Tsuki: (bobs head to Witch Hunter Robin soundtrack) I only wish there was an abundance of fanfiction for this…
Akina: we could write some…
Tsuki: hey, I wonder if this could be mistaken for script format! WOOT!
Akina: …=.= let's move on with the story.
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After Kagome's handling of Inuyasha's 'mishap' involving the monkeys and an open gate, she was beat. Crawling into her director's go-cart and fanning herself with her Clipboard of Life, she contemplated checking back at the dorms for more arrivals when Sess walked up with a worried look on his face.
"The peacocks are gone, no brightly colored feathers, what should this Sess do?"
Kagome blankly registered the haiku. And then she resumed the staring that she left off with in the previous chapter. After a few minutes she deciphered what he meant and realized that she was supposed to be giving orders. Sess was patiently waiting, staring at her with the same sort of calm detachment that she was treating him with. Kagome blinked and leapt into verbal action.
"Well go and get them."
Sess paled. "There are so many, scattered far across the zoo, make Inu do it."
Kagome processed the second haiku more quickly. "No, you're in charge of the peacocks. Go."
"This Sesshoumaru, searching all across the zoo, task impossible."
"Stop speaking in fragments and leave. I'm going to close my eyes. When I open them I only want to see you walking away. If you don't, I'm going to make you scoop poo for a month."
Sesshoumaru turned and scuttled after the nearest peacock without so much as a muttered parting haiku.
Said peacock didn't see the impassive man attached to the large pink and fluffy…thing (Tsuki: Tail! XP). Yes, the pink fluffily called to the peacock. Turning to face the object of his dreams, he spread his intricate tail feathers and began the long and complex Mating Dance of the Peacocks.
When Kagome opened her eyes, it was indeed to get a face-full of Sesshoumaru butt. Much too close to her face, but it was there all the same. She leaned forward to see the cause of his retreat and promptly fell over in shock.
A peacock had begun a mating ritual with Sesshoumaru.
"This Sesshoumaru, afraid of the colored bird, asks you what to do."
Kagome climbed back into her seat and stared as the bird began to shake its array of colored feathers and advance towards Sesshoumaru.
"Um…run away?"
Sesshoumaru once again failed to grace her with a parting haiku. Turning, he fled in the direction of the monkeys and some tall trees.
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Inuyasha was having a good day. He was sitting on a tree branch doing absolutely nothing, watching while monkeys scratched themselves and hopped about. Yes, Inuyasha was sitting on a branch INSIDE the monkey exhibit! Small children were gawking at the red-clad hanyou and tugging on their mothers to point him out. But it didn't matter to Inuyasha. He felt at peace, he felt comfortable, he felt…at home—in the monkey exhibit.
He had just realized this when his brother went streaking by, a large male peacock hot on his tail, literally. Inuyasha forgot to feel sorry for himself as he smirked at his brother's plight.
That was when Sesshoumaru climbed up the fencing on the side of the monkey exhibit and made a leap for the trees.
A small crowd had gathered in front of them to watch the seeming-twins leap about on the monkey's branches, said creatures scattering to the ground to likewise watch the show.
"Oi! Sesshoumaru, what do you think you're doing?"
"This Sesshoumaru, wants not such a feathered mate, unless you do pup."
"Pup?! What the hell?!"
"This Sesshoumaru, while seen as a dog in flight, is much your elder."
Inuyasha smirked at his brother's choice of words. "You may be my elder, but you're the idiot running away from some stupid colored bird. You should eat it, not run away from it."
"This Sesshoumaru, not hungry for the moment, is in a zoo too."
"Big problem. The bird wants your tail!"
Sesshoumaru gathered the offended fluffy appendage into his arms and pouted. "This Sesshoumaru, skilled in the art of haiku, is smarter than you," he jabbed.
"Oi! I give you advice for free and now you're insulting me? Who's the idiot here, idiot?!"
"This Sesshoumaru, weeps for father's genetics, wasted so on you." He backed this up by shaking his head and drumming his fingers together.
Inuyasha took a moment to find a good comeback. "Yeah?! Well you're just an idiot!"
Did we say a good comeback?
"This Sesshoumaru, wasting his day in these trees, has a better job."
"Idiot!"
"This Sesshoumaru, chased down by such a bright bird, shall leave you this stink."
Sess indicated the monkies with a wave of his hand. Inuyasha was hurt.
"Hey, those are my buddies! Don't insult my peeps!"
Sesshoumaru gave him one sad look before shaking his head and leaping down to the ground. He grabbed the peacock and wandered off towards the peacock pond.
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Kagome barely crawled back into the dorms. She had managed to almost run over a peacock, slam on the breaks of her go-cart, fall in front of the go-cart, and end up getting run over by the go-cart. There was a lovely tire track down the back of her shirt which she had been trying to ignore while she checked up on Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. The former made many snide comments about said addition to her wardrobe, but the latter was too engrossed in his peacock chase to notice her.
When she arrived she found a crowd of people already there, talking in the lobby and waiting for her.
Joy.
Kagome sat down in her folding chair and produced the Clipboard of Life, looking through the applicants and mentally assigning them jobs.
"Line up, you're all late," she muttered.
The crowd filtered into a line after a few minutes.
"Horses," she informed victim number one, an average boy named Hojo from her school.
"Why?"
"GO…" Kagome growled, giving Hojo the evil eye.
"Okay…."
"Butterflies," she told the next person.
"Yay!" Rin exclaimed, skipping off towards the door. Kagome stared after her for a moment before looking up at Kouga.
"Uh…prarie dogs,"
"Your wish is my command, Lady Kagome."
"Just leave."
Kouga bowed before heading for the door.
"Hello Kagome,"
"Helll-oooh, Sango. You're going to run the gift shop over at the zoo entrance."
"Okay," Sango nodded and walked off.
"Hello Lady Kagome, allow me to introduce myself. I am Miroku Houshi, and I would be honored if you would—" the boy fell to his knees in front of her chair, taking the hand holding the Pen that had been writing on the Clipboard of Life into his own. "—bear my child."
Kagome yanked her hand away. "I hate to say it, but you're the last one left for the job. You're greeting guests at the gift shop."
"KAGOME!" Sango whined, hiding behind the director's chair.
"No. Leave, now."
"But…"
"LEAVE!"
"We're the last ones!"
"IT DOESN'T MATTER! I SMELL AND I HAVE TO GO CHECK ON MONKEY-BOY AND HIS BIRD-BROTHER!" Kagome yelled hystarically. "I WAS RUN OVER BY A GO-CART AND A LION PEED ON ME! I WASN'T EVEN NEAR THE LIONS EITHER!"
"Ssh, calm down young Kagome." Kaede said, melting out of the shadows behind her. "It's nearly dinner break anyway. Monkey-boy and his brother will be returning shortly. Why don't you go hose yourself off?"
"I'm taking a shower." Kagome grumbled, getting up.
"There's only one," Kaede said suddenly.
"What?" Kagome asked flatly.
"It's in your room, so never fear. Others may need to use it periodically, however."
Kagome fwhacked herself over the head with the Clipboard of Life, leaning back in her chair and resisting the sudden urge she had to write zoo haikus.
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Akina: yay!
Tsuki: woot! We're done with a chapter! Woo-hoo!
Akina: and now…to review reply! Yes, that magical thing that we HAVEN'T DONE IN FOREVER!
Tsuki: that's only because I'm used to not directly responding to my Meeting Place reviews.
Akina: REVIEW REPLY NOW, BAKA!
Tsuki: (sings a pirate song) ooohhh-kaaayyy, taco…
eX Driver Liz -----Tsuki was giggling when she typed it, if that counts for not keeping a straight face...
fuf--------we just wrote one of the peacock scenes, but there are many more to come!
fluffy-gurl-----------Tsuki loves Sesshy too, though it may not seem that way from the ammount of bashing he gets in these fics...XP
reikai---------- it's nice that we're a good pickmeup. unfortiunately for Tsuki, none of her fav authors have updated and she's semi-depressed. (sigh) oh well...
McPeePants ----------------hadn't thought about Naraku. hmm....well, next chapter then!
take a WILD guess --------------. we won't be sad, we'll get Glad! and besides, school means ideas for KR, which we will update whenever Tsuki sees her preeschoolers again most likely....
Eartha---------(pulls next chapter out of oven) it still looks a little undercooked, you're going to have to wait a while...check Tsuki's bio for news!
Reignashii---------------neither have we. this is what happens when Tsuki's dad takes Tsuki and Akina to the zoo for a kiddy festival. much boredom and plotting of fanfiction...
orange-InuYasha--------------hope we're doing okay with the poetry. Tsuki and Akina have fun writing haiku! it's great how 'This Sesshoumaru' is five syllables...
DarkRoses217----------how about Sesshy chased by a peacock? if you want to see it, get someone to draw fanart! Tsuki and Akina love seeing fanart from their stories...
Taka of Egypt-------------(cowers) Tsuki doesn't like being hurt unless it's her harp chewing on her fingers....which is only okay on good days. and the haunting while she sleeps...she's a very heavy sleeper. even her teacher's threats don't get through to her. she sleeps like the dead...and stays that way until she gets COFFEE! =P