Chapter 10
Of Wishes and Suspicion
Recap:
As far as Kagome could tell, there was no reason for him to be in the palace. 'Hmm. Maybe Sango and I should get to the bottom of this…'
Kagome ran off to her room to get ready. If there was one thing she had learned, it was: when dealing with Naraku, be prepared!
"B-but, sir!" Kagura clutched the left side of her chest as a searing pain rippled through her body, and she fell on the ground. Quickly, tentacles grew from the ground, and sifted through the dirt, but still produced nothing. Naraku growled, "Where is the lamp? No!"
Naraku stalked off. He left Kanna to make sure Kagura wouldn't die.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAH!! YAHOOOO!!" Blue smoke began drifting out of the lamp, until a…person? No, but something definitively came out with many human-like features, "Oi! I it good to be out of there."
Inuyasha and Miroku stared bug-eyed. The person before them was gigantic, looming over them at at least 20 feet tall. He had a white hair, pulled into a pony tail. He wore a black kimono with a red sash and had a smoky tail instead of legs. He also had pointy ears and gold bracelets on. His eyes were gold, and his features sharp. He had some makings on his face, but from where Inuyasha and Miroku were standing, they couldn't tell if they were scars, or natural. All and all, a freak of nature. "Hey, Tsuyomi, Kagayaki, haven't seen you in a while! Up high!" The rugs flew up and hit the guy's hand. Judging by his looks, the man in front of them was roughly 18-20 years old.
The man before the brothers looked upon them. Seeing the lamp in Miroku's hands, said man spoke to Miroku. "You're a bit smaller then my last master." Well insulted him… "Either that, or I'm getting bigger." He turned, "Look at me from the side, do I look bigger to you?"
Miroku looked up at the giant, "Wait a sec! Master?"
"That's right! He can be taught!" A graduation hat appeared on his head and a diploma in his hand.
"What on Earth makes me your master?"
"You rubbed my lamp, of course. It's a genie's lamp. Read what it says."
Miroku looked down and Inuyasha came over. Written on the lamp, where they had been rubbing was this inscription:
He who rubs the lamp shall be
granted with 3 wishes of his choosing.
"Well who woulda' thunk this piece of garbage was worth anything," Inuyasha said after glancing down at the lamp. He turned up to the genie, "So do we both get three wishes, then?"
The genie looked down at him. "Why would you both get three wishes?"
"Well…" Miroku explained how both he and Inuyasha had rubbed the lamp at the same time.
"Well, I guess you'll just have to share them. Anyway, as you see I am here for your very much, wish fulfillment. Three wishes only; and exnay on the wishing for more wishes. That's it, three. Uno, dos, tres. No exchanges, substitutions or refunds."
"Okay, I think we hit our heads way too hard." Miroku nodded in agreement.
"I don't think you two understand what you've got going on here, so why don't you just sit down while I spell it out for you.
Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves
Scheherazade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves
You got a brand of magic never fails!
You got some power in your corner now
Some heavy ammunition in your camp
You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how
See all you gotta do is rub that lamp
And I'll say-
Mister Aladdin sir
What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, jot it down
You ain't never had a friend like me
Ho ho ho!
Life is your restaurant
And I'm your maitre'd!
C'mon whisper what it is you want
You ain't never had a friend like me.
Yes sir, we pride ourselves on service
You're the boss, the king, the shah!
Say what you wish, it's yours! True dish
How about a little more Baklava?
Have some of column 'A'
Try all of column 'B'
I'm in the mood to help you dude
You ain't never had a friend like me
Wah wah wah. Moh my.
Wah wah wah. No no.
Wah wah wah. My my my.
Cah cah caz.
Can your friends do this?
Do your friends do that?
Do your friends pull this?
Outta their little hat?
Can your friends go poof!
Well looky here
Can your friends go Abracadabra, let 'er rip
And then make the sucker disappear?
So don't you sit there slack jawed, buggy eyed
I'm here to answer all your midday prayers
You got me bona fide, certified
You got a genie for a charge? d'affairs!
I got a powerful urge to help you out
So what you wish I really want to know
You got a wish that's three miles long, no doubt
Well all you gotta do is rub like so, and oh!
Mister Aladdin, sir, have a wish or two or three
I'm on the job, you big nabob
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
You ain't never had a friend, never had a friend
You ain't never...ever...had a friend... like...me!
You ain't never had a friend like me!
Throughout the song, the man had been making material items and girls appear, but at the end they all disappeared, much to Miroku's disappointment.
"So…" Inuyasha looked slyly at the genie. "You'll grant us any three wishes?"
"Almost. See, I can't kill anyone. Ugh!" He pretended to cut off his own head, "So don't ask. Second, I can't make anybody fall in love with anybody else. Muwa! You little schmoochum there," his head turned into giant lips and he kisses Inuyasha's head. "And finally, I can't bring back the dead," he turned into a zombie, "It's gross, I don't like doing it!" By the end, he was shaking Inuyasha, "Otherwise, yes."
Inuysha looked slyly at Miroku. Miroku got the hint, "Limitations? On wishes? Wow, that's lame. Well Inuyasha, I get the feeling we'll have to get out of here on our own. You?"
"Yeah, this guy's a waste of time. We'd better get started."
"Yeah."
"Hold up. You can not tell me you came here and rubbed my lamp, don't don't think I can get you out of here? No way!" The genie shrunk down to their size and lined up the rugs beside one another. "We are now boarding all seats." He led Inuyasha and Miroku onto their respective rugs. "Weeeee're…OUTA' HERE!!"
The genie flew between the two rugs blowing a hole in the ceiling for them to fly through.
Kagome was ready and went to Sango's room. She was dressed in jeans and a loose T-shirt tucked in and her hair pulled back. It was Sango who had all stuff they would need to spy on Fluffy and Raku-chan. Who knew what they'd learn. She wouldn't be surprised if it turned out they were gay and having an affair. Kagome shuddered at the thought. Hopefully they wouldn't find out that was true.
The door clicked. Kagome looked up. "Hey, Kagome! I see you're better!"
"Yeah. Hey, Sango, I ran into Fluffy earlier. Literally. He walked off in the direction of Naraku's office. I thought we should check it out."
"Yeah! Just give me a moment to get ready!"
"Okay!"
Ten minutes later Sango came out in a red, "I Hate Pink" T-shirt, with the letters in black, and jeans plus customary tennis shoes. "Okay, time for eavesdropping!"
They entered the hallway and turned right. They kept walking before taking a door on their left. From there they headed to a bathroom with an out of order sign on the door. (AN- I've been having a Harry Potter fest. Sorry!) They went into the closet, pulling up the floor to reveal a set of stairs leading down into darkness. They descended with barely a word between them. When they got to the bottom they could hear talking. They looked through the cracks in the wall to see Naraku's office.
Naraku's back, once towards Sesshomaru, had turned to the wall behind his desk. Sesshomaru spoke, "Then I presume they have been taken care of?"
"Of course, it was a simple task. Easy money."
Sango and Kagome were thinking the same thing, 'Who? Who had been taken care of, and by what means?'
"Yes, of course. A deal is a deal." Sesshomaru tossed a small wad of folded up bills on Naraku's desk which were quickly counted. "Now we only have two more mice to take care of."
"Yes, of course."
"I will be going now. I would be seen as weird for me to stay so long after…last time."
"I understand. Until next time."
Sesshomaru stalked out regally while Naraku sat down at his deck to do paperwork that had pilled up. Unbeknownst to both that Kagome and Sango were off to discuss what they'd heard.
The rugs landed and the genie allowed them to get off. "Well, how's that? I got you out of there, didn't I?"
"Yeah, we were wrong," said Miroku, the ever humble of the two.
"Now," Inuyasha's eyes glinted evilly. "About our three wishes…"
"Wait a second! Three? You are down by one, mister!"
"No, we never said we wished to get out of there. That was all you," Inuyasha 'explained.'
The genie looked about to say something, but his whole face dropped instead. "Fine," He said sheepishly, "But no more free-bees."
Inuyasha was about to say…yell something, but Miroku intervened, "Fair 'nough. Now, Inuyasha, what should be our first wish?"
"How the hell should I know? Hey, ponytail!"
The genie looked over, "My name's Richiarede. What?"
"Richiarede? That's a really long name. Where'd you get it?"
"Let's just say I'm really old, okay. Haven't you heard the story of that Chinese boy, Cherrytomtenbo…something or another? Whatever, point is, I was first born, hence long name. Just call me Richi. It's easier to remember."
"Okay, Richi. Um…I had something I wanted to ask you…" Inuyasha suddenly became very interested with his feet. "Oh, that's right!" Inuyasha's head snapped straight up almost giving Miroku whiplash watching. "I wanted to ask you what you'd wish for. You know, you've granted wishes before, so what would you wish for? Give us some…I can't believe I'm gonna say this, but…guidance."
"Well…what I'd wish for wont help you two decide what to wish for."
Even Miroku was interested, "What?"
"Well…I've been a genie for generations, so…freedom."
"Darn," Inuyasha bummed, "and I was gonna wish to be a genie," he joked.
"You're a prisoner?" Miroku asked.
"Of course. You two really don't read any mythology, do you? There's no way I could get this almost limitless power without sacrifice."
"Wow."
"That's gotta suck."
"Thanks..." Richi replied sarcastically.
"Hey!" Miroku shouted startling the two other men.
"What?" Inuyasha asked, startled.
"What if you and I use the first two wishes and use the last to free Richi? You know, to avoid fighting over the last wish. If not for that, then for the greater good!"
"You know how I feel about charity."
Miroku sighed, "But this is us helping others, not the other way around."
Inuyasha thought quickly. "Fine. Then what's our first wish, smart one?"
"Well…" Miroku pondered this. "I know! Remember those two girls from the marketplace?"
"Yeah. What about them?"
"I never told you, did I?"
"Tell me what, Miroku?"
Miroku's face lit up, "They were Princess Kagome-sama and her best friend, Sango-sama!"
"WHAT?!"
"I know! Isn't it awesome?!"
Inuyasha grumbled something along the lines of, "Good thing I don't give a damn about authority…"
"If I wish you were a prince of another land, and I were your loyal advice, person, thing, then we would have the standing we'd need to court those two girls!"
"Hold your pants, Miroku! I've got two problems. First, why can't you be prince? I don't like that girl (Kagome?) anyway!"
"Well, I like Sango, so too bad."
"Okay, second: What if I don't like Kagome?!"
"Well you didn't call her wench." Inuyasha's eyes bored their way through Miroku's skull. "Besides, this is my wish, hence my call. You can have your wish later."
"Fine, but I'm not marrying her, 'kay? I'm just gonna hang with her a bit. Once you and Sango are a couple, this is over."
"Alright, whatever, Inuyasha. Hey, Richi!"
Richi turned from his game of Go with Kagayaki and Tsuyomi. "What?"
"I've got our first wish ready!"
"Yes! Just say the magic words!"
"Richi, I wish Inuyasha were a prince and I his adviser!"
"Alright! Now this'll be fun!" Richi cracked his knuckles quickly before turning to Inuyasha. "Now, to make you presentable." Richi looked him over once before mumbling to himself, "This is going to be harder then I thought…"
Reviews! Yes, one of my fav parts!
TrueBelle
this story is really good and really smartly done. i thought it was genius when you said when miroku touched one of the goddesses and found his prize. that sound so much better than the origianl movie. i can't wait till the next chapter. inutaisho really has issues with his temper, no wonder inuyasha has anger problem. he gets it from him. i wonder what will happen when he meets inuyasha faces to face, i can't wait to see his reaction. ;)
Well…you'll see what happens. I won't give it away. Yes, well, Abbu has a thing for gold, Miroku has a thing for girls, what can I say? Here's your chapter. I thought Inu would get his temper from Inutaisho, but I think I over did it a little. Oh, well. It's meant to be funny, so, enjoy!
SaKuRa262
update soon
Done.
Hikaru Rouge
yay! A CHAPTER UPDATE! YAY IM SO HAPPY! Hope there's an update soon!
I'm glad you're happy! That's one of my goals!
dyingmiko06
konnichiwa. nice chapter. Gave me something to do during journalism class other than writing a newspaper article and a comp. paper due tomorrow. update quicker this time please! ttyl.
I don't think that's a good thing, but I'm glad you didn't find Journalism class boring for at least one day. I'm sorry, but I'm always getting kicked off. My parents think I'm addicted. P Oh well…
TerraBB4Eva
This story is hilarious! I really like it...Gave me something to read other than books I;ve read 10 times each! lol. Update Soon!
Tia
I know what you mean. I'm always rereading books. You can skip and say you've read more then you actually have and get any of the questions family asks you right!
Shizuka Sen
Yay, Furuba!
"Akito should die already" - I would've agreed with you before I read spoilers. Now I vote that Akito (note how I refuse to use a pronoun) should have to go through everything that Akito (you know, I really do like pronouns) ever did to anyone else. That would show h - Akito! (AH. Pronouns.)
Last chapter, you wrote: "Who did they steal from?"
Come on, "From whom did they steal?" is the obvious grammatically correct sentence. (Kidding, just kidding, no need to kill me!)
Um, if you're wondering whether or not I'm going to actually write anything pertaining to this story, you're in luck. Yay Inuyasha getting the lamp! But WHY WHY WHY must you make Sessho-maru so evil? WHY?
Anyways...a bit late...but no chem quiz tomorrow - (sung to the tune of Handel's famous Alleluia chorus) HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH! (There are too many different ways to spell "hallelujah," you realize. So I just picked on of the less common ones. THERE IS NO SPELLING ERROR. If your computer spellchecks it it's a baka.)
Go to YouTube and type in "Odoru pon pokorin" and "oha rock" - you'll get some very interested videos. (We danced to these at MNI - you can also find UFO if you search "UFO Pink Ladies.")
Wow, this was a long review. Hope you don't mind!
-Shizuka-chan
This is WAY to long. --' You're gonna kill me with love. That's so not how I want to go down. Save it for Hiko! Screw grammar! Screw pronouns! And most of all, screw Akito! In this fic, it makes the most sense for Sesshomaru to be evil. You'll see. I have seen the vids, they are good, but Pirates is better!!! Thanks for the REALLY long review.
elevategirl
Hey
I just found this story and
I have to say that I love it!!
I can't wait for the next chapter!
Yay! I just love new reviewers! Have I ever mentioned that? It means more love! Thank you!
chriss101
this is on my favorites list! it's really good for a first but i haven't evenstarted on my first story yet!
Thanks! That's awesome! It's okay if you haven't started yet. I didn't post this till I'd had my account for…a year? Anyway, just get out there and write something! I'm sure it'll be great.
Yay! 8 Reviews! Now, I need 50 before I update! Next chapter I'll hit 100 pages!!