Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

I also apologize for the huge wait. I don't know what the heck happened…I had a huge blank in my mind I guess…sorry about that. That and the next chapter will be them getting to the island…now all I have to do is figure out things about planes…

Anywho! On with the story!

Chapter 4

Rows next to rows of shirts and pants and other articles of clothing surrounded Inuyasha and Kagome as they walked through the first store. People were already giving Inuyasha weird looks and whispering. Even with his ears enclosed beneath the hat, Inuyasha could pick up every word they said.

"Kagome…do I have to get new clothes? I don't want to…" Inuyasha whined.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha and said, "You can hear the people whispering can't you? Well unless you get into some modern clothes the whispering will continue."

Inuyasha growled at a little boy who was giggling at his attire. The little boy gasped and hid behind his mom who gave Inuyasha a nasty look. She turned her nose up and walked away with her son behind her.

"Don't growl at people Inuyasha…it's not polite." Kagome scolded.

"Well he started it." He protested. Kagome gave him a curious look. "He was laughing at my kimono."

"See what I mean?" Kagome looked over to a pair of dark blue sweat pants that came with a white muscle shirt. "Here…" she said as she grabbed them off the rack and handed them to him.

"What am I supposed to do with this?" Inuyasha asked looking at the pants and shirt.

"There pants Inuyasha. You know what pants are. And the white thing is obviously a shirt."

"Yeah…but I'm not changing into them in front of all these people."

Kagome slapped her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing. "You go into the changing room."

Inuyasha was about to ask what that was but Kagome had already shoved him into the small room. He looked around the room and found the mirror. As he took off his hat he sighed in relief; his ears were free to move again. He set the hat on the seat and began to take off the outer layer of the top of his kimono.

Kagome sat and waited patiently outside of his room. Her eyes followed the ceiling tiles just as they did in school when she was bored, but she was far from bored. The fact that Inuyasha had agreed to going was still buzzing around in her mind.

'I really didn't think he say no…' she thought, 'But still…I can't believe he said yes! We're going to have so much fun! And he gets a chance to learn about this era…it's going to be like me going to the feudal era…only here and it's Inuyasha…' Kagome's thoughts were interrupted by three familiar voices calling her name.

Kagome looked up and saw her friends Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi. Hojou happened to be with them as well. Nervously, Kagome stood to greet them.

"He-hey guys! What are you doing here?"

"What do you mean what are we doing here? Your Mom told us you came here with some 'Inu-washa' guy. We had to come and see."

Kagome nearly fell over at the mispronunciation of Inuyasha. But she answered calmly. "Yeah…I'm here with someone…and his name is Inuyasha. Not Inuwasha…"

"Well who ever he is we want to meet him." Ayumi said excitedly as she jumped up and down.

"Yeah! Where is he anyway? You have to introduce us to him." Eri insisted.

Kagome pointed to the dressing room. "He's in there trying on some clothes. We're here to get him a few things before we leave to…" Kagome caught herself before she finished and slapped her hand over her face.

Her friends gasped and asked, "You're taking him on the trip for two?!"

Hojou looked at Kagome with a slightly confused look. "Are you dating this guy, Kagome?"

Kagome looked to the ground and heard Inuyasha had stopped moving about in the dressing room as though he were waiting for her to answer. A light blush crossed her face and she quickly answered, "I'm not sure…"

Yuka and Eri looked doubtfully at each other while Hojou looked confused.

Eri on the other hand got a very dreamy look in her eyes and poetically said, "Awe…I can see it now. Two lovers unsure of their feelings for one another on an island adventure…they will finally come to terms with their emotions and confess on the last day at the beautiful sunset on the beach…ah…It's so wonderful…" She laced her fingers together, finished her tale with a sigh, and took a seat next to Kagome.

Kagome stood up. "Trust me…that won't happen in a million years!" she said frustratingly. 'Although that does sound romantic…but not with me and Inuyasha…well…' Kagome shook her head and said aloud, "Inuyasha would never be that way anyways!"

Inuyasha fell over suddenly and knocked into the door of his changing room. The door swung open and he fell out into the store right in front of Kagome and her friends. Thankfully he was fully clothed with the exception of his hat. Kagome gasped and raced forward to grab his hat and place it on his head.

Yuka gasped and shouted, "You're that guy who ruined the school play and nearly killed Hojou!"

Ayumi added, "And you were the one who almost made Kagome miss the play!"

Inuyasha stood confused and clueless as to what ever they were talking about. Kagome quickly took place by his side and properly introduced him to her bewildered friends. As those were soon out of the way, Inuyasha had a few questions for Kagome. Before she answered, she pulled him away from the group and started down the row of shirts.

"Well it was nice talking to you but we gotta go okay bye!"

Then they were gone, leaving the group to wonder what the heck was going on between those two.

Finally after pulling Inuyasha all the way to the other side of the store he forced her to a halt.

"What the hell are you doing?" he demanded as he stopped her from pulling any farther by grabbing onto a post they were passing by.

"I don't want them to know about you yet." Kagome explained quickly. He cocked his head in confusion. "They don't know who you are, Inuyasha. I don't need them asking questions about you and some how letting them know you're a…well you know..."

Inuyasha let go of her hand. "That I'm a half-demon? You never had a problem with me being this way before so why now?" Inuyasha asked looking at her skeptically.

Kagome sighed and said, "It's not that it's a problem to me…it's them. They'd flip out and probably run to the police saying that I've been seduced by a demon."

Inuyasha's eyes widened and he blushed a deep shade of red. "W-why would they think that?" He jerked his head in the opposite direction of her to hide his blush.

Kagome noticed his embarrassment. "Okay, I should probably tell you what I have been saying about you…" Kagome started. 'Not all of it though' she added in her mind.

"Wait…so you have been talking about me?" Inuyasha suddenly asked, raising an accusing eyebrow at her.

Now Kagome blushed. "W-well not exactly…" she explained, sweat forming on her forehead.

Inuyasha grunted and turned his whole body away from her, crossing his arms and grumbling. Kagome sighed and was about to say something to the half-demon when he interrupted her, "I don't want to hear it."

"But Inuyasha…"

"No." He said, grabbing her arm and pushing her ahead of him. "Just hurry up and get the clothes. I want to get out of this place as soon as possible. It smells like an animal died in a tar pit." He commented, referring to the smell of new shoes and clothes mixed with a whole bunch of people.

Inuyasha fiddled with the bottom of his shirt as he awaited Kagome's response. Kagome didn't say anything though…she just began walking and he followed silently.

They didn't say really much to each other through out the rest of their time at that store…or the next store…more like the next four stores. While in those stores Kagome bought Inuyasha more shirts and pants, a pair of swimming trunks, and three other hats he pointed out himself.

Since they were done shopping and were heading out Kagome decided to lighten up the gloomy and quiet mood they were currently in. Reaching into her bag, she purposely shook the ripped open and half eaten box of doggy treats causing it to make noise. She watched Inuyasha expectantly. He was apparently off in his own thoughts, so Kagome shook the box a little harder and pulled it out of her bag.

Inuyasha's ears suddenly perked up and swiveled toward the noise of the doggy bones hitting the sides of the box. His nose twitched as he picked up the sweet scent of the treats. Then he heard Kagome's giggling and stopped sniffing.

"What are you laughing at?" he growled, trying to stop his nose from twitching.

"Oh nothing." She answered. "I just figured since you were a good boy this whole time we were here," Inuyasha growled at that comment. "I thought I would buy you a few more boxes of these things." She smiled and held the box out to him.

Inuyasha's growling ceased and he greedily snatched the box from her hands. Soon afterwards, the box was empty and Inuyasha was craving more. "You'll buy more?" he hopefully asked.

Kagome nodded and headed towards the pet store they first went into. Inuyasha refused to go in with her, so he waited out on a bench for her. There were more smells in that store than he remembered and he said he didn't feel like suffocating any time soon. It wasn't that long of a wait, so he amazingly didn't grow impatient.

Kagome exited the store carrying three large bags filled with red and blue boxes. Inuyasha's eyes widened, for he counted that there were a total of eighteen boxes…in each of the bags. That's a total of fifty-four boxes!

"F-f-f-fifty-four b-boxes?" Inuyasha stuttered as he nearly drooled.

Kagome walked over to him with the bags and was nearly knocked over by the overly excited half-demon that was scrambling to get his hands on one of the boxes. She had to pry his hands off of one of the boxes he was attempting to devour because people were starting to stare and whisper to each other. Inuyasha's blind and uncontrollable desire to have the treats left Kagome with no choice.

Looking around at all of the people who were sure to see, she sighed in frustration and stood up, pulling the bags up with her. Inuyasha had ripped a hole into one of them and managed to get one box. He tore hungrily through it and ate them all in a few gulps.

Making sure that he had finished chewing, Kagome took a deep breath and yelled, "INUYASHA SIT BOY!"

With out warning, Inuyasha's beaded necklace glowed and pulled him to the ground with a loud and rather painful thud. Thankfully, everyone had decided to ignore the warring two and took no mind to the unfortunate event of which Inuyasha had experienced. Kagome grabbed the collar of Inuyasha's shirt and dragged him out into the streets of the city.

After the spell wore off, Inuyasha jumped up and yelled, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR KAGOME?"

"YOU WERE BEING AN IDIOT!"

"I WAS NOT!" Inuyasha retorted.

"YOU WERE TOO!

"I WAS NOT!"

"YOU WERE TOO! OR IS IT NORMAL FOR YOU TO JUMP AND ATTACK ME FOR A LITTLE DOG TREAT?!"

Inuyasha was quieted and Kagome was satisfied that she had made her point. "There now…we are done with the easy part…"

"Easy? Shopping is the easy part?" Inuyasha shouted, worry growing in the back of his mind.

Kagome replied, "Of course it was! The hard part is tomorrow!"

Inuyasha said nothing more that night. Kagome climbed onto his back and he carried her all the way back to the car. He went at a slower pace however, wanting to spend these last few moments in the night sky with Kagome. She didn't seem to take notice though…but it was okay to him. They landed on the floor she parked on and entered the car.

Kagome started the car as Inuyasha sat down and closed his door. She pulled out and turned to Inuyasha whom had his head leaned against the window. To her surprise, Inuyasha had fallen asleep. She smiled and decided not to wake him as she drove on towards home.

---End of chapter---

Please review…I apologize yet again for the loooooooooooong wait. And sorry if this chapter was short…

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