Kagome threw another tissue on the bed. She had cried herself to sleep last night and woke up this morning crying. She could hear the others out there but she ignored their attempts to drag her out the room. She blew her nose again and threw the tissue where ever. There was another knock at the door.

"What?", her voice sounded hoarse and dry, like sandpaper.

"Come out now." Sesshomaru's voice filtered through the door.

"No." Her answer was met with silence and thinking he had gone away, she lay back against her pillow. She gave a shuddering sigh and closed her eyes. She had begun to relax when the door was forced open with a loud bang. She jumped about a foor in the air.

"What the hell?!", she screamed at the youkai who glared at her in return.

"You are going to get up today."

"Says who?" He merely raised an eyebrow and walked calmly over to the bed. He yanked her covers back and grabbed her by her waist. Against her protets, he threw her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

"Let go of me!", she pounded her small fists on his back with all her might but to him they felt like taps.

"Hn.", he dropped her into a tub of warm water.

"The fuck?!"

"You said to let go of you.", she coudl see a hint of amusement in his otherwise cold eyes. She growled at him and began to undress.

"Why are you still standing there?" she asked with one eyebrow raised. He turned and left, closing the door behind him. She rolled her eyes and continued to peel of her soaked clothes. She threw them next to the tub where they landed with a wet slap. She lowered herself into the water until only her nose and eyes could be seen. Her thoughts wandered to her deceased jii-chan and tears came to her eyes as she remembered all the good times she had with him. Like when it was her birthday he always gave her some demon artifact claiming it was real and had powers or when he used to give her those boring history lessons. She laughed through her tears. I can't just sit her and cry all day! Jii-chan would never allow it! She wiped away stray tears and began to wash herself. She scrubbed until she felt she was clean enough. She dunked her head in the water and came back up. She lathered her hair up with mango scented shampoo and dunked again. She then got out and wrapped a towel around her body and hair, grabbed her clothes then walked out.

When she got to her room, she strolled over to her clothes hamper and pitched her clothes inside. She walked over to the white oak door that lead to the vast closet when there was a knock on her door.

"What is it?"

"Telephone." Sango's voice came from the other side of the door.

"Who is it?"

"Goshujin okaa-san." Kagome opened the door adn silently took the phone with a murmured 'arigatou' and shut the door.

"Hey 'Kaa-san."

"Ohayou, dear. How are you since the news?" Kagome heard the crack in her mother's voice adn her heart went out to her.

"I'm okay so far. Don't worry about me." Kagome really was feeling a little better.

"Okay. I was calling to tell you that the funeral is on September 15th."

"Okay, mama. I'll make sure I'm there."

"Alright, see you then. I love you."

"Love you, too." Kagome pressed the END button and threw the black phone onto the messy bed. She then proceeded to go back to the closet and opened its white oak doors. The closet was big with a high ceiling that had a simple light hanging from it that was bright enough to illuminate the whoel closet. To her left were her pants and skirts, to her right were all kind of shirts, tanks, and sweaters and in the back were the dresses. In the middle of the closet sat an island kind of thing. It held purses and other accessories on display. Inside the draw were her underwear, swimsuits, hair ties and other random things. On the shelves were her many shoes. She made her way over to the island thingy adn pulled out a bra and panty set. She let the towel drop to the floor and put her underwear on. She walked over to the shirts and chose a crochet trim cami that had a boho style print throughout, pin tuck bib, and a smock back. From the pants she yanked off the hanger some skinny legs in rise. She tugged them on and buttoned them up. She reached up on the shelf and pulled down a pair of brown, strappy boho sandals with a flat bottom. She slipped them on and tapped the toe of each to make sure they fit snuggly. She went back to the island thingy and pulled out 3 beaded bracelets that were clear, brown and green and each one had one word: dream, love, peace. She put those on her left arm and grabbed some more bracelerts. These were in a 5 piece set. The top one was skinny and wood. It was tannish and had strips of metal. The other 2 were yellow and metal. There was another dark brown adn then a thick wooden yellow one that she put on her right wrist. Grabbing a hair tie, she pulled her back into a messy bun.(if u want to find this look, go to and click on just arrived. go all the way to the bottom and second from the right is the shrit I described. Click on it, scroll down, adn everything else is there.) She walked out the closet and shut the door behind her. She went to her bed and fixed it up so it looked nice and neat. She grabbed her cell and the phone and walked out the room.

The others were in the living room watching a Spider-Man movie. Ai happened to look over and noticed her.

" 'Gome!!" Ai shouted happily as she launched herself at Kagome. She was wearing a plain blue tank with a white skirt that ended at her ankles. She wore brown sandals and her hair was in a high ponytail. She wore 3 silver bracelets on her right arm.

"I though we lost you forever!" she cried dramatically.

"Cut your nonsense out." Sesshomaru told her.

"Kiss my but." She retorted. He glared at her and she smiled innoncently.

"So what do you want to do today?" Ai asked Kagome.

" Ano, let's...... go out to eat then to the park."

"Yay!" Ai happily cheered. "Let's take Miroku-kun' s car this time."

"Okay." Sango cut off the move and they made their way out teh front door.

"Good thing I brought my keys with me." Miroku said as they jingled in his pocket.

"Yea, you take forever getting them from your room" Sango agreed. She punched the down button on the elevator and a minute later it appeared. They all stepped inside and Inuyasha pressed the number one button. The doors slid shut and it descended. It landed with a jolt at the destination. The doors slid back open and the group hurried outside.

"It feels really good out here." Kagome said.

'It does." Kikyo agreed with her.

"This is my car." Miroku announced to Kagome. His car was a 2006 Honda Pilot EX 4D Sport Utility. It was a dark grey that was shiny and it had 3 rows just like Sesshomaru's truck. He pressed the button to unlock it and everyone piled in. He started the car and he sped out of the parking lot.

20 minutes later, they arrived at Golden Corral. They parked right by the entrance and climbed out of the car. Ai and Inuyasha basically just ran inside for they had smelt the food and were starving. They stood impatiently by the cashier.

"Hurry up! I think I'm gonna die!" Ai cried out. The group picked up their pac to get there quickly because they didn't want a realllllllly hungry kitsune demon on their hands.

" Table for 7, please."

"Right this way sir." She led them to a table that had 8 chairs to it. They all took a seat in this order: Sesshomaru via Kagome, Inuyasha via Kikyo, Miroku via Sango and Ai next to Sango.

"What would you like to drink?" They each told her the drink he/she preferred.

"I'll be right back."

About 5 minutes later she came back. She called out the orders and handed out the drinks.

"Enjoy your stay at Golden Corral." She bowed and walked away. Ai jumped from her seat and headed to the food section with the other 6 right behind her. Inuyasha and Ai piled their plates high with food while the others got moderate proportions. The group sat down at the table and began to eat.

An hour later, with full stomachs, the teenagers came out from the Golden Corral adn headed for Miroku's car. They all climbed in and left the parking lot.

"To the park!" Ai happily shouted.