Disclaimer: I OWN AIKO, THE EGG! (And what a cute little egg she is!) But I don't own anything else...

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Chapter three: Over Easy

Egg Diaries- Day one By Higurashi Kagome

After much consideration and plenty of arguing, we have decided to name the egg Aiko. Her extended family has welcomed her with much love, if not a bit of confused wonder.

Inuyasha has taken to the egg with more gusto than I would have imagined. He took the egg with h im this morning on his hunt, and even made a pack to carry it in. I think if I let him, he would carry it around all the time, but with him diving along the trees and the way he always seems to get into a battle, I'm scared 'She" might end up scrambled. Still, it's sweet that he is being so good about this. Perhaps Sota was right after all. He just might make a wonderful father after

all.

Sango and Miroku were both reluctant to join in, or I should say, Sango was. Miroku seems to find it a wonderful distraction and even offered to burp Aiko after breakfast this morning. (Sweat drop.)

Shippo, as imagined, is taking the same approach as Sota, in that he is thrilled to play along and be called the "Uncle." Kaede hasn't said much, but I noticed her eyeing Aiko this morning as she grumbled about what she might cook up for breakfast.(Shudder! That would mean the end of my grade!)

For myself, I am having a difficult time in pretending that Aiko is a child. Every time I look at the tiny white thing, all I see is an omelet with some tofu and leaks mixed in, some white rice on the side...

Great! I'm the worst mother in the world! I've just envisioned my baby as breakfast!

Kagome dropped her pen and slumped. She was leaning up against a tree where they had stopped for a lunch break, waiting for the water to finish boiling for the Ramen.

'This is so bad!' she moaned to herself, looking down miserably at the innocent little white egg resting by her side. 'Everyone can get into this project except for me! I just keep thinking how silly this all is, and feeling bad for putting my friends through such a humiliating process.'

"Oi! Kagome." Inuyasha crept over and sat on his haunches next to her. "What are you doing there?" he glanced over at the book in her lap and picked up the pen she had dropped beside her, touching the tip to his finger and grinning at the mark it left.

"I'm trying to keep a journal of the project of Aiko." Kagome closed the book and got to her knee's, moving over to see how the water was doing. "I'm going to have to re-write the whole thing before I hand it in."

"Why's that?" Sango asked as she nibbled on a pocky stick and glared over at Miroku who's hand was slowly creeping it's way towards her bottom. "I thought it was supposed to be on your experiences with the egg." She took her pocky stick out of her mouth and slammed

it down on the back of Miroku's hand, shattering it to pieces. He yelped and sheepishly yanked the offended limb back, grateful it had only been a pocky stick and not something harder.

"Yes, but I can't write about this time or what happens here. He'd think I was making it all up and fail me for sure not to mention I'd have a lot to explain..." Kagome sat back again and glanced over at Inuyasha. She gasped in shock and fell over at the sight of him.

"I-Inuyasha!" She stammered out.

"Oh...' he gave her a sheepish look and dropped the pen. But it was already too late. Black squiggly marks were up and down his arms, the Kanji, "Bad ass" was written across his left biceps., his tongue and mouth were black from sucking on the ink.

"Inuyasha you look a mess!" Sango giggled.

"Except for the Kanji." Miroku nodded, moving closer to inspect the hanyou's handy work. "THAT I like. Fits you perfectly."

Inuyasha grinned with pleasure. "You want something written on you?" he offered to his monk friend. Miroku suddenly looked thrilled.

"I'm not so sure that's a good idea..." Sango cautioned, noticing the glint that appeared in

Inuyasha's eyes.

"It will be alright!" Miroku insisted. "Perhaps just a little something..." He sat down beside Inuyasha and rolled up his sleeve. The dog demon was more than happy to oblige.

"Hey!" Shippo cried out, hopping up and down. "I want something too, Inuyasha!"

"Oi!" Inuyasha shot the hyper fox child an irritated look. "I'll get to you in a second. Stop bouncing around. Your distracting me!" Shippo immediately stopped bouncing and instead scooted closer to watch him work.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome scolded. "You aren't supposed to write on yourself, OR on anyone else!" She was standing now, her hands planted firmly on her hips as she gave them all a stern look.

"Why not?" he demanded grouchily, finishing his work on Miroku and grinning happily. "I"m done!"

Miroku beamed with joy and turned to show his new mark to Sango. She suddenly spit out the pop she had been drinking and covered her mouth with her hand to stop from bursting into laughter. Confused, the monk looked at his arm to see what had been written.

"You are NOT setting a good example." Kagome insisted, paying no attention to what was on the holy mans arm.

"Hen-" Miroku's happy face went suddenly dark.

"They're both old enough to decide if they want to be written on." Inuyasha argued, now going to work on Shippo.

""HENTAI!" Miroku demanded. "YOU WROTE 'HENTAI" ON MY ARM!" Dark vibes were streaming off the monk now as he gave a death glare. Kagome suddenly noticed it and

had much the same reaction as Sango, minus the spray of carbonated beverage.

Inuyasha seemed unfazed as he finished his work on Shippo, who was now squirming, wondering what Kanji HE had received.

"I figured I'd pick something that fit." The hanyou stated, then gave a wicked grin, the black rimming his mouth making him look like a demented and evil clown. Shippo was glancing at his own arm and suddenly burst into tears.

"HE PUT 'PAIN IN THE ASS' ON ME, KAGOME!"

Both the women gasped. "INUYASHA!" they scolded.

"Oh, NOW you two speak up!" Miroku complained. "Why didn't you say something over my 'Hentai' mark?"

Sango gave Miroku a droll smile. "If the sandal fits..."

"WHA!" Miroku managed to pull of a rather hurt look. No one was buying into it.

"Inuyasha, hand over that pen." Kagome insisted.

"I ain't finished yet, woman!" Inuyasha insisted., holding it out of her reach

"It's not like this is something new." Sango insisted in a louder voice, watching as Kagome tried to wrestle the pen away from the struggling half demon. "I don't understand this fuss your making." She finished, smiling as Kagome 'Sat" Inuyasha, then proceeded to scribble all sorts of Kanji on him.

"Yes, but NOW it's being advertised!" he grumbled. "No woman will come near a man with a Kanji like this!"

Inuyasha managed to finally pop back up again, then read what he could of the Kanji she'd covered his other arm with.

"Cute?" he grumbled. "FLUFFY!" his voice was starting to rise now. "ADORABLE? WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SHIT?" he howled out. "I ain't some furry bunny!"

"RELAX!" Kagome shouted over the wailing of Shippo, the indignant arguing of Miroku and Sango and the growling of Inuyasha.. "It washes off!"

Everyone went suddenly quiet, then all three of the males took off running for the stream that was nearby, knocking each other over in their haste to get cleaned again. Kagome sat down hard and shook her head.

"Just when I think he might be a good father..." She grumbled.

"Yeah." Sango giggled. "They go and do something completely immature."