Sorry I took so long to upload! I got a bit distracted with the holidays! Anyway....
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
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Chapter 3
Somehow between the excited questions of Sota and the ramblings of Grandpa over the history of the Higurashi shrine the large group finished their breakfast.
"So Kagome," Mrs. Higurashi turned to her daughter as she took their plates, "what are you going to do? About today I mean."
"That's right..." Kagome frowned. "I promised I'd hang out with Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi...but," she looked at the group and smiled, making a decision. "I guess it'll be okay if I cancel. Since this is as special occasion."
"You don't have to do that, Kagome!" Shippo told her instantly. "I was looking forward to meeting your friends!"
"Uh...well, that's...." Kagome looked away, 'There's no way I'm letting that happen! It's bad enough that the girls met Inuyasha! I mean sure, it went okay that time, but...!' Kagome thought, her mind reeling with possible disasters.
"Hah! No chance," Inuyasha snorted as he played with Buyo who had wandered into room during breakfast. "Kagome has a thing about wanting to keep her trips to our time a secret."
"But why...?" Shippo asked disappointed.
"Sorry, Shippo..." Kagome sighed. "It's just...my time's so different and...sorry."
"So do you have any ideas about what you're going to do? If not I might have a suggestion," Mrs. Hirurashi smiled, changing the subject. Leaning down she whispered into her daughter's ear.
"That's a great idea! Thanks mom!" Kagome hugged her. Looking over at the others she smiled and said, "I'm gonna show you how we have fun in my time!"
"But don't you think they might sort of...stick out?" Sota pointed out.
"Not this again..." Inuyasha grumbled.
"Don't worry," Mrs. Higurashi smiled at the bewildered looks of the other three, "I'm sure we can find something for them to wear. Kagome, you and Sango are about the same size so I'm sure you'll be able to find something. Miroku and Inuyasha will probably fit into my husband's old clothes. And Sota? Why don't you go look through your old clothes and see if you can't find something that will fit Shippo?
"Huh?" Sota looked dubiously at Shippo, "I don't think I have anything that would be able to hide that tail, and I don't know how I'd get my shoes to fit."
"Oh, don't worry about that!" Shippo grinned and took out a leaf. Placing it on his forehead he shouted, "transform!" When the smoke cleared Shippo stood there unchanged save for his tail, which was nowhere to be seen and his feet which now looked human.
"Cool!" Sota grinned as Grandpa nearly fell out of his chair.
"Why do I have to change clothes!?" Inuyasha demanded.
"If you don't want to, fine," Kagome glared. "You can just stay here, then!"
Inuyasha looked like he was about to say something but then glanced at Sango. Looking back at Kagome he sighed, "fine. Whatever."
Seeing Kagome's confused expression Sango giggled and whispered to her, "I'll tell you later."
"Before anything you should probably call your friends," Mrs. Higurashi reminded.
"Oh, right!" Kagome made her way over to the phone and called Eri. Telling the girl that some relatives had shown up suddenly and that they would only be in town for the day she excused herself from their plans.
"That was quick...does your friend live nearby?" Miroku blinked as she came back in after finishing the call.
"What...? Ah, no I just used the telephone..." she sighed as she saw the confused look of her friends.
"It's a machine," Sota said grinning, "it lets you talk to people far away, even other cities or countries!"
"Yeah, well we should get ready," Kagome said before she had to explain the process. As the group split up Kagome led Sango and Kirara up to her room where she began giving Sango some of her clothes to try on while Sango explained what had happened earlier.
"Sango!" Kagome scolded after she'd finished, though she couldn't keep the smile out of her voice.
"Well it worked," Sango smiled as she looked in the mirror at the outfit she'd chosen: a teal wrap-around mini dress over a pair of brown pants.
"So should we go down?" Sango asked already heading toward the door.
"Not yet," Kagome grabbed her hand, "we need to put our hair up first. Trust me, where we're going its necessary.
Sango looked at her curiously but allowed herself to be guided to stand in front of Kagome's mirror again. The girls quickly put their hair into ponytails and then finally left the room.
"What took you so long?" Inuyasha demanded as they came down the stairs.
Kagome had to stop her jaw from dropping at the sight of two. She glanced at her mom who merely smiled. Inuyasha had traded in his usual red outfit with a plain black t-shirt and a pair of light blue jeans with holes in the knees. Mrs. Higurashi had even somehow managed to get the half-demon into a pair of old sneakers. Topping the outfit off was the usual black baseball cap. Meanwhile, Miroku had chosen to wear a forest green button up shirt with a simple white vest over top; he was also wearing a pair of jeans although his were darker and much less worn than Inuyasha's.
"Don't you know? Girls always take forever to get ready," Sota said as he and Shippo made their way into the room. Kagome grinned as she recognized the outfit the young fox had chosen: a pair of dark purple shorts and deep golden shirt, plastered onto the front of which was a picture of a character from an anime that was really popular when Sota was three or four.
"You all look very nice," Mrs. Higurashi smiled at them, then she turned to her daughter and handed her a light brown purse with long straps, "this should be plenty. Have fun okay?"
"I will! Thanks, Mom!" she turned to the others, "come on! Let's go!"
"Where are we going?" Miroku asked as they stepped outside.
"You'll see," Kagome grinned. "Now stay close, there are a lot more people in Tokyo than you're used to. Oh and Kirara? Don't forget what I told you okay? Try to stay as still as possible while we're around others, okay?" the demon myewed from Sango's arms.
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And that's chapter 3! The fun really starts in chapter 4 so look forward to it!! I should have it up fairly quickly, but until then please review! Thanks! ^_^v
