Stuck in the Meiji Era!
"Wait, you mean we're lost!" Kazuki dropped his backpack on the ground and his eye began to twitch. "How the hell can you get lost! It's a damn well!"
"Feh, no problem, I'll just jump through it again." Inuyasha jumped down into the well and they heard a loud thud. Inuyasha climbed back up and kicked the well. "Stupid well! It won't let me through!"
"Here, let me try." Kagome tried and the results were the same. She climbed out and looked at the others. "It won't work. Maybe we should go into town or something. But first we'll camp out here for the night." Inuyasha and Kazuki agreed. The next day when they set off for town it only took a mere five minutes when they ran into a dirt road leading into a vast city filled with markets. "This must be Tokyo! Except…older Tokyo…" Kazuki clapped his hands unenthusiastically and sarcastically. "Come on, let's go! No need to be waiting here!"
They walked around town receiving odd looks and glances. Kagome then remembered that they didn't exactly fit in. She was wearing her school outfit, Kazuki was wearing baggy blue jeans and a white t-shirt and Inuyasha had dog-ears. 'Maybe we should've changed…" She could hear Inuyasha's stomach growl.
"Uh…Kagome, you have any Ramen?" Inuyasha turned a little red in the face. Kagome just sighed and looked in her bag.
"Well, that explains the Ramen in your bag Kagome." Kazuki let out a slight laugh and continued to walk.
"Crud! I forgot to put the Ramen back in my bag! You got anything Kazuki?" Kagome looked at him and he shook his head. "Great, now I'm starting to feel hungry. Maybe we could sell something…" Both her and Kazuki searched through their bags but found nothing.
Kazuki looked at Inuyasha. "Maybe we could put on a 'show'. What kind of tricks can you do Inuyasha?"
"Tricks? No way!" Minutes later they had Inuyasha taking requests like back flips and cartwheels. People would also pay just to see if his ears were real. Citizens asked why he looked so weird and Kazuki said he was born that way as if it were normal. When they got what appeared to be enough for at least a few meals Kazuki apologized and said that Inuyasha was no longer taking requests. When they were alone Inuyasha jumped at Kazuki but was sat. "You exploited me like I was a freak!" He stood up and glared at Kazuki.
"You are a freak. I'm a freak. She's a freak. At least here anyways. It just so happens that you're the biggest freak. Now…I saw a restaurant nearby. We can eat there."
"Mister Himura it so good to see you again! How are you all!" The waitress smiled at them as they ate their meal.
"We're fine, thank you. It's so nice to be back." Kaoru smiled back.
"Ditto to that!" Sanosuke continued to slurp his food---if it's possible to slurp beef stew.
Yahiko's friend who worked at the restaurant came in carrying a big pail of water. She passed their booth and dropped the bucket. Her eyes became wide and she became extremely pale. She pointed at Kenshin and stuttered. "K—K—k—k—k—Kenshin! But I—I—I—I—I"
"What is it?" Kaoru asked worried. Everyone looked at her anticipating her reply.
"How can he be at this table w-w-w-when I just p-p-passed his table." The girl became light-headed and leaned on her fellow waitress for support.
"Oro?" Kenshin and the others quickly got out of the booth and look gazed at a nearby table along the same wall. There was as the girl said another Kenshin Himura. The only thing different was he was wearing strange garbs and he had two peculiar friends with him. Also he appeared a little younger then Kenshin. "What's going on?" Kenshin saw Kaoru stomp over to their table and place her hand down nearly spilling their dinner.
"All right," She pointed at the imposter with her free hand. "Who are you!"
Kazuki managed to balance the big pot in front of them and glared at the woman. "My first name is Ima. And my last name is Dickface."
"Ima Dickface?"
"Yes, you are, now leave us alone so we can finish our meal." Kazuki smiled when he heard a laugh come from Inuyasha. He scrunched back into his seat when Kagome scowled in disapproval of his rudeness.
"How rude! Now, I demand instantly to know who exactly you are!"
"Whooh, calm down little Missy." Sanosuke restrained Kaoru. "Wow, he really does look a lot like--- AH! Demon!" Sanosuke immediately dropped onto the floor releasing Kaoru. He went into a fetal position and slowly rocked back and forth.
Kenshin's group looked around noticing everyone immediately had left including the waitresses and Doctor Gensai. "Oh my…" Kenshin's looked back at Kazuki's tables and their violet eyes met. "Do I…know you?"
"Wow! He looks almost just like you!" Kagome stood out of her seat and walked around Kenshin studying him. She stopped suddenly backed away from him and towards Inuyasha. "It's—It's the Battousi!"
"Huh? The Battousi? Who the hell is he anyways?" Inuyasha looked back and forth between Kenshin and Kazuki. "They smell the same…yet different."
"I know longer go by Battousi anymore so you have no need to worry…"
"Worry? Ha! Like I need to worry when I have Inuyasha around. I just wanna ask you a few questions! This is so great! I'll have the best report in the class!"
"Oro?" Kenshin and Kazuki said this simultaneously.
"Wait a minute. Did you both just say Oro?" Yahiko stared at the two look-alikes.
Inuyasha sniffed the air again. "The smell is the same as yours and Kikyo's…you don't think…"
"That's it! Kazuki is the reincarnation of the Battousi! And here I thought he was the Battousi! Silly me! This is so cool---in a weird freaky way!" Kagome released a nervous laugh.
"Wait a minute. If it's true that this young man is Kenshin's reincarnation that would mean Kenshin would have to be dead and he obviously is not dead!" Megumi took hold of Kenshin's wrist. "See, he has a pulse."
"You had to feel for that…" Inuyasha looked at Megumi like she was stupid.
Everyone in the room continued to shout things and they were getting nowhere. Sanosuke continued to stay in his fetal position still rocking. The room came silent when a shrill whistle was heard. Kazuki stood on the table and looked down upon everyone. "All right, how about you all shut up and listen for a moment so we can go somewhere. Now, are everyone's pie holes shut? Good…now, how about we let Kagome get some things said so you morons aren't so confused. Kagome? Would you like to take the spotlight?"
Kagome fumed at Kazuki. "You are so rude! I don't care if you got everyone quiet! That doesn't give you the rights to act like we're inferior to you!" Kagome waited for Kazuki to jump off the table then she stepped onto it herself. "Now, where do I start…wait a minute! Kazuki you jerk! We're trying to keep a low profile you idiot!"
"And we're doing a fabulous job." He nodded towards Sanosuke who finally stood up during the argument because he kept getting stepped on. "If it makes you feel better, touch his ears!"
"You idiot! I don't think he's gonna…what are you doing!" Inuyasha pushed Sanosuke away from him. "What is it with you humans touching my ears?"
"Hey Kaoru can I try?" Yahiko looked at Kaoru.
"No…Hey Kenshin do you have any relatives? Maybe he's a long lost brother or something." Kaoru turned to Kenshin who was still dumbfounded.
"No, I don't think so."
Kagome smacked her forehead. "This is hopeless…he's your reincarnation. We're from the future and Inuyasha here is from the past…it's all really confusing but that's the jiff of it."
"Fine then, prove you're from the future." Sanosuke crossed his arms and leaned against the wall.
Kazuki rolled his eyes and pulled out a flashlight from his backpack. "Behold! A flashlight!" He clicked it off and on in Sanosuke's face.
"Stop it, all right all right." Sanosuke grabbed the flashlight studying it. "This thing isn't gonna steal my soul is it?" An uneasy look spread across his face.
"No it's not." Kagome snatched the flashlight from his hands.
"All right, let's say you are from the future or past or whatever, how did you get here?" Megumi glared at the trio.
"Duh, teleporting wells is all the rage in our time." Kagome smacked Kazuki on the back of the head for his smart remark. "Ow…we did come from a well though."
Kaoru went over to Megumi and whispered into her ear. "Maybe they're from our time, except they're…well… crazy."
Inuyasha's ears perked and he glared at the two women. "We're not crazy you stupid wenches. Can we go now Kagome? There's no need to explain ourselves."
"Inuyasha, stop being so rude! You're right though, we don't need to explain ourselves. Let's go before we cause more trouble." Kagome and her group left out of the door. She hurried back and placed their money on the table and left.
Everyone stood there dumbfounded. Kenshin was the first to speak up. "If they truly are from the future we should help them get back. Having them here might disrupt the timeline."
"You're not buying into it are you Kenshin? Besides, the demon was giving me the creeps…wait a minute…demons aren't real…are they?" Sanosuke became uneasy again.
"I didn't think so…" Kenshin was interrupted by some screams outside. Kenshin recognized it as the girl, Kagome. He and Sanosuke ran off to the scream. When they arrived they were horrified. A bandit had a hold of Kagome and had a knife up to her throat ready to slice it at any moment. He was not alone either. Kenshin could see the other bandits on the rooftops ready to attack if they were needed.
"Let her go…before I…" Inuyasha was about ready to withdraw Tetsuseiga but was stopped by Kazuki.
"You'll hurt someone…even Kagome." Inuyasha snarled and put his sword back in its sheath.
"That's a good boy. Now handover everything you got, including the sword!" The bandit held Kagome tighter to him and he placed the knife even closer to her neck.
"Don't do it Inuyasha or you'll…" But before Kagome could finish Inuyasha withdrew the sword and gave it to the man. Kazuki clenched his teeth and tossed his backpack at the bandit.
"All right all right, what do we got here…this sword is a piece of crap! O well, better then nothing. Now…what's in the bag?" The bandit fumbled with the zipper but finally managed to open it. He dumped everything that was in the bag. The bandit picked up a magazine and held it up. A fold out page unfolded and the bandit's eyes went wide and then he smiled. Kagome looked at the magazine and went red and Kazuki went red as well. "Never seen one of these before." The bandit continued to flip through the magazine.
"Ya, bet you've never seen a magazine either…" Inuyasha covered Kazuki's mouth.
The bandit glowered at them. "Just for that…" He put everything he could fit back into the bag. "I'm keeping all your crap and the girl."
"Kenshin, we can't just stand here!" Sanosuke was about to run to the rescue but Kenshin stopped him.
"No, we'll only worsen things. There are innocent people about and more bandits are hidden in the shadows." Kenshin nodded to the rooftops and Sanosuke could see the bandits just barely. The sun was setting and Kenshin knew it would get even worse when the sun was down. He looked at the demon, Inuyasha and gasped. The demon's eyes were going red, then white. His teeth grew even larger and sharper as did his claws…
Next time on Inuyasha(or Rurouni Kenshin)! Inuyasha transforms once again! Kagome tries to snap him out of it but her screams are futile. Will Kenshin have to go against his no killing vow? Next time: Full-Demon Inuyasha and the Man Once Known as Battousi Duke it Out! See you soon.