The American Way

Disclaimer: None of the Inuyasha characters belong to me sadly.

Summary: The search for the Shikon Jewel shards was over, but Sango and Miroku are still to shy to admit their feelings for one another. Kagome's American cousins visit and tell her that they can make Sango and Miroku confess their feelings for another in just one night. Kagome trusts them and brings everyone to her era.

Chapter 1-"The Problem at Hand"

"I'll be right back, I'm just getting some more supplies!" Kagome screamed at Inuyasha who was once again complaining that she was leaving for her time, "besides, we have all the shards!"

"Yeah, but what if a demon tries to take it, your supposed to be the protector of the Shikon Jewel, how can you protect it if you're in a different world!" he screamed back.

"Fine, you'll just have to go without ramen" she said and started walking back toward the village

"Wait!" he screamed, "I want my ramen!"

"Then I have to go back," she said with a smile on her face knowing she had won.

"Fine" he said while jumping up onto a tree to pout.

Kagome walked into her house humming a tune happily and it wasn't until she was in the kitchen that she heard the TV on. "That's strange, I thought mom, Souta, and grandfather went on vacation."

Then she saw a note on the fridge that said,

"Kagome, your cousins are making a last minute visit to the shrine,

please give them a warm welcome and keep them company.

Love,

Mom

"That would explain the TV being on. Inuyasha's going to kill me for being late. Oh well, there my family, that's a good reason." She went into the TV room and when she got there she saw two girls rolling on the floor laughing.

One of them saw Kagome and said, "Kagome! What's up! I haven't seen you in forever!" She got up and glomped Kagome.

"Kagome, please excuse Erica, she's had about 5 Mountain Dews and her body can't handle the sugar" the other girl said.

"So Kag, when are we going to meet this guy friend of yours your mom told us about?" she asked.

"What? What guy?" she asked nervously.

"Oh, you know the one that starts with an H…. Hoku…..blast my bad memory!" she yelled at herself.

"You mean Hojo?" she asked. "Phew, for a moment there I thought she was going to ask about Inuyasha."

"No, that was the other guy, the annoying one, we want to know about the other one who you have a crush on, I think his name was Inuyasha. Was that it Erica?"

"Yeah, I think so" she replied.

"My mom told you about him?" Kagome asked.

"Yep, we know the whole story, by the way, Adrienne wants to know if he's hot" Erica replied.

"Hey, so do you!" yelled Adrienne.

"Wait!" Kagome yelled, "So you know the whole story?"

"Yeah, every bit of it" responded Adrienne, "and we think you guys need some help hooking up."

"WHAT!" Kagome yelled blushing.

"From what your mom told us, you and that other girl you travel with could use some help." Adrienne responded.

"We can help you. Just bring everyone over here and let us handle it." Erica finished.

"No, I couldn't possibly…" Kagome started to say.

"Kag, have you ever known us to do something bad?" Erica asked.

"Well, no, but then again, I haven't seen you since you were 8." She replied.

"Look, well take care of everything, you don't have to worry, besides it will be fun." Adrienne responded.

"Well…..I guess" Kagome said reluctantly.

"Great!" replied Erica, "have them over here in 2 hours."

"Ok" Kagome said putting on her shoes. "Why do I have such a bad feeling about this?"

When Kagome came back everyone was eating dinner. She walked into Kaede's hut to see Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Shippo all eating their meal.

"Wow, you actually came back on time," Inuyasha sneered, "where's your bag, and more importantly my ramen?"

"Um….I didn't bring it back because I was wondering if you guys would like to come back with me to my era?" Kagome asked.

Sango looked up, "really? I've always wondered what it was like over there, sure I'll go."

"Me too" said Miroku.

They all stared at Inuyasha. "I guess I'll go if it means more ramen." Inuyasha said defeated.

"What about me?" asked Shippo, "I wanna go!"

"I'm sorry, Shippo, not this time." Kagome replied then seeing the look on his face said,

"but I'll be sure to bring you back something special, ok?"

"Ok!" he said cheering up instantly.

"Get all your things together, we'll leave in about 2 hours, ok?" she told the group.

She got a smile from Sango, a nod from Miroku, and a grunt from Inuyasha which she took to all be yes's.

"Ok then, we leave in 2 hours" she replied before leaving the hut.