A/N: ALL RIGHT PPL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sango comes in on this chapter!!!!!!!!! But first, I just want to thank the fans who have reviewed both "A Heat to My Flame" and "Better than Me." I'm in the process of creating a new fic, titled "Angels Aren't Always From Heaven" I'll post a summary on my bio page soon.

Chapter 14

Kagome slipped her feet into the white sneakers as she made sure that she had her purse fully stocked. Eyeing her khaki hiphuggers and white and blue tanks oddly, she added the simple gray Henley style polo and smiled to herself. She looked like a college student again. It had been so long since she actually had to dress down. Working as Sesshoumaru's assistant came with a lot of parties and balls and it was a glorious occasion when they didn't have one. She swore she heard her feet crying at night. Giggling slightly to herself, she grabbed her purse and her keys. Sometimes she had dreams about Sesshoumaru. Erotic ones. Ones where she was either left panting in her sleep as she woke to find herself dripping wet and others where she actually could have sworn that he was real and right there with her. Pushing her hair underneath the khaki bucket hat, she left her apartment.

Sukari bounced lightly on her feet as she waited near her car for Kagome. Her dark blue lowrise jeans were held up by a bright red belt that matched the red t-shirt that read "It's cute you think I'm interested." across her chest. She fiddled with her keys and her ponytail as Jak pulled in followed by a black Dodge Durango. He stepped out in his bright green polo. Sukari smiled. Only Jak could be so flamboyant and still look excellent. His dark wash jeans were securely around his waist and he pushed his sunglasses up on his head as he made his way over to Sukari. A dark haired woman stepped out of the Durango and made her way over to the couple. She smiled widely as she got closer and finally pushed her own sunglasses up off her head. Cinnamon Brown eyes stared back at Sukari. She missed their owner very often.

"Hey Kari-chan! How's it hanging?"

"Fine, Sergeant Hitachi,Ma'am!" Sukari saluted playfully as her green eyes danced in merriment.

Sango Hitachi's eyes laughed. The taller woman wore a pair of black wide legged pants and a dark blue dress shirt. But a white tank top was clearly visible through the open buttons. A pair of flip flops adorned her feet and she looked just like Sukari remembered her. Jak had graduated with Sango and Inuyasha, a couple years before Sukari and one year before Kagome. Sango had entered the Navy as a drill instructor after. She seemed to love her job, but she loved Kagome's pervert of a brother more.

"Where's Kagome?" Sango asked after she and Sukari had gossiped for a moment. Jak shrugged, but continued to tap his foot lightly with a tune playing in his head. Sukari shaded her eyes as a figure walked toward them. She squinted for a moment and reminded herself to buy some contacts, and nodded to Sango.

"There she is!" Sukari exclaimed to the rest of them as the girl jogged up.

"Hey, you guys. I forgot I left Buyo outside on the patio so I had to go back and get him." Kagome grinned.

Sango stepped out behind Jak.

"Hey, Go-Go." she smiled

"Hey, San-San. Where's Roki?"

"He's around here some where. I dropped him off at Sukari's house about fifteen minutes ago."

"As entertaining as this is, there are stores waiting for us. Sukari, I'm sure, your underwear fetish hasn't changed in the last three months."

"There's nothing wrong with enjoying the feel of silk and lace and satin against my skin." Sukari sniffed elegantly.

Sango and Kagome laughed and Jak shrugged as they headed into the mall.

#Elsewhere#

Inuyasha squinted at the t.v. screen as he watched Miroku Higurashi pummel something into the ground. Sesshoumaru had left to take Rin to her mother's house a couple of hours before and would be back any moment. Inuyasha was currently alternating between reading one of Sukari's graphic novels and trying to see what in the hell Miroku was actually doing.

"Hey, Perv. What are you playing?"

"Inuyasha, shouldn't you be wearing your glasses? That is what they're for anyway." Miroku quipped back and ignored Inuyasha's grunt of insult.

"Why is that pervert in my house?" Sesshoumaru's voice rang from the doorway.

"Who's a pervert?" Sanoskue peeked in around Sesshoumaru.

Miroku grinned.

"Why, Sesshoumaru. I'm hurt. Am I, your humble servant no longer allowed in your home?"

"Sesshoumaru, is he a servant or something?" Sanoskue asked, looking confused.

"Don't you have a house?" Inuyasha asked grumpily.

"My Imouto wants me here. So here is where I'm gonna be." Sanoskue smirked and with a nod to Miroku and a clipped bow to Sesshoumaru left the house.

"Sukari's beginning to push her boundaries." Inuyasha said.

Sesshoumaru's sun-kissed gaze seemed to light up at his sister's name.

"If she wants him, then he stays. They'll fight soon enough."

"Ah, Kari-chan and Sano-kun are reunited once again. It's bad you know." Miroku said as he resumed his game.

"Sukari can handle her own. She's still a little grumpy about my stopping her fight with Inuyasha. Maybe they need to burn off some energy."

Inuyasha sniffed, but kept silent. He needed to do SOMETHING!

"Take-out, anyone?" Miroku asked.

Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes and went up the stairs, leaving Inuyasha and Miroku to squabble over what kind of food to order.

#THE MALL#

Sukari was practically drooling over an emerald green lace teddy in the window of Victoria's Secret. Seeing the look on her face, Sango took pity.

"Kari, we're only going to be in here for 45 minutes. That means no hiding in the fitting room."

"Ok!" she chirped and made a beeline for an associate to get her that nightgown.

True to her word, Sango was standing outside of the store with a bright pink bag 45 mintues later. Sukari was still at the counter and only had a few more items to go. Kagome and Jak came out, Jak holding a small pink bag.

"You brought something?"

"It's Sukari's reintroduction ceremony gift. It's next week, remember? With all the excitement about Sanoskue showing back up, I doubt she even remembers." Jak said quietly.

The reintroduction ceremony that Jak was talking about was a formal party where the female of the house is introduced into Youkai society. Since Sukari was offically old enough this year, even though she'd been hosting parties and things for years, She'd finally be a proper female in Youkai society and as the only female in the House of the Moon of marriageable age, she'd be a very hot commodidty.

Kagome hissed in a breath. She KNEW she forgot something. She still had to pick up the handmade silk kimono she'd chosen for Sukari. Sango had already been prepared and brought a gorgeous black satin robe with the kimono sleeves for her to wear. It was even customized with some pale green trimming the color of Sukari's eyes and a piture of the family crest on the back in the same color.

Sukari bounced out of the store, with her two bags, a bright smile on her face.

"I need to buy some more casual clothes. Since Aniki says my wardrobe is stylish and repulsive, I have to buy at least one simple suit. Maybe two."

Jak looked horrified.

"You let Sesshoumaru comment on your wardrobe?"

"He is my Aniki. And my Alpha. I'm posed to listen, aren't I?"

"Sesshoumaru has no taste for clothing. Sure, he can pick materials, but color, no."

"I pick out his clothes. He'd wear black and white, if that wasn't the case."

Jak sighed.

Sukari smiled gently at him. "Did you buy some perfume for your friend, Jak?"

"Yeah. It's her favorite. So, I figured a couple bottles wouldn't hurt. She goes through them like water anyway."

Sango and Kagome shared a look. Since Sukari could be and dumb as a box of rocks sometimes, they figured she had no clue that Jak was talking about her.

"Well, what's the next stop? I wanna go to the video game store." Sukari said.

Kagome laughed quietly as Sango and Jak muffled a moan.