I'm happy, since you guys have stopped hating me now... I hope.
(Just to let every one know, I changed a little thing with the chapters. The last chapter would originally have been chapter 22, but I decided that the incorrect placement of chapter numbers was getting way too confusing and annoying (because of the character map for chapter 5), and changed it back to it's correct form)
Disclaimer - (Well, I have been thoroughly threatened by me brother. Apparently it is a no-no to make disclaimers almost the same length as the actual chapter. Silly me. Eh, might as well get this show on the road.)
(Cue the James Bond music, maestro!)
Love Music- (whispers) This way! (goes into corner of baggage compartment. Yeah, they're still stuck falling up.)
KungPowKitty- (does a James Bond roll after her, resulting in some rather unharmonious sounds and a very sore leg) yeow
Love Music- Shh!
Sango- (is carrying the semi-delirious Sangarouka) (alligator crawls to the corner)
Shard- (walks to the other four girls, ruining an otherwise perfect James Bond style scene)
Love Music- (peeps outside) Lessee...Looks like a technician, the pilot and co-pilot, a distressed-lookin' passenger, and a couple bag unloaders are headed this way.
Shard- Might as well add in the fact that they're all confused as to why the door's already open
Love Music- Okay! This is gonna take teamwork, effort, smarts, and strength, but I believe we will be able to overcome them if we just-
WHAM!
KPK- (spins her frying pan like a baton) Sorry, buddy, but I was never one for team-sport-type lectures
Sangarouka- Whoa...(shakes off delirium) I just had the funniest dream; we were all dressed like pirates, and we walked upside-down, and- (looks around) ...nevermind
Shard- I vote you two take care of them
KPK- (sharpens frying pan) Fine by me
Sango- Sure, whatever
Love Music- What's taking them, anyways?
(Seems the group of previously mentioned airport officials were all distracted by something on the TV through a nearby window. Let's just say it has something to do with a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious group of people that have some reversed gravity problems of their own. Ah, but moving on!)
Shard- Here they come. Three... Deux... Uno...
BANG! BOOM!
KPK- That was an interesting move.
Sango- I don't have my Hirikotsu! What else was I gonna use?
Sangarouka- Just about anything other than suitcases.
Sango- It got the job done, didn't it?
Love Music- Aye! Now avast, ye scamper's dogs!
Sangarouka- Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever!
(So with the airport security knocked out, the plane emptied of passengers and flight attendants, only our five gallies remain on the plane. Being such good natured young Samaritans, they do throw out all the luggage that was on the plane. Technically, they threw it all on top of those airport officials, but eh. Anyways, as I was saying, the five girls are the only ones on the plane. So what shall they do? Well, for starters, they slide up the side of the plane!)
Sango- I don't like this
KPK- Got a better idea?
Love Music- WHEEEEEEEE! (jumps right on up into the open doorway of the 747)
Shard- That takes some aim. Me next! (leaps into the door after Love Music, almost knocking her comrade out of the plane in the process, but we won't dwell on that too much)
KPK- (leaps up to the doorway. Sadly, she doesn't have quite as great aim, so she ends up landing halfway in. Well... 3/15 in. She's sorta hanging off the edge.) I COULD HAVE BEEN SLEEPING IN RIGHT NOW! (is slipping) Oy.
Shard- (pulls KPK in) you've got no one to blame but yourself
KPK- And how does that work, huh!
Shard- You're the one writing these things
Sangarouka- Bombs away!
Shard and KPK- GYAAAAH! (get hit square in the noggin by Sangy over here. So now they're all hanging out of the doorway)
Shard- Hey! Love Music, Sango, little help?
Sangarouka- We could use a hand!
Good Felix- Okay, just don't loose it
Girls- AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
Sango- (falls out of baggage compartment and joins the mess of hanging-out-of-the-doorway gals)
Sangarouka- Where the devil did you come from!
Felix- I walked
KPK- Beg'r pardon?
Felix- So about that hand (takes out a butcher's knife) do you need a left or a right?
(The girls are not amused by this. That's not to say they aren't horrified, mind you)
Sango- Gimme that, you lunatic! (starts to wrestle with Felix for the knife)
Felix- (singing) ALL AROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH, THE MONKEY CHASED THE WEASEL!
(rrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRR)
(Felix and Shard freeze)
Sango- (big eyes) What's that?
Sangarouka- Hopefully it isn't what I think it is
Shard- THEN WHY IS THE PLANE VIBRATING!
KPK- Someone please tell me where Love Music is
(Love Music is presently inside the cockpit. In pirate attire. Upside down. Both hands on the steering device thingmerbob. Plume out of her mind would be an understatement at this point in time)
KPK- I didn't wanna know that
(Girls and Felix start to scramble to get inside, but alas, it is too late. The plane's been started.)
Love Music- Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum! Yee- HAAAAAAAAA!
(Plane starts to take off of the runway)
Girls and Felix- YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Shard- WE HAVE REACHED A NEW LEVEL OF BADNESS HERE!
Sangarouka- THIS IS ALL JUST A NIGHTMARE! SOON, I'LL WAKE UP AT HOME WITH A PILLOW STUCK TO MY FACE!
KPK- SOMEONE GET IN THERE AND TURN THIS THING OFF!
Felix- (singing) YOU CAN FLY! YOU CAN FLY! YOU CAN FLYYYYYYY!
Sango- I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY DON'T LIKE FLYING!
(And they're airborne. You can just imagine the screams. Next time on Disclaimer: Reunited! Too bad everyone's lost their minds!)
CHAPTER 24 - Plans Revealed: Part Three: Blood Red Snow
Miroku, Sango, and Naena were only just getting out of the school (It took a long time for humans to try to get down from the area above the stage in comparison to half-demons) and running out in the direction they thought Inuyasha was headed, which was in truth the direction Kagome had been headed (a.k.a.- home), when Inuyasha proudly came up the hill, Kagome in his arms. The three ran over to Inuyasha and Kagome, who was now getting let down from her boyfriend.
"I'm utterly confused," Sango said plainly. "I would have figured that we would be meeting you, Inuyasha, inside a vacuum cleaner or something."
"In truth, I kinda expected the same thing," The hanyou said, still dangerously close to Kagome. "But obviously that's not what happened, now is it?"
Naena was taken aback. He pulled Miroku over to the side. "Is it just me," he whispered into Miroku's ear. "Or is Inuyasha actually happy?"
"I heard that." The hanyou replied.
"It seems so..." Miroku began, before turning his attention back to the two teens in front of the three. "Inuyasha, what happened between you and Kagome? You both seem in... better moods, to put it lightly."
"Oh nothing..." Inuyasha said, blush tinting his cheeks. "Where's Chiaki?"
"I thought you were over her..." Sango said under her breath. "Apparently the sandbag that fell on her head damaged some of her neck tissue, and she went to hospital. They say she should be back in school in a week or so, why? Did you come to throw yourself at her something?" the youkai exterminator said harshly.
"No, I just wanted to tell her that she's a bitch and that I hope she burns in hell"
"School should be over now," Kagome began, still smiling. "Inuyasha and I are just gonna go home now, okay?"
"Uh..." Miroku noticed the two of them slowly inching away from he and his two comrades, as if waiting for their okay before bolting back to the Higurashi residence. 'Very interesting...' "Okay. Should we join you two or is there something important that you need to get back to Kagome's house for?"
Kagome blushed the deepest red she had ever felt, and Inuyasha was somewhat close to that, except that his jaw was a little slack jawed. Sango dumb-slapped our monk upside the head. "You lecher..."
Before Miroku could ask another embarrassing question, Inuyasha and Kagome had already bolted.
Naena scratched his head. "I don't get it, what was Miroku implying?" he asked Sango.
'Such naive innocence...' "Nothing you want to know about, trust me."
"Hmmm..." the houshi rubbed his chin, and smiled. "Very interesting indeed."
"Damn, wench, you're too slow!" Inuyasha called to Kagome.
"Well, sorry, I'm just a human, remember?" she called back to him. They were running back to the Higurashi shrine, and, of course, Inuyasha was making more headway. 'Even through the snow," Kagome thought. 'He's still fast as hell.'
"Well, then jump on my back, we'll go faster that way!"
Kagome jumped back onto Inuyasha's back, and for a moment, thought that they were back in Sengoku Jidai. With Inuyasha back in his old Hakama, and Kagome wearing her school uniform, she really did, for a moment, forget that they were in modern times, and instead were running through the trees after Naraku and/or the Shikon jewel shards. 'Not that it's really the Shikon Jewel, though.' She thought, fingering the small glass sphere around her neck. 'But hey, same deal, right?'
Within moments of Kagome getting onto Inuyasha's back, and him going into full speed, the two were at Kagome's house. The hanyou let her down, but took hold of her hand.
Kagome smiled at him. "You sure are clingy when you admit you love someone. And happier."
"Of course I am. I don't want anyone to take you away from me, so I'll hold onto you so that no one does," he responded, still smiling himself.
"That's... actually, that's kinda sweet, Inuyasha," Kagome said softly. She leaned over so that her body was resting on Inuyasha's, clenching his hand back as he had originally clenched hers. They walked into the Higurashi shrine, only to be greeted with some strange sounds coming from the kitchen.
The two looked at each other in confusement, walked over to the kitchen and slid open the door.
Ms. Higurashi was there with a T.V. in the kitchen, doing Tae Bo with all of the kitchen appliances running. "OKAY EVERYONE, LETS DO SOME KICKS. 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4 AND 5 AND 6 AND 7 AND 8! OTHER SIDE! 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND..."
Inuyasha and Kagome stuck their heads back out of the kitchen and into the hallway. "My mom: the caffinated nutcase."
"Keh. You can say that again," Inuyasha exclaimed, heading over to the living room instead.
"My mom: th-"
"Not funny," the hanyou said. He opened the door to the living room, and instantly had a brown ball of fluff come flying at his head. "INUYASHA!"
Inuyasha pried Shippou off of his face. "What is it? I'm in a real good mood so don't kill it off, Kay?"
Shippou ignored the insult. "Inuyasha, I think that you should hear something that happened at school today! You too Kagome!" the kit cried.
Kagome walked into the room, and saw that not only Inuyasha and Shippou were in there, but also Sota and Osoane. (KPK- Go see the character map if you can't remember Osoane) "Osoane, what are you doing here?"
"To help explain some stuff. First though, I think that you should hear out what Shippou and Sota have to say," the holder of the orb of serpents said calmly, with a concerned look on her face.
"Oh boy..." Kagome sighed, and sat down at the table in the room. Inuyasha followed suit, and Shippou jumped down from the hanyou's shoulder to land next to Sota. "Well," Inuyasha began, his gruffness starting to come back again. " What is it?"
"Well, during lunch recess," Sota said, rummaging through his nearby backpack. "Shippou had come up to me and asked if I felt if anything just didn't feel right. I said no, since I didn't really feel anything. Of course, Ji-Chan says I still have a ways to go before my spiritual powers come out from being dormant, but still."
"Anyway," Shippou cut in. " It wasn't until a little after that the snow changed."
It had been snowing for three days straight, and, considering it was December, there was now what people in Tokyo called snow drifts. When there was so much snow that had been piled up on the side of the streets from snow plows that the snow looked like it could be a miniature sand dune from a desert. Lots of fun to jump into. Like a big pile of leaves in the fall, except without all of the bugs. Oops, got off topic.
Kagome raised her eyebrow. "The snow changed? How could that happen?"
"I don't know, but one thing is for certain," Osoane said, taking a sip of her tea that was on the table. "It had to do with a demon. Or possibly multiple demons."
Inuyasha made his famous 'Keh' sound. "A demon changing the snow? What would it accomplish from that? And I thought that demons in this age died out a long time ago."
"What about Zephuru? He was a demon," Kagome chimed in.
"Fine, one exception."
"Not quite. In fact, demons are very much still in this age, only under cover. I should think that you, dog-ear-boy, should understand at least that."
Inuyasha made a scowling face in defeat. Kagome smiled.
"For instance, I actually know another demon here in Tokyo who's a friend of mine. Her name's Neyana Kyosho. Ever heard of her?" (KPK- I could easily make a remark of ill politeness to this, but I won't)
Both shook their heads in defiance.
Osoane smirked. "Well, Inuyasha, you most certainly should. The Kyosho family was actually the family of the famed Itsumyono, the grand general of the demons during the Akurei Senso, or Demons War. I can probably get you a text book on it if you like. It's taught about in all of the demon-only schools in Japan. Seriously, the Kyosho family is a very good family to have connections with. I've heard that even the President of the Demons Japan, Sesshomaru Inunotaisho, has paid respects to them, and is even attempting to date Neyana's mother.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, who did you say was the president of the 'Demons Japan', or whatever?" (KPK- Yeah! What they just said!)
"His name is Sesshomaru Inunotaisho. He's been reelected for his term I think... 46 times? Not sure," She replied, scratching her head. "The Demons Presidential Palace is in Nagoya. Why?"
"That... bastard..." Inuyasha clenched his fists together, only envisioning his brothers' form in an 'oval office', as it were.
Osoane looked rather confused. "Did I say something wrong?"
"Um, no, it's just that, "Kagome began. "Um... Sesshomaru is Inuyasha's half brother from Sengoku Jidai. I had no idea though that he could possibly still be alive..."
"Kagome," Osoane said a little un-cheerfully. "Demons and all of those caught in between demons and human, even if there is just a hint of demon blood in their blood, they are immortal, or have a rather prolonged life," She said surely. " There are actually a few demons today that actually fought in the Akurei Senso, your brother included, Inuyasha. I believe that he was in fact one of Itsumyono's right hand men."
'That means... that Inuyasha is immortal?' Kagome thought. But another thought crossed her mind. "Wait, how do you know all of this?"
Osoane looked down to the ground, blush tinting her cheeks a small bit. She fiddled with her hands a bit, still looking down, as if in shame.
Kagome tilted her head to one side. "What's wrong?"
"Well..." Osoane stuttered. She looked like she attempting to gather her thoughts in a recognizable way, or mentally bashing herself for letting something be told.
"Are one of you guys a demon or something?" Sota asked.
Osoane smiled somewhat sheepishly. "Well... if you want to be technical, yes. If you want to have it in overall terms, no."
The others in the room were rather confused.
"I'll explain later. Anyway, back to topic," Osoane smiled. "The snow was changed because a demon or multiple demons or whatever released something into the air, which caused them to change."
"Here it is!" Sota said, pulling a jar out of his backpack. It was filled to the top with blood red snow. "I got this into a jar before all the other snow changed back. I think it's because the funky stuff that was released into the air hasn't been gotten rid of from the air inside this jar."
Inuyasha and Kagome both could sense the dark aura coming from the jar. Sota spoke up again. "When we were outside, the snow was still falling, and when it turned red, Shippou stuck his hand out into it, and..."
Shippou stuck out his hand. The places where the snow had fall onto his hand, the small places where individual snowflakes had fallen, there were now large blisters that gave the full detail of what each of the snowflakes had looked like at the microscopic level.
Kagome gasped. "Oh my god, Shippou, are you okay?"
"I'm okay, your mama put some kind of ointment on it before she had a sip of ka-u-h-fe-e and went kookoo," the kit said. Kagome sat back in her place, somewhat relieved. "But it was really strange. After the snow turned red, I smelled something sickly sweet, like burning sakura or something."
This rang a bell in Inuyasha's mind.
"And then after that, all of the guy teachers started acting really weird," the kit continued.
Inuyasha was now intrigued. "What do you mean by weird?"
"Well, it seemed like they started acting rather 'fresh' to the first woman they saw. It was really strange."
"Kagome! This is what happened to me! This is why the whole thing with Chiaki even happened!" Inuyasha exclaimed. "And probably why Miroku and Hojo and etc went wacko too! Do you believe me now?"
Kagome had to admit, the story was convincing. However, "But, how can I be sure that all of this wasn't set up?" she said rather coldly, eyes turning to Inuyasha.
Osoane raised her hand. "I had a rather...unpleasant incident with Hoshido around the exact same time."
"How unpleasant?"
"Well, not that bed. But not nearly as unpleasant as what Yoshima must be punishing him with right now." (KPK- I can only imagine)
Kagome raised her hands up in the air. "I don't want to know. But, okay, fine I believe you guys."
"Good," Inuyasha said, taking hold of Kagome's hand under the table and squeezing it. She smiled.
"But, everything was reversed when Yoshima and Akutsuo put up a barrier around the city to stop the evil and such."
"But," Kagome began. " Why Yoshima and Akutsuo? Why not Hoshido, or you for that matter?"
"Well, Hoshido was already corrupted by the whatever it was, Yoshima holds the orb of Light, a.k.a. purity, and Akutsuo hold the orbs of water, which was the closest thing to snow that we had to our disposal."
"Okay then," Kagome replied. It was Sota's time to chime in now. "But, if it only affects older guys, why wasn't Akutsuo affected?"
"Or the rest of the guys in the auditorium for that matter?" Kagome added.
Osoane rubbed her temple." I have done way too much thinking today for any normal and sane person. Well, from what Yoshima and I figured was that since Akutsuo had been in the shower at the time,-"
"The snow melted before it could even get to him, and the burning sakura stuff couldn't even travel to him," Inuyasha finished. Osoane nodded in agreement.
"As for the rest of the guys in the auditorium...hmmm..." Osoane placed a finger to her cheek in thought. After a minute of deliberating in her mind, "I don't think I can explain that one. If you give me more time I can probably get something on it. Maybe I can call Neyana later on and see what she knows..."
"Anyway," she continued. "I would say that things right now aren't all that safe in Tokyo. You guys had better keep your wits about you to avoid any of this stuff really grabbing hold of you. I believe that there will probably be another attack from the same demon or demons that did this sooner or later," Osoane finished. (KPK- Ain't she well informed?)
Inuyasha and Kagome shook their heads in concordance, just as the front door opened and the sounds of Miroku, Sango, and Naena entered the house. Osoane stood up first. "I think I'll call Yoshima and tell her that she can order dinner now, it's pizza night. Where's the phone?"
"In the kitchen. Just watch out for my mom. She can throw some mean Tae Bo kicks," Kagome said. Osoane smiled and nodded, and left the room.
After a few moments, Miroku, Sango, and Naena came into the living room to see Inuyasha helping Kagome to get up, and Shippou and Sota already starting up the X-Box system.
"So, what's up?" Miroku asked.
"Not mu-"
"OOOOOOOF!" They heard Osoane grunt from the kitchen. Kagome shook her head. "I warned her about my mom's kicks."
Adding a little bit more darkness in here, eh? Well, not really, just having the plot thicken up a bit. Whatever.
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