The Dog's Outta the Bag.
By Shenlong Girl
Rating: PG Genre: Humor, action Author's Note: Nothing more to say, since I am transplanting both the prologue and this chapter at the same time. You see, I write these in Spanish, religion, and any other class in which I'm feeling inspired and I feel I can write under the desk without a teacher seeing (or during any free time during class). By the way, if you think that I either own Inu- Yasha or am making any money off this, you're nuts! Just thought you should know. I only own any original characters. So, enjoy!
Later added: Argh, ff.net pisses me off. It recognizes neither ellipses nor dashes and instead turns them into periods. The hell? I can't even use proper prose style without space in between paragraphs because it doesn't recognize the blasted tabs at the beginning of each paragraph. Or varying font sizes, or bold print, italics.see what happens when you stray from html and use Word? Grr.sorry; it's one am, and I have to reformat my fic, so you can't begrudge me a little irritation. Now, asterisks denote italics.
Chapter One: Think Fast, Kagome!
"Sakura! This is my friend, Inu-Yasha! He's.in a play, so that accounts for the clothes and contacts," Kagome explained with a big, cheerful, fake smile. Inu-Yasha, taking the hint, pretended to look up at something and pressed his ears against his skull before looking back at Sakura. Thank goodness that his bangs were so bushy!
Sakura moved to see around Kagome's head. To her surprise (and relief), she saw no fuzzy ears on the irritated samurai boy. Well, she did not see any normal ears either, but they he probably had them hidden under that thick hair. She heaved a sigh of relief.
"Sorry, Kagome, I must have been seeing things," she said peacefully, before a resounding, "Wait! I'm getting off the subject. Who is this guy?"
"Ano. This is my friend Inu-Yasha. We met a couple of months ago," Kagome said cheerfully. She shot Inu-Yasha a look that told him to clam up or risk a "sit." Inu-Yasha did not appreciate it; did the wench think him stupid? Heck, because of the insult, he *might* have had to cause some trouble.
"Friend?" Sakura exclaimed, "You looked pretty cozy." Then, her face softened. Now that her extreme surprise had abated, her normal, more stoic and calculating attitude began to resurface.
"Kagome, tell me what's going on." She placed a hand on her shoulder and whispered, "Is he.bothering you? How long has this been going on?"
Kagome gave her a blank look. Inu-Yasha, however, used his keen hearing to hear the question, and he fully understood it. He balled his fists, squeezed his eyes shut, ground his teeth, and let out a low growl, a vein popping out on his forehead.
"Kagome, is he hurting you? Harassing you in any way? You shouldn't keep these things from friends and family," Sakura whispered with some urgency. Finally, Kagome's confusion abated, and she laughed loudly.
"Oh. Oh, jeez, Sakura, he's just the son of my mom's-"
"Hey!" Inu-Yasha snarled. How dare this wench make such accusations!
"Listen, girl! I don't molest women. And you, Kagome, she insults my honor and you laugh?!" He growled and pressed his ears closer to his skull. To mistake him for or call him a demon? Sure. A murderer? Okay. But a molester? He was the son of a great dog demon!
Sakura and Kagome were in shocked silence. Unsurprisingly, Kagome recovered first.
"Inu-Yasha, that's my friend! Don't be rude!"
"*She's* being rude. I'm ashamed at not sensing her approach, but she spied!"
"She was startled! It's not like she deliberately planned her visit to coincide with my return from the Feudal Era!"
"Kaagooomee." the hanyou growled.
"Osuwari!" There was a resounding crash as the spell drove Inu-Yasha to the ground.
"Serves you right."
Inu-Yasha forgot his ears as he struggled to stand up.
"What was that for?! See if I let you piggy-back next time you come with me!'
"HEY!" Kagome and Inu-Yasha turned to look at Sakura, quite sheepish.
"I demand an explanation! Feudal Era? *Piggyback??* And he has furry, *moving* ears! How did you force him to the ground? I'm so confused!"
Though still blushing over what Sakura must have thought about the piggyback comment, Kagome managed to say, "Feudal Era is.the name of the play company we go to! Yeah! Like I was saying, our moms know each other, and they got us into it. We just came from practice."
"You missed school for play practice?"
"Um.yes!" Kagome announced with another fake smile.
"Why didn't you tell me or anyone about it?"
"I was kinda embarrassed, and I wanted to invite you guys to the production as a surprise."
"So the ears are fake?" Sakura asked, sounding very doubtful.
"Of course!"
"But.what about the 'sit' thing?"
For that, Kagome had no answer. She just stood there with her frozen, fabricated smile.
That was until an irate Inu-Yasha said, "Whatever. I'm going home," and walked into the hut with the Bone-Eater's Well. The hut with one door.
Kagome could only facefault.
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"Okay, so let me get this straight. That guy is a half-dog demon, half human warrior who helps and protects you as the two of you look for the pieces of some shattered, magical jewel. You are the reincarnation of a miko with some miko power of your own. You work with a ninja girl, a monk with a sucking abyss in his hand, and a kitsune cub."
"Pretty much," Kagome answered. Actually, she and Inu-Yasha had skipped over some crucial details, such as Kikyo, but it was enough to start. Besides, they didn't need to get into the really complicated parts of their relationship.
"Okay. No secrets anymore, right? No more fake diseases?"
"Sure," Kagome said with a smile. She yawned and stretched. She and Sakura sat beneath a tree, and Inu-Yasha lay on a branch. Kagome had caught him before he leapt down the well.
"Well," Sakura said cautiously, "can I go and see the Feudal Era?"
"NO!"
End Chapter One
Yeah, short, huh? Well, I'm cranking these out pretty quickly so don't worry! There should be some action around chapter three, okay? In the meantime, I want some reviews! Five reviews or two weeks, whichever comes first. That's when you'll get chapter two!
By Shenlong Girl
Rating: PG Genre: Humor, action Author's Note: Nothing more to say, since I am transplanting both the prologue and this chapter at the same time. You see, I write these in Spanish, religion, and any other class in which I'm feeling inspired and I feel I can write under the desk without a teacher seeing (or during any free time during class). By the way, if you think that I either own Inu- Yasha or am making any money off this, you're nuts! Just thought you should know. I only own any original characters. So, enjoy!
Later added: Argh, ff.net pisses me off. It recognizes neither ellipses nor dashes and instead turns them into periods. The hell? I can't even use proper prose style without space in between paragraphs because it doesn't recognize the blasted tabs at the beginning of each paragraph. Or varying font sizes, or bold print, italics.see what happens when you stray from html and use Word? Grr.sorry; it's one am, and I have to reformat my fic, so you can't begrudge me a little irritation. Now, asterisks denote italics.
Chapter One: Think Fast, Kagome!
"Sakura! This is my friend, Inu-Yasha! He's.in a play, so that accounts for the clothes and contacts," Kagome explained with a big, cheerful, fake smile. Inu-Yasha, taking the hint, pretended to look up at something and pressed his ears against his skull before looking back at Sakura. Thank goodness that his bangs were so bushy!
Sakura moved to see around Kagome's head. To her surprise (and relief), she saw no fuzzy ears on the irritated samurai boy. Well, she did not see any normal ears either, but they he probably had them hidden under that thick hair. She heaved a sigh of relief.
"Sorry, Kagome, I must have been seeing things," she said peacefully, before a resounding, "Wait! I'm getting off the subject. Who is this guy?"
"Ano. This is my friend Inu-Yasha. We met a couple of months ago," Kagome said cheerfully. She shot Inu-Yasha a look that told him to clam up or risk a "sit." Inu-Yasha did not appreciate it; did the wench think him stupid? Heck, because of the insult, he *might* have had to cause some trouble.
"Friend?" Sakura exclaimed, "You looked pretty cozy." Then, her face softened. Now that her extreme surprise had abated, her normal, more stoic and calculating attitude began to resurface.
"Kagome, tell me what's going on." She placed a hand on her shoulder and whispered, "Is he.bothering you? How long has this been going on?"
Kagome gave her a blank look. Inu-Yasha, however, used his keen hearing to hear the question, and he fully understood it. He balled his fists, squeezed his eyes shut, ground his teeth, and let out a low growl, a vein popping out on his forehead.
"Kagome, is he hurting you? Harassing you in any way? You shouldn't keep these things from friends and family," Sakura whispered with some urgency. Finally, Kagome's confusion abated, and she laughed loudly.
"Oh. Oh, jeez, Sakura, he's just the son of my mom's-"
"Hey!" Inu-Yasha snarled. How dare this wench make such accusations!
"Listen, girl! I don't molest women. And you, Kagome, she insults my honor and you laugh?!" He growled and pressed his ears closer to his skull. To mistake him for or call him a demon? Sure. A murderer? Okay. But a molester? He was the son of a great dog demon!
Sakura and Kagome were in shocked silence. Unsurprisingly, Kagome recovered first.
"Inu-Yasha, that's my friend! Don't be rude!"
"*She's* being rude. I'm ashamed at not sensing her approach, but she spied!"
"She was startled! It's not like she deliberately planned her visit to coincide with my return from the Feudal Era!"
"Kaagooomee." the hanyou growled.
"Osuwari!" There was a resounding crash as the spell drove Inu-Yasha to the ground.
"Serves you right."
Inu-Yasha forgot his ears as he struggled to stand up.
"What was that for?! See if I let you piggy-back next time you come with me!'
"HEY!" Kagome and Inu-Yasha turned to look at Sakura, quite sheepish.
"I demand an explanation! Feudal Era? *Piggyback??* And he has furry, *moving* ears! How did you force him to the ground? I'm so confused!"
Though still blushing over what Sakura must have thought about the piggyback comment, Kagome managed to say, "Feudal Era is.the name of the play company we go to! Yeah! Like I was saying, our moms know each other, and they got us into it. We just came from practice."
"You missed school for play practice?"
"Um.yes!" Kagome announced with another fake smile.
"Why didn't you tell me or anyone about it?"
"I was kinda embarrassed, and I wanted to invite you guys to the production as a surprise."
"So the ears are fake?" Sakura asked, sounding very doubtful.
"Of course!"
"But.what about the 'sit' thing?"
For that, Kagome had no answer. She just stood there with her frozen, fabricated smile.
That was until an irate Inu-Yasha said, "Whatever. I'm going home," and walked into the hut with the Bone-Eater's Well. The hut with one door.
Kagome could only facefault.
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"Okay, so let me get this straight. That guy is a half-dog demon, half human warrior who helps and protects you as the two of you look for the pieces of some shattered, magical jewel. You are the reincarnation of a miko with some miko power of your own. You work with a ninja girl, a monk with a sucking abyss in his hand, and a kitsune cub."
"Pretty much," Kagome answered. Actually, she and Inu-Yasha had skipped over some crucial details, such as Kikyo, but it was enough to start. Besides, they didn't need to get into the really complicated parts of their relationship.
"Okay. No secrets anymore, right? No more fake diseases?"
"Sure," Kagome said with a smile. She yawned and stretched. She and Sakura sat beneath a tree, and Inu-Yasha lay on a branch. Kagome had caught him before he leapt down the well.
"Well," Sakura said cautiously, "can I go and see the Feudal Era?"
"NO!"
End Chapter One
Yeah, short, huh? Well, I'm cranking these out pretty quickly so don't worry! There should be some action around chapter three, okay? In the meantime, I want some reviews! Five reviews or two weeks, whichever comes first. That's when you'll get chapter two!