"Hand shakes and pinky promises"

or

"Waah - why me!"

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an Inuyasha short

by

mkh2

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Wheee! Here I go! This is just something to let you know that no, I didn't forget the reviewers… I'm currently in the process of typing up and editing those poor departed chapters, the ones that had been, sadly, lost to my evil depraved floppy disk. (Bad floppy! Bad, bad! :shakes finger angrily at it:) So… here's another fic – with me in it. Yes, I know, I know… I hate me too.

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Disclaimer: for the love of pizza rolls, I don't own Inuyasha! Waah! Just leave me alone to my piteous state! It's not like I'm hurting anyone – and I'm only bothering, er, I mean, borrowing the characters for a while. Honest! All characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi-sama, long may she draw.

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"So, Inuyasha, are we in agreement?" I asked, sticking my hand out (forgetting I was in Tokyo and not in America.)

Inuyasha blinked his eyes and stared curiously at my proffered hand. 'What am I supposed to do,' he thought, bending low over it and sniffing. I watched in confusion. "Eh?" Suddenly *lick lick lick!* My hand was covered in hanyou spit!

Anime-style tears ran down my cheeks as I stared in shock. 'Why me? Why me?'

I jumped forward and *whop!* My elbow connected with the back of Inuyasha's head.

"What the dickens is that for, wench?!" raged Inuyasha, angrily rubbing the slowly swelling bump.

"You're supposed to shake it, not lick!" I roared back, huffing angrily, hand still extended.

"Shake?" He grabbed me by the wrist and wiggled it around. "Like this?" He looked up at my face. 'So… expressionless.' He swallowed hard. 'Kowai…'(1)

:sigh: "Like this, Inuyasha." I took hold of his hand and gave it a firm shake. Without warning, I slapped my face.

"Ghk!" Inuyasha jumped back in surprise. *B-bmp b-bmp b-bmp* 'She's crazy!' Inuyasha thought.

"Why me?" I moaned. "Why didn't I think of it before?" I snapped my head up to look at Inuyasha. He stiffened.

"Ulp!"

"Inuyasha," I murmured, stepping towards him.

Inuyasha took a step back.

I took another step towards him.

Inuyasha backed up into the wall.

'Wh-what is she doing!' Inuyasha's heart leapt up into his throat. 'She-she wouldn't!' As I neared him, he squinched his eyes shut. 'Eek!'

*Ping!* "Oi."

Inuyasha cracked open an eye. "Eh?" He blinked in surprise.

In front of his face… a pinky.

"Pinky swear – you know that, right?"

"Oh, heh heh, yeah, right… I knew that…" Inuyasha wrapped his pinky around mine and gave a little shake. "Deal."

'Why's his face red?' I smiled.

"So, do we mix the ramen now, or do we mix the ramen later?"

"Now is good."

~Owari~

Don't worry, I'm not trying to steal Inu… it's just that it would probably be rather embarrassing and nerve-wracking if a girl came rushing at him (yes, the 'I' person is myself.)

Lately I've been on a Ranma ½ kick… probably partly because Rumiko Takahashi wrote it as well. Inuyasha looks so much like Ranma – cute, eh? … Did any of you ever notice in Ranma ½ that Lord Yohyo looks eerily like Hojo, Happosai like Myouga (only much naughtier), Ryoga like Kouga (even rhymes … ^-^;;) and Black Rose Kodachi (along with brother Kuno) like Naraku? Scary…

Which brings me to these:

(1) Kowai means scary… not to be confused with Kawaii, which is cute.

Also, somebody mentioned that they didn't know what Kaze no Kizu means… it is, in essence, Cutting Wind, which is the Tetsuaiga's attack where it rips across the area where the two demon auras meet.

For all my Inu manga needs, I like to read the translations at: http:// web3162.servers.instant-web.co.uk / Inuyasha /

Just remove all spaces and you'll be fine. ^v^ V (Like, totally, peace out dude. Tippy: ::under her breath:: Moron… mkh2: knock it off or I will call you… Lord MoldyWart. Tippy: ::eyelid twitches:: ick.)

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Also… to watergoddesskasey, who reviewed my "What's with the growling?" story – I don't get your review. "god" Does it mean it's funny or why do I even bother? Or was it – did you just hit the button real fast or couldn't think of anything else to type? (Tippy: you would suggest that – after all, isn't that you half the time?  mkh2: no more cookies for you!  Tippy: Hey! You can't do that! mkh2: Yes I can – their my cookies … I bought them!)