Hello!!!

ASL Update: My school won't let me take ASL. I have to continue with crappy French instead. But my close friend Kelsey gave me Sign Language Flashcards!!! They're so much fun!

Responses:

A bunch of you seem to picture Inuyasha and his cohorts as little kids... Oo... That's ok, I guess... But if you mean Inuyasha's immature for his age, well, I think he is in the original too. And he's especially immature in this one too, because he's hasn't had much contact with anyone.

Unknown Fool: Sorry I made Inuyasha human... I just thought it wouldn't make sense if he was a hanyou. I love his hair and ears and eyes, but it just wouldn't fit... sorry!

Izayoi: If you want to learn ASL, see if your school has any courses in it. If not, go to my bio, where I have an ASL dictionary link, which is helpful. Also, look in your local library for books on the subject.

I'm glad you guys like it! I'm so thrilled to know I'm appreciated (hugs herself, then realizes no one is paying any attention at all.)

Ahem... Chapter 12.

I take off the exterior part of the implant when I go on my boat. The noise is almost unbearable, and I can't hear anything else besides the growl of the engine. If I keep it on, I get unbearable headaches. And I don't like those.

After my parents meet everyone and they all go through the formalities, I take my guests over to the dock. Removing my implant and putting it in it's little case, I straddle the boat and jump inside. Miroku, Sango and Kikyo copy me, then helping the others onto the motorboat.

Kagome's the last one on.

"You can all sit down here," I sign, pointing to the white leather seats, "Don't do anything stupid, like jump out. We'll be there in ten minutes."

They all nod to show they understood, Dr. Higurashi translating a little to Souta.

I start the motor, the violent vibrations of it telling me that it's working. We zoom across the surface of the lake, making a bunch of waves.

I park the boat against a dock near the house on Taisho Island.

"Welcome!" I sign happily, replacing the implant, "Welcome to my summer home."

"It's lovely!" signs Sango.

"Juhst lyke yoo, Sango." says Miroku. "Butt yoor fiyve tymes moor byootieful"

Even though I can only understand the word 'Sango,' I get the basic gist of what he was saying, especially since his hand was wandering about on her backside. Sango's eye twitches. She raises her hand and...

SLAP

"Eye tayke it bak. I tayke it bak!" he cries, rolling on the dock, "Yoor a huhndred tymes moor byootieful!"

She twitches again. A moment of silence, then she begins kicking him as hard and as fast as she can, eventually rolling him into the water of the lake, screaming things I'm sure are profane.

"Should I get him out, Miss Sango?" asks Kagome fearfully.

"No." she signs and says at the same time, still twitching, "Leave him to drown."

"No matterr how mutch yoo hurt mi, Eye'll allwayz luv yoo!" comes a voice from the water.

I may not understand, but whatever he said sure made Sango mad. I had to restrain her from jumping in after him and pummeling him to death. She kept saying these words that I didn't understand, but I kind of got the idea that they weren't appropriate due to Dr. Higurashi trying to cover the ears of all of her three children.

"Break it up!" I sign, "Sango, stop killing Miroku! Miroku, stop pissing Sango off."

"but..." signs/says Sango.

"but..." signs/says Miroku from the water.

I take Sango aside. "How about I put him in the room above the boathouse and give you the key?" I sign, keeping my back to Miroku, "Then you can 'accidentally' lock him inside."

She grins and helps Miroku out of the water. Dr Higurashi uncovers her children's ears.

We turn and look at the house. It's yellow, with two stories, a large porch, a hammock in the front yard, and a garden at the back. We climb up the stairs to the front door and open it.

"There aren't as many bedrooms here." I tell them, "Some of you'll have to share. How about Kagome and Kikyo share this bedroom," I point to a door, "Souta, you can have my bed," I sign, "It's up the stairs and to your left, Sango, you can sleep in the empty bedroom across from mine, and Dr. Higurashi can have the other one in here," I sign,pointing to another door

"Where'll you and I sleep?" ask Miroku testily.

"You can sleep in the spare room above the boathouse," I sign, winking at Sango.

"But where will you sleep?" asks Kagome.

"I'll sleep on the porch."

She smiles quizzically, "Won't you get cold?"

I nod, "I have sleeping bags though."

They all get to unpacking in their respective rooms. I walk out onto the porch and look out onto the sunset. It's pretty...

But a certain girl staying in my house is prettier.

Dinner that night is an interesting affair. Miroku managed to escape from his room, using spoons, bed sheets, and a hairnet. He delightedly sits next to Sango, much to her disgust. I take the ramen I made for dinner and place it on the table, thinking about how to keep the table from spontaneously combusting due to Sango's emotions.

"Mahmah, hee burrnt the Rahmen!" cries Souta. "Inuyasha izzn't a verry gud cook, iz hee, mahmah?"

I heard my name! I perk up, he must like my cooking!

I ladle a hearty spoonful into my mouth.

The ramen tastes...

Like crap.

No. It tastes like crap dipped in a pile of sawdust, thrown into a polluted river, dried off with sweaty old gym socks, then sautéed in a vomit sauce. I spit it out and remind myself NEVER to cook again.

"This is good, Inuyasha." signs Kagome, looking as if she might gag. "Really... yummy."

The rest of the table looks at her as if she had a third leg growing out of the top of her head.

I take the pot of Ramen and dump it into the sink.

"Dinner's postponed." I sign in despair, "I need to review the instructions."

Aha! Maybe I shouldn't have added chili peppers, ketchup, AND 'Sugar O's' breakfast cereal to the flavor packet, then cooked it for forty minutes.

"Want some help?" asks Kagome after my other guests disperse.

I nod helplessly. She must think me such a fool. I can't even cook ramen!

"Here." she signs, "Let's put some water to boil."

You use water? I thought you put it in the deep fryer!

"Now we add the noodles." she signs, smiling at me once the water boils.

"I guess I'm useless at cooking."

"It's ok," she signs, smiling, "It's hard!"

I smile at her...

And she smiles back.

"Oh look, it's ready!" she signs, her magical smile still on her face.

"I'd better test it to make sure it's not poison." I sign, grinning.

She nods, and I take a noodle out of the pot...

It's delicious.