A special thank you to…
ffgirlmoonie
total-manga-freak
Al
AnImE GuRl 4EvA 101
Avelyn Lauren
Mistress of Demons
Miko no Kaze
MeiunTenshi
Remenescent
sweetrosie
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Pwale: One short day in the Emerald City…
Jenny: No…PLEASE GODS NO!
Pwale: Every way that you look at this city…
Mr. X: Is that what I think it is?
Pwale: There's something exquisite you'll want to visit…
Al: I have never been more frightened in my life…
Sesshomaru: Before the day's through!
Lia: DIVE FOR COVER!
Pwale & Sesshomaru: Cancan can you do the cancan? Can you do the cancan? Cancan, cancan!
Lawyer #1: Hey guys, did you know-OH GOD!
Inuyasha: Huh? What is-MY EYES!
Kagome: Eh…are…they…wearing…cancan…dresses…
Lawyer #2: No. No they are not. It just looks like they are! This really just a really bad nightmare! (starts rocking in corner moaning about how no one loves him)
Sango: I think…Shippo's dead…
Pwale & Sesshomaru: L'oiseau que tu croyais surprendre
Battit de l'aile et s'envola-
L'amour est loin, tu peux l'attendre;
Tu ne l'attends plus- il est la.
Tout autour de toi, vite, vite,
Il vient, s'en va, puis il revient-
Tu crois le tenir, il t'evite,
Tu veux l'eviter; il te tient
Jenny: Are they singing Carmen?
Mr. X: Yep.
Koga: I am so glad that thing does not own us.
Miroku: I'll drink to that!
Al: Huh? When did you two get out of the closet?
Koga: While everyone else was distracted with this…this…
Lia: Is it safe to come out yet?
Pwale & Sesshomaru: Car wash! Workin' at the car wash yeah. Hey hey hey hey! CAR WASH!
I am forced to offer my apologies on the gross disclaimer of the previous chapter. I…I just couldn't bring myself to delete any of it!
Oh, I love writing fight scenes!
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The Stamp Of Gold
On Your Knees
By Pwalefriend
After feasting on her simply scrumptious lunch of white bread and thick cream o' broccoli soup Kagome returned to Inuyasha's quarters to start with the lessons. But when she returned she found, rather of the expected pile of books, a pile of papers instead. She sat down and picked the first one up.
"You can start with that…" Inuyasha's voice came from behind the cork wall. Kagome paused, and he took her hesitation for offense. "…Please." He said.
Kagome merely nodded and began, not aware of the historic event that had just taken place.
Yes. You read that right, dear reader. Inuyasha just said the word 'Please.' Now let me take this moment to make something very clear, Inuyasha is a rude spoiled brat. Sure, he's a clever enough rude spoiled brat. But he is most certainly a rude spoiled brat nonetheless. He may have his good points, and don't get me wrong, he certainly has his good points, but being polite and unselfish are not among them I'm afraid.
You could count on a fish's finger's the number of times Inuyasha had used the word 'please.'
And to all of you who are trying to figure that out, fish don't have fingers.
But Kagome didn't know any of this, so she just continued on like normal. And Inuyasha certainly wasn't going to point it out to her. To do so would have hurt, no, horribly mutilated his pride beyond any recognition.
Besides, he was too proud to notice anyway.
So Kagome began reading a long, nonsensical, dry, and oddly fascinating paper about the combination of Eastern magics with Western science. Kagome's favorite part about this paper though, was how it began.
To any fool who might be foolish enough to take this nonsense seriously, do bear in mind that magic and science should never be brought together, lest you run the risk of global destruction and a very bad headache.
Don't believe the headache part? Try finding a place for demons in the Darwin's theory of evolution. That'll give you a headache, as Kagome had learned long ago.
Kagome paused after she finished the paper.
"…Yes, well…" Inuyasha's voice came after a moment. "Carry on to the next one then…"
He tried to hide the disappointment in his voice. The whole point of this foolish charade was to get Kagome completely open to magic and at the same time teaching her some of the ropes and the rules that she would need to know. He had picked that paper especially for, though it was chock full of facts and comparisons and a lot of dull boring junk, it presented all that dull boring junk in a way that was catchy, especially when combined with the scholar's harsh wit. He was waiting for something to catch her, to light her curiosity, so that they could get on with things. Apparently it would take a lot more to awaken Kagome Higurashi's inner cat.
"…About this paper." Kagome said slowly. "I have…a couple questions."
'Oops…' Inuyasha thought. 'Spoke too soon.'
Well, he figured, at least he'd have a little bit of fun watching her dance around the issue and trying not to sound foolish whilst she only sounded like an idiot.
"Do you not take this guy seriously? Please tell me that you are not trying to combine magic and science."
'Huh?' Inuyasha thought. So Inuyasha, being a man who spoke his mind, spoke his mind.
"What the hell do you think you're blabbering about wench?" Inuyasha snapped.
All right, so maybe it wasn't exactly word for word, but it was still the same basic gist! And you know what they say; it's the thought that counts. Am I right? I'm right.
"You know what," Kagome snapped back, for she was in no mood to suffer ill treatment. "I think you just might be stupid enough to do it too, Inuyasha!"
"I could fire you, bitch! So watch your tongue!" Inuyasha snarled back.
"Oh sure, you could!" Kagome yelled. "But then you'd have to live with the guilt of basically murdering four innocent people, who are still suffering from the loss of a family member, all because you abused their daughter. Can you live with that on your shoulder, man?"
Inuyasha was too shocked to snap back. Where the hell had that come from? Kagome took his silence as guilt.
"I thought not." She said snootily. Now, that tone of voice snapped Inuyasha out of it, sure enough.
"Oh, I most certainly COULD!" Inuyasha roared, getting to his feet now, even though that had no effect, considering Kagome couldn't even see him.
"So, I've been employed by a murderer!" Kagome screamed, also getting to her feet. This had more of an effect, since Inuyasha could see her. "A murderer! I for one am ashamed to know you, Inuyasha! ASHAMED TO KNOW YOU, YOU HEAR ME!"
"I HEAR YOU JUST FINE BITCH!" Inuyasha bellowed with all the rage and fire he could muster in his core. Those words…he had heard them before…
"WELL THEN HEAR THIS!" She shrieked, matching him temper for temper. "YOU ARE AN ASS! A WORTHLESS ASS! A WORTHELESS MUTT! I. AM. LEAVING. RIGHT. NOW!"
"YOU CAN'T LEAVE, BITCH!" Inuyasha howled. "YOU HAVE TO GOVERN THE BRATS AND KEEP THEM OUT OF MY HAIR! BESIDES, KOGA WOULD BE UPSET IF YOU LEFT, NOW WOULDN'T HE! AND WE WOULDN'T WANT THAT NOW WOULD WE! THE POOR BOY MIGHT CRY, NOW MIGHTN'T HE!"
Kagome, whose hand had been on the door handle, turned around glared heatedly at the two fiery flecks of gold that she could see through the cork.
"A dog should behave as such." She hissed. "On your knees. SIT BOY!"
She left the room so fast that she didn't feel the huge CRASH that shook the room, and she was so upset that she didn't hear the scream and the howl of injustice that shook the very foundations of the land.
Kaede, who was sitting in her bed, looked up at the ceiling as dust particles began to loosen and shake down. Out in the stables she could hear the horses start to whinny in alarm at the ear-splitting screech that filled the very air.
"Oh dear me." She said. "I was wondering where that rosary had got to."
"…Lady Kaede?" Miroku hesitantly. "I think it might be a good idea to get everyone outside now…do you think you can walk?"
"Well, I'll have to, won't I, child?" Kaede said kindly, slowly getting up and nobly ignoring the pain it caused. "And me thinks that it might be a good idea to call for Myoga as well."
Sango was in the door suddenly, clutching a fuming and oblivious Kagome by the arm. The maid's eyes were desperate.
"Almost everyone else is already out!" She yelled. "We need to leave now!"
Another scream of fury struck fear in their hearts…except for Kagome's heart, because at that point she was just really pissed off.
"Oh dear…" Kaede said as they hurried out. "I like not the looks of this."
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Yay! I'm on fire! A chapter on Tuesday, a chapter today, and a controversial one-shot yesterday! My muses must have forgiven for writing that one-shot, or maybe they're trying to atone for the horror of that one-shot with the muse gods! Whatever it is, you people better say thank you to the muses.
And, I got my first two flames! I liked the second one, the first one just said that person was going to kill me. The second one actually stated a valid opinion, and one that actually had a very good point. I think I kinda like flames…as long as they leave a way for me to reply, so that I can defend my point.
Well, my Review Lion is out of commission due to those flames, she's having a bad case of identity crisis right now, and my candy monster's are preoccupied with trying to cheer her up, but don't think that let's you off the hook.
The poor needs lots of reviews before she'll be up to work again. So if you can't review for the next update, and me, review for the lion. Please. Make a contribution.
Sincerely
Pwalefriend