The Library

By Anonymous Malink

Disclaimer, I do no own any Inuyasha like subjects in copyrighted form.

I Swear to You All That Half Way Through The Week of March Fifth, I'll Have Written Part Two, Just Bear With Me. These are Parts, not Chapters.

Part One – I Couldn't Think of a Better Title

Inuyasha tapped his pencil furiously atop his desk. He stared down at the mahogany, and the sheet of paper that lay atop it, strewn with a variety of letters and numbers. He placed his pencil a millimeter away from the first problem, thinking hard.

'6 times 4 cubed divided by 6x plus nine times three. Solve for Y…? But there is no Y to solve for.' He groaned and looked at the piece of paper sternly. 'Evil piece of…' Inuyasha slammed his head on the desk as a result of his inner cursing. He received a classic 'Shhh,' from the librarian, which caused him to look up, and then take the piece of paper into his hands.

'Die!' The thoughts slowly dissipated as he formed a small rip at the top of the paper where his name had been. He rolled his eyes and looked up at the ceiling.

Looking up at the ceiling, he noticed the clock. Without looking for the time at first, he realigned his thoughts and searched out the two hands, and found 7:43, as a result.

"Daaaad," he groaned softly as he slipped his math assignment back into his math binder which was on the ground. He pulled his English Binder up from beside it and flipped it open to an assignment page.

'Read up to page 27 of 'The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,' he said in his mind, reading off the page. He silently pushed his chair back and got up, looking over to the fiction section. He pushed in his chair and walked over to it, looking at the author's last names on the shelf list.

'K for Kawabata,' he said as he walked down the row of shelves and saw a young girl standing there picking out a book. She had long black hair and had on the school uniform, for all he could see was from the side.

He walked down the row and saw Yasunari's name on a number of books, then saw 'Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,' written on one. He slipped it out, eyeing it slowly. 'Seems thick.'

"Inuyasha," he heard a low male vice say behind him.

"Acccck," Inuyasha yelped. He jumped, the book slipping from his hands. He turned around and saw his father standing there in his teaching uniform.

"Are you ready to go," InuTaisho asked. Inuyasha nodded and bent over to pick up the book.

"Why were you so late dad," Inuyasha droned, cutting to the chase and completely bypassing the rules of etiquette in speech. Inuyasha looked up and saw a student of his fathers, Koga, behind him.

"Mr. Koga here decided to have a bit of fun in the classroom," InuTaisho announced. "Now come on, let's go home."

Inuyasha glared at Koga as he passed.

"Koga," he said irritated.

"Inuyasha," muttered Koga, matching his tone perfectly. Inuyasha followed his father back down the row of shelves to his desk.

"Let me get my stuff," Inuyasha said as he gathered his binders and pushed them into his book bag. Inuyasha kept the book under his arm as he slung the bag over his shoulder, and then retrieved his book, holding it with both hands.

"So Dad how was your class today," Inuyasha asked casually as they exited the library and found themselves in the lobby of the high school. He didn't actually care what went on in his father's class, it mattered to him as much as a box of altoids mattered to a chocolate addict… ok bad comparison but still, it gets the job done… The only reason he asked, was to keep his father from droning on about things like where babies came from and such.

"First two were excellent as usual, third was alright, fourth was excellent, and last… well Koga was Koga," InuTaisho replied smoothly. "It's a wonder his sister's turned out that well." His eyes brightened. "Have you ever seen Kagome, Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha looked at his father with ignorance clouding his eyes.

"No, you mean Koga has a sister," Inuyasha asked. Inutaisho nodded. "Weird, I never knew."

"Nice going Inu," InuTaisho replied as he opened the door outside for his son. Inuyasha nodded his head in his standard appreciating way and walked out.

"Sorry for not knowing everyone in my grade."

"Well don't you have any classes with her?" Inuyasha paused and stared at his father.

"No."

"Well ok then." InuTaisho jumped onto the side of a one foot small wall used for keeping in a garden with a tree.

"Dad, you really shouldn't do that," Inuyasha warned him.

"I'm a teacher, I can do… oh crap here comes Naraku." At the site of the eleventh grade dean he jumped off the wall, straightening his somewhat arched back… weird how all adults seem to do that.

"Hello sir," InuTaisho said, thankful Naraku was doing paperwork on his clipboard and not noticing his little stunt.

"Eh hello Mr. Hanyou," Naraku said. "Keep up the good work… yah whatever." Naraku passed them without another word.

When he was out of earshot InuTaisho sighed in relief.

"Uhh, phew, that guy is in charge of the eleventh grade you know," InuTaisho pointed out to his son for the sixteenth time that school year.

"Yes dad," Inuyasha grunted as he neared the car, a beat up Toyota. His father took out the pair of keys from in his pocket and unlocked the side door, letting Inuyasha in first.

"Alright, ready," InuTaisho asked as he entered the driver's seat and started the car.

"Whatever."

As they pulled out of the small school parking lot and onto the road, InuTaisho made a quick left, stopped and looked to the right. Inuyasha wondered why they had stopped and turned to the left so see a house. A plain, normal, ordinary, house with white shutters, a red roof and made of stucco.

"This is where Koga and Kagome live Inuyasha, just wanted to show you," his father explained. Inu squinted his eyes and saw Koga walking across his lawn to the front of his house, followed by a young girl.

The girl reminded him a lot of the girl in the library but then again so did all the girls in his school. He looked intently at the girl, struggling to see what her face looked like. But all she did was follow her brother to the door, and walk through it.

"Staring at her are you, sly," InuTaisho mocked. Inuyasha smiled at his father.

"Yah well, she has some sort of peculiarity to her."

InuTaisho stepped on the gas pedal again and began driving. He took a right hand turn again and just drove straight.

"Sooo, Inu, how was school?" Inuyasha looked at him.

"Umm, school, it sucked, why?"

InuTaisho shook his head.

"No cursing."

"But you do." InuTaisho looked straight ahead and smiled.

"Oh and umm, remember your staying at Sesshoumaru's apartment today." Inuyasha crossed his arms and stared out the window, occasionally seeing his reflection in the outside rear view mirror.

"I hate going to see Sess, why do I always have to go stay with him on Thursday." His father sighed as he made a tight turn onto Sesshoumaru's street.

"It can't be all bad, Rin's gonna be there so she can usually stop the fighting."

"Rin's always there." Inuyasha was still grumbling incoherently when they arrived in front of the apartment building.

"Remember, Apartment 6 on the third floor, got that." Inuyasha nodded and sighed as he opened the door by twisting the handle and jumping out. He reached back in to pull out his bag and tossed it on the side walk.

"I'll pick you up around eleven thirty, k," InuTaisho asked. Inuyasha looked at the car clock and it read, 8:04. He let out one last reluctant sigh and nodded.

"See ya dad," Inuyasha said as he closed the door and took a step out. Realizing something he looked at his empty hands.

"Dad wait," he called after his dad's Camry. "You have my book…" He sighed and looked at the apartment building.

He slung his book bag over his shoulder and walked to the entrance door, but couldn't open it. He sighed and looked at the small phone like thing on the side. He pressed the number six on it and leaned against the wall.

"Yes," a voice came through the machine.

"Sess open the door," Inuyasha beckoned loudly into the telemachine.

"Maybe I should just leave you out there-Rin stop." The doors buzzed and it opened automatically. Inuyasha looked at the door a moment.

"There ya go kid," he heard Rin say through the machine as it beeped and went off.

"What Sess sees in that girl," Inuyasha muttered as he walked through the door. He looked at the elevator and approached it. He pressed the button with an up arrow on it and waited patiently.

'Dum, dum dum, dum. I hate elevators.' Suddenly the doors opened and standing in the doorway was Rin, fuming. Her eyes which were normally brown eyes were darkened by a sort of malice… well not that bad.

"Stupid Jerk… oh hey Inuyasha." Rin forgot her rambling by the time she noticed Inuyasha. "Sess is being a jerk tonight, so I'm leaving. See yah later kiddo." Inuyasha felt something rip in his stomach. He and Sess alone, for three hours… no, he needed Rin there to save him from certain and imminent doom and destruction and quite possibly… more doom.

"Wait Rin, couldn't you stay just for tonight, I'm sure you can patch stuff up with Sess if you just talk to him." Rin shrugged... then smiled. She smiled? Wasn't she just fuming moments ago. Inuyasha separated a few feet from her.

"Ah the intellect of a teenager. But I can hardly believe Sesshoumaru would just forgive me like that… and I would forgive him," Rin began asking herself, seemingly forgetting Inuyasha who inhabited the space in front of her. She once again shrugged. "Alright, you win, come on in."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and walked into the elevator, still spacing himself from that strange girl who was next to him.

After she pressed the level three button, she began tilting from side to side in the elevator, swinging to some invisible music making Inuyasha feel rather… awkward. Maybe it would have been better without her there.

The elevator door opened and Inuyasha stepped out first, his facial expression showing his fear of the girl, who was one of the strangest people he would ever meet… he also made sure to stay a few steps in front of her.

They walked to the right and to the door on the left. Inuyasha raised his hand to knock but Rin beat him to it. There was a calamity in the apartment and the door somehow opened by itself.

"Come in, Inuyasha," they could hear Sesshoumaru say in his room. Inuyasha stepped in following Rin. The place was clean, except for a few papers scattered across the ground.

"Inuyasha follow me," Rin said as she walked around a corner and into a room where Sesshoumaru was busy typing at his computer.

"Working on something there," Inuyasha asked, mocking a bit.

"Shut up roach," Sesshoumaru stated blankly without turning back.

"Rin wouldn't like it if she heard you call me names like that," Inuyasha said, glancing at Rin who gave him an approving smile.

"Rin left a few minutes ago, guess you're out of luck dumb-…"

"Sesshoumaru!" Rin's voice rocketed through the room like a boom of thunder causing both brothers to stiffen in fright.

"R-Rin," Sesshoumaru asked as he swiveled his chair around. "Interesting, you returned."

"Don't tease your brother Sess, now say you're sorry," Rin demanded. Sess glared daggers at Inu who was smiling victoriously, and took a deep breath.

"I owe an apology to no one," Sesshoumaru forced out, he was also bemused by the girl, which he was just figuring out was his fiancée.

"Fine, but what about to me, tell me, why did I leave," Rin asked, as she crossed her arms. Trying to avoid any further anger from his betrothal, Sesshoumaru answered it the least difficult way.

"I was trying to keep Inuyasha out," he asked, half of it in a question form. Rin was obviously not satisfied as one of her feet began tapping on the ground. Sesshoumaru swallowed hard as he started speaking again.

"And then, I yelled at you." Rin nodded.

"Yes you did. Do you have someth-"

"And I now apologize for my actions, now you may leave," Sesshoumaru interrupted, making Rin look stiff a moment. Then another emotion over came her. Rin smiled. She walked over to Sess and pecked him on the cheek.

"Great, now I'm going' to make us something to eat, k," Rin said as she left. Inuyasha stared at her until she left the room. Shivering a bit, he walked over to Sesshoumaru.

"She scares me sometimes," Inuyasha said as Sesshoumaru swiveled back around in his chair.

"Mmmm, true, but I have no time for you right now." Inuyasha peered over his shoulder.

"What are you typing?"

"Leave me be little brother!"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and began to walk to the kitchen where Rin was. He pulled a chair out at the table and sat down. Putting his head on his arms which were crossed over on the table he sighed.

There was a fan spinning slowly above him, squeaking every full time around.

"What's a' matter Inu," Rin asked. "If you're tired to can rest on the bed in the other room." Inu shook his head.

"No, just bored," Inu commented. "I wish I had my book, I left it in my dad's car." Rin took a small package from the cupboard.

The incessant squeaking made Inuyasha begin to growl.

"Well that stinks, do you like Ramen?" Inuyasha nodded, before finding it so boring in the room that he continued.

"Hey Rin, I've never really bothered asking this before…"

Rin looked back around at him. "Yes, Inu?"

"Well, how is it that you and Sess are together. Where'd you guys meet 'n stuff."

Inuyasha knew very well he had brought imminent doom from the woman before him, but it would save him from the looming boredom that was droning in his head by the squeaking of the fan.

"Well, it's funny how things work out. To tell the truth, I don't quite remember. I remember me, him, and something about the forest, wolves, weird… maybe you can ask Sess for further details later."

How riveting, asking Sess for details that he didn't want in the first place.

"However I do remember the proposal. Now that was sweet as anything. We had just had a disagreement, he had been working late one night and we were both very tired, I had been waiting for him to... umm, well some things like why are better left unsaid…

"Anyhow, it was a stupid argument that ensued when he got back, he left, very irritated.. and when he came back the following day… he had apologized for the first time I had ever heard him, and he showed me the ring. He never said 'marry me' directly, but he implied it in his twisted wordplay."

She sighed. The fan flickered and then sputtered a few times before dying.

"It was called 'Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.' "

"Really, by Yasunari Kawabata," Rin asked.

Wow, the girl was as simple minded as they came. She had completely forgotten about the proposal. Inuyasha could hardly keep from laughing.

She went over to her pack which was sitting beside a chair across from Inuyasha's and pulled out a large paperback book.

"Best book ever," she said tossing the paper back copy over to him. Inuyasha noticed the book as it slid across the counter, studied it a few moments after that, but shortly after smiled softly. Reaching out he took the book and flipped it to the first page.

Maybesimplemindedness was a good thing afterall.

'There once lived a man they called the old Bamb-'

"Hello Inuyasha. What have you there," Sesshoumaru said as he walked in and snatched the book from him, sitting down at the head of the table. "Ah, The Bamboo Cutter, a classic." He smirked and put the book down.

"Weird story isn't it Rin?"

"Indeed," Rin answered.

Sesshoumaru stood as he saw Inuyasha grab the book back. He walked over to Rin and looked over her shoulder.

"So you are cooking" He asked as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"You're going to have to get used to my cooking considering we are getting married in two months," she explained solemnly. "Unless you want to make friends with the couch every night."

"You are my wife, you forget," he said, making her giggle as he tilted her head upward and captured her lips in a kiss. Rin's hands dropped the pot and wrapped around his neck as a reflex as Sesshoumaru dipped her a bit by bending lower. "I own you," he said as he parted a moment before resuming.

'One day he noticed among the bamboos a stalk that glowed at the base. He thought this very strange, and going over to have a look he saw the light was shining inside the holl-' Inuyasha was interrupted in his reading as he looked up and saw his brother… and his wife to be. He cleared his throat in irritation.

"-Get a room-" Inuyasha said through a sneeze, making Sesshoumaru and Rin jump apart. Rin re grabbed the pot as she blushed and turned off the stove.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes as Sesshoumaru sat down at his spot and Rin brought the food over. Taking out three bowls, she poured a bit into each and sat them at the corresponding person. And so they ate, and at the same time Inuyasha read.

'It often happened afterwards that when the old Bamboo Cutter went gathered bamboo, he would find a stalk crammed with gold, joint t-'

"So brother, have you found yourself a girl yet," Sesshoumaru asked smugly. Rin hit his shoulder disapprovingly, but then gave in.

"Yes, did you," Rin asked. Inuyasha shook his head.

"Not yet," Inuyasha said reluctantly.

"Why not," Sesshoumaru asked, unwilling to give up on his interrogation.

"Cause," Inuyasha responded matter-of-factly.

"Cause your scared," Sesshoumaru mocked him.

"No."

"Scaredy Inu."

"No I'm not!"

"I'm sure."

"Rin's the only girl you ever got," Inuyasha taunted him. Sess froze a moment and glared at his younger brother, who seemed to be doing a victory dance in his chair.

"Yah whatever, at least I'm not a sixteen year old virgin."

"At least I'm not twenty five year's old and have only seen one woman." Inuyasha stuck out a tongue at Sess. By now the conversation was gone and they were just throwing insults across the table and back.

"For your information, I've been with a handful of woman," Sess said as he took a sip of the ramen.

"Oh your not," Rin asked deviously, and somewhat with envy. "Then who else have you seen."

"My mistake, he's seen plenty of woman, Kagura for example-"

"Inuyasha shut up."

"Kagura huh," Rin asked. "Sesshoumaru, Isn't she that girl you used to work for?"

"Yes it is," Inuyasha said. Sess gave Inuyasha a glare that was easily read as a, 'your so dead,' glare. Inuyasha ignored it by continuing his book.

"So I take it you've seen many woman," Rin asked.

"No, only you."

"What about Kagura?"

"That was a long time ago."

"It was actually three years ago," Inuyasha interrupted.

"'I'm going to kill you,' " Sess mouthed at Inu from over the table.

"Whatever," Inuyasha said, never looking up from his book.

"Inuyasha."

Silence.

"Are you listening to me?"

"No."

"Inuyasha!"

"Sesshoumaru!"

"BOYS!" Rin jumped in the middle of the conversation. "Stop bickering, just eat for goodness sake." Inuyasha sure was glad Rin was there, just like his father said.

"So," Rin said. "Who wants seconds?"


Inuyasha slammed the door on his way into his fathers Camry.

"So how was it?" His father's question brought Inu to one conclusion, he was the son to someone with the intelligence of… a potato, a.k.a. a human vegetable.

"What do you think?"


Inuyasha went through the alleys at the library again, looking for some book he could be interested in, even briefly.

"Aren't there any good books here," Inuyasha asked not listening for a response.

"Actually yes," a voice replied from behind him. Inuyasha paused and listened closely. It was a girl's voice, it wasn't familiar either.

"There is a book called the 'Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," the girl explained. "It was quite good." Inuyasha turned around to see the girl, dressed in the school uniform, with raven black hair from behind. When she turned around to see him he saw her light brown deep eyes, he stared awkwardly.

"Yes well, here you are," she presented the book the Inuyasha, and he took it sheepishly. She smiled and began to look for another book.

"Hey ummm," Inuyasha stuttered. "Is your name by any chance Kagome Higurashi?" The girl froze and spun around,

"Yes, it is, how did you figure that," she asked.

"I know your brother," Inuyasha grunted. Kagome raised both her eyebrows and looked him straight in the eyes.

"He's a straight up jerk," Kagome said without blinking as she began to walk back down the alley of shelves. Inuyasha nodded and without realizing it began to follow Kagome.

"So," Inuyasha began.

"Heh, are you that bored?"

"What?"

"Why are you still following me," Kagome asked as she sat down at a table.

"Because this is my seat," Inuyasha said pointing to the chair across the table and the books strewn about it.

"Oh," Kagome said. Both of them sat down and became entranced in their work; Inuyasha busy writing away at his homework while Kagome was absorbed in her book.

"So, Kagome," Inuyasha said quietly breaking the silence. "Your brother is in eleventh grade right?"

"Mhmmm," Kagome answered.

"Great," Inuyasha said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

"Why is that," Kagome asked, looking up.

"My dads the history teacher, and every year he takes the top three students in his class, plus me and goes out to the 'museum of science' or whatever he calls it." Inuyasha showed his blatant dislike which caused Kagome to laugh a bit, quietly.

"Oh rest assured, my brother isn't going anywhere near that museum, he stinks at history… wait, your InuTaisho's son, Inuyasha."

"In the flesh," Inuyasha said cockily. Kagome rolled her eyes and smiled. "Koga told me about you, and about your brother."

"Sesshoumaru?"

"Yah him, he said you were, a 'Good for nothing nuisance,' that should… ugggh I forget, but he said your brother hated him."

"I can't imagine why," Inuyasha said under his breath. At that moment the library was silent again, Kagome not talking because Inuyasha never answered her last comment about his brother hating Koga.

At this time, Sesshoumaru had come into the library and right behind Inuyasha.

"So you were lying to me," Sesshoumaru said, causing Inuyasha to stiffen and turn around to face his older brother. Kagome looked up and saw Inuyasha facing his older brother, shock written on his face.

"A-About what," Inuyasha said as he rapidly got all of his things into his backpack and zipped it up.

"You seem to have a girlfriend that you never told me about," Sesshoumaru said as he dragged Inuyasha up by his neck and tightly wrapped one arm around it, causing his hair to rustle up.

"She's not my girlfriend," Inuyasha struggled to get out as Kagome blushed.

"Of course she isn't," Sesshoumaru said smugly. As the conversation continued Kagome turned more and more red, eyes widening.

"And you should know being the excellent writer you are," Inuyasha commented. Sesshoumaru brought his other hand up in a fist and with one finger bent slightly higher he grinded it into his brother's head.

"Oh, your higurashi's sister, tell him, Sesshoumaru said hi," Sess said to Kagome. Kagome nodded as Inuyasha struggled to be released from his brother's grasp.

"Stupid, twenty five year old virgin," Inuyasha said loudly enough for the library to hear him as he elbowed Sess and kicked his shin, grabbing his backpack as he was released.

"See yah later Kagome, I really got to go," Inuyasha said as he sped out of the library.

"Why the… I already told you," Sess said as he chased Inuyasha.

"Oh yah, I guess I'll tell Rin further about KAGURA!" Inuyasha's voice was heard bellowing through the library causing the head librarian to shake her head as Kagome peered out the giant window in the back of the library. There she saw the entire scene play out, she just didn't hear it.

Inuyasha ran out into the meadow behind the library where the student and visitor parking was, Sesshoumaru following.

Inuyasha turned around and prepared himself, throwing his backpack off of him, as Sesshoumaru tackled him to the ground, causing a forceful impact.

"Want to rethink your last statement," Sess asked.

"No chance," Inuyasha said as he slipped from his grasped and got up, running from his angry brother. Sesshoumaru slipped on the wet grass as Inuyasha stumbled to get away.

"What's going on here?" The voice belonged to none other than Rin. She had been waiting in the car for the last length of time but got tired of waiting so came out.

"He was attacking me," Inuyasha cried out as he tried to go behind Rin for defense.

"Sesshoumaru what have you been doing to your brother," Rin asked awaiting a response.

'How does he do it,' Sesshoumaru thought and bewildered at Inuyasha's ability to remain innocent.

"Ok, alright, I apologize Inuyasha." It all came out easy this time because he was trying to do it rather Rin told him to do it.

"There you go guys, good as new," Rin said, amending their friendship as she turned to walk toward the car. Sesshoumaru glared a moment at Inuyasha while he caught up to his betrothal, forcing his blank expression on his face.

"Oh yah, Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru said as he opened the back door for Inuyasha of his new Toyota.

"Yes," Inuyasha replied as he threw his book bag onto the seat next to his and jumped in, slamming his door shut. Rin hopped into the passenger seat while Sess got into the drivers seat.

"We're taking care of Shippo today, so you're going to be coming home with us again, instead of going straight home," Sesshoumaru said gruelingly.

"Thanks," Inuyasha groaned.

Rin rolled her eyes. "I'm sure the little tyke isn't that bad," she assumed. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha both glared at her.

"He is," they said simultaneously. Sesshoumaru put the keys in the car and revved the engine.

Sesshoumaru backed out of the parking lot and onto the road. He turned a left as InuTaisho had done the previous day and followed his path exactly, stopping at the traffic light.

"You should have kept going," Inuyasha muttered to his brother as he looked over his shoulder.

"It was red," Sesshoumaru used as a defense.

"It was yellow."

"And it was going to be red."

"But it wasn't yet."

"Inuyasha, I wasn't about to run a red light."

"But it was yellow." Sesshoumaru took a deep breath and slammed his head into the horn, somehow not releasing the airbag with the pressure of the blow, but honking loud enough everyone else in other cars thought he did.

"Well when you get a car, you can drive by any red light you want."

"It was yellow."

"FINE, it was yellow." The car was still and silent as the light turned green and Sesshoumaru turned a right onto a diagonal road. Rin sighed and closed her eyes, the fights her fiancée and her soon to be brother in law got into… it was amazing how they could fight over anything, even a stop light.

"Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru asked.

"Yah," Inuyasha replied.

"You know me and Rin's wedding is two-"

"Yes, yes, its two months from yesterday, I know that."

"Yes but do you know what I have planned for you?"

"What?"

"I'll tell you later." Sesshoumaru pulled into the small parking garage underneath the apartment building. Pulling into a spot that said six on it, he unlocked the car doors and let everyone out.

They walked over to the elevator door, Inuyasha pressing the small up arrow button hesitantly, and soon the elevator doors slid open. Inuyasha slipped in while they were still opening while Rin and Sess waited and then entered. Sesshoumaru pressing the third level button the doors closed and the elevator began to move upwards.

The elevator opened with a screech on the third level, they all stepped out simultaneously and walked over to the door. Sesshoumaru took out his keys again and unlocked the door, opening it and allowing the others inside. Inuyasha first walked in and went over to the family room opening the window curtains a he looked outside. It was a beautiful day in autumn.

He watched as a small child, bounded up the walkway and into the small crevice underneath the first floor porch unto which Inuyasha could not see. Then he heard a small buzz in the com phone which was followed by a voice that belonged to none other than,

"Hey Sesshoumaru open the door, its Shippo." Without speaking Sesshoumaru slammed the door open button on the com phone which was followed by a nauseating moan and uncomfortable sigh.

Inuyasha waited for his life to end in the next thirty seconds, but it never happened, he would have to suffer with his brother.

There was a knock at the door and Inuyasha was the one who hesitantly was forced to answer it. As he opened the door a small boy bounded upward almost knocked Inuyasha over.

"Inuyasha, I didn't know you would be here," Shippo said enthusiastically as his attention switched to Sesshoumaru and Rin.

"Hey guys," Shippo said as he bounded toward the couple behind Inuyasha, who in turn sighed in relief the kid was off of him… Literally. "Hey am I invited to you guys' weddin' day?"

"Of course Shippo," Rin responded. "Of course, you get to be the little ring bearer."

"And you," Sesshoumaru said pointing to Inuyasha, "Will also get to be someone."

"A groomsman?" Inuyasha asked, not anticipating much.

"You'll find out."


"When's mom going to come to get me," Shippo moaned, as he was drawing a picture on the kitchen table.

"You're going to need your mom to get you in a second if you keep asking me that," Sesshoumaru responded flatly. Shippo continued to draw and reached for anther crayon in the box.

"Sesshoumaru, do you have any ice cream," Shippo asked hopefully.

"You're going to need ice cream in a second if you keep asking me that… 'Because I'm going to hit you, and you'll need it to… Stop the swelling," Sesshoumaru answered, stuttering to think up an excuse.

Shippo stared blankly at the older man and sighed.

Coming Soon, Part Two – Did I Mention it was Autumn