Disclaimer: I own nothing of this, except perhaps the plot.
Summary: Kagome has finally gotten a Computer in her room. Something odd happens and she finds herself and Inuyasha literally immersed in the gaming world! What's a gamer to do? Play the games out of course!
A/N: This is the first real story I'm posting on so the format may be a bit screwy. I apologize ahead of time for this. If you wish to review, please make it intelligent and useful. It would make both of our days a lot better! Thankies! .
Are we meant to have fun? – Chapter 1
The brunette sat languidly in front of the computer screen, chin on one hand, and the other hand furiously clicking the mouse. At times, she would stop and sigh, looking out the window as though she was waiting for something – or someone.
Her navy eyes were scanning the screen, slowly traveling from right to left. She was jerked out of her reverie when she heard a soft tapping at her window (she had closed it, it was getting a tad drafty) turning her head to the side, she smiled and pushed open the glass pane.
"What the hell took you so long ? Its raining ya know?" The hanyou said with a scowl, irritably shaking out his robe and wringing out his silver hair.
Instantly her smile disappeared and she grimaced, hopping out of the chair and away from the flying water drops.
"Inuyasha! Stop that! You're getting my room wet." Kagome growled, eyes flashing with irritance. "Here, I'll get you a towel." She slid open the wooden cupboard and rummaged around for a while, before coming out with a fluffy beige towel and a small scowl.
Inuyasha accepted it with a grunt and began drying himself furiously. Kagome just rolled her eyes before sitting back down in front of the computer. Typing a few words on the keyboard, she seemed to refuse to acknowledge the presence of a certain disgruntled hanyou (or that's what he thought, in fact, she was just getting a bit distracted with all the pretty colours…)
"What is this? Huu – yin – dough?" Inuyasha said slowly, trying hard to make out the foreign words. The only other time he had seen such words were on Kagome's Ying – gu – lis (English) textbook she had left on the table (he wouldn't have bothered to look at it otherwise).
"No, no Inuyasha!" the teen said with a laugh, "It's 'Windows', it's a sort of company erm… - a place that makes things – that produces electronics like 'Computers'." Kagome said distractedly, she was too engrossed in finding downloads of new games.
Inuyasha frowned slightly, trying to make head or tail of the words that had just come from her mouth. "Kum – poo – tares?" He asked as his head tilted to the side, his ears twitching subtly in thought. This world certainly had the weirdest objects. First there was the "Tell - yee - fone" and the "Tell - yee - vison", both of which annoyed the hell out of him. They were piercing to the ears and had all sorts of stupid "Soup Op bras" in them. Whatever they were... (He had just copied the word off Kagome).
Kagome didn't answer, she just nodded thoughtfully. Grinning in triumphant, she clicked on the download she had just found. She had been looking for this game for a long time. She knew that it was wrong, downloading games illegally and all, but the thought of getting all these games for free was just too much to bear, after all, it had been tough begging her mom for the computer in front of her, what more of games?
"Hey wench! Enough of these "Kom – poo – tars"! I want to go and get shards!" Inuyasha said, almost ending on a whine as he glared at the offensive machine. It was stealing away his 'shard-detector's' attention, and he didn't like that at all! He bared his teeth at it as it continued to omit a myriad of bright colours, growling deeply in his throat.
Kagome groaned and turned momentarily to face the sulky hanyou. "Inuyasha, can I please stay home at least for today?" He shook his head stubbornly, arms crossed at his chest. In fact, he would look quite adorable if Kagome wasn't just so exasperated at that moment. "Please?" the girl said with glistening eyes and hands put together like in prayer. Even that didn't deter the determined (bull-headed) dog-demon. "At least just let me play one game?" Kagome was now out right begging and Inuyasha finally relented.
"Oh alright, just one game" he said with a snort. Kagome squealed and gave him a peck on the cheek, in her excitement, she failed to see the blush that graced his cheeks. She rubbed her hands together in glee and started up the emulator, almost drooling as she 'ran' the rom.
The drying half demon sat impatiently down on the floor in the middle of her room, ears twitching at the weird sounds emitting from her computer. Looking around, his sharp ember eyes caught sight of something shiny and colourful that he had never seen before. "What is this?" asked an inquisitive Inuyasha as he bent down to touch the glistening wires. Kagome turned and her eyes widened, her eyes went from his wet claws to the colourful strips that were so very close. "Inuyasha! Noooooo!"
Everything flickered as his wet nails sliced through the wire, for a split second she could feel the air around her charge with electricity from the humidity. And before she could lunge at the main switch, the world went black. The last thing she thought of before falling unconscious was:
"Didn't curiosity killed the cat….?"
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"Kagome, Kagome! Oi! Wake up dammit!"
She felt someone grasping her by the shoulders and shaking her lightly. Moaning, she lifted her hand to her eyes to block the sunlight from piercing through the lids.
"Inu – Inuyasha? Is that you?"
She said with a groan. Kagome could feel that she seemed to be lying in a bed of sorts, though it definitely wasn't her own. Her own bed was a soft, silken thing lined with stuff toys that she had acquired over the years. This bed was a rock-hard one filled with what she guessed to be straw.
"Ya, its me. I think you better watch it before you open your eyes. I don't think that we're in your house anymore…" he trailed off, sounding as though he was looking around.
No shit Sherlock.
She thought as she pried open her eyes. This house was tiny! More like a cottage filled with wooden furniture and a very quaint (ancient) looking television. Inuyasha was sitting beside the bed on a chair positioned in such a way that he was facing her. Noticing her staring back at him, he covered his worried look with his hat uncomfortably.
Wait a minute there! A hat!
Her jaw dropped as she silently took in what he was wearing. Her (yes, she can be possessive too) hanyou was decked up in overalls with a tight fitting sleeveless shirt underneath. He looked grubby and the hat that Inuyasha was sporting looked like it had seen better days.
"Inuyasha, what the heck are you wearing?"
She gaped at him in shock while he tried to cover up his reddening cheeks.
"I don't know okay! I woke up on the floor and realized that I was dressed in this shit!"
He said heatedly, scowling furiously.
"And it's not as though your looking too good yourself either."
Inuyasha finished, crossing his arms and grimacing. Kagome looked down and copied his facial expression. She was wearing the gaudiest outfit she had seen in quite a while – like perhaps in the pictures of the 80s. A frilly blouse with dun-coloured apron and ankle length skirt.
Urgh.
"So where the hell are we?" Inuyasha asked, tapping his claws on the bed stand.
Kagome pursed her lips and took a closer look around. The place looked rather familiar, as well as the clothes. It was as though she had seen it before, somewhere…
"Oh my God!" Kagome whispered aloud, her eyes widening in recognition.
"What? What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked worriedly, his ember eyes darting all over the tiny house.
"Oh my god, oh my GOD!" Kagome gasped as she immediately stood up from the bed, almost knocking over the sitting hanyou in her haste.
She spun around in shock, trying to see the entire house at one go. Her jaw literally hit the ground and she started hyperventilating.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked cautiously, alarmed at her behaviour. Had she seen something he couldn't smell? What was wrong with the house? He instinctively reached down to his hip and frowned when it came into contact with air. Damn. Where was his sword when he needed it?
She touched his shoulder lightly, feeling better at the contact.
"Inuyasha…"
Kagome began, taking a deeper breath at what she was going to tell him and hoped he would stay calm.
"I think we're in my Harvest Moon game…"
"What!"
TBC...
A/N: I realised that perhaps some people have never played harvest moon before and have no clue as to what I'm talking about in the following chapters. So I guess I'll tell the basic gist of it. HarvestMoon is a farming simulation game. You play as this Young Adult called Jack, who has just returned to his Grandfather's farm (he just died). The main objective is to find a way to save the town, and in turn your farm because apparently some rich arse wants to turn it into a amusement park the following year. Gameplay is simple, make money (by planting, harvesting and selling, not forgetting milking and even part-time job) , make friends (talk to everyone in the village and get close to them) and save the homeland. Enlightened now? Good! Read on and review! )
