Author's Note: Well this took longer than the others but I haven't really been motivated lately. Usually my readers motivate me but…I dunno'. In non-book related news yesterday, yesterday being march 10th, was my birthday yay : ) Anyway you don't care, enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: Even on my birthday, I do not own Inuyasha

Chapter three: You want the boy?

(Sesshomaru's POV)

"How was your dinner my lord?"

"Hn." Sesshomaru mumbles his customary response as his cook clears off the smaller of his two dining tables located semi-in the kitchen. He stands gracefully and clears his throat, which catches the attention of his staff. "You all may now eat your dinner and, after you finish your duties, you are dismissed for the night.

"Yes sir!" Unlike most of his fellow underbosses, Sesshomaru's staff is actually rather small. It consists of: a sixteen year old orphan girl named Rin (who serves as his maid), his ancient cook Kaede, and of course his butler Jaken. He could never see his self hiring anyone else for the simple fact that he does not like nor trust anyone else. He would not even go as far as to say that he actually likes any of his current staff really. They're just tolerable.

"Sesshomaru-sama!"

"What?" He turns in time to see Rin run in from the living room which connects to the kitchen with a large wooden door. Her innocent round face is flushed and her big brown eyes are wide with, probably unnecessary, excitement. When she comes to a stop in front of him her black and white French maid skirt continues to swivel around her exposed thighs. Rin is rather attractive but she's much too ditzy for his tastes. He's not even too sure what his tastes exactly are. Does he like women? Men? He can recognize when someone is attractive, female or male, but he's not actually attracted to anyone. Maybe he's narcissistic. His narrow eyes snap back to her face, where they belong, when she opens her mouth to speak again.

"It's the phone Sesshomaru-sama."

"Is it Kagura?" He had called the older woman at about 7:00 pm before he sat down to eat dinner. He was going to invite her over to enact his plan to "win over" the under lords.

"No it's Kazuna-sama."

"Hn…I'm coming. Rin before you leave." He adds on catching her mid-twirl. "There is a young boy upstairs in the small guest room. Bring him down here after you and everyone else finish dinner and serve him the leftovers."

"Uh, yes my lord." The puzzled look on her already ditzy features gives her a comical idiot expression which he finds a little amusing and a little more annoying. After she bows sloppily she dashes to the kitchen and he meanders hesitantly into the living room where he picks up his classic turn-dial phone.

"Mother."

"Ah Sesshomaru, my darling, how good it is to hear from you." Her voice is full with exaggerated care and she sounds like a typical mother but there's something in her voice that is just as chilling as the Yakuza lord's own monotone blunt tone.

"What do you want? Don't waste my time."

"Uh! How rude, why do I have to want something to speak to my own son? You really should call your mama more often. You'd think after suffering a lost, you would have some new found respect and affection for mama. You should cherish your remaining parent, ne? Hahahaha!"

So this is about his father's death. He realizes and resists every urge he has to hang up. "What do you want I said?"

"Oh dear, I just wanted to make sure that you were okay after losing daddy."

His fist clench so hard he can feel his nails dig into the soft flesh in his palm. "Do not be ridiculous, I could care less."

"Good boy. And what about his little brat? He's not with you is he?"

"…"

"Sesshomaru?" All humor and teasing leaves her voice at his lack of response. "You can't honestly have that little pathetic thing there, right?"

"…"

"You answer me right now!"

"Do not order me around." His eyes narrow into dangerous slits as he glares at the portrait of her hanging over his purple velvet couch set. Her matching silver hair and golden eyes fuel his disgust for her. He looks so much like her it sickens him. She even went as far as to get the same tattoos as him. She said something about support but he knows that it was a childish act to miss him off. "Yes he is here."

"Why? Are you an idiot? Surely it is because you want to kill him right? You're not actually taking care of him right? Because that would be completely pathetic and idiotic on your part. Please tell me I raised no ignorant fool."

"Do not call me unless you are dying mother." The word comes out with so much malice that he matter as well have called her a bitch. "I've told you this before. And what I do is my business and my business alone."

Sesshoma—"

"Goodbye mother." He slams the phone down on the receiver and stalks back into the kitchen/mini dining area. He can see Inuyasha and Rin sitting at the island in the middle of the kitchen. Inuyasha is eating as if he never had a meal in his life and Rin just has her eyebrows raised in surprise. In a matter of seconds the boy is already done with his meal which he is pretty sure was not heated up. "Since you are done you can now return to your room."

The boy nearly jumps out of his skin as he glances over his shoulder with golden eyes framed with red from crying most likely. "U-Uh…Sesshomaru…" At the sudden hardness in the lord's eyes the boy quickly adds on. "Sama! I mean Sesshomaru-sama."

"What?"

"Uh." His head slumps down and his silver hair completely blocks him from view. "Um, d-do I umm h-have to um—"

"Spit it out!"

"Uh! Do I have to go back to my roo—"

"Yes." He interrupts bluntly and he could swear that the broken child was going to start crying right then and there much to his disgust.

"B-But why?" His voice quivers and the Yakuza lord watches with indifference as he bites down on his lower lip to avoid the tears threatening to spill out of his puppy-dog eyes.

"When you are not eating you shall remain in your room at all times."

At this his jaw drops and his eyes look damn near as wide as the empty dinner plate in front of him. "Are you serious? You gotta' be joking!"

"I don't joke."

"Bu—"

"No buts."

"B—"

"Must you be punished again?" Sesshomaru steps closer and glares down at the little look alike in disbelief. This is why he can't feel sorry for people, especially children; they love to push the limits of his patience.

Inuyasha tries to melt into the bar stool and his eyes snap shut but he still shouts out desperately. "CanIatleasttakeabath?!" The words come out rushed so Sesshomaru can hear him out before giving him another smack in the face for speaking out of turn.

"…Hn…" Inuyasha trembles in his seat as his older brother stares at him blankly. The boy's knuckles are pure white from the way he's gripping the edge of his bar stool in fear. "Rin!" He suddenly switches his attention over to the girl who jumps attentively.

"Hai Sesshomaru-sama!"

"Give him a bath."

"Yes sir."

"And when your finished—"

"Master Sesshomaru so sorry to interrupt!" Jaken suddenly enters the room with a low bow.

"You will be if this isn't important."

"H-Hai, Lady Kagura is on the phone for you."

He says nothing and simply dismisses his self from the room and picks up the antique phone once more. "Hello."

"Mushi Mushi Sesshomaru-kun, I'm sorry I missed your call earlier. Is everything alright?"

"Yes everything is fine."

"Oh." She sounds genuinely surprised since she was expecting this to be a business call per usual. "Did everything go well yesterday? I heard Totosai didn't want to pay his protection money. Did everything get settled?"

His grip on the phone tightens and he has to remind his self to stay calm. He hates being seen as someone who can't handle his own business. Who spread this rumor? How foolish he must look to the others. Can't even get protection money from an old man! "Yes everything got settled but Kagura I did not call to talk business."

"Oh?"

"I wanted to invite you to join me for dinner."

"Oh!" He can almost see the scarlet blush that he knows is gracing her sharp features. "Um oh, have you already eaten then?"

"Of course, it is nearly eight o' clock."

"Well umm did you have dessert? I make the most perfect crème brulee. I can bring some over and we can have it with some of my famous hazelnut crème cappuccino."

"Hn…"

"What do you say?" He nearly rolls his eyes at her lack of restraint on her obvious excitement. It's damn near desperate. The thought of him overthrowing Naraku is the only thing that motivates him to say what he says next. He hates sweet and only takes his coffee black.

"I say…I can't think of a more perfect way to spend my precious time."

"Oh Sesshomaru-kun! I'll be there in twenty minutes!" Twenty minutes? She lives about forty-five minutes away and he may not know anything about cooking but doesn't crème brulee take hours to make?

"Looking forward to it." He doesn't wait to hear her meaningless response and quickly hangs up. Instead of returning to the kitchen he chooses to go to his office to sign off on some paper work involving human trafficking that Akago sent him. He'll have to invite him over next to see how he can bribe Naraku's nephew into betraying his own powerful uncle. To his astonishment, thirty minutes later he can hear the sound of his dark doorbell resonating throughout his large home. He doesn't wait for Jaken to fetch him and ends up meeting the servant and Kagura in the breezeway/hallway.

"Oh Sesshomaru-kun." She looks completely flushed and flustered. He wonders briefly to his self how many traffic laws she broke getting here. Her lips are painted ruby red which match her nails and eyes. Her short hair is tied up in a ponytail as usual with her Chinese bangs covering her forehead. She has on a purple, lilac, and white tight fitting kimono that reaches down to her knees. Her matching fan is hanging loosely around her wrist and her hands are clutching onto an oval dish and small thermos. She looks very Japanese burlesque.

"Good evening Kagura-san." He greets with false politeness before bowing slightly at the waist.

Her face burns a brighter red and she giggles slightly before responding. "And a good evening to you Sesshomaru. How are you?"

"Fine, why don't you wait for me in the kitchen?" He motions down the hall with no intentions to start any useless small talk.

"Sure."

He looks at Jaken meaningfully and he jumps with a start and runs after the Yakuza Lady to accommodate her while Sesshomaru finishes up some business. In less than ten minutes he finds his self stalking back towards the kitchen. If the grown man had the power in him to sulk he would be sulking now. An evening with Kagura is in no way his desire. He finds the woman quite annoying but out of all the other bosses he could say that he's the "closest" with her. But that's not really a big accomplishment. When he approaches the wooden door he can hear bubbling laughter coming from said woman which makes him pause for a moment. Jaken isn't funny. Her obnoxious laughter is soon followed by a boyish childlike giggle and his eyes grow wide in realization. When he shoves the door open, sure enough, Inuyasha is sitting across from Kagura at the table. The little boy's hair is big and kind of curly due to his bath and he has on a long sleeve white sweeter that hangs of his right shoulder and flows down right above his knees. They both had been cracking up about something foolish he's sure but when he walked in Inuyasha's smile instantly faltered which made Kagura look over in concern.

"Oh hey Sesshomaru, why didn't you tell me you had a little brother? He's absolutely adorable."

"…"

"Sesshomaru?"

"What…are you doing boy?" His voice is so low that they had to remain still as to not make a sound and miss his question.

"I umm…I-I asked R-Rin-chan if I c-could have s-some milk before I go t-to bed."

"Aw how cute!" Kagura gushes and reaches over to pinch his plump cheek. "Do you know what crème brulee is?"

"Uh uh." Inuyasha finally breaks eye contact with his older brother to shake his head at the friendly lady.

"Well today is your lucky day—"

"No." Sesshomaru interrupts curtly.

"Aw come on Sesshomaru don't be so—"

"I said no!" His bites out harshly which causes her to flinch. His jaw clenches but he adds on in a softer tone. "It is past his bedtime Kagura."

"Oh come on Sesshomaru-kun~. I love kids. He reminds me of my little sister Kana before she passed away."

"…" What is he to say to that? The truth? That he wish he had a fuck to give? No that would definitely harm his chances with her.

"Hey sweet-cheeks, why don't you go get that glass of milk?" She smiles at Inuyasha whose eyes dart back to meet Sesshomaru's steady glare. The Yakuza lord gives a short nod and the boy runs to the fridge excitedly. "Isn't he cute?"

"Fucking adorable." She raises her eyebrow at him as he takes his seat across from her with his back facing the rest of the kitchen so Inuyasha is out of sight. "What were you two talking about?"

"Well he was testing a few jokes on me that he's planning on trying out on you. He said that you two didn't really get off on a good start and he wants to make up for it with humor. Cute, ne?"

"Hn." He mumbles uninterestedly as she takes the plastic wrapping off her white dish. The coffee has already been poured into two cups and there are two small saucers for each of them. She slices three nice sized pieces and slides one over to him along with a teacup filled with coffee. He takes a small bite with his imported French fork and almost chokes in revulsion. He quickly sips his coffee and frowns at the offending cup. The crème brulee taste like something bought cheaply from a grocery store which his superior palate is not accustomed to. And the coffee most definitely tastes like Starbucks.

"Is there something wrong?" She blurts out nervously.

He notices that she had been watching him the whole time and forces his version of a "smile" onto his face. "No of course not. I am just wondering how a woman can excel in every area that she's supposed to. I thought you surely must not be able to cook since you already possess beauty and brains."

"Oh my Sesshomaru." With a flick of her wrist her fan is extended and soon blocking her blushing face from the nose down. "I don't know what to say. I never knew you were such a Casanova."

"Hmm? Hardly. I only speak the truth." He brings the cup up to his lips slowly and takes a slow sip all the while peering over the edge of the rim with his piercing eyes. The steam from the hot drink envelopes his face giving him a look of pure perfection.

"Oh…Kami…"

He parts his lips to speak again but is immediately interrupted by the pitter-patter of small feet and a loud shout.

"I'm back!"

"Hey honey, I was starting to think you got lost." Kagura smiles at the blushing boy.

"I spilled it at first. Heh-heh."

"Hmm, well come sit next to me honey." Inuyasha quickly scrambles into the chair next to her and sets his glass down as she slides his plate over to him. "Here you go."

He wastes no time in stuffing his face. In a few seconds half of the pudding-like substance is gone. "Twis iz gooh!"

"Ha-ha I'm glad you think so." When Kagura looks back to Sesshomaru she is surprised to find him with such a fierce glare on his usually expressionless face. After a few more minutes of idle chit-chat between the grown-ups Inuyasha is finished and waiting for an opening to speak. When Kagura pauses to take a sip from her now lukewarm coffee he takes his chance.

"Sesshomaru-uuuh-sama!"

"Wh-at?" Kagura takes notice of how the man's jaw clenches angrily at the sound of the child's voice.

"What do you call a rat on a ship?" He asks excitedly. The stars are no comparison to the way his amber orbs are shinning. His balled fists are clenched in front of his small chest and he's bouncing in his seat.

"What?" He wasn't really participating in the joke only confused by the boy's ridiculousness.

"A pie-rat! Hahahaahaha." Kagura joins him in his senseless laughter as the brat slaps the table in amusement. After a moment they both quiet down and are met with Sesshomaru's stone blank face. "Err uh…well maybe you heard that one before. Knock-Knock!"

"…"

"Who's there?" Kagura prompts.

"Dewey!"

"Dewey who?!"

"Dewey have to listen to this lame knock-knock joke?!"

"Hahahahaha." They both burst into their senseless laughter again and Sesshomaru can feel the vein pulsating dangerously in his temple.

"Well umm you look really smart maybe you like smart jokes. So…uh what word is pronounced incorrectly?"

"Hmm I have no clue honey, tell me."

"Incorrectly! Duh Miss Kagura!"

"Ohohoho how clever!" She chuckles light-heartedly at his foolishness which makes the Lord want to smack her for amusing the little idiot.

"What month has twenty-eight days?" He continues after glancing at Sesshomaru's still un-amused face.

"Come on Sesshomaru why don't you answer this one?"

"What's the point?"

"Come on he's trying to make you laugh and you're not even participating." She seems really put off by his lack of interest in children so he gives in with a sigh.

"February."

"Nuh uh."

"What?"

"Every month Sesshomaru-sama! Every month has twenty-eight days in it silly!" They both giggle but he only frowns and cuts them off.

"Stop this senseless laughing; it is time for you to go to your room."

"Oh okay." His gold eyes shift to stare down at the floor. He looks completely defeated. His head snaps up almost as sudden as it drooped and he can see the wide grin on his face. "Just let me wash my glass first."

"Whatever make it quick." Inuyasha jumps up and runs back towards the sink and Sesshomaru closes his eyes in agitation.

"Sesshomaru why are you so mean to such a cute little kid? He was trying so hard to make you laugh."

"I don't have time for foolishness."

"But you could at least—"

"Drop it Kagura. The matter does not concern you."

"Fine…I think it is time for me to go…"

"I'll see you out then—"

"Surprise!" Kagura laughs and covers her ruby mouth as Inuyasha launches his self onto Sesshomaru's back and covers the lord's eyes with his hands which are covered in sudsy bubbles from the sink. Inuyasha giggles lightly and expects his older brother to turn around and they'd commence a water/bubbles fight just like how he and his parents would have done at home. But instead he's faced with the most livid look he's seen in all his young life. He's never seen Sesshomaru so red. Thirty seconds pass by in absolute silence save for Inuyasha's shaky breathing due to his trembling.

"…Kagura I apologize but you are going to have to escort yourself out." His cool calm low voice is a big contradiction to the look on his face.

"Ah…okay good night both of you." She seems hesitant to leave but what can she do? Soon she's traveling down the hallway and they can hear the open and close of the front door.

"I'm s-s-s-so sorry." Inuyasha immediately begins apologizing. He almost drops to his knees in desperation. "I-I thought y-y-ou would l-laugh-Eeeep!" His yell comes out as a pained squeal as Sesshomaru's hand reaches out and latches onto his sensitive ear. He drags him down the hall wordlessly and completely ignores his cries for help and forgiveness. By the time he forces him upstairs and throws him into the room Inuyasha is a sniveling mess.

"Don't move." With that the Yakuza lord is gone. Inuyasha scrambles for his safety place under the desk and curls into the fetal position in attempt to comfort his self. When Sesshomaru comes back he can hear the boy muttering.

"Mom, I want my mom. Dad why did you send me away? Please come save me! What did I do?"

"Shut up and come here." Sesshomaru interrupts the boy's blubbering and stands in the middle of the room expectantly.

"P-Please I'm sorr—"

"NOW!" Inuyasha jumps so violently that his head knocks against the desk and he trembles out rubbing the back of his head. "Here." Sesshomaru's voice is back to an icy chill as his slender index finger extends to point directly in front of him. The lord actually remains patient as the boy inches towards him. When he's directly in front of him Sesshomaru moves the arm that was behind his back to reveal a large wooden paddle in his iron grip. Inuyasha's eyes widen and he turns to run but Sesshomaru's spare hand latches onto his tiny arm. "Now what did I say to you when you finished eating?"

"T-To go b-b-back t-to my r-room." He has to speak in shaky spurts of breath due to his heavy sobbing.

"Mm hmm, and what did you do?"

"Please! I-I'm sorry!"

"WHAT did you do?" His grip tightens painfully and Inuyasha collapses onto his knees and bawling becomes hysterical.

"I didn't stay in my room!" He screams out in fright.

"Mm hmm, and on top of everything you got in the way, which means you broke a rule, and you humiliated This Sesshomaru."

"I'm so sorry, it won't happen again."

"Oh I know it won't." He pulls the boy off the floor effortlessly and pushes him against the desk. "Bend over."

"Please no!"

"Bend over or you'll get a lot worse than this!" Inuyasha can barely see through his blur of tears as he leans over the desk. "Hands palm down on the desk." He does as told and the lord pulls up the oversized shirt, revealing long hairless legs. His hand twitches in anticipation when he pulls the boy's boxers down his small hips earning a small whimper from the younger sibling. He loved the whimper much to his surprise. He wants to hear more of it. His plum tan bottom is just begging for his wrath. "Count to ten and if you fuck up we start all over, understood?" Inuyasha is beyond words at this point and simply shakes his head. Sesshomaru's grip on the paddle tightens and he places his other hand on the small of the boy's back. He brings his arm up and brings it down with tremendous force. A very loud and clear SMACK! resounds around the room and Inuyasha remains completely silent. He now understands what it means to be in so much pain that your voice gets caught in your throat. "Hey start counting." SMACK!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH ONE!" There's his voice. SMACK!

"TWOOOOO!"

SMACK!

"T-THREE!"

SMACK!

"FOUR!"

SMACK!

"FIVE AAAAAAAAH FIVE!" So much pain, unbelievable pain. His sight is completely blurry from the overwhelming soreness. He can't even register each new shock of pain because it's all running into one big mesh of agony.

SMACK!

"SEVEN!"

SMACK!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH EIGHT! EIGHT! EIGHT!"

SMACK!

"NIIIIIINE!"

SMACK!

"TEN! TEN! TEN FOR KAMI'S SAKE! TEN!"

"Hmm what a good boy." Sesshomaru purrs quietly. His cold fingers travels up the small broken body to intertwine in matching silver locks. His fingers work out some of the tangles affectionately as Inuyasha keeps his face pressed against the cool wooden desk. His face is red and blank and his breath is coming out in steady pants. A pool of drool had collected around his gaping mouth. "Too bad we have to do it again, hmm?"

"W-wh-what?" His voice is hoarse from screaming his heart out and comes out in an incredulous whimper.

"You miscounted. You went from five to seven."

"…"

"Sit back up."

"P-Please…don't…don't do t-this."

"Sit up!" Sesshomaru's hand tightens on a full clump hair before yanking violently. Inuyasha rests his body weight on his elbows and the first hit makes him collapse back down. SMACK!

"O-O-ONE!" Nine smacks later Inuyasha finds his self curled up on the floor. His butt is terrifyingly crimson red and is one smack away from bleeding. His face is completely blank and he's quiet now. He doesn't even feel pain anymore; just numbness.

"Let this be a lesson brat. What I say goes." Sesshomaru tosses the paddle next to him and takes his leave. When he leaves the room a frown graces his harsh features. At first he was enjoying his self. He'll admit that he's a bit sadistic and the sight of his little brother like that was quite…interesting but towards the end he was no longer amused. Not because of the pain he was causing but because of the look on the young boy's face. It kind of stirred something in him…guilt? Of course not. That's ridiculous. But something does feel strange. Before he could ponder his feelings any longer Jaken suddenly comes running down the dark corridor.

"Lord Sesshomaru perfect timing! Akago is on the phone for you." How odd. He ignores the imp and stalks down the stairs and into his well-decorated European living room. "Hello."

"Sorry to be calling you so late Sesshomaru-senpai, I'm sure you must be busy with handling your old people and money issues."

His voice is ridiculously childish but he decides that he's lost his temper enough for the day and remains calm. "What can I do for you Akago?" He refuses to use any proper honorific for the little sixteen year old brat.

"Kagura-chan told me about you two's little get together. I didn't know you were the dating type, good for you. Everyone needs someone; I guess even the likes of you."

"Is this what you called me for? If I had been asleep we would have had some serious problems you little bitc—"

"Of course that's not why I called." The white-pink haired boy interrupts with a smile evident in his voice. "Unlike you, I have real work to handle; therefore, I am a busy person."

"So what the fu-… what do you want?"

"I heard that you have a little brother."

"And?" His fine brow arches curiously and he mentally curses Kagura for her big mouth.

"How old is he?"

"Nine or ten. Something like that."

"Perfect."

"You better start making some sense Aka—"

"I want him."

"…"

"Yes you heard me correctly." He continues, answering the silver-haired lord's unasked question. "I. Want. The. Boy."

Author's Note: Okay I promise that the next chapters will be happier but the beginning is sad get over it lol. But anyway please review, I'll love yah' for it and update much quicker next time. Thanks for reading : )