Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, in this chapter anyway… although I wish I owned little Shippou-chan. He's so cute ^^. A own a few of the demons in later chapters, but I believe that's it.
The sun teasingly peaked up above the horizon, flooding the pre-dawn sky with a scarlet glow. The light slowly highlighted the face of a young demon, which was snoring softly. He laid against a tree, his golden eyes tightly shut. Tiny white fangs glistened with every breath that filled his lungs.
High in the tree above his head, an even younger fox demon sat, sniggering. He slowly climbed down the tree trunk, stopping just above InuYasha's head. Trying hard to suppress his giggles, he produced a large eagle feather from his kimono. Reaching his tiny paw down toward Inu's face, clutching the feather lightly, he tickled the end of his nose. Inu sneezed violently, sending Shippou tumbling from the tree and down onto the ground in front of him.
"What the hell did you do that for?!" Inu spat, rubbing his nose on his sleeve.
"You looked so defenseless just sleeping there," Shippou answered. He climbed up InuYasha, digging his claws into him and perched on his head. Shippou curled up, wrapping his tail around himself. Inu growled deep in his throat and tried to remove the fox demon from his head.
A few trees down, a teenage girl sat, watching the scene in amusement. As the two demons began to fight, she emptied out the contents of her small backpack.
"Hum… a bottle of pain killer, a few sandwiches, a compass, and a journal… not much to go by. I'll have to restock when I get back home," she thought. Shippou ran toward her, arms flailing, and jumped into her outstretched arms.
"Kagome! Save me!!!!" he wailed, burying his face in her chest.
"Shippou-chan, what is the matter?" she asked, hugging him close to her chest. As the words spilled from her mouth, InuYasha came hurdling toward them, trying to tackle Shippou.
"I swear, you runt, I'll rip you from head to toe!" InuYasha thundered, slashing at Shippou with his claws.
"InuYasha!!" Kagome exclaimed, hugging the poor fox demon closer. "Don't hurt him!"
"Hurt him? I was planning on killing him!" At that Shippou squealed and clung tighter to Kagome.
"That's it! SIT BOY!"
InuYasha flew face first into the ground, getting a mouthful of earth in the process. He stood, on shaky legs, and glared at Kagome.
"Is the world just out to get me today?!" he snarled and limped over to his tree, jumping into it harbouring branches. Shippou curls up in Kagome's protecting arms, sobbing softly.
"Oh Shippou-chan…. It's all right. I won't let him hurt you," Kagome whispered, hugging the fox demon closer. A loud scoff is heard from the tree above their heads. Kagome rolled her eyes and stroked Shippou's hair gently.
"What a perfect start, to a perfect day…" she muttered.
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Well, that's the first chapter! If you review the story, I'll be sure to post the next
chapter asap ^^.