Sango and Miroku sat next to Kagome. It was a fine day, and most
people were eating lunch out side. Kagome had brought a blanket, and had
spread it out on a nice sunny patch of grass. She munched her rice balls
contentedly. It felt almost like it had before, back in the feudal era.
They had often had picnics like this then. The only people who were
missing were Inu Yasha and Shippou. I wonder what ever happened to
Shippou, she thought. She really missed the little kitsune.
"Hey, look.. Someone's getting flowers," Miroku said, pointing out a delivery man who had just parked his scooter next to the curb. He was carrying a large bouquet of flowers.
Sango's eyes took on a misty look. "Wow, I wish I would get flowers delivered to me at school," she sighed, then darted a quick look at Miroku.
Miroku was not paying any attention; he was too busy staring at the delivery guy.
The man stopped and talked to a teacher, who pointed in their direction. The driver bowed and started walking over to them. Kagome watched wide eyed as he came up to her, "Are you Higurashi Kagome?"
Kagome nodded.
"These are for you." He handed her a large bouquet of roses, each one a different color. "And there is also a card," He said handing it to her. "Please sign here," he said. After Kagome signed the clipboard, the delivery man bowed and walked back to his scooter.
"Who are they from," Sango asked eagerly.
Kagome opened the card. It was blank, except for a paw print.
Miroku leaned over Kagome's shoulder, "Is that a dog's paw print?"
"It looks more like a cats," Sango said.
"No," Kagome said, "It's a foxes."
Miroku looked at Kagome with astonishment, "How do you know that?"
"I once knew a fox." She looked up blushing, "I mean I knew someone who had a fox." Did that mean Shippou was around? She looked around, almost expecting to see the little kitsune come racing out from the bushes and burry himself under her shirt, like he used to. But instead she met a pair of angry gold eyes.
"Who gave you the weeds?" Without waiting for an answer he snatched the card from Kagome's hands.
"May I have my card back, Yasha?"
Inu Yasha looked closely at the card, turning it over. Then he tossed it back in her lap. "Huh, someone sends you flowers, and their too stupid to sign the damn card."
"Oh Kagome, you have a secret admirer!" Sango sighed, her eyes going all big and teary, "How romantic."
"Feh," Inu Yasha snorted, "How stupid."
Miroku lauged, "Yasha wouldn't know romance if it reached up and bit him on the ass." He looked closely at the flowers. "Someone must like you a lot Kagome. These roses must have cost quite a lot," He counted them, "There's two dozen here, and wait a minuet.." He reached into the display, "what's this?" He pulled out a lollipop.
It was the same type of lollipop that Kagome used to bring Shippou. The fox paw print, the lollipop. It had to be Shippou. Kagome let out a small cry of delight.
"Kagome, do you know who sent these?" Sango asked, "Well," she prodded Kagome with a finger, "who sent them?"
"I think it might be an old friend. Someone I knew a long time ago." Shippou! Was he still alive? She hardly dared to hope.
Inu Yasha snorted again."
Kagome just ignored him, and buried her face in the roses.
"Did you hear, Kagome got flowers, and not just any flowers..two dozen roses."
"I thought she got six dozen roses, and a huge box of candy."
"I heard they were from a really rich boyfriend that she left behind, and he's trying to woo her back."
"I bet there from Yasha. He seems to be hanging around her all the time.
What a day, Kagome thought. Rumors flew around the school the rest of the day. Everywhere Kagome went people stared at her. Boys started noticing her, and girls looked at her with clear envy. She even caught Kikyo looking at her during archery practice, though she couldn't tell what she was thinking. Kagoem had stayed late to help her put the targets away. She was supposed to meet Miroku, Sango and Inu Yasha at the ice cream parlor after she was done.
Kagome was walking to the bus stop to catch the next down town bus. She was meeting the gang for ice-cream. A large motorcycle rumbled up along side her. The guy who was riding it waved at her. He was dressed in a leather jacket over a white tee shirt and dark blue jeans. Using his heal, he pushed down the kickstand. Stoppoing, Kagome stared at him curiously, as the deep rumbling of the motorcycle stopped and the man, dismounted. When he took off his helmet, a long auburn hair ponytail tumbled down his back. He grinned at Kagome and she could see sharp fangs peaking out at her. A lollipop stick was poking out of the corner of his mouth. "Shippou?"
"Kagome!" Shippou held his arms out and Kagome ran into them, hugging the kitsune for all he was worth.
"OHMYGOD! I can't believe its you! It's really you."
"I forgot how strong you were Kagome," Shippou laughed at the girl clung to his neck.
Kagome took a step back and looked Shippou up and down, "You're all grown up! Look at you, you're so handsome."
"You do look exactly like I remember you. Ah, Kagome," Shippou said hugging her again, "I've missed you."
"How have you been? Have you been happy? What happened to you after I left?" Kagome's mouth stumbled over a million different questions.
"Whoa, slow down. I can only answer one question at a time," Shippou said, laughing even more.
"I missed you so much Shippou," Kagome said, then burst into tears.
"Kagome!" Shippou said, "what's the matter? Please don't cry." Shippou looked slightly panicked at he held the now sobbing girl. "I didn't mean to make you cry."
"It's not your fault," Kagome sniffed, "It's just that I'm so happy! First Sango and Miroku, then Inu Yasha, now you. I'M JUST SO HAPPY!" Then Kagome burst out in fresh sobs.
Shippou pulled out a slightly dusty red handkerchief out of his pocket, and handed it to Kagome. She noisily blew her nose.
After a few moments, in which Kagome managed to compose her self a little better, Shippou said, "Sesshoumaru told me about Inu Yasha, so I knew he was around, but what did you say about Sango and Miroku? There're not here are they, I thought they died."
"Well, they did die, but they have been reincarnated, and they go to school with me and Inu Yasha," Kagome said, giving a huge sniff, then blew her nose one more time, before handing a very soggy handkerchief back to Shippou.
"How much have they changed?" He asked, stuffing the sodden mass of red cloth in his jacket pocket.
"Well, not a lot. Miroku is still a pervert, and Sango still gives him hell over it.." then she did a double take, "Wait a minuet. Did you say that you talked to Sesshoumaru?"
Shippou nodded, "yeah, after you left it took me about two weeks before I could walk around again. About a month after that, Sesshoumaru turned up with Rin. Apparently Sesshoumaru decided that Rin needed a playmate, and since I needed a family he took me with them," Shippou paused and looked thoughtful, "though now that I think of it, Rin probably had more to do with that decision than Sesshoumaru. I think she was tired of only having Jaken to play with. Kaede let me go, I think it's because she knew Rin and I needed each other."
"And have you had a good life, Shippou?"
"The best, Kagome. The only thing that was missing was you. So after Sesshoumaru told me where you were, I had to send you a token of my affection."
"You little beast," Kagome said laughing and playfully slapping Shippou on the arm, "You knew what kind of attention those flowers would get. Do you know the looks that I had to put up with today, carrying those around with me? Especially since no one knew who they were from?"
"Shippou chuckled, "what good is it being a kitsune, if I can't stir up a little mischief now and then."
"Speaking of being a kitsune," Kagome said, looking around at Shippou's backside, "Where's your tail?"
"Kagome," Shippou said laughing, "I can go walking around Tokyo with a tail. I can only get away with my fangs because of modern dental bonding. Besides," he said puffing up a little, "the chicks dig them, they think fangs makes me look tough."
Kagome giggled.
"Hey, so do you want to go get something to eat, catch up on old times."
"Oh, that reminds me; I'm supposed to meet Sango, Miroku and Inu Yasha at the Ice Cream stand. I promised to treat them to ice cream." She looked at her watch, "Oh great, I'm gonna be late."
"Well, hop on, I'll get you there," he said, tossing Kagome his helmet.
Shippou kicked his motorcycle to life and Kagome climbed on back, "Oh, yeah," she shouted at Shippou over the revving of the engine, "when you see Inu Yasha, make sure to only call him Yasha, no one at school knows his other name."
Shippou laughed; "Ready?" he called back to her. They roared away in a shower of rose petals.
"What time did Kagome say she would be here?" Miroku asked. They sat at one of the outside tables on the upper deck at Mr. Amori's Ice Cream Parlor. The afternoon was a bright clear one, with very little smog, and they had a good view of the street and should be able to see when Kagome arrived.
Sango consulted her watch, "She should be here soon. She just needed to help Kikyou put away the equipment. Have you decided what you want?"
Miroku looked at Sango and wiggled his eyebrows.
"If your hand moves one more centimeter closer, you'll have to use the ice cream to bring down the swelling."
Miroku gave Sango his best innocent look, but he did move his hand away from forbidden areas.
"Keh, stupid wench, I should have know she'd be late."
"She's only a few minuets late, Yasha."
Inu Yaha just snorted again.
A loud rumbling made them all look up, and the watched a couple on a motorcycle pull up to the curb. The man had on a black leather jacket, no helmet, and sandy red hair, pulled back in a loose ponytail. The girl who sat behind him had a school uniform on and a yellow back pack. She clutched some, now very battered, roses. The gang watched in amazement as Kagome took off the black bike helmet and handed it to the stranger. She waved up to them. "Hi guys," she called, "Sorry I'm late. I ran into an old friend."
She ran up the wooden stairs to the upper deck, pulling the strange man behind her. "Sango, Miroku, Yasha, this is Shipou. Shippou this is Sango, Miroku and, she paused, "Yasha." She smiled, pleased at the stunned expressions on her companions faces.
"Pleased to meet you," Shiippou bowed, "Kagome's told me so much about you."
Miroku and Sango bowed back, but Inu Yasha said, "Funny, she hasn't told us a thing about you." He was looking hard at Shippou, as if he knew something about him the others didn't.
"Yasha," Sango said, "don't be rude."
Inu Yasha just snorted.
"Oh that's ok. Kagome didn't know I was in town until just today. I'm afraid we got taking and that's why she's late."
"Well we would have gotten here on time if you hadn't taken the scenic rout."
Shippou grinned, showing off his sharp fangs, "I couldn't help myself. It's such a nice day for a ride."
Sango and Miroku gasped, "My goodness, look at your teeth," Sango said, "Where did you get them done?"
"Cool,' Miroku said.
"There's a place in California that specializes in this type of dental bonding," Shippou lied smoothly.
'They look so real!"
Inu Yasha snorted again.
"So who wants ice cream?" Kagome said. She got a resounding cry.
Sango got a root beer float with blackberry ice cream. Inu Yasha got two scoops of chocolate ice cream on a sugar cone with rainbow sprinkles. Miroku got an extra thick strawberry shake with whipped cream. Kagome ordered two scoops of vanilla ice cream in a dish with hot fudge, and Shippou got a large banana split with chocolate, vanilla and cherry ice cream, chocolate sauce, nuts, rainbow sprinkles, extra whip cream and three cherries. Kagome went to pay, but Shippou beat her to it. "I gotta apologize for destroying your roses," he said, indicating the battered roses on the table.
Kagome laughed, "They do look beaten up, don't they. Ah well. I guess I won't have to put them in water now."
"That's ok; I'll get you some more. You'll have to tell me what color's you like. I wasn't sure, so I have them put in all different sorts."
"You got her the flowers?" Miroku asked.
"Yeah."
Inu Yasha looked very sullen.
"What did the paw print mean?" Sango asked.
"Ah..well.it's kinda a play on my last name. Kitsuen."
"Kitsuen, a fox paw print. Oh that's perfect," Miroku said.
"Oh, was he the friend you were talking about, the one who owned the fox?" Sango asked Kagome.
"Um, yeah. That's right."
Inu Yasha snorted again.
They were all quiet while they ate their ice cream. "So, how do you know Kagome?" Sango asked.
"She used to visit me when I was a kid. We were inseparable. She had to move away though. I really missed her, and I just found out where she moved to a few days ago. So I had to come look her up.
Miroku grinned, "I bet you have some really good stories about when Kagome was young."
"Oh a few," Shippou said, "would you like to hear some?"
Kagome kicked Shippou under the table. He yelped. "What Shippou forgets is that I have lots of stories about him as well, and if he doesn't want them told he better keep his mouth shut."
"Aww, Kagome," Miroku said, "your no fun."
Kagome reached over and stole a cherry out of Shippou's banana split. "Hey," Shippou said and made a swipe at her, but Kagome was too quick for him, and popped the cherry, stem and all in her mouth.
A few moments later she pulled the cherry stem out of her mouth. It had two knots in it. "No Miroku, I'm lots of fun."
"How did you do that?" Both Miroku and Sango said. Everyone, including Inu Yasha looked surprised.
"Nimble teeth," Kagome replied.
Shippou laughed and hit his hand on the table, "Damn, I forgot how much fun you were Kagome."
Then taking a cherry, he popped it in his mouth. After a few minuets, and many strange faces, Shippou pulled out his cherry stem. It had one knot in it. "That's harder than it looks."
Miroku went up to the window and ordered a bowl of cherries. Everyone, but Inu Yasha, took a cherry and popped it into their mouths. Miroku spat a chewed up stem on the table. "How in the hell do you eat the cherry without chewing up the stem. Sango was also having difficulties. Though, after pulling the cherry off first and just putting just the stem in her mouth, she was able to get on knot in it. Shippou managed to knot another cherry stem, and Kagome repeated her fete, just to prove it wasn't a fluke.
Inu Yasha, who was the only one who had not taken a cherry yet, reached out and plucked on with a very long stem out of the bowl. Popping it into his mouch he chewed it thoughtfully, then after a few moment, spat it on the table. I had three knots in it. Everyone looked surprised and Inu Yasha looked quite smug.
Shippou said, "I guess In." then the caught himself, "Err.. Yasha has the most nimble teeth of all."
Sango and Miroku, who had been to busy staring at the cherry stem, missed his slip, but Inu Yasha and Kagome didn't.
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"Hey, look.. Someone's getting flowers," Miroku said, pointing out a delivery man who had just parked his scooter next to the curb. He was carrying a large bouquet of flowers.
Sango's eyes took on a misty look. "Wow, I wish I would get flowers delivered to me at school," she sighed, then darted a quick look at Miroku.
Miroku was not paying any attention; he was too busy staring at the delivery guy.
The man stopped and talked to a teacher, who pointed in their direction. The driver bowed and started walking over to them. Kagome watched wide eyed as he came up to her, "Are you Higurashi Kagome?"
Kagome nodded.
"These are for you." He handed her a large bouquet of roses, each one a different color. "And there is also a card," He said handing it to her. "Please sign here," he said. After Kagome signed the clipboard, the delivery man bowed and walked back to his scooter.
"Who are they from," Sango asked eagerly.
Kagome opened the card. It was blank, except for a paw print.
Miroku leaned over Kagome's shoulder, "Is that a dog's paw print?"
"It looks more like a cats," Sango said.
"No," Kagome said, "It's a foxes."
Miroku looked at Kagome with astonishment, "How do you know that?"
"I once knew a fox." She looked up blushing, "I mean I knew someone who had a fox." Did that mean Shippou was around? She looked around, almost expecting to see the little kitsune come racing out from the bushes and burry himself under her shirt, like he used to. But instead she met a pair of angry gold eyes.
"Who gave you the weeds?" Without waiting for an answer he snatched the card from Kagome's hands.
"May I have my card back, Yasha?"
Inu Yasha looked closely at the card, turning it over. Then he tossed it back in her lap. "Huh, someone sends you flowers, and their too stupid to sign the damn card."
"Oh Kagome, you have a secret admirer!" Sango sighed, her eyes going all big and teary, "How romantic."
"Feh," Inu Yasha snorted, "How stupid."
Miroku lauged, "Yasha wouldn't know romance if it reached up and bit him on the ass." He looked closely at the flowers. "Someone must like you a lot Kagome. These roses must have cost quite a lot," He counted them, "There's two dozen here, and wait a minuet.." He reached into the display, "what's this?" He pulled out a lollipop.
It was the same type of lollipop that Kagome used to bring Shippou. The fox paw print, the lollipop. It had to be Shippou. Kagome let out a small cry of delight.
"Kagome, do you know who sent these?" Sango asked, "Well," she prodded Kagome with a finger, "who sent them?"
"I think it might be an old friend. Someone I knew a long time ago." Shippou! Was he still alive? She hardly dared to hope.
Inu Yasha snorted again."
Kagome just ignored him, and buried her face in the roses.
"Did you hear, Kagome got flowers, and not just any flowers..two dozen roses."
"I thought she got six dozen roses, and a huge box of candy."
"I heard they were from a really rich boyfriend that she left behind, and he's trying to woo her back."
"I bet there from Yasha. He seems to be hanging around her all the time.
What a day, Kagome thought. Rumors flew around the school the rest of the day. Everywhere Kagome went people stared at her. Boys started noticing her, and girls looked at her with clear envy. She even caught Kikyo looking at her during archery practice, though she couldn't tell what she was thinking. Kagoem had stayed late to help her put the targets away. She was supposed to meet Miroku, Sango and Inu Yasha at the ice cream parlor after she was done.
Kagome was walking to the bus stop to catch the next down town bus. She was meeting the gang for ice-cream. A large motorcycle rumbled up along side her. The guy who was riding it waved at her. He was dressed in a leather jacket over a white tee shirt and dark blue jeans. Using his heal, he pushed down the kickstand. Stoppoing, Kagome stared at him curiously, as the deep rumbling of the motorcycle stopped and the man, dismounted. When he took off his helmet, a long auburn hair ponytail tumbled down his back. He grinned at Kagome and she could see sharp fangs peaking out at her. A lollipop stick was poking out of the corner of his mouth. "Shippou?"
"Kagome!" Shippou held his arms out and Kagome ran into them, hugging the kitsune for all he was worth.
"OHMYGOD! I can't believe its you! It's really you."
"I forgot how strong you were Kagome," Shippou laughed at the girl clung to his neck.
Kagome took a step back and looked Shippou up and down, "You're all grown up! Look at you, you're so handsome."
"You do look exactly like I remember you. Ah, Kagome," Shippou said hugging her again, "I've missed you."
"How have you been? Have you been happy? What happened to you after I left?" Kagome's mouth stumbled over a million different questions.
"Whoa, slow down. I can only answer one question at a time," Shippou said, laughing even more.
"I missed you so much Shippou," Kagome said, then burst into tears.
"Kagome!" Shippou said, "what's the matter? Please don't cry." Shippou looked slightly panicked at he held the now sobbing girl. "I didn't mean to make you cry."
"It's not your fault," Kagome sniffed, "It's just that I'm so happy! First Sango and Miroku, then Inu Yasha, now you. I'M JUST SO HAPPY!" Then Kagome burst out in fresh sobs.
Shippou pulled out a slightly dusty red handkerchief out of his pocket, and handed it to Kagome. She noisily blew her nose.
After a few moments, in which Kagome managed to compose her self a little better, Shippou said, "Sesshoumaru told me about Inu Yasha, so I knew he was around, but what did you say about Sango and Miroku? There're not here are they, I thought they died."
"Well, they did die, but they have been reincarnated, and they go to school with me and Inu Yasha," Kagome said, giving a huge sniff, then blew her nose one more time, before handing a very soggy handkerchief back to Shippou.
"How much have they changed?" He asked, stuffing the sodden mass of red cloth in his jacket pocket.
"Well, not a lot. Miroku is still a pervert, and Sango still gives him hell over it.." then she did a double take, "Wait a minuet. Did you say that you talked to Sesshoumaru?"
Shippou nodded, "yeah, after you left it took me about two weeks before I could walk around again. About a month after that, Sesshoumaru turned up with Rin. Apparently Sesshoumaru decided that Rin needed a playmate, and since I needed a family he took me with them," Shippou paused and looked thoughtful, "though now that I think of it, Rin probably had more to do with that decision than Sesshoumaru. I think she was tired of only having Jaken to play with. Kaede let me go, I think it's because she knew Rin and I needed each other."
"And have you had a good life, Shippou?"
"The best, Kagome. The only thing that was missing was you. So after Sesshoumaru told me where you were, I had to send you a token of my affection."
"You little beast," Kagome said laughing and playfully slapping Shippou on the arm, "You knew what kind of attention those flowers would get. Do you know the looks that I had to put up with today, carrying those around with me? Especially since no one knew who they were from?"
"Shippou chuckled, "what good is it being a kitsune, if I can't stir up a little mischief now and then."
"Speaking of being a kitsune," Kagome said, looking around at Shippou's backside, "Where's your tail?"
"Kagome," Shippou said laughing, "I can go walking around Tokyo with a tail. I can only get away with my fangs because of modern dental bonding. Besides," he said puffing up a little, "the chicks dig them, they think fangs makes me look tough."
Kagome giggled.
"Hey, so do you want to go get something to eat, catch up on old times."
"Oh, that reminds me; I'm supposed to meet Sango, Miroku and Inu Yasha at the Ice Cream stand. I promised to treat them to ice cream." She looked at her watch, "Oh great, I'm gonna be late."
"Well, hop on, I'll get you there," he said, tossing Kagome his helmet.
Shippou kicked his motorcycle to life and Kagome climbed on back, "Oh, yeah," she shouted at Shippou over the revving of the engine, "when you see Inu Yasha, make sure to only call him Yasha, no one at school knows his other name."
Shippou laughed; "Ready?" he called back to her. They roared away in a shower of rose petals.
"What time did Kagome say she would be here?" Miroku asked. They sat at one of the outside tables on the upper deck at Mr. Amori's Ice Cream Parlor. The afternoon was a bright clear one, with very little smog, and they had a good view of the street and should be able to see when Kagome arrived.
Sango consulted her watch, "She should be here soon. She just needed to help Kikyou put away the equipment. Have you decided what you want?"
Miroku looked at Sango and wiggled his eyebrows.
"If your hand moves one more centimeter closer, you'll have to use the ice cream to bring down the swelling."
Miroku gave Sango his best innocent look, but he did move his hand away from forbidden areas.
"Keh, stupid wench, I should have know she'd be late."
"She's only a few minuets late, Yasha."
Inu Yaha just snorted again.
A loud rumbling made them all look up, and the watched a couple on a motorcycle pull up to the curb. The man had on a black leather jacket, no helmet, and sandy red hair, pulled back in a loose ponytail. The girl who sat behind him had a school uniform on and a yellow back pack. She clutched some, now very battered, roses. The gang watched in amazement as Kagome took off the black bike helmet and handed it to the stranger. She waved up to them. "Hi guys," she called, "Sorry I'm late. I ran into an old friend."
She ran up the wooden stairs to the upper deck, pulling the strange man behind her. "Sango, Miroku, Yasha, this is Shipou. Shippou this is Sango, Miroku and, she paused, "Yasha." She smiled, pleased at the stunned expressions on her companions faces.
"Pleased to meet you," Shiippou bowed, "Kagome's told me so much about you."
Miroku and Sango bowed back, but Inu Yasha said, "Funny, she hasn't told us a thing about you." He was looking hard at Shippou, as if he knew something about him the others didn't.
"Yasha," Sango said, "don't be rude."
Inu Yasha just snorted.
"Oh that's ok. Kagome didn't know I was in town until just today. I'm afraid we got taking and that's why she's late."
"Well we would have gotten here on time if you hadn't taken the scenic rout."
Shippou grinned, showing off his sharp fangs, "I couldn't help myself. It's such a nice day for a ride."
Sango and Miroku gasped, "My goodness, look at your teeth," Sango said, "Where did you get them done?"
"Cool,' Miroku said.
"There's a place in California that specializes in this type of dental bonding," Shippou lied smoothly.
'They look so real!"
Inu Yasha snorted again.
"So who wants ice cream?" Kagome said. She got a resounding cry.
Sango got a root beer float with blackberry ice cream. Inu Yasha got two scoops of chocolate ice cream on a sugar cone with rainbow sprinkles. Miroku got an extra thick strawberry shake with whipped cream. Kagome ordered two scoops of vanilla ice cream in a dish with hot fudge, and Shippou got a large banana split with chocolate, vanilla and cherry ice cream, chocolate sauce, nuts, rainbow sprinkles, extra whip cream and three cherries. Kagome went to pay, but Shippou beat her to it. "I gotta apologize for destroying your roses," he said, indicating the battered roses on the table.
Kagome laughed, "They do look beaten up, don't they. Ah well. I guess I won't have to put them in water now."
"That's ok; I'll get you some more. You'll have to tell me what color's you like. I wasn't sure, so I have them put in all different sorts."
"You got her the flowers?" Miroku asked.
"Yeah."
Inu Yasha looked very sullen.
"What did the paw print mean?" Sango asked.
"Ah..well.it's kinda a play on my last name. Kitsuen."
"Kitsuen, a fox paw print. Oh that's perfect," Miroku said.
"Oh, was he the friend you were talking about, the one who owned the fox?" Sango asked Kagome.
"Um, yeah. That's right."
Inu Yasha snorted again.
They were all quiet while they ate their ice cream. "So, how do you know Kagome?" Sango asked.
"She used to visit me when I was a kid. We were inseparable. She had to move away though. I really missed her, and I just found out where she moved to a few days ago. So I had to come look her up.
Miroku grinned, "I bet you have some really good stories about when Kagome was young."
"Oh a few," Shippou said, "would you like to hear some?"
Kagome kicked Shippou under the table. He yelped. "What Shippou forgets is that I have lots of stories about him as well, and if he doesn't want them told he better keep his mouth shut."
"Aww, Kagome," Miroku said, "your no fun."
Kagome reached over and stole a cherry out of Shippou's banana split. "Hey," Shippou said and made a swipe at her, but Kagome was too quick for him, and popped the cherry, stem and all in her mouth.
A few moments later she pulled the cherry stem out of her mouth. It had two knots in it. "No Miroku, I'm lots of fun."
"How did you do that?" Both Miroku and Sango said. Everyone, including Inu Yasha looked surprised.
"Nimble teeth," Kagome replied.
Shippou laughed and hit his hand on the table, "Damn, I forgot how much fun you were Kagome."
Then taking a cherry, he popped it in his mouth. After a few minuets, and many strange faces, Shippou pulled out his cherry stem. It had one knot in it. "That's harder than it looks."
Miroku went up to the window and ordered a bowl of cherries. Everyone, but Inu Yasha, took a cherry and popped it into their mouths. Miroku spat a chewed up stem on the table. "How in the hell do you eat the cherry without chewing up the stem. Sango was also having difficulties. Though, after pulling the cherry off first and just putting just the stem in her mouth, she was able to get on knot in it. Shippou managed to knot another cherry stem, and Kagome repeated her fete, just to prove it wasn't a fluke.
Inu Yasha, who was the only one who had not taken a cherry yet, reached out and plucked on with a very long stem out of the bowl. Popping it into his mouch he chewed it thoughtfully, then after a few moment, spat it on the table. I had three knots in it. Everyone looked surprised and Inu Yasha looked quite smug.
Shippou said, "I guess In." then the caught himself, "Err.. Yasha has the most nimble teeth of all."
Sango and Miroku, who had been to busy staring at the cherry stem, missed his slip, but Inu Yasha and Kagome didn't.
I think I got that chapter just about how I wanted it. I hope you all like it. I am getting very excited about this story and am having a blast writing it. THANKS FOR ALL THE REVIEWS! *Does happy review dance* I want to recommend a story, called "Cherry Stems," by JoIsBishMyoga, It was one of the first fan fiction stories that I ever read, and I really liked it. I was really psyched when I found it on this site. I wanted to pay tribute to it in this chapter because of my cherry stem scene. So how many of you out there can tie a cherry stem in a not with your mouth. *Raises hand* I CAN! I tried to add the link, but for some reason it would not let me. Ah well. I tried. Anyway, Enjoy!
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