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Kagome/Uryuu-5
Kagome/Renji-10
Kagome/Ichigo-5
Kagome/Kouga-0
Ichigo/Kagome/Renji-5
Ichigo/Kagome/Uryuu-1
Ichigo/Kagome/Kouga-0
Renji/Kagome/Uryuu-6
Kouga/Kagome/Renji-1
Kouga/Kagome/Uryuu-0
Orihime/Ichigo-4
Orihime/someone else--Orihime/Sado-1--Orihime/Uryuu-4--Orihime/Ichigo-4--Orihime/Kouga-1

If Orihime/Ichigo wins and Kagome paired with Ichigo somehow, the Kagome/Ichigo pairing will win and Orihime gets the next best.

Shopping

I awoke early the next morning, yawning. I brushed mussed up red hair back slightly and stretched my arms above my head, muscles rippled in the faint morning light. I looked around, vaguely wondering where I was. The events of yesterday came back to me in a rush and I groaned as I fell back against the pillow. I closed my eyes.

I was Earth Bound.

There was no Soul Society for me. I was unable to access the Soul Society because of my punishment. I yawned again and decided I should get up, especially when I smelled something that was absolutely enticing and I felt ravenous right now. I stood and moved to the door. I walked down the stairs, following the scent to the kitchen. What I saw surprised me to say the least.

Kagome was dancing around in her pajama's as she made breakfast. I leaned against the door frame, my arms crossed across my chest. My mouth parted slightly as I took in the expanse of her creamy long legs to the very small pajama shorts that had 'Hello Kitty' on it, the pink tube top that was tight on her upper body, showing me her luscious curves. I clenched my fingers and almost let a out groan.

She had a wonderful body and right now, as she danced, moving her hips...I was only male. As a male I can only take so much of an erotic display of cuteness. She turned around and 'eeped'. She jumped back and I straightened up immediately. I watched as a small blush developed on her cheeks and wanted to chuckle. I saw her eyes roam my body and I wondered what she was looking at.

I looked down and felt my own face heat up. I had forgotten to pull up my haori and right now, it was pooled at my waist showing my chest to her. I mumbled a 'sorry' and pulled up my haori. She gave me a nervous smile and gestured for me to sit at the table.

"Good morning, Renji." she greeted, coughing slightly. "I had forgotten you were here." she admitted honestly. "Would you like some pancakes?"

"Please." I said. She nodded and placed four pancakes in front of me with syrup.

"Coffee or OJ?"

"OJ." I yawned. She nodded and gave me a cup of orange juice and then set a plate up for herself and then went into the refrigerator and pulled out two thawed fish. I watched as she went to the counter top and cut the fish quickly. She put them into two small bowls and set them on floor. Moments later Buyo and Kirara appeared. She washed her hands and took a seat in front of me.

"Did you sleep well?" she asked politely.

"I did. It was kinda weird at first because I'm not used to the enviorment but it was fine after I had initially fallen asleep." I told her. She nodded as she cut her pancakes and began to eat them in small polite bites. I heard the padding of footsteps and then her son, Shippo, came down the stairs rubbing his eyes.

I think he was running on auto piolet because he went to the fridge, pulled out some milk and then jumped onto the counter top to get a cup. He sat at what I assumed was his usual seat and began to pour the milk. He yawned and then put the milk carton down. I watched him take a sip and then look around. His eyes landed on me and he rubbed his eyes.

"'Kaa-san..." he started softly. "...there is a man at our table...that's not right." his eyes opened wide then and then he leapt from his seated position and onto the table, his arms set into a 'good-guy pose'. "You fiend!" he cried. "How dare you come into our house and eat our food! I shall teach you what happens when you mess with my food and my family! DIE!" the next think I knew...he was jumping at me, his hands clawing madly at my face. Kagome screeched and stood, tipping over the milk carton so that it fell on the floor. I didn't fully register what was happening until I felt the pain and cried out. "Ha ha! Not so-so-so thieving now are you! Ha ha ha!" he yelled and then he bit my ear. "Tweach wu bu wess wif ny fabwy!" (teach you to mess with my family) Kagome came over to the side of the table and yanked Shippo from my head so I could nurse my wounds. "Mwahahahahahaha!!" he cackled madly.

"Shippo! Wake up!" Kagome snapped softly, lightly shaking Shippo who was still in slight dream land.

"Huh?" Shippo asked as he looked at Kagome.

"You just attacked Renji!" Kagome scolded.

"I did?" he asked. "Oh! Yeah!" he smirked. "I did!" Kagome glared and he frowned. "I did, didn't I, 'Kaa-san?" he said sadly.

"Don't you pull your cutsie eyes on me." Kagome scolded. "Look at Renji's face!" they both did and immediately broke out into laughter. I walked to the bathroom and cursed. I had scratches all over my face. I wanted to whine at the injustice of it all but refrained from doing so.

I walked back to the kitchen where Shippo sat eating while Kagome cleaned the mess. I sat at my spot and continued to eat. Shippo looked at me and sent me an apologetic smile. I shook my head and sent him a small scowl. He took it as a sign that all was well. Soon Kagome rejoined us at the tabel and continued to eat her food. Shippo finished and ran upstairs to get dressed.

"When we go shopping, you'll have to go in that. Thankfully this is Japan and people can walk around in traditional clothing if they so wish." Kagome stated. "I'll be back. I'm going to go and get dressed."

She took her plate and placed it into the sink. She left the room and not too long after she left, Shippo came down looking like a normal young boy. He was a little taller now, coming up to my mid thigh His tail, claws, and fangs disappeared, and animal feet were replaced by human feet. He wore a dark green shirt with dark blue jeans, white shoes, and a green bow held back his hair.

Kagome came down not long afterwards and my mouth went dry. She wore a pleated black, blue, white, plaid skirt that came just above her knees, a black short sleeved V-neck shirt, black socks stopped just where her skirt ended, and she wore a pair of small heals. She had a small black messenger bag with a picture of two guys on it back to back. On one side it said 'L' just above the guy, on the other side it said 'Light' just above the other guy. Underneath it I read 'Death Note' and figured it to be a show of some sort. Her hair was pulled into a messy bun held by black and blue chop sticks, her bangs fell messily into her face. She smiled at me and then grabbed Shippo's hand.

"Are you ready?" she asked. I nodded my head, standing from the chair. I went to grab my zanpakuto. "You can't take that."

"I need it though." I stold her.

"Why is that even out?" she wondered aloud. "You're in a gigai. Your zanpakuto shouldn't be on the physical plane unless you were in your Soul Reaper form. Let's get you out of that body and then we'll leave it with your spiritual form."

"How do you plan on getting me from my gigai exactly?" I asked curiously. She lifted a glowing silver hand and smiled. She touched my chest and a burst of power shot from it. I felt myself being thrown back and from th gigai. I closed my eyes and when I opened them, I saw the gigai on the floor. In my hand was my zanpakuto. I put it on my waist and then stepped back int the gigai.

"Good." she smiled. I stood and then she grabbed a pair of car keys. we walked outside and down the steps. At the bottom of all the stairs was a small a garage. She opened the garage and a small silver car was inside. We walked inside and the Shippo bounded over to one of the back doors. He opened it and jumped inside.

Kagome gestured for me to take the front passenger seat. I did as i was told and she took the drivers seat. She turned the car on and we were off. She was driving through the streets of Tokyo. Shippo played with a car in the back while we drove in comfortable silence.

"We're headed to the mall so that we can find all that you will need." I nodded. I leaned my head against the window, watching the scenery pass by. Soon we were at a large building. She found parking space and I was pulled inside the large building.

Our first stop would have to be 'Hollister' and then 'Abercrombie and Fitch'. They had some of the hottest male fashions. I loved to shop there for males. For myself I went to the 'Hot Topic'. The mall was crowded as usual. I pulled him with me to 'Hollister' where I could get him some nice pants. We would go to 'The River' (A/N: My uncle owns this store in California. They have some really good clothes.) for shirts, 'Hot topic' for some cool accessories, and A&F for a couple of good jackets.

A sales lady saw us and her expression was bright. I watched as a predatory gleam entered her eyes as she came towards us. She smiled and seeing she was no older than myself...I knew she wanted more than just a customer. I wanted to growl at her. Shippo held my hand as we entered.

"Hello!' she greeted. "I am Haya! Is there anything I can do to help you?" I growled mentally knowing I was going to need her help.

"Yes. My friend and I are looking for some new pants for him." I greeted warmly. She barely spared me a glance; my eyes narrowed.

"Right this way!" she pulled him towards the men's dressing area. Haya pulled out a measuring tape and measured his waist and leg length. She pushed him into a dressing room and then went to the back. She brought out roughly ten different pants and several shirts. She tossed them inside with Renji and closed the door. "Try those on and come out!"

"Don't try and man handle me, woman!" he growled from the other side of the door. Shippo and I sat quietly, waiting for Renji to come out. When he did, I had to blink several times. Renji was absolutely delicious. The pants hung on his waist lowly, they fit loose in the legs but tight in the ass. He wore an unbuttoned long sleeved button up shirt that was black with gray pin stripes. Under the shirt was a light gray wife beater. His red hair was in its usual style and the tribal tattoos looked wonderful. The pants were a faded color with frayed bottoms. She put his hands in his jean pockets and I silently congratulated the girl.

She had very good taste.

"Does it fit nice?" I asked.

"Yeah."

"Do you like it?" I asked. He nodded and I turned to drooling sales woman. "We'll take that one. Go try on a few more." he nodded and disappeared behind the door. An hour or so later we left the story with six hundred worth of clothes. Renji wore a pair of dark jeans that were like the first pair only different in color, a dark red shirt that brought out the color of his hair. We bought him a pair of converse, black in color. We currently had thirteen bags divided between us.

"Off to A&F!" I yelled. We needed a few nice jackets for him. As we enetered we were immediately attacked by a sales lady, this time it was two. I sighed.

"Do you need help finding anything, sir?" they asked together.

"No. We have it. Thank you ladies." I told them. They frowned and disappeared as we went to the back of the store. I searched for several jackets and squealed, nearly deafening Shippo. It was perfect. It was a black denim jacket that stopped just above his waist. It was thick for the upcoming weather. I threw it at him to try on. It fit nicely and I nodded for him to hold it.

I saw another one and it was a semi thick cotton blue jacket with a soft almost fur hood. The inside was lined with the same fur and I nodded for this one too. We bought several jackets. He wore the black denim jacket out. I pulled him over to 'The River' and smiled. They had awesome shirts in here. Renji sighed and smiled. We came out with fifteen shirts.

"Last stop 'Hot Topic' and then lunch."

"Yay!" Shippo and Renji cheered. I raised a brow at his childishness. All he and Shippo did on this trip was argue and glare at each other. I pulled him into the goth store and smiled when I saw the chains. I got him several to put on his pants. I grabbed several leather cuffs with skulls on them. I grabbed a few chokers and then a few shirts with random funny sayings. One of them said, 'I like you because your stupidity is amusing'. It made me giggle. We went to pay and the girl at the register had to stare a few moments at Renji that was still arguing with Shippo. Right now it was over whether Renji's tattoos were real or not.

"I'm telling you that they're real!"

"Are not!"

"Are too!"

"Are not!"

"Are too!"

"Thank you for shopping at 'Hot Topic'."

"Are not!" We walked out of the store and then walked to the food court, them still arguing. I sighed and put my hands over their mouths.

"Both of you, hush." I hissed. Shippo nodded but Renji narrowed his eyes. They twinkled before he licked my palm. I made a disgusted sound and wiped my hand on his jacket. "Eww! That was so gross!" Shippo gave him a high five and I glared. They stopped and Renji merely turned his nose into the air and I sighed. "What do you want to eat?"

"Pizza!" was their cry and I gave Renji a cold stare.

"What are you, five?" I asked.

"No!" he huffed. "I'm just hungry!" We walked to the pizza line where I ordereda mediam peperomi pizza. It came out a fewmoments later and we found a seat. I sent Shippo and Renji to go and get the drinks while I watched the clothes. They left and came back with three cokes. I opened the pizza and we dug in. "Either I'm starving or this si the best pizza ever."

"I assure that this is the best pizza ever." I laughed. He nodded and ate most of the pizza himself. I sent Shippo to buy another one. I watched him closely.

"So..." Renji began, staring at the twenty something bags. "How do you pay for all this?" I pulled out a black card.

"This card came with the note. It has an unlimited amount of cash on it. This may be the only reason I haven't killed Byakuya yet." he chuckled. (A/N: My pizza just got here! Yay!!) Shippo came back with the pizza, smiling happily, handing me my change.

"Here ya go, 'Kaa-san!" Shippo said happily. I smiled at him. "Can we go to the toy store and then the park?! We can get ice cream!"

"What do you say, Renji?" I asked. "Want to go the park?"

"Sure." he said with a shrug. Shippo cheered as we tok the unfinished pizza with us and headed to the toy store. I sighed at the oncoming headache. It was always so loud in the toy store.

KYN: I have nothing else for you. next time they'll go to the toy store and then the park where the two can get to know each other a bit. They'll also go to Karakua town!
Alucard: Is anybody else tired?
Youko: I think its because today is saturday that we're so tired.
KYN: Maybe. Well I have to start 'Weapon Plus' and something else. Bye! Please vote for a one-shot at my profile! Thanks for the reviews!