Suboushi: *to others over his shoulder* There, I thinks that’s got it. (HE moves away, revealing Genki seated in a chair, cowering before the wrath of the Almighty Trin.)
Trin: And FURTHERMORE, you should know better than to push buttons if you don’t know what they do! So from now on . . . (Leans over, right in Genki’s face.) . . . YOU NO PUSH-A THE BUTTONS! We clear?
Genki: O.o; *gulp* H-Hai . . . . *noddity nod nod*
Trin: Good.
Spike: And now, the matter of what we’re going to do . . . . Anyone? Thoughts? Suggestions? (Clamorous commotion ensues.)
WW: House party!
Nuriko: Sleepover! Sleepover!
Genki: Let’s repaint the bus in PLAID! (Dead silence. Everyone turns to stare at Genki.)
IY: *incredulously* PLAID?
Genki: ^_^; Eh heh heh . . . it seemed like a good idea at the time . . . .
Tani: Manhunt!
Tasuki: Purity test!
IY: Nah, that wouldn’t work. You’d win.
Tasuki: -.-* Grrrr . . . *Glare Of Death*
Neko: Anime movie marathon!
Jesse: We did that last weekend.
Shippou: *timidly* Hide-and-Seek?
All: No! (Shippou runs away.)
Joyita: Charades!
K-Chan: Mad Libs!
Trin: Pizza!
Tash: Let’s do the Woonie! (Everyone stares.) [AN: The Woonie is a Pocono Plateau Music Camp tradition on Bonfire Night. It’s supposed to be a rain dance, but it never works, so it’s an ANTI-rain dance.]
Jukai: Spin the Bottle! *DEAD silence*
All: Eeeeeeew!
Sano: How about what I said before? (Everyone pauses to listen to Sano.) You know, whistling in the dark? (Much confused muttering.)
Nyan-Nyan: (who is suddenly, and without explanation, present) What a lovely idea!
Sano: (forgets all about the song) Nyan-Nyan! You’re back! (Gives Nyan-Nyan a big hug.)
Nyan-Nyan: (returns the hug; giggles) Hai! And I brought a friend! (Turns.) Come on out. (Beckons.) She says she’s looking for . . . who was it again?
{Cuteness level: Cute and holding steady.}
Rin: (steps forward) Sesshoumaru-sama. Has anyone seen my Sesshoumaru-sama?
{Cuteness level: Very cute and rising.}
Neko: Nihao, Rin-chan! (Much hugging of the Rin-chan.)
{Cuteness level: Extremely cute.}
Rin: You must be Neko-san. Sesshoumaru-sama told me about you.
{Cuteness level: Bordering on adorable.}
Neko: Did he? (Raises eyebrows; looks at Rin over the tops of her glasses.) What did he tell you?
Rin: (smiles sweetly) That you’re completely insane and if I ever saw you I was to run like hell.
Neko: O.o*** N-Nani . . . . *twitch twitch* Nandatte?!
Rin: But you seem pretty nice to me! (More sweet smiling.)
{Cuteness level: Adorable.}
Neko: *grumble grumble* When Fluffy wakes up, I’m going to DAMAGE him! (Storms off.)
Rin: Does anyone know where Sesshoumaru-sama is?
Tani: "Sesshoumaru"? Oh, you must mean Fluffy.
Rin: *disbelief* "Fluffy"? *beat* Wai, that’s so pretty! Fluffy-Fluffy-Fluffy-sama! (Does a happy little dance.)
{Cuteness level: Precious and still rising.}
K-Chan: I’ll go see if he’s conscious yet. (Heads toward stage.)
Shippou: (returning from the elsewhere he ran off to) Oi, aren’t you Sesshoumaru’s little girl?
Rin: Hai! And you’re Inuyasha-san’s baby kitsune friend!
Shippou: Rin-chan!
Rin: Shippou-chan! (The two hug, giggling happily.)
Nyan-Nyan: It’s Official Spontaneous Hug Day again! (Joins the hugfest.)
{Cuteness level: Unbearably kawaii and rising steadily.}
[Meanwhile, on the stage . . . . ]
(K-Chan is untying a semi-conscious Fluffy, who is bound to be in a rotten mood when he’s fully awake.)
K-Chan: Oi, Fluffy-san. Get up. You’ve got a visitor.
Fluffy: (remains listless for a few seconds; suddenly his eyes snap open. They are blood-red.) Grrrr . . . . *low menacing growl* (He begins to wriggle free of the ropes and pulls the duct tape off his mouth.)
K-Chan: O.O; Uh-oh . . . .
Fluffy: *scary battle aura and random lightning* Free . . . .
K-Chan: Um, Neko . . . . *point point*
Neko: O.O; Oh dear . . . .
Fluffy: *maniacal laughter* Nyahahahahahaaa! (Lightning strikes.)
Neko: *a la Poison Ivy* Angry Fluffy. Not good!
Fluffy: Arigatou, K-Chan, for releasing me. Perhaps I’ll give you a running start.
K-Chan: O.O;;;; Eep . . . .
Fluffy: As for the rest of you . . . (green smoke coalesces around his fingertips) . . . you can die now. (Leaps into the air with that classic icy stoic grace he’s so darned good at. He does that cool knuckles cracking thing and is about to start messily dispatching the entire cast when . . . . )
Rin: (steps out of the crowd and holds her arms out) *happily* Sesshoumaru-sama! (Fluffy tries to halt his attack in midair; it doesn’t work too well and he ends up tumbling rather ungracefully to the floor.)
Fluffy: Ite-te-te-te-te . . . . why me . . . . .
Rin: (runs up and hugs him around the neck) Ohayou, Sesshoumaru-sama! I found you! *hug hug squeeze*
{Cuteness level: Nauseating.}
(The cast looks decidedly . . . well, nauseated.)
Shippou: (turns slightly green) I don’t feel so good . . . .
Saja: *to Director/Editor* Do something quick before we all toss our cookies! (A magic wand is waved.)
{Cuteness level: Drops slightly.}
(Enough sighs of relief to turn a hurricane off course.)
Rin: *to Fluffy* Now I’ll hide and you come find me! *long ominous pause*
IY: Wait, wait a minute. Let me get this straight . . . .
Nuriko: Watch how you use that word, Dog Boy.
IY: *odd glance* Yeah . . . . *to Fluffy* So, correct me if I’m wrong here, but . . . were you . . . playing . . . Hide-and-Seek?
Fluffy: *quickly; emphatically* Iie.
Rin: *all smiles* Hai!
K-Chan: Aw, how cute!
Kouga: Ugh, somebody get me a bucket. I feel I’m going to be violently ill.
K-Chan: *smack* Shaddup.
IY: *derisively* Hide-and-Seek, brother? Aren’t you getting a little old for those kinds of games? And with a human child, no less. (He’s having WAY too much fun with this.)
Fluffy: (looks decidedly pissed) Drop dead, runt.
Rin: *booboo face* Demo . . . Sesshoumaru-sama . . . I thought . . . we were having fun . . . weren’t we? *lip quiver*
Fluffy: Rin . . . don’t look at me like that!
Rin: *more lip quiver* Weren’t we? (Several other cast members start getting misty-eyed.)
Fluffy: *rather more harshly than he means it* Damnit, Rin! Stop that! (Rin bursts into tears and runs to Shippou and Nyan-Nyan. Several other cast members start giving Fluffy the Evil Eye.)
Shippou: (gets that I-want-to-damage-the-Fluffy look in his eye) Teme . . . .
Fluffy: Somebody end this episode before I die of embarrassment.
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