A Monster under This Bed
AN: Written for inucomedyclub livejournal, this tied in first place for the prompt "Monster."
Rated: T (potty mouth) / AU-ish
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, in any way. Rumiko Takashi does.
"Mama," The little boy cries, "there is a monster under my bed." His mother turns to him, her face pinched in mocking concern.
"Monster? Are you certain it isn't your imagination?" Her son rolls his eyes before smacking his blanket covered thighs angrily at being insulted.
"No!" He retorts, "I know what a monster looks like Mama, Papa showed me. Remember?"
His mother winces. "You're father also thinks the ice-cream truck is a soul-sucking monster." When the boy doesn't stop using 'the glare' that looks identical to his father's, she soon rolls her own eyes, throws her hands up in the air and gives in. "Alright, alright. I'll check for you."
The boy's attitude does a 180 and he's smiling. "Thank you Mama."
She laughs. For a boy who liked to hunt outside with his father and exterminate large demons, the fear of a possible monster under his bed makes her wonder what exactly would scare the boy.
Leaning down onto her knees, she bends under and reaches a hand beneath the bed. Nothing but dirty socks that the boy had hidden and a book his grandpa Jii-chan had given him is there and she smiles knowingly. "See? What did I tell you?" She starts to get up when something touches her hand and she lets out a screech, backpedalling to get away.
But it is latched onto her arm now, looking more frightened then she. The boy runs and hits the light switch just as his father barrels into the room. "What in the seven hells is going on Kagome?"
Inuyasha growls at the green creature on his wife's arm and his son who has taken a shoe to its head.
"Stop hitting me!" It screeches and his wife eyes grow wide as she looks at the 'monster'.
"No way." She says and pulls its head up to find none other than "JAKEN!"
"What?" The little green imp shouts back "I don't like sleeping outside anymore and Lord Sesshoumaru keeps kicking me out!"
"See! I told you there was a monster under my bed!" Their son shouts triumphantly.
"Give me your shoe son, the last thing we need is a messy imp on the floor." Inuyasha takes the boy's footwear and lobs Jaken in the back in the head. When the vessel screeches at the act the hanyou smirks. "I'm just making sure you're not Shippou and his practical jokes."
"What now?" Kagome asks, taking the shoe from her husband.
"Can't I just sleep under the bed?" Jaken looks to where he's slept for the past five nights and whimpers. It was sooo comfy under there, well minus the stinky sock smell.
"Go sleep in the guestroom," Kagome mumbles as she rubs at her throbbing temples. Yes, she much would have preferred it were a monster indeed.