Author's note:

Thank you AnimeDuchess for my first review for this story. Your review made me want to write more, so I will. Thanks a whole bunch. -hands you one of those three foot Kirara plushes-


"Bye." Melissa mumbled to her parents as she heard the announcer say her plane was about to leave.

"Good bye! Don't forget to send an email everyday on your new laptop, 'k?" Her mother said a little worry in her voice.

"Don't worry, I won't forget." Melissa smiled then turned to get onto the plane. As she was going Ryan came up beside her.

"Nervous?" He asked her.

"Maybe just a little."

"Well, I am. I mean, I only know, like, one word of Japanese. Konichiwa."

"That means hello. I'll teach you all I know, but they're supposed to know English too. And we'll have our own translator, don't forget about that." Mel was saying as they boarded the plane.

"I guess you're right." Ryan sighed. "So, what's kind of food do they have there?"

"It's just like you to be thinking about food."

"A happy belly makes a happy person. So, what kind of food?"

"Squid. Only squid." She lied.

"Squid?! That's disgusting!"

"Just kidding. They have all kinds of foods. But mostly seafood."

"That's cool…I guess."


With Ai

They'll be here today! I wonder what they're like…Will it be a girl, or a boy? My age? Younger? Older? So many questions and I'm so nervous. Actually it'll be arriving really late, but I'll stay up to make them comfortable. Ai thought as he stood staring out of a window in his gigantic house. He stared down at the grass, looking almost mesmerized. He sighed, then started to walk to the stairs. His black hair fell into its usual place, which was a bowl cut all the rage in America. His father had wanted him to cut it that way, Even though he didn't.

As he passed a window he couldn't help but to look into his own brown eyes. He sighed, seeing his Inuyasha shirt in the window as well. Now, I only have to wait.


"Please pick up your bags before you leave." The voice on the Japanese intercom in the airport rang. Both Americans did just what it had said. Melissa looked outside, seeing it dark, but somehow she felt wide-awake. It was probably the time zones.

As they were walking Ryan pointed to a man carrying a sign "I guess that's who you're going with" He told Mel.

"I guess…Bye, maybe we'll meet again." She replied, giving him a quick hug before running off leaving him red.

When she reached the man who looked like a secret agent holding a sign that said her name, she bowed to him. "You must Connors-san." He told her, bowing also.

"Yes, I'm Melissa Connors." She replied, coming out of her bow.

"Shall we go to your new home? For the time being at least?" He asked.

Melissa nodded, excitement filling her.

"Whoa!" Melissa gasped as she saw the huge mansion sitting in front of her. Even though it was dark, it still looked pretty big.

"Welcome." Said a figure, approaching them. Melissa bowed as Kuno bowed.

"Thank you for letting me stay here Iiragizawa-san." She replied a little nervousness in her voice.

"To me, it's just another interview, only with a reporter living in your house." Kuno joked, as Melissa laughed out of courtesy. "Ai, come out, she looks only like a year younger than you." He turned his head behind him.

A scrawny figure came out from behind Kuno, his red Inuyasha T-shirt visible no matter how dark. "N-n-n-ice to m-m-meet you, Connors-san." Ai said, bowing. Melissa returned the bow.

"Nice to meet you too Iiragizawa-san. And please, call me Melissa."

"You can call me Ai as well." He was really nervous, his forehead had beads of sweat on it. "I have something to give you." And from behind his back he took out the Inuyasha plush and handed it to her.

"Thank you so much! I just love Inuyasha. Both the show and the character!" She gave the plush toy a quick hug.

"You kids need to go get some rest." Kuno said, pushing the two inside.

"I'll unpack tomorrow." Melissa said. "G'night Ai-kun, and Iiragizawa-san." She said, then was led to her room by a maid.

"Tomorrow, you're staying home from school to entertain her." Kuno said strictly to his son when they were left alone. "I have to go film another movie. Good night!" He gave his son a quick and fake hug. Ai actually liked the idea of hanging out with Melissa all day. He then sighed a happy sigh and headed to his room on the third floor.


With Melissa

As soon as she was changed into her pajamas, she felt restless. She sat down on her bed with Inuyasha-kun as she called him and took out her laptop. As soon as the portable computer was turned on she started to type an email to her parents.

Dear mom and dad,

It's really nice here, and really pretty at night. Ai, Iiragizawa-san's son, gave me an Inuyasha plush toy! Wasn't that sweet of him? Anyway, I love you two.

Happy in Japan,

Melissa

After she was done typing it she read it to Inuyasha. "What do you think? Short but sweet? Or short and uninformative?" She asked him.

"Short 'n sweet!" Inuyasha replied, jumping onto his small cloth feet.

"Waaaaaaaah!" Melissa yelled, jumping backwards on her bed. "Y-y-y-y-y-y-you talked?!"

"Of course I talked. I'm a lean mean Inuyasha machine baby!" Apparently this wasn't the Inuyasha Melissa knew.

"B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but you're n-n-n-n-n-not r-r-real." Melissa stared at it.

"Not real? Man, I told you, I'm a lean mean Inuyasha machine!"

"But you have stuffing!"

"Stuffing or no stuffing, I'm still Inuyasha. And I'm pretty cute in this form." He said, looking into Melissa's compact she had left out.

"I'm going to go get Ai." Melissa said, then stepped out of the room.

"Ai! Ai!" She called out on the second floor where she stayed, then went to the third floor. "Ai?!"

"Yeah?" He stepped out of his room, now dressed in pajamas, his hair quite messy. "What is it? Do you need anything?" He asked in a concerned voice.

"I think you need to see something." She grabbed a hold of his arm and dragged him into her room where Inuyasha was bouncing on the bed.

"What the?!" Ai exclaimed, staring at Inuyasha.

"Ya got a problem kid?" Inuyasha replied to him, still bouncing.

"What are you doing, alive?" Ai asked, calming down a bit.

"Well," He started, sitting on the edge of the bed now. "For some reason unknown to me, spirits of us Inuyasha characters are in the bodies of plush toys. We were sent here to find our partner and save the world from certain destruction. When you bought me, I didn't come to life. But when you gave me to her I did because she's my partner."

"Partner?" Melissa now asked.

"When the plush toy and the human partner up, they us the strength of one another to fight off evil. But when they're apart, the plush toy has no power and can't talk, walk, eat, sleep, or anything else like that." Inuyasha had crossed his arms, closed his eyes, and was nodding.

"I get it. But how do you save the world when you're so tiny?" It was Ai.

"I transform of course!" The mad mark popped onto his head. "Anyway, now I'm tired so, let's go to bed Melissa." He pulled back the covers and hopped into bed.

"Good night Ai. And thanks for coming." Melissa said while Ai blushed.

"It was nothing. Good night." He turned and went back to his room.

Little did any of them know that a figure was watching them from the shadows outside of Melissa's room. As soon as Mel and Inuyasha had fallen asleep the figure took a feather from her hair and made it bigger so she could fly back to her master and report to him.


I hope you liked this chapter. It was longer. I didn't put some of the things in the preview because they wouldn't fit in. Most of that will probably happen in the fourth chapter. Maybe. Now here's the preview for the next chapter!

"Iron revere soul stealer!"

"Blades of blood!"

"Kagome?"

"Ai? Inuyasha?"