Disclaimer: Thank you everyone for the great reviews, I'm so happy it's taking off so well to such a great start, I'm glad people are enjoying reading it, so I'll keep uploading everytime I can. However often it is, with so much to do at work and all the shopping for the holidays, I'm not making any promises but I'll aim for at least once a week... So, here you go, another fun filled chapie!

"Dude man, I'm really hungry." InuYasha growled along with his stomach.

"Dude man, stop calling me 'dude man' already."

"Oh, sorry."

"It's alright." Miroku sighed and sniffed the air. "Hey, smell that?"

"I find that offensive!" InuYasha barked.

"No." Miroku rolled his eyes. "Food."

"Hey yeah, that rest house must be cookin!" InuYasha ran over, Miroku close on his tail.

"Oh man, look at all that." Miroku drooled over the smoking grill.

"What'll it be then?" An old lady asked with a thick main land accent.

"You know what you want?" InuYasha turned to Miroku.

"Yeah, get me a fried squid, Shippo said they were really tasty. Oh, and if we have any extra money maybe some rice." Miroku pulled out a change purse.

"Hey isn't that Kaede's?"

"Ahem." Miroku coughed solemnly. "Just order the damn food."

"Fine." InuYasha turned back to the woman. "I'd like a fried squid."

"And then?"

"A medium bowl of rice."

"And then?"

"And I'll have a mutton joint."

"And then?"

"Oh get me a sake!" Miroku added.

"And two cups of sake."

"And then?"

"And, you want sauce?"

"Yes." Miroku nodded.

"Some soy sauce."

"And then?"

"Uh, I guess that's it."

"And then?"

InuYasha paused and turned to Miroku, "Did I forget anything?" Miroku shook his head. "No, let's see, the fried squid, the rice and soy sauce, and mutton joint."

"Don't forget the sake!"

"Yeah and the sake, and I guess that's it then mam."

"And then?"

"And then… maybe you can give us our food." Miroku was getting impatient.

"And then?"

"Look, here's the money just give us the food already." InuYasha handed over the bills.

"And then?"

"And THEN, you give us our change back, say have a nice day, and we're on our way. ALRIGHT?"

"And then?"

InuYasha's blood was boiling, veins popping, eyebrow twitching, foot tapping, fist clenching, "Listen up here wench, if you say 'and then' one more time, I'm gonna jump into that hut of yours, and tear you a new one…!"

"……"

"…ah…." InuYasha and Miroku let out a sigh of relief as the woman took the money and handed them back their change. Miroku grabbed the food and turned to go when….

"AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN!"

InuYasha let out a demonic roar and wielded his Tetsusaiga, but Miroku held him back and dragged him off, "No InuYasha, stay, heel!"

"SHADAP, SHE'S DEAD!" InuYasha cried as he destroyed the grill and the table exploaded into smokingshards. "BWAAAHHH!"

The woman just smiled sinisterly as they vanished down the path, "Annnnnd theeeeeen?"

"Well that annoyance raised the blood pressure." InuYasha growled as he rotated his shoulder angrily.

"Come, calm down now InuYasha, maybe some food in our stomachs will help freshen up our memory."

"Hey." InuYasha stopped and sniffed. "Smell that?"

"Food?"

"No." InuYasha growled. "It's the stench of..."

Before he could finish a dusty blue tornado appeared and blew InuYasha over, causing his food to spill, "Hey yoh mutt face."

"Koga." Miroku's eyes widened.

"Hey, my food!" InuYasha growled. "You got dirt on my mutton!"

"Boo hoo there looser." Koga pounded a fist into his hand. "You're late, where've you been?"

"It's bashing time twerp." Ginta growled.

"You don't scare me." Miroku tried to remain calm amid the sweatdrop.

"Come on Koga, that's enough." A feminine voice sighed.

"Ayame." Miroku's spirits perked up at the female wolf demon.

"Why do you care?" Koga growled at his 'girlfriend'.

"These guys never did anything wrong to you, why are you always so mean to them."

"Because!" Hakaku barked. "It's no skin off your back."

"So what." Ayame smiled at Miroku. "I think they're kinda cute."

"What!" The wolves howled.

"I deserve good friends Koga, and a guy that knows how to treat a woman." She winked at InuYasha who gulped.

"But they have girlfriends." Ginta whispered.

"So?" Hakaku shrugged.

"Yeah, so?" Miroku wore a big grin.

"Speaking of which, we have a job to do, Miroku...?" InuYasha pushed him down the road.

"So long Ayame!" Miroku smiled.

"Dangit, that mutt got away!" Koga turned to Ayame growling. "How do you like that?"

"You're so full of yourself." Ayame turned up her nose and walked off.

"Wow dang. That's a real cold shoulder." Ginta blinked.

"I'll say." Hakaku nodded in agreement.

"Great, now I'll go hungry and I'll never remember where our gifts are." InuYasha sighed angrily, even more upset now. This was not a start to a good day.

"Here, you can have some of my rice." Miroku handed him some over.

"Fine." InuYasha grumbled and ate his food in one bite. "So. Where do you think we should start looking for clues?"

"The bazaar. And there it is." Miroku pointed ahead at the top of the hill where the trail ended and the bustling town began.

"Man this place is crowded!" InuYasha shoved through the people. "We have no idea what we got them, how do we even know we got something from here?"

"Well, we'll just have to follow your nose." Miroku smiled, eyeing the ladies. InuYasha's ear twitched with annoyance. "Oohh." Miroku followed a group of pretty young girls.

InuYasha sighed, "We're following something alright, but it isn't my nose. Where's the sanctities of relationships, monk?"

"Oh Miroku!" One of the traveling salesmen waved from behind his stand.

"Yes sir." Miroku's attention turned away from the ladies. Gasp!

"I'm surprised to see you here this early. Last night sure was one helluva party huh, ha!"

"Oh, yeah I'll bet." Miroku scratched behind his head.

InuYasha nudged him with his elbow and whispered, "Yoh, who is this dude?"

"I dunno." Miroku turned back to the stranger. "Say, you wouldn't happen to know where our gifts to the girls were."

"After you bought them I believe your friend in the red kimono there took them with him into the burlesque house up there." The man pointed up a flight of stone steps to a house hidden behind high bushes and thick trees.

"Burlesque you say?" Miroku perked up and headed on over, walking briskly.

"Whoa, wait!" InuYasha chased after him. "Dude, those things are really exclusive."

"Just trust me on this and follow my lead."

"Alright, whatever you say…"

Miroku knocked on the door and a tall bulky man appeared, "Yeah?"

"Hi, my friend and I…"

"Hey, it's Miroku!" The man smiled and poked his head inside. "Hey girls, look whose back already!"

"Oh Miroku, hello!" The stream of ladies squealed.

"Well heeeellooooo ladies!" Miroku praised the gods at the bounty that stood before him.

"And you brought your friend." A butch woman approached them.

"Hi….?" InuYasha looked at this person strangely, something wasn't right about her.

"I wanted to take you back in private last night, but you left so quickly. How about I pick up where we left off?"

"Go for it dude!" Miroku snickered.

"Go for, what…?"

"Ugh, pitiful." Miroku went and whispered into InuYasha's ear.

"Hell yeah! Let's go!" InuYasha cheered and he led the geisha back behind a curtain room.

"Where's YOUR sanctity of relationship now InuYasha?" Miroku smirked.

"And now for you Miroku." The swarm of girls flocked around him.

"Oh lord I've died and gone to heaven!"

"So, here we are." InuYasha sat down with a wild mischievous grin. "So, how do you want to do this?"

"Alright now you listen to me punk!" The geisha growled and tore off the clothes as the stranger wielded a hidden sword.

"Whoa, feisty there you… whoa, wait a sec!" InuYasha began to feel sick. "You're a DUDE?"

"That's right handsome." The feminine man smirked. "The name is Jakotsu."

"Handsome…? Oh man I'm bailing!" InuYasha went to run.

Jakotsu growled and pinned him against the wall with his sword, "Where is it?"

"What?" InuYasha gulped, not from fear but from total completely utter discomfort.

"The halberd Banryu?"

"The halberd what?"

"Banryu damnit! Give it back now or else!"

"But I don't have your sword!"

"Yes you do, I gave it to you to take to my younger brother!"

"Did you ask him if he had it?"

Jakotus groaned sarcastically, "Uh, hmm, oh me oh my did I ever think to ask. OF COURSE YOU SEXY IDIOT!"

"Whoa." InuYasha whimpered, he called him sexy.

"Now you get me my sword. You left here with it and some gifts of sorts."

"The gifts!" InuYasha gasped. The could be with this sword this he she was after. He began to think of a plan, "Listen you."

"Call me, Jakotsu, please." Jakotsu pulled down a sleeve to reveal his shoulder.

InuYasha bit his lips together to prevent his stomach from overflowing, "Where did you want me to take the sword?"

"To meet my brother at the mountain behind Kaede's Village, there's a hut there where my brother Bankotsu waited for the transaction to be made."

"Listen, I don't remember last night alright? But I'm retracing my steps to find what I lost, perhaps I can find this sword."

"You'd better, or else." Jakotsu forced himself onto InuYasha's upper leg. "You're mine."

"AH!" InuYasha screamed, shoved him off, and ran off.

"Hey!" Jakotsu sobbed.

"Dude, let's blow this joint!" InuYasha ran off and grabbed Miroku's collar, dragging and strangling him out the door.

"No, Miroku." The girls whined.

"LADIIIEEEEEEEESSS!" Miroku sobbed. "So close, soooo close! Why, InuYasha, why…..?"