The Third Family
Author's Note- SPRING BREAK!
Hopefully I'll be able to get a lot of writing done in these two weeks.
This is my second chapter out already! (Kijustsu no Senyo was my first)
I like the idea of Shippo pranking Kurozena... Haha -.-; Sorry I
haven't updated in a while. But Inuyasha and the others didn't drop by
randomly! They had an invite! I used Makoto instead of Mikoto?
Whoopsies. I did change the name in the letter if you didn't know that.
Now it's Raidon. I like twists. :)
I got my walk that I had wanted so badly the next day, unfortunatly it was alone. Atleast to begin with. I had wanted to go on a walk with Mikoto, Taoa, Kagome, and the others, but Mikoto was busy, I couldn't find Taoa, and Kagome and the rest of the others were busy having a bath. Sango invited me to join them, but I said no.
So here I was, walking down the garden paths alone. The days had been getting warmer, a sure sign that spring was on its way early this year. I grinned. I liked the idea that my child would be born in the spring time. Spring is the best season. Everything is starting to come alive. The days aren't too cold, but they're not too hot either.
I grinned and stopped to smell a flower. "Nice day today, isn't it?" Sanouskai asked, walking up to me.
I looked over to him and and smiled again. "I haven't seen you around lately."
He shrugged, "I've been busy with the gardens like you have been busy with your ball." Sanouskai explained, "How is the ball going anyways?"
"The first guests arrived yesterday." I replied, "They're my friends that I traveled with while Mikoto was courtning me."
"It's always good to see old friends." he commented, "I bet you were glad to see them."
"Over joyed." I agreed, "I missed them so much. Especially my adoptive sister."
"I would like to meet them some time." Sanouskai said, "Am I invited to the ball?"
I thought about this for a second. Kurozena hadn't said anything about inviting servants to the ball. "I don't see why you couldn't come." I replied, "Consider it an invitation. I'll be hurt if you don't take it."
"Don't worry." he said grinning, "I'll definitely take it. It's not everyday that one gets an invitation to a ball."
As I returned to the castle an hour later, Shippo burst through the
doors and into my arms. "It's all set!" he said giggling."What's all
set?" I asked curiously.
"My prank!" the kitsune replied.
"For Inuyasha?"
"No."
"Then who?" I was almost afraid to ask.
"That housekeeper person here." Shippo told me.
I had been right to be afraid. "Kurozena?"
"Yup!" he said happily.
I inwardly groaned. I was just beginning to get the demoness's respect
and now Shippo was going to ruin it for me. "What's your prank?" I
questioned.
"Last night a maid told me where the housekeeper's room was so today I set up
a bucket full of the maple syrup Kagome brought over the housekeeper's
door. When she opens the door up the bucket will dump the syrup on her.
Then when she walks into the room, she'll pull a string and all these
feathers will come down on her!"
I was horrified. Kurozena would never forgive me if Shippo did this to
her. But what surprised me the most was the complexity of the prank. I
had seen and helped him with many of his pranks for Inuyasha. This was
far beyond his level. "How'd you do this all by yourself?" I asked
carefully.
"I didn't do it by myself." he answered, "Inuyasha helped me make it up and put it together."
Inuyasha. I should had guessed. He was the only other person in the
group who would ever dream of pranking someone. "Is it set up now?"
"Yeah!"
I sighed. "You know what?" I asked Shippo, "We really shouldn't be doing this. It's not nice."
Shippo's face fell. "But it's going to be so much fun!" he insisted, "Why can't we do it?"
I wasn't in the mood to explain the relationship between Kurozena and I
at the moment, so I decided to bribe the kid. "Tell you what, if you
help me take this down, I'll help you put it up again outside of Inuyasha's room, okay?"
"Yeah!" Shippo exclaimed happily, "Let's go!" I grinned.
We
ran to Kurozena's room. Even that wasn't that fast because I couldn't
go that quickly with my heavy stomach. It probably took around five
minutes. I looked at Inuyasha and Shippo's handy work. It was very nice
if I do say so myself. I wouldn't have noticed it unless I looked up.
The bucket and rope attached to it were on the ceiling. Luckily the
ceiling wasn't very high in this part of the castle, but I still
couldn't reach it.
"Shippo," I said, "do you think you could turn into something I can step on so that I can get it off?"
"Sure." he replied and promptly turned into a pink rock. I giggled, and
stepped onto him. With the extra height, I was able to unhook the
bucket and bring it down easily.
Stepping off of Shippo, he turned back
into his normal self and opened the door. "You see that string?" he asked me.
I nodded.
"If it gets pulled all these feathers will come down."
I looked up. There was a sheet at on the ceiling here. I guessed that
was where the feathers were. "I'm going to need you to turn into your
bubble." I told him, "This part of the ceiling is too high up."
"Okay." Shippo said, transforming into the bubble. I climbed on and
we went up. Gently I pulled down the sheet of freathers, careful not to
spill them everywhere. I slid off Shippo and pulled the string attached
to the cloth out from where it was wrapped. We then closed the door and
hurried to my library, laughing.
"You don't want to try to prank Kurozena again." I warned him, "She's not very nice, okay?"
"Okay." Shippo replied, "So when are we going to put this stuff outside of Inuyasha's room?"
"How about tomorrow afternoon?" I suggested.
"Yeah!" he said laughing, "And we can watch! It's going to be so much fun!"
Inuyasha: I can't believe those two! Especially the brat! I help him prank Kurozena and he goes back and uses it to prank me!
Kagome: It's going to be funny.
Inuyasha: HEY!
Miroku: Now, now Inuyasha. There's no need to get so shook up.
Sango: Yeah, I mean it's just some sticky liquid and feathers.
Clear Waters: Yeah! It's only those things! R and R everyone!
