AN: I submitted this one shot for the LJ community iyfic(underscore)challenge, for the week 2 theme of "hair". It's strange but I hope you enjoy!

The Consequences of Aging
by Robochar

It was almost as though it was some kind of routine. Kagome sighed as she watched the two brothers engage in combat again. She was, of course, worried about InuYasha, but a part of her mind still wondered about how this battle even got started.

However as her mind began to drift, she noticed a change in Sesshoumaru's hair that she had not seen before. At first she though she was seeing things, but as she squinted her eyes she still kept getting the same image.

"Is it just me…or does Sesshoumaru have…a comb-over?" Kagome just blinked and shrugged it off. She must have been seeing things.

"InuYasha. You know you can't win." Sesshoumaru spoke coldly as they fought.

"Keh! Shut up! " InuYasha shouted . Yeah, nothing horribly exciting. So the fight went on til suddenly InuYasha got knocked down and was separated from his sword. InuYasha glared at his brother as he had a very satisfied smirk on his face.

However, before InuYasha had much of a chance to react in anger, he found himself staring at Sesshoumaru's head. Something just didn't seem quite right. InuYasha first slightly squinted his eyes and blinked in confusion.

At this point Sesshoumaru was quite content in his victory. He was just wait for his brother to complain about his loss. Maybe Kagome would run and protect him but he would still act calm. Finally InuYasha would give in though. However none of those words were what came from InuYasha's mouth.

"Is that…a bald spot?" InuYasha eyes were glued to the spot on his head.

"I know not what you speak of." He spoke in his normal voice, but he seem annoyed and almost embarrassed. Kagome blinked. She was right. It was a comb over, and because of the battle Sesshoumaru's hair fell out of place to reveal a spot of skin.

"It is, isn't it?" InuYasha said doing a very poor job at containing his laughter.

"It doesn't matter. I still won. That's all that-"

"You have a bald spot."

"…silence!" Kagome wasn't quite sure what to think. So she decided to ask some questions in hope to restore some sort of sanity or at least maturity into the conversation.

"Ok, Well then Sesshoumaru, if you are balding , is there a reason why?"

"…I'm over a hundred and fifty. I think my old age is finally getting to me."

"HA! I still have all my hair 'cuz I'm only fifteen!"

"...I said silence! I'm leaving. There is a very important Hair Club for Youkai meeting I must attend to."

"What? You run a hair club?" Kagome asked very confused

"I'm not just the president. I'm a client." Sesshoumaru then walked off calmly as he always did.

"Kagome….what just happened?"

"I'm…not sure."