heya, people! thanks for waiting! as you all know, I am slow (spare me the lectures).. and I apologize for that. but here's your tenth chapter now! I hope you like it :D happy reading! ^^
27th Street, Block 6, Condo Unit #8; Tokyo City- 01:17 pm
"So…you're saying that she's been out since ten?" A asked me.
"Yeah…probably from shock that the story's inviting her in…" I replied, still freaked out by the fact that Emiko collapsed onto me.
"Well, that is to be expected." He said, sipping from the cup of tea that I just prepared.
I kept silent. I was itching to ask him something but I think it would be best to keep it to myself.
"I know something's troubling you, Sadoshi." A said knowingly.
I heaved a sigh out of my chest. So much for keeping it to myself.
"Well…it's about...uh…" I drifted off, not knowing what words to pick out for my question.
"About?" He asked, trying not to smile.
I glared at him. I still can't find the right words.
"Come on, Sadoshi. Spit it out." He coaxed, enjoying my struggle.
"If you wouldn't have that effect on people, it'd be easier to talk to you," I told him.
"What effect are you talking about?," He chuckled, and leaned in so close to me.
"Hey, watch it." I pushed his head away.
"Oh, but Sadoshi's uncomfortable. What effect are you talking about?" He started to baby me.
"STOP IT! AND I MEANT THAT EFFECT! YOUR PRESENCE MAKES EVERYONE TONGUE-TIED!" I said, backing away from the small dining table.
"Oh? Why, you must mean my charm and good-looks," he said proudly.
"Yeah, whatever. Just because you have tons of fangirls out there doesn't mean you can outrun your sister." I told him.
"After all, she's more gorgeous than you are," I added, teasing him.
"Oh, shut up. M's a woman for crying out loud." He said glumly.
"Heh, you just can't accept that you're second place." I said to him. Now I'm the one enjoying this.
"Oh, but I will be the first on you," he started making his way to me and leaned onto me, his face inches from mine.
"Good God, not Yaoi!" I pushed him away from me and ran to the other end of the room.
A was cracking up.
"Sadoshi, can't you chill? I was just trying to have some fun!" He continued laughing.
"Fun my butt! You're a homo!" I yelled.
"No, I'm bi." He posed like a magnificent prince. The only thing missing are roses.
I cocked an eyebrow at him.
"Oh, I get it. Who are you playing today? Tamaki Suoh or Joji Koizumi?" I asked sarcastically.
"That's George Koizumi." He corrected.
"Whatever." I rolled my eyes.
"And I'm playing neither." He said.
"Oh, sure. Like I'd believe that."
"Okay, you got me. But that's not our subject here. What's your question now that you're not tongue-tied?" He smiled.
Now that I think about it, I'm not stuttering anymore. He always got a way to make us comfortable around him, doesn't he?
"Thanks, man. Well… I was wondering why the story's calling her in…" I began.
"You idiot, that's because we chose her to go into the story." He told me.
"Let me finish, moron. As I was saying, why is the story calling her in so many times?" I finished.
"What do you mean?" He asked, bewildered.
"The story's supposed to open an entrance to it once every few weeks, right?" I asked again.
"Or when the story itself wants our chosen one in it." A added.
"Exactly!" I said.
A gave me a questioning look. He doesn't get it, does he?
"If only your brain is as good as your face." I muttered, and stood up.
"I'll tell it to you one more time! The story's supposed to only open an entrance to itself once every few weeks to our chosen one, right?" I began.
"Yeah." A nodded.
"ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS, RIGHT?" I asked again.
"Yes. Unless she decides to come into it, then it will be over. No more portals being opened." He said.
"THEN HOW COME IT OPENED SIX TIMES TODAY?" I bellowed.
A seemed like he was surprised.
"Eh?" That was his only reply.
"YES, YOU HEARD ME! SIX!" I yelled again.
"Oh my. Tell me the places." He requested.
"Well, the first one was InuYasha's Forest, and the second one was the Higurashi Shrine…" I started.
"Wait. So you mean that Emiko passed out six times?" He asked.
"No. She passed out cold in the second one." I told him.
"Wow. Then how come you told me six?" A still doesn't get it.
"I have the ability to feel if the story opens a portal, dimwit." I poked his head.
"Oh, right. What are the other four?" He asked.
"Eh, there's Kouga's Wolf Demon Tribe's hide out, inside a meidou, Sesshoumaru's mother's palace, and Kaede's village." I told him.
"Wow, a few more and you got all the locations of the story. Six! My goodness. This is the first time that the story ever wanted a person to enter." He said.
"Yeah, remember the first one whom you assumed was the chosen one? You pushed the story to let him in…" I started.
"And he messed up the whole story. What a shame." He finished.
"Are you sure Emiko deserves it? Won't she end up like the first guy?" I asked, worried.
"Eh, you have a crush on her." A chuckled, poking me on the cheek.
"I do not!"
"Deny all you want, but you know it's true."
"It's not!" I said.
"Whatever…" He drifted off. Probably lost in his thoughts.
"I still can't believe the story opened up six in one day, though…" He said after a moment. That's when I felt it.
"Make that seven." I said.
"WHAT?" He gasped.
"Yep, seven." I said, running for the stairs.
"Hey, wait! I'm coming with you!" A called from the kitchen.
We arrived at the rooftop, breathing heavily from running so fast. But we saw nothing.
"Eh? But I was sure I felt something on the back of my neck. And I somehow ran up to here." I said, puzzled.
"You're not mistaken, Sadoshi. On our way here, I saw your wooden sphere turn into the Shikon no Tama and glow brightly. I haven't seen that glow for a while." He said, seriously.
"You mean after it disappeared because of Kagome's wish? Neither did I." I agreed.
We looked around the rooftop. Nothing. Not even a howl of the wind from the story.
"Oh, well." I shrugged my shoulders and turned to head back downstairs.
"Wait. Sadoshi, look at that." A grabbed my shoulders and turned me in the direction of the greenhouse.
"Yeah? What about it?" I asked.
"There's something peculiar about it." He said, moving closer towards the greenhouse.
"Eh? What do you mean? I can't see anything." I said, following him.
"Can't you see the air around it?" He asked.
"Nope." I said, still trying to see what he was talking about.
"The air around it is pure, Sadoshi." He said quietly.
"I don't get you." I said.
"Wait here." He said, and ran downstairs.
A came back with a glass of water and a couple of filter paper from who knows where.
"Where'd ya get that?" I asked.
"Downstairs." He answered.
"Is that water from the fish tank?" I said.
"Yes." He said.
"What are you gonna do with that? The bottom of that glass has fish poop!" I said.
"Just watch." He extended his arm just in front of the green house's door.
I stared at the glass of water. The fish poop disappeared and the color of the water cleared.
"What the hell?" I asked.
A drank the water.
"HOLY CRAP! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?" I bonked him on the head.
"Hey, it's pure water. Drink it yourself if you won't believe me." He offered the glass to me. I reluctantly took it and sipped from it.
"You're right. But how?" I asked, curious.
"Watch this, too." He ran to the other end of the rooftop and held up a filter paper in the air.
"Eh, I know that. Pollutants are gonna be in it." I said, knowingly.
"Exactly. Now watch this." He ran towards the green house again and stopped just in front of the door. He gave me the used filter paper and held the other filter paper up. Nothing appeared in it.
"Look at the difference." He held up the filter papers for me to see. The one that he just held up in front of the green house was pure while the other is full of pollutants.
"There's only one place that can make it like this." A told me. I nodded.
"Mount Hakurei." I said, and opened the door of the green house.
There was Mount Hakurei instead of the pots and plants inside the green house.
"But…it should be gone now, right? It was destroyed when InuYasha and the others made Naraku leave the mountain…right?" I asked.
"It's the story's will of what to show us, Sadoshi." A said.
"But are pollutants considered evil?" I asked again.
"Of course they're evil. They're bad for the environment for crying out loud." A replied.
"Right." I said. Now I'm feeling dumb.
"Putting that aside, the story's really calling her in. It's like, it's desperate to have her. It wants her in it." A said.
"But why?" I asked, still puzzled by it.
"Maybe she's special." A concluded.
"Isn't that the reason why you chose her in the first place?" I said.
"No. I and my sister just thought that she's so awesome for loving us. She spent more than fifty thousand yen for us, you know." He said.
"Oh, so that's why. You two don't have a care in the world aside from your fans, don't you?" I said.
"Hey, watch it, kid. At least we managed to pick Emiko out from other millions of fans. I also thought that she's special, you know." He said.
"Pfft. Whatever."
"But to be called out by the story several times… she's got to be something."
"Right."
"And maybe the story's inviting her in now that it's officially finished."
"You mean the manga and the anime series is finished, right?"
"Exactly. So that must be why the story's calling her in. To welcome her because it's finally finished."
"You're talking nonsense."
"I'm not."
"Well then, why does the story want her just because it's officially finished?"
"Because if the manga and the anime series is now finished, our chosen one, no matter how she twists the story, will have no trouble fixing it. Because the story has an official end. No matter what Emiko does, one way or the other, the ending will be the same." He told me.
"So our first chosen one…" I started.
"Suffered and was punished for twisting the story." A finished.
"Why, it was your fault that he suffered, right? You made him go into the story when it was still unfinished!" I accused.
"No. He did that to himself. He chose to follow the storyline of the anime, not the manga. The manga was finished when he was chosen. But he wanted to be in the story's anime storyline. It was his fault." A told me.
"But you didn't warn him!" I said.
"Now that takes me back."
"You freak!" I yelled.
"Chill. Now shut up and let's head downstairs." He turned and started to go downstairs. I followed close behind him.
"Say, why didn't M accompany you today?" I asked.
"She simply said that you need a man-to-man talk." A chuckled.
"Haha, very funny." I replied sarcastically.
We reached the living room after a few minutes.
"I have to go now. Take care of Emiko, Sadoshi. She's special." A said, and vanished with a poof of blue smoke and sparkles. Show off.
I checked the couch and Emiko wasn't there.
She's awake now.
"Sadoshi?" I heard her voice call out from the kitchen.
I was woken up by a very bright light a while ago. I sat up and saw that the source of it was Sadoshi's wooden sphere…well, Sadoshi's wooden sphere that turned into a jewel similar to the Shikon no Tama.
Or is it the Shikon no Tama itself?
I made my way to the kitchen and saw my tea set in the dining table.
A visitor?
Just as I washed my tea set and cleaned off the table, I heard voices in the leaving room.
"Sadoshi?" I called.
He entered the kitchen with a glass of water and a couple of filter papers in his hands.
"You're awake." He said.
"What the hell are you doing with those?" I asked him.
"Just a little experiment." He replied.
"Oh. Who visited?"
"A. Just came to bug me."
"Oh."
"Emiko?"
"Yes?"
"I have to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"Promise me you won't pass out."
"I had enough of those for a day."
"The story's calling you in."
"I already know that."
"No. The story wants you in it." He said.
"You serious?" I was bewildered.
"Yes. We have to prepare for its next entrance." I don't get you, but I'm catching up on the story popping itself anywhere.
"When?" I asked
"Anytime." He replied.
"What? I have to prepare, you know." I complained.
"Exactly. Do it." He commanded.
"Now?" I asked.
"Yes." He answered.
"Why?" I asked again.
"The sooner, the better." He told me.
"Well then, we'll prepare tomorrow." I smiled.
I'll prepare for it, just you wait.
"What are you planning?" He asked suspiciously.
"You want a list?" I challenged.
"I'll just wait for tomorrow." He replied.
"Fine then." My smile turned into a grin.
"Now what are you thinking?" He asked again.
"Let's just say, we'll go shopping tomorrow." I said.
yep, Sadoshi invaded this chapter :D I figured out that I should give him his part of the story, wouldn't you think so? and wow, this is my longest chapter! new record! lol, it's still pretty short. tell me what you think! I hope you liked it ^^ stay tuned for the next chapter! they'll go in the story soon! I'm so happy I made this far! nyaha XD