I don't own InuYasha, Sesshomaru, or any other cannon characters. The only ones I own are my OC's.

Chapter 3: Puppy dog tails

Kazuhiko watched his litter as he escorted them out of the den and into the large clearing he was using for his lesson. He chucked at the irony of the lesson. Normally, pups would be taught how to take humanoid form at this age, not the other way around. But because these pups had been birthed in this form, they would need to learn to transform into their true forms.

It had been 8 years since they were born, but due to the aging of Youkai, a human would mistake them for six year olds. The boys were very close, and loved to play fight, and were very protective of their sisters already. The girls were very intelligent, and loved to play tricks on their brothers, not that the boys had ever found out. They had always thought it was bad luck or each other. The girls really were to cleaver for them.

And now today he would get to see what his beautiful children really looked like.

Tsukiko and Yuriko walked behind their brothers and mama, in front of their papa, whispering. They hadn't been told what today's lesson was going to be, but their papa seemed to be in a very good mood about it.

As they entered a large clearing, their mama stood to the side, but urged them to keep going. Once they were in the centre, their papa told them to stop. They all turned around and stared at their papa, wondering what it was they were doing here.

"Today, you my pups, will be learning how to transform into your true forms."

All the pups sat on the ground, their heads hurting. Their papa had spend the last two hours explaining how the transformation worked, how to do it, and giving them instructions on what to do once they had transformed. Their heads really, really did hurt now.

Kazuhiko watched his pups for a few more moments, before turning to walk away. They all looked up in confusion. Then they felt it. Their father's yoki started to swirl around him, strong enough to become visible. His yoki was dark, like black mist, with teal streaks running through it. As the pups stared at their papa with fear and awe, his eyes bled red, and he growled as his face begun to elongate.

They watched as their papa was consumed in a black energy, that looked somewhere between flames and mist. When it died down, a large sleek black dog was in his place. The massive beast was massive, much bigger than anything the pups had ever seen. He walked over to them, winning softly to them, to sooth their fear. This would have been so much easier the other way around.

The pups looked up at their papa standing over them in awe. They had known he didn't really look like they saw him every day, but he was huge! He started to nose one of the young dogs, Tetsuya, who stood up. Their papa nosed him until he was far enough away, then barked.

Tetsuya gulped, then nodded. He began trying to extend his yoki, building up the energy needed to transform. After a good ten minutes, he had built up enough, and was consumed in the black and teal flame-mist like their papa had been.

When he came out, he was actually smaller than before. A big black puppy, with floppy ears, a long (way to long) fluffy tail, and a little pair of wings was in his place. He was basically a large fuzz ball too. His bronze eyes looked up at his papa, and he barked. The others all fell over laughing, he looked way to cute!

One by one they all transformed. Yourushi was another black puppy, with more fuzz on top than on his sides, a pair of shiny black horns on his head, and long teal stripes just like his father's under his eyes. Susumu looked like a fluffy baby dragon, but far more stocky that the usual eastern types. His long serpentine tail has six little stubs along it, and he had a tiny pair of horns on his head, much smaller than Tetsuya's. Yuriko looked like a petite puppy, her little ears standing upright on her head, a short tail, and long legs. She also had wings like Tetsuya. And last was Tsukiko.

As she emerged from her black and red flame-mist, her mama looked at her with starts in her eyes. This pup had taken after her the most, had more dragon in her than dog. Her long legs and body shape were more dog like, yes, but instead being mostly fluffy like her siblings, this one had beautiful pearly black scales, as well as a jet black mane and a ridiculously fluffy long tail. Her little wings were like her sisters and brother's, but larger already. Two tiny horns were upon her head, and her stiffer, but still fluffy, ears pointed backwards, flicking occasionally. Under her eyes, three red stripes, just like her mama's, pointed towards her jaw.

Kazuhiko and Selene watched their brood play in their true forms, full of pride. They were all perfect blends of Inu and Ryuu, each unique, and each would have special skills and abilities they would bring to the clan. They were the future, their happiness and love all in bundles of fluff and scales. They would love their children for as long as they lived.

If only they had of known how short that would be.

I'm so evil :3 Cliffie!, cliffie! :3

I drew adult versions of all the pups, if I can beg mum to let me borrow her scanner tomorrow, I'll put them on DA.

And I beat you this time KursedFire Couldn't review before I updated :P