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Disclaimer:
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Al: Not again.
Pwale: O is for the only one I see…
Lia: Somebody stop her!
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Sesshomaru: Don't look at me.
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Mr. X: Why? WHY!
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Everyone: HIP HIP HURRAH! HIP HIP HURRAH!
Somewhere else in the castle…
Lawyer #1: Hey, I wonder what this thing does…(pulls lever)
Recording starts…
Hello! It's me again. Okay, please review, and please read. This chapter is different from the others because in this chapter I start leading up to the climax in the story. I apologize for any spelling and grammer mistakes in this chapter. Also, I don't hate Koga, and he in my story he's to weird. Very very weird. But please bare with me. I actually like Koga, but he's just the perfect tool to use in these stories!
Koga: I am not a tool! I'm a WOLF! And what do you mean, that I'm weird? I'm not sure my Kagome would like that very much…
Inuyasha: Grrrrrrr…she's not your—
Me: Of course she won't like it! Especially when you force her to…
Koga and Inuyasha: Force her to…what?
Me: smiles smugly Oh, nothing.
Inuyasha and Koga start fighting.
Kagome: Now look what you've done. Great. Just put the disclaimer in already.
Me: Fine. Be that way.
Disclaimer. I don't own Inuyasha, any Inuyasha products, or anything else owned by Rumiko Takahashi. I borrow them, and Fluffy is going to run away and be mine.
Sesshomaru: You wish.
Me: My wishes always come true. YAY! We're going to be so happy together! Let's get a house in Wales!
Sesshomaru: …………. Sweatdrop
Recording ends…
Lawyer #1: (looks as if he's been scarred for life)…what…what the hell was that?
Lawyer #2: That was one of the disclaimers from Turns Of Time. I think that's how Pwale decided to buy this place.
Lawyer #1: ARE YOU READING THE ENEMIES WORK!
Al: This is almost as long as the last really long disclaimer…STOP HER BEFORE SHE GET'S ANY FURTHER!
(People wrestle Pwale away from the keyboard)
Pwale: NOOO! I have to write the chapter!
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The Stamp Of Gold
Horses Of Horror
By Pwalefriend
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It had now been two weeks since the fire and things were finally getting back to normal. It surprised Kagome; every time that she looked at the mansion, how fast they were getting things done. Each morning there was some job done that Kagome could have been sure hadn't been started let alone finished the day before. They weren't running out of supplies and people were taking the conditions surprisingly well. It was almost as if they had an army of invisible helpers. But that was impossible.
Or…it was impossible if you didn't know about the Elementals. And that, dear readers, is where this chapter really starts.
You could not live in the Feudal Era, the Takahashi mansion, for very long without encountering the Elementals themselves or at least becoming aware of their presence. After all, only those that the Elementals liked were allowed to stay. The ones that the little faeries didn't like were soon driven off; most of those that were driven off left and went immediately to the nearest psychiatrist.
No one could remember when the Elementals had come to the land, not even Koga who was part of the demon tribe that had roamed these lands before being driven off by the 'modern era'. One theory was that the Elementals came from the ground itself, another was that they were the spirits of babies who had died before being baptized. Whatever the truth was, the Elementals sure weren't saying. But they weren't leaving either.
They had, as you'll remember dear reader, met Kagome. But she has yet to meet them.
So let's begin.
It was nighttime and Kagome was preparing for that night's lesson.
Inuyasha's room, being the center of the fire as it was, still wasn't quite ready for habitation, but it wouldn't stay like that much longer. Still, Inuyasha had insisted that the nightly lessons not be delayed and that they start up again right where they left off. This time, instead of a corkboard separating them, there was only a curtain. It hung from the ceiling, separating the room Inuyasha had temporarily moved in to in half. During the lesson's Kagome sat on one side and Inuyasha sat on the other, still not seeing one another's faces. No questions asked.
So, Kagome prepared for the lesson. Well, all right, she actually dozing in a big comfy chair, but in her defense the girl was exhausted. She had been at this and at that the entire last, what? Three, four weeks? Quite frankly, she was sick of it. Early hours and late nights were no way to live, not for anyone. And since they hadn't really gotten around to getting much more food no one was really the proper nutrition either. Oh, when Kagome finally got to meet Inuyasha, she was going to give that man a piece of her mind! No one, and I repeat, no one should have to undergo this treatment. It made Kagome's heart to think of all the people who went through this every single day of their lives and it made her want to cry to think of those who were going through far worse.
Come to think of it, Kagome decided, if she ever got her hands on any high-up government official there was going to be hell to pay. Wasn't the government supposed to protect them from the flying slippers? But did they? No! No they did not!
Well, Kagome was running away from one of those evil flying purple people-eating fuzzy slippers when a cry of terror shook her out of her sleep and her very strange dream about slippers. She jerked up and looked around wildly.
There was no one there.
Kagome settled back into her chair (still a little more then half asleep) and wondered if any dwarves could have gotten the slippers. Another cry. Yup, she was sure that noise was coming from one of the slippers who were being tortured by the dwarves. She loved the dwarves. There was another cry, though this one bordered on a whimper. They were so much more reliable then the government. The government was just so unreliable. Not like the dwarves at all. The dwarves were people she knew she could count on. A desperate whimper was heard and somewhere in the depths of her mind Kagome realized that it sounded a lot closer then it should have. But oh look! There was one of those dwarves now! Huh? What was it going? OW! It pinched her!
That woke Kagome up in a hurry.
Kagome's breath was nearly put out of her when she looked down and saw that the "dwarf" had not disappeared when she had woken up. What hadn't it disappeared? Now that she looked it actually resembled a little bonsai tree. But it hadn't disappeared. That could only mean one thing. Actually…it could mean a lot of things but right then Kagome was just going to assume that she wasn't completely bonkers. And if she assumed that, then that meant that the Little Tree Person was real. And that meant…
"You poked me!" She hissed, pointing a finger at the Little Tree Person that was hovering in the air in front of her. "Why did you-" But this time Kagome was interrupted by another cry and this time she actually heard it.
"Please…" Came a man's voice. It was choked and on the brink of tears. "Please!"
Kagome froze, a little frown on her face. That sounded like Inuyasha, but whom could he be talking to? There was only her and Little Tree Person.
Little Tree Person grabbed Kagome's hand with its twig-like arms and clutched it to its trunk-like body. Kagome blinked.
"Please…" It said, it's voice sounding like leaves rustling in the wind. Kagome would later have to wonder how it managed human speech with a voice like that. But now was not the time. "The lord…in trouble…lady help…help…please…"
Kagome stared at it. What did it mean? Obviously it was desperate so she picked up her thinking pace.
The lord. That was clearly Inuyasha. The lord…in trouble…Was Inuyasha in trouble? What sort of trouble? Well, that did mean that the cries were coming from him. The lady…did that mean her? Was she the lady? The Little Tree Person had been addressing her and as far as she knew she was the only woman in the room. So in conclusion…
"Inuyasha's in trouble and that's why he's shouting?" Kagome clarified aloud. "And you want me to help him?"
The Little Tree Person bobbed up and down, clutching her hand even tighter.
"All right." Kagome said, getting up carefully. "Take me to him."
The Little Tree Person's face split into a wicked splintery grin and it began to pull her to Inuyasha. When it pulled her past the curtain that separated the room in half Kagome found herself in a maze of books, papers and even more Little Tree People. And then, at the far end of the room, in a bed of puffy goose down blankets, lay a man. He was all wrapped up in his blankets and he was thrashing around and whimpering as if someone was beating him. Exasperated Kagome noticed that she still could not see his face or even his head, as it was the most wrapped up. He must have started to suffocate.
The worried Little Tree Person that had fetched her flitted up to her hair and clung to it like a small child to a teddy bear.
"He's dying…" It said sadly. Kagome laughed at that, startling all of the Little Tree People.
"He's not dying." She said. "He's just having a nightmare."
"A nightmare…" One of the Little Tree People said. "I've heard about those…"
Kagome smiled. Whatever these Little Tree People actually were they were as cute as Shippo.
"Stop it!" Inuyasha barked. Kagome's smile vanished. What was she going to do with him? Kagome sighed and began to pick her way through the maze to reach her employer's bedside.
'He's my employer.' She was thinking. 'I'm the employee. I work for him. Employer. Employee. I'm sure that there are laws against this sort of thing…it's not exactly the most orthodox of situations. But then again…neither is an educated woman.' Kagome thought wryly. She knew perfectly well how society frowned upon those who broke taboo from her college days.
Oh…how she missed college! She loved it here, but she wished more then anything that she could go back to college, finish her education and become a real historian. She had been aiming for archaeology.
'Come to think of it…' She thought. 'The Feudal Era would be a perfect place to set up…I wonder what's in those plains…'
Kagome did not exactly have what one could call a one-track mind.
She knelt beside Inuyasha's bed and placed a hand on his shoulder to stop his thrashing before whipping his blankets off his head, unfortunately there turned out only to be one blanket. The moment she touched him Inuyasha awoke, but he was too confused to stop her before it was too late. When he opened his eyes he found himself meeting Kagome's horrified ones.
"..Oh…" She gasped, before throwing herself back. "…I…I am sorry…I…I'm…I'll be going…now…" And with that, she fled, leaving a startled Inuyasha behind.
"Shit." He swore. He turned to look at the Elementals. "Quick!" He said. "Stop her! I need to talk to her now."
In a flash several of the Elementals vanished and a few moments (and a few undignified squawks as well) they came dragging a hassled looking Kagome between them.
Inuyasha tried to glare at her, but she refused to look at him. That made him angry.
"What!" He snapped. "Is it that bad?"
"…" Kagome wouldn't speak either, but by now she was blushing furiously.
"I didn't think you'd be so racist, Kagome." Inuyasha snapped, spitting out her name as if it were something foul. An Elemental poked him.
"Master…" It said. "I believe she is unnerved by your lack of mortal covering…"
Inuyasha looked down…and blushed as red of a tomatoe.
'Of course…' He thought. 'The most awkward moment of my life just had to happen when I was naked…naturally. The Gods hate me. They really hate me.'
Kagome's thoughts were very different.
'What else could I have been offended by?' She wondered.
There was a moment of silence.
"…So…" Inuyasha began. "You don't mind that…I'm a hanyou?"
Kagome jumped and stared at him, glad to see that he was now covered by his blanket.
"You're a hanyou?" She yelped.
"Well, what else would I be?" He demanded, irked once more. Kagome stared at him in even more shock.
"…Well, pardon me your highness. I didn't realize that I was supposed to psychic as well. See, you look pretty damn human to me." She paused. "When I say human I mean homo sapiens. There's a huge debate and I don't want to go into it right-"
"Bring me that calendar." Inuyasha interrupted her, pointing a finger to a lunar calendar that was by her feet. Kagome blinked, bent down and brought him the calendar.
Inuyasha took one look at it before hitting himself over the head with it.
"It's the new moon. New moon." He kept saying.
"Um…what?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha glared at her.
"New moon!" He bellowed.
"There's no need to yell." Kagome snapped back. "I really have no idea what you're talking about."
Inuyasha grabbed a handful of his black hair and pulled. It wasn't enough that she had seen him, or that he had been cursed with a nightmare, no. It just had to be his human night as well, didn't it!
"Master…did you have a horse of horror?" One of the Elementals asked from where it was clinging to Kagome's ear.
"I'm going to call you Clingy." She told it. It looked up at her with eyes as large as soup plates.
"…A what?" Inuyasha asked after a moment.
"A horse of horror." Another Elemental said. "The lady called it a nightmare. And a mare is a horse. And nightmares don't look pleasant." It made a face. "They look horrible. So it is a horse of horror."
"Why would the lady want to do that?" The Elemental, now christened Clingy, asked.
"I'll answer that as soon as Inuyasha answers my questions." Kagome said smartly.
Inuyasha flopped back on his bed.
It was going to be a long night.
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