AN: HIYA! Man, it feels good to be back! My computer's not quite fixed, but I can now sign in to on the family computer, so the moment I figured that out (10 minutes ago), I started work on my next chapter! Sorry for the long wait, people!! By the way, I reached 50 reviews!! YAY!!!!!!!

Disclaimer: All right, Hinote and Kasai haven't done the disclaimer for a while, so my little evil imaginary muses have decided to do it!
Kasai: Yeah, we had a really long vacation...
Hinote: But it started to get boring.
Kazix: Awwww, you guys missed me!
Kasai: No, we missed your Mountain Dew
Hinote: And ramen, don't forget the ramen.
Kazix: ::sweat drops:: Just do the disclaimer:
Kasai: Kazix does not own Inuyasha and company
Hinote: And she doesn't own this Mountain Dew and ramen! ::runs away with Kaz's food::
Kazix: HEY!

Last Chapter:

"I don't think it's stuck," Inuyasha said as he closed the door. Miroku went over to the door and tried turning the knob, but it didn't budge.

"Then how come I can't open it?" Miroku wondered out loud. Inuyasha sighed and walked over. He turned the handle again and it opened.

"You were turning it the wrong way," he said. Miroku looked shocked. "Now go to bed, I want some sleep," Inuyasha said, pushing his friend out of his cabin and closing the door. He then flopped down on the bed and instantly fell asleep.

Stealing Four Souls and a Few Hearts

Chapter 15: Birthday Bash

Inuyasha fearfully ran through the forest, looking behind him every once in a while as echoing strings of laughter invaded his ears. He reached a river and looked down into the water at his human reflection. He was stuck this way forever. The hollow laughter grew louder and louder, invading his senses and mind, and confusing his thoughts. He sunk to his knees in agony, his hands plastered to his ears to keep out the dreaded laughing. Suddenly, two small shadowy figures appeared on the opposite shore of the river.

"Stay back!" he commanded, fear evident in his shaky voice. The figures ignored his plea and instead began walking slowly across the top of the water to him. "Leave me alone!" he shouted in desperation. The figures finally reached him and their anonymity was betrayed as he recognized them as the only two people in the world that could frighten him this much. "Kanrakuchou...Ashi..." he whispered as they grinned evilly.

"Oh Inuyasha," Ashi whispered menacingly, "Inuyaaaaashaaaaa...Inuyasha! INUYASHA!" she shouted, as Inuyasha's vision faded to black.

"INUYASHA!" Ashi shouted into Inuyasha's ear as she stood next to his bed. His nose twitched in response and he began mumbling. Ashi turned to Kanrakuchou who had grown very bored over the past ten minutes and had preoccupied himself with reading a book he found. "Kanrakuchou," she said, taking the book from him. Kanrakuchou looked up with a sad expression, but grinned evilly as Ashi nodded at him. He pulled a marker from his pocket and jumped on Inuyasha's torso as he uncapped it. Snickering lightly as he worked, he began drawing on Inuyasha. When he finished, he capped the marker again and smiled, obviously pleased with his work.

"Kitty," he announced. Ashi looked approvingly at the whiskers and random stripes drawn on Inuyasha's face and arms.

"Very good," she said. She then leaned in close to his ears and sucked in a deep breath. "INUYASHAAAAAAAAA!!" she yelled as loud as she could. She watched as Inuyasha shot straight up in bed, still entangled in his covers.

"WHAT!" he demanded as he sent a death glare to Ashi.

"It's my birthday!" she said pleasantly.

"Feh, and why should I care?"

"Because if you don't care, then I guess you don't care about being a hanyou again either," she said turning around.

"No, wait, I care, I care!" he said hurriedly, latching on to her legs as he fell out of bed. "Just make me normal again!" Ashi looked over to Kanrakuchou and they nodded in agreement. Kanrakuchou busied himself by taking off the spell on Inuyasha's ears while Ashi started toward Inuyasha's eyes, much to his displeasure. "No, what are you doing?" he exclaimed in surprise as he tried backing away.

"Will you hold still so I can take out those contacts?" she asked irritably as she finally managed to get both of them out. Ashi then did a bit of magic to make Inuyasha's claws grow back.

"There, all better," Ashi exclaimed.

"But what about my hair?" Inuyasha asked in a pouty voice.

"Oh yeah," Kanrakuchou said as he pulled out a spray bottle seemingly out of thin air. He began spraying the substance in Inuyasha's hair and soon it was the shiny silver we all know and love.

"Yay!" Inuyasha shouted uncharacteristically as he began running his fingers through his hair. Ashi took this moment to jump on top of his head and start pulling on his ears.

"Now, I want pixie stix, Mountain Dew, chocolate cake, ice cream, pixie stix, toys, pixie stix, candy, pixie stix, and uh...pixie stix!" she exclaimed joyously, pulling on his ears obnoxiously.

"AH! Fine, get off my head!" Inuyasha exclaimed, trying to get her off to no avail. "Kanrakuchou, do something!" he demanded. Kanrakuchou sighed and threw the book he had been reading at Ashi's head.

"Ashi, how is Yash gonna hear your demands if you keep pulling on his ears like that?" Kanrakuchou asked the prone figure of Ashi on the floor.

"Right...demands...pixie stix," she mumbled incoherently as she tried to get her brain back on track. Inuyasha stared blankly at Ashi before turning his attention to Kanrakuchou.

"It's really her birthday?"

"Yep, so you'll need to get everything she wants," Kanrakuchou replied with an evil grin. He had, of course, convinced Ashi to add some of his own demands as well. They were going to be having waffles, that was for sure.

"Everything?" Inuyasha repeated.

"Yep, everything. So you better get to it," he added as Ashi began to get up.

"And don't forget the pixie stix!" she called as Kanrakuchou pulled her out of Inuyasha's cabin.

"Don't forget the pixie stix," Inuyasha mocked in a little kid voice. "Feh!" He quickly got dressed and headed to the cafeteria, realizing he was the last one to arrive. There was excited chatter in the cafeteria as he sat down and Ashi and Kanrakuchou were talking animatedly to Myouga. After a while, Myouga shooed them away and stood up in front of the leaders and children.

"It has come to my attention that there is a birthday today," he said as everyone quieted down. "So we will have a party. I understand Inuyasha is in charge of the food, Kagome and Sango are in charge of the decorations and Miroku is in charge of the music, correct?"

There was an audible groan from the four leaders as Myouga named them. Obviously Ashi had not only convinced Inuyasha to do her bidding, but Kagome, Sango, and Miroku as well. "It's settled. While those four leaders are setting up, we will play party games outside. Ok, let's go," he said, directing everyone but the four leaders out of the cafeteria.

Once everyone had left, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha stood in the cafeteria quietly, all thinking of how they got pulled into Ashi's party staff. "Well, we better get to decorating, Sango," Kagome said with forced cheer. They went to a closet in the far back of the cafeteria and began digging around for decorations while Miroku went to his cabin to collect his CDs and Inuyasha went to the kitchen to look for party food.

- - - -Kagome and Sango- - - -

They entered the storeroom and flicked on a light switch, amazed at how much dust had accumulated over the years. They began digging through the boxes, becoming giddy as they found all sorts of strange things.

"Hey Kagome, look at this," Sango said with a grin as she pulled out a fluffy thing that looked very much like Sesshomaru's fluffy thing. She flung it around her shoulders like a scarf and grinned more. "No wonder Sesshomaru likes that thing so much! It's so comfortable!"

"That's nothing, look at this," Kagome said, pulling out a gaudy pink party dress with sparkles and glitter all over it. "I can understand why this was hidden away," she said with a laugh as she tossed it we use these?" Sango asked, pulling out a bunch of silver tinsel strung together. Kagome examined it carefully.

"Yeah, that should be fine," she said, pulling out a sign saying "Congratulations, it's a boy!" "Hehe, let's use this!" she said, holding it up to show Sango.

"Ashi might kill us, but that's hilarious!" Sango agreed. They continued looking through the boxes until they found everything they needed.

- - - -Miroku- - - -

After collecting all his CDs, Miroku decided he needed more. He crept into Inuyasha's cabin and found his CD stash quickly. "Here we go," he said aloud to himself, "Let's see what Inuyasha has." He picked up the CD on the top of the stack and read the cover.

"Britney Spears?!" he said incredulously. He shook his head and tossed that CD aside before moving to the next CD. "Sailor Moon?" He tossed that one aside as well, reading the next CD. "Jessica Simpson!? Ok, Inuyasha's got head trauma or something," he said, flinging all the CDs aside and leaving the cabin. "I think I'm scarred for life," he mumbled.

He made his way to Kagome's cabin next, hoping she had a better taste in music than Inuyasha. He was quite pleased with her taste in music as he went through it. "Linkin Park...Papa Roach...Armor For and Cambria...These will do. These will do quite nicely," he said, picking up the stack and heading to Sango's cabin.

He found a stack of CDs similar to Kagome's and decided to take Sango's CDs as well. He dropped them off in the cafeteria, not having any more room to carry any more CDs. "I wonder if Myouga has any good CDs," he mumbled as he headed out that way. Upon arriving, he found CDs similar to Inuyasha's and gagged with disgust. Deciding he wouldn't find any other good CDs, he found a CD player and set it up in the cafeteria.

- - - -Inuyasha- - - -

"Get some food, Inuyasha. I want pixie stix, Inuyasha. Blah, blah, blah, Inuyasha," Inuyasha said in a falsetto voice. He was rummaging through the kitchen, trying to find Ashi's requested items without any luck. He knew he had to find the food, though, or Ashi would be planning his funeral. He reached the freezer and opened it, making sure it stayed open, and entered the cold space. He found a couple 2-liters of Mountain Dew and some boxes of frozen waffles and a couple cartons of ice cream and left the small space.

"Now I need pixie stix...chocolate cake...and some other candy," he mumbled to himself as he deposited the food items on the counter. He found a pantry and opened it up, finding a bag of pixie stix and assorted candies and a box of cake mix. "Am I supposed to make the cake?" he wondered nervously. He set all the food on the counter and stared at the instructions on the box of cake mix.

"Blah blah blah, get a pan, blah blah...Well this seems easy enough I guess," he said as he searched for the necessary items to bake the cake. He decided to make things interesting, so he took a flowered apron off a hook on the wall and a chef's hat and put them on. He laughed at himself, but decided that no one would see him, so he didn't take them off. He began baking the cake while humming a light, catchy tune, occasionally singing the words when he knew them.

- - - -Everyone else- - - -

The children stood excitedly around a piñata hanging from a tree while Myouga held a bat and blindfold in his hands. "Ok, we're going to start off this game with the birthday girl, of course," Myouga began, "So, Ashi, come forward and hold this bat." Ashi did as instructed, but as soon as she got hold of the bat, she ran away from the group laughing maniacally. "Ashi! Come back and put this blindfold on!" Myouga yelled after her as the group began to chase her. When they were a safe distance away, she ran back to the piñata and began hitting it wildly.

"Ashi!" Kanrakuchou groaned as the piñata burst open and candy fell to the ground, "I thought you said I could have a turn too."

"Oh yeah, forgot," she said distractedly as she began scouring the ground and sorting through the candy. "There's no pixie stix!" she yelled.

"Really?" Kanrakuchou asked. "Well maybe Inuyasha found some by now. Let's go back to the cafeteria," he suggested as he and Ashi made their way back to the cafeteria. The rest of the children and leaders began digging through the candy, collecting as much as they could.

As Ashi and Kanrakuchou entered the cafeteria, they saw that Sango and Kagome were almost done decorating, but both were dressed strangely with things long gone out of style. Miroku was just finishing up setting up the music area, but Inuyasha was nowhere in sight.

"Maybe he's in the kitchen," Kanrakuchou shrugged.

"Indeed," Ashi said, sprinting to the kitchen door. Kanrakuchou follower after her and they both entered the kitchen at the same time. They stared with wide eyes at the sight before them before bursting out in raucous laughter.

Inuyasha was standing on a chair, wearing a pink flowered apron and a bit white chef's hat, loudly singing "It's Raining Men" into a wooden stirring spoon. When he caught sight of the two children, Inuyasha abruptly dropped the spoon and stopped singing, looking like a deer in headlights.

"Wh-What are you doing here!?" he demanded finally, "I thought you were with Myouga!" The two children didn't answer because they were now on the floor, rolling around and clutching their stomachs. Tears sprang to their eyes as they continued to laugh, ignoring Inuyasha's protests.

When they finally regained their composure, they stood, small laughs still escaping their lips. "You...You...You were singing...!" Ashi managed to say.

"I-It's Raining...MEN!" Kanrakuchou continued, a new burst of laughter coming free.

"Th-The apron!"

"A-A-And the spoon!"

"And hat!"

"And the chair!"

"Ok, I get it!" Inuyasha yelled, his face a deep red. "If you utter a word of this to anyone else, you won't get any pixie stix or waffles!" he threatened. The two kids immediately developed serious, fearful expressions.

"You wouldn't," countered Ashi, glaring at the now smirking hanyou.

"Oh, but I would," Inuyasha said smugly, "So I suggest you leave so I can finish baking your cake."

"Baking?" Kanrakuchou asked, not helping the grin that spread across his face.

"Go!" Inuyasha yelled, and the two scampered out of the kitchen, grinning from ear to ear. "Dumb kids," Inuyasha mumbled as he finished baking the cake.

- - - -Later- - - -

After all the party decorations and food was done, the party commenced. Ashi and Kanrakuchou busied themselves by happily eating their pixie stix and waffles, now very much satisfied and unable to get the picture of Inuyasha singing out of their head. Miroku played all their favorite songs, for fear of some punishment should he play a song they didn't want to hear. It seemed everything was going great.

Sesshomaru entered the cafeteria quietly and looked around. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves at this party. A quick glance at a sign that read "Congratulations, it's a boy!" told him that someone had a baby. He didn't press the matter, uncaring of who the newborn child was. He would find out from Inuyasha later. But what interested him the most was a scarf around Sango's neck.

Sesshomaru made his way over to Sango and glared at her. "Where did you get that scarf?" he demanded.

Sango looked up innocently and answered, "Oh, do you like it?"

"If you are trying to look better than me, you should know that you shall fail miserably!" he said, the anger rising in his voice.

"What? What are you-"

"Silence, fool! I shall be master of the fluffiness!" he said, grabbing Sango's scarf and putting it around his own neck before storming off.

Sango glanced at Kagome with a confused expression on her face. "Did Sesshomaru just get jealous over my scarf?" she asked Kagome.

"I...I don't know...I think so," Kagome answered just as confusedly. "Do you think he's drunk?"

"I doubt Sesshomaru could ever be drunk," Sango said, staring at where Sesshomaru had disappeared into the crowd. "But I never want to experience that again."

"Agreed," said Kagome, taking a sip of her soda.

- - - -Even Later- - - -

As the children began to get tired, Myouga sent them off to their cabins. The leaders soon followed suit, exhausted from the day's effort. The decorations had been left up, but most of the food had been put away and Miroku returned the CDs to their rightful owner, still appalled at Inuyasha's choice in music. He had to remind himself to convert Inuyasha's tastes to something more tasteful.

AN: Okay, that's all for today. Sorry it's short. I did this all in one sitting and I really didn't want to wait to update, since I figured you guys had been waiting long enough. I'm not really happy with the way it turned out, but hopefully I'll get back to the main plot in the next couple chapters. All right, time for reviewer responses!

Kags- Well thank ya, and thanks for reviewing!

karma-punk- HAHAHA, I can finally sign in, kit! Happy with evilness? Hehe.

Eric3D2B- Yep, evil kids make Naraku seem like a goody-goody. Hehe, computer's still not fixed, but I spose this is ok. Thanks for reviewing!

skysong- Yeah, I hate Kikyou too. Hehe, but she's dead now. BWAHAHAHAHAHA. And I'm sorry, but since my computer's broken, I can't send a pic of Okibi, even if I could find it. Thanks for reviewing!

butterflygurl- HAHA! I'd have to say that'd be a hilarious idea...if my friends wouldn't kill me if I did it. Sorry, no fluff for Ashi and Kanrakuchou! But thanks for reviewing!

Xessive- ::laughs maniacally:: Told ya you should've written your story, mage. Now you're grounded. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Review again!

Serenity- Yay, I get a parade! Me likey being the Mighty Queen of Stuff. Hehe, thanks for reviewing!

Akiraton- Yes, they is evil, is they not? But that's good! Thanks for reviewing!

All right, folks, that's all. Thanks for not leaving me! Please review again, thank ya!! Ja ne!

-Kaz