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Hola, minna! Hey, that was Mexinese! (Mexican and Japanese put 2gether^.^) Sorry, I found, like, a whole bag of pixie stix a little while ago. @_@He he@_@. Anywho, I just wanted to say that this will probably be my last update for a couple of days, cuz I ordered the entire series of trigun a week ago and I'm expecting it today, so when it does come, my friends are coming over the next day to watch the whole thing with me. So just don't hate me if I don't update for a little while, it's cuz I'm not going to be typing up chappies while watching trigun.
Chappy 13: 'Once upon a time' and more strange ways to begin a story
"Kurama! What are you doing here? And who's that?"
"Kagome, you know these guys?"
"Obviously, hanyou. Otherwise, she wouldn't have known his name. Baka." He said the word 'hanyou' in disgust.
"What'd you just say, shorty?"
"Inuyasha, you shouldn't insult Kagome's friends. She might-"
"SIT"
"-you. Ah he heh. I tried to warn you."
This was basically how the conversation went between the five. Inuyasha, being the normal over-protective brother-like figure didn't like these boys, especially that 'Kurama' person. But how someone couldn't like Kurama is beyond me.
"So, Kurama, how did you and. . ."
"Hiei," Kurama supplied.
"How did you and Hiei get here? The well won't let just anyone through."
"Don't go and tell them about the well, wench!"
"Sit boy! If they already went through the well, then what's the point?! Use your brain!"
Kurama sweatdropped and Hiei raised his eyebrow, like, a millimeter and 'hn'-ed "We're not sure how we got here, if this well is as selective as you say, but the reason we came here was to return these." He held out a shard. "You worked so hard for them; we believed them to be important to you."
Inuyasha, who had just gotten out of his hole and hadn't been listening to Kurama, immediately took out Tetsusaiga and pointed it at the boys from the future. "Watch out, Kagome, they're trying to get the Shikon shards!" Kurama's and Hiei's eyes visibly widened when he said 'Shikon'.
"Inuyasha, sit! SITSITSITSITSITSITSIT!!!!!!! Use your brain, you baka! If they were going to take the Shikon shards, they would be attacking right now, AND they wouldn't be so polite."
"Umm. . . Kagome? He's already unconscious." Apparently, Sango was the only one who ever noticed these things.
She sighed. "I guess you're right." She turned to the future boys. "I suppose you'd like to know what's going on, huh?" They both nodded. "Can't really blame you, I guess. Well, who wants to carry these two bakas back to Kaede's?" No one volunteered. It was one of those scenes when everyone just kinda turns their head away from the problem and do their best to pretend that they're not there.
Since no one was willing to accept the task, she instead took a pad of paper and a pencil out of the pocket of her jeans, which she had found out was much more practical than the skirt she used to wear, and wrote a note:
Dear Inuyasha and Miroku,
When you two wake up, go to Kaede's hut. Hopefully you two have learned a valuable lesson from all of this and won't grope and/or be too overprotective of us in the future. Also, Inuyasha, if you attempt to hurt any of my (Kagome) friends in the future, I will sit you until you can't walk straight. Hope your headaches aren't too bad when you both wake up! ^.^
Sincerely (but very annoyed),
Kagome and Sango
She then proceeded to fold it up and stuff the note into Miroku's hand.
"Okay, Sango, if you don't mind, please go back to Kaede's and tell her that she should prepare for company, no more than six or seven more than us. Oh, and don't forget to have the villagers start cleaning up this mess. We'll help as soon as we can."
Sango nodded and ran off.
"Now, let's go get everyone else," Kagome said, turning to the only two left standing. "I'm sure your other friends are anxious to know what happened." All three of them walked on in the direction of the Bone-Eater's Well when Kagome felt something that had been bothering her for a while now. "You two are both youkai, aren't you? I kept feeling something ever since I met you, but it's much stronger now, although still faint. Are you masking your energies?"
"Hn. Stupid ningen."
Kagome decided to ignore that when Kurama said, "Yes, we are. You must be powerful, Kagome, to even feel a trace of our youki."
She blushed at the compliment. "I expect you both to explain yourselves later." She then jumped into the well, with the two youkai close behind.
~~~~~~~the wellhouse
When they landed on the other side of the well and the lights disappeared, Kurama grabbed Kagome and jumped out of the well. She couldn't help but notice his muscular chest, and had a dreamy smile on her face until he released her, she being a little disappointed at the loss (*tears* oh, the poor girl! ^.^). They found the others looking at them expectedly.
Kagome looked around. "Um, hello everyone. I'm sure you're all kinda wondering what's been going on, right? Well, um, I'll explain once we're all on the other side, sooooo~, here, each of you take one of these and then jump into the well," she said, breaking off a few pieces of the Shikon for the group.
"Are you sure it's safe?" Keiko asked.
"It's okay, Keiko," Botan said in her normal, cheery voice. "You can ride with me." Kagome, with her back turned away from the two girls, failed to notice our favorite grim reaper pull a broom from midair and the girls flying on it down the well. Once all the shards were distributed, Kagome and Kurama were the only ones left.
"Shall we?" Kurama asked, extending his hand. Kagome took it, but was unprepared for him to lift her up bridal style before jumping into the well once more. Not that she minded, or anything. (Who would?)
~~~~~~~Sengoku Jidai again
Everyone was assembled in the clearing, and when Kurama emerged carrying Kagome, they both got knowing looks. They both rolled their eyes. Kagome smiled. "Before I explain anything, we have to help with the cleanup."
"Cleanup?!" Yusuke and Kuwabara exclaimed.
"Well, yeah. Follow me, everyone."
The spirit detective group followed her to the field of decaying demon bodies. Inuyasha and Miroku had woken up shortly after Kagome left through the well. Inu was now sulking, as usual. Miroku was helping to purify the grounds that the youkai had defiled with their blood and Sango was looking through the bodies to see if anything could be used to make weapons, armor, and whatnot. Once going through her careful inspection, the bodies were taken to the Bone-Eater's Well. Kagome explained all that had happened during this battle while they worked; she was also helping Kaede and Miroku purify everything. She was a little displeased to learn that, before any Shikon shards could be taken, Naraku's insects had come. 'At least we got the two from the youkai that followed me to the future.'
Finally, the mess was all cleaned up and they headed back to Kaede's hut. Kagome immediately went to Shippou, who had slept through the whole ordeal after mistaking the sleeping pills in Kagome's bag for candy. They all sat down while the old woman put water on to boil for tea while inspecting Kurama's bandaging of Kagome. It was strange, but she sensed no ill will coming from either it or Kurama, so she decided it was probably helping the girl she thought of as her own granddaughter.
They all waited in silence until Yusuke just couldn't stand it any more. "So what's with you and this place, Kagome?"
"Oh, I'm sorry; I guess I've been a little rude, haven't I? Well, some of this may be hard to believe, but it has all happened. It all started on my fifteenth birthday, when my grandpa was telling me about some stupid legends. . ." (I don't need to waste time explaining since we all know the story) "Which brings us up to today."
Everyone now had these expressions on: 0.0.
"Wow! You really fought all those youkai?" said Kuwabara.
"You must be very strong, Kagome," Yukina said in her calming voice.
"But weren't you scared?" asked Keiko.
"Well, I had lots of help."
"I should probably go back soon and report to Koenma about all of this," Botan said under her breath.
"Koenma? Who's Koenma?" asked Sango, who was petting Kirara with one hand and cleaning her Hiraikotsu with the other.
"Koenma's the ruler of Reikai."
Everyone but the yyh group had the 'okay, we don't know what the heck you're talking about, but we'd love to hear an explanation before we send you off to the mental hospital' expression on their faces.
"Botan's the Grim Reaper," Yusuke said coolly.
"Yes, it is my job to take the souls of dead people to Reikai and to give Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama their missions from Koenma."
"I'll take over from here, Botan. You see, it all started when I died. . ." Yusuke began. (Don't you love it when he starts that way? It makes me laugh every time^.^) (And we all know about him, so I'll skip again.)
The Inu-gumi's reactions were much the same as the yyh, so they all spent a while answering each other's questions.
"Kagome," Sango began, "Weren't you going to explain how they were able to get through the well?"
"Oh, yes. You see, the youkai that followed me attacked before I could jump through the well, and it also had Shikon shards. Then Kurama and Hiei were able to get through the well, but all they had were Shikon shards, and no one can get through the well with just Shikon shards. We know because Naraku has tried that (not sure, but let's just say he has). So I thought about it a little and found that the only way to get through the well was to have some part of me, as well as a Shikon shard. For that youkai, it was my blood; for Inuyasha, the prayer bead necklace connects me to him, so that's all he needs, since because I am connected to him, he is also connected to the Shikon. For our spirit detective friends over here, it was my purification powers inside each of the Shikon shards that allowed them passage through the well." Everyone looked at her with dumbstruck expressions. She looked down and noticed her watch. "Oh no! It's past twelve already and I still have to study for my math test!" She ran out of the hut as fast as her legs could take her. "Tell Shippou I said bye!"
She traveled through the well for what felt like the hundredth time that day, followed closely by a sweatdropping group of spirit detectives. This was certainly something to remember. . .
*************** AN: I'm so happy, this chappy was 5 pages long! Anywho, yeah, here you guys have it. A long chappy before I don't update for a while. At least I'm being nice. Hope you liked it.
OH, and thanks to everyone who REVIEWed The Arrival by RandomQueen109 (*hinthint to anyone who didn't). She's feeling much better now, thanks to you guys. ^.^
REVIEWer Responses:
SilentDark: Yep, you do just gotta love those trees. And yyh/iy crossovers, especially when Kag's paired with Kurama or Hiei. ^.^
Ummmm. . .yeah. Think that's it for now. Thanks to everyone who has REVIEWed. You guys make me feel so loved! ^.^
Well, I'm gonna go see if my trigun stuff has come yet.
Ja Ne!
-anonymousey
Hola, minna! Hey, that was Mexinese! (Mexican and Japanese put 2gether^.^) Sorry, I found, like, a whole bag of pixie stix a little while ago. @_@He he@_@. Anywho, I just wanted to say that this will probably be my last update for a couple of days, cuz I ordered the entire series of trigun a week ago and I'm expecting it today, so when it does come, my friends are coming over the next day to watch the whole thing with me. So just don't hate me if I don't update for a little while, it's cuz I'm not going to be typing up chappies while watching trigun.
Chappy 13: 'Once upon a time' and more strange ways to begin a story
"Kurama! What are you doing here? And who's that?"
"Kagome, you know these guys?"
"Obviously, hanyou. Otherwise, she wouldn't have known his name. Baka." He said the word 'hanyou' in disgust.
"What'd you just say, shorty?"
"Inuyasha, you shouldn't insult Kagome's friends. She might-"
"SIT"
"-you. Ah he heh. I tried to warn you."
This was basically how the conversation went between the five. Inuyasha, being the normal over-protective brother-like figure didn't like these boys, especially that 'Kurama' person. But how someone couldn't like Kurama is beyond me.
"So, Kurama, how did you and. . ."
"Hiei," Kurama supplied.
"How did you and Hiei get here? The well won't let just anyone through."
"Don't go and tell them about the well, wench!"
"Sit boy! If they already went through the well, then what's the point?! Use your brain!"
Kurama sweatdropped and Hiei raised his eyebrow, like, a millimeter and 'hn'-ed "We're not sure how we got here, if this well is as selective as you say, but the reason we came here was to return these." He held out a shard. "You worked so hard for them; we believed them to be important to you."
Inuyasha, who had just gotten out of his hole and hadn't been listening to Kurama, immediately took out Tetsusaiga and pointed it at the boys from the future. "Watch out, Kagome, they're trying to get the Shikon shards!" Kurama's and Hiei's eyes visibly widened when he said 'Shikon'.
"Inuyasha, sit! SITSITSITSITSITSITSIT!!!!!!! Use your brain, you baka! If they were going to take the Shikon shards, they would be attacking right now, AND they wouldn't be so polite."
"Umm. . . Kagome? He's already unconscious." Apparently, Sango was the only one who ever noticed these things.
She sighed. "I guess you're right." She turned to the future boys. "I suppose you'd like to know what's going on, huh?" They both nodded. "Can't really blame you, I guess. Well, who wants to carry these two bakas back to Kaede's?" No one volunteered. It was one of those scenes when everyone just kinda turns their head away from the problem and do their best to pretend that they're not there.
Since no one was willing to accept the task, she instead took a pad of paper and a pencil out of the pocket of her jeans, which she had found out was much more practical than the skirt she used to wear, and wrote a note:
Dear Inuyasha and Miroku,
When you two wake up, go to Kaede's hut. Hopefully you two have learned a valuable lesson from all of this and won't grope and/or be too overprotective of us in the future. Also, Inuyasha, if you attempt to hurt any of my (Kagome) friends in the future, I will sit you until you can't walk straight. Hope your headaches aren't too bad when you both wake up! ^.^
Sincerely (but very annoyed),
Kagome and Sango
She then proceeded to fold it up and stuff the note into Miroku's hand.
"Okay, Sango, if you don't mind, please go back to Kaede's and tell her that she should prepare for company, no more than six or seven more than us. Oh, and don't forget to have the villagers start cleaning up this mess. We'll help as soon as we can."
Sango nodded and ran off.
"Now, let's go get everyone else," Kagome said, turning to the only two left standing. "I'm sure your other friends are anxious to know what happened." All three of them walked on in the direction of the Bone-Eater's Well when Kagome felt something that had been bothering her for a while now. "You two are both youkai, aren't you? I kept feeling something ever since I met you, but it's much stronger now, although still faint. Are you masking your energies?"
"Hn. Stupid ningen."
Kagome decided to ignore that when Kurama said, "Yes, we are. You must be powerful, Kagome, to even feel a trace of our youki."
She blushed at the compliment. "I expect you both to explain yourselves later." She then jumped into the well, with the two youkai close behind.
~~~~~~~the wellhouse
When they landed on the other side of the well and the lights disappeared, Kurama grabbed Kagome and jumped out of the well. She couldn't help but notice his muscular chest, and had a dreamy smile on her face until he released her, she being a little disappointed at the loss (*tears* oh, the poor girl! ^.^). They found the others looking at them expectedly.
Kagome looked around. "Um, hello everyone. I'm sure you're all kinda wondering what's been going on, right? Well, um, I'll explain once we're all on the other side, sooooo~, here, each of you take one of these and then jump into the well," she said, breaking off a few pieces of the Shikon for the group.
"Are you sure it's safe?" Keiko asked.
"It's okay, Keiko," Botan said in her normal, cheery voice. "You can ride with me." Kagome, with her back turned away from the two girls, failed to notice our favorite grim reaper pull a broom from midair and the girls flying on it down the well. Once all the shards were distributed, Kagome and Kurama were the only ones left.
"Shall we?" Kurama asked, extending his hand. Kagome took it, but was unprepared for him to lift her up bridal style before jumping into the well once more. Not that she minded, or anything. (Who would?)
~~~~~~~Sengoku Jidai again
Everyone was assembled in the clearing, and when Kurama emerged carrying Kagome, they both got knowing looks. They both rolled their eyes. Kagome smiled. "Before I explain anything, we have to help with the cleanup."
"Cleanup?!" Yusuke and Kuwabara exclaimed.
"Well, yeah. Follow me, everyone."
The spirit detective group followed her to the field of decaying demon bodies. Inuyasha and Miroku had woken up shortly after Kagome left through the well. Inu was now sulking, as usual. Miroku was helping to purify the grounds that the youkai had defiled with their blood and Sango was looking through the bodies to see if anything could be used to make weapons, armor, and whatnot. Once going through her careful inspection, the bodies were taken to the Bone-Eater's Well. Kagome explained all that had happened during this battle while they worked; she was also helping Kaede and Miroku purify everything. She was a little displeased to learn that, before any Shikon shards could be taken, Naraku's insects had come. 'At least we got the two from the youkai that followed me to the future.'
Finally, the mess was all cleaned up and they headed back to Kaede's hut. Kagome immediately went to Shippou, who had slept through the whole ordeal after mistaking the sleeping pills in Kagome's bag for candy. They all sat down while the old woman put water on to boil for tea while inspecting Kurama's bandaging of Kagome. It was strange, but she sensed no ill will coming from either it or Kurama, so she decided it was probably helping the girl she thought of as her own granddaughter.
They all waited in silence until Yusuke just couldn't stand it any more. "So what's with you and this place, Kagome?"
"Oh, I'm sorry; I guess I've been a little rude, haven't I? Well, some of this may be hard to believe, but it has all happened. It all started on my fifteenth birthday, when my grandpa was telling me about some stupid legends. . ." (I don't need to waste time explaining since we all know the story) "Which brings us up to today."
Everyone now had these expressions on: 0.0.
"Wow! You really fought all those youkai?" said Kuwabara.
"You must be very strong, Kagome," Yukina said in her calming voice.
"But weren't you scared?" asked Keiko.
"Well, I had lots of help."
"I should probably go back soon and report to Koenma about all of this," Botan said under her breath.
"Koenma? Who's Koenma?" asked Sango, who was petting Kirara with one hand and cleaning her Hiraikotsu with the other.
"Koenma's the ruler of Reikai."
Everyone but the yyh group had the 'okay, we don't know what the heck you're talking about, but we'd love to hear an explanation before we send you off to the mental hospital' expression on their faces.
"Botan's the Grim Reaper," Yusuke said coolly.
"Yes, it is my job to take the souls of dead people to Reikai and to give Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama their missions from Koenma."
"I'll take over from here, Botan. You see, it all started when I died. . ." Yusuke began. (Don't you love it when he starts that way? It makes me laugh every time^.^) (And we all know about him, so I'll skip again.)
The Inu-gumi's reactions were much the same as the yyh, so they all spent a while answering each other's questions.
"Kagome," Sango began, "Weren't you going to explain how they were able to get through the well?"
"Oh, yes. You see, the youkai that followed me attacked before I could jump through the well, and it also had Shikon shards. Then Kurama and Hiei were able to get through the well, but all they had were Shikon shards, and no one can get through the well with just Shikon shards. We know because Naraku has tried that (not sure, but let's just say he has). So I thought about it a little and found that the only way to get through the well was to have some part of me, as well as a Shikon shard. For that youkai, it was my blood; for Inuyasha, the prayer bead necklace connects me to him, so that's all he needs, since because I am connected to him, he is also connected to the Shikon. For our spirit detective friends over here, it was my purification powers inside each of the Shikon shards that allowed them passage through the well." Everyone looked at her with dumbstruck expressions. She looked down and noticed her watch. "Oh no! It's past twelve already and I still have to study for my math test!" She ran out of the hut as fast as her legs could take her. "Tell Shippou I said bye!"
She traveled through the well for what felt like the hundredth time that day, followed closely by a sweatdropping group of spirit detectives. This was certainly something to remember. . .
*************** AN: I'm so happy, this chappy was 5 pages long! Anywho, yeah, here you guys have it. A long chappy before I don't update for a while. At least I'm being nice. Hope you liked it.
OH, and thanks to everyone who REVIEWed The Arrival by RandomQueen109 (*hinthint to anyone who didn't). She's feeling much better now, thanks to you guys. ^.^
REVIEWer Responses:
SilentDark: Yep, you do just gotta love those trees. And yyh/iy crossovers, especially when Kag's paired with Kurama or Hiei. ^.^
Ummmm. . .yeah. Think that's it for now. Thanks to everyone who has REVIEWed. You guys make me feel so loved! ^.^
Well, I'm gonna go see if my trigun stuff has come yet.
Ja Ne!
-anonymousey