Chapter 1: Asking

It was Friday afternoon, and Kagome had came home from school a few hours ago. The sun was beginning to set, the sky turning pink. She was upstaires in her room, writing in her diary on her desk. She could hear her Mom and Souta arguing about what to have for dinner downstaires. Her pet cat, Buuyo, came into her room. Buuyo walked up to the chair Kagome was sitting on and jumped onto her lap. Kagome smiled as she pet Buuyo on the head, writing about her latest adventure with Inu-yasha and the others:

"...And before I left, Miroku touched Sango's butt, as usual. I always like to see her slap Miroku across the face! Well, gotta go!" She stopped writing and closed the book.

"When will Miroku ever learn?"she wondered outloud. She laughed at the very thought.

She heard the phone ringing downstaires and listened as her Mom answered it.

"Hello?...Yes, this is the Higurashi home...Oh my! Really?...Oh, I'm so sorry...Of course I'll bring him there...I'll start the drive tonight...Alright. We'll be right there. I hope she gets better. Good bye."

I wonder what happened?,thought Kagome. She heard her Mom walk to the staires.

"Kagome! Please come down!"

Sighing, Kagome stood up from the chair. Buuyo leaped down and watched Kagome walked out of the room. Buuyo mewed and began licking itself. Kagome walked down the staires and saw that her Grandpa was putting his coat on, looking very worried. Souta was on the couch, watching as his Mom grabbed her coat. Once as Kagome walked up to her Mom and Grandpa, her Mom looked very serious.

"Kagome, I just got a call from one of Grandpa's friends, Bakusa, at the hospital,"she said, zippering her coat. "Bakusa's sister is very sick. The doctors say that she might not live for very long. He wants Grandpa to be there for support. The hospital Bakusa's sister's atis about a day's drive away. I'm counting on you to watch Souta while we're gone."

"But Mom! Don't you remember?"asked Kagome. "I'm sleeping over Yuka's house this weekend! You know how long me and her have been planning this!"

"Well, you're going to have to cancel. This is very important,"said Mom. She started for the door with Grandpa. "We'll probably be back sometime during Sunday. Be good you two!"

"Mom, wait!"yelled Kagome, but it was too late; her Mom and Grandpa already walked out the door.

Souta smiled in a mischivous way. "Looks like you're going to have to watch me. Just deal with it."

"Listen, you!"yelled Kagome, stomping up to the the couch her brother was on, but then it hit her. Souta's words appeared in her head. You're going to have to watch me. She was going to watch him. What if she wasn't the one who was going to watch him?

"I'm going to call a babysitter,"said Kagome, walking over to the phone and picking it up. She grabbed the phone book, placed it on the kitchen table, sat down, and started looking through it. "Maybe I can find a babysitter that stays over nights."

"Kagome, you can't find a babysitter at this time! It's too late!"yelled Souta. "You're going to have to sleep over your friend's house another time!"

Kagome looked at him and sighed. She put her head down on the open phone book. He was right. She's was going to have to sleep over her friend's house another time. She suddenly lifted her head up, a smile on her face. Friends.

Maybe I could convince Inu-yasha and the others to watch Souta, thought Kagome, It's worth a shot!

"Oh, I'm going to sleep over Yuka's house alright!"yelled Kagome, getting up from the table. " 'Cause I know the people who could watch you! I'll be right back!"

Kagome ran out of the house, leaving Souta very confused. She ran torwards the Mini shrine that was near her house and walked inside. She walked down the steps torwards a well. She sat on the edge of the well and jumped down. Doing this, she crossed over to the Feudal Era of Japan. She landed at the bottom of the well, and began searching for vines to help her climb out of it. Once she climbed out of the well, she began to search for Inu-yasha and the others. The sky was getting darker every minute.

"Inu-yasha! Shippo! Where are you!"she called, as she was walking in the woods. "Miroku! Sango! Guys! I need your help!"

"We're right behind you!"

Kagome yelped as she turned around. Standing behind her was Inu-yasha and Shippo. They were both smiling as they saw the surprised look on Kagome's face.

"You snuck up on me!"yelled Kagome. "That wasn't very nice!"

"When was the last time I ever did anything nice to you?"asked Inu-yasha.

Kagome looked steamed. There was only one way to settle this. "SIT BOY!"

Inu-yasha fell suddenly to the ground. He lifted his face and spat out some dirt. "I hate it when you do that."

"Hey, where's Miroku and Sango?"asked Kagome.

"They're staying somewhere at Kaede's village,"said Shippo. He jumped onto Kagome's head as Inu-yasha got up. "So, why were you calling us?"

"Well, my Mom and Grandpa are going somewhere, and won't be back until Sunday,"said Kagome. "I have to watch Souta until they come back, but I already told my friend I could sleep over her house. Are you guys willing to watch Souta for about two days?"

"Watch that little brother of yours?"said Inu-yasha, crossing his arms. "I'd have a better time killing Shippo."

"Hey, I don't want to die! I'm still young!"yelled Shippo, as he jumped down from Kagome's head.

"You're 50 years old."

"Yeah, well, that's still young!"

"Guys, guys! Come on, guys!"yelled Kagome. Why was it that Inu-yasha could NEVER get along with Shippo? "Listen to me! Please watch Souta! I'm begging you!"

"What's in it for us?"asked Inu-yasha.

"I won't say the 's' word for a week."

"Done."

"Great! Now, follow me guys,"said Kagome. She gestured to Inu-yasha and Shippo to follow her as she began to walk into the darkness.

"Umm, Inu-yasha,"said Shippo.

"Yeah?"replied Inu-yasha.

"What's a week?"

"I've got no clue, but it sounds like a long time to me."

Inu-yasha and Shippo looked at each other. Shippo had never been to Kagome's time and Inu-yasha didn't exactly like Souta very much. They didn't really want to do this, but Inu-yasha would do anything for Kagome to not say sit for a while. Realizing that Kagome was far ahead of them, Shippo quickly ran off to catch up with her. Inu-yasha stared at them and sighed. He started to walk very slowly. He could always find Kagome later on by smelling her scent. Will Inu-yasha and Shippo survive watching Souta for the weekend?