Slightly Different Frame of Mind
Chapter 1:The Mysterious Stranger
It was a cold night as a stranger walked into their campsite just as if she had gone to get firewood and had just gotten back.The first to notice her was Inuyasha,and he was startled,for he had not been paying much attention all night."Hey,who the hell are you?!?!"he demanded,startling his friends.
"Uhhhhhh..."said Kagome,as she glared at Inuyasha for his rudeness."What he means to say-"she started.
"I know he meant,'Hey,who the hell are you?!?!',and I'm used to it...sorta."the stranger said off-handedly,as though she was all of a sudden awkward.
"What do you mean by that?"questioned Sango.
"How will I explain this...so you'll belive me?"she pondered.
"Why not start by telling us your name?"Kagome said pleasantly.
She could tell that this stranger was not from around here,for the simple fact that,her clothes were of modern dress.What was strange though,was that her clothes were all boy's clothes.She wore shorts down to her knees,and she wore a shirt that was a fake ad for some "Roadkill Cafe" place.(An:I want to say now,that in my version,we all speak English,and can read it too.sighIt felt good to get that off my chest!!I don't want people questioning my authority as author!!!Yeah!!I now have authority!!)So,naturally,she was quite curious as to who this strange little girl was,and how she got here.Well,little was slightly unfair,as she just seemed to be on the short side.This stranger was carrying a modern gym bag,and it was bulgeing(Sp?)in odd places,as if it was carrying a number of interestingly shaped objects.The stranger opened her bag,and to everyone's astonishment,pulled out a regular sized lawn chair!!(An:These do NOT fit in gym bags!!)She opened it and sat down,as though she had done nothing out of the ordinary.
"My name is Kara."she stated,then frowned in slight distaste."Do you think my name is weird?"
They were all still staring at her,even Kagome who frequently told Inuyasha that staring was rude.Kara,however,had noticed none of this,and was still talking.
"...and people always call me names that I don't like,and I think my REAL name is kind of strange.What do you think?"she chattered away happily,not much awkwardness remaining.She seemed to be enjoying herself just being there,and said so."I am so happy to finally meet you guys!!"she squealed.That's when they noticed that her eye was twitching.
"Hey,are you some kind of phyco,or are twitching eyes normal where you come from?!?!"Inuyasha said very bluntly.
"Oh,that.I want to touch your ears,but have too much respect for you to come out and do so."she calmly stated.
"Why do people from your time always want to touch my ears?!?!"he inquired of Kagome,rather annoyed."And don't tell me she ain't from your time,I can tell she is just by her clothes!!They're funny,like yours!!"he fumed.
"Different style though."Miroku noticed,making the himself known.
"Hey,Miroku?How come you haven't done anything perverted yet?"Sango wondered.
"Guys just don't come on to me."Kara said,and she knew it to be the simple truth."I have nooooooo idea why,"she continued,her voice dripping with sarcasm,"they just don't.Plus I'm 13."She knew that Miroku would hit on an 11 year old,but she said it anyway.
"Lucky."said Sango,annoyed at Kara's good fortune of immunity to Miroku.
"So,why are you here,and how did you get here?"Kagome finally asked.
"Forget how I got here,that's not important!!"she said with so much exitement,that it looked like she would explode,"What DOES MATTER is that I come from not only another time,but another demention!!There you guys are just cartoon charachters,and I have seen a lot of episodes!!I could help you,even if you've gone past the episodes that I've seen,because before I left,I mugged Mary Poppins,took a good look at her bag,and made one of my own.Although,"she admitted"I made some major alterations to the function,so now I can pull out stuff I haven't even put in!!But there are a few drawbacks..."she said hesitantly.
"Are they big ones?"Kagome asked,facinated.
"Depends on what you call big..."Kara continued,"I can usually pull out things that are useful,but some times I can't,in fact,some times I pull out things that are just plain weird!!"
Shippo who had been very quiet and well behaved during this conversation,finally spoke."What kinds of weird things?"he asked with innocent curious eyes.
Immediatly,Kara's eyes and fingers began to twitch,and they could all see how she longed to gush over how cute he was.As if he sensed this,Shippo went to sit in Kagome's lap.
"Well,one time I pulled out this adorableeye twitchkitten.I-It was funmajor eye twitchto pet it."That was all she could manage before she had to dig through her bag to find something to pet.Triumphantly,she pulled out a live fox cub(normal),and began to pet it.
Shippo sweatdropped.--'(An:I have always wanted to sweatdrop!!)
"So you wish to join us in our quest for the Shikon Shards?"Sango summed up nearly all that had been said.
"If it would be alright with you..."Kara was all of a sudden shy again.
"Inuyasha,what do you think?"Kagome passed the buck to him.
"Well...I guess freak girl can come along,provided that she will be useful every once in a while."Inuyasha said hesitantly.
"Ramen?"Kara asked,as she pulled some out of her bag.
"YUP!!!SHE CAN COME!!Inuyasha could barely contain himself.
"Time for bed!!"Kagome said to Shippo."This has been a lot of exitement for just one hour!!"Seeing the pouty look on his face not unlike Inuyasha's,she added"All of us are very tired!!"
Kara was too ready to sleep,she wanted to have dreams about the adventures she might have,so she simply pulled a sleeping bag out of her gym bag and asked if anyone needed anything,before drifting off to sleep.