Chapter 2

Flyin' and Friendship

"Woohoo~! Higher! Higher!" Shippo shouted happily as he and Jin soared higher above the surrounding forest.

After his introduction into the group, he and Shippo become fast friends…and soon began giving Inuyasha hell(Kagome's promise pretty much forgotten by both sides). That's why they were flying around. Originally, they had been trying to escape the hanyou's wrath, but once Shippo got a taste of flying, well… you get the idea. By this point, they'd been flying for a little over an hour.

"Shippo! Jin!" Kagome shouted up at the two, "We're stopping for lunch! Why don't you two come down to eat?"

A huge gust of wind bent the trees around the clearing the groups older members had decided to settle in and Jin touched down, Shippo hanging off his back. Both boys were grinning and laughing as they sat down on the grass in front of the others.

"Ah! Kagome, do you have more ninja snacks?" Shippo asked excitedly.

"Ninja snacks?" Jin asked while tilting his head slightly to the side.

"They're special food from where Kagome is from," Shippo said happily while bouncing up and down on his little fox feet.

"Oh, shoot," everyone's attention was directed to Kagome. The young priestess was holding up three bowls of instant ramen and a bag of potato chips, "Looks like this is all that's left."

"Oh, great," Inuyasha grumbled, "Does that mean you have to go back to your own time? Tch, as if you didn't go there enough."

Kagome rounded on the half-demon, "Listen you! I haven't been to my time in three months and-" She seemed to realize just what she'd said, "Omigod! It's really been that long? Ohh! I haven't even studied once!"

Jin looked at the girl in confusion as her rant carried on, "Ah, Miss Sango?"

The demon slayer turned towards him, "Yes?"

"What are they meanin' by 'her time'?" He tilted his head to the side in curiosity.

"Well, Kagome isn't…She's not really," the girls brow contorted in confusion; how could she explain their friend's situation to a child? Thankfully Shippo knew exactly how.

"Well, Kagome is from the future," the fox kit began, "There's this well called the Bone Eaters well in Kaede's village that takes her there. Only she and Inuyasha can jump through, though." He seemed a bit irked at this, but recovered quickly, "It's pretty cool, really. Kagome brings back things from her time like crayons, see?" He geld up one of the colored sticks of wax.

Jin blinked at it, "An' what does tha' do?"

"I'll show you," Shippo took a piece of paper out from his vest and scribbled on the paper.

Jin's eyes lit up and his ears came to a point, "Now ain't tha' the coolest thing ya ever seen!"

Shippo handed him a sheet of paper and a few crayons and the two began to create a new masterpiece together.

"Oi, Mister Inuyasha!" Jin shouted at the hanyou.

"Look at this," Shippo said while waving a colorful piece of paper above his head.

"What is it now, brats?" he growled, ignoring the death glare from Kagome.

They ran up to him and shoved the piece of paper in his face before running off, giggling. He ripped it off of his face and took in the image. It showed Kagome standing next to a tree, her hands on her hips. In front of her was Inuyasha…well, it was Inuyasha's back. You see, the hanyou had done a face plant. To explain what had happened exactly, Kagome was yelling "Sit!" in the background. Sango and Miroku were standing behind the two. Sango was raising an eyebrow and asking "What happened this time?". Miroku was shrugging and his cursed hand was making it's way to Sango's backside.

However, Inuyasha failed to notice the last part. He was only stuck on the part where Kagome was sitting him.

He growled and turned to glare at the boulder the children decided to hide behind. Cracking his knuckles and moved around the boulder only to find the two gone. Soon, though, giggles alerted him to their presence.

"Y'know," he growled while coming up behind them, "I don't appreciate your drawing."

Both boys jumped and attempted to run. However, they were not as fortunate as the last time and the angered dog caught both of them. He hit Shippo on the head and attempted to do the same to Jin, but when he tried, his fist came in contact with something sharp. He cried out and recoiled his fist, then glared at the now-grinning Jin.

"Didn't see this, didja now?" The demon laughed happily while pointing to the little horn just barely sticking out of his shaggy red hair.

"Why you-!" Inuyasha went to grab the boy, but he dodged and flew several inches above the dog's head.

"Now how're ya gonna catch me up here, Mister Inuyasha?" Jin grinned cheekily at the hanyou's anger.

"Get down here you!" He yelled while trying in vain to grab the boy. Said boy just grinned wider and flew higher to avoid the half-demon's wrath.

On the sidelines, Shippo was giggling like a fool and the other three in the group were looking on in amusement.

"It seems," Miroku began, "that Inuyasha has made a new friend."

A/N: I know, I know- my chapters are short. A few people have brought that up, but I don't know how to make my writing any longer. I am working on it, though it may take a while. I'm a new writer people! Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter. Each chapter will have character bonding, although…I'm not sure if this was bonding with Shippo or Inuyasha…Maybe I'll just give them both another bonding chapter and call this one a warm up. Yeah, that'll work. Oh and sorry if Jin sounds pirate-y in this chapter; I made the mistake of having a Pirates of the Caribbean marathon while writing this.

Cyber hugs,

Alias E.