That name stuck in Kagura's head throughout the night.
Queen La Saia. She had never heard the name before, but she
had a strange feeling about it. It was a cold feeling, as if
she was in the coldness of winter. Then she felt a sharp
pain across her face, as if she had been hit.
"Sorry 'bout that!" Kohaku called out. He, Shippou, Kanna and Hakudoushi were having a snowball fight and Kagura got caught in the crossfire. She muttered profanities and went back inside the house where it was warm. She sat down on the couch and turned on the TV to the news station. Maybe something more would be on about this queen. But all she could find were shows about Christmas and winter and so forth. It was that time of year, after all.
She decided to forget about it. It was of no importance to her anyways. It wasn't and it wouldn't be. She would have a nap instead. Yes, a nap. That would calm her down. But she couldn't get to sleep.
Meanwhile, OmegaNihon was having a jam session. Kouga, Miroku or Nobunaga would play solos from different songs and the others would have to guess what they were. Sesshoumaru did the same with his piano solos.
[Most of which were from X Japan. He was a bit of an X otaku.]
And Juuroumaru would play drum solos. All this took up about an hour of their day.
"Okay," InuYasha said at last, "Now that we know what we're capable of, it's time to write our own song."
The others froze in their place. Write their own song? Ironically they never thought about this. And what about the lyrics? Who could write those? The only one of them even close to being able to do that task was-
"Shippou," Kouga said, "I forgot, I have to go pick up Shippou from Kagura's."
Kouga ventured out to pick up Shippou. On the way, it began to snow. Kouga always loved snow, ever since he was a little cub. It was so fluffy and fun to play in, and it was nice and bright, too. It was a good thing to think about; it took Kagura off is mind. Ever since they first met, Kagura and Kouga have hated each other. They would always be putting each other down and making stupid jokes. Sometimes they would even fight physically
(those were the best fights)
and almost literally kick the crap out of each other. Kagura usually won. Kouga arrived at Kagura's and rung the doorbell. Kagura answered. She wasn't all that pleased to see him.
"Sorry," she said, "But I'm happy with my current phone service-"
Hakudoushi shouted from within the house, "Just let him in, Kagura!"
Kagura sighed and let Kouga come in.
Jakotsu and Kikyou, still hungover, were walking back home. All the little sounds of the outside world started to really get on their nerves. But that wasn't the only thing that was worrying them. What were they going to tell the others?
"We don't have to tell them anything," Kikyou whispered. Jakotsu didn't answer. Kikyou looked over at him just in time to see his eye start to twitch. "This is just as bad for me as it is for you," Kikyou continued. "It'll crush Suikotsu if he found out that we. you know."
Jakotsu looked over at her, eye still twitching. He started to say something, but then stopped.
"Anyway," Kikyou began again, "We'll just have to make something up. You'll be able to do that, won't you?"
Again, Jakotsu was silent. He could barley make sense of what was going on at the present, never mind the future.
"C'mon, Jakotsu," Kikyou was getting even more frustrated, "I need your help with this! What should we tell them?"
"Piss off!" The words were said so coldly that Kikyou felt chills run up her back.
"What's the matter with you, anyway!?" Kikyou screamed, which triggered her headache. She had to stop walking; it was so bad.
"You just don't get it, do you?" Jakotsu whispered, trying not to set off his headache. Kikyou looked up at him. "You're acting as if this isn't a big deal."
"Well, it isn't really-"
"Yes it is!" The shout triggered his headache yet again. They both sat down on the grass to try to wait out the pain. But the pain wouldn't go away so fast, and the ground was cold from the winter frost. "Look," he continued, "I don't want to hurt Suikotsu either. But he'll find out sooner or later anyway."
"So you're suggesting that we tell him?" Kikyou growled. "It's not like they'd believe us. It's pointless really. I don't think-"
"Got that right."
"Fine then," Kikyou whispered, "We'll tell them." Then she began to cry, which of course made her headache worsen. Jakotsu looked over at her. It was a pitiful sight for him to see.
"I'm sorry, Kikyou," he said, putting his arm around her. "Don't tell if you don't want to." They sat like that for several minutes before they started to walk back home again.
The snow had begun to fall hard. The makings of a storm had started to take place. So, to pass the time, Kohaku challenged Kouga to a round of Tony Hawk's Proskater on the Play Master 6000. Kouga didn't even know what a skateboard was, but he accepted the challenge anyway.
"Kouga'll win," Hakudoushi whispered to Kanna.
"How can you be sure of that?" she whispered back.
"Think about it," Hakudoushi answered, "He lost to you. He lost to Shippou. And he lost to Dad as well. And you know how bad adults are at playing video games."
Kanna nodded. She remembered that night well. Kohaku had challenged Naraku to a duel on his Yu-Gi-Oh game. Naraku didn't know the first thing about videogames or even card games. But somehow, Naraku ended up beating Kohaku anyways.
"Poor Kohaku," Kanna whispered, "He never seems to be able to win. But at least he is a good looser."
"That's bull-crap!" Kohaku yelled, jumping up off the couch and throwing his controller down the floor. Kouga just sat there, confused. "Told ya," Hakudoushi laughed. "And yes, he is a good looser."
"Maybe we should teach Kohaku how to play," Shippou said. Kohaku glared at him as he said that. "What?" Shippou said, hurt. "You could learn things from us. We'll teach you."
Hakudoushi rolled his eyes. "Lemme play," he said, taking the controller from Kouga. "One mini-game from Banjo- Tooie. That's all I ask."
"No," Kohaku said, "I don't want to play anymore." He watched as Kanna took his controller and started the game. She chose a shoot-out mini-game and beat the crap out of Hakudoushi. This intrigued Kohaku. If Kanna could beat Hakudoushi, then, maybe.
"Okay," he said, "I'll play." Kanna handed him his controller and they picked the same shoot-out game. Kohaku was actually winning! Only a few more hits to Hakudoushi's character and the game would be over and Kohaku would be the glorious victor.
"Almost," Kohaku whispered, "Almost there."
But just then, the great winds of the storm knocked out the power lines. The house went dead. The lights went out, and the game shut off.
"NOOO!" Kohaku shouted, just seconds before Hakudoushi's character would have died. "That's not fair," he muttered.
"I honestly didn't see that coming," Hakudoushi smiled. "You almost won, too."
Night had fallen. The snow had stopped, and the power had restored itself. Kouga was having too much fun to come home, so he decided to spend the night instead. Sesshoumaru had gone home, and so had Nobunaga. Sango and Miroku had also left. So InuYasha, Kagome and Juuroumaru had the house to themselves.
Kagome had lit a fire to warm up the house during the power-out. The heat was back on, but the fire was too cozy to put out. InuYasha sat on the couch with Kagome snuggling up next to him, and Juuroumaru sat on the floor. His gaze was fixed on the fire. It reminded him of his past life, the troubles he had had with Naraku.
Juuroumaru narrowed his eyes, still looking at the fire. He didn't pay attention to the couple sleeping on the couch. As its final flame went out, he decided he should be heading home. He got up, and headed for the door. He opened it slowly, so it wouldn't wake up InuYasha or Kagome.
The night had begun to warm up. The storm clouds had all vanished, leaving behind the beautiful stars, which lit up the area. It was a breath-taking view. He decided to walk home slowly, so he could enjoy it longer.
Kagura's was about a forty-five minute walk from InuYasha's, so Juuroumaru had to take a shortcut through the forest to get there faster. As he was deep in the forest, of which he had gone into several times before, so it was hard to get lost, even during the night, he sensed that something was wrong.
He looked around, seeing only blackness in between the trees. Then he heard the scream that cut through the dark like a warm knife through butter. It came from his left, so he dashed that way to see what was wrong.
In the meadow, he saw a woman being attacked by a strange bat incased in a blue flame. A Hyoukoumori. Juuroumaru had heard about these bats before, and he knew they were deadly. He leapt at it, slashed it, and killed it all in about two seconds.
The woman was alive, but unconscious. Kagura's was too far away, so he picked her up and carried her back to InuYasha's.
"Sorry 'bout that!" Kohaku called out. He, Shippou, Kanna and Hakudoushi were having a snowball fight and Kagura got caught in the crossfire. She muttered profanities and went back inside the house where it was warm. She sat down on the couch and turned on the TV to the news station. Maybe something more would be on about this queen. But all she could find were shows about Christmas and winter and so forth. It was that time of year, after all.
She decided to forget about it. It was of no importance to her anyways. It wasn't and it wouldn't be. She would have a nap instead. Yes, a nap. That would calm her down. But she couldn't get to sleep.
Meanwhile, OmegaNihon was having a jam session. Kouga, Miroku or Nobunaga would play solos from different songs and the others would have to guess what they were. Sesshoumaru did the same with his piano solos.
[Most of which were from X Japan. He was a bit of an X otaku.]
And Juuroumaru would play drum solos. All this took up about an hour of their day.
"Okay," InuYasha said at last, "Now that we know what we're capable of, it's time to write our own song."
The others froze in their place. Write their own song? Ironically they never thought about this. And what about the lyrics? Who could write those? The only one of them even close to being able to do that task was-
"Shippou," Kouga said, "I forgot, I have to go pick up Shippou from Kagura's."
Kouga ventured out to pick up Shippou. On the way, it began to snow. Kouga always loved snow, ever since he was a little cub. It was so fluffy and fun to play in, and it was nice and bright, too. It was a good thing to think about; it took Kagura off is mind. Ever since they first met, Kagura and Kouga have hated each other. They would always be putting each other down and making stupid jokes. Sometimes they would even fight physically
(those were the best fights)
and almost literally kick the crap out of each other. Kagura usually won. Kouga arrived at Kagura's and rung the doorbell. Kagura answered. She wasn't all that pleased to see him.
"Sorry," she said, "But I'm happy with my current phone service-"
Hakudoushi shouted from within the house, "Just let him in, Kagura!"
Kagura sighed and let Kouga come in.
Jakotsu and Kikyou, still hungover, were walking back home. All the little sounds of the outside world started to really get on their nerves. But that wasn't the only thing that was worrying them. What were they going to tell the others?
"We don't have to tell them anything," Kikyou whispered. Jakotsu didn't answer. Kikyou looked over at him just in time to see his eye start to twitch. "This is just as bad for me as it is for you," Kikyou continued. "It'll crush Suikotsu if he found out that we. you know."
Jakotsu looked over at her, eye still twitching. He started to say something, but then stopped.
"Anyway," Kikyou began again, "We'll just have to make something up. You'll be able to do that, won't you?"
Again, Jakotsu was silent. He could barley make sense of what was going on at the present, never mind the future.
"C'mon, Jakotsu," Kikyou was getting even more frustrated, "I need your help with this! What should we tell them?"
"Piss off!" The words were said so coldly that Kikyou felt chills run up her back.
"What's the matter with you, anyway!?" Kikyou screamed, which triggered her headache. She had to stop walking; it was so bad.
"You just don't get it, do you?" Jakotsu whispered, trying not to set off his headache. Kikyou looked up at him. "You're acting as if this isn't a big deal."
"Well, it isn't really-"
"Yes it is!" The shout triggered his headache yet again. They both sat down on the grass to try to wait out the pain. But the pain wouldn't go away so fast, and the ground was cold from the winter frost. "Look," he continued, "I don't want to hurt Suikotsu either. But he'll find out sooner or later anyway."
"So you're suggesting that we tell him?" Kikyou growled. "It's not like they'd believe us. It's pointless really. I don't think-"
"Got that right."
"Fine then," Kikyou whispered, "We'll tell them." Then she began to cry, which of course made her headache worsen. Jakotsu looked over at her. It was a pitiful sight for him to see.
"I'm sorry, Kikyou," he said, putting his arm around her. "Don't tell if you don't want to." They sat like that for several minutes before they started to walk back home again.
The snow had begun to fall hard. The makings of a storm had started to take place. So, to pass the time, Kohaku challenged Kouga to a round of Tony Hawk's Proskater on the Play Master 6000. Kouga didn't even know what a skateboard was, but he accepted the challenge anyway.
"Kouga'll win," Hakudoushi whispered to Kanna.
"How can you be sure of that?" she whispered back.
"Think about it," Hakudoushi answered, "He lost to you. He lost to Shippou. And he lost to Dad as well. And you know how bad adults are at playing video games."
Kanna nodded. She remembered that night well. Kohaku had challenged Naraku to a duel on his Yu-Gi-Oh game. Naraku didn't know the first thing about videogames or even card games. But somehow, Naraku ended up beating Kohaku anyways.
"Poor Kohaku," Kanna whispered, "He never seems to be able to win. But at least he is a good looser."
"That's bull-crap!" Kohaku yelled, jumping up off the couch and throwing his controller down the floor. Kouga just sat there, confused. "Told ya," Hakudoushi laughed. "And yes, he is a good looser."
"Maybe we should teach Kohaku how to play," Shippou said. Kohaku glared at him as he said that. "What?" Shippou said, hurt. "You could learn things from us. We'll teach you."
Hakudoushi rolled his eyes. "Lemme play," he said, taking the controller from Kouga. "One mini-game from Banjo- Tooie. That's all I ask."
"No," Kohaku said, "I don't want to play anymore." He watched as Kanna took his controller and started the game. She chose a shoot-out mini-game and beat the crap out of Hakudoushi. This intrigued Kohaku. If Kanna could beat Hakudoushi, then, maybe.
"Okay," he said, "I'll play." Kanna handed him his controller and they picked the same shoot-out game. Kohaku was actually winning! Only a few more hits to Hakudoushi's character and the game would be over and Kohaku would be the glorious victor.
"Almost," Kohaku whispered, "Almost there."
But just then, the great winds of the storm knocked out the power lines. The house went dead. The lights went out, and the game shut off.
"NOOO!" Kohaku shouted, just seconds before Hakudoushi's character would have died. "That's not fair," he muttered.
"I honestly didn't see that coming," Hakudoushi smiled. "You almost won, too."
Night had fallen. The snow had stopped, and the power had restored itself. Kouga was having too much fun to come home, so he decided to spend the night instead. Sesshoumaru had gone home, and so had Nobunaga. Sango and Miroku had also left. So InuYasha, Kagome and Juuroumaru had the house to themselves.
Kagome had lit a fire to warm up the house during the power-out. The heat was back on, but the fire was too cozy to put out. InuYasha sat on the couch with Kagome snuggling up next to him, and Juuroumaru sat on the floor. His gaze was fixed on the fire. It reminded him of his past life, the troubles he had had with Naraku.
Juuroumaru narrowed his eyes, still looking at the fire. He didn't pay attention to the couple sleeping on the couch. As its final flame went out, he decided he should be heading home. He got up, and headed for the door. He opened it slowly, so it wouldn't wake up InuYasha or Kagome.
The night had begun to warm up. The storm clouds had all vanished, leaving behind the beautiful stars, which lit up the area. It was a breath-taking view. He decided to walk home slowly, so he could enjoy it longer.
Kagura's was about a forty-five minute walk from InuYasha's, so Juuroumaru had to take a shortcut through the forest to get there faster. As he was deep in the forest, of which he had gone into several times before, so it was hard to get lost, even during the night, he sensed that something was wrong.
He looked around, seeing only blackness in between the trees. Then he heard the scream that cut through the dark like a warm knife through butter. It came from his left, so he dashed that way to see what was wrong.
In the meadow, he saw a woman being attacked by a strange bat incased in a blue flame. A Hyoukoumori. Juuroumaru had heard about these bats before, and he knew they were deadly. He leapt at it, slashed it, and killed it all in about two seconds.
The woman was alive, but unconscious. Kagura's was too far away, so he picked her up and carried her back to InuYasha's.