InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Familiar Strangers ❯ Prologue ( Prologue )

It was night

It was one of those nights when anybody with a single sane bone in their body stayed inside, huddled up in a warm blanket and hoped to hell that the roof wouldn't leak. After all, this was Feudal Japan, and thatch was not the best water sealant.

Let us shift our gaze elsewhere, for in the middle of a dense and dripping forest lay a small hut. The lit-up windows were proof of a fire inside, and though the occupants were most definitely awake, there was no banter or friendly quarrel from inside the hut. For this group, the lack of said quarrel was quite odd-

*SLAP*

"MIROKU YOU HENTAI!"

"Lady Sango, I only asked if you would bear my-"

*THWACK* Hiraikotsu had come into play.

"Feh, stupid houshi."

"INU-YASHA, SIT!

*WHAM*

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR, WENCH?"

"SIT!" *WHAM* "YOU HIT SHIPPOU AGAIN!"

"I ALWAYS HIT SHIPPOU!"

"SIT!"

*WHAM*

Ah, that's better.

Unbeknownst to our friends who were so merrily beating each other up, four sets of eyes were watching them from a nearby (wet) bush.

"They have a long way to go, don't they?" said a feminine voice. This was more of a statement than a question. The voice was rewarded with vague sounds of affirmation from the other three sets of eyes.

"Do you think we can do anything?" questioned another, deeper voice.

"Who knows?" replied a third. This one was also feminine, unlike the previous voice, but sounded younger than the first. "We don't even know how we got here. Can we please focus on getting back home?"

This voice was met with silence.

"What?" it questioned.

"You said 'please,'" said the other three voices in unison. They sounded awed.

"Who cares?" The other voice growled angrily, "Let's just go home, okay?"

The pairs of eyes went up and down, caused by the nodding motion of four invisible heads. As they rounded a hill, the outlines of four figures could be seen briefly against the sky. Before they left, one of the taller ones turned to look back at the hut and spoke with the only voice that had not yet been heard. "Now we know why mother said never to play in the well house."