InuYasha Fan Fiction / Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Journey Across Time ❯ Sango's Fire and Wufei's mouth ( Chapter 4 )

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DV- It figures I wake up at four on a late arrival day… -_-

Kagome- Come on, DreamVixen, It gives you more time to write.

DV- It should be illegal for someone to be so happy before five. Well, considering the `family curse,' (Me & mom can't sleep again after waking up.) I'll get a start on chapter four.

Duo- YAY!!!!!!

Wufei- And the onna doesn't own us.

***********************Sango's Fire and Wufei's Mouth**********************

"HOW IN THE HELL COULD SHE-?!?!?!"

"Calm down, Wufei, the children will hear you." I snorted.

"You mean the fox, the mini Amazon and the hyper half-pint monk?" Maxwell grinned at me.

"Aww… come on, Wufei, they're not THAT bad. Or are you still mad about that whole knocking us out and tying us up thing?" I growled at him. Baka!!!

"We should be trying to find a way back to our own time, not arguing about a bunch of little kids a miko and a tajiya," Maxwell blinked at Yuy before grinning again.

"You're still mad, too,"

BANG!!!

The baka yelped and looked at the hole in the floor in front of him.

"Touch-chy!!!"

"I don't suppose you guys have any suggestions for getting home?" Winner asked, looking from Maxwell, to the hole, to Yuy's smoldering gun with a disapproving frown.

…

"Write a letter and hope it gets dug up or something?" I rolled my eyes at the baka's suggestion.

"Do you need anything?" we turned to see the little girl standing at the door, watching us curiously.

"No,"

"Hn,"

"We're fine."

"…"

"Think I could get some chow?" Everyone stared at Maxwell, "What? I think better on a full stomach!!!"

"We don't need you gaining any more weight on us, baka," I growled, "That's what got us into this mess in the first place,"

"Are you saying I'm fat?"

"Do I really need to say it?"

"HEY!!! Just because I put on a few pounds since our last checkup-!"

"What's a chow?" We all turned back to the girl, who was cocking her head at Maxwell.

"Wha-?"

"You said you wanted a chow. What is that?" I smirked. Something told me Maxwell would be using a lot less slang here…

"Oh! Food."

"Really? What kind of food? I've never heard of it so I'm not sure I can make it."

"Chow's just another word for any kind of food,"

"Ohh…" the girl said, nodding, "What kind of food do you want?"

"Anything's good. I'm hungry enough to eat a horse!"

"Why would you eat a horse? They're good for plowing and transportation." Maxwell threw his hands up in exasperation.

"How `bout a little help, guys?!"

"You're the one who keeps on talking." I said, smirking.

"You wouldn't mind beef stew, would you?" we turned (again) to see the fox-kid had joined the girl.

"Beef stew's fine," the baka said, sounding relieved. The girl ninja's face brightened and she took off.

"I'll make it!!!" Maxwell cast the kitsune an uncertain look.

"Should I be worried?"

"No. All the women in the village learn to cook at a young age, so they can help care for their own husbands and children when they marry."

"You mean your already preparing them for marriage?! But Kome can't be more than seven!!!"

"So?" the baka stared at him.

"Out of curiosity, exactly what age do most people marry around here?" the kit shrugged.

"Most girls marry around thirteen or fourteen, but boys can wait as long as they want. There was this man in this one village who was forty two and had eight wives and all of them were sixteen and under." Duo looked at him in horror.

"And parents let this happen?!?!"

"Most of the time, they arrange it." He shook his head. "But Sango says she's not going to let that happen with her daughter."

"Kome told us her d- er, father was dead. What happened to him?" now the kid looked sad.

"Miroku was poisoned trying to protect Mama and Sango from a demon that killed Sango's family and cursed him. He was more concerned about Sango's injuries at the time and kept insisting mama treat her first and by the time we found out…" the boy swallowed, "Anyways, I don't think Sango's completely gotten over it yet," So she lost a spouse to the enemy. Just like me…

"What about your Mother? She ever been married." Now Shippo's face got darker.

"No. A lot of people offered. From peasants to lords to taiyoukais (AN; NOT SESSHO-MARU!!! Sesshy's just Kagome's friend NOTHING MORE!!!!) but I think my Mama's still trying to get over his betrayal," I could see Maxwell was curious about that, and interrupted him before he could asked the kit more.

"What exactly is your mother responsible for around here?" I asked. The kit shrugged again.

"Everything," We stared at him, "She's the village protectress, healer, and the most powerful female in all of Japan. Even the most powerful lords bow to her." Now there was dead silence.

"What about the other onna?"

"Sango? She's one of the strongest tajiya alive, and there isn't a living, breathing ningen in this time that doesn't respect the tajiya. They and mikos are a youkai's greatest fear. That's why this village is so prosperous. People come here because it is the safest place to live. And once Kome and Kohaku are trained, youkai will know it will stay safe for a long time." I frowned. Onnas as protectors? Bah! (AN; *evil glare* grr…)

"Here's your stew!!!" the little girl said, entering carefully and balancing a tray with a bowl and a bottle of sake on it. "I also got you some sake," Yuy and I cringed as Maxwell and Winner stared at her in confusion.

"Sake?"

"Give me that!" I said, grabbing the bottle away before Maxwell could drink. I've seen the baka drunk before, and I didn't want to get kick out of this village ten minutes after being invited in. "Keep this stuff away from him," I warned the girl, jamming a finger in Maxwell direction. "You can give it to anyone else, just not him," the girl nodded uncertainly and took the bottle away.

"Hey! Isn't someone going to at least tell me what it is?!"

"No,"

"Hn,"

"Pleeeeeeeeease"

"Sake's a drink," the kit said. "An alcoholic drink. Mama keeps it for whenever we have company. It's the good kind, too. Not the cheap sake you can get anywhere. Sessho-maru-sama gave it to us a while back," Maxwell's face lit up.

"Really? How strong is it?"

"Sake is one of the strongest drinks in the world," we turned to see the miko and tajiya had returned, "Much stronger than any beer or rum,"

"Where are you from?" Yuy asked her sharply. She seemed to be expecting this, as she didn't look surprised at his abrupt question. The miko gave him a sad smile.

"I think you mean when am I from,"

"So your from the future like us?" Maxwell said, trying to figure out how soup could be eaten with chopsticks.

"No exactly. I'm from about five hundred years in the future, and I believe you're from nearly five hundred years later. Yuy nodded sharply.

"How did you get here?" Higurashi shook her head.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," I snorted.

"We just saw a kid with a tail. Do you honestly think there's much you can tell us right now that we wouldn't believe?" The miko laughed.

"That was my initial reaction as well." She sighed. "Well, It all started on my fifteenth birthday…"

(AN; I'm going to assume you know this story and skip ahead,)

The room was silent when the miko finished. Even Maxwell seemed speechless. The other onna sat in a corner, polishing what could only be called a giant boomerang as a cat with two tails sat on her shoulder.

"And I thought my life was screwed up," Duo muttered, snapping everyone out of their daze.

"Does the well still work?" Yuy asked. The onna shook her head.

"No. It ceased working a while ago."

"And you still have that jewel thingie?" I scoffed. The Shikon no Tama was mentioned more than anything else in her story, and he couldn't even remember what it was called?! The miko seemed unfazed by the baka's insolence as she pulled the so-called `powerful' jewel out of the haori.

"Until a pure wish can be made, I must always keep it close." She explained, tucking it away again.

"Then using it to take us back to our time is out of the question?" Winner said dejectedly.

"Afraid so."

"Bummer," the onna in the corner stopped polishing long enough to look at Duo oddly.

"So how do you suggest we get back to our home?" I demanded. The miko frowned.

"Perhaps I can get Sessho-maru to call the Lords and Ladies of Japan together. I'm sure one of them knows some kind of magic that can transport you back into the future. Even if they don't, Sessho-maru has so many spell books, I could more than likely in some kind of time spell. And if worse comes to worse, I could freeze you in an animated sleep that will release you when your auras disappear into the past,"

"Animated sleep?" Winner repeated.

"There's no way in hell I'll stay in a coma for a thousand years!!!" I growled. "Too much could go wrong with that kind of thing!"

"I agree with Wuffers on this one." Maxwell said.

"Which is why we keep it a last resort. And as for something going wrong, magic is so whimsical, very little can be guaranteed with it. However, it's the only tool we have now, and one that should've never faded."

"Times change," Maxwell shrugged, "After a while, there was no use for magic anymore," The miko sighed.

"I'll go send a messenger to Sessho-maru." She said, raising, "Afterwards, I'm going for a walk,"

"Mind if I come?" Maxwell asked. Higurashi blinked in surprise.

"Not at all," she said with a slight smile. The two of them left together, Maxwell talking a mile a minute and asking question after question, not even giving her time to answer before a new one popped out. I rolled my eyes.

"I'll bet anything the onna gets annoyed with the baka and kicks us all out before the night's over," I grumbled.

"I'll take that bet," I stared for a second at the other onna. I'd forgotten she was there… "Kagome's not like that,"

"No person can stay around Maxwell for more than half an hour without being driven to the brink of insanity." The onna glared back stubbornly.

"Kagome's has an infinite amount of patience towards people she's decided she likes. Kami-sama knows how many times Shippo's had me ready to tear my own hair out," the fire in her eyes flared even more. I thought onnas where supposed to be humble and quiet in this time period.

"Maxwell's worse than the fox-child could ever be, onna," The woman stood up, clenching her teeth and gripping the boomerang.

"We have names, you know. Considering we are going out of our way to allow you to stay here during a dry season you should at least show us proper respect for taking you in!!!"

"We're supposed to earn our keep, remember?" I snapped back.

`BAM!!!'

I stared at the deranged woman in shock, rubbing the bump left by her enormous weapon.

"You're even worse that InuYasha!!!" She yelled, before leaving, the boomerang still clutched in one hand. Thankfully, Yuy, Winner and Barton all seemed too shocked to say anything, and Maxwell wasn't here to make his snide comments.

I was torn between anger that she had hit me without warning, shock at the intensity of her fury and awe that she could lift that huge ass weapon and haul it around like it was nothing. I settled on voicing my anger.

"Injustice!!! There is no honor in attacking an unprepared opponent!!!" I expected her to argue with me, or tell me to shut up, but I didn't expect the reaction I got.

My katana, which had been taken from me when I was unconscious, was suddenly thrown in my direction. I looked back at the onna, to see she had abandoned the large (and heavy, the throbbing bump on my head reminded me,) weapon in favor of her own katana. She stepped outside, Turing to me before closing the flap.

"Then prepare yourself."

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DV- You go Sango!!! ^-^

Sango- Can I kill him?

DV- no.

Sango- how about badly injure?

DV- Nope.

Sango- Kick his ass into the future and back?

DV- That you can do. Oh! And so you don't get the wrong idea, I have nothing against Wufei personally, It's just the whole sexist thing that gets me ticked. Which I will `correct' in this story through Sango and Kagome!

Wufei- Injustice!!! That onna could beat me!!!

DV- She fights youkai ten times stronger than any human, and most have special attacks that no human could ever hope to do.

Wufei- … She still couldn't beat me.

DV- -_-;;;

RELENA POLL RESULTS SO FAR;

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Bring her in; * (This was my friend. She's not exactly a Relena lover, and I wish for all to know the one word that caused her to vote for this; Sessho-maru. (MWAHAHAHAHA *hack hack hack*!!!!!!!!!))

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Everyone- -_-;;;

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