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Jenny: So. You finally decided to get to it and write the chapter, huh?
Pwale: It's not my fault! Web-comics are just so addicting!
Al: Which one are you reading?
Pwale: If I told you I'd have to kill you.
Al: I didn't know that there was one called that.
Pwale: …um…
Jenny: Uh, Al?
Al: Yeah?
Jenny: Pwale wasn't talking about the web-comic.
Al: …I don't get it.
Inuyasha: Hey…why is it suddenly winter in this chapter?
Pwale: It's been winter the entire time. Haven't I mentioned that? Why, yes I have! It snowed. That happens in the winter…
Inuyasha: Oh yeah!
Al: …Jenny?
Jenny: Yeah?
Lia: …Is that who we think it is?
Jenny: Him? Yeah, it is.
Pwale: …Why are you all looking at me like that?
Al: You…Die…Now…
Pwale: NO! DON'T KILL ME! I'M INNOCENT!
Lia: HELL you are!
Calcifer: Do I have to whisper it, again?
Mr. X: I think you do.
(Lawyer #1 and #2 come into the room and hand Pwale a piece of paper.)
Al: What does it say?
Pwale: It says…I do not own Inuyasha and cast and-HEY!
(Lawyer #1 and #2 run away giggling.)
Pwale: …Bastards.
The Stamp Of Gold
This Little Piggy Went To The Market
By Pwalefriend
Well, it was that time of the week again! What with all of the drama and fire and chaos of late Kagome had not been able to enjoy her Sundays, those blessed days when she got to leave and go to town on her day off.
And if Inuyasha couldn't deal with that then it was his problem. Not hers.
"I said, no!" Inuyasha was yelling at her. "And I meant no!"
"I don't care what you meant!" Kagome yelled back. "I'm going and that's final."
Inuyasha was going to protest further…only she gave him that look again. It was a very bad look. Inuyasha didn't like it; he didn't like it at all. He had even been having nightmares about that look, in which she also shouted SIT and he went crashing to the ground and then she left hi-…and then she left forever. It had to be this thrice-damned rosary that he couldn't seem to get off his neck. What the hell was it supposed to do, anyway?
The door slammed, alerting him off Kagome's sudden departure, and he was left with nothing to do but listen to a very annoying bird that was 'singing' at his window and read.
"How does she do that?" He wondered.
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Kagome was happily strolling through the sunny streets of the town. It was surprisingly warm for winter and there wasn't any snow on the ground. Taking advantage of the beautiful weather everyone was out and about, to add it was a market day and Kagome couldn't have been more thrilled. She was having the time of her life, browsing here and perusing there.
She was examining a beautiful little box that showed the Unicorn and the Serpent twisting around one another. The colors were magnificently rich too, and it wasn't like any of the other little boxes on display at that particular stand. That was the thing that Kagome loved the most about the handmade crafts, each one was completely and utterly unique.
"Ah..." Said a voice from her left shoulder. Kagome jumped and saw, when she turned, a young man with long black hair and reddened eyes. He was rather beautiful, in a dark sort of way. He smiled at her, much like a fish would before it opened it's mouth and revealed it's razor sharp teeth. "The Unicorn, which represent virtue, entwined with the Serpent, which represents wisdom. That you are attracted to such a thing…perchance it is a reflection of yourself?"
Kagome blushed lightly. Who was immune to educated flattery? Especially when one understood it.
"Well, I wouldn't know about that sir." She said. "If it were to be a reflection of myself, well, is there a symbol for strong minded and bossy? Then it surely would reflect my own personality to a point."
The man tapped his finger gently to his lips, pretending to think.
"An Allerion maybe," he said jokingly. "It represents strength of mind." He offered her his arm. "Might we discuss this further, over some tea in a café. Your choice, naturally."
Kagome looked him up and down. From the lingering stench of alcohol and opium around him she could tell that he was not to be trusted whatsoever, but from his clothes and his manners she could also tell that he was rather well-to-do. And in the town when it was as busy as it was today it would be very hard to kidnap her. Kagome was a teacher, she was very, very good at screaming. And besides, she was a little bored, spending all her time out at the mansion. Sure, it was splendid there, but it would be nice to have a little bit of that so-called 'normalcy' in her life.
"I'd love to." She said, taking his arm.
'You know that you've got it chaotic when you classify having lunch with a drunk and an opium-user as 'normal'.' She thought wryly as they went to the café.
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It was getting late and it was time for Kagome to go back to the mansion. She had been having a simply delightful time with Mr. Onigumo, as she learned was the man's name.
"Really, Ms. Higurashi," Mr. Onigumo was saying as she prepared to board the train. "It's awfully late for a young lady to be traveling the locomotive. I have a town house that you could stay in, it would be my absolute pleasure to have you there."
'I bet it would.' Kagome thought. She might have had a good time with the man, but that didn't mean that she wasn't looking for a double meaning in anything and everything that he said.
"Really, Mr. Onigumo." She said, not unkindly. "I must be getting back, my employer, Mr. Takahashi, gets quite temperamental if I am away too long."
Mr. Onigumo blinked.
"You work for Inuyasha?" He asked, then he beamed. "Then please, give him this from me!" Mr. Onigumo pulled a small packet from the inside of his shirt and handed it to her. "We're in the same business, as it were, and I've been meaning to find a way to send that to him. Would you mind terribly delivering it?"
"I'll be happy to." Kagome said. The train whistle blew and she jumped, and then ran to the compartment door. "It's been a pleasure meeting you Mr. Onigumo!" She called over her shoulder and then disappeared into the crowds.
When the train pulled out of the station Naraku Onigumo shook his head and walked from the depot. If there was one thing that he had to hand to Inuyasha and Sesshomaru Takahashi, it was that they had a talent for collecting interesting and charming young women. If only he could get his hands on more of them.
Oh well. Kikyo surpassed them all by far.
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Well, I was going to make this chapter much longer but it's late and I can't remember the last time I update. I'm so sorry!
Please Review anyway!
Review Lion and I are too tired to come up with anything clever, but to make up for it I'll give you a 'coming up' thing for the next chapter.
Next time in The Stamp Of Gold…Kagome is nearly killed on the train and Inuyasha is put on the spot. Who is this Naraku Onigumo character? What!
"No Kagome! You can't leave! We love you!"
"Shippo…I don't…"
"You can't leave!"
Will it be those exact words? Well, we'll have to see if I can make it any less corny, now won't we. Well…do you guys want that part to be corny or not? Let's have a little vote…Corny means chapter comes faster. Not Corny means that chapter is better.
No votes means I do what the hell I want till Al (in real life) starts randomly trying to strangle me. Then I get to work.
Well, sorry again about missing my Saturday dead line! I'll…um…do it next week!
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Unless I forget the day. That happens to you during Summer Vacation.
Sincerely
Pwalefriend