Things you hear but never see: Shippo Bathing
Disclaimer: I don't own anything (so sad :'( ). The only reason I am writing this is because I read many a story that states that Shippo bathes with Sango and Kagome but I have never read any actual bathing scenes. So...here it goes. (And no, it's not dirty, but it does have potty humor...perverts).
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"Shippo, bath time", Kagome shouted as she and Sango headed off for the hot springs near the village they were currently staying at. "Okay Mommy", replied Shippo, and soon he was chasing after his adoptive Mommy and aunt. "Lucky brat", Inuyasha and Miroku muffled under their breath as they watched the fox demon run toward the girls. Of course they both wanted to bathe with the girls, but would never openly say it (for fear of getting slapped or 'sitted').
Shippo, in his childish innocence, had started undressing while trying to catch up to the girls. By the time he had caught up, he was fully undressed. He leapt into Kagome's arms, and gave her the clothes he was previously wearing (she had once admonished him about leaving his clothes behind after looking for them for 2 hours). Shippo was half-fox, and he looked the part. His legs and tail were of fox, but everything above his thighs were human. And if you ever saw him naked, he didn't have much fur on his legs.
Kagome and Sango walked up the trail to the hot springs with the naked Shippo in tow. As they got their spring, Shippo jumped into the water while Sango and Kagome undressed. Kagome had explained the differences between boys and girls, and so Shippo knew that he had a 'pee-pee' and Kagome didn't.
Once the girls had finished undressing and slipped into the spring, they started relaxing. Shippo, of course, was filled with childish energy and was splashing and playing around everywhere. The girls didn't mind, until Shippo stood up and Kagome saw Shippo 'relieving' himself. "Shippo, don't do that in here!", she half yelled picking him up as if to stop him. "Why Mommy?", he asked, still going, "It's gonna get washed away anyways." "But people bathe here, Shippo, and you wouldn't wanna bathe in dirty water would you?" "No", he replied looking down in shame, finally finishing his 'business'. "You haven't ever...", Kagome started, looking at his bottom and raising his tail a little. Shippo quickly shook his head no. "No, my old Mommy told me not to do that." "And she was right, but you shouldn't pee either. Go to the bushes or something next time, ok?" "Ok, Mommy."
Now, after hearing this entire conversation, Sango chimes in with "I don't think I'd want to leave the spring with that demon and letch around. I'd rather whiz in a spring than get peeked at by those two." "Ok, let's get off this topic!", Kagome said, getting sick of bathroom habits.
After a few more minutes of Shippo playing, Kagome and Sango started bathing themselves. Shippo was basically just watching water spiders skip across the water when Kagome called him to her. "Shippo, come here, baby; we need to get you clean." "Ok, Mommy", Shippo replied as he swam over to her. She lathered up some suds and started to clean her adoptive son. She remembered how hard it was for her to wash his fur originally, being that a lot more dirt gets caught in fur than on skin.
"Shippo, could you try to keep yourself clean?", Kagome asked while getting the dirt off his back. As she got lower, it got worse. "Shippo, do you clean yourself back here?", she asked while examining the damage. "...sometimes", he replied, clearly not meaning it. "Could you try to remember from now on?" "I'll try, Mommy." "That's my boy", Kagome smiled. As she tried to get him clean, she couldn't help herself from gagging from the smell of his excrement. "Give him to me, I think I can stomach it", Sango said, seeing Kagome's dilemma. "Thanks Sango", said Kagome while handing Shippo over to her. To Shippo's surprise, she grabbed the washcloth and set him on her lap face down (well above the water). She moved his tail aside, and set about cleaning the area. Sango had a much better time than Kagome did. Once that was clean, it was a little red from the scrubbing, but much cleaner. Shippo rubbed his bottom some. "See, that's why you want to clean there, so we don't have to scrub so hard.", Kagome said seeing his reaction.
Then came the tail. Kagome was slightly surprised when she found an old sucker and some candy stuck inside. "Shippo, were you hiding candy in your tail?" "No." "Then why is there old candy in here?", she asked, pulling what used to be a jolly rancher out of the fur. "Because you told me to not put it on the ground when I'm done." "Ok, new rule. When I give you candy and you're done with it, throw it away in a trashcan, ok?" "Ok, Mommy" Kagome smiled with motherly pride.
Once everything at waist level was clean, there weren't any more surprises. Kagome was relieved when she was done cleaning him. After that they had a lot more fun playing in the water. Kagome had brought some of Souta's old bath toys with her when she came back last, and it seemed that Shippo was having a ball with them. Once the two girls were relaxed and clean enough, they started to get out and dry off. Kagome let Shippo play some more while she got herself dressed. Once she had finished, she called Shippo to her with a towel ready. He happily hopped into the towel, enjoying his mother's embrace. Sango picked up Shippo's clothes as they headed back towards the inn.
Because of the heat, playing, and just being a kid, Shippo started to fall asleep as they left. By the time they had left the building, he was away in dreamland. "That's so cute", Sango chimed as she watched Shippo coo at his mothers touch. Kagome smiled at the sleeping boy in her arms and smiled, and watched him play in his sleep with one of her fingers, eventually just sucking on it.
When they got back, Inuyasha and Miroku were still upset, but not as much as they were earlier. Kagome set Shippo down in her sleeping bag, still wrapped up in the towel, and Sango set his clothes next to him. They were all tired from the spring (and the boys were tired from being boys), so they decided to go to sleep. Rather than risk waking him, Kagome just let him sleep in the towel. She snuggled up next to him in the sleeping bag, and smiled again as Shippo instinctively grabbed and cuddled with his Mommy. That night was one of the best sleeps Kagome and Shippo ever had.
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Author's note: I had always wanted to hear a story about this, just because no one ever mentioned any details about it. I've read many a story where they mention bathing, but no stories about it, so I wrote my own. I wanted to make the story longer than it was, but I was running out of ideas. Also, I tried to think about how 8 yr. olds are, and I remember that they are always hiding things in their clothes, and that they never wipe themselves, so that's why I had the potty humor in this (although I don't really think it's funny). Hope you enjoyed, and I hope to write more Shippo stories in the future. Have comments? Then please leave a (polite) review. Until then, bye.