A/N: Okay, first the youkai lawyer sea.*slaps it on* No I don't own, rent, lease, sublet, or timeshare Inuyasha or any of the other wonderful characters from the series.

Next part. I promise, I"ll try and do less songfic and try something a little more original for me. ^_^

Previously.

"Answer me damnit," he growled and she stared into his eyes. He was angry, his eyes were blazing golden brown as he waited for her answer. 'He's worried about Kikyo, he's mad that I attacked her.' She thought sadly as she pulled her arm free.

"Don't worry, she won't die.oh wait, she's already dead," she said harshly, "Don't worry Inuyasha, as long as your woman doesn't try attacking me anymore, I won't free any of those poor souls she feeds on to stay alive." She pursed her lips and ran down the rest of the way to the village before he could answer.

She paused only a moment outside Kaede's hut, and took a deep long breath, trying to quell the anger inside her. A miko should never let her anger and emotions get the best of her, and she would never learn true control if she couldn't even control her feelings.

"Ichi.ni.." she counted slowly. "Ju." she finished before pulling aside the bamboo covering to the doorway and walking in. Kaede didn't seem to be in at the moment, and Kagome recalled that she normally went and made her rounds of the village in the mornings. She placed her pack in the far corner of the small hut, and pulled out a carefully wrapped package, placing it beside the pack.

Dust trickled down in a beam of sunlight that came through one of the few windows of the hut and she sighed, glancing up at the roofing. Soft crackling could be heard, something that would normally be ignored, but Kagome knew better. She knew the sound very well.

'Fine, he can sit up there for all I care,' she shrugged, feeling the annoyance tug at her conscious mind. She pulled out the extra food that she had brought back with her, knowing full well that Shippo would tear through her belongings looking for sweets if they weren't readily available to the reach of his claws. The past few years, he had grown conciderably, and reached a little bit of an awkward stage. His claws seemed to grow over night and he had more than once put gashes in her bag, apologizing of course.

'Kitsune puberty' she chalked it up to, and Inuyasha had taken to constantly teasing the poor boy. A few "sits" normally fixed the problem, but as of late she hadn't bothered. She figured that she couldn't protect Shippo forever, and sooner or later he would have to learn to deal with Inuyasha's teasing and far worse from other youkai.

She quickly grabbed what she was looking for, and grabbing a bag she had placed to the side, headed out of the hut. Without stopping, she heaved the bag in her hand over her head, and onto the roof of the hut.

"HEY!" she heard as it made contact followed by a ."Oooh!" She knew she hit her mark then, and continued walking without even glancing behind her. The bag of his favorite 'future' food would keep him out of her hair for at least half an hour, maybe more, just enough time to do what she really needed. Relax.

She walked to a small part of the hill leading to the forest, still covered in tall green grass that obscured her from the view of any passerbys as well as anyone in the village.

With a deep breath, she sat amidst the tall grasses and pulled her shirt over her head, and slipped out of her jeans. She had purposely placed her two-piece under her normal clothes for this purpose. She had been itching to sunbathe for weeks, and was glad for the peace.

She stretched out on the grass, and folded her arms abover her head, staring up at the aquamarine sky. Soft billowy clouds were drifting lazily above and she closed her eyes, feeling the sun sink into her skin.

Perfect, she thought to herself and listened to the wind rustling the grass around her. It tugged at her hair as it passed by her. Suddenly a blur of reddish-orange exploded into ther world with a loud "KAGOME!"

"Shippo!" she cried and tried to grab her shirt before he noticed. Too late. The kitsune's eyes grew as large as saucers as he realized the normally covered stomach he loved to grab was not so covered.

"Kagome!" he schreaked and poulled away, "Where, where." he stuttered and she sighed.

"This is just like the suit I used when we were shard hunting," she explained calmly and he scooted a little further away. "No no.cause, I can see your heso," he whispered, as if it were a great secret. She nodded, "They come in all different shapes. See, when I wear this, I can get more sun on my arms, so it'll get darker. If I had on the other suit, my stomach wouldn't get darker, it would be really white, and look funny." She hoped this explaination would satisfy him.

"So..if your arms and stomach are different colors.that's a bad thing in your world?" he asked and she nodded slowly, "Yeah. Yeah!" she responded with enthusiasm," Especially for the females, cause we like to be all one color," she said with relief. This would be a little easier than she expected. He just nodded and crossed his arms, looking serious as sometimes he would do." Your world is funny, my okaasan was the prettiest kitsune lady around, and she had a white stomach."

Kagome laughed nervously, "Oh yeah Shippou, before I forget, I brought you some treats back from my time, they're in Kaede's hut just next to my bag. You might want to hurry back before Inuyasha smells them." Shippou 's eyes perked up at the word "treats" and nodded, "Ah.good idea! I promised to skin the dinner I caught today for Kaede, so I should get back. He paused and grinned, "Oh yeah, Inuyasha took me hunting, and I caught dinner, two really big and fast usagi, all by myself!" he said before dashing off into the grass.

'Inuyasha has been taking him out hunting?' she thought curiously as she laid back down in her little nest, closing her eyes to soak up more sun. 'Much better!'

Shippou pulled the covering from his sucker and jumped up ontop of the hut, settling down beside Inuyasha who had just finished the bag of chips.

"You eat too much," said Shippou and Inyasha just growled at him. He was already in enough trouble with Kagome, then to get sat again for giving the brat a well deserved thwapping. "At least you didn't make Kagome cry again," he mumbled into his treat.

"And what makes you think that," he asked half heartedly, turning his head away to stare out into the village. A little girl, carrying a bucket of water almost too big for her saw him and stopped, staring wide mouthed until her mother came and dragged her away. Even from this distance, he could hear, "But Mamma.he had ears!!"

"Cause she's on the southern hill in the sun, and I was just there," Shippou continued, pulling the pop out of his mouth long enough to talk clearly, "She looked happy, but I think she looks cold. Normally she's wearing more clothes, and she's not taking a bath, so I don't know why she's in that funny suit. She says cause human females from her world like to change their colors, but I like white bellies." he rambled until he realized that his companion was gone, leaving a streak of red and silver in his path.

"SHE'S GOING TO SIT YOU!" he called after the hanyou and placed the sucker back in his mouth, hoping down from the roof to go keep his promise. Maybe he could use the furs to make something for Kagome.

A/N: ahhh..hand cramps from typing so much *laugh*.. I know this chapter is a little anti-climatic, but it came out of an odd discussion I heard today which was caused because someone mentioned going sunbathing in this great heat, and the bio major of the group who just learned that some animals can change colors to attract the opposite sex.LOL.and this is what comes out :P