Chapter 3
Swim Little Fishie, Swim!
"Guess what I learned from serving drinks." asked Shippo happily. "Actually I learned 3 things."
"And what did you learn from your ILEGAL fun/helpfulness?"
Shippo explained in a giddy sort-of-way.
"OK." he smiled. "First I learned that you should never drink and dance at the same time on a rocking ship…I saw the results." Shippo shivered then piped up happily again. "Second that as long as you don't drink any, serving drinks can be fun!"
Shippo lied back with his arms behind his head. "Third I learned to never mix Pińacolada's with Mike's Hard Lemon-aide."
Sango did a double- take.
"What?!"
Shippo sat up suddenly.
"I just had an insparationededededed!"
"An inspiration?"
"Yeah, I could turn into a fish and pull us along!"
"Great idea Shippo…but where are you going to pull us too exactly?"
Shippo froze in mid run.
"Oh, I never thought of that. It's better than staying here!" Shippo exclaimed.
With a POP he turned into a cute purple fish. He flopped off the raft and Sango put a piece of rope around him that was connected to the raft. He began at a steady pace, but poor Shippo began to tire out.
"I can't swim anymore! My fins are all tired." He complained.
Sango hushed him.
"Look Shippo, an island!"
"Where?" he asked excitedly.
It was not far ahead of them. Shippo kept on swimming with all his might. He began to pant and wheeze.
"Shippo, you can stop now."
"No, I'm not going to give up! I'm not small; I can handle this big task!"
"But Shippo you're too small…"
"I'm not small!"
Shippo struggled to swim on, but he thought to himself.
'I can do this, think about what Inuyasha would say at a time like this….'
"Shippo can't you hurry up? I mean I could get off and swim backwards faster than you! I should have never let a little twerp like you do such a big job like this! You're so weak and useless. I don't see why we ever brought you along on your vacation anyway."
"SHIPPO!" hollered Sango.
Shippo snapped out of it.
"Huh? What?"
"RAPIDS!" she pointed out loudly.
"Ahh!" Shippo yelled trying to change the direction of the raft, but by now they were so close it began to drag them in. Shippo POPPED and climbed onto the raft and hung onto the rope for dear life. They bounced and splashed over the rapids, nearly sending them off twice and nearly tipping them over four times. Finally they emerged from the rapids and drifted to the calm shore. Sango shakily got off and tried to pull the stiff, hair-raised, wide-eyed Shippo off the raft. He had a death grip on the rope.
"Shippo, there are no more rapids!"
Shippo was stone-still except for the fact that he let go of the rope. She picked up the rigid Shippo, and began to explore the island.