Leveling Up the Science Kingdom

Inuyasha is groaning in pain from the right cheek as he rubs the spot where Kagome slapped him really hard just a moment ago when they realized she's naked after being free from the stone prison, but it was still a sweet reunion between the two.

"Are you going to be okay, Inuyasha?" Suika asked, walking up to him.

"Not to worry, it doesn't hurt that bad. This is how most girls are when they find themselves naked in front of others and being extremely embarrassed, unlike Senku who doesn't give a shit." Inuyasha explained.

"Duh, because it's the Stone Age. Modesty doesn't exist anymore; Kohaku wouldn't care if a hundred men were to see her naked body right now." Senku proclaimed.

"Okay, now you're making a sound like I'm a pervert." Kohaku glared angrily at Senku.

"I hate to break it to you, Senku. But we actually do know modesty such as people NOT being naked at each other, we learned that only happens when both genders must be separated when cleaning ourselves up and only couples who love each other very much can be naked with privacy." Chrome explained.

"Let me guess, it's from those big stories Ruri told you as the priestess, right?" Senku asked.

"Yeah, she is the one who holds the Hundred Tales of Humanity, all 100 stories about our ancestors about things like the materials and what animal to be on the look out for, and there were also things like common manners." Chrome answered.

"Looks like the Stone Age isn't that dead on modesty, Senku if you still don't care." Inuyasha chuckled.

"Whatever. Not like it matters when we still have science on our side." Senku said.

"So, was that how it was like when you woke up? Because it must not be easy being all stone for thousands of years." Kaseki asked.

"Yeah, it was a pain. For me, all I could do was counting second by second, the hardest part for me to get myself breaking free during the springtime otherwise it would've been game over if I woke up in winter." Senku felt grateful for waking up in the right season that he wanted.

"Still, what we all just saw was so fucking bad! I think I'm still freaking out over it!" Chrome expressed himself despite trying to keep himself calm.

"Right? It was so freaky; I thought the statue was going to explode and hurt us really badly!" Suika exclaimed.

"But the opposite happened, we're all still alive and that girl came back to life. Science created a miracle for her to wake among the earth once more." Kohaku smiled.

"Yeah, I'm happy that Kagome is alright, but… There is still the big explanation to her, especially the part about being stone for 3700 years." Inuyasha was worried.

"Okay everyone, she's fitted with some clothes." Sango announced as she comes out of her hut with Kagome behind her, now wearing a similar style as Kohaku's only in a green color.

"Well, it looks decent enough." Inuyasha commented.

"Yeah, it sure is…" Kagome nodded though looking a little down.

Inuyasha knew he has to break the news to Kagome now or else it will all be confusing to her with how everything they knew changed what felt like an instant than thousands of years.

"Sango told me I've been a stone statue for a very long time, that everything we knew is gone." Kagome said.

"Over 3700 years, the stuff we had have crumbled and faded away through time and reduce to nothing a giant new forest all over the world, you could say it's a new Stone Age." Inuyasha said.

"And my family, do you know what happened to them?" Kagome asked.

"Sorry, I don't know where they are. The only person I wanted to find was you and it was only by chance that I happened to find you in Sango's hut." Inuyasha shook his head, hoping they're okay.

"Mom, grandpa, Sota… I hope they're okay." Kagome said before walking past Inuyasha and looking at the big scenery of the forest with the trees and mountains.

"I know it's hard to believe that it's been thousands of years and everything we knew is all gone, but this is the reality we now find ourselves." Inuyasha said.

"No, I believe you. This is gonna be something for me to take in, but I know everything is going to be alright now that you're with me." Kagome looked back at Inuyasha.

"Take all the time you need; I'm always here for you." Inuyasha said with a hug.

"You know, this is the most honest thing you've done to me in a long time. I kinda like it." Kagome commented.

"Well, don't get use to it. I'm not gonna be all sappy." Inuyasha said.

"Just what I expected." Kagome chuckled.

"Yeah, as much as I would love to let you guys have a moment, we still got lots of things to do. So, hurry it up." Senku demanded rudely.

"Senku! Don't be rude!" Sango scolded.

"Yeah! Can't you see that Kagome needs comfort on everything that's been going on around her!" Kohaku agreed with Sango on this one.

"I know it's a lot to take in, but we don't have the time to be sitting around when we still have the medicine we need to make and that also means we still need those glass equipment." Senku reminded most of what they were doing.

"Sheesh, thanks for reminding me to introduce you." Inuyasha said sarcastically.

"Kagome, this is Senku. He's the big brain of this group who's going to bring back science in order to save all of humanity that were turned into stone like how we were." Inuyasha introduced her to Senku.

"I can tell you're very smart. I'm Kagome Higurashi, and I hope Inuyasha hasn't been causing trouble for you." Kagome greeted him in a friendly way.

"Family names are useless here in the Stone Age, but nice to meet you. Now, let's get back to work." Senku walked away.

"Wow, this guy doesn't waste any time, does he?" Kagome asked in surprise.

"Yeah, this guy just goes at his own pace when it comes to science." Inuyasha said.

(Kingdom of Science Area)

"Whoa, are you guys for real?" Kagome was shocked to see the stuff of science that Senku and the others made.

"You really made all of this stuff? Here in this caveman era?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah, I was really surprised when I saw this too. And this was even before I even came here." Inuyasha said.

"And right now, me and grandpa Kaseki are making lots of glass equipment for Senku to make this drug thing he mentioned." Sango said while she and Kaseki are doing the glass making.

"It's been a long time since you and I have made things together, Sango. It makes this old man very happy!" Kaseki laughed with joy.

"Drug?!" Kagome gasped.

"Relax, it's not the bad kind of drugs you're thinking of. We're making medicine for a girl in that village over there." Senku pointed at the village.

Inuyasha and the others gave Kagome an explanation on what they're doing with the stuff they have now and probably will go out to find in order to make the medicine, including the parts about the Grand Bout, and gave them a warning about Tsukasa and Magma who is the current obstacle in getting to Ruri.

"I see, so Senku needs help with earning the village's trust to join his side in order to fight this Tsukasa guy." Kagome nodded, getting the idea of what is going on.

"That's right, we'll need the entire village to help out and this medicine is going to be the key." Senku smirked.

"A lot is riding on this. So, we have to do our part." Chrome nodded.

"We're going to make that medicine and save Ruri!" Chrome was determined to save his crush no matter what, even if it costed him his life.

"It looks like you've gotten yourself in quite the adventure, Inuyasha." Kagome said to Inuyasha who is bringing him a bowl of ramen.

"Yep, and I'm getting the feeling there will be a lot of adventures after this." Inuyasha smiled.

Inuyasha went back to work on making the little lab for Senku to put in all the glass equipment Sango and Kaseki will be finish making.

Kagome can tell that he has been doing well with these new group of friends and she is happy that he was able to find such friends after being woken up by Tsukasa and having to fight him. This gives her some thoughts on there is no doubt in her mind that Inuyasha and Senku can save humanity together.

Then she groans in disgust when eating the ramen in her mouth.

"What the fuck ramen is this?!" Kagome yelled.

(Two Days Later)

After two days of working, the Science Lab is finally complete with everything inside from the materials of Chrome's collection to all the glass stuff on the other side with a table.

"It really does look like a lab." Kagome commented.

"Bet you're glad to have, right?" Inuyasha asked Senku.

Senku takes a good look at seeing this is indeed a proper science lab and seeing this is making him remember the time when he was a little kid waking up Christmas morning that he found lots of science stuff he got that got him on the path of science.

"Come on, Seku, what's the matter with you, man? We finally have a killer lab! I thought you'd get excited!" Chrome asked, noticing that Senku isn't saying anything.

"He is excited, Chrome. He's just more of the emotional inside kind of guy. You can tell with the small smile and the happiness in his eyes." Kagome pointed out.

"Sheesh, it sounds like your girlfriend can read into my soul or something." Senku commented.

"Kagome has always been the type to know how others feel even when they're trying to play it off." Inuyasha explained.

"Right. At this point, we've reached the dawn of chemistry." Senku declared.

"Things are starting to get fancy here in our neck of the woods. Just look at all the attractions. It's gotta be ten billion times more fun than Tsukasa Land." Senku looked around at all the things they have.

"I'll admit, the ramen wasn't what it was like back in our old era, but the taste starts to grow on you once it gets use to it." Kagome said.

"And we got other things that Tsukasa doesn't." Inuyasha smirked.

"Because the Kingdom of Science rules!" Senku smirked as well.

Suddenly the scene changes to a map of the Kingdom of Science and then came a robotic version of Senku appearing next to it looking at the fourth wall.

"Long time no see! Mecha Senku, at your service!" Mecha Senku greeted the readers.

"Here to take you on a tour of the Kingdom of Science!" Mecha Senku started the tour showing the little home base of two houses.

"The tall one is the Kingdom's home base. It's a treasure trove of minerals Chrome's been collecting since he was a kid." Mecha Senku said.

"Haha! I've got tons of awesome stuff!" Chrome smiled proudly at his collection.

"The small house is for Inuyasha and now Kagome is also living with him." Mecha Senku mentioned.

"I may not know much about building things, but I can tell this was made pretty well." Kagome commented.

Next is the ramen stance.

"Our scientific gourmet dish: Foxtail millet ramen!" Mecha Senku introduced.

"Now this is somethin' I can eat all day!" Ganen, the village's gluttony, smiled happily to eat something other than fish.

Ganen is a man with short blonde hair that sticks up at the front. He is slightly overweight and has a double chin. His eyes are small but round, and his eyebrows are small but thick and arched. Like most of the villagers, he wears a deep blue tunic with a rope around the waist. He also has a rope across his body; however, Ganen's holds two leather pouches rather than being decorative.

"Hey Senku, if you need help with the meat then I can help with that." Sango offered some help which Senku appreciated.

Next shows the big furnace where Inuyasha is currently getting to work with the heat while the others from the village who were forced to do it watches him in amazement.

"We used to rely on strength in numbers to make our iron supply, taking it to 1,500 degrees. But now it's only Inuyasha because of his insane strength of ten men, though Sango helps out once and a while." Mecha Senku explained.

"I can't believe this guy is pumping all that heat when we had to struggle so much!" Shovel gasped.

Shovel is a young girl with her hair pulled up into two giant ponytails that are tied up with rope bows at the ends. She has short bangs that fall in three segments over her forehead. She has wide blue eyes that glitter with mischief. Her eyebrows are thin and curved, giving her an expression of sly deviousness in her introductory portrait. Shovel also has prominent buckteeth that are always on show. She wears a very short grey-blue dress with rough hemlines and a high-but-loose collar. She has rope cinching her waist. She has a slight lisp as she speaks.

"Just look at him go! I think he's my strong dream man!" Garnet smiled dreamingly of Inuyasha.

Garnet is a young woman with long blonde hair and large red eyes with visible eyelashes. Her lips are more prominent and darker than her sisters'. She also has bangs that reach the tops of her cheekbones and frame her face with an errant thick strand falling between her eyes. Her eyebrows are thin and tilt downward. She wears a long, turquoise-blue, tube-top-style dress with no sleeves. It has a high slit on the right side, which is held together with a thin brown string, going up to her hip. The top hem is slightly rolled over, exposing the undyed brown underside. She also wears a matching fabric collar around her neck, attached with a piece of rope wrapped around her neck and tied in a bow on the right side. Another rope is tied around her right thigh, exposed by the slit. Breasts size: G-cup.

"He looks really wild, and yet I can't help but feel that makes him handsome!" Sapphire complimented.

Sapphire is a young woman with mid-length blonde hair and bangs that frame her face with a single strand falling in the middle. She has downturned blue eyes, heavy-lidded with visible eyelashes on both her upper and lower eyelids, giving her a wistful, doe-eyed look. Her lips are full and plump, and her eyebrows slope downwards, accentuating her expression. She wears a short green dress, sleeveless with a ragged hem and a plunging neckline. She wears the village rope around her neck, wrapped twice and tied in the front with a bow. Breasts size: G-cup.

"Not to mention, he knows how to chow down with the ramen! He's definitely the man I want to eat with!" Ruby smiled.

Ruby is a young woman with long black hair that she wears in two high ponytails, tied with rope. Her bangs are full and rounded such that they frame her face. Her eyes are large and wide, with visible eyelashes on her upper eyelid. Her eyebrows are hidden by her bangs but appear quite thin. She also has full lips that tend to be in a pouting shape. She wears a short, turquoise-blue dress with ragged hem. It has no sleeves and is instead held up by a relatively thick piece of rope, tied at the front but leaving a gap for her cleavage. Breasts size: G-cup.

"He's definitely the man for us!" The Sparkling Sisters declared.

But unknown to them, Kagome was walking by with Kohaku and heard what those two sisters were saying about Inuyasha and she glares deadly at them.

"Those three girls better watch what they say about MY Inuyasha!" Kagome was angered.

"Just a quick question, have you two became an official couple yet?" Kohaku asked, causing Kagome to gasp in realization that they haven't gone on their first date yet and they're already thinking of each other as a couple.

Now, we move into the training area where Kohaku and Kinro are currently sparring with each other.

"To beat Magma, we built this hellish training arena. Actually, it's just part of the clearing." Mecha Senku said.

Ginro was taking a nap when Inuyasha wake him up by punching him in the head and then start attacking the poor blonde young man to get back into training much to his dismay.

Next is the man-powered generator that is done by the perfect sync of Ginro and Kinro.

"We've got the ultimate in green energy. The elbow grease generator!" Mecha Senku introduced.

The scene changes to the glowing glass place where Kaseki is making another glass vessel for the lab.

"Blowing glass with the skill of an absolute master. Shaping it just like clay." Mecha Senku said.

Suika is carrying the newly made glass into a dome on a wooden tray that Sango made, and she uses a pull with a rectangle end to gently push the heated glass into the dome.

"The scorching hot glass is cooled. Nice and slow, 'cause we don't want it to crack." Mecha Senku explained with a montage of showing a full day passing with the glass cooling down.

Lastly is the new lab with Senku looking at the chart of the road to making the medicine.

"Our state-of-the-art laboratory. We're speeding through the sulfa drug route with all the bad chemicals we can get our hands on!" Mecha Senku finished the tour.

Now, back to the current moment.

"Man, this is really amazing, isn't it?" Chrome asked as he and Inuyasha asked up to Senku.

"It's probably more than that, but this looks more like the start." Inuyasha pointed out, making Senku chuckles.

"He's right. We've only made the bare essentials so far. We wouldn't get anywhere if we were missing a single one of these components." Senku stated.

"So, before the whole world collapse, was the technology, like ridiculous or what?" Chrome asked.

"Yeah. It took two million years for us to get there. And we're going to catch up and run right past it." Senku answered.

"I may not get science, but I can definitely feel the excitement from this." Inuyasha said.

"Very excited. Our next step is the sulfa drug. We're gonna make ourselves a cure-all." Senku declared.


KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!

Kagome has been caught up to speed on not only what happened to the world in the last 3720 years, but also about what Inuyasha and Senku are doing together to get ready in saving Ruri from her illness with the Kingdom of Science leveling up big time.

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