A/N; A gift for NeutronStarChild, Cstorm86, Fawn_Eyed_Girl and Ruddcatha Hope you like it!
The Great Game
Four standing platforms were located next to each other, each housing a pedestal with a button ad a person behind it. The walls were adorned with flashing lights.
There was a fifth spot, but there was no pedestal with a button. There was a person there, tho, one as confused looking as the four in front of him. Behind him was the audience, filled with people in colorful kimono. The lone person looked to the pad he was holding.
"Er, it says here that only by playing this we will be freed to go back to our lives," he said. "There's ten questions and the one who gets the most right will win a prize. Then the game is over."
"I have the prize!" Jakotsu called from the sidelines, where he stood, dressed in flashy outfit a drag queen would kill for. Beside him stood big box containing the prize. The audience looked at him with interest. There were village people, some lords with their samurai, even the water kami sat in the VIP lodge. There was a jury section right in front of it, housing three old people. One was a miko, one was a smith and one was a hermit.
"Let's do this and go home!" the man in the third spot said with an energetic pump of his hand.
"Okay," the man with the pad shrugged and looked down to his papers, his ears twitching on top of his head. "It says that I have to introduce myself and then you lot."
"Why?" asked the man in the second spot. "There is no use for this, only to prolong our predicament."
"Listen, it's better to play by the rules," said the man in the first spot.
"Okay. So, in the first spot, we have monk Miroku, the lecher who will grope your ass and then steal your savings," the dog-eared man snickered at the hurt look in the man's face. "What? It's all written down here, I just read the shit."
"Inuyasha, you shouldn't say such things about your best friend!" Miroku pouted.
"I just play by the rules. I mean, I just read what is written," Inuyasha snickered, along with some of the audience. "In the second spot, we have Lord Sesshomaru, the daiyoukai of the West, who is like a gardener's dog."
"A gardener's dog?" asked someone from the audience.
"It means that he can't have something, but won't others get it," explained Totosai from his jury table. Sesshomaru glared.
"Keh!" Inuyasha patted the sword at his hip. "In the third spot we have Kouga, the man who runs like the wind and bathes only when he runs in a rainstorm. That's pretty right."
"This one has to agree," Sesshomaru wrinkled his nose at the wolf, who merely shrugged.
"I don't waste water and other resources," he replied and glanced to where Kagome sat. "It's all natural, babe."
"Shit is natural too, and it stinks less than you," Inuyasha mumbled and looked to the last place. "In the fourth spot we have the one and only Naraku, the man who was friendzoned by a girl and took it just like any other incel."
"I, Naraku, take it as a compliment." said Naraku, who wasn't up to date with the vocabulary.
"And the jury are: Lady Kaede, Totosai and... the dude who helped me master the Dragon Scaled Tessaiga," Inuyasha squinted at the smiling hermit.
"Sure, just call me hermit dude," said the hermit dude with a wave of his hand. The audience clapped their hands.
"And guarding the prize are Band of Seven, with Jakotsu... Jakotsu, what are you doing?" Inuyasha stared at the mercenary sitting on the box and blowing kisses to the four players.
"Oh, don't be jealous, Inu baby," Jakotsu grinned. "I just thought it'd be more fun if I sat on the prize."
"Uh, okay," Inuyasha glanced to where Bankottsu waved his hands in a clear signal to proceed and not mind them. "And I am your host, Inuyasha, the man who can't get a clue," he frowned at the paper pad and then looked to Kagome. "Hey, do you know what this mean, wench?"
"No clue," she shook her head. The cute fuzzy white dog ears she wore on top of her head stood in a stark contrast to her black hair and red shirt with 'I love the big dog' printed on it. Inuyasha shrugged.
"Whatever. Anyway," Inuyasha turned to the players. "I will read a question and you all will answer. The one who gets the closest to the answer I have here gets the point."
The hanyou turned the page. A catchy tune was played overhead, but no one paid it any mind, curious about the question.
"The first question. Finish the sentence. Girls want c...?" Inuyasha glanced up.
"Coupling!" Miroku grinned. A bunch of people facepalmed. Sango just shook her head.
"Crushing the weak fools under their feet," stated Sesshomaru. Some of the youkai audience cheered.
"Cuddles!" Kouga crossed his arms in front of him.
"Crystal shards," Naraku declared with certainty.
"This will be a rough ride," Inuyasha muttered to himself and pointed a clawed finger at Kouga. "You win this round, fleabag."