Author's note: Now here's chapter 4 and as I have said before - if you' ve read my last reviews- that I did my best to edit my writing. And I will say that I'm planning on publishing a chapter every week.

I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA!

Chapter 4: New Clothes

Kagome's mother pops out in view, "Kagome?"

"Kagome!" cries Kagome's little brother Souta as he trots down the flight of stairs with a thump, thump, thump.

"You're back as well Yuri, welcome home," advises the mother, "Are these your friends that you talked about?" as she whispers in her daughter's left ear. With Kagome nodding a warm smile informs on the woman's face as she speaks her name in Japanese, "My name is Mayu, Mayu Higarashi, and I am Kagome's mother."

"Hi lady Mayu it's nice to finally meet you," Miroku bows in respect, "Kagome has talked a lot about you. May I say you are very beautiful woman."

So this is the monk that Kagome talks about...she wasn't kidding when she said that he was a womanizer...

Sango gives him the evil glare.

"Why thank you, from your behavior you must be Miroku then" He shook his head.

"Then this must be the lucky lady in whom you are going to wed, Sango right."

"Y-yes," blushes Sango scooting close to Miroku.

"Inuyasha, you're here as well," Souta alleges out loud arriving by his mom, "Awesome!"

"Hmmm, who is this," Mayu eyeballs the unknown demon.

"This is Sesshomaru; he is a lord and is also Inuyasha's older brother," Yuri said correcting while glancing at him.

"I never knew you had an older brother Inuyasha," said Mayu.

"Yeah, me either," monotones the hanyou in sarcasm.

"Hey, aren't you forgetting someone?" arrives a small tone below as Mayu comes across the little fox.

"Aww, Kagome is totally right you are adorable Shippo," grabbing him with her gentle hands and hugging him in a death grasp.

"I c-can't breathe," gasps the young youkai as his face turns a tinge of blue.

"Sorry, are you all hungry? I'm making some oden."

"Yeah," they proudly accept.

Before anyone could go any further Yuri and Kagome stop them in their tracks. "Whoa there, you're going to have too take your shoes off first," commandsYuri as everyone obeys taking their flip flops off.

"You should always take your shoes off at the entrance because if my Mom sees anyone of ya'll not barefoot or socks on she will blow. Trust me! Another reason why is because it's traditional thing that everyone does now," Kagome also grasps. Sesshomaru didn't listen as he just stares at Yuri in a refusing way as the rest weere following Kagome and Mayu to the kitchen.

"Come on; take your…armored looking…ah… shoes off," says Yuri. Sesshomaru didn't wear flip flops but wore black armored shoes for battle in which he always wears as he still stood his ground.

"Come on Sesshomaru," begging for him too. Spying at his shoes he finally, without a word, takes his footing off and passes her in plan sight.

What is with him? Maybe he doesn't like being ordered around? Well he is a lord and probably is used to controlling others. Mmmnnn...I've never seen him with just socks on...not bad.

Yuri glimpses on his feet as the lord scents her sight still on him and turns his head to her.

Crap!

Gazing back at him in surprise he never does ask the reason of her doing as he instead continues trailing towards the kitchen.

The group and the family members join together in the living room and kitchen table."This food is so delicious!" talking with his mouth full and not getting enough of it Shippo squeals on the couch.

"Glad you like it Shippo and it looks like some others can't resist it either," Mayu had a smirk on her face with an arched up eye brow and half closed eyes as she highlights Miroku and Inuyasha slurping away across from her on the table.

"Second fill please," swiftly cheers Miroku handling the bowl towards Mayu mannerly.

"Wow, you finished it before Inuyasha," surprising Sango and as a future wife she instead seizes the bowl from his hands and gets up to give him another filling from where the rest of the noodles laid.

"Since I'm going to be your wife soon I might as well be honorable to give you you're food," coming back with a basin of noodles and cabbage she glances into his violet eyes with love as she offers it to him, "Thank you Sango."

Finishing his in time to see the show Inuyasha sat criss-crossed beside Kagome and childishly turned his head to her in swinging his lengthy hair. Kagome halts at the curious amber eyes. Chop sticks still caught in her mouth.

"In your dreams," rejects Kagome having the exact appearance as her mother but with a straight line on her lips. Her mother blankets her mouth with her hand as a slight giggle escapes.

Souta unfortunately walks by and dips his empty bowl in the sink and in seeing the little act he came over standing by his mother with confusing brunette pools, "why are you asking sis to get you seconds? You always get them yourself?"

"Lets just say it's a hint of how their relationship is going," responds the parent as she sips on her tea.

"So that means that they've already kissed like you said they would," Kagome was chewing on some cabbage at the time and chokes on it in astounshment of what he red as Inuyasha's red fire rat kimono she safely pushes it down her esophagus and chunks out a few words as she could, "W-What (cough) you were actually… thinking of that…MOM!"

Inuyasha colors at the thought of it, but it was true of what Souta questioned. They had kissed at Kaguya's castle and Yuri – a month ago - had just joined the group. He never forgot it; the first time their lips united. It still felt fresh to him.

Kami! What the hell am I thinking!

"What, every mother has her own imagination," facts Mayu to her daughter.

Laughter was exploding in the living room as Yuri approaches the table, carting the loud noise with her, "Inuyasha and Kagome kissing, haah, that would be an interesting sight to see again if they weren't so negatve to one another."

"Again," Kagome's mom speakers out the word that the whole house could hear as Souta's jaw drops. Sesshomaru and Shippo gathers around the commotion. Wanting to catch up on what happened from resting on the sofas.

"YURI!" squeals Kagome, almost growling like her boyfriend - well she thought of him as her boyfriend in her mind. She felt embarrassed than ever in making her black head bow down in letting her bangs block her eyes. Inuyasha the same himself, they were like twins with different hair color.

"You kissed my granddaughter!" gramps finally got into the picture pointing his chop sticks at him with threat tattooed all over his face. Shippo utters- pouncing on Miroku's head, "It's not like he forced it on her you know, they looked like they liked it and it was really Kagome who made the move."

He was just making it worse.

"No I just had to bear with it," Inuyasha lies.

I know he doesn't mean it. He told me him self in secret. Like him he is trying to not get himself from being pounded byJii-chan and that's understandable. Though I would've probably have done the same thing as well if I was him...because this is so embarrassing.

"Then why were you closing you eyes and not pushing away?" argues Shippo, trying to verify he was right for once, and Inuyasha didn't know where to go now, "uhh…"

"What was it like Inuyasha," Souta asks, he didn't reply. He knew he couldn't lie on that one; it would break her heart and just glances at everyone

"A half-demon falling for a human…how predictable, and why didn't you tell me you've kissed this woman brother," Sesshomaru smart mouths.

"Shut up, why would you want to know you're never interested," Inuyasha could've mouthed something twice as worst but with family members around, mainly meaning Souta, he couldn't and in which really pissed him off.

"Aw, my daughter had her first kiss. I wish I would've had a picture of it," Mayu chants, wishing she could've seen it while her daughter mutters politely, not standing for this anymore, "may I be excused," she shoves her chair out of place and stood up leading towards the stairs to her room. Inuyasha curses nonstop in blaming himself.

Damn, I really made her mad now. God, I hate myself for being so freck'in dense...

"Ahh, it's so nice to lie in a soft warm bed instead of a cold hard forest floor," Kagome drops and sinks in her bed passionately. Forgetting everything that had just occurred, and is probably still rambling about right now, she let her breathing steady.

I probably shouldn't have left Inuyasha down there. Now my mom, Jii-chan, and Souta are probably all over him by now and he doesn't have anyone to support him.

Guiltiness stroke her mind as she narrows her eye lids. She was so exhausted that she felt her eyes get heavy. Everything was getting fuzzy and blurry at the same time, and blackness took her over making her fall into a nonviolent sleep she enjoys.

The clocks lands at 2:13 as Kagome arouses from her deep sleep feeling a bit drowsy. Her hand then fishes for the little clock on her nightstand, grips it, and tows it to her mug. Gazing on it with her nose touching the delicate, cold glass of the piece of equipment she sees what time it is and remarks that she had been inactive for almost two hours.

Dragging herself down the stairs she sees her mom saunter in the hallway; coming by the foot of the staircase. Ignoring what she is doing her mother looks at her child and releases a broad smile.

"Sorry mom, I feel asleep from all the stress; I shouldn't have left ya'll like that…especially Inuyasha," frowning the teen.

"It's okay; I would've rather you do that than snap at everyone. And get some regular clothes on dear were going to head to the mall," orders Mayu in stating her daughters appearance in her highschool uniform.

"W-wait the mall; you mean everyone," her mother shakes her head, "they can't go out there wearing the clothes that they have on now; people I'll think there a pack of cosplayers," she freaks out.

"Not any more."

"Miroku," Kagome turns her head in sketching all over him head to toe. He has on some dark blue pants that end down his mid shins adding with a brown belt, violet purple shirt with a black dragon engraved on it, and a pair of wore out tennis shoes. And the prayer beads were still thrown away from his right hand as always. The wind tunnel know gone from the death of their foe.

"You actually don't look half bad…wait…weren't these father's?" she wonders rotating to her mother who seems to have sorrow on her petite face.

"Yes they are Kagome; I kept them for fond memories. After the little incident and you retreating upstairs I asked them of how long they were going be here and they weren't sure so I thought that we might as well just go to the mall and get them some new outfits," mutters Mayu.

"So the boys are going to be wearing father's clothes for today?"

Ms. Higarashi nods yet again, "then what about Sango and Yuri…and Shippo too, he is so small that I don't even think that he could fit Souta's."

"Sango and Yuri will be wearing yours Kagome. There in the livingroom…they've been waiting on you to cool off. Shippo of couse didn't really fit into your brother's so he should be okay of what he is wearing as of right know," she gladly reacts.

"Okay, well then…I guess I'll go get-"the miko wasn't able to finish as she hears an earsplitting holler along with an echoing bang on the wall. Knowing it was the same holler that she knew for so long she launches to have the chills in worry.

"Inuyasha! Is he okay Miroku?"

"Well our stubborn half-demon over at the guest room is going berserk on the subject of him putting on modern clothes. It's came to the point that Sesshomaru is kind of…pinning him down right now to put them on him. It's been going on for at least thirty minutes by now."

She overlookes of what the monk believed, "you know how he is; he won't give up without a fight. I just hope that Sesshomaru and him don't get too far with each other," she just had the urge to go in there herself if to help out. At least it would calm him down, but she was positive that she would interfere and went on with her life.

Kagome arrives to Sango and Yuri as the females were setting on the sofa watching the television, "Hey guys."

"Oh Kagome, are you okay? You were up there for quite some time," estimates Sango footing up from the comforter to her friend with Yuri gazing over behind the couch, "Yes I'm okay guys there is nothing to worry about."

"Are you sure," the female demon makes sure from the whole event that happened in the past. She was the reason of what caused the ruckus.

"I sure Yuri; whatever happened a while ago doesn't matter to me anymore, you don't have to worry. Anyway lets go upstairs and change."

"Click," went the door to Kagome's room as Yuri locks it. Kagome hunts for three tops and bottoms in the closet for her, Yuri, and Sango to wear for the day as Sango sits patiently on her desk chair stretching her neck in sight of the window.

"Your village is so huge and I've never seen structures this enormous in my life," Yuri sneaks behind her glancing as well, "It's called Tokyo, and it is very, very huge."

"No kidding."

Organizing the pairs of clothes on the bed for each person Kagome lands her palms on her hips nodding slightly in appreciation of her work, "Okay Sango you pick since you're the guest in this household."

Sango, forcing herself up, journeys to the bed in taking an improved look, "You don't mind?"

"Not at all, just don't mix them up because they're made in this order to match properly."

"Hai," Sango gazes carefully at the outfits like she was trying to figure out a math problem, "I'll pick the one on the far left," she considers.

"Do you want me to help you out Sango," advises Yuri.

"No, I think I have the brains to know how to put it on," she unwraps her kimonoby untieing the knots.

"HOLD IT!" Yuri jumps in panic as she closes the curtains before some uninvited guest could get a high-quality peek. After apoloigies Yuri and Kagome chose between the two outfits that were left.

Fully naked in spectacle Sango starts to put the light green shirt on correctly traveling her arms and head through the right openings. She observes down at the top and glows a tint of red to her checks, "Uh, Kagome, please tell me this isn't normal?" Kagome follows where the slayer's eyes were at while at the stage of changing as well and could see the formation of her breasts in detail with the fabric being so thin.

"Oh gomen!" Kagome touched the knobs on the top drawer of her dresser and pulls out a white bra, "you have to put this on under your shirt so that your chest won't be so exposed like that. There's no telling what the lecher would do if he saw you like that," she gave her the bra along with another piece of confusing cotton.

Yuri adds, "probably drool on the floor like the starving dog that he is."

"What is this?" Sango hangs a piece of cotton by her fingertips with inquisitiveness.

"There panties you put those under your shorts."

The inexperienced female rewinds to being bear naked and starts her mission with the pink small cloth. Placing her legs in-between the two evenly small openings she pulls them up until it curves with her hips and thighs fitting perfectly. Continuing on she takes a try for the bra and unfortunately gets tangled up in seeing strips of lace everywhere.

"Um, guys…a little help."

"Hold on," giggled Yuri coming in as her savior in saving her from webs of laces and rearranging the bra to its original form. Firmly resting her clawed hands on her shoulders she swung her around featuring behind her in seeing a vertical scar in-between her shoulder of the remaining memeries of Kohaku's damage from being used by Naraku.

"Put your arm through this opening and the other through this one," orders Yuri as Sango obeys. In no time she had the material clamped to her chest and put her shirt on feeling a lot more satisfaction to herself of the appearance of her now non-exposed chest. Adding on with yellow, green, and purple striped shorts that barely touched the top of her knees she was ready to go.

Kagome in the other hand wears a skirt that is longer than her blue high school uniform in a creamy turquoise and a white tank top. Including a short seeved, pink jacket with it. And last but not least Yuri was also wearing a light blue collared shirt that ended to her thighs but wasn't long enough for a dress as it came with blue jeans. The pants were a dark indigo at the top and slowly turns into an aqua color at the tip of where it flares out.

"It's weird not having my armor on," notices Yuri.

"Yeah it is kind of weird, I'm so use to you wearing it."

"I'll just have to get use to it."

"So, people in this world don't were armor anymore?" questions Sango.

"Supposedly yes, so if Yuri wore armor to the mall ofrany other place everybody would look at her thinking that she was crazy. She would really pop out to the crowd." instructs Kagome.

"Yeah, those were some good choice of words Kagome…don't cha think," sarcasts Yuri, her teal eyes looking heavy on her as Kagome ignored her.

"Meaning that I can't also bring my Hiraikotsu with me nor can Miroku bring his staff and Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and Yuri's their swords."

"Yep."

"What if a demon attacks and if we don't have our weapons? We could get seriously hurt," Sango thought that people here are out of their minds. Kagome - calm as ever – reports back to her to try to steam her down, "There are no demons here Sango, were not going to be in danger, in this time it seems that the demons were all wiped out before I was even born."

"That's sad, so Yuri, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and Shippo are the only demons left in Japan here?"

"Pretty much."

"It must be really lonely for Inuyasha and Yuri when they come here."

"It kind of is at times; you have to hide yourself from who you really are or people will think your some kind of monster," Yuri goes off out with a snap in her tone. She always hated on how people react to her in this time in seeing the appearance of her claws, fangs, the marks on her cheek and ears, and the weird color mixture of her hair. For Inuyasha he has to hide the same exact things but for extra it is his puppy dog ears and eyes. His ears are the one thing that makes him different from any other person. How is it that often that you see a teen with long white hair with dog ears on top of his head with golden amber eyes? He always had to wear a hat or a bandanna on his head to cover the ears but it was at times uncomfortable.

"Then I'm going to have to explain the whole armor thing to Sesshomaru now, great, because he seemed really negative about the shoe thing," Yuri sighs in exhaust.

"What, he didn't listen?" Kagome wasn't surprised to know though.

"Not really; he just stood there like a statue glancing right at me. I told him to take his shoes off and he still didn't budge but when I said it the second time he just looked at his shoes, took them off, and walked pass me."

"Sesshomaru actually listened to you; he never listens to anyone even if it was Kagome," states Sango.

"She's right I've tried to tell him things at times and he won't listen, he never has."

"Well he is a lord and probably isn't use to be ordered around and I guessed he just made this one slip for a change."

"Or…"

"Or what?"

"He likes you."

"WHAT! Are you crazy; I'm not even his type. We would barely get along, and were completely opposite. I'm hyper, a smart alike, sneaky, noisy, I don't know when to shut my mouth, I laugh a lot, and I show emotion like any other person and he is not hyper, factual, very quiet, he always says the right words, you can barely get a smirk on his face, and he is not emotional at all. Trust me on this its Im-poss-i-ble," even though he was the one that she deeply cared for she at times doubted them two together because of that. She was right, they were completely opposite and nothing could really change that. She had a bit of faith but it always occurred to her that he probably doesn't even like her, that there's no room in his heart to fall for a woman.

His mind is full of battles and in being powerful in ruling his land that he probably thinks that it's ridiculous to fall in love with that kind of life? He said that it was ridiculous too have something to protect but yet..he protects Rin. May be he said those things because he doesn't want beings to think that he is weak and to himself. Does he lie to himself; denies it?

"You're right but Inuyasha and I are total opposites and look how we turned out, even though it took two years, it probably might be the same thing with you two if what were talking about is true," that revives Yuri's spirit a bit.

The girls put some sandals on from Kagome's closet and with wearing a necklace on each of their necks Sango wraps her hair in a pony tail. And in keeping the sacred jewel safe the priestess puts it in her nightstand drawer deep in a far corner. As they raced downstairs to show off their outfits they bump into Souta. Already running past the kitchen Kagome spoke, "Hey Souta, where's everyone? It's so quiet," too quiet for her taste.

"See for yourself," Souta points to the hallway that headed to the guest room. On the way they saw Kagome's mother sitting on the sofa in the living room.

"Are you okay mom," came her daughter as she momentary looked up to see the view of her child in whom she raised, "I'm fine dear; I'm just waiting for Inuyasha to finally change so we can get going. He is stubborn I can tell you that much, but boys will be boys…hey you look astonishing with that outfit on Sango. How does it feel to wear our type of clothing for the first time?"

"Not bad, but I'm not use to showing my legs and arms off to everyone, I feel so…exposed."

"I'm sure you'll get use to it. Kagome dear could you please try to tame your dog."

Tame my..dog!

"Yes mom," Kagome hurries out of the living room to the guest room door in which was closed. Miroku was leaning against the wall next to the door seeming bored out of his mind with Shippo laying against the wall next to him practically asleep. Scratching the top of his brown hair he opens his dark, violet eyes and sights a beautiful lady walking towards him. He knocks on the door to get the two demons attention, "Your girlfriend is here Inuyasha, and see looks very dashing."

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH THAT LECHER!" hollers the hanyou.

"Hey, I'm not his girlfriend and where'd you get that from!" cries Kagome.

"Yeah right, the proof was shown all over yawl's faces when we were eating."

"We showed it that bad!"

"Yep, oh, and Souta explained the term of the word girlfriend and boyfriend to me."

"And boyfriend! I'm going to kill him!" Kagome blocks the subject and shouts through the door, "Inuyasha, come on hurry up."

"I'm not put these damn clothes on!" a rude shout bursts through the door in reply as Inuyasha sounds like he was struggling to fight off something. Inside Sesshomaru was still trying to get his clothes on with force and Kagome knew that Sesshomaru was in there and for safety she warns him, "Sesshomaru, you better move for your sake."

"Inuyasha…SIT," and what sounded like thunder a big thud was heard as Miroku and Kagome knew that he was down. Later on Sesshomaru gets all his clothes on in time before Inuyasha would rejuvenate his strength back from the spell.

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru exit out of the room in less than two minutes in time. Inuyasha walks with a red shirt on with light blue jeans as his pockets were filled by his hands - in which were balled with anger. Head down he was gazing at the white shoes he was wearing. His rosary was still enfolded around his neck as. Sesshomaru had his head up in wearing a gray shirt that had two fish that made a circle with the word 'JAPAN' on top of it. It was a bit snug that it had shown part of the muscular tone of his body. He was dressed with dark blue pants that had holes at the bottom of where his angles were from it being so old. And black shoes that blend with the jeans.

After a sickening fifteen minute ride through the subways they stroll to the mall with most of the team having their stomachs feeling odd. They were relived to have their footing on a non-moving ground. Souta and grandpa had deciededto remain at the house; they were both exhausted from all the events that have been happening. All going through the automatic doors into the tremendous opening of people it was a new way of life for others. Splitting up Kagome drags the girls for new lining of clothing with Shippo tagging along while Mayu travels to the men's part of the store with the guys. Hours passing by the sky transforms into a red violet, yellow color as the clouds turn pink with everything seeming gold.

Please comment! This is my first story that I've ever written! :) Until next time...