Inu-yasha growled as he shut the window. "Are the new neighbors gonna shut-up all that noise now ?" asked Sesshomaru. "Not for a while, man I hate humans" said Inu-yasha. "Liar, you like that human girl Kagome" said Sesshomaru. "Oh yeah, that's right !" said Inu-yasha suddenly.
Serenity, who was sitting on the shelf near the window, watched their new neighbors. There seemed to be a mother and a father. But they looked unordinary. The woman was holding a sharp ninja sword in both hands, and the man had a chain sickle.
But they weren't fighting one another, they seemed to be fighting their son ! A young boy, no older than 6, was fighting off his parents. "Strange family" said Sesshomaru. "Yeah, what kinds of parents fight their kids ?" asked Inu-yasha. "Who knows" said Sesshomaru. Serenity just watching, fascinated by the techniques the boy was using.
(The next afternoon)
"Mom and Dad are out again ! It's like they had Serenity just to give us a reason to stay home !" cried Sesshomaru. "Well, it's gonna be one of those days when nothing interesting happens" said Inu-yasha. There was a loud knock on the door. Inu-yasha opened it and starred at who it was. "Hiya neighbor !" said a boy.
He had medium length blue hair, and wore a blue shirt which was covered by light blue overalls. But the thing that really made this boy stand out was that he was wearing a pair of thick, swirly-framed glasses, so think you couldn't tell what color his eyes were. "Who are you ?" asked Sesshomaru. "Im Honto Neotaki ! Me and my family moved in next door, so I came to say hello" said the boy.
"Honto ? That's a funny name" said Inu-yasha. "So what, I like it" said Honto. "What's with you and the color blue ?" asked Sesshomaru. "I don't know, my favorite color is really green" said Honto with a laugh. Serenity looked up at Honto and started to laugh, rather loudly. "What's so funny ? Did I say something funny ?" asked Honto. Inu-yasha and Sesshomaru began to laugh as well.
"What's so funny ! I wanna laugh too !" cried Honto. "It's you ! We're laughing at you !" laughed Inu-yasha. "Why me ? What'd I do ?" asked Honto. "It's your glasses ! You look like that boy Melvin from Sailor Moon !" laughed Sesshomaru. Honto growled at the comment, it wasn't very new to him. "Stop laughing at me, it's not funny ! Well, I admit it is kinda funny, but not that funny !" said Honto.
Serenity stopped laughing and noticed Honto was holding something in his arms. "At least you stopped, what's your name little girl ?" asked Honto. Serenity just started talking a bunch of baby gibberish that Honto couldn't understand. "Okay...well, I want you to meet someone" said Honto as he poked at the blankets he had in his arms. A small girl then came out of the blankets.
Like Honto, she had blue hair, but it was longer. She had green eyes and was dressed in a white and blue kimono. "This is my little sister Hajime" said Honto. Inu-yasha and Sesshomaru stopped laughing at looked at Hajime. "Aww, she's kinda cute" said Sesshomaru. Serenity growled, jealously.
Hajime smiled and bit onto the fluffy thing on Sesshomaru's shoulder. "Hey ! That's not for eating, spit it out !" yelled Sesshomaru. Hajime stopped biting the fluff, then she looked at Serenity. "Hey, I think she wants to be with Serenity" said Inu-yasha. Honto set Hajime on the floor with Serenity. "Hey, is it alright if we stay for the night ? Its part of my mom and dad's idea of 'becoming a man'" said Honto.
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard" said Sesshomaru. "I know, my parents are kinda strange" said Honto. "Then you can stay, our mom and dad wont mind" said Inu-yasha. While they were talking, Hajime hit Serenity over the head, rather hard. "Waaahhhhh !" cried Serenity. "What's wrong Serenity-chan ?" asked Sesshomaru as he picked Serenity up. Serenity sniffled and pointed to Hajime. "Hajime-chan, did you hit Serenity ?" asked Honto a bit sternly. Hajime shook her head. "Serenity, it's not right to blame people for nothing" scolded Sesshomaru. Serenity pouted and lowered her head.
(Later that afternoon)
Honto placed Hajime into Serenity's crib and covered her in a blanket. "You're gonna have to take a nap in here with Serenity, Hajime" said Honto. Hajime just nodded. When Honto walked off, Hajime took out her toy rattle and crawled over to Serenity.
Serenity let out a tiny squeak from seeing the grin on Hajime's face. Hajime then started whapping Serenity on her head with her rattle repeatedly. Serenity cried out each time the rattle hit her head. Hajime then said what may have been her first word, "Again !"
Honto came in again and saw what was happening. "Hajime ! That's not very nice !" scolded Honto. Hajime then threw her rattle at Honto's head with perfect accuracy. "Oww ! What'd you do that for ?" Honto yelled. Hajime pointed at him and laughed. "Again !" she squeaked. Honto lowered his glasses and starred at Hajime. "Did...you just talk ?" he asked. "Again ! Again !" cried Hajime cutely. "My baby sister can talk ! Im so happy !" cheered Honto as he picked Hajime up and held her tightly. Serenity just sweat-dropped at the whole scene. She was a demon ! Well, half one, and a human was already talking before her; Serenity didn't like this at all.
(Later)
"No kidding ? You mean Hajime-chan spoke ?" asked Sesshomaru. "Yep, she sure did !" said Honto, who was getting repeatedly whapped on the head by Hajime's rattle. "Again !" said Hajime. "Ow, quit it !" shouted Honto. Hajime just kept hitting him. "Ow, quit it ! Ow, quit it !" Honto kept repeating. "I'll get her to stop" thought Serenity as she threw her bottle of milk at Hajime.
Hajime saw it coming and pulled Honto's hair, making his head come into the way of the bottle. He was struck in the face and fell over, his glasses coming off, showing his swirly eyes. Hajime laughed and cheered, "Again !"
Sesshomaru and Inu-yasha laughed at the scene before them. Serenity was mentally cursing herself out for missing her target. Hajime had crawled over to the knocked-out Honto and starting hitting him on the head again.
(That night)
Sesshomaru, Inu-yasha, and Honto groaned. Hajime and Serenity had been crying for what seemed like forever. "Make them stop !" cried Inu-yasha. "I've killed things that haven't complained this much !" shouted Honto. "They're hungry, we just have to get them some milk" said Sesshomaru, logically.
"Ohh, right !" said Honto and Inu-yasha. "My god, they are such idiots" thought Sesshomaru. When the big brother trio left the room, Hajime stopped crying and faced Serenity. Serenity halted her tears and glared at Hajime. Hajime glared back, somewhat grinning. Serenity started talking babyish to Hajime and she responded.
(The translated conversation)
"Why'd you hit me earlier !" shouted Serenity. "'cause I wanted to, got a problem with that ?" asked Hajime. Serenity growled. "So anyway, what's with your mom and dad ? I haven't seen them" said Hajime. "I don't know, I think they just had me to keep my brothers busy" said serenity. "And, sorry about hittin' you, I just thought it was funny inflicting pain on someone else" said Hajime. "It wasn't very humorous to me !" growled Serenity. "My apologies" said Hajime. "Accepted" said Serenity.
"One thing though, what's with your brother ! Those glasses of his are too funny ! He looks like that boy from Sailor Moon !" laughed Serenity. "I don't know, something about training too hard when he was little, he lost most of his eyesight" explained Hajime. Serenity looked around impatiently. "It sure is taking them a while !" said Serenity. "Let's start crying again to make them come faster !" said Hajime. "Okay !" giggled Serenity.
With that, Serenity and Hajime began screaming at the top of their lungs, rattling the windows a bit.
(Downstairs)
"They're crying louder !" cried Honto. "And there's one problem..." said Inu-yasha. "What ?" asked Sesshomaru. "We're out of milk ! And we only have one bottle !" cried Inu-yasha. Honto sat on the floor and began to cry in worry. "Get a grip Neotaki ! We'll just have to get the milk and another bottle !" screamed Inu-yasha. "How ?" whimpered Honto. Sesshomaru held up some keys. "You guys up for a late night drive ?" he asked slyly. "Uhhhh..." was the only response Inu-yasha and Honto gave.
The next thing they knew, Sesshomaru was standing up in the driver's seat of his father's car handling the steering wheel. Honto controlled the brakes and the acceleration. And lastly, Inu-yasha directed on which way to go. "Which way you baka !" yelled Sesshomaru. "Left !" cried Inu-yasha. Sesshomaru turned left but ran into a streetlight. "Oops ! I meant right !" said Inu-yasha with a nervous laugh.
"Back up the car Honto" said Sesshomaru. Honto nodded and slammed his hand on the gas while Sesshomaru shifted into reverse. "Okay, we're almost there...AAAHHH ! LOOK OUT FOR THE OTHER CARS !" screamed Inu-yasha.
Sesshomaru honked the car horn as they went flying through a red light, nearly causing a huge wreck. "Phew, that was close" sighed Sesshomaru. "Are we there yet ?" asked Honto. A loud crash was heard and Sesshomaru and Inu-yasha went flying into the windshield. "Are we at the store ?" asked Honto. "Yes..." said Inu-yasha.
(10 minutes later)
After getting their needed items, the trio started walking home. "Why do we have to walk ?" asked Honto. "That's why !" shouted Sesshomaru as he pointed to the car they had crashed, which was now bursting into flames. Inu-yasha sighed, he dreaded the thought of his father finding out.
Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed and he stopped walking. "What's the matter ?" asked Inu-yasha. "Something's following us" said Sesshomaru. Honto looked around and started shivering. "Uhh, you guys...look !" he cried as he pointed to the pack of wolves surrounding them.
"Wahh ! They're gonna eat us !" screamed Inu-yasha as he clung to Sesshomaru. "No they aren't, these belong to that wolf-boy, Koga" said Sesshomaru. "Surprising you were able to figure that out !" called a voice. Inu-yasha looked up and saw a small figure sitting on a tree limb. "Koga ! Call off your 'pets' or else !" shouted Inu-yasha. "Or else what ?" asked Koga. "We have to get home to feed her !" shouted Sesshomaru as he held up a photograph.
Koga's eyes scanned the picture and he jumped over to Sesshomaru, snatching it from him. "Who's this ? Don't tell me you guys actually tried something !" teased Koga. "That's just sick ! Why would we do that ! That's our baby sister, Serenity !" yelled Inu-yasha. Koga looked more at the picture of the tiny hanyou dressed in a pink kimono with a lively smile on her face. A faint blush appeared on Koga's face.
"I wish to see her" he said. "Why would we let you see her ! We may hate her, but not that much !" snarled Inu-yasha. "I want to see her ! Is that a problem !" yelled Koga. "Not really" said Sesshomaru. "then I'll meet ya' back at your house ! Sayonara !" said Koga as he dashed off, leaving the trio in the dust, his wolves following. "We have to beat him !" shouted Inu-yasha as he ran off aster him. "Ah what the heck..." said Sesshomaru as he sped off as well. "Hey ! Wait for me !" cried Honto as he ran off.
(Back at home)
Inu-yasha, Sesshomaru, and Honto ran upstairs to Serenity's room. "What kept ya' ?" asked Koga, who was sitting on the window sill. "Traffic" said Sesshomaru sarcastically. Koga came in through the window and looked down into Serenity's crib. Hajime and Serenity stopped crying and looked up and Koga.
Serenity looked at Koga and blinked, then she smiled. "Aww, you're even cuter in person !" said Koga as he picked Serenity up and held her. Serenity clung to Koga as if her life depended on it. "She likes me !" said Koga. "The way you're holing her, I'd say you like her too" said Honto. "Are you somekind of child molester !" screamed Inu-yasha. "NO ! She's just so cute !" said Koga. Serenity wagged her tail and giggled.
Honto meanwhile was feeding Hajime her milk. "Let me feed Serenity" said Koga. "Fine, but if she spits up on you, it's not our fault" said Inu-yasha. Koga took the bottle of milk from Inu-yasha and began feeding the tiny cross-breed. Serenity made no fuss and finished all the milk in no time. "Aww, isn't that cute ?" Koga asked. "Cute...right..." mumbled Inu-yasha.
"I'll burp her !" shouted Inu-yasha as he took Serenity from Koga. Serenity reacted by punching Inu-yasha in the eye. "OWWW !" cried Inu-yasha. Koga took Serenity away and pulled one of her ears affectionately. "I like a girl with spunk !" laughed Koga. Serenity blushed slightly, "really ?" she thought. "She's too young for you !" said Sesshomaru. "Having a young lover is popular this year !" shouted Koga. "I don't care if it's popular or not, I like this girl" thought Koga.
Honto yawned and Hajime did as well. "What time is it ?" asked Honto. Sesshomaru looked at the clock. "2:30am..." he groaned. "Let's go to bed then..." said Inu-yasha in a tired tone. "Yeah, I need my beauty sleep" said Sesshomaru. "Then that means you're gonna have to sleep forever" said Inu-yasha. "What was that !" yelled Sesshomaru. "n-nothing !" squeaked Inu-yasha.
After a little while, everyone was sleeping. Sesshomaru and Inu-yasha went to sleep in their room. Honto slept on the floor in Serenity's room. Hajime had Serenity's crib all to herself. Koga slept on the floor and Serenity slept near him, using her tail as a blanket.
That morning, Inutaisho woke up to go to work. He went to the garage and was baffled. "Ummm, where's the car ?" he thought. Inutaisho sighed, but then caught the scent of his sons in the garage. "They couldn't have ! They wouldn't have !...They did..." he said. Mother was watching the morning news and saw a report about a car that had been crashed into the supermarket. "I think I know where the car is..." Mother said. "INU-YASHA ! SESSHOMARU ! GET DOWN HERE !" screamed Inutaisho. Upstairs, Inu-yasha and Sesshomaru groaned.
To be continued...