Wow. I am so jealous of my friend. Here we are, Scorpios both born on the same day, with the same hair and eye color, we both love the same things and think the same way….and she gets a boyfriend. Not just any boyfriend too, a very cute one with long brown hair that is beautiful (some guys don't look good with brown hair) and British glasses, and he is very smart, funny, and nice and he is totally not a jerk. I've known him longer, but she knows him better, and they make such a cute couple. I feel like I should have one…..
Why must an artist suffer so? Oh the torment….
Shippou and Inu Yasha: Sitting across from each other playing a game that tests the strength of minds, the will of one, and the chance of luck.
Shippou: *holds his chin, calculating his possibilities* hmmmmm….AH HAH! *draws an X on the paper and draws a line through three in a horizontal line. He laughs triumphantly and holds up the paper to show his work* Tick-Tack-Toe! Three in a row! ^___^
Inu Yasha: No way!!
Shippou: ^___^ -Barney got shot by a GI Joe!
Inu Yasha: You cheated!
Shippou: ^___^ -Momma called the doctor and the doctor said, -"WHOOP! Barney's dead-!"
Inu Yasha: *hits him hard on the head*
Shippou: AAAAHHH!! The pain!! T_T
Inu Yasha: *grabs him and shouts* There's no way you can win seventeen times in a row!
Shippou: Sure I can!
Inu Yasha: Oh yeah right. What are ya? Some kind of super genious?
Shippou: Only around you, Inu Yasha.
Inu Yasha: OO *hits him again*
Shippou: T_T Ow!!
Inu Yasha: *huffs and puffs angrily before noticing the readers are here* Oh, hi. ;;;
Shippou: *rubbing the throbbing lump on his head* T_T Scorpiogal doesn't own any of the characters….oooohh, I think he gave me brain damage – ack!
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Chapter 5. Shio's Big Day
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The autumnal exinox had spread a blanket of chilly air over the rocky terrain of feudal Japan. The leaves faded into their warm crisp colors. One by one they would soon release from their summer home and fall with their others into crumpled piles all over the poor farmer's crops.
The villages stationed around the mountains were some of the coldest. That's where Kikyo happened to be, though the weather never bothered her because she was always cold.
She walked up a beaten path that passed through the frosty blue-green grass and pebbles. Off the left side of the path, the grass led into a hilly, sweeping forest. On the other side of the path, the grass stopped at a steep ridge with a long drop, and a majestic view of the gray, snowy mountains shrouded in an ocean of mist. The sky was a grayish-blue that was fading into the oranges, purples and reds of the passionately setting sun. Kikyo stopped to watch it. She felt nothing for the cool, sweet air, or the great frozen mountains. She felt nothing at all. And when she wasn't feeling nothing at all, she was feeling anger, revenge, and hate.
During such times like a beautiful sunset, she would wonder why she used to find it so lovely. She had once believed that a sunset was one of many priceless gifts given to the world by the gods. And now she felt nothing. She felt nothing from its glow, she saw non of its magic. Zippo. Nothing. Ice.
Maybe it was the peace of the scene, or the writers mad description skills, or a soul she had collected that wasn't agreeing with her, but subconsciously, she suddenly felt sad. Sometimes, whether she paid attention to the feeling or not, she sometimes missed not being able to find inspiration from a sunset, or a blooming flower, or a soulful song played on the fife or harp. In fact, the feeling not only made her feel really angery, but it also reminded her of her thoughts and dreams diary. You see, she had just started seeing a therapist, and the therapist told her after only one session that she should keep a record of her dreams and thoughts. Get it? A thoughts and dreams diary! What else would it be for?!?
Sheesh….;;;;;
Just because it was getting colder, it didn't mean that the demons would be completely gone or hibernating or whatever. There were still many ice demons and witches that hid themselves in the mountains and they were going to come down as soon as that fist snowflake fell. But it hadn't fallen yet, so haha on them!! They'd have to wait…
Yet some ice demons could endure climates outside of the mountains, and one of those very demons happened to be following Kikyo. Though she wasn't completely aware of it.
(An: Just to be sure, I don't promote Inu Yasha/Kikyo stories either. They make me think of Sess/Kagome and I get freaked out again…)
She knew their was something freaky following her because she was chillier then usual. She couldn't tell what it was or where it was though, that was the thing. It was pretty good at hiding itself. Maybe if she'd stop dressing like a priestess 24/7/365, then maybe the demons would drop their gaurds a little….what is she, glued to that uniform? It's not like she acts like a priestess anymore, she's all evil and stuff….but then again, the only characters who ever change their clothes are Kagome and Sota….Kirara and Buyo are naked so really they don't count….
Anyway, back to professional narration….
She stopped moving and sighed. There was no use procrastinating, so she figured she might as well let the demon know she knew it was their so that any fake ambush attacks wouldn't work. After it knew it was caught, it would then charge out of the forest like a rabid, wild animal, screaming and flailing and flapping, and she would destroy it seconds before it tried to rip her in half. So she decided to skip the pretending to not notice and get it over with. She stared straight ahead and said aloud, "You may stop hiding. I know your stalking me."
The cold aura of the demon wavered for a split second before returning to normal, and staying normal. Nothing happened otherwise.
"To sneak around is childish. Reveal yourself and I will kill you quickly." She said.
Oh yeah, that would make it come out faster…
Shockingly, nothing happened.
Without giving it a second thought, Kikyo kept walking like she was before. If the demon wasn't going to do anything, why should she care? If it ever decided that it was going to make a move, she was always more then ready, but if it didn't, she didn't care. She didn't feel anything about it.
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In the Aka house, Naraku had a special place to sleep. In the hanging basket Sumiko hung from her ceiling. And so that he felt all comfy-cozy, she added a baby blanket and a hook where she could hang fruit and candy for him to eat. Why did Naraku endure Sumiko's chokehold hugs and stay with her? Simple…because he had no other options. Where else was he going to go now that he was a miniature white monkey? Not the forest, he didn't have survival skills. Not the zoo, because they didn't have zoos in feudal Japan. (But then again, they didn't have therapists either…) He also didn't want to wind up one of those stupid trained monkeys that wear those stupid monkey suits and dance around holding out one of those stupid change cups and dancing while that stupid, creepy organ grinder guy who sorta looks like a carnie grinds his stupid organ and gets all of the stupid money that the stupid monkey would make from doing his stupid retard-o dance. So unless he wanted to go hang out at the hot spring where the bigger perverted white monkeys hung out and watch human chicks bathe, he would stay with Sumiko.
Plus, he liked the banana waffles she made him ever morning especially for him. Kagura couldn't cook like that, no sir…
Naraku was woken up by a small hand reaching into his basket bed and giving him his morning noogie. He opened his eyes and glared at Sumiko who was standing on the tips of her toes to look inside his basket at him. "Rise and shine, Chocolate Monkey Man!" she said, louder then she needed to be. She reached in and scooped him out of his warm comfortable bed at the crack of dawn, and he soon found out it was because she was getting up early to make a huge breakfast for 'Shio's Big Day.'
She began chopping vegetables with super speed, breaking eggs and hacking meat. "Set the table, Chocolate Monkey Man! Today is super special!"
Naraku picked up a bunch of chopsticks which were like javelin poles to him and hopped over to the table.
Shio rolled over off of his futon and was waken by the smell of greasy Japanese food. He blinked sleepily and sat up on his elbow. He tried to rub the sleep out of his eyes. "Sumiko?" he called down the hall in a lazy voice.
Sumiko smiled, as he had woken up just as the meat was done. "Get dressed Kitty! The day is bright and pretty!" she rhymed.
She heard him moan and a few minutes later, Shio came through the door wearing a purple and red silk robe. His hair was down and he looked like he was halfway between reality and la la land. But he was still really pretty. He flopped down at his seat at the table and watched Naraku hop back and forth carrying each plate and dipping cup to the table separately. Sumiko came in smiling, fully dressed, wide away and happy. "Kitty sunshine!" ^_^ she smiled and set two large bowls on the table. She did a cute little bow and skipped back to the kitchen.
Shio looked on at where she disappeared and shook his head. He had no idea where she got all of that perkiness. Naraku finished with the silverware and lifted the lids off of the food bowls. Shio took a closer whiff of breakfast and he blinked himself awake. Omlette in one bowl and teriyaki and broccoli in the other, the food sparkled.
Shio gaped at the perfection. Sumiko came skipping back in and poured tea into his cup. "Breakfast is served!" ^_^
Shio picked up his chopsticks and began to load up as soon as Sumiko sat down with him. Naraku also had a plate, with his special banana nut waffles with walnuts and maple sauce.
(AN: eck! I made myself hungry! O_o)
"Sumiko, this food is amazing!!" Shio said after a few moments. "How come you never told me you could cook??"
Sumiko smiled and shrugged. When Naraku had vaccumed up his waffles he decided to sit on top of Sumiko's head and digest.
When Shio was done, he decided that it was the best food he had ever had since Kagome's ramen. "Wow, Sumiko. I mean, if you had told me that you were such a good cook sooner, we'd-" suddenly he stopped speaking and looked up at her. She stood next to him, leaning forward, nodding and smiling while holding a plate. He narrowed his eyes and raised his eyebrows suspiciously.
Sumiko tilted her head to the side in confusion. "Something wrong, Kitty?"
He glanced out of the corner of his eyes even more suspicious then before. "You want something, don't you?"
She looked even more confused. "Nani?"
-_- "You never cook. Maybe this is an attempt to get something out of me."
Somehow this threw Sumiko into such a world of confusion, she stood there frozen in a massive stupor with her mouth hanging open.
Shio blinked. "Sumiko?"
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"Sumiko?" he snapped his fingers in front of her face.
………..a small trail of drool dripped off her chin.
Shio sweatdropped and after carefull thought, tried to shock her. "Oh my god, Sumiko!! The world is ending!!!"
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"Oh my god, Sumiko!!! There are some bad guys here who are trying to slit my throat!! Help me!!!"
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"That's cold." He said. "Uh…wait! I know..Hey Sumiko!!" he shouted. "The Rainbow Monkeys are now on CD rom!!"
O_0 "For REaL?!" she snapped out of it so fast, she threw her arms out to the sides and shwacked Shio across the face with the plate she was carrying. She looked around the dinningroom for the rainbow monkies, but there was only Naraku who was looking up at her in fear and shock and Shio who was lying a few feet away on his side with swirly eyes.
"Ah, Kitty, don't get Sumiko excited like that!" she said sadly, realizing that it was just a trick. She went over to him, grabbed him but the fluffy opening of his kimonos and pulled him into a sitting position. His head fell backwards and he made a funny sound (AN: Kinda like Kenshin when he's hurt.) Sumiko looked at his dazed expression. She started to smack him across the face in a continuous pattern. He woke up when he started to feel the pain. "That's enough! Okay!!"
She let go of him and he held his cheeks in pain. "You know, all I did was say something to wake you up." He said. "Such an abusing child."
"Sorry Kitty-chan. You're not hurt are you?" she asked in concern.
He rubbed his cheeks and said, "If by not hurt you mean stinging and bruises, then yes, I'm fine."
"Great!" ^_^ she said, going back to her happy place again. "Because today is your big day!"
He suddenly let go of his still throbbing cheeks and looked at her confused. "My big day?"
She grabbed his face and kissed each cheek to make the pain go away. Then she smiled at him and said, "Today's the day we go out to find Kitty a mate!" ^_^
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Kagome put her hand over her mouth and began to tremble. She tilted her head forward and held her stomach with one arm. The very thought of it, made her wanted to scream, she thought she was going to die unless she held it in. She stopped trembling and remembered what he had said, and that caused her to completely lose it. She fell over and rolled onto her back, threw her hand out to the side and cried out in hysterical laughter. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAhahahaHAHAHAhahahaHAHAHA *snort* HAHAHAHAhaha HAHAHA-!!!!"
Inu Yasha stood in front of her with his arms folded and his eyes closed. His expression clearly showed that he didn't think it was funny at all and didn't appreciate her laughing. His eyebrow ticked a couple of times.
Kagome's back arched and she rolled over onto her side-still laughing! After a few moments she gasped for air and began to gain control of herself again. Shippou was laughing, though he didn't understand what was going on, he was only laughing because Kagome was laughing and the laugh made her sound like a seal on crack. Kagome looked up at Inu Yasha, her face red and her eyes watering, and she wiped her mouth on her sleeve. She gave him a huge grin and asked, "No really, what do you want?"
Inu Yasha groaned and asked, "I asked you, Kagome," He sounded like he was trying to keep his frustration down. "If you have any…" his voice muted out on the last part of the sentence.
"What was that?" Kagome asked, grinning and putting her hand to her ear. "Can't hear you in the balcony!"
Inu Yasha sweatdropped and shouted, "I wanted to know if you had any self help books!!"
Kagome exploded into laughter again. Shippou laughed with her again, yet he still didn't get it.
Inu Yasha glared at her and blushed. "Thank you for not laughing." ;;;;;
She waved at him and calmed herself quicker this time. "No really, it's fine. What kind of self help books do you need?" Her grin got wider again. "Anger Management? How to be a Good, Nurturing Parent? How to test for Breast Cancer? How to-"
"F*ck this." Inu Yasha threw his hands up in the air and began to stomp away, angry and mortified.
"Inu Yasha!" Kagome called after him. He turned around and she threw a stack of books at him. He was amazed at how many there were. How was she able to carry her school books, these books, lunch, change of clothes and her girly products all over Japan??
"May they serve you well, oh silver haired one!" she said and burst into laughter again.
Inu Yasha rolled his eyes. Kagome had been displaying some interesting mood swings with varying intensities now that she was in the fourth month. Her stomach was a little bit bigger then it was before – Not huge as in noticeable to strangers, but since Inu Yasha remembered that before her pregnancy when he saw her at the hot spring, she was in perfect shape, now there was a slight roundness there. But he still found her very pretty. Actually, for some strange reason that he couldn't understand, the farther into the pregnancy she got, the more attracted to her he was. If he didn't know better, and if he was the father (which he still knew he wasn't) he would have thought that it was Father's Pride…..but it wasn't his child, so that would be impossible.
He looked at the cover of the first book, Be Happy With Who You Are! Oh wow, that sounded cheeky. He had to put it under the stack before he hurled. The next book was titled, How To Be a Good, Nurturing Parent. How many times did he have to stress that it wasn't his kid!?" he put that book under the happy-sappy book only to have Inu Yasha's Guide to Mating sitting on top of the pile staring him in the face. "Ah crap!" he grabbed the book and tossed it into a tree. (An: Inside joke, readers! ^ ^)
The next book on the pile was accidentally slipped in. (AN: hoohoohoohoohoo!! ^ ^ ) Inu Yasha stared at the cover title and blushed a little. The Joy of Sex.
"Uhhhh…" ;;; he picked it up and slid it in between the happy sappy book and the parental book. The last book was Chicken Soup for the Tortured Teenage Soul. "Oh yeah, that looks really interesting." He muttered sarcastically and went off to go find a place he could put them.