Hey all,
What's shakin? I saw Ella Enchanted and The Prince and Me. Neither were
that bad. I enjoyed Ella Enchanted more. But it shouldn't even be called
Ella Enchanted if the writers of the movies aren't even gonna stick
somewhere even remotely close to the original storyline...
Honestly.
Anyways, I'm gonna stop rambling. Here are the shout-outs:
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jangray666: evil minion bunnies? Does it ever end with you people? Just how many rodents can you guys rule over? So, you have the tendency to sing out random songs from movies, huh? That's.........really freaky. But I still love ya (cuz you reviewed, ;-))
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Ritoru Kani: So you like the yellow pixie? Good. I'm planning on having him make another appearance. And as for the Little Mermaid, let's just say I have a chapter already mapped out with a song from that movie. Hope you like (btw, this chapter isn't it)
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xo-Kagome-ox: I'm so glad you lie what I've written so far. Makes me very happy when my reviewers are enjoying my work. The Prince and Me has already come out. It was cute, but clichéd. And you DEFINTELY need to read Ella Enchanted. I command you in the name of the Queen of All Chipmunk's chipmunks to go read it.
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Queen of All Chipmunks: Hope you don't mind, I had to borrow your chipmunks momentarily. I have a list of things to say as well: Sorry, I'm working on that. Thank you very much I cannot BELIEVE I just gave you that idea. If the yellow pixie's IQ is equal to that of yours, than I must say I am deeply concerned about your mental state of affairs. Great book. My favorite! If you sic your chipmunks on me, then how will I update? I think you'll like this chapter. Specially dedicated to you and everyone else who has threatened me with rodents of mass destruction
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Skyraptor66: Glad you like it and yes it is.
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LadyRainStarDragon: I love your name. It is so cool. And if you think THIS is scary, prepared to be terrified!
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When Inuyasha woke up the next morning he noticed quite a few things were wrong.
He was sleeping on the ground He didn't remember how he got on the ground He had a splitting headache It looked like it was the middle of the day Someone seemed to have turned the sun on "Extra Bright" that day His breath was (to say the least) not morning fresh He couldn't remember what he did last night He had no idea exactly where he was
But the most pressing issue he was trying to deal with was trying to understand precisely why was he sleeping head first in mushy noodles, and grasping a bowl like it were his lifeline?
Yeah, he was most worried about that one.
So with a grunt, a moan, and a push, Inuyasha heaved himself off the ground.
Then came crashing back down
Great, now he was dizzy as well.
Slowly he worked himself into a sitting position and peered around him. Was there a particular reason why there was an annoying sloshing sound going around? He swerved his head left and right (and later regretted it) to see where the water noise was coming from. It took poor Inuyasha a full three minutes to figure out it was coming from his own head.
"AGH!!! My head is swimming inside my brain!" he yelped. Too concerned to rethink that sentence, he quickly stood up (which he also later regretted) and ran in a straight line toward the hut in front of him, which he finally figured out belonged to Kaede. So, you can imagine his great distress when he discovered running in this straight line directly towards the hut took him further away. And then closer. And then further away.
"AGH!!! What is wrong with the world?!" He put his hands over his eyes and continued to run and yell.
Now, had you been a villager at that moment, just going about your daily business, you would've seen the crazy man from last night (who gave you a heart attack by singing to his bowl) running around in large circles with his hands over his eyes screaming "What is wrong with world?!"
Last time you checked, there wasn't too, too much wrong with the world, besides the occasional famine, war, death, disease, draught, and the inevitable fact that the world would one day crash into the sun. But that was nothing to scream about. So you figure, there's something wrong with the crazy man (as if the words 'crazy man' weren't a big enough clue) Or there was something in the water. Either way, you would have probably quickened your step and resolved to drink the water from the other villages only.
The villagers in this situation did the same.
Inuyasha did not seem to notice this as he continued to scream and run until one of his large circles got a little larger and he ran dead on into a tree.
*BAM!*
"That must've hurt." Miroku observed. He had been watching his friend for quite awhile now. It was really sad the different affects of a hangover had on people. For him personally, he would just sleep all day. For his father, he would have a ridiculous amount of energy, and then fall over asleep. Even Sango had a certain way to deal with hangovers. She would get extremely "friendly" with the first man she saw. Now, she had only got drunk once, and that was when Kagome and Inuyasha were in the future, and she swore she'd never do it again, but Miroku was definitely looking forward to the next time Sango asked him to "examine her teeth" Of course, she denied all accusations and vowed to make him a very sterile man if he ever mentioned that night to anyone. Boy did he like his women feisty.
Kagome and Sango soon joined the unhelpful monk outside, wondering what the loud noise was. Kagome still was in the dark about why he was acting so funny. Was it something about ¾ moons that made him into an absolute psycho? Maybe there was something in the ramen, although the rest of them were fine. Kagome pushed the thoughts to the side as she grimaced while watching Inuyasha slowly slump to the ground after having made such an unfortunate encounter with that tree. In his defense, the tree was hard to see if one's hands were over one's eyes.
Sango tried to hold back a giggle. She felt really bad for Inuyasha. Really, she did. But was it everyday you got to see the arrogant, macho-man ram himself into a tree after running around in circles?
No, my friends, it wasn't everyday.
But it as fate would have it, today wasn't "everyday". The group cautiously made their was over to their fallen friend and helped him up.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked in a sort of daze.
"I'm right here, Inuyasha. What's the matter?"
"WHAT'S THE MATTER?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN "WHAT'S THE MATTER?"?! DIDN'T YOU JUST SEE THAT PACK OF RABID SQUIRRELS AND CHIPMUNKS COME OUT OF NOWHERE AND RUN ME OVER?!?!?!"
Kagome: O_o?
Miroku: @_@.........
Sango: ^_^!
"Um, Inuyasha? Those weren't squirrels or chipmunks." Kagome said gently.
"Like hell they weren't! I saw the tails!"
"Inuyasha, that was a tree!"
Inuyasha: _
"THAT WAS NOT A TREE!!! TREES DON'T RUN PEOPLE OVER! EVIL RODENTS UNTIED TOGETHER FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND DO!"
"Inuyasha, you weren't run over by anything. You ran straight into that tree." Miroku said calmly.
"Did not!" Inuyasha said as he held his poor, rodent abused head.
Sango: ^_^!
"I have a question for you guys." Inuyasha said suddenly.
"Ok, go ahead." Miroku said.
"Why was I sleeping in ramen?"
Kagome:.........
Miroku:.........
Sango: ^_^!
"Uh.........because you were.........uh........." Miroku started.
"Eating it in your tree! And then you, fell out of it, hit your head, and went to sleep on the ground." Kagome chimed in.
"Oh. Ok." Inuyasha said simply. He stretched himself out on the ground, closed his eyes and went right back to sleep.
"Oh dear........." Kagome said.
"My sentiments exactly." Miroku agreed.
Sango: ^_^!
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Around dusk, Inuyasha woke back up feeling much better. He still had a slight headache, but at least when he got up and walked in a straight line, no rabid squirrels or evil chipmunks were there to run him over. He stretched a bit, and walked into the forest, catching Kagome's scent. He soon found the group in the woods, sitting around a nice, big bonfire.
"Hey look! Inuyasha's awake!" Shippo yelled.
Inuyasha trudged towards the group and took his usual seat next to Kagome. "Feeling better?" she inquired.
"Feh."
"Hey Inuyasha, what was that about last night?" Shippo asked. Everyone in the group froze. Shippo was gonna spill the beans!
"What was what about, squirt?" Inuyasha replied mechanically.
"You know, with Kagome. Why were you touching her face like that?"
*anime drop*
Inuyasha's eyes got wide. "Wha-?"
Kagome's face went beet red. "Uh.........Shippo. That wasn't Inuyasha last night." She said to cover up for what was about to happen. Then she instantly regretted what she said. Inuyasha's death glare was turned full blast on her.
"WHO WAS TOUCHING YOUR FACE?!"
"Uh........." was Kagome's witty answer.
"WHADDYA MEAN 'IT WASN'T INUYASHA LAST NIGHT'?! WHO ELSE WOULD IT HAVE BEEN?!" Inuyasha roared.
"You don't understand. When I said it wasn't you, I meant, it wasn't anybody!" Kagome said quickly
"Good." He murmured.
"Why get so angry Inuyasha? Are you upset that somebody else might've been touching Kagome's lovely face?" Miroku raised an eyebrow.
"Nobody is supposed to touch her except me!" Inuyasha blurted out before he could think.
The entire group stared at him for quite a while as he thought about how that had come out.
Nice one.
After a pregnant pause, Inuyasha looked around, feigning innocence. "What? I meant, nobody should touch her except me, while we're gathering the jewel, because I don't' trust anyone. I don't care who touches her after we're done with it."
Word of Advice to the Wise: If you're a guy, NEVER say anything even remotely that stupid. That, my friends, is how the Trojan War was started. By the stupidity of the male race.
Now it was Kagome's turn to blast her own death glare on him. And lemme tell you, it was WAY worse.
"Oh really?! So you don't care about me at all? You only care if it has to do with the stupid jewel, huh?"
Inuyasha tried to think of something to say, but was at a loss for words.
"SIT!!!"
*Whoosh*
*Bam*
*Thud*
"ugh........." Inuyasha breathed into the dirt.
Kagome stomped off further into the woods to cool down.
"He did a wonderful job messing that up." Miroku commented.
Sango: ^_^!
"OK, you've been doing that for the last couple of scenes. I'm starting to worry about you." Miroku said.
Sango: ^_^!
"Ri-ight........." Miroku rolled his eyes heavenwards and saw something very strange.
What did he see?
A very fast moving, multi-colored, hazy cloud. Raising an eyebrow, Miroku sniffed the air, and cried in a loud voice "I SMELL POLYESTER!!!"
Everyone (excluding Kagome) looked up and saw the gaudy blur . "What the heck is that?" Inuyasha wondered out loud as the blob got closer. They all stood there as it finally landed and they could see that the blob was actually many, many colorful little people. They walked toward the stunned group and smiled. Their apparent leader, a little person dressed in bright purple with a big, brown bushy beard and a beer-gut, stepped forward and bowed
"Sorry we're so late. I am Lorehaug, leader of the pixies."
"Pixies?" Miroku asked, suddenly very interested.
"Yes."
"Wow!" Miroku said, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"What's the big deal about pixies?" Inuyasha asked.
"Pixies haven't been seen by anyone since the War of the Charmed." Shippo explained.
"OK, whatever. What do they want?"
Lorehaug cleared his throat. "You know, we are right here. You can ask us."
"Fine, what are you doing here?" Inuyasha's patience was wearing thin.
"Well, we're looking for someone. We would've been sooner, but Gailem just had to stop to get something to eat." Lorehaug pointed to a pixie with a short little goatee and wearing all green.
"What? Tell me you didn't' want to stop at Mack and his Pot too."
"Jack in the Box?" Shippo inquired, a bit confused.
"No, Mack and his Pot. It's a little place owned by a leprechaun named Mack. Very stingy he is. Why advertise your pot-o-gold if you weren't gonna let anyone have any?" Lorehaug said, a bit on the disgruntled side.
"Well, after that, we went to Fruity King." Gailem went on.
"Fruity King? Do you have any idea how bad that sounds?" Inuyasha snickered.
"Well, we didn't think about it until we went there. It was a little joint a few miles from Mack and his Pot. All kinds of different fruits there."
"I'll bet." Inuyasha muttered.
"Hey, you've been there too?" A pretty red pixie woman asked.
"Hell no! Like I'd ever step foot in a place that had Fruity in its name." Inuyasha scoffed.
"He looks like he would." A turquoise pixie giggled to another pink one.
"I heard that!" Inuyasha growled.
"You were supposed to." The turquoise pixie, named Yerwam retorted.
"Why I oughta-"
"Inuyasha, calm yourself. These beings are friendly, and much smaller." Miroku held his friend back.
"I could easily step on them all." He sneered.
"Right-o!" Yerwam rolled his eyes.
Gailem, noticing how ugly this was about to turn, quickly changed the subject. "So anyways, that's why were so late."
"What are you so late for? Were we supposed to be expecting you?" Shippo asked.
"No, but we were supposed to be here this morning." Lorehaug said.
"Again, what are you doing here?" Inuyasha was getting rather exasperated by now.
"We're looking for someone." Lorehaug answered.
"Well, who are you looking for? Maybe we could help you, right Sango?" Miroku asked.
Sango: ^_^!
Suddenly, a huge splash was heard from a little bit off. A wet, grimy, disarrayed young girl came stumbling out of the woods looking like who did it (?), why(?), and please don't let it happen again.
"I hate streams when you can't see them." She muttered. She looked up to see her party had grown to about 45 since she'd left.
"Um.........hi........." she said cautiously, wondering who those people were.
Lorehaug and Gailem looked at each other, looked at their group, and then looked at Kagome.
Lorehaug turned and yelled to his followers "GET HER!!!" All of a sudden all the pixies flew off in a blur right at Kagome.
"AGH!!!"
Before anyone could do anything about it, the pixies were attacking poor Kagome. Gailem was pulling strands of her hair out, Yerwam was biting her ear, Lorehaug was kicking her over and over again in the shin, and the rest looked like Armageddon. Kagome screamed and flailed about, calling for help.
Where was her help?
Just standing there.
Miroku: O_o?
Inuyasha: O_O.........
Shippo: @_@
Kirara: -_-
Sango: ^_^! (what did you expect?)
Suddenly they all burst out in hysterical laughter.
Yes, they were quite the wonderful friends in an emergency. While Kagome was being thoroughly mauled by a band of polyester-clad, fruit-eating, psycho pixies, her friends stood there and laughed.
"Help! Get the demon pixies off of me!!!" Kagome wailed as one gave her a nice kick in the pants.
This beating lasted a full 4 minutes before the pixies got tired, decided to call it a night, told Kagome they'd be back, and flew off.
And for a good 6 minutes after that, Kagome's friends continued to laugh at her. Poor Kagome had dragged herself over to the roots of a tree and was curled in the fetal position, rocking back and forth, mumbling something incoherent. She was probably more mentally damaged than physically. From that point on, Kagome could never bring herself to watch anything with pixies, fairies, leprechauns, elves, dwarves, or any other kinds of little folks. (Which meant she couldn't watch about half of her Disney movies anymore, no more Harry Potter, and even Orlando Bloom couldn't get her in a theater to see Lord of the Rings)
After they were finished laughing at their friend's expense, Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all walked toward her.
"Kagome?" they asked.
Her blank eyes continued to stared ahead. Her rocking grew faster. Her lips were moving nonstop with her mumblings .
"Uh.........Kagome?" they tried again, getting a little more concerned about her. As they drew nearer they could finally make out what she was mumbling
Very slowly, Kagome was softly singing (mind you she was completely unaware that she was singing), "Do your ears hang low? Can you flop them to and fro? Can you tie them in a -DEMON PIXIES!!! Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them over your shoulder like a continental soldier? Do your ears hang –DEMON PIXIES!!!"
Yes, at random intervals, Kagome would scream out "DEMON PIXIES!!!" Which in turn would scare the crap out of everyone within 20 feet of her vicinity.
Kagome Higurashi, was a basket case.
Almost too afraid to touch her, her friends stood over her, wondering just what the heck to do. It wasn't often she would have spasms like this. In fact, this was pretty much the first time it had happened.
So, as you could imagine, no one really wanted to touch her, for fear she would have some type of a paroxysm and swallow her own tongue or her head would start rotating in frightening positions atop her head. But finally, Inuyasha worked up enough courage to bend down, scoop her up, and walk towards the campfire. He was surprised to notice that even when she was a mumbling vegetable, she was really pretty and smelt really good. What he wouldn't have given to stop and just inhale her. Realizing just how stupid that sounded, even in his own head, Inuyasha quickened his step and set her down in a proper sitting position. At least now she had stopped mumbling.
As the group stepped back to figure out what to do, Shippo jumped in her lap and tried to cheer her up.
"Hey Kagome." He said. Kagome continued to stare blankly ahead.
He scratched his head, thinking about what he could do. He tried shadow puppets, impersonations (and received a good whopping around the head from Inuyasha for not capturing his "true essence whatsoever") he even tried a little comedy. And Kagome didn't crack one smile. Sighing, he said to himself "Drastic times call for drastic measures."
He leaned in close to her and asked her gently, "Do you know how to fly, Kagome?" Something close to interest and doubt flickered across Kagome's eyes before it disappeared into the depths of emptiness. But not before Shippo could see it. With a smile, he stood up, took her hands in his and,
"Think of a wonderful thought
Any merry little thought"
Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Kirara all spun around to see who was singing. Obviously it was Shippo. The only thing was, it didn't sound like Shippo. Because Shippo had a high, squeaky voice that could sometimes be confused with that of a female's. This singer's voice sounded like an opera singer. EXTREMELY deep. Do you remember the fat chef in "Lady and the Tramp" who fed the dogs the spaghetti outside his little Italian restaurant? Remember how baritone his voice was? Well, take that voice, stick it on Shippo, and you have what's being described to you now.
Everyone's mouth dropped, even Kagome's. This was the most unexpected thing since Inuyasha's little show last night. Inuyasha looked to the heavens and screamed "You're gonna make him sing too?!" fully remembering the last encounter he had with a singing member from this group.
And to add to the further surprise of everyone, Kagome spoke up softly, "What thought?" Pleased, Shippo smiled and sang,
"Think of Christmas
Think of snow
Think of sleigh bells
There you go
Like a reindeer in the sky!"
And with that, Shippo started levitating off the ground. Kagome's eyes got wide in amazement as her little friend began soaring around the clearing like he were some type of bird.
"You can fly?" she asked.
"You can fly!" Miroku exclaimed.
"YOU CAN FLY?!" Inuyasha cried out in surprise.
Shippo slowly came back down to land on the ground in front of Kagome, Sango, and Miroku.
"Can anybody fly?" Miroku asked.
"Sure." Shippo answered.
"How do we do it?" Kagome pressed desperately.
Shippo smiled and sang
"Think of the happiest thing
Yadda, yadda yadda ya
Think of batman who means grace
Think of blah, you're still awake
You see him in the sky!"
Kagome, Miroku, and Sango all closed their eyes and did what they were told. They thought of the happiest times in their lives. When they opened their eyes again, they were floating, just like Shippo was.
"Omigosh!" Kagome squealed.
"This is amazing!" Miroku exclaimed.
Sango: ^_^!
They zoomed here and there, laughing and enjoying themselves. Shippo sang while they were flying
"You can fly!
You can fly!
You can fly!"
Happily, they did something no one else had ever done. They flew. Kagome giggled, and no one could tell that her eyes had once been filled with a vast blankness. Mostly because she was too high up to see her eyes. Miroku had never felt so enlightened before.
Sango: ^_^!
Inuyasha on the other hand wasn't feeling as carefree as his friends were. In fact, he felt the whole ordeal was more than a little bit ridiculous, stupid, idiotic, foolish, lame, a waste of time and a pain in his posterior. Apparently, nobody found it even remotely strange that this little kid was flying around the forest and everyone was joining him. But what was the worst was that Shippo felt it necessary to sing as if he were in the opera while defying the laws of gravity. That was what was sending him over the edge. In short, this really needed to end. Immediately.
He listened impatiently as Shippo continued to sing about stupid crap like "To the stars below!" and something about a "neverland" (whatever the heck that was.) Inuyasha grew more irritable by the second. So, when Shippo came down and hovered over him with Kagome, Miroku, and Sango right next to him, and they ALL started singing (save for Sango: ^_^!) Inuyasha had hit his limit.
"Where all your happy deeds come true
Every dream that you dream will come true
When there's a smile in our heart
There's no better time to start!
Think of all the joy you'll find,
When you leave this world-"
"ENOUGH!!!" Inuyasha roared. The singing and synchronized flying came to a halt. Everyone looked down at him to see exactly why he had interrupted their little expedition through the air.
"Have you all lost your minds?!"
Shippo furrowed his eyebrows. "What's the matter? Are you mad that you can't fly? It's easy. All you have to do is think of a wonderful thought. Any merry lit-"
"NO!!! You guys don't seem to understand something."
"And what might that be?" Miroku questioned.
"YOU CANNOT FLY!!!"
"And yet, we are!" Kagome said cheerfully.
Inuyasha glared up at her floating in the air. "Does the word 'gravity' mean anything to you?"
"How do you know about gravity?" Kagome looked shocked.
"I read about it in one of your spell books you bring from your time. If you know about gravity, then you know that you can't fly. As you know, we are matter. All matter has mass. Gravity is a result of mass. Gravity is also the force of attraction objects that is due to their masses, meaning gravitational force pull objects toward each other. Since the Earth has an enormous mass, its gravitational force is enormous as well. You must apply outstandingly strong amounts of force to overcome Earth's gravitational pull. And I highly doubt that you "thinking happy thoughts" is enough force to overcome Earth's hold on you and enable you to fly. It's unfeasible."
Kagome stared at him with wide eyes.
Everyone: *blink, blink*
Kagome: O_o?
Miroku: o_O?
Shippo: _!
"He's right." Kagome whispered. Without warning, she, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all suddenly dropped to the ground like a sack of temporarily airborne potatoes.
*Whoosh*
*Bam*
*Thud*
Shippo rubbed his ill-treated butt and whined loudly, "Why on earth did you have to TELL us?!"
Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders and walked off, pleased with himself that he was able to destroy other fellow creatures fantasies by merely being smart. Now he felt better about himself.
Kagome and Miroku stared at each other. "Since when does Inuyasha posses a measurable amount of intelligence?" he asked.
Kagome shook her head and sighed. "There's a lot about him I guess we don't know."
Sango: =_=.........
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So, did you guys like it? Sorry it took so long. This chapters actually been done for a week, but I haven't had to chance to get online and upload it. Anyways, hope this wasn't too bad. I couldn't for the life of me understand the words in the movies (which by the way I was forced to watch about 5 times just to get the lyrics for you people, so I hope you're happy!) Leave me a review, OK?
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jangray666: evil minion bunnies? Does it ever end with you people? Just how many rodents can you guys rule over? So, you have the tendency to sing out random songs from movies, huh? That's.........really freaky. But I still love ya (cuz you reviewed, ;-))
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Ritoru Kani: So you like the yellow pixie? Good. I'm planning on having him make another appearance. And as for the Little Mermaid, let's just say I have a chapter already mapped out with a song from that movie. Hope you like (btw, this chapter isn't it)
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xo-Kagome-ox: I'm so glad you lie what I've written so far. Makes me very happy when my reviewers are enjoying my work. The Prince and Me has already come out. It was cute, but clichéd. And you DEFINTELY need to read Ella Enchanted. I command you in the name of the Queen of All Chipmunk's chipmunks to go read it.
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Queen of All Chipmunks: Hope you don't mind, I had to borrow your chipmunks momentarily. I have a list of things to say as well: Sorry, I'm working on that. Thank you very much I cannot BELIEVE I just gave you that idea. If the yellow pixie's IQ is equal to that of yours, than I must say I am deeply concerned about your mental state of affairs. Great book. My favorite! If you sic your chipmunks on me, then how will I update? I think you'll like this chapter. Specially dedicated to you and everyone else who has threatened me with rodents of mass destruction
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Skyraptor66: Glad you like it and yes it is.
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LadyRainStarDragon: I love your name. It is so cool. And if you think THIS is scary, prepared to be terrified!
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When Inuyasha woke up the next morning he noticed quite a few things were wrong.
He was sleeping on the ground He didn't remember how he got on the ground He had a splitting headache It looked like it was the middle of the day Someone seemed to have turned the sun on "Extra Bright" that day His breath was (to say the least) not morning fresh He couldn't remember what he did last night He had no idea exactly where he was
But the most pressing issue he was trying to deal with was trying to understand precisely why was he sleeping head first in mushy noodles, and grasping a bowl like it were his lifeline?
Yeah, he was most worried about that one.
So with a grunt, a moan, and a push, Inuyasha heaved himself off the ground.
Then came crashing back down
Great, now he was dizzy as well.
Slowly he worked himself into a sitting position and peered around him. Was there a particular reason why there was an annoying sloshing sound going around? He swerved his head left and right (and later regretted it) to see where the water noise was coming from. It took poor Inuyasha a full three minutes to figure out it was coming from his own head.
"AGH!!! My head is swimming inside my brain!" he yelped. Too concerned to rethink that sentence, he quickly stood up (which he also later regretted) and ran in a straight line toward the hut in front of him, which he finally figured out belonged to Kaede. So, you can imagine his great distress when he discovered running in this straight line directly towards the hut took him further away. And then closer. And then further away.
"AGH!!! What is wrong with the world?!" He put his hands over his eyes and continued to run and yell.
Now, had you been a villager at that moment, just going about your daily business, you would've seen the crazy man from last night (who gave you a heart attack by singing to his bowl) running around in large circles with his hands over his eyes screaming "What is wrong with world?!"
Last time you checked, there wasn't too, too much wrong with the world, besides the occasional famine, war, death, disease, draught, and the inevitable fact that the world would one day crash into the sun. But that was nothing to scream about. So you figure, there's something wrong with the crazy man (as if the words 'crazy man' weren't a big enough clue) Or there was something in the water. Either way, you would have probably quickened your step and resolved to drink the water from the other villages only.
The villagers in this situation did the same.
Inuyasha did not seem to notice this as he continued to scream and run until one of his large circles got a little larger and he ran dead on into a tree.
*BAM!*
"That must've hurt." Miroku observed. He had been watching his friend for quite awhile now. It was really sad the different affects of a hangover had on people. For him personally, he would just sleep all day. For his father, he would have a ridiculous amount of energy, and then fall over asleep. Even Sango had a certain way to deal with hangovers. She would get extremely "friendly" with the first man she saw. Now, she had only got drunk once, and that was when Kagome and Inuyasha were in the future, and she swore she'd never do it again, but Miroku was definitely looking forward to the next time Sango asked him to "examine her teeth" Of course, she denied all accusations and vowed to make him a very sterile man if he ever mentioned that night to anyone. Boy did he like his women feisty.
Kagome and Sango soon joined the unhelpful monk outside, wondering what the loud noise was. Kagome still was in the dark about why he was acting so funny. Was it something about ¾ moons that made him into an absolute psycho? Maybe there was something in the ramen, although the rest of them were fine. Kagome pushed the thoughts to the side as she grimaced while watching Inuyasha slowly slump to the ground after having made such an unfortunate encounter with that tree. In his defense, the tree was hard to see if one's hands were over one's eyes.
Sango tried to hold back a giggle. She felt really bad for Inuyasha. Really, she did. But was it everyday you got to see the arrogant, macho-man ram himself into a tree after running around in circles?
No, my friends, it wasn't everyday.
But it as fate would have it, today wasn't "everyday". The group cautiously made their was over to their fallen friend and helped him up.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked in a sort of daze.
"I'm right here, Inuyasha. What's the matter?"
"WHAT'S THE MATTER?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN "WHAT'S THE MATTER?"?! DIDN'T YOU JUST SEE THAT PACK OF RABID SQUIRRELS AND CHIPMUNKS COME OUT OF NOWHERE AND RUN ME OVER?!?!?!"
Kagome: O_o?
Miroku: @_@.........
Sango: ^_^!
"Um, Inuyasha? Those weren't squirrels or chipmunks." Kagome said gently.
"Like hell they weren't! I saw the tails!"
"Inuyasha, that was a tree!"
Inuyasha: _
"THAT WAS NOT A TREE!!! TREES DON'T RUN PEOPLE OVER! EVIL RODENTS UNTIED TOGETHER FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKIND DO!"
"Inuyasha, you weren't run over by anything. You ran straight into that tree." Miroku said calmly.
"Did not!" Inuyasha said as he held his poor, rodent abused head.
Sango: ^_^!
"I have a question for you guys." Inuyasha said suddenly.
"Ok, go ahead." Miroku said.
"Why was I sleeping in ramen?"
Kagome:.........
Miroku:.........
Sango: ^_^!
"Uh.........because you were.........uh........." Miroku started.
"Eating it in your tree! And then you, fell out of it, hit your head, and went to sleep on the ground." Kagome chimed in.
"Oh. Ok." Inuyasha said simply. He stretched himself out on the ground, closed his eyes and went right back to sleep.
"Oh dear........." Kagome said.
"My sentiments exactly." Miroku agreed.
Sango: ^_^!
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Around dusk, Inuyasha woke back up feeling much better. He still had a slight headache, but at least when he got up and walked in a straight line, no rabid squirrels or evil chipmunks were there to run him over. He stretched a bit, and walked into the forest, catching Kagome's scent. He soon found the group in the woods, sitting around a nice, big bonfire.
"Hey look! Inuyasha's awake!" Shippo yelled.
Inuyasha trudged towards the group and took his usual seat next to Kagome. "Feeling better?" she inquired.
"Feh."
"Hey Inuyasha, what was that about last night?" Shippo asked. Everyone in the group froze. Shippo was gonna spill the beans!
"What was what about, squirt?" Inuyasha replied mechanically.
"You know, with Kagome. Why were you touching her face like that?"
*anime drop*
Inuyasha's eyes got wide. "Wha-?"
Kagome's face went beet red. "Uh.........Shippo. That wasn't Inuyasha last night." She said to cover up for what was about to happen. Then she instantly regretted what she said. Inuyasha's death glare was turned full blast on her.
"WHO WAS TOUCHING YOUR FACE?!"
"Uh........." was Kagome's witty answer.
"WHADDYA MEAN 'IT WASN'T INUYASHA LAST NIGHT'?! WHO ELSE WOULD IT HAVE BEEN?!" Inuyasha roared.
"You don't understand. When I said it wasn't you, I meant, it wasn't anybody!" Kagome said quickly
"Good." He murmured.
"Why get so angry Inuyasha? Are you upset that somebody else might've been touching Kagome's lovely face?" Miroku raised an eyebrow.
"Nobody is supposed to touch her except me!" Inuyasha blurted out before he could think.
The entire group stared at him for quite a while as he thought about how that had come out.
Nice one.
After a pregnant pause, Inuyasha looked around, feigning innocence. "What? I meant, nobody should touch her except me, while we're gathering the jewel, because I don't' trust anyone. I don't care who touches her after we're done with it."
Word of Advice to the Wise: If you're a guy, NEVER say anything even remotely that stupid. That, my friends, is how the Trojan War was started. By the stupidity of the male race.
Now it was Kagome's turn to blast her own death glare on him. And lemme tell you, it was WAY worse.
"Oh really?! So you don't care about me at all? You only care if it has to do with the stupid jewel, huh?"
Inuyasha tried to think of something to say, but was at a loss for words.
"SIT!!!"
*Whoosh*
*Bam*
*Thud*
"ugh........." Inuyasha breathed into the dirt.
Kagome stomped off further into the woods to cool down.
"He did a wonderful job messing that up." Miroku commented.
Sango: ^_^!
"OK, you've been doing that for the last couple of scenes. I'm starting to worry about you." Miroku said.
Sango: ^_^!
"Ri-ight........." Miroku rolled his eyes heavenwards and saw something very strange.
What did he see?
A very fast moving, multi-colored, hazy cloud. Raising an eyebrow, Miroku sniffed the air, and cried in a loud voice "I SMELL POLYESTER!!!"
Everyone (excluding Kagome) looked up and saw the gaudy blur . "What the heck is that?" Inuyasha wondered out loud as the blob got closer. They all stood there as it finally landed and they could see that the blob was actually many, many colorful little people. They walked toward the stunned group and smiled. Their apparent leader, a little person dressed in bright purple with a big, brown bushy beard and a beer-gut, stepped forward and bowed
"Sorry we're so late. I am Lorehaug, leader of the pixies."
"Pixies?" Miroku asked, suddenly very interested.
"Yes."
"Wow!" Miroku said, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"What's the big deal about pixies?" Inuyasha asked.
"Pixies haven't been seen by anyone since the War of the Charmed." Shippo explained.
"OK, whatever. What do they want?"
Lorehaug cleared his throat. "You know, we are right here. You can ask us."
"Fine, what are you doing here?" Inuyasha's patience was wearing thin.
"Well, we're looking for someone. We would've been sooner, but Gailem just had to stop to get something to eat." Lorehaug pointed to a pixie with a short little goatee and wearing all green.
"What? Tell me you didn't' want to stop at Mack and his Pot too."
"Jack in the Box?" Shippo inquired, a bit confused.
"No, Mack and his Pot. It's a little place owned by a leprechaun named Mack. Very stingy he is. Why advertise your pot-o-gold if you weren't gonna let anyone have any?" Lorehaug said, a bit on the disgruntled side.
"Well, after that, we went to Fruity King." Gailem went on.
"Fruity King? Do you have any idea how bad that sounds?" Inuyasha snickered.
"Well, we didn't think about it until we went there. It was a little joint a few miles from Mack and his Pot. All kinds of different fruits there."
"I'll bet." Inuyasha muttered.
"Hey, you've been there too?" A pretty red pixie woman asked.
"Hell no! Like I'd ever step foot in a place that had Fruity in its name." Inuyasha scoffed.
"He looks like he would." A turquoise pixie giggled to another pink one.
"I heard that!" Inuyasha growled.
"You were supposed to." The turquoise pixie, named Yerwam retorted.
"Why I oughta-"
"Inuyasha, calm yourself. These beings are friendly, and much smaller." Miroku held his friend back.
"I could easily step on them all." He sneered.
"Right-o!" Yerwam rolled his eyes.
Gailem, noticing how ugly this was about to turn, quickly changed the subject. "So anyways, that's why were so late."
"What are you so late for? Were we supposed to be expecting you?" Shippo asked.
"No, but we were supposed to be here this morning." Lorehaug said.
"Again, what are you doing here?" Inuyasha was getting rather exasperated by now.
"We're looking for someone." Lorehaug answered.
"Well, who are you looking for? Maybe we could help you, right Sango?" Miroku asked.
Sango: ^_^!
Suddenly, a huge splash was heard from a little bit off. A wet, grimy, disarrayed young girl came stumbling out of the woods looking like who did it (?), why(?), and please don't let it happen again.
"I hate streams when you can't see them." She muttered. She looked up to see her party had grown to about 45 since she'd left.
"Um.........hi........." she said cautiously, wondering who those people were.
Lorehaug and Gailem looked at each other, looked at their group, and then looked at Kagome.
Lorehaug turned and yelled to his followers "GET HER!!!" All of a sudden all the pixies flew off in a blur right at Kagome.
"AGH!!!"
Before anyone could do anything about it, the pixies were attacking poor Kagome. Gailem was pulling strands of her hair out, Yerwam was biting her ear, Lorehaug was kicking her over and over again in the shin, and the rest looked like Armageddon. Kagome screamed and flailed about, calling for help.
Where was her help?
Just standing there.
Miroku: O_o?
Inuyasha: O_O.........
Shippo: @_@
Kirara: -_-
Sango: ^_^! (what did you expect?)
Suddenly they all burst out in hysterical laughter.
Yes, they were quite the wonderful friends in an emergency. While Kagome was being thoroughly mauled by a band of polyester-clad, fruit-eating, psycho pixies, her friends stood there and laughed.
"Help! Get the demon pixies off of me!!!" Kagome wailed as one gave her a nice kick in the pants.
This beating lasted a full 4 minutes before the pixies got tired, decided to call it a night, told Kagome they'd be back, and flew off.
And for a good 6 minutes after that, Kagome's friends continued to laugh at her. Poor Kagome had dragged herself over to the roots of a tree and was curled in the fetal position, rocking back and forth, mumbling something incoherent. She was probably more mentally damaged than physically. From that point on, Kagome could never bring herself to watch anything with pixies, fairies, leprechauns, elves, dwarves, or any other kinds of little folks. (Which meant she couldn't watch about half of her Disney movies anymore, no more Harry Potter, and even Orlando Bloom couldn't get her in a theater to see Lord of the Rings)
After they were finished laughing at their friend's expense, Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all walked toward her.
"Kagome?" they asked.
Her blank eyes continued to stared ahead. Her rocking grew faster. Her lips were moving nonstop with her mumblings .
"Uh.........Kagome?" they tried again, getting a little more concerned about her. As they drew nearer they could finally make out what she was mumbling
Very slowly, Kagome was softly singing (mind you she was completely unaware that she was singing), "Do your ears hang low? Can you flop them to and fro? Can you tie them in a -DEMON PIXIES!!! Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them over your shoulder like a continental soldier? Do your ears hang –DEMON PIXIES!!!"
Yes, at random intervals, Kagome would scream out "DEMON PIXIES!!!" Which in turn would scare the crap out of everyone within 20 feet of her vicinity.
Kagome Higurashi, was a basket case.
Almost too afraid to touch her, her friends stood over her, wondering just what the heck to do. It wasn't often she would have spasms like this. In fact, this was pretty much the first time it had happened.
So, as you could imagine, no one really wanted to touch her, for fear she would have some type of a paroxysm and swallow her own tongue or her head would start rotating in frightening positions atop her head. But finally, Inuyasha worked up enough courage to bend down, scoop her up, and walk towards the campfire. He was surprised to notice that even when she was a mumbling vegetable, she was really pretty and smelt really good. What he wouldn't have given to stop and just inhale her. Realizing just how stupid that sounded, even in his own head, Inuyasha quickened his step and set her down in a proper sitting position. At least now she had stopped mumbling.
As the group stepped back to figure out what to do, Shippo jumped in her lap and tried to cheer her up.
"Hey Kagome." He said. Kagome continued to stare blankly ahead.
He scratched his head, thinking about what he could do. He tried shadow puppets, impersonations (and received a good whopping around the head from Inuyasha for not capturing his "true essence whatsoever") he even tried a little comedy. And Kagome didn't crack one smile. Sighing, he said to himself "Drastic times call for drastic measures."
He leaned in close to her and asked her gently, "Do you know how to fly, Kagome?" Something close to interest and doubt flickered across Kagome's eyes before it disappeared into the depths of emptiness. But not before Shippo could see it. With a smile, he stood up, took her hands in his and,
"Think of a wonderful thought
Any merry little thought"
Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Kirara all spun around to see who was singing. Obviously it was Shippo. The only thing was, it didn't sound like Shippo. Because Shippo had a high, squeaky voice that could sometimes be confused with that of a female's. This singer's voice sounded like an opera singer. EXTREMELY deep. Do you remember the fat chef in "Lady and the Tramp" who fed the dogs the spaghetti outside his little Italian restaurant? Remember how baritone his voice was? Well, take that voice, stick it on Shippo, and you have what's being described to you now.
Everyone's mouth dropped, even Kagome's. This was the most unexpected thing since Inuyasha's little show last night. Inuyasha looked to the heavens and screamed "You're gonna make him sing too?!" fully remembering the last encounter he had with a singing member from this group.
And to add to the further surprise of everyone, Kagome spoke up softly, "What thought?" Pleased, Shippo smiled and sang,
"Think of Christmas
Think of snow
Think of sleigh bells
There you go
Like a reindeer in the sky!"
And with that, Shippo started levitating off the ground. Kagome's eyes got wide in amazement as her little friend began soaring around the clearing like he were some type of bird.
"You can fly?" she asked.
"You can fly!" Miroku exclaimed.
"YOU CAN FLY?!" Inuyasha cried out in surprise.
Shippo slowly came back down to land on the ground in front of Kagome, Sango, and Miroku.
"Can anybody fly?" Miroku asked.
"Sure." Shippo answered.
"How do we do it?" Kagome pressed desperately.
Shippo smiled and sang
"Think of the happiest thing
Yadda, yadda yadda ya
Think of batman who means grace
Think of blah, you're still awake
You see him in the sky!"
Kagome, Miroku, and Sango all closed their eyes and did what they were told. They thought of the happiest times in their lives. When they opened their eyes again, they were floating, just like Shippo was.
"Omigosh!" Kagome squealed.
"This is amazing!" Miroku exclaimed.
Sango: ^_^!
They zoomed here and there, laughing and enjoying themselves. Shippo sang while they were flying
"You can fly!
You can fly!
You can fly!"
Happily, they did something no one else had ever done. They flew. Kagome giggled, and no one could tell that her eyes had once been filled with a vast blankness. Mostly because she was too high up to see her eyes. Miroku had never felt so enlightened before.
Sango: ^_^!
Inuyasha on the other hand wasn't feeling as carefree as his friends were. In fact, he felt the whole ordeal was more than a little bit ridiculous, stupid, idiotic, foolish, lame, a waste of time and a pain in his posterior. Apparently, nobody found it even remotely strange that this little kid was flying around the forest and everyone was joining him. But what was the worst was that Shippo felt it necessary to sing as if he were in the opera while defying the laws of gravity. That was what was sending him over the edge. In short, this really needed to end. Immediately.
He listened impatiently as Shippo continued to sing about stupid crap like "To the stars below!" and something about a "neverland" (whatever the heck that was.) Inuyasha grew more irritable by the second. So, when Shippo came down and hovered over him with Kagome, Miroku, and Sango right next to him, and they ALL started singing (save for Sango: ^_^!) Inuyasha had hit his limit.
"Where all your happy deeds come true
Every dream that you dream will come true
When there's a smile in our heart
There's no better time to start!
Think of all the joy you'll find,
When you leave this world-"
"ENOUGH!!!" Inuyasha roared. The singing and synchronized flying came to a halt. Everyone looked down at him to see exactly why he had interrupted their little expedition through the air.
"Have you all lost your minds?!"
Shippo furrowed his eyebrows. "What's the matter? Are you mad that you can't fly? It's easy. All you have to do is think of a wonderful thought. Any merry lit-"
"NO!!! You guys don't seem to understand something."
"And what might that be?" Miroku questioned.
"YOU CANNOT FLY!!!"
"And yet, we are!" Kagome said cheerfully.
Inuyasha glared up at her floating in the air. "Does the word 'gravity' mean anything to you?"
"How do you know about gravity?" Kagome looked shocked.
"I read about it in one of your spell books you bring from your time. If you know about gravity, then you know that you can't fly. As you know, we are matter. All matter has mass. Gravity is a result of mass. Gravity is also the force of attraction objects that is due to their masses, meaning gravitational force pull objects toward each other. Since the Earth has an enormous mass, its gravitational force is enormous as well. You must apply outstandingly strong amounts of force to overcome Earth's gravitational pull. And I highly doubt that you "thinking happy thoughts" is enough force to overcome Earth's hold on you and enable you to fly. It's unfeasible."
Kagome stared at him with wide eyes.
Everyone: *blink, blink*
Kagome: O_o?
Miroku: o_O?
Shippo: _!
"He's right." Kagome whispered. Without warning, she, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all suddenly dropped to the ground like a sack of temporarily airborne potatoes.
*Whoosh*
*Bam*
*Thud*
Shippo rubbed his ill-treated butt and whined loudly, "Why on earth did you have to TELL us?!"
Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders and walked off, pleased with himself that he was able to destroy other fellow creatures fantasies by merely being smart. Now he felt better about himself.
Kagome and Miroku stared at each other. "Since when does Inuyasha posses a measurable amount of intelligence?" he asked.
Kagome shook her head and sighed. "There's a lot about him I guess we don't know."
Sango: =_=.........
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So, did you guys like it? Sorry it took so long. This chapters actually been done for a week, but I haven't had to chance to get online and upload it. Anyways, hope this wasn't too bad. I couldn't for the life of me understand the words in the movies (which by the way I was forced to watch about 5 times just to get the lyrics for you people, so I hope you're happy!) Leave me a review, OK?