Chapter one: The plane
"I do not know what on earth you see in that thing!" Marie said.
"You got the Window seat-So why the hell do you have to waste our whole flight playing that?" Mary added.
The character on the screen ran forward. Suddenly, he was stopped. I had run into a Trainer in Victory Road. Dammit, Roderick was trying to get out of Victory Road because the character was lost and didn't need more trainer battles. The Trainer sent out a Hitmonchan as my character sent out the Alakazam I had obtained in a trade with the kid in front of me.
"How long have you been playing that game? Like four hours?" Mary said, "Why don't you watch the window? When we were driving to the airport, that's all you did."
Roderick just ignored Mary. Mary had grown pretty bored with watching the boring in-flight movie about the Wonders of Japan. The freshmen of our Jr. High school were going on a school-trip to Japan. A majority of the passengers were freshman who were either sleeping, playing their gameboys like Roderik, or just re-re-re-reading the in-flight magazines and catalogues.
"So get this-Pufferfish is considered a delicacy in Japan but some people still die from eating it!" a kid in front of us said.
"Yuck. That's one more thing to avoid if we finally get there." The other kid in front of us said.
Roderick turned off the game boy and stared out the window. Surprise surprise, still more of the endless Pacific. The plane had flied over the Pacific for over four hours.
"Well whaddya know? STILL more Ocean. Unless we're close enough to look at the waves, there is literally NOTHING AT ALL to see there." Roderik said.
"Hey! Put the headphones on! It's beginning to talk about the Shiikon Jewel-The Jewel of Four souls." Marie said.
Roderick and Mary put their headphones on and watched the video. On the screen, a portrait of a woman with raven black hair and white and red tunic was portrayed holding a jewel to her chest and she was engulfed by flames.
"The Shiikon jewel, or the Jewel of Four Souls was believed to have been completely burned with the piestess who had had the jewel in her possession at the time. The Priestess's name was Kikyo. Little more is known about Kikyo except for that she was believed to have died from a wound inflicted by a half-demon who she had loved. In what used to be a feudal village, the grave of Kikyo is believed to be in a cemetery, but evidence has proved the grave to have been empty as if it had been looted, possibly by graverobbers searching for the remains of the Jewel. Otherwise, the Jewel of Four Souls proves to be nothing but a piece of mythology, as it contains Demons which do not exist." The director said.
"That's what YOU think." Roderick said.
Marie and Mary turned and looked at Roderick.
"Why did you say that? You know there are no such things as Demons, or half demons for that matter!" Marie said.
"I don't know-I just wanted to say that as if I know Demons do exist," Roderick replied.
Marie and Mary just rolled their eyes.
"You are weird." Mary said.
"Now it's talking about Tourism at the Higurashi shrine near the spot of Kikyo's supposed grave," Marie said.
"Aren't we going to the Higurashi shrine?" Roderick said.
Mary took out her Brochure of the trip.
"Yep-it's the first place we go to."
"I bet the myth of the Shiikon jewel is all we'll hear about there." Roderick said.
"I do not know what on earth you see in that thing!" Marie said.
"You got the Window seat-So why the hell do you have to waste our whole flight playing that?" Mary added.
The character on the screen ran forward. Suddenly, he was stopped. I had run into a Trainer in Victory Road. Dammit, Roderick was trying to get out of Victory Road because the character was lost and didn't need more trainer battles. The Trainer sent out a Hitmonchan as my character sent out the Alakazam I had obtained in a trade with the kid in front of me.
"How long have you been playing that game? Like four hours?" Mary said, "Why don't you watch the window? When we were driving to the airport, that's all you did."
Roderick just ignored Mary. Mary had grown pretty bored with watching the boring in-flight movie about the Wonders of Japan. The freshmen of our Jr. High school were going on a school-trip to Japan. A majority of the passengers were freshman who were either sleeping, playing their gameboys like Roderik, or just re-re-re-reading the in-flight magazines and catalogues.
"So get this-Pufferfish is considered a delicacy in Japan but some people still die from eating it!" a kid in front of us said.
"Yuck. That's one more thing to avoid if we finally get there." The other kid in front of us said.
Roderick turned off the game boy and stared out the window. Surprise surprise, still more of the endless Pacific. The plane had flied over the Pacific for over four hours.
"Well whaddya know? STILL more Ocean. Unless we're close enough to look at the waves, there is literally NOTHING AT ALL to see there." Roderik said.
"Hey! Put the headphones on! It's beginning to talk about the Shiikon Jewel-The Jewel of Four souls." Marie said.
Roderick and Mary put their headphones on and watched the video. On the screen, a portrait of a woman with raven black hair and white and red tunic was portrayed holding a jewel to her chest and she was engulfed by flames.
"The Shiikon jewel, or the Jewel of Four Souls was believed to have been completely burned with the piestess who had had the jewel in her possession at the time. The Priestess's name was Kikyo. Little more is known about Kikyo except for that she was believed to have died from a wound inflicted by a half-demon who she had loved. In what used to be a feudal village, the grave of Kikyo is believed to be in a cemetery, but evidence has proved the grave to have been empty as if it had been looted, possibly by graverobbers searching for the remains of the Jewel. Otherwise, the Jewel of Four Souls proves to be nothing but a piece of mythology, as it contains Demons which do not exist." The director said.
"That's what YOU think." Roderick said.
Marie and Mary turned and looked at Roderick.
"Why did you say that? You know there are no such things as Demons, or half demons for that matter!" Marie said.
"I don't know-I just wanted to say that as if I know Demons do exist," Roderick replied.
Marie and Mary just rolled their eyes.
"You are weird." Mary said.
"Now it's talking about Tourism at the Higurashi shrine near the spot of Kikyo's supposed grave," Marie said.
"Aren't we going to the Higurashi shrine?" Roderick said.
Mary took out her Brochure of the trip.
"Yep-it's the first place we go to."
"I bet the myth of the Shiikon jewel is all we'll hear about there." Roderick said.