Some of the information Kagome gives in this chapter are also from www(dot)askasia(dot)com

Chapter 3: Explanations

"Okay Inuyasha what do you want to eat?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha looked at her and was about to say something. "Besides ramen." She encountered. He grunted.

"What can I have?" He asked.

"Well lots of stuff." Kagome pointed to the menu above the counted and registers. Inuyasha looked at it and had no idea what any of it was. "Oh... well... you like meat and stuff... do you like chicken or beef more?"

"I like chicken ramen more." He answered.

"Well than you can get a couple WacChickens and I'll get a fajita and I'll make sure to get you lots of fries. I have a feeling you'll like them." She got up and went to order.

Inuyasha sat at the table with a long face. He was slightly confused about the museum. A lot of it was - unusually - interesting, (A/N: I personally hate museums. They bore me to death.) but Inuyasha didn't understand the times or dates. He would have to ask Kagome about it. He looked over at the girl who was paying the fee for the food.

She seemed bored with the whole thing. Was he supposed to be? He noticed her grab a tray of food and she brought it over. She placed it on the table and handed Inuyasha his drink first.

"I got you a coke to drink." She clarified.

"What the hell is that?" Inuyasha rudely asked.

"It's soda.. It's just something to drink. Most people love it.." Inuyasha reluctantly took a sip and found at first it tasted weird, because of the bubbly feeling, but otherwise it wasn't half bad.

"Good so you like it." She handed him two WacChickens and a cheese burger, just in case he didn't like one. Knowing him he'd probably want more. She also handed him a large fry. She took her seat and grabbed her own food. A coke, medium fry, and a fajita. She didn't eat half as much as the hungry hanyou did.

"What is this stuff?" Inuyasha eyed the food. Kagome took her finger and pointed to the foods as she explained them.

"This is a WacChicken. It's cooked chicken surrounded by bread or a roll, with some lettuce and mayo. Don't worry about what mayo is. It's just a topping for foods to make them taste better. This is a cheese burger. It's beef, cheese, and ketchup surrounded by a roll. Ketchup is another topping for foods. These are French fries. They're made from potatoes and salt. You can dip them in ketchup of you want." She finished and Inuyasha nodded his head in understanding. He took a fry first and really liked it and when he tried the other stuff he found he liked it very much, maybe even more than ramen. (A/N: Like that'll ever happen.)

"Hey Kagome?"

"Yeah?"

"What's up with the time thing at the museum?"

"Oh... yeah that wasn't really explained. Well in Japan, the feudal period is generally dated from the late 12th century to 1600. These years are known as the Kamakura and the Ashikaga, or Muromachi, Periods. In Western Europe, the feudal period, often called the Middle Ages, began in the 9th century and lasted through the 15th century. During the feudal periods in both Japan and Europe, a ruler shared military and political power with loyal followers who controlled vast territories. During the latter half of the 16th century and the first few decades of the 17th century, Japan was visited by explorers, traders, and missionaries from Spain, Portugal, Holland, and England. The Japanese don't call this period the "Age of Exploration," because after a period of very limited contact with the outside world, Japan opened its doors to the West, which was in the 1860s. During that time the United States was engulfed by the Civil War, caused in part by industrial modernization. In Japan too this was a period of change and modernization." Kagome explained the best she could. Inuyasha nodded. He sort of understand a little better. "Here... um..." Kagome took out a pen and paper from her purse and drew a chart. "These are the times and stuff." She handed it to Inuyasha and he looked it over.

Jomon ca. 10,000 B.C. ca. 300 B.C.

Yayoi ca. 300 B.C. ca. A.D. 300

Yamato ca. A.D. 300 A.D. 710

Nara 710 794

Heian 794 1185

Kamakura 1185 1333

Ashikaga or Muromachi 1333 1568

Azuchi-Momoyama 1568 1600

Tokugawa or Edo 1600 1868

Meiji 1868 1912

Taisho 1912 1926

Showa 1926

Looking at the chart Inuyasha got a better idea about it all.

"So you understand now?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha only nodded and continued his meal.

"Hey Kagome?"

"Hmm?"

"How do you know so much about all of this stuff?"

"Well we learn a lot of it in school and gramps is a big fan of history." She said taking a sip of soda. "So what did you think about the museum?"

"It was... interesting. I guess." He said. Kagome almost spit out her soda in surprise. She found it a little hard to believe Inuyasha thought anything was interesting besides ramen.

"Really?"

"Um... yeah, I mean it's not like I knew about any of it, so it was kind of weird finding out what was going to happen in the future."

"Inuyasha." Kagome's eyes went a little worried. "I forgot it was your future.. you have to promise not to tell anyone about any of this from the feudal era. It might effect things here. You can't even tell Sango and Miroku."

"Don't worry about it. Like I would waist my time trying to gives those baka's and explanation."

"Thanks." Kagome said and continued eating.

"Kagome!" Came a female voice. Kagome looked over and say her friend from school coming. She stopped in front of Inuyasha and Kagome.

"Hey, Ichii." Kagome said. Ichii was a friend from school she rarely saw. Ichii wasn't a very good student. She liked skipping and playing hooky, which was what she was currently doing. She had really short black hair. It was only like two inches long, like a man would where it. She was wearing her school uniform and had a couple bracelets on. She wore black mascara which went well with her black hair. She definitely wasn't Inuyasha's type, but she wasn't ugly either.

"Hey Kagome, girl. So you're skipping too?" She said with a giant grin. "And with a cutie too. Your worse than I thought." Kagome blushed.

"Um... well.. actually he's going to go to our school and I'm just showing him around."

"Well it looks like a date to me."

"It's not!" Kagome quickly said as her ears began burning. She knew she was blushing. The blush caused a bigger smirk from Ichii.

"You sure?" She asked and turned to Inuyasha. "So what's your name cutie and where are you from?"

"His name is Inuyasha." Kagome answered. She knew Inuyasha was angry with Ichii for calling him cutie. She didn't want him to start bad mouthing her friend. "He's staying at the shrine and has had some home schooling there, but he's originally came from America."

"America?" Ichii's eyes lit up. "How was it there. Are all the boys really cute?" Inuyasha looked at her like she was a freak. She had starry eyes. Kagome pulled Inuyasha's shirt and whispered in his hat, where his ears would be located.

"Don't worry about her. She's a little boy crazy, just don't be mean, okay?" Kagome pleaded. Inuyasha looked at her.

"Boy crazy?"

"She's crazy about boys.. you know.. like she likes all kinds. She like loves them automatically if they're the slightest bit cute." She whispered. Inuyasha nodded in understanding.

"So are the boys cute there? In America?" Ichii asked regaining her composure.

"I don't know!" Inuyasha said. "I don't fricking judge men!"

"Ichii!" Called a manly voice. Ichii looked over to the door where it came from and a boy stood. Kagome knew this boy also. His name was Shiyuu. He was Ichii's current boyfriend and was a lot like her. Kagome guessed he had skipped school with her. Shiyuu has short black hair like Ichii. His face was masculine. He sort of resembled Hojo, except for the hair. He was taller than Hojo and slightly more built. He was too built for Kagome to have any interest in him, but that was the type Ichii enjoyed. Shiyuu was Ichii's longest lasting boyfriend yet. Ichii went farther with Shiyuu than any of the others. Kagome knew they had already 'made love.' She though Ichii was still young, but kept to herself. After all Ichii was seventeen and was soon going to be an adult. She could make her own choices. Kagome would have minded more and probably talked to Ichii about it, but she had gotten a little more used to young people getting married and having kids, because of the feudal age. She personally wasn't ready for it, but if her friends were then go right ahead, she wasn't going to stop them, unless they were doing something dangerous. She trusted her friends to know whatever choices they made were usually right.

"Hey! Shiyuu! Come on over!" Ichii called. Shiyuu came over and noticed Kagome.

"So you decided to skip with your boyfriend too?" He asked.

"He's not!" Kagome said. Inuyasha didn't know what he meant by boyfriend, but let Kagome do the talking.

"Are you knew around here? I haven't seen you before." Shiyuu asked.

"Yeah." Inuyasha replied.

"He's from America." Ichii said grabbing Shiyuu's arm.

"America, huh?" Shiyuu asked. Inuyasha nodded and crossed his arms. "How are things over there?" He asked. Kagome didn't mind Shiyuu as much as other boys, just because he had a brain and was nice. He wasn't good in school, but he was one of the cool boys. Although he was cool he wasn't a jerk, which Kagome was glad for. Usually Ichii's friends were big jerks and only wanted one thing. Ichii never gave it to any of them, besides Shiyuu though. It was Kagome's belief Ichii was Shiyuu's first too, since unlike all the other 'cool kids' Shiyuu didn't have a rep about being the type to always have sex with whoever he pleased.

"They're..." How the hell could Inuyasha answer that? He didn't know one thing about America, except some of it's history with Japan and that the United States was located there. "It wasn't to bad." Inuyasha crossed his arms and closed his eyes.

"Inuyasha doesn't like talking about it much. His past was a little rough." Kagome filled the two teens in. They nodded.

"Inuyasha? That's your name? That's pretty cool." Shiyuu said.

"Ah.. thanks."

"So where are you two headed?" Ichii asked Kagome. Kagome looked at Inuyasha and his clothing.

"We're going to the mall." She answered.

"Really mind if we tag along?" Ichii asked. "We were going to go later anyway. Takamura, Choyuu, and Wakai are going to be there when school ends."

"Yeah, sure you can come." Kagome smiled brightly. Takamura, Choyuu, and Wakai were all cool like Shiyuu and all four boys were best friends. They all acted like one another, so she didn't mind them either. Takamura had personality like Hojo, except he wasn't a health freek/geek, Choyuu was nice, but preferred hitting on girls, although none minded because he was always just playing around. Wakai was matched Shiyuu in personality and was pretty tough. Wakai was currently dating Eri.

Kagome figured this would be a good opportunity for Inuyasha to meet some of the guys. She was glad that he would meet the one's she didn't mind first. That was he didn't start hanging around with the people she thought were utter jerks.

Note: Ichii is the name Levon in English, Shiyuu is Leonard, Takamura is Hampton, Choyuu is Irwin, and Wakai is Owen.