~ Puppy Ears ~
Pika : Whoa, hi everyone! I haven't written in the longest time! Look at me, i'm back!
Well, anyway, the reason why I came back was 'cause got a cute.. and hillarious.. story idea. It's called 'Puppy Ears', and it's an Inu Yasha fic. (Hah, I got obsessed.) It's a KagomexShippou fic. Yeah, it's different, but I like the idea I came up for it. Please sit back and enjoy!
After the defeat of Naraku, Inu Yasha sacrificed himself to save everyone. A year later, Shippou is quite fond of Kagome, but she is still attached to Inu Yasha. With the help of a mysterious man, can Shippou maintain the illusion of Inu Yasha and win Kagome's heart? R&R! ^_^
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(It's been a year since we defeated Naraku, and since the Shikon Jewel has been put back together and placed in Kagome's care. This is me, Shippou, a few years older than when you last saw me. I'm much smarter and stronger, too! All of us now live in the village with Kaede, 'all of us' meaning me, Kagome, Sango, Miroku and Kirara.
What happened to Inu Yasha..? Well, when we defeated Naraku, Inu Yasha died in the battle as well, but was able to defeat him. He sacrificed himself to save us. We were all pretty depressed, but I think we've slowly gotten over it, not saying we've forgotten him! We thank him for what he did for us. Well, all of us have gotten over it, except for Kagome.
Kagome really liked Inu Yasha, and she still really likes him. It kinda makes me sad... I mean, through the year and the journey, I think i've discovered that I care about Kagome alot! The only problem is she still holds Inu Yasha in her heart, and couldn't care for me the same way. Plus, i'm much younger than she is!
Well, anyway, the main thing I could want right now is to be with Kagome like she and Inu Yasha were. Not always fighting, but for her to return her feelings to me.. hah, like that could ever happen!
.. I can atleast wish, right?...)
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The sun rose high over the village as it was just past noon. The villagers were doing their daily things, eating lunch, and enjoying the beautifull weather they had been having this spring. The snow had melted much quicker than it usually does each yeah, and the temperatures were perfect.
Shippou, the young fox demon, sat under a tree on a large hill. The shade kept the sun out of his eyes, and the air kept him warm, it was the perfect day to be eating lunch outside. He and Miroku had decided to eat lunch together today, as the girls were busy out trying on new kimono's. The girls had told Miroku he couldn't come because they wanted it to be a surprise, and they didn't want him to sneak a peek while they were changing. Shippou had agreed to stay with Miroku and have lunch with him as the girls shopped.
Miroku sighed happily. "It's only a couple weeks now.." He said to himself and to Shippou. Shippou had been munching on a piece of bread, then looked up to him and paused his eating.
"Yeah." He replied. "In a few more weeks, you and Sango are gonna be married!" He smiled. "It must make you so happy."
Miroku nodded. "Yes, I am incredibly happy..." He then took a sip of his drink, and took a long breath to take in some of the wonderfull spring air.
Shippou frowned for a second, then looked to Miroku. "Miroku," He asked. "What's it like to have a girl you really like return the same feeling to you?" Miroku looked down to Shippou with a questioning look.
"Well.." He began. "It's one of the most amazing feelings you'll ever feel. Why? Did you have a crush?"
The small demon looked down and blushed. He couldn't tell Miroku he had like Kagome! "I.." He started. "I.. just the girls we met on the journey, that all of you already knew I liked." Miroku nodded to that.
"I see... well, if you ever wish to talk about anything like that, you can come to me." Miroku said to him. Then he stood up. "Anyways.."
"Where are you going, Miroku?" Shippou asked, looking up to him.
"I'm going to find the girls." Miroku replied.
"Didn't they--" Shippou began, but Miroku was already running down the hill. The fox sighed with a smile on his face. "There's no changing his mind when it comes to girls." Shippou then looked the the blanket of food. (Looks like i'm the one cleaning it up), he thought to himself. Then he began to pack everything away, and fold up the blanket. He settled it all nice and neat in the basket they had brought, and heaved the basket up. It wasn't too heavy for him, but it wasn't too light either. With a determined look on his face, he began to walk it carefully down the hill, back to the house they all lived in.
Shippou thought that maybe, once Sango and Miroku were married, they would move into their own house in the village, and he and Kagome would be living in the house alone. He wouldn't mind being with Kagome, of course not, but the house would be far too quiet for his liking.
"Maybe they won't leave either." He said to himself, as he walked home. Shippou wasn't quite too sure of what would happen, but he knew Sango and Miroku would be much happier. That's all that really mattered, right? Well, at least to Sango and Miroku!
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After dropping the basket at home, Shippou decided to go for a walk, instead of trying to find the girls and watching Miroku get more slap marks on his face. He had strolled down by the well and taken a gaze at it, then went by the tree Inu Yasha was originally pinned to at the start of his and Kagome's journey. He stopped to rest there, leaning against the tree, and thinking of Kagome.
As Shippou sat thinking, suddenly, his demon senses picked up the sound of something rustling in the bushes. He twitched his nose, and picked up the sent of something strange. He stood up, and looked around him, to see some bushes to the right of him. In the bushes, was a cloaked man, watching him. Shippou growled. (How long was he watching me? Who is he?) He thought to himself. He began to approach the figure slowly.
"W-who are you?!" Shippou asked, alarmed that someone was watching him. "How long have you been watching me?!"
The figure shook it's head. "Not long... and my name is not of importance." The figure looked to the fox demon. "... you can call me sir, if you really wish."
Shippou stared at the man. There was something familiar, yet something not familiar about him, and he couldn't figure out anything about him. ".. what do you want?" He questioned, looking to the man warrily.
".. I've heard you have quite large feelings towards the girl, Kagome." The man replied. Shippou jolted a bit, shocked.
"H-how did you..." Shippou began, nervously. This man knew who he had liked, and if he spilt it out to Kagome, Shippou feared she would never like him!
The man smiled to himself. "Just as I thought... but none the less..." He reached into his cape, obviously getting something. "I know a way you can win the girl over."
Shippou gasped. He didn't know if he should trust the man, but somehow, this person knew exactly what Shippou wanted and how to get it. "... how..?" Shippou asked, quietly. The man nodded, and from hs cape he withdrew a necklace. The necklace looked exactly like that of Inu Yasha's, like the rosary beads that he had around his neck that caused him to fall whenever Kagome said the word 'sit'. Shippou drew in his breath. The man placed the necklace in the hands of Shippou.
"These..." He said. "Are the rosary beads of Inu Yasha. Due to the spell that has been placed on them now, it makes the next person to wear them have the same effect as they did to Inu Yasha." He nodded to Shippou, but shippou didn't understand what he was trying to say.
"What do you mean?" He asked, as he stared into the beads, remembering Inu Yasha.
"If you were to place a note on the table of your home stating that you had left for the fox village," the man explained. "And then you were to take on the form of Inu Yasha using the powers of your illusions and place the beads around your neck, you could 'play' as the half-breed and state that you had come back, and you had never died." The man then smiled again. "Get Kagome to believe you are Inu Yasha, and she will love you like she has loved no other." Shippou looked to the necklace.
"My fox magic... but, that would be tricking Kagome!" He noted. He didn't want to be mean to Kagome, and if she found out, she'd be heart broken! Then man just turned his back and began to walk into the woods.
"That is my only words to you for know." The figure said, while walking away. "If you choose to play as the demon, then we shall meet again in the future." Then he dissapeared in the forest, leaving Shippou to wonder what to do. The chance for Kagome to care about him had just been placed in his hands, and he couldn't figure out what would be the right thing. Thinking to himself, he realised ho happy Kagome would be to see Inu Yasha alive again. He gripped the beads harder, then began to walk back to the village.
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Kagome and Sango had begun to head back to their home. Miroku was following them, and to Shippou's predictions, had two slap marks on his face. Despite the pain he was in, his smile was quite large as he followed the two, but he had to make sure he wasn't too close to them, or he'd risk being slapped again.
"If he could just mind his own buissiness for once..." Sango said, slightly angered as she opened the door to their home. Kagome nodded in agreement, the Shikon Jewel on a necklace around her neck. Sango and Kagome placed their purchases away in their rooms, then walked back to where Miroku was standing in the door.
"We haven't eaten yet.." Kagome pointed out, then looked to Sango.
"Hmm, your right." Sango agreed, turning away from Miroku. "Let's go get something from the kitchen. Kagome agreed.
"Here," Kagome said. "I'll go make us something, you and Miroku can go sit down." Miroku and Sango nodded, then went outside to sit on the front deck of the house. Kagome headed for the kitchen, then slipped inside, and look around the room. Her eyes widened as she saw who she couldn't believe, standing in the kitchen.
Inu Yasha stood there, looking at a piece of paper that came from the table. It was the full Inu Yasha, with what seemed to be the Tetsusaiga and everything. Kagome had to be sure, though, because many times before, someone had posed as Inu Yasha in an attempt to get the Shikon Jewel. None of them, though, could do 'sit' properly, so immediatly, she took a breath, and shouted out the words that she hadn't said in a long time.
"Sit, boy!!" She shouted. Just then, Inu Yasha, or should we say Shippou in his illusion, felt the tug of the necklace on his neck for not even a second, before it dragged him down and he yelled in annoyance as his head hit the floor. Shippou lay there for a second, before he began rubbing his head. The necklace the man had given him had worked.
"Damn..." He said, with the voice of Inu Yasha and everything, as he sat up. Kagome's eyes grew wide. She suddenly ran from her position, and pratically leaped to him and hugged him as tight as she could, as tears began to form in her eyes of happiness. Shippou was shocked at this, and he looked down to Kagome. He immedatly blushed, but smiled. "Kagome..." He hugged her back.
"I-Inu Yasha..!!" She cried, hugging him. "You died..!! I thought you were dead, you jerk!!" Shippou looked to her while embracing her. It was the best feeling he had ever had, even though he felt a small ammount of guilt in him.
"I thought I was dead, too... but I ended up surviving, and it took me a while to get back here on my own." Shippou replied in the genuine Inu Yasha voice, smiling to Kagome. "It's great to see you again..."
Kagome nodded, still crying from happiness. At this point, Sango and Miroku had heard all the yelling, and came inside to see what was the commotion. To both of their surprise, they saw Inu Yasha and Kagome.
"I-Inu Yasha.. he's alive?!" Miroku questioned, shocked. The fox-illusion dog nodded to him and Sango. Sango covered her mouth, about to cry with joy as well. Miroku smiled, a large smile to see his friend again. "Welcome back, Inu Yasha.."
"Where's Shippou?" Sango questioned. "He'd be so happy to see you!" Shippou jolted a small bit, but then looked to the note.
"When I walked in, this was here." He said. "Looks like... the brat.. left to go to the fox village, to get a surprise for your wedding. Congrats."
"Oh..." Sango looked down. "The poor boy.."
"He'll be back." Shippou replied, getting more confident of this the more he talked. "It says he'll be back before the wedding." Sango nodded. Kagome wiped her eyes from the tears, still being held by Shippou as Inu Yasha.
"I can't believe it.." Kagome said. "You're back.." Shippou smiled. Now he only had one problem. He had to live Inu Yasha's life, do everything that he did. He knew Inu Yasha had problems. So now, he had to deal with them, atleast untill Sango and Miroku's wedding.
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Pika : There we go, first chapter up. Yeah, this is gonna be a humor/romance with a little bit of action now and then... please R&R! I promise, more funny parts next chapter!
Thanks for reading. ^^
Preview for next time! ;
Now that Shippou has the form of Inu Yasha, he's left wondering why the man wanted him to take on the form and win Kagome's heart. But some minor complications occur when a few villagers want Shippou to show them the Tetsusaiga! More problems happen as he discovers that Inu Yasha was in debt to someone in the village, and now he must pay the price for Inu Yasha's actions. Can the little fox take it? Tune in next time for Chapter 2 : Tetsusaiga and Debts!
Pika : Whoa, hi everyone! I haven't written in the longest time! Look at me, i'm back!
Well, anyway, the reason why I came back was 'cause got a cute.. and hillarious.. story idea. It's called 'Puppy Ears', and it's an Inu Yasha fic. (Hah, I got obsessed.) It's a KagomexShippou fic. Yeah, it's different, but I like the idea I came up for it. Please sit back and enjoy!
After the defeat of Naraku, Inu Yasha sacrificed himself to save everyone. A year later, Shippou is quite fond of Kagome, but she is still attached to Inu Yasha. With the help of a mysterious man, can Shippou maintain the illusion of Inu Yasha and win Kagome's heart? R&R! ^_^
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(It's been a year since we defeated Naraku, and since the Shikon Jewel has been put back together and placed in Kagome's care. This is me, Shippou, a few years older than when you last saw me. I'm much smarter and stronger, too! All of us now live in the village with Kaede, 'all of us' meaning me, Kagome, Sango, Miroku and Kirara.
What happened to Inu Yasha..? Well, when we defeated Naraku, Inu Yasha died in the battle as well, but was able to defeat him. He sacrificed himself to save us. We were all pretty depressed, but I think we've slowly gotten over it, not saying we've forgotten him! We thank him for what he did for us. Well, all of us have gotten over it, except for Kagome.
Kagome really liked Inu Yasha, and she still really likes him. It kinda makes me sad... I mean, through the year and the journey, I think i've discovered that I care about Kagome alot! The only problem is she still holds Inu Yasha in her heart, and couldn't care for me the same way. Plus, i'm much younger than she is!
Well, anyway, the main thing I could want right now is to be with Kagome like she and Inu Yasha were. Not always fighting, but for her to return her feelings to me.. hah, like that could ever happen!
.. I can atleast wish, right?...)
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The sun rose high over the village as it was just past noon. The villagers were doing their daily things, eating lunch, and enjoying the beautifull weather they had been having this spring. The snow had melted much quicker than it usually does each yeah, and the temperatures were perfect.
Shippou, the young fox demon, sat under a tree on a large hill. The shade kept the sun out of his eyes, and the air kept him warm, it was the perfect day to be eating lunch outside. He and Miroku had decided to eat lunch together today, as the girls were busy out trying on new kimono's. The girls had told Miroku he couldn't come because they wanted it to be a surprise, and they didn't want him to sneak a peek while they were changing. Shippou had agreed to stay with Miroku and have lunch with him as the girls shopped.
Miroku sighed happily. "It's only a couple weeks now.." He said to himself and to Shippou. Shippou had been munching on a piece of bread, then looked up to him and paused his eating.
"Yeah." He replied. "In a few more weeks, you and Sango are gonna be married!" He smiled. "It must make you so happy."
Miroku nodded. "Yes, I am incredibly happy..." He then took a sip of his drink, and took a long breath to take in some of the wonderfull spring air.
Shippou frowned for a second, then looked to Miroku. "Miroku," He asked. "What's it like to have a girl you really like return the same feeling to you?" Miroku looked down to Shippou with a questioning look.
"Well.." He began. "It's one of the most amazing feelings you'll ever feel. Why? Did you have a crush?"
The small demon looked down and blushed. He couldn't tell Miroku he had like Kagome! "I.." He started. "I.. just the girls we met on the journey, that all of you already knew I liked." Miroku nodded to that.
"I see... well, if you ever wish to talk about anything like that, you can come to me." Miroku said to him. Then he stood up. "Anyways.."
"Where are you going, Miroku?" Shippou asked, looking up to him.
"I'm going to find the girls." Miroku replied.
"Didn't they--" Shippou began, but Miroku was already running down the hill. The fox sighed with a smile on his face. "There's no changing his mind when it comes to girls." Shippou then looked the the blanket of food. (Looks like i'm the one cleaning it up), he thought to himself. Then he began to pack everything away, and fold up the blanket. He settled it all nice and neat in the basket they had brought, and heaved the basket up. It wasn't too heavy for him, but it wasn't too light either. With a determined look on his face, he began to walk it carefully down the hill, back to the house they all lived in.
Shippou thought that maybe, once Sango and Miroku were married, they would move into their own house in the village, and he and Kagome would be living in the house alone. He wouldn't mind being with Kagome, of course not, but the house would be far too quiet for his liking.
"Maybe they won't leave either." He said to himself, as he walked home. Shippou wasn't quite too sure of what would happen, but he knew Sango and Miroku would be much happier. That's all that really mattered, right? Well, at least to Sango and Miroku!
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After dropping the basket at home, Shippou decided to go for a walk, instead of trying to find the girls and watching Miroku get more slap marks on his face. He had strolled down by the well and taken a gaze at it, then went by the tree Inu Yasha was originally pinned to at the start of his and Kagome's journey. He stopped to rest there, leaning against the tree, and thinking of Kagome.
As Shippou sat thinking, suddenly, his demon senses picked up the sound of something rustling in the bushes. He twitched his nose, and picked up the sent of something strange. He stood up, and looked around him, to see some bushes to the right of him. In the bushes, was a cloaked man, watching him. Shippou growled. (How long was he watching me? Who is he?) He thought to himself. He began to approach the figure slowly.
"W-who are you?!" Shippou asked, alarmed that someone was watching him. "How long have you been watching me?!"
The figure shook it's head. "Not long... and my name is not of importance." The figure looked to the fox demon. "... you can call me sir, if you really wish."
Shippou stared at the man. There was something familiar, yet something not familiar about him, and he couldn't figure out anything about him. ".. what do you want?" He questioned, looking to the man warrily.
".. I've heard you have quite large feelings towards the girl, Kagome." The man replied. Shippou jolted a bit, shocked.
"H-how did you..." Shippou began, nervously. This man knew who he had liked, and if he spilt it out to Kagome, Shippou feared she would never like him!
The man smiled to himself. "Just as I thought... but none the less..." He reached into his cape, obviously getting something. "I know a way you can win the girl over."
Shippou gasped. He didn't know if he should trust the man, but somehow, this person knew exactly what Shippou wanted and how to get it. "... how..?" Shippou asked, quietly. The man nodded, and from hs cape he withdrew a necklace. The necklace looked exactly like that of Inu Yasha's, like the rosary beads that he had around his neck that caused him to fall whenever Kagome said the word 'sit'. Shippou drew in his breath. The man placed the necklace in the hands of Shippou.
"These..." He said. "Are the rosary beads of Inu Yasha. Due to the spell that has been placed on them now, it makes the next person to wear them have the same effect as they did to Inu Yasha." He nodded to Shippou, but shippou didn't understand what he was trying to say.
"What do you mean?" He asked, as he stared into the beads, remembering Inu Yasha.
"If you were to place a note on the table of your home stating that you had left for the fox village," the man explained. "And then you were to take on the form of Inu Yasha using the powers of your illusions and place the beads around your neck, you could 'play' as the half-breed and state that you had come back, and you had never died." The man then smiled again. "Get Kagome to believe you are Inu Yasha, and she will love you like she has loved no other." Shippou looked to the necklace.
"My fox magic... but, that would be tricking Kagome!" He noted. He didn't want to be mean to Kagome, and if she found out, she'd be heart broken! Then man just turned his back and began to walk into the woods.
"That is my only words to you for know." The figure said, while walking away. "If you choose to play as the demon, then we shall meet again in the future." Then he dissapeared in the forest, leaving Shippou to wonder what to do. The chance for Kagome to care about him had just been placed in his hands, and he couldn't figure out what would be the right thing. Thinking to himself, he realised ho happy Kagome would be to see Inu Yasha alive again. He gripped the beads harder, then began to walk back to the village.
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Kagome and Sango had begun to head back to their home. Miroku was following them, and to Shippou's predictions, had two slap marks on his face. Despite the pain he was in, his smile was quite large as he followed the two, but he had to make sure he wasn't too close to them, or he'd risk being slapped again.
"If he could just mind his own buissiness for once..." Sango said, slightly angered as she opened the door to their home. Kagome nodded in agreement, the Shikon Jewel on a necklace around her neck. Sango and Kagome placed their purchases away in their rooms, then walked back to where Miroku was standing in the door.
"We haven't eaten yet.." Kagome pointed out, then looked to Sango.
"Hmm, your right." Sango agreed, turning away from Miroku. "Let's go get something from the kitchen. Kagome agreed.
"Here," Kagome said. "I'll go make us something, you and Miroku can go sit down." Miroku and Sango nodded, then went outside to sit on the front deck of the house. Kagome headed for the kitchen, then slipped inside, and look around the room. Her eyes widened as she saw who she couldn't believe, standing in the kitchen.
Inu Yasha stood there, looking at a piece of paper that came from the table. It was the full Inu Yasha, with what seemed to be the Tetsusaiga and everything. Kagome had to be sure, though, because many times before, someone had posed as Inu Yasha in an attempt to get the Shikon Jewel. None of them, though, could do 'sit' properly, so immediatly, she took a breath, and shouted out the words that she hadn't said in a long time.
"Sit, boy!!" She shouted. Just then, Inu Yasha, or should we say Shippou in his illusion, felt the tug of the necklace on his neck for not even a second, before it dragged him down and he yelled in annoyance as his head hit the floor. Shippou lay there for a second, before he began rubbing his head. The necklace the man had given him had worked.
"Damn..." He said, with the voice of Inu Yasha and everything, as he sat up. Kagome's eyes grew wide. She suddenly ran from her position, and pratically leaped to him and hugged him as tight as she could, as tears began to form in her eyes of happiness. Shippou was shocked at this, and he looked down to Kagome. He immedatly blushed, but smiled. "Kagome..." He hugged her back.
"I-Inu Yasha..!!" She cried, hugging him. "You died..!! I thought you were dead, you jerk!!" Shippou looked to her while embracing her. It was the best feeling he had ever had, even though he felt a small ammount of guilt in him.
"I thought I was dead, too... but I ended up surviving, and it took me a while to get back here on my own." Shippou replied in the genuine Inu Yasha voice, smiling to Kagome. "It's great to see you again..."
Kagome nodded, still crying from happiness. At this point, Sango and Miroku had heard all the yelling, and came inside to see what was the commotion. To both of their surprise, they saw Inu Yasha and Kagome.
"I-Inu Yasha.. he's alive?!" Miroku questioned, shocked. The fox-illusion dog nodded to him and Sango. Sango covered her mouth, about to cry with joy as well. Miroku smiled, a large smile to see his friend again. "Welcome back, Inu Yasha.."
"Where's Shippou?" Sango questioned. "He'd be so happy to see you!" Shippou jolted a small bit, but then looked to the note.
"When I walked in, this was here." He said. "Looks like... the brat.. left to go to the fox village, to get a surprise for your wedding. Congrats."
"Oh..." Sango looked down. "The poor boy.."
"He'll be back." Shippou replied, getting more confident of this the more he talked. "It says he'll be back before the wedding." Sango nodded. Kagome wiped her eyes from the tears, still being held by Shippou as Inu Yasha.
"I can't believe it.." Kagome said. "You're back.." Shippou smiled. Now he only had one problem. He had to live Inu Yasha's life, do everything that he did. He knew Inu Yasha had problems. So now, he had to deal with them, atleast untill Sango and Miroku's wedding.
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Pika : There we go, first chapter up. Yeah, this is gonna be a humor/romance with a little bit of action now and then... please R&R! I promise, more funny parts next chapter!
Thanks for reading. ^^
Preview for next time! ;
Now that Shippou has the form of Inu Yasha, he's left wondering why the man wanted him to take on the form and win Kagome's heart. But some minor complications occur when a few villagers want Shippou to show them the Tetsusaiga! More problems happen as he discovers that Inu Yasha was in debt to someone in the village, and now he must pay the price for Inu Yasha's actions. Can the little fox take it? Tune in next time for Chapter 2 : Tetsusaiga and Debts!