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Also…I apologize if this chapter really isn't what you expected…it got kinda long so I had to abruptly end it. It was annoying me too…so sorry if it sucks…I'll have the next chapter up very soon…I promise

Chapter 3

A light flickered on, illuminating the dark and damp garage. A blue car sat in the middle of the garage and was probably the cleanest thing in there. The floor was wet from water that had been tracked in by Kagome and Souta and the car. Dirt also joined the water on the ground, giving the garage a muddy swamp smell. To the far side of the garage sat boxes upon boxes full of charms and sutras and who knows what else, waiting to be put away in the scattered sheds of the Higurashi Shrine.

"Kagome…what is this place?" Inuyasha asked as they entered the garage.

"It's just the garage Inuyasha. People in this time use these to put extra stuff in. Kinda like a shed or something, but it's attached to the house." Kagome explained.

Inuyasha looked confused. Kagome put a finger on her cheek and looked at the ceiling for guidance. 'Come to think of it…there are a lot of things Inuyasha doesn't know about in this era.' Kagome thought and giggled as she imagined his clueless expression when she'd try to explain how a TV works.

"What?" he asked irritably.

She shook her head and pointed to the car. "Alright then…this is a car. You remember the fire truck that I told you about?"

Inuyasha looked kind of clueless. "You mean…that red loud metal thing that went roaring down the road?"

"Yeah! This car is similar to that but it doesn't rush around putting out fires. People in this time ride these around like they rode horses back in your time."

Inuyasha nodded, but was still confused. He walked out to the car and then sniffed it cautiously. Then he looked underneath it and then over the top.

Kagome laughed and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Checking this thing out…where are its legs? How can it take us anywhere with out legs?" Inuyasha asked, ears twitching in confusion.

"It has wheels Inuyasha. Now come on." She grabbed him by the arm and pulled him over to the door and got her keys out. She pushed the 'unlock' button and the car's locks popped up. Inuyasha jumped at the noise of it, but noticing Kagome calm he figured he didn't need to panic. Kagome opened the door and pushed Inuyasha into the passenger seat. Then she closed the door and went around to the other side of the car and got in.

After closing the door, she looked over to Inuyasha and said, "First what we need to do is put on our seat belts." She grabbed hers and pulled it down across her chest and clicked it into its lock on the other side.

Inuyasha watched her do it and then copied her actions. "What are these for?"

"They're just a safety precaution. Now then…I'm going to turn the car on. It's going to make a weird noise, so don't panic." Kagome said as she put the key in and turned it. The car rumbled and then finished with a 'vroom' sound.

Inuyasha looked around in the car with the fascination similar to that of a child. His ears swiveled around at the sound of her bubbly laughter. "And what is so funny, may I ask?"

Kagome immediately stopped laughing and looked forward. She reached up and grabbed a small gray box thingy. There were two different buttons on it and she pushed the bigger of the two. Inuyasha was about to ask what it was for when the wall in front of them began to open.

"What…the…Hell?" was all Inuyasha could say as the garage door finished its movement upwards.

The car then began to move forwards and slowly made its way down the driveway. Inuyasha was stunned. It didn't feel anything like riding a horse. It didn't feel like they were riding anything at all.

In no time at all they made it to the city. Inuyasha looked outside and was amazed at how fast they were moving. Buildings and people went by faster than his eyes could follow. Lights looked like streams of different colors of lights mixed together as one line of lights.

Kagome then turned the car into a strange building that, Inuyasha noticed, had a bunch of other cars sitting inside of it. Those cars, however, weren't moving now. Kagome parked the car and pulled the key out with a jerk. Inuyasha struggled with his seatbelt and nearly sliced it with his claws before he finally managed to push the button that released it. Kagome opened her door and went around to the other side and noticed that Inuyasha had opened the door and gotten out himself. She applauded his small accomplishment.

Inuyasha looked at her with confusion in his eyes. She didn't say anything and headed towards the opposite side of the strange place. Inuyasha wandered where the heck they were and noticed that Kagome was leaving so walked faster to catch up with her.

"Where are we now, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked looking around the building. "It reminds me of the 'gar-age' thing back at your house."

"It's something like that. People put their cars in here if they want to wonder around the city for a while. Only you sometimes have to pay to leave it here." She explained. Looking at her watch, the time was 6:37 pm. Grabbing his arm, Kagome pulled Inuyasha along to a set of silver doors. Inuyasha watched in wonder as she pushed one of two buttons on the left side of the doors.

"Where do these doors go to?"

"You'll see."

Inuyasha's sensitive ears twitched and he tensed up as he heard a strange rumbling sound coming from the ground below them. He growled quietly and stared intently at the doors as the sound stopped with a 'ding'. He stopped growling and nearly flew into the ceiling as the two doors suddenly opened.

"What the Hell is that thing?" he asked jumping behind Kagome and pointing at the strange doors.

"That would be an elevator and we," she grabbed Inuyasha's arm again and began to pull him towards it. "Are going to ride it to the bottom level of this garage."

"I am not going into that thing." Inuyasha said, pulling away from Kagome and crossing his arms stubbornly.

"You're not? Why?" Kagome asked. She thought for a moment and then grinned. "You're not scared are you?"

"No! I don't think its safe!"

"I think you're scared. But that's okay…we can always…"

Inuyasha interrupted her by growling and pushing her into the elevator and then running in himself. The doors closed slowly behind them and Kagome pushed another button that had a star on it.

Then the elevator began its descent. It suddenly dropped and Inuyasha looked around looking a little nervous. Kagome reached into her bag and pulled out the red and blue hat he always wore when he went around in her time with her. She placed it gently on his doggy-eared head as the elevator reached the bottom floor. Inuyasha fidgeted with his hat as Kagome lead him out of the garage.

Now they were in the middle of the huge city. Buildings that seemed to go on for miles towered over the half demon and his human companion. Since the sun had gone down the lights were now in charge of illuminating what could be pitch-black streets. Cars whizzed by and screeched to a halt at the traffic lights making Inuyasha cringed at the noise that painfully echoed in his ears.

People were everywhere and there were smells that Inuyasha had never smelled before. Some were good and some were really awful. He leaned closer to Kagome.

"Is something wrong, Inuyasha?" she asked suddenly. She was confused by his sudden action.

He covered his nose and replied, "Everything here smells funny."

"Huh?"

"I can smell everything…most of it smells really bad." Inuyasha whined. He inhaled deeply and continued, "If I stand by you, your scent drowns out most of the smells."

Kagome's breath caught slightly in her throat and a light pink blush covered her cheeks. "Oh…I see…" They stepped out into the street, Inuyasha clinging closely to Kagome.

"So…where are we going again?" Inuyasha asked, his voice quietly muffled coming from underneath his sleeve.

"The mall. It's a few blocks from here. It might not smell as much there as it does here." She answered, her face returning back to its original color.

"What's a 'block'?"

"I really don't know how to explain that one. But I know that it won't take that long to get there. See!" Kagome pointed to the top of a building that had a giant 'M' on the top. "That is the top of the building where the mall is. We have to get there."

Inuyasha looked up. Never before had he seen such tall structures. He tilted his head as far backwards as he could and nearly fell over. Then he cast his eyes to the giant 'M' that Kagome had pointed to and got an idea.

"We want to get there quickly right?"

Kagome stopped and turned to him. "What?"

"That mall place. Do you want to get there faster than this pace?" he asked.

"I guess so, sure. But why…" suddenly Kagome was whisked off her feet and being rushed upwards. She screamed and was lightly confused as to what was going on. Then she realized that she was being carried bridal style by Inuyasha. "What the heck are you doing?!?!?!" she shouted.

"Getting there faster. All I have to do is get to the 'M' thing right?" Inuyasha replied, working his demon strength to push off the sides of the buildings with his legs. Kagome growled and thought, 'You could've at least warned me…JERK!'

Inuyasha sensed her anger and looked at her with an innocent puppy dog eyed stare. She immediately softened and laughed as she patted his head playfully. "Good idea! You're such a good boy!" She laughed again.

Inuyasha looked away from her with an irritated growl and focused ahead to where he was going. The 'M' was a little farther. He pushed off the current building he was on and landed on a rooftop, placing Kagome down gently.

She looked at him in confusion. "What are you doing now?"

Inuyasha knelt down, his back facing her. "Get on." Kagome nodded and climbed on. "It's easier to carry you this way."

With her securely on his back, Inuyasha jumped one final time and plummeted down to the earth that was what seemed like thousands of feet below them. Kagome screamed and gripped Inuyasha's shoulders tighter as they fell. Inuyasha's ears flattened against his head, closing out the extreme volume and high pitch of her scream. They landed after falling for a few moments. His feet touched the pavement of the sidewalk and Kagome fell off of his back on to the ground in a daze.

Inuyasha turned to yell at her for nearly deafening him again, but had to laugh at her dazed and shocked expression. Kagome's eyes were as big as dinner plates and her mouth was gaping open. Inuyasha's laughter brought her back to reality.

"Don't do that EVER again!" Kagome snapped angrily at him. He didn't answer and only laughed harder. "It's not that funny…"

Inuyasha gained control quickly and looked to the ground, and then he looked up at her with puppy-dog eyes again. "I'm sorry."

Kagome looked away from his attempt to charm her. "Anyway…since we're here we'd better get moving." Then she headed into the building's sliding glass doors.

Inuyasha ran to catch up to her and slipped through the doors before they closed on him. He didn't count on Kagome standing in the entrance of the mall as he ran in. Inuyasha collided into Kagome sending them both to the ground in a heap. Kagome sat up and rubbed her head.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

Inuyasha lay splayed out on the ground of the mall. His arms were outstretched in front of him and his legs stretched out in back. "It was an accident…sorry…" He sat up and looked around. His eyes widened. "Whoa…"

The mall was HUGE! Above him and Kagome were balconies from upper floors and there were tons of people everywhere. Inuyasha sniffed the air cautiously and realized Kagome was right. The smells were A LOT better than they were outside. He was actually enjoying the scents he was picking up. One scent in particular stuck out of all the others. It was practically calling him and he had to follow it.

Mesmerized by the 'heavenly scent' he wandered away from Kagome who was babbling on and on about how he couldn't wander away from her. She, not paying attention to the entranced half demon, began walking in the opposite direction.

Inuyasha walked slowly, leaning forward slightly, eyes closed half way and nose sniffing carefully not to lose the precious smell. It was like nothing he'd smelled before. Ham, turkey, chicken and other food scents swirled around his nose and joined into the one luxurious scent he was following. As soon as he came to the source of the smell he snapped out of the trance and looked around anxiously for Kagome.

'Where'd Kagome go?' he thought, as he was about to leave. But the scent he'd followed theretugged at his nose again. He turned and walked into the store that had a sign above the door, which read 'PETS A PLENTY'.

By this time, Kagome was in a panic. Noticing Inuyasha's absence, she'd been asking everyone she came across if they'd seen a guy in a red kimono and a hat. Finally she'd run into a group of four girls.

Kagome ran over to them and frantically asked, "Excuse me. Have you guys seen a guy with long silver hair and a red kimono around here?"

One of the girls said, "Yes we have. He's over at the pet store. He was kinda weird though…"

"Yeah. He was in some sort of, like, trance or something." Another girl said.

"What? What do you mean?" Kagome asked in worry.

"You know." The first girl said, "His eyes were closed and he was like, walking funny and stuff. Do you know him?"

"He was kinda hot." A third girl piped up.

Her friends all turned and looked at her like she was nuts and Kagome had a look that was saying 'WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?!?!'.

"Well…oh I don't know…" the third girl added in confusion. There was an awkward silence among the group of girls. They stood in the middle of the walkway as people passed along around them.

The fourth girl finally broke the silence, "Why do you ask? Do you know that guy or something?"

Kagome stood for a moment then said, "Yes I do. We were both here to shop for a trip that we're taking next week. He needed a few things before we left."

The girls looked at each other then to Kagome and asked in unison, "So he's your boyfriend then?"

Kagome stumbled over her response. These girls were practically clones of her friends. "N-no not exactly…well kind of…" she fumbled as her face began to heat up. "Well it was nice to meet you all but I've got to find my boyfriend. I mean friend. I mean…see ya!" Kagome ran quickly past the girls towards the pet store.

----Meanwhile at the pet store----

Inuyasha had found the source of the scent. His eyes followed the straight edges of the red and blue box. There was a white cartoon dog with big black ears on the front and in his mouth was a giant doggy bone. On the box in big silver shiny letters it was labeled 'CHICKEN, TURKEY AND HAM FLAVORED DOG BONES' and below that near the bottom of the box it said, 'Give your dog a treat that he deserves to eat'.

Inuyasha didn't have a clue what any of that meant, but if it said something about eating and he was all for it. He grabbed the box and looked around suspiciously. His claws shredded easily through the cardboard box and he reached into the box and pulled out a reddish colored bone that was the size of his hand. Inuyasha raised it carefully to his nose and sniffed it. It seemed safe to eat so he popped it into his mouth. This one was chicken flavored and Inuyasha immediately loved the snack. He headed towards the exit of the store with the box of dog treats in his hands.

"Hey pal," a voice said suddenly, "Are you going to pay for those?"

Inuyasha turned to the voice only to come face to face with a rather large man. He was round and a little taller than Inuyasha. He wore a white button-up shirt and black pants. Over those was an off white apron that had 'PETS A PLENTY' across the front. He had a thick black mustache and black glasses sitting atop his large nose. His hair was obviously receding but he covered it with a toupee. His mustache wrinkled up as he awaited Inuyasha's reply.

Inuyasha had a clueless expression on his face. "You need to pay for these?"

"Yes you do, sir. Now…are you going to pay or should I call security?"

"What's 'Se-ku-ri-tee?" Inuyasha asked curiously.

The man looked stunned for a moment and was about to say something when, "INUYASHA WHERE ARE YOU!?!?"

"Huh? KAGOME!" Inuyasha called, waving Kagome over.

She dashed over to him and grabbed his shoulders. "What did I say about wandering away from me?"

Inuyasha was even more confused. "Me? What about you? You were the one who wandered away from me! And besides…" he showed her the ripped open box of treats. "I found these." He announced proudly.

"Yes and you need to pay for those right now or…"

"I'm sorry sir." Kagome said, bowing in apology to the man. "My friend has a…a umm…an addiction to the treats…yeah! An addiction to dog treats." she lied quickly. Inuyasha choked on a treat that was half chewed in his mouth. He shot her a confused glare.

" 'An addiction to dog treats'?" the man quoted in suspicion. Inuyasha gulped down the last of the dog treat he'd been eating as Kagome explained herself.

"Yes. You see…" she said and thought hard as to how she would pull this story out of her hat. "When he was younger…he had a lot of pet dogs…and well he loved them so much…that he tried to be a dog for a long time and that to him included doing everything exactly like a dog. After he was over his dogs…the liking of the treats stayed…" 'Wow that is so believable…only an idiot would believe that one…'

The man looked at Inuyasha and Kagome in suspicion still, but waved his hand dismissively. "Alright…but you still need to pay for those."

----A few moments later----

"I can't believe you actually went after dog treats."

Inuyasha sat on a bench as Kagome looked through her list of things they needed to get for him. "I'm sorry. The smell of them was bothering my nose so I had to find out what it was." He explained tossing a bone into the air. He opened his mouth and waited for it to fall into his mouth but it didn't come. Kagome had caught the bone as soon as he threw it up into the air.

Kagome tore the box out of Inuyasha's hands quickly. "Don't do that." Kagome scolded, putting the bone back into the box. "You can have these back when we're done with the list." She said, shaking the box.

Inuyasha growled and replied, "Oh, so now I get a treat if I act like a good puppy dog and do as the master commands?" He folded his arms across his chest.

Kagome giggled and patted his head. "Yep, that's right! Now…" she scanned the list. "First, we need to get you some new clothes."

Inuyasha stood up and asked, "What's wrong with the clothes I'm wearing now?"

"Do you see anyone else wearing kimonos?" she asked as Inuyasha looked around. "I didn't think so. Now come on." She made her way down the rows of stores with Inuyasha close behind her.

----End of Chapter

Sorry it ended here. The next chapter will have more of them at the mall so yeah…sorry about that…R&R please???

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