I'm back, I'm bored, and I'm chewing on ice! Ok, this is the 5th chapter..........sorry, I just spilled some water on myself. It's cold! Very cold! I'm cold! Ahhhh! Ok, time for the lovely disclaimer.....yeah, lovely...right.

Disclaimer, in song!to the tune of this old man

I don't own it, so you can't sue me

This song's stupid, yet funny

I can't think of anything else, so there's no more

Can't you tell I'm really bored!

Ha ha ha! That was stupid! But I will take comments on the song. You can even say it sucks! I'm too hyper to care!

Chapter 5-Secrets Revealed

Kagome had been thinking to herself for a long time. She had been wondering about Shippo and Shimbo for hours. It was now night and everyone was asleep, but her mind was still abuzz with thoughts of Shimbo. Why was Shimbo always appearing wherever they were? And why was Shippo always dissapearing? Did Shippo really scratch his arm on a bush, or did something else happen? The scratch on his arm appeared on the same place where Inuyasha said he scratched Shimbo. Shippo and Shimbo's names were closely alike. After thinking about these facts, Kagome finally came to a conclusion.

Kagome quietly crept over to where Shippo was sleeping and gently shook him, trying hard not to wake anybody else up. Shippo opened up his eyes and almost yelled when he saw somebody in front of him. It was so dark that he couldn't see clearly so he didn't know it was Kagome. Kagome quickly covered Shippo's mouth before he could make any noise and put her finger to her lip telling Shippo to be quiet. Shippo and Kagome walked outside and sat down together a little ways from the hut.

"So Kagome, what did you want?" Shippo asked.

"I've been thinking a lot about Shimbo lately. He's so mysterious and is always where we are," Kagome said not looking at Shippo.

"Yeah," Shippo said trying to erge Kagome to reveal a point to the conversation.

"I've been thinking for hours, and I put the pieces together. Why you are never around when Shimbo's there, why you have a scratch the same place that Inuyasha scratched Shimbo on the same day."

"Kagome..."

"You and Shimbo, are one and the same, aren't you? I don't know any other foxdemon that wears the same clothes as you."

"Kagome..." Shippo trailed off, he wasn't sure whether to deny it or tell her.

"Tell me Shippo," Kagome turned to face him, "are you Shimbo? Or is all of that just a crazy coincidence?"

"Kagome...I..." He trailed off again. He looked at Kagome straight in the eye, and knew that he couldn't lie to her, not now. He had kept his secret for so long, but he felt like he could trust her. Kagome was a very reliable person. "Kagome, I can't lie to you. I've kept it a secret for a while now, I didn't want to tell anyone. You know how Inuyasha is about people helping him in battle, so I wanted to be someone that could battle and stand up to Inuyasha without worrying about getting beat up later. But lately, I've felt like the power is getting harder to control. Maybe I just need more practice."

"But Shippo, how did you do it?"

"I just use this," Shippo said pulling out a blue feather.

"That? How can you become a completely different person with a feather?"

"By saying Gra....I mean, saying some words. Then I turn into Shimbo, a bigger and stronger part of me."

"Well, it's a good thing I was right."

"Huh?"

"Well, I would feel pretty silly if I accused you of being Shimbo. Especially since it took me hours to come to this conclusion."

"Oh. Ok."

"Well we should probably go back inside and go back to sleep."

"Kagome!" Shippo said.

"Hm?"

"Please don't tell anyone that I'm Shimbo, Inuyasha would kill me if he knew! And I don't know if others might tell him."

"Of course Shippo, I would never tell anybody."

"Thank you."

"Don't worry about it Shippo!"

Kagome and Shippo walked back to the hut and fell back asleep immediately. Shortly after that Kirara finally fell back asleep after listening to their conversation.

-End-

I've been reading other people's stories, and some of them answer their reviewers. So I've decided to do that! Yeah! Fun fun! I always liked them answering me! I'm starting from reviews from Chapter 1 to now, so it's a lot. But I can't leave anybody out! And those of you who made more than 1 review, I will answer them in one answer if that made any sense to you. Just read!

Kiryuu-500-I never knew that Shippo got his father's pelt back. Thanks for the compliment!

desy-I'm glad you think so!

Mr. P Coat-I never thought about that, it is kind of like Zelda.

the Wizard-I love stories about Shippo too, he's so cute!

Dark Inu Fan-Yeah, my plot is kind of random, but it's my first fanfic. Thanks for all of the ideas!

Hammerhead-Thanx so much for writing what Sango's weapon was called! I didn't want to keep calling it the giant boomerang thing. Kitsune-bi definantly sounds better than foxfire to me. I'll use that name in later chapters!

Shippothekit-I'll keep writing, so keep reading! I love Shippo too, he's adorable!

Shippou-Happy you like the idea. I love Shippo as his little self too, that's why he transforms back. Also cause it's part of the plot!

That's everyone! Thank you everyone for all the reviews you've sent me! I love you all! And remember to review, review, review!