Disclaimer: I've said it once, I've said it twice, Inu ain't mine, no sugar, no spice, no puppy dog tails, no everything nice, that's what little me doesn't own. Tee hee!

Wow. I really suck at rhyming. I shock even myself sometimes.

Sesshomarufangurl: No, I don't. I know somebody who does though. One time during a school play…we were forced to do Mary Poppins, grr…right well, he was video taping it and we were planning to all fall over like dominoes and he was going to send it in to AFV, but the teaches found out, and they were so mean. Think "several hours of respect lectures" Ugh. Marry Poppins is now a painful thing for me…

Good Morning Beloved, It's A Brand New Day!
Let's All Just Be Friends…

The rest of the dance went by uneventfully. After about twenty minutes Kagome and Inuyasha came out onto the floor and where able to dance for about one song before the Three Stooges and H decided to cure their boredom by egging the DJ's. While their whole party was being thrown out Jenny and Kagome wouldn't stop hissing and screaming, demanding to know where they had found the eggs.

"The world may never know." Was all that they would say. They had, in fact, found them in a bag that Hojo had left behind. Apparently they were supposed to be eggs from some rare type of crane that had healing powers if you rubbed the whites into your hands and feet every day. Actually, Mario had a sneaking suspicion that they were only chicken eggs. Bad ones at that if their stench was any hint.

When they were kicked out of the dance it was nine, but they made a huge mistake and let Mario drive them home, then they rubbed salt in the wound by letting Sango sit next to him. Who knew that Sango would turn out to be a back seat driver? Or that Mario would listen to one!

They got lost and Kagome had fallen asleep before anyone noticed, so by the time Kagome realized what had happened they were on their way to Kyoto. Luckily she managed to turn them back around before any real damage was done.

Kagome yawned as she stepped into her house. It was dark all around them and there was sleepiness heavy on the air. Even Inuyasha and Sesshomaru wanted only to sleep.

"Okay…" Kagome said between yawns as they all followed her towards the stairs. "KK, Blake and Mario have already claimed Sota's room. There's the couch, and my mothers and my grandfathers room left."

"No, there isn't." Said Al from the top of the stairs. "Kagome, I put the kids in your grandfathers room, and I have to get back to my hotel room now. Anyone who wants to is welcome to come with me."

"We'll come. Inuyasha and Miroku can have Sota's room." Said Mario hurriedly and the Three Stooges followed Al out the door.

"See you in the morning!"

"Bye!"

"Good night!"

"See you!"

"Good…" Jenny began to call back but instead her head fell onto Sesshomaru's shoulder and she moaned slightly.

"We will use your mothers room." Sesshomaru said in a voice that bordered no question. "Let the demon slayer use the bed you already have for Jenny in your room." He told Kagome. Everyone was just so tired that they all just nodded and went off to bed to deal with everything in the morning.

Right before she drifted off Kagome remembered that they would all have to clean tomorrow. Her mother had called earlier and told her that Kagome's family would all be coming back the day after tomorrow.

"Oh well, I'll deal with it in the morning." She told a sleeping Sango. Sango's only response was to give a heavy whooshing breath in her sleep. Kagome smiled slightly at her friend before shutting her eyes. 'Things are almost back to normal.' She thought. Kagome chuckled inwardly at that last thought, and she turned over to face her bedroom wall and she shut her eyes.

'Well, as normal as they'll ever be.' She thought. Soon Kagome was just a lulled by the sea we know as sleep as the others who now rested peacefully in her mother's home. Even the hanyou slept like a bairn being sung to by the sound of waves on the rocky shore that night.

The next morning Kagome awoke to sunshine pouring onto her eyelids and the shouts of an angry hanyou and an overly excited kitsune.

"MOMMY! MOMMY! MOMMY! MOMMY!" Screamed Shippo as he bounced up and down on her stomach.

"GET THE HELL OFF HER RUNT!" Bellowed Inuyasha. Kagome groaned and opened her eyes slowly, prepared to save Shippo from the beating that was surely about to befall the poor baby. To her surprise she saw that Inuyasha was merely sitting at the foot of her bed and glaring at Shippo and he wasn't making a single move to inflict another injury on him. Either he just didn't care or something had happened to make him feel more attached and understanding towards Shippo.

Kagome chose to believe that latter.

"Hello sweetling." She greeted her tiny little adopted son, using the same nickname that her mother had used for her when she was his size. Inuyasha snorted in disdain, but Shippo seemed to love the extra attention he was getting because he beamed all the brighter and threw himself around her neck as she pushed herself up into a sitting position on her bed. He tried to wrap his legs around her upper chest but because she was wearing a green silk nightgown his legs slid down so he squealed and pulled himself up onto her shoulder, where he nuzzled her neck as she absently petted his bright furry orange tail. Kagome yawned loudly, noticing dimly that Inuyasha was looking in the other direction rather abash-

…

Wait…

Kagome looked down.

"Why am I wearing this?" She asked evenly, making sure that her voice was the very essence of tranquility. She plucked delicately at the low collar of the silk slip of a nightgown. It was definitely one of the most revealing of all her nightclothes. Not to mention that she had gone to sleep last night with her dance dress on.

"Inuyasha put it on you!" Said Shippo cheerfully, as if it was the most natural thing in the world to hear in the early morning that the man you love and loves you back had changed your wardrobe during the night. The warm, sunny and bright room suddenly seemed surprisingly dark.

"Eh-heh…Kagome?" Inuyasha said hesitantly. "It's not what it sounds like! Sango was the one who-"

"Inuyasha?" Inuyasha couldn't see Kagome's face because her forehead was lowered, her bangs hiding her face from him. He just gulped, a slight prickling of fear tingling up and down his spine like a feather dancing on the wind.

"Could I see you in Sota's room for a moment. Please?" She asked him calmly. Inuyasha, though his mind was screaming at him not to move, got up and went into his koishi's little brother's bedroom. Just like she had ordered.

"Good." Kagome said, she had followed him into the room and she was balancing a curious Shippo on her hip, looking for all the world like an exotic young mother with her green silk, orange kitsune and ruffled hair. "Now I want you to stand in that pile of little blocks." She pointed somewhat accusingly at a mess of spilled legos. Inuyasha gulped yet again, he seemed to be doing that a bunch this morning, and he went to stand in the plastic games parts.

Inuyasha heard an angry voice on the stairwell, followed by nervous mumblings and he swore under his breath. As if being embarrassed wasn't bad enough, but did she really have to do it in front of Miroku and Sango? Inuyasha winced mentally. Since when had she cared? Hell, Kagome had sat him in front of Koga and Sesshomaru. And it really had been Sango who changed her clothes! The stupid runt had simply been listening to the monk tease him about how he had offered to do it and gotten the wrong idea! And now he was going to suffer pain for someone else's mistake as well! One would have thought that he would have been used to the torture by now, but unfortunately he was not.

Sure enough, just as Sango and Miroku appeared behind Kagome, curious as to what the commotion was about Kagome opened her mouth and said those dreaded words.

"Sit boy."

Oh! But it felt good to utter those sweet words again! To hear the scream of rage and fury, swiftly followed by blatant curses, enough to make the air black and blue! She felt so good, like a fresh whiff of spring air in the early morning after being cooped up all winter. When no one else is around and it's just you and the waking birds. It felt like the breeze when you tumble, laughing helplessly, down a long hill when you're a child! Oh! To think that those two words, those two simple, simple words could bring such joy, such bliss!

"Um…Kagome?" Sango said slowly, waving her hand in front of Kagome's face. "Are you feeling okay?" She asked,

"Huh? What?" Kagome stuttered, snapping back to reality with a startled jolt. "Oh…yeah. I was busy yelling at Inuyasha, wasn't I?" She said. If this had been manga or anime, we wouldn't even be able to see Sango's face the sweat drop would be so big. I'm not going to even go into finding Tokyo in its salty swellings!

Everyone in the room, as they had all heard her comment, felt the same way.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha said hesitantly, getting to his feet and walking over slowly to stand in front of her. She still held Shippo at her waist, but even the kitsune was staring up at her with bemusement at her strange behavior. Inuyasha moved in front of her and waved his clawed hand nervously across her face, but she didn't even bat an eyelash. She just continued to stand there, gazing off into the distance with a dreamy look on her face and a glazed look in her eyes.

"OI! Snap out of it, wench!" Inuyasha yelled at her. Kagome's eyes focused on him, but there was an evil glint to them that he did not like, and the corners of her lips turned up in what could only be called a sadistic smile.

"Sit. Sit. Sit. Sit." Kagome said very happily.

"AHHHH!" Inuyasha screamed as he was slammed into the ground over and over again. The worst part was that Kagome seemed to have lost her marbles at long last. She was now just dancing around him happily and chanting the cursed word of subjugation. Sango, Miroku and Shippo all went down stairs to see what there was to eat.

"I think I should ask Kaede about getting one of those for you." Sango muttered, glaring at Miroku who had just groped her, again! Before he could respond she had stormed outside, completely ignoring the monk who had been laughing at the hanyou's expense a couple seconds ago, and was now looking more then slightly disturbed.

"Ah, Lady Sango…have I ever told you just how much I appreciate you, and how much I think you attribute to this group?" He called as he chased out after her.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha said softly, looking up at her, thankful that she had pauses between sits. He had to admit, they felt kind of good. "Good morning." He told her. She just smiled back down at him.

"Good morning Inuyasha." She said. "Sit!" She screamed.

"Oh man! Somebody save me now!" Inuyasha moaned.

Yay! Another chapter completed. This isn't the end; I've still got a couple kiddos to kill off. Yay! I kill now…Mwah ha ha!

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