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A/n-I am sorry but just for a quick moment I forget to mention that I believe that dog demons identify each other by their demon marking on their face and by their hair color. White/Silver hairs with demon markings on each cheek signify Royal or Noble dog demons. Black hair and two strips on only one cheek (does not matter which) will show warrior or at least high class. And finally brown hair and only one mark on one cheek will show common blood. Now I will not lie I have no idea how the social structure of feudal Japan was so I'm just going to kind of of wing it (ah the true essence of fan fiction) and show what I think would be dog demon behavior if you have any suggestions you can always review.
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Chapter 2-Dog Demon Behavior
Kagome was pissed. Ever since they arrived at the castle she felt as if Shippo, Miroku, Sango, and she (especially she) have been pushed off the stage into a dark alley in the back of the theater while the show was going on. Okay maybe she was exaggerating a bit damn drama classes, but she did feel that she and the others have been pushed in the dark. Oh sure they were in a huge palace and were apparently companions to a very important guest so the servants were pretty much on hands and feet to serve them.
At this very moment Miroku was currently having a sinfully relaxing massage and not to mention flirting away with no fear because Sango was lost in the most decadent bath she will never forget. Shippo meanwhile was trying his best to finish off a rather large plate of sweets and even little Kirara was snoozing blissfully on a catnip pillow in front of a patch of sunlight.
Kagome was quite irritated that her friends could be so content when at the moment they have no idea where and what Inuyasha was doing, and why is his so called family was so friendly to him. Have these people never read a drama novel? An estranged family member suddenly is accepted back can you tell me the meaning of the word suspicious?
"Stop that, if you eat too much you are going to get sick." Kagome stated in a huff while snatching Shippo away from the plate of sweets.
"Kagome come on, I'm hungry…" Shippo whines as she carries him away from the wonderful treats.
"Then you will not mind waiting until dinner." She announced as she told one of the servants to take the sweets away.
"Where's Inuyasha?" He inquired hoping the half demon was nearby to distract her so he could run after the plate or maybe get a servant to take him in the kitchens. He heard Kagome huff giving him the impression she either did not know or knew but was mad at him.
"Do you want to find him?" Shippo queried deciding that his sweet tooth could be settled later or until Kagome stop being so moody. Besides he was starting to miss Inuyasha.
"Fine but I would hate to take him away from his family time." Kagome sniffed. Another thing that irritated her so much about being at the palace was the way the dog demons behaved towards Inuyasha.
When she saw how friendly he was with the girl dog demon earlier she was peeved. But as soon as they step into the palace ALL the dog demons began to get friendly with Inuyasha. Kagome was ready to snap.
Sango, Shippo and Miroku must have had warning bells going off in their heads because Kagome soon found herself being pulled aside as they explained that this behavior was common for canine demons especially those if they have royal blood or if they are kin to one another.
"Well why don't I see Shippo, Sesshoumaru and Kouga cuddling him!?" Kagome demanded to them.
"They do but in their own special ways." Miroku mused. He was met with wide open stares.
"What do you-"
"Kagome please." Sango interrupted Shippo trying to pointedly ignore the comment Miroku made. "If you use the 'sit' command on Inuyasha here all of these dogs will rip you up alive and Inuyasha will not be able to stop them. The reason he could protect you last time was because he was the only noble around, these other nobles will not hesitate to kill you if you hurt their kin."
Kagome sighed defeated it frustrated her to the end how Inuyasha can just allow strangers to get so close to him but can barely stand her in his personal space. They have shared moments now and then (there was that time they came across that 'spiked' water source what a night!) and maybe a couple of kisses along the way but often he will quickly recoil.
She had a hunch it was his animosity towards humans that made him behave this way and now that she have seen how comfortable he was with the friendly dog demons she knew it was more then a hunch.
But she always assumed he was not on the best of terms with demons either especially with the way he was with his brother.
"I am being so selfish right now, Inuyasha probably never been on good terms with anyone let alone his family I should be happy for him right now." Kagome decided. She was not going to get jealous over this it was not like he was going to replace her.
She walks into a room where she sees Inuyasha nuzzling another FEMALE demon. This quickly made Kagome lose the promise to herself.
"That's it Inuyasha S-"
Before she could finish Shippo who knew what was going to happen had quickly transformed into Miroku (with a tail of course.) covered her mouth and dragged her down the hall past perplexed demons and servants who could only mutter "humans…" under their breaths.
Inuyasha perked up from his older cousin embrace ears twitching.
"That's funny, I thought I heard Kagome…" he muttered while looking around the room. Shrugging he returned to his cousins arms.
Shiruna was always his favorite cousin. She looked identical to her mother but with his father family token white hair and golden eyes. She had two viridian demon markings on each of her cheek but her demon symbol (a sun) was clearly from her mother side. When she smiled her eyes often glow so warmly. Next to his brother (when they were on good terms) Shiruna was one of the few relatives (now that he thinks about she is actually the only) that he missed when he ran away from home. Of course he would never admit this.
"I did miss moments like this when I was home makes me wonder why I left…" Inuyasha mused feeling himself slowly drifting off as Shiruna stroke his ears just the way he like them.
"Mother why are you holding on to that half-breed?"
Inuyasha stiffens. "Yeah now I remember why I left."
"Echiko apologize!" Shiruna hiss at her son. Echiko looked exactly like his mother without the demon markings and with short spiky silver hair which Inuyasha can assume comes from his father. He looked about ten to Inuyasha so in human years he would be fifty.
"For what? That's what he is." Echiko whined. He suddenly reminded Inuyasha of Shippo. He probably should introduce the two to each other they already got one thing in common, ripping on him.
"For that condescending tone you used." She barked. Inuyasha rose up and stretched.
"I'm leaving." Inuyasha announced. He heard a threatening growl from Shiruna and then he felt Echiko quickly cling to him.
"I'm sorry cousin Inuyasha please do not go away again or mama will kill me!" Echiko cried.
"Feh, I am not going away I just want to check up on my friends." Inuyasha stated. He pried the child off his body and deposited him on his mother's lap. After promising to see the two at dinner he left the room.
"So they are afraid of me running off again huh? No wander everyone is walking on eggshells. I wonder how long this will last." Inuyasha smirks. He was heading to the room his friends were in when he heard a very dominating bark.
He turned to see his Uncle, Lord Inumaro of the southern mountains. Inumaro was the younger brother of his father Inutaisho. He only met him a few times when he was younger but he never really talked to him either time. His Uncle was bigger than his brother with broad shoulders and very tall. He looked like his father with the same markings but with a mustache of silver hair. He wore armor with his clan symbol all over it. Inuyasha never actually talked with his Uncle but he knew he was upset with him when he learned that Inuyasha ran away from home. And by the way his Uncle was looking at him can tell he wanted to talk about it. A good LONG talk. Inuyasha just knew he would not see his friends until dinner.
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Inuyasha was in pure pain. He was only held up and walking by his pride alone. He was between the two twins Minaku and Minara on the way to dinner. The twins gave him sympathetic looks and small smiles but they knew not to help him because it will only make him look weak.
Lord Inumaro and Inuyasha did in fact have a good long talk with each other. This in dog demon terms meant yelling, biting, scratching, and beating the living hell out of each other. Inuyasha to get a few good hits off his Uncle that's probably going to leave him sore during supper but the man had a few hundred years on him so it was obvious he was going to win that talk.
Inuyasha hissed in pain as he continues to make it (slowly at that) to the dining room. He passed a few demons that look at him with pity at the state he was in and noticed a few snickering at him.
"Nice marks Inuyasha, they look becoming on you." His cousin Yoichi sneered at him. Before Inuyasha could snap at him a large booming voice filled the hallway.
"INUYASHA! Send that worthless son of mine YOICHI in my chambers! I need to have a TALK with him!" Barked his still angry Uncle.
"Yoichi your father-"
"I heard him Mutt!" Snapped his cousin, but he still walked fearfully down the hallway towards the room where his father waited. Smiling with renewed strength Inuyasha made small talk with the twins as he headed to the dining room. He learned that they could not join him for dinner because they have sentry duty but they promise to meet him later.
Inuyasha shuffled in the dining room and barely held back the whimper of pain as he set down at the table his friends occupied. They all looked at him in concern even Kagome who was still angry with him but still worry for his well-being.
"You had a TALK with someone didn't you?" Shippo teased. Inuyasha growled at him to hush.
"So who was the person that gave you this talk?" Shippo continues ignoring the growl.
That was when Lord Inumaro storms into the room followed by a limping Yoichi which brought a smile on Inuyasha face. Inumaro looks at Inuyasha curiously but heads to the family table and starts to eat thus beginning dinner.
"I'm surprised Inuyasha that you are willing to grace us with your presence. I thought you would be dining with your family." Kagome hissed.
"Feh, don't get an attitude with me. Who was it that did not want to sleep outside?" Inuyasha snapped.
"Still no excuse to ignore and avoid us!" Kagome snapped back.
"Hey calm down you two, now Kagome, Inuyasha is allowed to see his family is he not?" Miroku pleaded trying to keep the peace between the two. Kagome still fuming turns her head away from the table when she notices Kouga entering the room.
"Kouga? Kouga over here!" Kagome calls catching the handsome wolf attention.
Kouga walks to their table and politely greets the group. Kagome suddenly runs up and pulls him into a hug. A very warm hug. Everyone turned to Inuyasha to see his reaction, but he was talking to a servant missing the little act of PDA. Kagome was fuming.
"Kouga what brings you here?" Miroku stated wanting to ignore what just occurred before Inuyasha noticed.
"Pack business." Kouga stated looking at Inuyasha fearfully. Then he glared at Kagome.
"Are you trying to get me killed?" The wolf demon hissed at her.
"What!?" Kagome demanded to him. Kouga just quietly walked towards Inuyasha and sit next to him scrutinizing the half-demon. After Inuyasha was done speaking to the servant he gave him a glare.
"So you're a runaway, I just thought you were the bastard of some noble…" Kouga stated he begins to finger a few strands of Inuyasha white hair.
"Feh, don't tell me your life story. And do not believe I missed that between you and Kagome wolf." Inuyasha snapped.
"Hey no offense right, I have enough sense to not upset the nephew of the Lord that I am visiting even if it is you mutt- uh puppy." Kouga smirks then begins to stroke Inuyasha hair.
"Don't call me puppy." Inuyasha murmured beginning to lean more towards Kouga.
"How come you are not sitting at the family table with your Uncle?" Kouga asked as he began to stroke Inuyasha behind the ears.
"…Dunno…" Inuyasha slurred by now he was practically in the wolf demon's lap as he was petting him.
"My Kouga since when did you and Inuyasha become so friendly?" Sango asked very suspiciously.
"Well is that not the cutest thing." Shiruna stated as she approached the table smiling at the two.
"Kouga, I did not know you were acquainted with my young cousin." Shiruna spoke quite warmly at the wolf.
"Yes, of course I know Inuyasha he is an honored pack member of mine!" Kouga stated ignoring the snorts, gasps and whispers of liar that came from the table.
"Well then maybe you can convince him to stay here until the end of the conferences." Shiruna spoke looking at Kouga quite pointedly.
"Of course he's staying is that right Inuyasha?" Kouga spoke looking at Inuyasha. The room seemed to suddenly become quiet as they waited for his answer. Inuyasha still succumbed to the petting mumbled a sure. The room returned to its activities but in what seemed a much happier air.
Shiruna flashed Kouga a brilliant smile, Kouga returned it with a smile of his own. Sango and Miroku rolled their eyes at the scene wondering who else was possibly in on the plan to keep Inuyasha here. Shippo and Kirara just continue to eat the food that everyone seemed to forget about. Kagome looked ready to burst a blood vessel.
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A/n- I got a review thank you Vigatus! Now all you other folks can start!