Author's note: Thank you again for being so generous with the kind reviews. I won't apologize for the last chapter. While it wasn't as humorous as the first two, Sango's more of serious kind of gal. The end of their chapter is coming up next... stay tuned!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha nor his friends, Rumiko Takahashi does.
What the Hell Happened Last Night? Shippou's Sake Escapade
Kagome brought me a lot of candy when she came through the well this time. She said it was for the special night. We were all celebrating being alive. That's good. I mean, I don't really remember a lot about the battle with Naraku. At first I was just scared. I was afraid Kagome would get hurt, or someone would die. And then I tried to help Miroku. I got hit on the head and don't remember anything after that. I guess that's kind of good... I would have hated to see the way my friends got hurt. And they did get hurt.
So I sat there and opened another piece of chocolate. It tasted so sweet and good. I had to lick it off my fingers. It gots on my face... that chocolate stuff is really good but gets messy.
"Inu DON'T!!" Sango yelled, making me look up. What's he doing now? Why is Sango hitting Miroku? I rubbed my hands off on my shirt and went to see what was happening.
What's Inuyasha doing with Kagome!?! Oh... well, I guess she liked it. I started to grin. It's about time! I've known for a long time she loved him. Her heart beats differently when Inuyasha talks to her, and she smells different too. She's so pretty... and nice. I frowned. Inuyasha better be nice to her and not make her mad any more.
I tried to tell him to be nice to her when they left. Oi?! They left? Without me? I slumped.... what kind of celebration was this? Sango looked kind of mad, and Miroku's drank something that makes him act silly. It looked like the stuff Inuyasha drank before he started kissing Kagome. I wondered what it taste like?
Miroku kept filling his cup, staring at it like it was going to do something, and then drinking it. I looked at it. It kind of looked like water. I looked at Miroku. He looked funny. Sort of fuzzy.
"What does it taste like?" I asked, curious. I'd never had sake before.
"It's good." He told me. I asked him if it tasted like chocolate. He didn't answer but took a drink from his cup.
"Can I have some?" I asked. I was pretty polite, and even smiled.
He shook his head and said something about keds thinking. I thought he might have a problem talking. I watched him pour another cup, and thought of a way to get a taste.
"Sango needs your help." I chirped happily. No one thinks I'm playing around when I use that voice.
I thought something had to be wrong with Miroku. He just stared at me, like he didn't understand what I said. Then he started to grin. He got to his feet and started to walk... well, it looked like walking anyway... over to Sango. I hurriedly drank the water stuff in his cup.
OOooh yuck! I thought I swallowed fire! It burned! It burned! I ran to the water bucket and started to drink... got to put the fire out... AAAHHHH... how can he stand it?! Oooh... my stomach! It didn't feel so good. I can't hardly see... Where's Kagome? I started to cry. I wanted my Kagome!
I saw Sango and tried to walk over to her. My legs wouldn't work right. I felt so bad. Oh no! My stomach! Oh... I'm sorry Sango... I felt so awful. I hate throwing up. It smells bad, and makes my legs feel weak. I wanted to die. Sango was so nice. She kept talking to me, and helped me clean up. She even tucked me into bed, and wiped my head with a wet cloth. I tried to stop crying. I don't like that sake stuff... I felt so sleepy...
~~~ The Next Morning ~~~
I could hear my Kagome talking. I didn't want to open my eyes. My head hurt. I can't let Kagome know I did something like this. She'd hate me, I know. I wanted to cry. I had to wake up and go see her. She'll think I'm sick otherwise and then she'll know and get mad at me. I have to hide it. I have to pretend I'm not sick, that I didn't drink any sake.
Running over to Kagome, I just wanted to cry. My head hurt so much. She snuggled up to me, and it felt good. She smelled clean and sweet, like she'd just taken a bath. I knew I wasn't feeling right, cause I thought for a minute she smelled like Inuyasha.
Kagome tried to feed me her breakfast. I didn't want it, but took a taste. If I ate it, I'd get sick again. So I started chattering. I heard Inuyasha growl at me. GULP! He knew... He knew I drank. Uh oh.. I looked up at Kagome and smiled sweetly. She liked me and is so nice. Maybe if I remind her how cute I could be, she won't be so mad when she finds out. I watched Inuyasha out of the corner of my eyes. He kept watching me; glaring at me. He knew... I'm in trouble.
Pretty soon, Kagome stood up and put me down with a pat on top of my head. (Ouch!)
"I think we probably should take a walk, or something. There are some things I don't think you want everyone to know about." She looked like she wanted to tell us something. "After I tell him what happened, if he wants to share, then it'll be up to him." What's she talking about? I looked from her to Inuyasha, but no one tells me anything.
Inuyasha nodded, and started for the hut's door, snatching up Kagome's hand as he passed. What's with that guy anyway? He was acting weird.
As soon as Kagome left, though, I couldn't stand it any longer. I was dying! I just knew it. I looked at Sango and whimpered. I couldn't stand up any more, and found myself looking at the ceiling.
"Kagome's going to hate me!" I bawled. "She's going to be mad at me I just know it!" Tears kept coming no matter what I tried to do to stop them. "Inuyasha's going to tell her I drank sake and then she'll hate me." I pleaded with Sango, "Please tell her not to hate me... please?"
Sango held my head, and told me it was going to be alright... how would she know? She didn't drink any sake. At least I didn't think she had. She did make me some stuff that was suppose to keep me from dying. That's good. I didn't want to die. At least not yet. We sat there, my head in her lap, and she rubbed my temples... it felt good. My head felt much better... my stomach still hurt, but my head wasn't thumping any more.
I heard Miroku say something. I didn't want to hear anything... I just wanted to lay right where I was... Sango rubbing my head... drifting off to sleep... Wait a minute... Where'd Sango go? Miroku left too? No one's here to help me?
My lip started to quiver... they all left me? Left me all alone? All alone to die? By myself? "WAAAHHH!" I couldn't help it... they left me to die! Not one of them would stay with me. I was going to die, all alone, with my hurting head, and my stomach... I must have some terrible disease.
I wondered if they'll have a nice funeral for me... with flowers? And Miroku saying nice things? He says such nice things at funerals... I know, he's given enough of them. I'll get to see Mama and Papa again.….
I wondered if Kagome will cry... I don't want her to cry. Think she'll be sad that I'm dead? I'm going to miss her... I started to cry again. I was going to miss Sango too... she so nice to me. And Kirara.. I like her. She likes to play with me. Miroku too... but he's the one who gave me this stuff... the stuff that's killing me. I guess I'll miss Inuyasha too. He can be nice... sometimes. Not often, but sometimes. He has saved my life though. A lot. Not as many times as he has Kagome, but when I need him to he does. I wished he were here. He would be able to save my life... I just know it. I don't want to go... I don't want to die... I don't...
"I DON'T WANT TO DIE!!!" I cried out loud!
"Oi! What are you going on about?" Inuyasha asked me.
I looked over at the door, and Kagome and Inuyasha... They came back! I won't die alone.. but ... but ... Kagome will know... and she'll be mad at me!
"AAEEIIIII!!" I screeched, and tried to scramble away. I didn't want her to be mad at me.
"Shippou-chan!" She yelled at me.
"Hey Brat! Stop that screeching!" Inuyasha looked mad. His ears were flat against his head, and he picked me up by the tail. (I really hate that, you know!) He's glared at me. "What makes you think you're dying? Other than if you screech like that again, and I pound you?"
I just knew he knows and he'd tell Kagome.
Kagome grabbed me from Inuyasha and hugged me to her. She's so nice. Did I say that already? I started crying. I can't help it. She's going to know.
You know what? My head didn't hurt so much any more... I didn't think I was going to die. I snuggled up to Kagome and hugged her. She smelled so nice... wait a minute... sniff sniff.... I lifted my head and looked at her, then I looked at Inuyasha.
He started blushing, and wouldn't look at me! I opened my eyes real big. Oh! I looked at Kagome and smiled. "I'm so glad Kagome." I couldn't stop smiling.
She hugged me tight and asked, "What are you so glad about? I thought you were dying just a moment ago."
"You and Inuyasha are mating!" I grinned at both of them. Inuyasha growled at me. I know he's just fooling cause he had a happy look on his face. Like he's proud someone knew it. Kagome got red, and looked at Inuyasha.
She set me down and said, "Well, we haven't, but soon we will." She's still so red, but I could tell she liked the idea of mating with Inuyasha. They held hands, and sat next to me.
I climbed up in Kagome's lap, and leaned against Inuyasha. You know, they're kind of like my mama and papa in a way. I was much younger when they found me, and they've been taking care of me ever since. I smiled up at Inuyasha. "When will you mate? Can I have brothers and sisters?" They looked at each other and smiled. It's like they've already talked about it. I was so happy.
"So, brat, what made you think you were dying earlier? Too much candy?" Oh no... trust Inuyasha to remember that.
I ducked my head, and would have ran away, but he held my tail again. "Kagome! Inuyasha won't let me go!" I knew how to get rid of him. "Can you sit him for me please?" I begged her with my best smile she can never resist.
Inuyasha grinned at me, and touched his neck.... then I noticed, no rosary. I looked wide-eyed at Kagome. "Uh... Kagome... why did you do that?"
She blushed, and Inuyasha actually gave her a kiss! "Because a woman shouldn't use spells to subdue her husband." She gave him a funny kind of look. "She uses other means to subdue him." Her eyebrow went all kind of twitchy, and Inuyasha purred. Purred? Then she looked at me, very serious like. "So now, tell us, what made you think you were dying? You sure were yelling loud enough."
I gulped. I guess there was no getting around it. I felt better, but not well enough to get chased all over the forest by Inuyasha. "Uh.. I .. umm... drank some sake." I couldn't look at her.
"Damn that monk! Giving sake to kids! I'll teach him a thing or two." Inuyasha was really mad.
"What on earth could Miroku have been thinking? Letting Shippou drink sake? I'll sic Sango on him! He's really gone too far this time." Kagome was really mad too.
While I was glad they weren't mad at me, I couldn't let poor Miroku take the blame. I mean, he did tell me I couldn't have any. And I did kind of trick him into leaving so I could take his... I started to cry, and said in a very low voice, "Miroku didn't want me to have any. I... I ... stole it from him." There I said it. They were both quiet. I looked up at Inuyasha. He scowled at me. I looked up at Kagome. She looked like she didn't understand what I said.
"Shippou? Are you saying you stole sake from Miroku and drank it?" I nodded, and a tear rolled down my face. "Why didn't you say something earlier? You didn't seem sick at breakfast."
I wiped my eyes. "I didn't want you to be mad at me. I thought you would hate me." I started to blubber again. I just knew she was going to get mad. Suddenly she picked me up, and held me close, covering my face, and head with kisses.
"Oh sweetie. I couldn't hate you! And sometimes I will be mad, but it doesn't mean I won't love you. I get mad at Inuyasha all the time, but I love him. Nothing will change that. Do you understand?" I peeked at Inuyasha. His arms were crossed, and he looked disgusted.
"Are you mad at me?" I asked him, more than a little afraid.
He snorted. "If I got mad at everyone doing stupid things, I'd be mad all the time."
I thought about that for a minute and said, "But you ar..dmaft" Kagome covered my mouth so I couldn't say it. I looked up at her, and she was smiling down at me. I guess I didn't have to point out that Inuyasha is mad most of the time, no matter what people do. All I knew was, I was happy, and I was not dying. My Kagome loved me, and she was happy. I think Inuyasha will be happier too. Kagome makes people happy when they're around her.
What a good day!
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