I am so sorry that I have not done anything to this story in so long. Things just happened, you can understand, right? But now I am writing it again! SO STOP READING THIS AND READ THE CHAPTER! ;

Chapter 4: T.V Problems

After what seemed to be forever, (It really was only 3 hours) Inu-yasha, Shippo, and Souta managed to clean up the kitchen. They all plopped down on the couch, exausted. Inu-yasha closed his eyes, trying to calm down. A maid. That's what he was for 3 hours. A maid. Pathetic.

Suddenly, the phone rang, which made Shippo jump off the couch and fall face down on the floor.

"What's that?"he asked.

"The phone,"replied Souta, as he closed his eyes. "Inu-yasha, can you answer it?"

Inu-yasha opened his eyes. "Why should I answer it?"

" 'Cause I'm too tired!"moaned Souta. "Please, answer it, it's on the second ring!"

Annoyed, Inuyasha got off the couch and walked into the kitchen. He picked up the black cordless phone that was on the receiver and stared at it. It continued to ring!

"How am I suppose to answer this damn thing!"he said.

"Press the green button, quick!"shouted Souta from the living room.

Inu-yasha pressed the green button.

"Now what?"

"Hello? Who's this? Inu-yasha?"

That's Kagome's voice, thought Inu-yasha.

"Kagome! Kagome, where are you!"he yelled.

"I'm on the other line! Put the phone to your ear and talk!"

Inu-yasha did as he was told.

"Ok, I'm listening."

"Good. Now, how's everything?"

"Insane. Your brother's driving me crazy!"

"Is he?"

"Yes! He told me to make pancakes, but instead he gave me directions to make glob splatter the walls! Kagome, when are you coming home?"

"I told you I was coming home in 2 days. I'm coming home tomorrow, Inu-yasha. I just want to spend today with my friend and stay over her house again tonight. Then I'll be coming back tomorrow morning. Just please, stay there, alright?"

"I don't know, Kagome. . . . ."

"Inu-yasha, we had a deal!"

"Fine, I suppose so."

"Thanks! I'll see you tomorrow! Bye!"

"Yeah, bye,"said Inu-yasha. He pressed the green button again and put the phone back on the reciever.

He walked back into the living room. Souta looked at him as he sat down on the couch. Shippo jumped onto Souta's lap. Inu-yasha didn't look very happy right now, and Souta would probably protect him if Inu-yasha wanted to take his anger out on him. I mean, if Souta's Kagome's little brother, he would save him just like Kagome, right?

"I'm guessing that was my sis, right?"asked Souta.

"Yeah,"said Inu-yasha, growling. "She's coming back tomorrow."

Souta shrugged. He stood up, Shippo jumping off him. He walked over to a nearby coffee table and picked up a black remote control.

"Let's watch some T.V for a bit,"he said, as he pressed the Power button.

The T.V flashed on and Inu-yasha and Shippo screamed. Shippo climbed onto Inu-yasha's head and clung on to his hair, shivering. Souta looked at them in a wierd way.

"What's with you guys, it's just the T.V,"he said. "There's no reason to freak out like that."

"But-but it's alive!"shouted Shippo.

"No, it's not alive,"said Souta, as he sat down on the couch next to Inu-yasha.

He pulled Shippo off of Inu-yasha's head and placed him next to him. Now Inu-yasha was able to see what was on the T.V screen. A girl with long, black hair and cat ears, who was wearing a red kimono was talking to a boy with white hair and was wearing a school uniform. They seemed to be in an argument. For some reason, it seemed familiar to Inu-yasha.

"Hey, Souta, what's this?"he asked, as he pointed to the T.V.

"Oh, it's one of my favorite shows!"shouted Souta, as he realized what was on. "It's called ' Neko-yasha '. It was made from a manga book created by Sumiko Kakahashi. See that girl? That's Neko-yasha! And that boy is Karoshi! The story's really good! It all starts out when it's Karoshi's 15th birthday, and when he was walking to school, he was sucked into this portal and was sent back in time, back to the time when there were demons. So then he met Neko-yasha, who's mother was a cat demon and father was a human. She's a half demon. So now they have to search for shards of this thing called the Crikon Diamond, because Karoshi accidently destroyed it with an arrow. It's really good."

"Cool!"said Shippo.

Inu-yasha didn't respond. He was too busy watching the T.V. Karoshi said down and Neko-yasha suddenly hit the ground.

I know how you feel, he thought.

Souta stood up and looked at Inu-yasha and Shippo. "Hey, I'm going to make some popcorn. Be right back." At that, he walked back into the kitchen.

While Shippo and Inu-yasha were watching T.V and waiting for Souta to come back, something went through Shippo's mind.

"Say, Inu-yasha?"he began, poking Inu-yasha's side until he got his attention. "Do you think those people are real? Like, they're trapped inside the T.V or something?"

Inu-yasha scratched his head and thought about this. His eyes widened. That would make some sense. If people were on the screen, then they'd have to be inside the T.V.

"You know what? I think you're right,"said Inu-yasha, as he stood up. "For once, Shippo, I think you might be smart."

Shippo nodded his head but then realized what Inu-yasha had said. "Hey!"

Inu-yasha pulled out Tetsaiga from its sheath. He walked in front of the T.V and raised the sword over his head. He brung it down, slashing the T.V in half. Sparks flew everywhere and the lights suddenly went off. Shippo yelped and jumped into the air and fell onto the floor.

Inu-yasha turned around. He heared someone coming from the kitchen, but couldn't really see who it was.

"The power's gone! Great, I can't make any popcorn. Hey, guys, what was that smashing sound I heared a minute ago? Hang on, gotta find that flashlight. . . . . ."

They heared him hit some walls, trip over a few things, and bang his knee against a chair until he found the flashlight underneath a pile of newspapers in the kitchen. He flicked it on and walked out of the kitchen and into the living room. He shone the light at Shippo, who was whimpering underneath the coffee table, at Inu-yasha, who was ackwardly holding the Tetsaiga, and then he saw the T.V.

"HOLY GOD, LOOK WHAT YOU GUYS DID!"he yelled. "My Mom's gonna kill me! She's gonna cut me into little pieces with a kitchen knife and put them into a shoe box and send it to Alaska, where polar bears will eat me!"

Inu-yasha put the Tetsaiga back into its sheath. Shippo looked around. He didn't save Neko-yasha and Karoshi. They probably got zapped and died while trying to escape. Small tears began to form in his eyes.

"We didn't save them!"he sobbed.

Souta stomped up to Inu-yasha. "You slashed the T.V! What's wrong with you! Are you stupid or something!"

Inu-yasha picked Souta up by his shirt and just glared at him. Surprisingly, Souta glared back. Now that was something this kid was not aloud to do when Inu-yasha was there. Glaring was Inu-yasha's job.

"Listen, kid, I was trying to save lives here,"he said. "Is it my fault that I failed? So don't go yelling at me because I broke the damn T.V, ok?"

"Save lives? What lives?"asked Souta.

"Those people inside the T.V,"said Shippo, as he walked up to Inu-yasha's feet. "We were trying to save them."

Souta looked at Shippo, then at Inu-yasha, then at Shippo, then back to Inu-yasha.

"You guys are crazy,"he simply said. "I'm going to go upstaires and get some of Kagome's money. She's always leaves her stash of bucks in her room. We're going to go out for a while. Maybe some fresh air will bring some sanity back into your heads. Now, put me down."

Inu-yasha put him down, feeling unsatisfied. If he had just held onto him for a moment longer, maybe he could've cut his throat. Souta dashed up the staires into Kagome's room.

"I can't believe he's mad at us,"said Shippo, crossing his arms. "We were trying to be heroes."

"Hey, what's with the ' we ' stuff?"asked Inu-yasha, looking down at Shippo. "I was the one who did something. You just ran and hid."

"Hey, I was scared! But I was the one who gave you the idea to save them in the first place!"

"I'm still not counting you as a hero!"

Souta came back downstaires, his pockets looking full. He walked over to the front door and opened the door. He looked at Inu-yasha and Shippo, shook his head, and walked out the door.

"Souta, wait up!"cried Shippo, as he ran out the door.

Inu-yasha looked back at the T.V. Maybe if he dug through all the wires and junk, he could find Neko-yasha and Karoshi. But not now. Later on. He walked out the front door and onto the sidewalk, as he watched Souta and Shippo walking ahead of him. Souta was talking about that Neko-yasha again. Inu-yasha listened and he seemed very interested in meeting her someday.