Author's Note: Hello again! This chapter won't be too long, but it'll be leading up to the sniff HUGE STORY FINALE! That, I promise, will be a rather long chapter. And very romance-filled. Enjoy! And keep reviewing, it helps me write faster! Oh, and I don't know Kagome's mother's name... so sorry for the way I keep referring to her.

"Kagome, time to get up!" Kagome mumbled incoherently in reply to her mother's voice. She tried to burrow under her blankets, only to discover that she had kicked them all off during the night. "Great." She covered her head with the pillow. "Call me later!" she yelled. She hadn't slept very well at all, and the last thing she wanted to do was get out of bed.

"But I'm here now!" Shippo chirped, jumping on top of Kagome's back.

"Oomph!" Kagome moaned. "Hello Shippo." Her voice was still muffled by the pillow. She rolled over and smiled. "Hey Sango." she said, noticing her friend standing by the door.

Sango smiled. "Hi." she said, looking around the room in fascination. This was the first time she'd ever been to Kagome's time, and everything was so different.

Kagome sat up. "Where's Miroku?" she asked. "Did he decide not to come?"

"No." Sango said, tearing her eyes away from a poster of a famous rock group. "He's downstairs, playing video games with your younger brother." She paused. "What are video games, anyway?"

Kagome laughed. "Um, imagine demon hunting without getting hurt. Or driving without getting in a car. It's all virtual..." she stopped when she noticed Sango and Shippo's confused looks. "Never mind, it's not important." She then shooed her friends from the room and slipped on a pair of blue jeans and a white tank top.

I wish Inuyasha had come... She thought as she walked down the stairs. At the foot of the stairs she found Buyo huddled in terror. Kirara was in her demon form, hissing menacingly.

"Kirara!" Kagome cried. She scooped Buyo up and looked in amazement at Kirara, who had returned to her normal form. "What was that for?" she asked.

Kirara, of course, didn't reply. Instead she looked at Buyo in disdain and walked from the room. "Ha." Kagome said, setting Buyo back on the floor. The terrified house cat fled up the stairs to Kagome's room. "I think Kirara is jealous." she grinned, and went to the kitchen.

"Morning Mom." she said, giving her mom a hug.

"Morning dear." her mom replied, returning the hug. "Are you and you're friends going to go shopping for the fabrics you need?"

Kagome nodded. "Yeah, if I can round them all up." she said with a smile. "Would you mind if Shippo and Kirara stay here?"

Kagome's mom shook her head. "No, of course not." she said. "Shippo can help me bake a cake. And I bet Kirara and Buyo will get along just fine."

Kagome sweatdropped. "Umm... right." she said, thinking of the scene between the two earlier. "I'm sure they will."

After gathering her friends, they all walked outside. "Okay, do you have a general idea of what you'd like?" Kagome asked.

Sango nodded. "We picked out fabric colors last night." she said. "Mine is crimson red, and Miroku's is a dark blue."

"We don't have masks though." Miroku added.

"That just means we can have more fun shopping today." Kagome said cheerfully.

Miroku paled. He was beginning to realize how interesting a day of shopping with two girls would be.

Back in the house, Shippo was playing Chinese checkers with Souta. "This is fun!" Shippo exclaimed. "They never play games with me." He sulked for a minute before jumping over a few of Souta's game pieces.

Kagome's mom watched in amusement. She was working on Kagome's costume. She suddenly heard a rustling sound come from the window. "Grampa is that you?" she asked.

Inuyasha jumped through the open window then, causing everyone to jump in surprise. "Sorry." he said with a shrug. He walked over to Kagome's mother, looking sheepish. "Um, hi." he said.

"Hello Inuyasha, how are you?" Kagome's mother asked warmly.

"I'm okay." Inuyasha said gruffly. "But, um, I have a favor to ask of you."

"Of course, what do you need?" Kagome's mom asked.

Inuyasha leaned down and whispered in her ear. Her eyes lit up. "That sounds so sweet! Kagome will be so surprised. Of course I'll help you."

"Found one!" Sango called to Kagome. They were at the mall, inside a holiday-oriented store. Luckily for them, it was filled with many different masks and other masquerade items.

"Oh Sango, it's beautiful!" Kagome exclaimed. It was a dark red mask that would cover only her eyes. It was embroidered with deep blue and pink flowers, and it had a large crimson flower on the side. "It will look perfect with the fabric you have, and you can embroider the fabric to match." She smiled. "I'm going to help Miroku look now... I think he's a little bored."

Actually, that was completely wrong. Miroku was a lot bored. And he was covered in bruises from being slapped so much. Apparently women in the century didn't like to be asked if they would bear his children. Which wasn't all that different from his century. "I give up." he said. "I can't find anything that I like."

"Lucky for you, I have the perfect thing!" Kagome said. She picked up a navy blue mask from her shopping basket. It was embroidered with silver stars and moons, and would take up Miroku's entire face. "Do you like it?"

"Very nice." Miroku said appreciatively. "Sango my dear, what do you think?"

Sango blushed slightly. "I think it will match your fabric nicely." she said.

"I take that as an 'I love it Miroku, it will make you look even more handsome!'." Miroku. He ducked out of the store before Sango could slap him.

"I give up." Sango said with a sigh. "He's just... impossible!" she huffed and stomped from the store as well.

Kagome shook her head. "She should just kiss him and get it over with." she muttered. She payed for their things, and followed the other two out of the store.

Author's Note: Okay, you're definitely going to hate me, but I'm going to end this here. I know it's not the best chapter in the world, but I needed to have it in here. It just gives a little extra info... okay fine, it's a filler chapter. Quit you're complaining, would ya?

Today's Cookie Selection: Sugar (Next time, Chocolate Peanut Butter Chunk!)

fanficfan: Thank you, thank you. gives you a cookie

Allysono123: I took your suggestions. :) I think Miroku would look better in a dark blue too... of course, he looks good in anything. drool gives you a cookie

Candykisses1: hands you a cookie All in good time my friend, all in good time. Thankies.

Shinami: Heh... of course I knew that! sweatdrop Okay, I lie. I actually had no idea.. but then, I never saw the first few episodes so that could be why. But thanks for letting me know! I'll just say that her birthday is different for the purpose of this story.

Sara-chan: huggles hands you cookie Thank you! You'll find out soon enough... but it's beautiful!

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Okay guys, I'll have the last chapter up by Sunday, hopefully. Maybe it will be sooner. I promise it will make up for the last bad chapters. Keep reviewing!