Title Favorite Son
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt Playing Favorites (Inuyasha Fan Fic)
Word Count 480
Warning none
Summary Shippou makes the best of his situation
The kitsune daiyoikai readied his writing materials. In order to grade Number 77 he needed to take copious notes Surreptitious observation was the key. Number 77 should know that he was under the microscope at all time to see that he fulfilled his assignment.
The first thing he observed was a fur ball shoot out the front door of the hut. It bounced off a tree and landed on top of the head of a young woman dressed in miko robes. The young woman grabbed the kitsune from her head and crushed him to her breast.
A boy and girl came boiling out of the hut and grabbed either leg of the woman. Down they went into a giggling wiggling mass. Finally, the woman was able to right herself and gazed fondly at the pair of human miscreants
"Have you been good for Shippou?"
Souta and Sakura looked guiltily at each other and then shot a look at Shippou who was waving his hands. Luckily for him, the conspirators were able to ascertain his meaning before they spilled the beans. They smiled evilly at each other. Shippou really owed them.
"Yes, Mother" they chimed in singsong fashion.
"Good I would hate to think that anything untoward would happen while I was away doing rounds with Kaede All I want to do now is drink some tea and take a nap"
Shippou and the children panicked. She absolutely could not go into the house. They had been playing inside all morning and the inside was an absolute mess. Shippou suddenly had a brainstorm that would save the day for the moment.
"Kagome, you deserve to soak in a nice onsen. I know an inn near here which has a world famous onsen. You can relax. Drink your tea. And not have a care in the world"
To Kagome that sounded heaven sent. Even though she knew Shippou must be up to something, she was not about to refuse a trip to an onsen. Whatever Shippou was, he was good to her. Always taking care of her kids when she had to work. She never could refuse him anything.
She nodded. Shippou transformed. Together they went off to the onsen for a relaxing afternoon.
The daiyoikai came out of hiding and entered the hut. He was disgusted at what he found. The place was a pigsty. Obviously, Number 77 and children had been busy.
He twitched. Then sighed. With his magic he was able to clean the small hut in no time flat. Number 77 would pay for what he had bees forced to do. The miko was another matter. She deserved better, but she made her choices. A hnayou for a husband and a prodigal kitsune for a son. All he could do was make the best of a bad situation in order to fulfill his promise to the Inu no Taisho..
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