A/N: It's bad, but it's something.

True Form

It was a rainy day in Kaede's village and even Inuyasha was reluctant to go out. So the gang stayed inside and enjoyed various activities to strengthen the group bonds, plan battle strategies, have some fun and spend some quality time in general.

From word to word the conversation turned to youkai true forms and after Inuyasha's comment on Sesshomaru's true form Shippou exclaimed for him to shut up because he - as a hanyou - knew nothing about the awesomeness of having a true form.

What prompted the rest of the gang to inquire about his own true form.

Which Shippou decided to show, especially because they promised to keep Inuyasha away from him until the hanyou cooled down.

Now Shippou looked at his curious friends gathered around him. He puffed out his little chest and focused, hard. It wasn't that difficult to change into his true form, but he had never did this before, fearing they'd laughed at how tiny it was. But now he was too riled up to think about Inuyasha's mocking. 'Besides, the girls will probably love a cute kit,' he thought. He could imagine Sango cradling him in her arms and Kagome feeding him chocolate covered strawberries.

And then, in a poof of youki, he changed into his true form.

"Oh, my goodness!" exclaimed Sango and Kagome. Shippou blinked his eyes at them. They weren't squealing in awe for his cuteness, they were rather... Troubled. What was wrong? He looked to Miroku and Kaede and saw them both staring, jaws hanging.

"He," Inuyasha put a clawed hand on his back and grinned wickedly while Kagome went to empty Shippou's candy box into her backpack. "You're going on a diet, Shippou!"

Then he rolled the fox that wasn't bigger than Kirara in her kitten form, but was way rounder in the midsection area than it was healthy.

"I always wondered why he's so fit despite eating so much sweet and unhealthy things," Kaede shook her head.

"No! Not the diet!" Shippou tried and failed to run towards the grim looking miko taking his sweets away.

"And I think Inuyasha will have to increase the amount of wild chasing," Sango grinned. "You can't get fit only by refraining from eating sweets."