I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA!

For this week it is chapter 5! Whoo hoo! Thank you for your paitence and for all of you visitors who read this every week! And thank you other members of for putting this story on your (STORY ALERT) I appreciate it.

Chapter 5: Night Fall

Buried with bags and bags of shirts, pants, and est. the gang were tired of the sights of anything made of cloth – even though it was haunting them everywhere they turned. Complaining about the noisy sounds of humorous people Inuyasha digs his ears deeper into his hat since he, by no means, has never been around hundreds of strangers in a small space before. To him it's like being in a band concert with excruciating speakers banging into his sensitive ears, and with the help of his cap it made him at least hear Kagome and the other's voices from the crowd.

Curious of a word that struck his head for hours he began to get bothered. He couldn't figure out what it was used for and what it meant in a way. Slowing his pace to be evenly next to Kagome he raises his arms and glues his hands on the back of his head. Tangling his fingers in the long strands of hair he speaks hopping it was something that he wouldn't regret saying, "Kagome?"

She flexes her neck; her head pivoting towards him, "Huh?"

"What does girlfriend mean?"

"So you heard what Miroku said I guess?"

What are you saying of course he heard that he was hollering at the top of his lungs at that pervert's remark!

"Yeah…"

She sighs, letting her shoulders go down hill, "what's wrong? I swear I didn't do anything," he begins to panic.

"No, I was just hopping that I wouldn't have to explain it to you. I knew you heard him, but…I was hopping maybe you'd already know what it had meant."

"Keh, stop being so weak and just spit it out alright," his voice dramatically got tainted with rudeness; he was getting impatient as always. Demon wise he never shows much emotions cause of his demon side and acts like he doesn't care about anyone's feelings. When he turns back into a human though, on the night of the new moon, because of him being only half demon, he can be mild at times and sometimes say things that he would never say to anyone else. At times he would show hints on how he fells about her.

"Alright, it's another word meaning that a girl is already taken by a guy. A guy in which she is very close too in meaning they've probably already hugged and …kissed. They aren't married though but at the same time there more than just friends. Let's just say it's like a step above from being friends. The guy calls her his girlfriend to let other people know that she is his girl and no other guy can have her but him. Its also vise versa for the guys but instead the girl calls him her boyfriend," she waits for his reaction.

So from what she means is that the girl and the guy have already committed to one another…it's like courting?

"Humph, weird," he dipped his head down, shutting his eyes, and intersects his arms around each other in front of his chest, "I don't think I'm ever going to get use to this world."

"Don't judge things so quickly, give it some time? I though the same way when I first came to your world and I adapted to it just fine. This might be another place for you to call home; maybe some place for you to look forward too. The feudal era is a place that I always look forward too and it's starting to feel like home to me," she wanted him to understand in what she meant.

"You're saying it like I have to choose which world I should live in. I belong in the feudal era and I'm staying there, and nothing else can change my mind."

"But…how would you feel if you had to though. If you had to choose between two worlds and each world contained important people in your life that you care for…that you love," her voice was now soft and delicate.

"That's stupid, like that would ever happen to me and what made you bring that up any way?" he was glaring straight ahead.

"Nothing…I was just curious that's all," her tone of voice faint in sorrow she circles her head from him and stares at the marble floor ahead of her.

He thinks it's stupid, Inuyasha you're the one that's stupid.Why can't you tell that's what I'm going through, why don't you understand?

"Anybody hungry," Mayu asks as they come near a food court as there were mountains of restaurants and fast food places that where all lined up in creating a half circle. And out in the opening there were a good guess of sixty tables. People were lined up in different directions that it was tricky to tell which line started where.

"Yes," replied everyone, elevating their hands like they were reaching for the sky. "Lets find a table then," shoving packs of people everywhere from Japanese to Americans they luckily found a large round table for seven in three minutes tops, and picking the sits the team sat in order of Kagome with Shippo in her lap, Yuri, Sesshomaru, Miroku, Sango, Mayu, and Inuyasha.

"Stay here guys, I'll get you something simple to eat," orders Mayu as she gave her daughter a glare with her eye brows up to let Kagome know to keep an eye on the gang as she fades away into the maze of people. The echoes of whispers were heard as pairs of eyes from left to right were spying mainly at Yuri and the two lords. The brothers both scent their surroundings and urge their honey eyes to stare at the pairs of suspicious eyes looking straight at them from a distance away.

"Ignore them, there just dimwitted humans who don't know how to mind their own business," Yuri interrupts the silence as a clique of five teen girls came by seeming no older than Kagome and Yuri. They seemed like trouble but instead of going towards someone attractive they encumber in front of cute little Shippo. A girl with bulky, black flattened hair who seemed to be the leader of the pack spoke with her hands clasping together. Her eyes shone with adore along with the others, "You look so adorable may I ask what your name is."

"Uh, Shippo."

"Aww, his name is even cuter," she said to the girls as they all awed as one. Shippo began to believe that they were possessed by something; he has never experinced a crowd of girls look at him like this before.

"I wish I could hug him" squeals one of the girls in the backstage as she hugs herself.

"He is so sweet," cries another girl, and they just look intently at him. Poor Shippo didn't know what to do…pay no attention to them or just stare back?

"Guys, the store is about to open in three minutes!" a tall teen suddenly stumbles in waving her hands in panic all over the place. She was keeping an eye at her expensive looking watch on her wrist while all the others began to scream in horror.

"Nice meeting you," bowing the leader ran to their store without a moment to spare as the others follow.

"What was that all about," Yuri wonders with an arched eyebrow as she sights the girls still sprinting in high heels. Later on after the little incident Mayu carefully walks in with a tray piled with hot dogs and sodas.

"Here you go guys," she lays the tray in the middle of the table while everyone starts to get their own food and drinks.

"Hotdogs, I haven't had these in a while," detects Kagome as Inuyasha's hotdog just about entered his mouth and he just froze in place. Eyes spacious in shock he couldn't stand gazing at it and roughly plops it on the table. Sesshomaru didn't even have the food in his grasp and just glares at it. Pupils getting smaller by the second as his eyes open wider.

Everyone began to dig in and watching them made them both sick inside. Yuri had part of it in her mouth and just about chewed it off when Inuyasha shot his hand out to her saying, "Don't eat that you baka!" but it was too late Yuri already chewed it and swallowed.

"What are trying to do mutt, steal my food?" yelling Yuri draws back from his actions and being part wolf and dog that she is she growls to get him off her food. The group had their faces look at Inuyasha like he was crazy.

"Inuyasha what is your problem," said Kagome from being in the center of the scene since she sat next to both of them.

"It's not like there poisonous or anything Inuyasha," tones Shippo eating the last part of the hotdog, and pats his stomach for a well done meal.

"What's my problem, that's my problem," pointing at the hotdog in Yuri's hand.

Her eyes narrow, "a hotdog, out of so many other things a hotdog is your problem," her mouth hung down a bit.

You've got to be kidding me.

"Inuyasha there's nothing wrong with the hotdogs," speaking Kagome pushes his arm down until it rests on the table; getting it out of her view.

"Everything is wrong about it wench, even the word sounds sick!"

"Even the word, man you're such a nerve wreck," argues Yuri.

"Then you try to figure out what the error is!"

"Okay I will," Yuri quickly lays a finger on her chin while looking up at the towering ceiling. While Yuri was in her thinking position Ms. Higarashi felt ashamed for even bringing them the food, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to get something simple that I thought everybody would like."

"It's alright mom, we can solve this, everything is going to be fine."

"Would this be a good time to say anything," questions the monk wondering if he should eat it too. He faces Sango as she has her face to him while shrugging her shoulders.

Yuri's teal eyes then broaden as she finally solves the problem, and her face gets crimson and she cracks up laughing her ass off.

"What is it," eagerly wonders Kagome, very annoyed of Inuyasha's rambling.

"What's in the word hotdog?" testing the miko.

"There's hot and d-," the teen immediately smacks her mouth with her hand as she realizes.

Dog! Inuyasha and Sesshomaru are dog demons….AHHH! They've got it all wrong!

She was mindblowed and sways her hair in turning to Inuyasha, "Don't think what I think your thinking, their not made from dogs!" she waves her arms back and forth.

"Then why in the hell are they called hotdogs?"

"I don't really know but the main reason is that it's really made out of pork."

"Pork."

"Yeah so could you please eat it and I promise never to let you eat it again," begging Kagome intertwines her fingers.

"Fine," he ate an immense bite of it leaving half of the hotdog to go.

Mayu accepts the situation and by that she ate and forgot about it but told her self never to cook or give them any food that had any traces of dog in it. Sesshomaru still didn't cooperate and sat there dazed as Yuri had a troubled look on her face from his reaction. Sesshomaru heard a kind voice call for him and glances to see Yuri, "Sesshomaru, you don't have to worry anymore its not made out of dog."

"Who said I was worried."

"It's just your not eating it that's all."

He gazes at something else, "I'm not hungry."

"Are you sure?"

"I said I'm not hungry," his accent got a bit firm.

"Just trying to help," she whispers in a small tone as she chews on her second bite.

Coming back to the house some of them got settled in their new home and was geared up to go to bed. Before anyone hit the sack though Mayu grabs their attention, "Does anyone want to clean themselves up tonight?"

"I'd like that very much," blows out Sango, she always took a bath every night.

"You can take the bathroom upstairs then," instructs Mayu.

"Arigato."

Yuri then had an idea as a light bulb lit upabove her cranium, "What about for tonight, if anyone wants to take a bath, boys will take the bathroom downstairs in the guestroom and the girls upstairs."

"That sounds fair enough," agrees Miroku.

Kagome knees down to her little brother from hearing the news, "Souta what about you show the guys how to use a bathtub and Yuri and I will show Sango."

"Man, why do I have to do everything," Souta whines like a pup.

"Just do it," except for Inuyasha and Souta everyone got cleansed up, deciding to do it in the morning.

"That stuff you use for your hair is twice better than soup," complements Sango brushing her hair while sitting on the edge of Kagome's bed. She was feeling the softness of her hair cooperate with the tool. Her mane felt so creamy and smooth that she thought she was in luxury; like she was the finest princess in the Feudal Era. Extended silky pants and sleeved shirts that were buttoned up with both identical color and pattern all the young ladies were wearing pajamas. Kagome was getting comfy in her bed while Sango and Yuri were already laying down on an extra old queen mattress on the floor.

The house had a total of five bedrooms; the four upstairs and the one downstairs in which Sesshomaru was sleeping in because everyone knew both him and Inuyasha would end up trying to slaughter each other if they slept in the same room together. Or were even on the same floor. Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippo were sleeping in Souta's room right next door to Kagome's, and Mayu and grandpa had their own rooms on the other end of the quarters as the house was pitch dark for the rest of the night as the sounds of grandpa's snores spread through the house.

Morning arose and everyone was downstairs gobbling up their breakfast full of omelets, and like scheduled dog boy and Souta took a shower.

Though there were many things that the group wanted to explore in this new world they instead called this an off day. So for the mean time the inexperienced guests took a look around the shrine and were fascinated a lot about what has happened in the past five hundred years. On how the same world that they live in could turn from a vegetation that was full of life, had only small huts and palaces, and thousands of demons to a place of tall buildings full of streets, with more people than they could ever count existing in man made machinery, and no demons. It was like hay day for grandpa in him being the type of person who likes to talk about past events of their culture.

"Kagome," shouts the mother.

"What is it momma," Kagome walks in the kitchen with their pet cat Buyo in her hands while he purrs in glee as she pets him.

"It seems that I don't have enough supplies for the recipe I want to cook for tonight."

"What are you cooking?"

"Rib eye steak."

"Okay so what do you want me to get?"

"I don't have that seasoning that you and Souta like. It seems that I just ran out of it a few days ago."

"Oh I know what seasoning that is. Where can I get it?"

"It's over at that old fashioned store. You know the one on Fuji street?"

"Yeah I know where that is, do you want me to go get anything else?"

"I was deciding to go grocery shopping tomorrow while ya'll were off somewhere but since you asked you don't mind taking care of that for me?"

"Not at all," Mayu then grabs a pen and starts smoking it as she writes a list of things on a piece of napkin. Handing her daughter fifty bucks along with the napkin she inscribed on, "That should be enough money and the supplies are written on the piece of napkin dear."

"Well I'm off then," Kagome puts Buyo down on the tile floor.

"Be careful."

"I will," she slips on her shoes as she utters her goodbyes to her mother, and she about heads out he front door until Yuri stomps in front of her. "Where ya goin?" the curious teen tilts her head to the side having her undersized ginger looking hair dandle due to gravity. A cheerful smile shines under her nose.

"Grocery shopping."

"Can I come? I wanna get out of this house for a while."

"Sure," Yuri then opens the miko's pathway to the door as the demon follows her companion out of the house. Nearing the shrine steps Sango hollers for them as the two seventeen year olds stop in their tracks and take a view behind them. Sango came jogging in cameo pants and a plain shirt, "Where are you guys headed too?"

"Just to some store to get stuff for dinner and for the household," mumbles Yuri plainly, knowing what it meant to clarify grocery shopping to Sango.

"I'll come with you too then. I might be of some use to help. And I need to get away from someone who won't stop touch my behind."

"Okay," Kagome shrugs her shoulders and they were off.

Author Note (MUST READ ASAP!): Ok, due to winter break starting this weekend on Dec. 17, Christmas, New Years blah, blah, blah...I may not update another chapter until the break is over so by the beginning of January. If I do I won't be until after christmas so...yeah just keep your eyes peeled just in case!

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