Untruthful

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Inuyasha walked down the grand hallway of the Inu no Taisho palace, heading toward his father's public office where his father and mother awaited his arrival. He was still dressed the same from their earlier visit to Sesshoumaru's palace in the Inu-oni clan colors of black and white. An intricate design broidered with red tread onto the sleeves and the back of the haori. His stride was assured and intent to get him to his destination as soon as possible.

As he walked toward the public office of his father, Inuyasha passed several noblemen and women heading god-knows-where. 'Even in spring there are people visiting father and mother . . .'

As he neared the office, sentinels standing on either side of the huge one-and-a-half story door hurried to open it for him with a muttered "My lord". Inuyasha grinned, it was well known that the people who served or followed his father were not fond of him because of his hanyou status, yet they still had to bite their tongue and address him with respect.

"Inuyasha!" Lady Izayoi screamed from her place in her husband's lap, completely unable to go to him due to her husband's arm around her waist.

"Hey mom, dad." Inuyasha greeted as he went and sat on an exquisite eighteenth century chair of red silk with a white design of the crescent moon as if it wasn't ancient and valuable.

Lord Toga glared at his son, but signed a second later. Inuyasha was not going to change his ways that easily, but it never hurt to pray, right?

"So what brings you here so soon, my son?" Lady Izayoi asked as she got comfortable again. Her son had just gone home about three hours ago and now he was back.

"Ugh," Inuyasha grumbled, uneasiness making him stand up again. "I just got a call from Miroku."

"About what?" Lord Toga asked, suspicious anger already flaring inside him. If Miroku called, it was because he found out something about Sesshoumaru or Naraku? So whom was the lucky demonic idiot to get spied on?

Inuyasha grimaced, but went on. "Sesshoumaru does have a lover. Her name is Kusatta. We only know about her because Shizuka, Sesshoumaru's Captain of the Guard, called Miroku earlier today when she found out about bro's little white lie. She said that Sesshoumaru must not know she told us."

Lord Toga cursed, Lady Izayoi sighed. He really was not interested in Rin in the least.

"There's more," Inuyasha mumbled as he fell back down onto the chair he had sat in moments ago. "Jaken called. He told Miroku that Sesshoumaru hurt Lady Rin after we left. He bruised her, almost killing her in the process then left and summoned the Kusatta woman to him to arrive today, I'm guessing she already got there."

"WHAT?" Lord Toga bellowed, his face red with anger, making Izayoi cringe while trying to maintain her balance in her mate's lap. She seriously thought her mate sometimes forgot she was there.

"Dad, don't yell . . ." Inuyasha whined, rubbing his delicate dog-ears. 'I wonder if he forgets I have not my mother's hearing, but his . . .'

"Sorry," Lord Toga mumbled, anger and embarrassment combining to prove if his face could compete with a tomato. It probably could.

Lord Toga was not happy, his silence was evidence enough for the two inhabitants of the room, but neither was willing to ask what was on his mind. The anger was easing and Lord Toga found he could think more clearly as it dissipated. His eldest son had lied, he'd suspected that when he had been down to Sesshoumaru's palace and had asked him about his lover. However, he would never have guessed Sesshoumaru would be capable of dishonoring the family and clan that way. Actually, he never would have thought he was capable of anything but honor and loyalty toward his father. Now this had been a surprise, though, but he could not think of any way to punish his eldest son short from humiliation or actual physical punishment.

"Inuyasha, in a week's time you shall go visit Sesshoumaru and Rin. If he asks the why of it say it is due to the regulations I made for the Inu no Taisho title. There see what you can find and in the mean time keep your ears open for new information regarding Sesshoumaru, understand?"

His father did not see Inuyasha's curt nod, but he did not need to voice it out loud since he could not go against him anyway. He was the great Inu no Taisho, after all, and the leader of the Inu-oni clan. Inuyasha silently sighed, he would rather be talking to Kagura about Naraku's next move, but no, his brother messed up and he had to waste his time by coming here to tattle on him. Man, hadn't he outgrown that rule now?

"How about Naraku?" Lord Toga asked, resigned to today's bad news.

Inuyasha sighed, but simply said, "Aside from what you told Sesshoumaru today about the unknown party helping his gang gain weapons and drugs, there is not much else."

Lord Toga's grin should have warned the two people in the room of his next question, but both were busy looking elsewhere or too deep in thought to see it. "When's your mating Inuyasha?"

Seconds ticked by, Lord Toga's grin became full blown and Lady Izayoi's giggles growing louder by the second. His son had definitely been caught off guard.

1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . .

"WHAT?" Inuyasha shrieked, unconsciously mimicking his father's earlier bellow.

"It don't seem like we'll be having grandkids through Sesshoumaru any time soon so we guessed you'd be filling in your brother's shoes in that aspect, so to speak." Izayoi delightedly explained to her shocked son.

Inuyasha gulped, not this again. Just a month ago they'd mated off Sesshoumaru and now they had plans for him too. Shit, if his marriage was to be like Sesshoumaru's, then forget it! He would not marry any bitch his parents threw at him, not that Rin was one aside from her mating with a dog demon. Then again, there was nothig bad with Rin, but . . .

"Inuyasha, don't worry," Toga reassured, taking pity on his pale son, "Sesshoumaru had to marry, but you're still a pup compared with him, so you have nothing to concern yourself about, for now anyway. Besides, Inuyasha, you can pick the female you want, that is, unless she is unworthy or unable to continue the Inu-oni Taisho line."

Inuyasha groaned: his parents were unchanged, no matter the time. Standing up, Inuyasha spinned on his heel and walked out.

His parents smiling from ear to ear, Sesshoumaru's misbehavior not forgotten, but Inuyasha's actions creating a funny picture for them that they couldn't help but grin of the face of such horrible news. Inuyasha could pout very cutely when he was angry (or exasperated).

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Miroku lit a cigarette from his best friend's private pack stashed on the inside pocket of his black leather jacket hanging behind the driver's seat and gladly allowed the noxious smoke to relax him. He was inside Inuyasha's comfortable red convertible Ferrari F430 Spider, his own silver convertible Aston Martin DB9 still at Shippo's auto-repair shop after he scraped the sides in an illegal street race three days ago against Kouga's gang.

Upon spotting his buddy coming down the grand stairs of the Inu no Taisho palace in front of him, Miroku grinned and called out, "What kept you? I've been bored out of my mind here."

Inuyasha's own grin flashed pearly-white teeth and canine fangs. Opening the driver's side door, he slid in with ease, closed the door and turned on the powerful engine. His favorite sports car purred to life. "Dad was being an idiot again." Inuyasha offered by way of explanation as he slowly drove his treasure out of the half-circle parking so as not to have his mother yelling at him again over 'the noise' he made when he entered the left the estate grounds.

Exhaling a puff of smoke, Miroku smirked, knowing exactly what his friend meant. "He asked you to find a mate?"

"Of course . . . That old man of mine just mated brother dear and now he wants to do the same with me. Man, Miroku, I thought I would have a respite after fucker's mating, but no, Father isn't just satisfied with that one, he wants me to mate too."

"Well . . ." Miroku trailed off, another puff of smoke coming out of his mouth and quickly dispersing in the wind swooshing behind him as the car gathered speed in the three-mile drive out of the palace grounds. "Maybe he like the mating feast and the party that followed it seeing as he rarely has time for fun and games right now with Naraku getting aid from God knows who."

Inuyasha laughed out loud. That was just like Miroku, fun and games first if possible, work and anything else later.

"Hey, Inuyasha?" Miroku called as they neared the artistic and almost unbreakable iron gate ahead.

"Yeah?"

"My throat still hurts."

Smirking, Inuyasha replied, "That's what you get for yelling so long Houshi."

"But who was I yelling at?" Narrowed, violet eyes turned toward Inuyasha, annoyance dripping from every word.

Inuyasha didn't answer as he turned down the road and gained speed, obviously not thinking of what would happen to his precious car if he wasn't careful and ended up causing an accident, his car being in the middle of it. "Wasn't my fault. If you'd only listened to me when I told you I needed to be elsewhere and not be disturbed while I was there instead of having your head half way between fake breasts, maybe you would have saved your poor throat the trouble."

Miroku's narrowed eyes widened as if he had been hurt, his finished cigarette flying away when Miroku flicked it out the window seconds before, "Inuyasha Taisho, I didn't have my head half way between fake breasts, they were real and natural. You know how I dislike those implants. And you never told me where you were going, as far as I knew you were screwing that bimbo that was all over you. Besides, any real man would have been doing just that instead of-"

"Instead of researching the whereabouts of Naraku after we got that tidbit of him and a few others planning an attack on someone from Kouga when he spotted us surrounded by an unaccountable number of females?" Inuyasha finished for his friend, glaring back at him.

Miroku's eyes widened in genuine surprise, "Eh, when did that happen?"

Sighing, Inuyasha rolled his eyes and drifted a corner, almost colliding with a white Nissan, but continuing to drive as if nothing had happened. "Like I told you. With your head where it was, I was surprised you caught up to me so quickly."

Miroku sent Inuyasha a glare of his own, "And that's why I yelled at you, remember? You left me there with so many women that I was overwhelmed and had to leave before those women ate me alive."

Inuyasha grinned, 'Just like Miroku,' "So that's what the yelling was all about? Man, I thought at that time that you'd been raped or something and was somehow blaming me for your inability to escape. Though, maybe you'd like that, huh?"

"Why you little..."

Now it was Inuyasha giving Miroku the innocent look, "What?"

"I didn't have my fun with the ladies because you chose to go sit down in your office, with the door locked might I add, and examine every possible place that bastard might be at. In the meantime, I was running from a hoard of women who somehow thought I was capable of pleasing all of them. At the same time! Of course, my best friend, when I found him, didn't open the door, even though I was yelling for help." Miroku grounded out, violet eyes flashing with anger.

Inuyasha, on the other hand, was trying not to close his eyes from the onslaught of laugher that had seized him in its grip. Regaining his breath, Inuyasha asked, "Did they catch you?" And managed to maintain his mind sober as he drifted again.

Sighing because it was useless to be mad now, Miroku answered, "Almost. After thirty minutes of running the ladies gave up and-"

"That's when you came to my office, found you had an extra key and walked in, locking the door after you closed it, and continued to yell at me for something you brought on yourself because it was you who called those females to us in the first place." Inuyasha finished for Miroku again, laughter bubbling up again as he entered his own mansion's half-a-mile long driveway.

"Inuyasha, might I suggest that you also brought women in, I'll bet not intentionally, but you did anyway." Miroku dryly stated as he waited for the car to come to a stop.

As soon as the red sports car came to a stop, they watched as Shippo exited the mansion, obviously having been expecting them and watching for their arrival.

"What's up, Shippo? Got my beauty all fixed up again?" Miroku greeted the sixteen-year-old-looking kitsune demon walking down the grand stairs toward them. Was it just he or did all three of the Taisho men like their houses on the grand and huge scale?

"Yeah, Miroku, it's all prettied up again, but if you scratch it again within the next two weeks, I'll kill you or keep the car," Shippo teased the older men in front of him because of Miroku's frequent repair orders for his Aston Martin DB9. Just in the last three weeks, Miroku had taken the car to Shippo's repair shop four times.

"All right, alright, jeez," Miroku grumbled out.

Shippo smiled and turned to look at Inuyasha, "Kagura's waiting for you two inside. Looks like she managed to find out who Naraku's going to attack."

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Hey, this be Yoru no Chandra,

People, the next three chapters were already uploaded, but I revised them to be able to continue the story from now on. I'm back!!!

For those of you who don't know this, Untruthful is the second part to my Lairs Duology, the first being Fake. Fake is Sesshoumaru and Rin romance based while this one is Inuyasha and Kagome based with a little of Miroku and Sango on the side. The first story is still being written because it goes in the same time lime as this one though it is already ten chapters in advanced. If any of you are left wondering about the meeting Inu no Taisho (a.k.a. Toga) and Inuyasha had with Sesshoumaru regarding the title, you can review and ask about it or go and read it as it happened in Fake chapters six and onward (if you want to read what the Sesshoumaru almost killing Rin is all about).

Thank you for, reading and I hope that you like it enough to want to continue reading it.

Ja'ne

Yoru no Chandra