Quick Note: I'm sorry for not continuing my other two stories yet, a lot going on at the moment and I just got inspired to do this story so I just decided to type it all up a.s.a.p so I didn't lose it. I'll type/write up the others as they come to me but for now this will have to tide you guys over XP

Story Title: What's a Little Booze Between Friends?

Summary: What starts out as a celebration for her 18th birthday soon becomes a turning point in young Kagome Higurashi's life, as well as her traveling companions.

Pairings: IK, SM, slight SK, and SR (You'll just have to find out who all is with who.. And the three S's are all different people, same with the two K's just so ya know lol)

Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha and co., not me. I'm just borrowing them for this story… though I'm not sure if I want to return them after this…

Genre: Romance, Comedy and just a bit of Angst

Ages: (All in human years, I'm not so good with demon years) Kagome: 18 – Inuyasha: 20 – Sango: 19 – Miroku: 21 (Might add some later as the story goes on.)

Chapter 1: Eighteen at last!

"Mom! I'm home!" The young woman yelled just before slamming the front door of her house closed, her shiny black hair whipping her in the face from the sudden gust it caused.

"Kagome, we're in here sweetie." Another woman, obviously her mother, replied from somewhere within the kitchen.

Quickly setting her school bag by the door and kicking off her shoes she made her way hurriedly into the kitchen where her eyes bugged out at the sight before her. There in front of her, on the counter sat the most beautiful birthday cake she had ever seen! Glistening silver frosting tempted her taste-buds and she just knew there was a rich chocolate inside underneath. What other flavor would it be? It was not too big, but not too small. It was just the right size for her family of four. The candle's flames seemed to make Kagome's deep brown eyes sparkle with an unearthly glow. But it was the candles themselves that caught her attention the most. Two simple candles, the first shaped in a fancy 1 and the other an 8. 'I can't believe I'm going to be 18!' Yes, it wasn't truly her birthday just yet but it was only a few days away. The reason behind having her birthday early in her time was so that she could spend her actual birthday with her friends in the feudal era. She had a special surprise in store for them… But back to the story at hand.

As Kagome's eyes were taking in her wonderful, and delicious looking, cake her mother, brother and grandfather took it upon themselves to scream as loud as their could "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Jumping back to reality Kagome looked up slightly to look into the eyes of her loving family, always the ones to support her through everything. A wide smile spread across her face as she stepped forward to blow out her candles and make her wish. 'I wish for my friends and family to be happy.' That was Kagome, always the selfless one. Always putting her friends and family before her.

Phase two of her 18th birthday came after enjoying the cake and receiving numerous presents from her family. It was on to Eri's house for the tradition birthday sleepover.

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Settling in between Yuka and Ayumi on Eri's bedroom floor Kagome prepared herself for the many, many, many, ma.. (you get my point), questions she knew were coming. Every year they always had their birthday sleepovers on their birthdays. Every year but this year. It would be hard explaining to the three of them why the sudden change… but luckily for her, her mother had helped her come up with a story they would hopefully buy.

Eri tilted her head slightly as she watched Kagome fidget nervous after finishing her explanation "So you have to go see that jealous, two-timing boyfriend of yours?"

Ayumi decided to add her two cents "Instead of spending your real birthday with us, your loyal friends?" adding the sad, puppy eyes for affect.

Yuka's turn to pipe in "You know Kagome; you really should just dump him and go out with Hojo. At least Hojo got into a good college, and right here in Tokyo too so he's close by. You wouldn't have to go out of town just to visit him like you do this Inuwashi guy."

Sighing softly Kagome knew she was in for a long night. "Inuyasha. And he is getting better… And it's not like I don't want to spend time with you guys, I just really want to go see him. You all know how I've been really sick lately, plus school's been taking up a lot of time when I'm well enough to go. I haven't been able to see him as much as I want." Well at least part of that was true. With all the final exams she's had to take, she was forced to cut back a bit on her 'Feudal Adventures'. At least with their last fight with Naraku they were able to obtain most of the Shikon Jewel. At most Naraku only had ¼ of it left, the rest either in Kagome's hands or with Koga and a couple other random demons.

The three of her friends nodded slowly to show they understood, or at least didn't want to bug her too much since they were supposed to be having fun tonight. Kagome watched her friends closely, suspicious that they weren't putting up more of a fight… maybe they were maturing? Well it was about time in her opinion. So the night was spent mostly gossiping about their favorite cute guys, pigging out on junk food and watching sappy romance movies and complaining about how guys can't be that romantic in real life.

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2 Days Later:

Storming from the well house a very upset looking hanyou glanced about trying to find the only reason he came to this god-forsaken, horrid smelling time; Kagome. All the while muttering softly to himself "Where the hell is she? I've given her enough damn time for her stupid tests!" spitting the word as if it burned his tongue. Slamming open the front door to Kagome's house (after 20 sits from Kagome for coming in her window before checking to see if she was changing, which she had been, he had learned how to use the door instead) he was met with a very, VERY unfamiliar sight. There stood the girl he was looking for, her backpack already secured on her shoulders and her shoes already on donned her feet. A smile was even present as she looked to the confused Inuyasha who stood before her "Hey Inuyasha, I was wondering how much longer it would take you to get here. Bye Mom! Inuyasha's here now so I'm going back!" obviously yelling the last two sentences back to her mother, to wherever she happened to be right then.

After snapping Inuyasha from his stupor they were on their way back to his own time. As Inuyasha was pulling Kagome from the bone-eaters' well he decided to ask a few questions… "So what changed?" getting only a confused frown from the girl he continued "Why were you ready to go today without me having to hurry you?"

Hearing the giggle the erupted from her then almost made his heart melt. Not that he would ever tell her that though! "Silly puppy," gently rubbing his ears. Obviously she was in a very good mood today. "I just wanted to get back sooner so I could tell everyone something important." As soon as the words flew from her mouth Inuyasha's nervousness grew… What was so important that she wanted to come back early to tell everyone? Was she going to finally tell them that she was leaving them all for good to be in her own time? No! He wouldn't let her go!

While Inuyasha was turning over his depressing thoughts Kagome was grinning madly, while still heading to Kaede's village with her favorite half-demon; as she recalled the conversation yesterday with her mother….

Flashback:

Kagome sat across the dining table from her mother, hands clasped tightly together in front of her chest as she begged her "Please Mom. I'll be 18 tomorrow so it's not like I'm a little girl anymore!"

"But you're still my little girl." But Megumi, Kagome's mother, complied with her daughter's wishes knowing that this was one battle she wasn't going to win. She would just have to trust her baby to be responsible enough not to get into too much trouble.

End Flashback

If possible, Kagome's grin widened as she felt the addition weight the surprise in her bag on her shoulders… 'Tonight is going to be veeerrrry interesting…'

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That's it for Chapter 1. Tell me whatcha think! Chapter 2 already in the works and coming out soon! I PROMISE THIS TIME!