A/N: I do not own Inuyasha.
Prompt: Whiskers.
"Oof!"
Kagome winced, sitting up to wipe her face off. Had the oversized dog found it necessary to drop her from so high?
"Look, Sesshomaru-sama!" She stood up and dusted herself off angrily, "I don't know what the big deal is, but that was rude!" Hands on hips, she glared up at him with steely eyes.
He simply stared her down as if none of the words she said were transferring to those large ears of his. She sighed, believing it useless to try and talk to the frigid man-turned-dog.
She looked around her surroundings and regretted not running when he had lifted his paw off of her. However, she realized that would have been futile. With a demon, speed was usually on their side and he could have easily pounced on her a second time.
She awkwardly shifted from one foot to the other, wondering what to do now. She had no idea where she was and nothing looked familiar. The trek had been only five minutes, but with four legs, much distance could be covered in such a short time. They were in a thick part of a forest with bright sunshine filtering through the branches. Animals chirped and squeaked with life all around her, slightly mollifying her discomfort.
"S-Sesshomaru-sama?"
She spun around to the tinkling voice, her eyes widening at the sight before her.
A little girl stood partially behind a tree rubbing her eyes. She looked exhausted and dirty; her checkered orange and tan kosode looked singed and disorderly. It was the small side ponytail that Kagome remembered the small girl by.
"Rin-chan!"
Rin turned to Kagome with surprise and smiled tiredly. "Hi, Kagome!"
She jogged over to Rin, kneeling down in front of her and smoothing down the girl's tangled hair. "What happened to you?"
Rin's smile faded, replacing it with a thoughtful frown. "Rin doesn't remember much. She was picking flowers when everything went black."
"Hmm," Kagome hummed thoughtfully, "and do you know why Sesshomaru-sama is in his puppy form?"
She was suddenly pushed and harshly forced onto the grass once again, but this time face first by a wet nose. Yelping, she covered her own nose with her hands to lessen the impact of her face being forced into the ground. Shuddering, she looked up the best she could when something tickled her cheeks, noticing that his long, silver whiskers were brushing lightly there. She quickly apologized to Inuyasha in her head, now having a dose of her own medicine of being forcefully "sat".
His eyes were narrowed on her dangerously, warning her. Heart suddenly racing, she squeaked out, "sorry!" before he slowly lifted his nose.
Initial scare fading, she grumbled as she glared at the large beast, picturing herself taller, holding a doggie treat above his ears while he jumped to reach it.
Rin giggled softly. "Rin does not know why Sesshomaru-sama stays in this form, he will not tell Rin."
Kagome huffed. At least someone thought it was funny. Looking down at the young girl and then down at herself, she came to a conclusion.
"Let's get cleaned up, maybe after that we can find out what's going on." She looked up at Sesshomaru, narrowing her blue eyes on his red ones. "Lead the way?"
For once, he acknowledged her, inclining his head before standing as elegant as she thought an overgrown dog could do and ambling in the opposite direction.
So how are you liking it so far? I would love to know how I could improve.