A couple of hours later, the white-haired inu-hanyou woke up suddenly. Her head bolted straight up, and her light blue eyes glanced around the room fervently. Giving a sigh at the familiarity of the dark red walls, and the pink bedding, Koi fell backward to stare at the ceiling, which was draped with white lace.

There had been a point in Koi's life where she was a happy little girl, doing what every girl did and loved. That was when her mother insisted InuYasha and Sesshomaru try to settle their differences, and perhaps try to get along. She had been a guest so much at this castle that she actually decorated her room.

But that was five years ago.

Koi found herself still wrapped in her red fire-rat robe, and now noticed a beautiful, delicately crafted kimono made of some unknown material. The colour matched her almost-turquoise eyes exactly, and little white birds adorned random places. A smile graced Koi's pale features, and she gave a soft sigh.

Yet something bothered her at the back of her mind, which was why her uncle had snatched her up from Sango and Miroku's hut and brought her back. Ruining her thoughts, though, was the sound of her door being opened and a young cat demon walked into her room with the soft pattering of her footsteps.

"Yes?" If there was one person Koi felt totally normal around other than her father, it was her uncle. Which therefore left the teenager on a natural high whenever she was in the castle and extremely polite and kind to everyone. So her voice was sugary sweet, and her eyes kind and inviting.

The cat demon girl smiled, and gave a quick and hasty bow before speaking in her own innocent tone. "I am Tomoyo, and I shall be your personal maid that will attend to your every need during your stay." Koi gave a quick nod of understanding, yet was still confused. Her uncle had never ordered her to have an attending slave or anything, and yet here she was being treated as some high and mighty guest.

"I don't know if you know how long I'll be staying? Sesshomaru-sama hasn't exactly spoken to me yet." Koi sounded unsure now, afraid that this Tomoyo would have some drastic answer for her. Yet the cat girl replied in a cheery tone once more, "Oh, not long at all! He said you had plenty of things to do, you are a busy person are you not?" Koi gave a soft laugh, though inside she wondered what on earth she was talking about.

"I hate to disturb you once again, Koi-chan, but I have orders to clean you up and bring you to dinner." Dinner? With a quick snap of Koi's head over to the right, she looked out her large window overlooking the forest. A soft gasp escaped her gaping mouth, noticing the sun was lowering and soon it'd be dark. She had been sleeping that long? What…?

But instead of asking questions, Koi felt herself blindly following Tomoyo and being bathed, and being pampered beyond belief.

After an hour or so, the inu-hanyou found herself staring in a mirror, with Tomoyo beaming behind her. Her silver hair was combed, something her hair had never looked like. It fell in a sort of lovely, drifting way, not the rough way InuYasha's did to make him look masculine. The tresses sort of cascaded down her back, and her bangs were slightly parted to the side to reveal wide and curious eyes the colour of the sky mid-day. Her smile became more womanly with the simple changes of her hair, and the fact that the kimono hugged every curve and showed off what she had as a sixteen-year-old, instead of the normal robe which just made her look like an InuYasha clone.

She hated to admit it, but Koi liked this new side Tomoyo had brought out of her. And the only soft words that could escape her mouth were, "Thank you very much, Tomoyo-chan."

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Sango was standing in a clearing, dressed in her slayer garments and her hiraikotsu slung over her back. She had thought once about perhaps throwing over her green robe to cover the outfit, but left it back at the hut. At one side of her, was a stupefied Tsuyo sa in her normal blue kimono, and on the other was Chuushin, in blue monk robes and holding his father's staff.

On the other side of the field, slowly making their way to the group of three, was InuYasha with his normal red robe on. His hands were clean, Tsuyo sa noted, a difference in what Koi had shouted back at the hut. Beside him was Miroku, in his simple dark purple monk robes. Over the years, Miroku had stopped donning the ornament of a glove, yet it was once again slipped over his hand. His face was downcast, staring at the garment as if it was a disease.

And then, as if on cue once more, Kagome was making her way up the hill to Sango's side in her typical miko robes, yet in her hands was a shabby sheath. Next to her was Cherii, panting from trying to catch up to her quick mother.

They met in the middle, and the first words uttered came from both InuYasha and Kagome. "Where's Koi?"

A/N: I know this chapter is so short, but I'm low on muse and I simply just wanted to upload something.