A/N: howdy everyone! Thank you to all my reviewers especially liko, my oh so loyal reader! LOVE YA! And to everyone, yes this is very generic, but hey, I love them all, so why not save time and clump everyone and get it all over with, eh? Now, this chapter will have revised quotes from Beauty and the Beast, and who knows what else, oh yeah, The Lion King, so read on and enjoy!


THE REAL CHAPTER SEVEN: The Collar

"Ummm, well, I say that Sesshomaru goes first." Inu-Yasha said looking down warily at the gigantic mud puddle. "You know what they say, age before beauty!"

Sesshomaru glared at Inu-Yasha and replied back icily, "And since when have you ever had either of those, Inu-Yasha?"

"Oh, OUCH! Man, I think you just got burned by Sesshomaru!" Miroku said, cracking up. "Shut up Miroku! There could be worse things, like being a pervert like you!" Inu-Yasha growled back, punching Miroku 'lightly' on the arm.

Sesshomaru just ignored both of them and started the frightening trek around the mud puddle. Neither wanting to be left behind, Inu-Yasha and Miroku followed quickly behind him, knowing he would lead them down the safest path. Stepping lightly on safe, un-muddied ground, Sesshomaru saw Rin following behind them. Gosh she looks cute today…Wait! What the heck am I thinking? Stupid girl, making me think about her like this! But why does she have to look so damn cute just trying to get around a mud puddle? Really! AHHH!

"Hey, Miroku, look at Rin!" Inu-Yasha said pointing at her.

"Wow…Maybe I should have asked her to bear my-" And before Miroku could finish his statement, no matter how perverted, he was pushed, along with Inu-Yasha, head first into the mud puddle.

Miroku's head was the first to emerge from the puddle. "Touchy!" Inu-Yasha came up and replied "Bark bark!" (A/N: ok ya that was my Beauty and the Beast quote. In the actual movie, Gaston's henchman falls into the pig pen and says "Touchy!" And the pig next to him goes oink oink, so I felt it more appropriate to have Inu-Yasha bark, rather than oink. So there you go!)

Sesshomaru glared down at them, not saying anything. There was nothing to be said. It was all conveyed through his icy stare. Inu-Yasha and Miroku huddled together, feeling his displeasure seep out of him, ready to attack them. "D-d-didn't mean it Sesshomaru, just a joke…hahaha..Ahh…" Inu-Yasha said weakly. "Ya a joke…" Miroku added just as weak and meekly.

"It was not funny." Sesshomaru growled and turned as Rin approached them. Sesshomaru's face immediately softened and he held out his hand for her to grasp as she made the last hop over onto dry ground. "Thanks Sesshomaru. Well, ready for the party?"

"Ummm…? Hello?" A hesitant voice came from the entry way. Everyone turned and saw a deliveryman standing, looking nerves at the scene that had unfolded in front of him. "Package for a Miss Kagome Higurashi (A/N: sorry if I spelled it wrong! Review and tell me the correct spelling! THANKS!)" He said, holding out his brown package of about medium size.

"YAY! IT CAME!" Came Kagome's extremely excited cry from behind them. "It came it came it came!" She chanted as she nimbly flew over the puddle. Landing right in front of the man, she took the package from his hands and twirled around and around. Still chanting it came it came, she signed the paper he held out for her, and then she turned back around and ran back inside, again jumping nimbly over the mud puddle.

"Wonder what came." Inu-Yasha said in awe of Kagome and he strangeness. "Something obviously, I mean would anyone react that way over nothing?" Miroku said in his usual thick headedness. "Thank you Captain Obvious." Inu-Yasha replied sarcastically.

"You're welcome." Miroku replied, completely oblivious to the sarcasm that laced Inu-Yasha's voice. Inu-Yasha just stared at Miroku and then continued after Sesshomaru and Rin, who were already heading into the Shrine. Miroku soon followed, not wanting to be left behind.


They began the party with pin the tail on the puppy dog. "Is this supposed to hint something here?" Inu-Yasha cried with indignation. "No, not at all." Kagome and Sango replied with complete innocence. Grumbling under his breath about stupid girls, Inu-Yasha let himself be blind folded and spun. Then using his sense of touch, and some smell, he didn't want to cheat too much, placed the tail in the exact spot it was supposed to go. "HEY! You cheated Inu-Yasha! I know you did!" Kagome yelled, annoyed that he did it on the first try. "It's my party ain't it, so I should do the best, right?" Inu-Yasha said with practiced calm, which was starting to wear thin.

Grumbling, Kagome got everyone to the dinning room and started to serve lunch. They had ramen and hot dogs. Inu-Yasha's favorite foods. Everyone groaned at the sight of the food, well all except Inu-Yasha, who immediately jumped on the food, and started stuffing all he could in his mouth. Nut since he was doing this, he never heard Kagome whisper "I'm glad I got that present for him. Maybe it will do some good after all."

Then everyone went outside and played a game of tag, even though Sesshomaru shrugged off, saying he was too old to be playing games like tag and that he would just watch.

After Ayame came out the victor and Koga came in a close second, they all were trying to figure out what to do now. Inu-Yasha, being the birthday boy, kept urging "presents….presents!" Kagome kept replying that it was too early for presents. But when they could figure nothing else out, they finally decided that presents was the best option for the moment.

Inu-Yasha was so happy, he skipped all the way to the dinning room again and fell on the presents crying "my pretties, Inu-Yasha will take good care of you!..." Kagome just shook her head at his dumb antics, and then realized something. "Oh, Inu-Yasha, you have to open mine first!" And she handed him the brown package from earlier. Inu-Yasha readily teared it open. Inside it was a blue, beaded necklace. "What the hell is it?" Inu-Yasha asked, inspecting it. "It's a collar, dummy!" Kagome said brightly.

"Is this supposed to mean something?" Inu-Yasha said, glaring at her innocent face. "No, just put it on." She replied.

Grumbling, he put it over his head and onto his neck. "Sit boy!" A voice came from behind him. "Oh very funny! Be like a doggy and si-" Inu-Yasha was suddenly jerked down onto the floor hard. "WHAT THEY HELL!"


A/N: Hope you like it. Next chapter you get to find out about what else the collar can do besides just 'sit' him. I'm currently sick, so I should be able to update soon! REVIEW REVIEW! Thank you my muse!