DISCLAIMER: Same as b'fore~ Iifa belongs t' me~

This 'ne started out awright~ Came out terrible~ Ungh.

Morning Grace

Iifa Tribal, alive and bandaged, stirred in her sleep, for the morning light shined on her heart-shaped face, her two, silver-tipped feathers glistening.

Slowly, the half-breed opened her eyes, takeing in her surroundings, and she then realized where she was.

"So, you're finally awake, huh~?"

Iifa breathed in sharply, slightly startled by the voice, before she remembered who it belonged to.

"...Inu-Yasha~? Where's Vash~?"

White-haired Inu-Yasha, also a 'Halfling', twitched his dog ears, obviously not very happy about haveing to watch over the black-haired girl, for she looked exactly like her mother, Kikyou, and he was still very uncomfortable thinking about his former lover.

"Jeeze... Less then thirty seconds, and you're already askin' about him... He's sittin' on the front porch."

Iifa nodded her head as much as she could, and made an attempt to get up, only to fall back in pain, remembering being shot in the back by some unseen foe, and then being scooped up in the Humanoid Typhoon's strong arms before she had lost consiousness.

"Woah~! Take it easy~!"

Iifa cringed, and decided not to move again until the pain had died down.

"Inu-Yasha..."

"What~?"

"...Who shot me~?"

Elsewhere, the two insurance girls, Milly Thompson and Meryl Stryfe, and Kagome Higurashi, Iifa's 'Aunt', had gone out into the small town to look for some new clothing for the half-Genome, for older, red and white outfit had been stained with blood, and had been ruined.

Kagome then pulled out a beautiful, black and brown outfit, soft as velvet, with an emerald gem sewn into the chest, from the racket.

"How about this one~?"

"My, Kagome~! That's beautiful~!"

Meryl joined the two, her share of clotheing in hand, and sighed in satisfaction.

"It feels great takeing a break from our job. I feel like a teenager again~!"

The black-haired insurance woman then felt a small pang in her heart.

"Though I can't help but worry about Vash... He's been acting strange ever since the incident..."

"...Let's go pay for our stuff."

The girls had arrived home a tad late, for they had stopped by the bakery, and had bought doughnuts for everyone.

Meryl approached Vash, who appeared to be asleep on the front porch, one of the boxes of doughnuts held out in front of her.

"Um, Va-"

The blonde then 'woke up', and looked down at the box, glasses slideing down his nose, eyes growing large and puppy-like.

"Those are... You bought..."

The Humanoid Typhoon then flipped the box open, despite the fact that it was still in Meryl's hands, however, he did not expect a black cat with large, green eyes to pop out in front of him.

"Nyaaa~"

The feline then jumped away before anyone could respond.

"Joo guys fine whatchoo're lookin' for~?"

Came Vash's voice, his mouth obviously stuffed with a donut, which was then followed by a small gulp.

"We sure did."

Meryl sighed when he did not respond, though she smiled to herself afterwords.

"He must b-"

She was then interrupted by a bump from a certain, white-haired dog-demon, hands stuffed into his khakis, obviously grumpy about something.

"What's wrong with you~?"

"...Iifa's a pest."