A/N: Short chapter! Forgive me. It doesn't go with the next one at all, so I couldn't combine them, and I suppose you'll have to bear with it. :P


Kagome looked down at Shippo, who was sprawled across a plush white couch, watching an anime on the TV, his tails draped over the back of the sofa.

"You owe me a favor."

Shippo glanced up at her lazily. He blinked. "I do?"

"Yes," she said, folding her arms. "You told Koga about the kiss at the amusement park, even after you promised not to."

"I what?" Shippo objected, sitting up.

"You agreed before the date that you wouldn't tell anyone any details about it," Kagome said firmly. "And you did – you spilled to Koga that I was able to kiss him. So you broke our agreement."

Kagome watched with satisfaction as comprehension filtered into his eyes. He winced. "I forgot I agreed to that."

"Well, you did."

"And this equates to a favor…?" Shippo asked, looking up at her and raising an eyebrow. "I didn't know broken promises meant favors in exchange…"

Shippo's green eyes, masculine face, and dusty red hair generally made it hard for women to resist his looks and generally got him anything he wanted, Kagome knew, looking at the face he was giving her. Immune, she raised her own eyebrow back.

"We can take your broken vow up with Sesshomaru instead, if you'd prefer…"

"Alright, alright!" Shippo scrambled to his feet, laughing. "I owe you a favor! There's no need for Sesshomaru, Kagome! We'll sort this out ourselves."

He clapped his hands together in glee, rubbing them together briskly.

"So what's it going to be?" he asked. "Following Kyoya around for you? Torturing one of your teachers?"

"A magic trick," Kagome told him. "With real magic."

Shippo's eyes lit with mirth.

"Are you serious?" he asked her. "Are you sure? I mean, the risk is minimal, but still…"

Kagome tossed her head.

"I'm bored with never doing anything," she said. "What's the point of us being different and having powers if we never use them?"

Shippo smirked. "So you want to use them on a magic trick?"

"Not just a magic trick…"

Kagome elaborated, explaining exactly what she wanted to do and how it would work. As she explained, Shippo's smile grew and grew, until he was practically shaking with eagerness.

"Well…" he said with a wide grin. "That sounds like fun."

"It will be," Kagome assured him. "Oh, it will be…"


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