Chapter Nine

A Day in the Life

The next day was a Saturday. Miharu and Michiyo awoke to a knock at their door. Michiyo yawned and stumbled from her bed. She rubbed one eye with her fist before slipping on her robe and answering the door.

"Hey!" came Naoki's voice. He held out a plate of cinnamon rolls and the sweet aroma filled the little apartment. Michiyo looked at him in surprise and took the plate sleepily.

"Uh…hey…Naoki…" she mumbled, still half asleep. "It's so early! And plus it's a Saturday! I don't mean to be rude or anything…but…why are you here?"

Naoki grinned. "It's time we got back to the Feudal Era."

Michiyo nearly dropped the plate of fresh cinnamon rolls. "What!" she exclaimed. "We've only been gone…what…a couple days? And plus we don't get our test results till Monday!"

Naoki stepped into the room and wandered into the kitchen. Michiyo looked at him suspiciously before shutting the door and following him. She set the plate on the counter and opened the fridge.

"I know. But InuYasha is going to be pissed."

"Still, Naoki. We need a break. And I want to know how I did on my test. Don't you?"

"I'll find out eventually. Besides…" He reached for a cinnamon roll and shoved it into his mouth. "…I think being in the Feudal Era is more of a break than here is."

Michiyo thought that over. "Well…I guess." She poured two cups of orange juice and handed one to Naoki. He gulped it down and then took another cinnamon roll.

"Miharu still sleeping?" he asked.

"Yeah, she's not a morning person. And neither am I. So…Naoki…if you don't mind…"

But he just continued to talk. "Yeah know I was sort of getting used to hunting for jewel shards. It was fun. Don't you think?"

"Sure. It was a lot of fun. Now, please Naoki, I'm still really tired. Maybe you could come by later?"

Naoki smiled. "Sure." He stood, waved, and left. Michiyo blinked. That was easy, she thought and walked back to her room.

It was around three in the afternoon that there was a knock at the door again. This time, Miharu answered it. Naoki and Kuroda both stood there smiling. Miharu smiled back.

"Hey guys. Michiyo said you'd stopped by earlier. Do you want to go do something? Maybe see a movie or go to the beach?"

"Or go back to the Feudal Era?" Naoki grinned and walked in, Kuroda following close behind. Michiyo was seated at the table doing homework. She looked up, saw Kuroda, and got up quickly, rushing over to him.

"Hi!" she said happily. He hugged her in reply. The four of them sat down on the couch with root beers and discussed school, homework, and friends. After awhile of talking they decided to go get smoothies.

Miharu and Michiyo grabbed their coats and headed out the door, the guys right behind them. Michiyo started their new car (a light blue convertible) and drove out of the parking garage.

"There's this new place right up here," Kuroda shouted, for the wind whistling past their ears was very loud.

"Alright!" Michiyo replied, stopping at a red light. Pulling into a parking space, she turned off the engine and got out of the small car. The others copied and soon the group was inside a little smoothie shop.

"Wow, it smells like fruit in here!" Miharu laughed, walking around and finding a seat by the window. Naoki joined her while Kuroda and Michiyo went up to the counter to make the orders.

"Two Strawberry Banana smoothies, one Vanilla Milkshake, and an Orange smoothie," Michiyo told the person behind the counter.

"$12.50," the woman said and went over to prepare their drinks. Kuroda said he'd pay for it so Michiyo walked over to their table.

"What should we do after this?" she asked when she sat across from Naoki and Miharu.

"Go to the park?" Miharu suggested. But that didn't sound so fun. So once they all had their smoothies, they exited the smoothie shop and went for a drive. It was getting dark so when they reached the city again they decided to visit Kagome.

"Lead the way Kuroda," Michiyo told him. "You know the way."

"Sure," Kuroda answered and gave directions until they pulled up in front of Higurashi shrine. Getting out of the convertible, they all walked up the many flights of steps. Finally reaching the top, Naoki and Miharu were both panting. Kuroda and Michiyo were actually on the ground, taking deep breaths.

"How…can…Kagome…do that!" Naoki cried in disbelief. When everyone was feeling like walking again, they stood and crossed huge shrine, looking at all the different buildings and storehouses. When their eyes fell upon the well they were all very quiet.

"You knock," Michiyo told Miharu.

"Me?" Miharu exclaimed and looked at her friend. But she merely shrugged and knocked loudly on the door. At first there wasn't an answer, but then the door opened.

"Yes?" a female voice said. In the doorway stood a middle aged woman with an apron around her waist. She had short black hair and a surprised look on her face.

"Hello," Miharu gulped. "Uh…I'm Miharu Motsuo. These are my friends, Michiyo Saruwatari, Naoki Ogawa, and Kuroda Masato. We're here to see Kagome."

"Oh, how wonderful!" Mrs. Higurashi said, pulling the four teens in. They stumbled into the house and were led into the living room. An old man with a long beard was on the couch reading the newspaper. He looked up and blinked.

"Hi," Naoki mumbled and sat down by him.

The old man raised an eyebrow. "You have a strange aura, boy," he said as a greeting. "The aura…of a demon!"

"W-What!" Naoki gasped, trying to scoot away. The old man jumped up and pulled slips of paper with writing on them out of his pocket.

"Demon, be gone!" he shouted and started throwing the slips of paper at Naoki.

"Hey! Stop!" Naoki cried, shielding his face with his arms and ducking behind Kuroda. Kuroda gave him a confused look but suddenly pieces of paper hit him in the face.

"What the---" Kuroda said in confusion and picked one of the papers up. "Is this a…sutra?" he asked the old man.

"What!" the old man gasped in astonishment. "But how…why didn't…"

"Gramps!" came an angry voice from behind him. The old man turned and there stood Kagome. She had her arms crossed and a very mad look on her face.

"Kagome!" Grandpa said, sitting back down on the couch.

"Gramps, what have I told you about calling my friends demons?" Kagome asked, glancing at her four friends sitting scared on the couch next to Grandpa.

"But I was so sure this time," Grandpa grumbled, opening his newspaper again and settling back.

"I'm so sorry," Kagome said as she motioned to her friends to follow her. "Gramps does that all the time. You know Hojo right? A few weeks ago…"

And as Kagome told the story she led them upstairs to her room. When she twisted the doorknob and opened the door everyone starred. It was so…pink! A pink bed was in one corner and hanging from the window were fluffy pink curtains. A desk was opposite the bed and a vanity was on the other side of the room.

"Uh…you have a…very nice room, Kagome," Kuroda smiled and sat on her bed.

"Thanks," Kagome grinned and sat in the swivel chair. Miharu and Michiyo joined Kuroda but Naoki remained standing.

"So…what brings you here?" Kagome asked, spinning slowly in the chair.

"Oh, we just felt like stopping by," Miharu said simply. "How's…InuYasha? Have you gone back yet?"

"Nope. I'm waiting for my test results."

"Us too!" Michiyo smiled. "I hope I passed. Maybe a B or B-."

"Yeah," Kagome said. The room was silent for a minute or so.

"So…" Kuroda said.

"So," Kagome answered. What was there to talk about now?

"We should all do something this weekend!" Miharu brightened. "Like the beach or the movies or something."

"Sounds good to me," Michiyo joined in.

"Hey!" Kagome said gleefully. "There's a carnival in town this week! We could go to that!" A smile slowly growing larger and larger.

"Cool! That sounds great!" Miharu cried. "Doesn't it, guys?" she asked turning to the two wide-eyed boys, both staring at the three of them.

"I never knew girls could talk so fast!" Naoki gaped.

"Uh…Sounds good! Meet here at nine a.m. on Saturday?" Kuroda smiled.

"Okay!" All three of them said together, squealing joyously.

"Alright. We'd better go." Naoki sighed. "We do have school tomorrow, remember."

"Awww…" was the girls' reply.

Saying their good-byes, the group all separated and went home. All feeling excited for the coming weekend.
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