Ok, since there are lots of people who wanted me to continue with this fic, here you go! Once again, no character in this chapter and story are mine.
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Inu-Yasha walked beside the river with his hands on his head and walking two feet behind Kagome. They were being quiet, but each secretly enjoying the other's company. It had been a few days now since the thorn bush mishap and they were still on speaking terns as usual. Shippo tagged along as well, perched on Kagome's shoulder. Inu-Yasha and Shippo would occasionally shoot each other dirty looks or funny faces, and Kagome pretended not to notice.
'Men...' Kagome thought. She then looked at Shippo and Inu-Yasha, remembering that they were definitely not "men". Shippo was just a little fox demon boy and Inu-Yasha was just an immature boy. She smiled to herself as she walked along.
"What's up, Kagome?" Shippo asked, seeing the smirk grow in her face.
"Nothing," she said quietly to him. "Nothing at all."
The sun was quickly setting, and they stopped to watch the pink and orange tinted sky disappear. They quickly decided that making a camp now would be a good idea. After a few minutes, they finally got enough sticks...and branches, thanks to Inu-Yasha. They had almost a bonfire going.
Kagome sat next to the fire and felt sleepy. She and Shippo decided they wanted to roast marshmallows again. The marshmallow at the end of her stick was turning a golden brown, but she paid no notice as her eyes were drooping and tiredness swept over her body. She didn't completely wake up until she heard Shippo's high-pitched squeal.
"EEEEEEEE!! Kagome! Look!!"
She opened her eyes wide. The end of her stick was covered in flames. 'I must have fallen asleep and got it too close to the flame...' she thought.
Since her first reaction was to throw it, that was exactly what she did. Unfortunately, she didn't stop and look at where it was going...
"HEY!"
The flaming stick was hurled toward Inu-Yasha. It landed on his red, rat skinned clothing and he immediately bat out the ball of fire with his sleeve. He glared at Kagome.
Kagome smiled nervously at him and waved. "Sorry...guess it was an accident..."
"Accident! I'll give you an accident!" Inu-Yasha hollered. "I could've been burned!"
Kagome stopped smiling and frowned. "Oh please, Inu-Yasha. Your coat protects you from that. Besides, it was just a tiny flame."
"Tiny flame!" he repeated. "In your era, the would've had to send the fighters of the flame just for that!"
"Fighters of the flame?" Kagome inquired. She burst out laughing.
"What's so funny?"
"It's fire fighters, and I didn't know you actually listened to me when I told you thing about my era."
Inu-Yasha stopped talking. If it were light out, you would be able to see light pink on his cheeks. He crossed his arms over his chest. "I do NOT listen to you about your corrupt time! I never have and further more--"
Inu-Yasha stole a glance at Kagome, and to his horror, she had already fallen asleep.
***
Kagome walked uncomfortably to the well with Shippo singing some song about 'brave demons'.
"The fox demons / were sometimes grave," he sang loudly. "But never were cowards / they were always brave..."
It had taken Kagome a little while, but she had bribed Inu-Yasha into letting her leave to get and aspirin for the crick in her neck. It was Saturday there anyway. Inu-Yasha was probably busy eating some of the cups of instant noodles.
Kagome hopped down the well and waved to Shippo.
"See you in a little bit!" she called to him.
"Bye, Kagome! Don't be long!" he replied.
With a sigh of disappointment, he watched Kagome disappear on the other side of the well.
***
Inu-Yasha slurped up the noodles from a Styrofoam cup loudly. He smacked his lips and sighed. He had finished all 15 cups of instant noodles, and each cup lied empty on the grass. He looked down at the mess and rubbed his stomach.
"Can't believe she gave me all these cups so quickly...didn't want them...just to spend an hour there..."
"You're a pig, Inu-Yasha," Shippo called, observing all the cups on the ground. It had taken him a little bit to find Inu-Yasha, but he finally did.
"Shut up, Shippo," Inu-Yasha growled, now feeling slightly sick.
"Had too much, eh, Inu-Yasha?"
Inu-Yasha ignored him and put his hands on his stomach, feeling quite ill. "Damn...her..."
He fell on his back, but still not fully regretting eating all the noodles. 'They were good, after all...' he thought. But the pain of feeling like he was going to explode clouded his thoughts.
"Wench..."
***
Kagome climbed out of the well and plopped her bag down. She wiped her damp face with her hand.
"Phew..." she said out loud. "What a load to carry!"
"Well, well, well..." said a dark voice from behind her.
Kagome rolled her eyes and turned around. "What now, Inu-Yasha?"
Inu-Yasha opened his eyes wide. "What now?! Do you know what I've been going through?"
Shippo crawled out from behind Inu-Yasha, and the grin he was hiding was very obvious. "Inu-Yasha was a pig and ate all those noodles at once...he's been holding his stomach for the longest time..." and he let out a snicker.
Inu-Yasha whacked Shippo hard on the head with his fist.
"It wasn't funny," he growled.
Kagome sighed. "It's your own fault. You're the pig," she scolded.
"You must have poisoned it or something! I have never felt that way before!" he retorted.
"How can I poison them?! The company who makes them wraps them up!"
"Don't go blame this 'company'," Inu-Yasha said, not having the slightest idea what a 'company' was. "You gave them to me!"
They continued fighting and Shippo rolled his eyes. He turned his head and headed for Kaede's village.
***
Shippo was at Kaede's hut while Inu-Yasha and Kagome were bickering over noodles outside. Shippo heard an occasional "SIT" or "wench" and "noodles", but he had no desire to go out and hear everything.
"Those two..." Kaede said, nodding her head.
"Yeah," said Shippo. "But, it's normal."
Kaede nodded her head again and handed Shippo a hot bowl of stew.
"They are exact opposites," he observed.
"Mmm-hmm...one's good company and the other's not," Shippo said, reminiscing past memories about having to be "forced" to stay alone with Inu-Yasha.
Kaede smiled. She was about to speak, but was interrupt by loud voices.
"Oh! Oh! And remember the time you SQUIRTED toothpaste at me--"
"--because you SNUCK up on me--"
"--and when you said, 'SIT' that day--"
"--which day?"
"ALL THE TIME!"
They bickered on and Shippo and Kaede went back to eating. They thought they heard a familiar 'thud', but ignored it.
Kaede shook her head. "Sometimes I really wonder about those two..."
"Yeah. But you have to admit," Shippo giggled, "They're perfect."
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^^ Chapter three, since you wanted it so much! Ok, now I think that's a perfect ending. [No pun intended] Review and let me know what you think! Thanks a bunch everyone, you're great!