AN: Here is the next thrilling (and silly) chapter!
Chapter Three:
The Great And Powerful Yami
As the sun rose the next morning, Kagome and the others emerged from the woods. Before them, the Golden Road was covered by a vast field of poppies, and beyond that field was…
"The Crystal City!" Kagome said in awe. It actually looked a lot like Domino's skyline, except that in the center of the city was a large sparkling tower.
"Last I remember," the Tin Duke said, "I heard that the Wizard lives in the great tower."
"You'd better hope you're right," Inu-yasha the lion said, "or you're scrap metal."
Kagome had almost blocked them all out. She was too happy. She was literally a hop, skip and a jump away from going home. Suddenly a strange feeling came over her; she let go of the bike and said, "Let's go run through the flowers!" And she raced off.
"Kagome!" Shippo cried, running after her.
"Hey Kagome, wait for us!" the Joey scarecrow called. He started running after them, followed by Tin Duke and lion Inu-yasha - who had the unfortunate task of carrying the bike. They ran for a few minutes until suddenly, Kagome faltered, and fell to her knees. The guys caught up, and Tin Duke asked her, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine I guess," she said slowly, "But…I feel so tired," she yawned, and closed her eyes. Then, she slumped down, and Joey caught her before her head hit the ground.
"Kagome?" Joey scarecrow said, shaking her lightly, "Come Kagome wake up. Kagome!"
"Scarecrow, look!" Tin Duke said, pointing next to them. Shippo had also fallen asleep! And now Inu-yasha the lion was yawning, too!
"Lion, dude, don't fall asleep!" Joey the scarecrow said.
"I'm not," Inu-yasha said, "I'm…just resting…my eyes…" and he was out like a light.
"What the heck is doing this!?" Tin Duke cried.
"The flowers!" Joey Scarecrow said, "They must be poisoned or something."
"Oh man, we need help!" Tin Duke said, grabbing his head. "What are we gonna do?" They looked at each other, nodded, and then, they panicked. Joey jumped up, failed his arms and screamed 'HELP! SOMEONE HELP US!!' while Duke did the same, only turning left, right and pacing.
Then, an image of Serenity, The Good Witch, appeared in the sky. With a wave of a wand and some star dust, snow began to fall. As the snowflakes dusted themselves on her face, Kagome's eyes fluttered open. She sat up and looked around.
"Oh Kagome!" the Joey scarecrow cried, hugging her tight, "You're ok!"
"Yeah, I guess," she said looking around. She saw Shippo get up and shake the snow off himself, followed by lion Inu-yasha, who yawned so loud it became a small roar.
"Hey," Inu-yasha said, "Something's wrong with the walking tea kettle," he said, pointing to Duke.
"Oh no," Shippo said, "He's rusted again."
"Give me the oil quick," Kagome said, getting up and running over to her metallic friend.
All this was seen by the Warlock. "D&%$ IT!" he cried, picking up a globe and throwing it against the wall. His monkey creature ducked as the glass ball shattered against the wall into a thousand pieces.
"That Good Witch helped her again!" the Warlock said infuriated. "She should have never awaked from that field! Now I have to take more drastic measures," he said. He lifted up his hand, carrying the Millennium Rod, and soon a swirling, churning black cloud appeared. He got on, and flew off in the direction of the Crystal City.
A short time later, when thoroughly oiled and unkinked the Tin Duke Devilin, they all headed for the City. They soon came upon the tall Crystal Tower. At the base of the tower was a door with a large round door knocker, and a rope. The sign said, 'Pull Rope."
"Oh well," Kagome said. She pulled the rope, and then Bakura stuck his head out a little window.
"Yes, how may I help you?" he asked.
"We want to see the wizard," she said.
"Well, you can't" he said.
"WHAT?!?!" they all cried. "But I pulled the rope!"
"That's just to speak to me," Bakura said. "To speak to the Wizard, you have to knock." and he closed the window. So Kagome knocked with the door knocker. A second later, Bakura stuck his head back out. "Sorry, no visitors today." he said politly, "We're closed."
"Closed?!" Kagome shouted, "How can you be closed?!"
"It's a holiday," he replied matter-of-factly.
"And what holiday is that?" Joey Sccarecrow asked.
"It's 'Sorry, No Visitors Because We're Closed' Day" he said, and closed the window again.
"Why that little!" Joey said. He knocked on the door, amking Bakura appear again.
"Oh, you again?" he said pleasantly. "What do you need now?"
"We want to see the Wizard," Joey said.
"But didn't I explain to you that you couldn't come in?" Bakura said, confused. "I'm so forgetful. Anyway, I'm afraid it's a holiday, so I can't let you in." he repeated, and closed the window again.
"I'm sick of being polite!" Inu-yasha growled. "The only way to get in here is by showing him who's boss!" He grabbed the knocker and banged the door loudly.
Bakura opened the window again, cupped his chin in his hand, and said, "You again? We must stop meeting like this."
"Listen you pathetic excuse for a door mat!" Inu-yasha roared, "We want in, and we want in NOW!"
"Why should I let you in?" Bakura asked with a smile. "And just who are you anyway?" he asked Kagome in particular.
"Well I'm…" she said, taken aback, "I'm Kagome."
"Kagome?" Bakura said, straightening up. "The Warlock's Kagome?"
"Um…" she said.
"Yeah, That's right!" the Joey scarecrow said, putting his arm around Kagome's shoulder.
"The one and Only!" the Tin Duke added.
"Got a problem with that?" Inu-yasha the lion said putting his paw Kagome's shoulder.
"Well that's a Kirara of a different color!" Bakura said. He closed the window again, and this time, the huge double doors opened up to reveal a large market inside of a huge ball room! And that's not all…For now Bakura was in the driver's seat of a carriage that was being pulled by Kirara (in full demon form), but she changed right then from her usual yellow and black to pink and black!
"What is that?" Shippo said as they all climbed into the carriage.
"That's the Kirara of a dfferent color, my boy," Bakura said. "Weren't you paying attention? Go on, girl," he said to the cat demon. As they drove through the market, Kirara went through the entire rainbow. Then, they came up to another set of doors.
"Finally." Kagome said as the boy helped her out of the carriage. But then, Bakura stepped in front of them.
"You don't plan on seeing the Wizard looking like that do you?" he asked them.
"What's wrong with the way we look?" the Tin Duke said.
"You're all rusty, dusty and rag tag," Bakura replied. He clapped his hands, and nine people showed up. Three looked like Mai, three looked like Songo, and the last three looked like Miroku. "We have to clean them up for the Wizard," he told them. The Mais took Kagome, Shippo and Inu-yasha the Lion. One Mai gave Kagome and Shippo new clothes, and washed their hair, while the other two held Inu-yasha down and scrubbed his head, all while he yelled, "I don't want a stinking makeover!!!" All the while, the Songos restuffed and cleaned up the Joey scarecrow, and the Mirokus did a total over haul on the Tin Duke.
Finally they were polished, primped, and pristine. They were walking up to the last set of double doors (and Inu-yasha was yanking ribbons out of his now clean and curly hair) when the people looked up to the sky and gasped in terror!
"It's the Warlock!" cried a woman as thunder clapped and lightening flashed. The Warlock was on another of his dark clouds, waving his Millennium Rod back and forth, summoning a tempest! Then, the clouds themselves formed letters.
"Surrender Kagome!" the clouds spelled.
"Kagome?!" the people shouted, "Who is that?"
"The Wizard will know what to do!" they cried as they ran for cover. And just then, a giant umbrella popped out of the tower, covering the whole city. Then, the people cheered, "Yay! The Wizard saved us!" And then the doors opened, and out stepped Tristan, with a clip board in hand.
"Come on, people, move it!" he said, "Nothing to see here!" one kid stood looking at him inquisitively, and Tristan turned to him, "I said beat it!" he yelled, making the tike scram.
Kagome and her company walked up to him, and said, "Excuses us,"
"And who are you?" he asked them.
"We're here the Wizard, you see, cause I really need to go home."
"And I some smarts, "Joey said.
"And I want a heart," Duke insisted.
"I gotta have the sword of Courage," Inu-yasha roared.
"Let's see her," he said, flipping through the pages on the clipboard, "Sorry, don't have anything like that on my Itinerary. You'll have to make an appointment."
"Appointment?" Kagome said, angrily, "For when?"
"A week from Tuesday next year," he said.
"That does it!!" Kagome screamed. "I've had enough insanity and enough waiting!"
"Me too!" Shippo said. He popped into a baseball bat, which Kagome then took into her hands and swiftly smacked Tristan across the head with it. He fell to the ground, clip board still in hand as Kagome and the others walked right on by.
After walking down almost endless seeming corridor, they came to a large chamber, with bonfires lit on either side of a large throne.
"So, where is this guy?" Joey asked, looking around. Then,. Almost as if on que, a huge green fire sprouted up from the midst of the throne, and looming before them was a familiar head.
"I am the Great and Powerful Yami!!!" the spiky haired head announced. "Who dares to enter my inner sanctum?"
By this time, they were all shaking with fear…except Kagome. "I should have known," Kagome said with a sigh.
"Oh man!" cried Joey scarecrow, diving and covering his head. The Tin Duke's knees were clattering, and he was desperately trying to stop them, while Inu-yasha the Lion hid behind Kagome.
"Speak!" the Wizard Yami commanded. This just made things worse.
"Alright then," Kagome said, stepping forward. " I'm Kagome, and I have a problem." she said calmly. "Shippo and I need to go home to Tokyo. The Brainless wonder over there needs a brain," she said, pointing to Joey, who was now crawling back to the door, "Duke wants a heart," she said as the metal meat head clattered to his knees. "And this fraidy cat," she said, stepping away from Inu-yasha, "Wants some stupid sword."
"Not just any old sword, you stupid girl," he said, getting up and yelling, "It's the Sword of Courage!"
"SILENCE!!!" the Wizard commanded. This made Inu-yasha freeze in his palce and look up, eyes wide with abject fear.
"It is indeed within my power to grant you these requests," the Wizard Yami said, "But you must first perform a service."
"What kind of service?" Kagome asked him.
"You must bring me the Millennium Rod!"
"The Millennium Rod?" Joey said, getting up and walking back in, "But that belongs to the Warlock!"
"You shall bring me the Millennium Rod!" Wizard Yami shouted, "Or face my wrath!!" Lightening bolts spewed from his eyes, striking the ground inches from where they stood. "Now GO!" he commanded.
All stood petrified. The Joey scarecrow then feinted into Kagome's arms. Then the lion bolted from the room, back through the corridor, and jumped, screaming, out of a stain glass window.
AN: Please review!
Chapter Three:
The Great And Powerful Yami
As the sun rose the next morning, Kagome and the others emerged from the woods. Before them, the Golden Road was covered by a vast field of poppies, and beyond that field was…
"The Crystal City!" Kagome said in awe. It actually looked a lot like Domino's skyline, except that in the center of the city was a large sparkling tower.
"Last I remember," the Tin Duke said, "I heard that the Wizard lives in the great tower."
"You'd better hope you're right," Inu-yasha the lion said, "or you're scrap metal."
Kagome had almost blocked them all out. She was too happy. She was literally a hop, skip and a jump away from going home. Suddenly a strange feeling came over her; she let go of the bike and said, "Let's go run through the flowers!" And she raced off.
"Kagome!" Shippo cried, running after her.
"Hey Kagome, wait for us!" the Joey scarecrow called. He started running after them, followed by Tin Duke and lion Inu-yasha - who had the unfortunate task of carrying the bike. They ran for a few minutes until suddenly, Kagome faltered, and fell to her knees. The guys caught up, and Tin Duke asked her, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine I guess," she said slowly, "But…I feel so tired," she yawned, and closed her eyes. Then, she slumped down, and Joey caught her before her head hit the ground.
"Kagome?" Joey scarecrow said, shaking her lightly, "Come Kagome wake up. Kagome!"
"Scarecrow, look!" Tin Duke said, pointing next to them. Shippo had also fallen asleep! And now Inu-yasha the lion was yawning, too!
"Lion, dude, don't fall asleep!" Joey the scarecrow said.
"I'm not," Inu-yasha said, "I'm…just resting…my eyes…" and he was out like a light.
"What the heck is doing this!?" Tin Duke cried.
"The flowers!" Joey Scarecrow said, "They must be poisoned or something."
"Oh man, we need help!" Tin Duke said, grabbing his head. "What are we gonna do?" They looked at each other, nodded, and then, they panicked. Joey jumped up, failed his arms and screamed 'HELP! SOMEONE HELP US!!' while Duke did the same, only turning left, right and pacing.
Then, an image of Serenity, The Good Witch, appeared in the sky. With a wave of a wand and some star dust, snow began to fall. As the snowflakes dusted themselves on her face, Kagome's eyes fluttered open. She sat up and looked around.
"Oh Kagome!" the Joey scarecrow cried, hugging her tight, "You're ok!"
"Yeah, I guess," she said looking around. She saw Shippo get up and shake the snow off himself, followed by lion Inu-yasha, who yawned so loud it became a small roar.
"Hey," Inu-yasha said, "Something's wrong with the walking tea kettle," he said, pointing to Duke.
"Oh no," Shippo said, "He's rusted again."
"Give me the oil quick," Kagome said, getting up and running over to her metallic friend.
All this was seen by the Warlock. "D&%$ IT!" he cried, picking up a globe and throwing it against the wall. His monkey creature ducked as the glass ball shattered against the wall into a thousand pieces.
"That Good Witch helped her again!" the Warlock said infuriated. "She should have never awaked from that field! Now I have to take more drastic measures," he said. He lifted up his hand, carrying the Millennium Rod, and soon a swirling, churning black cloud appeared. He got on, and flew off in the direction of the Crystal City.
A short time later, when thoroughly oiled and unkinked the Tin Duke Devilin, they all headed for the City. They soon came upon the tall Crystal Tower. At the base of the tower was a door with a large round door knocker, and a rope. The sign said, 'Pull Rope."
"Oh well," Kagome said. She pulled the rope, and then Bakura stuck his head out a little window.
"Yes, how may I help you?" he asked.
"We want to see the wizard," she said.
"Well, you can't" he said.
"WHAT?!?!" they all cried. "But I pulled the rope!"
"That's just to speak to me," Bakura said. "To speak to the Wizard, you have to knock." and he closed the window. So Kagome knocked with the door knocker. A second later, Bakura stuck his head back out. "Sorry, no visitors today." he said politly, "We're closed."
"Closed?!" Kagome shouted, "How can you be closed?!"
"It's a holiday," he replied matter-of-factly.
"And what holiday is that?" Joey Sccarecrow asked.
"It's 'Sorry, No Visitors Because We're Closed' Day" he said, and closed the window again.
"Why that little!" Joey said. He knocked on the door, amking Bakura appear again.
"Oh, you again?" he said pleasantly. "What do you need now?"
"We want to see the Wizard," Joey said.
"But didn't I explain to you that you couldn't come in?" Bakura said, confused. "I'm so forgetful. Anyway, I'm afraid it's a holiday, so I can't let you in." he repeated, and closed the window again.
"I'm sick of being polite!" Inu-yasha growled. "The only way to get in here is by showing him who's boss!" He grabbed the knocker and banged the door loudly.
Bakura opened the window again, cupped his chin in his hand, and said, "You again? We must stop meeting like this."
"Listen you pathetic excuse for a door mat!" Inu-yasha roared, "We want in, and we want in NOW!"
"Why should I let you in?" Bakura asked with a smile. "And just who are you anyway?" he asked Kagome in particular.
"Well I'm…" she said, taken aback, "I'm Kagome."
"Kagome?" Bakura said, straightening up. "The Warlock's Kagome?"
"Um…" she said.
"Yeah, That's right!" the Joey scarecrow said, putting his arm around Kagome's shoulder.
"The one and Only!" the Tin Duke added.
"Got a problem with that?" Inu-yasha the lion said putting his paw Kagome's shoulder.
"Well that's a Kirara of a different color!" Bakura said. He closed the window again, and this time, the huge double doors opened up to reveal a large market inside of a huge ball room! And that's not all…For now Bakura was in the driver's seat of a carriage that was being pulled by Kirara (in full demon form), but she changed right then from her usual yellow and black to pink and black!
"What is that?" Shippo said as they all climbed into the carriage.
"That's the Kirara of a dfferent color, my boy," Bakura said. "Weren't you paying attention? Go on, girl," he said to the cat demon. As they drove through the market, Kirara went through the entire rainbow. Then, they came up to another set of doors.
"Finally." Kagome said as the boy helped her out of the carriage. But then, Bakura stepped in front of them.
"You don't plan on seeing the Wizard looking like that do you?" he asked them.
"What's wrong with the way we look?" the Tin Duke said.
"You're all rusty, dusty and rag tag," Bakura replied. He clapped his hands, and nine people showed up. Three looked like Mai, three looked like Songo, and the last three looked like Miroku. "We have to clean them up for the Wizard," he told them. The Mais took Kagome, Shippo and Inu-yasha the Lion. One Mai gave Kagome and Shippo new clothes, and washed their hair, while the other two held Inu-yasha down and scrubbed his head, all while he yelled, "I don't want a stinking makeover!!!" All the while, the Songos restuffed and cleaned up the Joey scarecrow, and the Mirokus did a total over haul on the Tin Duke.
Finally they were polished, primped, and pristine. They were walking up to the last set of double doors (and Inu-yasha was yanking ribbons out of his now clean and curly hair) when the people looked up to the sky and gasped in terror!
"It's the Warlock!" cried a woman as thunder clapped and lightening flashed. The Warlock was on another of his dark clouds, waving his Millennium Rod back and forth, summoning a tempest! Then, the clouds themselves formed letters.
"Surrender Kagome!" the clouds spelled.
"Kagome?!" the people shouted, "Who is that?"
"The Wizard will know what to do!" they cried as they ran for cover. And just then, a giant umbrella popped out of the tower, covering the whole city. Then, the people cheered, "Yay! The Wizard saved us!" And then the doors opened, and out stepped Tristan, with a clip board in hand.
"Come on, people, move it!" he said, "Nothing to see here!" one kid stood looking at him inquisitively, and Tristan turned to him, "I said beat it!" he yelled, making the tike scram.
Kagome and her company walked up to him, and said, "Excuses us,"
"And who are you?" he asked them.
"We're here the Wizard, you see, cause I really need to go home."
"And I some smarts, "Joey said.
"And I want a heart," Duke insisted.
"I gotta have the sword of Courage," Inu-yasha roared.
"Let's see her," he said, flipping through the pages on the clipboard, "Sorry, don't have anything like that on my Itinerary. You'll have to make an appointment."
"Appointment?" Kagome said, angrily, "For when?"
"A week from Tuesday next year," he said.
"That does it!!" Kagome screamed. "I've had enough insanity and enough waiting!"
"Me too!" Shippo said. He popped into a baseball bat, which Kagome then took into her hands and swiftly smacked Tristan across the head with it. He fell to the ground, clip board still in hand as Kagome and the others walked right on by.
After walking down almost endless seeming corridor, they came to a large chamber, with bonfires lit on either side of a large throne.
"So, where is this guy?" Joey asked, looking around. Then,. Almost as if on que, a huge green fire sprouted up from the midst of the throne, and looming before them was a familiar head.
"I am the Great and Powerful Yami!!!" the spiky haired head announced. "Who dares to enter my inner sanctum?"
By this time, they were all shaking with fear…except Kagome. "I should have known," Kagome said with a sigh.
"Oh man!" cried Joey scarecrow, diving and covering his head. The Tin Duke's knees were clattering, and he was desperately trying to stop them, while Inu-yasha the Lion hid behind Kagome.
"Speak!" the Wizard Yami commanded. This just made things worse.
"Alright then," Kagome said, stepping forward. " I'm Kagome, and I have a problem." she said calmly. "Shippo and I need to go home to Tokyo. The Brainless wonder over there needs a brain," she said, pointing to Joey, who was now crawling back to the door, "Duke wants a heart," she said as the metal meat head clattered to his knees. "And this fraidy cat," she said, stepping away from Inu-yasha, "Wants some stupid sword."
"Not just any old sword, you stupid girl," he said, getting up and yelling, "It's the Sword of Courage!"
"SILENCE!!!" the Wizard commanded. This made Inu-yasha freeze in his palce and look up, eyes wide with abject fear.
"It is indeed within my power to grant you these requests," the Wizard Yami said, "But you must first perform a service."
"What kind of service?" Kagome asked him.
"You must bring me the Millennium Rod!"
"The Millennium Rod?" Joey said, getting up and walking back in, "But that belongs to the Warlock!"
"You shall bring me the Millennium Rod!" Wizard Yami shouted, "Or face my wrath!!" Lightening bolts spewed from his eyes, striking the ground inches from where they stood. "Now GO!" he commanded.
All stood petrified. The Joey scarecrow then feinted into Kagome's arms. Then the lion bolted from the room, back through the corridor, and jumped, screaming, out of a stain glass window.
AN: Please review!