Across Time Part 14
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Well, this, or the next chapter I guess, can be considered the end of the previous part and the start
of the next. All you fluff lovers won't have to wait much longer, it is coming! Sorry it took so long
I'm having writers block on how to get everything to the next point so if I don't post for a while
just consider it a temporary Hiatus.
*Note to all readers. Fanfiction.net seems to be screwing up again, if you reviewed this chapter please
make sure it showed up.
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-DisKraced One- I'm single, don't have a girlfriend. And besides, we celebrated Valentine's day Friday
instead of Saturday.
-Tori the Hanyou- Ehehe actually if anyone was copying it would be them, as my fic is just about
exactly a month older than theirs. But it doesn't matter, this whole plotline about Inu in the future
is very widely used.
-Endless Moonlight- Pre-calculus/Trigonometry depends on what your school calls it.
- Kei- It stands for the Upper Peninsula. It is that big landmass above the mitten of Michigan.
-I am Sango- I talked to the girl (Her name is Kanna! Isn't that such a neat coincidence!?) and uniforms
are very expensive.
-inuficcrzy- Will he in the fic I dunno, but yes he can cook.
-KagomeResurrected- But first... I'm guessing that is when Inuyasha just lost. But first as in but first
I'm going to kick some arse. Put your mind in the characters position, I try not to make things difficult
to understand.
-jim hawking jr- Yes he does go to Seshy's college, I don't think there will ever be a scene about it
though.
-Junichi()- Yes they were playing soccer.
-Inu/Kag Fan()- My best guess would be around 50,000. The rate it is going I had thought maybe 40k but
I was wrong.
-Sango13()- A foot note would be if you were to summarize the story into a paragraph, one line would
mention it. It's just a side note on the story's main plot.
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Inuyasha smirked the next day as he surveyed his new team as they moved into position. He was
going to enjoy every moment of this, regardless of the consequences. It had been a fairly easy job to
get one of the jocks to give up his position on the team on the accounts of a 'stomach ache'. No he
hadn't punched him, a few A's here and there on the grade sheet and everyone was happy (punching was the
back-up plan). Needless to say that there was a mixture of positive and negative emotions as he
announced he'd be filling in. Some of the more suspicious and cocky players had said it wasn't
necessary, while the bleacher groupie girls said otherwise, but Inuyasha had ignored them as he took up
the bribed boy's spot on the front line spot to the left of the ball.
The kick off had been given to the totally out classed other team for obvious reasons. The honor
to kick had been given to possibly the smallest, scrawniest boy in the entire room. In fact, a few years
ago he might have given Shippo a run for his money. The boy gave a nervous glance towards Inuyasha and
then in the other direction towards the boy who had pushed him away from the goal yesterday. He chose
what he thought the safer direction and kicked it to his team member farthest away from Inuyasha. The
tactic didn't help them any even though Inuyasha didn't bother to run after the ball, much to the
spectators' disappointment, and before they had gotten half way to the goal with the ball it was stolen
away by one of Inuyasha's new teammates.
Seeing Inuyasha open and unguarded, the boy sent it in his direction. Inuyasha smirked as he
watched it come, unfolding his arms and getting into a ready stance. As it came closer to him, Inuyasha
drew back his leg and a few players actually ducked, expecting him to send it into the next world. The
poor goalee on the other side of the gym even crossed himself. The ball entered kicking range and
Inuyasha kicked. Silence followed. No loud crack as his foot connected with the ball, no whistling
sound as the ball broke the sound barrier, no blood curdling scream from the goalie, simply silence.
Inuyasha's foot had missed the ball, swinging by a moment to early. Seeing his first triumph at
hand, Inuyasha let the foot fall, hitting the ball in the direction of his own goal. The two teams simply
stood there dumbfounded as the ball rolled up to the scrawny boy from before. Seeing his chance he turned
and kicked the ball past the motionless goalie. Score 0-1. There was no cheering or booing this time,
just confused silence as the teams got into position, some glaring at the treacherous Mr. Shiro. For the
next few minutes the ball was kept as far from Inuyasha as possible, his team no longer trusting him (and
for good reason). The other team, however, caught on and used it to their own advantage by using the gap
in their defense that was Inuyasha when passing and shooting. Inuyasha did nothing to stop them and
on one occasion lifted his foot so that the ball could continue its course.
Eventually, however, one of the boys was cornered and had no one to pass to but Inuyasha. Big
mistake on his part. Inuyasha smirked as he stopped the ball with his foot. Instead of rushing ahead to
press the advantage, many of his team members formed a defensive wall around his goal. The boy who had
pushed Inuyasha out of the way yesterday, the only team member still up court, shouted something less
than courteous at the boy who had passed to Inuyasha. Inuyasha turned towards him. Target in sight. Wham!
went the ball as it flew down the court. It connected with his head, knocking him down and bouncing off
into the goal. The score was now tied 3-3. Luckily, Inuyasha had held back enough not to snap the kids
neck, instead just making a sizable lump on his forehead.
The boy muttered a few choice words under his breath, clutching his face while his friends
laughed. "Great shot there Ryu!" jeered Heiji as the boy got up and walked down the court. "He did that
on purpose!" the boy whispered to his friend. Heiji smirked and elbowed him in the ribs. "Then do it to
him." he replied. A evil grin appeared on Ryu's face and he nodded. Inuyasha, a mere twenty feet away,
heard the whole thing. When the ball had been kicked off and eventually stolen, Inuyasha made sure that
he was open. As had been suggested, Ryu kicked the ball with all of his might towards Inuyasha, who was
ten feet away.
The ball would have missed his head by a few inches, but Inuyasha moved enough so it would hit.
He raised his head backwards and then brought it forwards, hitting the ball straight back at the
surprised Ryu. And thus the boy gained another bump on the head as he went down. Everyone laughed this
time, except an exasperated girl in the third row of the bleachers that is. Inuyasha smirked at the boy,
who had been lowered a few notches by now. That was one down. The game continued normally for the next
ten minutes, though with a little help from Inuyasha the score reached 4-6 in favor of the other team.
Finally, Inuyasha saw his chance. The positions were similar to when he had given Ryu his first
lump, except Heiji was now near the goal. With a light kick, for him at least, he sent the ball hurling
towards Heiji, who had just enough time to widen his eyes before the ball collided with his gut, sending
him to his knees as the air was knocked out of him. The ball rolled back towards Inuyasha. He promptly
kicked it into the goal to make the score 5-6. Heiji was still grabbing his stomach and choking when
Inuyasha came up, feeling just a little bit of remorse for his actions. "Oi. Get up. Be glad it didn't
hit lower." A very very little bit of remorse...
Inuyasha turned his back on the boy and began to walk away, his score settled. However, Heiji
didn't seem to think so. "You bastard!" he growled, getting to his feet and coming towards him.
Inuyasha stopped walking but didn't turn around. With an animal like roar the boy came at him, his fist
pulled back. At the last moment, Inuyasha turned around and brought his hand palm down on the boys head,
knocking him to the floor with a thud only accented by the complete silence of the room and putting him
out like a light. Inuyasha smirked, it seemed he was going to get an added bonus out of this. Inuyasha
grabbed his arm and drug him across the floor towards the bleachers, dropping him once he was out of
bounds. The girls were whispering and giggling as he picked up his folder from the lowest bleacher, all
but Kagome who was glaring daggers at him.
Inuyasha opened it and took out one of the many disciplinary sheets that Mr. Takashi had stored
behind all of the papers. He filled it out, marking him for suspension from the class for the rest of
the semester as well as a couple weeks of detention after school (Inuyasha hates cheaters if you haven't
realized it yet... :P) just for the heck of it. Then he came to where he had to fill out the infraction
committed. Inuyasha paused before separating the school records version and the version to be sent home.
On the school version he wrote 'attacking a teacher.' On the one for the parents he wrote a far more
colorful explanation, saying 'Being an ass.' Inuyasha smirked as he put the paper on the boys head for
when he woke up. Let him explain THAT to his parents.
And so ended the last act of defiance any student ever showed him for the rest of the semester.
"The girls will play for the rest of the class." Inuyasha called out as he headed for his office. There
was a groan from the girls as they switched places with the boys. No one touched the unconscious Heiji
laying on the floor as they did so. Kagome watched as Inuyasha entered his office and shut the door
before closing her eyes. '1...2....3....4...5' she counted before taking a deep breath. "sitsitsitsitsit
sitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsit." she whispered. From inside the closed office
came alound crashing noise and lots of swearing but no one dared to disturb the substitute teacher.
Kagome smiled, feeling a lot better. "Hey 'sit' Eri!" Called Kagome, whispering a sit in between. The
girl, who was on the other team, turned to her. "What 'sit' are 'you 'sit' doing 'sit' after school?"
she asked. "Nothing." Responded the girl. "Say Kagome do you have a cold or something? You're speaking
a little funny, it sounds like you have a lisp almost." Kagome smiled. "Oh it's 'sit' nothing.
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The Next Week
Outside was a gloomy one for such a festive day. The sun was completely blocked out, leaving
the world in gray. Any minute now it looked like it could rain. Inuyasha had left directly after school
back to his home to prepare for Kagome's birthday party. Shippo had, of course, been invited and was
already home getting ready himself. "So is everything ready?" asked Shippo, currently in his human form
as he adjusted the tie of his one piece tan suit he was wearing. Inuyasha nodded as he inspected himself
in the mirror. The problem with Shippo's illusions were that when they physically changed the outside of
body to look human and his clothing as well. While he had to admit he looked pretty good in a blue suit,
he hated the feeling of it on his skin and how tight it was compared to his many century old kimono.
"You sure? You don't want to look more of a fool than you already are you know." Inuyasha gave
him a glare from the corner of his eye. "I said yes." he growled in annoyance. Shippo shrugged and
brushed his suit down. "All right, if you say so." Inuyasha turned away from the mirror. "What did
you get her?" he asked as he did. Shippo smirked. "Why? Are you afraid I'll out do you? Oh why am I
even asking that question? Well you don't have to worry, its nothing fabulous." The two made their
way out of Shippo's room where they had been preparing. "Now are you SURE Inuyasha?" A bop on his head
was the only response he got.
Ten minutes later, the two climbed the last of the shrine steps to see quite an impressive
sight. The shrine grounds made a perfect place for celebrations and festivals, and they were used
accordingly. Streamers and ribbons had been attacked the the various buildings and anything else that
was capable of holding them above head level. In addition, traditional lanterns had been attached to
the main three longest lengths. A large banner reading "Happy Birthday Kagome" and decorated with
various markings was spread across the side of the Higurashi home and a number of circular tables with
a long table clothed, rectangular table directly under. The God Tree hadn't been left out either and it
sported numerous lights and other decorations. Inuyasha gazed at the tree, it had been a long time
since he had sat in it. Long before Kagome had been even born.
Inuyasha had never been one to reminisce for long and quickly turned his gaze elsewhere. The
warnings of rain had been taken into account and tarps had been hung over the tables and as much of the
grounds as could be. Kagome was nowhere in sight , but several other guests had arrived, including
Kagome's three friends who were all sporting identical blue strapless dresses. They were standing by
the long table where a number of snacks, a punch bowl, and a cake were set. The cake was an impressive
example of Higurashi cooking. It was coated white with numerous, different colored lines ontop swirling
around in seemingly random patterns but in the center they all intersected in a way that spelt out
"Happy Birthday!". On one of the circular tables had a stack of presents sitting on top of it, so
Shippo made his way over to put his present which he had under his arm in the pile.
Just as he was about to set the present down on the top of the pile, the terrible terrible
three struck. "Hi!" They all practically shouted, making the poor boy knock down the entire pile down
and sending many onto the ground around them. 'Well that's not good.' thought Shippo as he bent down to
pick them up. "Er.. Hello." he said nervously. They looked a lot more intimidating when they had him
surrounded like this and weren't running down a street in terror. "So are you a friend of Kagome's
family too?" "Are you related to Mr. Shiro?" "Hi my name's Ayumi what's yours?" Shippo looked at the
three in confusion, not knowing who had asked what in their flurry of questions. "I'm Shippo Shiro."
said the boy as he picked up several presents. All three girls bent down to continue their questioning.
"Wow! Shippo? I have never heard that name before. Is it foreign? Oh I'm Yuka by the way."
said the girl on the left. "My name is Eri." said the one of the right. "So you are related to him.
Are you his younger brother?" said the one in the middle, apparently named Ayumi. Shippo stood up,
immediately followed by the three girls, and set the presents back in an orderly position. "No its
Japanese. And I guess you could say I'm adopted. My parents died a long time ago when I was young."
"Oh I'm sorry." said Ayamo, or was it Ayomi? Whatever her name was the other two girls closed
together, excluding the third girl. Something was muttered between them but even with his youkai ears
Shippo wasn't sure what they said. Part of it sounded like 'Chasing Mr. Shiro'.
"So Shippo, are you in college?" Asked Eri, or was it Yuka? "Ah yes, I go to Tokyo
University." Said the boy as he finished restacking the presents and began to back away. 'Now I know
how Inuyasha feels.' he thought. However, before he escape the other girl suddenly appeared behind him.
"Wow really? What are you studying for?" asked which ever girl she was. The Ayabi girl appeared to his
side, effectively pinning him between the girls and the table. Meaning unless he jumped over the table,
which was starting to look like a favorable option, he was trapped.
"Actually I'm not studying for anything per se. Just trying to learn everything I guess you
could say. Now I think I had-" The boys plea for freedom was cut of by Ayabi, er Ayumi, who was
sporting her most charming. "Wow, you must be really smart like your brother! You know, I have a
biology project that I don't quite understand. Maybe you could help me sometime?" Shippo's face was
starting to go red, as the girl was getting quite close by then. He craned his neck back to see
give Inuyasha, who had been watching this with twisted pleasure, a look of distress, but he had his
eye on something, or more specifically someone else.
"Shippo! How are you doing? Its been a while hasn't it?" said Kagome, who suddenly appeared
close by to rescue the beleaguered kitsune. She grabbed him by the arm and tugged him out of the group
of disappointed girls, all the while chatting about mostly make believe things such as his aunt and
keeping a large smile plastered on her face. While he was rescued, Shippo took a moment to examine
Kagome's choice of clothing. The dress she was wearing was white and reached down to her ankles. It
was sleeveless and held up by thin straps far from her neck. And because the author is a male, not
into clothing, and doesn't know a more polite way to describe it, the front rose high enough not to
reveal any cleavage. Her hair was done up into a ponytail with a baby pink bow to tie it in a way
let a few curls fall about her face. The whole outfit was quite nice, though in Shippo's opinion she
could have used an accessory around her neck to compliment the whole thing. And for a guy, Shippo new
his fashion. Five hundred years of it did that to a person.
"Sorry about that Shippo, I should have warned you yesterday." Kagome whispered, releasing the
boy once they were a safe distance away. Shippo sighed and shook his head. "It's all right, I feel more
sorry that you have to put up with that all the time." Kagome smile. "Well, they can be a little
quirky at times but they're good friends. Where's Inuyasha?" Shippo shot a covert glance back to
Inuaysha who was now, unfortunately for him, gaining the attention that Shippo had thankfully lost.
Shippo smirked. "I don't know, he might not be here yet. We didn't come the same way." said the boy,
turning his gaze away. "Say, that punch looks good. Want to get some and we can wait for him?"
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Got nothing to say I'm afraid.
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make sure it showed up.
Well, this, or the next chapter I guess, can be considered the end of the previous part and the start
of the next. All you fluff lovers won't have to wait much longer, it is coming! Sorry it took so long
I'm having writers block on how to get everything to the next point so if I don't post for a while
just consider it a temporary Hiatus.
*Note to all readers. Fanfiction.net seems to be screwing up again, if you reviewed this chapter please
make sure it showed up.
-
-
-DisKraced One- I'm single, don't have a girlfriend. And besides, we celebrated Valentine's day Friday
instead of Saturday.
-Tori the Hanyou- Ehehe actually if anyone was copying it would be them, as my fic is just about
exactly a month older than theirs. But it doesn't matter, this whole plotline about Inu in the future
is very widely used.
-Endless Moonlight- Pre-calculus/Trigonometry depends on what your school calls it.
- Kei- It stands for the Upper Peninsula. It is that big landmass above the mitten of Michigan.
-I am Sango- I talked to the girl (Her name is Kanna! Isn't that such a neat coincidence!?) and uniforms
are very expensive.
-inuficcrzy- Will he in the fic I dunno, but yes he can cook.
-KagomeResurrected- But first... I'm guessing that is when Inuyasha just lost. But first as in but first
I'm going to kick some arse. Put your mind in the characters position, I try not to make things difficult
to understand.
-jim hawking jr- Yes he does go to Seshy's college, I don't think there will ever be a scene about it
though.
-Junichi()- Yes they were playing soccer.
-Inu/Kag Fan()- My best guess would be around 50,000. The rate it is going I had thought maybe 40k but
I was wrong.
-Sango13()- A foot note would be if you were to summarize the story into a paragraph, one line would
mention it. It's just a side note on the story's main plot.
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Inuyasha smirked the next day as he surveyed his new team as they moved into position. He was
going to enjoy every moment of this, regardless of the consequences. It had been a fairly easy job to
get one of the jocks to give up his position on the team on the accounts of a 'stomach ache'. No he
hadn't punched him, a few A's here and there on the grade sheet and everyone was happy (punching was the
back-up plan). Needless to say that there was a mixture of positive and negative emotions as he
announced he'd be filling in. Some of the more suspicious and cocky players had said it wasn't
necessary, while the bleacher groupie girls said otherwise, but Inuyasha had ignored them as he took up
the bribed boy's spot on the front line spot to the left of the ball.
The kick off had been given to the totally out classed other team for obvious reasons. The honor
to kick had been given to possibly the smallest, scrawniest boy in the entire room. In fact, a few years
ago he might have given Shippo a run for his money. The boy gave a nervous glance towards Inuyasha and
then in the other direction towards the boy who had pushed him away from the goal yesterday. He chose
what he thought the safer direction and kicked it to his team member farthest away from Inuyasha. The
tactic didn't help them any even though Inuyasha didn't bother to run after the ball, much to the
spectators' disappointment, and before they had gotten half way to the goal with the ball it was stolen
away by one of Inuyasha's new teammates.
Seeing Inuyasha open and unguarded, the boy sent it in his direction. Inuyasha smirked as he
watched it come, unfolding his arms and getting into a ready stance. As it came closer to him, Inuyasha
drew back his leg and a few players actually ducked, expecting him to send it into the next world. The
poor goalee on the other side of the gym even crossed himself. The ball entered kicking range and
Inuyasha kicked. Silence followed. No loud crack as his foot connected with the ball, no whistling
sound as the ball broke the sound barrier, no blood curdling scream from the goalie, simply silence.
Inuyasha's foot had missed the ball, swinging by a moment to early. Seeing his first triumph at
hand, Inuyasha let the foot fall, hitting the ball in the direction of his own goal. The two teams simply
stood there dumbfounded as the ball rolled up to the scrawny boy from before. Seeing his chance he turned
and kicked the ball past the motionless goalie. Score 0-1. There was no cheering or booing this time,
just confused silence as the teams got into position, some glaring at the treacherous Mr. Shiro. For the
next few minutes the ball was kept as far from Inuyasha as possible, his team no longer trusting him (and
for good reason). The other team, however, caught on and used it to their own advantage by using the gap
in their defense that was Inuyasha when passing and shooting. Inuyasha did nothing to stop them and
on one occasion lifted his foot so that the ball could continue its course.
Eventually, however, one of the boys was cornered and had no one to pass to but Inuyasha. Big
mistake on his part. Inuyasha smirked as he stopped the ball with his foot. Instead of rushing ahead to
press the advantage, many of his team members formed a defensive wall around his goal. The boy who had
pushed Inuyasha out of the way yesterday, the only team member still up court, shouted something less
than courteous at the boy who had passed to Inuyasha. Inuyasha turned towards him. Target in sight. Wham!
went the ball as it flew down the court. It connected with his head, knocking him down and bouncing off
into the goal. The score was now tied 3-3. Luckily, Inuyasha had held back enough not to snap the kids
neck, instead just making a sizable lump on his forehead.
The boy muttered a few choice words under his breath, clutching his face while his friends
laughed. "Great shot there Ryu!" jeered Heiji as the boy got up and walked down the court. "He did that
on purpose!" the boy whispered to his friend. Heiji smirked and elbowed him in the ribs. "Then do it to
him." he replied. A evil grin appeared on Ryu's face and he nodded. Inuyasha, a mere twenty feet away,
heard the whole thing. When the ball had been kicked off and eventually stolen, Inuyasha made sure that
he was open. As had been suggested, Ryu kicked the ball with all of his might towards Inuyasha, who was
ten feet away.
The ball would have missed his head by a few inches, but Inuyasha moved enough so it would hit.
He raised his head backwards and then brought it forwards, hitting the ball straight back at the
surprised Ryu. And thus the boy gained another bump on the head as he went down. Everyone laughed this
time, except an exasperated girl in the third row of the bleachers that is. Inuyasha smirked at the boy,
who had been lowered a few notches by now. That was one down. The game continued normally for the next
ten minutes, though with a little help from Inuyasha the score reached 4-6 in favor of the other team.
Finally, Inuyasha saw his chance. The positions were similar to when he had given Ryu his first
lump, except Heiji was now near the goal. With a light kick, for him at least, he sent the ball hurling
towards Heiji, who had just enough time to widen his eyes before the ball collided with his gut, sending
him to his knees as the air was knocked out of him. The ball rolled back towards Inuyasha. He promptly
kicked it into the goal to make the score 5-6. Heiji was still grabbing his stomach and choking when
Inuyasha came up, feeling just a little bit of remorse for his actions. "Oi. Get up. Be glad it didn't
hit lower." A very very little bit of remorse...
Inuyasha turned his back on the boy and began to walk away, his score settled. However, Heiji
didn't seem to think so. "You bastard!" he growled, getting to his feet and coming towards him.
Inuyasha stopped walking but didn't turn around. With an animal like roar the boy came at him, his fist
pulled back. At the last moment, Inuyasha turned around and brought his hand palm down on the boys head,
knocking him to the floor with a thud only accented by the complete silence of the room and putting him
out like a light. Inuyasha smirked, it seemed he was going to get an added bonus out of this. Inuyasha
grabbed his arm and drug him across the floor towards the bleachers, dropping him once he was out of
bounds. The girls were whispering and giggling as he picked up his folder from the lowest bleacher, all
but Kagome who was glaring daggers at him.
Inuyasha opened it and took out one of the many disciplinary sheets that Mr. Takashi had stored
behind all of the papers. He filled it out, marking him for suspension from the class for the rest of
the semester as well as a couple weeks of detention after school (Inuyasha hates cheaters if you haven't
realized it yet... :P) just for the heck of it. Then he came to where he had to fill out the infraction
committed. Inuyasha paused before separating the school records version and the version to be sent home.
On the school version he wrote 'attacking a teacher.' On the one for the parents he wrote a far more
colorful explanation, saying 'Being an ass.' Inuyasha smirked as he put the paper on the boys head for
when he woke up. Let him explain THAT to his parents.
And so ended the last act of defiance any student ever showed him for the rest of the semester.
"The girls will play for the rest of the class." Inuyasha called out as he headed for his office. There
was a groan from the girls as they switched places with the boys. No one touched the unconscious Heiji
laying on the floor as they did so. Kagome watched as Inuyasha entered his office and shut the door
before closing her eyes. '1...2....3....4...5' she counted before taking a deep breath. "sitsitsitsitsit
sitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsitsit." she whispered. From inside the closed office
came alound crashing noise and lots of swearing but no one dared to disturb the substitute teacher.
Kagome smiled, feeling a lot better. "Hey 'sit' Eri!" Called Kagome, whispering a sit in between. The
girl, who was on the other team, turned to her. "What 'sit' are 'you 'sit' doing 'sit' after school?"
she asked. "Nothing." Responded the girl. "Say Kagome do you have a cold or something? You're speaking
a little funny, it sounds like you have a lisp almost." Kagome smiled. "Oh it's 'sit' nothing.
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The Next Week
Outside was a gloomy one for such a festive day. The sun was completely blocked out, leaving
the world in gray. Any minute now it looked like it could rain. Inuyasha had left directly after school
back to his home to prepare for Kagome's birthday party. Shippo had, of course, been invited and was
already home getting ready himself. "So is everything ready?" asked Shippo, currently in his human form
as he adjusted the tie of his one piece tan suit he was wearing. Inuyasha nodded as he inspected himself
in the mirror. The problem with Shippo's illusions were that when they physically changed the outside of
body to look human and his clothing as well. While he had to admit he looked pretty good in a blue suit,
he hated the feeling of it on his skin and how tight it was compared to his many century old kimono.
"You sure? You don't want to look more of a fool than you already are you know." Inuyasha gave
him a glare from the corner of his eye. "I said yes." he growled in annoyance. Shippo shrugged and
brushed his suit down. "All right, if you say so." Inuyasha turned away from the mirror. "What did
you get her?" he asked as he did. Shippo smirked. "Why? Are you afraid I'll out do you? Oh why am I
even asking that question? Well you don't have to worry, its nothing fabulous." The two made their
way out of Shippo's room where they had been preparing. "Now are you SURE Inuyasha?" A bop on his head
was the only response he got.
Ten minutes later, the two climbed the last of the shrine steps to see quite an impressive
sight. The shrine grounds made a perfect place for celebrations and festivals, and they were used
accordingly. Streamers and ribbons had been attacked the the various buildings and anything else that
was capable of holding them above head level. In addition, traditional lanterns had been attached to
the main three longest lengths. A large banner reading "Happy Birthday Kagome" and decorated with
various markings was spread across the side of the Higurashi home and a number of circular tables with
a long table clothed, rectangular table directly under. The God Tree hadn't been left out either and it
sported numerous lights and other decorations. Inuyasha gazed at the tree, it had been a long time
since he had sat in it. Long before Kagome had been even born.
Inuyasha had never been one to reminisce for long and quickly turned his gaze elsewhere. The
warnings of rain had been taken into account and tarps had been hung over the tables and as much of the
grounds as could be. Kagome was nowhere in sight , but several other guests had arrived, including
Kagome's three friends who were all sporting identical blue strapless dresses. They were standing by
the long table where a number of snacks, a punch bowl, and a cake were set. The cake was an impressive
example of Higurashi cooking. It was coated white with numerous, different colored lines ontop swirling
around in seemingly random patterns but in the center they all intersected in a way that spelt out
"Happy Birthday!". On one of the circular tables had a stack of presents sitting on top of it, so
Shippo made his way over to put his present which he had under his arm in the pile.
Just as he was about to set the present down on the top of the pile, the terrible terrible
three struck. "Hi!" They all practically shouted, making the poor boy knock down the entire pile down
and sending many onto the ground around them. 'Well that's not good.' thought Shippo as he bent down to
pick them up. "Er.. Hello." he said nervously. They looked a lot more intimidating when they had him
surrounded like this and weren't running down a street in terror. "So are you a friend of Kagome's
family too?" "Are you related to Mr. Shiro?" "Hi my name's Ayumi what's yours?" Shippo looked at the
three in confusion, not knowing who had asked what in their flurry of questions. "I'm Shippo Shiro."
said the boy as he picked up several presents. All three girls bent down to continue their questioning.
"Wow! Shippo? I have never heard that name before. Is it foreign? Oh I'm Yuka by the way."
said the girl on the left. "My name is Eri." said the one of the right. "So you are related to him.
Are you his younger brother?" said the one in the middle, apparently named Ayumi. Shippo stood up,
immediately followed by the three girls, and set the presents back in an orderly position. "No its
Japanese. And I guess you could say I'm adopted. My parents died a long time ago when I was young."
"Oh I'm sorry." said Ayamo, or was it Ayomi? Whatever her name was the other two girls closed
together, excluding the third girl. Something was muttered between them but even with his youkai ears
Shippo wasn't sure what they said. Part of it sounded like 'Chasing Mr. Shiro'.
"So Shippo, are you in college?" Asked Eri, or was it Yuka? "Ah yes, I go to Tokyo
University." Said the boy as he finished restacking the presents and began to back away. 'Now I know
how Inuyasha feels.' he thought. However, before he escape the other girl suddenly appeared behind him.
"Wow really? What are you studying for?" asked which ever girl she was. The Ayabi girl appeared to his
side, effectively pinning him between the girls and the table. Meaning unless he jumped over the table,
which was starting to look like a favorable option, he was trapped.
"Actually I'm not studying for anything per se. Just trying to learn everything I guess you
could say. Now I think I had-" The boys plea for freedom was cut of by Ayabi, er Ayumi, who was
sporting her most charming. "Wow, you must be really smart like your brother! You know, I have a
biology project that I don't quite understand. Maybe you could help me sometime?" Shippo's face was
starting to go red, as the girl was getting quite close by then. He craned his neck back to see
give Inuyasha, who had been watching this with twisted pleasure, a look of distress, but he had his
eye on something, or more specifically someone else.
"Shippo! How are you doing? Its been a while hasn't it?" said Kagome, who suddenly appeared
close by to rescue the beleaguered kitsune. She grabbed him by the arm and tugged him out of the group
of disappointed girls, all the while chatting about mostly make believe things such as his aunt and
keeping a large smile plastered on her face. While he was rescued, Shippo took a moment to examine
Kagome's choice of clothing. The dress she was wearing was white and reached down to her ankles. It
was sleeveless and held up by thin straps far from her neck. And because the author is a male, not
into clothing, and doesn't know a more polite way to describe it, the front rose high enough not to
reveal any cleavage. Her hair was done up into a ponytail with a baby pink bow to tie it in a way
let a few curls fall about her face. The whole outfit was quite nice, though in Shippo's opinion she
could have used an accessory around her neck to compliment the whole thing. And for a guy, Shippo new
his fashion. Five hundred years of it did that to a person.
"Sorry about that Shippo, I should have warned you yesterday." Kagome whispered, releasing the
boy once they were a safe distance away. Shippo sighed and shook his head. "It's all right, I feel more
sorry that you have to put up with that all the time." Kagome smile. "Well, they can be a little
quirky at times but they're good friends. Where's Inuyasha?" Shippo shot a covert glance back to
Inuaysha who was now, unfortunately for him, gaining the attention that Shippo had thankfully lost.
Shippo smirked. "I don't know, he might not be here yet. We didn't come the same way." said the boy,
turning his gaze away. "Say, that punch looks good. Want to get some and we can wait for him?"
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Got nothing to say I'm afraid.