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Kagome tried to stay as close to Inuyasha as possible as they walked down the streets of the district Sesshomaru had left them in. It wasn't the type of place she would desire to be in, which was why she was also walking as fast as she could. The hanyou with her seemed slightly annoyed with her proximity, but her pace offset his frustration; he would rather get out of this strange place soon than doddle around waiting on some stupid girl.
The dilapidated houses and buildings around them slowly turned into nice, small shops and well-kept homes which in turn transformed into large buildings housing major companies; they had reached the heart of the city. Kagome knew this area a little better and tried her best to keep them off of the busiest streets, knowing how the people would react to Inuyasha; but it was quite a difficult task seeing as how every street in the center of the city was a busy one.
After they had gone a little ways, they had stopped and gone down into a dead-ended alley so that Inuyasha could change into his new clothes while Kagome made sure no one came down and saw him. Sesshomaru had been right; his clothes were sure to give him away. When he walked back over to her, he was dressed, correctly if you can believe it, in a normal pair of jeans and a black t-shirt; that took care of his style. However, he ears and claws could still be seen and were a major clue as to what he was, although anyone who saw him would just think he was some sort of monster and run off screaming. That they had to avoid.
Kagome sat down and dug around in the bag she had taken from Inuyasha, looking for something that help disguise him. She let out a triumphant "Ah- ha!" and flung a cap at him. Inuyasha caught it deftly and blinked at it a few times before looking at her in confusion. Laughing, Kagome got up and took it from him, reaching up to place it snuggly on his head. The hanyou made a face as she did so, not likely covering up his ears; but she insisted that he had to hide them if they were going to get out Tokyo without causing a riot.
Next on her list, Inuyasha's hair was taken care of. She knew that some people did strange things with their hair, like dye it silver and grow it all the way down their back; but there was just so much of it that it stood out. So, she pulled it through the back of the cap into a ponytail and then walked around in front of Inuyasha to check out her work. Smiling and clapping her hands together in front of her, she nodded in approval, only to be met with a disapproving stare.
Inuyasha shoved some clothes from the bag into her hands and pushed her around the corner, telling her to change. When she protested, he made a comment about how her clothes looked after having been used for so long in the compound. After taking one look down at herself, Kagome had quickly shoved him back around the corner and changed into the new clothes; hers really had been a mess, all in tatters from running around and fighting with demons.
Coming back out from behind the corner, Kagome ran her fingers through her hair until she was at least slightly satisfied with her appearance and asked if Inuyasha was ready to go again. He nodded and strode back out into the street. Kagome could only hold her breath and hope that the clothes Sesshomaru had given his brother would disguise his conspicuously demon features enough not to cause a panic among the citizens of Tokyo.
And now they were in the most populated area of the city, trying not to get in anyone's way. Kagome had been prepared, at least a little bit, for someone to look at them and go running from the unknown monster and the girl with him; but she wasn't prepared for said monster's reaction to everything around him. If it hadn't been for the present situation, she would have found it quite humorous.
They hadn't seen any type of modern transportation for a while, being one of the slums in the town; but when they did, Inuyasha had nearly jumped out of his skin. A car had driven past them, speeding down the road; and Inuyasha had tensed, looking all around trying to figure out what was coming as soon as he had heard it. Upon spotting the speeding...thing...he had frozen for a moment, not knowing what to do; he figured out soon enough. He prepared to pounce on the car as it drew nearer.
Kagome had been at a loss of what to about the hanyou's reaction, and she just stood there blinking at him until she realized what he was about to do. Quickly, she jumped over to him and grabbed him, yelling for him not to do anything. He had jerked his head up when he felt her hands on his arm, his attention momentarily off of the unknown vehicle. The distraction lasted just long enough as the car passed them before Inuyasha could wrench his arm out of the girl's grasp.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Kagome walked over and slumped against a nearby wall. Inuyasha stood, frozen in his spot for a few moments as he stared after the car before shaking himself out of his stupor and making his way over to Kagome. With an extremely confused look, he tapped her on the shoulder and waited for her to look up at him.
"What was that?" he asked, the normal gruffness gone from his voice; he was completely baffled at what had just happened, but he was beginning to realize that Sesshomaru had been right. He didn't know anything about this time.
"That was a car. You know, we drive them around so that we don't have to walk everywhere," Kagome answered, looking blankly up at the hanyou.
"Drive?" he asked, the feeling of being thrown into unknown territory and finding himself very lost becoming overwhelming. "I don't understand."
"Huh? What do you mean? You haven't been in that place for that long; they said they found you ten years ago and we had cars then."
The searching expression on his face slowly faded into an annoyed scowl; she was implying that he was an idiot. "That's how long I've been there, stupid girl," he said, his angry tone back. "I was under a spell for 550 years before that, apparently; so, no, I don't know!"
Kagome's eyes widened as she processed what he had said. She had heard Sesshomaru say something about Inuyasha being pinned to a tree for over 500 years; but she had dismissed it, thinking that she had misheard him. She hadn't heard him saying that Inuyasha didn't know anything and needed help, having been busy absorbing the news about her family and the fact that she wouldn't be able to go home. Now, however, she realized that she had heard correctly and Inuyasha had no idea what was going on.
"Oh," she said quietly, coming back to the situation at hand. "Well, I guess that I'll have to explain a few things, then," she stated, pushing herself off of the wall. "Let's go; I'll explain while we walk. Just don't attack anything, alright?"
"Fine."
It had taken Kagome an entire half-hour to explain cars to Inuyasha. The concept of things that moved on wheels and "drove" people around wasn't what had him so confused; it was the idea that they moved on their own. He just couldn't understand how they could move without horses or something else pulling them. Needless to say, Kagome had been so mentally exhausted after her lecture on gas-powered cars that she didn't even go into trains or airplanes.
Now they were in the thick of Tokyo traffic and Inuyasha was having a hard time controlling himself around so many vehicles. They just kept coming so fast, and they were honking at each other; it was just so much for him to try and absorb all at once. Kagome occasionally had to remind him not to growl at the cars or flex his claws; they were starting to get strange looks from the people on the sidewalk.
A double-decker bus picked the opportune time when Inuyasha had finally calmed down a bit to drive by; he wasn't calm for long. Looking out at the street, the hanyou saw the huge metal beast rolling towards him, carrying people on top of and inside it, and panicked. Leaping the few feet from the road to the nearest shop, Inuyasha made a dash for the door, leaving Kagome to figure out what had just happened before deciding to chase after him.
The closest shop happened to be one of Tokyo's electronics store; this was not going to go over well with the demon that had missed the past five centuries and thus the entire development of electronic devices. As soon as the shocked hanyou got through the doors, the music from the stereos that had previously been damped by the outside wall assailed his sensitive ears. Cringing and shoving the hat farther down on his head to try and block the rock music out, Inuyasha skid across the tile in his new shoes; who ever said that shoes were a good thing, anyway?
Kagome burst through the doors just after him, calling out for him to come back outside; she was a little late, however, as Inuyasha opened his eyes and found himself looking at bright, moving pictures. Once again startled, the hanyou regained his balance and started for the back of the store where he thought he would be safe from all of the terrifying things near the door. He was wrong.
At the back of the store, Inuyasha ran into the video games. There were several teenagers standing at the game systems playing the sample games, all of which had them running around shooting people and contained very realistic gore. The violence didn't bother him – he was a hanyou for goodness sake – but what was it that they were using to kill the people? Was that a new type of weapon that could give humans, since these were all obviously human by their smell, demon powers? That couldn't be good in itself, not to mention that there were more moving pictures in those square frames. What was going on?!
Kagome finally caught up with the baffled and panicked demon just before he bolted from the game section as well. Grabbing hold of his shoulders from behind, she realized too late that that wasn't a good idea. Spinning around with a growl, Inuyasha made a swing at the person who had caught him off guard, pulling his swing up just before he caught Kagome's head. Ducking, Kagome gasped and squeezed her eyes shut as she prayed that he would recognize her before he accidentally hurt her. When the air rushed past her head and then settled, she cocked her head to look up at Inuyasha, seeing the frazzled look on his face.
She sighed as she stood back up, finally noticing that the game players had stopped and were gaping at them. Laughing nervously, she apologized for interrupting their game while explaining that they were just playing around. She quickly grabbing Inuyasha's sleeve and dragged him to a remote corner of the store that thankfully was full of computers that were turned off; at least she didn't have to worry about him freaking out on her there. Sighing again, she put her hand on her forehead to ward off the oncoming headache. This was going to be a long day.
AN: I'm really sorry that I didn't get this out last week! I had four tests last week and I was stuck studying! I promise that the next chapter will be up soon! I wonder what will be next on the list of new things that Inuyasha runs into in Tokyo.... Thanks to everyone that reviewed! Please keep reviewing!
Dragon Man 180 – I'm glad that you like it! There will be modern versions of Miroku and Sango, yes :) About other youkai, that I'm keeping secret ;) Thanks for the review! Hope that you liked this chapter!
MiraiYume – I love Sesshomaru being a good guy! :) I hope that ya'll do, too. Glad that you like this fic so much and hope that this chapter was up to par with laughs, or at least interesting situations! Thanks for reviewing!
will – Here's the next chapter; sorry that it took so long! Thanks for the idea :) To answer your question, Inuyasha does not know how to use the Wind Scar, but that's a whole other part of the story :) Hope that you liked this chapter! Thanks for reviewing!
Storm-Maker – Thanks for the review! I'm so happy that you liked the chapter; hope that you enjoyed this one, too! Yeah, Sesshomaru did wait a long time to save them; but he did finally decide to come and get them outta there! :)
Silver Eyes Bright – Good luck with the book, unless you're done with it by now! I hope that you liked this chapter! Thanks for the review!
dragon_game – I would answer your question, but that would give away part of the story! :) Check out Dragon Man 180's answer. Thanks for the review!
purplepeopleeater – Sooo sorry that this took so long! Like I said, I had four – FOUR! - tests last week. Anyway, I'm not sure that I know what a blanket scenario is. Eee gads that sounds stupid, since I've seen so much about it but I still don't know what it is. Inuyasha and Kagome should have an interesting time in Tokyo, though. Thanks for the review! I hope that you liked this chapter; I promise that the next one will be out soon!
Reality – Thanks for the review! Yeah, it has been fun putting the Warring States Era hanyou in 2004 Tokyo. I'm trying to make it humorous, but if you have any ideas, please send them! Sometimes I have a difficult time with comedy :P Hope that you liked this chapter!
Kagome tried to stay as close to Inuyasha as possible as they walked down the streets of the district Sesshomaru had left them in. It wasn't the type of place she would desire to be in, which was why she was also walking as fast as she could. The hanyou with her seemed slightly annoyed with her proximity, but her pace offset his frustration; he would rather get out of this strange place soon than doddle around waiting on some stupid girl.
The dilapidated houses and buildings around them slowly turned into nice, small shops and well-kept homes which in turn transformed into large buildings housing major companies; they had reached the heart of the city. Kagome knew this area a little better and tried her best to keep them off of the busiest streets, knowing how the people would react to Inuyasha; but it was quite a difficult task seeing as how every street in the center of the city was a busy one.
After they had gone a little ways, they had stopped and gone down into a dead-ended alley so that Inuyasha could change into his new clothes while Kagome made sure no one came down and saw him. Sesshomaru had been right; his clothes were sure to give him away. When he walked back over to her, he was dressed, correctly if you can believe it, in a normal pair of jeans and a black t-shirt; that took care of his style. However, he ears and claws could still be seen and were a major clue as to what he was, although anyone who saw him would just think he was some sort of monster and run off screaming. That they had to avoid.
Kagome sat down and dug around in the bag she had taken from Inuyasha, looking for something that help disguise him. She let out a triumphant "Ah- ha!" and flung a cap at him. Inuyasha caught it deftly and blinked at it a few times before looking at her in confusion. Laughing, Kagome got up and took it from him, reaching up to place it snuggly on his head. The hanyou made a face as she did so, not likely covering up his ears; but she insisted that he had to hide them if they were going to get out Tokyo without causing a riot.
Next on her list, Inuyasha's hair was taken care of. She knew that some people did strange things with their hair, like dye it silver and grow it all the way down their back; but there was just so much of it that it stood out. So, she pulled it through the back of the cap into a ponytail and then walked around in front of Inuyasha to check out her work. Smiling and clapping her hands together in front of her, she nodded in approval, only to be met with a disapproving stare.
Inuyasha shoved some clothes from the bag into her hands and pushed her around the corner, telling her to change. When she protested, he made a comment about how her clothes looked after having been used for so long in the compound. After taking one look down at herself, Kagome had quickly shoved him back around the corner and changed into the new clothes; hers really had been a mess, all in tatters from running around and fighting with demons.
Coming back out from behind the corner, Kagome ran her fingers through her hair until she was at least slightly satisfied with her appearance and asked if Inuyasha was ready to go again. He nodded and strode back out into the street. Kagome could only hold her breath and hope that the clothes Sesshomaru had given his brother would disguise his conspicuously demon features enough not to cause a panic among the citizens of Tokyo.
And now they were in the most populated area of the city, trying not to get in anyone's way. Kagome had been prepared, at least a little bit, for someone to look at them and go running from the unknown monster and the girl with him; but she wasn't prepared for said monster's reaction to everything around him. If it hadn't been for the present situation, she would have found it quite humorous.
They hadn't seen any type of modern transportation for a while, being one of the slums in the town; but when they did, Inuyasha had nearly jumped out of his skin. A car had driven past them, speeding down the road; and Inuyasha had tensed, looking all around trying to figure out what was coming as soon as he had heard it. Upon spotting the speeding...thing...he had frozen for a moment, not knowing what to do; he figured out soon enough. He prepared to pounce on the car as it drew nearer.
Kagome had been at a loss of what to about the hanyou's reaction, and she just stood there blinking at him until she realized what he was about to do. Quickly, she jumped over to him and grabbed him, yelling for him not to do anything. He had jerked his head up when he felt her hands on his arm, his attention momentarily off of the unknown vehicle. The distraction lasted just long enough as the car passed them before Inuyasha could wrench his arm out of the girl's grasp.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Kagome walked over and slumped against a nearby wall. Inuyasha stood, frozen in his spot for a few moments as he stared after the car before shaking himself out of his stupor and making his way over to Kagome. With an extremely confused look, he tapped her on the shoulder and waited for her to look up at him.
"What was that?" he asked, the normal gruffness gone from his voice; he was completely baffled at what had just happened, but he was beginning to realize that Sesshomaru had been right. He didn't know anything about this time.
"That was a car. You know, we drive them around so that we don't have to walk everywhere," Kagome answered, looking blankly up at the hanyou.
"Drive?" he asked, the feeling of being thrown into unknown territory and finding himself very lost becoming overwhelming. "I don't understand."
"Huh? What do you mean? You haven't been in that place for that long; they said they found you ten years ago and we had cars then."
The searching expression on his face slowly faded into an annoyed scowl; she was implying that he was an idiot. "That's how long I've been there, stupid girl," he said, his angry tone back. "I was under a spell for 550 years before that, apparently; so, no, I don't know!"
Kagome's eyes widened as she processed what he had said. She had heard Sesshomaru say something about Inuyasha being pinned to a tree for over 500 years; but she had dismissed it, thinking that she had misheard him. She hadn't heard him saying that Inuyasha didn't know anything and needed help, having been busy absorbing the news about her family and the fact that she wouldn't be able to go home. Now, however, she realized that she had heard correctly and Inuyasha had no idea what was going on.
"Oh," she said quietly, coming back to the situation at hand. "Well, I guess that I'll have to explain a few things, then," she stated, pushing herself off of the wall. "Let's go; I'll explain while we walk. Just don't attack anything, alright?"
"Fine."
It had taken Kagome an entire half-hour to explain cars to Inuyasha. The concept of things that moved on wheels and "drove" people around wasn't what had him so confused; it was the idea that they moved on their own. He just couldn't understand how they could move without horses or something else pulling them. Needless to say, Kagome had been so mentally exhausted after her lecture on gas-powered cars that she didn't even go into trains or airplanes.
Now they were in the thick of Tokyo traffic and Inuyasha was having a hard time controlling himself around so many vehicles. They just kept coming so fast, and they were honking at each other; it was just so much for him to try and absorb all at once. Kagome occasionally had to remind him not to growl at the cars or flex his claws; they were starting to get strange looks from the people on the sidewalk.
A double-decker bus picked the opportune time when Inuyasha had finally calmed down a bit to drive by; he wasn't calm for long. Looking out at the street, the hanyou saw the huge metal beast rolling towards him, carrying people on top of and inside it, and panicked. Leaping the few feet from the road to the nearest shop, Inuyasha made a dash for the door, leaving Kagome to figure out what had just happened before deciding to chase after him.
The closest shop happened to be one of Tokyo's electronics store; this was not going to go over well with the demon that had missed the past five centuries and thus the entire development of electronic devices. As soon as the shocked hanyou got through the doors, the music from the stereos that had previously been damped by the outside wall assailed his sensitive ears. Cringing and shoving the hat farther down on his head to try and block the rock music out, Inuyasha skid across the tile in his new shoes; who ever said that shoes were a good thing, anyway?
Kagome burst through the doors just after him, calling out for him to come back outside; she was a little late, however, as Inuyasha opened his eyes and found himself looking at bright, moving pictures. Once again startled, the hanyou regained his balance and started for the back of the store where he thought he would be safe from all of the terrifying things near the door. He was wrong.
At the back of the store, Inuyasha ran into the video games. There were several teenagers standing at the game systems playing the sample games, all of which had them running around shooting people and contained very realistic gore. The violence didn't bother him – he was a hanyou for goodness sake – but what was it that they were using to kill the people? Was that a new type of weapon that could give humans, since these were all obviously human by their smell, demon powers? That couldn't be good in itself, not to mention that there were more moving pictures in those square frames. What was going on?!
Kagome finally caught up with the baffled and panicked demon just before he bolted from the game section as well. Grabbing hold of his shoulders from behind, she realized too late that that wasn't a good idea. Spinning around with a growl, Inuyasha made a swing at the person who had caught him off guard, pulling his swing up just before he caught Kagome's head. Ducking, Kagome gasped and squeezed her eyes shut as she prayed that he would recognize her before he accidentally hurt her. When the air rushed past her head and then settled, she cocked her head to look up at Inuyasha, seeing the frazzled look on his face.
She sighed as she stood back up, finally noticing that the game players had stopped and were gaping at them. Laughing nervously, she apologized for interrupting their game while explaining that they were just playing around. She quickly grabbing Inuyasha's sleeve and dragged him to a remote corner of the store that thankfully was full of computers that were turned off; at least she didn't have to worry about him freaking out on her there. Sighing again, she put her hand on her forehead to ward off the oncoming headache. This was going to be a long day.
AN: I'm really sorry that I didn't get this out last week! I had four tests last week and I was stuck studying! I promise that the next chapter will be up soon! I wonder what will be next on the list of new things that Inuyasha runs into in Tokyo.... Thanks to everyone that reviewed! Please keep reviewing!
Dragon Man 180 – I'm glad that you like it! There will be modern versions of Miroku and Sango, yes :) About other youkai, that I'm keeping secret ;) Thanks for the review! Hope that you liked this chapter!
MiraiYume – I love Sesshomaru being a good guy! :) I hope that ya'll do, too. Glad that you like this fic so much and hope that this chapter was up to par with laughs, or at least interesting situations! Thanks for reviewing!
will – Here's the next chapter; sorry that it took so long! Thanks for the idea :) To answer your question, Inuyasha does not know how to use the Wind Scar, but that's a whole other part of the story :) Hope that you liked this chapter! Thanks for reviewing!
Storm-Maker – Thanks for the review! I'm so happy that you liked the chapter; hope that you enjoyed this one, too! Yeah, Sesshomaru did wait a long time to save them; but he did finally decide to come and get them outta there! :)
Silver Eyes Bright – Good luck with the book, unless you're done with it by now! I hope that you liked this chapter! Thanks for the review!
dragon_game – I would answer your question, but that would give away part of the story! :) Check out Dragon Man 180's answer. Thanks for the review!
purplepeopleeater – Sooo sorry that this took so long! Like I said, I had four – FOUR! - tests last week. Anyway, I'm not sure that I know what a blanket scenario is. Eee gads that sounds stupid, since I've seen so much about it but I still don't know what it is. Inuyasha and Kagome should have an interesting time in Tokyo, though. Thanks for the review! I hope that you liked this chapter; I promise that the next one will be out soon!
Reality – Thanks for the review! Yeah, it has been fun putting the Warring States Era hanyou in 2004 Tokyo. I'm trying to make it humorous, but if you have any ideas, please send them! Sometimes I have a difficult time with comedy :P Hope that you liked this chapter!