The Sengoku Jidai...
"Kagome? Kagome! Are you alright? I'm sure InuYasha will show up soon. He's never out too long. He really cares about you!" Shippou had looked up at Kagome who was sitting in the corner of Kaede's home facing the fire with her head between her legs. Kaede was fast asleep.
"What do you know, fox boy? The way InuYasha's treating me isn't caring... It's not even to the point of..." Kagome lifted her head and looked at the fire. Remembering everything in the past. The retrospect didn't have Kagome in it at all. She knew Kikyou was dead, but everything came back. She saw InuYasha shout 'I never stop thinking about you, Kikyou! Not even for an instant!' Then she saw InuYasha and Kikyou kiss. It was like it was happening right then and there. Kagome clutched opposite arms and her eyes turned into horizontal slits while a tear slipped down her cheek.
"Kagome, why are you looking like that? Are you sure you're okay?" Sango came in and sat down without Miroku. Kagome and Shippou noticed, but didn't really care because they were too caught up in their own business.
"You know what, fox boy? I've just about had enough of you and your butting in with me and InuYasha's relationship." Sango looked back at the two. She tried to let the words rush out of her mouth, but Kagome kept on going. "You think you know so much about triangles, don't you? Well, you know what? You don't! So go away, now!" Tears welled up in Shippou's eyes. He ran out of Kaede's house without turning back. Kirara stopped at the entrance. Sango gave a worried stare at Shippou and turned to Kagome.
"K-kagome, what was that all about? Shippou was merely worried about your condition." Realizing what she had just done, Kagome's face turned to normal. A second tear slid down her face.
"Sango! W-what are you d-doing here? I thought you weren't gonna be back until morning!" Sango sat down across the room from Kagome. "Me and Miroku thought our business was finished." Sango tried hiding her anger with a smile but Kagome could clearly see she was mad. That stuck another thought in Kagome's memories and she began to cry. if InuYasha still loves Kikyou? What if h-he's going to find Kikyou again?" Sango crawled to Kagome's side and hugged her the
"Oh, Kagome. Kikyou is dead. She doesn't exist anymore, remember?"
"I know she's dead again, b-but InuYasha is probably howling for her to come back! I don't know why he would go after her anymore after she's dead, but he said he never stops thinking about Kikyou!" Now Kagome's face was soaked in tears. Her hands wouldn't stop sweeping the tears that would just smear everywhere.
"Kagome, it's all right. I know how you feel."
"R-really? How?" Kagome looked puzzled at Sango's face. Sango just realized she had no idea. She knew what Kagome was going through. She had just never gone through it herself. "At least Miroku isn't chasing or th- thinking about some old dead woman!"
"Well, yea, but- " Kirara stared at them.
"Sango... I-I love... I love InuYasha... I don't want him to think about Kikyou. She's dead and doesn't deserve to be thought about... She killed InuYasha, damnit!"
"The truth is, Kagome, that's what I think about every woman Miroku meets... just not the dead part."
"Heh... Men are so stupid... They do everything to get the girl of their dreams, yet they enjoy looking at other women." Kagome had stopped crying and her face was all red. Her nose was stopped up and she had a burning headache.
"It looks about time to g- Where's Miroku?"
"Oh no! I can't believe Miroku left too! If this keeps up, my head's gonna explode!"
"Men are so stubborn! They never ever do anything right !"
"What was that, ladies?" Kagome and Sango looked up at Miroku who was standing at the entrance holding Shippou by the tail. Sango got up and started blowing up in his face.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU WERE LEAVING? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LEFT ME WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT! YOU'RE SO STUPID!!!" Miroku dropped Shippou as he backed up.
"Hey! Don't be so... So... I don't know, just stop blowing up in my face! It might be too scared to hit on the other women." This got Sango angrier than before.
"YOU TWO TIMING PERVERT! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! YOU'RE SO SELFISH!!!" Sango whacked Miroku in the middle of his face. "THERE! NOW YOU WON'T BE HITTING ON ANYMORE GIRLS! NOW I GUESS IT'S SAFE TO SAY I'M PREGNANT AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS OF SEX!!!" Sango stood over Miroku who was crawling on the floor. "Pr-pregnant?" Kagome whimpered. That's when it hit Miroku. "S-sango? Y-you're pregnant?" Miroku was on all fours, wide-eyed staring at Sango. Then a huge grin flew across his face. "You're really pregnant?" Sango looked down at Miroku. "Yea, Miroku. I'm pregnant." Miroku got up and grabbed Sango's hands. "I- I mean, we did it! You're pregnant!" Sango's angry look suddenly turned into a blush and a huge smile. Miroku and Sango all of a sudden started jumping up and down. "WE DID IT! WE DID IT!" Shippou finally snapped out of his unconsciousness from the fall. "Nnngh... Did what?" Miroku and Sango jumped in front of Shippou and flung their arms out. "SANGO'SI'M PREGNANT!"
"I knew it! So that's why you two were gone twenty minutes ago!"
"Shippou, why do you know about these things?" Miroku's grin stayed as he asked.
"Well-"
"HA! HA! HA! THE LITTLE FOX IS BECOMING A BIT A PERVERT HIMSELF I SEE!" Everyone had totally forgotten Kagome who was still in her corner. She was so stunned with Sango's news that she just had to make a funny face about it.
"Hey, I just know things! I would never touch a womans ass!"
"That's just my way of flattery!"
"Actually it's more of a 'you have a nice rear' pat." They all kept on arguing, but Kagome just sat there stunned.
The Present...
"Alright, you two! We only have thirty minutes until the store closes! We need to hurry up so InuYasha can get some new clothes and make up with... er, make Kagome feel better!" This little trip to get a couple articles of clothing seemed more like a drill at boot camp. InuYasha was severely embarrassed by this and got out of the car red as a tomato.
"Souta, you can take InuYasha to the men's area and I'll wait up front!"
"Got it, Mom!" Souta grabbed InuYasha and dragged him to the back of the clothing store. InuYasha looked around.
'So this is what people wear in Kagome's era?' He saw nice khaki pants and cotton button-up shirts. 'InuYasha, you've been in worse situations than switching a red kimono-hakama for whatever they call these things'
"Hey, InuYasha! C'mere! I think you might like this!" Souta held up a white button-up shirt.
"Kid, what do they call these things?"
"Kagome never told you what a shirt was? Man, she's way behind in telling you stuff about our time. I'm sure you've seen a lot of Tokyo, since she's taken you shopping with her already. So how do you like it?" Souta lifted the shirt agains InuYasha's chest. InuYasha just stared at it without any sign of an approval. "Okay, I guess we'll keep it since it looks good on you. Now let's find pants!"
'Pants? What the hell are pants?' Souta caught a glimpse of InuYasha's confused look.
"And if you're wondering what pants are, they're like those red pants you're wearing, just tighter, like what I'm wearing." InuYasha looked down at Souta's pants. They didn't look very flexible. Souta scrambled through the racks of pants. "Darn, I wish they had size tags back in the feudal era. It's getting to be a pain finding clothes for you. Here take these. We're going to the fitting rooms. And we have to hurry. Only ten minutes 'till the store closes." Souta pushed InuYasha all the way to the fitting rooms to try his clothes on.
'Why the hell am I doing this? This isn't what I expected it to be...' InuYasha looked around his confined room. It was so closed in, but nobody could see him. Hesitantly, InuYasha undressed out of his kimono-hakama. He held up the white shirt in front of him and cringed. 'I'm so stupid. Why did I even want to do this in the first place? I hate Kagome's era... Why did it have to change so much... Things would be a lot better off without change...'
"Come on InuYasha! We don't have a lot of time left. Are you finished?" InuYasha looked at the shirt and the pants one last time before Souta took them. It wouldn't hurt just to tell a little white lie. InuYasha could just act like he was using that toilet thing that they use in the present and change in there.
"Yea. Just need to get my kimono on!"
"Then give the shirt and pants to me so Mom can pay for 'em."
"Kagome? Kagome! Are you alright? I'm sure InuYasha will show up soon. He's never out too long. He really cares about you!" Shippou had looked up at Kagome who was sitting in the corner of Kaede's home facing the fire with her head between her legs. Kaede was fast asleep.
"What do you know, fox boy? The way InuYasha's treating me isn't caring... It's not even to the point of..." Kagome lifted her head and looked at the fire. Remembering everything in the past. The retrospect didn't have Kagome in it at all. She knew Kikyou was dead, but everything came back. She saw InuYasha shout 'I never stop thinking about you, Kikyou! Not even for an instant!' Then she saw InuYasha and Kikyou kiss. It was like it was happening right then and there. Kagome clutched opposite arms and her eyes turned into horizontal slits while a tear slipped down her cheek.
"Kagome, why are you looking like that? Are you sure you're okay?" Sango came in and sat down without Miroku. Kagome and Shippou noticed, but didn't really care because they were too caught up in their own business.
"You know what, fox boy? I've just about had enough of you and your butting in with me and InuYasha's relationship." Sango looked back at the two. She tried to let the words rush out of her mouth, but Kagome kept on going. "You think you know so much about triangles, don't you? Well, you know what? You don't! So go away, now!" Tears welled up in Shippou's eyes. He ran out of Kaede's house without turning back. Kirara stopped at the entrance. Sango gave a worried stare at Shippou and turned to Kagome.
"K-kagome, what was that all about? Shippou was merely worried about your condition." Realizing what she had just done, Kagome's face turned to normal. A second tear slid down her face.
"Sango! W-what are you d-doing here? I thought you weren't gonna be back until morning!" Sango sat down across the room from Kagome. "Me and Miroku thought our business was finished." Sango tried hiding her anger with a smile but Kagome could clearly see she was mad. That stuck another thought in Kagome's memories and she began to cry. if InuYasha still loves Kikyou? What if h-he's going to find Kikyou again?" Sango crawled to Kagome's side and hugged her the
"Oh, Kagome. Kikyou is dead. She doesn't exist anymore, remember?"
"I know she's dead again, b-but InuYasha is probably howling for her to come back! I don't know why he would go after her anymore after she's dead, but he said he never stops thinking about Kikyou!" Now Kagome's face was soaked in tears. Her hands wouldn't stop sweeping the tears that would just smear everywhere.
"Kagome, it's all right. I know how you feel."
"R-really? How?" Kagome looked puzzled at Sango's face. Sango just realized she had no idea. She knew what Kagome was going through. She had just never gone through it herself. "At least Miroku isn't chasing or th- thinking about some old dead woman!"
"Well, yea, but- " Kirara stared at them.
"Sango... I-I love... I love InuYasha... I don't want him to think about Kikyou. She's dead and doesn't deserve to be thought about... She killed InuYasha, damnit!"
"The truth is, Kagome, that's what I think about every woman Miroku meets... just not the dead part."
"Heh... Men are so stupid... They do everything to get the girl of their dreams, yet they enjoy looking at other women." Kagome had stopped crying and her face was all red. Her nose was stopped up and she had a burning headache.
"It looks about time to g- Where's Miroku?"
"Oh no! I can't believe Miroku left too! If this keeps up, my head's gonna explode!"
"Men are so stubborn! They never ever do anything right !"
"What was that, ladies?" Kagome and Sango looked up at Miroku who was standing at the entrance holding Shippou by the tail. Sango got up and started blowing up in his face.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU WERE LEAVING? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LEFT ME WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT! YOU'RE SO STUPID!!!" Miroku dropped Shippou as he backed up.
"Hey! Don't be so... So... I don't know, just stop blowing up in my face! It might be too scared to hit on the other women." This got Sango angrier than before.
"YOU TWO TIMING PERVERT! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! YOU'RE SO SELFISH!!!" Sango whacked Miroku in the middle of his face. "THERE! NOW YOU WON'T BE HITTING ON ANYMORE GIRLS! NOW I GUESS IT'S SAFE TO SAY I'M PREGNANT AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS OF SEX!!!" Sango stood over Miroku who was crawling on the floor. "Pr-pregnant?" Kagome whimpered. That's when it hit Miroku. "S-sango? Y-you're pregnant?" Miroku was on all fours, wide-eyed staring at Sango. Then a huge grin flew across his face. "You're really pregnant?" Sango looked down at Miroku. "Yea, Miroku. I'm pregnant." Miroku got up and grabbed Sango's hands. "I- I mean, we did it! You're pregnant!" Sango's angry look suddenly turned into a blush and a huge smile. Miroku and Sango all of a sudden started jumping up and down. "WE DID IT! WE DID IT!" Shippou finally snapped out of his unconsciousness from the fall. "Nnngh... Did what?" Miroku and Sango jumped in front of Shippou and flung their arms out. "SANGO'SI'M PREGNANT!"
"I knew it! So that's why you two were gone twenty minutes ago!"
"Shippou, why do you know about these things?" Miroku's grin stayed as he asked.
"Well-"
"HA! HA! HA! THE LITTLE FOX IS BECOMING A BIT A PERVERT HIMSELF I SEE!" Everyone had totally forgotten Kagome who was still in her corner. She was so stunned with Sango's news that she just had to make a funny face about it.
"Hey, I just know things! I would never touch a womans ass!"
"That's just my way of flattery!"
"Actually it's more of a 'you have a nice rear' pat." They all kept on arguing, but Kagome just sat there stunned.
The Present...
"Alright, you two! We only have thirty minutes until the store closes! We need to hurry up so InuYasha can get some new clothes and make up with... er, make Kagome feel better!" This little trip to get a couple articles of clothing seemed more like a drill at boot camp. InuYasha was severely embarrassed by this and got out of the car red as a tomato.
"Souta, you can take InuYasha to the men's area and I'll wait up front!"
"Got it, Mom!" Souta grabbed InuYasha and dragged him to the back of the clothing store. InuYasha looked around.
'So this is what people wear in Kagome's era?' He saw nice khaki pants and cotton button-up shirts. 'InuYasha, you've been in worse situations than switching a red kimono-hakama for whatever they call these things'
"Hey, InuYasha! C'mere! I think you might like this!" Souta held up a white button-up shirt.
"Kid, what do they call these things?"
"Kagome never told you what a shirt was? Man, she's way behind in telling you stuff about our time. I'm sure you've seen a lot of Tokyo, since she's taken you shopping with her already. So how do you like it?" Souta lifted the shirt agains InuYasha's chest. InuYasha just stared at it without any sign of an approval. "Okay, I guess we'll keep it since it looks good on you. Now let's find pants!"
'Pants? What the hell are pants?' Souta caught a glimpse of InuYasha's confused look.
"And if you're wondering what pants are, they're like those red pants you're wearing, just tighter, like what I'm wearing." InuYasha looked down at Souta's pants. They didn't look very flexible. Souta scrambled through the racks of pants. "Darn, I wish they had size tags back in the feudal era. It's getting to be a pain finding clothes for you. Here take these. We're going to the fitting rooms. And we have to hurry. Only ten minutes 'till the store closes." Souta pushed InuYasha all the way to the fitting rooms to try his clothes on.
'Why the hell am I doing this? This isn't what I expected it to be...' InuYasha looked around his confined room. It was so closed in, but nobody could see him. Hesitantly, InuYasha undressed out of his kimono-hakama. He held up the white shirt in front of him and cringed. 'I'm so stupid. Why did I even want to do this in the first place? I hate Kagome's era... Why did it have to change so much... Things would be a lot better off without change...'
"Come on InuYasha! We don't have a lot of time left. Are you finished?" InuYasha looked at the shirt and the pants one last time before Souta took them. It wouldn't hurt just to tell a little white lie. InuYasha could just act like he was using that toilet thing that they use in the present and change in there.
"Yea. Just need to get my kimono on!"
"Then give the shirt and pants to me so Mom can pay for 'em."