One Day
He knows he's young, and he knows he's not strong enough -- but one day, boy, is that Inuyasha going to pay.
He sits at the edge of their encampment and scowls at the campfire, noticing the way everyone else is silent, and Kagome is moving very stiffly as she prepares their dinner.
And Inuyasha? Gee, where is Inuyasha? Off to meet with Kikyo. And break poor Kagome's heart all over again!
He wishes their was something he could do, something he could say to make Kagome feel better, to make her realize that useless Inuyasha isn't worth getting upset over. But there's nothing he can do except silently hope that when he returns Kagome sits him into next week.
And if him hurting Kagome wasn't enough, he has to watch everything he says for fear of the half-demon's fists. And that's not fair either!
Well, all right, maybe sometimes he says things he shouldn't, but he still doesn't deserve to have his head beaten in!
Inuyasha returns to the camp, silent and pale, and Shippo scowls. No one speaks. Shippo makes sure to get under the half-demon's feet, to get in his way, and this earns him a scowl. "Move it, runt," he mutters.
Shippo huffs. "It's not my fault you're all crabby after meeting with your dead girlfriend!"
"Shut up!"
And then he's seeing stars.
"SIT BOY!!"
Shippo rubs his head and scowls, inwardly dancing at seeing Inuyasha implanted face-first into the ground.
One day, he's going to be big enough and strong enough to take care of it himself. One day, he's not going to have to rely on Kagome to set Inuyasha straight.
One day.
End
A/N -- Poor Shippo. Doomed to be Inuyasha's punching bag, at least until he gets bigger. Even though sometimes he really does deserve it.