Hey all! I'm ba~ack! I *finally* managed to convince Brat to let me use her comp (she got kinda angry at us after a certain series of unfortunate events) so here I am again! Let's cut the chit-chat and head on in!
Disclaimer: I own Kai-chan, and Tsuki-chan. Utsushineko and Rose belong to their actual owners. I just kinda helped to put them in my fic. I also do not own Inu Yasha, Harry Potter, Smurfs, Ranma ½, or any other series that might occur in this fic.
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Sailor Saturn: Get ready to read, for this is the big chappy where the Smurfs are overthrown and you get to squish one!! *cheer* And thanks again for reminding me about that whole age mistake; I had meant to change it, but I musta forgot. And thanks Trunks, I'm glad that some people actually liked my flashback thingy!! ^_^* D.g. said it sucked....she's now currently...indisposed....for that little comment. *evil twisted grin*
Mitsukai: O_o Gods...what have you got planned for me NOW?!
Me: You, my dear bro, get to baby-sit a hyperactive Kagome!! Have fun!!
Mitsukai: WHAT?!
AoiTsuki: Aw, oh well, I had to have four people in that room. Sorry. It had to go with the plot.....(Mitsukai: Plot?! What plot?!) ^_~ I'll make it up to you though....*hint hint* *cough*shirtlessFluffy*cough*
esteebee: Actually, it's very easy to think about killing Kai-chan...
Mitsukai: -_-* Why, if I am courageous enough to even ask, do you want to kill me?
Me: ....you ate all the pocky....
Hamtaro Cutie: v_v Yes. The world is now a sad place. Oh well, at least I can still torture him. ^_^ That's always fun. And believe me, next time I do a fic in which author charas are involved, you're at the top of my list!
Anima Mouse: Do *I* look like I know what she's thinking?! Wait--don't answer that. Aw, I just thought it would be cute if Kai-chan played the overprotective bro. Ya know, confronting Inuyasha and stuff like all big bros do. It would be funny! Also, in fact, Kai-chan ain't NOTHING like Hobo! I would NEVER make any of my charas resemble that freak in the slightest! He's a cool guy, actually; I just didn't like the fact that he ate all my pocky......
Mitsukai: ¬_¬ Well, you shouldn't have left it out in the open......
Me: Well, YOU shouldn't have eaten it!!
Mitsukai: *rolls eyes* Gods, I hadn't had breakfast! How could you expect me NOT to eat it?!
Me: -_o You shall pay, foolish mortal.
Mitsukai: *facefault* Hey! Who's the hanyou here?!
Me: *evil grin* I could always make you fall into a certain hot springs and turn into a girl, if I so wished....
Mitsukai: O_O*!
SailorKagome: Guess what?! In the next chap, we'll be here to witness the downfall of the Smurfs!
SenshiofSilence: Let's see YOU try living with him, and tell me that he's not killable.
Mitsukai: *smug grin* Ah, EVERYBODY loves meh!
Fan Girl: *I* love you Kai-chan!! Marry me!!
Mitsukai: O_o!!!! NOT YOU AGAIN!! I THOUGHT I LOST YOU!!!!!!! *runs away*
Fan Girl: Kai-chan! Come back to me!! *dashes after*
Me: Okkaaaaaayyyyy....that was frightening and disturbing, not to say the least...
ssjinpan2: Yeah, he's pretty cool looking when he flies. I gotta draw a pic of him like that one of these days....
Charis13: Yep. Definitely an idiot. Cute, but an idiot nonetheless. Also, he does get really scary when exposed to new, cool-looking weapons....he's obsessed with the Cement Silly-String now...
And, as an added bonus, here is a funny poem for you peoples!! I don't own this either....
I'm Making a List
By Shel Silverstein
I'm making a list of the things I must say
for politeness,
And goodness and kindness and gentleness,
sweetness and rightness:
Hello
Pardon me
How are you?
Excuse me
Bless you
May I?
Thank you
Goodbye
If you know some I've forgot,
please stick them in your eye!
Hehe....funny.
Kitten Caboodle
Chapter 14: Argh! Another Filler?!
Oh yeah! It's game time! Just us two verses the Smurfs, an all-out battle between us! Oh yeah! We are SO gonna kick some Smurf ass!! There's no way we can lose!! I have Cement Silly-String!!!
Mitsukai was currently deluding himself on this issue, believing that the Cement Silly-String could conquer all.
"Kai-chan? Please stop smiling like that. It's disturbing," Kagome whimpered, still distanced from the mentally unstable boy.
"^_^ The Cement Silly-String shall aid us to victory against the Smurf Empire!" he boasted, glancing lovingly at the little can of Cement Silly-String in his hand. "We shall defeat the tone-deaf clones!" (Anyone see the Star Wars parody there?)
If anything, Kagome wasn't reassured by this statement, and in fact, had backed away several more feet. Nervously, she covertly scanned their surroundings, making sure she had a plan of escape in case he went crazy. The never-ending singing sound that they had been hearing was getting louder; they were nearing the center of the large, underground kingdom of the Smurf domain. Although Sesshoumaru ruled the aboveground Western Lands, it seemed that the Smurfs dominated all that was belowground, living in harmony with the other youkai that existed under the earth.
They had been walking for what seemed to be hours, or so Mitsukai thought. Every once in a while, he would complain about how large and long and dark and smelly the subterranean tunnels were. More often than not, his outbursts seemed to be followed by vicious attacks against the walls of the caves. Many times, Kagome had had to stop him from bringing the roof down around their heads. She was getting more and more perplexed by his aggressive and withdrawn behavior. Thankfully, he would snap out of it every few minutes and go on a tirade about how they would use the silly string she had given him against the Smurfs. And then, just when he seemed normal, he would run across a train of thought that made him sullen and violent again. It was all very confusing. She was slightly afraid of him during these moments, for he didn't seem to be himself. She had a sneaking suspicion as to what was the problem though.
"Kai-chan?" she once again asked, daring to venture into conversation with the schitzo, "Why are you acting like this? You seem...different." Her brow was creased with worry.
He glanced distractedly at her, twiddling his thumbs. "Well, ya know how youkai usually take after their more mortal counterparts?" he queried.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, if you compared, oh say, a cat demon to a regular cat, you would notice that their behavior is much the same. Right?" he explained. She nodded, getting the gist of what he was saying. "Well, me, being an Angel-hanyou, am used to fresh air and skies and open spaces, because I'm more at home in that sort of place. Under here, under the ground, it's...suffocating, to say the least. It'd be like making a bird live in an underground warren that belongs to rabbits; they just can't function well in a place that they have no connection or feeling to, and eventually die, unless they adapt. And sometimes, in desperate fits of insanity, the bird will try to escape the never-ending tunnels, striking at the walls and ceiling in hopes of getting back to the fresh air and skies it's used to. Ya see?" He stared straight ahead in a contemplative look. "In its insane state, the bird doesn't care whether it is killed by its nonsensical actions, the desperate urge to fly again drives it to the extremes. That's what it would be like for a full youkai like my mother was. For me, it's not AS bad, but still bad enough." Kagome stared at him in shock.
"Wow...I never really thought about it like that. So THAT'S why Inuyasha gets so protective of me; it's because he's part dog-youkai. Fascinating, really," she mused, "So, that must mean that you can't stand being under here for long. You must have some form of claustrophobia. In that case, we should get out of here quickly, before you start hyperventilating or something," She grinned smugly at him, "Wouldn't want you playing the part of the insane-and-suicidal bird, now would we? You seemed perfectly fine at first, though...." She trailed off; he had acted normally enough during the first few hours of their venture into the tunnels. He must have changed so gradually that she hadn't even noticed it, until he started showing outward signs of it. This makes a whole lot more sense, now.
"Hehe, I'm pretty good at keeping a hold on my instincts," he nervously laughed, the chuckle sounding forced, "After all, I had to pretend I was a human whenever I stayed in a village during my travels. If the villagers knew that I was one of the legendary angel-youkai, bounty hunters would have been after my head faster than you could say '2 thousand yen.'"
She gazed at him sympathetically, now noting that after a more intense inspection, his eyes were dilated and he was breathing faster than was normal; he even had a certain air of tenseness about it that she had overlooked earlier. "Don't worry bro, we'll be outta here in no time."
"But I still have to get my pendant back," he whined softly, torn between the desperate longing to be back aboveground, and the last link to his past that was in the hands of the Smurfs. The Smurfs. Now *that* thought brought a heated anger to his eyes. He had his mind stubbornly set on one goal: Kill the Smurfs and take back the pendant.
Kagome noticed that his eyes had a distant angered look to them, and backed away a bit. But he soon calmed down, seemingly distracted by something he had heard, cocking his head to one side and listening intently to some unknown entity that was being heard over the constant singing of the Smurfs.
"There's somebody else down here...." he muttered, narrowing his eyes and trying to pinpoint where exactly the newer voices were coming from. "I can't find their location though!" he growled, pouting at the fact that his impeccable sense of hearing couldn't work due to the Smurfs.
They stood still for a second then, listening intently once again for the near-imagined voices. They seemed to be heading closer. And then one voice broke through the stillness of the caves.
"PERVERT!!"
SMACK!!!!!
The two exchanged wary glances, before realization hit Kagome. Her face lit up in delight as she eagerly bounded toward the voices.
"Kai-chan! It's Sango! And most definitely Miroku! And Inuyasha and Shippo probably too!! Come on!! Let's catch up to them!!"
He quickly bounded up next to her, easily matching her full-out run with his own loping jog. "Are they the friends you were telling me about?"
"*pant* Yep!! *pant*"
"And is that the fastest you can go?" He sniffed disdainfully, "Pathetic." He himself hadn't even had a hitch in his breath yet.
"*pant gasp* SHUT IT!! *pant gasp pant*"
He shrugged gloatingly, "Okey-dokey."
She managed to spare him an angry glare, "*pant pant* Hey! I'm not a hanyou! I'm only a Junior Highschooler, so lay off! *pant gasp pant pant*"
He just shrugged again, and they continued on their run to the source of the voices, who, hopefully, would indeed turn out to be Kagome's friends. She didn't seem to be in doubt though, and neither was he. He remembered what their habits were like from talking to Kagome. Mentally, he snickered. He could guess as to where that slap had come from.....
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Hehe...AoiTsuki...you're gonna like da next part I bet...^_~
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The three sat in a contemplative circle, similar looks of intense concentration on their faces. The fourth occupant of the room just slept on against the wall, having obviously been very drained by the whole ordeal she had gone through that day, leaving her tired and exhausted.
Sesshoumaru quirked an eyebrow at the comical look of deep thinking that had contorted Neko's elfin face, almost breaking through his replaced stoic mask. He allowed himself a small smile, stealing glances at her every once in a while. Also silently observing Kouga, he had noticed a change in the wolf's demeanor and attitude. He seemed more carefree, less obsessive than he usually was. Inwardly, he questioned the transformation. Finally, Sesshoumaru came to study his newly replaced arm, minutely flexing the muscles happily. For once, he didn't question what had happened; he was just grateful that it DID happen. Having only one arm was quite a hindrance, and normally it would have taken several hundreds of years to grow it back on its own.
His musings were interrupted by the outburst of 'AHA!! I GOT IT!!' from Neko. He nearly jumped up, startled. "Got what?!"
"I have a plan!!" she crowed, dancing about happily.
Sesshoumaru and Kouga both exchanged worried looks. Plans made by crazed hanyou onnas were not something to be anticipated, but feared.
She quickly turned on her heel to grin at them, hands on her hips, speaking in a sing-song voice. "Here's what we do. You two will distract Tsuki-kun, and I'll take Rin and hightail it outta here. Got it? We'll head back to the Smurf stronghold, where Inuyasha and the others are most likely to be, and hopefully, we'll be able to kill two birds with one stone. Tsuki-kun will most likely destroy the Smurfs, and we'll be stronger once reunited. Sounds like a good plan, ne?"
"Uh...." Sesshoumaru stuttered uncharacteristically, momentarily at a loss for words. In truth, he was feeling nothing short of sheer terror at the thought of what they would have to do to distract the catbeast. One look at Kouga's face proved that that thought was shared.
"Er, Neko-chan, we don't think that that is such a good idea," Kouga spoke, braving the wrath of the hanyou before them. How two, full-grown, male youkai could be cowed by one female hanyou, a cat no less, is still a mystery to me. I find it funny though.
Neko-chan glared at Kouga, her foot tapping dangerously. "Oh really?" she drawled. "So, what plan did YOU come up with, smartass?"
"I-uh-um-er-" he stuttered, before falling silent, his mouth moving but no words forming. He looked incredibly much like a fish, just then.
"I thought so," she grinned smugly. "Neither of you have one, do you?"
"Well, uh.......no," admitted Sesshoumaru, shamefully looking down.
"So, by rights, that means that we agree with my plan, RIGHT?" she prodded, her eyes glittering dangerously. The both nodded with false enthusiasm, all the while sharing looks of a pair of deer caught in the headlights of a car. They were trapped. There was no escape. But darn it, they weren't going down without a fight!! Wait a minute---they just did...wusses. Are they men or mice?!
"We'll do whatever you want us to do, Miss Neko!" Kouga said.
Mice. Definitely, most absolutely, mice.....
"Okay, here's what I want you to do! You run out there, get Tsuki-kun to chase you, and then when the coast is clear me and Rin'll make a run for it. Okay?"
Is it just me, or is she kinda assigning the most painful and difficult job to the guys?
*several minutes later*
Sesshoumaru and Kouga were simultaneously screaming their heads off while being chased by an enraged and transformed Tsuki, heading frantically back toward the safety of the little room with the enchanted door. Neko was already there, bearing a few scratches but none the worse for wear. She had already made her dash back to the room, carrying a still sleeping Rin in tow, waiting for the guys to head back too. She swiftly opened the door as they came tearing down the hall, racing into the room, followed closely by the catbeast. She slammed the door in the cat's face, making sure the sword's seal was still holding. Their lives depended on it.
"So...I guess my plan didn't really work that well?" she sheepishly noted, backing away from the glares sent her way by the two young youkai.
"That would be the understatement of the year," muttered Sesshoumaru, finding with undisguised disapproval that his and Kouga's shirts had been torn off by Tsuki during their little venture into the world outside. He could hear the ripping and tearing sound outside, and dully noted that Tsuki was probably doing that on purpose, the sadistic little freak. He glowered disgustedly at the door, his eyes mentally penetrating through the door and sinking daggers into the smug cat outside.
Kouga wasn't as fazed by the loss of his clothing, most of it had consisted of heavy armor anyway. He just stretched and sat down in a meditative position, deciding that ignoring everything that had happened to him today was the best way to save his sanity right now.
Sesshoumaru also glared at Neko, his angry stare indicating without words what he had thought about her plan. Her lower lip trembled, the puppy eyes came out, but he just turned his back and stalked away, temporarily immune to that look. She decided to add in the sad, pathetic whimper and sniffle for effect, noticing that he had twitched ever so slightly. To top the ploy off, she sniffled a little more, whined and whimpered a little more, and let her tail drag lifelessly on the ground, slowly heading with sad and heavy steps to the opposite side of the room, slumping against the wall and drawing her knees up to her chest, burying her face into her hands and sighing forlornly.
Sesshoumaru glanced guiltily up, seeing that Neko wasn't her usual happy self. Her ears were drooped and she was unusually quiet. He got up and padded over to where she sat, sliding down beside her. She ignored him, turning slightly away from his presence. A look of worry and guilt came upon his face.
"I'm sorry if I said or did anything to upset you, Neko-chan," he murmured, not yet daring to try and comfort her any more than that. "I didn't mean to...."
She looked up sadly at him, her eyes watery, "It's not that...it's just...my planwasn'tverygood,andcomparedtoyouguysI'mnotverystrong,andwell,IjustwantedtogetoutofhereandIwantedtheplantoworkbutitdidn'tandnowyoubothhateme'causeIputyouintoalotta dangerandyou'llneverforgivemeandI'llbealienatedbyyoutwofortherestofourtimespenttogetherand-and-" She buried her face into her hands again, unable to continue.
"Neko-chan, I could never hate you! It wasn't your fault!" exclaimed Sesshoumaru, wrapping his arms around her shoulders and pulling her closer to him. "Don't beat yourself up over it!"
She looked up at him once again, her eyes full of hope, "Really?" He nodded. "Thank you, Sesshou-kun!" She happily snuggled into his chest, grinning slightly to herself. Wrapped around her finger, that he was. Guys are SO easy to manipulate.....
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Okay! That's the next chapter! Yes, it's short, but I'll post another chap tomorrow, so this is like one chap split into two, okay? I promise that tomorrow's chap will be even longer than this one, but this one can't be longer 'cause it's 1:14 in the morning and I am dead tired!! I just wanted to get something out tonight! Hope you all liked it! It was more of a filler, though. Anyway, read and review please!