Some Toys Shouldn't Be Played With
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha or any other characters involved
Chapter 6

~Shippou's Revenge~

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Upon reaching the pile of dirt I decide to take the plushy on a little digging excavation. I remembered hiding my little crying acorns in the pile a few weeks back after Inu Yasha complained about them making to much noise and bothering his 'oh, so sensitive ears'. Well now he can help me dig them back up and in payment for making me bury them, I will make his little plushy body carry them around. It won't be quite as satisfying as the real Inu Yasha having to carry them, but it will still make me feel a little better.

So the plushy and I go to work on finding the little hidden acorns. I try to use his little claws to help move some of the dirt, but they are just to small and the dirt keeps building up under the nails. Next I try to use his feet, but I still end up with the same situation. Okay then, this calls for desperate measures.

I grab the plushy firmly around the middle of its body and use the head as a make shift shovel. This works out just perfectly and so Inu and I make good time in unearthing my little acorn treasures. As we uncover each of the little toys, they begin to cry as they roll down the hill to the ground. Soon we have a small pile of wailing nuts below us. I smile and hum as I dig with my shovel and congratulate myself on what a smart idea this was.

After about twenty minutes we have dug out all the acorns I had been forced to bury, so I slide down the pile of dirt and land next to the noisy toys. I have to admit, that when you put them all together they do make quite a racket.

I lay the little plushy to the side and begin to collect all the nuts. As I scoop up each one they go silent instantly and I gently put them into a soft pouch I keep in my pocket just for them. When I have finished putting the last one away I return to the pile of dirt to retrieve the Inu doll and to decide where on the body to place the bag. So can you imagine my horror when I get to the pile and all I see is from the waist down that there's a doll in all that dirt. My heart immediately starts to race as I realize Kagome is going to seriously kill me if she sees her plushy in this condition.

I begin to loose all reason as I scoop up the plushy from the dirt and begin to run in circles around the pile. 'What am I going to do!!! She will kick me out of the group, make me fend for myself, laugh as I get eaten by a bigger creature then me!!! What am I going to do'!!! And that's just Kagome, What will Inu Yasha do to me if he sees his little replica, even if it is just a toy, looking like this'? I wail as I run in circles and bang the top of my head with one of my fists.

Suddenly I stop as an idea comes to me. "What if I take it to the spring and wash it off? I can get it cleaned and dried before anyone wakes up". I laugh at myself for panicking and speed as fast as I can to the spring just on the other side of the field.

As I reach the slow moving water I kneel on the edge of the shore and hurriedly take off the outfit of the little plushy. When I do this, I can't help but notice that someone had gone to a lot of trouble to make it VERY life like. I smile to myself as I dunk the doll into the freezing water. 'I wonder if Inu Yasha knows how well his miniature self was replicated, but then again whoever did it probably exaggerated a bit'. I continue to laugh as I keep shoving the doll into the water and swishing it around. 'But I wonder who made it'?

After swirling it about in the water for a while and making sure all the dirt is finally out of the thick hair, I place it to the side so it can dry in the early morning sun. Now it's time for me to work on the clothes and this I do with a lot of water splashing and rock pounding.

When the clothes finally are dirt free I lay them to the other side of me and then I lift the doll into my hands and begin to run my claws though the hair to try and straighten it out. As the face becomes revealed from behind the curtain of hair I look at it more closely. 'Some how the paint must have washed away a little bit, because from the expression it looks to be scowling now. I know it didn't look like that before' Shippou ponders to himself as he continues to work on the mass of white cotton.

Once the hair looks like it's back to normal and the doll and clothes have dried I put them back on the doll and skip back to the village humming along the way. The plushy swings at my side as I make my way to Kaede's.

Before going into the hut I inspect the doll once more to make sure everything is back the way it was. It seems to be completely dry now and the hair is just a little tangled from swinging. As I brush the hair back from the face I look to see if the paint is still okay and didn't flake off anymore. I think some more did because from the way the paint is now, it looks like the plushy is sick. I shrug my shoulders and hope Kagome won't notice as I make my way silently into the quiet hut with the little bag of acorns swinging gently from around the plushies neck.

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AN: Well, it was a little bit longer and I AM SO VERY SORRY THAT IT CAME OUT SOOOOOOOO LATE!!!! I promise to do better from now on, because I really want ya'll to see where this story goes. I have so many ideas for it that it's hard to keep them all in my head and straight at the same time. I might have to break down and type out an outline. That would probably get more chapters out faster too. ^____^

Special Thanks To All Who Reviewed And Waited Ohh So Patiently O.o;;;

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