Author's Note: Thank you Kasatka and Shiru23454 for reviewing. And Shiru, Kagura's one of my favorites too. Second favorite too! First is Inuyasha. Now I'll get on with the story.
"Wakey wakey! Rise 'n shaky!" Inuyasha said, bouncing on Melissa's back.
"Hmm…" She turned over, knocking him over. "What is it?"
"Time to get out of bed, sleepy head. Hey! I rhymed!" He seemed pleased with himself. "Anyways, Ai is downstairs waiting for you. He wants to go to an anime convention with you or something." He sat on the pillow next to her head.
"I'll get ready then." She said, slowly getting up from her bed and walked towards her closet.
When she went downstairs she was now wearing a light blue V-neck shirt and khaki pants. A light blue purse was handing loosely from the right of her neck to her left hip, crossing over her chest. Her hair today was slightly curly, and slightly wavy. In her hands were her black boots that she would wear with her outfit that day.
"Hey." She said when she saw Ai sitting on the bottom step waiting for her.
"Hi." He replied. Today he was wearing a black T-shirt with Inuyasha on it again.
"We're going to a convention today?" She asked, sitting next to him.
"Yeah, I thought you might like it. I heard they have a lot of Inuyasha stuff." He looked at her, smiling. "Father told me to give you this." He said, handing her a bulgy envelope with her name on it. He was pretty sure it was yen.
Melissa opened it carefully, and it was money. Quite a large amount to her eyes. "I'll have to thank him when I see him." She said, slipped the money into her purse.
"Are you ready?" Ai asked, standing up.
"Yep!" She stood up also, and then he led her outside. A limousine was waiting for them. "You're dad knows how to ride in style!"
"He's only doing this to impress you." He smiled.
"Money! Money! Money!" Came a familiar voice from Melissa's purse. Ai reached down and unzipped it. Inuyasha sat in it, hugging the money. He stared up at the two. "Do you guys gots a problem?" He asked, raising a brow.
"He's coming along?" Ai asked, rolling his eyes.
"Of course, who knows what trouble we might get into at the convention."
At the convention
Inuyasha was safely sleeping in Melissa's purse by now, not making a sound.
"Ai! Look!" Melissa exclaimed, pointing at a giant Inuyasha statue by the Inuyasha stand.
"That's cool." Ai replied, not seeming all too interested.
"Who's your favorite character?" She asked randomly.
"Kagome."
"She's cool. But Sango beats all butt-kicking girls."
"I have to go to the restroom, stay here so I can find you." And with that Ai walked off.
With Melissa
"He'd like a Kagome plush." She thought aloud as she looked at the plush toys. Finding one that was about the same height as Inuyasha she bought it, and a few other Inuyasha items. She also spied many kids around thirteen and fourteen (around her age) buying plush toys of their favorite characters. She saw a boy buying a Sesshomaru plush, a girl buying a Kikyo plush, another boy buying a Sango plush, and a girl buying a Miroku plush. She smiled at them, seeing the diversity.
She soon got distracted by a Tokyo Mew Mew stand, and wondered off, not seeing Ryan purchasing a Koga and Kirara plush.
With Ai
He didn't go to the bathroom; he went outside for a moment. As he leaned on the wall of the building he sighed. His hopes had come true; this girl had eased his loneliness. But she was acting so cute, pointing out everything that amazed her about Tokyo. On their ride to the convention she had showed him all the people crowding on the street, how English cuisine was a delicacy, tall skyscrapers. There was something about her, he didn't know what, that made him want to act protective and stay with her at all times. As he was going in, he passed a boy his age with messy blond hair, and looked like an American skater.
Back at the Inuyasha stand
"I was starting to get worried about you." Melissa said, a smile coming across her face.
"I see you've bought something." Ai looked towards her bags.
"I did!" She pulled out the Mew Ichigo and Mew Zakuro dolls she had bought. "Aren't they cute? And I didn't go far, I just went over there." She pointed to a stand not too far away. She didn't show him the Kagome plush; she was going to give it to him on the ride back.
"But I told you not to leave."
I know, I'm sorry." She looked at him with a sincere look that made his heart skip.
"What's that?" Everybody seemed to be yelling at the same time. Then a big gust of wind blew through the convention center, blowing over almost everything that stood.
"Where is Inuyasha?" A lady who was standing on a giant feather said, glaring at all of the humans before her.
"Kagura?" Many Inuyasha fans asked in confusion.
"Where is Inuyasha?" She repeated again, holding her fan in position, ready to blow more wind at the helpless humans.
"Melissa!" Inuyasha jumped out of her purse. "You gotta help me transform, if I don't, you'll all be killed!" He said, actually pleading.
"But, how?" She asked from the ground.
"Just focus all your energy on it, I'm sure it'll work." So she closed her eyes, and breather calmly.
Just as Kagura was about to strike, a white light surrounded the small Inuyasha plush toy, and when the light disappeared there was a tall Inuyasha, quite like the one in the anime.
"I'm right over here Kagura!" He said, making his nails grow longer. Melissa couldn't help but notice something different about him than in the anime, no Tetsusaiga!
"You've finally shown yourself. I have a message from Naraku's partner. He says that he'll be the one to collect all the demon stones, not you." Kagura said grimly.
"Who said I was collecting them?" He was getting ready.
"Hmph!" She said, now crouching down on her feather, which was starting fly off.
"Good riddens!" Inuyasha yelled as she flew away, out of the window she had broken. Then the light surrounded him again, turning him back into the plush. As soon as he was transformed, he fell asleep. Melissa stuck him into a bag so he'd look like a regular plush toy.
On the way home
"I bought you something." Melissa said to Ai, a little embarrassed. He looked at her with a questioning look. She pulled out the Kagome plush and handed it to him.
"Thank you!" He exclaimed. "And I bought something for you too…" A tint of pink coming onto his cheeks as he pulled out a black baseball cap with Inuyasha on it.
"It's perfect! I've been wanting a new hat since forever. Thank you!" She gave Ai a quick hug (making him blush) then put the cap on backwards to where some of her bangs were poking through the back.
Ai's journal
March 25, 2004
Today I went to a convention with Melissa. She's the kid I was telling you about. She's thirteen, a year younger than me. I really like her so far. She loves Inuyasha. Oh yeah, the plush toy I bought her, it came to life and at the convention he saved us from Kagura. Weird, I know but it happened. She bought me a Kagome plush toy today. I really like it. Melissa-chan is really sweet, and cute. I guess you could say I might've started to like her a little bit more than a friend. I have to go now, Melissa just finished making our banana splits, something I've never had.
-Ai
Hope you guys liked that chapter. Bye for now!
