Title: Left Behind: Shippou's Tail
Author: landofthekwt
Genre: Angst
Universe: Canon
Pairing: I/K, M/S. Kagome/Shippou (mother/child)
Word Count:547
Warnings: None
Feudal Tales, Week 9, Shippou
Summary: Shippou is upset when Kagome leaves him behind at the end of the Quest.
Prompt #2.
Shippou sighed as he watched his odd adopted family gather around the fire. He felt safe with them all, but Kagome had a special place in his heart. He adored her, as she was the mother that had been ripped away from him as a baby.
He nibbled at his lip anxiously. He had something to tell them, something so big he was afraid on how it would affect them.
Taking a deep breath he spoke and watched a heart break before his eyes.
The Battle for the Jewel was over. Naraku was gone. Tonight was the last night that they would all be together.
Miroku and Sango were now married, They would leave together with Kohaku for the Demon Slayers village which they planned to rebuild.
Inuyasha and Kagome would going through the well one last time . All of them believed that the well would close behind them once they made the right wish on the jewel.
Sesshoumaru's group would leave for the West.
The only one without a place to go to was Shippou. No one thought about poor Shippou.
"Kagome, why can't I go with you?" cried the Kitsune "I do not want to be left behind."
Kagome looked mournfully at him " I do not know how to get you through the well.
I want to go home to be with my family.. Inuyasha and I have promised to always be together."
Shippou was crushed. How could she do this to him. She was like his own mother. He had slept
with her every night. He had bathed with her.
He had defended Kagome's body because the baka Inuyasha could not do so since he was just a hanyou.
He had defended Kagome's heart by berating Inuyasha constantly about Kikyou.
He had put the hanyou in his proper place by demeaning his intelligence.
And now his mother would desert him for this person who was not worthy of her.
Kagome tried to comfort him, but he would have not of it. He was losing his mother for a second time.
The groups finally settled down to sleep for the night.
"Shippou, this is our last night together. Won't you sleep beside me one last time." offered
Kagome
The temptation was simply too great. He snuggled against the chest of Kagome and was soon
fast asleep.
Morning came too soon. After breakfast the group began to move towards the well..
It had the feeling of a funeral procession. To all of them, it seemed like their friends were dying
since they would never see each other again in this life.
When they finally reached the well, they found they could hardly contain themselves.
Kagome had purified the jewel in her battle with Naraku, but it still existed and could be
reactivated to create a new cycle of violence.
It was finally decided that Kagome would take the jewel to other side of the well and wish that
the jewel, all the souls trapped within the jewel and Naraku should obtain peace at last.
Kagome hugged all of her friends tightly. She never wanted to leave them, but she wanted to be
with her family as well.
She gave one final hug to Shippou and handed him to Sango. " Do you guys have room for one
more."
Sango looked at her in surprise. " We will be glad to care for Shippou for as long as he wants us
to do so."
With that being said Inuyasha and Kagome jumped into the well and were gone in a flash of blue
light.
Shippou stared after them into the well. They were gone. His only hope of meeting Kagome
again would be to survive until Kagome emerged from the well.
Shippou decided then and there that he would conquer time and see Kagome again. He would not
be left behind.