Yay! I finished chapter nine! And...yeah. I'm done celebrating. Now, onto ten! D
Fanfiction.net won't let me give you the link to the pictures, so...I guess I'll have to find another way to show you... hm...
Anyway, that's about it. Chapter nine, folks. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Ranma 1/2
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"Kagome!" Her friends exclaimed, running towards her. Kagome stopped walking and turned around, for she was curious as to who called her name. Once she saw her three friends, she smiled. "Hey guys!" She waved, and waited for them to reach her.
"You're back! So does that mean it's gone?" Ayumi asked, curiously. Kagome blinked. "What's gone?" She questioned. "Your lung cancer, of course!" Yuka and Eri boomed.
"Lung...cancer?" Kagome repeated, blinking again. -Grandpa must be getting desperate...- She thought, and sighed again. Then, she smiled. "Yep!" Kagome exclaimed, happily. "You see, they found it before it got too bad, and they removed it all! I'm really lucky." She finished.
Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi were quite surprised, and their expressions showed it. "Can we see the scars?" Eri asked, excitedly. Kagome sweatdropped. "Scars?"
"Yeah!" Yuka said, "The scars from the operation!" All three of them now were staring at her eagerly. "Well..." She murmured, "I really don't think I'd feel comfortable showing them off." She stated, closing the topic. "Hey, what do I have to make up as far as schoolwork goes?" Kagome asked, hoping that it wasn't too terrible.
Eri was the one who responded to her question. "In Math we're going over the quadratic formula, and our test is this Thursday. Today in Science, we're dissecting frogs and filling out some sort of chart for what part is where inside of it, and next week we'll have a test. In English, you're going to have to make up two essays. One about someone you care about, like your mother or friend or boyfriend, and one about fantasy creatures and if you believe in them, like dragons or demons. That's about all the work, I think. We haven't done anything special in History; just studying Feudal Japan." She finished, finally.
Kagome sighed. -Great. I really don't want to make up all of that...not to mention dissecting frogs! That's gross!-
Suddenly, Kagome leaned over slightly, clutching her stomach, and coughed. She continued coughing, and her friends quickly became concerned and repeatedly asked if she was all right. Kagome replied between coughs. "Not -- feeling -- good -- have to -- go -- home."
With that, she walked away, still coughing. She glanced over her shoulder to make sure that her friends were out of sight. They were. She straightened up and stopped coughing. Then, she sprinted the rest of the way home.
-I probably shouldn't be doing this...- She thought, -but while I'm shard hunting, I'm sure I'll find time to do the English essays. I could bring my Math book to study the quadratic formula, and I already know Feudal Japan pretty well. If I put it like that, the only real thing I'm skipping is Science, right?-
When she arrived back home, she emptied her backpack save her Math book, a few pencils, and her English journal. Then, she got a few goodies from her room that she had bought for Inuyasha and the others, and shoved them into her bag, filling it up.
Once that was done, she headed outside, and hopped into the well.
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"I'm telling you, it was the chicken!" Inuyasha shouted, angrily.
Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Shippou, Kirara, and Neko-chan were all inside Kaede's hut. Inuyasha argued with Miroku, as the rest of them watched.
"It was the egg, Inuyasha." Miroku said, calmly. "Chicken!" Inuyasha yelled.
"How did this fight get started again?" Sango asked in a whisper to Shippou. "I don't know." Shippou replied, shrugging. Sango blinked as they argued on. "Inuyasha's sure putting in a lot of effort for something so pointless..."
"For the last time, Miroku, it's the--!"
"Hey guys!" Kagome said cheerfully as she walked into the hut and took a seat next to Inuyasha. Inuyasha blinked. Miroku smiled. "Welcome back, Kagome! But...didn't you say you wouldn't return until two days from now?" He asked.
"Yeah..." Kagome murmured, "but that's okay. We're not doing anything interesting in school anyway." She shrugged.
Shippou blinked, eyeing Kagome backpack. "What's in your bag, Kagome?" He asked. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot!" She said, as she removed it from her back, and sat it down beside her. "I brought you all back something!"
So she opened the bag, and reached inside. "Inuyasha, this is for you." She said, handing him a bag of potato chips and a cup of ramen. "You have to add hot water to the cup first, but not too much." She told him. "Thanks, Kagome." He replied, as he got up and headed outside with the cup to get warm water.
"Here you go, Shippou." She said, as she handed him a small box of pocky. "All right!" He exclaimed happily, as he opened it. "Thanks, Kagome!"
Kagome nodded with a smile, and then turned to Sango and Miroku. "Here you go." She said, and handed them each a plastic bottle with some sort or clear, fizzy liquid inside. Sango blinked. "What is this?" She asked. "Sprite remix." Kagome replied. "Try some! It's really good. Oh--and Miroku, I have something else for you." She said. Miroku blinked. "Hm?"
Kagome tossed something to him and he caught it, curious as to what it was. He looked down at it as it sat in his hand. It was something in the shape of a cube, but each side had nine little square stickers on them that were an assortment of the colors red, orange, green, blue, white, and yellow. The stickers had three by three rows on each of the six sides of the cube.
"What is this strange device?" Miroku questioned. Kagome giggled. "It's a game. A bit of a puzzle, too. Here." She held out her hand towards him, and he placed the cube in it. Then, Kagome held it up slightly, and shifted one of the rows that was vertically on the side. Then, she shifted a row that was horizontally on the side.
"See these colors? The object of the game is to get them all on their right sides. So one side is all red, another is all orange, another all yellow, the next all blue, and all green, and all white." She explained, and handed it back to Miroku. He stared down at it, looking interested. "Fascinating..." He mumbled, and began his attempt to solve this three dimensional puzzle.
Inuyasha walked back inside with his cup of ramen, which was liquid now, and began to wolf it down. Speaking of wolf...
"I got something for Neko-chan, too!" Kagome exclaimed. Then, out of her bag, she pulled out a small, blue plastic ball, with a few small holes in it. Inuyasha blinked. "Whassat?" He asked, with his mouth full of ramen. "Don't talk with your mouth full." Kagome scolded, but then turned to Neko-chan and smiled.
"Here you go." She said, as she put the ball in front of him. "What is it?" Inuyasha asked, once he had swallowed his ramen. "It's called cat nip." Kagome explained. "Most cats love it--even Buyo!"
Neko chan eyed the ball suspiciously. He gave it a small push with one of his paws, and it rolled about an inch. As it rolled, out of one of the small holes fell some sort of odd powder. Neko-chan lowered his head slightly, and sniffed it.
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Once Inuyasha finished his ramen, he let out a sigh, as if saying 'I was in heaven.'
"So, Kagome," He said, turning to look at her, "now that you're back, let's go find jewel shards!" This was more of a demand than a suggestion.
"Sure." Kagome replied. "We're all ready, right?" She asked, and looked around. She noticed that something was missing...but what? Then, it hit her. She gasped. "Where's Neko-chan?!" She asked, alarmingly.
The whole group hurried outside, and they didn't have to go far. The cat was in front of the hut, playing with the blue ball, and looking very happy. Inuyasha blinked, curiously -Kouga?-
Now, Neko chan began to play with it in a way that an adorable little kitten would play with yarn. Kagome and Sango's eyes sparked. "Kawaii..." They murmured dreamily together.
Inuyasha, on the other hand, was more thrilled than excited. -What is in that stuff?!- He pondered. He didn't know, but at any rate, it was probably best that he kept it away from Kouga--for his own good. So, Inuyasha walked quickly up to him and snatched away the ball of cat nip.
Neko-chan stopped, and looked up at Inuyasha, angrily. Inuyasha froze. He had just realized that taking this away from the cat who nearly killed him before wasn't a good idea.
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"Inuyasha, I'm sorry about your hand, but what do you expect from a stray?" Kagome asked. "Feh." He muttered.
The group had just set off to search for jewel shards. Neko-chan was in Kagome's arms, and holding the ball of cat nip between his paws. Inuyasha had his arms crossed and was looking off in the distance. Sango was riding Kirara, who had changed into her demon form once they set off. Shippou was sitting on Miroku's shoulder eating pocky, while Miroku was battling the cube, which was easier said than done.
Much easier said.