Cruise to Paradise Resort

Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I still don't own any of the Inu Yasha characters, same old thing. * Thanks a lot, dream wrecker * And now, the story. Enjoy!

Kagome's time: Higurashi Shrine

We all climbed out of the well and started towards my house. That's when Inu Yasha noticed something clinging to the back of my backpack.

" Hold still, Kagome! It's probably after the jewel shards!" Inu Yasha grabbed the little ball of fur off of my backpack. Immediately we heard a loud cry of pain.

" What the hell are you doing, Inu Yasha? Let me go right now!!!" Shippou yelled. I immediately felt bad for not asking if he wanted to come with us.

" Shippou, I am so sorry. I forgot to ask you if you wanted to come. Inu Yasha, let him go." Inu Yasha dropped the little Kitsune onto the ground and crossed his arms in frustration. Shippou ran over to me looking pretty upset.

" I forgive you, Kagome! I wasn't gonna let you go with a jerk like Inu Yasha." Shippou said as he dodged a kick from Inu Yasha. Than Shippou jumped onto my backpack again and we all walked into my house.

Songo and I went up to my room so we could get changed and go to the mall. After I changed I threw her a pair of shorts and a spaghetti strap tank top. I waited for her to come out of the bathroom to see how they fit, and when she did she was blushing furiously.

" Are you sure this isn't a bit too revealing?" I laughed. I always forget that she isn't used to my time's lack of clothes.

" Sango, everyone will be wearing clothes like these, don't worry. See, I'm wearing the same thing as you." Than I turned to my suitcase and made sure I had every thing that I needed.

As soon as we were done upstairs, Sango and I went down to the boys and gave them some shorts and shirts to wear. Shippou got to wear some of Sota's clothes for now, when we got on the boat he could change into a teenager.

Finally, I hauled my suitcase down to the car and put it into the trunk.

" Come on, guys. We got a long day ahead of us."

" Are we leaving right now?"

" No! Do you seriously think I am taking all of you with me when you don't even have clothes of your own? Come on, Inu Yasha, think a little more."

All of us piled into the car and I started toward the many shops down town. I found one of my favorite ones so I pulled over. We all got out of the car and I led every one inside. First I helped Sango find some cool outfits. By the time we had finished, the boys had wandered off around the store. Before we paid for Sango's things, we went and picked out a suitcase for her.

Than I walked up to the counter with Sango to pay for all of it. It was a very good thing that my mom let me use her credit card.

" Inu Yasha! Get Miroku and Shippou. We need to go to another store for you guys' clothes. Sango and I are going to put these in the trunk."

" Yeah, okay."

So we walked out to the car and Sango couldn't stop herself from pulling out her clothes and looking them over several times." Kagome, could I change into one of these outfits before we leave?" I could tell she really like them.

" Yeah, sure, but not right now. We'll need to stop at my house again before we start on our trip so we can pack all of you guys' clothes. Plus, I forgot to bring some stuff anyway."

" Great!"

Sango put her shopping bags into the trunk and closed it. Than I saw Inu Yasha walking toward us followed by Miroku and Shippou. Sango and I got into the car and the boys piled into the back seat. Than I started the car and went in search of another clothing store.

We finally found another good one, got out of the car, and headed inside. Sango and I had to fight the urge to look at the girl's clothes because of all the cool outfits that were on display.

So I led Inu Yasha and Miroku over to the men's department and told them to look around and take whatever they liked off of the rack and wait for me to get back. I still had to find some clothes for Shippou. Sango stayed behind to help the guys pick out clothes as I led Shippou over to the boy's clothing section.

" This is gonna be fun, Kagome! But, I'm gonna need some help from you, okay?"

" Sure, Shippou! I'm going to get you a couple of children sized outfits, and the rest will be for a teenager, 'cause I'm gonna need you to change into a teenager while we are on the cruise. Just so people don't get suspicious. Could you do that?"

" Yeah, that'll be great! Than people won't treat me like a kid all of the time."

" Well here we are." We had reached the boy's section and I started helping Shippou find some clothes. In the end it only took Shippou and I about twenty minutes to get his clothes.

Than Shippou and I walked back to Sango and the boys with his clothes in a cart. I could tell that Miroku had already found everything he liked, 'cause he was sitting to the side with Sango. Obviously, Inu Yasha was being his picky old self again.

" Where's Inu Yasha?" I asked. Shippou jumped from the cart onto Sango's lap.

" He's over there. He's still picking some stuff out."

" He hasn't gotten all of his clothes picked out yet?"

" Oh. Yeah, he's got his clothes. But right now he is trying to find a hat or two for his ears."

I nodded and walked over to where Inu Yasha was. He was rummaging through some really weird looking hats and I could hear that he was growling in frustration. I tapped him on the shoulder and he turned around. I just smiled at him.

" You want some help? I know where some way better hats are."

" Yeah. I think only stupid people would wear one of these ones."

I lead Inu Yasha over to a hat stand near the girls' junior's section. It had visors, baseball caps, beanies, and bandannas. I take it that Inu Yasha liked these ones a whole lot better because he ended up grabbing a lot to try on with his out fits.

Next we both got back to Miroku, Sango, and Shippou. Than the three boys got into their own separate dressing rooms to try on their clothes. When we were completely finished, I picked up three more suitcases for their things. We all went to the cash register and I paid for the three heaps of clothes.

" Come on, you guys. We need to hurry up and go to my house so you all can pack your things and get ready. I need to find a few things I forgot. Than we can all stop somewhere to eat and than we'll be on our way."

All of us piled into the car and I raced home. Once we were there, Inu Yasha, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou got to work on packing their suitcases. I ran up to my room to start my search. I had to find my ID and ATM card. I mean, I can't expect to use my mom's credit card for everything. Plus there was the huge factor of hiding the jewel shards somewhere that no one would find them. That's when I decided to put them in with my secret stash of candy. It was so secret that not even Sota had found it. I'd been hiding basically everything that I didn't want any one to see in there. It was perfect.

I quietly walked over to my closet and moved my shoe rack over exposing the bare, wooden floor planks. Than I put my finger into a hole where there had been a knot and pulled up. Where there had been just regular floor, there was now a two feet by one foot, square hole there. It put the board aside and took out the large wooden box that was inside of the hole.

I got up and took the box over to my bed with me. There, I opened the combination lock that was on the latch and opened the lid of the box. Inside were a few small wring boxes, three envelopes with old notes crammed into them, a mini safe that was in the shape of a small locker, a small jar that had some money in it, a small cardboard box with candy in it, and my diary that had every entry in it since our mission for the shikon jewel started.

I took out the safe and put in the code to open it. Than I got the jar with the shikon jewel shards in it out of my desk drawer and put it into the mini safe.

" Kagome! Are we're all done down here! Do you need any help upstairs?"

" Yeah, Inu Yasha, that would be great." I threw the mini safe into the box, grabbed my diary, candy, and spare money jar. Than I locked up the box, put it back and moved my shoe rack back over it.

" Kagome, can I come in?"

" Yeah." I closed the door to my closet and turned around to see Inu Yasha looking at me. I smiled and picked up my diary. If he ever knew the things I had written in this thing, I would die.

" So what did you need help finding?"

" Oh. It's my wallet. That's where I keep my ID and ATM card. I need those if we plan to eat most nights." Inu Yasha walked over to me and got really close. " Inu Yasha?"

" Sshh. I'm just getting your scent, don't worry." I knew he was lying. He would have been able to have my scent before he even got into my room. Oh, well. It's not like I didn't like him being close to me.

Inu Yasha got a mere inch away before he smelt my hair. Than he stepped away and looked as though he was thinking about something.

" Does your wallet have money in it?" I nodded." Do you have any money I could smell to help me find it?" I picked up the jar that had my spare money in it and handed it to him. So, he didn't really need to get my scent? He just needed the scent of money? He has been hanging out with Miroku a little too much.

In about five minutes Inu Yasha had found my wallet. So I grabbed my things and lead everyone to the car. I put my things into my suit case and than stacked every one's on top of mine.

" Okay. Let's go get some lunch."

Everyone buckled up and I started toward McDonald's. When we got there, I ordered for all of us. I had to get two number two Super Sized meals for Inu Yasha. They ate as I drove and when everyone else was done I started to eat mine. We had officially started our two-day journey to the pier where we'd be going on the cruise of a lifetime.

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