Chapter Four: Damn Those Leaves!
Authoress' Warning Sleep Deprivation is a marvelous thing. I don't suggest you try it, but it's a marvelous thing none-the-less.
Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to InuYasha, my cat does.
It's nighttime. I don't know what hour it is because the stupid Indiglo light on my watch is malfunctioning. I keep tossing and turning in my sleeping bag I don't know how anyone else can be fast asleep. The ground is rocky, the bugs are loud and InuYasha snores…like a chainsaw. You can't tell the hanyou that though. For one thing he doesn't know what a chainsaw is in the first place for another, all he does is "Feh." and go back to sleep. And don't even get me started on Miroku. The monk talks in his sleep. I can hear him murmuring about Sango to be honest it's a bit creepy.
"Ne, Sango" Miroku calls out in his sleep. "Bring that pie in from the rain and we can have it together." See what I mean, very creepy.
I try to find a comfortable position on the lumpy ground and a sharp rock jabs me in the spine. "Great, now not only will I be bruised all over, I have the great pleasure of being paralyzed by a bolder!" I mutter to myself. I guess my muttering wakes Kagome. Damn the magical effects of trans-dimensional travel
"Chibi chan?" Kagome asks in a worried tone, "Are you alright? I can let you borrow that other sleeping pad."
"No I'm good." I lie. I absolutely hate to be a bother to people. I don't mind lying to people, but I hate being troublesome to them. I hope my lie is convincing enough for Kagome. 'Next time I go to the feudal era.' I tell myself groaning, 'I'm bringing an air mattress and my tent. I'm not cut out for roughing it.'
"Okay Chibi chan." Kagome finally says, I hear her roll over and try to go back to sleep. That girl is something else I think enviously as I hear her start to snore softly.
"Psst, wench." I hear InuYasha hiss.
"Ne, what do you want this time InuYasha?" I ask irritated. I really want to get back to attempting to sleep. "And the name's Chibi that's C-H-I-B-I or however they put it in Kanji."
InuYasha hops down from his perch and gives me one of his patented whatever looks. "Sure, but I was just going to say that if you get yourself a pile of leaves, it'll be more comfortable. And you look rather uncomfortable."
I feel a bit embarrassed for being so rude to him, but still, the guy called me wench so I do have a reason. "Oh, thanks, I'll try that." I get up and wander over towards the tree InuYasha had recently vacated that seems like a logical place to find leaves. I'm in luck; I find a large pile right under the tree. Then I start to wonder about what types of poisoness insects a infesting those leaves. "Screw the leaves!" I say loudly. Maybe a bit too loudly because the next thing I know everybody's up in camp and I see Sango rushing towards me and the tree with a look on her face.
"Is everything okay?" She asks panting. Poor Sango, she sounds really tired. I feel awful and have a sudden urge to hit InuYasha with a tree branch.
"Everything's fine." I say trying my best to be reassuring "I uh, saw a snake and it scared me."
"So you yelled 'screw the leaves'?" Kagome asked shocked. "You Americans have funny habits."
"Well, yeah. I was gonna use the leaves for padding, but after I saw the snake I just figured screw the leaves."
"Ah, I see." Kagome really didn't seem to see at all, but at least it made sense to her.
"Okay people, show's over go to bed." InuYasha demanded shooting me a dirty look. I shot that look back just as quick. After all he was the one who told me to get the leaves in the first place so….
'He'd be great in a bright orange jumpsuit' I thought to myself as I trudged back to my spot by the fire. A sleeping pad had replaced the empty ground underneath my sleeping bag. Kagome was staring over at me so I gave her the peace sign, which she returned.
I was probably asleep for about an hour and a half when I hear InuYasha scream like a fairy princess. Apparently everyone else did too because the next thing I know there's a mad rush towards his tree.
The End-For now!
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