Umm, yeah. I did what I said I wouldn't, and it's been nearly a week now.
Sorry. I will update at least once a week, I'll strive for twice a week.
And on the Kagome thing, well, part of the reason I wanted to do this is to
have Inu-Yasha have to be on his own for a while, plus I'm not very good at
romance. So. Also, anyone else notice that most of the Scooby Gang has
mysteriously not been written in to this story? Hmm, better work on that..
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters portrayed in this story.
Re-upload note: What happened to my formatting?! Arrrrrrrg..
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Inu-Yasha Leaned against the chimney of Buffy's house. He'd been staying on her roof for a day now, and it seemed to be about the best place to be, if he wanted to keep hidden from her. For some reason, no one ever seemed to look up.
He'd spent that day listening to what was going on inside the house. Apparently this girl didn't live alone. He'd been listening to the conversations in the house, and he thought he had picked up a few sounds that were beginning to sound like words to him. Nasty, guttural language. No flow to it at all. He sighed. How was he ever going to get back to Japan? He knew this place couldn't be his homeland. But where was he? If he could just make it to Japan, he could just go through the well and be back home. No problem.
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Buffy burst into the school library. Or would have burst in, had she not been so tired that she just walked in. Not only had she been chasing a Japanese demon around town for days, but she had had to stay up all night and study for a test. Again. Stupid school.
"Why, hello, Buffy," said Giles, looking up from the tome he was currently studying. "Anything of interest happen?"
"Our new guy seems to have made a friend," she grumbled. "He and Spike came and attacked me at my house last night."
"Oh dear. What happened?"
"Well, I used the dog whistle, and it did work. Dog Boy disappeared, and Spike ran off. Haven't seen either of them since," muttered Buffy.
"Oh. And here I thought I'd found out more about the new demon. According to this book," he gestured to the tome he had been looking at, "there was a rather famous family of dog demons. Two brothers, in fact. The younger one was half human. Supposedly he wasn't too evil. But teaming up with Spike.."
"Yeah, I know. Definitely bad news," said Buffy. "But what I don't understand is how they would have teamed up. As far as I know, Spike can't speak Japanese."
"I'll try to find out more. Meet me here after school," said Giles.
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Inu-Yasha wondered what he was going to do next. There was no way he could just find his own way home. He couldn't even get a whiff of Japan. All he smelled was the greasy scent of all these incoherent people.
He had considered asking someone for directions, but remembered what had happened the last time. Everyone freaked out at his ears, and none of them could speak Japanese anyways. What idiots. Stupid cowards.
He had also thought about trying to figure out a way to ask the evil blonde girl in her own horrible language. He felt he could understand some of what was being said by everyone, since he had spent the day hopping from house to house, eavesdropping on conversations in order to learn the language. The question was, could he speak any of it well enough? And what if he didn't know the right words? And-and this was the biggest problem-what if she just attacked him again? He had, after all, attacked her in her own home.
But, the frustrating part was, she and the people that had been with her in the place full of books were the only people who had seen him and not immediately screamed and run off. So, it pretty much had to be one of them. Then again..
He flattened his ears as much as he could against his skull, and tried to put his hair over them to hide them. Hopefully no one would notice his lack of stupid pink human ears. He hopped down from the house he was currently on, and walked down the street, looking for someone to ask.
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Buffy sighed. She was sure she'd failed that test. Sometimes she wished she could just have a normal life, without any stupid vampires or demons. She ran her fingers through her hair, and stepped into the library.
Giles looked up from yet another book he was reading, and Xander and Willow looked over at her from the wall they were leaning against. Giles gave a weak smile, and Buffy walked over.
"Soooo.anything new?" asked Buffy.
"Well," said Giles, "I've confirmed what information we already have. According to the descriptions, the new demon is who I thought he was. His name is Inu-Yasha. Quite a strange name for a person to have. What he's doing here and now I still have no idea. He lived in Japan's feudal era."
Buffy frowned. Not only was this guy a member of a supposedly extinct species, but he was also hundreds of years old? Nothing was really making sense any more.
Xander and Willow came to lean on the table next to Buffy.
"So why isn't this guy dead? I mean, how long can he have survived?" asked Xander.
"Maybe he's just had a few facelifts," semi-joked Willow. "Or.not. Ahem."
"Well, however he got here, we need to get him away again. Who knows why he teamed up with Spike? For all we know, he could have been tricked. Of course, for all we know, he could know English, and be plotting to kill us all. Whatever it is, we need to be on the lookout," said Giles.
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Inu-Yasha reached out to stop the middle-aged woman who was coming towards him. She gave him a strange look, and started to just walk around him.
"Could you tell Japan where?" asked Inu-Yasha. He was rewarded by an even more weird look, before the lady rushed off, confused and worried by this guy with a strange accent and creepy clothing. Inu-Yasha stared blankly after her, and then continued down the street.
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Yeah, I know, this is a short chapter. Sorry, but this is where I feel like ending the chapter, and I only have 2 minutes before I have to go to bed, and you'd have to wait another day. So. I promise the next one will be longer.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters portrayed in this story.
Re-upload note: What happened to my formatting?! Arrrrrrrg..
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Inu-Yasha Leaned against the chimney of Buffy's house. He'd been staying on her roof for a day now, and it seemed to be about the best place to be, if he wanted to keep hidden from her. For some reason, no one ever seemed to look up.
He'd spent that day listening to what was going on inside the house. Apparently this girl didn't live alone. He'd been listening to the conversations in the house, and he thought he had picked up a few sounds that were beginning to sound like words to him. Nasty, guttural language. No flow to it at all. He sighed. How was he ever going to get back to Japan? He knew this place couldn't be his homeland. But where was he? If he could just make it to Japan, he could just go through the well and be back home. No problem.
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Buffy burst into the school library. Or would have burst in, had she not been so tired that she just walked in. Not only had she been chasing a Japanese demon around town for days, but she had had to stay up all night and study for a test. Again. Stupid school.
"Why, hello, Buffy," said Giles, looking up from the tome he was currently studying. "Anything of interest happen?"
"Our new guy seems to have made a friend," she grumbled. "He and Spike came and attacked me at my house last night."
"Oh dear. What happened?"
"Well, I used the dog whistle, and it did work. Dog Boy disappeared, and Spike ran off. Haven't seen either of them since," muttered Buffy.
"Oh. And here I thought I'd found out more about the new demon. According to this book," he gestured to the tome he had been looking at, "there was a rather famous family of dog demons. Two brothers, in fact. The younger one was half human. Supposedly he wasn't too evil. But teaming up with Spike.."
"Yeah, I know. Definitely bad news," said Buffy. "But what I don't understand is how they would have teamed up. As far as I know, Spike can't speak Japanese."
"I'll try to find out more. Meet me here after school," said Giles.
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Inu-Yasha wondered what he was going to do next. There was no way he could just find his own way home. He couldn't even get a whiff of Japan. All he smelled was the greasy scent of all these incoherent people.
He had considered asking someone for directions, but remembered what had happened the last time. Everyone freaked out at his ears, and none of them could speak Japanese anyways. What idiots. Stupid cowards.
He had also thought about trying to figure out a way to ask the evil blonde girl in her own horrible language. He felt he could understand some of what was being said by everyone, since he had spent the day hopping from house to house, eavesdropping on conversations in order to learn the language. The question was, could he speak any of it well enough? And what if he didn't know the right words? And-and this was the biggest problem-what if she just attacked him again? He had, after all, attacked her in her own home.
But, the frustrating part was, she and the people that had been with her in the place full of books were the only people who had seen him and not immediately screamed and run off. So, it pretty much had to be one of them. Then again..
He flattened his ears as much as he could against his skull, and tried to put his hair over them to hide them. Hopefully no one would notice his lack of stupid pink human ears. He hopped down from the house he was currently on, and walked down the street, looking for someone to ask.
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Buffy sighed. She was sure she'd failed that test. Sometimes she wished she could just have a normal life, without any stupid vampires or demons. She ran her fingers through her hair, and stepped into the library.
Giles looked up from yet another book he was reading, and Xander and Willow looked over at her from the wall they were leaning against. Giles gave a weak smile, and Buffy walked over.
"Soooo.anything new?" asked Buffy.
"Well," said Giles, "I've confirmed what information we already have. According to the descriptions, the new demon is who I thought he was. His name is Inu-Yasha. Quite a strange name for a person to have. What he's doing here and now I still have no idea. He lived in Japan's feudal era."
Buffy frowned. Not only was this guy a member of a supposedly extinct species, but he was also hundreds of years old? Nothing was really making sense any more.
Xander and Willow came to lean on the table next to Buffy.
"So why isn't this guy dead? I mean, how long can he have survived?" asked Xander.
"Maybe he's just had a few facelifts," semi-joked Willow. "Or.not. Ahem."
"Well, however he got here, we need to get him away again. Who knows why he teamed up with Spike? For all we know, he could have been tricked. Of course, for all we know, he could know English, and be plotting to kill us all. Whatever it is, we need to be on the lookout," said Giles.
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Inu-Yasha reached out to stop the middle-aged woman who was coming towards him. She gave him a strange look, and started to just walk around him.
"Could you tell Japan where?" asked Inu-Yasha. He was rewarded by an even more weird look, before the lady rushed off, confused and worried by this guy with a strange accent and creepy clothing. Inu-Yasha stared blankly after her, and then continued down the street.
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Yeah, I know, this is a short chapter. Sorry, but this is where I feel like ending the chapter, and I only have 2 minutes before I have to go to bed, and you'd have to wait another day. So. I promise the next one will be longer.