A Time to Laugh Ch. 5
Hey guys, it has been about a year and a half since I have posted up a chapter, a lot of crazy stuff has happened in my life, so crazy in fact that I do not even think I could explain it all, so naturally I have not had time to post up more of my stories/chapters. But the important thing is I am back with more writing-spunk and motivation than ever. So without further ado, here is Ch. 5, I hope you enjoy. :)
Author's Note: Summer's here, so I plan on spending a whole lot of quality time with one of my fave websites. So GET EXCITED. ;)
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"Minami, I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH!! THANK YOU!!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs and almost made Minami double over with another hug. "Alright, Alright, you do not have to be so loud Kagome, just remember to bring my joke books back in good condition." Kagome grinning from ear to ear released Minami from the hug, and with surprising speed ran out of Minami's house all the while yelling, "THANK YOU MINAMI AND THANK YOU MINAMI'S MOM!!!"
"My goodness, Minami, what was that about?" Minami's mom walked into Minami's room with a puzzled expression on her face. "Oh nothing, mother, Kagome just needed my help to cheer up a friend."
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"You know, you're not going to win a contest for the best-glare-Kagura-can-throw-at-Inuyasha any time soon and you won't get any prizes for your art of nasty insults." Inuyasha said calmly but with a hint of his usual irritation as he looked down at Kagura when a certain insult she had thrown at him had made his chest feel tight. "Oh please do me a favor and drop dead." Kagura spat, still glaring more than ever up at Inuyasha; the whole time that Inuyasha had been running with Kagura in his arms, there had been nonstop complaining and insults from Kagura about how useless Inuyasha was and how dumb Kagome was and how Inuyasha was nothing but a half-demon of no relevance and how Inuyasha should mind his own business and so on and so forth, but the truth was secretly Kagura was actually grateful for the rescue, if she could call it that, the excruciating pain she felt as she lay on the ground before Inuyasha had found her was getting to the point of being unbearable, and the thought of knowing that Kagome could possibly take the pain away made Kagura feel rather relieved, but that did not mean Kagura had to show her gratefulness. "You're starting to piss me off, if you do not stop with the insults I'm going to drop you on the ground and really leave you to die this time!" Inuyasha's patience had suddenly been severely tested and he no longer could ignore Kagura's rude remarks. "Well then drop me already, you half-witted, useless, unworthy dog!" Kagura retorted. Inuyasha suddenly stopped dead in his tracks, his sudden stop made Kagura's anger suddenly vanish and made fear suddenly appear. Is Inuyasha really going to drop me? If he does, my God, the pain will be so great, I will probably cry. He wouldn't would he? After all he is half human; he does not have the heart for it.
"I smell demons, lots of 'em, would this have anything to do with you, Kagura?"
Inuyasha sniffed the air and did not look at Kagura as he said this.
"Oh yes of course, I like to order demons to come and tear me to pieces, it's how I get my kicks." Kagura replied sarcastically.
Inuyasha looked down at her in extreme annoyance, but instead of retorting he began searching for a place to lay and hide Kagura, when his golden eyes finally found a well-hidden soft, grassy spot, he laid Kagura gently on the grass, careful not to disturb any of her wounds.
"They are coming closer, I better get rid of them, so you just stay put and keep quiet."
Kagura watched as Inuyasha in a blink of an eye jumped one hundred feet off the ground to get a closer view of the demons.
When Inuyasha dropped back down to the ground with finesse, Kagura watched as he pulled out his Tetsusiaga from his waist; a yellow light purged from his black sheath and instantly the sword began to transform from a skinny, rusty piece of metal to a kick-ass, huge, beautifully curved, and deadly weapon of mass destruction.
"I'll be back." Inuyasha said as he began jumping like a monkey from tree to tree to go and annihilate the demons.
Kagura closed her eyes and bit her lip as new sharp claws of pain tore at her body, Inuyasha, please hurry, it is beginning to become hard to breathe…
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"Hey guys!" Kagome screamed breathlessly as she dropped her overloaded yellow backpack to the ground, opened it and began rummaging for the joke books. "Kagome!" Shippo screamed back and jumped up on Kagome's shoulder looking curiously into her backpack. "What took you so long back there?" Sango asked clearly forgetting about how angry she was with Miroku for fondling her once again. "Yeah, we were getting worried." Miroku said, still rubbing his head from the painful whack he had received from Sango earlier. "Oh sorry guys, I had to persuade a friend of mine to lend me these." Everyone except Kagome looked questioningly at one another and then watched as Kagome pulled out five blue books. "What are those?" Shippo asked. "These, Shippo, are joke books, they make you laugh." Kagome looked up to see confused faces. "Remember, we wanted to make Inuyasha cheer up a bit and be happier in life?" "Oh yeah, but what do you do with joke books?" Sango wanted to know. Kagome suddenly realized once again, she was like 500 years in the past now and realized that possibly joke books were probably not made in this time period. "Well, you guys do know what humor and comedy is, right?" "Of course, things that make you laugh." Shippo answered. "Well basically, these books are used to make people laugh. A person simply reads a joke or riddle to either make themselves laugh or to make other people laugh. It is a type of entertainment or fun activity people indulge in." A collective "Oh," escaped Shippo, Sango, and Miroku's mouth, and a purr came from Kirara. "Oh, here's a famous one in my time." Kagome's face brightened as she opened the joke book to a specific page. "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Kagome looked up expectantly at the others, giving them a chance to answer the question. "Um…because he was curious to see what was on the other side?" Miroku asked, still rubbing his head slightly wincing. "No, but you are close." Kagome answered happily. "To meet up with other chickens." Sango piped up. "Nope." "Because someone told him to." Shippo replied. "No." Everyone went quiet for a while thinking the joke through. Kagome finally said, "Okay, do you guys give up?" "No we don't." Sango said, not one to give up so easily. "The chicken wanted food." Sango announced. "Wrong again." Kagome said. "The chicken was searching for a beautiful female chicken, and when he found her alone and lost on the other side of the road, the first thing the chicken wanted to do with the female chicken was- "NO!" Kagome screamed, cutting Miroku off. "Come on Miroku get your mind out of the gutter." Sango replied annoyingly. "You didn't even let me finish my sentence; I wasn't going to say anything dirty." Don't you girls trust me?" Miroku said innocently. "No!" Sango and Kagome said in unison, while Shippo and Kirara just rolled their eyes. "Well that is just unfair; all I was going to say was that the male chicken was going to ask the female chicken on a date." Miroku said honestly, because this time Miroku was really not being inappropriate. "Sure you were Miroku, we really believe you." Sango rolled her eyes sarcastically. "Come on guys, let me just give you the answer, ha ha, you will probably kill me when you find out what it is." "Fine, go ahead." Sango replied. "Okay…do you really want to hear it?" "Yes!" Shippo, Miroku, and Sango cried in unison. "Alright, alright, I just wanted to add in some suspense." "The chicken crossed the road to get to the other side." A long pause circled the area as everyone, but Kagome, analyzed the information. "Wait, that's it?" Sango wanted to know. "Yep, the chicken crossed the road to get to the other side." Kagome said. "Well obviously it wanted to get to other side, but I don't understand, are all jokes that simple?" Shippo asked. "No. Actually some jokes are so difficult; it makes me wonder how the creator of the joke even was able to make up a crafty answer to go with the joke." Kagome chuckled. "What are some of the harder jo-…" Miroku was suddenly cut off by an earsplitting roar. Everyone turned in the direction of the noise. "What was that?" Sango said as she grabbed the strap of her Boomerang Bone. "I don't know, but it sounded scary and very c-c-close." Shippo stammered and hid behind a nearby rock. Kirara had transformed from her cute kitten form to her huge cat form, with her paws planted, ready for any attack, and Miroku stood up and had his staff at the ready. Kagome had stood up as well and just as she picked up her bow and arrows, everyone watched as a huge horde of demons came running and flying from within the forest…
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Well, that is it for now folks; I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Stay tuned for chapter 6. L8erz. :)
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