(The curtains open up, revealing Kagome and Shippo lying on the bottom of
the well. They are unconscious for a few moments)
Kagome (stirring): Oh...where are we?
Shippo (stirring): I think we landed on the bottom of the well. (They begin to climb up. When they reach the top, and walk out of the shrine, they react when they see that they aren't home. They are outside in a little colorful town full of different colored cottages, ponds, and winding rainbow roads.)
Kagome: Shippo...I think we're not in Tokyo anymore.
Shippo: You THINK...? (they walk out of the shrine and wander around the village.) I wonder where we are? (looks up) What's THAT?!
(Kagome and Shippo look up and see a gigantic pink bubble floating down to greet them. A woman in ancient miko clothes appears inside of the bubble.)
Woman: Hello. I am--Hold on. (notices she's still inside of the bubble and tries to pop it from the inside with arrows. The bubble pops)
Kagome: Now I KNOW we're not in Tokyo. (gets a dull look from Shippo)
Woman: Hmm...Are you a kitsune?
Kagome: A what? No, I'm a girl. I'm Kagome Higurashi, from Tokyo.
Woman: To-key-o? Is that where you're from?
Kagome: Yes. But...who are you?
Woman: I am Kaede. The priesest of this village.
(high-pitched giggles)
Shippo: What the heck was that?
Kaede: The midgets. We are in Midgetland.
Kagome: What are midgets?
(more giggles)
Kaede: Little people who live here. They thank you, for you have killed the wicked witch. Look. (points to the bottom of the shrine, where two flexed feet wearing ruby slippers stick out)
Kagome and Shippo: *gasp*
Shippo: You killed someone--
(Smoke emerges from the ground. Shippo cowards behind Kagome. When the smoke clears, you see a witch wearing dark clothes and a pointy hat standing there)
Kikyo (clenches broomsick and glances over at the fee that stick out from the shrine): Who killed my sister...? (creeps up to Kagome) Was it YOU?!
Kaede: Aren't you forgetting something?
Kikyo: Ah, yes...the Shikon No Tama slippers...! (walks over to the feet and notice that the shoes are gone) Where are they?! Give them back ro me or I'll...!
Kaede: It's too late. There they are. (points down to Kagome's feet. Kagome gasps)
Kikyo: Give me those slippers. Only I know how to use them. Give them back or I'll destroy you!
Kaede: Ridiculous! Your magic doesn't work here! I've sealed evil magic off. Now, begone!
Kikyo: Very well... (turns to Kagome) But you better watch your back! I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!
Shippo (before Kikyo disappears): If you only had a brain!
(silence)
Kagome: What will I do now?
Kaede: You must find the Wizard of La Paz.
Kagome: The Wizard? Is he good or evil?
Kaede: He's very good, but very mysterious. He lives in the Amethyst City, and that's a ling journey from here. Can you turn into a bird?
Kagome: Uh...no... I can't.
Kaede: Then you'll have to walk. You have to follow the yellow dirt road. And that wicked witch will be after those slippers and will cause you some trouble along the way, so don't you take those slippers off for a minute or else you'll at her wrath. (puts Kagome on the yellow dirt road and backs up)
Kagome (turns and faces Kaede): But what happens if she...? (Kaede disappears)
Shippo (scoffs): Well, she's nice!
Kagome (starts walking along the yellow dirt road): Well, she said to follow the yellow dirt road, and we can't stay here, so let's go.
(The scene changes to Kagome and Shippo walking down the yellow dirt road. They eventually come up to an intersection and don't kow which way to go. Corn fields surround the place.)
Shippo: Now, how's come Kaede didn't tell us which way to go when we came up here? She isn't very good at giving directions! Now which way do we go?!
Voice: That way's a nice way!
Kagome: Who said that?
Voice: That way is nice as well!
Kagome (looks at the scarecrow): Wait a tick! Wasn't that scarecrow pointing the other way a minute ago?
Scarecrow (twists arms to point in both directions): But people could go both ways!
Shippo: Oh, my god! That scarecrow talked!
Scarecrow: No, I didn't! Or did I...?
Kagome: Are you doing that on purpose?
Scarecrow: I can't make up my mind! I don't have a brain!
Shippo: The brain is the part of the vertebrate nervous system that is the organ of thought and nervous coordinatioin! You wouldn't be able to talk if you didn't have a brain! So, you must be lying!
Scarecrow: Okay, I admit it. I lied. I'm actually quite smart. My name is Sango.
Kagome: My name is Kagome. And this is Shippo.
Shippo: In the flesh!
Sango: It's a pleasure to meet both of you.
Kagome: Uh, Sango? Do you know which way to the Amethyst City? We're trying to find the Wizard.
Sango: YOU are trying to find the WIZARD?!
Shippo: Yeah, what's the big deal?
Sango: No one has ever seen the great La Paz! Even I'VE never seen him!
Shippo: Maybe it's because you've been on that pole for your entire life.
Sango: Well...that's true...I think it's that way...(points in direction)
Kagome: Thank you, very much! (starts off) Wait. Do you want to join us?
Sango: Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather be on my own.
Shippo: Oh, come on!
Sango: All right...
Kagome(walks over to Sango to get her down): How do I get you down?
Sango: Just bend the nail down in the back. I'll just slip off.
Kagome: Oh, okay. I see it now. (bends nail, and Sango slips off of the pole)
Shippo: Are you done now? Let's get going!
Kagome (arm wraped around Sango to keep her from falling): WEEEE'REEEEEE.....Off to see the Wizard! The wonderful Wizard of--
Shippo: Hey, do you know who sings that song?
Kagome: Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz--
Shippo: Then let's keep it that way.
(They skip off the stage. The scene changes to the three of them in a forest.)
Sango: Hmm...We should be there by now...
Shippo: Oh, don't tell me we went the wrong way!
Sango: Okay, I won't.
Kagome: Well, maybe we can ask someone for directions. (looks around) Ah, there! (walks over to a tin man) Excuse me, could you tell us how to get to the Amethyst City?
Shippo: Kagome...That's a tinman...He isn't living...How could he tell us where the Amethyst City is?
Kagome: Hey, we came across midgets, a woman who lives in a pink bubble, a green-faced wicked witch, and a talking scarecrow. Why can't a tinman tell us how to get somewhere?
Shippo: Good point.
Kagome: Can you...?
Tinman: Oi....ca...
Sango: What's he saying?
Tinman: Oil...ca...
Shippo: I think he said, "Oi, I'll canter."
Sango: It sounded like he said, "Oil can"
Kagome: Oil can?
Sango (looks) Oh here's an oil can. (grabs oil can and gives it to Kagome)
Kagome: Where do you want it?
Tinman: M'ar...M'ar..m...!
Sango: He said his arm.
Kagome (squirts oil onto right arm) There you go.
(The tinman stretches out his arm behind Sango and grabs a handful)
Sango (blushing): Ah! Give me that oil can! (snatches oil can and squirts it on his jaw and mouth.)
Tinman: Oh...Thank you very much, my lovely-- *smack!* OW! What'd you do that for?
Sango: You pervert!
Tinman: Some straw was falling out. I was simply putting it back in.
Sango: Yeah, right! Don't you have a heart?! You should know better than to grope someone without their permission!
Tinman: No...I don't have a heart...
Kagome: Aw...you poor thing! (squirts oil all over his arms and knees) There you go. I bet you can move now.
Tinman: Yes. Thank you. Both of you.
Shippo: Do you have a name?
Tinman: They call me Miroku.
Shippo: Who's "they?"
Sango: It's just a figure of speech.
Shippo: Oh.
Kagome: Do you know where the Amethyst City is? We're trying to find the Wizard.
Miroku: Well, you aren't heading in the right direction, that's for sure. Amethyst City is in the other direction.
Shippo: I knew it!
Kagome: Would you like to come with us?
Sango: NO!
Shippo: Yeah! Maybe the Wizard can give you a heart!
Miroku: Perhaps. Does this Wizard have a daughter?
Sango: Ugh...
Kagome: We're not sure. But will you come with us, please?
Voice: HA HA HA!
Everyone (turns and looks): Huh?!
Kikyo: How pitiful! You've just begun on a journey and already you're lost! Helping the little lady along, are we, my fine gentlemen?
Sango: Not all of us are men, you know!
Kikyo: Do you like fire, scarecrow?
Sango: No! Of course not--I mean, Oh, yes, I love fire!
Kikyo (throws a ball of fire at the scarecrow): Eh HEH HEH HEH HEH!!
Shippo (cowards behind Kagome) Ah!
Sango: Ah! Fire!
Miroku (puts out the fire with his hand): That does it, witch! (opens up right hand) Wind tunnel!!
Kikyo (disappears) AHAHAHA!!!
Shippo: I'm not afraid of her!
Miroku: Neither am I! I'll see that you get safely to the Wizard now.
Sango: Same here.
Kagome: Oh, thank you, everyone!
(The scene changes to the group walking through a jungle. They're all hunched together)
Shippo (on Kagome's shoulder): This sure is a creepy forest...! And I don't like it...
Miroku: Aw...Shippo...! Are we a wittle fwightened?
Shippo: No way!
Animal: SQUAWK!!
Shippo (heart attack): Ack!
Kagome: Miroku...do you think we'll come across any wild animals?
Sango: Like herbivores?
Miroku: We might.
Sango: Like animals that eat...straw??
Miroku: Rabbits eat straw.
Shippo: Ha ha! Sango's afraid of little bunny rabbits?! Ha ha ha!
Sango: No!
Miroku: But we might come across lions, and tigers, and bears.
Kagome: Oh, my!
Sango: Lions?
Shippo: And tigers?
Miroku: And bears.
Kagome: Oh, my!
Shippo: Okay, this is getting annoying.
Animal: RRROOOOAAARRRRRR!!!
Everyone (scatters): Aah!!
(A white creature leaps out from the jungle and frightens everyone)
Animal (in a squeatting position): Rrruff! RrrrRRRrrrUUfff! (stands on two legs and puts up fists) Put 'em up! Put 'em up!! I can take any one of ya!
Kagome: Aw! It's a doggy! (goes up and pets fuzzy ears)
Inu-Yasha: Grrrr!!!
Kagome (runs away): Aah!
Inu-Yasha (faces Miroku and Sango, who are leaning up against a tree side by side. Sango has her arms wrapped around Miroku's neck) Which one of ya wanna fight me first?!
Sango: Miroku, make yourself useful and get him!
Miroku: Why me?
Sango: Cuz, YOU'RE the one with the weapon!
Shippo: Hey, dog-breath! Over here!
Inu-Yasha (looks over at Shippo) I'll get you, first, you little badger! (chases after him)
Kagome (gasps): Shippo! Oh, no, Shippo! (picks him up and runs away from the dog-demon. Turns around and slaps his face)
Inu-Yasha (sobbing): Ow! Wa-a-a-a-ah! What did you do that for? I didn't bite him! Wa-a-ah!
Kagome: What's the big idea picking on us like that?! That is the most immature thing I've ever seen! You jerk-wad! You coward!
Inu-Yasha: You're right...! I AM a coward...! I'm not brave at all...! I'm scared of everything! Even cats!
Kagome (dabs the dog-demons eyes with shirt sleeve): Aw...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings...!
Inu-Yasha: Gee...that's very nice of you...!
Shippo: Why don't you come with us? We're off to see that Wizard to get Sango a brain, and Miroku a heart.
Sango: I already have a brain...
Inu-Yasha: Aw...gee...Why would the Wizard give a cowardly dog-demon any courage?
Kagome: He MUST give you some courage! C'mon. Let's go.
(They all travel down the yellow dirt road until they get to an opening. They look across a field of flowers and see a bunch of purple towers sticking up out of the ground)
Kagome (excited): Look! The Amethyst City! We're almost there!
Kagome (stirring): Oh...where are we?
Shippo (stirring): I think we landed on the bottom of the well. (They begin to climb up. When they reach the top, and walk out of the shrine, they react when they see that they aren't home. They are outside in a little colorful town full of different colored cottages, ponds, and winding rainbow roads.)
Kagome: Shippo...I think we're not in Tokyo anymore.
Shippo: You THINK...? (they walk out of the shrine and wander around the village.) I wonder where we are? (looks up) What's THAT?!
(Kagome and Shippo look up and see a gigantic pink bubble floating down to greet them. A woman in ancient miko clothes appears inside of the bubble.)
Woman: Hello. I am--Hold on. (notices she's still inside of the bubble and tries to pop it from the inside with arrows. The bubble pops)
Kagome: Now I KNOW we're not in Tokyo. (gets a dull look from Shippo)
Woman: Hmm...Are you a kitsune?
Kagome: A what? No, I'm a girl. I'm Kagome Higurashi, from Tokyo.
Woman: To-key-o? Is that where you're from?
Kagome: Yes. But...who are you?
Woman: I am Kaede. The priesest of this village.
(high-pitched giggles)
Shippo: What the heck was that?
Kaede: The midgets. We are in Midgetland.
Kagome: What are midgets?
(more giggles)
Kaede: Little people who live here. They thank you, for you have killed the wicked witch. Look. (points to the bottom of the shrine, where two flexed feet wearing ruby slippers stick out)
Kagome and Shippo: *gasp*
Shippo: You killed someone--
(Smoke emerges from the ground. Shippo cowards behind Kagome. When the smoke clears, you see a witch wearing dark clothes and a pointy hat standing there)
Kikyo (clenches broomsick and glances over at the fee that stick out from the shrine): Who killed my sister...? (creeps up to Kagome) Was it YOU?!
Kaede: Aren't you forgetting something?
Kikyo: Ah, yes...the Shikon No Tama slippers...! (walks over to the feet and notice that the shoes are gone) Where are they?! Give them back ro me or I'll...!
Kaede: It's too late. There they are. (points down to Kagome's feet. Kagome gasps)
Kikyo: Give me those slippers. Only I know how to use them. Give them back or I'll destroy you!
Kaede: Ridiculous! Your magic doesn't work here! I've sealed evil magic off. Now, begone!
Kikyo: Very well... (turns to Kagome) But you better watch your back! I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!
Shippo (before Kikyo disappears): If you only had a brain!
(silence)
Kagome: What will I do now?
Kaede: You must find the Wizard of La Paz.
Kagome: The Wizard? Is he good or evil?
Kaede: He's very good, but very mysterious. He lives in the Amethyst City, and that's a ling journey from here. Can you turn into a bird?
Kagome: Uh...no... I can't.
Kaede: Then you'll have to walk. You have to follow the yellow dirt road. And that wicked witch will be after those slippers and will cause you some trouble along the way, so don't you take those slippers off for a minute or else you'll at her wrath. (puts Kagome on the yellow dirt road and backs up)
Kagome (turns and faces Kaede): But what happens if she...? (Kaede disappears)
Shippo (scoffs): Well, she's nice!
Kagome (starts walking along the yellow dirt road): Well, she said to follow the yellow dirt road, and we can't stay here, so let's go.
(The scene changes to Kagome and Shippo walking down the yellow dirt road. They eventually come up to an intersection and don't kow which way to go. Corn fields surround the place.)
Shippo: Now, how's come Kaede didn't tell us which way to go when we came up here? She isn't very good at giving directions! Now which way do we go?!
Voice: That way's a nice way!
Kagome: Who said that?
Voice: That way is nice as well!
Kagome (looks at the scarecrow): Wait a tick! Wasn't that scarecrow pointing the other way a minute ago?
Scarecrow (twists arms to point in both directions): But people could go both ways!
Shippo: Oh, my god! That scarecrow talked!
Scarecrow: No, I didn't! Or did I...?
Kagome: Are you doing that on purpose?
Scarecrow: I can't make up my mind! I don't have a brain!
Shippo: The brain is the part of the vertebrate nervous system that is the organ of thought and nervous coordinatioin! You wouldn't be able to talk if you didn't have a brain! So, you must be lying!
Scarecrow: Okay, I admit it. I lied. I'm actually quite smart. My name is Sango.
Kagome: My name is Kagome. And this is Shippo.
Shippo: In the flesh!
Sango: It's a pleasure to meet both of you.
Kagome: Uh, Sango? Do you know which way to the Amethyst City? We're trying to find the Wizard.
Sango: YOU are trying to find the WIZARD?!
Shippo: Yeah, what's the big deal?
Sango: No one has ever seen the great La Paz! Even I'VE never seen him!
Shippo: Maybe it's because you've been on that pole for your entire life.
Sango: Well...that's true...I think it's that way...(points in direction)
Kagome: Thank you, very much! (starts off) Wait. Do you want to join us?
Sango: Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather be on my own.
Shippo: Oh, come on!
Sango: All right...
Kagome(walks over to Sango to get her down): How do I get you down?
Sango: Just bend the nail down in the back. I'll just slip off.
Kagome: Oh, okay. I see it now. (bends nail, and Sango slips off of the pole)
Shippo: Are you done now? Let's get going!
Kagome (arm wraped around Sango to keep her from falling): WEEEE'REEEEEE.....Off to see the Wizard! The wonderful Wizard of--
Shippo: Hey, do you know who sings that song?
Kagome: Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz--
Shippo: Then let's keep it that way.
(They skip off the stage. The scene changes to the three of them in a forest.)
Sango: Hmm...We should be there by now...
Shippo: Oh, don't tell me we went the wrong way!
Sango: Okay, I won't.
Kagome: Well, maybe we can ask someone for directions. (looks around) Ah, there! (walks over to a tin man) Excuse me, could you tell us how to get to the Amethyst City?
Shippo: Kagome...That's a tinman...He isn't living...How could he tell us where the Amethyst City is?
Kagome: Hey, we came across midgets, a woman who lives in a pink bubble, a green-faced wicked witch, and a talking scarecrow. Why can't a tinman tell us how to get somewhere?
Shippo: Good point.
Kagome: Can you...?
Tinman: Oi....ca...
Sango: What's he saying?
Tinman: Oil...ca...
Shippo: I think he said, "Oi, I'll canter."
Sango: It sounded like he said, "Oil can"
Kagome: Oil can?
Sango (looks) Oh here's an oil can. (grabs oil can and gives it to Kagome)
Kagome: Where do you want it?
Tinman: M'ar...M'ar..m...!
Sango: He said his arm.
Kagome (squirts oil onto right arm) There you go.
(The tinman stretches out his arm behind Sango and grabs a handful)
Sango (blushing): Ah! Give me that oil can! (snatches oil can and squirts it on his jaw and mouth.)
Tinman: Oh...Thank you very much, my lovely-- *smack!* OW! What'd you do that for?
Sango: You pervert!
Tinman: Some straw was falling out. I was simply putting it back in.
Sango: Yeah, right! Don't you have a heart?! You should know better than to grope someone without their permission!
Tinman: No...I don't have a heart...
Kagome: Aw...you poor thing! (squirts oil all over his arms and knees) There you go. I bet you can move now.
Tinman: Yes. Thank you. Both of you.
Shippo: Do you have a name?
Tinman: They call me Miroku.
Shippo: Who's "they?"
Sango: It's just a figure of speech.
Shippo: Oh.
Kagome: Do you know where the Amethyst City is? We're trying to find the Wizard.
Miroku: Well, you aren't heading in the right direction, that's for sure. Amethyst City is in the other direction.
Shippo: I knew it!
Kagome: Would you like to come with us?
Sango: NO!
Shippo: Yeah! Maybe the Wizard can give you a heart!
Miroku: Perhaps. Does this Wizard have a daughter?
Sango: Ugh...
Kagome: We're not sure. But will you come with us, please?
Voice: HA HA HA!
Everyone (turns and looks): Huh?!
Kikyo: How pitiful! You've just begun on a journey and already you're lost! Helping the little lady along, are we, my fine gentlemen?
Sango: Not all of us are men, you know!
Kikyo: Do you like fire, scarecrow?
Sango: No! Of course not--I mean, Oh, yes, I love fire!
Kikyo (throws a ball of fire at the scarecrow): Eh HEH HEH HEH HEH!!
Shippo (cowards behind Kagome) Ah!
Sango: Ah! Fire!
Miroku (puts out the fire with his hand): That does it, witch! (opens up right hand) Wind tunnel!!
Kikyo (disappears) AHAHAHA!!!
Shippo: I'm not afraid of her!
Miroku: Neither am I! I'll see that you get safely to the Wizard now.
Sango: Same here.
Kagome: Oh, thank you, everyone!
(The scene changes to the group walking through a jungle. They're all hunched together)
Shippo (on Kagome's shoulder): This sure is a creepy forest...! And I don't like it...
Miroku: Aw...Shippo...! Are we a wittle fwightened?
Shippo: No way!
Animal: SQUAWK!!
Shippo (heart attack): Ack!
Kagome: Miroku...do you think we'll come across any wild animals?
Sango: Like herbivores?
Miroku: We might.
Sango: Like animals that eat...straw??
Miroku: Rabbits eat straw.
Shippo: Ha ha! Sango's afraid of little bunny rabbits?! Ha ha ha!
Sango: No!
Miroku: But we might come across lions, and tigers, and bears.
Kagome: Oh, my!
Sango: Lions?
Shippo: And tigers?
Miroku: And bears.
Kagome: Oh, my!
Shippo: Okay, this is getting annoying.
Animal: RRROOOOAAARRRRRR!!!
Everyone (scatters): Aah!!
(A white creature leaps out from the jungle and frightens everyone)
Animal (in a squeatting position): Rrruff! RrrrRRRrrrUUfff! (stands on two legs and puts up fists) Put 'em up! Put 'em up!! I can take any one of ya!
Kagome: Aw! It's a doggy! (goes up and pets fuzzy ears)
Inu-Yasha: Grrrr!!!
Kagome (runs away): Aah!
Inu-Yasha (faces Miroku and Sango, who are leaning up against a tree side by side. Sango has her arms wrapped around Miroku's neck) Which one of ya wanna fight me first?!
Sango: Miroku, make yourself useful and get him!
Miroku: Why me?
Sango: Cuz, YOU'RE the one with the weapon!
Shippo: Hey, dog-breath! Over here!
Inu-Yasha (looks over at Shippo) I'll get you, first, you little badger! (chases after him)
Kagome (gasps): Shippo! Oh, no, Shippo! (picks him up and runs away from the dog-demon. Turns around and slaps his face)
Inu-Yasha (sobbing): Ow! Wa-a-a-a-ah! What did you do that for? I didn't bite him! Wa-a-ah!
Kagome: What's the big idea picking on us like that?! That is the most immature thing I've ever seen! You jerk-wad! You coward!
Inu-Yasha: You're right...! I AM a coward...! I'm not brave at all...! I'm scared of everything! Even cats!
Kagome (dabs the dog-demons eyes with shirt sleeve): Aw...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings...!
Inu-Yasha: Gee...that's very nice of you...!
Shippo: Why don't you come with us? We're off to see that Wizard to get Sango a brain, and Miroku a heart.
Sango: I already have a brain...
Inu-Yasha: Aw...gee...Why would the Wizard give a cowardly dog-demon any courage?
Kagome: He MUST give you some courage! C'mon. Let's go.
(They all travel down the yellow dirt road until they get to an opening. They look across a field of flowers and see a bunch of purple towers sticking up out of the ground)
Kagome (excited): Look! The Amethyst City! We're almost there!
