"Well, It doesn't matter where they are. We're here and that's all that counts." Holi crossed
her arms
and stuck her nose in the air.
"Well we need Kagomie to see the jewel shards. With out her our mission is near impossible."
Miroku said absently.
"Hey, don't go telling' everyone and their cousins what we're looking for!" Inu Yasha yelled and
shook his fist at Miroku, in a threatening manner.
"Oh, don't worry Sweetie! I know all about the jewel shards." Holi looked to Inu Yasha and waved a
hand in a dismissive fashion.
"You do?"Miroku and Inu Yasha said together.
"And we know why you want it so bad." Sasha put her hands on her hips.
"You do?" They said together again and looked to Sasha.
"You want it because you want to become a full blood demon." Sasha pointed to Inu Yasha then
turned to Miroku.
"And you want..." she thought for a long moment, then continued. "women, you want women."
Sasha said bluntly.
Inu Yasha burst into laughter slapping his knee. "ITS TRUE!! ITS SO TRUE!!" he said in between
fit so laughter.
Miroku closed his eyes, ignoring the laughter.
Sasha wondered over to Miroku and patted him on the back. "Oh don't get to mad. You know I all
ways say 'Don't get mad, get even.'"
"Even?" Miroku raised an eyebrow.
Sasha and Miroku continued to discuses 'getting even'. While Inu Yasha finally stopped
laughing and tried unsuccessfully to get in on Sasha and Miroku's conversation. Mean while Holi
searched through the tall grass for her trusty toaster.
"Ahha!" she said triumphantly as she picked up the silver box.
"Just what I need. Now I can make it so I can help my Inu Yasha-sweetie to find the jewel shards."
Holi said to herself as she held the toaster to her chest.
"What are you doing?" Shippo popped up, peeking over Holi's shoulder.
Holi's eyes narrowed, "Plotting my world domination. Now what do you want kid?"
"World domination?" Shippo squeaked and jumped back.
"I was kidding." Holi said flatly.
"Oh." Shippo laughed nervously. "So What are you really doing?"
"You'll just have to watch and find out." Holi smiled slyly and set the toaster on the grass.
"Now... How do I get this thing to work? I know this thing brought us here." Holi rubbed her chin as
she thought.
"What is it?" Shippo stared at his distorted reflextion in the toaster.
"A toaster." Holi grunted.
"What that?"
"A weapon of mass destruction."
"Deep..." Shippo jumped again.
"That was another joke, kid." Holi rolled her eyes.
Holi rubbed her chin still thinking.
'I think I need to put something in it like an offering or something...." Holi said then began
searching her pockets.
She found nothing.
Her eyes narrowed.
"Hey Shippo." She looked to him."Hand something over." Holi demanded flatly.
Shippo handed Holi a small green and red toy top.
Holi looked at it then to the smiling Shippo.
"Is this all you have?" Holi asked seeming a bit disappointed.
Shippo nodded yes and smiled happily.
"I guess this will have to work." She shrugged.
Holi jammed the top into the toaster and pressed the leaver down. "I want me and Sasha to
have the power to see and seance the jewel shards." Holi whispered with her eyes closed tight. She
picked up the toaster. With a loud explosion of smoke, Holi went flying across the field into a tree.
Her limp body slid to the ground. Her hair frizzed out and her tongue hanging out of her mouth.
Sasha and Shippo were the first to her, fallowed by Miroku and Inu Yasha.
"What happened?" Sasha turned to Shippo frantically.
"She put one of my toys into that silver box and it blew up." Shippo explained.
"Silver box? The toaster! So that's what brought us here." Sasha though aloud as she tried to
attended to her friend.
Holi flopped over on her side.
"OH MY GOD!" Sasha yelled waving her arms frantically.
"I don't know what to do?!" she yelled and looked around desperately.
"Move, please, I'll help her." Miroku said as he gently pushed Sasha aside.
"Good! I gotta go look for that Toaster!" Sasha turned to run back to the field, when she stopped
suddenly.
"Hey, wait a minute. How do I know I can trust you!?" Sasha glared at Miroku.
"You don't have to worry I wont hurt your friends, you have my word as a monk." Miroku held up
a hand and swore.
"No, not like that! I mean you might try and get "friendly" whit her while I'm out running
around!!" Sasha glared and shook a finger at him.
"Excuse me." Miroku said a bit shocked.
"Don't play stupid. You know what she means!" Inu Yasha joined Sasha. "You know, cop a feel!
You damn pervert!!!" Inu Yasha balled a fist and shock it at Miroku.
"Are you implying that I might try something sneaky while she's unconscious?" Miroku asked.
"YES!" Sasha and Inu Yasha both exclaimed.
"Don't worry guys I'll watch him. You two go look for the silver box." Shippo hopped up and
down.
"O.K. you do that Shippo." Sasha said still glaring at Miroku.
"But if you even lay one hand on her in some sick perverted way, I'm gonna kick your ass!" Sasha
shock a fist at Miroku and yelled.
"I will too, any excuse to kick your ass!" Inu Yasha did the same.
"I wont, I promise." Miroku sighed
Sasha and Inu Yasha glared at him for a few more moments before turning in search of the
toaster. They wandered through the field, looking for what Shippo said was a silver box. They made
their way to were Holi had been when to toaster exploded and all they found was a square burn
mark scorched in to the earth.
"Crap I don't think it's here." Sasha thought aloud.
"What was this toaster thing anyways?" Inu Yasha poked at the burnt earth.
"I'm pretty sure it what brought us to this place, and I think we need it to get back, but its gone.
Crap!" She kicked up some grass.
"Stupid toaster I bet its going to be like those damn jewel shards. We have to go look for it." Sasha
threw herself to the ground and put.
Inu Yasha looked at the red haired girl on the ground in confusion.
"Why is this toaster thing so important?" he asked putting his hands on his hips.
Sasha lifted herself from the ground with her elbows, she looked over her shoulder at Inu Yasha.
"Well apparently it's magic or something, most likely going to be our only way home." Sasha
explained as she got to her feet dusting herself off.
"If you guys go home dose that mean Kagomie and Sango come back?" Inu Yasha asked.
"Well I should think so." Sasha said thoughtfully. "I mean if we're here and their there, if we go
back there is a good chance they will come back here. It just makes seance."
Inu Yasha thought for a long moment. It did make seance in some way, but up until
Kagomie returned he was at a dead end in his search for the jewel shards. Suddenly they heard
Shippo call them, from the tree where Holi lay unconscious. "Hey guys get over here!" the little boy
cried.
Sasha and Inu Yasha exchanged quick glances then took off toward the tree. Their minds
had jump to the conclusion that Shippo had caught Miroku making a move on Holi. They ran
through the grass. Sasha falling behind as she grew a bit tired. She pushed herself harder as she
watched Inu Yasha pull ahead.
"O.K. we caught you, you dirty bast... ard." Inu Yasha slide to a stop yelling, but was cut short
when he saw Miroku was not being inappropriate in anyways and that Holi was sitting up awake.
Sasha jogged up beside Inu Yasha. Instantly apon stopping she doubled over, breathing heavely,
trying to regain her breath. She looked up at Holi.
"Hey there muffin." Holi smiled and waved gleefully.
"Don't you 'Hey there muffin' me." Sasha panted and scowled at Holi.
"Where is it?" Inu Yasha barked his voice taking a threatening tone.
"Where's what?" Holi turned her attention to Inu Yasha. Holi's eyes were wide with child like
innocents.
"That toaster thing." Inu Yasha raised his voice growling a bit frustrated.
"I don't know." Holi said sweetly, her eyes still large.
Inu Yasha clenched his fist, trying to hold back his anger. The cute act was begin to get to
him but not in the way Holi had intended."WHERE IS IT?!?! YOU HAD IT LAST AND YOU
KNOW AS LONG AS KAGOMIE IS NOT HERE WE CANT FIND THE JEWEL SHARDS!!!"
Inu Yasha yelled, nearly as loud as he could. His voice echoed through the forest, scaring birds from
trees and small animals into hiding places. Yet Hoi sat there unfazed, her expression the same of
pure innocents.
"Inu Yasha there is no need to yell." Miroku got to his feet then continued. "It seems as
though we are not as hopeless as we originally thought. It appearse that Holi here can see and seance
the jewel shards aswell."
Sasha's head shot up. "What did you just say?"
"I can see the jewel shards and so can you." Holi said brightly.
"I can?" Sasha asked, a bit confused. She glanced to Miroku and saw a jewel shard shining from a
pocket in his clothing over his chest.
" I CAN!" She annoced proudly.
"Well, it seems we have both of them to help us." Miroku said happily.
Shippo bounced up and down "We've already decied, and we figure as wer're looking for the jewel
shards we're bond to find the toaster." Shippo bounced merryily.
"I don't know." Sasha rubbed her chin thoughtfully, then continued " The toaster could still be
around here.
"Sasha you don't seriously believe that. You know as well as I do that, that thing isn't here." Holi
jumped up and stomped her foot.
"Hey no one is going to join us with out MY say so!" Inu Yasha interupted the two girls arguing.
Shippo and Miroku glared at Inu Yasha. "Who died and made you boss?" they barked in unison.
Inu Yasha shot a quick glare back at the two.
"I know lets settles think like adults." Miroku stood solemly.
"We put it to a vote. Everyone who wants Sasha and Holi to travel with us raise their
hands." Miroku, Shippo, and Holi all raised their hands, and after a breif moment of hesitation
Sasha reluctently raised her hand.
"...all apposed raise your hand now."
Inu Yasha's hand soot into the air.
"Welll I guess its decided they are coming." Miroku smiled sweetly to the two girls.
Holi and Sasha yelped loudly un triumph and jumped up and down in joy.
Inu Yasha released a sharp sigh. "Well, if their going to come with us they better get moing we're
leaving now." Inu Yasha turned and began to stomp off down the path way that cut through the
woods.
"Dose he always act like this?" Sasha nudged Miroku ans nodded toward Inu Yasha.
They watched as Inu Yasha stomped solemnly down the forest path, his nose shoved high in
the air. His eyes were closed as he walked, and in turn he did not see the large tree root that stuck up
in the middle of the path. He stumbled over the root and nearly fell but cough himself at the last
moment. Inu Yasha flipped about snarling and growling at the root, he began stomping on the root
and cursing wildly.
Miroku Studied Inu Yasha for another long moment then turned to Sasha.
"Yes, he most always acts like this." he said bluntly.
"Hey! You guys better hurry up! I'm not going to stand around all day waiting for your lazy ass's!
Inu Yasha yelled back at him. After yelling he trailed off into obscenities, losing everyone's
attention.
Miroku and Sasha turned their backs to the yelling Inu Yasha and released a heavy sigh
together.
"HEY, look what I found!" Holi walked up to Sasha and Miroku pushing a pink bike with a basket
on the handle bars. Shippo was sitting on the handle bars, a large wide smile on his face.
"We found Kagomie's bike." he squeaked.
"C'mon Sasha hop on!" Holi patted the handle bars and basket. "You sit I'll drive."Holi smiled
Sasha snatched the bike from Holi. "No. I'll drive."
Miroku sighed and rolled his eyes. Then turned to make his way down the path toward Inu Yasha.
Knowing Sasha and Holi would soon caught up.
Sasha climbed on the bike, and waited for Holi. Holi scooped Shippo into her arms and
jumped up onto the basket then scouted herself up onto the handle bars. Then they were off, taking
off down the path with great speed. Thy caught up with Inu Yasha and Miroku quickly. Then they
slowed to a leisurely speed.
They conintued on, for the most part in silence. Inu Yasha was busy thinking and sniffing
the air for any hind of demon ahead. Miroku kept to himself, most likely thinking something dirty.
And the two girls admired the beautiful forest. While Shippo kept quite sitting in Holi's lap.
After awhile Holi began to hum. Then Sasha joined, soon the two girls were singing songs at
the top of their lungs. Inu Yasha shoot a qucik glare a the two and they quieted down, not
compleatly stopping but not being as loud as before. So they girls continued to sing but after awhile
they ran out of songs.
"So now what do we sing?" Holi rubbed her chin, looking down at Shippo.
"I don't know what about 'in the end' by Linkin Park?" Sasha suggested.
"No." Holi shock her head. "Its hard to sing while on a bike, plus we sang it about and hour ago."
The forest fell away as they entered a wide meadow.
"Maybe we should just stop." Sasha sighed.
"No don't stop!" Shippo pleaded. "Its way better then listening to these two not making a sound."
Inu Yasha whipped around quickly, "That's cuz you make enough noise for all of us you little
runt." Then before Shippo could respond, Inu Yasha whipped back around to continue walking.
Shippo pouted.
Miroku fell back slightly to walk along side the bike. "Please continue, It was rather enjoyable."
"Well, O.K." Holi shrugged.
A sly grin quicly came to Holi's face. She took at deep breath to begin to sing.
"Its gettin' hot in here....So take off al your clothes... I am..."
Before Holi could finish her little song Sasha smacked the back of her head.
"Hell no! You know I hate that song!" Sasha barked in Holi's ear.
A faint grin came to Miroku's lips. He didn't mind the song, and very much wanted Holi to continue
it. Anything that had to do with women stripping down naked was alright by him.
"I know, I know." Holi was busting with excitement. She cleared throat. Then bgean with the
melody from 'In The Rain' By Yoko Kanno. But the words were ever so slightly changed.
"I'm sitting on this bench.
My nose just start to itch.
I wish it'd come
I doubt its coming soon.
Its raining on my head
I want to be one in bed
but nope I'm not, I'm stuck here sitting....
Waiting for the bus...
....for the bus
...for the bus
I wait for the bus!
...for the bus.
That stupid thing, it better come
if it doesn't I'll be really mad
My butt it all wet
My feet are wet too
The rain is coming down even harder
The people in their cars
Their staring at me now
Singing about a bus is kinda crazy
I wait for the bus
...for the bus
....for the bus
That stupid thing, it better come
I'm buying a car!"
Holi finished her song.
Shippo clapped and Sasha laughed.
Sasha wasn't just laughing, she was in a fit of hysterical laughter.
"I remember that." she panted wiping the tears from her eyes. "The movie theater, and that stupid
late bus."
"Don't forget the potato rock." Holi pointed out.
Shippo chuckled and listed to the girls conversation.
"That stupid rock that looked like a potato." Sasha groand.
"No! It was a potato that looked like a rock. When I stepped on it thinking it was a rock it turned
out o be a potato." Holi said smugly.
"What?!?!" Shippo look up a Holi confused.
"Don't ask." Sasha sighed. "What was a potato doing on the side of the road anyways?"
"I don't know." Holi rolled her eyes.
"So now what?" Shippo squeaked.
"I know!" the two girls shouted together.
They began to sing to the tune of 'I want candy.'
(( Author Note: You gotta sing the song in your head as you read this to actually get it.))
"I love Shippo.....
I love Shippo....
I love Shippo..."
The meadow had long since faded away and now the party was traveling on a path up a deep
ravine. The path was wide, but still the edge of the path cut off and fell into a steep hill. Then after
couple hundred yards or so it cut off again in to a cliff and then into a shallow stream.
"I love Shippo,
I love Shippo!"
The bike began to speed up. They past Miroku then Inu Yasha, still singing. Finally they
laughed gleefully and finished their song.
"That was a great song!" Shippo laughed.
Holi smiled down at Shippo, then looked about to survey their surroundings. Holis eye's
suddenly grew large with terror. They were quickly approaching a place in the trail were it narrowed
and they were to close to the edge.
"Uh....Sa...Sa....Ssassh...sashsash..." Holi pointed franticly at the edge of the path, and the steep hill
they were about to go careening down.
"What?" Sasha watched her friend wondering about her odd actions.
"SASHA! CLIFF!" Holi wailed as the bike and the three riders dropped out of sight of Miroku and
Inu Yasha.
The bike began to pick up speed as was soon out of Sasha's control. The bike speed down
the rocky terrain toward the cliff and shallow creek. Sasha, Holi, Shippo all began to scream wildly,
there voices rattling from the vibration of the bike careening down the hill.
"Oooooohhhhh Heeeeeelllll!!!!" Holi screamed.
Inu Yasha and Miroku exchanged a quick annoyed glance then jumped into action on a
rescuer of the girls.
"Sasha!" Holi voice rattled.
"What?" Sasha was the same.
"Stop this thing!!!!" Holi cried.
Both of Sasha's hands clamped shut over the bike brakes. The brakes made a loud
screetching sound before there was a loud 'CLANCK' sound. The back brake was ripped off and the
front brake became disconnected to the brake line. Sasha stuck out her feet in an attempt to use her
shoes to slow them to a stop before they went off the cliff. As soon as Sasha's feet touched the
ground, her shoes were ripped form her feet.
Holi and Sasha exchanged a terrified look and they both began to scream. The cliff was
growing closer. Shippo clung desperately to Holi's shirt. They all clenched their eyes shut, as they
came to the cliff. They were suddenly air borne. A long moment paste and nothing happened, all of
their eyes were clenched tightly. All of them waiting for their impending doom.
Holi opened an eyes a crack, and saw that Inu Yasha was carrying the bike.. Holi's eyes
opened with a gasp. She knew Inu Yasha was strong. But strong enough to carry two teenage girls,
Shippo and a bike? He carry Kagomie around, in the T.V. show. 'And he has to be strong to carry
Kagomie and her stupid giant backpack around.' Holi thought to herself. Inu Yasha reached the
path and set the bike down. The girls tumbled off the bike on to the ground, the bike falling on them
when they hit the ground.
"Huh? What?" Sasha's eyes opened frantically. "We're not dead?"
"Nope Inu Yasha saved us." Holi threw the bike off herself and handed Shippo to Sasha.
Holi jumped to her fee.
"Next time you guys should watch were ya going." Inu Yasha said bitterly.
Before Inu Yasha had even finished his sentence Holi already had her arms fastened tightly
around Inu Yasha's mid-section. She hugged his tightly. The others ignored Holi's bust of affection.
"You guys really should be careful. Me and Inu Yasha may not be here next time to save you."
Miroku helped Sasha to her feet.
"Hey ass monkey! I'm the one that saved them. You did nothing!" Inu Yasha stomped his foot and
yelled.
Miroku ignored him.
"Are you all right." Miroku asked Sasha and Shippo.
"Yeah, I just lost my shoes." Sasha said looking down at her bear feet. She wiggled her toes.
"Shippo?"
"I'm fine."
"Good."
Sasha put down Shippo and picked up the bike and examined the damages. Mean while Inu
Yasha was struggling to pry Holi. Hey tried pulling her off of him, it didn't work. He tried pushing
her off, that shill didn't work.
"Let go of me!" he tried unlocking her hands from around him.
"Say the magic word." Holi said and stared up at him, her eyes nearly the size of dinner plates.
"No!" he struggled.
"Say it!"
"No!"
"Saaaaay it!"
"NOOOOO!"
Inu Yasha struggled more, but still couldn't brake free from Holi's love grip. Inu Yasha even
tried bopping her on the head a few times. But it didn't work.
"FINE!" Inu Yasha yelled giving up. "Please..." he grummbled barly loud enough for Holi to hear.
Holi released him. "There that wasn't so bad."
Inu Yasha crossed his arms and grumbled something under his breath, avoiding eye contact
with Holi. Holi stood onher tip toes and kissed Inu Yasha on the check. Inu Yasha's head snapped in
to look at Holi, his checks flush with redness. He looked at her as if she was crazy for a long moment.
She kissed him, she hadn't even known her for a full day and she kissed him what was her problem?
Of on seconed thought what the hell was his problem? He was blushing. Inu Yasha shock his head
violently and crossed his arms, a sour expression coming to his face. He turned and began to walk
down the path.
Holi laughed whole heartedly. 'He blushed he really blushed.' She laughed to herself.
Shippo pulled on Holi's pant leg.
She looked down still smiling.
"Whats so funny?" Shippo asked.
"Nothing! Except my plan is working." Holi scooped Shippo up and spun around.
"What plan?" he laughed.
"My plan to win Inu Yasha's heart!" Holi whipped arond just intime to see Inu Yasha's stummble as
he walked and his dog ears wiggle.
Holi laughed more.
Inu Yasha whipped around and shoot a death glare at Holi then continued walking.
Sasha walked to Holi pushing the bike.
"Well the brakes are busted but that's O.K. We can live with out them." Sasha explained, "get on I'll
drive."
"No you don't have any shoes.!" Holi objected.
"Well you can't double ride!" You've never been able to." Sasha pointed out.
"Yeah so!"
"Get on the bike Holi!"
"No."
"Get on!"
"No!"
"SIT!" Sasha yelled.
There was a far away thunk sound that no one really payed any attention to.
"I wont let you peddle while you have no shoe's on." Holi stomped her feet angrily.
"Then who's gonna peddle?" Sasha growled.
The two girls stared at each other for a long moment before wide grins spread across their
lips. They both turned to Miroku.
Soon after, Sasha, Holi, Shipo, and Miroku all went riding by a deep imprint of Inu Yasha in
the ground and Inu Yasha himself slightly dazed. Inu Yasha glared at them as they peddled by.
Miroku was sitting on the seat peddling. Holi and Shippo where on the handle parsm and Sasha was
sitting on the back on the box carrier behind the seat.
"Hey Sasha." Holi said over her shoulder.
"What?" Sasha called back.
"I wonder what Sango and Kagomie are doing back at my house?"
* * *
The day had gone by rather slow for Kagomie and Sango. After explaining who they were to
Mrs. Hollingsworth, Holi's mother. Mrs. Hollingsworth told them about her daughter Holi and her
daughters friend Sasha. Then after exchanging stories Mrs. Hollingsworth came up with the theory
that Sasha and Holi must have switched placed with Sango and Kagomie. The women then blamed
everything on a toaster or possibly Holi's cat Louise, then shuffled off to her room to get dressed for
work.
After that Kagokie and Sango straightened themselves out (combing out their frizzy
electrified hair.) At that moment Kagomie realized it. There was a shower in this place. Kagomie was
over joyed and emediatly ran to Mrs. Hollingsworth's room to ask if she may us it. Kagomie noticed
the way Mrs. Hollingsworth regared her with extreme indifference, then said 'Sure, knock yourself
out.' And Kagomie did, take a bath, not knock herself out.
After Kagomie was out of the shower and dressed, she found that the house was empty except
for Sango. Mrs. Hollingsworth had left for work. Leaving rules of the house and a list of chores for
the two girls. Kagomie was suddenly overjoyed to be in modern tine and have chores.
Kagomie then had to show everything to Sango, she showed her how the shower wand toilet
worked, how the T.V. and radio worked and even how the dish washer worked. (Kagomie personally
thanked God for the dish washer, she hated washing dishes.) After that the two girls did their given
chores and decided to look around the house. They found Kylala in Mrs. Hollingsworth's room
cuddled on the large king sized bed with two other cats. After that they had seen most of the house
but they still hadn't seen one room.
The room that belonged to Holi. Kagomie turned the door nob and pushed the door. But it
didn't budge. Sango and Kagomie exchanged a brief glance. It took both girls three times of throwing
themselves against the door before it flew open. The two tumbled into the room. Sango falling to the
floor and Kagomie falling face first on to a couch by the door. Kagomie lifted her head from the
couch and found a scared looking fluffy grey cat staring at her. It mewed and scampered away and
out the door.
The tow girls go to their feet. Sango flipped on the light, but nothing happened. Kagomie
stumbled through the room, grouping form a light. She found a florescent lamp, and turned the light
on. The light flickered on making a loud humming sound. hey looked around the room there was a
large Queen sized bed in the corner, and next to that was a couch. The couch stretched the length of
the back wall then going perpendicular to the couch was a love seat (the one Kagomie had fallen on).
There was a T.V. in the corner and a stereo system on a dresser. There were shelves filled with books
and the walls were filled it pictures and anime posters. Most of the pictures had been drawn, by
young artist friends of Holi's. The girls looked at the arrangement of stuffed animals on the bed, then
to the couches.
"So, where do you wanna sleep?" Kagomie turned to Sango.
* * *
her arms
and stuck her nose in the air.
"Well we need Kagomie to see the jewel shards. With out her our mission is near impossible."
Miroku said absently.
"Hey, don't go telling' everyone and their cousins what we're looking for!" Inu Yasha yelled and
shook his fist at Miroku, in a threatening manner.
"Oh, don't worry Sweetie! I know all about the jewel shards." Holi looked to Inu Yasha and waved a
hand in a dismissive fashion.
"You do?"Miroku and Inu Yasha said together.
"And we know why you want it so bad." Sasha put her hands on her hips.
"You do?" They said together again and looked to Sasha.
"You want it because you want to become a full blood demon." Sasha pointed to Inu Yasha then
turned to Miroku.
"And you want..." she thought for a long moment, then continued. "women, you want women."
Sasha said bluntly.
Inu Yasha burst into laughter slapping his knee. "ITS TRUE!! ITS SO TRUE!!" he said in between
fit so laughter.
Miroku closed his eyes, ignoring the laughter.
Sasha wondered over to Miroku and patted him on the back. "Oh don't get to mad. You know I all
ways say 'Don't get mad, get even.'"
"Even?" Miroku raised an eyebrow.
Sasha and Miroku continued to discuses 'getting even'. While Inu Yasha finally stopped
laughing and tried unsuccessfully to get in on Sasha and Miroku's conversation. Mean while Holi
searched through the tall grass for her trusty toaster.
"Ahha!" she said triumphantly as she picked up the silver box.
"Just what I need. Now I can make it so I can help my Inu Yasha-sweetie to find the jewel shards."
Holi said to herself as she held the toaster to her chest.
"What are you doing?" Shippo popped up, peeking over Holi's shoulder.
Holi's eyes narrowed, "Plotting my world domination. Now what do you want kid?"
"World domination?" Shippo squeaked and jumped back.
"I was kidding." Holi said flatly.
"Oh." Shippo laughed nervously. "So What are you really doing?"
"You'll just have to watch and find out." Holi smiled slyly and set the toaster on the grass.
"Now... How do I get this thing to work? I know this thing brought us here." Holi rubbed her chin as
she thought.
"What is it?" Shippo stared at his distorted reflextion in the toaster.
"A toaster." Holi grunted.
"What that?"
"A weapon of mass destruction."
"Deep..." Shippo jumped again.
"That was another joke, kid." Holi rolled her eyes.
Holi rubbed her chin still thinking.
'I think I need to put something in it like an offering or something...." Holi said then began
searching her pockets.
She found nothing.
Her eyes narrowed.
"Hey Shippo." She looked to him."Hand something over." Holi demanded flatly.
Shippo handed Holi a small green and red toy top.
Holi looked at it then to the smiling Shippo.
"Is this all you have?" Holi asked seeming a bit disappointed.
Shippo nodded yes and smiled happily.
"I guess this will have to work." She shrugged.
Holi jammed the top into the toaster and pressed the leaver down. "I want me and Sasha to
have the power to see and seance the jewel shards." Holi whispered with her eyes closed tight. She
picked up the toaster. With a loud explosion of smoke, Holi went flying across the field into a tree.
Her limp body slid to the ground. Her hair frizzed out and her tongue hanging out of her mouth.
Sasha and Shippo were the first to her, fallowed by Miroku and Inu Yasha.
"What happened?" Sasha turned to Shippo frantically.
"She put one of my toys into that silver box and it blew up." Shippo explained.
"Silver box? The toaster! So that's what brought us here." Sasha though aloud as she tried to
attended to her friend.
Holi flopped over on her side.
"OH MY GOD!" Sasha yelled waving her arms frantically.
"I don't know what to do?!" she yelled and looked around desperately.
"Move, please, I'll help her." Miroku said as he gently pushed Sasha aside.
"Good! I gotta go look for that Toaster!" Sasha turned to run back to the field, when she stopped
suddenly.
"Hey, wait a minute. How do I know I can trust you!?" Sasha glared at Miroku.
"You don't have to worry I wont hurt your friends, you have my word as a monk." Miroku held up
a hand and swore.
"No, not like that! I mean you might try and get "friendly" whit her while I'm out running
around!!" Sasha glared and shook a finger at him.
"Excuse me." Miroku said a bit shocked.
"Don't play stupid. You know what she means!" Inu Yasha joined Sasha. "You know, cop a feel!
You damn pervert!!!" Inu Yasha balled a fist and shock it at Miroku.
"Are you implying that I might try something sneaky while she's unconscious?" Miroku asked.
"YES!" Sasha and Inu Yasha both exclaimed.
"Don't worry guys I'll watch him. You two go look for the silver box." Shippo hopped up and
down.
"O.K. you do that Shippo." Sasha said still glaring at Miroku.
"But if you even lay one hand on her in some sick perverted way, I'm gonna kick your ass!" Sasha
shock a fist at Miroku and yelled.
"I will too, any excuse to kick your ass!" Inu Yasha did the same.
"I wont, I promise." Miroku sighed
Sasha and Inu Yasha glared at him for a few more moments before turning in search of the
toaster. They wandered through the field, looking for what Shippo said was a silver box. They made
their way to were Holi had been when to toaster exploded and all they found was a square burn
mark scorched in to the earth.
"Crap I don't think it's here." Sasha thought aloud.
"What was this toaster thing anyways?" Inu Yasha poked at the burnt earth.
"I'm pretty sure it what brought us to this place, and I think we need it to get back, but its gone.
Crap!" She kicked up some grass.
"Stupid toaster I bet its going to be like those damn jewel shards. We have to go look for it." Sasha
threw herself to the ground and put.
Inu Yasha looked at the red haired girl on the ground in confusion.
"Why is this toaster thing so important?" he asked putting his hands on his hips.
Sasha lifted herself from the ground with her elbows, she looked over her shoulder at Inu Yasha.
"Well apparently it's magic or something, most likely going to be our only way home." Sasha
explained as she got to her feet dusting herself off.
"If you guys go home dose that mean Kagomie and Sango come back?" Inu Yasha asked.
"Well I should think so." Sasha said thoughtfully. "I mean if we're here and their there, if we go
back there is a good chance they will come back here. It just makes seance."
Inu Yasha thought for a long moment. It did make seance in some way, but up until
Kagomie returned he was at a dead end in his search for the jewel shards. Suddenly they heard
Shippo call them, from the tree where Holi lay unconscious. "Hey guys get over here!" the little boy
cried.
Sasha and Inu Yasha exchanged quick glances then took off toward the tree. Their minds
had jump to the conclusion that Shippo had caught Miroku making a move on Holi. They ran
through the grass. Sasha falling behind as she grew a bit tired. She pushed herself harder as she
watched Inu Yasha pull ahead.
"O.K. we caught you, you dirty bast... ard." Inu Yasha slide to a stop yelling, but was cut short
when he saw Miroku was not being inappropriate in anyways and that Holi was sitting up awake.
Sasha jogged up beside Inu Yasha. Instantly apon stopping she doubled over, breathing heavely,
trying to regain her breath. She looked up at Holi.
"Hey there muffin." Holi smiled and waved gleefully.
"Don't you 'Hey there muffin' me." Sasha panted and scowled at Holi.
"Where is it?" Inu Yasha barked his voice taking a threatening tone.
"Where's what?" Holi turned her attention to Inu Yasha. Holi's eyes were wide with child like
innocents.
"That toaster thing." Inu Yasha raised his voice growling a bit frustrated.
"I don't know." Holi said sweetly, her eyes still large.
Inu Yasha clenched his fist, trying to hold back his anger. The cute act was begin to get to
him but not in the way Holi had intended."WHERE IS IT?!?! YOU HAD IT LAST AND YOU
KNOW AS LONG AS KAGOMIE IS NOT HERE WE CANT FIND THE JEWEL SHARDS!!!"
Inu Yasha yelled, nearly as loud as he could. His voice echoed through the forest, scaring birds from
trees and small animals into hiding places. Yet Hoi sat there unfazed, her expression the same of
pure innocents.
"Inu Yasha there is no need to yell." Miroku got to his feet then continued. "It seems as
though we are not as hopeless as we originally thought. It appearse that Holi here can see and seance
the jewel shards aswell."
Sasha's head shot up. "What did you just say?"
"I can see the jewel shards and so can you." Holi said brightly.
"I can?" Sasha asked, a bit confused. She glanced to Miroku and saw a jewel shard shining from a
pocket in his clothing over his chest.
" I CAN!" She annoced proudly.
"Well, it seems we have both of them to help us." Miroku said happily.
Shippo bounced up and down "We've already decied, and we figure as wer're looking for the jewel
shards we're bond to find the toaster." Shippo bounced merryily.
"I don't know." Sasha rubbed her chin thoughtfully, then continued " The toaster could still be
around here.
"Sasha you don't seriously believe that. You know as well as I do that, that thing isn't here." Holi
jumped up and stomped her foot.
"Hey no one is going to join us with out MY say so!" Inu Yasha interupted the two girls arguing.
Shippo and Miroku glared at Inu Yasha. "Who died and made you boss?" they barked in unison.
Inu Yasha shot a quick glare back at the two.
"I know lets settles think like adults." Miroku stood solemly.
"We put it to a vote. Everyone who wants Sasha and Holi to travel with us raise their
hands." Miroku, Shippo, and Holi all raised their hands, and after a breif moment of hesitation
Sasha reluctently raised her hand.
"...all apposed raise your hand now."
Inu Yasha's hand soot into the air.
"Welll I guess its decided they are coming." Miroku smiled sweetly to the two girls.
Holi and Sasha yelped loudly un triumph and jumped up and down in joy.
Inu Yasha released a sharp sigh. "Well, if their going to come with us they better get moing we're
leaving now." Inu Yasha turned and began to stomp off down the path way that cut through the
woods.
"Dose he always act like this?" Sasha nudged Miroku ans nodded toward Inu Yasha.
They watched as Inu Yasha stomped solemnly down the forest path, his nose shoved high in
the air. His eyes were closed as he walked, and in turn he did not see the large tree root that stuck up
in the middle of the path. He stumbled over the root and nearly fell but cough himself at the last
moment. Inu Yasha flipped about snarling and growling at the root, he began stomping on the root
and cursing wildly.
Miroku Studied Inu Yasha for another long moment then turned to Sasha.
"Yes, he most always acts like this." he said bluntly.
"Hey! You guys better hurry up! I'm not going to stand around all day waiting for your lazy ass's!
Inu Yasha yelled back at him. After yelling he trailed off into obscenities, losing everyone's
attention.
Miroku and Sasha turned their backs to the yelling Inu Yasha and released a heavy sigh
together.
"HEY, look what I found!" Holi walked up to Sasha and Miroku pushing a pink bike with a basket
on the handle bars. Shippo was sitting on the handle bars, a large wide smile on his face.
"We found Kagomie's bike." he squeaked.
"C'mon Sasha hop on!" Holi patted the handle bars and basket. "You sit I'll drive."Holi smiled
Sasha snatched the bike from Holi. "No. I'll drive."
Miroku sighed and rolled his eyes. Then turned to make his way down the path toward Inu Yasha.
Knowing Sasha and Holi would soon caught up.
Sasha climbed on the bike, and waited for Holi. Holi scooped Shippo into her arms and
jumped up onto the basket then scouted herself up onto the handle bars. Then they were off, taking
off down the path with great speed. Thy caught up with Inu Yasha and Miroku quickly. Then they
slowed to a leisurely speed.
They conintued on, for the most part in silence. Inu Yasha was busy thinking and sniffing
the air for any hind of demon ahead. Miroku kept to himself, most likely thinking something dirty.
And the two girls admired the beautiful forest. While Shippo kept quite sitting in Holi's lap.
After awhile Holi began to hum. Then Sasha joined, soon the two girls were singing songs at
the top of their lungs. Inu Yasha shoot a qucik glare a the two and they quieted down, not
compleatly stopping but not being as loud as before. So they girls continued to sing but after awhile
they ran out of songs.
"So now what do we sing?" Holi rubbed her chin, looking down at Shippo.
"I don't know what about 'in the end' by Linkin Park?" Sasha suggested.
"No." Holi shock her head. "Its hard to sing while on a bike, plus we sang it about and hour ago."
The forest fell away as they entered a wide meadow.
"Maybe we should just stop." Sasha sighed.
"No don't stop!" Shippo pleaded. "Its way better then listening to these two not making a sound."
Inu Yasha whipped around quickly, "That's cuz you make enough noise for all of us you little
runt." Then before Shippo could respond, Inu Yasha whipped back around to continue walking.
Shippo pouted.
Miroku fell back slightly to walk along side the bike. "Please continue, It was rather enjoyable."
"Well, O.K." Holi shrugged.
A sly grin quicly came to Holi's face. She took at deep breath to begin to sing.
"Its gettin' hot in here....So take off al your clothes... I am..."
Before Holi could finish her little song Sasha smacked the back of her head.
"Hell no! You know I hate that song!" Sasha barked in Holi's ear.
A faint grin came to Miroku's lips. He didn't mind the song, and very much wanted Holi to continue
it. Anything that had to do with women stripping down naked was alright by him.
"I know, I know." Holi was busting with excitement. She cleared throat. Then bgean with the
melody from 'In The Rain' By Yoko Kanno. But the words were ever so slightly changed.
"I'm sitting on this bench.
My nose just start to itch.
I wish it'd come
I doubt its coming soon.
Its raining on my head
I want to be one in bed
but nope I'm not, I'm stuck here sitting....
Waiting for the bus...
....for the bus
...for the bus
I wait for the bus!
...for the bus.
That stupid thing, it better come
if it doesn't I'll be really mad
My butt it all wet
My feet are wet too
The rain is coming down even harder
The people in their cars
Their staring at me now
Singing about a bus is kinda crazy
I wait for the bus
...for the bus
....for the bus
That stupid thing, it better come
I'm buying a car!"
Holi finished her song.
Shippo clapped and Sasha laughed.
Sasha wasn't just laughing, she was in a fit of hysterical laughter.
"I remember that." she panted wiping the tears from her eyes. "The movie theater, and that stupid
late bus."
"Don't forget the potato rock." Holi pointed out.
Shippo chuckled and listed to the girls conversation.
"That stupid rock that looked like a potato." Sasha groand.
"No! It was a potato that looked like a rock. When I stepped on it thinking it was a rock it turned
out o be a potato." Holi said smugly.
"What?!?!" Shippo look up a Holi confused.
"Don't ask." Sasha sighed. "What was a potato doing on the side of the road anyways?"
"I don't know." Holi rolled her eyes.
"So now what?" Shippo squeaked.
"I know!" the two girls shouted together.
They began to sing to the tune of 'I want candy.'
(( Author Note: You gotta sing the song in your head as you read this to actually get it.))
"I love Shippo.....
I love Shippo....
I love Shippo..."
The meadow had long since faded away and now the party was traveling on a path up a deep
ravine. The path was wide, but still the edge of the path cut off and fell into a steep hill. Then after
couple hundred yards or so it cut off again in to a cliff and then into a shallow stream.
"I love Shippo,
I love Shippo!"
The bike began to speed up. They past Miroku then Inu Yasha, still singing. Finally they
laughed gleefully and finished their song.
"That was a great song!" Shippo laughed.
Holi smiled down at Shippo, then looked about to survey their surroundings. Holis eye's
suddenly grew large with terror. They were quickly approaching a place in the trail were it narrowed
and they were to close to the edge.
"Uh....Sa...Sa....Ssassh...sashsash..." Holi pointed franticly at the edge of the path, and the steep hill
they were about to go careening down.
"What?" Sasha watched her friend wondering about her odd actions.
"SASHA! CLIFF!" Holi wailed as the bike and the three riders dropped out of sight of Miroku and
Inu Yasha.
The bike began to pick up speed as was soon out of Sasha's control. The bike speed down
the rocky terrain toward the cliff and shallow creek. Sasha, Holi, Shippo all began to scream wildly,
there voices rattling from the vibration of the bike careening down the hill.
"Oooooohhhhh Heeeeeelllll!!!!" Holi screamed.
Inu Yasha and Miroku exchanged a quick annoyed glance then jumped into action on a
rescuer of the girls.
"Sasha!" Holi voice rattled.
"What?" Sasha was the same.
"Stop this thing!!!!" Holi cried.
Both of Sasha's hands clamped shut over the bike brakes. The brakes made a loud
screetching sound before there was a loud 'CLANCK' sound. The back brake was ripped off and the
front brake became disconnected to the brake line. Sasha stuck out her feet in an attempt to use her
shoes to slow them to a stop before they went off the cliff. As soon as Sasha's feet touched the
ground, her shoes were ripped form her feet.
Holi and Sasha exchanged a terrified look and they both began to scream. The cliff was
growing closer. Shippo clung desperately to Holi's shirt. They all clenched their eyes shut, as they
came to the cliff. They were suddenly air borne. A long moment paste and nothing happened, all of
their eyes were clenched tightly. All of them waiting for their impending doom.
Holi opened an eyes a crack, and saw that Inu Yasha was carrying the bike.. Holi's eyes
opened with a gasp. She knew Inu Yasha was strong. But strong enough to carry two teenage girls,
Shippo and a bike? He carry Kagomie around, in the T.V. show. 'And he has to be strong to carry
Kagomie and her stupid giant backpack around.' Holi thought to herself. Inu Yasha reached the
path and set the bike down. The girls tumbled off the bike on to the ground, the bike falling on them
when they hit the ground.
"Huh? What?" Sasha's eyes opened frantically. "We're not dead?"
"Nope Inu Yasha saved us." Holi threw the bike off herself and handed Shippo to Sasha.
Holi jumped to her fee.
"Next time you guys should watch were ya going." Inu Yasha said bitterly.
Before Inu Yasha had even finished his sentence Holi already had her arms fastened tightly
around Inu Yasha's mid-section. She hugged his tightly. The others ignored Holi's bust of affection.
"You guys really should be careful. Me and Inu Yasha may not be here next time to save you."
Miroku helped Sasha to her feet.
"Hey ass monkey! I'm the one that saved them. You did nothing!" Inu Yasha stomped his foot and
yelled.
Miroku ignored him.
"Are you all right." Miroku asked Sasha and Shippo.
"Yeah, I just lost my shoes." Sasha said looking down at her bear feet. She wiggled her toes.
"Shippo?"
"I'm fine."
"Good."
Sasha put down Shippo and picked up the bike and examined the damages. Mean while Inu
Yasha was struggling to pry Holi. Hey tried pulling her off of him, it didn't work. He tried pushing
her off, that shill didn't work.
"Let go of me!" he tried unlocking her hands from around him.
"Say the magic word." Holi said and stared up at him, her eyes nearly the size of dinner plates.
"No!" he struggled.
"Say it!"
"No!"
"Saaaaay it!"
"NOOOOO!"
Inu Yasha struggled more, but still couldn't brake free from Holi's love grip. Inu Yasha even
tried bopping her on the head a few times. But it didn't work.
"FINE!" Inu Yasha yelled giving up. "Please..." he grummbled barly loud enough for Holi to hear.
Holi released him. "There that wasn't so bad."
Inu Yasha crossed his arms and grumbled something under his breath, avoiding eye contact
with Holi. Holi stood onher tip toes and kissed Inu Yasha on the check. Inu Yasha's head snapped in
to look at Holi, his checks flush with redness. He looked at her as if she was crazy for a long moment.
She kissed him, she hadn't even known her for a full day and she kissed him what was her problem?
Of on seconed thought what the hell was his problem? He was blushing. Inu Yasha shock his head
violently and crossed his arms, a sour expression coming to his face. He turned and began to walk
down the path.
Holi laughed whole heartedly. 'He blushed he really blushed.' She laughed to herself.
Shippo pulled on Holi's pant leg.
She looked down still smiling.
"Whats so funny?" Shippo asked.
"Nothing! Except my plan is working." Holi scooped Shippo up and spun around.
"What plan?" he laughed.
"My plan to win Inu Yasha's heart!" Holi whipped arond just intime to see Inu Yasha's stummble as
he walked and his dog ears wiggle.
Holi laughed more.
Inu Yasha whipped around and shoot a death glare at Holi then continued walking.
Sasha walked to Holi pushing the bike.
"Well the brakes are busted but that's O.K. We can live with out them." Sasha explained, "get on I'll
drive."
"No you don't have any shoes.!" Holi objected.
"Well you can't double ride!" You've never been able to." Sasha pointed out.
"Yeah so!"
"Get on the bike Holi!"
"No."
"Get on!"
"No!"
"SIT!" Sasha yelled.
There was a far away thunk sound that no one really payed any attention to.
"I wont let you peddle while you have no shoe's on." Holi stomped her feet angrily.
"Then who's gonna peddle?" Sasha growled.
The two girls stared at each other for a long moment before wide grins spread across their
lips. They both turned to Miroku.
Soon after, Sasha, Holi, Shipo, and Miroku all went riding by a deep imprint of Inu Yasha in
the ground and Inu Yasha himself slightly dazed. Inu Yasha glared at them as they peddled by.
Miroku was sitting on the seat peddling. Holi and Shippo where on the handle parsm and Sasha was
sitting on the back on the box carrier behind the seat.
"Hey Sasha." Holi said over her shoulder.
"What?" Sasha called back.
"I wonder what Sango and Kagomie are doing back at my house?"
* * *
The day had gone by rather slow for Kagomie and Sango. After explaining who they were to
Mrs. Hollingsworth, Holi's mother. Mrs. Hollingsworth told them about her daughter Holi and her
daughters friend Sasha. Then after exchanging stories Mrs. Hollingsworth came up with the theory
that Sasha and Holi must have switched placed with Sango and Kagomie. The women then blamed
everything on a toaster or possibly Holi's cat Louise, then shuffled off to her room to get dressed for
work.
After that Kagokie and Sango straightened themselves out (combing out their frizzy
electrified hair.) At that moment Kagomie realized it. There was a shower in this place. Kagomie was
over joyed and emediatly ran to Mrs. Hollingsworth's room to ask if she may us it. Kagomie noticed
the way Mrs. Hollingsworth regared her with extreme indifference, then said 'Sure, knock yourself
out.' And Kagomie did, take a bath, not knock herself out.
After Kagomie was out of the shower and dressed, she found that the house was empty except
for Sango. Mrs. Hollingsworth had left for work. Leaving rules of the house and a list of chores for
the two girls. Kagomie was suddenly overjoyed to be in modern tine and have chores.
Kagomie then had to show everything to Sango, she showed her how the shower wand toilet
worked, how the T.V. and radio worked and even how the dish washer worked. (Kagomie personally
thanked God for the dish washer, she hated washing dishes.) After that the two girls did their given
chores and decided to look around the house. They found Kylala in Mrs. Hollingsworth's room
cuddled on the large king sized bed with two other cats. After that they had seen most of the house
but they still hadn't seen one room.
The room that belonged to Holi. Kagomie turned the door nob and pushed the door. But it
didn't budge. Sango and Kagomie exchanged a brief glance. It took both girls three times of throwing
themselves against the door before it flew open. The two tumbled into the room. Sango falling to the
floor and Kagomie falling face first on to a couch by the door. Kagomie lifted her head from the
couch and found a scared looking fluffy grey cat staring at her. It mewed and scampered away and
out the door.
The tow girls go to their feet. Sango flipped on the light, but nothing happened. Kagomie
stumbled through the room, grouping form a light. She found a florescent lamp, and turned the light
on. The light flickered on making a loud humming sound. hey looked around the room there was a
large Queen sized bed in the corner, and next to that was a couch. The couch stretched the length of
the back wall then going perpendicular to the couch was a love seat (the one Kagomie had fallen on).
There was a T.V. in the corner and a stereo system on a dresser. There were shelves filled with books
and the walls were filled it pictures and anime posters. Most of the pictures had been drawn, by
young artist friends of Holi's. The girls looked at the arrangement of stuffed animals on the bed, then
to the couches.
"So, where do you wanna sleep?" Kagomie turned to Sango.
* * *
