Sorry I haven't updated in such a long time, school has been a pain in my
ass all this time. But, I entered a HUGE contest and won, so I get to
represent my state in a competition. Besides, my birthday is on Monday, and
I was in a good mood. Well anyway, here's the chapter you've all been
waiting for. Enjoy!
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Finally. After driving in that rather small jeep with Yuka, Eri, Ayumi, and Hojo; Kagome was finally at the hotel. It was big and a little fancy, and had a gorgeous view of the ocean. Kagome took this moment to settle into the new enviornment around her.
I wish Inuyasha could see this, thought Kagome. Suddenly, she shook her head violently.
"What in the world am I thinking about him for?" said Kagome. "This is my vacation and the only way I'm gonna enjoy it is if I'm as far away from him as humanly possible."
"Hey Kagome! You just gonna stand there talking to yourself or help with the luggage?" cried Eri from the car. Kagome realized that she still had all of her stuff in the jeep. She ran to her friends and grabbed her bags. She had to carry two suitcases, a bag with beach clothes in them, and her bookbag that had important stuff like her bow and arrows and the Jewel Shards. Just in case a demon decided to attack her. But that was more or less impossible, since there were almost no demons in her era.
"Hey Higuratshi. Why don't you let me carry some of those bags for you. They look really heavy and I don't want you to get your back out again," offered Hojo. He reached his arm over hers and took one of the suitcases and her bookbag.
"Hojo, no. I have to carry my bookbag," cried Kagome.
"No, I can totally carry it, I swear," Hojo insisted.
"No, you don't understand! That has my....." Kagome didn't have time to finish as Hojo dropped the bag on the sidewalk. All of her stuff rolled onto the ground as Kagome gasped. She immediantly went to collect everything, but her friends just stood still.
"Kagome, why do you have a bow and some arrows with you?" asked Ayumi.
"And some old medical herbs?"wondered Eri.
"And some..... really beautiful jewels. Did your boyfriend buy them for you? If he did, I wanna know if he has a brother!" exclaimed Yuka. She looked at the vile containing the Jewel Shards and admired how they gleemed in the afternoon sun. Kagome quickly snatched the vile out of her hands.
"No, my 'boyfriend' didn't buy these for me. I don't even have one, for God's sake. But, you guys cannot touch this stuff, understood?" Kagome asked. Everyone nodded, but wondered why she was being so strict over a couple of really cool diamonds or whatever.
All five of them got their own luggage and headed inside the hotel. It was really pretty with a marble staircase in the corner and lovely red chairs and couches.
"Hojo, I cannot believe your parents own this entire hotel! It's so big and all cool. You are totally lucky!" exclaimed Ayumi. Hojo didn't seem to notice, only stare at Kagome. Her brown eyes were like a little kid's on Christmas when he found out he has a lot of presents. She admired the expensive paiting that was of a beautiful flying dog. It was big and powerful, and reminded her oddly of Sesshomaru.
(If you saw the episode saga when Inuyasha and Kagome first find Tetsusaiga, then you'll know what I'm talking about.)
A rather plump woman emerged from the "Employees Only" door and walked over to Hojo and the girls. She had grey streaks in her hair and wrinkles all over her face, but her eyes sparkeled a sincere green. Hojo bent over and (embarrassingly) hugged the woman.
"Oh, hello Hojo. I see that you've already brought your friends over for your vacation," the woman spoke.
"Yeah, Mom. I told you about Eri, Yuka, Ayumi, and Kagome." Kagome smiled and shook Mrs. Takeuchi's(I made up Hojo's last name because I don't know it myself. E-mail if you do know) hand. The other three girls got bored and went to look around the massave hotel.
"Well Kagome, since Hojo told me that you've been sick so much this school year that we aranged for your room to be really special. Follow Hojo, he'll show it to you," Mrs. Takeuchi smiled lovingly at Kagome. Why did she have a feeling in her gut that Mrs. Takeuchi was being so motherly because she thought that Kagome was Hojo's...girlfriend?
The two classmates walked up the long staircase to the rooms down the hall. Kagome was amazed to realize that her name was in gold -real, permanante gold- on the cleanest and untouched door. She opened the door to find herself face-to-face with an elaberate room with pale yellow wallpaper all around. The curtains matched the bed covers in both texture and color, and angels were carved onto the headboard.
"Well, my room'll be down the hall by the stairs. Just give a shot if you need anything." Kagome laid on the bed. She buried her face into the pillow and giggled.
"Maybe this vacation will be the best one ever. No demons, no Naraku, no Shikon Jewel; what else can be more perfect?"
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Inuyasha grunted as he tried to block out the sun in his eyes. He was wearing a large white T-shirt and a pair of denium shorts. His ears were covered by a ragity baseball cap. It was a miracle that Souta was able to explain to everyone what sunscreen was or they would probably be strips of bacon by now.
"Hey, are you guys coming or not? I ain't got all day," Inuyasha called impatiently. Sango and Miroku panted behind him. Miroku was wearing purple swim trunks with a dark T-shirt over it. The sandels that strapped to his and everyone else's feet made them seem dorky and out-of-place. Thank God that everyone elase was wearing mostly the same thing as them. Sango had on a long summer skirt and a wrap-around shirt. She also had a beach hat on her head to block the sunlight without much effort.
"Well Inuyasha. Some of us cannot run at the speed of light across the boardwalk," Miroku said, making boardwalk sound like a long word that no person in the world could say.
"Well anyway, we're lucky Shippo decided to stay with Souta," Sango said, overhearing a bunch of surfers whistling and hooting at her.
"Let's not worry about that. Right now, we needs to focus on how to find Kagome," Inuyasha said. He and Sango looked over at Miroku, who was currantly staring (drooling really) over a group of middle school girls in bikinis. Both other friends sweatdropped and Inuyasha slapped him on the back of the head.
"Sorry. I was just......looking for any people in the crowd that looked suspicious," Miroku tried to explain. Sango rolled her eyes and sighed in disgust. Then, one of the middle school girls came running over to the group. She must have noticed Miroku looking at her and her friends earlier.
"Excuse me, but are you three from the Higuratshi shrine?" she asked. Her voice was timid and innocent, yet sort of powerful. She had short blue hair and shiny green eyes.
"That depends. Who wants to know?'' Inuyasha asked.
"My name is Kasumi Minamoto. Souta told me I have to act as your guide or something like that. He knew I could help you find your beloved Kagome," Kasumi said. That certainly got the trio's attention.
"Well Kasumi, we do need your help. By the way, how old are you?"
Kasumi giggled. "Fourteen."
"Fourteen? Well then may I ask you if you would do me the honor of..." Miroku was cut off as Sango took the nearest thing to her -a surfer's surfboard- and hit him with it. He fell unconcious to the ground with a large lump on his head.
"Sorry about that. Anyway, what were you going to say?'' Sango asked as Inuyasha slung Miroku's unconcious body over a sholder.
"I was going to say that Kagome might be on the beach, where I just was," Kasumi remembered Souta's instuctions stating that Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango weren't from this time.
"Well than let's go!" Inuyasha said as he lead the group to the sandy beach. He stopped when he noticed that Kasumi wasn't with them.
"Aren't you coming, Lady Kasumi?'' Sango called.
"No, you go on ahead. I'll be there in a minute," she replied. She ran to the darkest ally she could find and smirked.
"O, Sister. I had those fools fall into my first trap easily. What is the next step?" Kasumi asked into the darkness.
"Good, Sister Kasumi. I need you to find their weaknesses and I'll let you know when the time is right to steal their Jewel Shards for Naraku." Kagura emerged from the shadows and smiled evilly. She patted Kasumi's head in praise.
"Now, Fourth Child Kasumi, go and complete your mission." Kagura laughed. Than they both disappeared.
Finally. After driving in that rather small jeep with Yuka, Eri, Ayumi, and Hojo; Kagome was finally at the hotel. It was big and a little fancy, and had a gorgeous view of the ocean. Kagome took this moment to settle into the new enviornment around her.
I wish Inuyasha could see this, thought Kagome. Suddenly, she shook her head violently.
"What in the world am I thinking about him for?" said Kagome. "This is my vacation and the only way I'm gonna enjoy it is if I'm as far away from him as humanly possible."
"Hey Kagome! You just gonna stand there talking to yourself or help with the luggage?" cried Eri from the car. Kagome realized that she still had all of her stuff in the jeep. She ran to her friends and grabbed her bags. She had to carry two suitcases, a bag with beach clothes in them, and her bookbag that had important stuff like her bow and arrows and the Jewel Shards. Just in case a demon decided to attack her. But that was more or less impossible, since there were almost no demons in her era.
"Hey Higuratshi. Why don't you let me carry some of those bags for you. They look really heavy and I don't want you to get your back out again," offered Hojo. He reached his arm over hers and took one of the suitcases and her bookbag.
"Hojo, no. I have to carry my bookbag," cried Kagome.
"No, I can totally carry it, I swear," Hojo insisted.
"No, you don't understand! That has my....." Kagome didn't have time to finish as Hojo dropped the bag on the sidewalk. All of her stuff rolled onto the ground as Kagome gasped. She immediantly went to collect everything, but her friends just stood still.
"Kagome, why do you have a bow and some arrows with you?" asked Ayumi.
"And some old medical herbs?"wondered Eri.
"And some..... really beautiful jewels. Did your boyfriend buy them for you? If he did, I wanna know if he has a brother!" exclaimed Yuka. She looked at the vile containing the Jewel Shards and admired how they gleemed in the afternoon sun. Kagome quickly snatched the vile out of her hands.
"No, my 'boyfriend' didn't buy these for me. I don't even have one, for God's sake. But, you guys cannot touch this stuff, understood?" Kagome asked. Everyone nodded, but wondered why she was being so strict over a couple of really cool diamonds or whatever.
All five of them got their own luggage and headed inside the hotel. It was really pretty with a marble staircase in the corner and lovely red chairs and couches.
"Hojo, I cannot believe your parents own this entire hotel! It's so big and all cool. You are totally lucky!" exclaimed Ayumi. Hojo didn't seem to notice, only stare at Kagome. Her brown eyes were like a little kid's on Christmas when he found out he has a lot of presents. She admired the expensive paiting that was of a beautiful flying dog. It was big and powerful, and reminded her oddly of Sesshomaru.
(If you saw the episode saga when Inuyasha and Kagome first find Tetsusaiga, then you'll know what I'm talking about.)
A rather plump woman emerged from the "Employees Only" door and walked over to Hojo and the girls. She had grey streaks in her hair and wrinkles all over her face, but her eyes sparkeled a sincere green. Hojo bent over and (embarrassingly) hugged the woman.
"Oh, hello Hojo. I see that you've already brought your friends over for your vacation," the woman spoke.
"Yeah, Mom. I told you about Eri, Yuka, Ayumi, and Kagome." Kagome smiled and shook Mrs. Takeuchi's(I made up Hojo's last name because I don't know it myself. E-mail if you do know) hand. The other three girls got bored and went to look around the massave hotel.
"Well Kagome, since Hojo told me that you've been sick so much this school year that we aranged for your room to be really special. Follow Hojo, he'll show it to you," Mrs. Takeuchi smiled lovingly at Kagome. Why did she have a feeling in her gut that Mrs. Takeuchi was being so motherly because she thought that Kagome was Hojo's...girlfriend?
The two classmates walked up the long staircase to the rooms down the hall. Kagome was amazed to realize that her name was in gold -real, permanante gold- on the cleanest and untouched door. She opened the door to find herself face-to-face with an elaberate room with pale yellow wallpaper all around. The curtains matched the bed covers in both texture and color, and angels were carved onto the headboard.
"Well, my room'll be down the hall by the stairs. Just give a shot if you need anything." Kagome laid on the bed. She buried her face into the pillow and giggled.
"Maybe this vacation will be the best one ever. No demons, no Naraku, no Shikon Jewel; what else can be more perfect?"
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Inuyasha grunted as he tried to block out the sun in his eyes. He was wearing a large white T-shirt and a pair of denium shorts. His ears were covered by a ragity baseball cap. It was a miracle that Souta was able to explain to everyone what sunscreen was or they would probably be strips of bacon by now.
"Hey, are you guys coming or not? I ain't got all day," Inuyasha called impatiently. Sango and Miroku panted behind him. Miroku was wearing purple swim trunks with a dark T-shirt over it. The sandels that strapped to his and everyone else's feet made them seem dorky and out-of-place. Thank God that everyone elase was wearing mostly the same thing as them. Sango had on a long summer skirt and a wrap-around shirt. She also had a beach hat on her head to block the sunlight without much effort.
"Well Inuyasha. Some of us cannot run at the speed of light across the boardwalk," Miroku said, making boardwalk sound like a long word that no person in the world could say.
"Well anyway, we're lucky Shippo decided to stay with Souta," Sango said, overhearing a bunch of surfers whistling and hooting at her.
"Let's not worry about that. Right now, we needs to focus on how to find Kagome," Inuyasha said. He and Sango looked over at Miroku, who was currantly staring (drooling really) over a group of middle school girls in bikinis. Both other friends sweatdropped and Inuyasha slapped him on the back of the head.
"Sorry. I was just......looking for any people in the crowd that looked suspicious," Miroku tried to explain. Sango rolled her eyes and sighed in disgust. Then, one of the middle school girls came running over to the group. She must have noticed Miroku looking at her and her friends earlier.
"Excuse me, but are you three from the Higuratshi shrine?" she asked. Her voice was timid and innocent, yet sort of powerful. She had short blue hair and shiny green eyes.
"That depends. Who wants to know?'' Inuyasha asked.
"My name is Kasumi Minamoto. Souta told me I have to act as your guide or something like that. He knew I could help you find your beloved Kagome," Kasumi said. That certainly got the trio's attention.
"Well Kasumi, we do need your help. By the way, how old are you?"
Kasumi giggled. "Fourteen."
"Fourteen? Well then may I ask you if you would do me the honor of..." Miroku was cut off as Sango took the nearest thing to her -a surfer's surfboard- and hit him with it. He fell unconcious to the ground with a large lump on his head.
"Sorry about that. Anyway, what were you going to say?'' Sango asked as Inuyasha slung Miroku's unconcious body over a sholder.
"I was going to say that Kagome might be on the beach, where I just was," Kasumi remembered Souta's instuctions stating that Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango weren't from this time.
"Well than let's go!" Inuyasha said as he lead the group to the sandy beach. He stopped when he noticed that Kasumi wasn't with them.
"Aren't you coming, Lady Kasumi?'' Sango called.
"No, you go on ahead. I'll be there in a minute," she replied. She ran to the darkest ally she could find and smirked.
"O, Sister. I had those fools fall into my first trap easily. What is the next step?" Kasumi asked into the darkness.
"Good, Sister Kasumi. I need you to find their weaknesses and I'll let you know when the time is right to steal their Jewel Shards for Naraku." Kagura emerged from the shadows and smiled evilly. She patted Kasumi's head in praise.
"Now, Fourth Child Kasumi, go and complete your mission." Kagura laughed. Than they both disappeared.