InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bits and Pieces ❯ Regarding Time Travel and Canned Tea ( Chapter 4 )

AN: My reasoning behind the last fic-thing: Inuyasha is part dog-demon, so he's probably got some doggish instinct. Or maybe that's just me.

 

Disclaimer: I never owned Inuyasha, I don't now, and it is very unlikely that I ever will, as much as I'd like to. And to be honest, I don't know what would I happen if I did own it…

 

Bits and Pieces

 

Number Four: Regarding Time Travel and Canned Tea

 

"…And in further news," The reporter continued. "Archeologists have discovered shocking evidence that leads us to believe that ancient civilization was more advanced than we ever suspected."

 

"Hey, Mom!" Souta shouted. Mrs. Higurashi looked up from the cutting board and away from her carrots, putting away her knife and wiping her hands on her apron. She looked around the corner of the kitchen into the living room where her son was watching the television.

 

"…a very radical discovery." An old and officious-looking man was being interviewed. "It completely changes our perception of civilization." He nodded sagely and the reporter asked another question.

 

"Are you sure that the carbon-tests are accurate?" He sounded rather hopeful. "There's no mistaking that this… can of tea… has simply been mislabeled?" The other man shook his head wearily.

 

"We tested the can a dozen times using various methods, each one telling us that the can is roughly five hundred years old. There's no mistaking it." He sighed and rubbed his temples.

 

"And how has this discovery effected the archeological department at the University, Professor?" The reporter continued doggedly.

 

"We're stunned, really. All of us are stunned." The professor shrugged helplessly. "We don't know what to think. Nothing else indicates that our society once manufactured tea in cans, except for this one incident. And there's no doubt that this can is five hundred years old." He looked at the reporter in bewilderment. "How is this possible? Some say a mistake by the machines -all six of them, performing different tests- alien societies, a prank, time travel…" He shook his head. "Each possibility is unlikely as the next. And yet the can is labeled as expiring in two months from today!"

 

"Thank you, Professor Sato." The reporter looked rather haggard. "Professor Sato Takai of the University of Tokushima." The camera resumed to the first reporter.

 

"On to other news." He said, looking slightly dazed. "A truck transporting pineapples to Urawa turned over on the highway, and there are pineapples blocking lanes two and three…"

 

Dumbly, Souta fumbled with the remote and turned off the TV, staring at the blank screen. Mrs. Higurashi's hands were clenched tightly in her apron and the kettle hissed on the stove. Neither of them moved to turn it off. Finally, the middle-aged woman walked up to the base of the stairs.

 

"Kagome!" She called up the staircase. "I need to talk to you about some important issues…"