Sorry it took so long to upload...writer's block sucks. I hope you enjoy it, though!
R&R!
--Titan
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The world seemed to slowly fade back to Kat. She was still aware of the nature around her, a campfire crackling nearby, and a group of people huddled around it and her.
Her eyes still closed, she groaned softly. She heard a small boy's voice say, then, "Look, she's waking!"
She heard a grown man's voice now…..he seemed kind of anxious about something… "She looks quite lovely…….maybe—" WHACK! Kat's eyes snapped open when she heard the skull-cracking blow. A young man dressed in monk's robes collapsed next to her, a woman behind him smiling victoriously, holding what looked like a large boomerang.
"OK……where the heck am I and who are you people!" Kat sat up, regretting it as pain shot through her body. "And what happened to that one guy with the red eyes and boa around his shoulder?" (AN: I know the 'fluff' is Sessh's tail. Kat doesn't know that yet.)
Kat stood up as she heard rustling from the tree above her. A guy with white hair, yellow eyes, fangs and claws landed smoothly right beside Kat. "Who'd you see?" he inquired.
Without thinking, Kat reflexively socked the guy in the face; she had only seen the same distinguishing characteristics as her attacker from before.
He drew back, holding his nose. "Whadd you do dhat fodr!" Kat had only now noticed his clothes were from a lower social class……and he had dog ears. Probably thinking he had to protect his companions, he leapt toward Kat, letting go of his nose, which had miraculously healed.
Something small and fluffy (smaller than that Jaken lizard thing) jumped at the dog-man now, and put what looked like a statue and a spell scroll on the canine's claws. "That should hold ya!" Kat recognized it's childish boy voice from before.
The dog-man growled in his throat. "You little brat!" Squatting, trying to free his hands, he leaned over and pulled the scroll off the little statue with a fang. With a pop, the statue was reduced to even a smaller size, now able to fit easily in someone's palm.
The dog persisted, leaping at Kat again, when she heard someone yell, "SIT!" The dog fell crashing into the ground; Kat felt a rumble at her feet.
"Whoa…..thank goodness for dog training and obedience!" Kat turned toward the person who shouted 'sit'. She was surprised to find, not robes or a kimono, but a modern-day Japanese sailor-styled uniform for school. "And thank you. For both subduing that mutt—" Kat looked down at the dog-man, "—and for, I guess….just being here. It seems like so long since I've talked to someone normal!" By 'normal', she meant, 'from her time'.
The dog-person looked up from his spot on the ground. "You should! You've been out for more than a day!…………………Who're you calling normal? If anything, you're the weird one, walking around with your strange clothes!"
"Hmm….I'm weird? I'm not the one with the dog ears……those are really cute, by the way." Kat reached down to feel the soft, fluffy ears (AN: I've always wondered how they felt…), then offered a hand to the dog-man to help him off the ground. He looked up at her hand, the scraped black nail polish on her nails, and growled.
The girl from Kat's time stepped forward, helping the dog-man off his feet. "Be nice, Inuyasha. She probably just thought you were Sesshomaru; at a glance, you might look like him to her." When 'Inuyasha' was on his feet, the girl from Kat's time stepped forward and held out her hand. "Sorry about Inuyasha. He can be rude at times…..and a brute……but once you get to know him, he can be really sweet.—"
Inuyasha turned angrily toward the girl, "Hey! Who're you calling a brute!………" he seemed to think for a moment; "……….I'm not that sweet!"
The girl in the modern-day school uniform giggled. "Anyway, I'm Kagome." She shook hands with Kat. "And this is Inuyasha, Shippo," she gestured toward the little boy with a fluffy tail that seemed almost as big as him, "Sango," the woman with the large boomerang waved, "and Miroku." The monk sat up, nearly singing his robes in the campfire. Kat noticed some cloth and what she recognized as prayer beads on his right arm.
"I'm Kat." Kat's brow furrowed. "Umm….did you hurt yourself, Miroku-sama?" She asked, using the term 'sama' for respect for the monk and his party who had helped her recover.
Miroku quickly stood up and went to Kat, taking her hand in both of his. "I am fine, my fair Katherine—" She glared at him, "Kat, I mean. Though, I do appreciate your kindness to my well-being." He looked at the others, "Can I please have a private conversation with Kat-chan?"
Kagome, Inuyasha and Sango looked at each other, silently deciding. Shippo was digging through Kat's backpack, looking for who knows what. They nodded, deciding. Miroku's face lit up, thinking the nod was the answer. Then, Kagome stepped up. "No."
Miroku's face fell. Kat, squirming out of Miroku's grip, was curious as to the reasoning of the matter. "No? I don't see why I can't talk to Miroku-kun alone."
Sango sighed. Inuyasha just decided to start yelling again. "You idiot! He's just gonna ask you to have s-mmph—" Kagome slapped a hand over Inuyasha's mouth.
"Inuyasha! This fanfiction is only rated 'teen'! Don't talk about those things here!"
"What I think Inuyasha means," Sango said, Inuyasha was trying to pull Kagome's hand off his mouth, "Is that Miroku is just going to ask you to carry his child."
Despite the dark eye makeup, Kat paled dramatically. She tentatively turned to Miroku, "(gulp) Um…..Miroku-kun? Is that what you were going to ask me?"
"I am afraid so, Kat-chan."
Kat's face flushed red. Miroku stood up as Kat stomped towards him. "I'M ONLY 15, YOU PERVERT!" Kat kicked Miroku in, um……a place. Doubling over in pain, Kat wrenched Miroku up again and slapped him hard across the face.
A few miles away...
Birds scattered into the sky, startled by something. A pair of pointed ears perked up, detecting a sound from far away.
"Lord Sesshomaru, did you hear something?" A toad-like demon squawked.
"I did hear
something, Jaken. A slapping sound, a ways away; a few miles, maybe.
It is strange, though; the sound was so sharp that it seemed as if
someone was being slapped right in front of me…"
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Hoped you liked it! Review please!
OK...here are some Japanese suffixes used in case you don't know what they mean:
sama: a suffix used for both women and men, indicating respect
chan: a suffix usually used for girls or women, usually used respectfully (sometimes used casually)
kun: usually used for guys; it can also be used for respect, or casually used, as mentioned before with 'chan'
