Week 9//Prompt 2
Title: No More Lies
Author:
minerva_one
Word Count: 488
Genre: General
Summary: Shippo learns a life lesson
Shippou sighed as he watched his odd adopted family gather around the fire. He felt safe with them all, but Kagome had a special place in his heart. He adored her, as she was the mother that had been ripped away from him as a baby.
He nibbled at his lip anxiously. He had something to tell them, something so big he was afraid on how it would affect them.
Taking a deep breath he spoke and watched a heart break before his eyes.
“What do you mean you’re lying about your age?” Inuyasha shouted at him.
Shippo looked around nervously, seeking a friendly face within the crowd, but not finding any. Sango had a slight frown upon her face and her eyes diverted to the forest. Miroku was gently shaking his head, looking at the ground.
But it was Kagome’s face that broke his heart. It was full of disappointment and hurt. She looked at him with sad blue eyes.
“Why would you lie to me, Shippo?” she asked softly.
He bit his lip and shuffled his feet. “I . . . I wanted you to think I was a kid. I didn’t want to be on my own anymore,” he said in a low voice, unable to look into Kagome’s sad eyes anymore.
Inuyasha grunted his disapproval. “So how old are you really, runt?”
Shippo clenched his hands into fists. He didn’t want to tell them, but it was time. He couldn’t keep up the facade anymore. He mumbled something against his breath.
Kagome couldn’t understand what he had said, but Inuyasha obviously had, considering the expression on his face. She had never seen him look so angry at the fox as he stomped over to the kit and threw a punch across the top of his head.
“Inuyasha! Stop it! That isn’t going to help anything right now!” Kagome cried out.
Inuyasha huffed. “Keh, damn fool deserves it. Where do you get off lying to us like that? I thought we were your friends! You don’t lie to your friends,” he yelled.
Shippo stood back up, fighting the dizziness. “I’m sorry,” he said. “I just wanted to be part of the group,” he said.
Kagome sighed and went over to him. “Shippo, it’s never right to lie, you know,” she said, helping to steady him. “We love you as a friend, and will always accept you just the way you are. You don’t have to lie to us, you know,” she said. “That is what makes a good friend.”
She gave him a smile and patted him on the head. “So, no more lies, all right?” she said.
He gave her a small smile in return. He wanted to kick himself for making Kagome sad over something so silly. He vowed in his heart he would never lie to any of the again.
“No more lies,” he said with a smile.
Author:
minerva_one
Word Count: 488
Genre: General
Summary: Shippo learns a life lesson
Shippou sighed as he watched his odd adopted family gather around the fire. He felt safe with them all, but Kagome had a special place in his heart. He adored her, as she was the mother that had been ripped away from him as a baby.
He nibbled at his lip anxiously. He had something to tell them, something so big he was afraid on how it would affect them.
Taking a deep breath he spoke and watched a heart break before his eyes.
“What do you mean you’re lying about your age?” Inuyasha shouted at him.
Shippo looked around nervously, seeking a friendly face within the crowd, but not finding any. Sango had a slight frown upon her face and her eyes diverted to the forest. Miroku was gently shaking his head, looking at the ground.
But it was Kagome’s face that broke his heart. It was full of disappointment and hurt. She looked at him with sad blue eyes.
“Why would you lie to me, Shippo?” she asked softly.
He bit his lip and shuffled his feet. “I . . . I wanted you to think I was a kid. I didn’t want to be on my own anymore,” he said in a low voice, unable to look into Kagome’s sad eyes anymore.
Inuyasha grunted his disapproval. “So how old are you really, runt?”
Shippo clenched his hands into fists. He didn’t want to tell them, but it was time. He couldn’t keep up the facade anymore. He mumbled something against his breath.
Kagome couldn’t understand what he had said, but Inuyasha obviously had, considering the expression on his face. She had never seen him look so angry at the fox as he stomped over to the kit and threw a punch across the top of his head.
“Inuyasha! Stop it! That isn’t going to help anything right now!” Kagome cried out.
Inuyasha huffed. “Keh, damn fool deserves it. Where do you get off lying to us like that? I thought we were your friends! You don’t lie to your friends,” he yelled.
Shippo stood back up, fighting the dizziness. “I’m sorry,” he said. “I just wanted to be part of the group,” he said.
Kagome sighed and went over to him. “Shippo, it’s never right to lie, you know,” she said, helping to steady him. “We love you as a friend, and will always accept you just the way you are. You don’t have to lie to us, you know,” she said. “That is what makes a good friend.”
She gave him a smile and patted him on the head. “So, no more lies, all right?” she said.
He gave her a small smile in return. He wanted to kick himself for making Kagome sad over something so silly. He vowed in his heart he would never lie to any of the again.
“No more lies,” he said with a smile.