Disclaimer: The usual. I'm a poor hobo who owns nothing, blah, blah, blah.
A/N: Thanks a lot Silver Pain for your encouragement, you really taught me something! It flatters me to see that people are actually enjoying my work!
I got the solo part in my school's Christmas Musical and our volleyball team rocks! We won, uh huh, we won, uh huh…
I feel good.
I'm still sugar-high from Halloween.
Anyways, on with the story! (I wish I had a campfire)
Ai swung her backpack over her shoulder, which wasn't easy. It was huge and weighed at least ten pounds, and that's 1/8 of her weight.
"Woa!" everyone exclaimed after they saw her backpack. "What are all these junk?" Inuyasha asked as he opened the backpack and looked inside. "Excuse me," Ai replied coolly, "to you this is junk. But to me, it's stuff." "So, What are these 'stuff'?" asked Nuriko. "Well, let's see," Ai began counting, "my clothes, my sleeping bag, my textbooks, a first aid kit, and don't forget about SNACKS." "We give up!" everyone fell over anime-style.
"Oh yeah, I brought gifts for everyone!" Ai said with her biggest smile. "So what's the catch, woman?" Tasuki narrowed his eyes. It was, after all, only a day after they met each other. And when they met each other, the young girl had not hesitated to ferociously attacking them. Ai just rolled her eyes, "Believe it or not, there is no catch. I just figured that if I have to work with you, I might as well be friends with you guys. Sounds fair?" "Fair enough to me!" Nuriko chanted in a singsong tone. "Okay now, let's see…" Ai was cut short by what she saw; Tamahome and Inuyasha were both digging through her backpack. "Found'em!" they both chanted happily. Inuyasha was holding a box of ramen and Tamahome was holding three pieces of gum. "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?" Ai yelled furiously, "Those are for ME!" She then ran towards a really scared Inuyasha and Tamahome.
Inuyasha and Tamahome sat on the ground, sulking. The dog hanyou had been sat ten times. That damned monk, he thought and he recalled that Miroku had ruthlessly told Ai about the necklace Lady Kaede "gave" him, and she appeared to have mastered its usage pretty well. Tamahome had a big bump on his head, and he was muttering something like "can't blame a guy for wanting to make some money…"
"This is for you, Sango," Ai said sweetly, ignoring Inuyasha and Tamahome's complaints. "Why, thank you," Sango said gratefully, "but what is it?" "It's the make-up people in my world use. I see that you like make-up, especially purple eye shadows. It'll look so good on you!" said Ai. "For Tasuki, I brought you some, um, drinks." "What? Ai, you are not supposed to do that," said Chichiri worriedly. "Oh relax Chichiri, I had to tell a lot of lies just to get that for him," said Ai, "but remember, Tasuki, it's only for REALLY special occasions." "Yay," Tasuki beamed, "booze from the other world!" "For Chichiri, a star-map. For Chiriko, books. For Shippo, candies. For…" "Hey, you've mentioned everyone else, but what do we get?" Inuyasha and Tamahome pouted after Ai had gave everybody their gifts. "You?" Ai said without even turning her head, "You get nothing." "Why?" Inuyasha asked. "Alright, I have something for you," Ai said, threw something at him. "A-a leash! Not fair!" Inuyasha shouted, but was cut short by a loud "sit". "So, what do I get, what do I get?" Tamahome asked excitedly as he hovered around Ai. "I truly have nothing for you because I would like my friends to keep their gifts, not to sell them as soon as they get it. But if you're interested, you can have some change I have in my jeans pocket." "Alright! I can make ten silver pieces with the money of the other world!" Tamahome beamed. "Is money all you care about?" Nuriko asked with a face on.
Finally, they were ready to go. Well, almost ready to go. "We are going to the feudal era, right?" asked Ai carefully. "Of course we are, you stupid girl. One would think that you should already know this by now," said Inuyasha. "Okay," said Ai. Then she fell silent as she hurried up to follow them. After they came to the well, Ai felt like she had to pop the question up. "I know we are going to the feudal era. But what I want to know is, which one?" Everybody stopped short; they had forgotten that there's only one priestess now, and it's not possible for a person to be in two different places at once, physically of course.
"Well you are coming with us. The shikon jewel is more important than some red chicken," said Inuyasha bossily. "Excuse me, but Suzaku is no 'chicken', and she's coming with us," said Tamahome. "No, she's coming with us," repeated Inuyasha. "I don't think so," said Tamahome. "You wanna fight?" challenged Inuyasha. "Yeah, bring it on!"
Tamahome tried to swing a punch, but Inuyasha jumped away. Miroku tried to stop them, but accidentally hit Tasuki in the head with his staff. The fire-haired seishi got really mad and started to shout "Lekka Shinen!" But the flames didn't hit Miroku but hit Tamahome instead. So Tamahome went to fight Tasuki, but they both went flying in the air fifty meters and hit the ground, hard, thanks to Nuriko. The abandoned Inuyasha was left there shouting, "Why aren't you fighting me you coward!"
After twenty minutes of total chaos, Ai decided it's time to interfere. "Um, it really flatters me to see that people want me so bad but, why don't you just flip a coin or something? That way it's fair to everybody."
Once again, everyone stopped short. "Hey it's a great idea! We call heads!" exclaimed Nuriko. So everyone, including a still pouting Inuyasha, gathered around in a big circle as Ai reached into her jeans pocket and took out a coin. She threw it in the air and let it land on the ground. Everyone leaned over to get a closer look. It's heads. "Woohoo! Oh yeah, I'm GOOD," said Nuriko happily. Inuyasha let out a "feh" but said nothing. Ai sweat-dropped as she recalled everyone's childish behavior during the last half an hour. If this is my "obligations," she thought, then I'm indeed in more than what I bargained for.
"Good-bye Inuyasha," said Ai. Inuyasha just rolled his eyes and said, "feh." Ai ignored him as she took out the scroll given to her by Taiitsukun. She opened it up, and instantly felt a warm red glow surrounding her and the celestial warriors. Ten seconds later, Ai felt as if she was being lifted into the air and the next thing she knew, she was traveling through the light and colors of the endless space between the two worlds.
A/N: I intended for this to be a short and light-hearted chapter. But there will be longer and more intense ones I promise.
Oh yeah, I need help from my readers. I'm at a total loss for the pairing for Ai. This is an action/adventure but I would also like some modest and cute romance plus hints. I was going to do an Amiboshi-Tasuki-Ai triangle with hints from, well, a lot of people but somehow it just doesn't seem right. My personal favorites are (in alphabetical order): Amiboshi, Nuriko, and Tasuki. I also like Inuyasha, but this is a Fushigi Yugi fic. So what do ya think?
Also, I'm starting a survey: Ai has to travel to both ancient Japan and China with some pretty strange (but good looking) guys, and she does not look forward to putting up with their whims (not to mention perverted behavior). So do you think she's lucky or the girl with the worst luck EVER?
Personally I don't want to be in her shoes, but what do you think?
