rating: PG / K+
genre: general/humor
pairings: none
summary: Even a hero can be misguided every once in a while.
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He had been warned about the dangers, had experienced them himself in horrifying agony more than once in his lifetime. And because of the dangers, and in the best interests concerning the safety of his other traveling companions, he decided to do something about it.
He stole.
While slumbering forms slumbered, he was as quick and quiet as could be. It wasn't long before he had what he was searching for, shimmering faintly in the night with myriad colors, and snuck quietly away where he could deal with the potentially dangerous items that threatened the well-being of his friends. Stealthily he crept to an isolated hiding place, knowing the others wouldn't understand how he was protecting them, sacrificing himself for their sakes.
Being a hero was tough.
And painful if he were discovered. He couldn't risk discovery and that left only one option.
He had to destroy the evidence.
He was in the midst of doing just that, crouched behind a thicket of concealing foliage, when the bushes around him rattled alarmingly. Fear was instant and he didn't even have time to flee before a clawed hand punched through foliage and tore it aside and then he was suddenly surrounded by a ring of faces and one such face blazing horribly with angry eyes and feral growl.
"Shippou!" was the snarling snarl. "You're not going to get away with this!"
He had been right. Discovery was a painful thing and he bore the bruises from an angry hanyou to prove it. And then he had to endure the equally painful scolding of his favorite person which was all the more hurtful though she never laid a hand on him. Her disappointment in him was a hard thing to bear for all that his actions were perfectly justified and when, asked what he had been thinking, he could only apologetically explain that he had been trying to save them all.
"After all, Kagome, I didn't want everyone to get sick on all the 'junk' food you brought."
Stomach aches were a painful thing.