8 Act 4 (A) : Girls Shop, Boys Carry & Fans Chase (A Pointless Side-Story, Testimate to the Author's Pathetic Obsession)

Why why WHY!? Can you answer me? WHY do girls always have to get the heavy things? Sanosuke and Inu Yasha seem to be the only ones that aren't struggling with the current load of packages that are sending me two feet into the ground. Stephanie and Tess just insisted on going on a shopping spree while waiting for the third group to show up.

I believe Stephanie's quote was somewhere along the lines of, "Oh, we'll know when they show. There will probably be some commotion about crazy Japanese people and big BOOMS!"

That's when she snuck up behind me and poked my sides. Ooooo. . .I don't like girls.

Snobbish, subborn, disobediant, and money grubbing. That's my opinion of them. Well, except Kaoru. As much of a busu she is, she's never been selfish. She's always been there for us, even when she acted angry.

BUT THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT!!

Even she's looking at these different stores with such excitement you'd think she'd never shopped before. Rooster-head keeps looking at me smugly and offering to help carry packages. Yeah right. I MYOGIN YAHIKO TOKYO SAMURAI NEED NO HELP FROM MONEY MOOCHING ROOSTER HEADS!

Although if I'm given anything else I think my legs are gonna give.

"Oi, what's that sign say?" There was a giant sign in english posted on something like a big bulletin sitting in the center of the wide aisle we were walking down.

OTAKU FEST AT 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

$5 ADMISSION

DRESS AS A CHARACTER AND GET IN FREE!

CARD & GAMEBOY TOURNAMENTS

MOVIE PREVIEWS

PLUS DISCOUNT MANGA & ANIME STANDS

LOOK FOR TENTS OUTSIDE THE MALL!

Tess paled turning to Stephanie, "What time is it? There's waaay to many possibilities with this." Stephanie giggled evily glancing a her watch, "It's 5:47, and you can already see the mall filling up."

Whatever they were worrying about it was true the MALL was becoming more crowded. Come to notice, there are some people dressed in kimonos. . . I wonder what --

"Ok! Shopping over, we gotta get going."

The puzzled expressions told me no one else knew why the Americans were panicking.

The closer to the entrance of the mall we got, the more, almost normal to my eyes people appeared. I leaned to a frustrated Miroku.

"Do you notice what I am?"

Miroku shifted his armload of packages, "Yeah, there's more and more traditional clothing being worn. I wonder what's going on?" Kenshin hesitated, "I keep hearing familiar names, perhaps that is what they are trying to avoid us noticing."

I heard a low growl from Inu Yasha, "Whatever they're up to, I'm gonna--"

A girl walking with a group stopped by, "That's a really good impression, how long did you to figure it out?"

Inu Yasha stopped in his tracks perplexed, "What are you talking abou--"

Stephanie appeared from hyperspace grabbing his arm, pulling him along, "A very long time. Pretty fabric by the way. Bye bye!"

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ABOUT?!" The dog-demon yelled.

"Nothing. Ignore her."

Kagome glanced over her shoulder while pushing the mall's front glass door open, "I'm sure they have a reason for wanting to leave so early Inu"

She stopped midsentance as the sudden sight of at least 50 tents taking up the parking lot. Hundreds of people dressed in kimonos, hakamas, fake weapons, make-shift clothing and wigs and dyed hair filled the outside. All acting as if this were the most normal thing to occur.

"Yasha." Kagome finished with a sqeak.

Tess and Stephanie paled to an adnormal color of white. The blonde hit Tess behind her head, "I told you to wait for a spot near the front."

"It was your idea to come in the first place."

"If I had known I wouldn't of suggested coming."

"Yeah right."

"You're the one who drived us!"

"YOU LITTERALLY TWISTED MY ARM TO GET ME TO DRIVE!!"

The rest of us watched as the two continued to bicker. Nearly 10 minutes insued before Kaoru stepped forward, hitting both of them with her new handbag, forcing them from their little cat-fight.

"Look," She started, "If you would tell us what you're so worried about perhaps we could take percautions."

"You wouldn't believe us if we told you." They said in sinc.

Sanosuke looked over his still held packages. "Try us."

INTERRUPTION # 2

Tess: KONNICHIWA minasan!!

Stephanie: Sumimasen, for yet another interruption.

Tess: I'm trying my best to put these in random places.

Stephanie: Our favorite author is also trying to use less and less of us. You wouldn't want that would you?? HUH!??

Tess: coughs Yeah. I've decided to make this a two parter. Three at the most. Triworld is probably the longest fanfic that I've come close to finishing. There will be a third world coming in, hense the name TRIworld. Here's a little background on the creation of this story I didn't feel like waiting to place in an author's note.

Stephanie: (instigates mysterious thoughtful music) Hehheh. . .

Tess: When begining the story, I just couldn't think of a good name. I was having a Trigun fetish so I simply named it Triworld, even though the story itself really didn't have anything to do with Trigun. Before that though, I wanted to make a cross-over fic with RK, I didn't know who though. My dear friend Steph here is a complete IY fanatic, so I started talking on the phone with her, about how maybe our favorite characters would interact. Basic teen-bopper conversations. (sighes) Anyway, the more the story manifested, the more I decided to have it take place in America, but I couldn't decide were on earth they'd stay, and how would they would talk in English.

First thought, Fushigi Yuugi senario, it's my story, everyone understands each other despite backgrounds. Second thought, have them stay in an American's apartment that could speak Japanese, I, of course, couldn't think of an anime that took place in America, so I just threw ourselves in the mix. There might still be some friends being placed, probably not. Next problem, the third world. I won't tell you what it is, but I'll tell you the considered.

First: Love Hina. So many possibilities. But I didn't want it to be too perverted, and poor Keitaro and other males would be outnumbered by flying panties and skirts.

Second: Demon Diary. The only problem was that not many people have read Demon Diary, and I wasn't sure how demons would reside with demons and sword masters and power insain priests in training. It'd be fun though.

Third: Chobits. I haven't finished the whole eight volumes, and didn't really think a whole whopping extra 2 characters would be interesting.

So that gave me my forth choice. Which, will show itself soon enough.

Stephanie: (yawns) So interesting, rubs eyes but anyways, as far as titles, as Tess tells me, she looked at her manga collection and based all the titles off of paterns from their given series, giving you a hint at whose talking, and just having fun making chapter titles. The part titles are going to be based off of Trigun. Just as a mild dedication.

Tess: You've listened to me babble long enough, stay for Part Two: Hard Punching Loonies,

now--

Stephanie: BACK TO THE STORY!! (the real reason we're here)

End Interruption # 2

Yahiko:

Stephanie shifted uncomfortably looking at Tess. Tess crossed her arms shaking her head. The blonde looked between Kagome and the brunett, then started doing a discomfort dance that involved biting of the lip and bouncing up and down, much like the potty dance. Finally she grabbed the opposing brunet and Kagome by the arm, dragged them to the opposite side of the aisle.

I looked to Inu Yasha, "Hey, mutt, you can hear over there right?"

A low warning growl told me to never call him mutt, before he smirked, "All ready on it runt."

I watched as his ears twitched subtly under his hat, and as Stephanie appeared to rant at a rapid pace, slowly but steadly annoying the apparent daylights out of Tess. Finally her mouth stopped moving, and a dazed Kagome rubbed her temples.

"Yo, what she'd say?" Sanosuke asked.

"She said. . ." Inu Yasha blinked, "She said something about. . . I don't really know."

None of us tried to stop our frustrated expressions of, "YOU IDIOT!".

"What?"

Suddenly Kagome's laugh reached our ears, much to the surprise of other two. She held her belly in her arms, bent over in an almost hystrical laughter.

"You've gotta be kidding me!"

Tess and Stephanie's shocked faces followed Kagome as she walked back over to us still holding her stomach. She reached out and grabbed Kaoru's shoulder for balance.

"They .. . they. . . hahahahahaa. . ." Kagome wiped a tear away, "They expect me to belive we're cartoons in this world." Kaoru put a hand behind her head, "What's a cartoon?"

Kagome's cheeks turned bright red before collapsing into a fit of giggles.

I peered from behind my arm load,"OI! Whatever we are, my arms are getting tired."

Sanosuke grinned again, "Sure you don't need a hand Yahiko-chan?"

"I NEED NO HELP FROM THE LIKES OF YOU!!"

"What'd'ya mean 'the likes of me'?" Somehow Sanosuke managed to blalance packages and punch me behind the head at the same time.

Kenshin pushed the door open again with his foot, "Look, we're not getting anywere standing around here. I don't know what you're worried about I don't, but since you two seem to know more of the situation than we do, I suppose we should trust you de gozaru."

Everyone thought of this logic, before nodding their agreement, and setting out into a danger none of us could understand, or imagine.