I slowly could feel life coming back into my body. I opened my eyes. The sky was still clear and the moon was still shining as bright, if not brighter.
I rolled over and I seen InuYasha sitting next to me. He seemed to be sleeping. Over by a fire was Xavier, sleeping.
I sat up, trying not to make too much noise. I felt better now. I stood up, and walked over to a small pond.
I sat down by it, and plunged my arms into it. The water was really cool, and I couldn't help but let out a small yell.
I looked back over at Xavier, who was still sleeping. When I went to look back over in InuYasha's direction, he wasn't there. I started looking around, but he was no where.
I cupped my hands, filled them with water, and threw it on my face. It felt good. Beads of water trickled down my eyelashes and nose. I stared at my reflection in the pond. Then, I started freaking out. I had freaking dog ears sitting on the top of my head!
"Oh...my...gosh..." I said, as I was trying to cope with me new look. How could this have happened? This never happened before... I thought to myself.
"What the heck is up with your ears, Teal?" InuYasha said as he walked over.
"That's what I want to know! How did I get friggin dog ears like you?" I asked.
"Good question, but I honestly have no clue," InuYasha replied.
I sighed. This was just... weird.
Xavier walked over, and he noticed the ears immediately.
"Whoa, nice costume Teal. I didn't know it was Halloween," Xavier joked.
"Not funny!" I snapped.
"Teal, chill out. We'll find out what happened," InuYasha said.
"Alright, fine! Just don't go making any dog jokes, Xavier," I said as I sent him a glaring look.
"What? I didn't say anything!" Xavier exclaimed.
"But you were thinking it. I know you were," I said.
"Will you two just drop it?" InuYasha asked, annoyed with Xavier and I bickering.
"Fine, I promise I won't make any jokes," Xavier said finally.
"Good," I replied.
"So, do you guys want to camp here, or do you want to go and see if we can find Pimpo?" Xavier asked.
"Don't care," I replied.
"Whatever you wanna do," InuYasha said.
"Well then, I say we stay here," Xavier said.
"Alright, but I'm going to sleep. I'm bushed," I said, exhausted.
"I'm hitting the sack as well," InuYasha said.
"Me too then," Xavier said.
I grabbed a blanket and some string. I tied the blanket between two trees, forming a hammock.
InuYasha glanced over.
"That's not fair. I have to sleep on the ground," he said, laughing.
"Well, it just proves that I'm more creative than you then," I said.
"Night you two," Xavier said. As soon as his head hit the ground, he was out.
"Good night, InuYasha," I said.
"Good night, Teal," InuYasha said.
I layed my head on the blanket. It smelled like peppermint and smoke, and was really soft. I closed my eyes, and I was out.
The sun shone brightly in my face. I sat up, and looked at the sky. It was a pale blue, with hints of pink here and there. The air smelled of dew, and a gentle wind blew.
I walked over and threw some water on my face. I looked down at my reflection.
"What the heck? The dog ears... They're gone..." I said, a bit disapointed. The ears haden't been that bad, and I had gotten used to them.
I just decided to forget about them. It was probably just a dream, I kept telling myself. But something inside of me was telling me it was real.
"Morning, Teal," Xavier said as he stood up and streatched.
"Morning," I replied. "Where's InuYasha? Have you seen him?" I asked.
"Nope, haven't seen him yet. I just woke up though," Xavier replied.
"Oh, that's right..." I said.
"Your regular ears, they're back?" Xavier asked.
"Yeah," I replied. So it wasn't a dream after all...
"That's good. Seeing you with those dog ears was just plain creepy," Xavier said.
I glared at him.
"Did I just say that aloud?" he asked, embarrassed.
"Yeah, you did," I said, as I forgot about his little comment there.
InuYasha came down a path, carrying what looked like berries and fish.
"Good morning, you two," he said as he threw the food down on top of a blanket.
"Morning," I said.
"Your dog ears are gone?" InuYasha asked.
"Yeah, they are. And right when I was starting to like them too," I replied.
"Oh well," InuYasha said.
"Oh my gosh! I don't believe it! You found food!" Xavier said. He seemed to be dazed at the sight of food.
"Yeah, I did. I went exploring before you guys woke up, and found out that there's a village about a mile or so down the road. Who knew, a village on this island," InuYasha said.
"That's great! So now we can be back in civilization, right?" Xavier asked, as he paused from piling fish into his mouth.
"Well, you guys have to remember, we still have to catch Jade though. But I don't see why we can't take a break and stay there for a day or two," InuYasha said.
"Alright, let's go! I want to see the village, and people!" I said, quite happy knowing that there was more than just that prison on the island.
We took off down the path, not bringing anything, except the blanket that I had been carrying.
The village was small, and the houses were nice looking. Several different stands lined the roads. There was a smell of pancakes in the air.
"Whoa, this place is nice," I said.
"Yeah. It reminds me of home. Doesn't it remind you of home, Teal?" Xavier asked me.
"Yup, it sure does," I replied.
"Well, what do you guys want to do first?" InuYasha asked us.
"How about we find a hotel to stay in! I really don't want to be sleeping on the ground again," I said.
"Ok, first, we find a hotel, then, we go to the pancake festival!" Xavier said.
"What are you talking about, boy?" InuYasha asked.
"Look, it says right here on this flyer that inconvinetly blew into my face as we were walking," Xavier said.
"Well, I guess we can go, seeing as we have nothing else to do," InuYasha said.
"Yay! I love pancakes!" I yelled as I starting skipping. I hardly ever skipped, which was odd.
"Wait, do they even have hotels here?" Xavier asked out of nowhere.
"How am I supposed to know?" I replied.
"I hope they do. There's no freaking way I'm sleeping on the ground again," InuYasha said.
"Let's just go ask somebody," I said.
"No! We are not asking anybody!" Xavier yelled.
"Yeah, we don't need any help. We can find it by ourselves," InuYasha said.
"What is it with guys and asking for information?" I asked myself aloud.
InuYasha and Xavier both sent glaring looks my way.
"What?" I asked, "It's true! You hardly ever see guys asking for directions."
After a few more hours of just aimlessly wandering around the village, I finally convinced InuYasha to ask. We found out that there's only one hotel, and that it costs a lot of money.
"What do you mean it costs $599 for one night?" InuYasha said as he slammed his hands on the counter.
"Sorry, it's the rules. No money, no room," the worker said as he took the two room keys and placed them back on a shelf.
"Relax, InuYasha. We don't want to be kicked out," I said. There's gotta be a way to sweet talk this guy into letting us stay here for free...
Then an idea hit me.
"Guys, stand back and watch me get a room," I said. I was going to sweet talk this guy using my girly charm.
"Hello Sir," I said.
"I already told your little friend over there that if you got no money, then you get no room," he said in a harsh tone.
"Well, I was just going to ask you if you heard the news, but since you're being so rude, I won't tell you," I said.
The man raised one eyebrow. He seemed to want to know what I was talking about.
"What news?" he asked.
"You apparently don't want to know," I said, as I slowly started walking away from the counter.
"Wait miss! I do want to know! I'll give you a room if you tell," he said.
"How about two rooms?" I asked.
The man sighed. "Fine you get two rooms.'
I glanced over at InuYasha and Xavier and gave them one of those "I-told-you-so" looks.
"Well, what is the news?" the man asked as he dangled the two keys in front of me.
"Umm... There's uh." I stuttered.
"Well, out with it," he said.
"There's a new kind of pancake being showed off at the festival tonight!" I finally said.
"What? That's impossible," he said. "And just who is making this new kind of pancake?"
"Umm... The chef is..." I said as I looked around the room.
"The chef is InuYasha!" I finally said.
InuYasha gave me a "We'll-talk-about-it-later" look.
"Ah so this is the chef?" the man asked.
InuYasha walked over to the counter.
"Yes, I am a chef. I know, it's amazing, isn't it?" InuYasha said with saracasim.
The worker immediately got down on his knees.
"Oh great master of pancakes! Please forgive me for my rudeness earlier, oh great one," he said.
I had to bite on my hand to keep myself from bursting out with laughter.
We went up to our rooms finally, and with InuYasha being the "great chef of pancakes", we got special treatment.
"So, tell me why you told them I was the chef?" InuYasha asked.
"Because you were the first person I seen. What's it matter? I got us rooms, didn't I?" I said.
"Well, yeah, you did," InuYasha said.
"Well, let's just leave it alone then," I said as I walked out of the room. I was heading down to the pool.
I let my towel drag behind me, because I thought it was funny to watch everybody bow down when I walked by.
Once I was outside, I threw my towel on a chair, and waded my way into the water. It was freezing, but it felt good. It was probably 90 or 100 degrees outside.
There was hardly anybody outside, despite the heat. Everybody was down at the Pancake Festival. Shoot! The pancake festival! If InuYasha doesn't cook a pancake, we'll get kicked out!I
I jumped out of the pool, put my towel around me, and sprinted inside, up to my room to change. I hope InuYasha hadn't forgot about the festival.
After I had dry clothes on, I bounded into InuYasha and Xavier's room. InuYasha was dozing on the bed, as well as Xavier.
"Guys, wake up! We're gonna miss the festival!" I yelled.
Nothing. No movement. No sound. Just silence.
"Wake up! Do you want to be kicked out of this fancy hotel?" I yelled.
They started twitching. At least it was an improvement, but not good enough.
"Fine, if you guys want to be kicked out of the hotel, then go ahead! At least I'll go and try to cook that new amazing pancake!" I said as I stormed out the door, slamming it shut behind me.
I stopped though. I heard something fall, so I rushed back up to the room. I flew open the door. There, on the floor, lay InuYasha and Xavier, awake.
"What was all that noise for?" Xavier said, as he struggled to get up.
"Yeah, explain, now," InuYasha said.
"Well, let's see. The pancake festival starts in half an hour, and you, InuYasha are supposed to cook a new kind of pancake!" I said.
"And if I don't?" he asked.
"If you don't, then you can kiss this life of luxury goodbye!" I said.
"And the whole point is?" Xavier asked.
"Gosh, you guys are retarded! Let's just make this simple. If InuYasha doesn't cook the pancake, then I'll kick you both in the shins. But if he does, I'll leave you both un harmed. Deal?" I said.
"Alright, deal," they both said.
We took off down the stairs, and out of the lobbey. We followed everybody else down to the main part of the festival.