CHAPTER EIGHT
Disclaimer: ::Sighs irritably:: God, I hate this part... Stupid lawyers, making us write that we don't own them... Shoving the fact that we don't Inuyasha and co. or the Wizard of Oz into our faces... o Anyways... We don't own Inuyasha the show, or the Wizard of Oz!, the play... ::Goes off and sulks::
The Great Monk of Oz! Chapter Eight: Something Like Mountain Climbing!
Kagome sighed petulantly, jiggling her foot up and down in her impatience. 'How long does it take for someone to fix a broken nail?' she thought.
Nearly half an hour after Sesshoumaru was ushered into the hospital of Lavender City, he finally emerged, with a snickering Inuyasha, Naraku, and Shippou following.
"What now?" Kagome sighed.
Sesshoumaru refused to answer, sniffing indignantly, as if he'd gone through a terrible horror. Instead, it was Inuyasha that answered the Kansas girl's question: "Everyone thought he was a girl...!"
At that, Kagome let a small giggle escape, before she clapped her hands over her mouth.
"Er-... Let's keep going, shall we?"
As the group filed inside the carriage, Kagome once again noticed all the townspeople ogling her figure, and mentally shuddered.
'Never again will I come to Lavender City... Never again...'
They passed many purple-shaded houses and buildings before reaching a great intimidating one, located in the heart of Lavender City.
It was magnificent and grandiose. It was tall, oh-so very tall; easily taller then any other building. Up and up it went, a large building in the perfect shade of lavender. A large set of steps led up to the immense architecture. Roman-inspired columns were spread over the front 'porch' with a light lavender roof, providing much needed shade. Pillars were on the four corners of the building, carved with beautiful artwork, and if one looked close enough, they could see that they were woman – faeries, humans, angels, even mermaids – but all bared of clothing.
Kagome felt her breath catch in her throat as Shippou gave a great cry ("WOW!") and Sesshoumaru waved aside the majestic building, claiming to have seen greater. As her breath came back to her, she turned in time to see Inuyasha muttering, "Feh," with a strange glint of respect in his eyes and Naraku... Naraku had stepped so that the driver had hidden all but his face.
The country girl let out a bubbling laugh, and motioned them to follow with her hand as she bend down and scooped up her faithful Shippou. She laughed once more before giving a small twirl, sending her skirt whirling. Ignoring the driver's large eyes and Inuyasha's snickers, she catapulted up the stairs, two at a time. 'I'm going back home...!'
"Come on!!!"
"Wench." Inuyasha glared at the happy bouncing figure before shaking his head and leaping up the stairs, easily catching up with Kagome's joyous pace. Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes before yawning loudly, as if immensely bored, and sashayed over to the steps before jumping over them with supreme ease. And Naraku finally got rid of his baboon pelt in favor of following the rest of the crew.
As they reached the double doors, done in a light maple wood to match the lavender shading, the driver of their carriage called down to them:
"Miss! I'm afraid that this is as far as I go! Make your way up towards the top!"
And without another word, the Lavender City driver had dashed inside his carriage and driven off.... Leaving our main characters at the double doors, ready to ask the Great Monk for their greatest wish.
One deep breath, many excited squeals, a few muttered obscienities, an indifferent posture, and one baboon pelt later, the collosal maple doors swung open to greet the companions with....
....An empty room?
Kagome felt a twitch work into her left eye and balled her hands into fists. The silver-haired scarecrow pretended not to notice, although a few snickers were earning him a harsh glare from the ticked-off teen. A shout, however, brought the glaring to a stop as the two looked up to see what was going on.
"Stairs! Com'n!!" Shippou lost no more time in running, and soon enough, he was off, with a worried Kagome, and with some reluctance, the rest of the group, following in his wake.
Quite some time later found the five 'friends' huffing and puffing and blowin-- Er-....
Quite some time later found the five 'friends' gasping for breath, and still they had quite a way to go.
Kagome greedily sucked in air as they paused on one of the many 'resting' spots moving up the tower. Once she had somewhat gotten her wind back, she looked out a large rectangular window overlooking Lavender City... And judging from how far the ground looked from here, they still had at least, ten more staircases to go!
She sighed heavily as they got ready to make their way up towards the tower. Quietly, she tried to console her self. 'You have to get to the top to see the Great Monk... Besides... You are getting a workout...'
Outside the window, floating on what seemed like a large pearly cloud, Chaos snickered. "Working out to get Inu-kun's attention, most probably..." A laugh came from Death, and she agreed: "Obviously, Cha-chan!"
Death: So sorry about not updating! ::Cringes::
Chaos: ::Smacks Death..:: Bad.
Death: Ooooooow. ;;
Chaos: That'll teach you..
Death: ::Sniff::
Chaos: ::Feels bad... Hugs::
Death: ::Hugs Back:: :D
Death: This chapter is pretty... Well.. Blah?
Chaos: I wouldn't know, I haven't read it yet. ee
Death:
Death: I'll give it to you promise...
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