Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-yasha and company (but I wish I would). However, I do own Kiken, Koishi, Gin, Aliz, Chaz and Mike that may show up in this fic (I use them in most of my fanfics).

Symbols are: "talking", 'thoughts', ***new place or time***

Chapter 18 I must believe my own eyes!

"Have you never heard of demons, you baka!" Shippo snarled lowering himself a bit a on the table he was standing on.

Inu-yasha snarled as well, but he stood there hands folded. "Feh!" he closed his eyes and looked elsewhere like a big baby. "You think I would go and read my brothers books, brat!"

Shippo stared at him almost falling on his nose. Was this guy real? He acted like a big baby. "I don't care what you read but I have lived many winters in this house so you can't just throw me out!" he pointed at him with a little finger.

Inu-yasha opened his eyes slightly to see him. Then he grinned wickedly at the little creature "You wanna try?"

Shippo gulped when seeing the white haired guy to bare his teethes and grinned evilly.

***Kagome's room***

Miroku gasped when he saw it. He saw the ghost in front of him sitting on a chair staring at him hard. He blinked many times and felt how his heart came up to his throat. He was seeing things right?

He turned around when he got even a bit of hold of himself. He breathed heavily and then carefully almost fearing looked over his shoulder.

She was gone and he sighed of relief. He turned fully back toward the chair and wiped his forehead sighing of relief yet again. So, at leas he didn't seem to be turning crazy.

"You see me too, don't you?"

He turned very, very slowly to look up at the roof of the room. There the girl was floating above him looking down at him. He almost screamed of surprise, but now sound came out from him. He fell on the floor and held tight on his heart when he desperately tried to get out from the room.

He turned toward the door, but the girl was suddenly there coming from nowhere. He panicked and started to go forward back wards not leaving her from his sight.

"Watch out!" the girl warned.

"Oh no" Miroku shook his head. "I'm no falling for old tri-" he hit his back against a easel (there is three of those in the room). Water and paint fell on his when the painting itself was falling on the floor but Kagome cached it just in time.

Miroku was paralysed when the ghost took the easel and put the painting on it again. "I tried to warn you" she said carefully being sorry.

Miroku shook his head slightly to think straight. He was still shocked by the ghost but she didn't seem to do any harm to him. He followed her moving when she reached for one of the white sheets and teared a peace of it for her to use.

She came back to him and carefully took palette that had fallen on his head. She laid it beside her and carefully wiped most of the paint away from his face and hair. He gulped but didn't dare to move.

"I was just painting that so the paint is still fresh, you know" she said silently wiping his forehead. Then she let it be and sighed. The wiping didn't help. She would need a lot of water and turpentine to get him clean.

Her lips curled up a bit and she took his hand. "Come on" she exclaimed pulling at his arm. "we need to get you clean."

He hesitated first but the ghost's smile that became a gentle one made him finally move. He stood up slowly not wanting to make any hasty moves. Well, that was only what he wanted.

Kagome pulled him along hastily toward down stairs.

BANG!

Miroku hit himself right toward the nearest wall in the corridor. That made everyone in the house (those were Shippo, Inu-yasha, Jaken and Sesshomaru on the moment) look around in wonder.

Kagome came back from behind the wall her hand on her mouth. "Oh my god" she exclaimed. "I forgot again!"

She kneeled beside him and carefully lifted his chin. "I-I'm a-alright" he assured her best as he could. Well, she didn't need much of assurance and then again she took his hand and started to pull him after her toward the stairs.

"Miroku?" Inu-yasha asked when stepping out from his room. Shippo was looking from beside his legs. Suddenly a hurricane came past them and both of them were left spinning and confused.

Miroku was pulled down the stairs and Jaken who was half way up the stairs went as near the wall as he could. Sesshomaru who had come out from his room happened to see the strange looking Miroku just in time to go back into his room.

When Miroku was past him he looked after the guy eyes wide. He blinked more than ones and then turned to see Inu-yasha and a little strange creature come down the stairs holding their spinning heads.

It didn't take much of time from Kagome to pull Miroku all the way down to the kitchen. She made the black-haired guy to sit down by the table when she herself started to examine the faucet.

"Lets see if I can do this" she muttered and then turned on the knob with a red mark. The faucet started to pour water. She stared at it for a moment smiling to herself. She had done it.

then she put her finger under the faucet to feel on the water just like Inu- yasha's mother do. Well, it didn't really help cause she couldn't feel temperatures. She shrugged her shoulders not understanding why Inu-yasha's mother put her finger under the water.

Then she opened a closet under the sink. She had followed Inu-yasha's mother's doing quite a lot so she knew were to look for a towel. She took a light yellow towel with a blue flower on one end and then put the towel under the water.

At the same moment the three confused guys from upstairs with a dog came to the doorway of the kitchen. They carefully peeked into the room and Inu- yasha's eyes widened badly when seeing Kagome. He carefully, real carefully turned to look at Sesshomaru, but before he could check on his brother's reaction he was interrupted.

"Move your leg, baka" Shippo whispered poking on Inu-yasha's leg.

Inu-yasha sighed rolling his eyes and then lifted the little creature up from his collar. "Listen up, brat" he snarled with a very tiny voice so his snarling didn't have the wanted effect. "This is my home. I live here and I don't want any little fleas like you so get lost."

Then he threw the poor kid to the very other side of the room where the stairs to upstairs were. Then he turned for Miroku and Kagome again forgetting all about Sesshomaru (he have a real long memory *being sarcastic*).

She started to wonder why the water started to steam. She just shrugged her shoulders to that and then squeezed on the towel so that it wouldn't be dropping water all around the room. She turned for Miroku who had with a blank expression stared her doing.

He didn't know what to think, but when she came and started to wipe with the towel he screamed and jumped up. She was startled when he held his cheek. "Hothothothothothothothot!" he managed to chant and jump around the room.

Kagome brought her hands before her mouth again surprised then her eyes flashed of worry. She floated toward Miroku when he finally started to calm down.

Miroku stopped by the sink and stared at the steaming water. He sighed understanding what it was about. "I guess you can't tell warm from cold anymore" he said and started to turn on the knob with a blue mark.

After a moment waiting for the steaming end he dared to put his finger under the water to try on the warmth of it. He decided that it was warm and then put his head under it.

On the same moment Kagome turned for the doorway of the kitchen. She saw Inu-yasha and she smiled widely. "Inu-yasha!" she exclaimed floating at him and bringing him on his the back with her.

Sesshomaru stared wide eyed when his brother fell on the floor suddenly. Well, he knew exactly the real reason, but he didn't want his brother to know. "Inu-yasha" he exclaimed. "I think you should check if you had fever or something. I wouldn't be surprised."

When hearing Sesshomaru's voice Miroku slowly turned his wet head toward the door way. "Oh shit" he cursed under his breath just when Sesshomaru turned for him.

"And you, food-thief" he shouted pointing on Miroku who just couldn't believe that Inu-yasha's brother hadn't yet forgotten about that ramen thing. "I have told you not to go into the kitchen!"

Miroku was stunned when Sesshomaru was quickly beside him. The taller and older one grabbed him from the back of his collar and started to pull the poor-guy after him. "If you want to clean that ugly face of yours that's not the right way.

Inu-yasha glanced back at his brother and friend when they went up. Okay, Sesshomaru was dragging Miroku along.

Inu-yasha stood up when the ghost floated to find Shippo. He vent to the sink to close the faucet and then sighed. Suddenly he, however, shot his eyes wide open. He came to think what Sesshomaru had to have in his mind. Hurriedly he run to stairs and up.

Inu-yasha stopped just when he got to the third floor. He saw Sesshomaru holding his hose that he used when waking Inu-yasha up on mornings. The wicked brother was showering poor Miroku with ice cold water.

"Stop it, Sess!" Inu-yasha shout but hoped he hadn't cause then Sesshomaru turned the hose toward him. When Sesshomaru stopped for a moment to laugh, Inu-yasha and Miroku glanced at each other and then at Sesshomaru.

Kagome came up with Shippo on the next moment and what they saw made their eyes go wide. They saw three wet guys fighting over the leadership-of-the- hose. They dodged a shower of ice cold water coming to their way.

Then they looked up again at the brothers and Miroku. Kagome started to laugh and she could imagine how Inu-yasha's mother looked like when she came back and saw the walls to be trough out wet. But in any case the scene was fun and just on the same moment Miroku grabbed the hose and kept both of the brothers far from him with the pressure of the water.

A/N: I got done the second chapter today. I believe however that it will take at least two chapters now before we get to the school-ending party, or what ever you call it.

You can still give me your suggestions about the party and where they should be over the night.

This A/N is short cause I'm in a hurry to go to my aunt to eat.

Oh well. Please go and check on my other stories *puppy eyes*

See ya!