… There were fruits and vegetables everywhere. On one half of the room, people were branding various fruits with the word "Kagome"; on the other half, people were branding vegetables with the word "Kikyo".
"You'll be working here," Naraku said. "You're going to work on the 'fruit' side."
"Uh… okay," Kaede said.
"Good. The other workers will show you what to do."
Naraku grinned, and left. The fruit workers looked distastefully at Kaede. One of them hesitantly broke out of the queue.
"You're helping us?" she asked. "Good. My name is Kanna."
"What you'll do first is get a towel and shine each fruit to a crisp—I mean, to a perfection. Then, you'll suck out their souls—I mean, brand them—with this thingy. Then you'll soak them in hot pressurized wind—I mean, water—and wait for five minutes."
Kaede nodded glumly and grabbed a pineapple. She attempted to scrub it, but only managed to break off all the pointy thingies and leaves. Then, she set the branding machine on the wrong setting, and burned "Kikyo" on it instead.
Suddenly, as Kanna was berating her, Kaede had a brilliant idea.
"I like mustard!" she shrieked suddenly. The silence in the room was absolute.
"You like mustard?" Kanna said frightfully.
"Yes," said Kaede, pleased by the effect. "And now that we've established that fact, I'll be leaving."
"Leaving?" Kanna asked. "Oh no, I don't think that's a good idea."
"Goodbye," said Kaede loudly. She shrugged, took an apple from the production line, and bit into it. Then, ignoring everyone's gasps, she walked out of the building and all the way home…
"You know," Kaede said thoughtfully to her mother, "I was wrong about my Kikyos. They aren't really priestesses after all..."
Her mother breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, she thought, that's over with.
"Yes," Kaede said. She shrugged and walked out the door.
But suddenly, she found a small toy car on the grass outside.
"Hmm." She picked it up and looked at it. Suddenly, a comprehension dawned on her…
"Hello, Kikyo," she said, smiling and slipping the toy in her pocket. "My name is Kaede."
Author's Note: You're probably all mad at me for not updating for so long. And also, I'm sorry this is so short. I ::may:: make an alternate ending. Should I? Please review!