AN: For those of you who think that none of this makes any sense, and can't make heads nor tails of it, that's the way it's supposed to be. The world is turned upside down for these five people and their loved ones. Now read and enjoy. After all it's just a story.
Chapter Five.
Eri was depressed as she walked to school Monday morning. She thought about Miroku and having to leave him behind in the Feudal Era. She was near tears when her friends Yuka and Ayumi caught up with her.
"Hey there girl, how are you doing?" They asked her.
"Not too well. I had to leave my husband behind, never to see him again!" She started crying and they consoled her.
"It'll be alright." Yuka told her. "There will be other guys to fool around with. Just think Hojo is still available, and there's an entire sports team at school to oogle." This did noting to cheer Eri up though.
"I don't want other guys. I want Miroku." The tears came cascading down like waterfalls.
"Oh come on." Ayumi said, "He was your first, and that's hard on a girl your age, but it's not the end of the world. I'm telling you, there will be other guys, and they will be just as good as he was. Even better."
"I don't care! I want Miroku!" Eri cried and cried, and cried, and cried. Just then though the other two girls gasped. A look of shock and disbelief came over their faces as a hand came around Eri's head to offer her a handkerchief. She looked down at the bandaged hand with prayer beads dangling from the wrist and then turned slowly around. "Miroku!" Eri leaped for joy into the arms of her beloved. He caught her and held her there for a moment while they kissed and wept for each other.
"Eri. My sweet Eir." Miroku said.
"Oh Miroku." Eri said. "I thought I'd never see you again, what are you doing here?" She asked him.
"I came to be with you." He told her "We've all come to live here in Tokyo, together. Sango, Shippo, Inu-yasha, and… Kagome." Eri looked over Miroku's shoulder and standing behind him was Kagome and Sango. They were all three dressed in school uniforms and the girls couldn't help but be delighted as they ran to their friends and greeted them happily.
"So where's Inu-yasha?" Ayumi asked, "Isn't he coming to school with us?"
"No, Inu-yasha's gone out to find himself a job." Kagome answered, "We've got a baby on the way and that gets pretty expensive." The girls all giggled at the thought of Inu-yasha trying to find a job in the modern world. Especially with those ears of his, it was a funny thought, and more than entertaining.
"This is so great." Yuka said. "Now us girls can all hang out together. "But what's your cover story, I'm mean where do Sango and Miroku come from?" She asked.
"Well," Sango explained. "Miroku and I are brother and sister and we're both Kagome's cousins from out of town who previously were home schooled until we decided that we wanted a broader experience." It all seemed pretty straightforward and uncomplicated but there were sure to be several loose ends to be tied up later on. For now anyway, the group was content to be together again, although in the modern world, Eri, and Miroku were not legally married, they were still married in their hearts. Besides being boyfriend/girlfriend for a while longer wasn't the worst thing in the world. This would give them more time to get to know each other and become accustomed to each other's likes and dislikes. Besides, Sango thought, after a while, Miroku might get tired of little Eri and come crawling back to his real woman.
The gaggle of chirping teens walked arm in arm to school together that morning, happily believing that all their cares and worries were over and done with. Nothing could spoil that day for them, not even an unexpected assembly, or so they thought. When they got to school, however, the dream was shattered as Sango and Miroku found out what it was really like to be modern day teens living in the age of reason. First they had to take placement tests to determine what grade to put them in, and what courses they would need to bone up on. They did alright when it came to history and literature. That was no problem. Being a monk, Miroku was well educated, and Sango had learned enough from Kagome about these sorts of things to breeze on by but when it came to math and social studies, they were sorely lacking. If that were not discouraging enough, they completely failed the current events portion of the test.
"Social studies, current events, and quadratic equations… Whoever heard of such nonsense?" Sango demanded as they walked with Kagome to class. She was a year old than Kagome, she should clearly be in a higher grade, and yet they had stuck her in the same grade as all the rest of them. Miroku was just as doomed. Though he was nearly an adult, he was stuck in the lower grades with Kagome and others as well. On the upside this meant that he would have more time with Eri and the two of them could spend their lunch, P.E. breaks, and study hall periods together. Miroku always had Eri giggling and blushing and flirting when no one was paying any attention. During P.E. the two of them snuck off to the girl's shower and locker room to fool around. They undressed quickly and laid down on the bench with Miroku on top and Eri with her legs above her head.
Eir couldn't believe that she was doing this. But then she couldn't believe that she was doing a lot of things after she had met Miroku. This was so kinky, I mean, they could be caught at any moment and that just seemed to excite them both even more. The added danger involved in making love in such an awkward place made the experience all the more pleasurable.
"Oh Miroku!" Eri cried. Just then though Kagome, Yuka, Ayumi, and Sango came in from class to shower off. They stopped dead in their tracks when they saw the two of them together on the bench.
"EWE!" they all cried, "Get a room guys, come on!" Kagome said looking away. Eri gapsed and kicked Miroku away from her. She quickly got up and gathered her clothes up. Miroku was just about to put his back on when they heard the other girls coming.
"Oh my gosh." Eri said. "We've got to hide him."
"No way, he's not supposed to be back here anyway, let him get in trouble." Ayumi said. The chorus of voices was drawing closer, and Eri panicked. She looked around and then spied her locker on the far wall. It was just big enough.
"This way!" She shouted and dragged Miroku over to the locker. She opened it up quickly and removed her towels and uniform so as to make room, then she stuffed Miroku in.
"Wait" He objected, "I can't fit in here."
"Sure you can, just think small." Eri told him then closed the hatch. The other girls came in and started undressing and showering. Miroku looked out through the slits in the locker door and beheld all the lovely young woman undressing before him. They were all so wonderfully fit and tantalizing. He licked his lips as the locker began to close in around him. It was getting very crowded in there indeed as certain parts of him began to grow in size. Eri grabbed a quick shower herself then waited for the locker and shower rooms to empty. Once everyone was gone again, she let a very claustrophobic Miroku out of her locker. Well, really he fell out panting and shivering like someone who'd just been scared out of his mind.
"Are you okay darling?" Eri asked him.
"Let's not do that again" He said regaining his composure. "I don't seem to enjoy small spaces."
Kagome sat in the last class of the afternoon period and wondered how Inu-yasha's job hunt was going. It couldn't be going very well, I mean how many jobs could there be out there for a half demon with no prior work experience? Sure he was good a lifting heavy things and lugging around heavy equipment but he wasn't very mechanically inclined. He wasn't computer literate, shoot, he was barely literate at all, and he could forget about getting a nice cushy office job with no education to speak of. What could he be doing, Kagome wondered.
"So you have no prior work experience, no education, and you're built like a storm trooper." Said a fat man with coffee stains on his upper shirt. "You're hired." He shook Inu-yasha's hand with a creamy donut covered palm and welcomed him aboard. "We're putting in the second story on a new development this weekend and could sure use you over at the site."
"Glad to hear it. Oh one more thing, when will I be getting paid?" Inu-yasha asked, wiping his hand on his pants leg.
"On Friday liked everyone else. You'll have to default the first week though while we put you into the system. Don't worry though, that just means your first pay check is going to be twice as big." The Boss said.
"Good then I don't have to worry about it getting spent before it's in my pocket." Inu-yasha snickered.
"Oh married are you?" The Boss asked.
"No, but we're living together." Inu-yasha told him. "And believe me, we might as well be married the way she orders me around."
"Yeah it's the same for all us working stiffs. The little woman spends the money while we break our backs earning it. Don't worry things will get easier with time lad. Oh, and you'll have to get a hair cut, we've got a lot of heavy equipment for long hair to get caught in. That hat's going to have to go, can't wear that under your hardhat." His Boss informed him
"Sure thing, I'll get that taken care of this afternoon." Inu-yasha assured him.
"Good, then we'll start you off tomorrow bright and early." The Boss said. Inu-yasha walked out the trailer with a semi bright smile on his face. He had found a job with a construction company working on several developments down town and who were short on workmen to get the job done. That would make Kagome happy. She probably wasn't expecting him to find a job right off but he had and now she could be proud of him. Then he thought about the problem of his hair and ears. Simple enough, he could wear this thing called a hardhat over them. But his hair presented a different problem. It was long and white and no razor or pair of scissors was going to be able to cut it. There was only one blade in the world that could cut through his thick hair and it was wrapped up in a bundle at the shrine. Well, Kagome would have some work to do herself when she got home from school that afternoon. He would probably be getting in about the same time as she would be.
"Honey, I'm home!" Came Inu-yasha's voice as he walked in the front door. "What's for dinner?" He asked Kagome, kissing her on the forehead. She was sitting on the couch with Sango and Shippo watching the news, and relaxing after a hard day at school.
"What's got you in such a good mood?" Kagome asked him. "Don't tell me you found a job!" She exclaimed.
"Sure did." Inu-yasha replied. "I start tomorrow and the pay is pretty good. We're going to be rolling in the doe babe." He said taking her hand.
"What system do you base that on?" Kagome asked him. "What kind of job did you get?"
"The only kind I'm good for it seems, construction work. I'm going to be working on one of those swanky new developments down town." He told her. "Why?"
"Because you numbskull, construction workers get paid terrible wages, we won't be able to live off what you make, we'll starve!" Kagome screamed at him.
"Well excuse me." Inu-yasha yelled. "I thought you'd be proud of me! This is the only job that I could find with my background. I figured it was a pretty good job since they're always looking for more people to do it."
"Ever wonder why they're always looking for construction workers?" Kagome asked him. "Cause they get paid terrible wages, they're over worked, and they don't get many benefits!" She informed him. "What if something happens to you? What if you get injured on the job? What if…" She couldn't say it. It was too terrible to think about. "Inu-yasha I'm sorry." She said. "I'm just worried about us." She told him.
"Hey, don't be." He said, taking her into his arms, and holding her. "It'll be alright, you'll see, and don't forget that I'm more than just your average guy. I can take care of myself." This did reassure Kagome a little but she was still awfully worried about Inu-yasha. She couldn't count the number of things that could go wrong with him out and about in public. "So where is everyone?" Inu-yasha asked.
"Well, my mom's gone to the store, Grandpa's gone to pick up Sota, and Miroku's up stairs with Eri. They wanted to use our room since they don't have one of their own.
"You mean that lecherous monk is with that whiny little girl in our bed?" He asked.
"Well, it's not like I could turn them down, Inu-yasha. They're in love and they're two of my closest friends. It's not like they can go to Eri's home and do it after all. Her folks would freak if they knew she'd gone off and gotten married to Miroku of all people." Kagome said.
"Her folks don't even know Miroku, they might like him for all we know, and besides, it's our bed. That's the sacred place where you and I make love. Now it's defiled." At dinner that night things were no better. Inu-yasha and Kagome argued about everything. Sango couldn't stop giving Miroku dirty looks of indescribable anger as he and Eri played footsy under the table, and Shippo was just his plain hungry little self. He and Sota made faces at each other, goofing around, and they kicked Inu-yashs under the table.
"Great supper mom." Kagome said, "Can I have some more?" She asked.
"Sure honey." Kagome's mother said, fixing Kagome her third plate.
"You're sure packing it away Kagome." Shippo commented. "I've barely finished my first helping."
"I'm eating for two now Shippo." Kagome explained. "Yummy, this is great." She said digging in. This is what makes a happy home, Inu-yasha thought as he sat there with his family gathered around him. Even if it was a bit of strained happiness, they were happy. As a matter of fact, this was the happiest he'd been a in a long time. Still there was something nagging at him, like he'd left something undone, or perhaps it was just the fact that the was getting used to his new home. They had really left a lot of things undone back in the Feudal Era. They had left the sacred jewel incomplete and so many demons, including Naraku, alive to do whatever evil they pleased. Oh well, Sesshomaru could handle Naraku, and Kikyo too. They were beside the point now. All that mattered to Inu-yasha was the safety of Kagome and their baby. They would never have been safe living back in the Feuding States Era. No only here where demons and monsters no longer existed would they ever truly be safe and happy and that was what mattered. Happiness.
AN: Please review
Chapter Five.
Eri was depressed as she walked to school Monday morning. She thought about Miroku and having to leave him behind in the Feudal Era. She was near tears when her friends Yuka and Ayumi caught up with her.
"Hey there girl, how are you doing?" They asked her.
"Not too well. I had to leave my husband behind, never to see him again!" She started crying and they consoled her.
"It'll be alright." Yuka told her. "There will be other guys to fool around with. Just think Hojo is still available, and there's an entire sports team at school to oogle." This did noting to cheer Eri up though.
"I don't want other guys. I want Miroku." The tears came cascading down like waterfalls.
"Oh come on." Ayumi said, "He was your first, and that's hard on a girl your age, but it's not the end of the world. I'm telling you, there will be other guys, and they will be just as good as he was. Even better."
"I don't care! I want Miroku!" Eri cried and cried, and cried, and cried. Just then though the other two girls gasped. A look of shock and disbelief came over their faces as a hand came around Eri's head to offer her a handkerchief. She looked down at the bandaged hand with prayer beads dangling from the wrist and then turned slowly around. "Miroku!" Eri leaped for joy into the arms of her beloved. He caught her and held her there for a moment while they kissed and wept for each other.
"Eri. My sweet Eir." Miroku said.
"Oh Miroku." Eri said. "I thought I'd never see you again, what are you doing here?" She asked him.
"I came to be with you." He told her "We've all come to live here in Tokyo, together. Sango, Shippo, Inu-yasha, and… Kagome." Eri looked over Miroku's shoulder and standing behind him was Kagome and Sango. They were all three dressed in school uniforms and the girls couldn't help but be delighted as they ran to their friends and greeted them happily.
"So where's Inu-yasha?" Ayumi asked, "Isn't he coming to school with us?"
"No, Inu-yasha's gone out to find himself a job." Kagome answered, "We've got a baby on the way and that gets pretty expensive." The girls all giggled at the thought of Inu-yasha trying to find a job in the modern world. Especially with those ears of his, it was a funny thought, and more than entertaining.
"This is so great." Yuka said. "Now us girls can all hang out together. "But what's your cover story, I'm mean where do Sango and Miroku come from?" She asked.
"Well," Sango explained. "Miroku and I are brother and sister and we're both Kagome's cousins from out of town who previously were home schooled until we decided that we wanted a broader experience." It all seemed pretty straightforward and uncomplicated but there were sure to be several loose ends to be tied up later on. For now anyway, the group was content to be together again, although in the modern world, Eri, and Miroku were not legally married, they were still married in their hearts. Besides being boyfriend/girlfriend for a while longer wasn't the worst thing in the world. This would give them more time to get to know each other and become accustomed to each other's likes and dislikes. Besides, Sango thought, after a while, Miroku might get tired of little Eri and come crawling back to his real woman.
The gaggle of chirping teens walked arm in arm to school together that morning, happily believing that all their cares and worries were over and done with. Nothing could spoil that day for them, not even an unexpected assembly, or so they thought. When they got to school, however, the dream was shattered as Sango and Miroku found out what it was really like to be modern day teens living in the age of reason. First they had to take placement tests to determine what grade to put them in, and what courses they would need to bone up on. They did alright when it came to history and literature. That was no problem. Being a monk, Miroku was well educated, and Sango had learned enough from Kagome about these sorts of things to breeze on by but when it came to math and social studies, they were sorely lacking. If that were not discouraging enough, they completely failed the current events portion of the test.
"Social studies, current events, and quadratic equations… Whoever heard of such nonsense?" Sango demanded as they walked with Kagome to class. She was a year old than Kagome, she should clearly be in a higher grade, and yet they had stuck her in the same grade as all the rest of them. Miroku was just as doomed. Though he was nearly an adult, he was stuck in the lower grades with Kagome and others as well. On the upside this meant that he would have more time with Eri and the two of them could spend their lunch, P.E. breaks, and study hall periods together. Miroku always had Eri giggling and blushing and flirting when no one was paying any attention. During P.E. the two of them snuck off to the girl's shower and locker room to fool around. They undressed quickly and laid down on the bench with Miroku on top and Eri with her legs above her head.
Eir couldn't believe that she was doing this. But then she couldn't believe that she was doing a lot of things after she had met Miroku. This was so kinky, I mean, they could be caught at any moment and that just seemed to excite them both even more. The added danger involved in making love in such an awkward place made the experience all the more pleasurable.
"Oh Miroku!" Eri cried. Just then though Kagome, Yuka, Ayumi, and Sango came in from class to shower off. They stopped dead in their tracks when they saw the two of them together on the bench.
"EWE!" they all cried, "Get a room guys, come on!" Kagome said looking away. Eri gapsed and kicked Miroku away from her. She quickly got up and gathered her clothes up. Miroku was just about to put his back on when they heard the other girls coming.
"Oh my gosh." Eri said. "We've got to hide him."
"No way, he's not supposed to be back here anyway, let him get in trouble." Ayumi said. The chorus of voices was drawing closer, and Eri panicked. She looked around and then spied her locker on the far wall. It was just big enough.
"This way!" She shouted and dragged Miroku over to the locker. She opened it up quickly and removed her towels and uniform so as to make room, then she stuffed Miroku in.
"Wait" He objected, "I can't fit in here."
"Sure you can, just think small." Eri told him then closed the hatch. The other girls came in and started undressing and showering. Miroku looked out through the slits in the locker door and beheld all the lovely young woman undressing before him. They were all so wonderfully fit and tantalizing. He licked his lips as the locker began to close in around him. It was getting very crowded in there indeed as certain parts of him began to grow in size. Eri grabbed a quick shower herself then waited for the locker and shower rooms to empty. Once everyone was gone again, she let a very claustrophobic Miroku out of her locker. Well, really he fell out panting and shivering like someone who'd just been scared out of his mind.
"Are you okay darling?" Eri asked him.
"Let's not do that again" He said regaining his composure. "I don't seem to enjoy small spaces."
Kagome sat in the last class of the afternoon period and wondered how Inu-yasha's job hunt was going. It couldn't be going very well, I mean how many jobs could there be out there for a half demon with no prior work experience? Sure he was good a lifting heavy things and lugging around heavy equipment but he wasn't very mechanically inclined. He wasn't computer literate, shoot, he was barely literate at all, and he could forget about getting a nice cushy office job with no education to speak of. What could he be doing, Kagome wondered.
"So you have no prior work experience, no education, and you're built like a storm trooper." Said a fat man with coffee stains on his upper shirt. "You're hired." He shook Inu-yasha's hand with a creamy donut covered palm and welcomed him aboard. "We're putting in the second story on a new development this weekend and could sure use you over at the site."
"Glad to hear it. Oh one more thing, when will I be getting paid?" Inu-yasha asked, wiping his hand on his pants leg.
"On Friday liked everyone else. You'll have to default the first week though while we put you into the system. Don't worry though, that just means your first pay check is going to be twice as big." The Boss said.
"Good then I don't have to worry about it getting spent before it's in my pocket." Inu-yasha snickered.
"Oh married are you?" The Boss asked.
"No, but we're living together." Inu-yasha told him. "And believe me, we might as well be married the way she orders me around."
"Yeah it's the same for all us working stiffs. The little woman spends the money while we break our backs earning it. Don't worry things will get easier with time lad. Oh, and you'll have to get a hair cut, we've got a lot of heavy equipment for long hair to get caught in. That hat's going to have to go, can't wear that under your hardhat." His Boss informed him
"Sure thing, I'll get that taken care of this afternoon." Inu-yasha assured him.
"Good, then we'll start you off tomorrow bright and early." The Boss said. Inu-yasha walked out the trailer with a semi bright smile on his face. He had found a job with a construction company working on several developments down town and who were short on workmen to get the job done. That would make Kagome happy. She probably wasn't expecting him to find a job right off but he had and now she could be proud of him. Then he thought about the problem of his hair and ears. Simple enough, he could wear this thing called a hardhat over them. But his hair presented a different problem. It was long and white and no razor or pair of scissors was going to be able to cut it. There was only one blade in the world that could cut through his thick hair and it was wrapped up in a bundle at the shrine. Well, Kagome would have some work to do herself when she got home from school that afternoon. He would probably be getting in about the same time as she would be.
"Honey, I'm home!" Came Inu-yasha's voice as he walked in the front door. "What's for dinner?" He asked Kagome, kissing her on the forehead. She was sitting on the couch with Sango and Shippo watching the news, and relaxing after a hard day at school.
"What's got you in such a good mood?" Kagome asked him. "Don't tell me you found a job!" She exclaimed.
"Sure did." Inu-yasha replied. "I start tomorrow and the pay is pretty good. We're going to be rolling in the doe babe." He said taking her hand.
"What system do you base that on?" Kagome asked him. "What kind of job did you get?"
"The only kind I'm good for it seems, construction work. I'm going to be working on one of those swanky new developments down town." He told her. "Why?"
"Because you numbskull, construction workers get paid terrible wages, we won't be able to live off what you make, we'll starve!" Kagome screamed at him.
"Well excuse me." Inu-yasha yelled. "I thought you'd be proud of me! This is the only job that I could find with my background. I figured it was a pretty good job since they're always looking for more people to do it."
"Ever wonder why they're always looking for construction workers?" Kagome asked him. "Cause they get paid terrible wages, they're over worked, and they don't get many benefits!" She informed him. "What if something happens to you? What if you get injured on the job? What if…" She couldn't say it. It was too terrible to think about. "Inu-yasha I'm sorry." She said. "I'm just worried about us." She told him.
"Hey, don't be." He said, taking her into his arms, and holding her. "It'll be alright, you'll see, and don't forget that I'm more than just your average guy. I can take care of myself." This did reassure Kagome a little but she was still awfully worried about Inu-yasha. She couldn't count the number of things that could go wrong with him out and about in public. "So where is everyone?" Inu-yasha asked.
"Well, my mom's gone to the store, Grandpa's gone to pick up Sota, and Miroku's up stairs with Eri. They wanted to use our room since they don't have one of their own.
"You mean that lecherous monk is with that whiny little girl in our bed?" He asked.
"Well, it's not like I could turn them down, Inu-yasha. They're in love and they're two of my closest friends. It's not like they can go to Eri's home and do it after all. Her folks would freak if they knew she'd gone off and gotten married to Miroku of all people." Kagome said.
"Her folks don't even know Miroku, they might like him for all we know, and besides, it's our bed. That's the sacred place where you and I make love. Now it's defiled." At dinner that night things were no better. Inu-yasha and Kagome argued about everything. Sango couldn't stop giving Miroku dirty looks of indescribable anger as he and Eri played footsy under the table, and Shippo was just his plain hungry little self. He and Sota made faces at each other, goofing around, and they kicked Inu-yashs under the table.
"Great supper mom." Kagome said, "Can I have some more?" She asked.
"Sure honey." Kagome's mother said, fixing Kagome her third plate.
"You're sure packing it away Kagome." Shippo commented. "I've barely finished my first helping."
"I'm eating for two now Shippo." Kagome explained. "Yummy, this is great." She said digging in. This is what makes a happy home, Inu-yasha thought as he sat there with his family gathered around him. Even if it was a bit of strained happiness, they were happy. As a matter of fact, this was the happiest he'd been a in a long time. Still there was something nagging at him, like he'd left something undone, or perhaps it was just the fact that the was getting used to his new home. They had really left a lot of things undone back in the Feudal Era. They had left the sacred jewel incomplete and so many demons, including Naraku, alive to do whatever evil they pleased. Oh well, Sesshomaru could handle Naraku, and Kikyo too. They were beside the point now. All that mattered to Inu-yasha was the safety of Kagome and their baby. They would never have been safe living back in the Feuding States Era. No only here where demons and monsters no longer existed would they ever truly be safe and happy and that was what mattered. Happiness.
AN: Please review