A/N: Me: hello peoples of the web! I'm back! Unfortunately, the cabana boys had to go back to the hotel but they'll be back!

Girls: YAY!

Miroku: can we get cabana girls too?

Me: no.

Mailman: I have a package for a Mirkou?

Mirkou: up here

Mailman: someone else tried to get into you filing cabinet, Hinata?

Me: yep. What did ya order Miroku?

Mailman: purple rabid squirrels

Me: squirrels?

Miroku: yep. I figure they can bite threw the net.

Me: baka. Nothing can get threw that net. That's why it's a net.

(Miroku shrugs and lets the squirrels loose on net)

Me: baka. Ok, I would like to say that update may take a little longer due to the fact that I'm lazy and Kitari Crystal has graciously agreed to beta my story due to the fact that I can't spell to save my life. I would also like to thank for submitting ideas for the story. Arigato! Now…to the disclaimer!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

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Chapter 35

"No."

"WHAT?!" Kagome and Aimi stared at Inuyasha and Hideki in disbelief. "Why not?"

"We can't come to protect you," Inuyasha said bluntly.

"It's not our fault you can't come," argued Aimi. "Hideki can't come through the well and if Inuyasha can't come through because you'll be arrested."

"Then why can you and Kagome go through?" Hideki asked.

"We can go through because, 1) the well lets us-"

"I can go through!" Inuyasha shouted.

"You didn't let me finish," Aimi said calmly. "2) Kagome and my handprints are different so we can go through without being caught by the cops."

"You're still not going." Both Hideki and Inuyasha stood in front of the well, daring them to try to get pass them. Both Kagome and Aimi sighed.

"I had hoped it wouldn't come down to this," Kagome said softly.

"But now we have no choice," Aimi continued. Aimi swept her hand across the air and Hideki was blown into a tree where he was bound.

"SIT!" Kagome shouted. Inuyasha plummeted into the ground.

"You really need to teach me how to do that," said Aimi admiringly.

"Just get the beads for Kaede," said Kagome.

"I'll have to do that." Together, they jumped threw the well toward Kagome's time. Unknown to them, an unwelcome figure watched the entire scene from a crystal ball pendent.

"Finally," Mirana muttered, closing her hand over the pendent. "Time for my revenge." Mirana laughed cruelly as a glassy eye Naito stood silently behind her.

"Mama!" Kagome called, pulling herself out of the well before offering a hand to Aimi.

"Kagome!" Kagome mother sprinted across the grounds, pulling a robe over her nightgown. "What are you doing here, you'll get…" her voice trailed of when she saw Kagome. "Who are you?"

Kagome and Aimi looked at each other. "Mama, it's me, Kagome."

"You're not my daughter," Kagome's mom said darkly, backing away slightly. "You must be a shape shifting demon that poorly posed as my daughter. My daughter is human, you can't be her."

"Mama, it's really me." Kagome approached her mother who only walked backwards one more step.

"You're not my daughter," her mother repeated.

"What's going on…?" Grandpa entered the well house now. "Who are you?"

"She claims to be Kagome."

"Impossible," said Grandpa, shaking his head. "Kagome's human."

"Grandpa, it's me, Kagome." Kagome was on the verge of tears now. How could they not believe her? Just then, Sota walked into the well house in his pajamas.

"Hey, Kagome," he yawned, rubbing his eyes. "How's it going?" Kagome burst into tears and ran to embrace her brother.

"Get away from him!" Kagome's mom wrenched Sota out of Kagome's grip. Kagome fell to her knees, crying her heart out.

"Mom! What are you doing?"

"Saving you from that demon!"

"Mom, that's Kagome! Not a demon. By the looks of it, she's a half demon."

"Your sister is human, not a half br-"

"If I may interrupt," Everyone turned to face Aimi.

"Aimi!" Sota shouted, raising his hands in the air, excitedly. Aimi ignored him.

"This half demon IS Kagome," said Aimi. "I assure you."

"That can't be Ka-"

"But it is," Aimi said, cutting across Grandpa's sentence.

"How did she become a half demon?" Sota asked.

"It must have been that good for nothing half demon, Inuyasha," snarled Grandpa.

"Grandpa!" Kagome shrieked as Aimi and Sota looked at the old man in surprise.

"I knew that boy was trouble the moment he walked through the front door."

"Dad, how could you say such a thing?" Kagome's mom asked. Kagome sighed in relief but turned pale at her mother's next sentence. "Inuyasha has nothing to do with this…this thing, claiming to be my daughter." Kagome burst into tears again, sinking even lower into the floor, if that was possible.

"That's it," Sota said at last. He grabbed Kagome's hand and pulled her to her feet. Grabbing Aimi's hand, he led them to the house.

"Sota, what are you doing?" Grandpa asked.

"I'm going to the moon. What does it look like I'm doing?! I'm taking Kagome and Aimi into the house."

"Young man, if you take one more step, I'll-"

"You'll do what, mom?" Sota turned to glare at his grandfather and mother. "I have every right to invite them into the house and there's nothing to do to stop me." His mother and grandfather stared in bewilderment as the boy pulled to the two half demons into the house.

Once inside, Aimi and Sota had to literally drag Kagome to her room. She had lost her will to move. Once in the room, she collapsed onto her bed, sobbing into the pillow. Sota locked the door so neither of the adults could enter.

"Can you tell me what happened?" he asked. Aimi sighed and nodded. She told him everything, while the authorities of the house listened silently outside the door.

An hour later, Aimi finished the tale.

"Wow," Sota whispered. "She's been through a lot." He looked over at his older sister who by now had cried herself to sleep.

"Hmm," Aimi agreed. She pulled over the trash can and wretched for the fifth time that day. She moaned and leaned back on her hands closing her eyes at the ceiling.

"So, what's wrong with you?" Aimi looked at the young boy in confusion.

"What do you mean?" she asked, opening one eye to look at him.

"You've been throwing up," Sota said bluntly. "Do you have the flu or something?" Aimi laughed.

"No, I'm not sick…well, not in that sense." Aimi laughed again at Sota's confused expression. "I'm pregnant," she explained. She laughed again at Sota's wide eyes and his open mouth. Her laughter had finally awoken Kagome from her slumber.

"Inuyasha," she muttered before her eyes fluttered open. She looked around. Upon seeing no Inuyasha and that fact that her surroundings proved to her that her dream wasn't a dream made her eyes water once more.

"Ahh, Kagome," said Aimi soothingly, wrapping her arms around her friend. Kagome broke into sobs again, crying into Aimi's arm as she stroked Kagome's raven locks. "It's ok."

"No it's not," Kaogme sobbed. "My mother doesn't believe it's really me and my grandfather blames Inuyasha. What am I going to do?"

"Go out," Sota suggested. Aimi looked at him confused and Kagome looked at him.

"G-Go out?" she sniffed.

"Why not? A ramen shop opened next door and everything is half off today."

"B-But I have no money." Out of his pocket, Sota pulled out a wad of yen. He handed it to Aimi. "Just tell the owner Sota Higurashi sent you."

"Where did you get all of this money?" Kagome asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I work there," Sota explained. "They have great ramen, you'll like it, I promise." Kagome looked up at Aimi, who smiled.

"Why not, we got nothing to lose."

"If you have money left over, you can spend it on shopping." Both girls starred at him. "What?"

"Who are you and what have you done to my brother?" Kagome asked but she was finally smiling.

"What? I know that you like to shop and I know it will make you feel better." Sota shrugged. "Besides, I have more money stashed away." The girls rushed forward and embraced the young boy.

"Thank you!" they said in unison and they shooed him out the door. On the landing, Sota looked around, swearing he heard the sounds of running feet toward the kitchen.

"Come on Kagome, just jump."

"I don't know…"

"Just jump, I promise, you'll be fine." Kagome bit her lip as she sat on her windowsill, looking down at Aimi.

Aimi was wearing the headband to cover her ears again as well was a black shirt that only reached her midriff, showing her toned stomach, covered by a light colored cotton blouse, fully unbuttoned and its sleeves rolled up to her elbows. Her faded blue jeans had many holes in the knees and legs covering a pair of black, high heeled boots.

Kagome also wore a headband to cover her ears but she wore her raven hair in a long ponytail. Kagome wore a forest green, v-neck t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans with a pair of tennis shoes. She was still amazed that Aimi was so bold on her outfit chose.

"Come on Kagome!" Aimi yelled up to her. "I'm hungry."

"Can't we take the front door?" Kagome asked.

"Not unless you want to run into your folks. Come on, just jump! You're a half demon now. Even if you misstep, it won't hurt. And besides, I'm right here."

Kagome sighed, still biting her lip. Closing her eyes and holding her breath, she jumped. Expecting to feel the impact of the ground, she was surprised when her feet naturally, touched the ground, leaving her unharmed.

"See, you're fine," said Aimi happily, her hands on her hips. "Now come on, I'm hungry!"

"Welcome to the Inu Café, how can I help you?" A girl with strawberry blond hair that almost reached her knees smiled at them from behind a small platform.

"Umm, can we sit at the ramen bar?" Aimi asked, looking over the girl's shoulder. The girl smiled.

"Of course," she said, still smiling. She led the two girls over to the bar.

"If you need anything," said the girl as Kagome and Aimi took their seats. "just ask for Mika or you can talk to the owner." Kagome and Aimi looked at each other with wide eyes as the strawberry blond waitress walked away.

"You don't think…" Kagome started.

"Couldn't be," said Aimi, picking up the menu. Suddenly a load cheer erupted from behind them. Turning toward the noise, to see a girl with short red hair with silver streaks and glasses over her brown eyes and a girl with long black hair in a ponytail that ended at her knees with turquoise eyes were balancing several bowls of ramen. In one fluid movement, they tossed the bowls into the air before catching them one by one, distributing them to their correct consumers. Applause erupted through out the restaurant. The two waitresses bowed before walking back into the kitchen where a girl with long purple hair with lavender highlights and navy blue eyes walked out with a tray full of ramen.

"Ok," said Kagome, looking at Aimi. "I could have sworn that was-" A girl with brown curly long hair in a bun, big blue eyes, skinny but not scrawny figure, wearing a ring with a ruby in it, a black shirt and faded black jeans bumped into her, nearly spilling a tray of ramen on Aimi.

"Excuse me," she muttered before walking toward a group of young men. Following her was a girl with black hair and reddish, brownish highlight and bangs, which reminded Kagome a lot of Kikyo's bangs, dark brown eyes and a petite figure, followed her, holding a tray of ramen for the table next to the bar.

"Ok, this is weird," muttered Kagome. "I could have sworn that was-"

"Makkura!" The two half demons whipped there heads around so fast, the cricked their necks. There was the girl with the long black hair and turquoise eyes, yelling at a girl with knee length blond hair and with dark brown, almost black eyes. The blond was holding a bucket and mop, cowering under the other girl's gaze. "Have you finished with the bathrooms yet?"

"Not yet, Renna," Makkura muttered.

"Then get back to work!" Makkura let out a small "eep" and rushed into the girl's room.

"Ok," said Kagome finally after several minutes of silence. "I know that was Makkura."

"Can we worry about that later?" Aimi asked as her stomach growled.

"Hey, girlies, what would it be?" the cook behind the counter asked, her back to them, her long black hair tied back into a bun. They could see sweat running down her neck.

"Umm, I'll take a large pork ramen," muttered Aimi, "with water."

"And I'll take a small chicken with a water," said Kagome.

"Right," said the cook. A few minutes later, the cook finally turned with their ramen in her hands.

"Here you…Hey, I know you!" She called over her shoulder. "Hey, Shizutama, look who's here!" The purple haired, lavender highlighted girl appeared behind the cook.

"Well, I'll be," she said smiling. "I never expected to see you two here."

"Umm…do we know you?" Aimi asked, raising an eyebrow.

"You wound me," said the cook. "You must remember me." The two girls shook her heads. "Girl with the sword, fought a battle with ya, ring a bell." The two girls shook their heads again. "It's me! Hinata!" The two girls gasped.

"Hinata? What are you doing here?" Kagome asked.

"Working at the moment," I said, setting the ramen down in front of them. "I need to make money some how."

"Who works here?" Aimi asked, picking up her chop sticks.

"Everyone…well, I take that back, everyone but the muses. I can't risk them threatening the business."

"Even older Shippo?"

I laughed. "Well, older Shippo isn't really older Shippo anymore. I turned him back so…no."

The two girls laughed and took a sip of their ramen.

"This is good!" Aimi exclaimed.

"Why thank you," I said bowing.

"Why is Makkura working here?" Kagome asked.

"That's her punishment," I said. "She cleans the bathrooms and the pans and washes the floors, you get the idea." I turned back to the stove. "Manual labor is the one thing Makkura hates the most, which is saying something."

"Soo, who owns this place?" Kagome asked, taking another sip of her ramen.

"I do." Kagome spat out her ramen in surprise. "Why does everyone do that when I tell them that?"

"Because you're not usually a reliable person," suggested Kagami Tama who had just walked through the kitchen doors.

"Haha, very funny," I muttered.

"I'm sorry," said Kagome, covering her mouth. "I just never expected you to be my brother's boss."

"Ah, so you did see your family. How did it go?"

Kagome frowned and looked into her bowl of ramen as if she was ready to drown herself in it.

"Not well huh?"

"My mom doesn't believe it's me," Kagome muttered. "And Grandpa blames Inuyasha for me being a half demon." She looked at her claws sadly. "Did I make the right choose?"

"Are you happy?" Kagome looked up at me in surprise. "That was a totally serious question. Are you happy the way you are? If you family didn't care, would you be happy?" Kagome thought for a moment before nodding. "There ya go. If you're happy, then you made the right choose."

"Thanks Hinata," Kagome said, sipping her ramen.

"Who's Renna?" Aimi asked looking at the waitress who was taking orders two tables down.

"Oh, that's Editor," I said nonchalantly. "She just changes her name when we work here."

"Why?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Would you order ramen from a girl named Editor?"

Aimi shook her head. "I didn't think so."

"So who told you to come here?" I asked, turning back to the stove.

"Sota."

"Ah, my best employee." I looked both ways and whispered: "Don't tell anyone I said that."

Aimi and Kagome laughed and finished their ramen

At the end of the day, Aimi and Kagome left the Inu Café with some take out for themselves and their friends, on the other side of the well.

"I hate to admit it but that was fun," Aimi said smiling. Kagome nodded. Upon reaching the shrine, Aimi jumped into Kagome's room to grab their clothes. "Might as well change in the Feudal Era," she said. The two ran to the well and jumped.

They landed on the ground with the ramen in their hands, but two angry faces were glaring down at them.

"Say a word and you won't get any of these ramen," Kagome threatened, holding up the bag. Inuyasha practically sat like an obedient dog, begging for the food. Kagome laughed as she and Aimi climbed up the well. Aimi completely ignored Hideki's presence.

"Let's eat!" Inuyasha shouted, grabbing the biggest bowl of ramen. The two girls laughed.

"I hope Sota isn't mad at us," Aimi thought out loud, looking at the ten bags full of ramen.

Present Time

"What do you mean they put it on my tab?" Sota shouted.

"I mean what I said. They put the entire take out on your tab. Sooo, you own me…245 American dollars or 25110.05 yen."

"WHAT!" Sota exclaimed. "That's the last time I'm going to help my sister."

I looked down at the boy. "Well, I guess I can let this one slip. Now get to work!"

Sota smiled and began to take the orders.

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A/N: Me: and there is chapter 35. Now a quick notice. I want my readers opinion on what should happen in the story. As you may, or may not, remember, Mirana was to be married with Hideki. What if Hideki had feelings for her? There is a poll on my author's page about this situation. If you would vote on it that would be great. That's all folks!

Inuyasha: wait! I have to say something!

Me: too bad. Bye!