parking place. When the minivan stopped Inu Yasha was still staring and had to be shaken out of his stupor. Inu Yasha tripped out of the minivan as the ladies got out safely and laughed at his expense and he responded with a scowl. At this remark, they only laughed harder. "Ya know that really isnt funny..." Kagome smiled happily and replied "Inu Yasha! Were not trying to be mean. It's just kinda...funny..." "Feh" Kagome's mother then glared at Inu Yasha, but secretly thought it was really kawaii when he got angry. Inu Yasha then chose to get over it and follow close behind into the humongous building that lay before him. It was crawling with people.

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The Lecher searched the forest one more time in case Kagome was still here. Finding nothing, he solemnly went to the grave of Inu Yasha. Strangely, there were not many ashes and no bones. This was very peculiar. Even demons leave bones behind. Something wasn't right...Miroku looked over the grave more closely to see if anyone had come along and taken anything. The markings looked like a body had gotten up and left. That was impossible of course, and Miroku assumed that because of the traumatic way he died his body has completely burned and the wind had blown the ashes away. The monk went back to the village and told the others that Kagome was nowhere to be found and about the peculiar ashes. Kouga was upset and knew he was probably never going to see her again. They were all somber. Kagome was the one who kept everything together and things seemed strange without her. They couldn't go through the well unless...jewel shards. Kouga had three and there was more to be found. They could see her again! Miroku then thought it might not be such a good idea to see her now. She needed to heal with people in her world and it would be best to leave her be for a while. The broken crew sat in silence and looked at each other with sad eyes. Would the really ever be able to see Kagome without hurting her? Could they even get to her world with the jewel shards?

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They ended up buying the following: 2 bandannas, one black, one dark blue 2 white sleeveless shirts, plain 2 black t-shirts, one saying "If you stare long enough I might do a trick", one with a weird dude on it that was cheap. 1 pair of cargo shorts 2 pair of jeans, 2 for one sale 1 pair of blue flip flops, non girly 6 pairs of boxers, Fruit of the Loom (tm) 1 pair of Pajama pants, plaid 1 pair of cool but non-expensive sunglasses 1 toothbrush 1 brush and comb

Inu Yasha was more or less happy and there wasn't too much arguing. Though getting Kagome's mom to bend to the non-prep style was a little bit difficult. By the end of the day, Inu Yasha knew the name of every store and what was in them. He also learned to style of today's hip Japanese people and was ready to take Japan by storm. Kagome seeing the tired and probably starved Inu Yasha decided to take pity and asked her mom if a fast food place would be good. Her mom seeing the starved teenagers sighed and took them to the wonders of Pizza Hut. It was located in the mall so they packed the merchandise in the van and went to the haven of real food. Inu Yasha immediately loved the place as soon as they entered the door. His nose went strait to heaven and his stomach was getting quite needy off the wonderful smell of pizza.

"Kagome. This smells really good. What is it?"

"Its called "Pizza". It's from America. Well... It did originate in Italy but it's evolved quite a bit and it's basically American."

Inu Yasha is lost already in this history lesson and nodded dumbly, "Oh..."

They waited in line to order their meal and Inu Yasha nervously looked around. He didn't feel comfortable being around so many people. It wasn't his thing. They eventually worked their ways up to the table and Kagome ordered 2 large Pepperoni Pizza's with extra cheese. She also ordered cokes and cheese breadsticks as an appetizer for the wait. They gathered the many cheese breadsticks and found a table in the already crowded restaurant. Inu Yasha slipped in one booth where as Kagome's mom sat across from them. The person at the table had given then a strange square thing with 4 crystals on the sides. Inu Yasha didn't have a clue what it was so he asked Kagome and she told him it was a box thing that shook when someone pressed a button and the crystals would light up. She also said it was used to tell them when their food was ready. No one really knew what to talk about so they sat in silence, watched the people, and eavesdropped. They waited for about 45 mins. until the "box" shook and Kagome went to retrieve the pizza. Inu Yasha stayed put for a little conversation with Kagome's mom. Actually, Mom was the one who wanted the conversation. Inu Yasha was just a little bit nervous about what this whole thing was about and wanted Kagome to get back as fast as possible.

"So, Inu Yasha, exactly why would you be staying here for as long as you are? Did something happen in the Feudal Era that I don't know about?" asked Mom with a strange smile on her face.

"Well...ummm...yeah...something did happen..."Inu Yasha replied uncomfortably. He wasn't about to lie to Kagome's mom and didn't think he could. It was like she was psychic or something.

"Really. So what would this something be?" she asked coyly

"I...uhh...kinda...ummm...died..."

There was a long pause after this and Mom looked quite confused.

She replied slowly, "So you died? Then how are you here now?"

"I'm alive now, but I died...and Kagome was really upset..."

"So you came back...and what about everyone else?"

"They don't know...for all I know they think I'm a pile of ash"

Frowning, "And why have you failed to tell them this important detail?"

"It's just a weird situation...Kagome needs some down time in your world and...and..."

"And what?"

Inu Yasha gulped and took a stab at it "I...love her"

Kagome came back with the pizza and heard this statement but pretended she didn't hear it. By the looks of Mom she was drilling him for information. Kagome was going to have to have a talk with her mom about asking him questions like the ones she was probably giving him. But it was also nice to hear him say to someone else that he loved her. Setting the pizza down she opened them up and carefully folded the lids under them so there was room. Sitting down she grabbed a piece and dug in.

"Yummmm....Inu Yathasha tryy son." Kagome garbled out.

"Don't talk with your mouth full Kagome. It's rude."

"Yes mom..."

Inu Yasha grabbed apiece tentatively and stuck it in his mouth. He had to quickly take it out and tend to his burnt mouth.

"Oy Inu Yasha. Careful! It's hot."

".............."

Inu Yasha sipped on his coke and tried again, being more careful this time, and enjoyed the wonders of America.

Inu Yasha thought to himself, "This is so the best shit I have ever had! It's better than Ramen! Kagome better bring this stuff a lot more often. Hmmmm....I wonder if you could put Ramen on this thing....I will have to try that one of these days"

Kagome saw that wondrous look on his face and just HAD to ask what he was thinking.

"Whatcha thinking about Inu Yasha?"

Inu Yasha remembered to swallow first and replied "That this is better than ramen and how this would taste with ramen on it"

Kagome blinked for a sec and burst out laughing at this and Inu Yasha didn't really care because he was way too happy with his new favorite food. Kagome's mom was silently shoveling down the so-called delicacy and watched the entertainment.

"HEY! THAT'S MY PIECE!!!"

"I HAD IT FIRST!"

"Children there is the other box ya know?"

"I CLAIM THAT ONE!"

As the children fought over pizza, we shall go to the past for a not so humorous session...

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Miroku was just plain depressed. His only real chance of beating Naraku was Kagome and Inu Yasha. One was dead and the other might as well be. Why was life so cruel? Miroku thought maybe he should just give up, live whatever time he had left, and die peacefully. Maybe it was best. Sango came from behind, sat by the depressed houshi, and surprisingly gave him a hug to comfort him. She stayed there with him until he replied to his thoughts.

"It will be ok Miroku. We can get through this together. Giving up isn't something we do. We have to fight and give life our all."

Miroku looked at her and thanked the gods that she was on this earth with him as his negative thoughts entered his mind and then his lips.

"It's just...I don't think I will ever be cured."

Sango cast her eyes down at this statement and replied, "I love you...and I don't want to lose you...We can beat him...even without them..."

There was a moment of silence and he said, "You love me?"

Sango gave him a soft smile and said "Yes Miroku. I love you".

Miroku gulped at this statement of love and knew in his heart that he loved her too and told her just that. They then shared a passionate kiss and watched the partial moon.

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The Higarashi shopping crew made home without too much fighting. Kagome studied in her room while Inu Yasha tried the TV.

"Anime...Anime...Sumo.... Dunno.... Anime....Ummm...something to do with hitting a ball with a weird stick....Anime.....Some random show...non anime.... Non anime.... History Channel...Anime...gods these people seem to be obsessed with this animated shit."

Inu Yasha eventually stopped on some Anime about these "Bounty Hunters". He finally figured out that the main character was Spike, which he thought was the best of them all. He also thought the slutty chick was a bitch, the dog was pathetic, and the kid was creepy. He watched that for a while and then there was this other show with this guy in a red coat with a big silver thing in his hand. His name was Vash and he was "wanted" by somebody. For some reason this guy refused to kill anyone...Inu Yasha thought he was a pansy until he started to kick ass without killing anyone and just thought he was messed up in the head or something. Inu Yasha soon lost track of the details as the night went by and he fell asleep on the floor in front of the couch. Kagome's mom saw him, turned off the TV, and set a blanket on him.

"Poor thing. Sleeps on the floor so much he probably will never get used to a bed. Oh well...I just hope nobody trips over him..."

In the morning, no one fell over Inu Yasha and they let him sleep in. Kagome worked on more homework and was confused at what to do in her free time afterwards. Soon though, Our favorite hanyou did get up in time for lunch and was served with a happy smile from Mom. Mom then left for the grocery store and Grandpa left to see some of his weird friends. Inu Yasha however, was left behind with only Kagome and Sota for company. He paced the living room for a while and eventually went upstairs to watch Kagome be frustrated and then ventured to Sota's room to try the video game thing. Thankfully, Inu Yasha did not break the controller after he lost a million times but after 2 hours he did win and soon after became the twitch master and totally kicked ass. Another 4 hours of Soul Calibur 2....

"Inu Yasha! Gods you two been playing for 6 hours straight!" said Kagome.

Inu Yasha didn't look from the screen and gave a small nod and was not paying attention too much till she kept staring so her gave her a "Huh?" in which, Kagome stormed off to make Ramen for herself.

"Stupid hanyou....addict...game freak...probably doesn't even care that I want to talk to him...jerk...asshole...biggot....egomaniac...."

Inu Yasha heard every word, gave the controller to Sota, and said he was taking a break.

"Hey Kagome. Sorry, I had to beat my high score...didn't mean to ignore you..."

A little taken back she replied, "You...apologized? Wow.... that's like...so unlike you...thanks Inu Yasha."

Inu Yasha smirked and gave her a kiss right in the kitchen and asked if she was making Ramen.

Kagome replied playfully "Inu Yasha! Stop it! And YES I am making Ramen, but not for you."

Inu Yasha pleaded "Please? I'm really hungry!"

To make thing even better he kissed her again and that's when Sota walked in...

"Ewwwwwww...you people are gross" and he quickly left the room yelling, "I can't believe my sister!"

Inu Yasha shrugged and then grinned and was hoping Kagome would say she was going to make Ramen for him.

"Oh alright... I will make you Ramen, but only if you continue to be nice and not play anymore video games today"

"I promise (DAMN!!!!!!!)" Inu Yasha said, faking not being disappointed.

Unbeknownst to them, someone else was in the shadows watching the romantic scene. Turning around, the person shook their head muttering.

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Inu Yasha was asleep beside Kagome's bed when her alarm clock went off. He then spazzed out and damn near broke the thing. Kagome wearily and very quickly told him to hand it to her in which she turned the thing off.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING!!!???"

"Inu Yasha calm down already!"

"WHAT IS THAT THING!?

With a major eyetwitch from Kagome she replied in a calm matter, "It's an alarm clock. It's to wake people up in the morning. It's set on a timer and will go off exactly when you wish."

Inu Yasha's ears were still ringing and retorted," Well can you turn down the volume on the thing? It's sure as hell ain't doing ME any good."

"Shut up already...if you don't want to hear it then sleep somewhere else."

Inu Yasha gave her a BIG glare for telling him to shut up. He then turned his head and gave her the attitude from hell.

"Well, maybe I will!"

"Inu Yasha it's too early in the morning for me to argue with you ok? I will see what I can do about the alarm clock."

Inu Yasha deflated all of the anger he had going and called a truce by scowling.

"Inu Yasha...I have to get ready for school so your going to have to find something to do today."

"Alright...Don't worry about me ok? I will be here when you get back."

Kagome smiled at Inu Yasha and proceeded to the bathroom.

After Kagome left for school Inu Yasha was DETERMINED to change that alarm clock so it would either have a less piercing ring or at least be softer. He would have to probably consort with Kagome's grandfather who was coming back this morning.

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Kagome sighed as she sat through history thinking about Inu Yasha.

"Inu Yasha died and he left me. Now he has returned to me and is now staying in my home. I wonder what everyone else is up to. They are probably really worried about me. It just feels so strange telling them that Inu Yasha is back . I mean this is a chance for me to get my life back on track and take a break from Jewel Hunting. I know I'm being selfish and all but I can't help it! I deserve a long awaited break. I don't even know what we are going to do when school gets out. I only have two years left of school and what do I really want to do with my life? Would it be so bad to just forget school and stay with Inu Yasha forever in the past...or with him in the future. There is so much that I love about these worlds. I don't think I can make up my mind right now about where I want to live my life. Once the Jewel is complete, I won't be able to go in- between worlds anymore. Well at least that's what I think would happen. This is so frustrating!"

The bell rings, Kagome is donned once again by her friends, and Houjo just happens to be in the hall. He friends push her in front of him and he of course just has to be a fool as per usual.

"Hey Kagome! Hows your back?"

"It's...errrr...fine."

"Kagome, would you like to goto the End of the Year Party with me? If it isn't too much trouble of course".

Kagome sighed and gathered up all of her courage and told him, "I'm really flatter Houjo, but I'm going with someone else. We are really close and I would appreciate it if you would leave me alone."

Houjo was really taken aback at this and just smiled and replied, "Oh I'm sorry Kagome! I didn't mean to make you feel bad. It's ok if you're too sick to go!"

Houjo the idiot then turned around, smiled his glamorous smile, and waved to her goodbye. (AN~CCCCRRRRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGEEE. I can't stand Houjo!!!!)

Kagome went into an angry rage and almost clobbered the poor guy until her friends grabbed her and asked quickly what was wrong with her and she bluntly replied "I DON'T LIKE HIM AND I HAVE A BOYFRIEND ALREADY!!!!!!"

Friend # 1: WHAT!!! YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND AND YOU DIDN'T TELL US!?

Friend #2: Your supposed to tell us everything!

Friend #3: Were your friends aren't we?

Kagome gave an exasperated sigh and continued quickly, "Gods! Ok here is the long story short. We met a while back, he was a jerk, I hated him, he saved me from getting killed while crossing the street, he is gorgeous, turns out the jerk thing is his line of defense, really is a softie, kind of possessive, sweet when he wants to, I love him, we finally admitted this 2 days ago, and now we are together. Oh yeah and not to mention he has to be the best kisser out there and is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS."

Kagome thought she must sound wayyyy too much like some excited schoolgirl but at least her friends would hopefully take the story.

Her friends blinked at her for a moment and didn't really know what to say. However, they did say she better bring him to the dance on the pain of death.

Yup. End of chapter. End of story. NOT! Just kidding. Yah know there will be an actualy plot later....much later. It's mostly going to be a frustrating story at how long I make u guys wait till the others find out that Inu Yasha is alive and so on. They will find out when the plot gets started and a little after that. I am SO EVIL!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!