--Child's Play--
"Mommy, Mommy!" A little girl ran up to her mother, hiding her face in the folds of her skirt.
Soothing her child, the mother replied, "Oh, Kagome. What's wrong?"
Kagome sniffed, trying to hold back the tears as she detailed her grievances to her mother. "I-Inu-k-kun keeps p-pulling my p-p-pigtails!"
"Oh, honey," Her mother said, straightening the abused pigtails. "It's okay. It just means he likes you."
The girl's face brightened, but a note of uncertainty was in her eyes. "R-really? You think he does?"
The mom smiled, wiping away the last traces of the tears. "I sure do. Now run along and play."
"'Kay, Mommy," Kagome said as she ran away. "I'm gonna get you good, Inu-kun!! SIT!!"
"Now now, kids, play nice..."
