Special Notes

Inuyasha's hun: Heh, I'd like to say thanks for all the reviews!

Yeah, for the superstitious, 13 is an unlucky number. I had

no clue that my story would focus around that many main

characters. I actually tried to count them on my fingers,

failed, and had to write all the names down because I

thought I was saying people twice.

sailorgirl16: -cough hack- Hello..where are you AJ? You're the one

that sent me too this site in the first place. xD I haven't seen you review

my story or update any of your own for a while now.

Silvercow: Jessica, I love your username, just thought I'd let

you know. I love your story so far, but alas, like AJ you have

left me to dwell on my own in a state of non-finished story

depression. :P That didn't really make sence, but hey, it's all good.

Okay, and now, finally, ON WITH THE STORY!

Define Normal

Chapter Thirteen - Confusion Runs Rampant

In the end, they ended up camping out in the first place that Inuyasha's gang had found AJ. Or where she had found them, who knows. The ground had healed itself up, showing no signs of AJ's uncommon entrance into their world. After some thought on what they'd do about sleeping arrangments, it ended up that they had Kouga go and get four furry beds instead of just the two he was planning on getting. Yasha's group had only enough bedding for themselves, and since they were conveniently at Kouga's place, they decided that they'd let him come up with Jessica and AJ's bedding. He obliged (with an annoyed snort), and everything was settled. The only problem was that Kouga didn't bring any pillows, so the four of them that used his bedding had to do without. Although carrying two thick furs did get rather sweaty for Jessica, AJ, and Dianna, they dealed with it without complaint. After all, who wants to sleep on the cold, hard, bug infested ground ((I can imagin Jessica shaking her head - "not me!"))? The bedding order went like so: Kagome put hers next to Inuyasha. Sango put her's next to Kagome, and Miroku in turn put his next to Sango's. On the other side of the camp fire, Kouga put his next to Dianna. Jessica put her's on the other side of Dianna, and AJ beside Jessica. By unspoken consent, Romeo put himself on the side of Dianna that face Kouga, so that he layed as a fuzzy barrier between him and her.

As far as Dianna, Jessica, and AJ could tell, everyone else was asleep. Long breaths, drawn in a pattern, and some slight snores told of their unconscience state. Jessica was the one to figure that out because (as Romeo had told Dianna) of her juiced up hearing. Dianna lay on her back, starring at the beautiful star filled sky. She took a deep breath and exhaled. Then turned her head to look at Jessica and AJ. She spoke with the barest of whispers to Jessica, "So, you and AJ gained strength?" Jessica thought for a moment, then replied "AJ has, I don't know what I got. All I know is that when I think of something that makes me angrly, I get an adrenilen rush, and for some reason that's accompanied by smoke comming out of my mouth and nose." AJ, who was laying on her side, propped up her head on her hand and whispered "You've always loved dragons. Maybe you're becomming one." Jessica rolled her eyes (yeah, sure) and flicked a piece of grass that she had plucked at AJ's face. Dianna turned to ask Romeo a question, only to discover that he was sleeping ((Romeo is such a good guard dog)), so she turned back to face Jessica and AJ. "So AJ, you got brute strength and a .. two-tail I think it was called. Jessica got ... something and now Diamond can heal. So far all I know is that me an' Romeo's eyes glow orange when we get too close to eachother's scars, or to Kouga's shard in his palm, or Kagome's bottled necklace, and for some reason I've gained Romeo's level of smell." "Wednesday's and my scars glow when they're too close to the shards, too, and so do Jessica's and Diamond's," said AJ, "So that's nothing special. I wonder if you're only going to get sniff-tacular. And if so, why did me and Jessica get so much extra power?" "I don't know if this has to do with anything," said Dianna, "but I can smell the jewel shards in us. Kagome's bottle sometimes drives my nose crazy when I get too close to it." Diamond suddenly joined the conversation, "Oh? I cannot smell it unless I get very very close. Almost to where my wet nose touches the skin or bottle where the shards lie. What do they smell like?" Jessica relayed his question. Dianna turned so she was laying on her back again, and thought for a few moments before replying. "They smell like... dusty glass. But with a very faint smell of copper, like blood tastes." "Tastes?" Diamond inquired. "Yeah, you know how when you smell things you can taste them?" "Oh, I see." he replied. After a bit more, AJ's voice was heard, "Wednesday says he wants everyone to shut up so he can get his beauty sleep. I agree, except for the whole beauty sleep thing. I'm tired." Dianna and Jessica murmured their agreements, and got in a comfortable possition. Within a couple minutes, they too were asleep. A couple times durring the night, Dianna woke up to clumsily scratch her ears or spit onto the grass, as her mouth felt like something was trying to nest in her gums. But tiredness always overtook her, and she fell asleep again, her discomforts forgotten.

---That Morning---

An annoyingly bright sunrise woke them all up. Shippou, being the youngest, was of course the first one to leap out of the bed he shared with Kagome and greet the sunrise. This motion arroused Kagome out of her sleep, and her movements woke up Inuyasha. His murmuring woke up everyone else. Well, everyone except Dianna, who had pulled her fur blanket over her head to keep out the bugs she thought were making her ears and mouth itch. Kouga growled and said "Wake up, lazy girl," but it had no effect. Finally Kouga was about ready to kick her awake when Jessica came over and glared at him, then ended up kicking her herself. She saw movement under the blanket, and heard mumbling, but there was no movement suggesting that Dianna was going to get up. So finally Kouga came back and took hold of the blanket and whipped it off her. "I said wake up, lazy bi-" he was cut off by his own confusion. Jessica was just standing there starring at Dianna. Noticing that Jessica and Kouga were just standing there starring, the rest of the group came over and looked. Kagome gasped, "What in the.." She looked from Inuyasha to Dianna, who had finally rolled over and opened her eyes.

Dianna woke up to see eight people starring at her. The only ones that were missing were the animals. She looked at them all without moving her head, her eyes going from one face to the other. "Uh..what! Is there something on my face?" She noticed that Kagome, AJ, and Jessica's hands were twitching, and they each had a look on the face like they were restraining themselves from doing something. AJ looked about ready to give in. In fact, when Dianna stood up, she did. "MUST FEEL!" AJ said, and lunged at Dianna's head. "WAH! AJ WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ... Why are you feeling my ears!" Dianna yelled. Then she realized that the sensation from AJ's ear petting was higher than it was supposed to be. Dianna swatted AJ's hands off her head, and as she did, felt something that wasn't quite right. "Uh..." she said, and put her hands where her ears were supposed to be. Nothing. Panicked, she felt all around her head untill she did feel her ears. But they weren't really her ears. They felt like Romeo's ears! "What the heck!" she yelled. Then she heard a voice below her, Shippou, say "You look like Inuyasha. But curlier." Dianna stared at him for a moment before frantically saying "Does anyone have something that I can see my reflection on! Anything!" At that moment, Romeo trotted up to her. He inhaled deeply and said very calmly, "You smell almost normal. And you look better, too. How come you've done this before?" Then he sniffed again and said, "You sorta smell that one," he inclined his head at a disbelieving looking Inuyasha. Shippou sniffed the air and said, "You smell like a Hanyou," unconsciencely voicing Romeo's thoughts. A couple seconds later, Kagome appeared in front of Dianna, holding a mirror. Dianna reached for the mirror, but Kagome took it out of her reach and said "Now don't freak out once you see yoursel - HEY!" Dianna had reached over and grabbed the mirror out of Kagome's hand. What she saw didn't freak her out. In fact, she almost started to laugh. The smile she adopted on her face seemed to confuse the group even more. She looked at Shippou and said, "Yeah, I do look like Inuyasha, don't I?" Sango looked at her thoughtfully and said, "You aren't worried?" "At all?" finished Miroku. Dianna looked in the mirror and smiled (only to discover that her K-9's had gotten larger, which made her smile more), "Why should I be? I look adorable! Except for the whole sharp teeth and nail thing." She gave the mirror back to a shocked Kagome. At that point, Jessica lunged forward and started harrassing Dianna's ears like AJ had. Dianna sighed, and she heard Inuyasha say "Better get used to it."

Overnight, it seemed, Dianna had somehow turned into a Hanyou. Half poodle demon, half human. Her ears appeared to be like Inuyasha's. They were pure white and the same shape, but instead of the smooth, silky fur of Inuyasha's ears, they had springy, curly fur, much like Romeo's. Dianna's eyes remained orange, as did Romeo's. He nails had grown out, and were a pale orange color (they almost appeared to be dirty). They were also very sharp ((Hey, poodles claws hurt. If you don't believe me, come over to my house someday in shorts. I swear Romeo will scar your legs with his jumping.)). She didn't have a poodle tail (thank God, that would of been an annoyance), but she did have two white streaks in her hair. They appeared right before her ears, begining with her part and ending where her hair did. Her new look really pleased Romeo. Kouga, however, looked annoyed. "Maybe he'll stay away from me now," she thought to herself hopefully. Just then, her ears felt like they had been stabbed. She yipped "OWCH! JESSICA!" and lept back, wrenching Jessica's hands away from her ears in the proccess. "Sorry! I didn't mean to..whoa! When did I get THESE!" yelled Jessica. Her fingernails had gown a little longer than Dianna's and were onyx black! They also appeared to be sharper than Dianna's, almost reptilian in nature. Jessica was smiling crazily, apparently VERY happy with her new nails. Her eyes, and Diamond's, were now a deep, dark green.

Miroku looked at the people who were around him, then smiled and said "Wow. At least we know with you guy's around, we'll never get bored!" Shippou laughed and shook his head in agreement. Dianna and Jessica turned to AJ, who looked a little sad that she hadn't got anything special during the night. Jessica laughed and put her arm around her shoulder, being careful not to scratch her. "Well," she said, "maybe all the transforming power for you was put into Wednesday." AJ looked down to the cat-gone-two-tail at her feet and said "Eh, it makes sense."

The packing up was abuzz with talk as everyone packed up, put out the fire, and tended to their own tasks. When it was all done, AJ suddenly yelled "Oh crap." Everyone turned to her, she blushed a little, then recovered and said, "Uh, I just realized that me and my friends don't have anything to clean up with. Or any clothing to change into." To their surprise, Kagome winked and said "I gottcha covered." "How?" chorused all three girls. Kagome turned to Inuyasha and said, "I think we need to show them the well." Inuyasha glared at them, then finally said, "I guess we should. Feh. Come one, we're wasting daylight."

The group started off. Wednesday and Kilala decided to fly together (or at least Kilala decided to fly, and Wednesday wanted to show off, so he joined her in the sky) above the group. Kagome was half a step behind Inuyasha. Miroku and Sango were together (after a bit, Dianna, Jessica, and AJ assumed they were a couple). Kouga walked next to Dianna, precariously in her bubble. Romeo trotted ahead of them. Jessica and AJ walked on the other side of Dianna, shooting a glare at Kouga whenever they got the chance. "He's being very possessive," remarked Diamond to Jessica. "Yeah," she replied, "that's what's bugging me."

After a around an hour or an hour and a half, they arrived at the well.