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The Missing Yasha Part Two: Squirrels Are the Ultimate Evil

Inuyasha opened his eyes slowly.  He remembered being hit in the head by something very big and seeing a tap-dancing squirrel.  Suddenly his eyes snapped open.  There was the squirrel just a few feet away!  He leapt forward, but hit a glass pane.  After a few moments of disorientation, he looked around him.  He was in a white box with one glass wall.  Along the top of the glass pane was a row of miniscule air holes.  Beyond the pane was a white hallway, and right beneath the window of his chamber was a lot of complicated machinery.  And walking along the hallway and dressed in white lab coats were…squirrels!?!  Inuyasha rubbed his eyes, but they were still just as squirrelly as before.  He sat down and clutched his head.  It is a very good thing that Sesshomaru isn't here to see me imprisoned by squirrels.  Blasted rodents, they shall pay!

            "Ahem," Inuyasha looked down to see a gray squirrel, larger than the rest, looking up at him and speaking through a microphone, "#789327, you are expected not to attack our scientists."

            "My name is Inuyasha!  Where am I?"

            "You are at the U.P.L.S.W.D., the Underground Plotting Laboratory for Squirrel World Domination.  You are now part of our Master Plan, to take over the world using an army of demons!"

            "Feh, you can't control me.  I'm not fighting for a bunch of squirrels with big ideas."

            "We can when we put this on you!" the squirrel held up a black collar, "With this on, you shall be under our complete and total control!  Muahahaha!"  Inuyasha groaned; this was just perfect.

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            I wasn't pleased.  Having two guys armed with pointy objects land on top of you generally makes one the exact opposite of pleased.  At the moment I was berating them furiously.

            "And then you bloody well go and land on me!"

            "Well he pushed…"

            "SILENCE!  Do NOT interrupt me when I'm ranting!" I glowered at Cloud for a second, and then the lights went out.  I jumped, my evil phobia starting to creep up on me, but then remembered about Cloud and Jack being right there.  So I put my hand behind my head in a very anime-ish style and said, "Ehe, shall we go and look around?"  

            "Of course we should, that is, if you're not too afraid of the dark…"

            "Shut up, Jack.  Let's go and try to find Inuyasha down here, he's obviously not anywhere in the forest." 

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            Inuyasha was, in fact, sulking in his cell, pondering all the different ways of cooking squirrels.  The impudent little creatures were actually taking notes on clipboards while staring at him and muttering under their breaths.  That's when the lights went out.  Inuyasha couldn't care less, but the squirrels started running about in circles and yelling about a security breach.

            "Someone's found the Secret Entrance!  Initiate the security traps!"

            Hey, maybe I'm being rescued from these furry rats!  Smart furry rats, I must admit.  A soundless alarm system that seems like just a regular blackout and…oh shoot, they mentioned security traps, didn't they.  Not good, especially if it's Ieva.  She'll walk right into them, dammit.

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            Unfortunately for me, Inuyasha was right.  I had been leading the way, and clueless me walked past an infrared beam without noticing.  Next second, I'm suspended about eight feet up in the air in a plastic net.

            "CLOUD!  GET ME DOWN!"

            "Why me?"

            "BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE WITH THE BLOODY 10 FOOT SWORD!"

            "Oh, right.  I forgot about that."

            It was but the work of a moment for Cloud to slice the net open, but I fell eight feet before colliding with the floor.  Needless to say, this hurt, but I didn't get to rant because there were footsteps coming down the hall in our direction.  The three of us just looked at each other and said "Run!"

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            Inuyasha peered out the glass at the Head Squirrel, who was conversing with another scientist.  His ears twitched as he attempted to hear what they were saying.

            "We failed to trap the intruders, sir."

            "Drat, we'll have to begin the operation.  We have enough demons.  Not as many as I would have hoped, but we do have enough.  Start putting the collars on them."

            "Right away, sir."

            After a few minutes, a tiny door at the back of Inuyasha's cell opened and several squirrels marched in. He instantly attacked them, kicking them around the cell.  But two more entered, carrying metal sticks, and these only had to brush against him before he fell to the ground, paralyzed by the electricity.  He could only watch as one squirrel fixed a black collar around his neck.  As soon as the lock clicked, his mind was no longer his own.  A persuasive voice began speaking in his head.  Find the intruders and bring them back here.  Go now, and search them out.  Like a robot Inuyasha stood up, and then walked quickly through the door.  He walked through the mazelike corridors with ease, the voice in his head telling him where to go.  When he reached the sliced net, he caught the scent of humans, and triumphantly took off at a run, following the obvious trail.