AHHHHHHHH! NO MORE GRAMMAR! NO MORE GRAMMAR! *runs around in circles as her pile of English homework grows bigger* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! *stops* *plops sown and pants wearily* That isn't doing me any good...*looks at the huge stack of papers* Maybe if I really believe, then it will go away. *believes really hard* *looks again* Damn! It's still there! *sigh* Oh well, I HAVE AN EXCUSE! *cackles* I have to update for all my reviewers! I HATE TEACHERS AND SMURFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*giggles* That should be good enough of an excuse! Okay, on to the real author's note!
Okay, here's what is really what I wanted to say! THANK YOU! You're all so kind! Hope you like this next chappie! Oh, and AoiTsuki, mkitty-chan has asked if there will be some Utsushineko/Fluffy romance in this fic. To all you reviewers out there, tell me if you want these two to be paired up! *grins evilly* Sadly, AoiTsuki, you get no say in the matter. MUAHAHAHAHHAA! Okay, maybe you do. But remember, majority rules!
Disclaimer: ..........Haven't you learned by now? I DO own Inuyasha! DUH! *lawyers appear* I-I mean, I DON'T own Inuyasha! Heh heh. *watches as lawyers disappear again* They are not even of our species. THE ALIENS ARE ATTACKING!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Review Responses:
shadowspinner: Yep. Murphy's Law is the only law. 'If anything can go wrong, it will, at the worst possible moment.' This is what is always applied to my computer. And my homework. And my luck. Oh, and your cat is no different than all of mine. Their favorite place to flop is on top of the computer. It's like watching a water bed. It ripples! *pushes cats off the computer top* GET OFF YOU FREAKS!
Hanamaru285: Funny it is. But comprehensible it is not. ^_^ j/k! I'll explain what's wrong with psycho kitty in the next chappie!
SenshiofSilence: Don't worry! Somebody actually wants Shamoo! ^_____^ I'm so HAPPY! Oh, and I'll explain everything in the next chappie! Maybe.
Kimi: *cough*crazyreviewer*cough*
AoiTsuki: I'll be sure to include your alter identity's er-personality. ^_^ Also, warning, I'm thinking about making this an Utsushineko/Fluffy romance too. Review me and say what you think. Of course, I could always decide to go against your wishes if you don't like Fluffy in THAT way. ^_^ I love being sadistic. MUAHHAHAAHAHAHHAHA!
Kagome5: You did? That's great! *mutters angrily* But WHY exactly won't she update?! At least I manage to update once a week, but come on! It takes her a whole three months to! *goes back to evil muttering*
Holy-Psychic-Vulpix: You'll take SHAMOO?! THANK YOU!! ^_____^
I'll send him to you once I figure out how to fit him in the scanner...
Sakura-chan88: *bows* Thank you, thank you! I decided that Fluffy couldn't be THAT emotionless! I mean, nobody that cute can't have emotions! Oh, and I believe that Utsushineko means Shadowcat. I asked Jeeves about it. But you're gonna have to ask AoiTsuki if you really want to know.
mkitty-chan: *laughs maniacally* MUAHAHAHHAA! Maybe, maybe not! Depends! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Happy Youkai: MUAHAHAHAHAHA! I truly am evil! BWAHAHAHAHA! Read on and you'll find out why! *laughs uncontrollably at the horrors she has in store for Fluffy*
AND GUESS WHAT?! I'VE DECIDED TO POST QUOTES! COOL!
Okay, Quote of the Day (QOD):
As quoted by Inuyasha, "I eat, gobble, snack, and devour; therefore I am."
Send in any funny quotes you may have that can be applied to Inu characters!
Kitten Caboodle
Chapter 8: For Reasons Unexplained
Inuyasha had just killed a demon, and yet again, it didn't have a jewel shard! Kagome sighed. This would take forever. They were all busy destroying a huge clan of blue skinned demons which Inuyasha called Smurfs. She could sense the jewel shard among the throbbing throng, but could not locate it. Every time they thought that they had killed the one that had it, the shard would appear somewhere else! Everybody's patience was growing thin. She shot another arrow into the blue depths of the Smurfs.
"WHY WON'T YOU DIE?!" Inuyasha yelled as he killed another one, only to have two more pop into its place.
"Inuyasha," called Miroku, "this isn't working! We need another plan!"
"Can't you see I know that?!" Inuyasha growled back, smiting another one of the singing monstrosities. Their music was really starting to get to him. His ears were laid back against his skull, and he growled menacingly at any who came within range.
"I know how we can defeat these demons," stated Sango, slicing her giant boomerang through a pack of the demons, "but we need some help for it!" Inuyasha growled at this.
"What kind of help?"
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This was possibly the worst day of his life. First, he gets a gargantuan migraine from a petty argument, then he has a transforming hanyou stuck to him, and then he has a giant possessed CAT chasing after him, and none of his attacks work on the beast. And now, he is stuck in the rain. This day could not get any worse. All of a sudden, a blinding white light surrounded the group flying on the cloud, and they, along with the cat, disappeared to who knows where. It just got worse.
He awoke from consciousness to find that large warmth rested on his chest from where he lay. Looking up, he found the hanyou to be asleep on him. He growled, and then pushed the girl off. Standing up, he surveyed their surroundings. They were in a large wooden house with the smell of the cat er-dog hanyou all over. From the looks of it, they were in the hanyou's house. His brow wrinkled in confusion. Why are we in her house?! He scowled, and then checked to see if Rin was alright. He just ignored Jaken. Off into the corner, he saw Rin curled up into a little ball, sleeping. His gaze softened, and then hardened again. He realized with a start that there was another scent near them, that cat demon's scent! He looked quickly around. Stepping through the open doorway, he stopped dead in his tracks. In front of him was the kitten back in its original form. It glared up at him, and then asked, "What have you all done with my mistress?"
He just stared. It did not smell like a demon, but it obviously was.
"Your mistress?"
The little cat just glared harder at him, and started to growl, "Yes, my mistress. And I ask yet again, where is she?!" Its eyes started to flash red.
"I do not know who your mistress is, or where she is."
"Then I have no use for you," and with that statement, the cat started to grow bigger again. It swiped at him, and he jumped away and ran back into the room. He shut the door, and stuck Tenseiga into the doorframe. His sword had the same magical properties as his hanyou half-brother's. It would keep the youkai out for the time being.
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"NO FUCKING WAY IN HELL!!!!" yelled Inuyasha as they continued to slaughter hundreds of the demons. His left eyebrow was twitching, and he was flexing his claws, eager to wrap them around a certain monk's neck.
"Inuyasha, it's the only way," sighed Miroku, knowing that Inuyasha would not take too kindly to the idea, "We NEED Kouga for this! It's the only solution we can come up with!"
"No," Inuyasha growled firmly, "I will NOT ask for help from that wimpy wolf!"
"Inuyasha," said Kagome in a you-better-agree-or-face-the-consequences type of voice. "We WILL ask Kouga for help, and you WILL be the one to do it!"
Inuyasha just grumbled out a "Feh!", and nodded glumly.
"Okay, then let's get out of here for the time being!" shouted Sango as they all ran away to regroup. Kagome looked back from atop Inuyasha's back to where the Smurfs still sang and went about as if nothing had ever happened.
"Freaky..." she muttered. Then in a louder voice said, "Let's go check up on Tsuki while we're at it!" Inuyasha just grumbled beneath her perch. "I hate cats."
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Sesshoumaru looked up from where he sat, and sighed again. The cat beast was still at it, growling and lunging at the door, trying to break through. Everyone else was awake by now. The only one who wasn't silent was Rin.
"Fluffy-sama! Can Rin go out to play with kitty?"
He looked at the young girl, alarmed, and nearly shouted out, "NO!"
She pouted, "Why cannot Rin go out to play with kitty?"
"It's dangerous. That cat is a menace. It would rip you to shreds."
"Oh," she said softly, and looked to where the newest member of their group rested. "What is your name?"
Utsushineko smiled at the girl, "My name's Utsushineko. And yours is Rin, right?"
Rin nodded happily. Then noticed that the cat-turned-dog hanyou was once again a cat. "How do you change like that?"
"I fell in a cursed spring, and I change into a inu-hanyou whenever cold water hits me, and change back when hot water hits me. Or when I fall unconscious. In fact, I met this boy Ranma who had the same problem. Sadly for him, he changes into a girl, and can't change back if he falls unconscious. Only when he's hit with hot water, the poor guy."
"He changes into a girl?" exclaimed Rin, giggling uncontrollably.
"Yep."
"Rin!" said Jaken (A/N: *growling* DIE TOAD!), "Stop making so much noise! Lord Sesshoumaru-sama is trying to think of a way to get us out of here!"
Suddenly Sesshoumaru spoke up, "Utsushineko, you were the one who was running away from this cat beast, right?" he asked as he gestured to where the poundings were coming from, "Then you must know what it wants."
"Hai, I do. That cat's name is Tsuki, and he's the pet of one of my friends. Her name is Kagome."
Sesshoumaru's eyes widened at this, he had heard that name before! Wasn't she that human wench who traveled with his hanyou half-brother? "Does this Kagome perchance travel in the company of a hanyou by the name of Inuyasha? Along with a monk, demon exterminator, and a kitsune?"
Utsushineko nodded, surprised, "Do you know her?"
"I know her through my past encounters with her. She travels with my half-brother, Inuyasha."
"Inuyasha's your half-brother?! NO WAY!" She bubbled happily, "It looked like you were related to him, but I couldn't be sure. No wonder! You're just as cute as him too!" Sesshoumaru just stared at the girl in shock. Him, the Lord of the Western Lands, CUTE?! It was too unbearable to imagine. Utsushineko saw the effect that her statement had had on the youkai, and quickly amended, "I mean, you're way past cute! You're positively gorgeous! The personification of handsome!" This just shocked him even more extremely. WHO WAS THIS PERSON?! Thankfully, Jaken bumped into the conversation.
"How could you even think of speaking like that to Lord Sesshoumaru-sama?! Hanyou wench! How dare you!"
"What's it to you? TOAD!" she growled back, getting angry. Her fur was standing on end, and she was hissing. Her tail was also fluffed up, and for a second, Sesshoumaru had the mad desire to smooth it down. He mentally shook himself in horror. What was he thinking?!
"You, a hanyou, are not fit to speak to Lord Sesshoumaru-sama in such a way!"
"Well EXCUSE ME for being honest!"
"Witch!"
"Wrinkly green thing!"
The fighting was delayed for a minute as a hole broke in the ceiling, and rain dropped through and landed on Utsushineko. She transformed into an inu-hanyou right before their very eyes!
"HA! I'll kill you TOAD for speaking to me like that!" She yelled as she brandished her claws angrily, and bared her teeth in a snarl. She lunged at Jaken and clawed at him.
"AHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Jaken as he frantically tried to escape, yelling like a girl. A girly girl.
"ENOUGH!" shouted Sesshoumaru as he growled in anger. "SHUT UP!"
All three of them stopped what they were doing and looked at the lord in wonder. He had never lost his temper before! This was amazing in itself. But the fact that he was actually showing emotion on his face was astonishing.
"I am sorry my Lord," begged Jaken as he pleaded for forgiveness.
"Is Fluffy-sama okay?" asked Rin, worried for her protector. He appeared to be in a lot of pain. His response was just silence. He had gone back to his former self. But Utsushineko saw through this, and walked over to him.
"Sesshoumaru, did that cat claw you anywhere?" was her question. He nodded slowly. "Oh, that's not good! You see," she smiled weakly at this, "I believe that Tsuki has poisonous claws."
Sesshoumaru just stared at her. "And why would you think that?"
"Well, he managed to scratch me on the arm as I was running, and the cut turned a deep purple color. It was obviously poisonous."
"...."
"And I was knocked out from the poison, even though he wasn't transformed. So if he clawed you while he was transformed, then well....." She didn't finish.
"So you didn't just faint from shock?"
She looked angry at this suggestion, "HELL NO! I'm not THAT wimpy! I do admit that it was very scary to see the kitten I was babysitting suddenly attack me, though."
Sesshoumaru just sighed. I hate my life. It was just one bad thing after another. Then a thought popped into his mind.
"Do you know how we got here?"
"Actually, yes, I do. I used a teleportation spell right before I fainted from POISON. Not fright!" Obviously she was still hung up on his suggestion that she would faint from fright.
He raised an eyebrow at this, "Teleportation device?"
"Yeah. I got it from my grandma's friend's daughter's son's uncle's co-worker's cousin twice removed."
"What did you just say?!"
"Never mind. It is a long story. Anyways, we should get that wound tended to. It must be really painful."
"Humph! I, the Lord of the Western Lands, need no treatment!" he spat out the last word in disdain. She just looked at him, unconvinced, and grinned evilly.
"If that's the way you wanna play, then fine! We'll play it your way!" She advanced upon him, still grinning, and held between her hands a piece of rope made out of light. "This is one of my special abilities. Cool, isn't it?" she asked as she twirled the end.
He just looked at her warily. He really didn't like the way this was going! She stretched the rope taut between her hands, and stalked toward him with a strange glint in her eyes.
"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" she started to cackle. "I'm gonna treat that wound one way or another..."
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Inuyasha sighed as he bounded off through the woods, searching for Kouga, with Kagome holding on to his back. Why did he have to do this?! WHY?! FOR KAMI'S SAKE, WHY?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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^_^ It seems that the two brothers are in a lot of trouble, ne? MUAHAHAHA! Review! I'll make the next chappie super long if I get ten reviews this time around! Oh, and in the next chappie, everything will be explained! And questions you shoudl be asking right now are: What does Inuyasha have to do? What is Utsushineko going to do to Fluffy? Who is that weird kitten youkai really? Why am I even reading these questions? Now where did I put that pocky? What is the meaning of the universe? Who stole my underwear?! Why do dogs bark? And last but not least, Am I going to review or not?! SO GET TO IT! NOW!