The Animator: Second Stop

Chapter 1: New Friends with Familiar Faces

"Wow, this is so cool!" Yumi shouted as he jumped around, extremely happy that the Animator had changed him too. "And look, I've got a sword now" he said, taking it out and swinging it around.

"Hey, watch where you swing that thing!" I yelled as the sword barely missed me.

"Ops… Sorry. So, what kind of demon are you?"

"I'm a half spirit demon," I said proudly. Yumi just gave me a look. "A what now?" I whacked him on the head and said "A spirit demon. You know, like Kikyo's Soul Collectors."

"Why'd you choose a demon like that?" he asked, looking at me with an expression that suggested I had lost it. "Spirit demons can collect souls. My abilities allow me to absorb the power of those souls" He still looked confused, so I rolled my eyes and said "I kill demon, I take demon's powers"

"Oh, I get it!"

"About time…"

We had come out in a forest, near a well, the Boneeater's Well. That was, in fact where we had entered this world. Kagome assumes it's a place where the barriers between time and space are weak. "So," I thought, "that means we'll only need the Animator to designate an arrival location when we leave. That's handy"

We walked through the forest for a long time until finally…

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'RE LOST!"

"I'm sorry" I murmured "Someone usually meets me at the well."

Just then a voice came from above us, saying in a rather annoyed voice "Who's making all that racket? I'm trying to sleep." We looked up and, to Yumi's amazement, Inuyasha was laying in a tree.

"Sorry about that Inuyasha-sensei" I called up. He looked down on us and said, "Oh, it's just you. And I told you not to call me that" We talked for a while and I explained what happened. "How could you get lost?" the hanyou sighed, shaking his head, "You must have followed us enough times to remember the path"

"Sorry Inuyasha-sensei"

He sighed again, and said "I might as well take you to the village" he shot Yumi a suspicious glance, "But who's he?"

"He's one of my friends" I replied "Don't mind him"

"Fine, but he'd better be able to keep up," Inuyasha said, turning and running off. "Come on Yumi" I called and we ran off in pursuit. After a while we got to Kaede's Village, and were welcomed by an angry female voice yelling "Inuyasha!"

Yumi was winded from the run (I promised him time later to create a profile for himself on the Animator) but he started looking around for the source of the voice. I knew who it was too, and so, it seemed, did Inuyasha because he groaned and said "What did I do this time?"

A black-haired girl walked up to him and said "Inuyasha, where have you been?"

Inuyasha pointed behind him and replied "Had to play guide for those two" Kagome looked behind him and waved at us. "Hi Koji. Who's your friend?"

Yumi smiled and waved back. "I'm Yumi miss. Nice to meet you" She smiled back at him and said "So polite. And nothing like you (She hit Inuyasha on the head) or you (She hit me on the head)!" Both of us rubbed our heads, and Yumi stepped up next to me and whispered "What did you do?"

"I tried to drain the soul of a little girl"

"That's terrible!"

"Yeah, so I've heard"

"Anyway…" Kagome started "We had to defeat a demon that got real close to the village. We could have used your help Inuyasha"

"So what?" he asked, putting his arms behind his head "You got him didn't you?" Kagome crossed her arms and said "Yes, but that's not the point. You're never here when we need you!"

"Whatever" he said, walking off "Let's just get some rest, ok?" We all followed him, as it was getting very dark, and I knew Yumi and I would have a long day ahead of us. I just thought that we would only be exploring.

The second part of a growing new epic. This series is destened to streach throughout several catagories on the site, so catch the train wherever it stops! "The Animator" is in the Love Hina catagory for those of you just starting, and it explains everything you'll need to know.