A day in feudal japan

disclaimer: do I really have to say it again? you already know it by heart by now, right?

            "I think we better go out and search for more Shikon shards, NOW!!!!!" yelled Inu-Yasha from his location on the doorstep of Lady Kaede's home. Kagome ignored him (but did add another "SIT!" to Inu-Yasha's punishment, for good measure) and went back to talking with Lady Kaede, who had popped in after she heard Alexis's laughing…problem. "So, do you sense any more demons around here?" Kagome asked the old woman. Kamakani, Alexis, and I were sitting in a circle, speaking amongst ourselves. "AHHH! Were gonna miss school! My perfect attendance record is going down the drain, along with my grades!" I said frantically. My grades were somewhat important to me. "Relax, I mean, your grades are already higher than ours, why should you be concerned?" said Kamakani. "I already have a pretty low grade in math, so shouldn't I be the one who is frantic about their grades?" I decided to stay quiet. "Alexis, don't you agree with me?" Kamakani asked Alexis. Alexis was just sitting there, in our little "circle" (more like a triangle, from a mathematic POV, but who cares? this is a fanfic, not a geometry course!), flipping through the pages of Inu-Yasha. (the book I mean) She wasn't even listening to us. This always happened. Whenever you tried to talk to Alexis when she was reading a manga, she would practically block out every single sound around her. But then again, that happened to me too, that is, whenever I read Ranma ½. "Alexis? Do you agree with me?" Kamakani asked again. Alexis didn't answer. "ALEXIS! DO YOU HEAR ME?!" I yelled. Still, she didn't answer. I heaved a heavy sigh. Kamakani whispered in my ear. "On the count of three, 1…2…3!" We leaned closer to Alexis. "ALEXIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" We both yelled into her ears. Alexis quickly looked up from the book. "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" she asked, breathing hard. "You weren't listening to us, again," Kamakani informed her. Just then, Kagome piped up. "Okay! Let's go!" "Finally," Inu-Yasha grumbled from the doorstep.

            A few moments later (and another argument between Kagome and Inu-Yasha about Kagome's whereabouts) the three of us found ourselves walking alongside Shippo, Miroku, and Kagome as they went out in search of another Shikon shard. Inu-Yasha (who was still rather grouchy from his "SIT!" treatment in the last hour or so) walked in front of us and led the way. "I can sense a shard, but it's sort of far from here," he said. Shippo was sniffing around, while Miroku was still looking at pictures of himself and admiring them like he would if he were looking at his reflection in a mirror. Kagome was happily chatting with us. She usually never saw any girls from the "future" in feudal Japan. "So, how old are you guys?" she asked. Alexis had taken the Inu-Yasha book away from Miroku and was back to reading, and I was trying to look over her shoulder to see, so Kamakani answered. "Uh, Me and Annie are 12, and Alexis is 11."

            Kagome continued to ask Kamakani questions about our lives, and soon we found ourselves wandering around in a heavily-wooded area. Suddenly, Inu-Yasha stopped. "Halt," he said in a gruff, yet hushed tone. The three of us looked around at our surroundings. (Well, the two of us. Like always, Alexis wasn't paying attention and nearly walked straight into Miroku) "Do you hear something?" Kagome asked Inu-Yasha. His ears swiveled around, trying to focus in on a certain sound. (Hey, that rhymes!) Shippo's ears did the same. Inu-Yasha continued walking and his ears continued to pick up sounds. Just then, I heard a rustling in the treetops. "What was that?" I asked. "What was what?" asked Kagome. "I just heard something, in the trees. Didn't you hear it?" I replied. Kagome shook her head no. Then I heard the rustling again. This time, Kagome heard it, and so did Kamakani and (surprisingly) Alexis. Was someone, or something, watching us?