Author's Note: Being the freak I am, I just edited this chapter for spelling/grammar errors. It should be incredibly shiny now, enjoy.
Ooh yeah, I'm a little conflicted about this fic, and I'm absolutely dying for some honest opinions (from people who have seen Inuyasha AND the Wizard of Oz, please). If you think it's awful then tell me. If you don't then tell me anyway. Is it hard to understand? I hope not...
Kagome yawned and stared up at the ceiling. She'd arrived in the Sengoku Jidai late last night, and had been too tired to start traveling. They'd slept in Kaede's hut, but once Inuyasha was awake she was sure they would head off to search for jewel shards. Kagome stood up and walked to the window. The sun was shining brightly, but the tree Inuyasha was sleeping in obscured his vision. She had some time to kill.
"Ah, Kagome, you're awake." Kaede was outside sorting through various herbs.
"Yeah, I'm too used to being up early now. The village is a mess; I didn't notice last night. What happened?" There were several chunks of disturbed ground resting in trees and on rooftops. The earth was full of holes.
"An attack from some burrowing demons. Inuyasha helped me disperse them."
"That was kind of him." Kagome began to pick her way around the shredded ground.
"Indeed. Kagome, be careful where you step!" Kaede's warning came too late. Kagome tripped and fell back onto a pile of smashed wood that had fallen off one of the houses. "Kagome!" cried Kaede, dropping her herbs to run to Kagome's aid. Inuyasha woke at the sound and leapt down to where Kagome lay.
"Kagome, can you hear me! Oh no, Kagome!" (A/N: Inuyasha is awake for thirty seconds and he's already said her name twice…)
There was wind swirling around Kaede's hut. Kagome couldn't remember there being a storm, but it felt like she was being carried away in a tornado. Slowly, Kagome stumbled over to the window to get a better look. She screamed and leapt back as Kikyou's laughing face leered at her.
"Oh no! Stay away!" she cried before falling onto her sleeping bag. The hut slammed into the ground with a fierce thump, and Kagome winced.
"Woof."
"Eh…?" Kagome raised her head to see Souta's face peering out the body of a small gray dog. "Souta? How did you get here?" The dog/Souta frowned and woofed at her again. Carefully, she reached out and looked at the tags on its collar. "Toto? But…that name…it's so familiar." The "dog" gave her a disdainful look and barked. Kagome sighed. "I might was well play along." She picked up Toto the boy-dog and stumbled out of Kaede's hut. "Oh…oh my." The world outside was a gay man's dream (A/N: Sorry about that, but I couldn't think of a better description of Oz…) loaded with so much color that Kagome's head hurt. And it was filled with kids…not kids. Midgets! They all looked very happy.
"This…this isn't the Sengoku Jidai! It's that place from that movie…"
"Oz?" squeaked a random munchkin.
"Yeah!" The random munchkin beamed up at her. "Thank you! The Wicked Witch of the East is finally dead!" The munchkins cheered.
"The Wicked Witch of the East? I haven't seen this movie in years and I barely remember it, but I don't remember anyone dying!" Kagome had turned white with fear. "I can't believe I killed someone."
"Let me through." The munchkins cleared a path, and a familiar face made her way down to Kagome.
"Kaede!" she cried. Kaede peered up at her.
"I am the Mayor of the Munchkins. Are you a witch?" Kagome frowned.
"I can't believe you of all people would ask me that!" Souta…er, Toto, woofed, which made the scene very uncomfortable.
"She killed the Wicked Witch, she can't be evil!" squeaked another munchkin.
"I'm not evil, and I'm not a witch," said Kagome indignantly. She stomped away from the crowd and stopped in front of the hut. "Hey…this is Kikyou's bow!" She picked up the long bow and examined it carefully. The munchkins winced.
"It belonged to the Wicked Witch, do not touch it!" warned Kaede.
"Kikyou was the Wicked Witch? Well, I guess I could see…I mean! That's impossible."
"It's very possible."
"Oh my god…" Kagome was afraid to turn around, but the munchkins around her feet were bowing. That voice was unmistakable, even as it tried to sound light and airy. "Naraku?" She turned and collapsed to the ground with laughter. Naraku was standing in his pale pink barrier wearing a shiny pink dress, holding a glittering fairy wand. The munchkins stared at her and Toto barked fearfully at the barrier.
"Why do you laugh? Are you an evil witch? I am the Good Fairy, Glinda."
"Fairy is right," gasped Kagome as she struggled to stand. "W-why are you here?"
"To give you advice. The Wicked Witch of the West is even worse than her sister, and she's going to want that bow." Kagome wiped her eyes and stared at Kikyou's bow.
"Her sister? But it can't be Kaede…maybe it's Tsubaki. I guess I'll be finding out! I remember this part of the movie, you send me down a yellow brick road!" Kagome hopped over to the swirling yellow brick that started the road. "Follow the yellow brick road, tra-la! Follow the yellow-OUCH!" Nar-glinda had whacked her on the head with his…her…its fairy wand.
"That's just annoying. You will follow this road to meet the Wizard. He'll help you get home."
"How did you know I wanted to get home?" asked Kagome curiously. Nar-glinda scowled.
"Because I'm not stupid! Now get going." Kagome shrugged.
"Hey…wait a minute! Why do I have Kikyou's bow instead of the Shikon no Tama?"
"I said get going!" Nar-glinda whapped her with the fairy wand again, and Kagome walked off grumbling, with Toto at her heels.