Morning had come. That meant time to shovel snow,
which was an annoying chore, but their three young minds
could easily make it fun. Kohaku, Kanna and Hakudoushi were
asked by Kagura to shovel the snow off of their driveway. At
first, they protested against it. Child labor, they called
it. But Hakudoushi was able to make almost anything fun.
(Like the time Kagura asked him to clean the bathroom. The sink had all that rusty stuff under the tap, and the bath wasn't any better. It had all that icky hair in the drain. But it definitely was nowhere near as bad as. the toilet.
Someone had been sick in it the other day, and it was all clogged up with Kami knew what else. But Hakudoushi had this way with things. He even found a way of making this disgusting chore a fun game. He called it "Diving For Treasure," starring his toy boat collection.)
"I still think there's laws against this," Kohaku moaned as he shoveled snow. They were only about a quarter of the way down the driveway, and it seemed like they had been working for hours. He looked over at his friends. "Well?" he said.
"Just shovel the damn snow," Hakudoushi muttered. "Then we can go inside, have a drink of nice, warm hot chocolate, and Kanna and I can kick the crap out of you on one of your games."
"Fine," Kohaku muttered. "But I still don't think this is very fun."
Hakudoushi stopped. "You want fun?" he smiled. "Ok then, prepare for a 'Hakudoushi Original'." Hakudoushi motioned for Kanna and Kohaku to come over to him, and he whispered his ideas.
Meanwhile, Kagura was inside the house, preparing a warm meal for the working kids. She prepared real hot chocolate, not that fancy stuff that everybody liked.
(They'll drink it if they wanna keep warm.)
However, something else was on Kagura's mind. InuYasha and them had been gone for about three days now. She was actually starting to miss them.
(Especially Kouga.)
She almost dropped the chocolate mix on the floor. Did she really just think that? She put the chocolate mix on the counter and went into the den to sit down. Yes, it was true. She did miss him. But why? She didn't like him.
(Is that true?)
"Yes," she said out loud. "Of course it's true."
She recalled her past with Kouga, always insulting each other and hurting each other. But was that really just a way of showing affection? She shook the thought away. She didn't have time to think about him right now. She had hot chocolate to make.
(And that's more important, is it?)
She continued to have this argument with herself as her siblings and their friend shoveled the snow, in a new game called. "Shovel the Snow."
[Okay, so Hakudoushi isn't good at making up names. But none of them really were.]
Even after all this time, Queen La Saia never really found out where the lair of the ice demons was located. She had only heard rumors about it, and only knew where it could be, if it even existed at all. She decided to send OmegaNihon to where she thought it was, and maybe they could find out for sure. If they were able to find it, they could devise a sneak attack on the ice demons. Then maybe they could finally put an end to this stupid war. InuYasha accepted to go, and so he and his friends prepared for the long trek through the cold.
Villagers gave them blankets and thermoses with hot soup and other warm things so they wouldn't die out in the cold. InuYasha was quite sure of himself and his friends. He knew they would be all right. It had been three days since they had arrived at La Saia's castle. Now, on the forth day, they would be setting out again.
La Saia and the villagers said their farewells and good lucks to the group as the left the village.
"So what happens when we find the fortress?" Miroku asked, shielding the lightly falling snow from his eyes.
"That depends how we're feeling when we get there," InuYasha smiled. "If we're feeling bold, we attack."
"Are you crazy?" Sango exclaimed. "The nine of us are no match for that entire fortress! Even you alone had trouble with that snake thing!"
"He caught me off guard, is all," InuYasha said, the smile fading from his face. "And besides, we probably won't be in shape to fight anyways. This is more of a reconnaissance mission."
"You don't even know what that means," Kagome laughed. InuYasha growled, but it was true. He had no idea what he just said.
With InuYasha in the lead, followed by Kagome, who was holding Shippou in her arms to keep him warm, Miroku and Sango walking side by side, Nobunaga and Kouga next and Sesshoumaru and Juuroumaru last, the village disappeared from sight. Sesshoumaru glanced over at Juuroumaru, who had begun to drool, and with the coldness of the weather, it started to freeze.
"Disgusting," Sesshoumaru whispered under his breath.
(Maybe you should teach him to be more civilized.)
That was a bet he was willing to take. When
(if)
WHEN they got back home, Sesshoumaru would teach this wild demon to be more civilized, and maybe even teach him how to speak properly.
They had returned; that flock of Hyoukoumori that Gyouka had sent out to find out where InuYasha and his friends lived. They knew, and so, they passed their information to their master.
"Excellent," Gyouka chuckled. "I know who I can send for this mission."
He walked down the spiral staircase and entered the fortress's grand hall. The Hyoukoumori followed him. He scanned around the great room and saw that it was empty, save for himself and a few icy bats.
"Where are they?" he demanded.
(Maybe they're out looking for chicks.)
Gyouka chuckled again. "It wouldn't be the first time," he muttered. Then he turned to the Hyoukoumori and said, "I want you to find Shimoka and Frostbyte. When you do, tell them to come see me. I have a job for them."
The Hyoukoumori leader nodded, and the group flew away to start their next project: find the ice ninja, Shimoka and his henchwoman, Frostbyte.
The snow had begun to fall harder. InuYasha and his party had to find shelter to rest for a bit, to wait out the storm. Unfortunately they could not find anything. Their only hope was to pitch a tent that one the villagers had given them. It wasn't very sturdy, and probably wouldn't last very long in this storm, but they pitched it anyways.
"We should get some sleep before we continue," Miroku suggested. The others nodded in agreement.
As everyone unfolded his or her sleeping bag, Sango became confused and a little worried. It seemed that she had left her bag at the village.
(Oh crap.)
What was she to do now? She would have to share with someone.
"What's wrong, Sango?" Miroku asked.
"I left my sleeping bag back at the village," she answered, her eye beginning to twitch.
Miroku smiled. "So that means you'll have to sleep with one of us," he said slyly. "And that someone should be me." He climbed into his sleeping bag, and motioned for Sango to join him. She stayed put, blushing.
"Don't be embarrassed," Miroku smiled, that sly look still on his face.
"Okay," Sango said, "Okay, I'll do this, but you have to promise that you won't try anything."
Miroku's smile grew even larger. "I promise. Now, come on. We need to get some sleep.'
Sango climbed into the sleeping bag. InuYasha watched this the whole time. He started taking out his own sleeping bag from out of his backpack, but decided to try something else.
"Kagome," InuYasha said, poking her arm. "I forgot my sleeping bag. Can I share with you?"
"Get real," Kagome chuckled. "I'm not going to share with you. You should've remembered to bring your own." She motioned for him to go away. "Share with Kouga or Sesshoumaru," she yawned and went to sleep.
InuYasha looked over at Sango and Miroku.
(They just HAVE to be cuddling, don't they.)
InuYasha grunted and took his sleeping bag from out of his backpack and began to unroll it.
"I thought you said you forgot it," Kagome said in a singsong voice.
InuYasha panicked. "Umm," he said frantically, "I. I borrowed it."
"From who?" Kagome asked sternly, crossing her arms.
"From," InuYasha looked around and remembered Sango and Miroku. "From Sango," he lied. "She said that she would rather sleep with Miroku, so she gave me hers."
(Bravo. clap. clap. clap.)
"Oh," Kagome said, unfolding her arms and smiling. "That was nice of her. Okay then. Good night, InuYasha."
"Good night, Kagome," InuYasha whispered and crawled into his bag. "That was a close one," he muttered under his breath.
"Hmm?" Kagome said, raising an eyebrow. "What was that?"
"Nothing," InuYasha said apologetically, putting his arm behind his head and smiling uncomfortably. "Just go to sleep." He sighed as she closed her eyes.
(Like the time Kagura asked him to clean the bathroom. The sink had all that rusty stuff under the tap, and the bath wasn't any better. It had all that icky hair in the drain. But it definitely was nowhere near as bad as. the toilet.
Someone had been sick in it the other day, and it was all clogged up with Kami knew what else. But Hakudoushi had this way with things. He even found a way of making this disgusting chore a fun game. He called it "Diving For Treasure," starring his toy boat collection.)
"I still think there's laws against this," Kohaku moaned as he shoveled snow. They were only about a quarter of the way down the driveway, and it seemed like they had been working for hours. He looked over at his friends. "Well?" he said.
"Just shovel the damn snow," Hakudoushi muttered. "Then we can go inside, have a drink of nice, warm hot chocolate, and Kanna and I can kick the crap out of you on one of your games."
"Fine," Kohaku muttered. "But I still don't think this is very fun."
Hakudoushi stopped. "You want fun?" he smiled. "Ok then, prepare for a 'Hakudoushi Original'." Hakudoushi motioned for Kanna and Kohaku to come over to him, and he whispered his ideas.
Meanwhile, Kagura was inside the house, preparing a warm meal for the working kids. She prepared real hot chocolate, not that fancy stuff that everybody liked.
(They'll drink it if they wanna keep warm.)
However, something else was on Kagura's mind. InuYasha and them had been gone for about three days now. She was actually starting to miss them.
(Especially Kouga.)
She almost dropped the chocolate mix on the floor. Did she really just think that? She put the chocolate mix on the counter and went into the den to sit down. Yes, it was true. She did miss him. But why? She didn't like him.
(Is that true?)
"Yes," she said out loud. "Of course it's true."
She recalled her past with Kouga, always insulting each other and hurting each other. But was that really just a way of showing affection? She shook the thought away. She didn't have time to think about him right now. She had hot chocolate to make.
(And that's more important, is it?)
She continued to have this argument with herself as her siblings and their friend shoveled the snow, in a new game called. "Shovel the Snow."
[Okay, so Hakudoushi isn't good at making up names. But none of them really were.]
Even after all this time, Queen La Saia never really found out where the lair of the ice demons was located. She had only heard rumors about it, and only knew where it could be, if it even existed at all. She decided to send OmegaNihon to where she thought it was, and maybe they could find out for sure. If they were able to find it, they could devise a sneak attack on the ice demons. Then maybe they could finally put an end to this stupid war. InuYasha accepted to go, and so he and his friends prepared for the long trek through the cold.
Villagers gave them blankets and thermoses with hot soup and other warm things so they wouldn't die out in the cold. InuYasha was quite sure of himself and his friends. He knew they would be all right. It had been three days since they had arrived at La Saia's castle. Now, on the forth day, they would be setting out again.
La Saia and the villagers said their farewells and good lucks to the group as the left the village.
"So what happens when we find the fortress?" Miroku asked, shielding the lightly falling snow from his eyes.
"That depends how we're feeling when we get there," InuYasha smiled. "If we're feeling bold, we attack."
"Are you crazy?" Sango exclaimed. "The nine of us are no match for that entire fortress! Even you alone had trouble with that snake thing!"
"He caught me off guard, is all," InuYasha said, the smile fading from his face. "And besides, we probably won't be in shape to fight anyways. This is more of a reconnaissance mission."
"You don't even know what that means," Kagome laughed. InuYasha growled, but it was true. He had no idea what he just said.
With InuYasha in the lead, followed by Kagome, who was holding Shippou in her arms to keep him warm, Miroku and Sango walking side by side, Nobunaga and Kouga next and Sesshoumaru and Juuroumaru last, the village disappeared from sight. Sesshoumaru glanced over at Juuroumaru, who had begun to drool, and with the coldness of the weather, it started to freeze.
"Disgusting," Sesshoumaru whispered under his breath.
(Maybe you should teach him to be more civilized.)
That was a bet he was willing to take. When
(if)
WHEN they got back home, Sesshoumaru would teach this wild demon to be more civilized, and maybe even teach him how to speak properly.
They had returned; that flock of Hyoukoumori that Gyouka had sent out to find out where InuYasha and his friends lived. They knew, and so, they passed their information to their master.
"Excellent," Gyouka chuckled. "I know who I can send for this mission."
He walked down the spiral staircase and entered the fortress's grand hall. The Hyoukoumori followed him. He scanned around the great room and saw that it was empty, save for himself and a few icy bats.
"Where are they?" he demanded.
(Maybe they're out looking for chicks.)
Gyouka chuckled again. "It wouldn't be the first time," he muttered. Then he turned to the Hyoukoumori and said, "I want you to find Shimoka and Frostbyte. When you do, tell them to come see me. I have a job for them."
The Hyoukoumori leader nodded, and the group flew away to start their next project: find the ice ninja, Shimoka and his henchwoman, Frostbyte.
The snow had begun to fall harder. InuYasha and his party had to find shelter to rest for a bit, to wait out the storm. Unfortunately they could not find anything. Their only hope was to pitch a tent that one the villagers had given them. It wasn't very sturdy, and probably wouldn't last very long in this storm, but they pitched it anyways.
"We should get some sleep before we continue," Miroku suggested. The others nodded in agreement.
As everyone unfolded his or her sleeping bag, Sango became confused and a little worried. It seemed that she had left her bag at the village.
(Oh crap.)
What was she to do now? She would have to share with someone.
"What's wrong, Sango?" Miroku asked.
"I left my sleeping bag back at the village," she answered, her eye beginning to twitch.
Miroku smiled. "So that means you'll have to sleep with one of us," he said slyly. "And that someone should be me." He climbed into his sleeping bag, and motioned for Sango to join him. She stayed put, blushing.
"Don't be embarrassed," Miroku smiled, that sly look still on his face.
"Okay," Sango said, "Okay, I'll do this, but you have to promise that you won't try anything."
Miroku's smile grew even larger. "I promise. Now, come on. We need to get some sleep.'
Sango climbed into the sleeping bag. InuYasha watched this the whole time. He started taking out his own sleeping bag from out of his backpack, but decided to try something else.
"Kagome," InuYasha said, poking her arm. "I forgot my sleeping bag. Can I share with you?"
"Get real," Kagome chuckled. "I'm not going to share with you. You should've remembered to bring your own." She motioned for him to go away. "Share with Kouga or Sesshoumaru," she yawned and went to sleep.
InuYasha looked over at Sango and Miroku.
(They just HAVE to be cuddling, don't they.)
InuYasha grunted and took his sleeping bag from out of his backpack and began to unroll it.
"I thought you said you forgot it," Kagome said in a singsong voice.
InuYasha panicked. "Umm," he said frantically, "I. I borrowed it."
"From who?" Kagome asked sternly, crossing her arms.
"From," InuYasha looked around and remembered Sango and Miroku. "From Sango," he lied. "She said that she would rather sleep with Miroku, so she gave me hers."
(Bravo. clap. clap. clap.)
"Oh," Kagome said, unfolding her arms and smiling. "That was nice of her. Okay then. Good night, InuYasha."
"Good night, Kagome," InuYasha whispered and crawled into his bag. "That was a close one," he muttered under his breath.
"Hmm?" Kagome said, raising an eyebrow. "What was that?"
"Nothing," InuYasha said apologetically, putting his arm behind his head and smiling uncomfortably. "Just go to sleep." He sighed as she closed her eyes.