Chapter two:
The Arrival of Three Strange Companions – Two from the past, and one from the future
"FIX BAYO..."
The world would never know what Colonel Chamberlain was about to say, for at that very moment the sky seemed to open up as a brilliant light shone through the trees and illuminated the faces of the astonished soldiers who dropped their weapons in surprise. When the light finally subsided and the soldiers came to their senses, they had to pinch themselves. Were they dreaming? Where did those guys come from? Standing on the hill between the opposing Rebel and Yankee forces now stood three figures who at first seemed divine. That was, until one of them spoke.
"I smell blood, and this place looks like a battlefield! I thought you said you were taking me for hamburgers!"
One of the figures, the one who had spoken, was dressed entirely in red clothes unlike any the soldiers had seen before. His hair was silver, almost white, and it hid two pointed ears that sat on the top of his head. But his face was young. He reached out for a Yankee with a hand with fingers with nails that were long and pointed like claws.
"Where are we?" he growled.
The soldier was petrified and could not make more than a vague clucking sound.
"WHERE ARE WE?" he demanded again, grabbing the soldier by the throat and shaking him vigorously.
"InuYasha, sit boy!"
The voice of a girl rang clearly through the air as the man, InuYasha, dropped the soldier and was thrown to the ground.
"What'd you do that for, Kagome?" he hissed as the young girl approached him.
"You can't bother innocent people like that. Haven't we had this discussion before?"
After a few moments InuYasha sat up, folded his legs and crossed his arms. He hated it when she did that.
Several soldiers whistled at Kagome because little did InuYasha, Miroku, or Kagome know, but in the time period they had landed in, showing even an ankle was considered risqué. So, with Kagome in her short skirt, it was amazing that most of the soldiers were even still breathing.
"Knock it off," InuYasha said, putting his hand on his fearsome sword, pretending he was about to use it. The soldiers grew quiet.
"Hey, I know you!" a Rebel private yelled as he rushed up the hill toward InuYasha. "You're InuYasha, the half-demon, half-human of feudal era Japan!" the soldier shouted, grinning.
The other soldiers gasped.
"Ohhh, Japan!" they all said in unison.
"And you're Kagome!" the Rebel private continued, pointing at the girl, who blushed, trying to hide behind her long, black hair. "And you're Miroku!" he finished, motioning toward the third of the group who stood further down the hill. He was a young-looking monk who carried a spiffy staff and wore prayer beads around his right hand.
InuYasha and Kagome turned around. Their jaws dropped at the sight of the monk.
"How'd you get here?" InuYasha asked.
Miroku shrugged, looking as surprised as the other two.
"Did you follow us?"
Miroku smiled sheepishly.
"Why I oughta!"
InuYasha lunged at the monk but was stopped by Kagome who tugged at his sleeve.
The Rebel who had spoken before gasped. "Ohhh, is that the Tetsusaiga? I've watched every one of your shows. I even have your DVDs."
The Rebel squealed with utter delight, and InuYasha beamed from the recognition, even though he had not a clue what the soldier was talking about. Show? DVDs? The other soldiers whispered among themselves.
Miroku stepped forward and whispered in Kagome's ear.
"Do you think we should ask if they know how we can get..."
He stopped when he felt InuYasha's eyes on him. That guy had never trusted him. He huffed and glared back at the hanyou who still sat on the ground with his arms and legs crossed.
"How'd you get here?" a soldier asked as several of them moved to sit closer to the time traveling trio.
Kagome blushed.
"That would be my fault," she said. "I was gonna take InuYasha to my time so he could try a hamburger, but..."
"She can never remember which freakin' well is the one back to her time," InuYasha finished. "I mean, there's only like two."
The soldiers nodded, not understanding, but captivated.
From the backside of the hill several Yankees soldiers were dragging several artillery pieces up the hill to their position. Chamberlain, who had been entranced by Kagome's long, slender legs, was finally brought back to reality.
"Finally! The artillery I ordered! And it only took U.P.S. three months to get it here!"
No one else seemed to care. They were busy listening to InuYasha, Kagome, and Miroku tell stories of their many adventures. Miroku was telling the soldiers about how he met up with Kagome and InuYasha when Kagome broke in.
"I sense a jewel fragment," she said.
Miroku was silent and InuYasha stood up, waiting.
"This one's mine," he said, pushing Miroku aside.
"I don't think so," Miroku replied, pushing InuYasha back.
Soon the monk and the half-demon were in an all out brawl, and the soldiers stood around, egging them on.
"Come on, InuYasha!"
"Go Miroku!"
"Geesh. So much for that teamwork idea," Kagome muttered as she walked past the groups of soldiers and toward the artillery that was finally set up on the top of the hill.
There, Colonel Chamberlain was talking to another man who was making him sign several sheets of paper. The man had left, headed down the back side of the hill and had gotten into his brown truck and driven away by the time Kagome got to the top of the hill. She really was out of shape. She'd have to ask if there was any sort of gym anywhere nearby.
"Hello," Chamberlain said as Kagome walked around the three cannons that had been placed.
"Hey," she replied, frowning. She couldn't sense the shard anymore.
"I'm colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. You know, it's not everyday a man like myself is able to lay eyes on someone of such beauty."
Kagome would have been flattered if the man had not tried to sound so important.
"Thank you," she said.
The two began an awkward conversation, or more like Chamberlain started babbling as Kagome pondered where the jewel shard could have gone.
The Arrival of Three Strange Companions – Two from the past, and one from the future
"FIX BAYO..."
The world would never know what Colonel Chamberlain was about to say, for at that very moment the sky seemed to open up as a brilliant light shone through the trees and illuminated the faces of the astonished soldiers who dropped their weapons in surprise. When the light finally subsided and the soldiers came to their senses, they had to pinch themselves. Were they dreaming? Where did those guys come from? Standing on the hill between the opposing Rebel and Yankee forces now stood three figures who at first seemed divine. That was, until one of them spoke.
"I smell blood, and this place looks like a battlefield! I thought you said you were taking me for hamburgers!"
One of the figures, the one who had spoken, was dressed entirely in red clothes unlike any the soldiers had seen before. His hair was silver, almost white, and it hid two pointed ears that sat on the top of his head. But his face was young. He reached out for a Yankee with a hand with fingers with nails that were long and pointed like claws.
"Where are we?" he growled.
The soldier was petrified and could not make more than a vague clucking sound.
"WHERE ARE WE?" he demanded again, grabbing the soldier by the throat and shaking him vigorously.
"InuYasha, sit boy!"
The voice of a girl rang clearly through the air as the man, InuYasha, dropped the soldier and was thrown to the ground.
"What'd you do that for, Kagome?" he hissed as the young girl approached him.
"You can't bother innocent people like that. Haven't we had this discussion before?"
After a few moments InuYasha sat up, folded his legs and crossed his arms. He hated it when she did that.
Several soldiers whistled at Kagome because little did InuYasha, Miroku, or Kagome know, but in the time period they had landed in, showing even an ankle was considered risqué. So, with Kagome in her short skirt, it was amazing that most of the soldiers were even still breathing.
"Knock it off," InuYasha said, putting his hand on his fearsome sword, pretending he was about to use it. The soldiers grew quiet.
"Hey, I know you!" a Rebel private yelled as he rushed up the hill toward InuYasha. "You're InuYasha, the half-demon, half-human of feudal era Japan!" the soldier shouted, grinning.
The other soldiers gasped.
"Ohhh, Japan!" they all said in unison.
"And you're Kagome!" the Rebel private continued, pointing at the girl, who blushed, trying to hide behind her long, black hair. "And you're Miroku!" he finished, motioning toward the third of the group who stood further down the hill. He was a young-looking monk who carried a spiffy staff and wore prayer beads around his right hand.
InuYasha and Kagome turned around. Their jaws dropped at the sight of the monk.
"How'd you get here?" InuYasha asked.
Miroku shrugged, looking as surprised as the other two.
"Did you follow us?"
Miroku smiled sheepishly.
"Why I oughta!"
InuYasha lunged at the monk but was stopped by Kagome who tugged at his sleeve.
The Rebel who had spoken before gasped. "Ohhh, is that the Tetsusaiga? I've watched every one of your shows. I even have your DVDs."
The Rebel squealed with utter delight, and InuYasha beamed from the recognition, even though he had not a clue what the soldier was talking about. Show? DVDs? The other soldiers whispered among themselves.
Miroku stepped forward and whispered in Kagome's ear.
"Do you think we should ask if they know how we can get..."
He stopped when he felt InuYasha's eyes on him. That guy had never trusted him. He huffed and glared back at the hanyou who still sat on the ground with his arms and legs crossed.
"How'd you get here?" a soldier asked as several of them moved to sit closer to the time traveling trio.
Kagome blushed.
"That would be my fault," she said. "I was gonna take InuYasha to my time so he could try a hamburger, but..."
"She can never remember which freakin' well is the one back to her time," InuYasha finished. "I mean, there's only like two."
The soldiers nodded, not understanding, but captivated.
From the backside of the hill several Yankees soldiers were dragging several artillery pieces up the hill to their position. Chamberlain, who had been entranced by Kagome's long, slender legs, was finally brought back to reality.
"Finally! The artillery I ordered! And it only took U.P.S. three months to get it here!"
No one else seemed to care. They were busy listening to InuYasha, Kagome, and Miroku tell stories of their many adventures. Miroku was telling the soldiers about how he met up with Kagome and InuYasha when Kagome broke in.
"I sense a jewel fragment," she said.
Miroku was silent and InuYasha stood up, waiting.
"This one's mine," he said, pushing Miroku aside.
"I don't think so," Miroku replied, pushing InuYasha back.
Soon the monk and the half-demon were in an all out brawl, and the soldiers stood around, egging them on.
"Come on, InuYasha!"
"Go Miroku!"
"Geesh. So much for that teamwork idea," Kagome muttered as she walked past the groups of soldiers and toward the artillery that was finally set up on the top of the hill.
There, Colonel Chamberlain was talking to another man who was making him sign several sheets of paper. The man had left, headed down the back side of the hill and had gotten into his brown truck and driven away by the time Kagome got to the top of the hill. She really was out of shape. She'd have to ask if there was any sort of gym anywhere nearby.
"Hello," Chamberlain said as Kagome walked around the three cannons that had been placed.
"Hey," she replied, frowning. She couldn't sense the shard anymore.
"I'm colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. You know, it's not everyday a man like myself is able to lay eyes on someone of such beauty."
Kagome would have been flattered if the man had not tried to sound so important.
"Thank you," she said.
The two began an awkward conversation, or more like Chamberlain started babbling as Kagome pondered where the jewel shard could have gone.