Television, Cars, and Coffee: Chapter 8

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha

They entered the building, and walked down the aisle to the pharmacy desk in the back of the store. Rin gazed at the shelves and shelves of merchandise in awe. They arrived at the counter, and a little old lady looked up at them, smiling nicely.

"Can I help you?"

"Yeah. We just need this prescription filled" Kagome replied, handing the slip of paper over to the elderly woman. She took it, and looked at it closely, adjusting her glass which had been slipping off her nose.

"Ah, I see. It'll be ready in ten minutes"

The lady stood up, and ventured into the back room, closing the door behind her. Kagome looked to Rin and Sesshomaru.

"Well, do you want to look around?" Rin nodded, and Kagome led her into an aisle. Sesshomaru followed silently. So, this is what modern apothicaries were like. The humans had definitely improved, he'd give them that. The Taiyoukai saw that Rin and the miko had stopped in front a shelf of colorful items.

"Rin, do you want a candy bar?"

"What's that, Kagome-chan?"

"It's a kind of sweet. They're really good, and there's too many different kinds to count"

"Ok! Rin will have one!"

"What about you, Sesshomaru?"

Rin looked up at Sesshomaru with pleading eyes.

'The things I do' he thought, mentally sighing.

"Hai, I will have one"

"Good! Well, you guys can go ahead and pick out the one you want"

Rin looked around for the one she wanted. Spotting one with a bright orange wrapper, she picked it up.

"What's in this one?"

"Chocolate and peanutbutter"

"Chocolate?"

"It's this stuff, well, just wait and see. You'll love it"

Smiling Rin nodded, and looked to Sesshomaru.

"What kind is Sesshomaru-sama going to get?"

Sesshomaru was still scanning over the different odd wrappers, occasionally picking one up to inspect it closer. Finally settling on one, he showed it to Rin to answer her question. Hersheys with Almonds.

"Good choice" Kagome supplied, while grabbing a Snickers for herself, and a Milky Way for Jaken. She couldn't forget the green guy waiting for them at home. They walked around the store for the remaining amount of time, looking at the various displays. They stopped at one in particular, and after explaining what the items there were for, Rin picked out a purple bottle of the stuff. Deciding she'd help Rin put on some of the stuff when they got back to the house, Kagome went to check if the prescription was ready. Accepting the bottle of antibiotics from the pharmacist, Kagome made her way to the cash register to pay for everything with Sesshomaru and Rin. Everything was put in a bag, and they left the store.

Kagome, Rin, and Sesshomaru walked down the sidewalk, the bag swinging lightly in Kagome's hand. The miko checked her watch.

"Well, the next bus doesn't arrive for another half an hour. Do you guys want to go exploring?"

Rin nodded vigorously, and Sesshomaru gave one solemn nod. Smiling, Kagome led them down the road, and turned right onto mainstreet.

Now walking down that sidewalk, they passed shops selling everything from tatoos to pastry. Stopping at a crosswalk, they watched the multiple cars and bikes go by. Getting a crossing signal, the group made there way across the street, and entered a little bookstore at the end. Kagome looked up at Sesshomaru upon entering the little shop to see his eyes light up a bit. She thought he would like this.

"Well? What do you think, Sesshomaru?"

He looked at her silently.

"Sama" she added.

"This Sesshomaru is pleased"

"Good! Would you like to get a book or two?"

He nodded, and walked over to a shelf, and picked up a random book, opening it to the coverpage. He scanned over the characters. The first thing he noticed is that they were all perfectly written. Most had a slight flaw in them from the person who wrote them, but he could find no such marks. He skimmed through the pages, only to come across more of the said characters, and also what looked like mini portraits dotting the pages.

"What are these?" he called over his shoulder.

Kagome walked up to him, and looked at the book. "These are photographs, Sesshomaru-sama. In this time, instead of having an artist come and paint a portrait, there's this thing called a camera that creates photographs instead. It takes only a little bit, instead of hours or longer like having a portrait painted would"

Sesshomaru nodded in understanding. "Do all books have photographs in them?"

"No, not all of them. Some books don't need them"

Sesshomaru set the book back down, and entered another row of books. Going down to the end of the shelf, Sesshomaru chose another book entitled Castles.

Kagome watched as he read the title, and then flipped the book open. Turning a few pages, and reading a few sentences Sesshomaru closed the book, and turned to her.

"I would like this one"

Nodding, Kagome said, "Ok, anything else?"

"Possibly"

"Ok, well, try not to take too long, the bus'll be coming soon" she called out to his form retreating into yet another row. He nodded before disappearing into the aisle. Once he was gone, Kagome looked down at Rin. "Would you like a book also? I know they sell some great kids' books here"

"Hai! Sesshomaru has been teaching Rin how to read, so now Rin can read books!" Kagome led Rin to the children's section, and let her go choose a book. Taking a seat on a nearby bench, Kagome watched Rin stroll in and out of the aisles, these ones being small enough that the miko could still see her head poking over the top of them. A minute later, Sesshomaru had returned with a second book under his arm called The World. Kagome's eyes widened at the size of the book. At least three times as big as any school textbook she'd seen.

"Can I see that?"

Sesshomaru set his books down, and handed her the larger one. Kagome skimmed through it to find that this book was pretty much a standard world history book, only it had gone into a lot more detail than any others she'd come across beforehand. Putting the book down on the table by the other one, she mentally congradulated herself. She guessed he would have chosen something like this, having had no knowledge of the past five hundred years. Rin appeared at Kagome's side, holding up a book entitled Fairytales in front of her for the miko to see.

"Can Rin get this book? Rin likes the pretty pictures inside!"

"Yes, you can get that one"

They walked up to the cashier, who rang up the books. After Kagome payed for the books, the cashier put them into a bag, and handed them to her. They left the store, and headed back towards the bus stop.

'Wow. I'd better watch it, or I'll run out of money before we get home! Good thing Mom left me some, and I never had the chance to spend any birthday money because I fell through the well, so that's still available as well' Kagome thought, checking her wallet. She had enough for the return trip on the bus, but nothing else. She'd have to get more when she got home. Kagome glanced at her watch. They still had five minutes before the bus arrived. They reached the bus stop without difficulties, and Kagome and Rin sat on the bench. Sesshomaru opted to stand. The bus arrived shortly after. The group entered, and Kagome once again put some money in the fee box before taking the seat right behind the bus driver. The driver turned around to look at them.

"Long time no see" he said.

"Yeah, I know" Kagome said, jokingly. The elderly driver smiled before turning back around and pulling the door closed. Kagome turned around to scout for any annoyances that could possibly happen. The teenagers were gone, and so was everyone else that was on earlier. Instead, there was an old lady with two or three different cats in various containers, a pair of gossiping middle age women, a lady with about six kids, and, surprisingly, Hojo.

"Hi Kagome!" he called, making his way up from the back of the bus.

A/N: Sorry it's short, but I wanted to get at least something up. Anyways, please review!