4 Nov 2018 Inuvember challenge

Prompt: InuFamily

Inuyasha leaned back in his favorite tree and sighed deeply. Tonight the Inu gang had gathered for a big meal and all the members started telling various tales of family meals. He even had a fleeting moment of imagining a shared meal with Sesshomaru but that fantasy fled fast. He shivered from the thought.

Kagome had indicated that it could be fun to eat with her family. Come to think of it, the meals he had eaten there were nice. He had to admit his attention was on the steak though. How he loved a good piece of steak. He caught himself almost drool thinking about it. Wonder if his dad liked steak...Bet Sesshomaru does... Those were the last thoughts he had as he dropped off to sleep.

Next thing Inuyasha saw was an image of a castle courtyard with a large BBQ pit and a rotating spit with some meat on it. It smelled wonderful. There were many dog demons and half-demons talking and laughing as small children ran amongst their individual conversation groups. The atmosphere was jubilant and light.

A ball flew by his head, followed by a small white dog that was airborne chasing it.

"Sorry Grandpa," he heard a voice call out.

Turning he saw two children who were six and eight years old running toward him. They were out of breath from running and as soon as they were close to him they bowed and apologized again.

"No sweat," he heard himself reply. "But you'd better get the pup out of your Grandma's flower beds before she sees it."

"Right away, and Thanks, Grandpa. Love you!" They yelled as they chased after the transforming toddler.

"By the way, that's a mean trick to pull on your baby brother," he yelled after them.

"Yes Sir," their response was muffled as they got further away.

"Uncle Yasha, Give them a break. It's nothing like what we did to our kid brothers," said two Sesshomaru-look-a-likes as they walked into his vision. Before him stood two 20's year old men with short white hair and puppy years. His equal in height, they did not yet have the developed musculature that defined Inuyasha. They did look exactly alike.

"Boys, if memory serves your mother gave you a tongue-lashing that even worried your father."

"Oh. Yeah.. Kinda blocked that memory." The two flushed slightly and then began looking around to see who was near by. Unlucky for them, their mother was standing directly behind them with her hands on her hips.

"Hi Mom! Love you Mom! Gotta run! Going to help the cousins with babysitting duty!" And they raced after the other children.

As soon as the young adults were gone out of range, Inuyasha and Rin started laughing. The joyful noise brought their spouses to their side. Kagome held Inuyasha's hand while Sesshomaru smiled at his beloved Rin and wrapped his arm around her waist. He smiled at his brother.

"It's good to get the family together to eat and play. We must do it as often as possible. Right Little Brother?!"

Inuyasha jerked awake and nearly fell from the tree.

"What was that!" He muttered to himself as he jumped out of the tree and walked back to Kaede's house, shaking his head periodically along the way as he tried to clear his head of the strange dream. It was a weird dream but he did like the name "Grandpa". A small smile graced his face as he walked back in Kaede's cabin. "Hey Kagome. Do you like growing flowers? Just curious."