Disclaimer: I do not, and most likely never will, own Inuyasha. But if I steal him, will that count as owning him?

Chappie 1 – The Stream of Doom!

It was a nice, warm day and the sun was shining through the trees. Birds were splashing in their cute, little birdie baths and there wasn't a cloud in sight. It was a beautiful, slightly breezy afternoon and…nobody cares because they are all too busy reading this computer screen, and they could care less about the outside world. As far as they know, it does not exist.

Anyway…

Kagome was with the Inuyasha gang in the feudal era, helping them search for a jewel shard as usual. It was all the same old stuff, nothing new, when all of a sudden—

"HA! YES! YAHOO!"

Shippo was prancing around, jumping for joy. He had previously been miserably dragging his tired, small legs behind Inuyasha and the others, but obviously, something had changed his attitude.

Kagome gave him a quizzical frown. "What is it, Shippo?"

"Water! I found a stream of water! I'm so thirsty…can we stop there to get some water please?" Shippo's eyes lit up with hope.

Kagome sighed. "What do you think, guys? Should we?"

Miroku, Sango, Inuyasha, and Myoga were whom her question was directed at. They had been searching for days for a certain jewel shard they had heard about, but the search seemed hopeless now. They hadn't found anything valuable. It even had taken them four days to find a small stream of water.

"No," Inuyasha said in a commanding voice. "It'll waste time. Forget about it. We hafta find the jewel shard."

Everyone ignored Inuyasha.

"Well…" Miroku scratched his chin. "Sure, I suppose we can stop for a quick break. It shouldn't take up too much time."

Shippo cheered. Kagome smiled. She had to admit, she wanted to it down to rest her legs for a bit. This would be the perfect opportunity.

The stream wasn't too far away, and it was soothing to hear its dull roar as it moved westward. Kagome immediately sat down and relaxed while Shippo stood staring at the stream.

"Well, aren't you going to take a drink?" Sango asked.

Shippo looked up at her and shrugged. "I'm not thirsty anymore."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. Everyone grumbled about how pointless it had been to come to the stream. But, Kagome reasoned with herself, it still gave me some time to repose a bit.

As they were leaving, everyone mad at poor Shippo, Inuyasha snuck over to the stream. He was incredibly thirsty, but he couldn't tell that to the others. He didn't want them to think he had any weaknesses. He hunched over doggy style and took a few licks of the stream water, and then he was off. No one even noticed what he had done.

Even after they were long past the stream, however, the pungent taste of the water still lingered in Inuyasha's mouth. It was very sweet, so he liked it, but he couldn't help but wonder why it was lasting so long. He soon found out why. Boy, did he find out why!

It happened later on in the evening when everyone was weary and tired, still not having found any hint to where the jewel shard could be. Kagome pulled out her bag of supplies that she had brought on the journey. The bag included six

bowls of Ramen, a flashlight, two extra batteries, and a few other minor things like a first aid kit.

"Is anybody hungry?" she asked.

Everyone's head rose up at the mention of the word 'hungry.' They all acknowledged to Kagome that, yes, they were starved. Kagome smiled sheepishly and began pulling things from her bag.

"Good," she said, "'cause I brought lotsa Ramen."

As everyone waited expectantly for food, Kagome began to frown. Where was the Ramen? She searched her bag three times. She was certain she had packed it, so where had it disappeared to?

She suddenly realized what happened to the dear, tasty Ramen. It wasn't too hard to figure out. She stood up, brushed herself off, and narrowed her eyes at everyone.

"Okay," she said sternly, "who got into my bag of stuff and ate all of the Ramen? You better tell me!"

As expected, no one said a word. No one wanted to admit himself or herself as the culprit. Kagome had to find out, though. She had a hunch that she knew ho did it, too.

"Miroku, Inuyasha," she called with false sweetness. "C'mere a sec, would you? Now be a man and admit which one of you stole the Ramen."

Still, there was silence. Kagome's anger was beginning to boil and rise to the surface.

"Who stole and ate the Ramen?" she asked impatiently.

Inuyasha suddenly spoke up. "I did. I ate all of it when no one was looking on our journey, a little before Shippo discovered that stream."

Inuyasha covered his hand over his mouth. Godammit! He hadn't meant to say that! It had just blurted out somehow, like he had been forced to say it. What the hell was going on?

"Well," Kagome said, shocked by his sudden outburst of honesty, "for being such a good doggy and admitting the truth, I'll only take away your Ramen next time once instead of twice."

"What!" Inuyasha protested loudly.

Kagome raised her eyebrow. "There's nothing you can do about it, Inuyasha, and you know it."

Inuyasha begged to differ. "Hmph. I bet I could. All I'd have to do is—"

Kagome was getting sick of his mouth. She didn't want to hear it anymore. And when she was sick of Inuyasha, there was only one way to get him down temporarily…

"SIT, BOY!"

BAAAM! Down went Inuyasha, face first into the dirt. Miroku stifled a snicker.

"I'm glad you told the truth for once, but you really need to stop being so rude!" Kagome screeched.

Inuyasha made a muffled "feh" sound from the ground. He hated being sat, and he swore he'd get revenge on Kagome sometime.

Goes to show what happens when you tell the truth about something, Inuyasha thought angrily. He promised that he didn't plan to gab the truth much anymore since it only seemed to cause trouble. Well, his promise was broken.

Author's Note: Yeah, I know it's brief and short and all, but I've done a lotta typing today and I'm starting to get a cramp in my hand. Anyway, please review! I love any comments you have to give me! (This is my forth fanfic, by the way. I'm so proud of myself for creating so many wonderful works of—oh, wait a minute…is that the ice cream truck? See you! I'll write more once I'm finished eating my butter pecan ice cream. Or maybe I should get mint chocolate chip…or choco chip cookie dough…or—oh, forget it.)