Hey everybody! Sorry I didn't post last week. My sister graduated high school so I had a busy weekend. But I'm here now and I've got the next chapter!

Okay, this chapter is short and random. There's not much point to it except to give InuYasha some screen time. It's sorta short but this is just a rest before the best parts start. Hope you like it.

Enjoy!

Oh yea, I've been forgetting to put up the disclaimer. Oops!

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Random Useless Chapter

Azurine woke while being carried on the back of InuYasha. Shippo sat on his shoulder. The others were nowhere in sight.

"Inu…InuYasha? Shippo? What?" she groaned.

"Quiet. I'll explain everything as soon as I know we're safe. I can't tell you how worried the little brat was about you," InuYasha sighed.

He stopped a few minutes later, sitting the girl in the grass against a tree. Shippo snuggled into her lap, sniffling.

"I thought you were gonna die," he wailed. "Don't leave us yet!"

"You are an extremely lucky pup," InuYasha began.

"I sure don't feel like one," she groaned.

"Your life was spared only because of the shield created by the bow you wielded. It returned to your hand after you were knocked out," he said, "and because of the Shikon Shards you wear."

"You can't have'em," she mumbled.

"I don't want them. My point: what the hell exactly happened between you and that boy? Miroku is actually upset over you. Kagome is making threats at the both of you. Shippo and I are the only ones who trust you now."

"What about Sarah?"

"I'm not sure. I think she knows. She seems to be a bright one. I fear a bit for the boy's life, though. Sarah went to question him and she seemed to be smoldering a bit when I left."

Azurine shuddered. "Looks like I'll be treating someone for severe burns later." She sighed.

"So? What happened?"

"I don't know! I…I was apologizing to Yukito when he kissed me, okay! I didn't start it, I sure didn't want it, and there's no way in Hell I'm letting it affect my friendships!"

Shippo blinked. "Azurine, your hands…"

Her hands were flaming again. "Sorry. InuYasha, why don't you believe me?"

"Weren't you listening? I do, but I'm not the only one you're traveling with." InuYasha replied. "The others might not believe a word you say. The boy is trying to explain that you weren't at fault, but…" He trailed off, thinking.

Shippo began sobbing. "Why'd you have to be so innocent? Don't leave us yet!"

Azurine sweat dropped a little. "Uh, Shippo? Why is innocent a bad thing?"

"Because now you're going to go away! Don't leave us yet!" he bawled.

"You know, he's right. You are sort of naïve," InuYasha commented.

Azurine grew angry as a vein bulged on her forehead. "If you haven't noticed, Sarah's even more naïve than I am! So, do you have a problem with my naivety?"

"No…not really," he replied pretending to ignore her.

She glared before continuing. "Good, anyway, isn't there anything you can do to get them to listen to me?"

"No. That much is up to you," he said, shaking his head.

"Then why did you bring me here?" Azurine asked.

"Because," Shippo explained, "the author of this story needed to include him somehow. It is his show."

The other two stared at the kitsune strangely before InuYasha spoke.

"No. What nonsense are you spouting, brat?" He turned back to the puzzled girl. "I brought you here to give the others enough time to cool off. We should head back now though, before the other one o' you two begins to flip. Sometimes I think you and Sarah are attached to one another."

Azurine rolled her eyes and followed InuYasha back to camp with Shippo tagging along behind.

See? Short, but it had some comic relief. sweatdrop