Ch 2: Deciding to stay.

Waking up was the hard part. They had a lot of fun last night and were really tired. Breakfast though was very inviting. It was bacon, eggs, and toast, things Inu-yasha knew, but Miroku and Sango had trouble understanding.

"Miroku, I was wondering if you had any family left?" Kagome asked at breakfast, maybe a little too blunt.

"I don't have any left, but now I know me and my descendents can live without fear now of dying at a young age. Why?" Miroku did not LOOK offended at Kagome's blunt question.

"I was wondering if you guys would like to live at the shrine with us if it is okay with my family?" Her thoughts were completely noble, even the question was a bit rude.

"I think it would be great!" said Kagome's mother. "She can have her friends from both eras in one era, in case the well closes on her, she wont sulk at all.

"I think I would like that." Inu-Yasha said at length, thinking if there was anything he would miss from the feudal era.

"It will take some getting use to, but it would be best for all of us." Miroku said.

"Can I go visit Kohaku in Keade's village every once in a while?"

"Sure, I'll take you, if the well doesn't close on us. What about you Shippo?"

"I have no family back there, I made some new friends that are staying here, and I guess I can call you my adopted mother! I'll stay with you!" he explained.

"Adoptive mother?'" Kagome's mother asked.

"Well his father had died and he had no living family, so I sorta adopted him."

"Oh, I guess that makes me the adoptive grandmother!" she was glad her daughter had not had a birth child; she was usually gone long enough to have one of Inu-Yasha's kids.

That conversation ended there and Kagome started a new one.

"Sango, Miroku, and Inu-Yasha you all look about your teens, right?" her eyes rolling in thought.

"Yeah, we can pass as teen. Why?" Inu-Yasha asked suspiciously of Kagome's plan.

"Well we can all go to school and get jobs since all of us are gonna live here. We have to maintain a persona if we ever get visitors, and what better way to learn about now, than school?"

They all thought about this a lot, and it did make sense. "Yeah we would owe them since we will be living here." Miroku finally broke the silence.

They agreed and asked Kagome's mom to get whatever needed done. She would do it after breakfast. They ate fast and Kagome decided to show them around the city. Inu-Yasha had put on a red 'Fox Racing, hat to hide his ears.

"Over there is the usual hang out. There is a great department store." Kagome listed off the spots. That the team put to memory.

"Kagome? Maybe you should show them the school and around it?" Inu-Yasha asked her with a hand on her shoulder.

She took his hand in hers, "Yeah, you're right I should."

They walked on, remembering the way, to the school they will attend.

"There are three floors, rooms 100 to 199, on the second is 200 to 299, and 300 to 399 on the third. Lockers are spread out on every floor. The barn is out side and gym on the second floor. The library is on the third and café on the first." Kagome said showing them around. Then she showed them all the short cuts she knows. (Anyone from Hudson reading this, I knew all the shortcuts through the halls and I'm not telling any in here!)

"We should be heading home. Your son might get worried." Inu-Yasha drawled out the word son.

"You are the adoptive father!" she said to him, he only smiled.

"Come on, let's just go." Sango said to them.

"Where did you go Kagome?" Shippo asked.

"I went to take them for a look around the city." Well at least he is not calling me "mommy". She thought to herself referring to Inu-Yasha's last comment.

"Kagome, your back. I just finished the forms for Sango 'Kirotu', Inu-Yasha 'Lirta', and Miroku 'Rantin'. You start school on Monday, tomorrow."

"Thanks!" Sango said.

"Now that your school forms are up you can get jobs." Kagome told them. "Though you should wait till you are comfortable."

"Let us wait till we get used to your time first." Miroku agreed with her.

Monday:

"These are the new students Kirotu, Lirta, and Rantin." Kagome informed the assistant.

"Here are their schedules." She smiled weirdly at Inu-Yasha who wore his Fox Racing hat. (Kagome refused to let him take the Tetseiga.)

Kagome took the schedules and looked at them. Same lunch, Inu-Yasha had the same exact classes as her. Miroku And Sango shared Science, English, and History with them! Hello good history grade! Miroku's electives are weight-loft, with everyone, cooking with Sango, and Computer ed. with everyone. Sango has weight loft, cooking, and computer ed. Inu-Yasha has only one knew elective with Kagome, an extra study.

They all walked with each other down to history. Kagome's friends looked really weird in the school uniform. Sango had the same uniform as Kagome only taller, and a bit tighter, Sango being 'bigger' and taller than Kagome, but Miroku and Inu-Yasha had a blue suit that was already dirty from the morning's 'sit' when he walked in on Kagome while bathing. Everyone could tell Inu-Yasha was still getting used to the shoe idea as his constantly shifted them on his feet.

The class was a breeze for the first day. The second class was a breeze also. During weights Inu-Yasha and Miroku ended up in a weight lifting contest with the other guys, even the girls got in one of their own.

Miroku came in second at 400 pounds lifted 12 times. Inu-Yasha went all the way up to 895 pounds. (The bar would have snapped if there was anymore weight.) Without breaking a sweat.

Kagome came in second in the girls division and Sango in first. Kagome had 150 pounds. Strength gained from her adventures. Sango had 450 pounds, just 50 more than Miroku. Miroku didn't feel embarrassed or any wrong feelings, just a smile and a nod.

At lunch, Inu-Yasha was skeptical about the cafeteria food. He sniffed it all. "This isn't meat." He said and held his nose.

"Then I really don't want to know where it came from!" Sango said just staring at the meal.

"It is vegetables and gravy!" Inu-Yasha concluded.

"EWWW!" Sango said.

"Where is Kagome?" Miroku asked.

"Hi!" Kagome came up from the hall to behind Inu-Yasha. "I bought some chips for everyone considering the café food."

"Yes!" Inu-Yasha said taking a bag.

Kagome took the bags and gave one to everyone of her friends. Her friends from this era came over.

"Shouldn't your boyfriend pay for you?" One asked her.

"Well I…" Inu-Yasha tried to defend himself.

"Well he recently got laid off from work and besides, did you see what he bought me?" Kagome was wearing a pendent that had an extra shard of the shikon jewel imbedded in a gold circle. It was beautiful by all means with a purified shard of the shikon jewel in the middle of a perfectly decorated gold pendent.

"I guess we were wrong about you Inu-Yasha! Can we sit with you guys?"

"Yeah, go ahead." Sango invited.

Inu-Yasha took Kagome's arm to move her to the hall so he could talk to her. "What is that? I thought we completed the jewel?" Inu-Yasha asked.

"It is a shard. It is the one we got from this era. I know this may sound bad, but no matter what you do to it, it will come back! Oh yeah! I have a gift for you! Close your eyes."

Inu-Yasha did as he was told. Kagome kissed him on the lips. Her tongue was begging to gain entrance, and it got what it wanted. It moved around his mouth and fought a battle with Inu-Yasha's tongue. Then she left and off came the prayer beads around Inu-Yasha's neck.

"Which was better, the kiss or the fact that I can't hurt you with 'sit' anymore?" Kagome asked twirling the beads around her finger.

"You need to ask?" Inu-Yasha said and came down to kiss her again. She didn't argue.

Kagome's friends, all of them, saw as Kagome was kissed by Inu-Yasha. The three friends thought they were really wrong about Inu-Yasha at what they saw.

Inu-Yasha could smell Kagome was aroused and he wasn't tired either. The class bell rang and they walked off to class. The day passed off without a hitch at all. Soon Kagome's older friends and her newer ones (Doesn't matter how you look at it!) got along great and even walked home with them. They talked a lot and Miroku must really have changed, because he wasn't looking around anymore. His main focus is on Sango and how to please her, but not letting anyone but his friends from the feudal era see it.

Kagome's hand was intertwined with Inu-Yasha's. Her friends thought they made a cute couple. Kagome had also talked to Inu-Yasha about showing him to her friends. He had agreed if they could stop from screaming.

Inu-Yasha also had a nagging question he wanted to ask, but decided on later asking.

Later that night, Kagome was sitting with Inu-Yasha outside. She was sitting up against his chest looking at the sky. Inu-Yasha really wanted to ask her the question, but he had no clue how she would take it. He just sat there biting his lip in a nervous form.

"I wish I was a half demon too, so I could live my life with you Inu-Yasha." She said to him. The jewel gleamed in the stars for a second, but no one noticed. It grew even less evil at the wish, and into a clear form.

Soon Kagome fell asleep against him. "Maybe you will get your wish." He said to her in her sleep. He jumped up to Kagome and Sango's room and put her to bed. He then went to his room for the night.

During the night Kagome was transforming. She grew cat ears and a tail. Her eyes were a yellow color and she had fangs. Her hair was still black and she kept her form except for the claws. Not a huge change, but now she was a half demon.

Sango screamed when she saw Kagome. Kagome put her hands on top of her head so as not to become deaf.

Inu-Yasha and Miroku came in, ready to fight. They gasped at what they saw. Kagome was in a different body now.

"Ka-Kagome?" Inu-Yasha thought out loud.

"What is everyone staring at?" she asked to everyone. "Bed-head?"

She walked to the mirror and screamed herself. Her mom came running up the steps.

"What happ…" she stopped once she saw Kagome.

Kagome ran to Inu-Yasha and cried into his shirt. "It came true, Inu-Yasha. It came true." And she cried some more tears of joy.