Hello! If anyone is reading this, which I doubt, I'm sorry if you were kept waiting but my parents grounded me from the computer. I am not the kind of person that waits a month between updates. I write fast enough, and I hate waiting for updates myself…So, anyway. If anyones reading this, please, please review. Because unless I know that someone is reading this, then I won't keep it up. I already have the story, so I'm just doing this to get suggestions, critigue, and comments. If I don't get any then whats the point? So read and review or no story! And I promise, the plot starts soon. Oh, I forgot the disclaimer. Oops. I didn't mean to, but, might as well. sigh. I really do...um...
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or anyone else besides Jenny. And Jenny is completely my own invertion. If I owned Inuyasha I would be so poor, because I would just have to bring him to life and then…well…just think of all the lawsuits! And murder trials, and the INSURANCE FEES! I, why I'd….I would, dare I say it, I would have to get a gulp. Sweat drop. a summer job! AHHHHH! The HORROR! He heh.
Normal POV
The boys reached the hut a couple minutes after the girls, and they what they saw as they walked in was an odd sight indeed. While Sango and Kagome where leaning on each other laughing hysterically in the corner, a lost, bemused, and almost helpless looking Kaede watched an outraged Jenny as she bustled and hustled around the hut. She was cleaning it in such a frenzy that clouds of dust seemed to appear after and before she got to them.
"This is an out rage, an absolute abomination. Really, this is where people come to get bandaged; it should at least be a sterile environment-" Jenny was lecturing the old priestess. Miroku and Shippo started laughing as well, and Inuyasha smirked at Kaede.
"She's got you there, old hag." He remarked smugly.
The rest of the night was spent cleaning, cooking, and explaining to Jenny what was going on. Things like Naraku, Kanna, and Kagura. When Kaede explained about Onigumo how ever, the American's reaction was one that only one person could have ever expected.
"Onigumo, Onigumo…that name sounds familiar, now where have I heard it before…oh yeah! He's that freak from the book!" She looked proud with herself. Everyone else was just baffled.
"What book?" Shippo asked.
"Oh, just one of those stupid text books that teachers leave lying around in our back packs." She said.
"O…Kay…" Said everyone in the hut.
"Umm, never mind, it's nothing really important." Jenny said. "Probably just a coincidence."
Soon it was time to go to bed. Since no one could get through the barrier around the well, it was decided that Jenny would come with them on their quest to find Naraku. He was the only person that could get rid of the spell (or so they choose to believe.) And there was no way in all the hells that he would take it away if they just went over and asked him nicely. So they either had to kill Naraku, (which they were going to do anyway.) or get him to take it away (which he would never do.) or befriend one of his shades, (which they would never do.) or find someone with enough power to break the spell (no one came to mind.) So they really didn't have much of a choice but to go and keep on searching for jewel shards and Naraku, 'cause otherwise what else would they get done. The only problem was, Kagome didn't have her supplies. Her big yellow backpack had been left in the modern era, and now she couldn't go back to get it.
"What'll we do without the medicine?" Kagome wondered aloud as she rolled out an extra blanket that Kaede had given her.
"Well, I've got some here." Said Jenny, and she took out a small dashboard first aid kit. Kagome opened it, but all she found were a bunch of mismatched miniature bottles, and a couple bandages.
"What're these?" She asked, pointing to one of the bottles.
"Hmmm, what?" Asked Jenny, leaning over. She glanced at Kagome, an odd look on her face. "That's a special potion, it's used for cooling fevers." The girl answered slowly. Kaede, noticing Jenny's frown, came over to see what all the fuss was about. She too, glanced at the bottles, and then looked oddly at Kagome.
"So, ye can see them, can ye?" The old woman asked thoughtfully.
"Huh?" Kagome asked, confused, but Kaede had already turned back to Jenny.
"Where did ye find such rare and potent brews as those?"
"Oh, around. You live long enough, you pick up a couple things. Can't help it. So, I take it that you haven't taught her about them yet."
Kagome was getting more and more confused by the second. Carefully, she closed the small white plastic box and put it down, then lay down in her bed and continued to watch the two as they kept conversing in a whisper. Sango and Miroku and Shippo were already asleep, Miroku on the other side of the room, Sango nestled in the corner next to Kagome, and Shippo was snuggled up on Kagome's pallet. Inuyasha was sleeping outside as usual, and it wasn't long now before Kagome was lulled into a dreamless sleep by the sound of the two voices of her old friend, and her new one.
THE NEXT MORNING, SIXISH…
"No, No, and again NO!" Shouted a very angry hanyou, his cry echoing through the surrounding forest and startling the birds in the trees.
"HEY! You woke me up! Not my fault! It's the WEEK END man! You either let me get some food, or I'll tear off your head and eat that! Got it!"
"No! We are NOT stopping to get food! We don't need it!"
"Yes we do!"
"No I don't!"
"Ah-ha!" Jenny pointed her finger at Inuyasha, she resembled the lawyers from the Simpsons. "Ah-ha! Well, maybe you don't, doggy-boy, but I sure as hell do!"
"She's right Inuyasha." Said Sango, who decided that this much yelling that early in the morning wasn't good for her ears. "We're human, and we need some breakfast if you want to keep walking all day like we usually do." This got a chorus of agreements from everyone else in the clearing, and quite a few stomachs. Inuyasha looked down at his own, which had grumbled quite loudly, and sighed. He wasn't that hungry, but if they all were agreed, then he supposed that he could manage a couple bites.
As soon as they reached a village, about ten minutes of walking later, they went immediately to the poor house. Inuyasha and Miroku protested strongly, but when Jenny, Kagome, and Sango pointed out that they didn't have any money, they where forced to agree. When they got there, however, the building was over flowing. They companions took one look at the place, then glanced over at the guards with swords that were casually leaning against the walls of the small building, then headed off towards the market to see if they could barter anything. They did have provisions, but they didn't want to use them all right away, and they had usually depended on the food that came from the future and was so light that they could carry a ton of it. But now they had to work with the small amounts that they could each carry, and the even smaller amount that they had convinced Inuyasha to carry, despite the fact that he was stronger then any of them.
"What do we do now?" Asked Shippo. He was hungry yes, but the small kitsune had never really been partial to the apples that it looked like he would be eating. Inuyasha knew this and, as he thought about it 'neither am I, really.'
"Well…" Said Jenny slowly. "I doubt your era is ready for my kind of music…but I do know a couple old songs…I suppose that I could…well, why not?" And before anyone could ask what she was talking about, Jenny had jumped onto the brim of the fountain that stood in the middle of the town market.
"Come one, come all!" The girl shouted, her hair caught in the breeze, her hands out like a performer's, her eyes flashed with merriment, and her stance was confident and cocky.
"Yay!" Shouted Shippo, who, being a child, recognized what she was doing right away. Shippo ran forward and sat at the girl's feet, looking up at her expectantly. Miroku and Sango realized a second later, but Kagome and Inuyasha, who had never seen anyone perform like this, didn't get it until Jenny announced it.
"I bring tales from distant lands, come, and I shall tell you a story of life and death, of joy and hate! Our story begins, long long ago, when a girl dreamed of something that shocked her so much, that she made the mistake of telling her father, who banished her for simply dreaming of such an event! Many would say that this story is nothing! But I tell you, it is real! It is true, so listen closely, and I will tell you of Arthur Pendragon, the once and future king-" And so, this girl, a girl from the future, told the story of how Arthur had met Guinevere in such a captivating manner, that she even had Inuyasha hanging onto her every word (though our dear half-demon tried to hide it as best she could.) When Jenny was done weaving her masterpiece like a spider weaves her web, the audience was hooked, trapped, just like the spiders prey. And every single member did exactly what Jenny wanted them to do. They gave her money. Lot's and lots of money. By the time that every one was done and had gone back to their normal business. The cap that Jenny wore was full with gold coins. Not to mention the caps that she had grabbed off the heads of some of the street boy's who had been passing by. Now, those kids scowled at her.
"Here." She said, taking a couple of coins from each hat, then giving them back to the boys, gold and all. She nodded her head at them in a respectful manner. "I apologize for my rudeness, and I hope that that will be enough to compensate for the insult." The two boys grinned at each other, while everyone in the gang's jaws dropped in shock. How could she give so much money to street rats, there wasn't anything wrong with it, but, well, it wasn't done!
"It will indeed, m'lady." Said one of the boys. "It will indeed."
"I thought it might." She said. Then, as they started to head over to a vendor with a fist full of coins, she called them back, and took them over to the corner, all three of them whispering frantically. Miroku, Sango, Kagome and Shippo where all drooling over cakes (it was about high noon by then.) But Inuyasha glared at her suspiciously.
Inuyasha's POV
'What the hell is that girl doing? I don't know, I just don't trust her, and with all this noise around here I can't hear a word their saying.' I started to move forward when I heard Kagome call my name.
"Inuyasha!" She called. I sighed, then looked over at her. She looked alarmed.
"What is it?" I asked, maybe something was wrong, was she hurt, did she sense a shard near by perhaps? Kagome winced, then pointed up at the sky, I looked where she was pointing.
"WHAT THE!" I shouted, jumping in shock. It was past noon, if the placement of the sun was any indication. We had to go, NOW! I was about to go and tell Kagome to get Jenny, when I realized that she and Shippo were standing by the gates of the village. Shippo holding a bunch of sweets, and the wench holding a bunch of maps.
"What are those for?" Sango asked as we walked over there. I was wondering more along the lines of how she got them.
"Finding Naraku's castle." The wench said as if it was obvious.
"Feh, like that'll help." I snorted.
"Well, you never know." Said Naraku thoughtfully. "We might not learn where it is now, but we might find out where it is supposed to be, and that might give us some clue…" I snorted again.
"Yeah right." I said. "Think what ever you want, but it's a stupid idea."
"SIT Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted, her back to me.
"AHHRGH!" I screamed as my body collided with the firmly packed dirt of the road. I looked up as to yell at Kagome, but she looked so pretty staring down at me glaring at me, that I couldn't bring myself to do it. So I settled for my usual.
"Feh." I said.
Normal POV
And so the group set off once again. This time they meant to keep going a little while. Each and every one of them was determined to cover some ground. And despite the frequent slaps that Sango gave Miroku for reasons best not mentioned in polite society, the rest of the day was pretty uneventful. They went about ten miles before Shippo collapsed of over exhaustion (Inuyasha had forced the poor kid to walk for nine of those miles. Ahhh, poor wittle foxy woxy!) They slept under the stars.
None of them knew that once all of them were asleep, a shadowed figure came into the clearing, bent over Jenny, and stroked her cheek softly.
'So.' He thought 'you told them about Arthur and Guinevere. I remember when I last heard that story, it was the night before you left. What gall you have, to tell it again…but it always was one of your favorites. Heh, do you remember me, my dear? I wonder if I should tell Inuyasha your name…' The figure shook himself, then whispered softly in the girls ear. "Sleep well, my love." Then he strode out of the clearing.
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