"Something's not right here..." Inuyasha growled, crouched in the tree outside of Kagome's bedroom window. He had showed up a few minutes before to fetch Kagome back to his time. "The streets are filled with youkai, yet I can't smell any."

"It's Halloween, Inuyasha." Kagome explained, folding her clothes to pack into the bag. "They're kids dressed up to go Trick or Treating."

"Trick... or... Treating...?" Inuyasha stumbled over the strange words.

"Yeah." The doorbell rang, interrupting any explanations she might have said. "C'mon, I'll show you." She motioned for him to follow him down the stairs to the front door. He gave her a 'stupid human' look, then stealthily slunk after her.

Downstairs, Kagome's Mom was putting the final touches on Sota's costume. Inuyasha glanced at Sota and scowled. "What happened to you?" He questioned at the strangely dressed kid.

"I'm the Red Ranger!" Sota said proudly.

Inuyasha's scowl deepened. "Red... Ranger?"

"His favourite TV show." Kagome explained, opening the door while holding a large bowl.

"TRICK OR TREEEAT!!!" The shout from the door way was loud enough to send Inuyasha clinging upside down to the ceiling.

Looking over Kagome's head, he could see a bunch what appeared to be a bunch of small oni, kappa and various other monsters. He opened his mouth to warn her away when she did something completely unexpected.

She squealed.

"Oh! Aren't you all so kawaii?!?!" She cooed, reaching into the bowl.

Inuyasha blinked, then let go of the ceiling and landed gracefully behind her. She was putting handfuls of candy into the bags the little bags the small oni were holding. He couldn't smell anything more threatening on them than a bit of neko fur on one of them. All of them all smelled human.

"Ooooh." He suddenly found him self the object of awe for half a dozen pairs of eyes. "Wow! Cool costume!" One of them cheered. The rest quickly agreed.

He blinked. 'Cool Costume'-?

"This is a friend of mine." Kagome informed them. "He's dressed up as a dog youkai."

"Ooh!" "It looks real!" "Cool!" "I wanna dress up like that next year!" "Wow!" The miniature disguised humans cheered, hopping up and down. At some un-spoken signal, they all turned and ran back down the shrine stairs, jabbering along the way. Kagome smiled and waved at them before shutting the door.

Inuyasha scowled at her. Her home confused him. "What exactly is 'Trick or Treating'?" He asked, just knowing that he'd not like the answer.

"It's like I told you." Kagome said patiently. "People dress up in various costumes and go around to the various houses in the neighbourhood saying 'Trick or Treat'. You give them candy, or 'treats'. If they're older, you can ask them to perform some sort of trick for you before you give them a treat. Like sing songs, tell jokes or something like that."

"And if they don't give you a treat, you can play a trick on them. Like throwing eggs at their house or other mean stuff." Sota spoke up.

"Sota!" His Mother scolded. Sota ducked his head.

"Well, that's what I heard anyway." He muttered, kicking at an invisible spot in the floor.

"If they don't give you a treat, you play a trick them..." Inuyasha muttered to himself.

"Inuyasha, what-" Kagome's scolding got cut short by the ringing of the doorbell. Kagome opened it, revealing a new pack of costumed kids. "TRICK OR TREEEAT!!!"

Inuyasha silently watched the parade of Trick or Treaters until the streets were empty, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Hey, Naraku!" Inuyasha jumped in front of the baboon skin hooded man, cheerfully cracking his claws. "Trick or Treat!!!"

Fin.