Last time: Kay finds the chest glowing and goes inside it, disappearing into the world of InuYasha. Though, right as she left, her mother saw her leave.
Chapter 1: Return of the Psychic Freak
Kay had her eyes shut tight and she slowly opened them, but she could have sworn she had them closed still. She was in a dark space, obviously stuck in the chest with the lid closed. She felt around a little bit, and soon turned herself around to find a tiny bit of light coming into the chest. She looked in it and saw InuYasha sitting inside Kaede's hut alone. She smirked and noticed something was different... He had bigger eyes and looked more detailed... And his nose was really pointy...
Kay gasped and her eyes widened. This is one of the InuYasha movies! That's why everything is so detailed! Kay smiled. What kind of cool is that she was in a movie... But what was cooler is that she was back in feudal Japan.
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InuYasha heard something... Something like a human... He turned his head and sniffed the air. Something about that scent was familiar. He stood up and walked over to the chest in the side of the room. Kagome and the others always checked it, just in case. And he even checked it once or twice when no one was around. He would check it more often, but Kaede stayed in her house so much! Stupid hag.
InuYasha grasped the metal handle on the chest and lifted up on it, and then looked down to see a girl crouched inside wearing a backpack and a black sweatshirt and some odd pants... Her eyes were slightly different colored, as large as Kagome's and slightly lighter colored, and her hair was lighter colored too. Her mouth was open when she set eyes upon the half-demon, InuYasha.
Kay smiled and jumped up to hug him, grasping him around the neck hard. Tears stung her eyes and she sniffed a little bit. "InuYasha! I can't believe it's you! I've missed you and the others so much!" Kay said, wiping the tears from her eyes.
InuYasha looked at Kay like she was some sort of diseased person and pushed her away. "Sorry, InuYasha..." InuYasha suddenly realized who this person was. She had changed so much, and gotten taller. She was taller than Kagome, and about as tall as Sango. (AN: I think Sango's taller... I hope so anyway.)
"You missed me?" InuYasha asked, trying to forget about what just happened.
"Why wouldn't I! You're my friend!" Kay said, getting angry. She stepped out of the chest and smiled. She breathed in the smells of the wilderness and smirked.
"Friend?" InuYasha asked, like he had never heard anyone say that to him before, but that might be true. Kay thought that Kagome may have said that to him, but couldn't be sure.
"Yes! You are my friend, dammit! So just agree with me before I claw your arm off! I may not have super demon powers, but I do have a good set of nails, and they hurt," Kay said, smirking. She lifted up her hands and smiled, showing off her sharp nails.
InuYasha looked at them and nodded. "Those look as sharp as my nails..." InuYasha said, looking at the nails carefully.
"I wonder why InuYasha is in the hut alone?" a voice asked no one in particular. A monk with violet eyes walked through the door, wearing a purple and black kimono that reminded Kay of a cross between ancient Greece clothes and a rag. Not thinking of what she was doing she ran towards him and hugged him hard, making the monk very confused and very happy.
Once she realized what she was doing, she said to Miroku, "If you touch my ass, I'll shove your staff up yours."
"I missed you too," Miroku said, remembering that sense of humor from those two girls from the future like Kagome.
Kay let go of Miroku and blushed, but kept smiling. He smiled and said, "My, my. You certainly have changed." He eyed her body and smiled.
Right after slapping him across the cheek she said in a tone much like Sango's when she was angry, "You haven't changed a bit." InuYasha sweatdropped.
Kay smiled and walked over to the place where the fire was usually made and sat down, waiting for the others to get here and see them. She wanted to see Kagome and Sango, and she really wanted to see Kirara. Shippo she wanted to see too, but not as much.
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It took about an hour for Sango, Kagome, Shippo and Kirara to show up, but when they walked through the door Kay stood up and smiled.
"Remember me?" Kay asked. She smiled and stood up and the two girls in front of her looked at her for a moment, trying to believe it was true.
"K-Kay?" Kagome asked. Kay nodded and both of the girls ran over to her and hugged her tightly. She hugged them back and Shippo ran over to her and hopped up onto her shoulder. Kirara jumped onto her shoulder also and started licking her face.
Kay giggled and let go of the girls to look at them. "It's so good to see you all again!" Kay said, looking at Kirara, who was still on her shoulder.
Kagome took her backpack off and said, "Well, I was just going to make us some dinner. Do you want some?"
Kay thought for a second and nodded. "Sure!"
Kagome dug through her backpack and then pulled out some ramen for them all. "I'm glad I went home yesterday. I needed to get some supplies and take a test."
A familiar voice popped up in Kay's head and said, You look different.
Kay smiled and looked at Kirara. You look exactly the same, Kay replied back to Kirara though their minds.
Kirara meowed and said, You've been gone for about...
"One year," Kay whispered out loud.
WOW! It's really been that long? Kirara asked.
Kay nodded and sighed. She watched Kagome make the ramen and she handed Kay a cup of instant ramen and some chopsticks.
Kay started eating the food, fumbling greatly with the slippery noodles and splashing the liquid on her face and wiping it away every time. Kagome and Sango playfully teased her and InuYasha paid attention to his own noodles, eating them like there was nothing else in the world that mattered. Kay smiled and said after getting some noodles down, "Kagome, you wouldn't have any napkins on you, would you?"
Kagome laughed and shook her head. "Sorry. Usually the people who eat with us usually use chopsticks," Kagome said.
"Even if they didn't use chopsticks, they wouldn't be as clumsy with them as you," InuYasha said.
Kay threw her shoe at InuYasha's head, hitting him and having it fall into his ramen. He growled and glared at Kay, and then stood up, walking over to her. Kay got up also and she started to walk away from him, going around the others. He quickened his pace and Kay started to go faster also.
Soon they were running around the circle of friends and screaming insults at each other.
"YOU STUPID HUMAN!"
"SHUT UP, YOU IJIT!"
"YOU'RE A DUFUS!"
"AT LEAST I'M NOT A MORON!"
"YOU'RE MORE OFF THAN ON!"
"I'VE HEARD BETTER COMEBACKS FROM PIGS!"
"SIT!" yelled a different voice. InuYasha plunged to the ground and Kay stopped running. "InuYasha, can't you stop picking fights? We have plenty of ramen!"
Kay turned to Kagome and smiled, panting hard.
"Are you done with your ramen, Kay?" Sango asked. Kay nodded and felt full.
"Do you want to go to the hot springs?" Kagome asked.
Kay thought for a moment and nodded slowly. "I feel sorta sticky because of the ramen juice on my face," Kay said.
Kagome got up and said, "You should probably get some new clothes too. I'll get you a kimono."
"I've never worn a kimono before," Kay said, thinking aloud. "I wonder how I'll look in it?"
"You've never worn a kimono?" Sango asked, looking like it was impossible.
"We don't have kimonos where I live, so... no. I've always wanted to wear one though! They look so cool! But I read about how to put them on and it looked confusing," Kay thought to herself.
"It's simple, but we'll help you," Kagome said, getting a kimono that priestesses wear.
Kay picked up her own backpack and walked over to the door, waiting with Sango for Kagome. Kagome walked over to them and Sango looked at the lecherous monk with a glare.
"Don't you dare follow us, or you will wish you were dead," Sango said, clenching her fist.
Miroku let out a nervous laugh and sweatdropped. "Now Sango! I can't believe that you would think I would do such a thing!" Miroku said, smiling falsely.
Kay held up her nails and said, "You better not do such a thing."
Miroku laughed nervously again and held his hand up.
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Kay slowly got into the hot springs and looked into the water, hiding her blushing face. She never shared a bath with someone else before, but the others always did. It was a little weird...
"It's so relaxing!" Kagome said, smiling brightly and stretching.
Kay looked up and smiled, her blush disappearing. "Hey Kagome, what's up with you and InuYasha?" Kay asked.
"What? What are you talking about?" Kagome asked.
Kay brought her legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs. "How's your relationship?" Kay asked, grinning.
Kagome's eyes went wide and she stared at Kay. "I have no idea what you're talking about," she said, blinking a couple times.
"I don't think we'll get anything out of her, Sango," Kay said, glancing towards the demon-slayer next to her.
"No, I don't think we will, Kay," Sango replied, glancing towards the teenager.
"Anyway, Kay, what did you bring in your backpack?" Kagome asked, ignoring the blush crawling onto her face.
"Oh, I brought some extra under things and some food from my country, like Hershey bars and some Mars Bars, and also some peanut butter. I heard that peanuts were only popularized in the United States, so I brought some. And I brought a couple pictures of my mom and friends, to remind me of them. Oh, and a couple things that I thought might be significant to me," Kay said, grabbing for her backpack. She dug through it and took out a picture and smiled. She gave it to Sango first and she looked at the picture carefully, but wasn't really looking at what was on the photo.
"How did you do this?" Sango asked.
"Oh, you just use this weird little box and press a button, and then it kinda paints a picture in less than a second. But you might want to look at the painting the box made," Kay said, grinning.
"Sorry," Sango said, looking at the photo instantly.
Not surprisingly, the picture changed with Kay and her mom was in anime style. She had brown eyes and a pretty smile, along with dark brown hair cut in a style that seven years ago Kay would have called 'boy hair.' Her mom's hair stuck up in different ways and she looked quite nice.
Sango handed the picture to Kagome and she smiled. "Wow, your mom looks so nice. What's she like?" Kagome asked.
"Well, she's very nice, and she allows me to have my freedom, but knows how long my leash has to be. She cares so much about me, and my father is away a lot, but he's very nice too. She kinda spoils me, and lets me make my own decisions, but secretly guides me all the way," Kay said, looking into the water as she thought about her mom.
Kagome looked at Kay and folded her arms on her knees.
Kay's eyes widened and she looked over to the bushes. "Obvious," Kay said, smirking and grabbing a rock. She threw the rock into the bushes and heard someone very familiar say 'ow'.
Much like in the second movie, Miroku fell down the hill and looked up towards them. "Um... Hi..." Miroku said timidly.
Kay glared and muttered "Pervert" under her breath and Sango grabbed her hiriakotsu next to the rocks. She grabbed it and swung it at Miroku, hitting him in the head and knocking him out.
"Well, I guess our 'relaxing bath' is over," Kay said, looking at the unconscious monk. She grabbed a towel next to her clothes and put it around her as she stood up. She also put her t-shirt over Miroku's eyes as she changed into her new kimono, getting help with it from Kagome and Sango.
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Dawn stood in front of the door to her house and she watched the street corner intently. That is where Michelle would appear.
"Michelle! Get over here now! Don't bother asking to come over here!" Kay's mom had said loudly.
"What happened, Dawn?" Michelle asked.
"Kay disappeared in the chest!"
There was a pause and then Michelle said, "I'll be over there right away," before hanging up the phone.
It had almost been a minute since their conversation, and Michelle lived one and a half blocks away! It should take her less than that to get here.
Michelle came running into view and she ran towards the house, coming into it after Dawn had opened the doors for her. Michelle and Kay's mom ran over to the chest that was still open and Michelle turned to Dawn.
"I'm going to go in there, and I need to take Charlie with me. He's a damn good fighter," Michelle said as she looked around for the dog.
"OK, you bring him along. Just bring my daughter back," Dawn said.
"Don't worry, your daughter is good at fighting. She can handle herself."
As if on cue, Charlie walked into the room and Michelle brought him over to the chest and he jumped in.
"I thought I was going to have to force him in there. And don't worry, you just go eat and sleep and do what you need while we're gone. Well, bye!" Michelle said before jumping inside the old chest in the living room. She disappeared and Dawn sat down on the couch, watching the chest intently.
Next time: A group of men come into the town and take Kay after calling her 'princess'. Just when InuYasha goes to search the area after hearing her frantic screams, Michelle appears in the chest.
Michelle: 'Bout time!
Kay: Shut up.
Michelle: YAY! Read the next chapter, Princess Kay of the Milky Way!
Kay: You'll need to know this in order to get the little 'joke' in the next chapter's title.
Michelle: Why will they need to know this?
Kay: Not everyone lives in Minnesota. At the Minnesota State Fair a girl who lives on a dairy farm is crowned 'Princess Kay of the Milky Way'.
Michelle: Now go away!
Kay: I wasn't done yet! Ah! Forget it! Just read the next chapter!