Kagome's Song and Inuyasha's Love
Wow...you guys sure like this fic...I am touched...
Ok, most of you missed the part where I said that you guys would get an EXTRA chapter before the epilogue...well; you do...so live with it...
I am sorry to say, but I forgot to mention who was which type of demon. Kachie is a wolf/fire demoness; Hekele and Rin are dog/rain demonesses; Kagome is a dog/kitsune demoness; Sango is an ice/mind-reading demoness, (think Yukina from Yu-Yu Hakusho;) Kohaku is a pure ice demon; and Miroku is a lightning demon.
Now, some people asked why the girls turned back into humans when they went through the well...you SHALL get your answer...got it?!?
Well, I have left you all hanging...so here's the chappie...
Interesting Quirks and Fun With the Boys
"Umm, this is interesting..." Kagome said, inspecting herself. Her previous markings had disappeared as well. She also felt weaker.
This must be how Inuyasha feels... she thought to herself.
Kachie paused and then smiled, "Kagome...Hekele...I have an interesting theory that I would like to try out..."
Hekele stared at Kachie for a moment, studying her face, before realizing her idea. Her eyes got wide when she did and she shook her head slightly.
"If you are right...then this is a bad idea..." she muttered, climbing up the well. Kagome stared at the two in confusion, not getting the idea through her head.
"What's going on?" she asked as she and Kachie made their way up the well after Hekele. When they reached the top, Hekele answered.
"I am afraid that you are going to find out..." With that, the three girls jumped into the well, hoping that they could pass through. And they did.
Joy filled their hearts as the familiar weightless feeling washed over them. They knew that they would forever be able to pass between times. One milestone down, and perhaps less than few to go...
The trio smiled as they landed with ease on the other side of time. And when they saw the relieved smiles of their loved ones, their smiles broadened.
"Hey! They made it back!!! Yay!" Shippo bounced up and down. The girls could see his head pop up every now and then as they climbed to the top, making them smile more. Once they were over the edge, however, their faces became somewhat serious.
"Something odd happened when we went back," Hekele stated, addressing everyone. She had to fight a smirk, which both Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha noticed. Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow and side-glanced Inuyasha, who shrugged slightly.
"What happened?" Inuyasha questioned. It was then that Kagome figured out what Hekele and Kachie were planning, and her eyes widened. This was going to be either the funniest thing that she had ever experienced, or the most horrific. Praying for the former, she responded.
"...We'll show you...everyone get ready to jump..."
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes slightly in suspicion, "All of us?"
Kagome looked to Hekele and Kachie, who nodded, "Yep..." she said, "All of you..."
With that said, the girls all jumped into the well once more. This time, however, the rest of their friends, Kagura, Kanna, and Kohaku included, followed them. Myoga and Jakken elected to disappear at the time they disappeared into the time warp, so they were exempted.
On the other side:
Hekele, Kagome, and Kachie climbed up the side of the well as soon as they landed, to make room for the rest of the gang. They had only just climbed over the edge when the first round of the group appeared at the bottom. Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, Kagura, Kanna, and Rin met their gazes.
"What is so important that you drag us to this polluted era-hey...wait a minute...I can't smell anything!" Inuyasha panicked. Looking at his hands and seeing no claws, he made the unwanted observation that the girls had anticipated.
"I'm human?!?" he yelled, shock and anger filling his features. It was then that he realized that his vision and hearing were affected as well. He was definitely mortal.
Sesshoumaru and Kagura seemed to be having an equally difficult time accepting the fact, for they too were mortal.
Sesshoumaru had long obsidian-black hair, like Inuyasha's, though still much more tame. His eyes had turned a dark brown like Inuyasha's as well, however, his were slightly darker. His demonic markings were gone, as were his claws, tail, fangs, and his heightened senses of hearing and smell. It did not take a fool to see the annoyance and even uncertainty lacing his face.
Kagura was much the same. Her claws and fangs were gone. The feathers that grew from her head with her hair had disappeared, and her extreme senses had left her as well. She and Kanna were very shocked. Rin seemed to be taking the transformation much more lightly, considering that she had been human until half an hour or so ago to begin with.
"Why are we mortal? What is the meaning of this?" Sesshoumaru growled, and was appalled by how weak it sounded. He could hear Inuyasha snicker and wasted no time in 'accidentally' knocking him roughly into the side of the well, on the notion that his eyes had yet to adjust to the darkness. This made everyone else laugh, for they knew the truth. The group in the well cautiously climbed out and stepped awkwardly onto the ground surrounding the well. Just then, the rest of their companions appeared at the bottom of the well where they had just been. Koga was the first to be heard.
"I'M A WEAK HUMAN?!?!?!?"
Three hours later:
Everyone was sitting inside the Higurashi home, only slightly calmer than they had been before. Kirara was running around with Buyo once more, happy to be with her new 'friend' again. Sesshoumaru and Hekele had gone with Rin to retrieve a bag of her new clothing and Sango had gone with them for hers as well. They had located them quickly, thanks to the fact that Kaede had saved them from the former ruble of the town for the girls. Hekele found it amusing how Sesshoumaru seemed much more at ease once he found that his powers would indeed return once he returned home, but she said nothing.
Once everyone was back, Kagome had called her mother's cell-phone and had explained the situation to her. Souta was at school and Kagome's grandfather was running around town for the day. The large group had the whole house to themselves, which was a good thing.
Kagura, Kanna, Kohaku, Sesshoumaru, and Miroku were questioning everything that they saw. Rin was more than happy to give the gang a tour of the house, which the girls all found to be quite cute. When they got to Kagome and Hekele's room, Rin made a mad dash for Tai's cage, glad to see her little friend again.
She carefully picked him up and carried him over to Sesshoumaru, who found Rin's enthusiasm for giving a tour a bit amusing, "This is Hekele-chan's pet guinea pig, Tai-chan! Tai-chan is cute!" She held him up proudly as she said this. Kagura and Kanna peeked their heads into the room in time to witness the funny expression on Sesshoumaru's face as Rin placed the little animal in his hands.
"...It's a rat...with no tail..." he said, staring at the little critter. Hekele, who was sitting on her bed, rolled her eyes and stood up.
"He is a guinea pig, not a rat...and he's kind of cute too..." she said as she walked up to Sesshoumaru and claimed her pet. Seeing his questioning expression, Hekele grinned.
"And he is quite useful as well..." she said. Sesshoumaru cocked an eyebrow.
"How so?" he asked challengingly, believing her to be joking. Hekele beamed and ushered Kagura and Kanna into the room. She placed Tai on the floor and he ran under the bed. She held up a finger for silence and then called out the door.
"Inuyasha!!! I need your help with something!!!" She then heard a disgruntled groan, which was followed by footsteps heading in their direction.
"...What do you want n-OW!!!" he yelped as he entered the room. As soon as Tai had seen him he had dashed from his hiding spot and latched himself to Inuyasha's leg. Even though Inuyasha was human, Tai still could recognize his arch nemesis. Inuyasha was currently swinging his leg around madly, once again trying to get the creature off of him.
Sesshoumaru was desperately trying to contain his laughter while Kagura and Kanna openly laughed their heads off. Shippo heard all the noise and walked into the room. He had the same reddish-brown hair and bluish-green eyes as always, but he was now four ft. three inches tall, and had all human limbs. Kagome and Kohaku followed him. The hilarious scene of Inuyasha's predicament and their friends' laughter met them. It seemed that they were now more at ease with the 'time-change', and were less panicky about their lack of abilities as well.
After about a moment, Hekele had the grace to remove her pet and his death-grip from Inuyasha's leg. Sesshoumaru met her gaze, and, while fighting another fit of laughter, responded to her earlier statement.
"You were correct...he is very useful..."
"Kagura...come on out...I'm sure you look fine..." Kachie muttered. Kagura had been curious about modern clothing, and Kachie had gladly given her some to try on...and now she was complaining that she could see her stomach...
"I look like a whore...and I'm wearing pants...." Kachie heard her mutter.
"Oh come on...you do not look like a whore. Here, it is OK to show a little stomach...and Sango wears pants all the time; you don't see her complaining!"
"I'm not used to it is all!" Kagura growled.
"Oh just come out here before I get the monk...you know he'll get you out...and then I'll tell Sango that you were flirting with him, and then she'll get mad, and then she'll-"
"Kill me!!! Fine! Ok! I get the message! I am coming out!" Kagura gave in. It was one thing to have Kachie nagging her, she had grown used to that over the past two weeks, but Sango was as strong as ever with her boomerang...and Kagura hurt enough when hit with it as a demon, as a human she knew she'd be out cold for a week if the slayer was mad enough at her...
Kagura walked out of the bathroom begrudgingly and was assaulted by Kachie's camera. The flash took her off guard, but once she could see straight she ran after an already fleeing Kachie, yelling promises of revenge the whole way. Not that she knew what the device had been, but Kagura wasn't too keen on being momentarily blinded by something that she didn't recognize.
Koga poked his head out of the kitchen, where Sango had been showing Miroku and himself the refrigerator and all of its wonders, when he heard Kachie shriek. What he saw was Kagura choking her to death while she waved her camera about madly, trying to get air. He sighed. Kachie and Kagura had become friends relatively quick, but even Koga had to admit that they pushed each other's buttons a little too much for safety purposes...
"Would you two quit it? I doubt that Kagome's mother would want a dead girl in her living room..." he said, causing the two girls to look at him. He had his eyebrow raised and was soon accompanied by Sango and Miroku. Although Miroku's quirked eyebrow was a bit more perverted...
"...Yes Koga..." Kachie and Kagura said in unison, frightening both themselves and Koga. Sango rolled her eyes and dragged Miroku back into the kitchen, leaving the three to gap at themselves.
Inuyasha sat in front of the television flipping through the channels as he had seen Souta do so many times before. Kachie was to his left, and Kagome to his right. Next to Kachie sat Koga. Rin, Shippo, Kanna, and Kohaku were sitting on the floor, as were Sango and Miroku. Kagura was sitting on the Lazy-Boy, reading Kagome's edition of the Cosmopolitan, although she hadn't the slightest clue as to what most of it was about. Sesshoumaru and Hekele were on the love seat staring at Inuyasha with annoyed expressions on their faces.
"Inuyasha! I haven't watched anything on TV in over two weeks, heck; I haven't SEEN a TV in over two weeks, so why don't you just pick something and WATCH IT?!?!?" Hekele snarled dangerously. Inuyasha stared at her in surprise and side glanced Kagome, who snatched the remote from his hand and tossed to Hekele. Hekele then proceeded to flip the channels until she found something she liked.
"Ooh...Jeopardy!" she bounced. Sesshoumaru side-glanced her, and then looked at Kagome for a translation. Kagome smiled.
"It's a game show where you are given answers to questions and you have to give the question. Hekele's pretty good at it actually..." she trailed off as Ken Jennings took control of the board once more.
(Ken) I'll take 'Modern Day Lyrics' for $800 Alex.
(Alex) 'As darkness quickly steals the light that shined within her eyes...she slowly swallows all her fear and soothes her mind with lies...'
(Ken) What is, 'Michelle Branch'?
"No you moron...it's Vanessa Carlton, the song is 'Paradise'. God...how do idiots like that get so much money?" Hekele muttered. Kagome shrugged.
(Alex) I am sorry, but it is 'Paradise' by Vanessa Carlton; that'll cost you $800 Ken.
"Told ya..." Hekele teased. Kagome rolled her eyes.
"Just cuz you have that CD doesn't mean you're smarter than him..." Kachie said, glaring at the television.
Hekele smirked, "Ok, fine. I'll get the next one too, just watch..."
(Ken) I'll take, 'Odd Measurements,' for $1,000.
(Alex) This amount of earth is in a whole that it one foot tall, one foot wide, and one foot across.
(Ken) What is one cubic foot?
"Ha! There is no earth in a hole! You cannot put something into a hole! Ha! I win!" Hekele beamed. Once more, Sesshoumaru side glanced her, but this time, the rest of the group was also openly staring at her odd peppiness. It was strange to see her argue with an inanimate object...
(Alex) I am sorry, but there isn't any earth in a hole...it just falls out the other end...
Hekele grinned, "I rest my case."
Kagome and Kachie shook their heads while the rest of the group stared in confusion at what had just taken place. They were also still wondering about the question that had been asked when they all heard the front door open and close.
"Mom?! Grandpa?! Hey...where is every-Kagome! Kachie, Hekele! You guys are back!!! And so are Sango and Rin!!! And...who are all these other people?" Souta questioned quickly. The poor boy had just returned from the terrors of school, and so was very surprised to see his sister, Hekele, and Kachie home...and with guests. He was quite curious.
"Souta...this is Sesshoumaru, Koga, Miroku, Shippo, Kohaku, Kagura, and Kanna. Guys, this is my little twerp of a brother, Souta!" Kagome introduced. Souta lightly punched his sister's arm at the unwanted nickname and stared at one of the people in particular, one who hadn't been introduced.
"Inuyasha? Is that you?" he asked, quite surprised by the change in his hero. Inuyasha 'feh'ed' and nodded slightly.
"But...you're human...Kagome didn't get mad at you and purify you did she?!?!?" he panicked, horrified at the thought that his sister had turned his idol into a human.
Koga burst out laughing at the idea, quickly followed by Miroku, Sango, Kachie, Kagura, Hekele, Shippo, and a tentative Kagome. Sesshoumaru smirked at the thought, while Kanna and Kohaku merely shook their heads. The two still didn't feel as close to the rest of the group as their companions did, but they were working on it.
"What's so funny?!? You're all human too!" Inuyasha growled angrily. Kagome gave him a small hug and faced Souta.
"Nope...he made a wish on the jewel so that no matter what happened, we would all be able to remain together. So, when in this era, we are all human, and in their era, we are all demon..." she said fondly, still partially in awe that Inuyasha could have made such a deep and thoughtful wish. Heck, Inuyasha was wondering the same thing at that moment, seeing as how he now had the entire living room staring at him with mocking expressions...
"Wow...and here I thought he wanted to be a full demon too..." Souta wondered aloud.
"Yeah...I did...but no, I had to be the nice one..." Inuyasha grumbled in a low voice. Sesshoumaru, Koga, and Kagura smirked while everyone else rolled their eyes.
Souta sat down and Kagome explained all the details of the past few weeks to him. He hadn't been brought up to speed at all. The last he had seen the girls was the night before he, his mother, and his grandfather had gone to visit their ill relative. They had left without a note...or anything...
"So that's it...we're done...we've beaten Naraku, and Kikyo, and we've made our wish on the completed Jewel...we did it!" she finished excitedly. Souta just stared at her and the rest of the group for a bit. He was amazed. He bounced and gave his sister a huge hug, surprising her greatly.
"All right sis! You kicked butt!" he exclaimed. Kagome returned the hug and then spun him around to face Shippo, Kanna, Kohaku, and Rin.
"Now...why don't you and Rin show those three how to play your video games...I think they're getting bored watching Hekele beat a genius at Jeopardy..." she said, earning a glare from Hekele. Souta nodded and headed upstairs, closely followed by Rin, who was dragging Kanna, Kohaku, and Shippo behind her.
Sesshoumaru looked to Hekele questioningly, not sure what was going on. Hekele just smiled at him a bit and rested her head on his shoulder contently. Sesshoumaru understood that it was apparently no big deal, and so let it go. He was a bit apprehensive about letting Rin out of his sight in this era for long, however...he wasn't familiar with it yet...
Kagura also seemed a bit nervous, "Where did they go? What's a 'video game'?"
Kagome grinned, "They are pretty fun, depending on your personal taste...Souta has a bunch of fighting video games. You put a disc into a machine that makes the information on the disc visible on the screen, and then you use a controller to play the game. You could either go through different levels, that increase in difficulty as you go, or, you can play specific levels, also, in fighting games, you choose players in the game and use the controllers to fight each other with them." Kagura gave her a blank stare, proving that she understood nothing past 'fight each other'. Kachie sighed.
"Don't worry Kagura...I'll show you later...it's easier to show than to explain..." she muttered. Kagome stuck out her tongue.
It was then that Sango had an idea.
"...Why don't we take everyone shopping? They will need clothes to blend in while in this era as well will they not?" she asked. Kagome, Hekele, and Kachie's faces lit up evilly.
"Yes...yes they shall...they need to blend in...blending in is good..." Kachie muttered psychotically. Hekele's grin broadened.
"Oh yes...this shall be fun...fun...fun...FUN!!!" she bounced, startling Sesshoumaru. He looked at her with both confusion and a hint of worry.
"What's gotten into you?" he asked. Kagome decided to answer.
"Do you know what a guy's worse nightmare in this era is?" she prodded. Everyone shook their heads, the men of the group a bit more fearfully. Kachie continued for Kagome.
"They fear teenage girls with credit cards and a need to shop...and you will soon find out why...Muahahahahaha!" she cackled, making Koga move away from her in complete and utter fear.
Kagura looked interested, "Then what are we waiting for?!? Fear is good!"
Kagome decided to start organizing, "Ok, Shippo and Kohaku can borrow some stuff from Souta, but the rest of you will have to use my grandfather's clothes. When we get to the mall and buy some stuff that you like, you can change out of them, ok?"
Hekele nodded in agreement, "And Kanna could probably borrow an outfit from Rin, I doubt she'd mind."
Kachie grinned, "This is gonna be a ball...come on! Let's get ready!!!"
Kanna stood examining herself in Kagome's mirror. She had borrowed a blue sundress from Rin to wear to the mall. She had even put her hair into a half ponytail. Rin really was a sweet girl, and she liked her a lot. She was the one who had showed Kanna how to play cards, and had even gotten Shippo to no longer fear her. She was rather content with her as a friend. And on top of all that good stuff, Kanna was being taken shopping in another era... In short, Kanna was rather excited...and she liked the feeling.
Kohaku walked out of Souta's room with a pair of his Khaki pants and a light gray shirt with, 'Megadeath' written in black across the front. He looked at his sister, whom was now wearing some red cargo pants with black dragons on the sides and a black tank top with a red lettered, "Property of Mr. Vampire," written on it. She had her hair pulled back into a ponytail with a red scrunchie.
"Sango...that looks simply lovely on you..." came a voice behind her. Kohaku made his getaway before he got caught in the crossfire. He knew that the monk was up to something, and even though his sister was going to marry him, (which only a few of their friends knew of,) she still grew rather annoyed with his perverted ways. Kohaku didn't really wish to deal with an angry Sango...
As he rounded the corner, he heard the telltale slap. He grinned as he shook his head; those two were too much to bear sometimes...the hilarity that his sister was involved in knew no end.
Kohaku leaned against the wall to await the others...and to warn them of Sango's new foul mood. He had been there but a minute when the door next to him opened and out stepped Kanna. She was wearing a blue dress, and her hair was in a half ponytail. Kohaku couldn't help but blush a bit; she looked...kind of...cute...
"Uh, hi..." he said, in a bit of shock. Kanna blushed a bit as well. She hadn't expected anyone to be standing there. She twirled around in the dress and then looked at him.
"What do you think? I was thinking about getting one like it when we go..." she said, coming out of her momentary stupor. Kohaku shrugged a bit to hide his blush.
"It's...uh...It...looks nice..." he said sheepishly. Kanna beamed.
"Thank you!" she said sweetly. She smiled at him for a moment before she saw an irritated Sango come up behind Kohaku and drag him towards the stairs.
"Come on...I need to get this over with...stupid monk..." she growled. She smiled once more and shook her head when she saw the monk staggering towards the stairs in what he had been give to wear to the mall. He had a red handprint decorating his right cheek. Would he ever learn? Kanna followed him down the stairs to await the rest of their friends.
"...What is taking Sesshoumaru so long? God, he's as bad as the girls!" Inuyasha complained. Hekele and Kagome shot him a look.
"Inuyasha, just because YOU aren't six foot some odd inches doesn't mean that he isn't..." Hekele muttered. Miroku was currently assisting poor Sesshoumaru in finding something that he could possibly wear and look semi decent, but when the two came out of the room with Sesshoumaru frowning and Miroku shaking his head, it was apparent that they had had no such luck.
"Kagome, why does your grandfather have to be so short? There isn't anything in here that could even pretend to try to pass as something Sesshoumaru could wear..." Miroku complained. He had had to deal with all of Sesshoumaru's comments. It was bad enough that he had to help him find something, (Inuyasha had flat out refused, and Koga wasn't in the mood to try,) but his constant growling was getting annoying.
The girls giggled. "Well, I guess I'll have to buy you something and come back to give it to you so that you can come back to the mall with me and pick out stuff that you like..." Hekele said, sighing. "I refuse to do all of your shopping and end up getting you stuff that you hate..." she finished. Sesshoumaru gave her a semi apologetic/semi thankful look.
"If it would not be too much trouble...or I could accompany your at a later day and shop," he said. Hekele shook her head with a smile.
"Nope, it's no trouble, I need the excercise anyway."
"Hekele, do you even know what size he is?" Sango asked. Hekele paused, and then gave Sesshoumaru a big hug around the waist, surprising him.
"I'd say he's about a thirty/thirty-two inch waist and probably about a thirty-eight/forty inch length," she said matter-of-factly when she let go of the bewildered Sesshoumaru. Sango, Kagome, Kagura, and Kachie laughed.
"Well, I guess that works, eh Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha said suggestively, nudging Sesshoumaru with his elbow. Sesshoumaru flushed ever so slightly before giving him a death glare, silencing him. Koga and Miroku continued to grin at him, however.
"ANYWAY, I'll get you an outfit and bring it back for you, ok?" she asked. Sesshoumaru nodded in agreement.
"Hey...can I come with you guys?" Souta asked, breaking into the conversation. Kagome shook her head.
"Nope...Someone has to stay here with Sesshoumaru in case our grandpa comes home before Hekele; he still doesn't know about everyone coming through the well. He might try to throw anti-demon talismans at him if you don't..."
Sesshoumaru gave Kagome a wary expression and she shrugged.
"Not that they work or anything, but it DOES get annoying..."
"But Sesshoumaru's human now, he wouldn't throw talismans at him, would he?" Miroku asked thoughtfully. Kachie rolled her eyes.
"He still throws them at me...and I've been human this whole damn time..." she muttered. Sango and Rin laughed, having recalled what had happened once they had come through the well. Hekele and Kagome snickered. The boys looked on in confusion, but let it go.
"Well, come on! We gotta get going!!! See you at the mall later, Sesshoumaru," Kagome politely said as she shoved everyone quite literally out the door, including Hekele and Rin.
Souta and Sesshoumaru exchanged apprehensive looks. "So, Sesshoumaru...you know how to play Checkers?"
At the mall:
"Ok gang...everyone meet back here in three hours...for those who don't know how to use a clock, it's when the little arrow thing is on the seven...got it? Good...now...SPLIT UP!!!" Kagome instructed. Kohaku, Shippo, and Miroku went with Sango; Koga and Rin went with Kachie; Kagome took Kagura, Kanna, and Inuyasha; while Hekele went into a store all by her lonesome to look for something for Sesshoumaru.
With Kachie's group:
"Ok, Rin, help me pick out some stuff for our buddy Koga here..." Kachie said evilly. Rin nodded and bounced off to the shirts without a word. Kachie dragged Koga over to the pants section and started handing him random pairs of cargo pants. Rin returned in a matter of minutes with five shirts that she had thought would be ok for Koga to wear. One was black with a picture of a dog chewing up a pair of fancy shoes on the front. On the back, "Damn dog..." was written in white. Koga grabbed the shirt and then bent down to give Rin a hug, startling the girl.
"That has to be the BEST shirt in the store Rin...Hekele taught you to shop well..." he said while grinning. Kachie elbowed him.
"Their Sesshoumaru-sama is a dog demon...Hekele would never tell Rin to buy that and you know it..." she said. Koga grinned once more.
"So? She's helping you shop for me, remember? And I think that this shirt is perfect..." Rin rolled her eyes at the two and dumped the other shirts into Koga's arms. Older people were so odd sometimes...
With Kagome's group:
"So...I take it that you like 'Hot Topic' Kagura," Kagome said, rolling her eyes as her new friend walked out of the dressing room with a baby blue halter top and baggy black cargo pants with chains. Kagura grinned.
"Yes...yes I do...this shirt isn't too bad either...I didn't think that I'd like it..." she said. Inuyasha walked out of the men's dressing room then with his black, "The voices in my head don't like you" shirt and some dark blue jeans that they had picked up in the last store. Kagome laughed.
"Inuyasha...that shirt is so you...do you like it?" she asked. Inuyasha grinned and nodded.
"Yup...I like it..." Just then, Kanna popped out of her dressing room with a shirt that said, "The voices in my head think the voices in your head are stupid" Kagura took one look at the shirt and started laughing. Inuyasha frowned, however, and Kagome just rolled her eyes. Kanna beamed.
"I agree with my shirt Inuyasha..." she said, grinning at him. Inuyasha stuck his tongue out childishly.
"And I agree with mine..."
With Sango's group:
"Sango...are you sure this is my style?" Miroku asked. He was wearing a shirt that said, "World's Biggest Moron" in big bold letters. Sango nodded.
"Yup, I think it is..." she said. Kohaku and Shippo walked up behind her with a set of their new clothes on to show her.
Kohaku was wearing a red shirt with white lettering on it, which read, "I see dumb people" and a pair of blue jeans with a dragon embroidered on the left leg.
Shippo was wearing a green shirt that had a picture of some sort of monster on it, and Sango silently wondered what, "Yu-Gi-Oh!," the words written under the monser, meant. Shippo also wore a pair of blue jeans.
"Hey...Miroku...I like your shirt...Sango picked out a good one for you..." Shippo said slyly. Kohaku grinned in agreement.
"Ha, ha...very funny...you want it?" Miroku asked dryly. Shippo shook his head.
"Nope...it wasn't made for me..." Shippo retaliated. Miroku bonked him on the head and then retreated back to the dressing room to try on another of the shirts. Sango smiled when he returned frowning.
"Do all of these shirts state something negative about the wearer?" he asked. Sango nodded, quite amused. Shippo and Kohaku smirked and Miroku sighed.
"Which one should I try on then? 'I hate myself' or 'I like fried squirrel'?" he asked, annoyed. Sango grinned.
"I think 'I like fried squirrel' says more about you...try that one on..."
"Yes 'Property of Mr. Vampire', I will do as you say before you sic your undead master on me..." he said sarcastically. Sango smiled evilly.
"Ok, I'll just tell him you said hi then..."
"Very funny"
"I thought so, now try on that shirt!" Miroku complied with a grumble, and when he shut the door he heard Shippo and Kohaku laughing at him.
"Just great..."
With Hekele:
Hekele was about half a block away from the shrine with Sesshoumaru's outfit. She had had to use all of her resolve not to follow Kagome's group into Hot Topic once she had seen them enter. Sesshoumaru was difficult to shop for. In the end, Hekele had gotten him a pair of khaki colored dress pants and a black silk button shirt with short sleeves. She had also bought him a nice pair of black shoes to go with the outfit. She knew that he most likely wouldn't go for the whole casual look. Sesshoumaru simply wasn't a casual being. So, she had resolved to get him something nice and sophisticated; she hoped he liked it.
Hekele was now at the door of the house. She opened the door and, after removing her shoes, walked through the hall to the living room. When she got there, she saw Souta and Sesshoumaru playing a game of Checkers.
She smiled and sat by Sesshoumaru on the couch as he made his move and took two of Souta's kings. "Not too hard to see who's winning, eh?" she asked. Souta frowned and threw his hands in the air.
"I quit! You've got me cornered again! How do you do that?!?" he asked. Sesshoumaru smirked.
"You used the same stragety that you tried in the other three games, it's simple to defeat an opponent once you figure out the flow of their moves..." he said. Souta frowned and left the room on the notion that he was going to play a game that he could actually win at.
Hekele smiled once more and handed Sesshoumaru the bag with his clothes on it, "Go put this on so we can get going, ok?" she asked. Sesshoumaru nodded silently and took the bag into the bathroom to change.
He came out a moment later and Hekele could see what she imagioned was a satisfied expression on his face. She herself was quite pleased with her skills of guess measurement, for the outfit seemed to fit him perfectly. He wore the shirt untucked, creating a more casual look to the nice outfit. Hekele thought it looked great on him.
"Wow...I'm better at this than I thought," she said teasingly. Sesshoumaru spared her a small grin.
"Thank you for bringing it to me," he said uncertainly, not really knowing what to say to her. He liked the clothing much more than the clothing he had seen the rest of the group wearing; this outfit seemed to fit his taste more, but he wasn't sure of the proper way to thank her for them.
Hekele smiled, "No on, let's get going so you can pick out some more stuff!" she said excitedly. She grabbed Sesshoumaru's hand and dragged him out the door at a hurried pace. Sesshoumaru's lips tugged into a small smile at this as she practically dragged him along. He tightened his hold on her hand slightly. This would prove to be an interesting excursion...
With everyone at the main door two hours later:
"So...did everyone find some stuff?" Kagome asked happily. Everyone nodded. Kanna, who was wearing her, "The voices in my head think the voices in your head are stupid" shirt to make Inuyasha, (who was wearing his, "The voices in my head don't like you" shirt,) mad at her, grinned.
"Oh yes...I know I found LOTS of great stuff...how about you Inuyasha?"
"Ah, shut-up brat..." was his brilliant retaliation.
Kagura and Kagome rolled their eyes at the two as everyone else laughed. Kanna had taken a shine to annoying Inuyasha, as everyone else had. To the group, it was refreshing for her to have a personality, which was still developing bit by bit, and for her to experience and show emotions as well.
Kachie yawned, "Wow...I'm getting tired...and hungry...let's head home..." Koga put an arm around her and gave her a little squeeze.
"You look like you're about to pass out ya nut..." he said playfully. Kachie beamed.
"It wouldn't be a trip to the mall without endless amounts of fatigue to follow you home..." Hekele muttered from next to Sesshoumaru and Rin.
It was then that the younger ones started yawning. It started with Rin, then it went to Shippo, then to Kohaku, then to Kanna, and then up the latter to Kagura. Sango laughed.
"It's a traveling yawn!" she said. Everyone laughed and slowly started to make their way out the door and back to the shrine. They were greeted by a lovely sunset over the Tokyo skyline.
After about a block, Kagome had Shippo on her back, sound asleep, and Sesshoumaru was carrying Rin, who was nearly there herself.
When they were half way there, Kagome noticed her three old friends walking on the opposite side of the road. They shot her, Hekele, and Kachie dirty looks and kept going, without even a pretend 'hello'. The rest of the group watched the exchange with interest, considering that Kagome, Kachie, and Hekele's faces had all scrunched up into slight snarls. Sango also had a rather unpleasant look about her face.
"You know them?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome nodded.
"Yeah...we know them...mean little things who can't go a day without gossiping about nothing to the people the gossip is about. Very opinionated."
"Thick-headed," Sango added.
"Annoying," Kachie included.
"And preppy," Hekele concluded. The boys watched their expressions as they said such angry words about the three unkind seeming girls. Not wanting to risk angering them further, they dropped the subject.
Back at the shrine:
"So...these are the infamous friends we've heard so much about...it's a pleasure to meet all of you!" Ms. Higurashi greeted sweetly. It had been so long, it seemed, since she had seen her daughter, Kachie, or Hekele. And now, here they were, with all of their friends. She was pleased that she could finally meet them all.
Souta bounced down the stairs when he heard his mother speaking to them as they entered the house. She had gotten home an hour ago, and his grandpa only half an hour sooner. Souta grinned, remembering what his mother had suggested once she had arrived in the front door.
"Mom...I set up the last of the futons!" he shouted as he ran down the stairs. He heard his grandpa mumble something incoherant from the kitchen, but paid him no mind.
"Futons?" Kagome asked. Her mother nodded.
"Yes! I thought that everyone would be tired when they got home, so I figured that I'd spare them the extra trip through time and have everyone stay here for the night!" she beamed, quite proud of herself for coming up with the idea.
Kagome sighed, "Mom...as cool as this is...do you enjoy taking in people into your home at random without any serious thought about the consequences? I just gotta know..." Hekele and Kachie laughed.
"Kags, if she didn't enjoy it, I'd still be in an agency waiting to be adopted, Kachie would still be in America sulking out of boredom...and neither of us would have met all of these awesome people!" Hekele said happily, leaning on Sesshoumaru a bit. Rin was still asleep on his back, and Shippo was about to fall off of Kagome's. Her mother smiled at her.
"Hekele's right, and besides, my random need to invite people into our home did some good, I'd say anyway..."
Kagome conceeded, "Yup...it certainly did...so...what are we going to eat tonight anyways? There are so many of us..."
Kagome's mother smiled and picked up a suitcase that Kagome hadn't even realzed was there. Then Souta came back downstairs with his, and their grandfather left his room with one as well, "Well, I left enough money for pizza...for a long time...we're going to go to Kyoto for a week...see you when we get back!!!" With that, the three disappeared out the door before anyone could say anything. Kagome, Hekele, and Kachie stood thee, bewildered.
"Kagome...why do I get the feeling that your mother likes scaring us like that? Have you ever noticed that whenever someone from the other era comes here, or anyone new for that matter, she and the rest of your family end up packing up and disappearing for an extended period of time?" Hekele asked.
Kachie nodded, "Yeah...it's like she purposely sets all this stuff up for us and then disappears...she's odd..."
Inuyasha looked at where the door was and then gave everyone a smug look, "Well, she's never done that to me...I guess I'm the favorite..." This earned him several glares and a mysterious hit upside the head.
As it turned out, everyone ended up liking pizza, which Kagome thanked Kami above for. Kagura and Kanna fell in love with pepperoni, which turned out to be a problem, because pepperoni was both Hekele's and Kachie's favorite topping as well. Once the four were down to the last piece in the box, they had gotten into a free-for-all brawl...in which Kachie had narrowly emerged as the victor.
Everyone else was a bit more civil...until Koga tried to steal the piece that Kachie had won. He had been promptly dealt with, and knocked unconscious. No one touched Kachie's pizza after that...
After the eventful dinner, Rin and Shippo were officially put to bed. It was cute to watch the two trot off to bed only half awake. Shippo had gone straight to Souta's room, and when Hekele went to hers and Kagome's room to check on Rin, she found her not on the futon that had been provided, but on Hekele's bed, where she had slept before.
Kachie made a pot of coffee for the group and they all sat in the living room, trying to think of what to do next.
"Wanna have a Checkers tounament?" Kagome asked. Hekele shook her head.
"Sesshoumaru here would kick our butts...he already wiped the floor with poor Souta..." she said jokingly. Kagome rolled her eyes.
"Wanna play Truth or Dare?" Kachie asked. Kagome shook her head.
"Knowing our deranged minds...we'd end up daring each other to dress up as a super villan like Naraku and sing, 'I Am The Greatest...'" she muttered. The group stared at her oddly; they weren't sure which song she was speaking of, or if they had ever even heard it, but they knew the rest of what she said...and it frightened them.
"Wanna go to sleep?" Hekele asked, yawning. Kachie shook her head.
"If we fall asleep now then we'll wake up early...and I want an excuse not to go to school again..." she said plainly. Kagome rolled her eyes.
"So...what are we going to do?" she asked. Everyone shrugged.
"Hey...why don't we show Kagura and Kanna how to pillow fight? That's always fun!" Sango suggested happily. Kachie grinned.
"And then we can catch the guys in the crossfire..." she said lowly. Hekele grinned and picked up the pillow that she had been begining to lean on.
"Kagura, Kanna, the only rules are that you MUST use only pillows, no one is an ally, and no breaking stuff..." she said. With that, Hekele launched the pillow at Kagura, hitting her in the face.
Kagura looked at her, bewildered and confused, until Sango grabbed another pillow off the couch and hit Hekele with it. Kagura quickly caught on, grabbed a pillow from one of the futons, and whacked Kachie. Kanna was hit in the stomach by Kagome, bringing all of the girls into the fray. As the 'War of Pillows' began, the boys were still confused and totally lost as to what was going on. Kohaku got hit by Kanna, who stuck her tongue out at him before being hit upside the head by Kagura. Hekele hit Kagome with a pillow, and in retaliation, Hekele got hit in the chest. By this time, Sango and Kachie had began a battle to the death, which Kachie was losing.
"Is this suppose to be some sort of game?" Inuyasha whispered to Miroku. Miroku shrugged.
"I don't know know, but something about a bunch of girls fighting with pillows is kind of..."
"Enticing maybe? For once, I agree...damn it monk you're rubbing off on me..."
"About time..."
"Inuyasha! Duck!" Kagome yelled as one of Hekele's stray pillows missed its target. Inuyasha turned in time to get a face full of pillow.
"Ok...That's it...You asked for it Hekele!!!" he yelled, launching the pillow back at its owner at high speeds. Hekele was hit and fel backwards onto the Lazy-Boy. laughing her head off.
"Inuyasha, you throw like a girl!" she taunted, getting back up and launching the pillow back at him.
"Oh yea...Kagome, move it-oh shit!" Inuyasha yelled as his badly aimed pillow came flying back at him.
Miroku looked at Koga and Kohaku, "What are we waiting for?!? Grab a pillow and get in there!" he said, grabbing a pillow himself and heading straight for Sango. Kohaku grinned and started launching pillows at Kanna for hitting him earlier. He knocked her pillow out of her hand. Kanna squeaked when he came after her and she ran towards the kitchen; Kohaku not far behind.
Koga, whacked Kachie on the head, surprising her greatly. She began trying to hit him as Miroku made his entrance by hitting Sango in the side with his pillow.
Inuyasha and Kagome got into a batle of their own when Kagura joined in and nearly knocked poor Inuyasha out. Kanna came running back into the room and caught a pillow in mid air to defend herself with, Kohaku was still whacking her whenever he got a shot in.
Hekele saw Sesshoumaru sitting on the couch still, hardly even cracking a smile at what was going on around him. She bounded over to him and sat next to him.
"What's bothering you?" she asked.
"Idiocy."
"Besides that?"
"The fact that hitting other beings with pillows is considered fun."
"Oh come on...it is a good stress reliever, you get to hit someone that you are annoyed with or who annoys you in general, and not have any hard feelings involved. You should try it."
Sesshoumaru grinned slightly and tightened his grip on a pillow that he had concealed under his other arm, "Oh, is that so? No hard feelings involved?"
"Yep."
"Good," he said. With that, Sesshoumaru swong the hidden pillow at Hekele, hitting her in the face. Hekele just sat there, in complete and utter shock. She turned her head and stared bewilderedly at Sesshoumaru, who was smirking proudly.
"No hard feelings?"
"That was low...even for you, Sesshoumaru..." she said, trying to keep from laughing. She couldn't believe that he had actually planned that out...stupid sneak...
"Why thank you."
Kagura yawned and reclined in the chair. It was past ten oclock at night, and she was the last girl awake. Kanna was asleep on the couch, Kagome was asleep in Inuyasha's lap, Kachie was leaning on Koga, Sango was resting on one of the futons on the floor next to where Miroku was talking to Kohaku about random things, and Hekele was asleep on the love seat opposite of where Sesshoumaru was sitting.
Kagura looked at the group sleepily; it had been one hell of a night. She had never had so much fun in her entire life, and she was positively certain that Kanna hadn't either. She officially enjoyed pillow fights, pizza, and shopping. And she was slowly getting absorbed into magazines as well.
"I think we should get these lunatics to into their beds...if they wake up and get cranky, it isn't gonna be my fault..." Koga said, stretching. Inuyasha snickered.
"We all know how cranky Hekele gets when she's woken up in the morning...right Sesshoumaru? Didn't she make you go deaf for a minute or so that first night she was with us?" he asked. Koga's eyes widened.
"You're kidding...right? What did he do to get her mad?"
"It wasn't him...she heard bickering, woke up, and started yelling and comlaining to us...and he just so happened to be caught in the crossfire..." Inuyasha explained. Koga snickered as Sesshoumaru growled.
"I would have preferred to have forgotten that incident..." he muttered. Inuyasha grinned.
"Ain't gonna happen buddy."
"OK NOW, before you two start trying to kill each other again, let's get these girls to bed, ok?" Miroku said sternly, becoming the peacemaker. Everyone else nodded sullenly and stretched.
Inuyasha shuffled Kagome a bit and stood up with her in his arms. Koga grabbed Kachie and started heading up the stairs, followed by Miroku, who had Sango. Kagura yawned once more and headed up the stairs to scout out a place to sleep; she found an extra futon set up in Kachie's room, along with another actual bed. As she slipped under the covers of the futon, muttering a 'goodnight' to the boys who were carrying the two girls, she idly wondered why the hell this family had so many extra beds and futons laying around...
Inuyasha followed Sesshoumaru, who had Hekele, up the stairs. "Hey runt...do you think that you can get Kanna?" he asked Kohaku. The boy shrugged and walked over to her, being careful not to awaken her as he picked her up. He trudged upstairs after the two older boys and into Kagome's and Hekele's room. He set Kanna on the futon gently, covered her, and sleepily walked to Souta's room, only to find that Shippo had claimed the bed, and he was left with the futon. He muttered a promise of revenge and went to sleep.
Inuyasha watched as Kohaku left the room and smirked. The poor kid had looked dead on his feet; the monk had tired him out with his endless chatter. Inuyasha set Kagome in her bed carefully and covered her up. He looked over to where Sesshoumaru was doing the same to Hekele and shook his head.
"Your runt stole her bed..." he said jokingly. Sesshoumaru just shook his head.
"At least she left Hekele some room though," he said. It was true, Rin was curled up in a ball in the far corner of the bed. Inuyasha smiled and rolled his eyes.
"Next time Hekele might not be so lucky..." he said. Sesshoumaru smirked and turned to leave the room when he heard Inuyasha walk over by the window. He looked at him oddly.
"What are you doing?" he asked. Inuyasha held up what Sesshoumaru now knew to be a clock, and grinned.
"This is an alarm clock...and I am going to push this little button, so at some point early in the moring, it is going to go off and wake up everyone in this room. If Hekele doesn't break it...Kagome definately will. It'll be funny to watch..." he said. Sesshoumaru simply shook his head.
"As long as you don't try to blame me for it later...I really don't care..." he said, exiting the room. Inuyasha smirked once more, pressed the alarm button, and left the room after Sesshoumaru. It would be an interesting morning...
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Stupid alarm...shut-up... Hekele thought as she rolled over.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
I'm warning you...you better shut up...
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Last chance...
BEEP! BUZZ! BEEP! BUZZ! BEEP! BUZZ! CRASH, YANK, TOSS, CLANG, BOOM!
"Hekele...leave the alarm clock alone...I don't wanna buy a new one today..." Kagome muttered.
Hekele was standing over the window, one of her sais in hand. Outside the window was a sliced, diced, dismembered, and comletely destroyed alarm clock.
"It's a little late for that..." Hekele muttered, getting back into bed. It was then that Rin sat up and stretched.
"Is it time to get up Hekele-chan?" she asked. Hekele shook her head.
"Nope...some stupid person set the alarm clock to make me mad...INUYASHA!!!" she yelled the last part, hearing a satisfied thud on the other end of the door, followed by an, "oh shit," and then running down the stairs. Only Kagome's stupid hanyou of a boyfriend would be dumb enough to set that damn alarm while she was sleeping in the room. She would get him later...
Kanna sat up and yawned, "What happened? Why were you yelling Hekele?" she asked. Hekele sighed a defeated sigh and got out of bed.
"Inuyasha shall pay for waking me up...he shall pay dearly..." she said, heading to the closet to pick out some clothes for the day. Rin got out of bed as well and shook Kagome.
"Come on Kagome-san, if Hekele-chan, Kanna-chan, and Rin have to get up, then Kagome-san must get up as well," she said. Kagome groaned tiredly but obeyed the little girl. She ruffled her hair and sat up. Hekele went into the bathroom grumpily to change into her attire, while Kanna began to select her clothing for the day. Rin quickly picked out a pair of blue jeans and a pink 'Hello Kitty' shirt that she had thought was cute. Kanna had decided on a pair of pink pants and a white shirt trimmed in pink; it said, "Princess." As soon as Hekele returned in her standard cargo pants and t-shirt, both Rin and Kanna made a mad dash for the bathroom to change. Rin giggled as she made it into the room first and shut the door in Kanna's face.
Within a moment, however, Rin emerged and Kanna went into the room, giving her a fake death glare and trying not to laugh. Rin went back to the bedroom and pounced on Hekele's lap. Kagome had changed into a navy blue mini skirt and a white tank top with navy blue trim around the neckline and arm holes.
Hekele had begun to brush out Rin's hair when Kanna walked back into the room. She sat on the futon with her legs crossed and stared at what Hekele was doing. She was begining to style Rin's hair in a type of braid.
"What type of braid is that Hekele?" she asked. Hekele smiled.
"It's a French braid...want me to do your hair like this when I'm done?" she asked. Kanna nodded.
"Yes please..."
"No problem...Hey Kagome, what are you doing?" Hekele asked, upon seeing Kagome flip through her bedside drawer. Kagome shrugged.
"Just looking for something to help you get back at Inuyasha with that won't resut in me cleaning up his blood from my living room..." she answered. Then her face lit up.
"Perfect...and I think that Kachie, Sango, and Kagura would LOVE to help..."
"What could be taking those girls so long? I heard them moving around up there..." Inuyasha wondered aloud. As far as he knew, he was the only guy that was awake. He was getting very bored.
Suddenly, he heard Shippo and Kohaku yell. This woke up Koga and Sesshoumaru as well.
"What the hell was that?" Koga muttered, rubbing his eyes. Sesshoumaru stared at the stairway with an annoyed expression. It was then that they all heard yelling again. At this, the three all ran up the stairs and towards Souta's room. When they got there, Shippo and Kohaku ran out with terrified looks on their faces and headed down the stairs as fast as they could. This surprised the group greatly. They carefully crept closer to the door, not wanting to encounter whatever had scared the two boys so much. As soon as they were at the door, the girls all appeared from the sides holding something in their hands.
"Eat water canines," Kagura said evilly. With that, the girls began launching the objects at the three boys. They burst on contact, soaking their targets completely. Koga made a mad dash for the stairs as Kohaku and Shippo had done. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru just stood their in complete shock for a moment.
Hekele smiled, "Oh Inuyasha...I believe you were oh-so-kind as to set that alarm for us...we decided to thank you for your curtousy..." Inuyasha gulped and started running and dodging water balloons. Hekele paused next to Sesshoumaru as she ran out the door.
"Oh, and I owe you for that pillow last night..." she said before chucking a balloon at his chest. Since she was so close, he hadn't had time to dodge. Sesshoumaru glared at her and she smiled.
"You had better run..." he muttered, trying to wring out his shirt. Hekele grinned.
"Oh, I planned on it!" she said, taking off down the stairs. This time, Sesshoumaru didn't stay on the sidelines and watch; he saw two of the balloons in a bucket on the floor and grabbed them. This time, it was war.
He calmly walked down the stairs and towards the living room, where he heard everyone running and screaming. His target wasn't Hekele though, or even Rin. His target was his younger brother. If that stupid idiot hadn't activated that alarm the previous night, then Sesshoumaru wouldn't be soaked to the bone in the name of the girls' retaliation. Yes...Inuyasha would not expect HIM to go after him...
Sesshoumaru entered the room stealthily, dodging balloons left and right until he saw his target. He moved in for the kill silently. Once he was a good five feet behind Inuyasha, he launched the first balloon. It hit in the back of his head.
"Holy shit!!! Who the hell-" Inuyasha never got the rest out; he was hit in the face by Sesshoumaru's other water balloon and he fell onto the couch, bewildered.
"Next time, do not annoy the girls, and we may just have a peaceful morning for once...idiot..." he muttered. Everyone but Inuyasha burst out laughing.
Suddenly, the group heard snoring. They looked around until they found the source. Miroku was still fast asleep on his futon.
Sango walked up to him and held out her last water balloon above his head. She smirked, and dropped it. It burst on contact, awakening the monk. He yelped and jumped up. He stared at the group, which was now laughing uncontrollably, and then at Sango, who was standing above him and grinning.
"Morning...sleep well?" Miroku stared at her as though she had grown a third arm.
"I was...until a second ago..."
"Oh yeah? That's good to hear...what were you dreaming about?"
Miroku grinned, "I was dreaming about how many children we are going to have once we are married..."
Sango made a face, "I don't know what your thinking...I told you that all I wanted was one kid..."
"But...-" Miroku never got to protest, his attention was caught by the gaping eyes that were staring at him and Sango. Everyone except for Hekele, Sesshoumaru, and Kohaku were staring at them as though they were insane.
"What's with you guys?" Sango asked, confused.
Kagome was the first to speak, "You two are getting married?"
Inuyasha's mouth was hanging open, "When did this happen?"
"When is it going to be?"
"How did he propose?"
"Did he twist your arm into it?"
"Were you feeling ok when you answered him?"
"Was he feeling ok when he asked you?"
"Are you going to have a ceremony?"
"A reception?"
"Can we help?"
"Where are you taking her on your honeymoon?"
"Miroku...I never knew you had it in you to pick ONE girl!"
The couple was bombarded with questions, but only Miroku was paying attention. Sango's mind was elsewhere. Her thoughts were voiced a moment later.
"So that's what I forgot to tell everybody..."
Me: Wow...I can't believe I did that...it's record timing for a chapter of this length people!
Kachie: Now for the epilogue...which is going to be Sango and Miroku's wedding!
Sango: It is going to be a cross between a traditional Japanese wedding and a modern Christain wedding.
Kagome: And all us older girls get to be bride's maids!!! Kanna is going to be a junior maid, and Rin is going to be a
flower girl!!! This is going to be soooo fun!!!
Kagura: So...I get to be involved too?!? Thanks!!! Where is the ceremony going to be Sango?
Sango: In the Feudal Era...
Me: Ok, ok, let's work out the details later ladies...for now, we need to make some announcements...
Kachie: Oh yeah! Hekele decided that instead of doing one sequel, she's going to do one sequel from each couple's
point of veiw! She'll write a chapter from one couple's POV, then she'll write ANOTHER chapter, in
ANOTHER STORY for a different couple.
Kagome: So, that means, that each couple will have their own story, but she'll alternate between chapters.
Kagura: In other words, once she's done with all the chapter ones, then she'll start weriting all the chapter twos...so all
are in the same place.
Me: It'll all be basically the same story, except that each couple is going to have difficulties to deal with. And each
difficulty will add into the big picture.
Kachie: Remmenber, Hekele's father is still on the loose, and I was only expelled for a year...so we have to deal with
that stuff sooner or later...and the other couples will have things to deal with too...but those are gonna be
secret for now...Muahahahahaha...
Kagome: The sequels will all take place between this chapter and the next one. Sango's wedding is going to take
place one year after this chapter.
Kagura: And as you know...a lot can happen in one year...just look at all of us and how far we've all come...
Me: So I will write the epilogue, which will also serve as the last chapter for ALL of my sequels. However, at the end
of my sequels, I will add more detail about the past year from the specific couple's POV. Sound interesting?
Kachie: R&R and tell her what you think...she REALLY wants to try out this idea...