Daniel's Disclaimer: Inu-Yasha, Shippo, and Kagome are the intellectual property of Rumiko Takahashi, and I have and claim no rights to them. Not that I don't want them, but the sad truth is that if wishes were fishes there wouldn't be room in the sea for water.

;)

Inu-Yasha grimaced, a vein popping out of his forehead while he stared into the well.

Shippo pouted angrily next to him. "Dammit, Inu-Yasha, just go apologize to Kagome already!"

Inu-Yasha shot him a slant-eyed look. "And say that it was MY fault?"

Shippo harrumphed, crossing his arms. "Well, it WAS, running off to see Kikyo like that."

Inu-Yasha snarled. Naraku had attacked Kikyo again and Inu-Yasha had been worried about her well-being.

Inu-Yasha looked into the well. "I already went to see her, anyway."

Shippo growled. "So you just made it worse, huh!?"

"She wasn't home." Inu-Yasha grunted sourly. "Souta said she was out on a date with Hojo."

;)

You may have guessed by now that I'm not a terribly big fan of Kagome. She's cool, and all, but. she's not as cool as Kikyo. Well, better qualify that: the manga version of Kikyo is cool, but the anime version of Kikyo is whack. REALLY whack.

I'm so gonna get flamed in every review that I get for saying that. They'll both be like, "how can you like Kikyo better than Kagome!?"