A Day in Feudal Japan

Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha, I just write.

            "Greetings, Kagome!" called Shippo. The little fox demon waved vigorously to Kagome. Kagome waved back, one hand still dragging Inu-Yasha. The three of us continued to follow her, still trying not to laugh. When we saw Shippo, the three of us looked at each other and got a bit excited. "Wow! It's really Shippo!" I cried out. Kamakani's jaw dropped, while Alexis hopped up and down like a bunny rabbit. "What's wrong with them?" Shippo said quietly to Kagome. Kagome took one look at us and began to laugh. "I think they're just excited to see you," she said, still laughing.

            Soon, we managed to calm ourselves down. We followed Kagome and Shippo to Lady Kaede's home, where Miroku was waiting. At the sight of this, Alexis's eyes widened to the size of basketballs. "It's Miroku!" she squealed. Kamakani and I tried to pretend that we didn't know her. "Who are they?" Miroku asked Kagome. "Well, they're…" she hesitated. "Uh, you know, I didn't quite get your names," she said to us. Kamakani spoke up. "Well, I'm Kamakani, this is Annie, and the girl staring at Miroku is Alexis." Kamakani gestured at Alexis and I. Miroku seemed…well, surprised. "How…how did you know my name?" he asked. I grabbed the Inu-Yasha book from Alexis's grasp and flipped to a page with a big enough picture of Miroku. "Here," I said as I stuck the picture in Miroku's face. He stared at it thoughtfully, scratching his head. "Well, there I am," he said finally. Just then, Inu-Yasha recovered from Kagome's many sits. "Arrgggh, Kagome, what took you so long to get-" he stopped in the middle of his sentence when he took sight of the three of us. "Huh? Who are you?" he asked. He stared at us the same way Kagome had the first time she had seen us. "We're just travelers, like Kagome," I said quietly. Inu-Yasha strained his ear to hear me, cause I had spoken so very quietly. Kagome placed her arm around Inu-Yasha. "This is Kamakani, Alexis, and Annie," she said. Inu-Yasha's dog-like side kicked in, and he started to sniff us like a dog does. "Well, you seem okay enough," he said after thoroughly "examining" us.

            "So, how did you guys get here?" Shippo asked Kamakani. I was chatting with Kagome, while Alexis was show Miroku some pictures of himself from the Inu-Yasha book. Inu-Yasha himself was brooding in the corner. "Well, we were at school, and the bell for class rang. So, the three of us ran to our classroom. But, somehow, we fell into a hole and ended up here," said Kamkani to answer Shippo's question. "Can I see the Tetsusaiga?" she asked. Shippo thought for a while, then said, "Ask Inu-Yasha." He transformed into Inu-Yasha. This caught Alexis's attention and she rushed over to see Shippo in his transformation. "Could you transform into that balloon thingy?" she cried. Then, remembering the book, she flipped to a picture of Shippo in his balloon form and showed it to the real Shippo. "Oh! Of course," replied Shippo and he shifted into the balloon shape. Me, Kamakani, and Alexis all burst into uncontrollable fits of laughter. "What? What's so funny?" asked a confused Shippo-balloon thingy. Alexis, who had always thought of this action as the funniest thing since stand up comedy, pratfalls, and jokes, could barely stop laughing to answer his question. "Um…you…balloon…HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!" Alexis just couldn't seem to be able to hold the laughter in. She doubled over and held her stomach, still laughing. You could tell Shippo was annoyed by this, and maybe even a little hurt. His expression drastically changed from his happy-go-lucky state to his I-must-avenge-my-father's-death look. Kamakani and I stopped laughing right then and there, but poor Alexis kept laughing. She looked as if she was in pain from the laughter. Shippo gave her a look that could rival Medusa's stony gaze, or at least our teacher's gaze when someone forgot their homework too many times. Just then, Miroku jumped in and calmed the enraged Shippo down. Alexis was still laughing.

            After about an hour, Kamakani and I managed to get Alexis to stop laughing. I had never seen her laugh this hard. Usually, I was the one to start laughing uncontrollably. I guess seeing Shippo's balloon transformation in person was much, much, much funnier that seeing it in the book. "Well, I guess we're off to look for another Shikon shard," said Inu-Yasha. He brandished the Tetsusaiga and started walking out the door, when Kagome said, "Wait, I'm not ready yet." Inu-Yasha ignored this, and continued walking. Kagome decided that she might as well go to plan B and yelled, "SIT!" Inu-Yasha suddenly dropped to the ground. He scowled in an irritated sort of way. "You know, this is getting kind of old," he said quietly.