What happened on Kagome's side of the well stayed on Kagome's side of the well.
Kagome's side of the well had these giant metal slabs that people used as vehicles and which often killed other people. They used these 'automobiles' because it was a cinch to travel huge distances within mere hours. It turned out, Kagome's mother didn't like these vehicles too much, because Kagome's dad had died in an accident involving one, and that finally explained why Inuyasha never saw him around.
Inuyasha puffed out his chest as he realized that with him on this side of the well, there was no need for Kagome to rely on those flying chunks of death metal anyway. He could travel fast and if she really wanted to, he could piggyback her wherever she wanted to go.
And where she wanted to go was the 'supermarket.'
On Inuyasha's side of the well, they all had to pick herbs by hand, grow crops from the field, and hunt whatever they wanted to eat.
On Kagome's side of the well, all someone needed to do was go to the supermarket and get whatever they wanted. It was convenient, according to her.
Inuyasha didn't see how.
Thousands of smells assaulted him all at once, the lights were too bright, there were signs written in some script he didn't understand and even the Japanese looked very different from what he was used to, and besides, the neatly stacked rows of packages and boxes and containers were just begging to be knocked over...
"Come on, Inuyasha," Kagome said, tugging him along with her. "The cat food's over on this aisle."
"Why doesn't Buyo catch his own food?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome sighed. "Look, if you want to make sure he's having a healthy diet, cat food's the best option."
"Why? Kirara's fine and she catches her own food."
"Kirara's a demon slaying cat."
"So?"
They bickered all the way to the pet aisle, Inuyasha arguing strongly in favor for Buyo having energy independence and Kagome telling him that she was going to buy 'Purina' for Buyo.
"And just what's Purina supposed to be? Some sort of – "
His thoughts were derailed as they finally reached the section of the supermarket that had cat food.
Inuyasha's jaw dropped.
"LOOK, KAGOME, LOOK!" He sprinted over to a jumbo-sized package of 'Purina' that had a life-sized, realistic picture of an adorable, grey, striped...
She laughed at the radiant joy and wonder on his face.
Yeah, he was a cat person. So what if he was an inu hanyo?
He would sacrifice his life for that cat.
"Yep, that's a cute kitten. Now move over, Inuyasha, I have to..."
He dashed off into the dog food section, salivating at a rack of Gravy Trains and Milkbones.
Kagome stuck a bag of Purina into her shopping bag and stared after him.
She didn't know if this would end well or not.
The good news was that Inuyasha didn't accidentally burn down the building, get into a fight with anyone, or do anything particularly strange, violent, or disruptive.
The bad news was that he had decided he wanted to eat fifty packages of Milkbone dog biscuits. She was about to scold him and tell him to put them back, but he had such an uncharacteristic hopeful little puppy look in his eyes that she decided to let it go.
He had a terrible childhood, Kagome, a voice in her head exclaimed. Just let him have his biscuits.
Besides, Inuyasha was cute when he was hopeful. His eyes went all bright and sparkly and she felt a sudden stronge urge to buy a frisbee and throw it in the opposite direction for him to chase.
He would like it too, no matter how much he'd deny it.
So she found herself giving the cashier a sheepish giggle while emptying her purse. Inuyasha's Milkbone cravings had destroyed her monthly allowance.
Inuyasha shoveled mouthful after mouthful into his mouth as soon she she paid, looking for all the world as though he were a child promised a lifetime of free ice cream, blissfully unaware of the stares curious onlookers were shooting him.
"'y za way, K'gome," he said in the midst of a dangerous technique known as 'speaking with food lodged in his trachea.' "Wha're 'ey called?"
She raised an eyebrow.
Come on, they were in the pet food aisle. It wasn't hard to put two and two together. She assumed he'd known and just didn't care.
"Uh, Inuyasha, those are dog biscuits."
He froze in horror.
"So, Inuyasha, how where things over there?" Shippo asked. "Didja get anything for me? Any nice food? Had fun?"
He shuddered.
There were some things he would never tell anyone. Ever.
That he'd downed fifty packages of Milkbone dog biscuits and then gotten a serious case of indigestion and vomiting was one.
A/N: Inuyasha in the modern era is so cute...
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