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Me: dang, I hate these things…

Creepy lawyer aura: you HAVE to say it … cmon  /pokes me with a sharp stick/

Me: aaaagh! Do you know how much that hurts?

CLA: well? We're waiting…

Me: alright! Alright! Just get that stick away from meeeeeeeee! /runs off with her laptop/

I do not own Inuyasha or any other of its assorted characters. I'm sure I might make up a few later, but for now, I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA!

…on with the show!

Little Friends

Chapter 2

            "What're we gonna play today, Kags?" Miroku asked after they had run around in circles a few times.

            "Princess and knight?" she suggested.

            "Nah. We did that yesterday," he replied.

            "Oh yeah. Ummie… you think of one!"

            "But it's your birthday, Kags, you get to pick," he said matter-of-factly.

            "But not princess and knight?"

            "No… we do that a lot."

            "Yeah, we do. I know! We can make up a new one!" she said excitedly.

            "What were you thinking of?"

            "I saw something on TV yesterday. It was about way back really long ago. The girl was the hero, and the boy was… well, the boy who fights with lots of monsters. And she had magical powers. So both of them could do cool stuff!" [a/n: does this sound like anyone's favorite anime??? /grin/]

            "That's so COOL, Kags! Let's play!"

            While they play-fought different kinds of monsters and ran from one adventure to the next (all in different parts of the backyard), Mr. Mushin and Mrs. Higurashi sat on the porch watching the hamburgers and hot dogs cook on the grill. All of a sudden, a loud commotion was heard from the other side of the fence.

            "Back demons! Back I say! I've got wards! I can banish you with this piece of paper right here! Confound it! Did you bite me! Get back here so I can banish you!!!" Mrs. Higurashi peeked over the fence to see Grandpa chasing after some of the local squirrels with his demon wards.

            "Grandpa! We're in the backyard! Please stop scaring the squirrels. It's almost time for food."

            "Eh? Food you say! I knew they really weren't demons. I was just practicing," he said as he sweatdropped.

            At that moment Kagome's little voice pierced the air, "Eeeeeeek! Miroku! Look behind you! It's a great big… [she thought really hard] a … a big bug demon!"

            As Miroku rushed to "slay" the demon with his big sword (stick), Grandpa Higurashi rushed in with a handful of wards which he sprayed all over the place. Most of it landed on Miroku.

            "Eh? Mirokee? Is that you? Where's the demon?" Grandpa asked him as he helped him up.

            "It's Miroku, Grandpa. There IS no demon. Me and Kagome were playing 'Ancient Times'," Miroku explained.

            "Hmph, well, Mirokee, warn an old man next time before you get him all riled up over nothing. I think instead of fighting demons you should be attacking all that food that Mrs. Higurashi made for us."

            "It's MIROKU!" Miroku said to Grandpa's retreating back.

            After Grandpa's "demon" incident, they all sat down to stuff their faces. Kagome could barely eat her hot dog. She couldn't wait for the strawberry cake.

            Kagome was so in a rush to get to the cake that when she hopped on a chair to blow out the candles, she slipped and fell… right… on… top… of … the … cake.

            Grandpa looked like he had been frozen in mid-word. Mr. Mushin was laughing behind his napkin. Miroku had dispensed with dignity and was pointing and laughing, red in the face. Mrs. Higurashi ran to the aid of her daughter, who, as Mrs. H soon found out, was in no need of helping. Kagome was happily face first in her cake munching away.

Notes: Alright, sorry this was so short, I couldn't think of anything else to write… And if you haven't figured out yet, it's an AU.

Next on Little Friends – Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, and JAKEN! (yeah, we don't see enough of the simpering toad freak… )

Okay… what IS Jaken, exactly? Is he a toad or what?