It was a moonlit night, the sky was littered with stars. Shippo gazed up at them. He had something on his mind, something he had given lots of thought. He stood up and went over to Serenity, who was sleeping next to Inu-yasha.

"Hey Serenity, can I ask you something ?" Shippo asked.

"Hmm ? What ?" Serenity asked wearily.

"How do the stars stay in the sky ?" asked Shippo.

"Uhh, because they are stuck up there" Serenity said in a puzzled tone. Inu-yasha overheard the question, yet kept his eyes closed.

"If they're stuck, how come I see some of them fall sometimes ?" Shippo asked. This time, Miroku overheard and listened, keeping himself from interrupting with the real answer.

"That's when they finally get unstuck and fall down" Serenity said, gazing at the stars herself.

"Ohh, you sure know a lot, do you know where we come from ?" he asked. "Uhhh...what ?" Serenity asked. "You know, were do we come from ?" asked Shippo. "Well...uhhh..." Serenity wondered aloud. Inu-yasha smirked and opened one eye to watch the young ones converse.

"Well, I think we are the stars that fall" Serenity answered. "So, we're all fallen stars ?" Shippo asked in awe. "Yep ! That's what we are. And I'll bet some of the stars are strong, while others are weak. That's why we have demons and humans" Serenity explained. "What about the half demons like you and Inu-yasha ? What was wrong with those stars ?" the kitsune asked.

"Umm...maybe on the way falling from the sky, they were demon stars, but then crashed into a human star, or the other way around" she assumed. "Really ? I never would've guessed" Shippo said. "Yeah, heh heh..." Serenity giggled nervously as she scratched the back of her head.

"That's some explanation you have there" Inu-yasha said. Serenity sweat-dropped and whistled innocently. "Indeed, Shippo, would you like to know where we all REALLY come from ?" asked Miroku. "Uh-huh !" Shippo exclaimed.

"well, its when a man and woman love each other a lot and they start hugging and kissing one another and-" Miroku started to explain, but was cut short. "EWW !" Shippo shouted. "That's nasty !" Serenity said as she shivered just thinking about it.

"You know that's what you wanna do with Koga" Miroku teased. "Nuh-uh ! I never ever wanna do that !" Serenity cried. "Good ! You better not do any of that with him, or else !" Inu-yasha snarled. "Y-yes Inu-yasha !" Serenity said with a rapid nod of the head.

"as I was saying, after lots of cuddling, the man and woman get into bed and hug so close that the man's...thing...goes into the woman's...thing as well" Miroku explained in the most 'clean' way. "What's the thing called ? Is it just called their thing ?" asked Shippo. "Actually, they're called different things, but you'll find out about that later" Inu-yasha said.

"What are you all talking about ?" Kagome asked, her and Sango coming back from a nearby hot spring. "Kagome ! We learned where we come from !" Shippo squealed as he jumped into Kagome's arms. "What ?" Kagome asked. "You hard of hearing, wench ? Miroku and Inu-yasha told us where we all come from" Serenity said.

She was then whapped on the head by Inu-yasha. "That first comment was uncalled for !" Kagome growled. "Hmph !" Serenity huffed. "What do you mean ? You mean they told you about...that ?" Sango asked.

"Yeah, it's when a man and woman get together in bed and-" Shippo began to say. "YOU ACTUALLY TOLD THEM THAT ?" Kagome screamed. "You guys are unbelievable !" Sango shouted. "We were just answering their question ! We didn't know it would be wrong !" Inu-yasha cried in a panic.

"Sit boy !" Kagome commanded. Inu-yasha was hurled down into the ground, muttering a few choice words. "I'll bet it was you who did most of the explaining, Miroku !" Sango yelled. "Well, maybe...but I-" Miroku was interrupted by Sango's boomerang bone hitting him over the head.

Serenity and Shippo watched as Kagome and Sango continued hounding on Miroku and Inu-yasha. "So much for us knowing everything about where we come from..." Serenity sighed. "Its times like this when I never wanna grow up. We might end up like them" Shippo said.

To be continued...