Nya! (Yes I know that means 'meow' but it seems to be my catch phrase!) For Thanksgiving I'm going to attempt to post 5 chapters! My gift to you guys! Happy Thanksgiving!

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Chapter 14             

'They're so tense! I wish they'd ease up!'

Vash and Kurama had been ignoring each other for the last hour and it was beginning to drive Kat nuts. Kurama stiffened and Kat took notice, "Something wrong?"

"Something….Something very powerful is heading directly for us," he replied.

Vash turned to his 'scanning mode' and searched the crowd for anything suspicious.

A bark came from Kat's right and it made her jump, "Oh, Saku it's just you! You had us worried there for a moment!"

Kurama spotted the wolf-in-disguise and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end. 'This is the wolf spirit she's been talking about? Such power.... and it's only a mere cub.' The wolf barked again and grabbed onto Kat's sleeve. Saku began to pull Kat towards a booth with fish painted on the sides. Kurama and Vash followed having nothing else to do.

Kat smiled to her wolf, "A goldfish stand! How did you know I liked them so much?"

The wolf smiled its doggy grin. Kat began to look through the different bowls and tanks picking out the most colorful and healthy fish. She was about to pay for her purchase when Vash offered to do it for her. Kat smiled sheepishly, "I'm flattered you offered to pay but….um…well you don't have any of this time's money."

Vash laughed and blushed slightly. Kurama then offered to pay for the purchase. The sales person thanked them for their purchase and the group continued on to the next stands.

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As the night wore on it became darker and darker. Some stands began to hand out paper lanterns. Kat was handed a blue lantern and she was surprised to see it was filled with fireflies, "I wonder if all the lanterns are filled with them."

Soon it seemed as if everyone was carrying the lanterns. It made Kat wonder what the town looked like from above. Kurama and Vash were still unusually quiet and it was still bugging Kat. No one in the group had seen Inuyasha or Tanya yet. They had gone back to Misao and Aoshi's stand as promised but they hadn't seen the pair either. Kat was beginning to become tired and the bag of fish she was holding was becoming heavy.

Kurama sensed that Kat was tired, "Feel like going home yet?"

Kat nodded and yawned, "As soon as we find Inuyasha and Tanya, I say we go home."

Vash took the bag of fish from Kat to carry. He didn't say anything even when Kat smiled to him to say thanks. The group wandered around a while longer as Saku followed an invisible scent trail. They ended up back at the entrance to the village.

"Maybe they went home?" Kat asked.

Kurama nodded, "They'll be able to find their way back if they haven't left already."

Kat, Kurama and Saku began to head down the stairs when Vash handed the bag of fish to Kurama, "Hold this." He reached into his pocket and took an object, "I've always wanted to do this!" He knelt down and placed the object on the top stair. It moved in an arch to the next step then the next until it appeared to be walking on its own.

"That's not what I think it is, is it?" Kat asked.

"I love slinkies!" Vash exclaimed.

Kat slapped her forehead, "This'll take hours!"

Vash laughed triumphantly, "Look at it go!"

Saku nipped at the slinkie as it dropped from step to step.

"Kat groaned, "I'm surrounded by freakin idiots!"

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*three hours later*

CLINCK!

"Oh man! It stopped!" Vash said as the slinkie refused to move another inch. It had reached the second to last step. "It stopped! That's not fair! There's got to be some kind of curse on it. Can we do it again?!"

"NO!"

(A/N: Going to post the next 4 chapters! PLEASE REVIEW!!!)