Kagome and Shippo stumbled into the cabin. It was freezing. Kagome
pulled a blanket out of her everpresent backpack. Inu Yasha had been out of
the village searching for more clues to the jewel shard, and Kagome and
Shippo had decided to finally go looking for him. Of course, they hadn't
counted on it being so cold.

Luckily, they had found this abandoned cabin to take shelter from the
elements in. They pulled the blanket around themselves, and tried to settle
down to sleep, but it was no use. It was too cold to do anything but sit
there.

After awhile, Shippo spoke up. "Kagome, I'm bored. Let's do
something!"

"Like what?" asked Kagome.

Shippo was silent, as no answer presented itself. Both sat there for
awhile. Then Shippo as he came up with a solution to the boredom. "I can
practice my kitsune magic!"

Kagome was about to agree, as fire would be good for warmth, when she
realized something. "That wouldn't be such a good idea. You might set the
cabin on fire." However, Kagome herself had come up with an idea of her own.
"Why don't I teach some magic of my own?"

"You know magic, Kagome?" asked Shippo.

Kagome smiled slyly. "The magic I'm going to show you is performed
by lots of people in my world. Hold on a second, and I'll get out the
necessary supplies." Kagome rummaged through her backpack, until she found
the desired items. She held them up triumphantly, and started teaching
Shippo her own form of 'magic'.

The next day, back at the village..

"How did you -do- that?!" Miroku demanded. He had seen the magic
done several times, and still hadn't figured it out.

"Ancient kitsune secret," Shippo replied. He bounced over to where
Inu Yasha was sitting, before Miroku could pester him some more. "C'mon,
Inu Yasha, pick a card, any card!"

*EL FIN*

Author's note: stupid, I know. The idea just sort of took root in my mind,
and wouldn't go away, so I wrote this. C,C,&C (comments, compliments, and
criticisms(note criticisms, not flames)) welcome here.
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