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Disclaimer: oh lord. Do we really need to go though this? sighs ok…. Fine, however much I reallllllly want to, I don't own Inuyasha. That's Takahashi-sama's job.

"Inuyashaaaaaa!"

Kagome looked around for the annoying dog demon. She hadn't seen a trace of him since she'd come back, and that was very strange. Normally he was waiting for her by the well, screaming for her to hurry up so they could go chop up Naraku scum. But today he was no where to be found.

"INUYAAAASHAAAAAA!"

Still no answer.

Then an idea dawned on the girl. She stood up straight and laughed.

"INUYASHA, SIT BOY!"

There was a violent thud from behind a cluster of bushes.

"What the hell did you do that for!" Inuyasha popped his head out of shrub. His ears twitched in anger, but he spoke barely above a whisper.

Kagome blinked. "Uh, why are you whispering?" she asked, not even bothering to keep her voice down.

"Shhhhhhhh! Dammit, shut up will ya?" He glared at her as he made a slicing gesture across his throat.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "You're still not telling me why you're whispering," she said, still ignoring his plea.

He was about to explain himself, but Shippo came running toward the pair. "There you are, Inuyasha! Now you can explain to me!"

Kagome's eye twitched. She had a bad feeling about this. " Explain what, Shippo?"

Inuyasha laughed nervously. "Eheheheheh, nothing, nothing at all! RIGHT Shippo?"

Shippo blinked at him curiously. "But you said you'd explain about-"

Inuyasha quickly covered his mouth. " About, uh, why Kaede is an old hag! Yeah! Well, Shippo, Kaede has lived since the beginning of time, and when you live that long, you get really, really ugly. And that's why she's a hag!"

"SIT BOY!"

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Kagome was fuming. She couldn't believe he was such a jerk! "Kaede is a respected elder of the village! People look up to her because of her wisdom! And who are you to talk about living since the beginning of time! You're technically older that she is!"

She swiftly picked up Shippo and started to walk off. "And to think I brought a gift for you, too!"

Inuyasha paused for a second, and then realized what the term "gift" meant.

Food.

"Hey! Wait! I'm sorry! What'd ya bring me? Curry? Ramen? Chicken? Oh, what about omlet?"

Kagome sighed and set Shippo down. "Go back to the village, this could get ugly," she whispered as he scampered off into the forest.

Once the fox was gone and out of earshot, she turned and faced the jerk begging for food.

"Is that all I am to you? A source of noodles?"

Inuyasha seemed to think for a moment, started to speak, then rethought his words. "Well, yeah. That and a jewel detector…"

Kagome's eyes widened. "YOU JERK! SIT! SITSITSITSITSITSITSITSIT!"

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"HERE! TAKE THIS!" She thrust a green book at his head. " EAT IT FOR ALL I CARE!"

And she stormed off to the village.

Inuyasha sat upright and rubbed his head where the hardback book had been chucked. "Damn, that girl has an arm on her." He picked it up from where it laid in the dirt, and opened the first page. In pretty calligraphy, was written,

Dear Inuyasha,

You seem to spend all your time fighting, and you never stop to enjoy what's around you. This book is for you to draw stuff you see in. Things you think are pretty. Enjoy!

Love,

Kagome

Taped to the inside of the book was a yellow stick with one pointed end, and one flat pink end. He stared at it for a while, then looked back to the note for guidance.

P.S.- The yellow stick is called a pencil. You write with the pointed end, and if you mess up, you rub the pink end over the writing and it will go away.

Inuyasha experimented with the "pencil", trying different ways to hold it, and when he finally found a comfortable grip, he began to draw….