How to Train an Inu-Prince

Chapter 3

A little while earlier…

Inuyasha glowered at the ebony haired man across from him; golden eyes alight with a smothering fury. How dare this bastard sit across from him all high and mighty calling himself his "guard" as if he did not know he was really just a babysitter sent to make sure he was bored out of his mind at all times? He was funny looking too, his hair looked like it could not make up its mind between curls and being straight. He had stupid eyes too, yeah they were a really enchanting color but they were stupid just because they were his. Sure… he was mildly handsome in this dark and serious kind of way but…he was still a stupid prick.

"Why do you stare at me so?" The voice was slightly deep in its tone and didn't really seem to fit such a youthful face.

Inuyasha glared more before scowling and turning his head away in youthful revolt.

Naraku smirked and folded his arms continuing to look at his new ward across from him in the carriage taking them to their destination. Lord Inutaishou had gone ahead, having taken to the sky as if flying was something every day and ordinary. They were left to the carriage, a chance to get to know one another Lord Inutaishou had pointed out. Of course things were dead silent and hostile as the boy glared daggers at him. To think Lord Inutaishou had a half breed son, a secret well kept it seemed, the Lord did indeed have many enemies who would jump at the chance to end the life of his son. Many knew of Lord Sesshomaru, but none knew of Lord Inuyasha… well the youth had not earned the title of a Lord nor would many respect him because of half human blood… Funny, they had something highly unlikely in common.

"You can glare at me all you like you know, it won't change a thing. I'm here to keep you safe and you look like you're able to be snapped like a twig so I'm guessing I'll have my work cut out for me." Naraku could do nothing but grin in triumph as Inuyasha angrily whipped his head around. He knew that would have gotten a rise out of him if nothing else did.

"You stupid bastard, you're the scrawny one, you have the nerve to say that to me, I'll kick your ass!"

"Rash, hot headed, and scrawny, I'm definitely going to be busy." There was a string of swears from Inuyasha causing Naraku to chuckle and smirk in a condescending manner. "Poor with speech as well, what a disgrace you must be to your father."

Naraku realized that would have been the thing to set the firecracker off but he did not know the idiot would lounge himself at him, in an already rocking carriage obviously passing over unstable ground. One moment he was smirking into the irate red face of his new ward and the next he was wrestling around in a moving carriage to avoid having his face clawed off. Pinning the youth was slightly harder then he'd expected, seemed the boy was not as useless as he looked.

Heaving over Inuyasha, both sprawled on the floor as he pinned him by the wrist, he smirked. "Feisty aren't you?" That earned him a noise close to a snarl and all teeth were bared at him; he'd have to remember that getting bit by this ill-tempered boy was not on his to do list. "I'd suggest you not try that again, it's obvious which one of us has the better skills seeing as I am your guard, so why don't you just be a good boy and behave."

Inuyasha emitted an angry snarling sound and glared up at Naraku, "and why don't you tell me how this feels!" He'd managed to free one leg and had brought it up; aiming for Naraku's abdomen but Inuyasha never was quite good at calculations. One moment Naraku was smirking the next there was a foul curse escaping his lips as his eyes widened and then abruptly closed upon the blow to his most sensitive area.

Naraku hissed out in pain and fell back causing the carriage to lurch in that general direction. Triumphant, Inuyasha decided to kick a horse while it was down and moved to stand over Naraku and cackle. "You were saying you arrogant ass-"

Naraku may have been in pain but that did not mean he was letting the brat get away with such a low blow. He'd almost felt bad for having to be sent out on such a mission once he saw how much the Lord obviously loved his son, but it was official that he would be hating this annoying brat. Sweeping out his legs, he knocked the gloating boy off his feet. Inuyasha was supposed to fall backwards but hardheaded as always, he came tumbling forward, crashing down on Naraku causing the entire carriage to lurch to the right. There was nothing but loud neighs as the horses protested and the carriage went crashing onto its side.

Inuyasha grabbed for the nearest thing out of reflex which was unfortunately Naraku, they fell in a tumbled heap once the carriage had made its stop on its side. The door was flung open as their driver stared down at them obviously wondering what had happened. His mouth was poised open about to emit the obvious questions when he took in the tangled position of the two males and their disheveled look. His eyes widened and his mouth shut as he closed the door and walked away to tend to the startled horses.

Both demons were glaring at each other, not realizing just how tangled they were. It was Naraku who noticed how one of Inuyasha's thighs was poised between his crooked legs, the other thrown over one of his own. His hand was sitting in a pool of silvery hair and a part of Inuyasha's clothing had slipped off his shoulder revealing a perfectly pale shoulder. Inuyasha, squirming to free himself from their tangled mess, was oblivious to this awkward situation.

"Can you please stop moving like that?" Naraku's face was beat red as he growled out the words.

Inuyasha glared at him. "What the hell am I supposed to stay like this so we can fucking cuddle, get the hell off me!" He'd managed to unravel his hair which had caught around Naraku's hand and was now crawling out the carriage over Naraku. "And don't go getting excited down there either."

Naraku growled in annoyance, rolling around so that he could push himself up and out of the overturned carriage. The driver of the carriage had managed to free and right the horses that were still agitated and jumpy. "Do you see what you did," Naraku growled as he dusted off his clothing, glaring over at the stretching youth.

"Oh shut up and look." Inuyasha was pointing off over a bridge at a huge fortress jetting out from the land.

Naraku's head lifted and he eyed their destination, the irony of the situation not escaping him. "It seems we're here."

"No shit asshole." Inuyasha rolled his eyes and cracked his neck and began walking over the semi long bridge. "No thanks to you."

Naraku waited a moment, cooling his temper, knowing that it only be a matter of time before he had the boy beneath him, begging for his life.

ooOOOooOOOoo

This place was stupid, Inuyasha thought as he trailed after his father and dark haired man with the ponytail, deep voice, sporting an impressive beard, Naraku a few feet behind him. Inuyasha was tempted to wait til he got closer and stick out his foot and trip him.

Genji, the School's Headmaster or whatever he was called, lead them through the entire vast space they called the Demon Training School, pointing out various features that Inuyasha probably should have been paying attention to but was not. He was far too busy glaring at all the eyes that had turned their way, what was their problem, had they never seen a prince before… probably not as grand as he, he thought smiling with pure cockiness.

"And what are you smiling about son?"

Inuyasha glanced up at his father, blinking in confusion… smiling… oh! He dropped his self-assured grin and but back on his perfectly pouting face. "Nothing."

His father raised a brow and turned back to Lord Genji. "Tell me, what are these games I keep hearing about? Have we come at a bad time?"

"Actually," Lord Genji turned, his gray eyes narrowing and his mouth frowning slightly. "That's the problem, the games are a way for us to test who has made the most progress during the season and reward them accordingly. It's a battle of skills you could say, we make teams based on strengths and weaknesses. The members here have been training the entire season for this event and to throw Inuyasha in would be a bit unfair-"

"I agree completely! It's unfair; I'd be at an extreme disadvantage father." That was the greatest news Inuyasha had heard all week, no way would his father just throw him into some crazy battle games without any prior skills or…

"I see no problems!" Lord Inutaishou called out jovially and patted his son heartily on the back. "For all the trouble he's caused, I think it'd be a great to show him why taking training seriously is important."

Lord Genji blinked in confusion, wondering just what the boy had done that was so terrible that his father would throw him into something that was about to imitate war. "Ah but it would be highly unfair to put Inuyasha in a group if he doesn't have much to contribute."

Lord Inutaishou turned to his longtime friend and gave him a knowing smile. "I'm sure there is something that can be arranged."

Genji could not help put crack a smile in return and shook his head. "Anything for such a great Daiyoukai."

Inuyasha's eyes widened, this was really going to happen… he was really going to be left here… in the midst of trained, rowdy, and competitive demons who most likely had the same prejudice towards him as many of his kind. He could feel eyes on him and he glanced back, glaring at Naraku who he caught giving him an amused look. Just wait until they were alone, he thought, he wouldn't have anything to smirk about then.

"Great!" He heard his father's booming voice practically sing out as if getting rid of him was the best thing he'd heard in moons.

He would miss him, Inuyasha thought gloating in his head, the castle would be boring and quiet and he would have no one to distract him from all that boring work, he would constantly have less things to do because he wouldn't be there to break things. He would miss him alright!

"Then you should be able to handle everything from here. I cannot stay long unfortunately other matters to attend to that I should not have had to be pulled away from in the first place." He gave his son a look and shook his head. "I trust when Inuyasha is returned to me, some of the childish boy in him will have left and a sense of respect and knowledge will take its place."

All three of the remaining males watched the great Demon Lord stroll back in the direction they had all came and Genji glanced at the young prince who still had a dumbfounded look on his face… or was that his normal expression. Either way when the boy looked at him with confusion he could not help the amusement building up inside of him. He wondered if he should be the bridge that joined the two unknowing half siblings, or if he should let fate take its course…

ooOOOooOOOoo

They were told to go out and explore the wide expanse of grounds called the Training Academy. Inuyasha had insisted, begged actually, for Naraku to leave him alone for a while but no, the irritating bastard had insisted that if left alone he might get lost and start to cry. That had earned him an attempted punch in the jaw, a failed attempt, which just caused Inuyasha to storm off in a random direction.

Trailed by Naraku of about a good five feet, Inuyasha went exploring, wondering what this hell hole had in store for him. So far all he noticed was a bunch of different kinds of demons sparring, some were doing exercises, and some were just lazing about. Walking with his head turned, Inuyasha was paying no attention to what was ahead of him and collided with someone's back. Having been engrossed in the scene in front of him, it took him a minute to register what had happened and he opened his mouth to apologize but was rather rudely cut off.

"You should watch where you are going."

A male, a bit taller than him, turned with a glare on his face, light colored eyes narrowed with annoyance.

Inuyasha narrowed his silvery eyes as well folding his arms and tilting his head in a haughty manner. "Maybe you should watch where you're standing; it is in the middle of a path obviously meant for walking." He smirked at the angry expression that came over the other male's face, proud of himself for that comeback.

"What did you just say brat?" The male, slightly taller than him had about the same build if not a bit more muscular with piercing blue eyes and a dark, chocolate brown hair that matched the fur he wore on various limbs. "You got a bone to pick with me runt? You must be new I haven't seen a pretty boy like you around here with that funny colored hair."

Inuyasha touched his hair and scowled. "There ain't nothing funny about my hair, unlike yours which looks like it hasn't been washed in days!"

"It hasn't," he said smirking, "us pretty boys like to smell like men not like," he leaned closer and sniffed at Inuyasha, "like a field of flowers."

A blush came to his milky skin and he bared his teeth at the insubordinate smelly wolf demon, he could tell by his look and the looks of the pack he had around him that, they were wolf demons and self-righteous ones at that. He was about to give him a big piece of his mind filled with ever foul word he could think of, but the sound of a bell chimed throughout the piece of land which attracted everyone's attention.

"Tch come one guys it's time for the announcement about the Games, we don't have to stay and entertain princess here."

Inuyasha could not even utter his first word before the head of the pack was off with some impressive skill. He muttered some curses behind then before attempting to stomp off in the opposite direction.

"Where are you going?"

He'd completely forgotten about Naraku.

"None of your business, why are you still here anyways what is your point to just stand there and take up good air? Go away."

"Do you listen to anything other than yourself? They just spoke of these games that you are going to be thrust into soon enough. Don't you think that the logical choice is to go and investigate?"

Inuyasha glared at him, irritation coming off of him in waves. "I know that! I know what I am doing; I was just going to get there on another path."

Naraku smirked and folded his arms, "How about we just follow them since we are not familiar with the grounds… again just another logical solution."

Inuyasha growled in frustration, frustrated with his baby-sitter, frustrated with the people here, frustrated with how crap this entire day had been and would probably only get worst. He began to trudge off in the direction of the other males, following their stinky scent since they had long disappeared over a sloping hill.

"Good girl Princess." He heard Naraku murmur behind him and it took everything he had not to turn around and beat him to the ground.

ooOOOooOOOoo

The crowd was large, Inuyasha had noticed that there were many demons thrown about this place but he didn't quite register that there were this many. They were all huddled together in a group, murmuring about something up ahead. He couldn't see over the large demons that collected in the back, so tall they were the size of a small tree. The thought gave him an idea. He eyed a large tree with dropping limbs that offered a nice, hidden perch. He had wandered off from Naraku the moment they had reached the large crowed and now he was free to do as he pleased. If he couldn't see he'd find him a perch where he could.

Climbing the tree with a practiced stealth learned from years of needing a hiding place, he situated himself on a sturdy branch, also having learned what could and couldn't support his weight. He was thankful for his skillful hearing because there was so much chatter the head of the Academy could hardly be heard from the distance.

"As I was saying, the Games are the final test for those students nearing the end of their time here. It decides if you are ready to leave or midst with new skills that will make you strong successful demons."

Inuyasha was already bored, and that was not saying much since his attention span was about as long as his claws. What was that man yammering about? Yeah, yeah the games and all that other none sense, what was so interesting about any of this? The crowd seemed to be thinking the same thing, they were peering more so at something blocked from his view then at the man speaking.

"I see many of you have taken a keen interest in one of our new Participants in the Games, he is new to our staff and you will hear more about Lord Sesshomaru in a moment. I know it pains you but if I could have your attention for just a bit longer," Genji said with a chuckle.

Lord Sesshomaru? Who was that, Inuyasha couldn't see but he was just as interested, what made him so intriguing to all the students. He swooped down to a lower branch, attempting to get a peek, no remembering to test and see if his weight would hold. Of course the loud crack and the pursuing noises of something crashing down from above gave all the indication that no, that branch was not a fan of his weight.

Inuyasha cursed as he landed expertly on his bum, his hair now a tangled heap littered with leaves and twigs. He shook the silvery white curtain from his eyes, realizing that everyone was now staring at him with quizzical amusement. Well… he was always one to make an entrance wasn't he?

He found himself at peering down at two fancily clad feet, the style of dress rather odd in his opinion as his eyes traveled up and he took in the armor and the furry contraption tangled around it. That wasn't what caught his attention however; he was torn between looking into eyes nearly the same golden hue as his, and glancing at flawless hair that was a color purer than snow yet shined with a tint of ethereal blue to it… Or it could be the fact that he was looking at a near mirror image of his father!

Another of their kind… was that possible, he hadn't heard of many more of his breed after the Great War. Yet here was someone right in front of him. He was not the only one with a mildly shocked expression on his face. The other demon was giving him a quizzical look as if he could not quite register in his mind what he was staring at. He didn't look all that happy about it either.

"Ah, Lord Inuyasha, it was nice of you to drop in." He glanced up at Lord Genji who had come over with a more than amused look upon his ageing face. "Meet Lord Sesshomaru, Lord Sesshomaru, meet Inuyasha."

Lord Sesshomaru as he was called gave Genji a look that would have sent many scurrying and turned back to stare at Inuyasha. "Genji explain, what is the meaning of this?"

A/N: You thought that was Sesshomaru he bumped into didn't you ;D. Yeah so life got HECTIC and I know this is like a month late and I'm sooo sorry! It won't happen again but work kills me e.e.