Author's Rant: I told you guys I might think of something else to add to this one lol. Believe it or not, this was inspired when I started painting my toe nails lol. Oh I'm seriously disturbed. ^_^

Miscommunicated Brotherly Conversation

Inuyasha's always been the type to be curious about things. Lots of freaky, crazy weird things. So it didn't come as a surprise when he saw Kagome sitting near Kaede's hut, humming to herself that, he'd easily confuse it with being a stomach ache. The scenario came as no surprise when he went to investigate the reason why she's supposedly moaning in pain, that he'd ask if she needed some medicine and she's literally have no clue what he's talking about.

And so he'd explain that she sounded like she was dying and Kagome is clueless why he would think that until he explains her singing sounds like strays preying on a kill. Thus that rude compliment lead to a few 'sit' commands that sent a shock wave throughout the entire village.

No harm, no foul really, since every resident on the property was familiar with the occasional upset every two or three times a day.

Today had been the second. Number three would be coming around nightfall.

Kagome checked her nails for the fifth time smiling diligently at her own handiwork as she reached down for her brush and started doing the same appliance, while humming her favorite tune.

Inuyasha's face was currently knee deep in the earth because he still hadn't learned the ability of how to keep his trap zipped when addressing a young lady's elegance. So after he finally discovered how to unsuction his face from the dirty imprint, he languidly crawled from the personal pit until he was sitting cross legged next to Kagome as she applied some odd smelling colorations on her nails.

Leaning over without regards to personal space, he took a couple of whiffs and swatted at his nose, "Damn, what is that stuff? Smells awful."

Kagome recoated over her middle finger with a shade of lipstick pink when she answered, "My favorite brand of nail polish."

"Your favorite brand of nail polish?" Inuyasha would repeat when needing a further explanation.

"Uh huh," Kagome checked over the recently painted layer and blew. "I got it the last time I went home. Mom brought it for me to show Sango. See?" She held up the finished product. All five pointed digits were lavishly decorated in a shade of something similar to the flowers Inuyasha saw in the neighboring orchards.

Inuyasha's head tilted, weighed over with his wordless confusion. "Why the hell would you want to put that junk on?" He sniffed it again, still feeling the same strong burn taint his nostrils. "It stinks to high heaven."

Kagome pouted. "Trust you not to understand a woman's need to look pretty sometimes."

"What 'cha tryin' to look pretty for?" He snorted. "We're tryin' to get the jewel shards not seduce Naraku."

"Maybe it's so other boys will notice me from time to time."

Inuyasha gawked at her, "They ain't got any business lookin' either!" He huffed angrily, folding his arms and twisting his upper half away in disgust.

The obvious sulk was about to commence and if she didn't do something soon, he'd be like this all day. "If you really must know Inuyasha, it's to help my nails grow." She examined her nails again, holding them out in the sparkly sunshine. "When a person's nails get polished regularly it helps to simulate nail growth and provides healthy nutrients to make them last longer and stronger."

A puppy ear flicked around, "So it's not supposed to attract other males?"

Kagome sighed, rolling her eyes skyward, "No Inuyasha it's not."

"Hm," But the nail information did pique his interests. "So ya sayin' that the smelly stuff helps your nails grow?"

She nodded.

"And makes them last longer?"

Another nod.

He thought a moment before asking, "What if a demoness wanted to polish her claws. Like Kagura. Would the same apply?"

"Good question," Kagome tapped her chin, pondering the implications behind a female demon painting their nails with polish and shrugged. "I guess it would since claws are technically nails, just sharper. I don't see why it wouldn't work."

"Oh."

A moment of silence passed overhead until Kagome got fed up with watching Inuyasha scratch behind his head with his toes and wandered off to find Sango.

Little did she know it was all about of his plan for her to leave annoyed while he snatched her future tote and hurried off to the forest.

In all his years of reign and demonic rule over the western territories, Sesshomaru would never be one to say he hadn't seen his fair share of strange occurrences. From the ugliest creatures to the smallest living beings, he'd witnessed all of their living habits and astonishing behaviors.

But what he was looking upon currently was beyond the shadow of a doubt, the oddest thing.

Here lied the golden opportunity to do away with his savage of a younger brother but could not find himself to do it on the count that the young blood was struggling to do some sort of ritual with his claws. He had the tiniest little tool ended with a micro brush, with a glop of some mucus coated at the end and kept trying to rub it over.

Sesshomaru's sat watching this oddity for over an hour wondering just what on earth Inuyasha was up too, until the dimwit went flopped over to his side giving up.

He couldn't understand. Even as he approached, Inuyasha didn't seem the least bit curious as to why he was close by or worried that he was nearing his death.

Inuyasha panted repeatedly frustrated as he inhaled the scent of raging youki and rolled his eyes. "Keep it movin' Sesshomaru. I ain't got time for your bullshit today."

"Nor do I have time to fiddle about with you, but your actions lead me to question your mentality." Sesshomaru was standing over his hanyou sibling looking at the small object in his outstretched hand and the messily painted hues over his other. Lifting a delicate brow, Sesshomaru kneeled down beside his brother's head, "What are you doing?"

"None of your business," Inuyasha deeply mocked, sitting up on his ass. "Poof be gone, I'm busy." He snatched Kagome's bag from behind and stood to walk around his tree. "I'll kick your ass later."

After he flopped down between the roots of his tree, he was about to start his process again until his wrist was yanked midair and he was dangling two feet off the ground, thanks to Sesshomaru's curiosity.

"Lemme go stupid!" He swapped and twirled around, trying to wretch himself free.

Sesshomaru ignored the attempts, all the same as he brought the awfully discolored claws to his nose and sniffed, crunching his face at the strong stench. "Why are you applying this horrid scent to your talons?"

Inuyasha worked up the strength to get dropped down and fell to the ground, Indian style. "If ya must know, I'm making my claws stronger."

"How?"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes as if it were obvious, "I'm painting my claws stupid. If I put that on there," that referring to the colorful collection in Kagome's bag, "they'll grow longer and sharper. Then I can really kick your ass."

Sesshomaru kneeled to the ball of his knee, grabbing Inuyasha's hand again to have a look, "You have proof of this?"

"Duh, it's Kagome's. She puts the stuff on all the time and her nails grow superfast."

"Do tell?"

"Yep." Inuyasha felt a brotherly moment being shared and couldn't resist reaching in Kagome's bag for the other colors he saw; black, royal blue, coral pink, blood red, lilac, emerald green and a sort of various shades.

The micro bottles rolled around on the grassy hill, a few accidentally bumping against Sesshomaru's boots. He picked up a couple between his fingers, looking through the thick liquid as he made a mental conclusion and turned narrowing eyes to his younger brother.

"Show me how this works."

She was so confused. Kagome scratched her head for the seventh time utterly speechless. Her bright yellow book bag was missing. She could've sworn she had it on the ground by Kaede's but just couldn't figure out why it'd vanish.

Her first clue had been to look for Inuyasha since he had the terrible habit of rummaging through her things without permission—most likely looking for her ninja snacks or the instant noodles.

She sighed assuming if that were the case, he'd venture off into the forest where he always went to sneak a meal. With destination in mind, she balled up her fists and started marching into the foods, dead set on letting that fool have it.

"Could you use another color."

"What's wrong with this one?"

"I don't know," Inuyasha frowned. "I just don't like it."

Sesshomaru paused. "This one suits you better. The shade goes a long way by bringing out your eyes."

"Really? Hm."

Interesting enough during the small allotted time, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha had been using the magical potions in a bottle to improve their claw growth, they'd come to a one day truce in order to help the other gloss their claws. Being that both were right handed, the other brother had to assist by holding the other's hand to apply the potion.

And surprisingly enough, Sesshomaru got the hang of it on the first try. Each layer coating was remarkably even with a bubbly buckle or clot.

Inuyasha was patiently sitting back against his hands in the grass with his foot laying on Sesshomaru's lap, waiting for the ending to come. "How's it going."

"Pretty well I say. Have a look."

Inuyasha lifted his toes, wiggling them around and nodded at the reddish purple color. "'S good. You're right I like that color."

Sesshomaru blinked, and agreed. "I can't figure out which color would go with me."

"I like this one," Inuyasha held up a dark magenta hue, with silver stripes circling around. "It's got your stripes in it and your hair color."

"Hm, I suppose that'll do." Sesshomaru held out his hand as Inuyasha went to work, polishing on the color he thought suited his big brother best.

After putting on the first one, he looked at Sesshomaru, at the claw, then at his brother's face.

"What is it?"

"Nothing," Shrugged Inuyasha. "The color really does suit you. It looks good." He blew over the finish like he'd seen Kagome do and went back to painting.

"What the!"

The two brother's heads snapped up from their project to find Kagome stupidly pointing at them and flapping her lips without a single word. Her mouth opened and closed repeatedly but nothing came. After ten seconds of soundless dribble, Kagome threw her hands in the air and screamed as loud as she could pulling her hair, crying that she was going to tell the whole village what they were doing.

Sesshomaru frowned after the disturbed woman, "What's wrong with your pet?"

"I have no idea," Inuyasha blew over the second nail he finished and thought about something. "You think that's ok?"

Sesshomaru pulled back his claws, looking over the coat, "No, I think I need another layer."

"Fine . . ."Inuyasha felt worried. "Hey Sesshomaru?"

"Yes."

Inuyasha blinked. "Does this feel wrong in a way?"

Sesshomaru had theorized over it for the past hour since they'd first started and nodded. "Yes, yes it does."

Inuyasha blinked again, saddened. "Do you think we should stop?"

". . . No, no I don't."

"That's good." It's a huge relief. "But what if we need some of another color?"

"Then I'll have Jaken go fetch us more." Problem solved. "Now enough talk. I need another coating here."

TBC: Lol I know they probably had nail polish back in the day but hey I liked this idea. Hope you enjoyed it.