Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or it's characters. Nor do I own any of the "Things to Do" lists. I just found those in various places of the internet.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Hello.
I was writing my other stories' chapters(which, for those of you reading them, I'm trying to finish the next chapters soon), and I hit a writer's block. So, I decided to do something else for the time being. Which was, looking up random shit on the internet. Anyways, I came across these lists that were highly amusing, and I read a lot of them. I'm sure you guys have probably heard of them before. An example is "100 Things to Do At Wal-Mart", or "60 Fun Things To Do In An Elevator."
For those of you who haven't read these, here's what they basically are: lists of random, funny things to do/say/whatever in a certain situation. Like, maybe a list of 100 things to do to confuse your roommate, or 65 things to do when you're bored in class. Maybe 46 things to say when on the phone with an in-law, or something like that. You get it? I hope so.
Anyways, I was reading those lists, and it inspired this one idea. I'm sure it's probably a really, really dumb idea, and it might not be original(if someone has made a story like this, I am sorry. I didn't mean to take your idea, I probably haven't even read your story), but I felt like making it, so...
My idea was this: What if the someone from InuYasha found these lists and decided to try them? In this case, it shall be Kagome. It will be an alternate universe, where Kagome doesn't know InuYasha and the others yet. There will be no Feudel Era(sorry to those who wish for me to include it. I probably won't), and everyone will be modern day folk.
The story probably sounds different in the author's note above than it does in my head, so let me try to give a summary that best describes what I'm thinking. With more detail than in the above.
Full Summary: InuYasha works as a security guard at the Goshinboku mall, where he watches over the shoppers for about ten hours a day. He does his job well, but that doesn't mean he likes it. In fact, he doesn't just "not like it", he hates it with a passion. Why? Because it's oh so very boring. Nothing happens. Ever. But, one day, a beautiful black haired woman stepped on the elevator while InuYasha was in charge of the security cameras. At first, he didn't think much of it, but then said woman starts doing the oddest things whilst people step on and off of the elevator; not once getting off for over an hour. He becomes interested in the strange woman, and wonders if he'll ever see her again. He does, but in a different location and she's doing even stranger things. Why is she doing these weird things on purpose, and in public? Is she crazy, or just trying to have a little fun? Inuyasha intends to find out.
This story isn't really as much about those lists, as much as it was merely inspired by them. Sorry if I confused you. After you read this chapter, tell me if you want me to continue. If you do, feel free to recommend any lists that you want me to write about Kagome doing. Or just any ideas at all. :)
Guide Thingy:
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
On with ze storeh! :D
WARNINGS: Some language ahead. That's basically all I can think of to warn you about at the moment.
Chapter One: 60 Fun Things to Do In An Elevator
By: AnimeWeirdo123
Inuyasha tapped his pencil on the desk he was sitting at as he watched shoppers pop in and out of stores through the security cameras. Today he was assigned to watch them, since the guy who was originally supposed to do it was sick that day. The twenty-three year old sighed.
Nothing happened here at Goshinboku mall. No shoplifters to chase after, no hostage situations caused by mad gunman, no bombs that are about to explode in just three and a half minutes. Not even little kids who accidently stole chocolate from the candy store because they forgot they were holding it.
Nope. This was too much of a good town for any of that to happen. Not very many interesting people walked the streets of it, either. Which was odd, because you'd think that at least a couple of entertaining people would be in such a big town. But no. There weren't any. Or at least Inuyasha hadn't seen them, if there were any.
So being a security guard at one of their malls was actually a pretty boring job. Just standing there for hours a day, watching people walk by with their shopping bags.
But today was even worse, because now Inuyasha was stuck in the back room watching people do pointless things all day. He sighed again, 'God, I hate my job...'
For awhile he just sat there, tapping his pencil, not really even watching the screens, for he was slowly starting to fall asleep out of boredom. But then the sound of his pencil falling out of his hand and onto the ground awoke him. He blinked, but then bent down to pick up his pencil and bring it back up. He was about to fall back asleep, when he saw someone enter the elevator through the security camera placed there. He wouldn't have thought much of it, but the girl was so beautiful he couldn't look away.
She had long black hair that reached to about halfway down her back. She looked to be around twenty two, and her eyes were a nice brown color that brought out her other facial features. She wore a pair of faded blue jeans, with a dark purple T-shirt. A black and white striped jacket went over her shirt, and she wore black converse on her feet. She was carrying a black purse in her hand and had almost no makeup on. She was quite plain, but Inuyasha found her to be one of the most gorgeous people he had ever seen.
Inuyasha quickly shook his head and looked away for a moment, 'Oh, geez, I did not just think that...She's not that pretty..'
After a couple moments of denying the truth, he decided to look back at the screen that showed the elevator that was placed across the mall. 'Well, it is my job. No reason why I shouldn't watch.'
He watched her as she stood there silently, not doing anything. Inuyasha noticed that she hadn't pressed a button yet, but then again, maybe she pressed one during the time that he looked away. The girl stood there for a couple of moments, but then the elevator started to move up, and she smiled to herself. Inuyasha continued to watch her, every once in awhile glancing at the other screens to make sure nothing else was going on.
The elevator stopped suddenly and the girl simply stayed where she was. The doors opened, revealing a young man and who Inuyasha assumed was his girlfriend. The boy was carrying a bunch of bags as the girl walked in with her chin up in a stuck up sort of way. The young man simply followed her, looking tired. They stood on the opposite side of the elevator where the girl that was originally in there was. The girl pressed the "L"(for lobby) button and walked back to her place by her boyfriend. The doors closed and the elevator started to descend. After about two seconds, the black haired beauty, as Inuyasha silently called her, turned to the couple. Suddenly, she started to scrunch her face up and grimace, almost as if she was in pain. She closed her eyes and held her head.
The couple looked at her questioningly, especially after she started to speak. "Shut up, dammit, all of you just shut UP!"
The couple looked at her as if she were crazy, and the girl asked, "What the hell are you talking about?"
The black haired woman just kept on holding her head and yelling. "Stop talking at the same time, you stupid voices! SHUT UP!"
The girl on the other side looked freaked out while the guy just stood there with widened eyes. After about ten more seconds of this, the elevator door opened, and the couple quickly walked/ran out.
Inuyasha sat there in utter confusion after the whole thing ended. Voices? She heard voices? Of course. All the pretty ones were crazy. Inuyasha sighed. He was about to look away from the screen, but what happened next made him even more confused.
The girl was laughing. The girl that heard the voices was laughing. Inuyasha just sat there in utter astonishment as the woman in the elevator held her stomach, fighting to contain her giggles. She finally stood up straight, still slightly chuckling, as she said, "Oh, I can't believe that actually worked."
What worked? What was this strange girl talking about? Inuyasha decided to continue watching her in hopes that he'd figure that out.
The woman stood in her spot, recovered from her giggle fest, and waited for someone else to come on board the elevator. After about a minute or two, it finally started to escalate once again. The girl smiled as she waited for the next person. About five floors up(btw, this is a fairly tall mall. Let's say it's about...twenty stories or so. Yea. It's gonna be one of those really tall malls. Just saying), the elevator doors opened. Then, in walked a man in a business suit that looked to be about fifty. He walked over to the opposite side of the elevator and simply stood there, ignoring the black haired woman. The doors closed, and the elevator started to go up. The girl turned her head towards the man. After about five seconds of staring, the middle aged fellow noticed and looked at her. Before he could tell her to stop looking at him, her eyes widened and she pointed at him accusingly. "You're one of THEM!" she yelled and backed away from him. She slid down the wall in the opposite corner, staying as far away from the man as possible. He stared at her as if she were crazy, while she just glared back. Once they reached the tenth floor, the doors opened and the old man quickly stepped out, followed by the young woman's accusing eyes. As soon as the doors closed, she started to giggle to herself. Eventually, she stood up and acted calm; waiting for her next "victim."
Inuyasha was still confused. Why was she doing this?Was she crazy or something? He honestly couldn't decide if the woman was insane, or just doing it for kicks. He continued to watch the strange girl as she waited for the next passenger. Only a couple seconds later, the elevator started to go up. Once it reached the eighteenth floor, a man with a black ponytail and blue eyes walked in. Inuyasha groaned at the sight of him. The man was a fellow security guard that always annoyed the shit out of him. Always taunting him because of the fact that Inuyasha was a half demon. Oh, did I forget to mention that? Aw well. Basically, Inuyasha was a half demon with long silver hair and white, fluffy dog ears. He had a demon father, but a human for a mother. Thus, making him a half demon.
As for Kouga, he was a full demon. Both parents were demons, which made him a full demon. Wolf demon, to be exact. He had a long brown tail and pointed ears.
Kouga was wearing his security outfit at the moment, even though his shift ended awhile ago. He liked to wear it to "impress the ladies", or something.
Anyways, Kouga walked into the elevator and pressed the button for the lobby, then stood back. After a moment, he finally noticed the woman on the opposite side of the elevator. He got a sly smile on his face as he walked over to her.
Inuyasha groaned. Of course he would flirt with the one girl that sparked his interest. He continued watching, hoping that she didn't fall for Kouga's lies and pretty words. Or maybe even scare him with one of her tangents. Inuyasha smirked at that thought as he watched.
Kouga leaned on the wall of the elevator, standing right next to the girl. "Hey, hotness."
Inuyasha growled at what the mangy wolf called her.
The girl simply stood there, not giving him any sign of her hearing him. She glared at the doors of the elevator in the opposing wall, looking like she was concentrating hard on something. Kouga's smirk faded a tad, "Hello? Anyone in there?" He snapped his fingers in front of her face, trying to get her attention. She ignored it.
Kouga started to get angry. "Don't you ignore me!"
The elevator was close to it's destination. The girl slowly turned her head towards Kouga. She smirked evilly, and spoke in a very deep and very creepy voice, "I must find a more suitable host body."
Kouga's eyes widened as the elevator door opened at the lobby. "W-what?"
She continued to grin evilly at Kouga, and then walked one step towards him. That caused him to snap. He eep-ed and ran out of the elevator as fast as he could. The girl just stared after him until the door closed. She tried to contain her laughter, but failed miserably. She was holding onto her stomach and held onto the wall for support.
Inuyasha found himself laughing along with her. He couldn't believe the "great and all-mighty" Kouga, had just squealed and ran from a girl who merely walked towards him. Eventually, his laughter seized and he continued to watch the girl, waiting to see what she was planning to do to her next victim.
It went on for about two hours or so. Inuyasha watched as this odd girl did various things to creep out and confuse her fellow passengers. And what amazed him was that there were so many things that she did. How did she come up with this stuff?
There was one time where a bunch of passengers walked on board and she passed out name tags to them all; with her own upside down. Another time she brought out some fake X-ray specs and leered suggestively at the others. Then there was the time that she brought out some chalk and drew a big square in the middle of the elevator, and told the other passengers that it was her "personal space." And Inuyasha couldn't help but chuckle when she brought out a puppet and talked to another passenger through it.
Starting a sing-along, playing the harmonica, listening to the elevator walls with a stethoscope, drawing chalk drawings on the walls...what was next? Playing leap frog with her fellow passengers? Inuyasha continued to watch in amusement as the black haired beauty meowed occasionally at the blonde woman that was on the elevator with her. She was starting to looked really freaked out, and nearly ran out once the doors slid open. The woman left on the elevator chuckled to herself, but then sighed, "I should probably go now.." She started to walk towards the door.
Inuyasha frowned and silently begged for her to do just one more prank. The girl suddenly stopped, and almost as if she heard him, she spoke, "Maybe just one more..."
Inuyasha's face broke out into a huge grin as he watched her walk back to her spot. The girl stood there for a few moments before the elevator's doors closed and she started to go up. Once she reached the twentieth floor, the elevator doors slowly opened, revealing two figures. One was a woman with long brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a pink and green T-shirt with navy jeans and black tennis shoes. The other figure was a man with black hair and blue eyes. He was wearing blue jeans with a plain purple shirt and a small ponytail at the nape of his neck. Inuyasha instantly recognized them. They were his two best friends, Miroku being the man, Sango being the woman. They had recently gotten together. At first he was slightly surprised, but then he grinned evilly at the situation. He couldn't wait to see this..
Miroku and Sango walked into the elevator; Sango looking pissed off, while Miroku just rubbed a red spot on his cheek. Inuyasha rolled his eyes, knowing that Miroku had most likely groped Sango. Again.
They walked over to the corner and stood there; Sango with her arms crossed and Miroku still rubbing his face. The black haired girl on the other side of the elevator looked at them questioningly, but then turned away quickly, knowing that it would ruin her plan. Miroku stepped forward and pressed the button for the second floor with his available hand. After pressing it, he walked back over to his girlfriend and stood beside her. After a few moments of silence, Sango felt someone staring at her. She looked to the side to see the other girl on the elevator staring at her; smiling widely. Sango looked at her questioningly, then turned to Miroku and got his attention by nudging him with her elbow. Miroku looked to where Sango's focus was, and saw the smiling girl. He raised an eyebrow in confusion. The girl just smiled at the both, while Miroku and Sango were just trying to figure out what was making her so happy. About halfway to the elevator's destination, the black haired girl spoke; still smiling.
"I've got new socks on!"
Sango was quite confused, as was Miroku. The girl continued to grin at them, as they awkwardly turned away from her. Eventually, the elevator doors opened and they walked out in confusion.
It was hard for Inuyasha to contain his laughter. Apparently, the same went for Miss Crazy in the elevator. Eventually, her giggles seized and she sighed, "Hm...I guess I better go now."
Inuyasha stopped chuckling and frowned. Did she really have to leave?
Apparently so. Inuyasha watched the mysterious girl leave the elevator. He watched the other screens to see her walking out of the front entrance and into the parking lot. He sighed.
The one girl that sparked his interest in this dull town and he didn't even know who she was.
Inuyasha looked at the clock on the wall and noticed that his shift ended about half an hour before. His eyes widened. Was he really that engrossed with a girl on an elevator that he didn't even know?
Yes.
So, he collected his stuff and clocked out. He changed out of his uniform and into his regular clothes before leaving the back room. He walked out of the mall and stuffed his hands in his pockets, still thinking about that strange black haired beauty. He sighed for the millionth time that day, knowing that he would most likely never see her again...
...or will he?
Sorry for the slightly cheesy ending to this chapter. I apologize.
If you want to see the website that I used for this chapter, go to my profile and there's a link there. I only used some of them, because I couldn't use them all. Just assume that Kagome(the black haired girl, if you hadn't figured that out yet) did most of them. I just didn't write them all down.
Anyways.
So? What did you think?
I know. It sucks. *sigh*
And if you did hate it and wish to inform me, at least give me some constructive criticism as to how I can improve it. Instead of just being an asshole and saying mean things just because you can. :) Okay? Okay.
BUT, if you did like it, please tell me! Got any ideas? Tell me them in a review. Got any ways as to I can improve my writing skills? Tell me them in a review.
Moral of this author's note: Review please. :)
Kthxbai.
PS To those of you waiting for the next chapter of 'What Was Once Forgotten', I'm SO sorry. I am working on it. I hit a writer's block for a while and couldn't find my way out of it. But a little after I finished writing the first chapter for this story, I thought of something to put into it. So I plan on working on the next chapter for "What Was Once Forgotten" after I publish this and hopefully it will be up sometime this week. :) Buh bye.
