A/N: Hello again, my friends! Welcome to episode 2 of my Inu-story! First
off, to my second reviewer. Yes, you would expect Inuyasha to know his way
around the forest, but don't forget, this is MY story. ^_^ And some aspects
of this story are just plain silly. Inuyasha getting lost in the forest is
one of them. :p
Inuyasha: You know, she's got a point. I DID grow up there.
Back in your cage, dog boy. _ Anyways, let's get on with the next episode. Note: OOCness from Sesshomaru coming up. Forget the rough and tough Sesshy you know and love. It's time for him to show his sensitive side. ^_^ But you want to read it for yourselves, don't you? Go on then, read away!!
Chapter 2: The Hitchhikers and How Strange a Wolf-Demon Can Really Be
"This is hopeless..." a frustrated Inuyasha said as he trudged through the forest. For some reason, he just couldn't remember where the well leading back to Kagome's time was.
"I've always been able to find it before...."
*Your thoughts are probably focused completely on her, so that's why you can't remember, silly.*
"SHUT UP!....argh...damn conscience..."
Suddenly, a lightning fast slash of white flew in front of Inuyasha, barely missing him. Inuyasha fell over in surprise. "Yipes!! Sheesh, who did that??!!"
"Just who were you talking to, brother?"
Inuyasha froze, then he put a hand to his head. "Not now...please not right now..." he muttered. Unfortunately, who he thought it was appeared in front of him.
"Sesshomaru...get the hell out of here. I've got a schedule!" Inuyasha barked at his full-youkai sibling. Sesshomaru frowned. "Your schedule can't be so important that you can't make room for a little meeting, can it?"
"Sesshy! Sesshy!" Rin called out. She was hanging onto Sesshomaru's leg. "What?"
"Why you always gotta fight this guy?" Rin asked. Sesshomaru's face lightened a little. "Well...I want his sword..."
"Hmmm..." Rin walked forward and looked at Tetsusaiga in its sheath. Inuyasha backed up a little to get away from the little girl. Rin examined it for a moment, then she skipped back over to Sesshomaru.
"But Sesshy, that sword's really ugly and it's rusty," Rin said matter-of- factly. Sesshomaru eyes widened a bit. "Well...um..."
"And your sword is really neat, why you need two?" Sesshomaru thought hard on this. Inuyasha stared in confusion. Finally, Sesshomaru clapped his hands together.
"By the gods, you're right, Rin!! That sword is very ugly. Plus, I can't even wield it properly without ningen qualities!" Inuyasha twitched as Sesshomaru insulted his weapon. "Hey now..."
"You are right, Rin! I don't need Tetsusaiga! I'm already a million times stronger than Inuyasha as I am!" Sesshomaru gave off a silly grin as he said this. Inuyasha face-faulted.
"That's it?! You mean you're not gonna keep fighting me for Tetsusaiga?!" Inuyasha was partially relieved and partially freaked out. Sesshomaru grinned at his brother.
"Well, I could still fight you if I want, but since I'm so much more powerful, I guess I should show some mercy! Let's forget this whole quarrel thing, whaddaya say? I don't see a reason to fight you anymore!" Sesshomaru said eagerly. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "Are you drunk?" he asked seriously.
"Of course not! I've just finally seen how pointless it is to fight you!" Inuyasha grunted and turned around. He continued walking through the forest. Sesshomaru ran after him. "Wait brother, let's hang out!!"
"Yaaayy!" Rin shouted as she ran after them. Inuyasha just walked along as Sesshomaru and Rin popped up along the side.
"Where we goin', bro? Where we goin'?" Sesshomaru asked excitedly. "I'M going to a party that Kagome's holding in her time. YOU'RE going back the way you came," Inuyasha said roughly.
"OOOO, A PARTY?! I LOVE PARTIES!" Sesshomaru explained. Rin began jumping up and down. "I wanna go, I wanna go!!"
Inuyasha gave off a huge sigh. "There aren't enough letters in the word "no" to express the no-ness of my answer..."
"Aw, c'mon! I'll behave, I won't start any fights! Please, little bro?" Sesshomaru grinned suddenly, and he nudged Inuyasha in the side. "You know, little bro...I can help you get that chick, Kagome."
Inuyasha pasued. He gave Sesshomaru one of those looks. ".......right....."
Inuyasha began walking faster. Sesshomaru just kept up the pace. "No, really!! Your big brother is very skilled with the ladies!"
*He IS your older brother you know. Perhaps he knows a thing or two.*
*Who asked for your opinion? Go mess with someone else's mind.*
*No can do. I'm YOUR conscience.*
*Go away.*
*Oh c'mon, you aren't even the least bit curious?*
Inuyasha stopped walking. He scratched his chin.
*You know you want to hear what he has to say...*
Inuyasha clutched at his head as if he was in pain. Finally, he gave in. He let out another long sigh. "...Alright...you can come."
"YAY!!" Sesshomaru and Rin exclaimed at once. Sesshomaru put his arm around his little brother as Rin jumped inbetween their shoulders.
"Shouldn't there be another one? Where's the little green shit?" Inuyasha said with a smirk. He loved making fun of Sesshomaru's friends.
"Present," Jaken said as he suddenly appeared beside Inuyasha. Inuyasha almost fell over again. "Don't sneak up on people like that, idiot!"
"I didn't. I was here the whole time. You all just don't pay any attention to me!! Why?! Why??!!!" Jaken then began crying pathetically. Inuyasha grunted. "Weirdo...."
*Good grief, it's like I'm picking up hitchhikers,* Inuyasha thought. *Jeez, now this little girl's lying on my back!!!*
*Strange, you don't complain when Kagome rides on your back...*
"SHUUUUTTTTT UUUPPPPP!!! LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!!!!!!!!" Inuyasha screamed. Sesshomaru, Rin, and Jaken looked at Inuyasha like he was insane. Inuyasha blushed when he realized what he had done. Inuyasha's conscience laughed.
"Feeling stressed, little bro?" Sesshomaru asked. Inuyasha shook his head. "N-no, I'm fine. I've just got a headache, of sorts...."
"Huh. Sounds like a killer headache," Sesshomaru said. "You don't know the half of it..." Inuyasha said in an annoyed tone.
Back at the Higurashi's, Miroku and Sango were sitting on the downstairs couch. Miroku was back in his regular clothes, and he looked quite displeased. He was trying as best he could to behave himself, but he found that to be very difficult.
"But Sango, I want to go dance!" Miroku complained.
"No, houshi-sama. You know you get out of control when you dance." Sango ordered. Then she came up with an idea. "I know, we can have a pleasant conversation!"
Miroku shuddered as he turned to face Sango. "A p-pleasant conversation?..." Miroku added on a quick thought to himself, *God save me.....*
Sango nodded and turned to face Miroku. "Yes. Go on now, you start. How was your day?" Miroku forced a smile and said, "Well, um...I did some reading today..."
"Ah, see, we're getting somewhere! What did you read?" Sango asked. Miroku gulped. "I-I'd rather not say...." Sango cocked her head to the side. "Why not?"
"Cause you'll whack me again," Miroku said lowly. Sango received a sweatdrop as she thought, *Well we were STARTING to get somewhere...*
Sango straightened back up quickly. "Well then, I'll just continue." Sango thought for a moment. "Now what did I do.....oh yes! I must tell you about something Kirara did! It was the cutest thing!"
Miroku forced a laugh. "Really? Tell me about it!" Miroku once again added on a thought, *Please god, no...*
"Koouuga! Koouuga! Koouuga!" Some of the other guests were cheering Kouga on as he chugged down his 8th beer. "Keep 'em comin' boys! I ain't finished til I can't see me own hand in front of me face!"
"Yessir!" one of his wolf clan members said. There were two of them there, handing Kouga beers one at a time. From the entrance to the kitchen, Kaede shook her head.
"How can thee drinketh libation so? There be children among us..." Suddenly, Jii-chan noticed Kaede. "Hey there, hot momma!"
Kaede's eyes widened as she backed away. Jii-chan laughed wickedly and ran over to her. Kaede quickly ran off, but Jii-chan followed in hot pursuit.
"Why does ye intend to chase me?!" a confused Kaede exclaimed. Jii-chan copyed Kaede's style of speaking. "Because I findeth thee to be dead sexy, ne?"
Finally, Jii-chan caught up to Kaede and caught her in a bear hug. "Get ye offeth me or I shall useth brute force on ye!" Jii-chan chuckled. "Doeth thee a little favor and perhaps I shall..."
From the kitchen, a loud slap was heard. Then a few grunts and groans and another punch, but the group was too intent on watching Kouga. "Keep going, Kouga-kun!" Shippou shouted. He didn't understand what the point of this all was, but he was enjoying it.
"Prepare thyselves, pigeons, I'm beginning to see DOUBLE!!"
"YEAH!!!"
In the living room, Miroku heard the group cheering on Kouga, and he was getting restless. "Can't I watch Kouga get wasted for just a minute?! PLLLEEEAAASSSEEE?!" Miroku pleaded.
Sango shook her finger at Miroku. "I already said NO. Now be a good boy and STAY RIGHT HERE." Miroku whimpered, but he obeyed.
But what has Kagome been doing? What a surprise, she's still looking out the window. Souta walked over to her with Myouga hopping around his shoulders.
"Your little flea friend is fun, big sis!" Souta said as he juggled Myouga in his hands. Myouga laughed as he seemed to enjoy the attention he was getting.
"That's nice, Souta..." Kagome muttered. Souta stared at his sister. "What are you so upset about?" Souta jumped on top of Kagome and looked out the window with her. "Who's out there?"
"No one's out there....and that's the problem."
Souta nodded slowly when he saw she was looking towards the well. "Ah yes, that Inuyasha guy isn't here yet, is he?"
Myouga hopped off of Souta and onto Kagome. "Kagome, you needn't be so down in the dumps. Inuyasha-sama would NEVER go back on a promise made to you."
Kagome glanced at Myouga. "Well he never actually promised. He just said he'd come, no promise."
"Was he nice in going about it?"
Kagome blushed suddenly. "Um, yes...surprisingly nice..."
"Then that's that. He'll come for sure," Myouga said comfortingly. Kagome brushed some hair off her face slowly. "But what if he's not...what if he was just lying....what if he's off doing other things...like with HER." Kagome clenched her fist as she said this.
Myouga began to protest. "Honestly, Kagome, why must you always blame Kikyou for Inuyasha's actions? She does not control his life! Besides, his feelings for her are not as strong as they once were."
"But he still LOVED her then!" Kagome snapped back. Kagome bit her bottom lip and quieted down again. "Maybe I'm just overreacting...I don't know..."
"Heys, as long as he not here, why it matter?"
Kagome, Myouga, and Souta turned around. A very drunken Kouga stood before them. He had wandered out of the kitchen after his 15th beer. "Why is yous worryings about that stupid lil' dog turd, Kago-chan?"
Kagome twitched at the word "dog turd". "D-dog turd?....." Kagome began to shake with anger.
"Yeah huh, so what? I always says that. DOG TURD! DOG TURD!" Kouga began dancing around as he performed his "dog turd" chant.
Now Kagome lost it. She sat straight up and yelled at Kouga. "I'M SICK OF YOU CALLING HIM A DOG TURD ALL THAT TIME, DO YOU KNOW HOW MEAN THAT IS???!!! I'M ACTUALLY GLAD WHEN HE HITS YOU FOR THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU DESERVE IT!"
Since he was drunk, Kouga wasn't really affected by Kagome's sudden outburst. Kagome rasied her hand into the air. "IN FACT, MAYBE I'LL HIT YOU RIGHT NOW!"
'SMACK'
Kouga lay twitching on the ground as Kagome stormed upstairs. Myouga just stared, dumbfounded. "...What a strange girl. First she's getting mad at Inuyasha for being late, then she gets mad at Kouga for insulting Inuyasha..."
Souta poked Myouga on the head suddenly. "Myouga-san...does Kagome like have a crush on this Inuyasha guy?"
Myouga stuttered. "A crush? Um...that is to say...eh.....we BELIEVE that she does, but she hasn't said anything." Myouga then jumped up and whispered in Souta's ear, "Just don't talk to her about it or she'll flip her lid."
Souta smiled. "Oh, okay! It's a secret!" The young boy then felt a tug on his leg. Souta looked down and saw Kouga pulling on him.
"Heh heh...could yous give me a hand, little girl?"
"Um...sure, but I'm a boy."
Souta grabbed Kouga's hand and pulled him up. "Of course yous are, Mr. President." Souta blinked at the drunk Kouga's strange behavior. Kouga released himself from Souta's grasp and walked over to the music station Kagome had set up.
"Time to put on some groovin' tunes!!" Kouga grabbed a random CD and popped it into the big boom box. With a wavery flick of his finger, he turned it on.
Something unexpected began playing. It was the Hamtaro theme song.
Many piercing shrieks ran out over the house.
"GAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" Jii-chan was clutching his ears in pain.
"MAKE IT STOP, SANGO, MAKE IT STOP!!!!!" Miroku cried pathetically as he rolled on the floor in pain. Sango would have tried to calm him down, but she was using all her willpower to prevent from running up the walls screaming.
"THE HORROR!!! THE HORROR!!!!" Myouga was continuously flying into the wall, trying to fall unconscious.
From upstairs, a yell was heard. "ALL RIGHT, WHO PUT ON SOUTA'S ANIME CD??!!"
Everyone turned to look at Souta. Souta blushed. "What? Hamtaro is cool!"
Kaede stared at Souta. She pointed and exclaimed, "EVIL!!!!"
Meanwhile, Kouga was dancing a jig to what he called, "the groovy music". "Oh yeah! Shake your thang!" he exclaimed as he shook his "thang".
'SHP'
Hiraikotsu flew through the air and bashed Kouga in the head. He fell screaming to the ground, then he became unconscious. Sango smiled and started to get up, but the roar of the music was driving her insane, though she didn't want to show this.
"Honestly, I don't see what's so scary about this." Mrs. Higurashi said as she suddenly walked over and turned the boom box off. Everyone stared in shock.
"Thou was not affected by the tune's evil powers..." Kaede said in surprise.
Suddenly, Miroku, Myouga, Kaede, and Jii-chan were at Mrs. Higurashi's feet, bowing before her. "Master!!!"
Mrs. Higurashi wasn't sure what to do. She nervously edged away from the group and walked to the stairs. "Kagome, honey? Mommy's going out shopping for awhile!"
"K, mom! See ya later!"
To herself she muttered, "A LONG while..." Mrs. Higurashi walked quickly to the front door and ran outside. No one was going to see her again for the rest of the evening.
"Our master has left us..." Miroku said sadly. Suddenly, he felt Sango tug at his ear again and pull him back to the couch. "You scared her off, dummy. That wasn't nice, houshi-sama."
"But she saved us. She is our master."
"Our MAAASSSTTTEEERRRR..." Myouga, Jii-chan, and Kaede said at once as if they were mindless drones. Sango groaned as she petted Kirara.
"50 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL ON THE TABLE, 50 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL! TAKE ONE OUT, PUT IT IN YOURSELF, 49 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL ON THE TABLE!!"
Sesshomaru had begun to sing this song a short time ago. He started at 60 for reasons unknown to us. Inuyasha was being driven to the point of insanity. He had taken Jaken's staff and was whacking Sesshomaru constantly on the head, but it didn't affect him.
"SING WITH ME NOW, BROTHER! 48 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL ON THE TABLE..."
"Can't you feel pain?" Inuyasha asked as he whacked Sesshomaru harder. Jaken was jumping into the air, trying to get his staff back.
"Pain? What is pain?"
Inuyasha ran a hand down his face in frustration. In doing so, he accidently cut himself with one of his claws. "Sheeessshhh...."
"I say, give me my staff, you hooligan!" Jaken shouted. Inuyasha glanced at the little green dude.
'PFF'
Inuyasha whacked Jaken on the head with his own staff, knocking him unconscious. Rin jumped down and grabbed Jaken by the legs, pulling him along as she ran.
"Rin likes this song, Sesshy! I'll sing with you!"
Sesshomaru beamed as he looked over at Rin. "That's the spirit, Rin! Be a team player!!"
"46 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL ON THE TABLE!!!!! 46 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL!!!!!"
Inuyasha clutched his ears in pain as the singing became louder. Suddenly, his senses picked up something. He grabbed his three hitchhikers and jumped into a nearby bush.
"Why have you stopped us, brother? We were getting to the best part of the song!" Inuyasha rolled his eyes, then he motioned him to be quiet.
"I smell a youkai's blood."
Sesshomaru paused, then he sniffed the air. "Hmm...there is someone. It smells like a pathetic person."
"Pathetic in power?"
Suddenly, there was a rustling nearby. Inuyasha motioned them to be quiet again. He lightly pulled apart a few leaves to peer out into the path.
What he saw nearly made him scream in terror.
*Oh hell no....HELL NO!*
Inuyasha leaned back as he muttered, "Definitely not pathetic in power..." Sesshomaru questioned him. "Well? Who is it?"
"H-hey, you remember the Shichinin-tai, right?" he asked quietly.
"You mean those seven bad dudes Naraku resurrected? It's one of them?"
Inuyasha nodded. "Uh huh. And you'll never guess who it is..." Sesshomaru gulped. He placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. "I sure wouldn't want to be you right now..."
"Ah yes! I knew I smelt you, Inuyasha!!!!"
The brush spread apart around them. Inuyasha and co. found themselves face to face with Jakotsu.
"HEEELLLLOOOOO, INUYASHA!!"
"KIIIIIYYYAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
A very, very short time later...
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME, FRUIT!"
Inuyasha and the others were running as fast as they could away from Jakotsu. Jakotsu was skipping along, trying to catch up.
"But Inuyasha, I just want to play with you and your little friends!" Jakotsu said cheerfully.
"Oh yeah, sure!! Watch you pull out that sword of yours when you come to "play" with me!"
"But I don't have my sword with me! I'm not a bad guy anymore, Inuyasha!"
Sesshomaru muttered, "Maybe not a BAD guy....but a GAY guy, perhaps? Hmm...I wonder..."
While running, Inuyasha continued to converse with Jakotsu. "How the hell are you still alive anyway?!"
"Believe it or not, one of my jewel shards was never found! I put it in a part of my body where NO ONE would think to look!" (A/N: EEEWWWWW!!! Someone get some censors, pronto! ~_O)
Inuyasha felt like throwing up upon hearing this. Instead, he suddenly whacked Jaken with his own staff again. This woke Jaken up.
"Hello, I'm wide awake, I am. Oh...you hit me again..."
"Shut up. I needed to whack something." Inuyasha then thought, *Perfect, just perfect. First my bro and his traveling circus, now the Shinchinin- homo.*
*You know...*
*Don't say anything.*
And so the four travelers ran on as Jakotsu followed them through the forest. Hopefully they were running towards the well. For our sakes, AND Kagome's.
"Stop running, Inuyasha! You're hurting my feelings!"
A/N: MWU HA HA HA HA HA! I just won't leave Inuyasha alone, will I? ^_^ If you haven't read any of the later Inuyasha manga, the Shinchinin-tai is an evil group of seven fighters that Naraku brings back from the dead. The thing I find funny about them is that each of their names ends in "kotsu". ^_^ No, Jakotsu wasn't the leader. He just seemed to...have a thing for Inuyasha. Weird. ~_O I just felt I had to explain that, cause I don't think the anime has gone that far yet. Anyways, come on and CLICK, but first, here's the preview for next episode!
Next time on "Party at the Higurashi's!": Kaede-baba founds out just how horrifying spin the bottle is. And, can it be? Can it really be?! Yes, our favorite hanyou has arrived at last!! ^_^ Along with a few unexpected guests as well. Stay tuned to see it all!
Inuyasha: You know, she's got a point. I DID grow up there.
Back in your cage, dog boy. _ Anyways, let's get on with the next episode. Note: OOCness from Sesshomaru coming up. Forget the rough and tough Sesshy you know and love. It's time for him to show his sensitive side. ^_^ But you want to read it for yourselves, don't you? Go on then, read away!!
Chapter 2: The Hitchhikers and How Strange a Wolf-Demon Can Really Be
"This is hopeless..." a frustrated Inuyasha said as he trudged through the forest. For some reason, he just couldn't remember where the well leading back to Kagome's time was.
"I've always been able to find it before...."
*Your thoughts are probably focused completely on her, so that's why you can't remember, silly.*
"SHUT UP!....argh...damn conscience..."
Suddenly, a lightning fast slash of white flew in front of Inuyasha, barely missing him. Inuyasha fell over in surprise. "Yipes!! Sheesh, who did that??!!"
"Just who were you talking to, brother?"
Inuyasha froze, then he put a hand to his head. "Not now...please not right now..." he muttered. Unfortunately, who he thought it was appeared in front of him.
"Sesshomaru...get the hell out of here. I've got a schedule!" Inuyasha barked at his full-youkai sibling. Sesshomaru frowned. "Your schedule can't be so important that you can't make room for a little meeting, can it?"
"Sesshy! Sesshy!" Rin called out. She was hanging onto Sesshomaru's leg. "What?"
"Why you always gotta fight this guy?" Rin asked. Sesshomaru's face lightened a little. "Well...I want his sword..."
"Hmmm..." Rin walked forward and looked at Tetsusaiga in its sheath. Inuyasha backed up a little to get away from the little girl. Rin examined it for a moment, then she skipped back over to Sesshomaru.
"But Sesshy, that sword's really ugly and it's rusty," Rin said matter-of- factly. Sesshomaru eyes widened a bit. "Well...um..."
"And your sword is really neat, why you need two?" Sesshomaru thought hard on this. Inuyasha stared in confusion. Finally, Sesshomaru clapped his hands together.
"By the gods, you're right, Rin!! That sword is very ugly. Plus, I can't even wield it properly without ningen qualities!" Inuyasha twitched as Sesshomaru insulted his weapon. "Hey now..."
"You are right, Rin! I don't need Tetsusaiga! I'm already a million times stronger than Inuyasha as I am!" Sesshomaru gave off a silly grin as he said this. Inuyasha face-faulted.
"That's it?! You mean you're not gonna keep fighting me for Tetsusaiga?!" Inuyasha was partially relieved and partially freaked out. Sesshomaru grinned at his brother.
"Well, I could still fight you if I want, but since I'm so much more powerful, I guess I should show some mercy! Let's forget this whole quarrel thing, whaddaya say? I don't see a reason to fight you anymore!" Sesshomaru said eagerly. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "Are you drunk?" he asked seriously.
"Of course not! I've just finally seen how pointless it is to fight you!" Inuyasha grunted and turned around. He continued walking through the forest. Sesshomaru ran after him. "Wait brother, let's hang out!!"
"Yaaayy!" Rin shouted as she ran after them. Inuyasha just walked along as Sesshomaru and Rin popped up along the side.
"Where we goin', bro? Where we goin'?" Sesshomaru asked excitedly. "I'M going to a party that Kagome's holding in her time. YOU'RE going back the way you came," Inuyasha said roughly.
"OOOO, A PARTY?! I LOVE PARTIES!" Sesshomaru explained. Rin began jumping up and down. "I wanna go, I wanna go!!"
Inuyasha gave off a huge sigh. "There aren't enough letters in the word "no" to express the no-ness of my answer..."
"Aw, c'mon! I'll behave, I won't start any fights! Please, little bro?" Sesshomaru grinned suddenly, and he nudged Inuyasha in the side. "You know, little bro...I can help you get that chick, Kagome."
Inuyasha pasued. He gave Sesshomaru one of those looks. ".......right....."
Inuyasha began walking faster. Sesshomaru just kept up the pace. "No, really!! Your big brother is very skilled with the ladies!"
*He IS your older brother you know. Perhaps he knows a thing or two.*
*Who asked for your opinion? Go mess with someone else's mind.*
*No can do. I'm YOUR conscience.*
*Go away.*
*Oh c'mon, you aren't even the least bit curious?*
Inuyasha stopped walking. He scratched his chin.
*You know you want to hear what he has to say...*
Inuyasha clutched at his head as if he was in pain. Finally, he gave in. He let out another long sigh. "...Alright...you can come."
"YAY!!" Sesshomaru and Rin exclaimed at once. Sesshomaru put his arm around his little brother as Rin jumped inbetween their shoulders.
"Shouldn't there be another one? Where's the little green shit?" Inuyasha said with a smirk. He loved making fun of Sesshomaru's friends.
"Present," Jaken said as he suddenly appeared beside Inuyasha. Inuyasha almost fell over again. "Don't sneak up on people like that, idiot!"
"I didn't. I was here the whole time. You all just don't pay any attention to me!! Why?! Why??!!!" Jaken then began crying pathetically. Inuyasha grunted. "Weirdo...."
*Good grief, it's like I'm picking up hitchhikers,* Inuyasha thought. *Jeez, now this little girl's lying on my back!!!*
*Strange, you don't complain when Kagome rides on your back...*
"SHUUUUTTTTT UUUPPPPP!!! LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!!!!!!!!" Inuyasha screamed. Sesshomaru, Rin, and Jaken looked at Inuyasha like he was insane. Inuyasha blushed when he realized what he had done. Inuyasha's conscience laughed.
"Feeling stressed, little bro?" Sesshomaru asked. Inuyasha shook his head. "N-no, I'm fine. I've just got a headache, of sorts...."
"Huh. Sounds like a killer headache," Sesshomaru said. "You don't know the half of it..." Inuyasha said in an annoyed tone.
Back at the Higurashi's, Miroku and Sango were sitting on the downstairs couch. Miroku was back in his regular clothes, and he looked quite displeased. He was trying as best he could to behave himself, but he found that to be very difficult.
"But Sango, I want to go dance!" Miroku complained.
"No, houshi-sama. You know you get out of control when you dance." Sango ordered. Then she came up with an idea. "I know, we can have a pleasant conversation!"
Miroku shuddered as he turned to face Sango. "A p-pleasant conversation?..." Miroku added on a quick thought to himself, *God save me.....*
Sango nodded and turned to face Miroku. "Yes. Go on now, you start. How was your day?" Miroku forced a smile and said, "Well, um...I did some reading today..."
"Ah, see, we're getting somewhere! What did you read?" Sango asked. Miroku gulped. "I-I'd rather not say...." Sango cocked her head to the side. "Why not?"
"Cause you'll whack me again," Miroku said lowly. Sango received a sweatdrop as she thought, *Well we were STARTING to get somewhere...*
Sango straightened back up quickly. "Well then, I'll just continue." Sango thought for a moment. "Now what did I do.....oh yes! I must tell you about something Kirara did! It was the cutest thing!"
Miroku forced a laugh. "Really? Tell me about it!" Miroku once again added on a thought, *Please god, no...*
"Koouuga! Koouuga! Koouuga!" Some of the other guests were cheering Kouga on as he chugged down his 8th beer. "Keep 'em comin' boys! I ain't finished til I can't see me own hand in front of me face!"
"Yessir!" one of his wolf clan members said. There were two of them there, handing Kouga beers one at a time. From the entrance to the kitchen, Kaede shook her head.
"How can thee drinketh libation so? There be children among us..." Suddenly, Jii-chan noticed Kaede. "Hey there, hot momma!"
Kaede's eyes widened as she backed away. Jii-chan laughed wickedly and ran over to her. Kaede quickly ran off, but Jii-chan followed in hot pursuit.
"Why does ye intend to chase me?!" a confused Kaede exclaimed. Jii-chan copyed Kaede's style of speaking. "Because I findeth thee to be dead sexy, ne?"
Finally, Jii-chan caught up to Kaede and caught her in a bear hug. "Get ye offeth me or I shall useth brute force on ye!" Jii-chan chuckled. "Doeth thee a little favor and perhaps I shall..."
From the kitchen, a loud slap was heard. Then a few grunts and groans and another punch, but the group was too intent on watching Kouga. "Keep going, Kouga-kun!" Shippou shouted. He didn't understand what the point of this all was, but he was enjoying it.
"Prepare thyselves, pigeons, I'm beginning to see DOUBLE!!"
"YEAH!!!"
In the living room, Miroku heard the group cheering on Kouga, and he was getting restless. "Can't I watch Kouga get wasted for just a minute?! PLLLEEEAAASSSEEE?!" Miroku pleaded.
Sango shook her finger at Miroku. "I already said NO. Now be a good boy and STAY RIGHT HERE." Miroku whimpered, but he obeyed.
But what has Kagome been doing? What a surprise, she's still looking out the window. Souta walked over to her with Myouga hopping around his shoulders.
"Your little flea friend is fun, big sis!" Souta said as he juggled Myouga in his hands. Myouga laughed as he seemed to enjoy the attention he was getting.
"That's nice, Souta..." Kagome muttered. Souta stared at his sister. "What are you so upset about?" Souta jumped on top of Kagome and looked out the window with her. "Who's out there?"
"No one's out there....and that's the problem."
Souta nodded slowly when he saw she was looking towards the well. "Ah yes, that Inuyasha guy isn't here yet, is he?"
Myouga hopped off of Souta and onto Kagome. "Kagome, you needn't be so down in the dumps. Inuyasha-sama would NEVER go back on a promise made to you."
Kagome glanced at Myouga. "Well he never actually promised. He just said he'd come, no promise."
"Was he nice in going about it?"
Kagome blushed suddenly. "Um, yes...surprisingly nice..."
"Then that's that. He'll come for sure," Myouga said comfortingly. Kagome brushed some hair off her face slowly. "But what if he's not...what if he was just lying....what if he's off doing other things...like with HER." Kagome clenched her fist as she said this.
Myouga began to protest. "Honestly, Kagome, why must you always blame Kikyou for Inuyasha's actions? She does not control his life! Besides, his feelings for her are not as strong as they once were."
"But he still LOVED her then!" Kagome snapped back. Kagome bit her bottom lip and quieted down again. "Maybe I'm just overreacting...I don't know..."
"Heys, as long as he not here, why it matter?"
Kagome, Myouga, and Souta turned around. A very drunken Kouga stood before them. He had wandered out of the kitchen after his 15th beer. "Why is yous worryings about that stupid lil' dog turd, Kago-chan?"
Kagome twitched at the word "dog turd". "D-dog turd?....." Kagome began to shake with anger.
"Yeah huh, so what? I always says that. DOG TURD! DOG TURD!" Kouga began dancing around as he performed his "dog turd" chant.
Now Kagome lost it. She sat straight up and yelled at Kouga. "I'M SICK OF YOU CALLING HIM A DOG TURD ALL THAT TIME, DO YOU KNOW HOW MEAN THAT IS???!!! I'M ACTUALLY GLAD WHEN HE HITS YOU FOR THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU DESERVE IT!"
Since he was drunk, Kouga wasn't really affected by Kagome's sudden outburst. Kagome rasied her hand into the air. "IN FACT, MAYBE I'LL HIT YOU RIGHT NOW!"
'SMACK'
Kouga lay twitching on the ground as Kagome stormed upstairs. Myouga just stared, dumbfounded. "...What a strange girl. First she's getting mad at Inuyasha for being late, then she gets mad at Kouga for insulting Inuyasha..."
Souta poked Myouga on the head suddenly. "Myouga-san...does Kagome like have a crush on this Inuyasha guy?"
Myouga stuttered. "A crush? Um...that is to say...eh.....we BELIEVE that she does, but she hasn't said anything." Myouga then jumped up and whispered in Souta's ear, "Just don't talk to her about it or she'll flip her lid."
Souta smiled. "Oh, okay! It's a secret!" The young boy then felt a tug on his leg. Souta looked down and saw Kouga pulling on him.
"Heh heh...could yous give me a hand, little girl?"
"Um...sure, but I'm a boy."
Souta grabbed Kouga's hand and pulled him up. "Of course yous are, Mr. President." Souta blinked at the drunk Kouga's strange behavior. Kouga released himself from Souta's grasp and walked over to the music station Kagome had set up.
"Time to put on some groovin' tunes!!" Kouga grabbed a random CD and popped it into the big boom box. With a wavery flick of his finger, he turned it on.
Something unexpected began playing. It was the Hamtaro theme song.
Many piercing shrieks ran out over the house.
"GAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" Jii-chan was clutching his ears in pain.
"MAKE IT STOP, SANGO, MAKE IT STOP!!!!!" Miroku cried pathetically as he rolled on the floor in pain. Sango would have tried to calm him down, but she was using all her willpower to prevent from running up the walls screaming.
"THE HORROR!!! THE HORROR!!!!" Myouga was continuously flying into the wall, trying to fall unconscious.
From upstairs, a yell was heard. "ALL RIGHT, WHO PUT ON SOUTA'S ANIME CD??!!"
Everyone turned to look at Souta. Souta blushed. "What? Hamtaro is cool!"
Kaede stared at Souta. She pointed and exclaimed, "EVIL!!!!"
Meanwhile, Kouga was dancing a jig to what he called, "the groovy music". "Oh yeah! Shake your thang!" he exclaimed as he shook his "thang".
'SHP'
Hiraikotsu flew through the air and bashed Kouga in the head. He fell screaming to the ground, then he became unconscious. Sango smiled and started to get up, but the roar of the music was driving her insane, though she didn't want to show this.
"Honestly, I don't see what's so scary about this." Mrs. Higurashi said as she suddenly walked over and turned the boom box off. Everyone stared in shock.
"Thou was not affected by the tune's evil powers..." Kaede said in surprise.
Suddenly, Miroku, Myouga, Kaede, and Jii-chan were at Mrs. Higurashi's feet, bowing before her. "Master!!!"
Mrs. Higurashi wasn't sure what to do. She nervously edged away from the group and walked to the stairs. "Kagome, honey? Mommy's going out shopping for awhile!"
"K, mom! See ya later!"
To herself she muttered, "A LONG while..." Mrs. Higurashi walked quickly to the front door and ran outside. No one was going to see her again for the rest of the evening.
"Our master has left us..." Miroku said sadly. Suddenly, he felt Sango tug at his ear again and pull him back to the couch. "You scared her off, dummy. That wasn't nice, houshi-sama."
"But she saved us. She is our master."
"Our MAAASSSTTTEEERRRR..." Myouga, Jii-chan, and Kaede said at once as if they were mindless drones. Sango groaned as she petted Kirara.
"50 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL ON THE TABLE, 50 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL! TAKE ONE OUT, PUT IT IN YOURSELF, 49 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL ON THE TABLE!!"
Sesshomaru had begun to sing this song a short time ago. He started at 60 for reasons unknown to us. Inuyasha was being driven to the point of insanity. He had taken Jaken's staff and was whacking Sesshomaru constantly on the head, but it didn't affect him.
"SING WITH ME NOW, BROTHER! 48 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL ON THE TABLE..."
"Can't you feel pain?" Inuyasha asked as he whacked Sesshomaru harder. Jaken was jumping into the air, trying to get his staff back.
"Pain? What is pain?"
Inuyasha ran a hand down his face in frustration. In doing so, he accidently cut himself with one of his claws. "Sheeessshhh...."
"I say, give me my staff, you hooligan!" Jaken shouted. Inuyasha glanced at the little green dude.
'PFF'
Inuyasha whacked Jaken on the head with his own staff, knocking him unconscious. Rin jumped down and grabbed Jaken by the legs, pulling him along as she ran.
"Rin likes this song, Sesshy! I'll sing with you!"
Sesshomaru beamed as he looked over at Rin. "That's the spirit, Rin! Be a team player!!"
"46 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL ON THE TABLE!!!!! 46 PIECES OF THE SHIKON JEWEL!!!!!"
Inuyasha clutched his ears in pain as the singing became louder. Suddenly, his senses picked up something. He grabbed his three hitchhikers and jumped into a nearby bush.
"Why have you stopped us, brother? We were getting to the best part of the song!" Inuyasha rolled his eyes, then he motioned him to be quiet.
"I smell a youkai's blood."
Sesshomaru paused, then he sniffed the air. "Hmm...there is someone. It smells like a pathetic person."
"Pathetic in power?"
Suddenly, there was a rustling nearby. Inuyasha motioned them to be quiet again. He lightly pulled apart a few leaves to peer out into the path.
What he saw nearly made him scream in terror.
*Oh hell no....HELL NO!*
Inuyasha leaned back as he muttered, "Definitely not pathetic in power..." Sesshomaru questioned him. "Well? Who is it?"
"H-hey, you remember the Shichinin-tai, right?" he asked quietly.
"You mean those seven bad dudes Naraku resurrected? It's one of them?"
Inuyasha nodded. "Uh huh. And you'll never guess who it is..." Sesshomaru gulped. He placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. "I sure wouldn't want to be you right now..."
"Ah yes! I knew I smelt you, Inuyasha!!!!"
The brush spread apart around them. Inuyasha and co. found themselves face to face with Jakotsu.
"HEEELLLLOOOOO, INUYASHA!!"
"KIIIIIYYYAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
A very, very short time later...
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME, FRUIT!"
Inuyasha and the others were running as fast as they could away from Jakotsu. Jakotsu was skipping along, trying to catch up.
"But Inuyasha, I just want to play with you and your little friends!" Jakotsu said cheerfully.
"Oh yeah, sure!! Watch you pull out that sword of yours when you come to "play" with me!"
"But I don't have my sword with me! I'm not a bad guy anymore, Inuyasha!"
Sesshomaru muttered, "Maybe not a BAD guy....but a GAY guy, perhaps? Hmm...I wonder..."
While running, Inuyasha continued to converse with Jakotsu. "How the hell are you still alive anyway?!"
"Believe it or not, one of my jewel shards was never found! I put it in a part of my body where NO ONE would think to look!" (A/N: EEEWWWWW!!! Someone get some censors, pronto! ~_O)
Inuyasha felt like throwing up upon hearing this. Instead, he suddenly whacked Jaken with his own staff again. This woke Jaken up.
"Hello, I'm wide awake, I am. Oh...you hit me again..."
"Shut up. I needed to whack something." Inuyasha then thought, *Perfect, just perfect. First my bro and his traveling circus, now the Shinchinin- homo.*
*You know...*
*Don't say anything.*
And so the four travelers ran on as Jakotsu followed them through the forest. Hopefully they were running towards the well. For our sakes, AND Kagome's.
"Stop running, Inuyasha! You're hurting my feelings!"
A/N: MWU HA HA HA HA HA! I just won't leave Inuyasha alone, will I? ^_^ If you haven't read any of the later Inuyasha manga, the Shinchinin-tai is an evil group of seven fighters that Naraku brings back from the dead. The thing I find funny about them is that each of their names ends in "kotsu". ^_^ No, Jakotsu wasn't the leader. He just seemed to...have a thing for Inuyasha. Weird. ~_O I just felt I had to explain that, cause I don't think the anime has gone that far yet. Anyways, come on and CLICK, but first, here's the preview for next episode!
Next time on "Party at the Higurashi's!": Kaede-baba founds out just how horrifying spin the bottle is. And, can it be? Can it really be?! Yes, our favorite hanyou has arrived at last!! ^_^ Along with a few unexpected guests as well. Stay tuned to see it all!