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Me: I-I-…(breaks down in tears)

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Me: (sniff) I…I d-don't o-own…sob

Lawyers: SPIT IT OUT!!! (huff puff huff puff)

Me: (wide-eyed) I don't own…sucks in breath…Inuyasha, o-or any of t-the o-other characters! All I-I own is the p-plot!! (wails)

Lawyers: (nods) that will do. (picks up briefcases and walks away)

Me: WAHHH!!!


GLOSSARY: (thanks for the suggestion, Jamie!!!)

Ano: Um…

Arigatou (Gozaimasu): Thank you (very much)

Baka: Idiot/Stupid

Chikuso!/Kuso!: Shit!

Gomen ne: I'm sorry

Hanyou: Half-Demon

Houriki: Spiritual powers granted to a person by Buddha.

Houshi: Buddhist Monk

Inu: Dog

Kami: God

Minna: Everyone

Ne: used at the end of a sentence as if to imply, "isn't it?"

Onegai: Please

Ookami: Wolf

Youkai: Demon


CHAPTER THREE

On the Road

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:: Last Time ::

Kagome and Sango got into the RV and waved their goodbyes from a side window. Rin, being the most experienced driver, got into the driver's seat and slowly pulled away from the sidewalk and speeded towards the highway, beginning their long road trip and adventure.


"AARRGH!!" screamed a very frustrated Kagome. "How in the WORLD did this HAPPEN!?"

Rin sighed heavily. "Of all the things that we could've forgotten, it just HAD to be the extra gas…" she moaned.

The three girls were sitting inside their RV; Kagome was steaming, Sango was lounging, and Rin was sulking- a fair difference from their usual attitudes.

"It's no use! We're stranded! We're doomed!" wailed an extremely frazzled Kagome.

((( Flashback )))

"Faster, Rin! Drive faster!!" Kagome squealed. She hadn't been on the road for a while since she usually either stayed at home or walked a couple blocks around the neighbourhood.

Rin pushed harder on the pedal and the car jumped forward and began to accelerate.

"Wheeeeee!!" an overly hyperactive Kagome squealed.

She grabbed onto the back of the driver's seat in front of her and clutched the sides tightly as the RV continued to speed up and surpassed 100km/h.

"FASTER, FASTER, FASTER, FASTER, FASTER, FASTER, FAST-"

Kagome never finished. Suddenly the RV skidded to a stop, and a loud thump could be heard near the back of the automobile, followed by what sounded like painful moans.

Rin, who had been leaning forward while speeding up the car, was thrown backwards, and hit the back of her seat hardly, causing Kagome, who was clinging onto the back of the seat, to be pushed back as well, and she was flung back oh-so-gracefully against the wall behind the driver's seat, landing harshly on her bottom.

Rin sat up slowly, being the first to recover from the sudden stop, and looked at the dashboard.

She gasped, and at that same moment, loud footsteps could be hard approaching the driver's 'area,' which was in the front of the mobile, and separated from the rest of the car through a door.

Sango burst into the room and looked around dangerously, eyes flashing, hair sticking up all over her head, clothes a little torn, and with an aura of one EXTREMELY pissed.

The door she went through banged against the wall, not even a centimetre away from where Kagome had fallen.

"Okay. What. In. The. Frickin. Hell. Happened. Here?!" Sango ground out slowly, blindly not noticing Kagome behind her, who had almost been squished flat by Sango's door thrusting.

The driver's area was a mess, to say the least. Pots and shelves which had previously been lined neatly along the wall were toppled over and dirt covered the once sparkling peach carpet.

Finally, Kagome regained her composure and sat up, glaring at Rin.

"RIN, YOU BAKA!! WHY'D YOU STOP!? LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" Kagome scolded Rin.

"ME?! Kagome, you were the one who kept on urging me to go faster! Faster! Faster! Faster!" Rin mimicked Kagome in a high pitched tone.

Kagome gaped. 'How dare she…' she thought heatedly. "I SO do NOT sound like THAT!!"

"STOP!!!" yelled Sango.

The RV became mysteriously quiet, and the two other occupants looked at Sango nervously.

Sango sighed. "Rin, what happened?" she asked solemnly.

Rin took a deep, shuddering breath.

"Ano…well, as you can see, we were…driving at a very high speed…and then suddenly, the car stopped! I didn't hit the brake or anything! It just stopped!" she explained, wringing her hands.

Sango began to think. Rin fidgeted with her hands, as if wanting to say more. Neither of them noticed Kagome creep around the other side of Rin's seat, and peek a look at the dashboard.

Kagome shrieked, breaking the unbearable silence as Rin and Sango jumped about a foot in the air.

"Kagome! What is it NOW?" Sango asked, obviously annoyed.

"The-the gas!! The g-gauge says it's e-empty!!" the anxious girl said.

Silence overtook the vehicle. No one dared to speak.

Rin hung her head and Sango stopped breathing. Kagome stood there, frozen.

"WHAT?!??!!!" screamed Sango, nearly deafening her companion's eardrums.

((( End Flashback )))

"IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, DAMMIT!! My BIRTHDAY!!! IT'S NOT FAIR!! I'll never live to see home again!! Never! Never…never…" Kagome bawled out to the world.

Sango, once speechless, was now pacing back and forth, having slightly recovered from the earlier shock. She needed to think of a plan! That was the only way, especially if they did not want to be in the middle of the highway in a large open space for a couple days. ALL ALONE.

'Kagome surely would not be able to handle that.'

"It's okay. We're going to be fine. I'm…sure of it." Said Sango confidently, placing a stiff fist into the palm of her other hand. "Yes. I'm positive."

Rin sat there, thinking. Kagome looked at Sango with tear-stained eyes and asked, "Really, Sango? You mean…it's not the end of the world for us?"

Sango looked at the hopeful Kagome and at the serious Rin, and sighed. 'Should I give them false hope? That would easily put Kagome at ease for at least a little while, but Rin, she could surely see through my lies.' Sango thought. 'What to do?'

Then she spoke, "Well, I…don't exactly have a plan, but I'm sure that if we put our heads together and think about it then we will be able to come up with one, sooner or later." Sango added under her breath.

Kagome let out a long breath that she wasn't aware she was holding before. Rin got up from her seat and began walking towards the door.

"Eh? Rin? Where are you going?" asked Kagome curiously.

Rin looked at her friends; first at Kagome, who was awaiting an answer from her, and then at Sango, who was also looking at Rin.

She smiled light at the two, and sighed, "I'm going to unpack my bags and decorate my room since it will be a while before we get going again." Rin explained.

"Ohhh. Good Idea, actually, Rin! I think I'll do that now too." Stated Sango, as she followed Rin out the door.

"Wait! Guys, I'm coming too! I'll unpack my bags now too! Wait!" exclaimed Kagome as she hurried off after her friends.


(THWACK)

"HENTAI!!!"

A young man in his late teens who had short black hair and a dragon tail at the back, and was wearing baggy black jeans and a dark violet sweatshirt, was holding his cheek sorely as he watched another beautiful woman stomp away from him.

He groaned. "Chikuso…" 'Man, never would have thought that charming young vixen could pack such a hard punch.' He thought, removing his palm from his swollen cheek to reveal a light blackish blue fist print.

"Oi, Miroku!"

The young man turned around. "Hey guys! What's up?" he answered, smiling innocently.

Walking towards him were three other males around his age. Two of them full youkai, and the other a hanyou.

The first youkai of the foursome was Kouga Ookami, a wolf demon. He had long black hair in a ponytail, sharp blue eyes, a chiselled face, and pointed ears. Kouga was wearing a blue sweatshirt that read "Bite Me", and long, dark brown shorts.

The second youkai was an inu youkai by the name of Sesshoumaru Takashi. He was the oldest of the four and had long, tamed silvery hair, emotionless amber eyes, pointed ears, a lean build, a pair of purple stripes on each cheek and a purple crescent moon on his forehead. He was sporting long silvery track pants and a large white sweatshirt that read, "Ice King" on the front in frozen letters.

Behind Sesshoumaru was his half-brother, Inuyasha Takashi, who was a hanyou. Inuyasha had long, wild silvery hair, bright amber eyes, a tanned complexion, and two furry puppy dog ears on his head. He was wearing super-long black capris, a red muscle-tee, and a black jacket over it.

Sure, the three youkai had special powers and features that proved that they far surpassed human strength, but Miroku was an exception.

Miroku Houshi's ancestors were monks, and somehow Miroku himself inherited, or rather, gained their houriki. Because of that, Miroku was stronger than most human males as well.

Kouga got to Miroku first. "So…playing the ladie's man again, huh, Miroku?" he teased.

"Whatever do you mean, my dear friend? I would NEVER play a woman!" Miroku defended himself.

"Keh! You play them all the time and you know it!"

Inuyasha walked up to Miroku and Kouga and slapped them both on the back.

"Geez Louise, do we really need to discuss Miroku's so-called love life? It's pointless, believe me." Inuyasha purposefully stressed the word "love" as if it were poison.

Miroku pouted and argued back, "Oh, REALLY? At least I HAVE a love life, INUYASHA! Unlike SOME people!"

Kouga burst out in a laughing fit, and just as Inuyasha opened his mouth to retort, Sesshoumaru stepped in and spoke, "Let's just get going. This is utterly senseless."

He began walking towards a black Honda CR-V that was parked in a space outside the gas station where they currently were.

"Aw, come on, Sess! Don't be such a party pooper!" Inuyasha taunted mockingly, smirking at his half-brother's back.

Sesshoumaru froze in his spot.

"Yeah, that's right! You heard me! Can't you take a little fun once in a while? Oh yeah, maybe that's why your shirt says 'Ice King' on it huh…"

All of a sudden, Sesshoumaru was standing millimetres away from Inuyasha, threatening him with his poisonous claws.

Kouga and Miroku gasped audibly.

"Dare to say that again, you dirty pathetic piece of hanyou shit?" Sesshoumaru murmured dangerously so that only Inuyasha could hear him.

"You heard me, Fluffy. You're so cold you make Winter look like summer in Jamaica!" Inuyasha responded sarcastically, but loud enough for Kouga and Miroku to hear.

"Why you-"

"Why me what?"

"Shut up and let me finish, you insignificant beast!"

"I'll never succumb to you, you frosty piece of ice crap!"

-BOOM-

Inuyasha toppled over onto the ground, a large wound on his shoulder as he clutched it painfully and willed the blood to stop flowing.

"Woah there, Sess. Wasn't that a little rough? I mean, he is your brother…" said Kouga quietly.

Sesshoumaru growled. "HALF brother, if I may correct you, pudding-brains. Now be quiet and you won't end up like HIM." He spat and began heading towards the car again.

Miroku walked over to where Inuyasha was on the ground, spitting curses out as if his life depended on it.

"Shit, man. I thought you would have figured by now not to mess with Sess." Miroku said softly, shaking his head.

"That fucking guy needs to be taught a fucking lesson, that fucking fluff ball, thinking he's all that fucking great and fucking almighty…"

Kouga walked over too and gave Inuyasha a good kick on his back.

"OW!!! Hey, what did you do that for??!!" yelled Inuyasha, now clutching his half-healed shoulder with one hand and rubbing his back with his other.

"THAT was for everything you've ever done, said, and thought that was bad about ME."

Soon, Inuyasha and Kouga began a heated argument as Miroku held his head and pleaded towards the skies above.

"Oh, why, Kami-sama, WHY must you consign me with these friends of mine who are so vicious and unruly that-"

Sesshoumaru picked up Miroku, Inuyasha, and Kouga and threw them into the back of the CR-V, successfully shutting the three of them up as they up-righted themselves and glared hard at the back of Sesshoumaru's regal head, their former troubles forgotten.

After rolling his eyes dramatically, sighing vehemently, and muttering long curses about bothersome youngsters, Sesshoumaru stepped hard on the gas pedal and sped off onto the deserted highway with three pissed off teenagers in tow.


Well there ya go! NINE PAGES this time!! Told ya peeps I'd make it longer for you!

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CatherineXW: hey Catherine!! Oh, I luv your initials! They look so cool, like they're both uncommon letters, and it's all, WOAH!! Newais, WOW!! Nice long review there, hun! Yeah, Mikomi Higurashi is very trusting, but no, I did not think of it linking to my own life when I wrote it. Yeah, tresses are like curly locks of hair, or just another word for hair. LOL! Reading other fanfictions has greatly improved my vocab!! No, I don't make the characters how I want them to be like. If it was original fiction I might, but for fanfix, I try not to! Newais, thanks for your review!!

Jamie: applause YUP!! Mikomi DOES mean HOPE!! hands you pocky LOLz! Hmmm…I wasn't really thinking that maybe what she said would make you think she was trying to make herself believe it. But she really does, and like I wrote in the part after that, that she wanted Kagome to learn responsibility? That's why she isn't worrying. LOLz! Sign up on my NOTIFY LIST!! The link is on my profile! Thanks for reviewing!

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