Landing with a thud, Kiah sat in the filthy surroundings completely disheveled. Sobbing, she stood to look around at the roof of the shrine, and hear the sounds of a busy Tokyo afternoon. She grabbed hold of the old, moth-eaten rope hanging over and, wishing incessantly that it wouldn't break, climbed up and out, not even aware of the spiders and odd rodents. Reaching the top, she jumped over half heartedly and just sat. Right there, and cried. "It's not fair, why do I have to be the responsible one? I feel like such an old lady, being the party pooper. And…what was that? I just wanted to jump into Inuyasha's arms, and have him tell me it was ok. That he didn't see me as Kagome. But he does, and I can't…change that!" Biting her lip, Kiah scanned the area sadly. "Well, I can't sit here forever. I came here, might as well do something." She failed to hear the silent thud at the bottom of the well, or see the ears poke out of the inside. Inuyasha had heard her, and was debating whether to go and comfort, or say something. But, unfortunately, he was there for the 'sit' to. *crash* Kiah turned frightened, to see dust rising from the bottom of the portal. Walking over cautiously, she looked over the edge. It was dark, but she made out a figure plastered to the floor, and heard a moan. "Inuyasha, Inuyasha is that you? What are you doing here?! I didn't hurt you, did I?!" worriedly watching, she saw him sit up, still a little dazed. "It's…ok." Standing, he jumped back up next to her. Kiah's cheeks stained a light pink as he gazed at her, and she cast her eyes aside in embarrassment. "Inuyasha, I told you. We, can't." Hints of the forgotten tears seemed to return, and Inuyasha flinched. "No, Kiah don't cry. Look, you can rub my ears, you know you wanna!" Oddly enough, she did and it did relieve her stress a little. But a little voice inside her said, "Stop, you know you're only getting more attached!" She completely ignored it, though. Just then, the wiggling stopped and they seemed to stiffen, turning to the well. "We have company." The couple looked into the dirty depths and, sure enough, there was Miroku and Kitty! "Kiah! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! You were right, and I shoulda known it. Oh, by the way," She mumbled, hoping to say it as fast and un noticed as possible, "Miroku's spending the night." But nothing escaped Kiah's selective hearing. "What? You are not bringing that thing into our house! You'll do something nasty! Besides, how're we supposed to explain the robe and the staff?" Kitty yelled back up, ignoring the look Kiah gave her, "Yeah, whatever. That's why Inuyasha's sleeping over to! And to the other one, there's an old Japanese past festival tonight. We'll all go!" As Inuyasha heaved them up, he seemed to pale at the mention of 'sleeping over'. "Well, I did notice that for once, his lips aren't smothering yours." Kitty sneered at him with a fake laugh. "Hah hah, that was so funny, I almost forgot to laugh." Pulling a shocked expression, Kiah played along. "Wow, you're right. Now I've got one. How is it, that you can't remember an ounce of work, but you know about festivals I never even find out about?" Finally reaching the ground, Kitty shrugged. "I dunno…let's get out of this dump!" Nodding, the others followed her quietly out the sliding door. Looking around carefully, Kiah whispered, "Ok, he's not here." They rushed down the many stairs into the sunny Japanese afternoon. "Ahh! Let's go to that café, and…" A hand came up quickly and smacked her head forward. "You dumby! We can't stay out here! The festival isn't till later, we've gotta get these guys home!" Inuyasha stopped, and raised an eyebrow in a distinguished manner. "Well, hurry and get on my back!" "But," argued Kiah, "what if someone sees us? You?" "They won't." Still skeptical, she got onto the hanyou's back, followed by everyone else. In a rush of awakening air, they were speeding through Tokyo, skimming past places so fast it made their heads spin. Finally, he landed on an extremely tall building. "So, where's your house?" Kitty shrugged, but Kiah's blue eyes scanned the whole of the city. "Right…there! See, really tall. Gods Kitty, hope you never get lost!" As the two girls had a tongue fight, Inuyasha sped off towards the selected building. Landing on the outside porch, everyone piled off, looking quite comical. Kiah grabbed at the keys on her belt, and selected a rather large one for the screen door. Unlocking it, they walked in. "Wow, Tokyo's changed a lot since I was here last." Kiah nodded, and proceeded with a tour. Not that they needed one, it was obvious who's room was who's. Kitty's room was slightly smaller than Kiah's, covered in posters of cute actors and music stars. A boom box took up a large amount of space, with CD cases strewn around. Kinda messy, dark and scary-looking. Kiah's room across the hall, however, was quite the opposite. Much brighter, and a little bigger, everything was clean, neat and well organized. A bookshelf held tons of books of various topics, and labeled drawers stood in the corners. A desk right under the one window held all her homework and other important things. Her clothes were neat and orderly, while a charcoal pencil along with sketch paper sat at a jaunty angle on her well-made bed. Leaving the bedrooms, a little further on was a small yet cozy living room, and a kitchen/dining room. Then to complete the apartment, a bathroom. Shutting the curtain behind them, Kiah wrinkled her nose. "I don't really like apartments, but to live in Tokyo we needed a place to stay." Dropping her bag in her doorway, she ran into the living room and jumped onto the couch. "Ahh, comfy!" Kitty smiled, and walked the boys over. "Heh, Kiah. I'm gonna go change, then you and I need to go out and get ready! You know, hair, nails, the whole nine yards." Kiah was about to question this statement, but the girl whisked behind the door and disappeared. "What's that mean?" Miroku sat cross-legged on the carpeted floor, while Inuyasha sauntered over to the couch. "Urgh, see Kitty is a real party animal. When she said that, she meant we have to go out and shop. Like, spend money shop." Kitty poked her head round the corner, fully changed. "Come on slowpoke! You guys don't get into trouble while we're gone!" As Kiah stood tiredly, Miroku jumped. "Ya mean we've gotta stay here? Alone?" "Ah, we won't be long Miroku-Chan. Don't fight with Inuyasha!" Kitty kissed him quickly on the cheek, then took off dragging Kiah. The dejected priest drooped slightly watching her go, then returned to his seat. "Well, they're gone. What do you wanna do?" Inuyasha stretched out lazily, grabbing a cushion. "Nothing, don't wreck the place, I'm going to sleep." He placed the crocheted pillow over his head, and was soon snoring lightly. Miroku watched his calm, sleeping form quietly, before standing to walk into the kitchen. "What's in this room?" He kneeled before the fridge and pulled the door open. "Oh, food." Standing back up, he looked around bored. Finally going to Kitty's room, he switched the light on. "Hm, maybe I'll figure out how to work these disks!" And with that, he descended upon her poor, helpless CD's.