VERY IMPORTANT A/N: Well, I got the requested amount of reviews so I won't delete the fanfic. HOWEVER, it seems I'm gonna have to start being mean about updating if I'm gonna get any reviews. From now on, you won't get a new chapter unless I get AT LEAST 3 REVIEWS for the previous one. Also, if I post a new chapter and I don't get a single review within two weeks I WILL delete the fanfic. Got it? Good. *grumble*
Chapter 8: A Little Misunderstanding
Inuyasha was bored out of his mind. He'd jumped into the well several times, but he'd just ended up in the usual place.
"Damn it" he thought to himself as he lay sprawled out of the couch, watching the TV with obvious disinterest.
-- Just then, he jumped up and started shouting at you. Yes, you. "IF YOU DIDN'T READ THE AUTHOR'S NOTE THEN YOU'D BETTER GO BACK AND READ IT!!!"--
Sota walked into the living room, carrying a bag of potato chips. Seeing Inuyasha, a grin spread over his face.
"Hey Inuyasha! Wanna play a video game with me?"
Inuyasha looked up at him boredly. He was about to say something rude when Kagome's voice popped into his head.
"Don't you dare swear in front of my little brother or I'll sit you into oblivion!"
Shuddering, he rethought his response.
"Sure kid. But what's a video game anyway?"
Inuyasha listened with rapt attention (A/N: The world is ending) as Sota explained what video games were, and emphasizing with great detail the "coolness" of his fighting games.
They were half way through a match of Dead or Alive 3 when a loud crash was heard from outside.
Inuyasha raced to the front door, only to find that it had been knocked off its hinges and had broken in two.
Growling, the furious hanyou put his nose to work and went in search of the offenders. He didn't search long, however, for they were looking for him too.
Inuyasha an back to the living room and came face to face with a fierce looking boy wearing jeans and a white T-shirt. Behind him stood a short man with spiky black hair, a taller teenager with red hair, who was wearing so much pink that Inuyasha found it hard to look at him, and an even taller, ugly boy wearing a blue suit.
Sota had taken refuge in the kitchen, his precious video game abandoned.
"Who the hell are you?!" shouted Inuyasha, outraged by their invasion of Kagome's home.
The boy wearing jeans spoke up first, but it was far from an introduction.
"Where the hell is Botan, demon?! What have you done to her?!"
Inuyasha stepped forward and snarled at the boy.
"I've done nothing to Botan! She and Kagome have gone off somewhere and they made me stay here! Now tell me; what's your name?!"
The boy calmed down a bit; at least enough to tell Inuyasha was his name was.
"My name is Yusuke Urameshi. I'm a spirit detective. And these are my friends; Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara." he said, gesturing to the three people behind him.
Kurama, the one wearing pink, decided to intervene.
"Tell us demon, where have Botan and your friend Kagome traveled to? We mean no harm, we just want to find Botan."
Inuyasha folded his arms and pouted. "They went to Jusenkyo to go fix something that went wrong."
"What went wrong?" asked Kuwabara, the blue-clad boy.
"None of your business!" snarled Inuyasha, still ashamed that the whole mess was entirely his fault.
"Well" said Hiei, the short, spiky haired man "if they've gone to Jusenkyo it would be best if we followed.
"There's one problem with that." replied Inuyasha "they've gone back in time."
"Wow…" whispered Kagome as the blanket of blue stretched out below the three travelers.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" sighed Botan, smiling as the ocean breeze whipped past them.
"I do wish I'd brought a sweater though" commented Kagome "It's quite chilly up here."
"Don't worry, we'll be there soon." said Botan, scanning the horizon.
Time passed slowly however, and Kagome and Ataru's game of "I spy" slowly died away, seeing as there wasn't much to spy besides sky and water.
Botan only started to get annoyed at the two when they began a game of "guess that song"
Glaring back momentarily, she shouted at the noisy pair.
"You're giving me a headache! Especially you Ataru! I don't know if anyone's told you this before, but you CAN'T SING!"
Botan was getting tired, and although the shore was now slightly visible if you squinted and looked very carefully, she had started to think she might fall asleep before they got there.
Kagome and Ataru noticed this, and tried very hard to be quiet for the rest of the journey. But sitting on an oar for a long time gets uncomfortable, and very, very boring.
Sota finally decided that it was safe enough to emerge from the kitchen, and quickly ran to hide behind Inuyasha.
Inuyasha flinched, but pretended not to notice.
"Anyway, there's no way we can get to them now. All we can do here is wait."
The trio of spirit detectives did not look pleased, but reasoned that Inuyasha was right.
"So…" said Yusuke, looking around at the living room "how about we have us some fun while the girls are gone?"
A/N: Grrrrrrr…Don't think that just cause I'm not deleting the story means you can stop reviewing. I KNOW people are reading this. I had better get some reviews…*sulks*
