Two

"Ok," Tess called when Karma walked through the door that afternoon. "We've got popcorn, we've got drinks, we've got tons of pillows, and we have at least ten new episodes of Inuyasha!"

"Let me put my pack up first,"

"Oh don't worry about that now woman! Just keep it with you, there's Anime to be watched!"

"Let's get started then!" Karma laughed, grabbing a coke and plopping down next to her best friend. "Here we go, into the Land of Inuyasha!"

"Exactly!" Tess, already on a sugar high, pushed in the video and turned up the volume. "Ah, what would we do without this kind of entertainment?"

Two hours and six sodas later, "Did you hear that?" Karma asked.

Tess paused the tape, "Hear what?"

"Listen, I think it was thunder."

"I still don't hear any--" A loud thunderclap boomed through the air, "Well maybe the storm is still a ways off--" Tess was cut off again when a streak of lightning crashed right across the street.

"Maybe we should wait and finish this when the storm is over, Tess. We wouldn't want anything to happen to the tape, or the VCR for that matter."

"Oh, c'mon Karma!" The redhead whined, pressing the play button. "Let's at least finish this episode. Sesshoumaru just starting attacking Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango and Miroku! Look! He just injured Kilala! Please Karma?"

"I don't know."

"Oh don't be such a mommy-type! Don't you want to see if they all live through this one or not?"

"We already know they're going to live through this one, it'd be a short series if they didn't!" she sighed, "But you know me too well. I guess it'll be ok if we watch this one."

"Yes!" Tess turned the volume up over the increasing thunderclaps.

*The video blasted: "Stupid little Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru scoffed, "You honestly think you could beat me? How pathetic." "Die!" Inuyasha leapt towards the demon lord, sword blazing. *

They're attacks clashed. A charge of lightning ran through the wires in the apartment. The screen blared white, hot light. A roaring sound drowned out the screams of the two friends as the light from the screen lashed out.

In an instant the light cleared, the storm all but stopped. The T.V. screen was blank, and the place where Tess and Karma had been, was empty.

Author's Note: Don't you just hate me for leaving it there? (pause for evil laugh) But don't worry, Chapter 3 is almost ready for publication. Let me know what ya think so far!

~Dragonwing