Greetings, friends! Humanoids! Beings who I share an existence with! Good
gods, that sounded stupid. Maybe it's because I HAVE ONLY GOTTEN TWO
REVIEWS FOR MY LAST CHAPTER!!! GRAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! (continues to mutter and
grumble like a deranged animal). Alright. I feel better now. Breathe, king,
breathe. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. There.
I have found my center. I have found balance. I. . . seem to have found a
grilled cheese sandwich. I HATE GRILLED CHEESE! GRAAAAAAAHHHHH! On with the
story!
Chapter 17: Where, Oh Where Has My Pointy-Haired Midget Gone? (those things don't grow on trees, you know)
"Crap." said Inuyasha.
"Shit." said Seto Kaiba.
"Oh no!" said Kagome.
"Oh, candy mister! Thank you!" said Shippo, across the street, who hadn't found out that Yugi was missing. Unsurprisingly, he too said something bad when he found out what had happed during the night. Surprisingly, not even I can type it for fear of soccer moms suddenly storming my castle with pitchforks and torches when they learn that I am the one responsible for teaching their child about it (Seto must have done some remedial training with Shippo about how to curse while they were still stuck in the caverns).
"Shippo! Where did you learn that word?!" asked Sango.
"Seto said it when he was talking about- mff! Mmfffmf!" Kaiba, sensing that Joey was not in a good mood, decided that it was best if he did not know what Seto had told Shippo about him.
"That is not something we need to discuss here, Shippo. Here's some more candy."
"Yay! Yay! Yay! I like candy!"
"Ugh! Fine, I give up! Seto, teach the poor kid everything you know about being a potty-mouthed jerk! But right now, I think we have some more pressing matters to see to here! We have to find Yugi!" exclaimed Kagome. Joey, who had remained silent throughout all of this, still stood in front of Yugi's empty pallet. If anyone had bothered to look, they might have seen a small tear in the corner of his eye.
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"YUGI! WHERE AR YA, YA POINTY HAIRED MIDGET!? IF YA CAN HEAR US, SCREAM OR SOMETHING!" Inuyasha hollered for the twentieth time, still to no avail. He had picked up Yugi's scent easily enough; the boy's hair gel had a strong and distinctive smell, and it should have stayed up for hours. The problem was that after about a half hour of tracking his trail, everything seemed to disappear. The only thing left was a faint whiff of sand, and Inuyasha had no clue as to how that had got there, since they were miles away from any beaches, and deserts were practically unheard of in feudal Japan. He was also annoyed that he could only smell the boy. Everyone had automatically assumed that Yugi had been kidnapped, but for the life of him, Inuyasha could not smell anything, demonic or human, that might have carried him off. The half-demon was completely stumped.
After a while, Kilala came back to Sango. She had no idea where the kitsune had been all this time, since she had been missing since before even Yugi and his friends had shown up. She was happy though, and she could now search the sky along with Miroku on his badger demon friend (. crap. I forgot the badger's name. and I am only assuming that it is, in fact, a badger to begin with. A little help would be appreciated here), who had also showed up recently, and was currently floating in the air as a big yellow balloon thingy (anybody know what the actual term for that thing is either? I know it's just the badger in a different form, but "balloon" doesn't quite pack the . . . poetic "oomph" I was hoping for). They were having just as hard of a time searching for Yugi as well. The area was not as heavily wooded as it could have been, but there just wasn't any sign of the boy. Certainly not that they could see.
Kaiba was traipsing around on a Nightmare, another one of his monsters. The beast looked like a horse, except it was on fire, and the creature was very fast. He went and searched in the woods opposite of Inuyasha, just because he didn't want to be with the half-breed, and he thought Yugi might have circled around. Or something. He didn't really explain what he was hoping to do to Kagome, who was still at the village with Shippo in case Yugi actually wound up back there, and because none of the others wanted her to get in any trouble if they found whatever had taken Yugi.
Joey. . . had also seemingly disappeared. He had left shortly after everyone went off in search of Yugi, and Kagome hadn't seen him since. She could only guess that he had gone off to search for his friend alone, or had gone off somewhere to grieve in privacy. Either way, she did not want to be the one who disturbed the teen at a time like this, for Joey had become increasingly surly and mean since they had left the cavern, and even though she knew that Joey would never hurt her, she also did not want to press her luck if she caught the boy at a bad time.
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He continued to walk. He knew that his enemies- everyone's enemies- were close to their first victory, and the only thing that could be done to stop them was to get to his destination and stop it himself. It would not be easy, and it may not even prevent things, but he had to do it, nevertheless. It would most likely just slow things down for a bit, but time was power. On more than one occasion had he won just because he had managed to get himself more time, and he hoped that things would work out again this time. He walked more, further into the desert, thinking of his friends.
And yet more of this mysterious new player. Curiouser and ever more curiouser, hmmm? Just who is this desert hiker? Why is he hiking through the desert? Where, exactly IS this desert? Why do I seem to be getting fewer and fewer reviews now? WHY ARE YOU NOT READING BOTH STORIES?!
Chapter 17: Where, Oh Where Has My Pointy-Haired Midget Gone? (those things don't grow on trees, you know)
"Crap." said Inuyasha.
"Shit." said Seto Kaiba.
"Oh no!" said Kagome.
"Oh, candy mister! Thank you!" said Shippo, across the street, who hadn't found out that Yugi was missing. Unsurprisingly, he too said something bad when he found out what had happed during the night. Surprisingly, not even I can type it for fear of soccer moms suddenly storming my castle with pitchforks and torches when they learn that I am the one responsible for teaching their child about it (Seto must have done some remedial training with Shippo about how to curse while they were still stuck in the caverns).
"Shippo! Where did you learn that word?!" asked Sango.
"Seto said it when he was talking about- mff! Mmfffmf!" Kaiba, sensing that Joey was not in a good mood, decided that it was best if he did not know what Seto had told Shippo about him.
"That is not something we need to discuss here, Shippo. Here's some more candy."
"Yay! Yay! Yay! I like candy!"
"Ugh! Fine, I give up! Seto, teach the poor kid everything you know about being a potty-mouthed jerk! But right now, I think we have some more pressing matters to see to here! We have to find Yugi!" exclaimed Kagome. Joey, who had remained silent throughout all of this, still stood in front of Yugi's empty pallet. If anyone had bothered to look, they might have seen a small tear in the corner of his eye.
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"YUGI! WHERE AR YA, YA POINTY HAIRED MIDGET!? IF YA CAN HEAR US, SCREAM OR SOMETHING!" Inuyasha hollered for the twentieth time, still to no avail. He had picked up Yugi's scent easily enough; the boy's hair gel had a strong and distinctive smell, and it should have stayed up for hours. The problem was that after about a half hour of tracking his trail, everything seemed to disappear. The only thing left was a faint whiff of sand, and Inuyasha had no clue as to how that had got there, since they were miles away from any beaches, and deserts were practically unheard of in feudal Japan. He was also annoyed that he could only smell the boy. Everyone had automatically assumed that Yugi had been kidnapped, but for the life of him, Inuyasha could not smell anything, demonic or human, that might have carried him off. The half-demon was completely stumped.
After a while, Kilala came back to Sango. She had no idea where the kitsune had been all this time, since she had been missing since before even Yugi and his friends had shown up. She was happy though, and she could now search the sky along with Miroku on his badger demon friend (. crap. I forgot the badger's name. and I am only assuming that it is, in fact, a badger to begin with. A little help would be appreciated here), who had also showed up recently, and was currently floating in the air as a big yellow balloon thingy (anybody know what the actual term for that thing is either? I know it's just the badger in a different form, but "balloon" doesn't quite pack the . . . poetic "oomph" I was hoping for). They were having just as hard of a time searching for Yugi as well. The area was not as heavily wooded as it could have been, but there just wasn't any sign of the boy. Certainly not that they could see.
Kaiba was traipsing around on a Nightmare, another one of his monsters. The beast looked like a horse, except it was on fire, and the creature was very fast. He went and searched in the woods opposite of Inuyasha, just because he didn't want to be with the half-breed, and he thought Yugi might have circled around. Or something. He didn't really explain what he was hoping to do to Kagome, who was still at the village with Shippo in case Yugi actually wound up back there, and because none of the others wanted her to get in any trouble if they found whatever had taken Yugi.
Joey. . . had also seemingly disappeared. He had left shortly after everyone went off in search of Yugi, and Kagome hadn't seen him since. She could only guess that he had gone off to search for his friend alone, or had gone off somewhere to grieve in privacy. Either way, she did not want to be the one who disturbed the teen at a time like this, for Joey had become increasingly surly and mean since they had left the cavern, and even though she knew that Joey would never hurt her, she also did not want to press her luck if she caught the boy at a bad time.
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He continued to walk. He knew that his enemies- everyone's enemies- were close to their first victory, and the only thing that could be done to stop them was to get to his destination and stop it himself. It would not be easy, and it may not even prevent things, but he had to do it, nevertheless. It would most likely just slow things down for a bit, but time was power. On more than one occasion had he won just because he had managed to get himself more time, and he hoped that things would work out again this time. He walked more, further into the desert, thinking of his friends.
And yet more of this mysterious new player. Curiouser and ever more curiouser, hmmm? Just who is this desert hiker? Why is he hiking through the desert? Where, exactly IS this desert? Why do I seem to be getting fewer and fewer reviews now? WHY ARE YOU NOT READING BOTH STORIES?!