Disclaimer: I do NOT own Sesshomaru or INUYASHA (Either the character or the Manga)

Now for something completely different! This is a short ficlet that was written after a LOVELY conversation with my personal 'Doctor', shiinabambi ( 333 ) about amanoyaksha and how dogs are protective and loyal.

Title: Vigil aka Pot... meet kettle... you're both a little black.
Author: Plumespixie
Rated: G
Characters: Inuyasha and Sesshomaru (not as a pairing or anything)
Summary: One year after Sess leaves Rin and 2 years before Kagome comes back, Inuyasha gets annoyed with Sess and 'confront's him
Warnings: Sess death grip so a tiny bit o' the violence
Word Count: 487

Please review and lemme know if I got Inu's character 'right'... Especially if you write Inu all the time... I'm kinda 'new' to him.

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"You plan on hangin' around all the time now?" The gruff hanyou spoke to empty space in front of his face, but knew the one meant to hear the question would… what he wasn't too sure of was whether or not he'd actually answer.

He'd been here day and night for nearly a year. Almost never seen but his scent covered the area branding it as much his 'territory' as any of the Western Lands, and truthfully, it was starting to piss Inuyasha off that his bastard brother was marking his territory now.

It wasn't as if Inuyasha didn't understand the fierce instincts to guard over and protect, and that whole 'loyalty' aspect to it wasn't beyond his comprehension either… but c'mon, couldn't his brother leave the girl alone for a little while? Didn't he trust Inuyasha not to let anything happen to her?

Getting only silence as a response, Inuyasha gave up and started to walk away, but as a parting shot to the one whose scent had drawn him out here in the first place he chuckled and, with complete disregard for his personal safety called out, "You remind me of when I would watch over Kikyou, and then Kagome… wonder if that means somethin'?"

In an instant the daiyoukai was in front of him with a cold golden gaze pinning him in place.

"Do not think too much of it." The warning in his tone was clear, but lately Inuyasha had been itching for a good fight. He didn't even really care if he died… now that Kagome was gone. He simply couldn't resist provoking his older brother.

"Keh… Okay then… You've just suddenly decided the best place to rule over a kingdom from is in the woods surrounding a tiny human village? Quit lying, Sesshomaru – no one is buyin' it anymore. Kohaku told us what happened with you and your mom and… her."

In an instant a clawed hand dripping green poison was at his throat, and red eyes flashed open in a swirl of youki, as Sesshomaru sought to silence him. Still Inuyasha was not detoured, "Defensive, aren't we?" He managed to choke out against the pressure against his wind pipe.

Suddenly, the hand dropped him and Sesshomaru loomed over him as he clutched his throat and cursed under what little of his breath he had left.

"It is not your concern."

With that, Sesshomaru seemed to simply vanish, although the scent in the area told Inuyasha he had not gone far…

Oh well, it was time to go back to the well and check if Kagome had suddenly appeared, Inuyasha just hoped Sesshomaru got over this illogical 'vigil' of his… and soon.