Hey, people! Yes, I know it's been a long time, but I'm surprised some people were waiting! What? You weren't waiting? Well, how rude! But be warned, I don't think this chapter is as funny as the other one. I'll try to pick it up later on.

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Inuyasha. All I own are some CDs, my laptop (which you CANNOT have), and a box of tissues. So sue me. On second thought, don't.

Chapter Two: Shippo Gets a Toothache

The kitsune's sudden cry created awareness within everyone in the hut, except for the slumbering Kagome. Kaede, Sango, and Miroku rushed outside to see what was wrong, while Inuyasha and Kouga just sat there glaring at each other. "Shippo, what's wrong?" Sango asked as she arrived at the area where Shippo lay in pain. She cradled him lovingly in her arms and repeated her question. "Shippo, what's wrong?"

Shippo looked at her through tear-filled eyes and said, "My tooth, Sango, oh it hurts!" "Aww, poor Shippo. Now how about you open your mouth and let me see, okay?" Sango coaxed. Shippo opened his mouth with to give Sango a good view. It was evident to see what had caused the problem. All of Shippo's young fox teeth were a beautiful shade of white. All except one.

"Shippo! What on earth have you been eating?" Sango cried. "One of your teeth, it's just so icky!" "What a descriptive word," Miroku said sarcastically. Sango glared at him and said, "Well, why don't you take a look, Mr. I've-Got-Such-An-Excellent-Vocabulary?" Miroku decided to see just what was the matter with Shippo's mouth and peered inside. "Oh, my god! Poor Shippo, let's get you inside and see what we can do."

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It was tense. Very tense.

Neither moved a muscle. Especially not in the face.

Kouga crossed his eyes.

Inuyasha began laughing out loud until he realized that he had lost. "Dammit, Kouga, that's cheating!" he growled. "Heh, there's no rule about crossing our eyes, dog-turd. We just can't close 'em." Inuyasha growled. "That's still cheating!" "No, it's not!"

"Yes, it is!"

"Nu-uh!"

"Yu-huh!"

"Nu-uh!"

"Yu-huh!"

"What on earth are you two muttering about?"

Kagome had woken up.

"Who-mahn!" Kouga shouted gleefully, but then noticed the zit and backed away. Kagome, completely oblivious for god knows what reason, looked around the room and asked, "Where are Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kaede?"

"Out," Inuyasha replied gruffly. He was still upset about the fact that no one believed him. "Out, where?" Kagome asked. Then, as if on cue, the missing quartet arrived in the doorway. Shippo looked like he had been crying.

"Aaawww, what's wrong, Shippo?" Kagome asked. Shippo's eyes began to tear up again as he tried to answer Kagome's question. "Wuh-wuh-well, m-my t-t- tooth ruh-really hurts!" And he began wailing.

Kouga's ears perked up. "Oh, a toothache! I know the perfect cure for a toothace!" he announced. The others just stared at him in disbelief. "What? Well I do! Lil fox dude, come with me!" Shippo, willing to try anything, followed Kouga outside along with the others. Kouga led the whole group to a clearing. "Now, the first thing you have to do is lick you lips," Kouga instructed. Shippo licked his lips. "Then, wash your mouth out with mud." Shippo did so. "Next, run around in a circle three times." Shippo ran. "Okay, now you have to recite every song you can think of in the next three seconds while standing on one foot and balancing a dog on your head." "But that's hard!" Shippo complained. "Do I care?" Kouga asked. "Do it!" "Where's he supposed to get the dog?" Miroku asked. All eyes turned to Inuyasha.

"Feh!" he replied. "I ain't doin' it!" "Kagome," Kaede muttered, instructing the girl on what to do. "Osuwari!" WHAM!

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It was really a site to see. The only songs Shippo knew by heart were the ones that Kagome had sometimes sung under her breath while she was walking with them. And the ones she had taught him. But for some reason, only a few of them would come to his mind. "I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie woooorld.."he sang while standing on one foot. Balancing Inuyasha wasn't all that hard and the three humans awed at his strength. Kouga couldn't help but smile to himself upon seeing Inuyasha's sour expression.

"Life's plastic. It's fantastic.."

"Now," Kouga began, "You have to do ten jumping jacks in the middle of a river with a fish in your mouth, and.." "Umm, Kouga?" Sango asked. "Just what exactly are these outrageous antics supposed to accomplish?" Sango asked. "Hmm? Oh, nothing. I just wanted to see if the little dope would do it." "Kouga-kun, that isn't very nice," Kagome scolded. "Oh, so he can trick Shippo into doing all sorts of stupid stuff, but I can't touch the brat without getting a god dammed 'osuwari!'?!" Inuyasha yelled. He was truly upset.

"That's right, dog-turd! That's 'cause my woh-mahn loves me and only me!"

"Like hell she does!"

"She does too!"

"Does not!"

"Does too!"

"Does not!"

"Yu-huh!"

"Nuh-uh!"

"Yu-huh!"

"Nuh-uh!"

"Oh, would you shut up?!" Miroku bellowed. "Now, dealing with our problem, I have come up with the perfect solution for Shippo's toothache." The others looked at Miroku expectantly. He pulled out a bottle from his robes containing a pale liquid. "THIS," Miroku announced, "is the answer to all problems." With that, he poured the contents of the bottle down Shippo's throat.

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"Umm, Miroku?" Kaede asked cautiously. "What exactly did you give Shippo?"

It was obvious why she asked this question. For the past ten minutes Shippo was acting rather...unusual. But it was just the little things..chewing on Kouga's tail, attempting to paint Inuyasha's ears, having a conversation on beauty products with the Hiraikotsu..little stuff.

"Oh, just some sake," Miroku answered. "What the hell?! You made him drunk!" Inuyasha said. "Oh, big deal," Miroku replied. "It's just a nasty side effect. The point is, he's forgotten about his toothache, hasn't he?" "Heheheheheheheheheheheheheeeeee!!!" All eyes were directed at Shippo, who was running around and giggling madly to himself. Eyebrows where then raised as Shippo ran off to jump into a pond full of fish. When the group went to see why he did so, it seemed that Shippo and the fish were having some sort of battle.

"Hey, are those fish supposed to eat foxes?""

"Apparently."

"Hey, what's all that red stuff?"

"It's blood! Shippo must be beating the fish!"

"YAY, SHIPPO!"

"Hey, he sunk!"

"No he didn't. There must be a fish down there, and Shippo's not going to let it escape!"

"Go, Shippo!"

"Um, guys? He's not rising.."

It was true. Shippo stayed underwater for sometime before the other's realized that something must be up.

"How long do you think he is able to hold his breath?" Kaede asked. "I wouldn't say more than a few seconds," Kouga replied. "Do you think someone should get him?" Inuyasha asked. "I think we should," Kagome began, "and Miroku should be the one to do it." "W-why me?!" Miroku stuttered. "Because it's your fault he's drunk!" Sango said. "What did I do?" Miroku asked. "All I did was give him some sake!" "And you didn't even think of the consequences?" Kouga asked. "What consequences? My dad gave me this stuff all the time as a kid, and it never bothered me one bit!" "Maybe that explains why he's so weird," Sango muttered. "Nah," Kaede said. "It must run in the bloodline." "I'm sure," Inuyasha muttered. "Who cares, somebody just save poor Shippo!" Kagome wailed. Inuyasha, unfortunately not being the brightest in the bunch, did not take the opportunity that was so graciously thrown onto his lap. Kouga, however, did.

"Don't worry, Kagome!" he said all hero-like. Then, jumping into the pond like the prince he is not, Kouga set off to retrieve Shippo.

'This,' Kouga realized after diving in, 'is not the safest place to be'

"Soooo..," Sango began, "..what do we do now?"

The whole group looked around. Since Kouga was rescuing Shippo, there really wasn't much for anyone else to do. "All for a round of poker, say aye," Inuyasha said flatly. "Aye!" the rest chorused.

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Later on.

Kouga, being the over-egoed wolf that he is, surprisingly did manage to save Shippo from the horrible deaths of the evil fishies. Shippo, being the pathetic runt that he is, passed out for what is likely the next four days. Kagome and Sango, being the girls that they are, wept at the lost of their friend, who, as Miroku pointed out, was not lost, but unconscious. This remark received a whack from the Hirakotsu. In which case, Miroku was out for four days, too. And Inuyasha, well...let's just say he really likes the feel of his claws on his skin.

"ARRGGHH!!! Damn red spots!"

Like I said, this chapter is nearly as funny as the first. I was lacking in inspiration. I'll try to make the next chapter funnier. Next chapter: Inuyasha gets the Chickenpox!