A/N: OK, this chapter, I will try to add some better kissing scenes, and a lot of humor. *Prays to God I can pull it off* Heh heh heh. Enjoy! By the way, sorry this chapter took so long. My little brother wouldn't get off of the computer. I seriously had to water him and turn him towards the light, he was turning into a vegetable or something!
Disclaimer: I forgot to do this last chapter. *Watches nervously as lawyers begin to move closer* I don't own Inu Yasha! Inu Yasha and all related characters and names belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Inu Yasha and company are the sole poperties of Rumiko Takahashi. All rights reserved. illegal duplication of Inu Yasha or any related names, characters, or products, is punishable by law. Restrictions apply, results may vary. (Whew! I think that about covers it)
It was about two in the morning when Miroku got up to get a glass of water. He walked into the kitchen, and as he turned the faucet on, he happened to look over and see a dark form slink down the hallway.
"What the....." he said confused. All of a sudden the thing turned red hot eyes on him. Miroku was petrified with fear. He watched as the thing turned it's head away again and continued down the hallway. Miroku stood frozen in fear for about another minute, and a small "wizzing" kind of noise could be heard in the kitchen. (Just try and guess what it was!)Miroku then ran into the living room, where Inu Yasha was asleep on the floor. Miroku shook him gently.
"Inu Yasha, Inu Yasha wake up!" He said quietly. Inu Yasha just kept sleeping. "Come on Inu Yasha, wake up!" Miroku said a bit louder. When that didn't work, he started slapping the hanyou's face. Inu Yasha's eyes opened slightly and focused on Miroku.
"Aaaah, it's an angel..." Inu Yasha said sleepily as he closed his eyes again.
"What the? Man, I'm not an angel!" Miroku said as he continued to slap Inu Yasha across the face. He finally opened his eyes again.
"What?!" He asked Miroku irritably. Miroku was biting his nails nervously, and it took a bonk on the head from Inu Yasha for him to speak.
"I think there's a....a....a monster in the hallway." He said nervously as he huddled on the floor.
"Oh for the love of Mai." Inu Yasha said rolling his eyes.
"Who's Mai?" Miroku asked suspiciously. "Someone Kagome should know about?" Inu Yasha walked across the living room and looked down the hallway.
"I don't see any monster!" He called tauntingly to Miroku. Miroku was flabbergasted. (I hope that's a word)
"But, but, but....." Miroku stammered. Inu Yasha decided to have a little fun with Miroku.
"What did the monster look like?" Inu Yasha asked Miroku seriously.
"It was big and black and had big scary red eyes!" Miroku said. Inu Yasha's face took on a deadly serious look.
"I think I know what it was." Inu Yasha said. He and Miroku sat down in the living room. And Inu Yasha began to tell a ghost story.
(10 minutes later)
"...And then," Inu Yasha said as Miroku sat nervously biting his nails, "the big old insane monster broke out of his chains, and chased Mr. Mooky down into the basement. It was dark, damp, and moist. Then, all of a sudden when Mr. Mooky's back-" Inu Yasha was interrupted by a loud crash from the kitchen. Inu Yasha and Miroku both grabbed each other and screamed.
"AAAAAAHHHH, AAAAAAHHHHH, OOOOOOHHHHH!" They sat still holding onto each other for a few more minutes before Inu Yasha abruptly shoved Miroku away.
"Get your hands off of me!" Inu Yasha exclaimed. Over on the couch, Sango sat up.
"What's going on?" She asked sleepily. "I just heard a loud noise and some screaming. Was that you two?" Inu Yasha and Miroku both broke into indignant shouts.
"What are you crazy? We don't scream, girl! We're men!"
"Uh huh...." Sango said sarcastically. "Why don't we go check out what that crashing noise was?" Sango said as she walked towards the kitchen. As they came to the entrance of the kitchen, they saw what appeared to be a bloody handprint on the wall. There were also bloody footprints leading down the hallway. Inu Yasha, who was fearing the worst, started following the footprints. All of a sudden, Kagome jumped out from around a corner.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Inu Yasha screamed as he jumped backwards and fell over.
"Hey Inu Yasha, what you doing?" Kagome said as Inu Yasha hit the floor. He quickly stood up again.
"Having a heart attack, that's what I'm doing!" He yelled. It was then that he noticed the big red splotch on her pajamas. "Kagome...are.... you ok?" He asked with a worried look on his face.
"Oh yeah, I'm fine, I just spilled some ketchup on my PJs." She answered.
"Ketchup?"
"Yeah, I was hungry so I went into the kitchen to make a sandwich and I was gonna put some ketchup on it, and I dropped the bottle and the ketchup splattered all over."
"You mean that was ketchup all over the walls and floor?!" Inu Yasha cried in dismay. Kagome nodded. "You gave Miroku a heart attack!"
"Hey, you screamed too!" Miroku said.
"Oh, so that was you two screaming?" Kagome asked. Inu Yasha and Miroku quickly tried to convince Kagome that it wasn't them.
"No, of course not!" They said at the same time. "It was, uh, it was..... Sango!" They said as they pointed backwards at her.
"No it wasn't!" Sango cried indignantly. "Your screaming was what woke me up!" Suddenly, Sango noticed a dark form slinking down the hallway. "Hey what's that?" She asked pointing. Miroku's eyes went wide in fear.
"IT'S THE MONSTER!!!!! HIDE!!!!!" He screamed. Kagome looked puzzled.
"What monster? What's going on?" Suddenly she turned around and saw it too. "EVERYBODY INTO THE KITCHEN!!! RUN!!!" They all scrambled over to the kitchen, tripping over each other and trampling Miroku in the process. Once safely in the kitchen, they huddled together in a corner. "What was that thing?!" Kagome cried. She was answered by a loud chorus of "SHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!".
"Do you think it's a demon?" Miroku asked in a whisper.
"No, of course not!" Kagome replied. "There are no demons in the twenty-first century!"
"Oh yeah?" Inu Yasha snapped. "What about that flesh-eating Noh mask?!"
"That was completely different!" Kagome snapped back. "That was a possessed mask that survived from the past, all the way to the present!"
"Well, we're never gonna find out what it is if we just stand here!" Sango barked.
"Sango's right." Miroku said. "We've got to get it!"
"Well then, we'd better split up, we can cover more of the house that way." Kagome said.
"I'M NOT GOING OUT THERE BY MYSELF!!!" Miroku cried.
"Well, then, we'll go in pairs!" Inu Yasha said in annoyance. "Miroku, you go with.....Sango." He said, pointing at Sango. Miroku nervously edged closer to Sango. Sango nervously edged farther away.
"Since Miroku and Sango are going together, that leaves you with me, Inu Yasha." Kagome said, trying to hide the grin on her face. "Miroku, Sango, you go look down the hall. Inu Yasha and I will check in the well house. Just in case it slipped out the door while we weren't looking." (try and guess the REAL reason Kagome wants to "check" in the well house!! Heh heh.)
Inside the well house, it was dark, damp, and moist. It was also pretty cold. Kagome shivered in her PJs. She huddled closer to Inu Yasha for warmth.
"So, uh.... I don't see anything in here, do you?" Inu Yasha asked.
"Nope. I don't." Kagome said. "Do you think we should go help Miroku and Sango?" Inu Yasha shook his head.
"Nah, let's wait here a while. Maybe the thing will come in here."
"Yeah, OK, we'll wait a little while." Kagome said. (there's not going to be any action right away, so we'll go see what Sango and Miroku are doing! sound good?)
Sango walked down the hallway, peering in every room as she went. Miroku trailed nervously behind her. Miroku kept bumping into Sango, and edging right up next to her.
"WHY do you keep doing that?!" Sango cried in annoyance.
"I'm SCARED, OK?!" Miroku shouted back. Suddenly, there was a loud thump from down the hall, near Sota's bedroom.
"What was that?!" Miroku cried, grabbing Sango's shoulder. Sango's heart did some flip-flops for a minute, before she snapped herself back to her senses.
"Get your hands off of me!!" Sango screamed, slapping Miroku's hands away. There was another thump, this time at the door to Sota's room.
"What is it?" Miroku asked in a frightened voice.
"I don't know." Sango said, squinting. "It's too dark to see."
Suddenly the pair were confronted by the large red eyes of the "monster". Sango screamed. Miroku screamed and jumped up into Sango's arms. (You ever watch the original Scooby Doo cartoons? Where they always split up and Shaggy always gets stuck with Scooby, and then they find something scary, and Scooby jumps and Shaggy catches him? That's pretty much what this scenario looked like.) There was a slight pause while none of them moved, then the "monster" turned and continued to slink down the hallway. About a minute after it was gone they turned their heads to look at each other.
"Heh heh. I guess we're both a little jumpy huh?" Miroku asked. Sango answered him by dropping him on the floor. They both remained where they were for about another minute, Miroku on the floor, Sango standing slightly to the left of him. (spoiling Miroku's view of anything, I might add. EEEWWW) The two were both lost in thought. All Sango could think about was how Miroku's heart had been beating like a hummingbird's and, despite herself, she blushed a bit. Miroku, on the other hand, was only able to think *DAMN! That was my chance!* (he never stops, does he? Like the Energizer bunny, he just keeps going and going and going.....) Sango abruptly brought herself back to her senses.
"Hey, get up!" She said, turning to face Miroku. "We're supposed to be looking for the monster, remember?!"
"What?" Miroku said a bit dazed, seeing as his mind was still wrapped up in dirty thoughts. "OH! Oh.. yeah. Just a second...." Miroku straightened up, and they continued to make their way slowly back down the hall. About a step a minute. (Sigh... no more action here for a little while. Back to the well house!)
Kagome was still huddling next to Inu Yasha. They had seen no sign of movement in the well house. Kagome was shivering harder now, even though she was pressed right up against Inu Yasha.
"What's the matter Kagome?" He asked softly. "Still cold?"
"No, I'm SCARED." Kagome in a tiny, scared, voice. (wow, that was probably redundant to have her say she was scared in a "scared" voice.)
"What for? If that monster or demon comes in here, it's not like you have anything to worry about with me here." Inu Yasha replied. Kagome tried to huddle closer to Inu Yasha, but this was impossible, as she was already pressed right up against him.
"It's not that."Kagome replied " It's just that being in the well house kinda creeps me out." Inu Yasha was puzzled.
"Why does it creep you out? You travel between our two times so much, you spend a lot of time in here." Kagome shook her head.
"Not really. I only spend enough time in here to jump in or out of the well. I don't really hang around in between." Inu Yasha blushed a bit in embarassment.
"Uh....no. I guess you wouldn't." He said rather stupidly. Kagome didn't seem to care. She was too busy staring at the well, as though afraid a monster was about to jump out of it. After another minute or two Inu Yasha asked "So, uh.... why does the well house creep you out so much?"
"I never spent a whole lot of time in here when I was little. Gramps always told us to stay out of the well house. I probably wouldn't have even gone into the well house, except that I had to go in to get Buyo out. While I was looking for him, a demon came out of the well, grabbed me and pulled me in." At this point in the story, Kagome began shiver violently. Inu Yasha put an arm around her to try and calm her down.
"And it pulled you back to my time?" Inu Yasha asked, already knowing the answer. Kagome nodded. "Well like I said, you don't have to worry while I'm here." Again, Kagome nodded.
"I know. But it would be so much better if morning would get here." All of a sudden, a strong cold, wind sprang up, and blew through the well house. Kagome shivered even more, prompting Inu Yasha to put his fire rat cloak around her. She shivered a little less, but it was quite obvious she was still cold. So... Inu Yasha put his arm back around her. This time Kagome stopped shivering completely, and instead of continuing to stare at the well, looked up at Inu Yasha.
"So Kagome, you still cold?" Inu Yasha asked kindly.
"No."
"Well, that's good. It is kinda cold in here." Kagome was rather shocked at this sudden display of kindness. *Inu Yasha's acting really weird. It must be becasue he's losing so much sleep.* Kagome thought.
"Inu Yasha, you're acting really weird." She said. "Are you feeling OK?" Inu Yasha snorted.
"Feh. Of course I am." *Now he's acting like his normal self.* Kagome thought. Kagome was getting rather sleepy, and Inu Yasha's yawning only made it worse. She couldn't help herself. She closed her eyes and rested her head on Inu Yasha's shoulder. *Aaaaaaahhhhh, much better.* Kagome thought sleepily.
"Uh.. Kagome?" Inu Yasha said slowly. Kagome opened her eyes irritably.
"What?! Can't you see I'm trying to sleep?!" Kagome yelled. Inu Yasha looked at her with a shocked look on his face. *Huh? She was sleeping?!* He thought incredulously. Then he embarrasedly corrected himself. *Well of COURSE she was just sleeping. It IS almost three in the morning.* He thought, getting annoyed. *And it's not like she really likes me anyway.* Kagome looked at him irritably.
"What?" Inu Yasha asked in his usual, insolent tone.
"Why do you keep looking at me like that?! It's really annoying!" Kagome said angrily. By now Inu Yasha was getting REALLY mad.
"Look, do you wanna keep sitting here in the well house, or are we gonna help Miroku and Sango?!" Inu Yasha demanded. Kagome jumped to her feet.
"Well FINE! Let's go!" She yelled angrily as she stomped out the door. Inu Yasha leapt up.
"Hey! Wait up!" He called after her.
"SIT!" BWAM!
"Why you..."
"SIT!" BOOSH!
"AGH! MY BACK!!!" After about five minutes, Inu Yasha got up and followed her out of the well house.
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(*Tin cans and other assorted objects rain down from the angry audience* AGH! OW! I'M SORRY! OOOOWWW! I'M SORRY!! It was just not going the way I planned!! I screwed up! OOOWWW!! I swear on all things holy that I'll put it in next chapter!! AGH!!! *Loud cries of "BOOOO!!!" mix with the barrage of objects* OOOHH, OWW, AGH!!! It was DOOMED from the start!! DOOMED I tell you!!! DOOMED DOOMED DOOMED!!!!! OW HEY! OK, I'm going I'm going. But first, the conclusion of this chapter. *more cries of "BOOOOOO!!!"* EXIT! STAGE RIGHT! *Runs away screaming*)
***
Back in the house, an annoyed Kagome and Inu Yasha were greeted by a frightened Sango and Miroku.
"Kagome, Inu Yasha! Thank God you're back!" They said at the same time. They had just torn in from the other room when they said this.
"What now?!" Inu Yasha and Kagome said together irritably. Sango and Miroku looked at them questioningly.
"What's wrong with you two?" Sango asked. Inu Yasha and Kagome both gave her very icy glares.
"Nothing." They said at the same time. "Now what's the problem?" (Referring to two people as though they were one person is fun. Try it!) Since Sango was afflicted with a sudden loss of voice, most likely due to their cold glares, MIroku answered for her.
"The monster went into Sota's room!!" Miroku exclaimed in a frightened tone of voice. Kagome crossed her arms in annoyance.
"Who cares?! Now Sota won't bug me anymore!" She said irritably. "He's so annoying anyway!" Sango, affected deeply by this last statement, suddenly overcome her sudden voice loss. (Ugh. I'm being redundant again.)
"How can you even say that?!" She cried, shocked. "He's your brother!"
"Yeah an annoying brother." Kagome answered. It was obvious Sango was quite ready to whack Kagome upside the head with her boomerang bone, so Miroku intervened.
"Let's just take a look, shall we?" He said, turning to go back down the hall, dragging Sango along behind him. (What do you know? For all his perverseness, he actually has some uses! Maybe even some decency. *Whoah, let's not go TOO far*)
When they got to Sota's room, Sango and Miroku ducked behind Kagome and Inu Yasha.
"Will you knock it off?!" Inu Yasha said irritably. He threw open the door and walked in, his hand on the Tetsuaiga. Inside it was far too dark for anyone, except for maybe Inu Yasha, to see anything. Kagome walked and ran her hand along the wall, looking for the light switch. When she found it, she flicked it on. And there before them was.... Kirara! (I spell it the way they spell it in the manga.)
"HUH?!" They all cried, dumbstruck.
"Kirara?!" Sango cried in dismay. "I didn't know Kirara was here too!" (Does anyone know what gender Kirara is? Please let me know!)
"You mean it was Kirara causing all the trouble?!" Kagome asked, confused.
"I guess so." Sango answered.
"It sure is creepy how Kirara's eyes glow in the dark." Miroku said. "But that doesn't quite explain it. What I saw was, big, and definitely wasn't Kirara, even if they were in their transformed state." They all stopped to ponder this, when Shippo came in from the other room. (I just realized he wasn't included in this chapter yet.)
"Hey did you guys, her something just now?" He asked. Suddenly, there was a thumping kind of sound, like footsteps. On...the roof.....
***
On the roof, Sesshomaru stood there while I (that's right me!) paced around. Walking in circles was probably confusing everyone inside the house, but did I care? NO! We were currently faced with a much bigger problem.
"OK, think Sesshomaru, think. Where do you last remember seeing Rin?" I asked him. Sesshomaru was thoughtful for a moment. We had forgotten where we left Rin. "Come on Sesshomaru, can you remember?"
Suddenly, it hit Sesshomaru.
"Oh no." Sesshomaru said. "I think we left her at that night club..." I was a bit shocked by this statement.
"Which one?!" I asked. "The one with the strippers?!" Sesshomaru nodded. "POOR RIN!!! Poor young, impressionable Rin! We've gotta go get her!" And with that we tore off down the street, going to rescue poor Rin from the horrible adult-rated themes.
***
Back inside the house, Kagome, Inu Yasha, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo, were all looking up at the ceiling.
"Ah, it was probably nothing." Inu Yasha said.
"Well, good night everybody." Kagome said. She then kicked them all out of Sota's room, then went into her own room. Shippo bounced in after her, followed by Inu Yasha. Miroku and Sango went to go sleep out in the living room.
So everybody went to sleep, and the night's terrifying, confusing, and stupid events came to an end.
A/N: OK, I know the part where we left Rin at a night club was pointless, (and yes, I HAVE allied myself once again with Sesshomaru) but I felt I had to include Shippo, and I needed an excuse for why he would be up after all of the action was over. And I needed an excuse for the excuse. Plus, the thought of Sesshomaru going to a night club was so wacky I HAD to include it in the fic. Next time, Kagome has a nightmare, Inu Yasha comforts her. A hopefully short chapter with tons of romance. In hindsight, it would be wise in future fics to not mix humor with romance. It sends the fic's chemistry into a downward spiral, unless you're really talented. *Rotten tomatoes and other vegetables, as well as various other objects once again barrage the author, hurled by the angry readers of this fic.* OW!!! I THOUGHT WE WERE PAST ALL THIS CRAP! AUGH!! HEY!!! OOOWW!!! mommy...OH AUGH EEEEEE!!!! YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!!! I'M CALLING MY LAWYER!!! oh...wait...I'm too poor to afford a lawyer..... well... well...I'M CALLIN' ANDY THE HITMAN!!!! YEAH, HE'LL BUST YOU UP REAL GOOD!!! THE ONLY WAY TO SPARE YOURSELVES A PAINFUL DEATH, IS TO REVIEW THIS FIC!!!!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I forgot to do this last chapter. *Watches nervously as lawyers begin to move closer* I don't own Inu Yasha! Inu Yasha and all related characters and names belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Inu Yasha and company are the sole poperties of Rumiko Takahashi. All rights reserved. illegal duplication of Inu Yasha or any related names, characters, or products, is punishable by law. Restrictions apply, results may vary. (Whew! I think that about covers it)
It was about two in the morning when Miroku got up to get a glass of water. He walked into the kitchen, and as he turned the faucet on, he happened to look over and see a dark form slink down the hallway.
"What the....." he said confused. All of a sudden the thing turned red hot eyes on him. Miroku was petrified with fear. He watched as the thing turned it's head away again and continued down the hallway. Miroku stood frozen in fear for about another minute, and a small "wizzing" kind of noise could be heard in the kitchen. (Just try and guess what it was!)Miroku then ran into the living room, where Inu Yasha was asleep on the floor. Miroku shook him gently.
"Inu Yasha, Inu Yasha wake up!" He said quietly. Inu Yasha just kept sleeping. "Come on Inu Yasha, wake up!" Miroku said a bit louder. When that didn't work, he started slapping the hanyou's face. Inu Yasha's eyes opened slightly and focused on Miroku.
"Aaaah, it's an angel..." Inu Yasha said sleepily as he closed his eyes again.
"What the? Man, I'm not an angel!" Miroku said as he continued to slap Inu Yasha across the face. He finally opened his eyes again.
"What?!" He asked Miroku irritably. Miroku was biting his nails nervously, and it took a bonk on the head from Inu Yasha for him to speak.
"I think there's a....a....a monster in the hallway." He said nervously as he huddled on the floor.
"Oh for the love of Mai." Inu Yasha said rolling his eyes.
"Who's Mai?" Miroku asked suspiciously. "Someone Kagome should know about?" Inu Yasha walked across the living room and looked down the hallway.
"I don't see any monster!" He called tauntingly to Miroku. Miroku was flabbergasted. (I hope that's a word)
"But, but, but....." Miroku stammered. Inu Yasha decided to have a little fun with Miroku.
"What did the monster look like?" Inu Yasha asked Miroku seriously.
"It was big and black and had big scary red eyes!" Miroku said. Inu Yasha's face took on a deadly serious look.
"I think I know what it was." Inu Yasha said. He and Miroku sat down in the living room. And Inu Yasha began to tell a ghost story.
(10 minutes later)
"...And then," Inu Yasha said as Miroku sat nervously biting his nails, "the big old insane monster broke out of his chains, and chased Mr. Mooky down into the basement. It was dark, damp, and moist. Then, all of a sudden when Mr. Mooky's back-" Inu Yasha was interrupted by a loud crash from the kitchen. Inu Yasha and Miroku both grabbed each other and screamed.
"AAAAAAHHHH, AAAAAAHHHHH, OOOOOOHHHHH!" They sat still holding onto each other for a few more minutes before Inu Yasha abruptly shoved Miroku away.
"Get your hands off of me!" Inu Yasha exclaimed. Over on the couch, Sango sat up.
"What's going on?" She asked sleepily. "I just heard a loud noise and some screaming. Was that you two?" Inu Yasha and Miroku both broke into indignant shouts.
"What are you crazy? We don't scream, girl! We're men!"
"Uh huh...." Sango said sarcastically. "Why don't we go check out what that crashing noise was?" Sango said as she walked towards the kitchen. As they came to the entrance of the kitchen, they saw what appeared to be a bloody handprint on the wall. There were also bloody footprints leading down the hallway. Inu Yasha, who was fearing the worst, started following the footprints. All of a sudden, Kagome jumped out from around a corner.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Inu Yasha screamed as he jumped backwards and fell over.
"Hey Inu Yasha, what you doing?" Kagome said as Inu Yasha hit the floor. He quickly stood up again.
"Having a heart attack, that's what I'm doing!" He yelled. It was then that he noticed the big red splotch on her pajamas. "Kagome...are.... you ok?" He asked with a worried look on his face.
"Oh yeah, I'm fine, I just spilled some ketchup on my PJs." She answered.
"Ketchup?"
"Yeah, I was hungry so I went into the kitchen to make a sandwich and I was gonna put some ketchup on it, and I dropped the bottle and the ketchup splattered all over."
"You mean that was ketchup all over the walls and floor?!" Inu Yasha cried in dismay. Kagome nodded. "You gave Miroku a heart attack!"
"Hey, you screamed too!" Miroku said.
"Oh, so that was you two screaming?" Kagome asked. Inu Yasha and Miroku quickly tried to convince Kagome that it wasn't them.
"No, of course not!" They said at the same time. "It was, uh, it was..... Sango!" They said as they pointed backwards at her.
"No it wasn't!" Sango cried indignantly. "Your screaming was what woke me up!" Suddenly, Sango noticed a dark form slinking down the hallway. "Hey what's that?" She asked pointing. Miroku's eyes went wide in fear.
"IT'S THE MONSTER!!!!! HIDE!!!!!" He screamed. Kagome looked puzzled.
"What monster? What's going on?" Suddenly she turned around and saw it too. "EVERYBODY INTO THE KITCHEN!!! RUN!!!" They all scrambled over to the kitchen, tripping over each other and trampling Miroku in the process. Once safely in the kitchen, they huddled together in a corner. "What was that thing?!" Kagome cried. She was answered by a loud chorus of "SHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!".
"Do you think it's a demon?" Miroku asked in a whisper.
"No, of course not!" Kagome replied. "There are no demons in the twenty-first century!"
"Oh yeah?" Inu Yasha snapped. "What about that flesh-eating Noh mask?!"
"That was completely different!" Kagome snapped back. "That was a possessed mask that survived from the past, all the way to the present!"
"Well, we're never gonna find out what it is if we just stand here!" Sango barked.
"Sango's right." Miroku said. "We've got to get it!"
"Well then, we'd better split up, we can cover more of the house that way." Kagome said.
"I'M NOT GOING OUT THERE BY MYSELF!!!" Miroku cried.
"Well, then, we'll go in pairs!" Inu Yasha said in annoyance. "Miroku, you go with.....Sango." He said, pointing at Sango. Miroku nervously edged closer to Sango. Sango nervously edged farther away.
"Since Miroku and Sango are going together, that leaves you with me, Inu Yasha." Kagome said, trying to hide the grin on her face. "Miroku, Sango, you go look down the hall. Inu Yasha and I will check in the well house. Just in case it slipped out the door while we weren't looking." (try and guess the REAL reason Kagome wants to "check" in the well house!! Heh heh.)
Inside the well house, it was dark, damp, and moist. It was also pretty cold. Kagome shivered in her PJs. She huddled closer to Inu Yasha for warmth.
"So, uh.... I don't see anything in here, do you?" Inu Yasha asked.
"Nope. I don't." Kagome said. "Do you think we should go help Miroku and Sango?" Inu Yasha shook his head.
"Nah, let's wait here a while. Maybe the thing will come in here."
"Yeah, OK, we'll wait a little while." Kagome said. (there's not going to be any action right away, so we'll go see what Sango and Miroku are doing! sound good?)
Sango walked down the hallway, peering in every room as she went. Miroku trailed nervously behind her. Miroku kept bumping into Sango, and edging right up next to her.
"WHY do you keep doing that?!" Sango cried in annoyance.
"I'm SCARED, OK?!" Miroku shouted back. Suddenly, there was a loud thump from down the hall, near Sota's bedroom.
"What was that?!" Miroku cried, grabbing Sango's shoulder. Sango's heart did some flip-flops for a minute, before she snapped herself back to her senses.
"Get your hands off of me!!" Sango screamed, slapping Miroku's hands away. There was another thump, this time at the door to Sota's room.
"What is it?" Miroku asked in a frightened voice.
"I don't know." Sango said, squinting. "It's too dark to see."
Suddenly the pair were confronted by the large red eyes of the "monster". Sango screamed. Miroku screamed and jumped up into Sango's arms. (You ever watch the original Scooby Doo cartoons? Where they always split up and Shaggy always gets stuck with Scooby, and then they find something scary, and Scooby jumps and Shaggy catches him? That's pretty much what this scenario looked like.) There was a slight pause while none of them moved, then the "monster" turned and continued to slink down the hallway. About a minute after it was gone they turned their heads to look at each other.
"Heh heh. I guess we're both a little jumpy huh?" Miroku asked. Sango answered him by dropping him on the floor. They both remained where they were for about another minute, Miroku on the floor, Sango standing slightly to the left of him. (spoiling Miroku's view of anything, I might add. EEEWWW) The two were both lost in thought. All Sango could think about was how Miroku's heart had been beating like a hummingbird's and, despite herself, she blushed a bit. Miroku, on the other hand, was only able to think *DAMN! That was my chance!* (he never stops, does he? Like the Energizer bunny, he just keeps going and going and going.....) Sango abruptly brought herself back to her senses.
"Hey, get up!" She said, turning to face Miroku. "We're supposed to be looking for the monster, remember?!"
"What?" Miroku said a bit dazed, seeing as his mind was still wrapped up in dirty thoughts. "OH! Oh.. yeah. Just a second...." Miroku straightened up, and they continued to make their way slowly back down the hall. About a step a minute. (Sigh... no more action here for a little while. Back to the well house!)
Kagome was still huddling next to Inu Yasha. They had seen no sign of movement in the well house. Kagome was shivering harder now, even though she was pressed right up against Inu Yasha.
"What's the matter Kagome?" He asked softly. "Still cold?"
"No, I'm SCARED." Kagome in a tiny, scared, voice. (wow, that was probably redundant to have her say she was scared in a "scared" voice.)
"What for? If that monster or demon comes in here, it's not like you have anything to worry about with me here." Inu Yasha replied. Kagome tried to huddle closer to Inu Yasha, but this was impossible, as she was already pressed right up against him.
"It's not that."Kagome replied " It's just that being in the well house kinda creeps me out." Inu Yasha was puzzled.
"Why does it creep you out? You travel between our two times so much, you spend a lot of time in here." Kagome shook her head.
"Not really. I only spend enough time in here to jump in or out of the well. I don't really hang around in between." Inu Yasha blushed a bit in embarassment.
"Uh....no. I guess you wouldn't." He said rather stupidly. Kagome didn't seem to care. She was too busy staring at the well, as though afraid a monster was about to jump out of it. After another minute or two Inu Yasha asked "So, uh.... why does the well house creep you out so much?"
"I never spent a whole lot of time in here when I was little. Gramps always told us to stay out of the well house. I probably wouldn't have even gone into the well house, except that I had to go in to get Buyo out. While I was looking for him, a demon came out of the well, grabbed me and pulled me in." At this point in the story, Kagome began shiver violently. Inu Yasha put an arm around her to try and calm her down.
"And it pulled you back to my time?" Inu Yasha asked, already knowing the answer. Kagome nodded. "Well like I said, you don't have to worry while I'm here." Again, Kagome nodded.
"I know. But it would be so much better if morning would get here." All of a sudden, a strong cold, wind sprang up, and blew through the well house. Kagome shivered even more, prompting Inu Yasha to put his fire rat cloak around her. She shivered a little less, but it was quite obvious she was still cold. So... Inu Yasha put his arm back around her. This time Kagome stopped shivering completely, and instead of continuing to stare at the well, looked up at Inu Yasha.
"So Kagome, you still cold?" Inu Yasha asked kindly.
"No."
"Well, that's good. It is kinda cold in here." Kagome was rather shocked at this sudden display of kindness. *Inu Yasha's acting really weird. It must be becasue he's losing so much sleep.* Kagome thought.
"Inu Yasha, you're acting really weird." She said. "Are you feeling OK?" Inu Yasha snorted.
"Feh. Of course I am." *Now he's acting like his normal self.* Kagome thought. Kagome was getting rather sleepy, and Inu Yasha's yawning only made it worse. She couldn't help herself. She closed her eyes and rested her head on Inu Yasha's shoulder. *Aaaaaaahhhhh, much better.* Kagome thought sleepily.
"Uh.. Kagome?" Inu Yasha said slowly. Kagome opened her eyes irritably.
"What?! Can't you see I'm trying to sleep?!" Kagome yelled. Inu Yasha looked at her with a shocked look on his face. *Huh? She was sleeping?!* He thought incredulously. Then he embarrasedly corrected himself. *Well of COURSE she was just sleeping. It IS almost three in the morning.* He thought, getting annoyed. *And it's not like she really likes me anyway.* Kagome looked at him irritably.
"What?" Inu Yasha asked in his usual, insolent tone.
"Why do you keep looking at me like that?! It's really annoying!" Kagome said angrily. By now Inu Yasha was getting REALLY mad.
"Look, do you wanna keep sitting here in the well house, or are we gonna help Miroku and Sango?!" Inu Yasha demanded. Kagome jumped to her feet.
"Well FINE! Let's go!" She yelled angrily as she stomped out the door. Inu Yasha leapt up.
"Hey! Wait up!" He called after her.
"SIT!" BWAM!
"Why you..."
"SIT!" BOOSH!
"AGH! MY BACK!!!" After about five minutes, Inu Yasha got up and followed her out of the well house.
***
(*Tin cans and other assorted objects rain down from the angry audience* AGH! OW! I'M SORRY! OOOOWWW! I'M SORRY!! It was just not going the way I planned!! I screwed up! OOOWWW!! I swear on all things holy that I'll put it in next chapter!! AGH!!! *Loud cries of "BOOOO!!!" mix with the barrage of objects* OOOHH, OWW, AGH!!! It was DOOMED from the start!! DOOMED I tell you!!! DOOMED DOOMED DOOMED!!!!! OW HEY! OK, I'm going I'm going. But first, the conclusion of this chapter. *more cries of "BOOOOOO!!!"* EXIT! STAGE RIGHT! *Runs away screaming*)
***
Back in the house, an annoyed Kagome and Inu Yasha were greeted by a frightened Sango and Miroku.
"Kagome, Inu Yasha! Thank God you're back!" They said at the same time. They had just torn in from the other room when they said this.
"What now?!" Inu Yasha and Kagome said together irritably. Sango and Miroku looked at them questioningly.
"What's wrong with you two?" Sango asked. Inu Yasha and Kagome both gave her very icy glares.
"Nothing." They said at the same time. "Now what's the problem?" (Referring to two people as though they were one person is fun. Try it!) Since Sango was afflicted with a sudden loss of voice, most likely due to their cold glares, MIroku answered for her.
"The monster went into Sota's room!!" Miroku exclaimed in a frightened tone of voice. Kagome crossed her arms in annoyance.
"Who cares?! Now Sota won't bug me anymore!" She said irritably. "He's so annoying anyway!" Sango, affected deeply by this last statement, suddenly overcome her sudden voice loss. (Ugh. I'm being redundant again.)
"How can you even say that?!" She cried, shocked. "He's your brother!"
"Yeah an annoying brother." Kagome answered. It was obvious Sango was quite ready to whack Kagome upside the head with her boomerang bone, so Miroku intervened.
"Let's just take a look, shall we?" He said, turning to go back down the hall, dragging Sango along behind him. (What do you know? For all his perverseness, he actually has some uses! Maybe even some decency. *Whoah, let's not go TOO far*)
When they got to Sota's room, Sango and Miroku ducked behind Kagome and Inu Yasha.
"Will you knock it off?!" Inu Yasha said irritably. He threw open the door and walked in, his hand on the Tetsuaiga. Inside it was far too dark for anyone, except for maybe Inu Yasha, to see anything. Kagome walked and ran her hand along the wall, looking for the light switch. When she found it, she flicked it on. And there before them was.... Kirara! (I spell it the way they spell it in the manga.)
"HUH?!" They all cried, dumbstruck.
"Kirara?!" Sango cried in dismay. "I didn't know Kirara was here too!" (Does anyone know what gender Kirara is? Please let me know!)
"You mean it was Kirara causing all the trouble?!" Kagome asked, confused.
"I guess so." Sango answered.
"It sure is creepy how Kirara's eyes glow in the dark." Miroku said. "But that doesn't quite explain it. What I saw was, big, and definitely wasn't Kirara, even if they were in their transformed state." They all stopped to ponder this, when Shippo came in from the other room. (I just realized he wasn't included in this chapter yet.)
"Hey did you guys, her something just now?" He asked. Suddenly, there was a thumping kind of sound, like footsteps. On...the roof.....
***
On the roof, Sesshomaru stood there while I (that's right me!) paced around. Walking in circles was probably confusing everyone inside the house, but did I care? NO! We were currently faced with a much bigger problem.
"OK, think Sesshomaru, think. Where do you last remember seeing Rin?" I asked him. Sesshomaru was thoughtful for a moment. We had forgotten where we left Rin. "Come on Sesshomaru, can you remember?"
Suddenly, it hit Sesshomaru.
"Oh no." Sesshomaru said. "I think we left her at that night club..." I was a bit shocked by this statement.
"Which one?!" I asked. "The one with the strippers?!" Sesshomaru nodded. "POOR RIN!!! Poor young, impressionable Rin! We've gotta go get her!" And with that we tore off down the street, going to rescue poor Rin from the horrible adult-rated themes.
***
Back inside the house, Kagome, Inu Yasha, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo, were all looking up at the ceiling.
"Ah, it was probably nothing." Inu Yasha said.
"Well, good night everybody." Kagome said. She then kicked them all out of Sota's room, then went into her own room. Shippo bounced in after her, followed by Inu Yasha. Miroku and Sango went to go sleep out in the living room.
So everybody went to sleep, and the night's terrifying, confusing, and stupid events came to an end.
A/N: OK, I know the part where we left Rin at a night club was pointless, (and yes, I HAVE allied myself once again with Sesshomaru) but I felt I had to include Shippo, and I needed an excuse for why he would be up after all of the action was over. And I needed an excuse for the excuse. Plus, the thought of Sesshomaru going to a night club was so wacky I HAD to include it in the fic. Next time, Kagome has a nightmare, Inu Yasha comforts her. A hopefully short chapter with tons of romance. In hindsight, it would be wise in future fics to not mix humor with romance. It sends the fic's chemistry into a downward spiral, unless you're really talented. *Rotten tomatoes and other vegetables, as well as various other objects once again barrage the author, hurled by the angry readers of this fic.* OW!!! I THOUGHT WE WERE PAST ALL THIS CRAP! AUGH!! HEY!!! OOOWW!!! mommy...OH AUGH EEEEEE!!!! YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!!! I'M CALLING MY LAWYER!!! oh...wait...I'm too poor to afford a lawyer..... well... well...I'M CALLIN' ANDY THE HITMAN!!!! YEAH, HE'LL BUST YOU UP REAL GOOD!!! THE ONLY WAY TO SPARE YOURSELVES A PAINFUL DEATH, IS TO REVIEW THIS FIC!!!!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!