A/N: Iggy Pop! Amen! This one should be pretty good. It just picks up kind of where I left off... but, yeah, it'll be cool. So yeah, onward!
Oh, and please, please, PLEASE go read Nearly Famous by Hon-doroboo Xanthros. It's really important to me, being his friend and all, and being the one who told him to start writing. And, like, yeah. I swear to god, until that fic starts getting some reviews, I'm gonna update slower. I'll do it. Don't test me!
Apart from all of that, I'm working on a quiz contest for the mix CD thing at the end. So, yeah, expect to hear more about that in future updates.
Disclaimer: I own... uhh... lemmie get back to you on that...
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Kinetics:
Track 10: Search and Destroy
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Inuyasha groaned as he crawled to the bathroom slowly on the floor. He struggled to remember last night, but could only remember choice bits, like Kagome's apology, and something about roast beef... o.o
He used the toilet to steady himself as he got on his knees, trying to stop the throbbing in his temples as he his worked his way to the sink. After a good fifteen minutes struggle and only one or two topples, he managed to pop three Aleve into his mouth. Searching for a cup, he nearly retched at the acidic taste of the dissolving tablets. God hangovers suck...
But that's the life he had chosen, and beer was only scratching the surface... Never again though. He and Miroku had promised each other, the drinking and the pot was all. Never again.
Never...
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Well I'm a street walkin' cheetah with a heart full of napalm,
well I'm the runaway son of the nuclear a-bomb,
I am a world's forgotten boy,
the one who searches and destroys,
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Shippou groaned and fell off the bed. After shaking himself thoroughly and attempting to stand, Shippou realized that the bed was, in fact, the kitchen counter. After disentangling himself from the stool, he made another attempt at standing, and with help from the bed, was able to steady himself upright. He closed his eyes, trying to remember the circumstances of his special sleeping arrangements.
Flashback
Shippou awoke in his chair with a start. Glancing at the TV, he saw the cause of his abrupt awakening was nothing but a Tom and Jerry cartoon. He shook himself off and made his way over to the hotel room's kitchenette. He made himself a peanut butter sandwich in the manner that all half-awake teenagers make peanut butter sandwiches in the early hours of morning. He leaned over the counter as he took a large bite.
Then he passed out.
End Flashback
Shippou shook his head out of the clouds and finished his sandwich. And it was good.
Just then, Inuyasha made his presence known, stepping out of the bathroom with a wide smile on his face, bright-eyed and smiling, looking forward to a day at the Warner Bros. lots. "Hey," he said as he walked in, fixing his tie and smoothing out the wrinkles in his Armani suit, "You gotta freshen up kid. Myouga's gonna think you were out late drinking last night or something.
'How does this work? He's out late, and I'm the hung over one, ' Shippou thought grumpily as he dragged himself into the shower. He turned on the cold water first, and after a refreshing blast of water and ice, quickly turned the hot water on, screaming and turning it back down after a nice scalding. Now that was how you woke up in the morning.
Stepping out 15 minutes later, he noticed the absence of a certain trench-coated youth. "Hey, Inuyasha, where's Miroku?"
"I dunno... I thought he came home with me last night, but, my mind is giving me a lot of blur."
Just then, the topic of the conversation walked in, a smug grin on his face. He dusted himself off and said, "Heh, now that was a night Kouga will never forget."
"What did you do?" asked Inuyasha skeptically. "Was it legal?"
"In some senses. Nothing too bad, anyway."
"What happened?" asked Shippou, the curiosity in his voice overwhelming. So Miroku sat down and told them the story from the beginning.
Flasback
Kouga awoke with a start. He went to rub his eyes, but found his wrists restrained by an elastic-y object. Upon further inspection, he found it to be a hair scrunchy. He made to ask what it was for, but was silenced by what seemed to be a Violin bow, made of course with horse hair, smacking him abruptly upside the head.
"Beg for mercy!" screamed a female voice from behind his left ear.
"Uhh... what is thi- OW!"
"Beg to mistress Yura!"
Kouga's scream could be heard from many blocks. But no one cared much. It was a nightly occurrence.
End Flashback
"Oh my god!" screamed Inuyasha. "That;s AWESOME!"
"I gotta admit," said Shippou, "that I'm glad to see that someone put him in his place. Even if it was in a rather odd way."
Miroku just smiled and made his way to the bathroom for a shower. Inuyasha glanced at Shippou, and Shippou at him, and they both silently vowed to each other that they would never get on Miroku's bad side while there was alcohol anywhere in a 100 mile radius.
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Honey gotta help me please
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby detonate for me, aww!
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Myouga smiled at his students as he passed out the partner assignments. He was glad to see that he could trust most of his students to stay out of trouble and obey his rules. In fact, there was only one student who had been caught making trouble, and he was visibly shaken as he was caught walking towards the group as they set out, and was forced to stay behind in the hotel.
He smiled as he continued passing out the partnering sheets. He was certain that he could trust these students to follow the rules of the lots on their own. He beamed as he handed Kagome and Sango their sheets.
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Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology
Ain't got time to make no apology
Soul radiation in the dead of night
Love in the middle of a fire fight
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Sango groaned as she read her sheet silently to herself. 'Why him?' she thought miserably, visions of the most notorious prankster to ever grace the school filling her mind, 'and after that dream...'
She blushed, but quickly shook it away and looked over to her friend, who had a soft smile on her face. "Who'd you get? Dan?"
"No..." Kagome seemed hesitant to say...
"Well then, who is it?"
"I... don't wanna say."
"Why? Is he cute? Afraid I'll steal you're paper?"
"Not exactly... although now that I think about it, he is kind of cute..."
"Well, come on, who is it?"
"Well... remember how I kinda disappeared last night?"
"Yeah..."
"Well... while I was gone, I had to hold back someone's hair while they puked, and take them home co'z they passed out."
"Who? WHO!?"
"Well... I'll give you a hint... he has long, silver hair."
"Kagome, that was so not funny."
"It... wasn't supposed to be..."
"Oh, my god. You're serious aren't you? Oh jeez, I can't believe I've lived to see the day."
"See what day?"
"The day you'd desert all of us! How could you be glad about spending a whole day with him! Oh my god, you even called him cute! You've become sick!"
"Hey, who's deserting anybody here?"
"Don't you get it?! If you start hanging around with him, your social life will be over! We won't even be allowed to hang out together anymore! How could you do this to me?"
"Me deserting you, huh? Well, maybe I'm mistaken, but it seems to me that you are the one deserting me. Just like everybody deserted him a long time ago. But if that's the way things work, maybe I'd rather be a cast away. I can't believe I was ever as blind as you are now..." and with those last few words, she walked away from Sango, staring at the ground and shaking her head.
"Kagome..." Sango said aloud moment after she was gone, "I can't believe they've brainwashed you..."
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Honey gotta strike me blind
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby penetrate my mind
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Kagome laughed as she lightly punched Inuyasha's shoulder. Today was turning out surprisingly well, considering her conversation with Sango this morning. She was a little down about it at first, but as the day went on, she and Inuyasha started having a lot of fun together, and her spirits rose constantly. By now, she was feeling invincible. In fact, she felt so confident at the moment, that she decided it was time to tread on some dangerous ground.
"Err... Inu-kun?" She asked, looking up from her fries and smiling softly at his blush. "I was just wondering... well, I've heard a lot of false stories and stuff but... well... I'll just be blunt about it. Why do you have dog ears?"
"Hn? Oh, it's a genetic disorder found in some families of Japanese decent. It's believed that it was caused by a genetic mutation from exposure to radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's all traced back to my grandfather, who died of radiation poisoning in 1951, after my father was born."
"Oh..." Kagome shrugged, "makes sense. At least that explains your fixation with WWII."
"Yeah... and even though I am of Japanese decent, I consider the Allies totally in the right and would enjoy shooting some Imperialist Jap Bastards. Only the Imperialist ones, though."
Kagome giggled. She hadn't had this much fun since summer.
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And I'm the world's forgotten boy
The one who's searchin', searchin' to destroy
And honey I'm the world's forgotten boyt
The one who's searchin', searchin' to destroy
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"So, err, Sango was you're name right?"
"Yes. For the 8th time, my name is Sango."
"Right, sorry," said Miroku, a childish grin plastered on his face. He was enjoying this punishment too much. He made sure she wouldn't forget his name or anybody else's anytime soon.
"So, like, what exactly are we here for?" Sango asked, trying to keep the thoughts of her dream out of her mind. But, she still couldn't believe how vividly real the feel of his hand in the dream were...
Arrgh! There she went again! Why couldn't she just put that damned nightmare behind her and move on? Did it have something to do with what Kagome had said this morning.
She caught sight of her ex-best-friend laughing from the corner of her eye. 'How come she never laughed like that at my jokes?'
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Forgotten boy, forgotten boy
Forgotten boy said hey forgotten boy
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A/N: Yay! Another chapter! Honest to god, it doesn't feel like ten. So, yeah, I really wanna start working on 11, but, as I said before, I'm not writing anymore until someone reviews Nearly Famous by Hon-doroboo Xanthros. He's on my favorite stories list, so you have no excuses. Go, READ IT, NOW!
Lol, yeah, well, now that I've thoroughly threatened you, Back to the notes. Well, err, yeah. Things are moving along rather well. Expect St. Patrick's Day to come into the scene VERY soon (St. Patrick's Day being the companion to this that I'm planning, from Miroku's POV. You people really should read my bio every so often for info about my works.). So yeah until next time, Ja!
P.S. GO READ NEARLY FAMOUS! GRR!!