"Ayodele please. Just put on the kimono."

Sesshomaru ducked his head to hide his smile. It seemed that his mother had finally met her match in the form of a skinny pre-pubescent girl. Ayodele proved to be far smarter than he originally gave her credit for. Despite her still growing grasp on the Japanese language, she was managing to outsmart nearly everyone at the castle-base. And those she could not outsmart she wore down with her unshakeable will.

Her current victim being his mother.

"Child just put on the clothes."

Ayodele turned her nose up at the powder blue silk. "No!"

"Ayodele," Mother began imploringly. "It is not appropriate for you to walk around in only a loincloth."

"Why?"

Mother's eyebrow twitched. Ayodele currently had two favorite words: no and why. Why proved to be the most difficult to deal with because for one, Ayodele had no knowledge of their culture. Secondly and probably most infuriatingly is that once it the reasoning was explained, she refuted it. What's worse is that it usually made sense.

"Because darling," Mother said in a sickeningly sweet voice. "It is shameful for people to look upon your body."

"What shameful about body? Why shameful?"

The tick in Mother's eyebrow became more severe. "Because it is not meant to be seen."

"Do Mother wear kimono when she big dog?"

"What? Of course not you silly child!"

"Why not?" Ayodele asked cheekily. "You naked when dog. Is naked not shameful?"

Mother sputtered indignantly as the girl smiled triumphantly at her logic.

Suddenly hazel eyes landed on him.

"Sesshomaru we play?"

Sesshomaru looked from the girl to his mother.

"If Mother says it is okay."

While he tended to do what he wanted he also knew better than getting on Mother's bad side when she was in a mood.

"Please Sesshomaru," she muttered as she pinched the bridge of her nose. "Take her."

Ayodele needed nothing else said. Before anyone could say "go" she was dragging Sesshomaru out the door.

Tsukiko sighed. Children.


Well that's it for now folks. I will see y'all next weekend. Peace and blessings xxx