Well, little childrens, it looks like I've got two new reviewers. Magic13, Lunerfox, welcome to my favorites. Luner, "'We have twins.'
THUMP" was one of my favorite parts, too. And as for Magic: You probably didn't hear my welcome, because apparently you don't
read this part. Because if you did, you'd know that I said they're all Jewish in the last chapter. Read this you lazy bum! Also, when I
said "21 of" and "51 of," those were percents. Sorry. On with the fic! Enjoy, as always.
Chapter 14: Day Three: Shippo's Newfound Savagery
Since Koga2 had left, err, been dragged away by his mate, not much happened the rest of the night. Everyone slept peacefully, except
for the Inuyashas, who rotated shifts for watch. Every now and then, during Inuyasha2's shift, one could Inuyasha snickering in his sleep.
Most likely thinking about how totally whipped Koga had become. It was laughable! Since Koga2 had mated Ayame2, Inuyasha2
actually looked forward to their visits …2. Mainly because he gets to laugh at Koga2, one of his favorite pastimes. Well, enough of that,
right? I know, I know, you're all disappointed, but I'm afraid it's time to, you know, really… start. It was a few hours after sunrise that
everyone woke up, yawning. They decided they'd take care of that bear demon. Now that the jewel was whole and Naraku was gone,
demons had become nothing more than a slight annoyance. They didn't have to worry about Sesshomaru, either, since with Naraku
gone, he mainly stayed in his castle. But I digress, as I often do, they got up, and set off toward the west to take care of that demon.
JUST UNDER FOUR HOURS LATER!
It was an unusually calm walk to the village, taking just under 4 hours, making it about 2:00. They had quite a bit of time before sundown,
which is when the demon was said to make its appearance. Nothing fell out of trees this time, save for a lone apple, which hit Miroku on
the head. Luckily, with all the times Sango had hit him, he was used to it, but it hurt a little when everyone laughed at him. They thought
about it for, like, 5 minutes, and then forgot. At approximately 2:27 they arrived. Of course, they had nothing to do for the next 2 ½
hours, so everyone split off to do their own thing. The Inuyashas went out to sharpen their Tetsusaigas, and the Kagomes went to see if
they could help the villagers in any way, taking the Shippos with them. The Sangos pretty much did the same things as the Inuyashas. (If
you're wondering about how you can sharpen a boomerang, then you should watch episode 79: Jaken's Plan to Steal the Tetsusaiga.
And you call yourselves fans. Ptoee!) The Kiraras just sort of wandered around, and the Mirokus set out to see themselves in young
women's futures via palm-reading. Eh, ces't la vie.
2 ½ HOURS LATER!
The sun had gone down, and everybody stopped what they were doing to watch. Naturally, this meant the bear demon was probably
doing the same, so they got up, and gathered together at the gates of the village with serious looks on their faces. There was a loud
thumping noise coming from the east. It could only have been the thumping of bear demon feet on soil. The sound grew closer and closer
until the demon burst through the trees. It looked basically like an ordinary bear, except with red eyes, armor, longer claws, and it was a
full height of 8 feet. Compared to the demons they usually faced, this thing was pretty weak-looking. They did what anyone else would
have in their position. They broke down laughing. The villagers, who were hiding behind various objects, were very confused. None,
however, as confused as the bear demon, who had thought himself quite fearsome. The demon was hurt. He'd been torturing these
villagers for a few months now, and they seem scared of him. He was dead inside, but would not show it. Instead, he'd rip them apart to
show them how frightening he really was. Of course, while all this went through his head, the groups held a sort of Jaken (rock-paper-
scissors, for Americans) tournament to see who would kill him. Shippo2 had won. He stepped forward, and it was the bear's turn to
laugh. "This is what you send to fight me!" he exclaimed, "Some… raccoon-dog! Bwa ha ha ha ha!" This had the same affect on Shippo
as it had had on the demon. "Rrr…" he growled, "I'll show you! Foxfire!" Of course, the demon sprang up in flames and started running
around, shouting. Shippo then pulled out his top and chucked it on his head. The force of the top drove the demon into the ground, like in
the video game. Now, the demon was on fire, stuck in the ground, and void of all former dignity. "Well, that was easy." said Shippo2.
"What are you talking about!" shouted the demon, "I'm still here!" "Huh? Oh. Well, I was going to just let you starve, but if you'd rather
die now…" began Shippo2. "Wow," said Shippo to Kagome2, "I'm pretty brutal in the future." "Well," explained Kagome2, "we told
you we adopted him, right?" Shippo nodded. "Well, he started spending a lot of time with his father, and I guess he rubbed off him." By
this point, Shippo2 had politely asked to borrow Miroku's staff, being that he had no real weapons, and was whaling on the demon's
head. The villagers were in awe of how such a small child could harness so much savagery. Shippo finished up by doing unspeakable
things involving Miroku's staff, the demons nose, and a brain being removed nasally, and thrown into a nearby forest. The villagers, (and
the first group), were now far more frightened of Shippo than they had ever been of the demon. "Shippo tossed Miroku back his staff,
and said, "What?" "We had no idea you had grown so …brutal." Miroku said, looking disgustedly at his brain juice-covered staff.
"Yep," said Inuyasha2, ruffling his son's hair, "that's my boy." Inuyasha and Shippo looked at Inuyasha, then Kagome, his face saying,
"Wow, hard to believe what can happen in a year." Miroku left to wash off his staff, while Miroku2 left to find a dark aura hovering over
the biggest house in the village, as I said he would.
A FEW MINUTES LATER, AT THE VILLAGE LORD'S HOUSE!
Miroku2 "exorcised the aura" over the house, and, as usual, the village lord asked that he and his company stay for the night, and dinner,
of course. Naturally, however, he had not expected that his group was compiled entirely of "twins", or that one of them was dressed so
oddly. However, he had been saved from the aura over his house, so now all he had to deal with was his acute gullibility, so dinner and
the night was a small price to pay. Though, that many beds would cost a pretty penny, or whatever the lowest form of currency was then.
After dinner, everybody went straight to bed. Shippo2 seemed to enjoy the looks he got on the way to his room. He seemed proud of
himself, which only made him scarier. If he were over 4 feet tall, he'd be really scary. There were only two available rooms, so they
divided up into their original groups. Of course, Inuyasha leaned against the wall, legs and arms crossed, as per usual. Every body else
slept scattered about the floor on various mats. Sango and Miroku were fairly close together, but out of arm's reach, so that no one
would get suspicious. Kagome laid her mat close to Inuyasha, which would come to be a mistake. Shippo didn't really sleep. He was too
afraid of his what he would become. Kirara slept like a little baby-lamb-log.
42 MINUTES AFTER SUNRISE!
Inuyasha woke up to find something he had always hoped to find, but not this way. He opened his eyes, and was immensely glad he was
always the first to wake up. Because, as he opened his eyes, he found himself face-to-face with… Kagome. His eyes widened at the fact
that Kagome's slumbering form was inches away from his own, horizontal, in a bed. He did what anyone would have in his position. He
freaked out. He kept his voice under control, however, because if they woke up, that would only be worse. He scrabbled away from
Kagome, who continued sleeping, and went straight to the corner, his eyes wide, as he went through all possible solutions. 'Okay,' he
thought, 'so, I fell asleep, and I fell over, and that ended up happening. Nothing to worry about. As long as you act natural,
nobody will ever know. Okay.' Inuyasha went back to his original spot, and looked down at Kagome until she woke up, along with
everyone else. "It's about time you guys woke up. Come on, we gotta go." said Inuyasha, leading one to believe that nothing at all had
happened. "Can we at least have breakfast first?" inquired Shippo, adding a yawn to the end. "Feh, fine," Inuyasha replied, "but we're
leaving right after." "Of course." said Kagome, walking toward the… breakfast… place, thinking, 'I wonder if he knows what
happened last night.'
AFTER BREAKFAST!
After breakfast, they set out back to Kaede's. Kagome and Inuyasha both thinking about what had happened the previous night, and
thanking god Miroku wasn't awake. Sango2 thinking about a strange dream she had had the previous night, involving a very large man, a
Dachshund, a rabbi, and a melon. She was greatly confused the next morning, and when she confronted her group about it, she was
laughed at, which only made matters worse. She figured, 'It's just a dream, it doesn't mean anything.' Nonetheless, she questioned
her sanity a little bit. Again, nothing happened along the way back, save for a few tweeting birds, and other assorted foresty things. Well,
it had been 3 days. We're halfway there.
Well, there's chapter 14. You best have enjoyed, little munchkin peoples. Remember: An author and his/her readers are a balance. One
can not exist without the other. Like the oh-so delicate balance of good and evil. Well, enough of the boring stuff, let's see what I got for
Chanukah so far! So far I've got a Star of David necklace, which hangs on my neck at this moment, a little machine that makes soothing
noises to help me sleep, and Mario & Luigi, Partners in Time. Sound good, korais? I think so. Tune in next time when …something
happens. I'm not sure what yet, I still have to iron out the details. 'Till then, y'all! Read on.