Families CAN Be Replaceable Sidestories
Sorona- Yes. I drew a picture of Kyo, but I only did that last week. I don't have a scanner or I'd send it to you. When I do find one, yes, I'll email it to you.
Cirrus- (takes grapes and chucks at Inuyasha. Inuyasha: HEY!!!!) There we go. Here's another story.
Dragon Man 180- Yes. Good idea. I co0uld just see Sesshy getting Jaken back at that one. I think Tokijin would get a work out and Tensaiga wouldn't for an hour or so. Poor Jaken.
Kyou- Yes, that was a long run on. Why did you howl at the moon? o.o;
LiL:.CaT:.AnImE- I hope this chapter's even funnier.
ZeldaAlly- No girl's free to roam the feudal era without having to worry about Miroku. -.-; That includes Kyo.
Lenipez sideshow- Yes. Kyo howling at the moon is pretty funny when Kyo does it. Usually dragonflies don't scare me, but giant ones would scare me too. I seem to be starting a lot of my reviews with 'yes'. Weird.
animecraze11- I'd like to read your story, but first you have to give me a link! Saturo could be a boys name. It sounds like one. Me inspire someone? Cool! Thanks! I feel so special!
KG the oven mit fanatic- I know you didn't review this story (sob) but this one's all for you! Read the AN and you'll know why!
Author's Note! This side story is unlike the others. Why might you ask? Because Kyo isn't telling it! Mikoto is! Yeah! Also, because it's going to be long, the story will be put into 'parts'. I hope you like it!
Part 1: Fun and Games
I was sitting under Inuyasha's tree. I had been sitting there alot lately because it was June which meant Kyo was through the well, taking something called 'finals'. Kagome was too, but that didn't matter to me. Inuyasha was sulking above me. Everyone else was inside. There was nothing we could do until my future mate and her adoptive sister came back.
Luckily, today was the day Kyo told us she was coming back and would be staying for a while. We didn't have to wait long. Only about three hours after sunrise, I picked up Kyo's scent. "Do you smell that, Inuyasha?" I asked, looking up. The dog took a sniff of the air. "They're back." he declared.
Both of us took off, full speed towards the well. When we got there, Kyo and Kagome were just starting off towards the village. Even though Kyo was holding three large bags, she still managed to hug me. Her scent filled my nose and I sighed happily, kissing her between her little cat ears.
People may look at Kyo and call her just good looking but to me she's beautiful. Her purple eyes are like nothing I've ever seen and her light brown hair is always so soft. She's short, but that suits me. It makes Kyo even cuter. And her scent. She smells of lavender and green tea. A great mix. I love her so much.
"I missed you." Kyo told me, "You wouldn't believe how badly I wanted to go back through the well. Exams are so boring." "Agreed." Kagome put in, "Sometimes I wish I could just get out of school." "I wish you would." Inuyasha mumbled. "Why would you want to cut school?" Kyo asked her sister, "You'd never know such wonderful things!"
Kagome ignored her comment. I took one of Kyo's bags. Actually I tried to take two, but the second on Kyo took back. "What's in there?" I asked raising an eyebrow. "It's a secret." she replied, "You'll see soon enough." Inuyasha and I bent down and our girls got on our backs.
A few minutes later we arrived at Kaede's house again. Kyo slipped off my back. Kagome slipped off Inuyasha's and we all walked in. "Good morning." Kaede said looking up. "Kagome!" Shippo exclaimed, jumping up onto the girl's should. Kagome laughed. "Hi Shippo." she said.
Sango and Miroku were also in the hut. Sango is good for a demon slayer. She doesn't harm them without a good reason. Miroku on the otherhand, might be nice, but he is not a good monk. I'm not sure I trust him around Kyo. There have been too many times Miroku has groped her or Sango and Kagome.
"Hi Kagome, Kyo." Sango said grinning, "I'm glad to see that you're back." "But not for long." Kagome said sighing, "I flunked one of my tests so I have to go back and retake it." "What about Kyo?" I asked. "I don't know how Kyo does it, but she managed to pass with flying colors." she replied, "But Kyo said she'd stay with me until I could come back."
My ears drooped in disappointment. Kyo laughed. "It'll only be for a week." she assured me, "You can wait that long, right?" "We'll get bored." Shippo replied. "That's why we brought you some things to keep you occupied." Kagome said. She nodded towards Kyo. Kyo pulled the bag I had tried to take earlier into the middle of the room.
"There's three modern appliances in here." she explained, opening the bag. She pulled out a big box with little nobs on it. "This is a stereo." Kyo told everyone. Kagome pulled out the next thing that was more of a rectangular shape with glass circles in it. "This is a video camera." she said. Kyo pulled out the last thing. It was round on the top and flat on the bottom. Then there was a little flat thing sticking up on top of the round part.
"And this is a camp stove." Kyo finished, "While we're gone we thought it might be fun for you guys to figure out what each thing does." "How?" Inuyasha asked eyeing the 'video camera'. "Just play with them I guess." Kagome said shrugging, "You'll figure out soon enough." "This is going to be fun!" Shippo exclaimed happily. "It will surely be a learning expirience." Miroku agreed.
"I'm glad you'll find it interesting." Kagome said standing up. "We were hoping you would!" Kyo added. She stood up too. "Are you leaving already?" Inuyasha asked disappointed. "Yeah." Kagome replied, "I have a lot of studying to do." I frowned. "Why do you have to go Kyo?" I asked, "You don't have to retake your tests." "I'm going back to give Kagome some emotional support." Kyo explained, "And so that she doesn't have to ask Souta or mom to help her study."
"She's also invited to a party with one of her friends." Kagome said rolling her eyes. "Anyway, I'm going through the well." Kyo said grinning. I sighed. "Well I hope you have fun at your party." I said. She smiled at me. "I will." Kyo replied. We shared a quick kiss, before the girls left the hut.
"So what do we do with the things Kagome and Kyo left us?" Sango asked looking over the 'camp stove'."They said to try to figure them out." I replied.
Part 2: The Stereo
The next day we really started to get into working on the items. When I walked into the hut, Sango and Miroku were already bending over the 'stereo'. "Good morning, Mikoto!" Sango said brightly, "Could you help us figure out this thing." "We forgot the name too, I'm afraid." Miroku added. "It's a stereo." I replied. "That's right!" he exclaimed.
I sat down with them and we all stared at the stereo. "Maybe if we stare at it will ask us what we're doing." Shippo said popping up on Sango's head, "And then we can ask it what it does." "I don't think things work like that in Kyo's time." I replied, "But let's try it."
We continued to stare at the stereo. I tried staring at different parts. For instance, there was a little rectagular piece that looked as if it could come out like a mouth. I stared at that. Then I tried staring at these two little circles that I thought coul be eyes. That didn't work either. The thing just stayed silent.
"What the hell are you all doing?" Inuyasha demanded, coming into the hut. "We're trying to get the stereo to tell us what it does by staring at it." Miroku replied. "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!" the hanyou exclaimed, "Why would it talk to you if you keep on staring at it? You've got to insult it!"
"Then you try Inuyasha." Sango said. "Alright." he replied, "Hey you, Stereo! You're so freakin' ugly that even my brother would be scared of you! If you ever died, no one would be upset. We'd have party cause we'd be HAPPY! In fact, I think I'll kill you right now for a little sport!"
Inuyasha started walking over to the stereo. "Don't break Kagome's stereo!" Shippo said. He scowled. "You're so ugly that you should be in HELL!" Inuyasha said. "I don't think you want it down there." Shippo said. "And why's that?" he asked. "Because Kikyo's down there." the kitsune replied. Inuyasha didn't answer.
"Now what do we try?" Miroku asked. "Uh." Shippo said looking around, "We could try pushing buttons." Sango pushed a button that said 'Radio' on it, but nothing happened. I tried pushing a little rectangular thing under the word 'Tape'. The rectangle opened, but we couldn't figure out what to do with it. There was nothing in the box.
"Look!" Sango exclaimed, "There's a button that says power!" "That might work." Miroku said, "Try it." Sango pushed the 'Power' button. As soon as she did music blaired out at us. I flattened my ears and put my hands over them. I noticed that Inuyasha did the same.
"What's wrong?" Miroku asked. "TURN THE DAMN MUSIC DOWN!!!!!!!" Inuyasha screamed. "Why?" Shippo asked. "JUST TURN IT DOWN DAMNIT!!!!!" the hanyou screamed. I think it was hurting him more than it was me. "Why?" Sango asked. "The music" I said, "It's too loud for our ears."
"I'll try to find a way to turn it down." she said, "What do you think, Miroku?" I watched them press all different buttons. Either the buttons didn't do anything, or they made the music louder. Finally I noticed that it wasn't going to get quiet anytime soon so I pried a hand off one of my ears and pulled Inuyasha outside.
I shut the door. "That's a little better." Inuyasha said. "I thought it might be." I said, "I'm surprised that Shippo didn't have a problem with the sound. "Shippo's an idiot." Inuyasha explained, "I wouldn't be surprised it he really wasn't a demon." I ignored this comment. We both knew it wasn't true."
"Do you want to go for a walk?" I questioned, "Just to get away from the music and let them figure out how to tune it down?" "Sure." Inuyasha replied. We set out towards the woods.
When Inuyasha and I returned, the music seemed to be off. We walked in to the hut. "Glad to see you two back." Miroku said happily. "Did you figure out what it does?" I asked. "We did." Sango admitted. "This is a machine that plays music." Miroku explained. "Come really close so that we can show you what the buttons do." Shippo said happily.
We got close. Only about a foot away from the stereo. "These two furry things put the sound out." Sango said. "These two buttons turn the volume up and down." Miroku explained. "And this button turns the thing on!" Shippo exclaimed pushing it. Music blasted out. Inuyasha and I pushed ourselves away as quickly as we could, our hands clapped over our delicate ears.
"Shippo!" Sango exclaimed, "That wasn't very nice!" "Sorry." Shippo said snickering, "I couldn't help it." The music was still blairing so we exited the hut again.
"I'm going to get that kid!" Inuuyasha exclaimed, "I'm going to beat him untill he cries so badly, Kagome can hear him in her time!" "Then you'll get in trouble." I pointed out, "Kagome will come back and sit you." "It'll be worth it." he growled rubbing his ears. And for once, I couldn't blame him for his need for violence. My ears were still twitching in pain.
Part 3: Revenge
"So how are you going to beat up on Shippo?" I asked, "He'll be hanging around Sango all day so that you can't hurt him." "He only sleeps with Kagome." Inuyasha said, "So now that she's gone, he'll sleep on his own." "But Shippo will be on his guard for the rest of the day, including while he's sleeping." I pointed out, "He knows you too well."
"You got any ideas, Catboy?" Inuyasha demanded. "Actually yes." I replied, "There's a flower that grows around here called a poppy. If you burn them, it creates a gas that makes things sleep." The hanyou nodded. "I like it." he said.
Later that night, after everyone went to sleep, I handed Inuyasha the packet of poppies I had picked. "If you're not going to beat Shippo up, you're fanning the fire." Inuyasha told me. "Okay." I replied. We silently walked up to where Shippo was sleeping.
"Wait!" I said quickly, "The poppies will effect us too!" "Great!" Inuyasha snapped, "Now what do we do? I don't wanna be beating the kid up and then suddenly fall asleep!" I ran towards Kaede's hut. Opening the chest that Kagome and Kyo used to store some extra clothes, I pulled out two scarves. A red one and a purple one. The red one belonged to Kagome. The purple one was Kyo's. I returned to Inuyasha.
He looked at the scarves. "What are they for?" he demanded. I tied Kagome's scarf around Inuyasha's nose and mouth. I put Kyo's over mine. "The poppy shouldn't effect us now." I explained. Inuyasha nodded. "Good." he said. Inuyasha closed his eyes and breathed in. I snickered. He said he didn't love Kagome, but his actions told otherwise. I stopped snickering, noticing I was doing the same thing with Kyo's scarf.
"Let's get down to buisness." Inuyasha said, pulling himself out of Kagome's scent. I took my flint and steel out of my pocket and caught a spark on the poppies. They began to smoke. Pulling out a small fan I had taken from Sango, I fanned the smoke towards Shippo. The kitsune sighed, breathing it in. He made no more moves.
Inuyasha closed in on Shippo. The kid awoke at the impact, screaming and yelling. Inuyasha only let up on him after a few minutes and quite a few big bumps. "NEVER PLAY WITH THAT STEREO AGAIN!" Inuyasha yelled. It was over. I pulled a small vial of water from my pocket and dumped it on the smoking poppies. The deed was done. Inuyasha had taken revenge... but at a price.
Sango scowled at Inuyasha. "That asn't nice at all, Inuyasha. I'm going to tell Kagome what you did." she said, "I hope she sits you ten feet under!" I was glad I had not hurt Shippo. I didn't want to know what Kyo could do.
Part 4: The Video Camera
The next morning when I walked into the hut, Sango was there, examining the video camera. "Any idea?" I asked. "None." the demonslayer replied, "The only clue I have is that Kagome's brought a machine here a few times she called a camera. It took something called 'pictures'. Little bits of time stuck in place on a piece of paper."
"I remember that." I said nodding, "We learned from the stereo that we have to look for a power button. Is there one?" "No." Sango replied, "But there's an 'On' button." "Try that." I suggested. She pressed it and a few little lights lit up. "That did something." she admitted, "But I don't think it's doing anything at the moment."
I took the video camera from Sango and looked over all the buttons. There was a little rectangle on hindges. I pulled it out. "I wonder what that does..." the slayer trailed off. Under the rectangle had been more buttons. I pushed on of them and the little rectangle showed what as in front of me, but it didn't look like a window.
"What did you do?" Sango asked, watching me look strangly at the camera. "See for yourself." I replied, handing it back to her. "That's amazing!" Sango exclaimed once she saw the rectangle. "Good morning!" Miroku said entering, "Are you already working on the machines from through the well? Let me help!"
Sango handed him the video camera. "We got it to turn on, that rectangle to open, and show what's in front of it. "Very interesting." Miroku said, "I wonder what this button that says 'rec.' does." He pushed it. "This 'rec.' thing just appeared on the rectangle!" the monk exclaimed.
Just then Inuyasha and Shippo burst through the door. We all turned towards them. Shippo was hanging off of Inuyasha's hair. He seemed to be pulling it. "GET OFF ME!" Inuyasha yelled. He tried to catch the kid so that he could pull him off, but Shippo somehow avoided his grip. "GET OFF!" Inuyasha yelled again. "No." Shippo replied, "This is pay back for what you did to me last night!"
"Mikoto helped too!" the hanyou exclaimed, "Why aren't you attacking HIM?!?!?!" "Cause he didn't beat me up!" the kitsune replied. Miroku watched the scene through the rectangular window thing. "I found a 'stop' button!" he exclaimed pressing it. Shippo dropped from Inuyasha's hair. "Can I see?" He asked. "When I'm finished with you you won't be able to see anything!" Inuyasha yelled, chasing Shippo out of the room.
"And here's a 'play' button!" the monk said. He pressed that too. The last scene with Shippo and Inuyasha played back on the rectangle. "That is so cool!" Sango exclaimed. "Cool?" I questioned. "I got it from Kyo and Kagome." she replied, "They seemed to use it a lot." I nodded in agreement.
"So did we figure this video camera out?" Sango asked. "I think we have." I replied, "It records what's going on around it and plays it back." Miroku nodded. "That does make sense." he agreed.
Part 5: The Camp Stove
Before I even walked into Kaede's hut the next morning, I knew what would be going on. Sango and maybe someone else would be working on the last object. The camp stove. It surprised me to see that Inuyasha was with Sango this morning. They were both staring at the item.
"Any ideas?" I asked sitting down and joining the staring competition. "Kagome's got a stove thingy in her house." Inuyasha told me, "It shoots fire up so that she can cook things on it. I'm guessing this is the same thing, but just in a smaller size." "Sounds logical." I agreed, "Any idea how to turn it on? Because I have something to cook. "You do?" Inuyasha asked.
I got up and went to Kagome and Kyo's chest once again. This time I pulled a pot and a packet of ramen out. I returned and tossed them to Inuyasha. "I do." I replied, "Unless you'd rath cook it." "Feh. Cooking isn't my thing." Inuyasha replied, "You can do it." He tossed them back to me.
"So has anyone figured out where the 'on' or 'power' button is?" I asked. "No." Sango replied, "This one doesn't seem to have either." I frowned. "Then it's got to have something else." I said. Picking up the oven, I looked it over. "Here's instructions!" I exclaimed. I read them over. "This one will be easier than the others." I said, pumping the gas the way it instructed.
Inuyasha put his head really close to mine so that he was over the oven. "And how is it going to be easier?" he asked. I rolled my eyes. "Because there's instructions!" I replied. I pressed the button to start up the flame.
Mistake. Those two locks of Inuyasha's hair went up in flames. He screamed, jumping up and running around like an idiot. Sango picked up the video camera and began recording what was going on. I put the oven down and ran out of the hut, returning with a big bucket of water. I dumped it over Inuyasha. His hair hissed and went out.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!?!?!" Inuyasha demanded. "I didn't do it on purpose." I replied, "You were just in the wrong place at the right time." "You were trying to KILL ME!!!!" Inuyasha exclaimed. "No I wasn't." I replied, "I already told you, it was your own fault. Didn't Kagome ever tell you to keep your hair away from the fire?" The hanyou nodded. "Well the same goes for ovens." I replied, "Watch your hair and it won't happen again.
I picked the empty bucket up and walked out. "Where are you going?!" Inuyasha demanded. "I'm going to get water." I told him. "For what?" he asked. "Your ramen." I replied. Inuyasha didn't say anything else.
As soon as Inuyasha finished his ramen, Kaede walked into the hut. "Are ye all done playing with Kagome and Kyo's toys?" she asked. "Yup." Shippo replied. We had found him at the stream, trying to catch a fish. I'm still not sure why he wanted one. "Good." the old lady said sitting down.
"Hey hag." Inuyasha said, "Where were you?" "I thought it would be safer if I stayed at one of the villager's huts while ye people figured out those things." Kaede explained, "And it seems I was right." She eyed the wet spot on the floor where I had extinguished Inuyasha's hair. "You were probably right to do that." I admitted. We all laughed, remembering the many things that had happened over the past few days.
Part 6: The Girls Return
Kyo and Kagome returned after a week, just as they said they would. "Did you figure all three things out?" Kyo asked. "The stereo?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha nodded, rubbing his ears at the memory. "The video camera?" Kyo wondered. She picked the camera up and pressed a few buttons. She and Kagome watched the two clips. They laughed.
"Oh dear." Kagome said between laughes, "Maybe it wasn't a good idea to give you that little stove." She pulled at Inuyasha's tuffs of hair that were now sugnificatly shorter. "Poor Inuyasha." she sighed.
"Before I forget." Sango said, "Inuyasha was beating up Shippo after the stereo incident." "And what did he do?" Kagome asked, her voice deadly. "He gave me lots of bumps!" Shippo exclaimed, "It hurt!" "Inuyasha how many times do I have to tell you not to pick on Shippo?" the miko demanded. Inuyasha didn't reply. "Sit!"
Inuyasha ate dust. "Why is it always me!" He demanded, "Mikoto helped too! Go hurt him!" Kyo looked at me. "What did you do?" she asked me. "Uh." I replied, "I kept Shippo asleep." "How?" "Burning poppies." "Inuyasha, get up." Kyo instructed. It seemed like the spell had worn off because he did as she said. "Walk behind Mikoto." she continued. Maybe it was Kagome's warning glance, because Inuyasha did as Kyo told.
I knew what was going to happen. I closed my eyes. "Sit!" Kagome commanded. Both of us ate dust.
Clear Waters: That was so long! Did you like it?
Inuyasha: Yes.
Shippo: Wow! Inuyasha said he liked something!
Kagome: That is a first.
Clear Waters: Now I have another sidestory to write!
Miroku: And what's that Lady Clear Waters?
Clear Waters: It's Halloween!
Kagome: This is going to be funny.
Shippo: What's Halloween?
Kagome: You'll see.
Clear Waters: Trust me. You'll love it. I'm not sure about Inuyasha though.
Kagome: No. Inuyasha won't like it one bit.
Inuyasha: What won't I like?
Sango: Something called Halloween. Can you tell me what it is, Kagome? Will I like it?
Kagome: It's a secret.
Clear Waters: I think all of you will like Halloween except Inuyasha. R&R everyone!
Inuyasha: Tell me what Halloween is!