Okay, I honestly wasn't going to include anything about the three months and I was going to skip it, but I've gotten requests for fluff, so I'll give you fluff. I won't stretch it out for too long, but I'll give you fluff. Oh, and check out "Shattered Innocence" and "The Other Side of the Story" I promise you it's great! I like them better than this one! I promise you'll be hooked!

Chapter 34

I don't own Inuyasha, but I promise you that if you ever stole any of my reincarnated characters, you would die a horrible death!

"Wow" Ikuto said to himself as he entered his dorm room at Berkeley College, one of the best colleges in New York. No one was inside the room but him, but he was going to share the room with someone. "I wonder where my roommate is" he asked himself aloud. He didn't think about it anymore and decided to put his things down. It was a nice little room, not what he was used to, but something he would be willing to endure in order to stay in New York. 'I'm finally here.' The room had a bunk bed, and the walls were painted white and were rather plain. There was a desk, a chair, a fairly big closet, and two doors, one leading into the hall, and another probably leading into another dorm room.

"And who might you be?" said a young man as he entered the room.

"Oh, I'm Ikuto Kazasami." Ikuto turned around and held out his hand for a hand shake.

"Kazasami? You're Japanese?" He shook his hand and looked closer at his features. "Oh yeah, you're Japanese and black right? So, which state are you from?" They pulled their hands away from each other.

"Oh, well actually, I just came from Japan. I was born in the U.S. but I moved back to Japan when I was just a baby."

"Oh really, you don't see that every day, I mean in Japan." He smiled. "So you're Ikuto? My name's Michael, Michael Barber." Michael almost looked oddly familiar in the face. His hair was different shades. At the roots it was brown but then closer to the top, it changed and the tips were blonde. His hair wasn't slicked back, but at the top, it was sticking up, but in a rather neat manner. His eyes were green, which was something Ikuto was not accustomed to seeing very often and he had a familiar charm, but he didn't know who he reminded him of. "Well, since you're new to New York, I'll be your guide. How does that sound?"

"Fine, thank you." Ikuto was practically glowing with happiness.

"Look at you! You're really enjoying yourself here. You must be living the real American dream. So, what brings you to Berkeley? I mean, it's one of the best colleges in New York, but there are plenty of colleges to go to around the world. So why'd you choose this summer program?"

"Well, I always wanted to come to New York, because it's where my parents met. I didn't really know where else to go."

"Well, then we've got a lot of ground to cover in just one day, so let's get started. When I'm done with you, you'll be a real New Yorker!" He had an accent that was strange to Ikuto. He didn't sound like his mother, from what he could remember. "Let's get something to eat. I've got to meet up with my girl."

"So" Inuyasha said to Kagome "You sure you got all that you need?" he mocked her. Her backpack had never been so full before.

"Look, three months is a long time to be away from home. I just need to make sure I'm going to be well prepared, Inuyasha!" she yelled. "You're such a jerk sometimes. You can be so inconsiderate!"

"Well excuse me if I want to kill Naraku and don't want you slowing me down!"

"If I'm slowing you down, then why should I even come?"

"Cuze you can sense the jewel shards, stupid!"

"So I'm stupid? See if I ever help you anymore, dog breath!"

As they continued arguing, Shippo, Miroku, and Sango just sighed and rolled their eyes. "Looks like things are back to normal" Shippo said.

"Yes, at least they're back to normal, I suppose." Sango wasn't sure if normal was good or not, but at least Kagome was back with them.

"Let's please try to get along" Miroku pleaded "we're all together again and we can conduct our search for Naraku and the Sacred Jewel Shards. We've got a busy road ahead of us. Let's keep in good spirits, alright?" Miroku's hand slowly started to reach for Sango's behind. "We should all try to love and appreciate one another!"

When Sango felt his hand begin to stroke her behind, she began to growl slowly at first, but then slapped him in his face. "You sick, disgusting, pervert! Don't you have anything else going on in that brain of yours?"

"This is my girl" Michael said pointing to a young girl sitting down in a restaurant. He was very bold and walked right up to her and took a seat right across from her in a booth. "How are you doing my dear Sidney?"

'Now this seems too familiar' thought Ikuto. 'Now he couldn't be Miroku, I mean, he doesn't look exactly like him, and he's probably not a Buddhist monk or anything like that. He can't be.' Ikuto walked over to Michael and waited for someone to say something. 'This place seems interesting.' The restaurant wasn't high class, but it was pretty busy. There were booths all around the restaurant and everyone seemed to be eating the same thing, some type of sub, French fries, and a beverage.

"Sit" commanded Michael, and Ikuto obeyed.

He took a seat right next to Michael and waited for something to happen. 'Something bad is about to happen.'

"So my dear Sidney, how have you been?"

Sidney was trying to ignore him, but she finally said "Get lost, you bozo. I thought I told you that I wasn't interested in you. I've told you that for the past two years at this college, and now you're up to your tricks again. Try some other woman mate, cuze I'm not bite'n." Sidney was blonde with curly hair. Her eyes were a deep blue color, and her figure was very mature and attractive.

"Two years?" Ikuto asked. "So you two aren't going to Berkeley for the summer program like me?"

"No way," Michael stated "Me and Sidney have been going to Berkeley for two years. We were offered a summer job helping lost puppies like you, so we accepted." He reached his hand out towards Sidney's hand that was on the table. "Now I and my precious Sidney can spend even more time together." When Sidney felt the touch of his hands, she began blushing. "Yes, she'll give me fine children one day!" She began to growl with those words and slapped him in the face.

"You boofhead!"

"After we're married, of course! I would never consider engaging in sexual intercourse without the binding of marriage my dear. I am not a heathen."

"Yeah right, as if you're a virgin!"

"But I am!" With his mischievous smirk, it was hard to tell if he was telling the truth or not, but she rolled her eyes. "Sure you are."

"You two sound different. The way you two talk, I mean." Ikuto pointed out. "What part of New York are you two from?"

Sidney calmed down a little bit, seeing that Ikuto was harmless and wasn't like Michael. "Sorry for the barney," she pointed to Michael "but your broken English sounds rather different too. I'm just like you. I'm an outsider. I'm from Australia, and Michael is from the Bronx."

"Oh, okay. I suppose I understand now."

Michael signaled Ikuto to let him out of the booth and Ikuto obeyed. "I'm going to get some hoagies for us. They're to die for."

"Alright" Michael got up and Ikuto sat back down. "So, two years huh? So are you really not interested in Michael, or are you playing hard to get?"

"You're awfully bold for a wannabe freshman." She took a sip of her drink. "I wouldn't want that boofhead for a boyfriend. He always makes jokes about me and him getting married and having a family. He says I'm a suitable woman, and it really gets on my nerves."

"Does he…" he trailed off, looking at Michael ordering their food. "Well, does he ever" he spoke quietly "does he ever touch you in an inappropriate manner?"

"Well that's a strange question!" she practically yelled. "Why would you ask something like that?" she quieted herself down once she realized that people were beginning to stare. "Why, did you hear something? I mean, he just touches me on my shoulder, my waist, and my hands sometimes. He hasn't been hitting on other girls has he?"

'She claims she doesn't like him, but she's very jealous. Man, Kagome is going to flip when I tell her about Michael and Sidney. They're like Miroku and Sango.' Ikuto shook his head. "I was just asking. It's just that he reminds me of this person that I know. He's like my girlfriend's…" he blushed. "Well, not my girlfriend's friends, but a girl whose my friend friends."

"Really?" She smiled as Michael came with a tray of food and sat down next to Sidney this time. She didn't complain. "Michael, so have you heard of his friend who's not his girl friend, but is a girl that is his friend?"

"No I haven't." Michael took his French fries, drink, and hoagie off of the tray and passed it to Ikuto. "This is not a sub, at least not an ordinary sub. This is a hoagie, and nothing will taste as good."

Ikuto took his food and was skeptical at first. It wasn't rice or noodles, but he did enjoy everything that his mother made, so he decided to trust it. "Okay, I'll try it." He took a bite of this streak sub and his unsure expression changed into a happy one. When he finished swallowing his bite he said "This is really good. I've never had anything like this to eat."

"Well there's plenty more where that came from my friend" Michael pointed out. "So, what's with this girl you like?" He smiled and began to tease. "Please tell me the details."

"You haven't known me for more than two hours and now you want to get into my personal business?" Ikuto thought of a way to change the subject and decided to run with it. "Speaking of business, what exactly are you two studying for in college? I mean, I wanted to get a full feel of the business world and this school gives a lot of opportunities and training, so what do you two want to do?"

They both knew what he was doing, but they decided to play along. "Alright" Sidney said "she reached into her purse and pulled out a sketch book. "Fashion is my passion. I'm gonna be the one starting all the newest trends. Just look at some of my designs."

"She's a genius!" Michael pointed out. "Now my passion is cars. After I get a big job in an automobile company, she'll put together our whole wedding. Who needs to put in all those dollars when you can have your wife to do it?"

"Shut up" Sidney said.

Ikuto flipped through some of the pages of Sidney's book and he thought they were very good designs. He knew a thing or two about fashion, since Kazasami Empire did own their own fashion line. Ikuto knew everything about the company. He just needed some hands on experience. "This is really nice. You've got a real profession on your hands."

"Really?" she asked. "What was your name again? Ikuto what?"

"Ikuto Kazasami."

"Kazasami?" she yelled. "Are you joking?"

"Kazasami?" Michael finally started to remember what that meant. Nothing clicked when he mentioned his name before. "You can't be the Kazasami we're thinking about. I mean, there must be a half a million of Japanese people with that last name. I mean, how many people are named Barber?"

"Calm down you two" Ikuto pleaded. "You're making a scene." He waited for all of the people to stop staring. "Anyway, I am Ikuto Kazasami, and my brother is Suno Kazasami."

"Then you are him" Sidney pointed out. "Holy-dooly! You are him. You're a…" she calmed herself down. "You're a billionaire." She spoke it quietly. She looked on the tag of her purse and it said Kazasami. "I mean, you guys have one of the biggest empires in the whole world. You guys are even big in the U.S. I mean, you guys do everything. You do cars, clothes, furniture, a variety of other products, and just so much other stuff. Don't you make weapons for your military too? That's not even the tip of the iceberg! You do so much other stuff. I mean, you're like the Japanese Donald Trump!" She looked as if she would faint. "And you think my designs are good?"

"Do you want to hear about my ideas?" Michael said. "I've got great car designs and I really think I can make some revolutionary things!"

"Come on guys" Ikuto sighed "look, I said that Sidney's designs were good before you guys knew I was rich, so let's pretend like you don't know now."

"But I was going to start talking about cars anyway" Michael pointed out. "Man, do you think I could-"

"Don't even start" Ikuto said sternly. "Don't think for a moment that I could introduce you guys to my brother and get you some kind of hook up. I mean, I already know what he'd say. He'd say that I'm just helping you all because you're my friends, and that I'll never succeed with such a weak heart for business, or something like that. Bottom line is, no."

"Don't you have any say?" Sidney asked. She noticed that Ikuto was beginning to get annoyed, so she tried to sound and look as humble as possible. "Look, I don't mean to be pushy, I was just curious. Don't both of you own the company? Isn't it the Kazasami Empire?"

'I had better not say too much' Ikuto reminded himself 'I don't want to say that I inherited most of the money and Suno got the company.' "I uh…well he's the head person. He owns it all. It's his say."

"Oh" they both said in unison.

"Guys" he said sadly "can we pretend like you don't know that I'm a billionaire? I mean…" he didn't know what to say. He didn't want to accuse them.

"Hey" Michael said almost offended "if you think we're gonna treat you any different from before, then you're wrong. I said I was going to help you before and I'm still gonna help you now. You're still the lost puppy. Nothing's changed." He smirked. "Well, you might buy the next lunch, but other than that, you're still the hopeless wannabe freshman I met today."

That was reassuring for Ikuto, but he was curious about one thing. "Guys, do I bother you?"

"What do you mean?" Sidney asked. "Do you mean cuze you're a wannabe freshman?"

He shook his head. "Uh…I mean my skin…"

"Your skin color?" Michael almost wanted to laugh. "Please, I dated a girl once who was Irish, Mexican, and Black before and she was pretty hot." Sidney gave him a death glare. "Well, I just mean it's nice to have a variety sometimes, but there's nothing wrong with blondes from Australia that doesn't come from a diverse background. You're still beautiful, Sidney!"

He temporarily saved himself and Sidney let it go. "Ikuto, I think you're absolutely adorable! I don't see men like you quiet often, and you're so unique, and so handsome. Your parents did something right." She winked at him, and Ikuto didn't know how to respond.

'This is so strange. This is what I've wanted my whole life, and now I've finally got it. I'm being accepted. Not even that, they think my unique features are good looking. My mother always told me I was special, but I…I never really believed her because everyone I ever knew hated me.' "We should head back to our dorm room. We should unpack."

Michael smiled. "Sure kid. I'll even pay for the taxi." Ikuto and Michael got up from out the booth. "So," Michael smiled and placed his hand on her shoulder "my dear Sidney, I wish you the best and I will call you."

"Great" she smiled "I won't pick up my phone."

"Stop denying fate my dear Sidney, soon we'll be married and have dozens of little Michaels running around everywhere." Sidney looked as if she was about to explode, and that's when Michael decided to stop playing around. "Uh…I'll catch you later."

Ikuto said his goodbye and just went over in his mind what just happened how it could change things. 'Inuyasha's probably not just an issue, but Kagome's friends too. If she stopped going to the Feudal Era then she'll be letting down her friends, but if there's a Miroku and Sango here, shouldn't she be here with us?' He sighed. 'I should call her, she's probably wondering how I'm doing.'

"Inuyasha!" Kagome stood up in a fiery rage steaming with anger. How many times did they have to go through this? Every time she tried to do something nice for Inuyasha, he would throw it back in her face. Now she was hovering above him, while he was looking like a frightened puppy about to be beaten by his master. "Inuyasha, you're so stupid!"

Inuyasha was ready to let out a cry of pain but Kagome just crossed her arms. "You stupid jerk! Why do I even bother? I promise that's the absolute last time that I make anything for you again! Maybe I shouldn't even bring you anything. I shouldn't even give you snacks. I wouldn't want you guys to mess up history anymore than what you did."

Inuyasha got the courage to stand once he remembered that he could no longer wear the rosary. "Hey, you're the one who brought the Sacred Jewel back to this era. If anyone messed up anything, then it's you. You're just undoing what you did, Kagome!"

Kagome began grumbling and it slowly rose into a frustrating yell. "I give up!" She started walking off with Inuyasha still slightly waiting for the sit to come. 'I could kill him, I seriously could.'

"Inuyasha gets dumber by the day" Shippo said.

"He shouldn't provoke Kagome" Miroku said. "Never provoke a woman's wrath. I'm surprised she keeps trying so hard to prepare food that Inuyasha likes. I would have given up hope by now." Miroku liked Kagome's food, and so did everyone else.

Inuyasha hit Shippo on his head and he began to cry. "I can still hear you two idiots!"

'So what exactly am I doing in the feudal era?' Kagome asked herself. 'Now we're heading off north to find Naraku. I should be home with my family.' She sighed. 'That jerk, Ikuto shouldn't have left like that. He wasn't even going to tell me.' She stopped in her tracks and just sat down in the grass and waited for her friends to catch up. 'Is it even fair to think of him? The first thing I do when he leaves is go off with Inuyasha for three months. He must have figured that I'd go back to Inuyasha. If I'm here for three months straight, then we should most definitely be able to find and kill Naraku. We just have to. Otherwise, I'll never pass high school!'

"Kagome" Inuyasha took a seat next to her. "Just so you know I'm not apologizing. I'm just sitting here."

"Inuyasha, I don't even think I made it spicy, and I taste tested it myself, but I guess your…I don't know! I guess your super powered senses picked it up or something like that. The point is, your taste buds are super sensitive, so I'll try harder next time, or maybe there won't be a next time. Who knows? It's alright if you don't like my cooking. It's not like I'm going to be a cook for the rest of my life."

'The rest of her life huh?' "Kagome," he wasn't angry anymore. He was too curious and worried to be angry. "Uh…what exactly do you want to do for the rest of your life? Were you planning on taking care of your family's shrine?"

"Well" she had to think about it for a while. She didn't give her career a lot of thought. She should get paid to baby-sit Inuyasha. That was a job. "Well, I really don't know, Inuyasha. My grandpa wants to start showing Souta how to run the shrine."

"But you're the priestess."

"But priestesses in my time aren't really exactly popping up like in this era. It's not like there's a lot of demons to slay."

"Every time I go to your era, I have to slay a demon." He had a bit of an attitude, seeing that Kagome wasn't exactly right. "Seems like priestesses are needed."

"That's because most of the time it's our fault. Inuyasha, I really don't know what I can do with the rest of my life. That's one reason why I have to work so hard in school, because I'm not sure and if I make up my mind last minute, I want to be able to make a quick decision without complications." Kagome slightly started to blush. "I'm not exactly sure about my profession, but one thing I want to do is be a mother."

"A mother?" Inuyasha started to blush.

"Sure, I really want to be a mom one day. There's nothing more fulfilling than having a family, and having a family that works. Someone once told me that one of the worst things you can have is a broken family, and the worst thing in the world is everyone knowing about it. It's not easy, especially with complications, but somehow if you're able to prevail, then it's all worth the struggles. What's better than being with someone and bringing together those two souls for the birth of one? What can be more fulfilling?" Kagome looked at Inuyasha and they both started blushing at each other.

'Kikyou told me that she wanted to give me something and she is unable to do so. Even though I told her it didn't matter, she still hates the fact that she can't give me anything. I guess I never realized how important having a child is to a woman. Kagome's not even full grown and she's talking about it.'

"Inuyasha, I don't mean to bring him up, but Ikuto's family life is so messed up. Regardless of how much he says it's improved, everything between them all is still insane. I'd be kind of scared to marry into their family, to tell you the truth." That made Inuyasha smile, even though he tried to hide it strongly. "Inuyasha, does it bother you when people know that you and your brother don't get along?"

"Why would it bother me? Who wouldn't understand me hating someone like Sesshoumaru?"

"I was just asking." Kagome noticed Inuyasha's smile turn into a frown. "I'm sorry to compare the two of you. I seem to be getting more contrast then comparisons lately. He's growing up faster than you." She chuckled a bit. "You know what Inuyasha? I want a little girl. She'll be a sweet little girl, and she won't have to worry about anything, because I'll protect her."

Inuyasha just observed Kagome. The talk of children just made her so happy. "You sound like Miroku" he pointed out. Kagome laughed at the realization of it. 'It's something I've never really given a lot of thought about. I was on my own for so long that I never really considered taking care of someone else.' It wasn't long until Kagome placed her head on Inuyasha's shoulder. 'I have been protecting my friends for a long time. I guess it wouldn't be that hard having a kid, as long as they weren't like Shippo.' Inuyasha blushed again at the thought of having a child. "Kagome, why a little girl?"

"Why?" she asked. "Because I'm going to make sure that she has the most normal life as possible, to make up for my not so normal one." Kagome wanted a little girl, but a boy wouldn't be that bad. She just didn't know how to picture her or him. 'With or without dog ears?' she asked herself. 'Who's the father? My head's all screwed up. I'm not sure what I want anymore.' She closed her eyes as she rested on Inuyasha. "Sorry for slowing you down, Inuyasha."

He was surprised that she would say something like that, and he wasn't going to argue about it. With Ikuto, nothing had been going right. "I'm just glad you're here with me now, Kagome."

A/N: Ah, how cute! Just wait until the next chapter! There's a surprise for the Kazasami family! Review!