Another replaced chapter...

Kagome laughed lightly, causing Inu-Yasha to glare at her once again, happy to see that he held his tongue. "That's because it is Inu-Yasha. He fell into the lake and then came out that way."

"Really?" The kit asked in surprise, a grin appearing on his face. He jumped off of Kagome's shoulder. "Well, in that case," he grabbed the reluctant Inu-Yasha's hand, "let's go and play!" he cried.

Shippo led Inu-Yasha through the trees, coming to a sudden stop. "Hm…." Shippo said, crossing his arms and looking around. His faced brightened as he looked at Inu-Yasha. "Do you want to play catch with me?"

"No."

"How about hide and seek?"

"No."

"I spy?"

"No."

"Twenty questions?"

"No, you've already asked enough as it is."

"Well…then what do you want to play?"

"Nothing."

"Then what are we gonna do?"

Inu-Yasha narrowed his eyes at Shippo. "I don't care what you do, as long as you don't follow me."

The kit cocked his head to the side in confusion. "Where are you goin?"

Inu-Yasha pointed up. "I'm going to go and sit up there on a branch, an enjoy the silence," he glared at Shippo. "And that means that you're not allowed to talk."

Pouting, Shippo plopped himself onto the ground, his arms crossed, and glare pointed at Inu-Yasha. "Fine. Do whatever you want. I don't care."

Without a word, Inu-Yasha turned his back on Shippo and leapt up to the branch he had been talking about. He missed, and instead hit his head on the bottom of it.

Shippo fell onto his side and rolled around on the forest floor, laughing and snorting, holding his sides as Inu-Yasha hit the ground. The indignant hanyou , holding his nose, which had taken the brunt of the impact, kicked Shippou in the side.

"Ow….What…was…that…for…?" Shippo asked between bursts of laughter.

"That was for laughing," Inu-Yasha stated matter-of-factly, adding a hard hit on the head to make a point. That, though, only caused Shippo to laugh even more.

"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome called. "Shippo! It's time to eat!"

Shippo bounded off towards camp, and Inu-Yasha followed at a much slower pace, hoping and praying that he would suddenly turn back into his old self before he reached the lake again.

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Inu-Yasha took his usual place next to Kagome when he reached the camp. "Who caught the fish? Sango?"

"No, It was Miroku." Sango answered, chuckling.

"You mean…lazy monk actually did some work for a change?"

"It's more than you've ever done, Inu-Yasha."

"So…what exactly did you have in mind for a reward when you decided to go fishing?"

"Nothing, of course, but since you mention it…" he knelt in front of Kagome. "Kagome, will you bear my child?"

"Hentai!" Sango yelled, hitting him in the back of the head with hiraikotsu. "THERE'S your reward!"

Well, a short chapter, but an update nonetheless. Thanks so much for waiting. I love you all! Hugs and kisses for all of you have stayed with me even though I haven't been here for so long. I hope you enjoyed the update. I know it's not much, but it will have to do until I can get back into the swing of things, so to speak. While you're here, feel free to read some of my other stories and tell me what you think.

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