InuYasha Fan Fiction / Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Journey Across Time ❯ Oopsie? ( Chapter 2 )

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Mel-chan (Thanks!!! I love both these animes, too, Of coarse, the knife DH is holding to my throat is also good motivation! ^-^;;; Ehehehe…)

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DV- Has anyone else noticed that you're hands get really REALLY stiff if you write for too long? *sigh* My brothers got me in a BAD mood so I'm taking out on a well liked bishie. Is that wrong?

Kagome- Who's the bishie?

DV- Poor, poor Duo Maxwell. *sigh* DH is gonna boil me in oil. OH! If you haven't guessed by now, this is a Gundam Wing\InuYasha crossover (How many of THOSE have you seen?) and the pairings are… never mind. If I have to suffer, others are going with me.

Sango- You're cruel.

DV- I want news, not history.

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"So, what'cha need, doc?" I asked grinning as I sat on the medical table. The other pilots stood around me.

"We need you five to test a new revolutionary invention," Dr. J said as he played with a big control box that had all sorts of wires attached to a big metal platform.

"Really? What's this doohickey supposed to do?"

"Is a teleportation device, made to create an easier form of transportation between the colonies. You just punch in the weight and push this button here and it's teleported to another ring on a different colony. You five are here to conduct the final test."

"Is it safe?" Quatre asked, eyeing the machine.

"Completely," Dr. J said confidently. "So long as I input the correct weight," And with that, we were all ushered onto the teleporty-thingie and Dr. J started playing with the controls. That's when I remembered something.

"Uhh… Doc?"

"Not now, Duo."

"But Dr. J!" Too late. He pushed the button.

We were surrounded by darkness except for the bright, swirling yellow lights that went around… and around… and around… and around…

"What the Hell are you doing, Maxwell?!"

"The swirls are so… SWIRLY!!!!" The others stared at me for a second, but everyone's attention was refocused when the yellow swirls turned into blue streaks that whizzed past us. When the darkness and lights faded, we were standing in a little clearing in the middle of a forest. None of us spoke, simply staring around us in shock.

"What happened?" Quatre asked at last. "Where are we?"

"I don't get it." Wufei muttered, "What went wrong?" I grimaced, something Heero noticed.

"Duo?" He growled sharply, "What were you trying to tell Dr. J before we were transported?"

"Erm…" Oh, SHOOT! "I've kinda gained ten pounds since our last medical check-up," Dead silence.

"Duo?"

"Present,"

"Ten seconds."

"Thanks!" I took off into the forest as fast as I could, the others on my heels as soon as Heero shouted,

"TEN!!!!"

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I swore softly to myself as a branch snagged at my shirt.

"You guys owe me a new set of clothes!" I yelled down to the ground.

"YOU'RE the one who got us into this mess in the first place, baka!" Wufei called back.

After the guys had finished beating me to a bloody pulp, we decided we needed to get back home.

Only our cell phones, radars, GPS (AN; if they didn't have one before, the do now!) and all our other gizmos except for a little key chain flashlight, weapons, and a lighter, didn't work.

So we decided to head to the nearest city to have them checked out and call the Doctors. But the problem with that was, we didn't know which way to go.

That's when Wuffers suggested that someone climb one of the many really, reeeeeeally tall trees around us and tell us where the nearest city was. I was `volunteered' to be the lucky climber, which was how I found myself about half way up a fifty-foot tree.

"Do you see anything?" Quatre shouted. I pouted, but looked around for ANY signs of human civilization. I was beyond horrified at what I saw.

"Trees, trees, trees, a couple mountains, trees, trees, a river, trees, trees, trees, a lake, trees- hey is that a hot spring?- trees, trees, a clearing and trees."

"No cities?! No towns?!"

"Not even a freaking log cabin!" I sighed in frustration, "Boys, welcome to the middle of nowhere," Then I saw something out of the corner of my eye. "Hang on! There's a bunch of weird looking houses and huts that way in the distance. Wow, they look like something out of a History book. Someone needed to tell them to join the new century about two hundred years ago."

"Some people like a more simple life, Duo," Quatre said reasonably on the ground.

"Who cares," Heero said sharply, "They might be able to help us return, and if they can't help us get out of here, they more then likely know someone who can," So he started in the direction I was pointing, the others following.

"Hey! Wait for me!"

"Then hurry up and get your ass down here!"

"I've got to climb down!"

"Just jump."

"IT'S A TWENTY FIVE FOOT DROP!!!!!!!!"

"All the more reason."

"HEY!!!!!" I turned to glare down a Heero, but found myself face to face with a four foot tall red head with green eyes, pointed ears, two auburn tails and feet that resembled an animal's hind legs in clothes that looked hundreds of years old.

He blinked at me. I blinked back. Then he grinned at me sheepishly, showing sharp fangs. Stunned, I started forward to ask him what the hell he was.

You know those roadrunner and coyote cartoons they show Saturday mornings? I never miss Saturday morning cartoons, but the others don't like `em… Anyways, you know how every time the coyote runs off a cliff, he stays in the air long enough to realize he made a BIG mistake? I know this is pretty obvious, but I'm gonna say it anyways; that does NOT work in real life!!!!!!!!!!!!

As you have probably guessed by now, my path got cut short and I found myself hurling towards the ground. The guys all yelled out to me at once. I closed my eyes, waiting for my neck to break.

Next thing I knew, I was sitting on a huge pile of nice, soft moss. The others ruing to check if I was okay. I looked up to where the kid had been, but all that was there was a little red fox.

"Are you okay, Duo?!"

"That was one hell of a fall…"

"I wasn't serious when I told you to jump, you baka!" I ignored them, and pointed at the tree.

"Something was in that tree!!!" The others didn't look fazed.

"It was probably a squirrel, or a bird or something."

"No way! It looked like a person only it had tails and ears and fangs and feet!!!"

"First off, Duo EVERYONE has ears and feet. Second, did you hit your head on the way down?"

"NO! And everyone's ears aren't pointed and their feet don't look like a dogs or a cats or some other kind of animal!"

"You really did hit your head, didn't you?"

"I thought we established that years ago." I was about to argue my sanity a little more when I realized something.

"Guys?"

"What now, Duo? Flying mermaids? Unicorns studying physiology?"

"Where did this moss come from? It wasn't here when I climbed the tree…"

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"What was that?!" The guys glared at me as Quatre, who was halfway convinced there was some kind of monster in the forest, jumped and wheeled around at every noise.

"It was just an animal, Winner. Don't let Maxwell's overactive imagination and lack of observational skills get to you." I glared at him. How dare he call me those! I am the God of Death, I do NOT have a lack of observational skills! Nor do I have an overactive imagination! Everything I see exists or has existed at some point in time!

Okay, so there was that one time on New Years day, but that doesn't count! There was an obscenely large amount of beer involved!!!

"How much further?" Trowa asked as Quatre turned sharply at another noise.

"Not much," I said, looking around. Maybe Quatre's jumpiness was getting to me, but I could've SWORN I heard someone… "A mile tops."

"Good," Wufei said glaring at me. "We can get there before nightfall so we can get some sleep before we decide how we're going to get back. Of coarse, that's only if they don't throw us out because of the baka,"

"HEY!"

"What are you doing?" We all jumped at the unfamiliar voice and drew our weapons, turning around to face a seven year old girl in an old fashion worker's kimono with a basket against her hip. The girl frowned at us as we sheepishly put our weapons away.

"What are you doing out here, kid?" Wufei said sharply, "Shouldn't you be at home?"

"I was out here gathering herbs for our village miko for when she got back and Shippo told me a group of strangers was here dressed in odd clothes and arguing about something," The girl said as she set the basket down. We gaped at her.

"What the Hell's a miko?"

"Shippo?"

"What do you mean `dressed in odd clothes?!'"

"That's none of your business, kid!" the girl glared at him.

"It is so! Kagome-sama is trusting me and the boys to protect the village. You guys could be youkai after the jewel for all I know! Another thing, I'm called Kome, not `kid!' And you guys ARE dressed in weird clothes! I've never seen anything like that and a lot of people come through our village. Shippo is Kagome-sama's adopted son and Kagome-sama's a miko."

"Boys?"

"Youkai?!"

"VILLAGE?!"

"Jewel?"

"That's doesn't tell me WHAT a miko does, just WHO your miko is!" The girl sighed.

"The boys are Shippo and my twin brother, Kohaku. Yes, youkai, as in demons. And of coarse village. Where else would we live? A miko protects her village from youkai and is also a village healer. Kagome-sama's the best of the best! Lords and Ladies will travel all the way across Japan for her aid!"

As much as that should have cleared things up, it only brought more questions. Where the Hell were we?! This girl claimed it was Japan, but Japan hadn't looked like this for ages!

"What year is it?" Trowa asked sharply, getting stared from everyone.

"1528, almost rice planting season. Why?" No one answered her question. We just stood there, shell shocked. Then Wufei got a tick under his right eye…

"MAXWELL, YOU BBBBBAAAAKKKKAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he yelled, diving to strangle me. I yelped and ran, Wu-man on my heels. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M GONNA KILL YOU FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU FINALLY GOT US IN A SITUATION WE CAN'T GET OUT OF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" That's when Wufei pulled out his katana. I yelped again, dodging his swings.

"I'm sorry!" I yelled as the sharp blade took off a few hairs at the end of my braid. "I didn't MEAN to!!!"

"What's going on?" Kome demanded, her basket was on the ground, and her hands on her hips.

"None of your business!" Wufei snapped, swinging at me again.

"It is too my business! If you guys keep up like this, youkai are gonna get cranky and attack the village! Since Kagome and Mama aren't here, if someone gets hurt we'll have a lot of problems on our hands and it'll be all your fault!" Wufei ignore her and I wasn't about to stop and let him maul me. The girl sighed and brought something out of her sleeve. "You guys brought this upon yourselves."

She took a deep breath, then uncorked a little blue bottle. A pleasant, floral smell overcame me before I passed out, Heero, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei following before my eyes closed…

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I woke up in the middle of a village, people in old fashion working kimonos bustled around us, acting as if we weren't even there. Talk about rude…

All of us had been tied to wooden poles, and my vision was really swirly and colors were getting all messed up. There was an annoying beating in my head and my temples throbbed. Groan…

"Kome! Ko-aku!" I jumped as a four year old girl with a little rag doll started yelling right in front of me. "Dey wakin up!" A little boy wearing a monk's robes came out of a nearby hut with a small smile for the girl.

"Thank you, Tanoshii. Kagome-sama will be happy to hear about how much you helped out," the girl beamed, then ran to play with some other kids. By this time, colors and shapes stayed where they were supposed to be, but the throbbing hadn't stopped.

"What hit me?" I groaned. The boy laughed a little.

"It's called Gussuri Abura. It uses special scents in oils to knock out anyone. Ningen, youkai or otherwise. Very powerful. Kagome-sama made it. The only drawback is the hangover effects when you wake up. Kome's gathering some herbs for your headache right now." Okay…

"Who're you?" I asked, blinking. The boy smiled again.

"My name's Kohaku. I'm Kome's older twin brother and a monk and tajiya in training."

"Ow," Quatre muttered from where he was tied up. "I feel like I got hit by a truck," Kohaku looked at him curiously.

"A what?" Quat blinked then shook his head. You could see from his eyes the oils hadn't worn off on him yet.

"Never mind. Where are we?"

"Kome found you arguing in the forest and was worried you'd attract unfriendly youkai, so she knocked you out and brought you here. I'm afraid that since the only thing we know about you is that you're a group of strangers with weapons we had to tie you up until Kagome-sama and mother returned. Don't worry, they should come back sometime today."

"That's reassuring," I muttered dryly. Then I realized something. "Hey, did your sister knock ALL of us out?"

"Yes," Kohaku said, puzzled.

"Including Heero?" I asked, grinning. Quatre groaned.

"He's tied to a pole behind you, now PLEASE be quiet. My head feels like it's about to explode…" My grin widened.

Heero Yuy, the perfect solider, was bested by a seven year old girl!!! This was rich. I was NEVER gonna let him live this down!!!

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Two hours later, the others had woken up. It took them longer to shake off the effects of the oils than it took me. Guess all that beer helped me learn how to take a hangover, since Quatre took the longest to recover.

After the headache went away, with help from the funky tasting gunk Kome forced down our throats, I got bored. Really, REALLY bored. So I tried to distract myself.

I found out there were one hundred and two people in the village. thirty eight were men, twenty three were women, eighteen were old people, out of that eighteen nine were women and nine were men, and twenty three were little kids, not including Kome and Kohaku. Twelve boys and eleven girls. And there were forty separate huts.

After I ran out of things to count, I decided to ask Kome questions.

"How long have you lived here?"

"My whole life."

"Who's older, you or Kohaku?"

"Kohaku's two minutes older.

"Are you gonna be a miko or something?"

"Yep. I'm getting training from Kagome and Mama to become a miko and a tajiya."

"Your mom's a tajiya?"

"… What's a mom?"

"Err… your mother."

"Oh! Yes, the last of them, too, except for me and Kohaku. She's taught Kagome the ways of the tajiya, but Kagome was a miko first, so she doesn't count."

"What about your dad?"

"My what?"

"Err… your father?"

"He died before we were born."

"Bummer. What did he do?"

"Umm… he was a traveling monk. Kagome and Mama say he was a bit of a conman and a charmer, too, but you can tell they really miss him."

"Did you mom marry again?"

"No. I think most men are afraid of her."

"No kidding?"

"Huh?!"

"I mean your not joking around or anything,"

"No, she's really tough, just like me! And she doesn't take anything about guys being better than girls! Neither does Kagome-sama. Why don't you just say what you mean instead of using those weird words?!" I shook my head and sighed in exasperation. Then, I saw all the kids take off down the road, yelling happily. The older villagers dropped whatever they were doing and followed at a slower pace, except for the oldest ones, who simply sat still, and smiled in the direction everyone was running.

"Kome! Mother and Kagome-sama are back!" the little girl's face lit up at her brothers words and she ran off, faster than any of the others heading that way. Kohaku was soon on her heels.

"Hey, wait!" I yelled out to them, "What about us!!!"

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DV- There! A proper chapter!

Duo- *pouting* Sure, blame everything on me!

Wufei- Ever think that's because you're responsible for most of the problems around here?!

Duo- Err… that thing with the toaster wasn't my fault! It was an accident!

Kagome- We didn't even meet up with them, yet!

DV- that happens next chapter.

Heero- *glaring at DV* You had me tied to a pole.

DV- Err, hehe… WELL! That'sallwehavetimeforseeyouinchapterthreeandDON'TFORGETTOREVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!