Tami: Sorry I didn't update yesterday. I had to work all day. School starts Monday. Majorly sucks. *grimace* Oh well. I'm more depressed that my parents won't let me go to the Big Apple Anime Fest. My friend's going and she asked me to come along and the rents said no! The worst part is, I had a dream about going last night. It would've been sooooo much fun though. (/I hope ya'll don't mind if I rant on this for a sec. Hm. An author's comment in the author's note. Lol/) It's just not fair, because they didn't even give me a good, valid reason why I can't go. They just said pretty basically they didn't trust me in New York and that I couldn't miss one friggen day of school. Both reasons are absolete. I can take care of myself. I'm a big girl. It's the first week of school, so we won't be doing anything anyway! And then my mom says, 'If it was only one day, it would be different.' It's like a day and a half longer than one day! It's bull! Okay, I feel a little better now. Did anyone just listen to that?

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

Last time:

The girls got home about an hour later, dragging all their stuff up the steps. An angry hanyou was at the top. "I've been waiting all day. What could possibly have taken you this long?" Kagome smirked rather evilly and looked at Sango. Sango obviously got the picture and started rooting through the bags for the clothes they bought Inuyasha.

"We'll tell you if you do something for us." Kagome said. Inuyasha started getting nervous.

"Fine."

"Put these on." Sango handed him the clothes. He sighed and went into the woods to change. "We'll go upstairs and change and meet you at the well house." The girls walked up to Kagome's room and changed into their new clothes and packed Kagome's bag. Inuyasha snickered when Sango showed him the sweats.

"Miroku's gonna loooove that." Together, the three of them jumped down the well.

Now:

Once back in the feudal era, Kagome slid off the light jacket she had put over her new top. Inuyasha's face went red. "What are you wearing?" he asked. Kagome looked over her shoulder with a smirk.

"A shirt. What else?" she answered.

"That's not a shirt. That's just a skimpy piece fabric."

"I could go skimpier if you'd like." Sango smirked too and Inuyasha sputtered indignantly.

"Change. Now! It's embarrassing."

"You think? I happen to think it makes me look good. Don't you think it makes me look good?"

"W-well, um, it's, um," Kagome and Sango swallowed their laughs, but Inuyasha could see they were laughing. He stuck his nose in the air. "Feh!" They dissolved in giggles.

"By the way, Inuyasha, your clothes look good on you." Sango said. A light blush painted Inuyasha's cheeks.

"Did you get something for everyone?"

"Yup." Kagome answered. A bundle of fir launched itself at Kagome. Rin ran up after Shippou, who was now sitting contentedly in Kagome's arms.

"You are back!" Rin said. "Where did you go?"

"We went to my home for awhile." Sesshoumaru and Miroku were sitting in Kaede's hut. "Get their clothes, Sango." Kagome had a mischievous glint in her eyes. Sango smirked and leaned over, right in front of Miroku. He reached up to grope her, but stopped when he saw the sweats. He pulled his hand back down.

"Ha ha. Very funny," he said dryly. You could tell what he really thought of it by the smile on his face. He thought it was rather fitting.

"What are you wearing?!" Sesshoumaru asked, thoroughly surprised.

"Future clothes. We have some for you too." Kagome answered with a shrug. She handed him the clothes she picked out for him. "Go change. I want to see how they look." Sango handed Miroku a bundle and he went outside to change. (/*drooling author follows* Must. See. Abs. And other.stuff./) Sesshoumaru followed him.

"What about me?" Shippou asked, bouncing up and down excitedly. Sango handed him his and Kagome gave Rin hers. Kagome helped Rin with her clothes after chasing Inuyasha outside. A few minutes later, Miroku, Sesshoumaru, and Shippou walked back in. Sesshoumaru pulled on the ends of the shirt nervously. Kagome's mouth dropped open.

"Woah," was all she could manage to say. The others had been in modern clothes before, with the exception of Rin, but they still looked a little uncomfortable. Miroku smiled wryly at his shirt and then at the girls.

"Not bad enough you took a stab at me with Sango's pants, you have to do it with my shirt to." Kagome nodded as she snapped out of her reverie.

"Yeah, we really do." Sango said with a smile. She thought he looked rather good. Kirara seemed to be studying Inuyasha as she walked into the hut.

^Not bad.^ she said to him. ^Kagome and Sango have good taste.^ (/It's an inborn girl thing. Very few of us have no taste in clothes./) Inuyasha scowled at her, but you could see the laughter in his eyes.

"Can we go now? We've wasted a whole two days." Inuyasha said, breaking the comfortable silence. Kagome sighed.

"Tomorrow Inuyasha. It's dusk already," she said .Inuyasha sighed and gave in without a fight, surprising everyone including himself.

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In the miasma covered castle, our least favorite and totally disgusting couple was having a bit of a lover's spat, so to speak. "You never do anything right! Let me handle it!" Kikyo yelled.

"It is not my fault Kagura does not carry out her orders correctly! I am sending one of my puppets this time!" Naraku yelled back.

"I do not care! You will find someway of losing the precious few shards we have gained!"

"I believe I have a solution to the problem," Lady said. (/We'll call her Lady for now. I know what her name is, I just can't say it yet./) Kikyo and Naraku bowed deeply to the door behind which their lady sat.

"Yes, my lady?" they asked together.

"Kikyo, you and a puppet will lead two armies of demons and will attack from two sides. I want them all dead and I want their shards in my hands."

"Yes, my lady," they answered. They turned and left the room. Kikyo walked faster than Naraku and slammed the door shut to her room. Naraku scowled at the closed door and walked through his own open door.

'It will take some time to get an army of any size together. Naraku has lost much of his respect and fear.' Kikyo thought to herself. 'But, I don't dare disobey my lady. She never said I could not go on my own, I suppose.' That made up her mind. She gathered her bow and arrow as her soul stealers flew in loopy patterns around her. 'Annoying creatures. Someday, I will have my soul and I will destroy you.' She left the castle with the simple purpose to kill in her mind.

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The group, still in their new clothes, left Kaede's village in the early morning. They had gotten pretty far without any stops by late afternoon. Rin dozed in Shippou's arms on Ah-Uhn's back. Sango and Kagome were telling Miroku about the things of the future that Sango had experienced. "A bus, huh? It growls loudly, but does not attack. So it is all for show?" Miroku asked. Kagome nodded affirmation. "A bus is sort of like Inuyasha then." The hanyou pun around.

"What!?" he growled. He jumped at Miroku and knocked him to the ground. Kagome and Sango started laughing. Sesshoumaru shook his head as if to wake up.

"Why are you fighting?" he asked the wrestling pair.

"They do that every once in awhile. Relieves tension." Sango said with a laugh.

"Ow!" Miroku yelped and he rolled away from Inuyasha. He had a small, shallow gash in his arm. Inuyasha blinked at him then looked at his claws. They were a little red.

"Feh! That'll teach ya," he said. Kagome glowered at him in exasperation. Sango dropped to her knees beside Miroku and gently held his arm.

"Ow!" Miroku repeated. "Don't touch it!"

"I'm not touching it, you big baby." Sango answered, smiling at him. Kagome handed her a cloth bandage and stepped away, a smile on her face. Miroku watched Sango's face intently as she bandaged his arm. When she finished, she looked at him. A blush stained her cheeks a soft red color. He smiled sweetly at her.

"Thank you, Sango." He sat up and studied the bandage. He glared over Sango's shoulder at Inuyasha. "Jerk." Inuyasha looked at him with a questioning look. Miroku shrugged as an answer.

"I swear. Talking is a good thing, guys. We all aren't telepathic." Kagome said. Inuyasha looked up at her.

"You and Sango do it," he said matter-of-factly.

"That's because all girls do it. Especially in the presence of stupid boys."

"Hey!" the three guys said indignantly. Sango and Kagome laughed. Inuyasha climbed to his feet and brushed the dirt off his clothes. He thought of something while he did.

"Thank you, Kagome," he said. Kagome looked at him, surprised.

"For what?"

"The clothes. Thank you." Kagome blushed.

"No problem." Inuyasha shook his head and returned to walking. He could tell Kagome was confused.

'Some things are too important to abuse.'

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Tami: I like that last part. Cute, ne? I'm glad you all liked their clothes. Miroku's has double meaning. ^_^

Review responses:

Aamalie: I could never imagine why. Lol. Happier now? You're at the top. ^_^ I just do 'em as I get 'em. CANDY! *dives after candy*

Zonza: I don't suppose Miroku's reaction was what anyone was expecting was it?

Ranmagirl7: My sister has one, which is where I got the idea. I like the ones that say 'Oh crap! It's snowing!'

Soli-chan: I hope they get better!

Theresa: Um, I'm not really sure how they did, it's just, everyone always had them guess the size and automatically be right.

emerald dragon hanyou: *whips necklaces around their necks* Osuawri! *Inuyasha thumps to the ground* Bishonen! *Sesshoumaru thumps to the ground on top of Inuyasha* Sit, hot guy. *laughs* Best thing I could think of .Arigato! *hugs Shippou*

Suki1: Save the boat! Save the boat! School sucks monkeys. I don't start until Monday!

Walis: Vash! Kawaii! *big smile*

SP777: Always nice to see a new face. Well, whatever. *laughs* There will be romance eventually. And you think you know how it'll end huh? I bet you're wrong. I love plot twists, so be prepared. *evil laugh*

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