A/N: So few reviews for chapter 11. This chapter is a long one so I hope I get more feed back for this one, but for those of you who did review, you'll always get your due.

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Chapter 12: Say Hello to 2005

"Good morning everyone!" Kagome cheerily greeted her family as she came down for breakfast.

"Kagome!" her mother exclaimed. "Welcome. We didn't know you had returned."

"I know. I didn't come back until late last night." she explained.

"Sis! Did you bring back Inuyasha this time? Didja, didja, didja?" Sota asked excitedly.

"No. But this time I actually brought back a different friend from the feudal era. This is Lord Miroku." Kagome introduced Miroku as he entered the room.

"It's nice to meet you Lord Miroku." Kagome's grandfather greeted him. "Kagome has often told us of the monk from feudal times. Judging by your garb I'd say you are that monk."

"You are a perceptive fellow Grandfather Higurashi. Kagome tells me you are a priest yourself." Miroku said as he shook his hand.

"Indeed. Spiritual powers are hereditary through the Higurashi bloodline." Kagome's grandfather told him.

"I see. And you," he began, turning to Kagome's mother. "Must be Kagome's mother."

"You are right. It is a pleasure to meet you Lord Monk." Kagome's mother introduced herself.

"Nay, the pleasure is mine. You have a very talented daughter. And I can see where she gets her beauty." Miroku complimented her with a wink.

"Oh God." Kagome thought. "Please tell me he's not hitting on my mother."

Much to Kagome's relief Miroku halted his flattery and shifted his attention to Sota. "Are you Kagome's brother?" he asked the young boy.

"Yup! My name is Sota! Kagome talks about you often Miroku. Sis says you are a pervert." Sota said, unaware of his bluntness and the embarrassment he was causing his sister.

Miroku however shrugged it off and replied with a sheepish smile. "Yeah I'm working on that."

"Are you a friend of Inuyasha's?" Sota immediately created his bombardment of questions.

"Yes."

"Has he ever mentioned me?"

"If you're the 'bratty little brother' he talks of, yes."

"Are you a demon?"

"Nope, I'm afraid I'm just a normal person, but I do have some skills that you wouldn't see in most people."

"Wait a minute. You aren't Kagome's new boyfriend are you?" Sota asked.

"Excuse me?" Miroku was puzzled.

"Last time Kagome came home she said she had a new boyfriend. Are you him?" Sota continued.

"Uh, I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by the word 'boyfriend'." Miroku explained.

"How can you not know what boyfriend means! I'm just a kid and I know that!" Sota said exasperatedly.

"Now Sota." Kagome's mother cut in. "Miroku is from five hundred years in the past. You can't expect him to know modern slang. Have some breakfast Miroku. I'm sure Kagome can explain things like that to you later."

Miroku accepted the offer but look warily at the spread in from of him. He had never seen any of these foods before, but he always enjoyed the food Kagome made, and where else would she learn how to cook but from her mother? By the time breakfast was finished, Kagome had explained, cars, shopping malls and skyscrapers to Miroku. Sota was beginning on television and video games. "You put a disc into the black box and then you can use a remote control to move the characters on screen as you please!"

"Um…okay." Miroku replied. He didn't really understand how it worked, but he was sure once he was shown the actual device he would get the hang of it.

Kagome sprang up from the table. "Thank you for breakfast mom. What do you say we go get you some modern clothes Miroku?" she asked. "I could show you that shopping mall I mentioned."

"Certainly. I would want to embarrass you by looking as odd as I do to others in this time." Miroku replied.

"Great! I'll get showered and changed and then we can go." Kagome said.

"I'll show you video games! You any good at Bushido Blade?" Sota wondered out loud.

"We won't know until I try I guess." Miroku figured.

"Great! Let's go!"

About fifteen minutes later, Kagome had showered and dressed in civilian clothes. Miroku had just beaten Sota in their third round of Bushido Blade II. He seemed to be a natural at Playstation 2. "No way!" Sota complained. "No one beats me three games in a row! Are you sure you've never played before?" Miroku however, wasn't paying attention.

"Wow. You look beautiful Kagome." Miroku said, noting how short her shorts really were.

"Thank you. Shall we go?" Kagome asked.

"Indeed. We can play some more when I get back if you like." Miroku told Sota.

"You bet! I'm not letting you beat me without a rematch!" Sota declared. Kagome and Miroku borrowed a credit card from Kagome's grandpa and set off to the mall.

Miroku gazed with wonder at the tall buildings and brilliant neon signs of Tokyo. He expected Kagome's time to be different, but what he saw was nothing that he would've expected. "This land of yours is truly amazing Lady Kagome. What's that? A demon?" he asked pointing to the sky. Kagome noticed he was referring to an airplane.

"That's called an airplane. It allows people to travel great distances in very short amounts of time. It's a machine, not a beast." Kagome explained as best as she could.

"Does it go faster than these 'cars'?" Miroku asked.

"Much faster." Kagome responded. Miroku was amazed. He didn't think it was possible to go faster than these strange contraptions Kagome called cars.

"Yo, Kagome!" Kagome and Miroku turned around to see Hojo riding toward them on his bicycle. "It's good to see you again? What disease did you have this time?" he asked.

"Measles." Kagome lied, being ready for this question.

"Feeling better I suppose?"

"Yes very." Kagome told him.

"That's wonderful. Who is you friend?" Hojo continued.

"Oh. How rude of me not to make introductions. Miroku, this is Hojo. Hojo, this is my boyfriend Miroku." Kagome said, making sure to put plenty of emphasis on the word 'boyfriend'.

Hojo looked at Miroku uneasily and took a step back. "You never told me you had a boyfriend Kagome." Hojo said nervously, hoping this guy didn't have any jealousy towards him.

"So you are Hojo, huh? Kagome has mentioned you before. It's nice to meet you. Any friend of Kagome's is a friend of mine." Miroku greeted him, holding out his hand.

Hojo took his hand and shook it. "Likewise. I didn't know Kagome had a boyfriend. If I had I wouldn't have asked her out all those times. Please except my sorry." Hojo apologized.

"No hard feelings pal. I can understand why you would be after Kagome." Miroku forgave him giving him a friendly clap on the back. "Kagome and I are going to do some shopping at the mall. Would you care to come with?"

"Depends, what are you going to be shopping for?" Hojo asked.

"For one we're going to find me some casual clothes. I imagine I look awfully foolish in my priest's robes." Miroku answered. "Anything else you plan on looking for Kagome?"

"I don't know. I thought I might get that new album by Fall Out Boy." Kagome shrugged.

"Sure I'll come along. I haven't anything better to do I suppose." Hojo agreed.

On the rest of the way to the mall, Hojo and Miroku seemed to be having a pretty good conversation. Kagome was proud of how well Miroku had handled the situation. If Inuyasha was there, Miroku probably would've been sliced to ribbons in mere seconds. Not only was Miroku polite about it, but he actually seemed to relate pretty well to Hojo. They even looked somewhat alike. Kagome had a sneaking suspicion that they just might be related. She was jolted out of her thoughts by Hojo. "What was that?" she asked Hojo who had obviously addressed her about something.

"I asked you if you agreed or not." Hojo repeated.

"Yeah, I do." Kagome said, though she had no idea what the two boys had been talking about. After a few more minutes of casual small talk they reached the mall. "Let's get you some civilian clothes Miroku. This might take a little while; I hope you don't mind Hojo."

"Not at all. I should probably get a new jacket for this fall any who." Hojo said, since autumn was fast approaching, only a month away. Kagome decided the first place they would look would be Old Navy. They bought Miroku several pairs of cargo pants and shorts, and two or three shirts. Next the three decided to grab a bite to eat at the food court. Hojo decided to introduce Miroku to the best food to ever be dreamt up. Poutine. (A/N: For those of you who don't know, poutine is a Canadian dish. It is a big platter of French fries topped with gravy and melted cheese. It's delicious. It makes me wish I still lived there.)

"Hey! Kagome, Hojo! Over here!" Over at a table were Kagome's three friends, Eri, Yuka and Ayumi. Hojo, Kagome, and Miroku went over to their table and took a seat. "Wow Kagome, we haven't seen you in ages! Feeling better?"

"Much." Kagome said.

"Who's the hunk?" Eri asked.

"This is Miroku. He's my boyfriend." Kagome replied.

"It's a pleasure to meet you three lovely girls." Miroku greeted, giving them a courtly bow and resisting the urge to ask one of them to bear his child or grab any backside. Kagome had told him not to grope anybody, and he was smart enough to know that Kagome wouldn't stand for him asking

Eri and Yuka shot each other a look. "Kagome?" Yuka asked. "Can we talk to you for a second? Over there?" They didn't wait for an answer as they seized Kagome by the arms and dragged her over to where Miroku and the others would be out of hearing range. "Kagome!" Yuka complained. "Didn't we tell you to dump that jealous, violent, dirty, cheating boyfriend? You can do better! We know you can!" Yuka encouraged her.

"I know. You two were absolutely right. I dumped my old boyfriend. Miroku is new. Does he look like the jealous, violent, type to you? Look how well he gets along with Hojo!" Kagome pointed out.

"Good point." Eri admitted. "I'm glad you've found someone who can treat you right. He does treat you right, doesn't he?" she added after a moments pause.

"He treats me better than I deserve! He is so sweet! He's also really nice to everybody. He has a really sick mind, but he's been getting better since we started going out."

That was good enough for Eri and Yuka. They returned to the table where Ayumi was giving Miroku her boyfriend test. "Okay, last question. How old are you?"

"He's nineteen." Hojo answered for him, for he head learned so on the way to the mall.

"Don't you think you're a little old to be going out with Kagome? She's only fifteen you know." Eri informed him, cocking and eyebrow at Miroku inquisitively.

"I know, but I love her. I don't think age should have to get in the way if we love each other." Miroku explained.

"So true." Ayumi agreed.

I'd love to stay longer and chat guys, but Miroku and I are going to leave. I'll talk to you later alright?" Kagome said as she finished her lunch.

"Okay, catch you two lovebirds later." Yuka giggled. Miroku wrapped his arm around Kagome's waist and Kagome leaned her head on his shoulder affectionately as they left.

"I think those two are kind of cute together." Ayumi remarked. "Don't you?"

"Yes." Yuka and Eri agreed simultaneously. "But what about you Hojo? You sad Kagome already has a guy?"

"A little." he responded. "But Miroku is a good guy and I have the feeling he'll be good to her. If he makes her happy I guess that's good enough for me."

A/N: Wow. Long chapter, almost 2,000 words, twice as long as I usually make them. I know I might've made Hojo a little too okay with Kagome being involved with Miroku, but come on. I mean he's like the ultimate Mr. Nice Guy. I read a lot of stories where Hojo and Inuyasha get into a fight, and that's so not Hojo. He's not exactly the violent type and besides, you can tell he really likes Kagome a lot and wants her to be happy. He's also my favorite character from the present in the anime/manga so I would like to make him a good guy.