A/N: This year's IK Week ends. I'm so glad I could be a part of this event. I'm so pleased that I managed to write an entry for each day.
And I am so very thankful that you read my stories! Thank you for commenting and liking! I'm so glad I managed to make you smile and hope this last entry will be to your liking.

Day 7: Journey / Green

They went on a quest - not a dangerous, vile youkai fighting quest, but a simple retrieving mission to a nearby huge shop. They weren't looking for shards, but for items Kagome's mother had put on a list Kagome was holding while making her way through the place. Inuyasha was just pushing a cart where she was putting all kinds of stuff.

The huge chamber was full of monotone sounds of many people talking and moving around while pushing in front of themselves metal carts, some music playing in the background and various other small noises. Multiple scents were mixed in the air - vegetables, fruits, boxes made of paper and plastic, sweat, perfumes, bread... He felt his head spin just trying to take in all the scents and sounds around him.

And there was so many bright colors, odd shapes! With each step down an aisle he was exposed to new views, new items laid out on shelves on both his sides. Humans were walking around him, picking some things just to put them back or dropping them to their carts. It was a little like standing on the bottom pf a lake with the water pressing on you and fish swimming around you.

But fish didn't pay much attention to other stuff - as long as it wasn't food or a predator. Some of the humans - mostly females - were often looking his way. He was in the same outfit Kagome had bought him the other day - a pink shirt and black pants, a basketball on his head. But even in modern clothes he still looked odd - with silver hair and yellow eyes. He sighed and ignore the stupid wenches and looked for a certain one, who was missing.

Panic gripped his throat like Sesshomaru had done the last time they had fought. He looked around, trying to breathe deeply. Shad been next to him just a minute ago, checking something on her list. And now he was alone, only a half-filled cart standing next to him.

He tried to sniff her out, but after a deep inhale through his nose he got only the stench of fish and dirty floor from the seafood area a few aisles away. Kagome's scent was too faint among all those swirling odors. Suddenly he spotted a girl in a school uniform, with black hair falling on her back. She was standing on the other end of the aisle, talking to another girl. He wasted a minute thinking if he should go there and confirm it was Kagome, but then the female turned around after her friend's giggle and looked straight at him. She winked and gave him a small smile, but she wasn't Kagome, so he looked away from her. Damn, why all the females of this time had to wear so similar clothes all the time?

Where was she? Was she okay? Should he go looking for her or stay here until she returns? Where should he start looking for her? He was pretty sure yelling and running around wasn't a bad idea. He had to have a plan. He had to stay calm, not let the overwhelming place with tall walls of stuff and tiny aisles get into him. He had to...

"Hi there."

Inuyasha was so focused on staying calm and figure out a plan that he didn't notice someone approaching him. Now two girls were standing just in front of him - the wench and her friend from the other end of the aisle.

From the front the wench looked even less like Kagome - she had darker eyes, a perky nose and plump lips. And she wore glasses. She held a few items in her hands and was smiling up at him. Her friend was looking at him with this weird expression he had seen before. He uneasily stepped to the side, putting Kagome's cart between himself and the wench

"Uh..." he wasn't sure what to do or say. Why the hell was she talking to him? Did he do something wrong? He just looked at her for a while! It wasn't like she knew he was a hanyou, right? He swallowed, trying to figure out what she wanted and what he should say to her to make her go away - he couldn't just insult her, because Kagome would surely sit him for that.

"My name is Ami, this is Haruka," the girl bowed a little.

"...Inuyasha..." he mumbled. Ami gave a nod and played with the hem of her green skirt a little anxiously.

"Are you single?" asked Haruka, but Ami shushed her an gave him an apologetic smile, blushing fiercely.

"Oh, don't mind her," she said cheerfully. "So, what are you doing here, Inuyasha?" he raised an eyebrow at her. Was she really trying to make a small talk? She blushed and giggled. "I mean beside shopping!"

"Listen, I'm not going to apologize for looking your way," he somehow managed not to growl. "I was just looking for a girl..."

"Oh, so you're here with a girlfriend?" Ami's smile faded a bit. What was her problem?

A pair of arms sneaked around his waist and almost made him jump out of his pants. He didn't jump or do anything just because a heavenly smell reached his nose the same second.

"Inu!" Kagome's happy voice could be heard from his side and Inuyasha looked down to see the miko glancing up at him. He sighed in relief - she was safe and she was back. And she had a bunch of bags with fish and other stuff hanging from her elbow. She quickly put the bags in the cart and when she turned around the pair was already gone. Inuyasha didn't care to look where they went, his eyes were on Kagome only. The miko frowned and took his hand. He inhaled deeply just to smell her close and reassure himself she was indeed there.

"Inuyasha?" she asked, worried. He squeezed her fingers gently but firmly. "What's wrong?"

"You were missing. I didn't know what to do," he explained shortly. She frowned, then smiled.

"Oh, I just went to get some fish. I didn't bother you because I thought it will take just a minute, but I couldn't find some stuff," she said, her voice soothing. "And I am back, so relax, okay? What's the deal with the girls?"

"I looked at one and then they came asking if I'm single. As if they thought there's two or more of me, stupid wenches," he shrugged. For some reason his explanation made her frown again. "Hey, I didn't do anything wrong, I didn't even talk to them much, so..."

"You're not single," she cut in. "You're with me."

"Okay, whatever. Your time is weird," he shrugged. But when she turned around, smiling widely and tugging him along the way he didn't pull his hand from her grasp, letting her lead the way down the aisle to the next place where something on her list was located.

On their journey the one would lead or the other - was it in the past or the future. Sometimes he'd let her drag him around, sometimes it was his nose that lead the way.

And the best part was - none of them was alone anymore.