Reluctant Brothers
The Dysfunctional Family of Two YouKai Twerps
By Katz-Sama

Katz: As you can guess, this story is about InuYasha and Sesshoumaru, two brothers. The twist is, Sesshoumaru is 7, and InuYasha is 4! What fun will this be?

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Dawn had barley broken before screaming erupted from the courtyard as two young boys were chasing each other. One was dressed in white robes and has goblin like ears, he was obviously the older child. The other boy was clothed in red robes and he had dog-ears. He must have been the younger brother. The younger child held a tiger toy in his arms as he ran from his older brother. Screams continued as the Older brother tackled his younger sibling and both fell into the fountain. Just then a taller man came out very angry as he grumbled and grabbed both boys by the arms dragging them inside. It must have been their father, but he wasn't any ordinary man, he was a YouKai, and so was the older son. The younger son was a Hanyou.

Father: I can't believe you! Its not even 7 AM and already you're both tearing up the courtyard! Sesshoumaru, apologize to your little brother.

Sesshoumaru: Father! InuYasha was the one who started it!

InuYasha: Nuh uh!

Sesshoumaru: Yuh huh! You stole the toy Mother gave me before she died!

InuYasha: You're mother must have been stupid, that's how you got be as dumb as you are today!

Father: ENOUGH! I'm sick of you two fighting about this every morning! Sesshoumaru, you have kitchen duty today, and InuYasha, you have Sweeping duty today!

Sesshoumaru and InuYasha gave each other glares of death before they walked separate directions grumbling. Just then, a smiling lady walked out to the boy's father and gave him a hug. This must have been InuYasha, the younger brother's, Mother.

Father: Good Morning, honey.

Stepmother: Good morning. Did you take care of that squabble?

Father: Yep.

Stepmother: What was that about anyway?

Father: The usual. InuYasha took off with one of Sesshoumaru's mother's things.

Stepmother: Again? We might as well write that on our schedules. Dawn: Break up fight.

The couple laughed a while and began to walk about the courtyard. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, young Sesshoumaru grumbles as he prepares breakfast. A servant is also there helping. The Servant's name was Anita.

Anita: What happened this time? Let me guess first, InuYasha made a comment and took off with your stuff.

Sesshoumaru: Yeah. Stupid brothers. I wish that we could've just left him at an adoption center somewhere.

Anita laughed and smiled as she reached up in a shelf for a jar and handed it to Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru: Someday I'm probably going to run away from home.

Anita: You want to give up all the stuff you have here?

Sesshoumaru thought again for a while

Sesshoumaru: When's the next time the fair's coming to town?

Anita: This Summer.

Sesshoumaru: I bet I could make an easy 10-yen off my little brother.

Anita and Sesshoumaru continued to joke for a while as they prepared breakfast. Sesshoumaru always felt happier when he did kitchen duty with Anita. She was the only one in that whole stupid palace that related to him ever since his mother died.

Anita: Your mother was a lovely YouKai, its too bad she died 5 years ago.

Sesshoumaru nodded and sniffled. He missed his Mom very much.

Sesshoumaru: I wish Mommy didn't die. Then Father wouldn't have married that stupid human, and I'd be an only child.

Anita: Then we wouldn't hear you two crashing around at 7 AM every morning.

As Sesshoumaru and Anita talked, InuYasha grumbled and swept in the main hall. He glanced around to make sure no one was looking as he swept a pile of dust under the rug and whistled. He hated sweeping, and he hated his brother. There had to be a way to get rid of him. A Knock was heard on the door and InuYasha open it. There stood his friend from the nearby village, Kikyo. Kikyo was a five-year-old girl who also had a little sister, so she knew how annoying siblings are.

InuYasha: Hi Kikyo! Come on in!

Kikyo smiled and followed InuYasha as he ran up to his room.

Kikyo: Why are you in a panic InuYasha? Let me guess, you and Sesshoumaru got in a fight again?

InuYasha rolled his eyes and nodded as he jumped up onto his bed and began to bounce around.

Kikyo: InuYasha don't do that! Remember last time when you-

Too late, InuYasha had slipped and fallen backwards off the bed and onto the floor.

Kikyo: Are you okay InuYasha?

InuYasha: Stop staring at me and go get some bandages.

A Minute later, Kikyo came back with Anita who bandaged up a few cuts on InuYasha's knees.

Anita: Bouncing on the bed?

Kikyo: Bouncing on the bed.

InuYasha grumbled as Anita left the room. The he went back to Kikyo and began to tell her about the fight that morning.

InuYasha: I want to get revenge on Sesshoumaru, I really hate sweeping.

Kikyo: I know, you said that about a million gazillion times.

InuYasha sighed and rolled his eyes as he looked up at the clock.

InuYasha: Do you want to stay for tea, Kikyo?

Kikyo: Sure! I love the cookies Anita makes!

InuYasha: I'll race ya to the Main Hall!

Kikyo: You're on!

Both took off running through the palace laughing as they tripped, tackled, and pushed each other to the hall.

Kikyo: It only took 10 minutes this time!

InuYasha: Hey! That's a record!

InuYasha takes out a piece of paper and messily writes the number 10 and a picture of Kikyo and he running. Anita opens the door for Sesshoumaru as he carries in a try of tea and cookies.

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Katz: How is it so far x3? Will Tea Time be a disaster? Tune in next chapter!

Sesshoumaru: -eats a cookie-