A drabble for the LJ community IYfic Contest. The theme was "Shippou."
Title: With Dreams of a Far-Flung Country...Rating: K
Genre: general
Pairing: n/a
Word Count: 200
Summary: Shippou contemplates where Kagome comes from.
He wonders what Kagome's country must be like.
She has explained to him before that it isn't so much a different place as a different time, one nearly five hundred years removed from his own. He half-understands this, or at least he tries to. In the end, it is easier to picture an upside-down land beneath his feet, where men and women glide along on bicycles of every color. Occasionally, when no one is paying attention, he puts an ear to the ground and tries to hear them.
Sometimes, when Inuyasha is in the right mood, he'll talk about what it's like. He confuses Shippou with tales of glass houses taller than trees, strange smells, constant noise like a growl from the heart of the world, and water that's far too hot. Inuyasha seems a little confused by it, too.
When Kagome studies by the light of the campfire, he'll often sit on her shoulder and silently take in the textbook's pictures. Kagome notices and brings him back some "magazines" to look at, bright and glossy and filled with sights he longs to see with his own eyes.
He wonders, almost idly, how long it would take to dig there.