Last time: They were psycho and couldn't remember a thing after getting high off of mushrooms. And no, morels do not get you high when mixed with certain spices. Stupid. It's a good thing they can't remember the night before, or they'd be really embarrassed.

Chapter 6: Thank You

Upon arriving back at Kaede's village Kagome asked InuYasha if she could go home for a couple days.

"Why the hell would you want to do that?" InuYasha barked, glaring at Kagome.

Kagome blushed. "Well, there's this sort of thing called a dance, and well-" Kagome said, before being inturrupted.

"OH! A dance! I want to go!" Kay said, waving her arms around madly before Kagome nodded. Kay jumped up and down giddily and Michelle just watched her, pretending to gag in the background.

"Well, I'm not going," Michelle said after Kay stopped acting like more of a freak than she already is.

"Yes you are and that's final!" Kay said, punching Michelle in the side.

"No, I'm not!" Michelle yelled back. "Anyway, even if I did want to go, there's no one to go with!"

"You can find some random guy at the dance! I'm sure there's tons of guys there who would like to dance with you! You are sort of attractive," a laugh from InuYasha and Shippo, "you scare them, and you can beat them up! What's better than that?" Kay asked, trying to boost Michelle's spirits.

"Hmm, let's see," Michelle started, her voice already dripping with sarcasm, even though that wasn't really sarcastic. "Someone who has exotic looks in Japan," Michelle said, counting off each finger for each point, "who has good grades, who is better looking than me, who is thinner than me, who is slightly nicer than me, someone who can't beat the guy up, and... Oh! Someone who isn't scary!"

"I scare that Brandon guy," Kay said, talking about the tall, strong guy with a mohawk and acne in their school. He did sort of scare a lot of people off, but he was actually afraid of Kay. And just because she was acting like herself.

"I'm just not going," Michelle said, crossing her arms.

- - -

"I can't believe I'm going," Michelle growled as she looked down the well, a jewel shard clutched in her shaking hand. Kay took joy in pushing her friend down the well and Charlie jumped in too, after being explained by Kay, Michelle and Kagome what a dance was. Why she brought up the topic is because she wanted to invite InuYasha. And suprisingly he accepted.

Kay jumped in after Charlie, and then Kagome and InuYasha. How all those people could go through the well was strange, but it didn't matter. They got on the other side and then Charlie changed into the modern clothes he got, though, InuYasha was too stubborn and wouldn't get some modern clothes for the dance. "Why can't I wear this?" he had asked Kagome after she asked him to get some new clothes for the thousandth time. She gave up shortly after that.

The day of the dance came and they all walked to the school, where the dance was being held. InuYasha and Michelle sulked, especially InuYasha with his ears under a 'stupid hat'. Charlie's ears were also under a similar hat, though he looked almost normal with modern clothes.

They made it to the school and Kagome and Kay were smiling, and Michelle was slowly starting to lighten up, but she still didn't want to be there. Charlie and InuYasha didn't know what to think of all of this.

The group walked inside and made their way to the gymnasiem. Kagome gasped when she saw the wonderful decorations up. It was so pretty.

Kagome instantly dragged InuYasha through the croud of people and Kay could catch glimpses of her trying to teach the unruly half demon how to dance. It was sort of funny.

Kay walked around the crowds of people and Charlie and Michelle followed her closely, not wanting to be left behind. Charlie tapped Kay's shoulder and asked, "What are they doing?"

"They're dancing," Kay said over the music. Charlie heard her perfectly and nodded, watching the strange humans shake their butts and spin around and do weird things like that.

They got to a group of chairs and Michelle said sarcastically, "Well, this is fun!"

Soon, Hojo walked up to them and looked around. He had obviously found Kagome in the crowd, and because she was with InuYasha she couldn't dance with him, and she didn't want to anyway.

Hojo walked up to Michelle and asked, "Would you like to dance?" Kay started laughing like mad and had to grasp onto her chair and Charlie in order not to fall on the floor. She gave him a nice punch in the gut. He promptly left after that.

Michelle muttered something about getting something to drink and stormed off, angry as a caged bull during mating season.

Kay stood up and looked at Charlie. "Want to learn how to dance?"

Charlie blushed and stood up, following Kay out into the dance floor. A slow song came on and Kay smiled. "I know this song! Wait... Why are they playing an American song at a Japanese dance?" Kay asked no one in particular. She shrugged and started to lead Charlie in the dance.

My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why

I got out of bead at all.

The morning rain clouds up my window,

and I can't see at all.

Kay led Charlie slowly, teaching him things and correcting him when he made a mistake. He learned quickly and soon was leading Kay, which Kay liked just fine.

And even if I could it'd all be grey,

but your picture on my wall.

It reminds me that it's not so bad,

it's not so bad.

Kay giggled and saw Michelle over Charlie's shoulder, and saw a small group of boys she was glaring at, who looked like they wanted to dance with her.

"What are you giggling at?" Charlie asked Kay.

"Michelle. See her?" Kay asked. Charlie turned them so they could both see her and laughed also.

"It looks like Michelle has her own little group of followers there, doesn't it?" Charlie said. Kay nodded in response.

I drank too much last night, got bills to pay,

My head just feels in pain.

I missed the bus and there'll be hell today,

I'm late for work again.

"Why did you ask me to dance?" Charlie asked.

"Because, you looked bored and you are one of my best friends," Kay said, smiling up at Charlie. She couldn't see his ears droop the slightest bit through his hat, and he didn't even notice it himself.

"Well, thanks for teaching me how to dance," Charlie said, a smile never leading his face.

And even if I'm there, they'll all imply

that I might not last the day.

And then you call me and it's not so bad,

it's not so bad.

Charlie closed his eyes and smiled, his ears twitching under his hat. He opened his eyes when he smelt a familiar scent. Near them was Kagome and InuYasha. Kay smiled and said hi, and Kagome smiled widely. "That's so cute!" She exclaimed, making a couple people look at her strangely.

"What?" Kay asked, but Charlie knew she was talking about the two of them dancing. He blushed.

And I want to thank you

for giving me the best day of my life.

Oh, just to be with you,

is giving me the best day of my life.

"You two!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Huh?" Kay asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Never mind," Kagome said.

"Are we done dancing yet?" InuYasha asked.

"Fine," Kagome answered, leading him to the tables and such.

Push the door, I'm home at last,

and I'm soaking through and through.

Then you hand me a towel

and all I see is you.

And even if my house falls down then,

I wouldn't have a clue,

because you're near me.

"You ready to rest?" Kay asked Charlie, smiling up at him.

He looked into the crowd and watched another couple dance, and then smiled. "Let me try something first, all right?"

And I want to thank you,

for giving me the best day of my life.

Oh, just to be with you

is giving me the best day of my life.

Charlie grabbed Kay's hand and spun her around, and then grabbed her and let her fall onto his knee. She wasn't expecting it, but thanks to her mother, she knew how to properly execute that move. She smiled as Charlie pulled her back up and bowed softly to her.

I want to be with you,

for giving me the best day of my life.

Oh, just to be with you

is giving me the best day of my life.

Kay smiled and nodded her head. "Thank you for this dance, Charlie," Kay said. She took Charlie's hand and lead him through the crowd, and walked over to where Michelle was.

Michelle clenched her hand and said, "Let's leave. Now."

Kay laughed and said, "All right. We have to find Kagome and InuYasha first, though."

And speak of the devil, Kagome and InuYasha showed up. InuYasha growled and said, "Let's go."

"We were just going to leave as soon as we found you," Charlie said, walking towards the exit. The others followed and they all walked back to Kagome's home, spending the night there and leaving to the feudal era in the morning.

- - -

Charlie walked behind the others as they headed to Kaede's village to meet up with Miroku, Sango, Kohaku, Shippo and Kirara.

"Yo! Chuck! Hurry up! We don't got all day!" Kay said, turning around and waving at him so he'd hurry. He seemed to be going extremely slow, and was very far behind. He blushed and quickened his pace slightly, but was still far behind.

The group reached Kaede's hut and they greeted the rest of the group.

"Ah! You are all back. I hate to make you guys leave almost immediately, but we uncovered a rumor about a demon with a jewel shard," Miroku said, standing up. He brushed his kimono off and the others stood up too. Kay stood there, a couple sweatdrops on her head, but she sighed and turned around.

"Fine, let's go," Kay said, walking out of the building.

"Hey! Who let you decide if we go or not?" InuYasha yelled, clenching his fist.

"We're going to leave anyway, aren't we?" Kay asked, her disembodied voice going through the whole hut.

InuYasha paused. She had him there. He sighed and walked outside and the group got ready to leave. Charlie transformed for them and they climbed on board him and Kirara. They flew off towards the rising sun.

Next Chapter: They meet a demon who has the jewel shard, but she seems totally different from what you expect. She is nice! And what secret does she share with the group? You'll have to wait to find out!

Michelle: You are a hopeless romantic.

Kay: ... Sure.

Michelle: You are a moron of such great moronic abilities that you are the queen of morons.

Kay: ... Just like yo mamma!

Michelle: -twitch- What did you say!

Kay: Nothing.

Charlie: You two are dumbasses.

Kay: LYK, OMG!one11!1!1one!11!111! He swore!

Michelle: OMFG!

Charlie: WTF?

Kay: LOL!

Michelle: ROTFL!

Charlie: WTF?

Kay: BRB

Michelle: G2G

Charlie: WTF!

Author: --; Next chapter: The Knower of Fates.