The wind blew softly, gently blowing her hair away from her face. The rope line blew with it and she hoped that the laundry would be able to stay on the line with the wind shifting so much today. She shook out one off her yukatas and threw it over the line next to Inuyasha's hoari.
A soft panting met her ears and she looked up to see a young fox racing down the worn path towards her, calling her name.
She smiled seeing him approach, and picked up some more clothing from her basket and shook it out.
"Back so early, are you?" She glanced over to her right to see him nod almost worried his head would snap right off his neck, which made her smile more.
"Yup! I finished my exams early! Master said that I'll probably move up a whole mark!"
He was doing so wonderfully with his fox demon training from what she had heard from him, and she told him so which made his eyes light up like a Christmas tree. He explained that he had only six or seven days off before he had to leave again and resume his training.
"Maybe I'll come watch you one day." She mentioned offhandedly, tapping her finger against her chin.
"Hel- I mean- Heck ya! You could see all of my tricks, Kagome!" She shook her head and smiled at her adoptive son's catch. He was starting to pick up on some of her husband's gruff language. Fortunately, she did her best to keep it at minimum though she was afraid it was a little too late. She sighed. Besides, the more time Shippo spent with Inuyasha the more he picked up on his language. It was inevitable.
"You want some help with the clothes, Kagome?"
She was brought back from her musings and looked down at him and nodded. She moved the basket closer to him as he grabbed the blanket from the basket and tried to shake it out.
She laughed a bit and they fell into a comfortable silence, with the wind blowing,the leaves on the trees making a soft swishing soft and Kagome quietly singing to herself. Of course, being the young child he was, Shippo found another topic of conversation.
"What'cha humming, Kagome?"
"Huh? Oh! A song I learned when I was young. You want learn the lyrics?"
"Sure!" She took the blanket from him which he was just now barely peeking from underneath, hanging it up while she hummed the beginning, finding her starting pitch.
"You can now dream, hear me slightly. I'm in a world, crossing through the unknown." She sang softly, her voice low. She nodded towards Shippo and he echoed her.
"Constantly my heart wondering why I turn away from you. Why am I dodging the simple paths when I could face the truth." She tempo grew faster and she smiled as Shippo stumbled over the words, trying to go the same speed as she.
"I see you everywhere in dreams. Somehow you must hold the key. To unlock the hero deep within me."
She continued to teach the young demon the lyrics until he knew the whole song and soon they were singing together as they hung up the laundry.
~*~
The two finished quickly enough with the chore and soon Shippo had found great entertainment in playing with her laundry basket, pretending it was a rocketship as she had told him about.
The leaves shook as Inuyasha came down the path, grumbling a bit to himself as he swatted at some of the branches in his way, one of them flying back and hitting him in the face.
Shippo, still in the basket, toppled over, practically crying he was laughing so hard.
Inuyasha glared at him and flipped the basket over and put his foot on top, trapping Shippo underneath with Shippo threatening to light the basket aflame while Kagome slapped her husband on the shoulder and telling Shippo that he "better not dare set her basket on fire!"
"Those need to be cut back." He bit out.
"It's only because you're so tall!" Shippo's muffled yell came from underneath the basket.
"Inuyasha, let him out from under there!" Kagome snapped and he reluctantly let the kid out.
"Inuyasha Inuyasha! Kagome taught me a song today!" He pipped as he left up onto Kagome's shoulder.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow and quirked his head. "Oh really?"
"Yup. Wanna hear it?"
"Why don't we go inside, hm?" Kagome inquired and lead her family inside.
They were all singing it until the day Shippo left.
Author's Note: The song is not mine. It is the English version of One Day One Dream