Chapter 2: Shikon no Tama
Crickets were chirping, birds were singing, the dawn sun was breaking the horizon. Suddenly, from the nondescript building in the middle of town, there was a racket that shattered the peaceful morning.
"GOOD MORNING CAMPERS!" echoed through the halls of the building (and everywhere else, for the matter) and shook every sleeping person in the apartment awake.
Sango staggered into their common room, groaning, and found Saiyoko, Namir, and Daya standing in front of the microphone grinning evilly. Incidentally, this microphone was hooked up to speakers through out the building.
"Bitch," Sango groaned and dropped onto the couch. "So, where's Josh?"
Saiyoko shrugged.
Namir pointed at the note on the table.
The note read, Went to work.
"He has a job?" Sango said, amazed.
Meanwhile, outside the apartment…
"Man, that was loud. I guess this neighborhood has changed a lot," a girl commented, getting out of a taxi.
"Well, it wasn't that normal where we came from. Besides, aren't you going to worry about the apartment manager?" another girl asked, smirking
"Stacey! I don't like that idiot," the first girl said angrily. "He's just bugged me since the first day I was at those apartments."
Stacey smiled. "Yeah right, Julian. That's why every time you see him your heart starts to beat faster and your face turns red."
"Just shut up about it!" Julian yelled, walking towards the apartment.
Back inside the apartment…
"We're going out for pizza," Daya informed everyone.
Sango replied from facedown on the couch, "Mmmmppff."
"So that's a yes?" Saiyoko asked.
Sango rolled over and nodded.
Namir went to Kagome's room, opening the door and asking, "Kagome, do you want to get a pizza?" Kagome had been huddled underneath her pillow, but she sighed and got up.
Saiyoko, Namir, and Daya entered Lev's room next. Daya threw ice at Lev, which had no effect. Namir shocked him with a taser, which also had no effect. Saiyoko then got Miroku, Sango, Kagome, Namir, Daya, and a very pissed-off InuYasha to enter the room as a marching band.
Lev continued to sleep.
"Maybe he's in a coma…" Saiyoko mused, raising an eyebrow.
"So, what kind of pizza should we get?" Kagome asked.
"Large cheese deep dish?" Saiyoko suggested.
"Sure," everyone agreed, amazingly enough.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot-if you live here you must wear black," Saiyoko stated for no apparent reason.
A freaky little android named Dorothy appeared out of nowhere and said flatly, "Your sense of fashion reeks."
Dante walked in the front door. "Hey, I'm wearing black, let me in!"
"You are in the wrong show and no we do not have to wear black," said Daya.
"YOU GET THE HECK OUT OF HERE!" yelled Saiyoko, hitting Dante over the head with her greatsword, Dragonflame, and knocking him out the door. Everyone stepped over him on their way out to the car.
"Hey, where's Miroku?" Kagome asked.
"He's a little tied up," Saiyoko answered with an evil grin.
Sango blinked. "I don't think I want to know..."
Meanwhile with Joshua...
"Joshua, can you help me with this statue?" a girl asked, trying to lift a solid gold statue.
Joshua jumped over the table to help the girl out. "So Sarah, where does this thing go?" he asked, lifting the statue over his head.
Sarah stared, shocked, and asked, "Are you sure you don't work out?"
Joshua stared back. "I'm…. I was just born strong," he said, laughing. The real reason that I'm so strong is because of all the spirits that lie deep inside my body…
Sarah grabbed a rag and started dusting the area. "You can put it in front of the window. Grandma wanted the statue to be one of the idols for the shop," she said, climbing the ladder in front of the bookshelf.
Joshua put the statue by the window. If I didn't know better… but this big dude reminds me of the Serpent King Orochi. The ladder started to break. Sarah was about to fall. Joshua heard the snap and quickly turned around and ran to Sarah. He caught her before she hit the ground. "Are you all right?"
Sarah stared at him again, starting to blush.
"Do you have a fever?" Joshua asked, confused.
"I'm…I'm just fine," Sarah replied as Joshua set her down. She started walking to the back room. "I'm just going to get a drink."
Joshua was even more confused. "Did I do something wrong?"
Sarah didn't answer, vanishing into the back room.
"Joshua just touched me," Sarah said to herself, breathing deeper. "He saved my life. Why can't I tell him thank you? Why does my heart beat faster?"
Back with the rest of the gang…
The car came to a stop in front of a pizza shop named 'Giordano's.'
Someone in front of them was stammering to a beautiful girl. "Hi, I'm… I'm…I'm…"
Saiyoko walked up to him and smacked him in the back of the head.
"My name is Zack Fair. And what is yours?" Zack asked, rubbing his head.
The girl grinned. "I'm Aeris Gainsborough," she replied.
The group of friends went inside the pizza shop and sat at a table.
"Hmmm…I wonder if that works on anyone else," Saiyoko said thoughtfully. Then she cheerfully smacked InuYasha upside the head.
"Hey! Wench, what was that for?" InuYasha asked angrily.
Saiyoko ignored him.
"InuYasha, you shouldn't be rude to my roommate! Sit!" Kagome ordered. Several people in the pizza joint stared at the twitching half-demon embedded in the floor, then shrugged and went back to what they were doing.
Saiyoko got up and wandered over to the wall. Minutes later, Saiyoko was leaning against the wall by the drinking fountain talking to Lupin. "So, if you steal the Shikon no Tama for me and my friends, I'll start a Thieves' Guild with you."
Lupin shoved his hands in his pockets. "Sorry, but-"
"And Fujiko."
"Deal," Lupin said, grinning.
Sango wondered what Saiyoko and Lupin were up to, especially since considering what those two were like it couldn't be anything innocent, but elected to stay far away where it was safe.
Everyone had finished their pizza. "So, are we just going back to the apartment?" Kagome asked.
"You guys can go to the apartment. Namir, Daya, and I are going somewhere," Saiyoko said quickly, dragging Namir and Daya out the door toward a nearby Chinese restaurant. "We'll…uh…catch a taxi, or something! Bye!"
Kagome, Sango, and InuYasha drove back to the apartment.
"Hey guys, I got this guy to agree to steal us a jewel that'll allow us to make any wish we want," Saiyoko was explaining to Namir and Daya. "So, I think we should wish to become half-demons!"
Later that Night…
"All right," Saiyoko said, placeing the Shikon Jewel in the center of the table. "Everyone make a wish!" Namir, Daya, and Saiyoko each placed a hand on the Jewel. There was a flash of light and a dog half-demon sat grinning at two cat half-demons. "Time to go home!"
Meanwhile…at the Gentleman's Club…
Lev looked around, ears twitching in confusion. "Hey, why is everyone screaming and running away?" His eyes widened. "Did my ears just…?"
"Congratulations, dog boy," Miroku called from the corner. "You seem to have become half-demon."
Back at the apartment…
Saiyoko opened the door of the apartment. "Hey, have you see Lev?" she asked Sango.
"I have no idea," said Sango, putting down her book and then realising her friends were now half-demons when they'd been human just that morning. "Whoa, wait. When did you guys become half-demon?"
"A few minutes ago," said Saiyoko, pricking her ears forward. "So, where is everyone?"
"Kagome went grocery shopping and Josh is still working. But Kagome's been gone for hours. I hope she's all right," said Sango.
InuYasha stormed into the apartment and immediately began yelling at the other three half-demons. "What the hell are you three doing? Why are you all half-demons?"
Saiyoko growled and bared her fangs. "Sit, boy!" She hit InuYasha on the head with Dragonflame just as Lev walked in, grinning wickedly.
Lev threw rosaries around Namir and Saiyoko's necks before yelling at the top of his lungs, "SIT!"
Namir and Saiyoko slammed face-first into the ground. "That really does hurt," Saiyoko commented, rolling onto her back.
Meanwhile, with Kagome…
Kagome was in an alleyway, surrounded by three big thugs.
"Hey, little girl. Give us all of your money and we won't hurt you," the first thug said, grinning evilly.
The other two cracked their knuckles, staring at Kagome.
Kagome backed away a little.
"So what's your answer?"
Suddenly, a coin hit the first thug on the head. "That's no way to treat a lady. Or one of my roommates," Joshua said from the front of the alley.
"Who the heck are you?" the first thug asked, rubbing at his head.
"No one important. Now if you guys don't mind, just leave now. I hate violence," Joshua said, smiling.
"Get him!" yelled the first guy. The other two thugs ran at Joshua.
"Josh get out of there!" Kagome yelled.
"Idiots," Joshua muttered. When one of the thugs tried to punch him, Joshua got him with a sidekick and sent the thug flying into the air. He landed in the trash bin.
The other thugs stopped in shock. "I thought you didn't know how to fight!"
Ignoring him, Joshua jetted in front of the other thug and laid him low with an uppercut.
How did he do that? Kagome wondered. I never even saw him move!
The last thug started to run away. Joshua grabbed a garbage lid and threw it at him before walking over to Kagome. "Are you all right?"
"Y-yeah, thanks," Kagome stuttered. She started walking, then noticed that Joshua was not coming. "What's wrong?"
"I'll see you at the apartment. I have to wait for the cops," Joshua said, pulling out his cell phone.
Kagome nodded and kept walking.
Seeing that she was gone, Joshua's expression turned serious.. "I know you're here. I can sense your presence," he said, looking around.
A strange laugh started to echo through the alley. "Well done, Savage Tiger. You are still the best fighter I know."
"So, are you the boss of the new Legions, or the flunky?" Joshua asked.
"Ryu. We will not make the same mistakes as our other leader. You and your friend's souls will become ours," the voice said as he absorbed the thugs, causing the bodies to vanish.
Joshua left the alleyway. I can't believe they came back. Look like my small vacation will be coming to an end. He laughed a little. Guess this mean I'm going to have some fun. He glanced up and realised he'd already made it back to the apartment. Well, at least I won't be bugged by that nut case girl.
"Well, Stacey, I'm going out for a bit," Julian said, opening the door. As she started to head down the stairs, Joshua was coming up. They bumped into one another.
"I'm sorry," Julian said.
"No, I'm sorry," Joshua replied.
Then they both took a look at each other's face. They both screamed.
"What the hell are you doing here!"
