"Oh no!" Kagome shrieked. "We have to get him out of the water or he'll drown!"
Kagome ran towards the unconscious fox kid. Of course, being in the water slows progress a great deal.
Before Kagome could reach him, Inuyasha picked him up by the tail and started to shake him.
"Wake up, you'll worry Kagome!" He barked.
Shippo wasn't waking up, and Kagome tried to grab the kid away from Inuyasha. "Don't hurt him!" she shouted, while reaching for him.
Inuyasha held Shippo just outside of Kagome's reach and continued to shake him. "Wake up, dummy!"
"Put him down!" Kagome ordered.
"Forget that, put your clothes on. If Shippo wakes up and sees you naked he'll die of shock."
Knowing he was right, Kagome growled and quickly put her clothes on. She put her pants and shirt on. She hurriedly slipped into her shoes. She tied her jacket around her waist and stuck her bra,panties, and socks in her pockets. While she was doing so she warned, "If you hurt him, I will really really hurt you!"
"Oh what are you going to do?" He asked boredly while tossing Shippo into Kagome's chest.
"Step out of that water and I'll show you, I don't want to drown you!" She said hatefully.
He walked up to her. "Middle-aged librarian versus half demon, who's gonna win?" He said cockily.
"SIT! SIT! SIT! Middle-aged librarian wins." She smirked.
"[CENSOREDCENSOREDCENSOREDCENSOREDCENSORED] I forgot you could do that!" He growled as he arose from the ground.
He winced because he landed so hard while he was still quite naked. He grabbed his pants and put them on. "You don't have to play so rough. It's not like I'm actually hurting him."
"Yeah you are! You'll rattle his poor little brains out!" Kagome craddled Shippo and acted motherly for the moment.
"As if you care about Shippo." Inuyasha said sarcastically while picking up the rest of his clothes and walking away from her.
"What is THAT supposed to mean?!" She followed after him.
"First you act all motherly to him right after he loses his only remaining parent, thereby making you some kind of foster mother, then you completely abandon him for almost twenty years, then you decide to just start playing the part of mother after all this time. You don't actually care about Shippo."
"I DO care about Shippo! I have always cared about Shippo. If you needed me to be there for him, you should have gotten me!"
"You shouldn't have left! You knew that Shippo needed you and you left anyway."
"You know, I said that he could live with me. We figured out that he could go through the well if we put him in my backpack. It was you who wouldn't let him!"
"Well I figured that if I didn't let Shippo leave you wouldn't stay gone either."
"Then stop blaming me! It's not my fault!"
"It is your fault!" He screamed back at her.
"If it's my fault then it's your fault too!" She countered.
By this time they had reached the Goshinboku tree.
Kagome stopped. "Why are we here?"
"This is where I live, dumbass."
"You live in this tree?"
"Yes, I thought we'd covered that."
"So when you were insisting that I live with you, you wanted me to live in this tree?" Kagome burst out laughing. "Now that is just silly."
"I never quite thought of it that way," he mused. "You could live in Kaede's old hut, I suppose. She did leave it to you in her will."
"Inuyasha, I am not going to spend the rest of my life in Kaede's hut. I am not going to live in this tree. I am not going to live in the Sengoku Jidai. This place is no longer my home. Get over it!"
Shippo chose this time to wake up. He looked up at Kagome. "Kagome...?"
"Yes?"
"What are you doing back?" He asked her, still in a daze.
"I'm back by accident, but I'm still glad to see you." Kagome put on her usual sacchrine sweet smile.
"Kagome... how long are you going to stay?"
Kagome sucked air in through her teeth, not wanting to answer that question. "I'm leaving as soon as I can... sorry, Shippo..."
Shippo looked like he was going to cry. "Why do you have to go away again? Please, Kagome, stay..."
Kagome didn't have a real reason why she had to leave. This was Saturday, and she didn't work again until Monday.
Kagome looked at him pathetically. "Shippo, please... don't make me stay... You could come live with me if you like."
Shippo was torn. He looked at Inuyasha, then he looked back to Kagome. "I don't know..." He said.
"It's nice there, seriously. My time has candy. You remember candy, don'tcha?" Kagome told him.
"No, her time is awful, Shippo! I should know, I've been there. It's loud, it's smelly, it's confusing and bad!" Inuyasha told him much more passionately.
"Everything is easy there, you'll be amazed by all the cool stuff. Plus, you won't have to miss me while I'm at my time because you'll be there too!"
"The ground is hard, there's hardly any plants there!" Inuyasha insisted.
"It's full of fun people, and fun things to do. There are whole parks dedicated to fun!"
"The people aren't fun, Shippo! They're all grouchy 'cause they wake up too early in the morning!" Inuyasha contradicted her.
"I'm from that time, and I'm fun! Aren't I, Shippo? I'm not grouchy. Am I?"
"I'm not sure that I want to answer that." Shippo told her.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She raised her voice involuntarily as her temper flared.
"It means that you are grouchy, just like I say." Inuyasha said while flicking her between the eyes, just to add to her irritation.
"You know what, Inuyasha? If I'm grouchy it's your fault. It's not as if you don't antagonize me 'round the clock."
"A, I don't know what the word 'antagonize' means. B, You were grouchy before I even started pissing you off."
"Inuyasha, you piss me off without even knowing it a lot of times. I'll have you know that I'm quite happy and non-grouchy when I'm in my time, which is why I should go back!"
Shippo clutched the fabric of her shirt and pretty much begged her to stay. "Please, Kagome! Don't go! At least stay the night!"
"Oh... um... okay." Kagome finally gave in.
"Shippo! I want you to make that face and that speech every night! Maybe you can get her to live here!" Inuyasha cheered.
"Inuyasha, I'm only staying for one night." Kagome reminded him.
"Yeah, yeah." He grumbled, only half believing that she would go in the morning.
Kagome ran towards the unconscious fox kid. Of course, being in the water slows progress a great deal.
Before Kagome could reach him, Inuyasha picked him up by the tail and started to shake him.
"Wake up, you'll worry Kagome!" He barked.
Shippo wasn't waking up, and Kagome tried to grab the kid away from Inuyasha. "Don't hurt him!" she shouted, while reaching for him.
Inuyasha held Shippo just outside of Kagome's reach and continued to shake him. "Wake up, dummy!"
"Put him down!" Kagome ordered.
"Forget that, put your clothes on. If Shippo wakes up and sees you naked he'll die of shock."
Knowing he was right, Kagome growled and quickly put her clothes on. She put her pants and shirt on. She hurriedly slipped into her shoes. She tied her jacket around her waist and stuck her bra,panties, and socks in her pockets. While she was doing so she warned, "If you hurt him, I will really really hurt you!"
"Oh what are you going to do?" He asked boredly while tossing Shippo into Kagome's chest.
"Step out of that water and I'll show you, I don't want to drown you!" She said hatefully.
He walked up to her. "Middle-aged librarian versus half demon, who's gonna win?" He said cockily.
"SIT! SIT! SIT! Middle-aged librarian wins." She smirked.
"[CENSOREDCENSOREDCENSOREDCENSOREDCENSORED] I forgot you could do that!" He growled as he arose from the ground.
He winced because he landed so hard while he was still quite naked. He grabbed his pants and put them on. "You don't have to play so rough. It's not like I'm actually hurting him."
"Yeah you are! You'll rattle his poor little brains out!" Kagome craddled Shippo and acted motherly for the moment.
"As if you care about Shippo." Inuyasha said sarcastically while picking up the rest of his clothes and walking away from her.
"What is THAT supposed to mean?!" She followed after him.
"First you act all motherly to him right after he loses his only remaining parent, thereby making you some kind of foster mother, then you completely abandon him for almost twenty years, then you decide to just start playing the part of mother after all this time. You don't actually care about Shippo."
"I DO care about Shippo! I have always cared about Shippo. If you needed me to be there for him, you should have gotten me!"
"You shouldn't have left! You knew that Shippo needed you and you left anyway."
"You know, I said that he could live with me. We figured out that he could go through the well if we put him in my backpack. It was you who wouldn't let him!"
"Well I figured that if I didn't let Shippo leave you wouldn't stay gone either."
"Then stop blaming me! It's not my fault!"
"It is your fault!" He screamed back at her.
"If it's my fault then it's your fault too!" She countered.
By this time they had reached the Goshinboku tree.
Kagome stopped. "Why are we here?"
"This is where I live, dumbass."
"You live in this tree?"
"Yes, I thought we'd covered that."
"So when you were insisting that I live with you, you wanted me to live in this tree?" Kagome burst out laughing. "Now that is just silly."
"I never quite thought of it that way," he mused. "You could live in Kaede's old hut, I suppose. She did leave it to you in her will."
"Inuyasha, I am not going to spend the rest of my life in Kaede's hut. I am not going to live in this tree. I am not going to live in the Sengoku Jidai. This place is no longer my home. Get over it!"
Shippo chose this time to wake up. He looked up at Kagome. "Kagome...?"
"Yes?"
"What are you doing back?" He asked her, still in a daze.
"I'm back by accident, but I'm still glad to see you." Kagome put on her usual sacchrine sweet smile.
"Kagome... how long are you going to stay?"
Kagome sucked air in through her teeth, not wanting to answer that question. "I'm leaving as soon as I can... sorry, Shippo..."
Shippo looked like he was going to cry. "Why do you have to go away again? Please, Kagome, stay..."
Kagome didn't have a real reason why she had to leave. This was Saturday, and she didn't work again until Monday.
Kagome looked at him pathetically. "Shippo, please... don't make me stay... You could come live with me if you like."
Shippo was torn. He looked at Inuyasha, then he looked back to Kagome. "I don't know..." He said.
"It's nice there, seriously. My time has candy. You remember candy, don'tcha?" Kagome told him.
"No, her time is awful, Shippo! I should know, I've been there. It's loud, it's smelly, it's confusing and bad!" Inuyasha told him much more passionately.
"Everything is easy there, you'll be amazed by all the cool stuff. Plus, you won't have to miss me while I'm at my time because you'll be there too!"
"The ground is hard, there's hardly any plants there!" Inuyasha insisted.
"It's full of fun people, and fun things to do. There are whole parks dedicated to fun!"
"The people aren't fun, Shippo! They're all grouchy 'cause they wake up too early in the morning!" Inuyasha contradicted her.
"I'm from that time, and I'm fun! Aren't I, Shippo? I'm not grouchy. Am I?"
"I'm not sure that I want to answer that." Shippo told her.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She raised her voice involuntarily as her temper flared.
"It means that you are grouchy, just like I say." Inuyasha said while flicking her between the eyes, just to add to her irritation.
"You know what, Inuyasha? If I'm grouchy it's your fault. It's not as if you don't antagonize me 'round the clock."
"A, I don't know what the word 'antagonize' means. B, You were grouchy before I even started pissing you off."
"Inuyasha, you piss me off without even knowing it a lot of times. I'll have you know that I'm quite happy and non-grouchy when I'm in my time, which is why I should go back!"
Shippo clutched the fabric of her shirt and pretty much begged her to stay. "Please, Kagome! Don't go! At least stay the night!"
"Oh... um... okay." Kagome finally gave in.
"Shippo! I want you to make that face and that speech every night! Maybe you can get her to live here!" Inuyasha cheered.
"Inuyasha, I'm only staying for one night." Kagome reminded him.
"Yeah, yeah." He grumbled, only half believing that she would go in the morning.