Oblivious

Chapter Two: Wonderland

By: Eartha

"Inuyasha!! I HAVE to go home!"

There was no way that he could keep me another day. I have so much homework that I just know I'll be buried in paper till I'm as old and wrinkled as Kaede.

Plus I have exams coming up, end of the year exams. If he would just listen, then he would know that summer vacation was soon and he would have me for three whole months!!

Unfortunately, his skull is as thick as the calloused soles of his feet (which considering he walked on molten lava without an injury to show, says a lot about him).

It also explained how he could dig his heals in sooo deep without budging an inch...with me hanging from my backpack straps...in the well.

Yes, I was that close to home.

So close yet so far.

Sigh.

"INUYASHA!!!!" His ears flinched with that one (::good::) but his hands still held firm.

Oh well, I tried.

"SIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTT!!!"

Sharp nails, clutching straps for dear life inadvertently cut the stressed cloth.

Smirking at my luck, I fell down the well into the bright lights of passing time...until I felt something flapping against my back that was definitely not my hair.

Hey, he ruined my backpack!!!

Too bad I was so caught up in assessing the damage to my poor bookbag. Maybe then I would have noticed someone falling the opposite direction from me.

That would have solved a lot of problems.

Heh, but what's the fun in that?!

......Jean's POV..............

All I could see were flashing lights.

Man, I must have some migraine!! I rubbed my eyes to make the fireworks end...but nothing was changing.

For some reason I was still surrounded by an array of multicolored lights...and was I falling??

Great, now all I need to see is the Cheshire Cat and I'll know I'm not in Kansas any more.

Wait...that isn't right.

As suddenly as the lights began, they ended with one lasting burst of bright light. Staring up into that light, I tried to figure out just what was happening.

Logical explanations were running through my mind.

Logical reason number one: I'm asleep.

Okay, there is a perfectly simple way to find out if that one is true.

::Pinch::

"Itai!!"

Okay, I thought while rubbing the quickly darkening spot on my arm, I'm not sleeping.

Logical reason number two: I'm High.

Testing that one, well that's easy. I'm thinking logically aren't I? So... no, I guess Mrs. Higurashi did not give me a hash brownie. Although it would explain why that family is so damn happy all the time...

Breathe Jean, just breathe, says my inner brother. Yes, Hojo is my conscience. Yes, he's that pesky little angel on my left shoulder whispering that I should play nice with the other kiddies. Well, wouldn't it be fun to SQUASH the little angel and throw him to the rabid children??!!

Hmmm...okay maybe the drug thing is more plausible than I originally thought...

Alright, let in the positive thoughts and release the negative. Girl, you really need to stop being so cynical about everything.

But, you have to admit that woman smiles way too much...

Alright, moving on...

Logical reason number three: Ahhh!!! I took the red pill didn't I??!!

I really should not watch the Matrix as often as I do...

Okay, more reasons, more reasons...God, why is it that all I can think about is Alice in Wonderland?

Okay, logical reason number four that has ceased to be logical: I'm stuck in wonderland.

Test: Now where's that Cheshire cat?

Yeah right, come on, I really need to get a brain...(Ahh!! Stop mixing up those movies!)

::rustle::

"Mamome?!"

Oh dear lord, I think I just heard something above me.

I lifted my head in fear to see what would make such a noise.

The first thing I saw were two white ears. Then there emerged unnaturally glowing amber eyes and a disturbingly devilish grin peering down at me from the bright light in the sky.

Hmmm...what do you know? I guess Wonderland wasn't so far off after all...