Reminder: Inuyasha has the mind of a child.

A/N: Still the morning of the Casanova incident. Kagome's taking a bath. Sango and Miroku are preparing breakfast. Shippo and Inuyasha are awake and waiting for food.


Shippo decided that he the liked the new much stranger Inuyasha. Being the youngest of the group wasn't all that bad. He was showered with attention and often got what he wanted. The downside was he didn't have anyone to play with. Sure Kagome and Kirara would mess around with him but they had other things to do. Most of the time he had to occupy himself.

This backwards Inuyasha provided a playmate. As a bonus there were no more bumps and he was finally smarter than someone. Well he was smarter than the grown ups when it came to their love lives but that wasn't too hard. Adults could be so stupid when it came to the most obvious things.

"Rock. Paper. Scissors!" Shippo shouted as versed the hanyou for the fifth time in a row. "Hah! Paper covers rock, I win again!"

Inuyasha stared at his fist to Shippo's flat palm. Tilting his head to the side he looked at the kit with a confused expression. "How does paper beat rock?"

"I already told you," Shippo sighed. "It's the rules. Scissors cut paper. Rock smashes scissors. Paper covers rock."

"But why does paper win over rock?" The hanyou was not deterred. "Paper's so thin and a rock is so heavy. Wouldn't the rock be able to tear through the paper?"

"Look, I'll show you." Shippo dug through Kagome's backpack and pulled out a piece of blank paper. Grabbing a nearby rock he placed it on the paper and lifted it up. "See? The paper holds up the rock."

Not satisfied Inuyasha took the paper and rock. Tossing the paper into the air he pulled back his arm and flung the rock at the paper. A loud rip could be heard, as the torn paper fell to earth.

Grabbing the paper he shoved it under Shippo's nose. "See? The rock tears through the paper."

Well that was one way of looking at it.

Shippo decided that he didn't really want to argue and he couldn't really think of any way to counter that. "It's just the rules. I don't know why but they are. It's the way that Kagome taught me."

Inuyasha would have argued further but the fox said that Kagome herself had made those rules. Her words were good enough for him. "Oh... okay."

The two sat in silence for a few minuets before Inuyasha spoke up again. "What are 'scissors'?"

To tell you the truth Shippo didn't have the faintest idea of what they were but he didn't want to look like a fool so he quickly changed the subject. "Forget about it. I have something better than that game any way."

Naturally curious by nature Inuyasha allowed him to change the subject. "What?"

Shippo took a moment to look through the pockets of the giant yellow bag. After finding what he was looking for, he hurried over to his new friend. "This!"

Inuyasha carefully picked up the rectangular piece of strange material. Was it food? A small bite destroyed that theory. It tasted terrible.

"Hey! Don't do that!" Shippo snatched the strange item back. "Kagome said we have to be careful with it."

Inuyasha nodded seriously and waited for the kit to show him what the thing was.

"Kagome called it a gameguy or boy... something like that." Shippo explained. "You turn this switch and wait a few minutes."

Inuyasha jumped slightly when it made a noise and a picture appeared. Shippo pressed a few buttons and gave it to the hanyou.

"Now you use these to move around. You try to eat all the little yellow things but avoid the colored blobs. If you eat the blue thing it will turn the blobs blue then you can eat them." Shippo continued. "Also try to get the pieces of fruit when you can."

Inuyasha nodded in understanding and started playing.

Can your friends do this?
Do your friends do that?
Do your friends pull this out their little hat?
Can your friends go, poof?
Well, looky here
Can your friends go, Abracadabra, let 'er rip
And then make the sucker disappear?

-A Friend Like Me: Aladdin