GiGi – Happy very belated Thanksgiving everyone! Sorry this chapter took so long…. I had a major Science test to cram for….
Kagome – Ewww… well at least it wasn't math…. (shudders)
GiGi – (also shuddering)
Inuyasha – (randomly pops in) O.o I don't want to know….. (walks out)
GiGi - Ehr…. God bless the turkey?
Turkey – (gobble gobble)
GiGi - - . - Gobble gobble to you too….
DISCLAIMER – Inuyasha…. Not mine…. Plot of The Mediator…. Also not mine…. .
CHAPTER 11
Catastrophe By The Cross
I admit it, okay? I freaked…. I freaked when I heard Sango tell me the news. I ran at lightning speed (I know, because Sango lost me in the crowd) towards the office. I was afraid of what I'd end up seeing. Dead Sesshomaru? Dead Kaede? C'mon! This was not a good Thursday, what-so-ever!
I made my way through the crowd, having to resort to a bit of violence when getting through the mass of people. I got to the front, mentally praying that they weren't dead. I mean, hello! A girl needed romance in her life too! I can't always be the Shrink to every poltergeist and spirit on Earth…. Right?
From bits and pieces from other people's conversations, I was able to piece through what had happened. Apparently, Sesshomaru had gone to the office, for what, no one knows yet, and was waiting there alone in the office, the secretary had been off serving doughnuts and coffee to the cops still hanging around, when all of a sudden, the brass cross attached to the wall came thundering down. Sister Kaede just so happened to open her door at that time, see the cross fall and threw herself out to save the guy. She ended up pushing Sesshomaru out of the way, and took practically the full blow herself.
They dragged out Sesshomaru first, onto a stretcher. He was continuous, and kept clutching his left ribs; I assume that was his main injury. His voice, quite recognizable to me now, filled the air. Well, okay…. His moans filled the air. Yeah, the guy was moaning the whole time…. I mean c'mon! I've had more than my share of broken limbs and bones, and sure they hurt…. But you'd never see me lying there MOANING! Eesh…. It's safe to say, after seeing Sesshomaru act like such a baby about the whole thing, I pretty much stopped liking him.
Next out was Sister Kaede…. And saying she looked bad is the understatement of the year…. Her usual eye patch had been changed; wisps of her hair flopped sadly over her forehead. It looked like her ribs had been crushed, and one of her legs too…. And there was a large gauze bandage stuck to the side of her head.
I started to feel faint, and started to rock back and forth, slightly. Thank God Snee-… I mean Sota had been there to steady me. "Don't worry…. The sight of blood makes me woozy too." He tried to comfort me.
I shook my head. It wasn't that…. It was the after-feelings I had had. This wouldn't have happened if I had just finished Kagura off last night…. None of these incidents would have happened. The guilt started washing over me, like I was on the Titanic. Then suddenly, the guilt vanished, and was replaced with anger. Boy Kagura was going to get it! I knew I had to do something about this…. Kagura would regret ever messing with me!
"How do you think this happened?" Sota asked me.
I shrugged. Hello…. Was I supposed to tell the child? Let the kid live a while before his life is forever scarred, right? Dopey, Sneezy and Happy are lucky, you know. They've never had to play therapy with a bunch of ghosts. They've never had this 'gift' that I do. Extremely lucky people they are….
That's when I remembered something Happ-…. I mean Shippo had said to me the night before.
"Don't you find this room kind of creepy?" Shippo squeaked as he walked into my room, clad in his Bob the Builder pajamas, teddy bear clutched in his left hand.
I just sorta stared at the child. Creepy? At that time, I had my pink tinted nightlight on casting a cheery pink glow over everything , a novel in my hand, for English class, I swear, and Beyoncé CD on full blast…. Creepy? My room was anything but creepy….
"I feel as a man, it is my duty to trade rooms with you." He stood bravely…. Okay, well as bravely as a 6 year old can.
I looked at Shippo as if he was crazy…. Sure he had a cool room and all, fully equipped with a lifetime supply of Lego and Tonks trucks but you can't beat my view AND private bathroom. I'm sorry, but his room just didn't cut it for me.
I patted his head, ruffling some of his red hair. I blame all those sweet pastries Suikotsu keeps making nightly. Really! Going to bed full of cannelloni and sugar cookies can't be too healthy for a growing kid. For me? It's fine though!
Anyways, back to Shippo's seriousness. He looked me in the eye and sighed. "I-I-I saw in Sota-chan's stack of library books. It was a book about history stuff. It looked hard to read…. And I was looking at it. Cuz I thought it was a storybook. Like the Three Little Pigs! I like that story! But the wolf man is too mean to the poor piggies-"
I cut him off…. No offense to 'Piggie Lovers' but I didn't have that much time to discuss fairy tales with my youngest step-brother. "-…. What does this have to do with my room Happy" I asked, forgetting to use his real name.
He shrugged the nickname off and continued. "There was a pretty picture of our house…. And it talked about people dying here. Everyone says there's no such thing as scary ghosts, but I think there's a ghost in your bedroom Kagome!" he blurted out, eyes wide, covering his mouth as if he had just told me his most precious secret.
"I'm sorry for scaring you Kagome-chan!" He squeaked again, running up to me for a hug. I admit, my heart ached for the child. It was so cute! I tried my best to comfort the child, patting his back, saying comforting words, giving him gum…. Juicyfruit was all I had, and reassuring him that ghost or no ghost, I'd be fine in my room.
He looked up at me, his jade orbs wide with disbelief. "Y-y-you believe me? You think there's a ghost in here too?" He repeated.
I hesitated before answering…. This kid seemed know a lot about what was happening in my room. And that didn't seem really good. What if he saw Inuyasha? The kid'd freak out! But then again, if he did somehow see Inuyasha or another ghost, he should be prepared that they do exist. I nodded…. Hoping I had made the right choice.
He gasped, clutching his teddy bear as if it was a shield from the ghosts. "Ghosts exist?" he shrieked.
I shushed him, not wanting everyone in the household to know about our conversation. Oh noooo, my mom had been certain I was loopy minded back in L.A. She sent me to all these institutions when I had to sit for hours making up excuses about my anti-social behaviour. What progress I made! Being able to lie without losing face…. Oh yes. Go me.
I started to wonder in Sota knew about the ghosts too…. Oh I hope not! Not for their sakes!
"Get to class! Get to class this instant!" screeched Sister Urasue, bellowing down the hall, the instant the ambulance left with Sesshomaru and Sister Kaede, her detention slip pad already out.
"Listen, did you return your library books recently?" I quickly asked Sota.
He nodded, "Sure I did. Just a few days ago. Why?"
I sighed, remembering Shippo had said something about those deaths in Sota's book. "Did you get a book about our house?"
He nodded once again. "Do you need it? I could check it out for you if you wanted. It was very knowledgeable and the author's point of view is extremely di-"
I cut in. "-…. Great. Could you?"
"I'll get it for you tomorrow!" he happily agreed. The library was definitely his life.
"Mr. Aikawa! Would you like to be written up?" Demanded a very grouchy Sister Urasue.
"No." he muttered.
"What did you say?"
"No. SISTER." He repeated.
She nodded harshly and told him off again.
"We'll talk about this when we go home." He suggested to me and I nodded.
"MR. AIKAWA!"
"Okay Sister! I'm trying to have a conversation here!" He spoke back.
I gasped. Never in my life had I expected Sota…. SOTA! To talk back to a teacher. I was so proud of him!
Sister Urasue started to turn a funny purple colour. "I see your stepsister has put some city ideas into your head. But you see here! You must respect your elder at-…." She dictated, pulling on his ear in a painful fashion.
I swear I wouldn't have done anything if I hadn't seen Kagura sitting on a bench across from me. She looked like she had been laughing a lot, her breathe coming in ragged pauses. "You should have seen your face when you thought Sesshomaru was dead! Hilarious! And just to make your day so much more fun-filled, I think I'm gonna pumble a few more people with stuff. Ohhhh! How about that kid over there!" She pointed her ghostly manicured finger at Sota.
I glared at her. "Don't you dare lay a finger on my stepbrother! Or I will stuff you back into the grave you came out of!" I threatened, waving my finger at her.
"Excuse me?" Bellowed the voice of a shocked Sister Urasue. Kagura, though the threat was directed at her, was wagged her eyebrows at me and laughed. "Ohhhh! You're in for it now!" She taunted and disappeared, leaving yet another mess for me to tidy up.
I grabbed Sota by the hand and directed him away. "Ehr…. We were just concerned for Sister Kaede. But now that they're gone, we'll just head back to class now. Thanks, Sister." I talked quickly, turning my back to her the instant I finished talking. Before I had turned around, I saw her finger her holy cross necklace. For what reason? I didn't know until Miroku told me. She was afraid of me, she felt like that cross would protect her from evil lil' me. But I had a feeling it was just to check if it was still there. If she was still a nun…. And all.
Argh…. Kagura was going to get it…. She was going down!
GiGi – (drags out the Thanksgiving feast that Kagome prepared)
Inuyasha – O.o Food!!!!!
Kagome – (happy that Inuyasha finally 'appreciates' her cooking) Inuyasha! Try the turkey! It's my greatest creation yet!
Inuyasha – (eats a bite and spits it out)
Everyone else – (tries a bite of the turkey)
GiGi – O.o Oh god! This must be what evil tastes like! (spits the food out into a napkin and chucks it at Inuyasha's face)
Inuyasha – Hey! (throws his food at GiGi)
Shippo – (throws mashed potatoes at Inuyasha)
Miroku – ('feeling up' Sango)
Sango – Lecher! (throws a pie in Miroku's face)
Miroku – Mmmmm…. Sango-chan!
Sango – (slaps Miroku)
Miroku – Ahhhh…. (gets knocked out)
Sango – (glaring at the unconscious monk)
Everyone else – (still throwing food around)
Kagome – (eyebrow twitching, resisting her urge to kill everyone for throwing all her food)
Inuyasha – (draws out of the food fight) Ehr…. Kagome?
Kagome – (still very annoyed) Yeah?
Inuyasha – Did you bring that food from last time?
Kagome – (instantly brightens up) Fried eggs? You know, my #1 creation from last time's picnic-
Inuyasha – (thinks back) -…. Nah….. not that….
Kagome – (pouts) But that was the only thing good last time!
Inuyasha – (remembers) Oh yeah! It was the ramen!
Kagome – O.O THE RAMEN? THE RAMEN? THE RAMEN?!?!?!?
Inuyasha – (covers over Kagome's 'evil presence') I'm ehr…. Sorry?
Kagome – SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!!!!!!!
Inuyasha – (all those 'sits' put him on the other side of the world…. Which would be…. The USA…. In the present time?)
Fan (#1) from New York – AHHHH!!!!! Inuyasha-sama!!!!! I wanna marry you!!!!
Fan (#2) – Well, I wanna have your baby!
Fan (#3) – Ditch Kikyo and Kagome! I love you more Inuyasha!!!!
Fan (#4) – Kiss me Inu-chan!!!!
Fan (#5) – I got your face tattooed on my-
Inuyasha – (shaking from all that fear) -…. Somebody save me!!!!!! (starts running away from the obsessed/tattooed fans)
Fans (#1-5) – Inu-chan! Come back! We love youuuuu!!!!
Fan (#5) – Don't you want to see my tattoo?
GiGi – (seconds from hitting Shippo with a bowl of cranberry sauce) Review and save Inuyasha?
Shippo – Why would anybody wanna save hi- (gets hit by sauce) Revenge! (throws a big can of yams at GiGi)
GiGi – Ow! Oi…. I declare war…. (falls over with a lump on her head) later….
Kagome – I'm going home! Hmpf! (stomps all the way to the well)
Inuyasha – (still running) S.O.H! Save Our Hanyou!!!!!