InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Some people need a push ❯ Stupid, nosy Cousin! ( Chapter 1 )

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Some people need a push

 

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Chapter 1: Stupid, Nosy Cousin!

New York, 2005

Monday, March 7th

“Hey, cuz, whatcha doin?” Jan walked into the living room of the apartment she shared with her two cousins.

 

“Nothin' much. I'm just watching TV. How about you?”

 

“Food. Soda. Please tell me that your sister didn't drink all the soda again?”

 

“No such luck. There's Kool-Aid in the pantry. Chinese, pizza, or KFC? PETA is boycotting KFC again, so they might be a little late.” Jan groaned. PETA had been protesting KFC's `abuse of chickens' on and off for the past three months. Their methods had become less than popular to the fried chicken lovers of the world as of late; they had parked themselves right in the drive through, once, and another time in the driveway. After the cops hauled them off for that, they decided that it would be best to surround the delivery car. The delivery guy had to hike to the next parking lot over to get to his car, and it was quite a ways away.

 

“Let's do pizza. Maria's gonna be here tonight, and all she'd eat is the battered chicken and rice if we got Chinese.”

 

“Fine. Your night. This town, by the way, needs some more places that deliver.”

 

“Soo not my fault. You're the one who goes to the town meetings. Tell them that.” Jan walked over to the ragged old couch her cousin was sitting on. “Pepperoni, cheese, stuffed, right? Or deep dish?”

 

“Maria is the one who likes the deep dish. I think we should go with supreme. She'll pick off the stuff she doesn't like.”

 

“Fine. Bye.” Jan walked away as a hand appeared and waved in agreement and goodbye.

 

~*~*~*~*

“Smooth, Maria, smooth. Hey, Amelia, how many people do you know who can drop something that they have practically in their mouth?”

 

“Actually, it would probably be pretty easy, considering that you practically walked up to her and said `Boo!' You should be more compassionate.”

 

A sudden ringing interrupted their dialogue. “And there's the pizza. I put the table in my room, so we'll eat in there. Don't touch ANYTHING, Maria. I mean ANYTHING.”

 

Jan retrieved the pizza and paid the delivery boy. While she was doing this she inquired about KFC, since he worked at the fast food restaurant was next to.

 

“The poor people working there. I heard they're trying to get a restraining order for PETA, but the judge who they're appealing to is a vegetarian, so it's not going through too well.”

 

“Figures. The judge probably sends donations to PETA monthly. Well, thanks.” She shut the door and shook her head. PETA's getting on everybody's last nerve. I can't believe that their lawyer hasn't appealed for misjudgment. I know that the judge he was talking about openly supports PETA, I've seen him at their meetings. She shook her head again.

Jan began to walk towards the hallway that led to her room when she heard Maria and Amelia arguing. She sped up a bit, hoping to intervene before their argument came to blows.

 

Just as she was opening the doors, she heard what Maria was saying. Oh, crap! She thought, slamming the door open.

 

“Maria, don't finish it!” Jan grabbed her cousin's shoulder as the room misted into a white fog, and, with a gut-wrenching pull, the room disappeared…

 

Japan

Feudal Era, Prelude

“Inuyasha, do you think we'll beat Naraku this time?” Inuyasha looked at the little fox who asked the question.

 

“Feh.” This was Inuyasha's trademark saying. Whenever he didn't want to answer something, he just said “Feh.” Shippo looked at him inquiringly.

 

“I think we stand a pretty good chance this time, Inuyasha. Koga and Sesshomaru have agreed to help us, and I've learned a few new spells that I can put on my arrows. You've gotten stronger, and the Tetsusaiga attacks have gotten stronger, too. Shippo has learned some new tricks, and Sango has gotten better, as well. Besides, your brother says he has a surprise for us that will give us an edge. Or, at least, I think that was what Jaken was trying to say when you drop-kicked him away from camp.” Kagome looked at Inuyasha accusingly.

 

“That little toad gets on my nerves. I can't see how he doesn't get on Sesshomaru's nerves, and I never will.” Inuyasha shrugged, and Kagome sighed.

 

“That still doesn't give you the right to drop-kick him.”

 

“Feh.”

 

Walking behind the three, Sango and Miroku were quiet. Both of them knew that Kagome was probably being overly optimistic, and were contemplating various strategies to keep them alive when they reached Naraku. At least, that's what Sango thought they were both doing…

 

“Hentai!” a sharp crack followed Sango's exclamation.

“Looks like Miroku touched Sango's ass again.” Inuyasha observed. “You'd think he'd learn by now.”

 

“That's the fourth time today. He's going for a new record,” Shippo informed them.

 

“Shippo, were you keeping count?” Kagome asked, incredulous.

 

“Miroku's bad at counting, so he asked me to. We haven't come across any other women on the road, though, so he has to use Sango. He won't touch yours, Kagome, because he's afraid of what Inuyasha will do to him.”

 

Kagome started to ask something, but a sudden bright light ahead of them stilled her words. Inuyasha pulled his sword out of its sheath and took a defensive pose with Sango and Miroku.

 

Japan

Feudal Era, Prelude

As the white fog dissipated, Jan tightened her grip on Maria.

 

“What just happened?” Amelia asked, releasing Maria's wrist and stepping away from her sister and cousin.

 

“Maria touched something,” Jan replied, then turned on Maria, who still crouched at the table, a stunned look on her face.

 

“This is why you weren't supposed to touch anything. You could have turned us into toads! Gimme that book!” Jan made to rip the book out of Maria's hands, but the scared girl shoved it at her before she had a chance to even touch it.

 

“I was just reading it! I thought it was another one of your library books. I didn't mean to!” Maria said, nearly hysterical.

 

“When I say anything, I mean ANYTHING! Why can't you grasp that concept? Good thing spells are reversible, right? Now, lets see what spell you used, and…” Jan looked at the spell. “Oh, shit!”

 

“`Shit' isn't good, is it?” Amelia asked, worried.

 

“Since when has `Shit' ever been good?”

 

“Well, what's wrong?” Maria shrank back as Jan turned to her.

 

“You, in you infinite genius, have used the one spell I don't have a reversal for yet. What's more, I can't use the spell to get us home, because I don't even know where or when we are.” She held the spell up and pointed to it. “This spell takes you to a `time and place of dire need' if you don't have a preset destination. Which you didn't.”

 

Suddenly, Amelia squeaked and shied towards the girls. “Guys, we've got an audience, and they don't look friendly. They have a really big sword and a giant boomerang thing.”

 

Jan looked the direction her cousin was staring. Taking in the clothes, she figured they were in a foreign country, on top of it being a different time as well. “Great, just great.”

 

The other two looked on in curiosity as she began to flip through the spell book. “Come on, come on…” she muttered to herself, then exclaimed, “Here it is!”

 

She straightened herself out, and began to recite something from the tome.

“The words they speak,

We do not know,

And knowledge is what we now seek,

So when the words begin to flow,

This strange speech now let us know,

So that we all may speak.”

 

A glow surrounded their heads, concentrating on their mouths and ears. The glow slowly abated, and they looked up to see the strangers staring at them like they had suddenly grown extra heads.

On the road, Japan

Feudal Era, Prelude

“Does anyone know what's going on?” Kagome whispered. She had ended up almost hidden behind the others. She was frustrated about it, but also used to it.

 

“Not a clue, but better stay back. I would rather not be caught in one of Naraku's traps.” Miroku had gotten rid of the attitude of the careless lecher, and taken on the serious role of protector and monk. I hope this isn't one of Naraku's traps. No matter what Kagome says, we aren't strong enough to defeat him right now.

 

The apparitions were gesturing and shouting in a strange language. The object of their argument seemed to be a large leather bound book. Suddenly, one of them - the first to speak - looked up and saw them. She said something to their companions and took a defensive posture behind them.

 

The stranger holding the book had been the one doing most of the shouting. She looked up and, for some reason, began to search through the book frantically. The other two looked at her apprehensively, then bunched closer together.

 

The book holder began to read something from her manuscript, and an aura began to glow. This strange aura surrounded her and her companions' heads, and quickly dissipated.

 

The strangers looked at them. The group resumed its protective posture, and waited.