This was originally meant as a one shot for my 'Waiting' series. However I grew to love it so much I decided to turn it into a fic of its own; especially since everyone loved Naraku and Sess as little kids in 'Friends'. Plus fics with them growing up together and going through the motions of their childhood are few and far between I thought I may as well put one out there myself. So here we are. Hope you all enjoy and if not I'll cut it back down to a one-shot and put it in Waiting. Much love for you all. Keva

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"I'm going to beat both your butts if you two don't knock it off!" Toga growled.

"See you got us in trouble." Sesshoumaru hissed.

"Nuh huh it was you." Naraku bit out.

"I hate you Naraku." He nodded his silver head and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Yea well I hate you too." He bit out. "I want to go home."

"Well you can't." Toga nodded with an irritated sigh. "Your dad will meet us tomorrow and you can whine to him to take you home." He was losing his mind; all Sesshoumaru and Naraku ever did was fight over every little thing and it was just him and them till tomorrow morning. He cast a glance over at a grinning hugely Inuyasha who looked at him and giggled. At least having Naraku with him kept Sesshoumaru from tormenting Inuyasha.

"Why do you always have to get me in trouble?" Sesshoumaru glowered at the dark haired boy.

"You always blame me for everything. It's you." Naraku pointed a finger in his face. "If you weren't such a stupid brat we wouldn't always get in trouble."

Sesshoumaru glowered at his friend. "You're the brat not me."

"Nuh huh you are." He hissed.

"Huh huh." Sesshoumaru nodded and poked him in the arm. "And you're a stinky face."

Naraku poked him back. "Smelly head."

Amber eyes narrowed. "Well you're a brat, you smell, and you're stupid." He growled and punched him.

"Am not!" Naraku hissed and hit him back.

"I said knock it off!" Toga bit out and stared at the two boy through the rearview mirror. "One more word out of either of you, I'll pull this car over, and lay my hand to both your backsides."

"Yes father." Sesshoumaru nodded with head downcast.

"Yes sir." Naraku nodded then turned to look out the window.

He just couldn't understand it. Sesshoumaru and Naraku fought every second of every day when the were together but when they weren't together all they did was whine about wanting to be together; it didn't make any sense.

Naraku turned his head, stared at Sesshoumaru from the corner of his eye, and smirked at him.

Sesshoumaru let a small smile play on his lips as he looked over at his friend then they both started giggling.

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"Alright listen you two…" Toga stared at the two boys standing in front of him. "While I set up camp I want you two to gather up some wood for a fire within the surrounding area. Don't wander off and DON'T FIGHT!" He growled. "Can you handle that?"

Sesshoumaru nodded his head. "Yes" He then looked over at Naraku knowingly. "Come on."

Naraku nodded at his friend then led the way away from their camping area causing Sesshoumaru to run to catch up with him.

When they were just out of sight of his dad Sesshoumaru stuck his foot out and tripped Naraku.

"HEY!" Naraku jumped up, ran up behind Sesshoumaru, and pushed him down.

Sesshoumaru lifted himself up, turned to sit on his butt, and stuck his bottom lip out as tears began to fill his eyes. "Ow" He whimpered.

Naraku kneeled down in front of his friend. "Are you okay?"

Sesshoumaru shook his head and held out his hand for Naraku to see.

"Oh a sticker." Naraku nodded, grabbed his hand, and plucked the thorn from his palm. "See all better." He placed a kiss on his palm where the sticker was.

Sesshoumaru jerked his hand back, cradled it to his chest, and stared at his friend. "Why did you do that?" He sniffled.

"Because my mommy said kisses make everything better; like magic." He cocked his head slightly. "So did it work?"

He stared down at the palm of his hand and nodded. "A little."

Naraku helped Sesshoumaru to his feet, put his hands on his hips, and sighed deeply. "Okay no more tripping and pushing; deal?"

Sesshoumaru nodded. "Okay deal."

"Come on lets get the firewood for your dad then we'll think of something else to do." He grabbed Sesshoumaru by the hand and pulled him down the path.

"Naraku"

Naraku stopped and turned to his friend. "What?"

"Do you think mommies and daddies kiss all the time because they're hurt?" He curled the fingers of the hand he got the sticker in.

Naraku shrugged his little shoulders. "I dunno but they do it a lot don't they? Maybe we can ask your dad and find out."

Sesshoumaru nodded. "He does kiss Inuyasha's mom a lot but she never cries like she's hurt."

"I know." Naraku nodded. "My parents do it a lot too and I don't think they're hurt either. Come on lets hurry and get the wood then we can ask your dad." He pulled Sesshoumaru towards the fallen tree down the path to get the wood and to get back to camp.

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Toga arched a brow at the two boys standing in front of him. "No parents don't kiss because they're hurt."

"Then why do you kiss Inuyasha's mom all the time?" Sesshoumaru questioned and cocked his head to the side as he drew his brows deeply.

Toga sighed deeply as he stared between the two. Really this was a conversation he was expecting to have when Sesshoumaru was older much much older. "Well son people kiss because they like each other."

Naraku shook his head. "That doesn't make any sense. If that was true wouldn't you kiss my daddy all the time? You like him don't you; you spend a lot of time together."

He pinched the bridge of his nose. "That's different." He stared at the boy.

"So you don't like my daddy?" Naraku stared at the man trying to look as offended as possible.

"No I mean yes." He sighed deeply and tried again. "Okay people kiss when the love each other. Sometimes some people will kiss when they like each other but mostly only when they love each other." He could tell by the look on their faces they still didn't understand and really he didn't know any other way to explain it to them. "Alright enough talk about kissing it will make more sense when you get older. Why don't you two go play or something, don't wander off, and NO fighting."

"Okay" They nodded at the man the turned and walked away more confused than ever.

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Sesshoumaru sat under the tree and watched Naraku swing a stick around like he was a great warrior. "I still don't get it."

Naraku shook his head and swatted at a fly with his stick. "Me neither. We'll just have to ask someone who knows what they're talking about. Maybe we can ask my mom or Inuyasha's mom when we get home. Girls know all about that kind of stuff… I think." He nodded with a scratch to his head.

"Yea" Sesshoumaru agreed, grabbed his stick, and jumped to his feet. "Die evil spider king!"

Naraku grinned and held up his stick. "You'll never kill me! I will rule the world!" He let off an evil laugh as he blocked Sesshoumaru's attack then quickly counter attacked. "Bow to me and I will let you live." He pointed his stick at Sesshoumaru's neck after easily knocking his stick from his hand.

Sesshoumaru furrowed his brows in frustration. "How come you always have to win?"

"Because" Naraku huffed and crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm bigger and older than you are."

"Nuh huh" Sesshoumaru growled. "We're almost the same height and you're only older by a couple of months. Besides I want to win too." He pouted.

"You can't." Naraku argued back. "I always win and you are always my captive."

"Why though?" He pouted.

Naraku stared at the boy like he was completely offended. "Am I mean to you when I win? Is that why?"

Sesshoumaru shook his head. "No I just want to beat you once in awhile."

"No no" Naraku shook his head. "I always win and that's the rules."

Sesshoumaru huffed. "Well I don't want to play with you then." He gave Naraku a push.

"Hey!" Naraku growled and pushed Sesshoumaru back.

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Toga heard Naraku and Sesshoumaru yelling and fighting and looked over at Inuyasha who was giggling as he played with some sticks and pine cones. "Every other minute." He sighed then turned and made for the two fighting boys.

"I hate you!" Sesshoumaru growled and tackled Naraku to the ground.

Naraku flipped them over so he was sitting on Sesshoumaru's chest. "I hate you more."

"And I've had quite enough of both of you!" Toga growled as he grabbed Naraku by the shirt collar, jerked him off Sesshoumaru, grabbed his son by his collar, and dragged them both back to their camp.

He set Sesshoumaru down against a tree. "You move and you will live to regret it." He growled at his son before he dragged Naraku to the other side of the camp ground and set him down. "Now what were you two fighting about?"

Naraku glowered up at the man. "Because Sesshoumaru was cheating. He knows he's never allowed to win when we play swords." He nodded curtly then stuck his tongue out at Sesshoumaru when he looked across the clearing at his so called friend.

He just had to know and he was sure he wasn't going to understand the answer. "Why can't Sesshoumaru win?"

Naraku huffed as he stared up at the man. "Because that's just how we play it. He only wants to win because you're here."

"That is no answer. If you two can't learn to play fair then maybe I won't let you play with each other any more."

"No!" Sesshoumaru ran over and wrapped his arms around his father's leg. "You can't take him away from me."

"He's not a toy." He peeled him from his leg. "And all you two do is fight every other minute."

"Nuh huh." Sesshoumaru argued. "Naraku's my best friend in the whole world." He waved his arms out around him. "If you take him away from me I'll never ever talk to you again!"

Toga glared at his son. "I just don't understand you two. Always you two are fighting and for no reason; how can he be your best friend?"

"Because he just is." Sesshoumaru nodded. "You just don't understand." He huffed.

"Apparently I don't." Toga sighed deeply then looked back and forth between the two of them. "This is your last chance. If I catch you fighting one more time neither of you will sit for a week." He then glowered at Naraku. "And you'll both get it again when your dad gets here tomorrow."

"Okay" Naraku bowed his head. "No more fighting."

"Yea" Sesshoumaru nodded in agreement.

Toga shook his head. "I've heard that before and I'm to the point where I don't believe a single word that comes out of either your mouths."

"Daddy!" Inuyasha cried as he ran to his father holding his hand out. "Owieee!"

He turned to his young son and caught him when he ran into his arms. "What?"

"Ow!" Inuyasha cried with heavy tears falling from his amber eyes and held his hand out.

Toga spotted the large splinter in Inuyasha's finger. "Be a man it's not going to kill you."

Inuyasha sniffled and tried to reel in his tears to show his father he was big and strong.

"Alright you two." He turned to the two boys. "This is your last chance. One more fight and you'll both be sorry. You will stay here where I can see you at all times."

Sesshoumaru scrunched his nose and pouted. "But dad."

"But dad nothing." Toga growled and took Inuyasha into the camper to remove the splinter from his finger. "You stay right here where I can see you."

Naraku sighed in irritation. "I hate grown-ups they always make you do stuff you don't wan to do."

Sesshoumaru nodded his head. "Yea I can't wait till I'm grown up and can do what I want to do."

"Me too." Naraku agreed. "So what do you want to do now?"

"I don't know." Sesshoumaru sighed. "Everything we do makes dad mad and we get in trouble."

"Yea because of you." Naraku nodded.

"Nuh huh" Sesshoumaru huffed and put his hands on his hips. "It's you. You do everything and I get in trouble for it."

Naraku glowered at his friend. "Liar!" He pointed a finger in his face. "You're the bad one all the time."

"Do I hear fighting out there?"

"No!" They answered in unison.

"I hate this." Sesshoumaru glowered at the ground. "I want to go home."

Naraku nodded. "Me too." He agreed and looked around the camp. "You want to throw rocks and sticks into the fire?"

Sesshoumaru grinned. "Okay"