AN: Another drabble. This won third place in the Inu Yasha Issekiwa "Jokes" weekly contest. The word count limit was 200.


Good Boy

'Feh…' He snorted, crossing his arms and glaring at her. Kagome continued to flash him the world's most brilliant, annoying grin.

"What are you up to?" He barked at her.

She pouted deviously. He felt a sting in his chest. He HATED when she pouted like that.

"Oh, c'mon, Inu Yasha. It's supposed to fun!" she readied the bright, shiny disk in her hand. Inu Yasha lost to his pride and followed the object with his eyes.

Well, at least it was shiny…

It was red, and had a strange picture of a dog's head on it with its tongue hanging out.

He sniffed and puffed his chest out in offense. 'I NEVER stick my tongue out!'

Suddenly, his train of rational thought was pushed aside as his wild, unbridled instincts conquered him.

She launched the disk in the air, and it glided farther and farther, cutting through the wind as escaping prey. "Fetch!"

Without hesitation, he bounded after it, crouching on all fours and dutifully pursuing it with happy breaths. He inched closer to it and snatched it with a triumphant bite.

"Good boy!" Kagome shouted. Then, Inu Yasha's face fumed as he realized the joke was on him.

Fin