Algebra
by Sharlene
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Sango held up a card that had (x + 2) (x - 3) = -4 written on it. Kagome stared at it, her mind working feverishly as she tried to remember how to do this type of problem. It was going to be on her test tomorrow, and she hadn't studied enough.
Inuyasha slitted one eye open long enough to say, "X equals 2. Can we go now?"
It looked, for a moment, as if everyone had their own set of prayer beads and someone had yelled sit. Recovery was slow, as there was a great deal of open-mouthed staring to be done. Finally Kagome shook her head and said, "It was just a lucky guess. Keep going, Sango."
Inuyasha jumped down from his tree branch and growled. "Feh. Anyone who isn't a complete moron would know that." He looked at the next card Sango was holding up, which read x^2 +6x + 9 = 64. Inuyasha snorted. "Feh. This is what you waste all that time on? It's so simple that Shippo could do it."
"Oh, yeah? If it's so simple, what's the answer?" Kagome's face was flushed with anger and annoyance. How could Inuyasha possibly know how to solve quadratic equations, when it was so hard for her and she studied so much?
"Baka. X equals five." Inuyasha jumped back to his tree branch and crossed his arms, sulking. Why did she pretend not to know these simple, useless spells? Just to have an excuse to leave hi- Er, the search for the Shikon shards.
"SIT!" Inuyasha descended ungracefully and, in the face of overwhelming force, agreed to look through the rest of the flash cards. He answered each one in seconds. Kagome then thought that he might have memorized the cards, so she wrote out some new ones. It was when he answered one that she made up with "5i" that she couldn't stand it any more. "How do you know all this? And what do you mean, 5i?"
"It's the answer, 5 times the square root of negative one. Just like it says in your stupid spell book." Inuyasha rooted around in his sleeve until he pulled out a book that was a bit battered around the corners.
"My math textbook! I had to buy a replacement for that, you jerk!" Kagome snatched it and smacked the back of his head with it.
"Bitch! What was that for?!" Inuyasha rubbed at the lump that had formed on his head and glared at Kagome's retreating back. He jumped back into an extended-finger pose of shock when she turned and gave him a glare more cold and deadly than any Kikyo or Naraku had ever managed to produce.
She stomped back to him and he flinched as she leaned in close, her nose almost touching his, her eyes promising death to any unfortunate hanyous who were stupid enough to cross her. Her words came out in a ruthless clip, an icy and enunciated staccato of implacable tones. "We are going to forget this EVER happened and NEVER. Mention. This. Again."
Her final word on the matter delivered, she turned on her heel and stalked towards the well, past where the rest of the party was cowering in dumbfounded awe. Once she was out of sight, and hopefully earshot, Shippo uncurled himself slowly from where he had huddled in Sango's arms. "I guess this means we shouldn't mention that he got a hold of her chemistry book, huh?"
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Wow. I was totally blown away by the response to "Gazongas". I think the word count for the reviews is higher than for the fic! Maybe I should listen to Rocky when she says I should share my alleged sense of humor with the world. Thanks to Kristine (Ba-chan) Batey for giving it a read and helping me come up with an ending, to Majo as always for being my High Priestess and a tremendously encouraging friend, and to Rocky for getting my butt in gear with writing. And thanks to all of you out there who leave reviews. :D
by Sharlene
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Sango held up a card that had (x + 2) (x - 3) = -4 written on it. Kagome stared at it, her mind working feverishly as she tried to remember how to do this type of problem. It was going to be on her test tomorrow, and she hadn't studied enough.
Inuyasha slitted one eye open long enough to say, "X equals 2. Can we go now?"
It looked, for a moment, as if everyone had their own set of prayer beads and someone had yelled sit. Recovery was slow, as there was a great deal of open-mouthed staring to be done. Finally Kagome shook her head and said, "It was just a lucky guess. Keep going, Sango."
Inuyasha jumped down from his tree branch and growled. "Feh. Anyone who isn't a complete moron would know that." He looked at the next card Sango was holding up, which read x^2 +6x + 9 = 64. Inuyasha snorted. "Feh. This is what you waste all that time on? It's so simple that Shippo could do it."
"Oh, yeah? If it's so simple, what's the answer?" Kagome's face was flushed with anger and annoyance. How could Inuyasha possibly know how to solve quadratic equations, when it was so hard for her and she studied so much?
"Baka. X equals five." Inuyasha jumped back to his tree branch and crossed his arms, sulking. Why did she pretend not to know these simple, useless spells? Just to have an excuse to leave hi- Er, the search for the Shikon shards.
"SIT!" Inuyasha descended ungracefully and, in the face of overwhelming force, agreed to look through the rest of the flash cards. He answered each one in seconds. Kagome then thought that he might have memorized the cards, so she wrote out some new ones. It was when he answered one that she made up with "5i" that she couldn't stand it any more. "How do you know all this? And what do you mean, 5i?"
"It's the answer, 5 times the square root of negative one. Just like it says in your stupid spell book." Inuyasha rooted around in his sleeve until he pulled out a book that was a bit battered around the corners.
"My math textbook! I had to buy a replacement for that, you jerk!" Kagome snatched it and smacked the back of his head with it.
"Bitch! What was that for?!" Inuyasha rubbed at the lump that had formed on his head and glared at Kagome's retreating back. He jumped back into an extended-finger pose of shock when she turned and gave him a glare more cold and deadly than any Kikyo or Naraku had ever managed to produce.
She stomped back to him and he flinched as she leaned in close, her nose almost touching his, her eyes promising death to any unfortunate hanyous who were stupid enough to cross her. Her words came out in a ruthless clip, an icy and enunciated staccato of implacable tones. "We are going to forget this EVER happened and NEVER. Mention. This. Again."
Her final word on the matter delivered, she turned on her heel and stalked towards the well, past where the rest of the party was cowering in dumbfounded awe. Once she was out of sight, and hopefully earshot, Shippo uncurled himself slowly from where he had huddled in Sango's arms. "I guess this means we shouldn't mention that he got a hold of her chemistry book, huh?"
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Wow. I was totally blown away by the response to "Gazongas". I think the word count for the reviews is higher than for the fic! Maybe I should listen to Rocky when she says I should share my alleged sense of humor with the world. Thanks to Kristine (Ba-chan) Batey for giving it a read and helping me come up with an ending, to Majo as always for being my High Priestess and a tremendously encouraging friend, and to Rocky for getting my butt in gear with writing. And thanks to all of you out there who leave reviews. :D