Posted:8-18-04
Part 4: The Houshi
AN: Did I mention that this has been a really easy story for me to write? Because it has. If I wasn't working on other stories, I could probably do this fic in one day! Hee hee. Oh well, I still don't own Inuyasha or The Wizard of Oz.
Due to a technical diffculty, all italicized parts(aka songs) in this chapter will be designated by # signs. Thank you.
Sango, Kilala, and the Hanyou were still walking down the Green Stone Path. "How long is this going to take?" the Hanyou complained. "We've been walking for hours now!"
"Well, if I knew how far it was to Sapphire Town, I wouldn't have asked you to come with me, now would I?" Sango replied.
"Yeah, well once I get there, I can become a full Youkai, so I would have gone, anyway."
"Are you sure you don't want a brain instead?"
"WILL YOU QUIT SAYING THAT?!!!!" the Hanyou screamed.
Suddenly, Kilala stopped walking and growled slightly at something straight ahead, near where the road turned off. There were a few trees in the area and a small cottage, but Sango could see nothing in the shadows.
"There's something in the forest," the Hanyou growled. "We'd better be careful." They walked slowly toward where the two had sensed a presence, and thankfully were not far from the road so they could easily get back on it.
As they came amongst the trees, they noticed a figure standing a few yards away from the house. "What is that?" Sango asked, letting the Hanyou walk ahead of her in case it was dangerous.
"I don't know," he replied. "It doesn't seem to be moving much, whatever it is."
They came closer to the figure, which was now beginning to become clearer due to the slight recession of the shade. It appeared to be a young man, wearing a black robe with purple cloth. He held a staff, and he stood in place with his eyes closed, not seeming to move at all.
"It's a boy," Sango commented, not as worried about being attacked and walking closer to him.
"Looks like a houshi to me," the Hanyou said, still keeping his distance. Kilala crept up to him and began sniffing at his feet, looking confused.
"I wonder why he's just standing here?" Sango said, walking up next to him and poking his shoulder. "Do you think he's alive?"
"He smells alive to me," the Hanyou replied, striding up along the other side of the motionless Houshi. "Why would a dead guy be standing like this, anyway?"
"Well, I don't know, this is a different land than I'm from and I thought anything was possible." Kilala had stopped sniffing, but still looked lost.
They stared at him for a moment longer, and finally decided that he wasn't going to do anything any time soon.
"So, what should we do with him?" Sango asked.
"Just leave him here!" the Hanyou exclaimed. "What are we supposed to do, carry him around until he wakes up?"
"Well, I just thought that if something was wrong with him, we should try to..."
Sango suddenly stopped talking and made a very strange face. "What's your problem?" the Hanyou asked, raising an eyebrow.
Sango still had wide eyes and grimace slightly. It was then that the Hanyou and Kilala's eyes turned to the Houshi's hand that was nearest to her. However, it was now feeling her bottom.
She turned and slapped him hard across the face. "YOU PERVERT!!!" she screamed. "Is that why you were standing there like that?!"
The Houshi put his hand up to his sore cheek and rubbed it. "Well, actually, yes," he replied with a strange smile. Sango still gave him the death glare and the Hanyou looked at him in disgust.
"Why would you do something like that?" he asked.
"Well," the Houshi replied, getting a strange, far-off look in his eyes, "I have been seeking a woman for my entire life, one with whom I can live happily with and who will agree to bear my children, but alas, there have been none to accept my offer."
"You don't seem like you should be worrying about something like that at your age," the Hanyou retorted.
"It's my dream," he continued, seemingly unaware of the interruption. "I shall pursue it until I finally find that one woman who will consent to it. Unless..."
He suddenly turned to Sango and grabbed her hands. "...would you be willing to..."
"IF YOU EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN, I SWEAR I WILL..."
The Houshi sighed and let go of her. "That's what always happens," he moaned.
"Well, geez, even I know you're not supposed to do things like that," the Hanyou said, still not seeming to trust him very much.
"I would do anything to find what it is that I need to do to win over a woman. I would even go to the great Youkai himself, if I knew how to get there."
"That is where we're going," Sango muttered, just as angry as she had been. "I don't know why we should help you after what you just did, but if you don't try anything like that again maybe we'll let you come with us."
"Really?" the Houshi replied, looking excited. "I promise I will try to keep my hands to myself, if only I could get the right heart to get a woman!"
"What sort of a Houshi are you, anyway?" the Hanyou asked, not liking the idea of his coming along with them one bit.
"I was kind of hoping that you would do more than try," Sango muttered.
The Houshi sighed. "Let me explain it to you." Suddenly, music very similar to what had begun when the Hanyou was talking started, and the Houshi took up the melody and began singing.
#"I have tried until I felt weak,
But I only get a sore cheek,
They leave before I start
But I'd get any lady
They would want to have my baby
If I only had a heart."#
Sango, Kilala, and the Hanyou stared at him in disgust. "Will you quit singing?!" he screamed. "Not only are the lyrics disturbing, but I can't stand it period!"
"I think the Youkai could help you in another way," Sango commented, keeping her distance from the Houshi.
"Really?" he asked, walking closer to her as she backed away and looking interested. "How?"
"By making you less of a pervert!!!" she exclaimed, walking briskly back to the Green Stone Path with Kilala. "Hurry up, I'd like to get as soon as possible!"
The Hanyou and the Houshi walked out of the trees and no to the road. "Where are we going, exactly?" the Houshi asked, linking arms with her and the Hanyou.
The both gave him a strange look. "To Sapphire Town!" Sango replied, trying to slip her arm out. "That's where the Youkai lives!"
"Oh, right," he replied, starting to walk forward happily, with a slight jump in his step.
"Well, #we're off to see the Youkai,
The wonderful Youkai of Oz!
We hear..."#
"What did I say about singing?!" the Hanyou exclaimed.
"Why does everyone know that song?" Sango asked as she and the Hanyou finally both punched the Houshi in the head and got free of him.
"What did I do?" he muttered and he ran to catch up with the others, massaging the lumps on his head.
AN: Well, there we go! We've got another one! I can't think of anything else to say... Well, I'll have the next part up soon! I bet you can't guess what happens in it... (that was sarcastic)
I have decided to respond to my wonderful reviewers, and since I have this at the beginning of my "Fate" chapters, I thought I'd put it at the end of these.
SilverBlood666: Yay! I'm glad you like it! I hope you still do...
Candyland: w00t! Thanks for reviewing! I told you you'd like that joke. And yes, I do need to see the rest of it (Fushigi Yugi, in case you're wondering, others)
Part 4: The Houshi
AN: Did I mention that this has been a really easy story for me to write? Because it has. If I wasn't working on other stories, I could probably do this fic in one day! Hee hee. Oh well, I still don't own Inuyasha or The Wizard of Oz.
Due to a technical diffculty, all italicized parts(aka songs) in this chapter will be designated by # signs. Thank you.
Sango, Kilala, and the Hanyou were still walking down the Green Stone Path. "How long is this going to take?" the Hanyou complained. "We've been walking for hours now!"
"Well, if I knew how far it was to Sapphire Town, I wouldn't have asked you to come with me, now would I?" Sango replied.
"Yeah, well once I get there, I can become a full Youkai, so I would have gone, anyway."
"Are you sure you don't want a brain instead?"
"WILL YOU QUIT SAYING THAT?!!!!" the Hanyou screamed.
Suddenly, Kilala stopped walking and growled slightly at something straight ahead, near where the road turned off. There were a few trees in the area and a small cottage, but Sango could see nothing in the shadows.
"There's something in the forest," the Hanyou growled. "We'd better be careful." They walked slowly toward where the two had sensed a presence, and thankfully were not far from the road so they could easily get back on it.
As they came amongst the trees, they noticed a figure standing a few yards away from the house. "What is that?" Sango asked, letting the Hanyou walk ahead of her in case it was dangerous.
"I don't know," he replied. "It doesn't seem to be moving much, whatever it is."
They came closer to the figure, which was now beginning to become clearer due to the slight recession of the shade. It appeared to be a young man, wearing a black robe with purple cloth. He held a staff, and he stood in place with his eyes closed, not seeming to move at all.
"It's a boy," Sango commented, not as worried about being attacked and walking closer to him.
"Looks like a houshi to me," the Hanyou said, still keeping his distance. Kilala crept up to him and began sniffing at his feet, looking confused.
"I wonder why he's just standing here?" Sango said, walking up next to him and poking his shoulder. "Do you think he's alive?"
"He smells alive to me," the Hanyou replied, striding up along the other side of the motionless Houshi. "Why would a dead guy be standing like this, anyway?"
"Well, I don't know, this is a different land than I'm from and I thought anything was possible." Kilala had stopped sniffing, but still looked lost.
They stared at him for a moment longer, and finally decided that he wasn't going to do anything any time soon.
"So, what should we do with him?" Sango asked.
"Just leave him here!" the Hanyou exclaimed. "What are we supposed to do, carry him around until he wakes up?"
"Well, I just thought that if something was wrong with him, we should try to..."
Sango suddenly stopped talking and made a very strange face. "What's your problem?" the Hanyou asked, raising an eyebrow.
Sango still had wide eyes and grimace slightly. It was then that the Hanyou and Kilala's eyes turned to the Houshi's hand that was nearest to her. However, it was now feeling her bottom.
She turned and slapped him hard across the face. "YOU PERVERT!!!" she screamed. "Is that why you were standing there like that?!"
The Houshi put his hand up to his sore cheek and rubbed it. "Well, actually, yes," he replied with a strange smile. Sango still gave him the death glare and the Hanyou looked at him in disgust.
"Why would you do something like that?" he asked.
"Well," the Houshi replied, getting a strange, far-off look in his eyes, "I have been seeking a woman for my entire life, one with whom I can live happily with and who will agree to bear my children, but alas, there have been none to accept my offer."
"You don't seem like you should be worrying about something like that at your age," the Hanyou retorted.
"It's my dream," he continued, seemingly unaware of the interruption. "I shall pursue it until I finally find that one woman who will consent to it. Unless..."
He suddenly turned to Sango and grabbed her hands. "...would you be willing to..."
"IF YOU EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN, I SWEAR I WILL..."
The Houshi sighed and let go of her. "That's what always happens," he moaned.
"Well, geez, even I know you're not supposed to do things like that," the Hanyou said, still not seeming to trust him very much.
"I would do anything to find what it is that I need to do to win over a woman. I would even go to the great Youkai himself, if I knew how to get there."
"That is where we're going," Sango muttered, just as angry as she had been. "I don't know why we should help you after what you just did, but if you don't try anything like that again maybe we'll let you come with us."
"Really?" the Houshi replied, looking excited. "I promise I will try to keep my hands to myself, if only I could get the right heart to get a woman!"
"What sort of a Houshi are you, anyway?" the Hanyou asked, not liking the idea of his coming along with them one bit.
"I was kind of hoping that you would do more than try," Sango muttered.
The Houshi sighed. "Let me explain it to you." Suddenly, music very similar to what had begun when the Hanyou was talking started, and the Houshi took up the melody and began singing.
#"I have tried until I felt weak,
But I only get a sore cheek,
They leave before I start
But I'd get any lady
They would want to have my baby
If I only had a heart."#
Sango, Kilala, and the Hanyou stared at him in disgust. "Will you quit singing?!" he screamed. "Not only are the lyrics disturbing, but I can't stand it period!"
"I think the Youkai could help you in another way," Sango commented, keeping her distance from the Houshi.
"Really?" he asked, walking closer to her as she backed away and looking interested. "How?"
"By making you less of a pervert!!!" she exclaimed, walking briskly back to the Green Stone Path with Kilala. "Hurry up, I'd like to get as soon as possible!"
The Hanyou and the Houshi walked out of the trees and no to the road. "Where are we going, exactly?" the Houshi asked, linking arms with her and the Hanyou.
The both gave him a strange look. "To Sapphire Town!" Sango replied, trying to slip her arm out. "That's where the Youkai lives!"
"Oh, right," he replied, starting to walk forward happily, with a slight jump in his step.
"Well, #we're off to see the Youkai,
The wonderful Youkai of Oz!
We hear..."#
"What did I say about singing?!" the Hanyou exclaimed.
"Why does everyone know that song?" Sango asked as she and the Hanyou finally both punched the Houshi in the head and got free of him.
"What did I do?" he muttered and he ran to catch up with the others, massaging the lumps on his head.
AN: Well, there we go! We've got another one! I can't think of anything else to say... Well, I'll have the next part up soon! I bet you can't guess what happens in it... (that was sarcastic)
I have decided to respond to my wonderful reviewers, and since I have this at the beginning of my "Fate" chapters, I thought I'd put it at the end of these.
SilverBlood666: Yay! I'm glad you like it! I hope you still do...
Candyland: w00t! Thanks for reviewing! I told you you'd like that joke. And yes, I do need to see the rest of it (Fushigi Yugi, in case you're wondering, others)