Just then, somebody tapped her lightly on the shoulder. Kagome, startled,
whirled around to see a Chinese Amazon girl that looked horribly buff and
feminine at the same time. She had lavender hair and was wearing a Chinese
outfit.
"Ni hao! I Shampoo!" she said, beating her chest wildly to indicate that it was her name. "Nice meet you!" she said, batting her eyelashes. Then she gave Kagome a hard shove and she fell deep into the Jusenkyo Springs. It was deeper than she thought. 'What the hell was that for? Gosh! Pushing me into the springs like that… and that's what I call RUDE! Oh well…..I know how to swim perfectly well……' Kagome started kicking her legs wildly but it took her nowhere. 'Nani!? Why can't I break the surface? HELP! HELP! I'M DROWNING!!!!!' A huge current swept through and Kagome found herself standing in front of that rude old Shampoo again. Shampoo held in her hands a huge bucket of cold water. Kagome froze. 'Oh no……is this…the…..thing I saw earlier??'
"Now we see what you turn to!!" Shampoo screamed and dumped water all over Kagome. Smoke flowed all around her and Kagome turned into a…….DEMON!
"Hm. Demon. Shampoo no surprised." Shampoo looked her up and down. She had the features of what Shampoo knew was called a hanyou. She had long flowing….golden hair with shining eyes of what looked like sterling with little specks of light-reflecting deep sea blue. She also had long lady- like, not at all vulgar claw and a pair of very cute petite ears on her head…….they were a light beautiful shade of brown and were white on the outside. She had on a navy blue fire rat kimono, just like Inuyasha's.
"What? DEMON!? I'm not a demon!!! What the hell are you talking about you…..you……YOU IDIOTIC BLIND HAIR-CLEANING SOLUTION!!!!!" Shampoo stared at her. "How dare she use language like that on Shampoo!" Shampoo gave her a hard whack on the head and Kagome felt her ears flatten out – her sensitive ears.
"OW!!! MY EARS!!!!" Kagome whelped. Her hands flew to the top of her head.
"AHA! You see ……your ears on top of head!! You a real demon!!!!" Kagome stared at Shampoo disbelievingly.
"Give me a mirror you…….!!" She stared at her reflection. 'Just like Inuyasha…. What will he think? I'm going to keep it secret……I can't ever let Inuyasha know that I'm a hanyou…… he'd never be happy with that…..he wants me to be human so I can remind him of Kikyo……' she sighed. "Give me some hot water, Shampoo." She felt some being dumped on her although Shampoo was unmoving. It was the boy, Ranma.
"You know, you actually look pretty cool in that outfit…." He said and winked. Kagome blushed. "Let's keep this secret from my mom…..please…"
"Sure!" Ranma piped. "See ya!" he called, after seeing Kagome climb over the rocks to get her mother.
"Mom!" she said a little nervously. She had to find a way to stop her from going into the Jusenkyo Spring. "I did a little journeying around and…….I uh….I met this tour guide and he said that there were a lot of snakes and other vicious things that could bite your legs off in the Jusenkyo Spring…. And he advised us greatly not to go in!" she finished panting, with a great real-looking worried look plastered on her face. She was pleased with that lie. She was smiling proudly to herself when her mother said,
"Oh, Kagome. I really don't mind snakes among other things…. Snakes really are cute.. I think I shall go in the spring now!"
"NO! NO, MOM! NO!!!!!!" Kagome yelled. "If you don't believe me I'll have you talk with that tour guide yourself!!" she had no idea who the tour guide was….. she made him up last minute to save her mom from becoming a demon or anything worse like a man or a panda. Kagome rolled her eyes at the thought. Suddenly, a light bulb appeared at the top of her head. 'Ranma and his dad!! Perfect tour guides!' She led her mom to the tent she saw Ranma and Genma go in earlier and said in a loud voice, "Well, mom, here's the *cough cough* tour guide's tent! *cough cough* I hope they'll tell you about the DANGERS of the Jusenkyo Springs!!!" she yelled, with her head through the tent, winking at Ranma and Genma while her mom was looking wondrously at the falls and lakes around her. Ranma and Genma were dressed in tour guide suits and came out in a jiffy to welcome the Higurashis.
"Mrs. Higurashi?" Ranma asked politely. "I'd like to welcome you to Jusenkyo Springs. Please come inside and talk with my father, the senior tour guide here at Jusenkyo." They followed Ranma into the tent and saw Genma sitting next to a little fire holding his hands up in prayer manner chanting these weird hymns.
"Um…. Dad?" Ranma asked hesitantly. Genma immediately snapped out of it and looked around. "We have here the newest visitors to Jusenkyo. This here is Higurashi Kagome and her Mother."
"I was praying for all the dead souls that have died in Jusenkyo for the past couple of years. There have been many deaths here, Higurashi. All because those stupid people stepped into those dangerous springs right outside my tent. About 61700 people have died……" Mrs. Higurashi gasped.
"61700 people died from stepping into the springs?!" she asked, totally shocked. Genma gave Ranma the signal to continue, saying that he couldn't make up any more lies.
"You see, Mrs. Higurashi, these springs have many dangerous things lurking along its grounds. It's deeper than it looks." He took out a photograph and showed it to Mrs. Higurashi and Kagome. "We have took snapshots of some of the things we see. They rise to the surface occasionally…. Such oddities in these animals. They are very rare." He showed them the picture again. Kagome frowned. 'Ranma certainly knows how to lie and look serious at the same time,' she thought. 'THAT'S LOCH NESS!!!!! YOU IDIOT!!!!' but she was laughing inside. 'LOCH NESS! LOCH NESS!! HAHAHAHAHA GOOD ONE, RANMA!!' she cheered loudly in her mind. Mrs. Higurashi looked so afraid and she was shaking.
"Kagome…. Let's get out of here!" Mrs. Higurashi grabbed Kagome by the arm and yanked her halfway out the tent. "Thank you…. Tour guides, for warning us about these atrocities!"
"Uh… would you like us to provide you with transportation…… to get back to….. wherever you journeyed from?" Genma asked politely.
"That would be so wonderful, thank you." Kagome said politely.
"All right! Come along! Mrs. Higurashi – on my back!" Genma said broadly.
"Kagome on mine!" Ranma said openly. 'Er….. what kind of transportation is this?' Kagome wondered out loud.
"We're going to walk across water with an extreme speed! Don't throw up!" Ranma said cheerily.
"Walk across water!" Kagome said with excitement. "Oh, how fun! Don't worry, Ranma! I won't throw up! I've had lots of different kinds of transportation!" she mused back into thinking about the times with Inuyasha and Miroku and the rest of the gang riding on raccoons and sort…. And wondered what Inuyasha was doing this very moment……..
A figure in a red kimono sat in the tree. 'Where are you Kagome and what are you doing? Why can't I go and see you? What's wrong with the well?' he sat quietly, trying to think, while Kaede, Shippo, Miroku, and Sango were down at the bottom yelling for him to come down.
"Inuyasha, you've been up in that tree for over a week! Haven't eaten in over a week! What's wrong with you Inuyasha? Missing Kagome!? Do you LOOOOOOOOVE her that much? Are you LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE sick!?!?!?!!!!" Shippo asked tauntingly. That seemed to hit FURTHER than home. Inuyasha flew down from the tree and knocked Shippo to the ground. His eyes were flashing with anger. But somehow, it was true. He did love Kagome…….
"Ni hao! I Shampoo!" she said, beating her chest wildly to indicate that it was her name. "Nice meet you!" she said, batting her eyelashes. Then she gave Kagome a hard shove and she fell deep into the Jusenkyo Springs. It was deeper than she thought. 'What the hell was that for? Gosh! Pushing me into the springs like that… and that's what I call RUDE! Oh well…..I know how to swim perfectly well……' Kagome started kicking her legs wildly but it took her nowhere. 'Nani!? Why can't I break the surface? HELP! HELP! I'M DROWNING!!!!!' A huge current swept through and Kagome found herself standing in front of that rude old Shampoo again. Shampoo held in her hands a huge bucket of cold water. Kagome froze. 'Oh no……is this…the…..thing I saw earlier??'
"Now we see what you turn to!!" Shampoo screamed and dumped water all over Kagome. Smoke flowed all around her and Kagome turned into a…….DEMON!
"Hm. Demon. Shampoo no surprised." Shampoo looked her up and down. She had the features of what Shampoo knew was called a hanyou. She had long flowing….golden hair with shining eyes of what looked like sterling with little specks of light-reflecting deep sea blue. She also had long lady- like, not at all vulgar claw and a pair of very cute petite ears on her head…….they were a light beautiful shade of brown and were white on the outside. She had on a navy blue fire rat kimono, just like Inuyasha's.
"What? DEMON!? I'm not a demon!!! What the hell are you talking about you…..you……YOU IDIOTIC BLIND HAIR-CLEANING SOLUTION!!!!!" Shampoo stared at her. "How dare she use language like that on Shampoo!" Shampoo gave her a hard whack on the head and Kagome felt her ears flatten out – her sensitive ears.
"OW!!! MY EARS!!!!" Kagome whelped. Her hands flew to the top of her head.
"AHA! You see ……your ears on top of head!! You a real demon!!!!" Kagome stared at Shampoo disbelievingly.
"Give me a mirror you…….!!" She stared at her reflection. 'Just like Inuyasha…. What will he think? I'm going to keep it secret……I can't ever let Inuyasha know that I'm a hanyou…… he'd never be happy with that…..he wants me to be human so I can remind him of Kikyo……' she sighed. "Give me some hot water, Shampoo." She felt some being dumped on her although Shampoo was unmoving. It was the boy, Ranma.
"You know, you actually look pretty cool in that outfit…." He said and winked. Kagome blushed. "Let's keep this secret from my mom…..please…"
"Sure!" Ranma piped. "See ya!" he called, after seeing Kagome climb over the rocks to get her mother.
"Mom!" she said a little nervously. She had to find a way to stop her from going into the Jusenkyo Spring. "I did a little journeying around and…….I uh….I met this tour guide and he said that there were a lot of snakes and other vicious things that could bite your legs off in the Jusenkyo Spring…. And he advised us greatly not to go in!" she finished panting, with a great real-looking worried look plastered on her face. She was pleased with that lie. She was smiling proudly to herself when her mother said,
"Oh, Kagome. I really don't mind snakes among other things…. Snakes really are cute.. I think I shall go in the spring now!"
"NO! NO, MOM! NO!!!!!!" Kagome yelled. "If you don't believe me I'll have you talk with that tour guide yourself!!" she had no idea who the tour guide was….. she made him up last minute to save her mom from becoming a demon or anything worse like a man or a panda. Kagome rolled her eyes at the thought. Suddenly, a light bulb appeared at the top of her head. 'Ranma and his dad!! Perfect tour guides!' She led her mom to the tent she saw Ranma and Genma go in earlier and said in a loud voice, "Well, mom, here's the *cough cough* tour guide's tent! *cough cough* I hope they'll tell you about the DANGERS of the Jusenkyo Springs!!!" she yelled, with her head through the tent, winking at Ranma and Genma while her mom was looking wondrously at the falls and lakes around her. Ranma and Genma were dressed in tour guide suits and came out in a jiffy to welcome the Higurashis.
"Mrs. Higurashi?" Ranma asked politely. "I'd like to welcome you to Jusenkyo Springs. Please come inside and talk with my father, the senior tour guide here at Jusenkyo." They followed Ranma into the tent and saw Genma sitting next to a little fire holding his hands up in prayer manner chanting these weird hymns.
"Um…. Dad?" Ranma asked hesitantly. Genma immediately snapped out of it and looked around. "We have here the newest visitors to Jusenkyo. This here is Higurashi Kagome and her Mother."
"I was praying for all the dead souls that have died in Jusenkyo for the past couple of years. There have been many deaths here, Higurashi. All because those stupid people stepped into those dangerous springs right outside my tent. About 61700 people have died……" Mrs. Higurashi gasped.
"61700 people died from stepping into the springs?!" she asked, totally shocked. Genma gave Ranma the signal to continue, saying that he couldn't make up any more lies.
"You see, Mrs. Higurashi, these springs have many dangerous things lurking along its grounds. It's deeper than it looks." He took out a photograph and showed it to Mrs. Higurashi and Kagome. "We have took snapshots of some of the things we see. They rise to the surface occasionally…. Such oddities in these animals. They are very rare." He showed them the picture again. Kagome frowned. 'Ranma certainly knows how to lie and look serious at the same time,' she thought. 'THAT'S LOCH NESS!!!!! YOU IDIOT!!!!' but she was laughing inside. 'LOCH NESS! LOCH NESS!! HAHAHAHAHA GOOD ONE, RANMA!!' she cheered loudly in her mind. Mrs. Higurashi looked so afraid and she was shaking.
"Kagome…. Let's get out of here!" Mrs. Higurashi grabbed Kagome by the arm and yanked her halfway out the tent. "Thank you…. Tour guides, for warning us about these atrocities!"
"Uh… would you like us to provide you with transportation…… to get back to….. wherever you journeyed from?" Genma asked politely.
"That would be so wonderful, thank you." Kagome said politely.
"All right! Come along! Mrs. Higurashi – on my back!" Genma said broadly.
"Kagome on mine!" Ranma said openly. 'Er….. what kind of transportation is this?' Kagome wondered out loud.
"We're going to walk across water with an extreme speed! Don't throw up!" Ranma said cheerily.
"Walk across water!" Kagome said with excitement. "Oh, how fun! Don't worry, Ranma! I won't throw up! I've had lots of different kinds of transportation!" she mused back into thinking about the times with Inuyasha and Miroku and the rest of the gang riding on raccoons and sort…. And wondered what Inuyasha was doing this very moment……..
A figure in a red kimono sat in the tree. 'Where are you Kagome and what are you doing? Why can't I go and see you? What's wrong with the well?' he sat quietly, trying to think, while Kaede, Shippo, Miroku, and Sango were down at the bottom yelling for him to come down.
"Inuyasha, you've been up in that tree for over a week! Haven't eaten in over a week! What's wrong with you Inuyasha? Missing Kagome!? Do you LOOOOOOOOVE her that much? Are you LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE sick!?!?!?!!!!" Shippo asked tauntingly. That seemed to hit FURTHER than home. Inuyasha flew down from the tree and knocked Shippo to the ground. His eyes were flashing with anger. But somehow, it was true. He did love Kagome…….