Miroku, Sango, and Shippou all rolled their eyes in unison as Kagome and Inu-Yasha bickered. Well, what would have been Kagome and Inu-Yasha, had the former been listening.


Alas, Kagome had her Walkman on, and was playing it as loud as possible, occasionally yelling certain words above the others, which effectively drowned the sound of Inu-Yasha out and away from her.


"I'm telling you wench, you can't go back today! Do you wanna see what that demon can do with a shard like that while you're out 'testing'?!"


"Soko kara SUBETE ga umarete!"


"Kagome? Kagome! KAGOME?! Are you listening to me?"


Kagome continued to ignore him, while packing things into her giant yellow backpack. Inu-Yasha rambled on, until finally, having had enough, he stuck his super sensitive nose in the air.


"Fine then, if you won't listen, I'll just got close up the well."


"SIT." Kagome said, before continuing her song, "Tsumetai asa hanareteitta toshite mo."


She stepped over Inu-Yasha, who was counting the seconds until he good get up again and chase after her.


Before the spell wore off, however, Shippou began to berate Inu-Yasha, seemingly not noticing that it was probably not the best time to do so . . . not that there ever was a good time for childish horseplay around the hanyou.


"Inu-Yasha, you jerk, you only made her want to go home more with all your yelling! Now Kagome's leaving and it's ALL YOUR FAULT!"


He began to cry incredibly fake tears, until Sango pulled him into a hug, and glared at Inu-Yasha.


"Now look, you've made him cry."


Shippou sent Inu-Yasha a grin before Sango could notice, causing him to only become more upset. He started after Kagome, who was already dangerously close to well.


"Kagome!" he called when he reached her.


"Ano hito to no sora ga suki-" she began again, before Inu-Yasha cut her off.


"Listen wench, I'm not here to make you stay. But you'd better come back soon, 'cause the kit and I like it when you're around."


With that, he headed back to the village, and Kagome smiled after him.


And I . . . .


She then started to giggle in girlish bliss.


And I . . . .


'He likes it when I'm around,' she thought happily, before jumping into the well.


And I . . . .


"I hear you, everywhere . . . "






A/N: Whee. Random thing that popped into my head. I Hear You Everywhere is from Chobits, © Clamp, and has nothing to do with the story. It was just what I had been listening to when I started to write it. I AM working on Pray For Me, but only because coherentidiot sent me a very . . . nice . . . email. ^^; So for those of you waiting for that . . .I'm working. Really I am.