Chapter One: Forgotten

Beware EXTEME randomness. This is not recommended for anyone that possesses any sanity at all. This was a completely random idea that I had at midnight, and decided to write about immediately. Also beware ooc-ness. There is a reason for it…if not a good one.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-Yasha.

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They stood in the waiting room of the emergency ward. Everyone was nervous…after all; they couldn't exist properly without the plotline, could they? Even Sesshomaru was worried; he had made several jokes already. Surely, that was a very bad sign. He was on the verge of checking himself into the hospital.

A nurse came out from the patient's room, quietly closing the door behind her. "Did you restore it," Miroku asked, on his feet in an instant.

"Well," the nurse replied slowly. "I am sorry, but the manuscript containing the entire plot for your story had already been burned too much for us to be able to save it." Everyone but the nurse paled noticeably.

"Does…does that mean," Inu-Yasha stuttered, unable to finish his question.

"Truly I'm sorry," the nurse told them again. "I guess…you'll have to manage on your own." She bowed, and made a hasty retreat.

The group stared at the off-white walls around them. Then Kikyo snapped.

"Does this mean that we aren't ever going to get the whole love-triangle thing sorted out? Don't tell me that I might actually get stuck with Inu-Yasha! Not when I was so sure that my reincarnation would end up with him!"

"What," Kagome asked, horrified. "No way am I still going to crush on Inu-Yasha if I don't have to!"

"I don't believe it," Miroku whispered in a state of shock. "I can be as lecherous as I want if Sango and I aren't destined to be together!" The girl in question glared daggers at him.

"Why don't we all try to look on the bright side of things," Sesshomaru suggested. "Maybe there's a spare plot outline."

"Since when are you an optimist," Kagome asked, mouth agape.

Sesshomaru slapped his forehead. "Damn!"

"This could be problematic," Rin observed to Kaede.

"More so than you know, Rin," Kaede agreed. "In fact, everyone should probably sit down for this one."

Rin looked at her in confusion. "What are you talking about, Lady Kaede?"

"Ah, Rin. If we won't be continuing our story any time soon then I might as well tell you. I am not really the old woman that you see me as now. I am Naraku!" With these words, Naraku pulled off the Kaede costume.

All eyes were immediately glued to the half-demon, "What are you talking about," Sango cried out. "There is absolutely no way that my brother got kidnapped by Kaede!"

"She's right you know," Kohaku added. "I would like to think that I am a better fighter than that."

"Kukuku," Naraku laughed evilly. "There is no Kaede! Think about it. Have you ever seen us in the same panel in the manga? Nooo? Well then, what's so surprising? We had to work on a budget, and sacrifices had to be made—Oh, and Kagome?"

"What," Kagome asked, utterly confused.

"I am your mother."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Was I really that bad of an actor? Err, actress?"

"No," Kagome conceded, pausing to draw breath. "But it seemed like the right thing to say."

"Oh, well that's alright then."

"Wait a moment," Shippo said. "This is getting more than a little weird…can we at least go talk about these things somewhere else?"

"Hmmm," Kagome considered. "Well, since we aren't getting anything accomplished here, I don't see why we shouldn't. Anyone up for Starbucks?"

"Yes," Sesshomaru replied, making an executive decision. He really had no idea what the girl was talking about. He'd never heard of 'Starbucks' in his life. "Ladies first," he said, pausing to hold a door open for Rin and Kagome.

"Why thank you Sesshomaru," Kagome said, stepping through.

Rin looked up at her lord. He was acting so silly! "Thank you," she giggled, skipping through the doorway right behind Kagome.

"Anytime, Rin," the demon lord said, ducking into the next room after the girls.

"I don't believe this," Inu-Yasha grumbled.

With these sentiments, they went on their merry way to the greatest coffee shop the world has ever known.

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Things explained: You got it right; you aren't crazy. They really did take the manuscript to a hospital.