10. The Next Morning

So we were in the year 1500, better known as the Warring States Era, with 11 backpacks full of camp supplies, and fifty packs of instant ramen each.

50 X 11 605 packs of instant ramen. (I heard from Shippo that it is Inuyasha's favorite 'future food'. Good for pranks...)

Our new friends stayed all night with us, and asked a lot of questions. Yet, they never touched the subject of Talabinya's father. She's glad they didn't. She looked fine, but we knew she was moping about her outbreak.

That morning, it was my turn to make breakfast, so I made 19 packs of instant ramen. Inuyasha came to find out what I was making. When he saw it was instant ramen, he ran to Kagome's backpack and grabbed a bowl that was larger than his head, and stood next to me. I paid him no attention, and within second he was whimpering.

Shippo came to me, "May I please have some food, friend?" It was all rehearsed.

"Yes, you may, friend." I replied and filled his bowl. Now Inuyasha began to whine.

Everyone came to me, and asked, "May I please have some food, friend?" And I replied, "Yes, you may, friend."

Miroku got some food and a red hand print from me when he asked, "Will you bear my children, friend?"

Inuyasha started to yell, as did his stomach. "Give me food, give me food!"

"Inuyasha," whispered Kagome, "The key is to speak kindly."

He turned back to me, and said, "Give me food now, please?"

I turned to him and gave him one noodle for his one kind word.

"Please, may I get more?"

Two kind words, two noodles.

He thought a minute. "May I please have some food, friend?" He asked hastily.

"Yes, you may, friend." I said, filling my bowl, then poured the rest in his bowl (about three packs). I sat next to Kagome.

"Nice," she whispered to me. "He was so polite."

"Thank you." I replied, mouth full of noodles. We watched Inuyasha nearly put the whole bowl in his mouth. We all laughed at him.

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Inuyasha: "You're so mean."

Author: I know.

Inuyasha: "I could kill you."

Author: You can't and you won't.

Inuyasha: "Try me!" (He lunges at me)

Kagome: "Sit Boy!"

Inuyasha: "NO!" (Crash)

Author: (looking at Inuyasha shaped hole in the ground) Nice.

Kagome: "Thank you."

Author: He must hit very hard to go through six layers of solid cement. (Still looking at hole) Please R&R