Disclaimer: Neither the song or characters are mine, so get off my back!

YES! I'M ALIVE! YOU CAN'T GET RID OF ME THAT EASILY!! ^o^ MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! ^.~ Anyhoo, I heard this song, and it made me think of Shippo, so I wrote this! Kaa! ^^ Enjoy!

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Lana Beeson - Soon You'll Come Home

Shippou woke slowly to find himself face to face with a full moon. Usually, when he saw the moon like tonight, he thought of his family, his dead parents, the twin sisters he'd never told the others about who'd died at birth. To surprise though, instead he found himself thinking of them others, Kagome, Inu-Yasha, Miroku, Sango, Kirara, Myouga; they WERE sort of his family now...he began to wonder...

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All I have is a picture

In my mind how it would be

If we were together

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Surely Kagome would be his mom, that was obvious. Sango was nice, but she didn't quite protect him in the motherly fashion Kagome did. And he wasn't sure he could have a demon huntress for a mom. Sango would be more of an aunt.

Miroku could never be his father-figure, that was for sure. He and Kagome didn't make a good match for one, and besides, he'd NEVER get peace and quiet, since Miroku was ALWAYAS groping SOMEONE....Shippou snickered as he remember when Miroku had groped Sesshomaru by accident.

Yeah, Miroku was better paired with Sango. Definite uncle.

Kirara was sort of an older sister, in some ways, but more attached to Sango then Kagome, so she was kind of a close cousin. And Myouga....well, he WOULD refer to Myouga as Grandfather, but you're not supposed to squish your grandfather, are you?

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Let's pretend that you''re far away

Let's say you write to me

And you promise in your letter

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That left Inu-Yasha...and the space behind father....well, he COULD go without a father, though Inu-Yasha sure did act like a married couple. Inu- Yasha was a dog hanyou, which went supposed to be hard on their pups, but very protective....and he was nice sometimes. Like that time he let Shippo have all the food out of Kagome's bag, inculding the Ramen, since the pup had been working hard all day to look after Kagome that time she got sick.

Inu-Yasha was kind of a father...in a I'm-about-to-rip-your-throat-out-you- little-runt sort of way....

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That you''ll come home

Come home to my heart

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The kit sat up and scurried over to Kagome's pack, pulling out a sheet of paper. He'd better write it down before he forgot; he kind of liked this idea. Quickly he scrawled down the names and family members to match. He then folded the paper and tuck it in his shirt, right over his heart. Then he scurried back to sleep.

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When you come home

We''ll never be apart

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Inu-Yasha waited until he was sure the kit had fallen asleep before hopping down beside him. His curiosity was getting the better of him, but as Kagome said 'Curiosity killed the cat' so he figured Kirara and Buyo were the only ones who really had to worry. Unless of course, if one of the other woke up as suddenly as the kit had before, there wasn't a good chance he'd get out of the mess without a few good thumps over the head, not to mention 'sits' if it was Kagome.

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If I keep dreaming of you

Start believing it''s true

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Inu-Yasha hurriedly snatched the paper from Shippo's shirt and unfolded it, wanting to see what the kit had been up to. It took a while to decipher Shippo's scrawl, but in the end, he had a pretty good idea what the paper said...it just took a moment to really sink in.

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Soon you''ll come home

Soon you''ll come home

Soon you''ll come home to my heart

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Inu-Yasha dropped the paper, eyes wide. Sure he could understand Kagome in the mother category, and Miroku, Sango, yeah he could comprehend all the pairings, except one...

"He thinks of me as a father?!" He said under his breath, hardly daring to believe the pairing. If he was 'Father' and Kagome was 'Mother' then that meant the kit thought they were a....he saw them as a....the kitsune believed they were a...dare he say it...couple?!

He looked at the sleeping kit, whom was seaching for the paper with a sleeping hand. Inu-Yasha pushed the composition into the sleeping child hand, which tightened around it, the way he'd seen Kagome hold a 'teddy bear.'

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Soon you''ll come home

Home to my heart

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Now that he thought about it, he did sort of look at Shippo as a son; and Kagome as a mate...He tucked the blanket the kit and snorted to himself.

"You've got some serious issues, pup...." Before he jumped into his tree again.

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Soon you''ll come home

Home to my heart

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Kagome opened her all the way and smiling. She knew what was on the paper, having watched Shippo write it. It was almost too funny the way Inu-Yasha had reacted to it, though he hadn't hit the kit, which in his own way, meant he agreed. She rolled ocer and cuddled the kit closer. Though he had no idea, Shippo had brought Kagome and Inu-Yasha a little closer together that night.

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If I believe

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I know the story doesn't really match the song, but I think I did an ok job, so it's cool. I just went along to the music and made a story, but isn't that what you're supposed to do? ^^ R/R!!