It's been rather boring in the Sengoku Jidai lately, no trouble has surfaced and so far, neither have any more of the Shikkon shards.  I wonder what illnesses Gramps invented this time…

            Kagome stared at the little Hamtaro on the corner of her journal page.

            P.S. – It would be a bit easier to deal with Inu-Yasha sometimes if he was cute and fuzzy like Hamtaro.

            "Who's Hamtaro?"

            "SIT!"

            Inu-Yasha grumbled dumbly as he was once again forced to eat dirt.  Kagome rushed to lock up her journal as Inu-Yasha got to his feet again.

            "What's the big deal, Kagome?!"

            "You're not supposed to read a girl's journal!  I could've had personal subjects in there!"

            "Like what, cute and fuzzy dog demons?"

            Kagome was absolutely furiated by the thought of Inu-Yashareading her journal over her shoulder.

            "If you want cute and fuzzy you're barking up the wrong tree," Inu-Yasha said, absolutely sure that whole 'journal' business was simply foolishness.

            Kagome didn't think so.

            "SIT!" she commanded as she stormed off again.  This one wasn't so easy for him to shake off, though.  Kagome had made good time towards the Bone Eater's Well before Inu-yasha had pulled himself out fo his personal hole in the ground, and he immediately started off after her, Miroku following behind trying to explain the importance of a woman's privacy to selectively deaf hanyou ears. (M.S.H.S., the Male Selective Hearing System.)

            "Damnit, Kagome, why do you keep trying to leave me!"

            He landed between her and the well and demanded that she stay.

            "There are still more shards, Kagome!"

            "You haven't been trying very hard to find them lately, have you?" she snapped suddenly.

            "Kagome, I-" he blinked dumbly and drew a blank.

            "You what."

            "I- I can't detect 'em!" he somehow managed to say harshly.

            "You seem to find trouble well enough on your own," she stated as she pushed him out of the way and went home.

            There was a moment of silence as Inu-Yasha tried to make sense of everything that just happened.

            "What's the big deal? Why was she so angry?" he said blankly.

            "You have a lot to learn, my friend," Miroku reassured.  He patted Inu-Yasha on the back as he turned to walk away.

            Inu-Yasha cringed. "Ow…"