Kitty:Same as always. I don't own him

Inu:What in all the 7 hells is it?

Katy:You'll see.

Chapter 7 Full Intoductions a Change of Clothes and a Special Delivery...

Katy tredged on through the forest following the directions of the cub in her arms. She saw a faint light up ahead. As she walked, she could see it begin to take shape. The light was outlining the blanket that was Keade's door.

Katy made her way to the small hut and entered, after being told to by the pup. He seemed to know more of the area than she did, so she didn't ask too many questions...

Kagome smiled as she explained the situaton of her cousin to a blushing Sango and a smirking Miroku.

Inuyasha took a sniff,"How'd she get through the well?"

"What?" Kagome asked, confused. No one could get through the well, but Inuyasha and Kagome.. Who, for that matter, would know about it?

Kagome recieved her answer when her cousin walked through the door. "Hi."

Shipo jumped from her arms and made a b-line for Kagome.He called her name as a child would after not seeing his mother for months.

Two strong arms caught him, keeping him from his intended goal."Hey, runt! She doesn't need you all over her."

Shipo squirmed his way away from the dog demon and made his way towards Kagome again, only to be hit over the head by a very large fist."Hey, twirp. I said leave her alone!!!"

Kagome glared and he saw her from the corner of his eye. His head jerked to the side and his hands raised in defense. He waved them in surrender.

"No, Kagome. Please......"He started to ramble.

Kagome, on the other hand, would have none of this. Her lips twisted in a wicked smile, one Katy knew well.

Unforntunately, Inuyasha also knew it well."Kagome, no..."

Her smile grew... "SIT, BOY!!!"

With that, his head was reaquainted with the floor, whom he had become very familliar with, in the past few years.."Cr..." Katy came over and steped on his head, lightly. "No cussing in front of children."

"ap..." She applied more pressure to his head..

Kagome, again, yelled 'sit' causing his head to hit the ground. This caused a chain reaction, his head dropped out from under Katy sending her to the ground.

The mixture of sounds shook the house, waking our favorite neko....

Katy rolled off Inuyasha and found a cat, of some sort, snifing around her. She looked at it,"Found anything of interest?"

The fire cat peeked up with a start. Kirara backed away slowly, growling. When Katy crawled her way off Inuyasha and stood, Kirara slapped at her foot..

Sango wass pulled from her gushy state and turned worry filled eyes to her pet, fighting partner and only LIVING familly... She thought of her brother only momentarily. She looked to the small cat and asked steadily," what is wrong?

Shipo look wearily at Katy, "Her sent isn't off? What is wrong with Kirara.?"

Katy looked around, now all 7 people were looking at her, not counting the entity in the shadows. WAIT, 7?! Katy's gaze caught with that of an older woman. She was wearing the garb Katy recognized as miko attire. the older woman walked in carrying a bow and a quiver on her back. She smiled, "welcome," she looked at the once white gown that now had dirt crusting her train. The gown in itself seemed to have stayed, roughly, clean through most of this. " You have come to ask me about the change?'

Katy knodded.

"All in due course..."

Katy knodded once more.She was understanding more of this ancient language than she had originally thought.

"This is only an introduction. You know what to do..." Keada said.

Katy wasn't sure how, but she did know exactly what to do. Somehow, she did. It was like someone was there whispering it inside. It was just like that, yet there was no voice, for a change. She just knew, like being guided to the right conclusions. She knew and yet she did not. She was being shown one step after another. It was just a gut feeling, like something she had done before, or was just being instructed on it for her whole life. As if she had been prepared for this, and what lay ahead, from the day she was concieved. NO, before then.

As if with no doubt, WITH no doubt, she walked over to Kagome, past Sango and a glaring Kirara. The shards her cousin held in her hand glowed, as did the larger piece around Kagome's neck. Katy bent down, her dress spilling out around her, She reached out, slowing as if about to pet a fierce dog. Lightly, so lightly, she touched it..

Kagome watched as her dear cousin talked to Keade as if she had known her for years. She listended and was concerned about her cousin's understanding of the Japanese tongue. She watched in amazement as Katy understood the old miko better than she did at that moment. She watched as Katy turned to look at her as she paused to think. She watched as Katy made her way over to her and watched as she reached a hand out to her. She jumped slightly as she grasped the jewel around her neck and as Katy did , she realized it. The shards were glowing again.

As Katy's fingerss touched the ancient stone, its light became overpowering once more. It engulfed the hut and flooded out into the surrounding forest. As it faded it revealed Katy to be back in her original clothing, consisting of black jeans and a red peasant blouse. Miroku's jaw dropped, she was gorgeous, her figure was..."Ow..."e rubbed the back of his head where he had just been hit.

They spent the rest of the night trying to get Keade to talk, but that was futile. All she said was, "All will be revealed when the time is right..." What kind of an answer is that? The kind you get when they don't want you to know, obviously. It was getting annoying and tedious. They had decided that Katy was going to travel with them and the next day she had gone back to retrieve a few essentials: shampoo, feminine spray, tps, a book or two, a pen and paper, pen refills, chocolate, so on and so forth. Suprisingly, most of them all fit in her small, jeans pack. She learned the night before, to watch out for Miroku and his various questions, ending with one in particular; "Will you bear my childeren?" his face soon met a giant boomerang.

This was the same sight she came into when she arrived back at the old miko's hut.. She had to stiffle a laugh when she saw the red mark on his face and the annoyed look on Sangos face.

She nodded to them all as she sat down. She didn't notice Kirara curl protectively into Sango's lap as she turned her attention to a small package that had arrive for her only days before she arrrived in Japan. Why hadn't mother sent it with her, or given it to her while she was there? She would soon find out.

Everyone had let their curiosity get the better of them and moved to sit by her.

":Stop staring at it and open it..." Inuyasha said, annoyed at her delay.

She glanced up at him once, before proceeding to open it...

A/U:Hey! It's faster. I'm trying to have the next chappy up by next week.