It rained earlier today, so it feels a little bit better outside. While I was sitting outside, it was raining slightly, but when I was sitting inside my room watching TV, it rained even harder. I was a little bit mad and upset. FYI, I love it when it rains and I like to play and dance in it with my three of my sisters, one of my brothers, one of nieces, and my nephew. Anyways, I need to start exercising my right ankle. I had broken it about two years ago (give or take a year). I had broken it in two places and now I have two screws in my right ankle. I should've exercised it like my doctor told me to, and now I'm trying to make up for lost time. I can feel the screws in my ankle when I try to massage it or just want to feel the screws in my ankle, by the way. On one side of my ankle, the scar is short and on the other side, the scar is long. Enough about my ankle I say and on with the story.

Chapter 5: At the Mall with Friends

Two Days Later

In the Morning

Shippo and Miroku are sitting down at the table talking, while Sesshomaru and Inuyasha waited for their food they had ordered. "You know what Miroku? I'm glad my dad picked this location."

"Thanks for answering your own question before I could." Miroku said sarcastically. "But what do ya mean by that?"

"Sorry about that." Shippo said with a smile on his face. "Don't you remember I told you and your brothers that my dad's job got relocated, and he had to choose between Tokyo and some other city and he picked Tokyo."

"Oh yeah I remember now, but why are you glad?"

Shippo rolled his eyes as he closed them and as he put his left hand on the left side of his forehead and signed. "Man I hate it when he have his blonde moments or whatever you want to call it." He said to himself. Then he looked at Miroku as he let his left arm fall onto the table. "You and your brothers and I," he motioned with his right hand. "Get to hang out like we use to and all that other god stuff and we get to go to the same school again." Then he raised his right arm up from the table with his elbow still on the table, so that he could rest his chin on his hand and he's still looking at Miroku. "Do you forget everything I say?"

"No just some of it."

Then they heard a loud noise coming from Shippo's right (A/N: by the way, Miroku is sitting to the left of Shippo), and they shot their heads in that direction. It came from a table where two girls are sitting. Miroku tried to hear what one of the other girls was saying but he couldn't. Then he looked at Shippo. "It seems like Shippo can hear what she's saying." He said to himself. Then Shippo looked at him. "What did she say Shippo?"

"She said something about the other girl is having problems with her friend, and she put emphasis around the word friend."

"Hmmm…okay. Anyways, I know her from school."

"You do?"

"Yes."

"Who is she?"

"She's my dream girl's little sister. She's younger than her by a year or two. She and her big sister are cheerleaders like their best friend Ayame. Her name is Kagome though."

"Who was the girl who had her head down on the table?"

"Her name is Ayame."

"How do you know that?"

"Because Kagome's sister Sango is the one who is just joining them at the table." Miroku said pointing at Sango. "You know I'm going to marry Sango one day."

"Oh is that so and why do you say that?"

"Because I've always had a big crush on her since fifth grade, and I'm in love with her as well." He said looking from Sango to Shippo and then back to Sango. "She doesn't even know I exist." He said day dreaming at Sango.

Shippo just looked at Miroku from the corner of his eye. Then he looked up at the ceiling. "I like the name Ayame." He said to himself. Then Sesshomaru and Inuyasha showed up with their food.

"Did ya guys hear what was going on between those two girls earlier?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Yes we did why do ya ask?" Shippo asked.

Then Sesshomaru sat down to the right of Shippo and Inuyasha sat down in front of Shippo. "Because if ya'll didn't, either Inuyasha or I was going to tell ya'll what had happened if ya'll didn't hear what she had said." Then everyone except Miroku grabbed their food.

"Did ya find a job yet Shippo?" Inuyasha asked as he looked at Sesshomaru who was trying to snap Miroku back into reality and he did. When he did, he told Miroku to get his food and he did exactly that. Then he looked at Shippo.

"Yes." Shippo said looking at Sesshomaru and Miroku as well, and then he looked at Inuyasha. "I work at my uncle's store." Then he took a bite of his sandwich.

"What kind of store is it?" Then he took a bite of his pancakes.

"It's a store that sells anything that deals with magic and witches. There's a room in the back of the store where he keeps all of his powerful potions." He said with a half mouthful of food.

"Does he have any customers?" Sesshomaru asked after he took a sip of his orange juice and looked up at Shippo.

"Yes he does and you'll be surprise at how many customers he gets."

"How long have you been working there." Miroku asked as he was looking down at his food.

"For about a week and a half and by the way, where do you guys work at?" Shippo said looking down at his sandwich.

"We work at our dad's sports store." Sesshomaru said as he looked from Miroku and then to Inuyasha.

"Hmmm that's cool." Then Shippo looked up from his sandwich. "We better hurry up and eat if we want to get to work on time." He said as he lifts up his arms and took another bite of his sandwich.

"Yeah you're right." Sesshomaru said. Then they started eating while they caught up on lost time.

After Eating Breakfast at the Food Court

Shippo took the escalator to get to his uncle's store. "Man why did my uncle have to pick the store way in the back of the mall on the top floor to start his business?" He said to himself. When he reached the top of the escalator, he turned to his right. As he was on his way to his uncle's store, he saw Ayame and her best friends inside a store to his left. He would've stood at the window for a little while and watch Ayame, but he wanted to get to his uncle's store on time. So, as he was passing by the store, he looked at Ayame. "Man she's beautiful and has a pretty smile." He said to himself. When he looked in front of himself, he saw that his uncle was on his way to his store. "Shoot, man I better hurry." He mumbled under his breath. Then he ran to meet his uncle at the store. He beat his uncle by a few inches. "I'm on time Uncle Kamacazi."

"I can see that Shippo. Now help me with my bags."

"Yes sir." Then he picked up two of his uncle's bags. His uncle unlocked the door and then he picked up his other two bags. He was already wearing his other bag on his right shoulder. Then he held the door with his back to it.

"Go on in Shippo."

"Why did you pick this store to start your business Uncle Kamacazi?" Shippo asked as he was going through the door.

"Because," he said trying to go through the door himself without going through a hassle. "It's the only store in the mall that has its own door." He made it through the door successfully without a hassle. He looked at Shippo. "You stay up here and fix up the place and stuff, while I go in the back and mix up some potions."

"Yes sir." He said as he saluted his uncle.

His uncle just gave him the look. Then he went up to his nephew. "MAKE SURE THIS ROOM IS SPICK AND SPAN SOLDIER." He shouted. Then they both laughed. "The customers should start getting here in about five or ten minutes. Maybe more or less I don't know." Then he walked away and went into the back.

Shippo looked all around the place and saw that he had a lot of work to do. "Today seems like one of those long days." He mumbled under his breath. Then he went to work.

Earlier today I sat outside with my family, a girl (she use to go with my big brother), and my neighbor from across the street (he's in there along with my mom, uncle, and step-dad's age). We sat outside smoking (not me), drinking, talking, and listening to some CDs while my mom cooked on the grill. My neighbor from across the street didn't stay any longer than five minutes before he left. When 7:00 (my time which I think is eastern) had come, I went inside the house to watch The Karate Dog and the Atlanta Braves game. Anyways, don't forget to send me some reviews.