Tournament of Anime Heroines
Part 1: A Slow Day Sped Up

(Author's Note: For all of you who are new here, you might wanna read my fic Tournament of Anime Heroes before reading this. You don't have to, as there are no spoliers in here; but you might just to be acquainted with the manner of things.)

Inuyasha stood atop a lone hill near Kaeda's village. Next to him was a pile of small logs neatly stacked. He bent down and took a log from the pile, throwing it into the air. In a split second, Inuyasha drew his sword Testigua and cleaved the log into several slices, all which fell to the ground gracefully. He then took another log from the pile and did the same. Inuyasha was busy practicing his sword techniques, not to mention helping Lady Kaede by chopping firewood.

It was indeed a slow, lazy autumn day in feudal Japan. While Inuysha brushed up on his sword skills by chopping firewood, Kagome and the others were in the village near Kaeda's hut making use of their free time.

Kagome sat on Kaeda's porch step with an open book on her lap and a stack of books sitting next to her. She promptly scribbled on her notepad while reading the open textbook. With the way things were going right now, she took the opportunity to catch up on her homework which she was far behind in.

Shippo lay on the porch floor admist a mess of paper and crayons. He happily colored a picture after already drawing an umpteen amount of others.

Miroku sat upon Kaeda's porch in the middle of a heated game of Go (a Japanese version of checkers) with Kaeda. Miroku was playing with white pieces while Kaeda played with black. As of now, Kaeda had the upper hand; but this did not disturb Miroku too much as things could easily turn around for his favor. He sat patiently, wondering where to place the next piece. Kaeda waited patiently for his move.

Sango sat under a nearby tree with Kilala sleeping silently on her lap. Sango held her boomerang under her arm while she busily polished it into a keen shine.

Inuyasha promptly returned to the village carrying a massive amount of logs in his arms. He had no trouble carrying the pile in his arms, despite the ridiculously amount of logs he cut. He walked towards Kaeda's hut.

"Nice work, Inuyasha!" Kaeda said without even taking her eyes of the Go board, "You may place ye logs in back, Thank you!"

Inuyasha did as such. Mirkou then broke his long awaited silence and gracefully placed his next piece on the board.

"Atari!" Miroku called.

Kaeda studied Mikoru's move and was quite impressed by it.

"Good move!" she said, "You're beginning to catch up."

Inuyasha then returned from behind the hut and walked over towards Kaeda and Mirkou.

"Hey Kaeda!" Inuyasha said, "You need any more firewood chopped?"

"I believe ye chopped enough wood for me to last all winter, Inuyasha" Kaeda replied, focusing on the board and pondering her next move.

"Feh!" Inuyasha moaned, "There's nothing to do! We can't just stay here all day doing nothing!"

"Sorry Inuyasha!" Miroku replied, "We've already checked the nearby villages and there's nothing afoot."

"Yes! There haven't been any demon attacks for some time now." Sango said, who had just appeared with her boomerang on her back and Kilala sleeping on her shoulder, "Especially no signs of Naraku!"

"Always calmest before the storm!" Kaeda said as she placed a white piece on the board, blocking Miroku's move.

"Naraku is probably planning something big!" Miroku said, a bit frustrated with Kaeda's move, "Once he reveals himself, we'll definitely have something to deal with. It's probably best that we rest a bit to save our strength."

"So maybe there aren't any demons or Naraku to deal with!" Inuyasha retorted, "We still need to be looking for more sacred jewel shards!"

"Sorry Inuyasha!" Kagome said, glancing only slightly from her homework and studies, "I haven't sensed a single one all day. Besides, I need this time to catch up on my work. I have a major exam coming up!"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"Feh!" Inuyasha exclaimed, "You really care more about those books than you do our quest!"

Kagome was not very pleased with Inuyasha's comment. A vein popped in her forehead as she gazed down in her work angrily.

"Excuse me!" she exclaimed, "It's not my fault I'm still in school and others aren't!"

"I never needed school and I turned out fine!" Inuyasha snapped.

"Yeah!" Kagome screamed, finally looking up from her books, "A fine mutt!"

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?" Inuyasha yelled.

"SIT BOY!" Kagome screamed.

With that, the magical necklace around Inuyasha's neck glowed. Inuyasha finally found himself face down in dirt, as he had fallen over.

"Knock it off ye two!" Kaeda replied, still focusing on the go board, "Some of us are trying to concentrate on more important matters."

"It's really no use complaining, Inuyaha." Sango said, "You really can't expect something major to happen in a flash!"

Sango was wrong. A split second after Sango finished that sentence, Sango and Kagome dissapered in a flash of light. Inuyasha picked his head up suddenly and gazed at wonder at Sango and Kagome's departure. Shippo turned round to see the two girls' absence. Even Miroku and Kaeda broke away from their game to look at where Kagome and Sango were once at. Everyone just remained silent for a while.

"This is odd indeed!" Kaeda commented.

Inuyasha had stood up when he slapped his hand against his forehead.

"Oh No!" Inuyasha exclaimed, holding his forehead with his hand, "Not this again!"

"Tell me about it!" Miroku said with two fingers against his temple.

Shippo hung his head in shame and moaned.

"Why does this happen to everyone except me!" he sighed.

End of Part 1
Next: Enter the Champions

Fans of Tournament of Anime rejoice! Your sequal has arrived. As you can tell by the summary, or even more by the title, the plot is similar to the first fic. The main difference is that it's about eight female anime characters competing in a tournament: no boys allowed. The plot and storyline will have their similarities with the first fic, some of them major, but there will be major differences and twists between the two.

Now for the ultimate question: Who else is going to appear?

Do you honestly think I'm telling you now? You'll have to stay tuned for that!

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