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Disclaimer:

Pwale: Well, once again I find myself at a loss of what to write for a script.

Mr. X: Does this mean that you aren't going to write one to explain how you don't own the Inuyasha characters today?

Pwale: Yep.

Mario: …Hey! Wait a minute!

Pwale & Mr. X: Hee hee hee!

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The Stamp Of Gold

Opportunity

By Pwalefriend

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"Kagome! Please come out!" Sango cried, pounding on the door. It had been a week since the incident with the salesman (who had disappeared into what was seemingly thin air) and a week since anyone had seen or heard Kagome. If it weren't for the Elementals they would have thought that she had run off in the night. But the Elementals had confirmed that she was, indeed, still in her room and that she was, indeed, still furious.

It was beyond everyone how she was surviving, since there was always someone at her door trying to reason with her. She didn't have a chance to sneak out to eat or to drink or to relieve herself! People stood guard even at night!

The worst part was that Inuyasha was getting angry and threatening to some down himself, despite everyone's guarantees that it would only make the situation the much worse.

Now, normally people would have said "Leave her alone and she'll calm down".

But Kagome Higurashi had just discovered that she was a Witch. And yes, that it different from a witch. A Witch (with a capital W) has real Magick, while a witch deals with pure science, such as herb lore. Admittedly witches usually lose sight of that science part and rely heavily on superstition.

Both of these are incredibly different from the famous Which, who we're not going to go into right now.

Witches (with a capital W) are infamous for their foul tempers when they find that something important has been kept from them. Almost all of the those Evil-Faeries-Who-Did-Not-Get-Invited were actually Witches-Who-Did-Not-Get-Invited-And-Then-Got-Really-Really-Mad.

So you see, everyone was more then a little worried about what would happen if they left Kagome on her own and she used her new-found powers to get even.

Everyone that is, except for two people. One of them being, obviously, Inuyasha. The other was a little less conspicuous.

"Sango?" Sango felt a little tug at the hem of her skirt and looked down to see Shippo looking up at her with his largest and cutest eyes. He was carrying a big bowl of hot soup that Sango could only assume was his lunch.

"Yes, Shippo?" She asked. Shippo smiled up at her.

"It's lunch time!" Shippo said. "You go have lunch. I'll stay here with Kagome!"

Sango sighed. She wasn't supposed to leave, but Shippo was just as nervous as the rest of them and she was pretty hungry.

"Alright." Sango said. "Be good!"

"I will!" Shippo said a he watched her leave. As soon as she was out of sight he grinned happily and knocked three times on the door. He paused a moment, then knocked two more times. The door swung open and Kagome grinned down at him. Shippo scampered in.

"Here Kagome!" Shippo said, presenting his friend with the bowl of soup. "I brought you some lunch!"

"Shippo you're a doll!" Kagome said joyfully, reaching for the soup. "You have no idea how hungry I am."

Shippo and Kagome sat on her bed, both eating Kagome's soup (Kagome eating it and then occasionally feeding Shippo a bite with her spoon) and talking about the events of the past few days and what Shippo had managed to discover on his missions.

Yes, you read that right dear reader. On his missions.

And they weren't revenge missions this time either.

Oh no.

This time they were missions of utmost secrecy.

Missions to find out what the hell was Inuyasha's problem exactly because Kagome wasn't leaving her room until he came down and apologized to her for keeping something this important from her because whoo-ee, was she pretty damned pissed about it.

So angry was she that she had taken up swearing on a normal basis.

"Lady!" Suddenly Clingy popped up in that surprisingly way that is his want. "The coast is clear Lady!"

Meaning, of course, that Kagome was free to go and relieve herself as long as she was very sneaky about it. She hopped up.

"Be good, Shippo." Kagome said. "I'll be right back." Shippo nodded his consent and/or agreement (even he wasn't really sure which was which and which he meant or what they meant). Kagome grinned at him, ruffled his hair, and then bounded from the room.

"…Fox-Child?" Clingy chirped after a moment of silence. Shippo looked at the Elemental. Clingy was frowning at a piece of paper on Kagome's desk. "Fox-Child, what does this say?" Clingy asked.

Now, the Elementals do have superb intellect and Clingy could read. He just could not read this particular letter. The handwriting was atrocious.

Shippo rose to his feet and approached, frowning down at the letter which he, having poor handwriting (not to mention spelling) himself, could read perfectly.

"My Dear Kagome-

I wish that I could write to you with good news from your home, but I'm afraid that I can't. I'm so sorry, Kagome."

Shippo didn't stop there, he read the entire letter. And when he was done he grabbed it and fled the room, gasping and near tears.

Shortly after his departure Kagome returned.

"Shippo?" She called, looking confused. She turned to Clingy, who was positively baffled.

"Where's Shippo?" She asked. Clingy shrugged and zipped out of the room for his sister had just told him of Sango's approach. Kagome hastily shut and locked the door.

"Where's Shippo?" Sango asked no one when she came back. Behind her and out of sight Clingy shrugged again and then zoomed up to the Master's rooms, where he knew Shippo was headed and where he knew a drama was about to unfold.

Inuyasha looked up from his little invention (just a little mechanical device from over-seas that he was toying with. He wasn't exactly sure what it was supposed to actually do) when Shippo came ramming into his room.

"INUYASHA!" The little kitsune screamed, startling Inuyasha to the fullest extent. "YOU BASTARD!"

Inuyasha fell out of his chair.

Okay, he wasn't a big part of the kid's life or anything, but he knew that small kids weren't supposed to use those words! Obviously Inuyasha must have done something really horrible this time or else Shippo wouldn't-

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO KAGOME'S GRANDFATHER?" Shippo demanded. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed and he stared at him in disbelief.

"Have you finally cracked, runt?" Inuyasha wanted to know, he was actually concerned. "I've never met the geezer. What are you talking about?"

Shippo threw a piece of paper at his chest and as he read it Inuyasha's face became paler and paler and colder and colder.

By the time he was done he was furious with Kagome for keeping this from them.

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Well, actually his heart was saying 'from him' but he was just going to ignore that.

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Yeah…He…er…He had bigger problems at the moment…

Short. Long delay. Me tired now. Me sleep now. Me is sorry for delay but have to blame Jane Austen and Agatha Christie for inventing such absolutely captivating characters. Not my fault. I generally don't like TV. Don't know why I said that. Me go to bed now.

Bye bye!

Sincerely

Pwalefriend