Chapter 4: Meet Olaf
Miroku, Sango, InuYasha, Koga, Ayame and Shippo (still a reindeer) walk beneath frozen willows. The hanging branches glisten like Christmas lights. Shippo knocks them with his antlers. They tinkle like chimes.
Sango looks around in wonder and sais "I never knew winter could be so beautiful." Suddenly, a voice comes in from nowhere. "YEAH...It really is beautiful, isn't it? But it's so white." Everyone looks around for the source of the rambling. "You know, how about a little color? Must we bleach the joy out of it all? I'm thinking like maybe some crimson, chartreuse..."
In the meantime, a nose-less snowman, wanders up behind them. "How `bout yellow-no, not yellow. Yellow and snow? Brrrr...no go." He stops between Miroku and Sango. Everyone looks down at him. How did he get there? He suddenly looks up at Sango. "Am I right?"
Sango SCREAMS! Reflexes take over and she kicks the snowman's head, sending it flying off his body and into Miroku's arms. The snowman sais cheery, to Miroku "Hi!"
"You're creepy." Miroku tosses the head back to Sango and they commence A GAME of hot potato. "I don't want it!" "Backatchya!"
"Please don't drop me." sais the snowman as his head is being tossed around. "Don't!" "Come on, it's just a head." "No!" the snowman's body runs at Sango, arms waving. "All right, we got off to a bad start."
"Ew, ew, the body!" Sango slams the snowman's head back on the body, upside down. The snow man smiles happily, then looks confused. "Wait, what am I looking at right
now? Why are you hanging off the earth like a bat?"
"...Okay. Wait one second." Sango sais as she kneels in front of the snowman and rights his head. "Oooh! Thank you!" "You're welcome." "Now I'm perfect." She looks over his innocent face, gets an idea. "Well, almost." She digs into Koga's satchel, holds up a carrot just as the snowman turns toward her. The carrot accidentally slams all the way through his head.
"Woo! Head rush!" sais snowman. "Oh! Too hard. I'm sorry! I-I, I was just... Are you okay?" Sango sais apologetically. The snowman sees a tiny piece of carrot sticking out between his eyes. He lights up. "Are you kidding me? I am wonderful! I've always wanted a nose." he going cross-eyed to look at his tiny nose "So cute. It's like a little baby unicorn."
Sango reaches behind the snowman to the bulk of the carrot sticking out the back of his head, and pushes it forward. "What? Hey! Whoa." the snowman seeing his now big nose "Oh, I love it even more! Hah..." he looks around at everyone and continues "All right, let's start this thing over. Hi everyone. I'm Olaf. And I like warm hugs."
Olaf opens his arms wide to Sango. Miroku looks at Olaf as a memory starts coming back to him. It takes him a moment to place it, but then he does. "Olaf?..." Olaf looks at Miroku with his arms opened to him. Miroku smiles "That's right, Olaf."
"And you are?" sais Olaf. "Oh, um...I'm Miroku." " who's the funky-looking donkey over there?" Olaf asks. "That's Shippo." Answers Sango. "Uh-huh. And who's the reindeer?" "...Shippo." Sango sais again, confused. Olaf looks from InuYasha to Shippo, confused. "Oh. They're-oh, okay... Makes things easier for me. Who's the wolf's"
"I'm Ayame and this is Koga" Ayame sais. "and I'm Sango" sais Sango. Miroku sais to Olaf "Olaf, did Kagome build you?". looking at Miroku "Yeah. Why?" Curious, InuYasha takes one of Olaf's twig arms off, studies it. It seems to be moving in sync with his other arm.
"Do you know where she is?" Miroku asks. Still studding Olaf's arm "Fascinating...".
Not noticing what InuYasha is doing to his arm, he sais to Miroku "Yeah. Why?" "Do you think you could show us the way?" "Yeah. Why?" Inu bends Olaf's arm "How does this work?"
Olaf's dismembered arm slaps InuYasha across the face, Olaf puts his arm back on saying "Stop it, Shippo. Trying to focus here." he then sais to Miroku "Yeah, why?". InuYasha answers "I'll tell you why. We need Kagome to bring back summer."
Olaf is shocked "Summer?" sinking into wistfulness "Oh, I don't know why but I've always loved the idea of summer, and sun, and all things hot." a little surprised, InuYasha sais "Really? I'm guessing you don't have much experience with heat."
"Nope. But sometimes I like to close my eyes and imagine what it'd be like when summer does come." In a dream like state Olaf starts to sing.
Bees'll buzz, kids'll blow dandelion fuzz
And I'll be doing whatever snow does
In summer
A drink in my hand, my snow up against the burning sand
Prob'ly getting gorgeously tanned
In summer
I'll finally see a summer breeze blow away a winter storm
And find out what happens to solid water when it gets warm
And I can't wait to see what my buddies all think of me
Just imagine how much cooler I'll be
In summer
Da da, da doo, ah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, boo
The hot and the cold are both so intense
Put 'em together, it just makes sense
Ratdadat, dadadadoo
Winter's a good time to stay in and cuddle
But put me in summer and I'll be a happy snowman
InuYasha sais in a smug voice "I'm gonna tell him" Sango hits his arm and whispers "Don't you dare"
When life gets rough I like to hold onto my dreams
Of relaxing in the summer sun, just letting off steam
Oh, the sky will be blue, and you guys'll be there too
When I finally do what frozen things do
In summer
In summer!
After Olaf finishes his song, He then straightens up and smiles. "So, come on! Kagome's this way. Let's go bring back summer!" Olaf grabs Sango's hand and pulls her along up the mountain. Laughing Sango sais "I'm coming!"
Shippo hops along, happily following them, with Miroku, Ayame and Koga behind him. InuYasha watches all of them like they're nuts. "Somebody's got to tell him." Shaking his head, InuYasha follows the group.
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Hi, sorry for taking so long with the chapter. I know there is not much difference with the original scean when Anna and Kiristoff meets Olaf. I might update some of the chapters later.
And I don't know when the next chapter will be posted because this summer I will be at the cottage almost all season, I promise to try and get as much done as I can.
Hope you's enjoyed this chapter.