InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Occidental Tourist ❯ One Shot ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

Once upon a time there was a happy penguin who found a strange well covered in barbed wire. Upon closer inspection, he found there was also a generator attached to the side. Wires came out of the generator and wrapped around the barbed wire.

"Goodness," said the penguin. "Why would anyone put up electric barbed wire around a well?"

Just then, a girl stepped out of nowhere. She had on a Japanese school uniform and held out what looked like an alarmed keychain. She pressed the button and smiled when the generator chirped and powered down, suddenly noticing the little penguin.

"Konnichiwa! Daijoubu desu ka?"

The little penguin stared in confusion.

"Oh I'm sorry... For some reason I do that at random intervals," the girl blushed and apologized. "How did you get here, little penguin?"

The penguin just turned and pointed to the well, "I was thirsty! But it looks like this well is covered in electric barbed wire!"

The girl frowned, "I'm sorry, little penguin, but there's no water in this well."

The penguin looked even more confused. "If there's no water, why is the well covered in all of these dangerous things?"

The girl looked uncomfortable for a moment before pointing around the clearing to the extensive collection of bones the little penguin had somehow missed wading through. "I'm afraid we've had a bit of a problem lately."

The penguin blinked cutely, "A problem?"

The girl nodded. "Yes. For some reason, my well is broken. No matter who comes near it, they fall through. My boyfriend told me he wouldn't let me ride him like a wild stallion any more if I didn't stop the strange humans from falling through to declare themselves his one true mate."

The penguin tilted his head and looked at the well again. "Your boyfriend is a wild stallion?"

The girl laughed and shook her head. "No no, silly penguin. My boyfriend is a taiyoukai." Then she looked sad, "Unfortunately we're having a fight and he's making me babysit his half brother."

"Why are you fighting?" the penguin tried to console the sad looking girl.

"The last person to fall through the well managed to catch him in the bath and tried to recite poetry." She sighed. "My boyfriend hates poetry."

The penguin nodded in understanding.

The girl shook off her sadness, walking through the magically parting barbed wire to sit on the edge of the well. "I have to go little penguin. I hope you find water soon!"

The penguin waved. "I hope you get to ride your boyfriend like a wild stallion!"

"Me too, little penguin, me too." And with that, the girl pressed the button to turn on the magically closing barbed wire again and disappeared down the well.

The End