The group walked in easy silence down the forest path. For once, it was a rather calm day, not a youkai in sight, the birds were singing and Miroku and Sango were carefully watching the other out of the corner of their eyes when the other wasn't looking. Kagome seemed to find it slightly amusing, Inuyasha was ignoring them and Shippou... 

Shippou decided to shatter the calm by suddenly bursting into song. 

"Sango and Miroku sittin' in a tree!" He cheerfully bellowed, bouncing between the two humans playfully. " Y-I-F-F-I-N-G!!!" 

Everyone paused, staring at the kitsune. Both Miroku and Sango started to turn slightly pink. "Isn't that supposed to be 'K-I-S-S-I-N-G?" Kagome quietly ventured, having never heard the version Shippou was singing.

Shippou gave her a look that clearly read that she must be out of her mind before continuing singing. "-First comes love, then comes maAH! Itetete!" 

Inuyasha gave him a dark scowl, fist still raised from bopping the kit over the head. "Idiot!" He snapped. "They'd fall out of the tree!"

"Ohhh..." Shippou adopted a thoughtful air as he thought about it. 

Sango and Miroku were now currently trying very hard not to look in the general vicindy of the other. Then they both realised that they were staring at the trees, blushed and quickly found the ground to be quite interesting. 

"Does this mean you could, Inuyasha?" Shippou asked brightly. 

Kagome started to turn red as Inuyasha pondered the question. The other two humans looked like they were trying hard not to think about it and failing miserably. To his credit, Inuyasha's nose showed no sign of blood loss.

Finally Inuyasha broke the tense silence. "Probably." He nodded, then continued walking. 

Kagome turned redder than a tomato at that, clamping a hand over her nose as she also found the ground to be quite interesting to look at. She hadn't needed to hear that. 

Miroku started to silently contemplate the trees with a thoughtful air. 

Shippou bounced after the half youkai. "Does this mean you have before?!"

There was a slight popping sound from his head as Inuyasha froze in mid-step. He turned, bopped Shippou on the head and continued to walk, at a much faster pace this time. 

Shippou bounced after, waving his arms in exaggerated circles. "Wait! You didn't answer the question!!!"

The three humans stared after them, frozen. Then they realised they were being left behind and quickly ran to catch up, Miroku and Sango devoutly refusing to look at each other. 

Kagome sweat dropped. Where the heck had this come from?!?!

Fin.