Okay so I know it's been a while since I updated but I haven't forgotten I've just been really busy but now hopefully I can start updating more often.

Disclaimer: I know it's been a while but I still own nothing.

Children will be Children

By

SangoMirokuKirara

Chapter Two: Bath Time

So far it had been an unusually quite day for Alielle, the boys were being nice to each other; in fact they hadn't said a harsh word to each other all day. Normally this would have been a good thing but under the circumstances it made her worry. Not only did she have Sesshomaru and Inuyasha but Koga as well and it was usually absolute chaos when those three got together. But there was nothing; no fussing or destruction of any kind, not so much as a peep.

"Maybe they're finally starting to settle down and get along" she said to herself.

Suddenly a loud howl pierced her ears.

"Maybe I spoke too soon" she sighed

She made her way down to the river and found two of them covered head-to-toe in mud. Inuyasha had Koga down on the ground and was standing on his tail.

"Get off my tail, you mutt-face!" Koga growled

"Quit callin' me that!" Inuyasha demanded as he grabbed Koga's ears.

"Let go!"

"Not 'til you stop callin' me names!"

Alielle walked down to them but something worried her, Sesshomaru was no where in sight and that was always a bad thing.

"Inuyasha get off Koga's tail and let go of his ears" she instructed.

"But he's callin' me stuff, Sesshomaru said I should beat him up" Inuyasha whimpered.

"Sesshomaru huh? Where is he?"

"Hind that tree over there" Koga stated while rubbing his ears.

"Sesshomaru come here…Sesshomaru…Sesshomaru come here now!"

"I was comin" he said lazily.

Of course Sesshomaru was spotless; there wasn't one spot of mud or dirt anywhere on him.

"What happened to you two?" he gasped, trying to act as surprised as possible.

Inuyasha and Koga glanced at each other and then at Sesshomaru who was standing there with a satisfied look on his face. They both reached down and grabbed a handful of mud and hurled it right him, hitting him right in the face. His eyes turned red as he glanced over at the other two boys, who by this time were laughing hysterically. Sesshomaru cracked his knuckles and prepared his claws for the attack.

"You're so dead!" he shouted

"Hold it!" Alielle yelled

Sesshomaru stopped dead in his tracks, his claws mere inches from a frightened Inuyasha.

"I think three little demons need to get cleaned up" she said

"Um… I'm not full demon so you must not be talkin' 'bout me" Inuyasha said confidently.

"Wrong! If you want me to put it another way I will; two and a half demons are in need of a nice good bath"

"BATH!!!" Koga and Inuyasha shouted in unison "AAAAHHHH!!!! RUN AWAY!!!!"

Koga and Inuyasha ran off as fast as they could leaving a cloud of dust behind them. Alielle looked around and was surprised to see Sesshomaru still standing there.

"Well aren't you going to run away too?" she asked

"What for, you're just gonna catch'em anyway? Besides I like the clean look; dirt really ain't my thing. I think I'll go get that bath now"

Alielle was completely dumbfounded as she watched Sesshomaru head towards the bathhouse. Since when did he like a bath? She still had a feeling that he was up to something but she just couldn't figure it out.

"Think she'll find us?" Inuyasha asked panting.

"Don't know but I sure ain't taken no bath" Koga responded as he tried to catch his breath.

"This is all your fault!" Inuyasha shouted pointing a finger in Koga's face.

"Get'cha grubby little hanyou finger outta my face!" he demanded "And how you gonna sit there and blame this on me? You're the one who was standin' on my tail and tryin' to yank my ears off!"

"You're the one that kept callin' me names you mangy old wolf!"

"Mangy? I ain't mangy you flea ridden mutt!"

"Fleas? I…ok so maybe I have a few but that's 'side the point! You was…"

"Koga! Inuyasha!" Alielle called.

Koga and Inuyasha quickly hushed and scurried over to the small window and peeked out; Alielle was close to them, too close.

"What should we do?" Inuyasha asked quietly.

"Keep quite and maybe she won't hear us" Koga responded.

"I think maybe we should hide"

"Yeah 'hind those barrels, come on"

Alielle was starting to lose her patience; she had one and half dirty demons and another one that was probably up to no good and their father's would be here in less than an hour. She was just about ready to pull her hair out and scream at the top of her lungs when she spotted dirty footprints heading towards the supply hut.

They think they're so smart; I think it's time to show them that you don't mess with the babysitter or in this case the demonsitter.

"Gee I've searched everywhere and I still can't find them" she said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes "The only place left is the supply hut"

"What now?" Inuyasha asked in a worried tone.

"Keep quite stupid, maybe she won't look back here" Koga responded

Suddenly the door flung open, Koga and Inuyasha tensed up as they saw an approaching shadow.

"I hate you" Inuyasha said to Koga when he saw Alielle standing in front of them.

"PLEASE NO!!!!" they begged "WE DON'T WANNA BATH!!!!"

Sesshomaru sat quietly and cleanly in the bathhouse picking some left over mud from under his claws when the door swung open and Alielle walked in. In one hand she was carrying Inuyasha by the collar of his shirt and in the other Koga by the tail and Sesshomaru couldn't help but snicker.

"I'll be right back" Alielle said dropping them on the floor "Sesshomaru make sure they don't leave and as for you two; I want you undressed and in that water when I get back" Gotta have some help for this one.

"What are you laughing at?" Koga asked

"Yeah and why are you so clean?" Inuyasha chimed in

"I already had my bath" he responded

"You took one on purpose" Koga and Inuyasha asked together "Who takes a bath on purpose?"

"Well you see I wanted to watch you two suffer when she scrubs you down. I figured the best way to do that was to get a bath so I could sit right here and point and laugh at you two"

"That's dumb" Koga said

"Yeah bath's is for girls" Inuyasha chimed in.

"Maybe he is a girl. Look at him he's always fixin' his hair, Kikyo does the same thing and you don't get no girlier than her. And what is with the fluffy thing, girls like fluff we guys ain't suppose to like fluff"

"You got a good point"

"I'll kill you"

"Touch us and you'll be covered in mud again and that means another bath" Koga warned.

Sesshomaru sat back down the look of hatred still etched on his face.

A few moments later Alielle returned with scrub brushes and lots of soap, with her was Ami; she knew she'd need help with this task.

Ami scrubbed Koga's back with the brush as he desperately clawed at the side of the tub trying to escape. Inuyasha just sat there while Alielle scrubbed the mud from his hair; he stared at his older brother sitting there spotless and not having the hide scrubbed off his head. This whole thing had been his fault to start with.

When the bath was over Alielle and Ami left the bathhouse so Koga and Inuyasha could get dressed in their extra pair of clean clothes. Koga was the first to stumble out of the tub but he was quickly followed by Inuyasha, the water dripping from both of them.

Sesshomaru started laughing hysterically "You two look so stupid; one of you looks like a drowned rat and the other's tail looks like a twig"

Koga whirled around and sure enough his tail was twig thin. "It'll poof back out when it dries!" he shouted.

While they were getting dressed Inuyasha spotted a large bucket in the corner and got an idea. Inuyasha whispered his plan in Koga's ear. While Sesshomaru was preoccupied they filled the bucket with water.

"Hey Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha shouted

"What?" he asked annoyed

Sesshomaru's eyes widened as he saw the water begin hurled in his direction before he could react it was too late; he was drenched.

"Now who looks like the drowned rat?" Inuyasha retorted.

"I'm gonna kill you two!" he shouted

Inuyasha and Koga ran out the door with Sesshomaru on their heels. They made their way back down to the river were they ended up covered in mud yet again. After several minutes of wrestling in the mud Sesshomaru chased them back to the village. Suddenly all three of them stopped dead in their tracks.

"Father!" they said in unison.

"I think somebody could use a bath" Inutaisho said

"I couldn't agree with you more" Koga's father replied.

"AAAAAHHHHH!!! BATH!!!!! RUN AWAY!!!!" the three shouted leaving nothing behind but a cloud of dust.

Okay so I probably could have done better but I'm trying to get back in the swing of things. So if you liked it please let me know. Reviews make me happy!