Jay's POV
Jay lay under her blankets, listening blankly to the sounds of the rain pattering against the roof of the shed where she lived and the small squeaks that came from the four tiny kittens suckling from their mother, who was lying next to her ear. Her old dog, Tahoi, was sleeping in one corner of the shed, wheezing a little as he breathed.
On any other day, Jay would have been out in the forest or talking to the villagers, but rain tended to make her sleepy. So she stayed beneath her blankets, listening to the thunder rolling in the distance. She yawned once, and the mother cat let out a throaty purr, completely content. She knew that Jay would rouse herself long enough to feed her animals, completely neglecting her own appetite. It was routine during the rainy season.
The purr of the mother cat's purr was more than enough of a lullaby for Jay. She quietly drifted off to sleep, listening to the cat care for her kits…
Sesshomaru's POV
Sesshomaru hated the rain. In fact, he hated any water in general except for if he was drinking or bathing in it, but rain always made him short-tempered. It meant staying inside for days until the mud dried up. Waiting to get permission to go outside required patience—something that the Inu pup didn't possess much of. And it was even worse since his father had decided to take him hunting as soon as the weather improved.
Hunting with his father was always exciting, and even though he wasn't old enough to bring down the prey himself, he enjoyed stalking the prey through the forest and watching his father dispatch it with one quick bite to the neck.
Sesshomaru glared out the window, mentally wishing that the rain would stop so that his father would be free to take him hunting. A sharp rap on his knuckles brought him back to reality with a jolt. His Sensei was standing in front of him, staring disapprovingly at the young lord. "How are you supposed to learn if you don't pay attention?" Sensei demanded, stopping in the middle of the mathematics lesson to scold his pupil.
Sesshomaru didn't reply. He only spoke to members of his family and the servants who worked in the stables and tended Ah-Un. He had never spoken to Sensei directly, and he didn't plan on doing so anytime soon. Sensei was very irritable, and even more annoying. He was always eavesdropping on Sesshomaru and his father's conversations and slighting Sesshomaru's mother. He turned back to ignoring Sensei as soon as the old youkai turned his back. Right now, all he wanted to do was imagine himself hunting with his father.
Jay's POV
A low growl in her ear woke Jay from her near-constant slumber. Tahoi was crouched by her head, clearly very irritated. Jay, having known Tahoi for a number of years, knew exactly what he wanted. She staggered to her feet and made her way towards the barrel where she kept the raw animal meat that she purchased from the butcher two days ago. The weather was so chilly that it didn't spoil, and Jay fed Tahoi two handfuls of meat, leaving one handful for the mother cat, before slipping between her blankets again and finally opening her eyes.
She was met with pure darkness. Being blind wasn't so horrible to Jay. She knew the whole village like the back of her hand, and with her acute sense of hearing, she knew when people were coming and going. She could even hear when the village girls got together at the well and gossiped about her.
She reached out a hand and, guiding herself by hearing, stroked the mother cat's flank. She had long ago named this cat Poppy, for the patch of poppy flowers that Jay had found her in. Her kittens would need names, but Jay could worry about that later. Right now, all she wanted to do was sleep.
Well, hope ya like it. I wrote this story for my sister because she was begging me to write an Inuyasha fic about Sesshomaru, so I decided to make it where Sesshomaru is a pup and he meets a human. I did it just to annoy her… Please Read and Review.