Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, or any nursery rhymes.
The Mother Goose Escapades
No. 1
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's Horses and all the King's Men,
Couldn't put Humpty together again!
It wasn't his fault, Inuyasha knew that. But that little beast Shippou had somehow convinced Kagome that he, Inuyasha, was responsible for the demise of several crayons and valuable paper. What had really happened was Shippou had tripped while carrying them and everything flew out of his hands and into the stream, completely ruined. All Inuyasha had done was laugh at the little fox demon's misfortune. The brat stopped crying long enough to get a gleam in his eye, then burst out crying even harder, while running and calling out for Kagome.
"INUYASHA!" her infuriated voice screamed out. "SIT! SITSITSITSITSITSITSITSITSIT!" As Inuyasha was slammed repeatedly and painfully into the ground, he felt something snap in his mind. He continuously was blamed by the little brat, and no matter what was done, Kagome always believed the fox over him! When the screaming finally ceased, Inuyasha did not even attempt to get up. Maybe what he needed was a little revenge, minus some bloodshed. Through his pain, he cracked a smile.
Kagome, Sango and Miroku all followed Shippou to where he had been. Kagome was feeling slightly guilty about sitting Inuyasha so many times, but she felt he needed to learn a lesson. He picked on Shippou way too much, and at some point, he was going to have to learn to stop it! The little group came to where the hanyou had fallen, and Kagome felt a tug at her heart. Inuyasha was lying on the ground, deep in a hole she had put him in. He was not moving.
"Inuyasha!" she cried out, running to his fallen body. "Help me get him out!" she begged her friends, who immediately complied. The body was heavy, but between the three of them, they managed to pull it out. Rolling him over, Kagome lightly tapped his face. "Inuyasha, wake up!" Sango looked at the hanyou.
"I'll go get your medical bag, Kagome," she said, and took off for the village. Miroku looked curiously at the unmoving body. He then looked at Shippou, who was looking extremely worried, and extremely guilty.
"Shippou," Miroku began, "Did Inuyasha really throw your crayons and paper in the water?" The little fox demon began to bawl.
"No, I tripped and they fell in, but Inuyasha laughed at me!" At his confession, Kagome looked up sharply.
"You lied to me, Shippou?" she said in a quiet tone. He sniffled and nodded. Kagome rose and approached the little demon. "Shippou, I really hurt Inuyasha! He isn't even moving now! This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't lied to me!" Kagome's eyes were full of fury. Before she could get even more worked up, Miroku noticed the little smile on a certain hanyou's face that hadn't been there before.
"Kagome," he said pleasantly, "I think he's waking up." She whirled around, hope and guilt mixed on her face. Inuyasha knew the game was over, and opened his eyes. Sitting up, he winced. Mostly for show, but it really did hurt.
"Oh Inuyasha, I'm so sorry!" Kagome cried, dashing towards him and knocking him to the ground, again, with a hug. "Had I known…well, you can be sure that Shippou will be punished for lying!" Inuyasha smirked then, and stuck his tongue out at Shippou.
"Kagome, Inuyasha stuck his tongue out at me!" Shippou immediately said, indignant.
"Hush Shippou, haven't you already learned your lesson about lying?" Kagome said, disappointment in her voice. She released Inuyasha, who was disappointed at that, and turned to look at Shippou.
"But he did! Miroku saw him, right Miroku?" But Miroku was looking at the trees in a nonchalant manner.
"Oops, sorry Shippou, I wasn't looking at you," he said, Shippou pouted then, and Kagome began to lecture him. She concluded with him being grounded, which meant no chocolate and no crayons for two whole days! Shippou didn't know what grounded was, but he knew it was all Inuyasha's fault he was being grounded. He attempted to explain this to Kagome, but she refused to listen, instead turning to Inuyasha and apologizing again. Shippou found it all to be extremely unfair.
"Oh, you're up!" called Sango as she came back with Kagome's medical bag. "What did I miss?"
Author's Notes: Funny little idea I had while sitting in class, bored out of my mind. I know it didn't quite end the same way, but for a while Kagome thought it might. So, you know, it's sort of the same. I plan on using lots of different nursery rhymes, so if you have any suggestions, let me know!