In Which I Run Into a Familiar Face

Amu: Hello everyone! Welcome to Chappie 11!

Lights aura: (is glaring at Amu)

Amu: Oh, come on, I've already said I was sorry for signing you up for Cliffhangers Anonymous.

Lights aura: Sorry, doesn't cut it. They have been sending billions of letters and videos. Also, since I refused to go to any of their self-help meetings, they are coming to my house.

Amu: It can't be that bad

(Door is broken down as random people come in and drag Lights aura away)

Lights aura: (sobbing) I'm going to die!

Amu:…….

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. If I did then, I would be threatened by Cliffhangers Anonymous.

You know what I have come to learn about myself? I am really not a bug person. I mean, I was the person who when faced with a small spider crawling across the floor and would scream at the top of my lungs before slamming the heaviest object I could find on top of the defenseless insect. So, you can imagine my reaction when I saw a swarm of dog sized bees hovering above us.

"Oh my god, giant bugs! Somebody kill them, please!" I said as I frantically struck the harp strings.

"I'm trying," Kouga said with clinched teeth as he sliced through a couple of bees. "Stupid Naraku!"

"Calypso," I said, still trying to figure out which string would work. "Couldn't you like blow fire or something?"

Calypso frowned. "Hm, let me think. Since I am a dog now and not a dragon, what do you think?"

"Can't you at least bite something?" Momo asked as he cowered behind me.

Calypso rolled her eyes. "Fine." She jumped into a hoard of bees and began to rip and tear into them.

I continued to frantically try each string hoping one would be of some help. A stream of water splashed one of the bees, a leaf twitched, and a bolt of lightning almost struck Kouga in the head.

"Kairi," Kouga said as he dodged one of the bee's stingers. "Stop helping."

"'Kay," I said backing away slowly.

"WIND SCAR!" a voice shouted as the rest of the bees were suddenly destroyed.

We all glanced in the direction of the speaker. A man stood before us garbed in red with long white hair and golden eyes. Two dog-like ears were perched on top of his head.

Kouga twitched beside me. "I didn't need your help, mutt."

Said mutt rolled his eyes and snorted. "It's not like I wanted to help you but she made me do it." He motioned to the girl beside him.

My eyes widened in disbelief. "Kagome?"

Her expression mirrored mine. "Kairi?"

Before I could stop myself, I ran over and hugged her. "I can't believe I'm seeing a familiar face."

"I can't believe you're here" Kagome said as she released me.

Taking advantage of the situation, Kouga came up and clasped Kagome's hands. "My beautiful Kagome, how are you today…" He trailed off as a confused frown formed on his face.

Kagome didn't seem to notice. "I'm fine," she said as she withdrew her hands. "How are you?"

"Fine now that you are here," he said. He glanced from me to her as the confused frown deepened.

I suppressed a sigh. I guessed he was a little uncomfortable talking to his love with me around.

"Well," Kagome said, "we were just setting up for lunch, why don't you join us?"

"Do you have real food?" I asked tentatively.

"What? They can't have our food!" The long haired man exclaimed.

Kagome ignored him. "Yes, why do you ask?"

"Because the first couple of nights here, Kouga tried to make me eat deer and rabbit carcasses." I said with a shiver.

Kouga rolled his eyes. "It was not that bad."

I turned and glared at him. "You threw a deer carcass at me!"

Kouga grinned sheepishly. "Oh, right."

"Kagome, we can't feed them!" the long haired man complained.

"Inuyasha, these are our friends, plus Kairi is not used to here," Kagome said firmly.

So that was Inuyasha. I tried to resist laughing as an image of an eighty-year-old man with long hair filled my mind. Curse you Sira!

"But," Inuyasha began.

"Sit, boy!" She yelled.

Inuyasha fell to the ground.

My eyes widened in surprise. "How did you do that?"

Kagome grinned. "How about we swap stories after we get to the campsite?"

Once I arrived at the campsite, I was introduced to the rest of Kagome's friends. There was Sango, the demon hunter, Miroku, the perverted priest, Shippo, the fox demon, and Kilala, Sango's pet demon. Kouga and I introduced Calypso and Momo.

"This is the reason I left the zoo" Momo muttered as he avoided Shippo's poking.

"She's so cute," Kagome said as she reached out to pet Calypso.

"Pet me and I'll bite your hand off," Calypso muttered.

"Yep," I said as I laughed sheepishly. "She's great at parties."

After the meal was prepared, we sat around the fire and talked. I decided to take the time to get to know Sango and Miroku. Taking Kagome's advice, I decided let Sango sit in between Miroku and I just incase he decided to pull a Don Juan on me.

"So, you guys have been traveling for awhile?" I asked as I shoved some rice down my throat.

Sango nodded. "Yes, we're all determined to find the missing Shikon jewel shards and defeating Naraku."

"Yeah, Kagome mentioned something about a jewel," I said as I glanced over to the others. Kagome and Kouga were talking while Inuyasha sat to one side sulking. As I watched Kouga, I noticed he still had a puzzled expression on his face. I frowned. What was his problem? I had already explained to Kagome why we were stuck together so there was no reason to be so uncomfortable. As he continued to talk, he turned his gaze towards me. I quickly looked away and asked. "So, are Kagome and Inuyasha together?"

Miroku raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"Well," I shrugged, "It just seems there's something going on between those two."

Sango nodded knowingly. "Yes, I think they are the only two who don't realize it."

Poor Kouga, I thought as I glanced at Kouga… only to find him staring at me again. I quickly looked away again. What was his problem? He was supposed to be paying attention to Kagome so why was he staring at me?

I felt two hands clasp mine. "Are you alright?" Miroku said, his face inches from mine.

"Er, what?" I asked in confusion.

"You looked a little flushed so I was concerned." I felt something touch my butt and squeeze.

My eyes widened in surprise.

In less than a second, Miroku was knocked flat on the ground.

Red-faced Sango said, "Miroku, leave her alone."

Glancing over at Kouga, I noticed he had a strange expression on his face. It almost looked like he was pissed off.

"Well," Kouga said as he stood up. "I guess it's time for us to go."

"Finally," Calypso and Momo muttered.

"What?" I whined. "But we just ate."

Kouga ignored me as he grabbed my wrist and pulled me up. "It was nice to see you again and thank you for the food."

What, no flashy revolting romantic goodbye? What the hell was wrong with Kouga?

"Oh," Kagome said in surprise. "You're welcome."

Kouga began to drag me away. Calypso and Momo quickly followed us.

I twisted back to look at Kagome. "Er, bye! I guess I'll see you later."

"Bye!" Kagome said.

As soon as Kagome and the others were out of site, I ripped my wrist out of Kouga's grasp. "So what's wrong?"

Kouga looked at me in surprise. "Nothing's wrong."

"Nothing's wrong," I said in disbelief. "If nothing was wrong, then why did we abruptly leave?"

"We didn't abruptly leave," Kouga said. "I just thought that we needed to get going."

"Uh-huh, sure" I said as I shook my head.

"I'm serious."

I glared at him.

He raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"I'm keeping my eye on you."

Kouga let out an exasperated sigh.

We spent to rest of the walk in silence.

Lights aura: (waves as random people leave) Thank you so much for your help. I have finally seen the error of my ways.

Amu: (whispers) You're just going to return to your old evil ways as soon as they all leave aren't you?

Lights aura: (grins ) Yep!

Amu: (sighs) Well, at least I tried. Anywho, I'm supposed to remind you to vote on the poll because Lights aura is planning to collect the results by the next chappie update.

Incase You Didn't Know:

1) The eighty-year-old man with long hair reference refers to my first story The Hikari Jewel. Since Sira and her friends had never seen Inuyasha, that was how they would imagine him.

2) decided to pull a Don Juan on me: is a reference to the 1995 movie, Don Juan DeMarco. It stars Johnny Depp who plays a character who believes he is the famous womanizer Don Juan DeMarco. Mmm, Johnny Depp.

That's it for now, please remember to READ and REVIEW! Näkemiin until next chappie!