The Smoothness Of Shippou

After that delightful fall, Shippou still lay on the ground, thinking to the grass oh god, did she just witness that? She even said I'm clumsy, I proved her right, Shippou, you baka atawa! Why would you fall? You were better off as lala...

Shippou looked up and was surprised to see Kira laughing. Hysterically. What made him wonder was if she was laughing at him for being dumb or because he was funny. He didn't want to be a clown, so as smooth as he was feeling at the moment; he slowly rolled into a nearby bush, which seemed to make Kira laugh even harder than she already was.

Even after her laughter died down to a silent giggle, Shippou still stayed in the bush, and he planned to stay in there for as long as it took to regain his dignity.

Kira bent over and peeked at him under the shrubs and when she caught sight of his little pouting face, she couldn't help but fall on the ground in another fit of laughter. A few minutes went by, and she finally stopped once more. She was still on the ground as well, and she turned her head and looked at him, still lying in the bush, waiting for the remains of his dignity.

She rolled over and crawled under the bush with him, and she started talking to him. Shippou wondered at this, for she talked of nothing, well, nothing important to him anyways. She talked about anything and everything, and he started to think, she talks a lot. But I don't want to seem too dumb, so I think I'll just smile and nod.

She then brought up the topic of her favorite foods, which then got his attention.

"Did you ever try that 'kan-dee' stuff, that sweet substance they sell down at the village? I hear that kagome chick brought it; I love that kan-dee! Its sooo good, have you ever tried it?"

Shippou was ready to smile and nod at the sound of a question, but what she said had just transferred to his head.

"YOU like CANDY? I LOVE candy! It's my FAVORITE!!!" Shippou was ecstatic. It seemed that nobody else in that era had liked it; they all thought it was the weirdest food in the world.

"Really? Wow! My parents HATE it! So do my friends, they all think it's so weird!" She felt the same way, ecstatic.

"Do you want to try some that kagome gave me a little while ago? It's called Bubble gum! You chew it, and that's it! It all gummy and stuff, that's probably why it's called gum..."

"great! I would love to try that, I've only had ssshocolate, and umm I don't know what the other one was called though...maybe I'll figure it out later. Where is it?"

Shippou raised his eyebrows, and silently thanking Miroku for the idea about the gum he gave earlier, Shippou stuck the gum half way out of his mouth and said "right there, come get it!"