Disclaimer:…Once again, I do not own the characters of Inuyasha…Anyways, thank you for the reviews ^_^ Maybe I'll re-write this fic if/after I see the Japanese versions of the anime. Like suggested.

Kagome, What's a Birthday?

The city street was crowded with students and men and women, all cheerily going on with their business. Inuyasha's ears rustled under the packed hat, which made him incredibly uncomfortable. Souta ignored his whining and continued to drag him deeper into the crowd.

"So where are we going?" Inuyasha grumbled.

"I need to get some money, I know a guy that owes me."

"Owes you? For what?"

"I helped him out with his shop, he hasn't paid me yet….HERE!" He pointed to a shop window, and inside was a violet clip embedded with tiny jewels. "I wanted to get this for Kagome…but it's too expensive." Souta was disappointed, as he admired the fine work.

"Why don't you just take it?" asked Inuyasha like it was common sense.

Souta looked from the clip to Inuyasha, "We can't. That's called stealing. You could get in a lot of trouble for that!"

"pff…weakling." scoffed Inuyasha under his breath. They then continued into the darker part of town until they reached a glass shop on the corner. Souta pulled the door open and dragged Inuyasha in. Inside, a groggy old man waited behind the counter eyeing Souta and Inuyasha, mainly Inuyasha.

"Souta!" he cheerily yelled with a voice unlike his appearance. He held a large smile on his face and Souta and Inuyasha approached him.

"Um…Mr. Miomoto? Can I have my money now? It's Kagome's birthday tomorrow and I want to get her something special." He leaned up to the counter on his toes. Inuyasha grinning at Souta's shortness.

Miomoto eyed Souta and smiled, "Very well…" he pulled open the cash register, then handed Souta a small handful of money. "…So who's your friend?"

"It's Kagome's boyfriend." Souta said without hesitation. Inuyasha jumped, then snatched up Souta by the back of the shirt, and went outside while Souta counted his new money. When outside, Inuyasha dropped the runt and stared at him.

"What do you mean by 'boyfriend'?" he snapped crossing his arms.

"uh…well…aren't you?"

Inuyasha blushed, "NO YOU IDGEOT!"

"Well, can we just go?" asked Souta trying to make Inuyasha's yelling seem harmless to passerby's.

"SOUTA!!!" a girl snatched Souta from the back and pulled him to the ground tackling him and laughing. He struggled to get free, but she was twice his size and pretty toned. Yet she was still no match for Inuyasha. He snatched her arm, and as a reflex, she punched him hard in the face. He let her go.

"DAMN! You hit harder than Kagome!" he shouted rubbing the rather large pink bump that had grown on his head.

"…Kagome? You know Kagome?" she blushed from her attack and turned to Souta on the ground trying to pull himself together. When he got up he looked at the confused girl.

"This is Inuyasha." he said rubbing his nose, "Inuyasha, this is Nakaki, she's a friend." Nakaki rushed to Inuyasha and inspected the bump.

"Are you ok?" she asked.

Inuyasha glared at her, "KEH! I'm fine! You might as well nurse his wounds!" he pointed to Souta. She looked over at Souta, who dusted off the dirt and scowled at both of them.

"Can we just GO?!" h snapped. Inuyasha and Souta began to head back into the street when Nakaki jumped behind them.

"Go where?"

"None of your business!" Inuyasha snapped.

"We're going shopping for Kagome…you do remember it's her birthday tomorrow, right?"

"…tomorrow?" he expression was obviously readable and she smiled, "heh! I forgot. Can I go with you guys?"

"Oka…"

"NO!" Inuyasha interrupted Souta.

"awe Why not?" she whined pulling on Inuyasha's shirt.

"Cuz I just want to get this over with, and you'll slow us down!" he snapped pulling her off.

"well aren't you nice…" The two boys then walked away from her and disappeared into the crowd. "He's kinda cute…"

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Kagome waited impatiently at her house in her room. She was dazed with her head resting on an open algebra book. "…Inuyasha…"

She jumped up and snatched her hairbrush, then brushed her hair as quickly as possible while rushing to the door. Without paying attention, she rushed right into Houjo, who was at the entrance holding flowers. "Happy birthday Kagome!" he said in his normal cheery tone.

"HOUJO! Umm….what a surprise! Thank you!" she graciously took the flowers and blushed. He smiled at her.

"I thought I might come over and see if you would like to go to a movie with me for a small celebration."

Kagome smelled the flowers then looked up at him. She felt warm, but at the same time, uncomfortable. "Umm…"

"Great! Tonight at eight then?"

"Uh.."

"Ok, I'll be here!" He pecked her on the cheek, then pranced off merrily as usual. When he was out of site, Kagome went back inside, her face burning. She set the flowers on the living room table, then plopped down onto the couch.

"Did I just agree to a date with Houjo?" she thought staring at the flowers.

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Souta and Inuyasha had been to nearly all of the stores, looking for the perfect gift. Finally, something caught Souta's eye. "Why not that?" He pointed to a manikin behind a glass window.

"Get her a fake person?" scoffed Inuyasha.

"No! Look at the wrist!"

Inuyasha leaned in and stared at the wrist. On it, was a diamond embedded bracelet that shone like stars. "Don't you think that'd be kinda expensive?" he asked.

"yeah…but I might be able to afford…AH!" he spotted the price tag, "…never mind…"

"So you're gonna get her that bracelet?" cam a voice behind them. It was Nakaki, she was smiling and staring at the jewelry.

"I can't afford it." admitted Souta.

"No problem. I can get it for you." she stepped inside, Inuyasha and Souta watching from their distance. She walked about, eyeing other items, and holding her hands in her pockets. Then, she came upon the bracelet. She looked around, then quickly snatched it, and ran out of the store. The cashier yelled frantically for her to stop, and people on the street gasped in shock as she sprinted down an alley. But before she reached the entrance to the alley, she dropped a note in Souta's hand. A young shopkeeper darted after her.

"heh! She's pretty brave." said Inuyasha admiring her.

"No…she's stupid! She's going to get arrested." he said unfolding the piece of paper. Written on it, were two words: "Weeping lake"