Hey, everyone! This is my first Inuyasha fic! A milestone! This is also my first real attempt to put some comedy in my stories. Another milestone! Lessee, stuff I gotta tell ya; Inuyasha is, of course, property of Rumiko Takahashi and others. Stuff in "" tags is spoken word and stuff in '' tags is a person's thoughts. The next chapter'll be up as soon as I write it.





It was a beautiful spring day. The sun shone brightly, creating a warm blanket over the land. Leaves rustled lightly in the cool breeze, as did Kagome's hair. She rode her bike, trying to enjoy the day. Shippo sat in the bike's basket, eyes closed, apparently napping. And Inuyasha sat on the back, grumbling.

"Stupid China! Why'd we have to come here anyway?" He folded his arms and leaned back against Kagome.

"Because, Inuyasha," called Shippo from up front. "Kagome sensed a Shikon shard here. Besides, it's a nice break after the battle we had with Hiten and Manten." Kagome smiled at the little kitsune. 'So,' she thought to herself, 'he's not sleeping after all.'

"Feh! Why'd we have to come over on a boat? I hate boats! They make me feel sick," he said, remembering his experiences during a storm on the way over.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "We know, Inuyasha. You've said so many times. But there was no other way to get here. Unless you know how to fly," she added, semi-annoyed.

"Hmph. Whatever." He muttered, "Stupid girl."

She threw the bike into a skid, sending Inuyasha tumbling in the dirt.

He leapt to his feet and stormed over to her. "What was that for?

"Look, Inuyasha, all of us are a little tired and mad about our trip so far, but at least me and Shippo aren't going on about it! All we have to do is get the shard and we can go back home. Can we please do that without fighting?"

Inuyasha just glared at her. After a short time he mumbled an agreement. "Fine. Let's get the shard and go."

Shippo had jumped out of the basket and wandered around while Kagome and Inuyasha were fighting. He parted some bushes, revealing a cliff. Shippo's eyes grew wide. "Hey, you two! Come and see this!" They looked up and saw the fox peering through some bushes. They jogged over and saw the sight themselves. Dozens, if not hundreds, of pool were down below, each with bamboo sticking out of them. A small hut stood near a few of the pools. Smoke curled from its chimney.

"That place is glowing!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Good. That means there's a Shikon shard there," said Inuyasha. He smiled. 'Piece of cake. No demon, no trouble.' "Kagome! Go get your bike. We're going down there." She brought the bike to the cliff's edge and Inuyasha grabbed it. "You two, get on my back."

"What?" exclaimed Shippo and Kagome. Inuyasha only stared at them blankly.

"I said, get on my back."

"Are you crazy?" asked Shippo. "I mean, I know you're strong and a demon, but that's like two hundred feet we'd be falling! I'm gonna climb down." Shippo set about his task, slowly climbing over the edge and down.

Inuyasha shrugged. "Okay. Kagome, get on."

Kagome blushed and then stammered, "Uh, actually, Inuyasha, I agree with Shippo-chan. You're only going to hurt yourself. I'm climbing down too." She too began to climb down the side of the cliff.

Inuyasha stood there, mouth agape, holding onto Kagome's bike. 'I can't believe they don't trust me,' he thought. He looked over the cliff again. 'Although, it is kinda high, now that I look at it. But I can't climb down now 'cause they'd think I was a coward. Shit! What am I gonna do?'

Shippo and Kagome reached the ground only a few seconds apart. Shippo began to run around, looking for the shard. "Where is it, Kagome? Where's the shard?"

She shielded her eyes from the sun and scanned the area. One particularly bright spot caught her attention. "It's over there," she said, pointing, "by that hut."

They began to walk over when a shout from above caught their attention. "I'm coming down!" It was Inuyasha. "I can't believe he did it," murmured Shippo. Inuyasha landed hard, right near one of the pools. He was on one knee. Inuyasha pushed the bike away and it fell to the ground. He slowly rose to his feet. "I did it!" he yelled suddenly. "Yes! I did it! I did it!" He began to dance around, still yelling, when the edge of the pool gave way. He began to fall backwards, reeling his arms trying to not fall. Kagome ran over to where the hanyou was and grabbed his arm, pulling him back.

"Welcome, sirs, to famous training ground of cursed springs, Jusenkyo!"

Kagome screamed in surprise and Inuyasha drew Tetsusaiga. He leapt over the pool and landed next to the speaker. He placed the sword at the man's throat.

The man held up his arms in a sign of peace. Nervously, he said, "Oh, I am very sorry, sirs."

'Strange,' thought Kagome. 'That looks like a Mao jacket he's wearing.'

"Who are you?" growled Inuyasha, sheathing his sword.

"I am guardian of Jusenkyo, sir."

"What's Jusenkyo," asked Kagome from across the pool.

The man turned and said, "Oh, it is very cursed springs. There are over one hundred spring, each with own tragedy happen here. Take, for example, this spring here, Heitouenniichuan, Spring of Drowned Black Piglet. There very tragic legend of black piglet who drown in spring two hundred year ago. Now whoever fall in spring takes body of black piglet.

Shippo Hopped over and jumped on Kagome's back. "Really? That's neat!"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Feh! That's bullshit. Nothing but silly superstition. Kagome, where's the Shikon shard?"

She pointed to where they shard was. The group walked over to one of the smaller pools that sat near the hut.

The guard looked at it and said, "This is Nyannichuan, Spring of Drowned Girl. There very tragic legend of young girl who drown in spring five hundred year ago! Now, whoever fall in spring takes body of young girl."

Inuyasha took of his kimono. "I'm going to go get it."

The guard stood in his way, protesting profusely. "No, sir! Is very bad luck you fall in spring!" Inuyasha just pushed him aside and dove in. The group watched as Inuyasha swam to the spring's bottom.

'Where is that stupid thing?' he thought. 'And why is my body tingling? Ah! There it is!' He swam to where the shard lay. He picked it up and made his way to the surface. He surfaced near the pool's center, sputtering for breath. As he made his way to the edge, he saw everyone staring at him. 'What's their problem?' he asked himself. He got to the edge and reached up for help out, but Kagome and Shippo stood there, dumbfounded.

"Fine, I'll help myself out." Inuyasha pulled himself out and looked up into Kagome's eyes. "What the hell's the matter, you guys? Why are you staring at me?" He stood up. "Hey, when did you become taller than me?"

"Why's your hair red, Inuyasha?" asked Shippo.

"Baka! My hair's silver! Look!" He grabbed a handful from his long mane and held it out. "See? It's silv. What the hell? Why's my hair red?"

"I tell you sir, that was Nyannichuan, Spring of Drowned Girl. Whoever fall in spring take body of young girl. But you no listen to me."

"But if I were a girl, I'd have breasts!" Inuyasha exclaimed. He grabbed his shirt and ripped it open. "And see? I don't have them!"

Everybody blushed and Shippo fell over, having fainted. Blood dripped out of his nose. "Uh, sir?" said the guard. He pointed at Inuyasha's chest and he looked down.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!"