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Chapter 10: The Birth Of Chibi Defender

It was very predictable. Izayoi clearly did not like the sword. She insisted that Sesshoumaru was too young to have a sword. As a result, she asked Sesshoumaru to return it to Toutosai. This did not impose any problem to Sesshoumaru. He thought the same thing too. He too did not want to have anything to do with the sword. The problem was he did not know where Toutosai had gone. It was not easy to found him unless he wanted to be found. Sesshoumaru pointed out this fact to his stepmother.

However, Izayoi insisted to give a try in searching Toutosai. So, before they went home, they tried to search Toutosai around the area. However, it was useless. They did not found him after searching it for an hour. It was almost impossible to find him in this crowded area. Besides, it was starting to get dark. Since it was too problematic to find Toutosai, Sesshoumaru made a suggestion to throw away the sword into a trash can. That really earned him a scold from his stepmother.

"Sesshoumaru, you can't do that," Izayoi scolded him.

"I'm sure he didn't mind at all. After all, he gave it to me for free. I'm sure the sword is not really that valuable like he said," Sesshoumaru argued back.

"Even so, it is rude to toss away a gift from people. Besides, Toutosai is your father's friend. It's better for you to return it politely," Izayoi tried to justify her argument.

"But, Mom…. Its late already. Besides, where am I going to find him anyway?"

"I'm sure he's around here somewhere. You can search him here with Inuyasha after school," Izayoi suggested.

Sesshoumaru shrugged and sighed. It will be one tough problem for him. If he knew it would turn out like this, he would not touch the sword in the first place. He sighed again and looked at the sword again. "Tenseiga, right? It looks like I'm going to keep you for awhile. Until I find Toutosai-san, of course."

The sword suddenly gave a small warm pulse as if it was listening to Sesshoumaru. This startled Sesshoumaru a bit. He tried to calm himself by telling himself that it was impossible for a sword to have its own mind or give any response. Toutosai must have messed up with his mind. Slowly, he walked to his home with Inuyasha and Izayoi. Izayoi bought many things. As a result, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru had to help her to carry the bags which were pretty heavy.

"Tomorrow will be a hard day," Sesshoumaru thought.

However, he was not the only who thought like that. Inuyasha thought the same thing too. It was not because Inuyasha had to help Sesshoumaru. It was because he had to go to school. He still did not know what to do with the little girl.

"I'm sure Kagome still did not give up yet. She'll definitely chase after me."

Inuyasha's prediction was true. When he entered his classroom on the next morning, he could see Kagome was glancing at him. It was not her only. Almost all his classmates did the same thing as Kagome. Inuyasha gulped and started to get nervous. He did not know what had happened. Did he do something wrong or weird? He checked himself to see if there was anything wrong with him. However, he could not find anything. This made him even more nervous. He tried as hard as he can to hide his nervousness.

"Come on, Inuyasha. Don't be nervous or scared. Remember what Sesshy taught you," Inuyasha tried to calm himself down.

Inuyasha quietly went to his seat and sat down. As soon as he sat down, almost all his classmates came to gather around him. This made him started to get uneasy and panicked. He can't handle all of them alone if they bullied him even though Sesshoumaru had taught him how to fight. They were just too many for him. Inuyasha started to consider the option of running away. He started to look the nearest exit that he could find. However, to his surprise, his classmates didn't try to bully him. Instead, they looked at him eagerly and started talking and praising him.

"You're awesome yesterday!"

"Yeah….. I can't believe you jumped on her."

"Clawing and biting her too."

"How was your injury?"

"That woman is really evil. She actually slammed you on the ground."

"I thought for a moment that you're going to die."

Inuyasha didn't know what to do. So many questions and so many people talked at the same time. He didn't know how to response to them. However, he must admit that he was happy to hear his friends praising him. He felt he had been acknowledged by his classmates. This made him proud of himself. His friend never treated him like this. Some of them even asked him to play with them which he declined properly. He still preferred to be alone and watching other people playing than joining them.

Later, their teacher entered into the classroom. The children quickly scrambled to their seat. They did not want their teacher to scold them. The lesson ran smoothly. It was not difficult for Inuyasha to grasp what his teacher taught. However, during the lesson, he noticed that Kagome glanced at him several times. It was as if she wanted to talk to him about something. Then, the lesson ended and the recess period came. The children went outside the class to play. Kagome and her friends approached Inuyasha slowly.

"Don't run away," Kagome said as Inuyasha was about to leave.

"I'm not running away," Inuyasha replied.

"Well… you've been doing that several days ago," Kagome pointed out.

"That's because you chased after me like a crazy girl!" Inuyasha said loudly.

"I am not a crazy girl!" Kagome yelled angrily.

"You are."

"I am not."

"You are."

"I am not."

"You are."

"I am not."

"Guys…" Sango intervened, "chill out. Don't fight. Besides, we are not here to fight, right, Kagome?"

Sango gave a meaningful look to Kagome. Kagome seemed to remember the reason why she wanted to meet Inuyasha.

"Well….. we want to apologize to you for your ears. Kouga and the rest of us really mean it," Kagome apologized.

"Heyyyy….. why should I apologize to this dog boy?" Kouga argued.

"Because you pulled his ears. Remember?" Kagome reminded Kouga, pinching his arm.

"Okay….okay…. I'm sorry dog boy," Kouga gave in to Kagome.

"KOUGA!" Kagome yelled.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha," Kouga apologize again, trying to be as nice as possible.

"That's better," Kagome turned into Inuyasha, "Want to play superhero game with us?"

"But, Kagomeeeeee! He didn't know anything about the game," Kouga protested.

"Well….. we can always teach him," Kagome retorted.

"It's okay. I know the game," Inuyasha chuckled.

"You do? So, you forgive us," Kagome raised his eyebrows.

"Yes," Inuyasha answered, "So, what's our team name?"

"Hahh?" The other four children gave him a puzzled look. They didn't understand what he tried to say.

"Our team name! Surely you know that everyone superhero team has it own name?" Inuyasha pointed out.

"Well…. That….." Miroku answered, scratching his head, "we don't any name at all."

"Heyyy….. Let's figure out a name then," Sango suggested.

"Sound good," Kouga agreed, "How about Kouga's Team?"

"Can't you thing other thing at all?" Inuyasha questioned.

"Then, what would you suggest?" Kouga asked impatiently.

"How about this? Let's call ourselves Chibi Defender," Inuyasha suggested cheerfully.

"Chibi Defender….. hmm….. that's sound nice," Kagome agreed.

"Then, let's call ourselves Chibi Defender," Sango exclaimed happily.

Kouga shrugged and said, "I'm only agreeing this because Kagome agreed."

Miroku and Sango just giggled. They knew Kouga had a crush on Kagome. With that, the children began their game. First, they needed to determine everyone's position like who was going to be at the middle and so on. So, they wrote each position on five different, small pieces of paper and folded them. Their position will be determined by the paper that they picked. The children then picked the folded papers randomly without looking at them. This was to make sure that none of them will peek on the paper to choose their favourite position.

And, the result was quite surprising to everyone. Inuyasha was at the middle. Kagome and Sango stood at left and right side of Inuyasha respectively. Kouga was at the right side of Kagome while Miroku was at the left side of Sango. Kouga clearly did not like the arrangement of their position. He wanted to be at the middle. After all, middle was a leader's position and he wanted to be a leader.

"Why he get to be in the middle?" Kouga voiced his objection, pointing at Inuyasha.

"Because… we select our position randomly, remember? It's natural if he gets to be at the middle," Kagome said patiently, getting tired at Kouga's grumbling.

"Yeah…. That's right. Don't get so upset just because you don't get to be at the middle," Inuyasha grinned.

Kouga wanted to argue back but Sango stepped in, "Oh…. Come on…. Let's just start it already. If we keep arguing over silly thing like this, we'll never start the game."

"I agree with Sango. It's not like it is permanent. We can always rotate our position, Kouga. And, you're not the only one who want to be at the middle," Miroku reasoned, looking at Kagome and Sango.

"That's right," Sango and Kagome said at the same time.

Kouga could not argue back. It was four versus one. Obviously, the four won by the rule of majority. Kagome was very happy when Kouga gave in to them. Everything will be fine. They can play together as a friend at last. Or, so she thought.

"Miroku, monk in training."

"Kouga, the wolf youkai."

"Sango, exterminator in training."

"Kagome, miko in training."

"Inuyasha, the strongest kid in the world."

"We are…." All of them said loudly at the same time and gave their ultimate pose, "the Chibi Defender!" (A/N: Please imagine power rangers again.)

They all then started to giggle except for one person, Kouga. He clearly did not like Inuyasha's call out. It was as if Inuyasha was trying to outdo him and he did not like it at all.

"Heyyyy….. why did you said like that?" Kouga asked irritately.

"What?" Inuyasha gave a puzzled look.

He didn't like Kouga. It was not like he hated him. It was just that Kouga didn't treat him nicely as everyone else. It was as if Kouga tried to pick a fight with him.

"Inuyasha, the strongest kid in the world. What is that all about?" Kouga asked intensely.

"Why can't I? We are free to create our own pose," Inuyasha pointed out, trying to hold his anger.

"Well….. I don't like it! Change it into something else, stupid dog," Kouga said, pulling Inuyasha's silver hair.

"Ouch! That's hurt!" Inuyasha yelled, pushing down Kouga on the ground.

Kouga landed hard on the ground. He and his other three friends were shocked. Inuyasha actually can fight back him? Inuyasha was always quiet in the class. He looked so weak, fragile and easy to be bullied. So, Kouga never expected Inuyasha to push him down like this. Suddenly, anger came to him. He cannot let Inuyasha humiliated him in front of his friends, especially when Kagome was here. He totally forgot that it was his fault in the first place.

Kouga charged on Inuyasha without thinking. He pushed Inuyasha hard on the ground. Inuyasha certainly did not want to back down. Not after his brother had taught him a little on fighting. He definitely won't let Kouga hit him. Before Kagome, Miroku and Sango could stop them, Inuyasha and Kouga started punching and kicking each other. This fight caught the attention of other children. They started to gather forming a circle around Inuyasha and Kouga to see their fight.

Kagome tried to stop them, "Stop it you guys! Or, I'll call the teacher!"

However, Inuyasha and Kouga did not pay attention to Kagome. Thing became worse when the other children started to cheer them on. Miroku knew this will be out of control soon. So, he did what he could do to stop them. He called their teacher, Nazuna-sensei. He knew they would only stop if their teacher scolded them. He tried as fast as he can to fetch their teacher. By the time Nazuna-sensei arrived, the boys were covered with scratches, bruises and dirt. Their teacher was clearly surprised when she saw the fight. She was even more surprised when she knew who got involved in the fight.

She was certainly did not expect that Inuyasha out of all people will get involved in a fight. He was a good child and rarely cause problem in the class. She stopped the fight, dispersing the gathered children and looked at the two boys sternly. Inuyasha and Kouga immediately knew they were in big trouble. Nazuna-sensei was a nice teacher. However, she could be very scary when she was mad. And, it was clearly that she was mad now.

"Now, why did both of you fight?" Nazuna-sensei asked sternly at Inuyasha and Kouga.

Almost automatically, the two boys pointed accusingly at each other and said loudly at the same time, "He's the on who started it first!"

"You pushed me down," Kouga shouted.

"You pulled my hair," Inuyasha yelled back.

"OKAY! THAT'S ENOUGH!" Nazuna-sensei ordered. That silenced the two boys. "Now, tell me what had happened."

However, none of the two boys wanted to say anything. They just remained silent. Nazuna-sensei sighed heavily. She can't solve the problem if she didn't know what had happened. Kogome then volunteered herself to explain the situation. She recounted what had just happened. After listening to Kagome, Nazuna-sensei just shook her head. It was just a silly matter. And yet, they fought as if it was a big deal.

"Kouga, you shouldn't pull Inuyasha's hair. And Inuyasha, you shouldn't push down Kouga like that. Both of you apologize to each other now," Nazuna-sensei said.

"I'm sorry for pulling your hair, Inuyasha."

"I'm sorry too for pushing you down, Kouga."

"That's good. Now, go to your classroom now. Recess period is over," Nazuna-sensei said.

The five children walked to their classroom. Inuyasha and Kouga still kept a distance from each other. This disturbed Kagome, Miroku and Sango. Both Inuyasha and Kouga were their friends. They didn't want their friends to fight each other anymore. Suddenly, an idea came to Sango.

"Heyy…. Why don't we go to Sunshine Amusement Park this weekend? It's as a celebration for forming Chibi Defender," Sango suggested eagerly.

That really attracted everyone's attention, including Inuyasha and Kouga. After all, Sunshine Amusement Park was the largest amusement park in the city. It had many amazing rides and attractions. Sango just grinned at her friends' reaction. It was priceless.

"I got a few tickets from my father. It's more than enough for us," Sango explained.

"But, we still need someone to look after us. Our parents will never let us go without a babysitter. And, my parents will be away on this weekend," Miroku pointed out.

"Mine too," Kouga said.

"Well….. I can ask my sister. However, I doubt she can come along with us. She was too busy lately."

"I guess the same thing goes for me," Sango sighed.

"My mother too has something to take care this weekend," Inuyasha answered.

The five children were at the end of they hoped when Kagome suddenly got an idea, "Hey, Inuyasha! What about your big brother? He's in middle school, right? He can babysit us."

Scratching his head, Inuyasha answered, "Well…. I think he's free this weekend. But, we need to ask him first. How about all of us ask him after school? We can go home together too."

All of them agreed with Inuyasha's suggestion. And so, they waited patiently for the school to end. As soon as the bell rang, they immediately went to the school gate. That was where Sesshoumaru had promised to wait for Inuyasha before they walked home. It seemed that Sesshoumaru arrived earlier than them. Perhaps it was because his class ended early or perhaps it was because he was too eager to return Tenseiga to Toutosai. On his hand, there was Tenseiga. He was surprised to see a bunch of kids following behind Inuyasha as Inuyasha approached him.

"Sesshy…. One of my friends, Sango, has tickets to an amusement park. But, we need someone to babysit us. So….," Inuyasha said, trying to be as sweet as possible, "Can you babysit us this weekend?"

Sesshoumaru was stunned with his little brother's request and answered almost spontaneously, "There's no way I'm going to spend my weekend to babysit you guys, Inuyasha."

"But, Sesshy… its Sunshine Amusement Park," Inuyasha said with pleading eyes.

"It's still a no," Sesshoumaru stated flatly.

Inuyasha knew his brother was too stubborn. Once he made a decision, it was hard to change it. However, Inuyasha did not want to miss the opportunity to go to Sunshine Theme Park. It was a great opportunity. Furthermore, it was free. He looked down at the ground disappointedly until his eyes caught the sight of Tenseiga in his brother's hand. Suddenly, an idea hit his head. There was a way to make his brother changed his mind. He turned to his friends and smiled slyly. He then whispered his plan to his friends. His friends just smiled and nodded in agreement. Inuyasha then turned to Sesshoumaru.

"But, Sesshy…. You might miss the opportunity to see Toutosai-san there," Inuyasha said, trying to say as natural as possible.

"And you know this from….." Sesshoumaru trailed off. He had a feeling that Inuyasha was up to something.

"From me," Sango stepped in, "My father is Toutosai-san's regular customer. Father says that Toutosai-san might set up his stall there."

"And I should agree it because…"

"It's not a bad thing. You can return the sword to Toutosai-san. And at the same time, you can have fun at the amusement park. It's like killing two birds with one stone. Plus, it's free right, Sango?" Inuyasha shifted his attention from Sesshoumaru to Sango.

"That's right," Sango nodded.

"Besides, we promise we will be good. We won't cause you any problem. So…..,"

Before Inuyasha could finish his sentence, his four friends said loudly in unison with the cutest face that they can made, "PLEASE BRING US TO THE AMUSEMENT PARK, SESSHOU-NIISAN!"

This really put Sesshoumaru in a difficult situation. Part of him didn't want to spend his weekend to babysit a bunch of kids. However, part of him wanted to have fun and get done whatever he needed with Toutosai. Plus, the children were pleading to him. It was hard to just ignore and resist their adorable, cute face. Finally, after a hard internal battle within himself, he gave in to the children.

"Okay…okay… just remember your promise," Sesshoumaru sighed.

"YEEEAAAAHHHHH!" the children exclaimed happily.

Not far from the school gate, Princess Ebi stared intensely at the little boy who she hated. The one who humiliated her and stole her precious Naraku from her. "So….. his name is Inuyasha. Well… he better be careful. Accidents do tend to happen at amusement park." With this thought, she disappeared into a thin air.