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YES! I leave to go on a cruise to the Bahamas tonight at midnight, woohoo, I just wanted to try and fit in a chapter before I leave and I won't be back till late Sunday night or early Monday morning and if I don't post up after that time it's because I have a 6-8 page literary analysis research paper, uggh, now on to the story

Ch. 7

(Kagome's POV)

Kagome turned around and looked at the boy, "So, which one do you want?"

The boy raised a brow and told her, "How bout none?" I watched as he glanced around indifferent to everything surrounding them. "You rather stick with the chain?" I asked, giving a slight yank on the chain. He growled and jerked back a little, but not far because the subject of discussion prevented him from going so far and drained his strength to where she could keep him in check.

I heard him mutter something and asked, "What was that?" He replied and again I still couldn't hear him, "Still can't hear you," she said and with a loud growl he mumbled loud enough, "No, I don't want the chain".

"Okay then, so which one do you want?" I asked again and he replied with a growl, "Forget the damn collar, what I want to know is how come we can understand each other?"

"Um, I just…can?" I reply shakily and decided to ask a question of my own, "Besides, why do you care anyway?" Maybe that wasn't the smartest question to ask and by the look on his face, he thought so to. "Why the hell do you think I care, it's not everyday I talk to a lowly human," he scoffed.

I decided to ignore his belittling comment and his main question, 'I can't tell him that, not only would it mean trouble for me, but it could mean trouble for my family,' I looked around the aisle and saw the perfect one. 'That's perfect for him,' I walked over and took down a red collar, "Here, I think that this suits you," and held up the collar so he could see it.

He looked at it and an insulted look crossed his face. "Feh," he scoffed and glared at the wall to my right. Then it hit me, 'I haven't asked for his name yet.' Stepping a bit closer to him I asked, "What's your name, mine's Kagome Higurashi."

He looked at me from the corner of his eye, "Why should I tell you?" he sneered at me, like I was some insignificant, little bug, which he probably thought to.

"Well, I'm going to have to call you something," I hoped that would prompt him to reveal his name, but no such luck. "Well then, how bout Snowball or Snocap since your hair is whitish.

That got his attention, he snapped his head around and gave me an incredulous look, "Fuck no, bitch, there ain't no way you are goin to call me those names!" Bellowed the still unnamed half-demon, 'That's sure to get some attention'.

"Well then how about telling me your name so you don't get offended," I shouted right back at him. "It's just a name, come on, it's not like its goin to kill you," I quieted down.

'Someone's got to be the civil one,' I looked back at his face to see that it was flushed red with anger.

"It's Inuyasha," came the soft reply with a hint of a growl present.

"That wasn't so hard, now was it?" seeing that he wasn't going to acknowledge my question I decided that we should go and find Sango and Miroku. "Let's go find my friends, Inuyasha," I calmly asked and slightly pulled on the chain. He started to follow without a comment or any reluctance this time.

(Normal POV)

It didn't take long for Kagome and Inuyasha to find Sango and Miroku. Sango had a basket filled with the essential grooming items and Miroku had some underwear, socks and baggy red pants and shirt, "I didn't know what his size was, but I figured that anything would be better than the torn up clothes you're wearing right now," Miroku informed the rest of them.

Going up to the register and paying for the merchandise, the group of four made their way back to the car.

Not long but it's better than nothing and I've been busy packing and all, hope this was good enough to appease some of you

Fanfiction . net reviewers: MadMood and Icy Aquarius thanks again for reviewing and thanks for pointing out some of my mistakes

MediaMiner reviewers: kaja1234 and kagomestanton I'm glad you both are enjoying the fic so far, thanks for reviewing

Anime Spiral reviewers: KoreXX and visitor thank you for reviewing, glad you like it. Hmm, I wonder why she can understand him, Hmmm