Me: chappy

Kags: she had chocolate evry1, so if she says weird things, ignore her

Seto: she is a strange person when she has chocolate

Kags: I no she is hopefully she can concentrate long enough 2 rite the chapter

Seto: I doubt it

Me: buttons

Kags: she found the buttons

Seto: better than the plug socket

Kags: mayb u should rite the disclaimer

Seto: yea. Dragon Ruler 06 does not own Yu-Gi-Oh or Inuyasha. She only own Kiashi and Kagome's cards.

Kags: ok, dragon. rite the chapter

Me: yay! I get 2 press buttons!

Kouga lead Kagome, Tea, and Kiashi to a large hotel. The door was opened by a man standing next to it and allowed them to enter. The girls continued to follow the wolf demon to the elevators. The doors opened and they all got in. Kouga pressed a button with the number 10 on it. They felt the elevator move up and stood in silence. The doors opened after some time and Kouga walked out with the girls following him still. He opened a door with the number 1026 on it and walked in with the girl behind them. It was a well furnished room with a couch and a couple of chairs. Against the wall was a big TV and there were doors leading to other rooms where Kagome guessed was the bedrooms where they all slept. Kagome ventured further into the room as did Tea. Kouga and Kiashi just sat on different chairs in the room. Kagome felt someone behind her and turned. She was greeted by a pair of familiar red eyes that belonged to a woman. She had black hair tied up in a bun with feathers in it and was dressed in a white shirt with a red skirt that reached her knees. Kagome instantly recognized her. "Kagura!" Kagura smirked as Kagome gave her a hug and she returned it. I know what you're all thinking. Isn't Kagura an enemy? Well, in the final battle, Naraku was killed, but Kagura and Kanna weren't. Kagura went with Sesshomaru and eventually became his mate while Kanna just lived with them.

"How've you been, Kagome?" Kagura asked her little sister like friend.

"Great! What about you and Sesshomaru?"

"Just fine. Why wouldn't we be?"

"No reason. By the way, this is Tea." Kagome pulled tea over to her and introduced Kagura. "Tea, this is Kagura the wind sorceress and mate to the inu-youkai Sesshomaru. Kagura may look nice, but she can change that in an instant."

"Nice to meet, Kagura," Tea shyly said.

"Pleasure," Kagura replied without hesitation.

"Hey, Kagura, where are the others?"

"They're out, but they should be here in a few."
"Does that include Ayame?" Kouga asked. He wanted to know where his mate was since her scent was a bit old, not very old, but seemed about an hour old.

"Yeah. She said she had to get something. She didn't say what though."

"Okay then," Kouga said as he got up to walk out the door.

"Where ya going, Kouga?" Kagome and Kagura asked.

"Out to find Ayame. Where else?"

"Good point," they said at the same time again.

Kouga made it to the door before it opened to reveal a few more people. One of them was a male with long black hair and deep brown eyes, another male who had green eyes and red-brown hair, the third one was a young female that looked about 14 years of age with pure white hair and black eyes, and the last one was a female as well and had almost pure red hair and green eyes. The red head embraced Kouga, while the others just said hi and walked away from the couple. The one with the red-brown haired one was the first to see Kagome, Kiashi, and a strange girl. He ran over to Kagome and hugged her, picking her about a foot off the ground. "Kagome!" he cried out happily.

"Shippo!" Kagome managed to say. Shippo put her down and allowed Kagome to look at how much he grew. "Wow. You grew up to be quite handsome. I bet you're a real lady killer, huh?"

"Yeah. You won't believe how many girls tried to ask me out. They seemed pretty upset when I told them that I was already taken."

Kagome laughed, but was cut off when a pair of strong arms picked her feet up from the ground once again. When the arms put her down and released her, she turned to see the male with the black hair. "Let's see," Kagome said to herself. "Replaced the black hair with silver, change the eyes from brown to gold, put a few marks on the face, and a fluffy tail over the shoulder and we have Sesshomaru!"

"Wow," Sesshomaru said. "You can tell who I am just by changing a few things."

"Of course. Besides, your aura doesn't change even if you change your looks," Kagome said in a-matter-of-factly way.

"Smart ass."

"Hi Kagome!" the white head greeted Kagome.

Kagome turned and saw the young woman and said, "Hi Kanna! How have you been?"

"Just great. Life's been dull though, but I've been great."

"That's good to hear." Kagome felt an aura behind her, approaching her very slowly. "Don't think about it, Ayame," Kagome said before the female wolf demon could get her hands on her.

"Ah, man," Ayame groaned. "I was hoping that I could sneak up on you."

"Try again some other time," Kagome said before giggling a bit. She looked over to the shy and confused Tea who was next to the smirking Kiashi. "Guys, this is Tea, a new friend of mine. Tea, this is Sesshomaru, the dog demon, Shippo, the fox demon, Kanna, the demon of the void, and Ayame, Kouga's mate and a wolf demon." She pointed to each of them as she said their names. Shippo, Kanna, and Ayame said hi while Sesshomaru nodded his head in her direction. Tea said hi back to them.

"Kagome," Shippo said, gaining Kagome's attention. "When I went back to the group, after playing with Rin, what happened?"

Kagome turned her gaze downward. She knew that if she ever found Shippo in her time, he would ask that. Kagome didn't know if she could tell him what happened. She had to tell him. He had a right to know. Tears were forming in her eyes, but she refused to let them fall or even leave her eyes. All the sensitive noses picked up the scent of tears, and Shippo regretted even asking. "I'm sorry of I brought up a memory that you were trying to suppress."

"No. It's okay. They were your friends, too, and you need to know what happened to them. Inuyasha killed Sango and Miroku. Kiashi came and got me afterwards, killing him as well."

Shippo was in shock, his eyes wide and his mouth slightly open. His eyes relaxed after some time as he lowered his head. He knew that they were killed, but he didn't think that Sango and Miroku were killed by Inuyasha. He would expect Kiashi to protect Kagome before Inuyasha could kill her. Anger came rolling off the other demons in waves, even Shippo, but his had sadness mixed into it. Shippo raised his head, smiling a bit and said, "I'm glad that you're still alive, Kagome." He gave Kagome a gentle hug and she returned it.

"How about we stop dwelling in the past," Kouga suggested, making Shippo let go of Kagome. "What's done is done and we can't do anything about it."

"Kouga's right," Kiashi spoke out. "The past stays in the past, and this is the present. Sad times are gone. Happy times are now. Stop talking about sad times."

"Kiashi," Kanna said, "don't talk weird."

"Who's talking weird?" Kiashi said.

"Funny," Kouga spoke out. "She looked like you."

"Shut up, wolf boy."

"Make me, dragon."

"Okay. I have a very large knuckle sandwich for you."

"Thanks, but I'm not hungry."

"Who said it was for eating?"

"You did, since you called it a sandwich."

"Quite being a smartass, cub."

"My ass isn't smart. My brain is."

"Ha! What brain?"

"Kiashi," Kagome interrupted, "don't go trying to start fights with Kouga. And Kouga, don't encourage her."

"It's not my fault that he's just a pain in the ass," Kiashi said.

"Look who's talking," Kouga replied.

"What was that, wolf?"

"Enough!" Sesshomaru nearly yelled out. "You two are starting to give me a headache."

"Sorry, Lord Fluffy," Kiashi said.

"How many times am I going to have to tell you not to call me that?"

While those two were starting an argument, Kagome and the others sat down and talked. "So Kagura," Kagome said. "What brought all of you here?"

"Sesshomaru wanted to take a little vacation, and we decided to come here."

"Why here?"

"We don't know," Ayame answered.

Kagome laughed a bit, then asked, "What were you looking for when you left earlier, Ayame?"

Everyone could see the faint blush on her cheeks. "Something, but I'm not telling."

Kouga looked at her and wondered what she was getting if it caused her to blush just because someone asked her what it was. "You're telling me later."

Tea felt a little crowded since she was surrounded by demons and the only human in here, beside her, is Kagome. But if Kagome said that they were okay, then she guessed they were. They just seemed a little crazy at times, except for Sesshomaru. He just seemed like another Seto Kaiba, but he was a demon while Kaiba wasn't. 'I wonder how Kaiba would feel if he found out Kagome was hanging around all these guys,' Tea thought to herself. Kanna started to talk to her, but she didn't catch it. "I'm sorry," Tea said. "I didn't catch that. What did you say?"

"I was asking if you're okay," Kanna responded.

"I'm fine, just a little uncomfortable."

"Because you're surrounded by demons?"

"I guess you could say that. I'm a little curious. Kagome said that you were the demon of the void. What does that mean? Like, what can you do?"

"Well," Kanna began. "Kagura and I were enslaved by a half demon named Naraku. He took away my emotions and Kagura's heart so that he could control us. And before you asked about Kagura, I don't mean that she loved him. She hated him and he knew it. He just didn't care. The only thing I could do was steal other people's souls and trap them in my mirror until I release them and I could also bring up barriers. I couldn't do that many things. I rarely ever got out to do something that didn't involve a job that Naraku gave me. I can easily see why Kagura hated him so much."

"What did you mean by he had her heart?"

"Naraku took Kagura's heart so that she could escape or try to deceive him. Every time she tried, he would squeeze her heart to cause her pain. If he squeezed hard enough, it would break and kill her. I swear, that guy had no emotions except for anger and hate."

"Sounds like the perfect bad guy."

"Kind of, except bad guys go and do things themselves. Naraku just set up traps and sent others out to do his dirty work. He even set out demon puppets. He was nothing but a coward who desired the Shikon jewel just so that he could be strong instead of a weakling. The guy was annoying as hell, too. He always says that no one can beat him because he's invincible and he always does that annoying laugh!"

"I feel sorry for you guys," Kagome said to Kanna. "We only heard it when we encountered him. You guys probably hear him doing that laugh all the time."

"You have no idea," Kagura replied. "I get a headache just by listening to it for five seconds."

"I really hate that guy," Kouga said. "Good thing he's dead now. No more 'I'm going to destroy you and the world' speech. He was just a weakling and a coward."

"I know," Kagome responded. "We've faced tougher bad guys than him that actually had enough power to back up their talk. They could talk the talk and walk the walk. Naraku could just talk the talk."

"Too true," Kagura replied. "He never did anything himself."

Kiashi and Sesshomaru decided to end their argument and join in on the conversation with the others. "Hey," Kiashi said, putting an arm around Kagome's neck. "I thought that we aren't going to talk about the past."

"We're just distinguishing the difference between Naraku and real bad guys," Kagome said. "You have to agree that Naraku was the worst bad guy ever."

"Yeah," Ayame replied. "He wasn't worth of the title 'bad guy.'"

"I bet that Kagura could beat him if he didn't hold onto her heart 24/7," Kouga said. "Hell, even Kanna could beat him if she had free will at the time."

"I agree," Sesshomaru said. "If he stopped moving around and hiding behind a barrier all the time, he would have been dead long before he was actually killed."

"That's what he was always afraid of," Kagura responded. "How about we stop talking about that asshole and change the subject?"

"How about how many kids you guys have?" Kagome said.

"How about we talk about you for a while?" Kanna said in a mischievous tone. Kagome had a bad feeling about this. She knew that tone of voice since Shippo used it to try and trick her so he could get candy in the past. Kagome wasn't sure whether to nod or shake her head. She didn't even know why she was thinking about that. Even if she disagreed, they would ask whatever they wanted anyway. They were just that way. When Kagome didn't answer, Kanna just asked her question. "Are you interested in anyone, Kagome?"

"Kanna!" Kagome whined. "Why did you ask that!"

"Just curious," Kanna innocently answered.

Kagome didn't answer, but Tea did. "Oh, she's interested in someone, alright."

"Tea! You traitor!"

"Traitor is such a harsh word, Kagome. I would prefer going against a person that trusts you."

"That's just a fancy way of saying traitor," Kouga replied in a bored tone.

Kanna wanted more information. "Who does she like?"

"Heard of Kaiba Corp.?" Tea asked.

"She likes a worker there?" Sesshomaru answered with his own question.

"Not exactly a worker there," Tea replied. "She likes Seto Kaiba."

"I told you I wasn't sure of my feelings for him, Tea," Kagome said. "Not that I was sure I like him."

"Usually when a girl says they're unsure of their feelings for a guy, they mean that they do like them. And Kaiba likes you back."

"What makes you so sure of yourself?"

"After you told me what he did last night, I'm positive."

If anything in the earlier conversations didn't catch the demons attention, THAT certainly did. Almost immediately, Sesshomaru and Kouga both went into over protective brother mode. They wanted to know what Kaiba did last night and why she was over at his house as well. Kagome sighed when they asked before she answered her irritating big brother like friends. "One, I was over there because I didn't want to deal with my over protective cousin that always acts like you two are right now. Two, I'm not saying what he did."

"Kagome," Sesshomaru growled. "Tell us. You wouldn't want me to find out on my own, would you?"

"Fine," Kagome groaned while complaining in her head that she had way too many over protective friends. "It was raining last night and I have a thing about storms, so I ran from the room I was staying in and went into another. When I do something like that, I usually don't know where I'm going. I kind of ran into Kaiba's room and jumped into his bed. No killing him because he was still half asleep when he did this and it was mostly my fault."

"How will I figure out whether I should kill him or not if you won't tell me?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Same here," Kouga replied.

"Okay. Well, he kinda kissed me."

Silence was never a very good sign in the past, and it wasn't a good sign now. Silence hung in the air for a little while until, "HE DID WHAT!" came from most of the demons. The others sounded a bit like this. "Go you!" That was Kanna and Shippo. Tea stayed quiet. She thought that was the best idea right now since Kagome was a little bit mad at her for bringing up her night with Kaiba.

"I'm not saying it again!" Kagome said. "If you didn't catch it the first time, too bad!" She looked over to Shippo and Kanna and asked, "Why did you say 'go you'?"

"Because," Kanna said, "we're happy for you."

"Yeah!" Shippo exclaimed.

Kagome lowered her forehead on her palm and mumbled under her breath, "I have to quite making friends like these."

Tea and the demons heard her and smirked. "Sorry," Shippo said, "but you're stuck with us for friends."

Kagome kept her head down. "My life stinks," she mumbled again.

"Sorry," Sesshomaru said.

"But there is nothing we can do about that," Kouga said after Sesshomaru.

"Wish there was," Ayame said after Kouga.

"But there isn't," Kagura and Kanna said at the same time when Ayame stopped talking.

Kagome looked up to glare at them before saying, "Will you guys stop finishing each other's sentences!"

"That was the first time they did that, Kagome," Shippo and Tea pointed out.

Kagome groaned again while the others laughed. They spent the rest of the morning and half the afternoon talking and hanging out, just catching up on each other. Kagome learned that Kouga and Ayame already had three cubs while Sesshomaru and Kagura had five and one on the way. Kagome joked around with Kagura about that, saying something like, "What? He couldn't keep his paws off you?" Shippo had a girlfriend, but not a mate. What really surprised Kagome, Tea, and Kiashi was that Kanna was Shippo's girlfriend. Big shock right there for Kagome and Kiashi. Tea was just a bit surprised. What surprised Kagome and the dragon even more was that Shippo and Kanna were planning on getting married. Kagome asked them how long they were going to stay around so that she could visit them while they were still in. They said that they were going to be there for a few more days.

To Kagome, that was good. She could see what they would think of Kaiba, if she could ever get him to come. Kagome's cell phone went off, cutting the visit a bit short. It was Joey, demanding where she was and why she was gone for so long. She told him to talk a chill pill before she hung up on him. She looked at her friends and said, "Sorry, guys, but we have to go. Joey's getting demanding and overprotective again. I'll see you guys tomorrow."

"Bring Kaiba," Kagura said. "I would like to meet him. And I'm sure everyone else would like to as well."
"I'll see what I can do," Kagome said as she picked up Kiashi, who transformed into her dragon form somewhere in the middle if the conversations and was now the size of a cat again, and just held the dragon in her arms.

Tea followed Kagome after she said, "It was nice meeting all of you." They all said that it was nice to meet her as well before she walked out the door with Kagome. When in the elevator, Tea looked at Kagome and said, "They seemed nice."

"For demons, you mean?"

"Well, they're the only demons I ever met. Are all demons like them now?"

"No. Some demons will still kill without a second thought. Those guys are just too full of pride and dignity to harm anyone who is defenseless or weaker than them unless they have no choice."

The elevator door opened and allowed them to walk out. Once on the street, Tea and Kagome walked their separate ways. Kagome was quiet the whole walk to Joey's house. She never really considered it as her house. She just lives in it with her cousin. Serenity was over at her mom's house for a few weeks, so Kagome hadn't seen her yet. Kiashi laid silent in her master's arms, acting like a toy Kagome always carried around. Kagome turned a corner and bumped into a chest. She looked up to say sorry, but saw that it was Kaiba. She said sorry anyway. "Sorry, Kaiba."

"Too lost in thought to see where you were going?" Kaiba asked.

"Yeah," Kagome replied. She looked over Kaiba's shoulder when Kiashi started to squirm and saw Jikoru in his human form. "So, what brings you two around here?"

"Just walking around," Kaiba responded. "We got bored at home and decided to come out for some fresh air. What are you doing on this side of town?"

"I just left from visiting some old friends of mine, and now I'm going back to my cousin's house since he's getting demanding and overprotective, like always. I can't believe that I'm actually related to the guy. He is so annoying." Kiashi climbed up on Kagome's shoulder and nodded in agreement once she was settled on the miko's shoulder.

"Need another night away from him?" Kaiba asked.

"Why, Kaiba, are you actually offering?"

"I guess there is a first for everything," Jikoru whispered to himself behind Kaiba's back. Unluckily for him, Kaiba heard what he said. He noticed Kaiba's glare and slowly turned his head to look at his master. "What?" Jikoru innocently asked. But with dragons, there is no such thing as innocent, and both the humans know that.

"I heard what you said," Kaiba replied, still glaring at the White Light.

"No you didn't," Jikoru stated in an immature way.

Kaiba didn't even try to start an immature argument. Like Sesshomaru, Kaiba was full of pride and dignity. He wasn't going to participate in a argument that would probably happen to five or six year olds. That would ruin his pride on many levels. Kagome just stared blankly at the male dragon, then turned her gaze to the irritated Kaiba. She answered Kaiba's offer when she noticed that he decided to ignore the dragon for a while. "As mush as I would love to go spend that night over at your house and escape my cousin, I can't. Joey would have a major tantrum, like he usually does. Maybe tomorrow night, if the offer still stands by then."

"Like I said before, when you need to escape from your annoying cousin, you can always come to my place."

"Thanks," Kagome said before her phone began to ring. She looked at the screen and saw that it was Joey. "One second," she said as she flipped open her cell phone and asked, "What do you want, Joey?...I'm already heading there…I'll talk anyway I want…How many times do I have to tell you 'stop trying to control me?'…Yes you are…I'm not even going to start…I'll take as much time as I want… There is something known as 'no rushing'…You know what? Just shut up. I'll get there when I get there… Bye Joey!" She closed the flip phone before her cousin had a chance to say anything on the other end. "Sorry, but I've got to go now. I'll see you tomorrow, maybe?"

"Sure," Kaiba said. "Anywhere we can meet?"

"How about the front of the park?"

"You and the park."

"Well, it's nice. And I enjoy nature, thank you very much."

"Whatever you say. And I'll meet you at the park tomorrow around 11. Okay?"

"Sure. I would like to take you somewhere and meet some old friends of mine."

"Sure."

"Then I'll see you guys tomorrow." She walked off after that, leaving Kaiba and his dragon alone.

Jikoru smirked. "You are so in love with her," he joked.

"What makes you say that?" Kaiba asked.

"First, you said 'Can't wait' when she mention that she was going to see you the next day. Second, you allow her to spend the night at you place last night. Third, you kissed her. Fourth, you offer her to stay at your place again. And fifth, you're going to be with her the whole day tomorrow."

"Do you ever shut up?"

"No."

Kaiba groaned and walked down the sidewalk. He had no idea where he was going, but he really didn't care. His thoughts were on Kagome and only Kagome. Jikoru knew that, so he decided to tease Kaiba about that later. He smirked when he heard Kiashi singing something.

With Kagome and Kiashi

"Kagome's in love! Kagome's in love!" Kiashi has been singing this since they were a few yards away from Kaiba and Jikoru.

Kagome was starting to get annoyed with the Black Fire on her shoulder. She snapped her head and whispered harshly, "Will you stop singing that!"

Kiashi looked at Kagome, smiling a little smile. "Nope."

Kagome groaned as Kiashi continued to sing that song. 'This is going to be a long night,' Kagome thought to herself. When they reached Joey's house, Kiashi finally stopped singing. Probably because she didn't want Kagome to get into trouble. Kagome walked through the door and saw her cousin with some of his friend playing duel monsters in the living room. "I'm back," Kagome stated as she walked up the stairs to her room. "Don't disturb me while I'm in my room." Her voice kinda gave the guys the creeps since it sounded like she really meant it. They never heard her voice sound like that. Kiashi seemed unfazed by it. Kagome walked into her room and collapsed on the bed. She wasn't tired. She just wanted to relax on the soft bed. Kiashi jumped off her shoulder and sat on the windowsill, staring at the cloudy sky.

She noticed some dark clouds in the distance and said, "There's going to be a storm tonight."

She smirked when Kagome groaned out a "Why me?" Kiashi continued to stare out the window. There was definably going to be a storm tonight, but not as bad as the one last night. Kiashi curled up on the pillows on Kagome's bed.

Before she closed her eyes, she said, "The pillows at Kaiba's house are more comfortable."

Me: that's all I'm going 2 rite for now

Seto: y not rite more

Me: this chapter is called 'Meeting with Old Friends' I can't rite more if she isn't with her old friends

Kags: she has a point

Seto: u taking her side now

Kags: since the day I was born till the day I die, the only side I'm on is my own

Me: u got that from my Saiyuki manga, didn't u

Kags: mayb

Me: o well. R&R every1