Endings! ^_^ I would be sad, but I'm not. After this, I think I'll go work on the Inu Sensai! story.

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Chapter 17: Don't Judge a Pup by the Texture of its Fur

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Inu Yasha and Shio had their old kimonos back now. They came over to camp dressed in their regular clothes. Inu Yasha sat near Kagome. And she just glanced at him sheepishly.

He glared and said, "Took Mama long enough!"

She laughed at him and he eyed her suspiciously. "What's so funny?"

She smiled at him and said, "It's funny when you call her 'Mama.'"

He looked at her warm smile and smiled back. "Well that's what she told me to call her."

Kagome patted him on the head, "Good dog!" ^_^

He narrowed his eyes and swetdropped. =_= ;;;;

Then she tugged at one of his ears. "You're so fun to play with, Inu Yasha!" she said. ^_^

He blushed and said, "Yeah, whatever." Then he looked up at Shio who looked away sadly.

Inu Yasha got up and stood in front of him looking equally guilty. (AN: So cute! ^^) "Shio," he started. "I-"

"I'm sorry." Shio said startling the dog boy. "I shouldn't have done what I did. A little after I left, I remembered how you liked Kikyo and stuff. It must have slipped my mind or something, I don't deserve to be your friend-"

"God! Shut up, Shio!" Inu Yasha shouted. It was Shio's turn to be startled. Then Inu Yasha said, "Look! I was thinking, and it isn't your fault! It was Kikyo's, right?!"

Shio looked at Kagome then smiled and nodded. "So-does that mean we're still best buds??"

"Yeah!" Inu Yasha smiled. ^_^

Shio smiled. ^_^ Then they did their cool little best friends hand shake.

Shio shook his head and said, "I'm telling ya man! The woman's a psychopath! First she asks for the "ride" then the next time she sees me she tries to kill me! And she even almost busted my Willie with her stupid arrows!"

"Hmm." Inu Yasha said looking disturbed then he looked confused. "Willie?"

Shio raised an eyebrow at him. "You don't know what a willie is??"

Inu Yasha blinked.

Shio sweat dropped. "The magic stick!? The twig and berries!? The white king snake!!!"

Inu Yasha blinked again.

Shio rolled his eyes and grew even more sweat dropped. "You'd probably call it, "Tetsusaiga Jr.!"

Inu Yasha realized what he meant. "Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" he nodded and looked disturbed. "That is so wrong!"

Shio looked at him confused. "Are you telling me you don't name 'yours?'"

"Can we not talk about that?!" Inu Yasha asked with a sweat drop.

Sango, who had been watching all of this had made a very important observation. "Hey!" she suddenly said. When everyone turned their attention toward her, she pointed and said, "Do you hear that?"

They all listened.

"What?" Inu Yasha asked going over to stand next to Kagome.

Sango smiled and said, "That is the sound of Kagome not sneezing!" ^_^

Then they realized she was right. Kagome was perfectly fine.

"Oh my gosh! She's right!" Kagome said. She jumped up and hugged Inu Yasha and he hugged her back.

"I wonder why?" Shio said. Then Shippou, who was sitting on his shoulder, jumped off of it and onto Kagome's shoulder. "That's great, Kagome!!" he said.

When he landed there, she sneezed really loud, "Ah-TIEU!!"

"Squeaky sneeze!!" Sango said.

"Wait a minute." Inu Yasha said. "She's not allergic to dogs at all!"

"What's she allergic to then?" Shippou asked as she coughed some more.

Inu Yasha grinned evilly and grabbed Shippou by the tail and held him up. "She's allergic to kitsune!!" he said.

"What?!" Shippou said. "But why does she sneeze around you then??"

Inu Yasha ran his hand through the fox kids tail and a lot of hair came out. "You're shedding dooface!! It was all over my kimono!!"

"Well that's a relief! If it's just foxes-" Shio said. Then he sweat dropped and said, "No, I'm still screwed!!" ;;;;; But Shio laughed anyway and said, "Well, I'm going to leave anyway, okay!" he waved and started to strut off.

"Wait! You're leaving already?" Inu Yasha asked.

"Yep!" he said.

"But what about Princess Shoppai?!" Shippou asked.

Shio froze. He just HAD to bring it up didn't he?

He turned around with a sad smile and went to go pat him on the head. "It's better for me to forget about her, Meat. Like I said before, we are too different, and it would never work out." He looked at the sad expression everyone was giving him. He laughed jovially trying to delete their pity. "Now come on! You know chasing after one like her isn't me! Have you even noticed how out of character I've been lately?? I'm the pimp! The playa! I'm me again! Aren't you happy for me?!" but they could see the sadness in the depths of his eyes. He started to strut off again, singing to himself, "It's getting hot in herre! (So hot!) So take off all your clothes-!"

"Shio!" Kagome suddenly called to him.

He snapped his fingers and pointed off in some random direction. "Pimpmaster Shio, if you please!"

"You've never shown us the princess!" she said.

"Yeah, Shio! Show us the princess!" Sango said.

He looked at them all hesitantly, then figured it was the least he could do. So he started to lead them toward the mansion, he could have found her house if he was blindfolded with a cold in his nose.

"So how beautiful is the princess?" Kagome nudged him and winked.

He smiled at her and said, "She is beautiful beyond compare, inside and out; a picture of loveliness and purity. I've never seen a woman as perfect and unsinful as she."

CRASH!! SMASH!!

They heard the shattering of porcelain and fine china coming from the mansion. Everyone came running out of the tall grass in time to see the priest come scurrying out of the house, trying as hard as he could to get away. A few more plates came flying out the doorway and the princess came stomping out fuming murderous vibes. "AND STAY OUT YOU SON OF A BITCH!!"

Her mother came rushing out and drapped a kimono over her head. She turned around quickly with fire in her eyes. Her mother looked at her daughter as if she were sinful. "Shoppai! What do you think you're doing??"

She created a lot of distance between herself and her mother. She pointed and screeched, "What do 'I' think I'm doing?? What do YOU think you're doing!!? YOU'RE trying to turn ME into one of YOU!!"

"I don't know what you're talking about, Shoppai! I only want what's best for you!"

"OH DON'T GIVE ME THAT SHIT!! If Father were alive, he'd agree with me, that I should live my life as nature intended!!" she ripped a necklace from her neck that had been hidden in the neckline of her kimono until now. She held it up and a shard of the shikon jewel glittered at the end of the chain. "And I'm not wearing this anymore!!"

Her mother looked angry and terrified at the same time. "Shoppai! Put that necklace back on your, or-"

"Or what?" Shoppai asked. "You gonna make me?!"

Her mother stayed silent.

Shoppai smiled, "That's what I thought." She turned her back on the old woman. "Goodbye, mother. I shall be happy and free!" she pulled the kimono off of her head and everyone's jaw dropped.

Her hair was fire red, and shined in a way under the sun's rays. Her eyes were bigger and tougher, yet still very beautiful as they were the color of jade. She fluffed her hair then ripped off her kimono. Underneath, she wore green armor that was a cross between what Yura of the hair and Zena warrior princess would wear. She smiled and struck a cool pose. Her mother had already left by now. She started to strut/dance down the little path leading from the mansion, dancing in a not so innocent way and singing to herself:

"-I'd like to get to know ya' so I can show ya'!

Put the pussy on ya' like I told ya!

Gimme all your numbers so I can phone ya'!

Your girl actn' stank then call me over

Not on the bed, lay me on your sofa

Phone before ya come I need to shave my chocha

You do or you don't or you will or won't ya

Go downtown and eat it like a vulture

See my hips and my tips, don't ya

See my a** and my lips, don't ya

Lost a few pounds and my whips for ya

This the kinda beat that go ra-ta-ta

Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta

Sex me so good I say blah-blah-blah

Work it, I need a glass of water

Boy, oh, boy, it's good to know ya!"

Then she stopped and looked at the group of people standing in front of her, actually, her attention first turned to the auburn haired boy who was staring at her like she had just named off every cuss word under the sun.

Shoppai: *blink* *blink*

Shio: *blink* *blink*

"YOU!!" she suddenly pointed at him and shouted.

Shio looked taken about.

"You're the guy who's always creeping around my house!!" she shouted.

Shio face faulted. Apparently, he wasn't as stealth ninja as he thought he was.

He stood up and opened his mouth to say something but all that came out was, "Uhhhhhhh......." he was in total shock and rendered completely speechless. Then Shoppai acted quickly, taking advantage of his open mouth by throwing her arms around him and kissing him HARD!!

And it was interesting to watch, because Shio had always talked about love and sex, yet they had never imagined him kissing!

When she pulled her lips away, she quickly hopped up and sat in his arms. Well his eyes widened with even more shock and he swayed where he stood then fell back onto his butt. He looked at her in shock as she continued to smile at him. Then she said, "I like you! You're hot! Could you like, be my mate?"

He just blink and nodded in his shock. "Uhhhh......"

"GREAT!" ^_^ she said. She jumped up again, grabbed him by the hand and started to run off. "Come on! Let's go!"

Shio didn't struggle, he just stared at her in his ultra shock. You would think that he would have dumped her then. After all, he DID like her because he THOUGHT she was so innocent. Shoppai turned to look at his shocked expression, smiled and winked seductively.

Shio's shocked expression turned into an excited smile. Actually, he wanted her 10 times more then he did before!! "Let's go!" he said. He actually started running next to her instead of being pulled. And while they ran, they held hands. He looked back behind him where everybody stood waving.

"Bye Shio!" Inu Yasha and Kagome waved.

"BYE!!" Sango said.

"Bye bye!" Shippou waved both of his hands.

"Seeya!" Miroku said.

They walked back to camp, where Kagome made a very startling discovery. "Oh no!!"

"What?" they asked her.

"Well remember the last time he was here when he took Miroku's horse and the dog busicuits?" she said. "Well he took the dog buiscuits again, and the RAMEN!!"

Inu Yasha: *blink* *blink*

"SHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

Das Ende!

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Scorpiogal and Kirara are sitting across from each other glaring daggers at each other.

Kirara: Hsssssssssssssss!!!!!

Scorpiogal: HSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

Kirara: *Runs away in fear*

Scorpiogal: ^_^V Hehehehe!! Cats drool and Scorpios RULE!! YEAH!!

Story done! Don't worry, I will work hard and SOMEHOW I will get that picture sent!! Unless you'd rather try to find me.........

Anywayz, do you all like Shio? Well here are some other storyz he is in if you want to go check him out:

"Wild One": It's a cool story! Fiona Freigheight is writing this story with Shio in it and it is so freakn funny! She comes up with this really cute idea for Shio's ears in it too! I suggest you go check it out! ^_^

"Lead the Way": That of course, is the sequel to this. It's pretty good if you haven't read it. ^_^

"Inu Sensai!": Kind of a prequel thing to all of this. It's about Inu Yasha and Sesshomaru when they were younger and how they learned to fight. Also an explanation to a few other things. ^_~

Yeah, I also know of another friend who is planning on using him in a story, but I don't know if I'm aloud to reveal who that is at the moment! ^_^ Had fun! Hope you enjoyed the story!