Puppy Love Side 14 Note:

"Alright. Be sure to call every night. Okay you two have fun. No worries. I'm staying at the Glade for the whole week. Yeah. Okay. Love you too. Bye."

Lori shut her phone off and smiled at the three massive dogs in front of her. There was Inuyasha, Tara's dog, Koga, Becca's wolf, and Sesshomaru, her dog, sitting side by side looking at the teenage blonde.

She smiled as she remembered her friends. Tara and Becca were on a show choir trip to New York. So Lori volunteered to babysit the dogs. They were sad to see their dogs be left behind and gave sad hugs to Lori. She would miss them and she knew their canines would too.

So she stayed in the Glade with the three massive dogs. In a tree house, all alone. To be perfectly honest she was kinda scared to be alone.

Sesshomaru came and stood by the nervous girl, earning a rub on his head. Inuyasha barked and Koga wagged his tail happily.

"I guess you guys are gonna need some exercise huh?"

Koga went to the door and started to scratch at it and Lori laughed "Okay okay. Here."

She pulled out a few tennis balls from her huge duffel bag. Pushing the door open, she watched as the three dogs ran outside, rolling around in the soft grass.

By the time she made it down the stairs, Lori was laughing happily. She threw a tennis ball pretty far, Inuyasha jumping up and catching it. He brought it back as if were a prince, his tail up high.

She patted his head "Good job Inuyasha."

Throwing it yet again, Lori was amazed to see Koga caught it mid-bounce and went into the wolf's mouth. Koga ran over to her and dropped into her outstretched hand.

After she threw the ball again and Sesshomaru caught. She started a free for all and brought on a torn up bed sheet. She whipped it in front of Koga face and he grabbed a hold of it. Growling happily as Lori played tug of war. Inuyasha wanted to play too and Sesshomaru was lying close, enjoying the warm sun.

Lori laughed as both Inuyasha and Koga joined forces at one end and tug hard. She landed in a cloud of flowers and grass. She was shocked at first then started to giggle.

Koga and Inuyasha crept up to her laughing face and gave apologetic licks.

She played with their ears and rubbed their heads "You are forgiven."

Attacking her at the same time, both dog and wolf licked her face mercilessly.

She screamed and squealed and that woke Sesshomaru up. He was on his feet ready for anything but he calmed seeing his human was okay. A sharp bark from him made the others back off from Lori.

She wiped her face with a big grin.

With a pet to each ear of the opposing dog, she got up and started walking back into the tree-house.

Sesshomaru got up and went before her, Inuyasha and Koga followed Lori's heels.

Alone, Lori was quiet and timid. She just was to herself, laying on the bed with a book as the dogs laid about her. Koga laid over her feet and legs, Inuyasha laid beside Lori, curled into her side.

Sesshomaru laid on her stomach, his head angled so he could watch her. Lori seemed to interest him with every moment she was near him. And with the annoying bond of minds between the men as dogs, his feelings were known by the other two. To Lori, they were just quiet as can be but in their minds, it was constant talking.

"I don't see why you just don't tease her Sessh" Inuyasha complained. The half demon had already started dropping hints of his identity to his teenage love. And she was smart, but feeling confused.

"Yeah, I mean teasing Becca is so much fun. It's the funniest thing" Koga, the wolf demon agreed. Koga had also teased his new teenage owner, Becca, into a overly confused hormone raging mess.

Sesshomaru snuffed at them in his head, "I'm not gonna tease her. She has enough to worry about as it is."

The others went silent, Sesshomaru had told them of Lori's problems at home and how she masked the pain. The demons had wanted to comfort her but Sesshomaru wouldn't have it. She wanted it to be a secret so it would still be.

So Sesshomaru looked at the blonde as she quietly read a book, her face relaxed as she read. He had to admit, to himself, that he had started to fallen hard for her.

She was strong, and kind, and even more determined then any demon he knew. She was confident and ladylike when she need to be.

She was in his eyes, his mate. The other half of him. If he only he could make her see that.

In this form though it was almost impossible. He wouldn't tell the others of his little date with her in the moonlight and how much he cared for the blonde, but she was playing his heart strings like a master.

Very lightly she stirred, and then she got up slowly, letting the guys move off of her. It had started to rain lightly and Lori went about the room closing the windows slightly, letting the rain's scent and music in. She closed the door and picked up a small blanket of a mountain view and wrapped it around her shoulders.

She returned to her spot, the guys watched her as she moved around them, trying not to disturb them. Sesshomaru had to smirk at her thoughtfulness. She always put others before herself as much as she could.

She continued to read after she was comfortable again. Koga wrapped his tail on one of her legs and cuddled into her side. Inuyasha laid across her legs,his tail wrapped around her feet, giving her warmth. Sesshomaru had laid on the same pillow she was laying on, his face almost near hers. If he wished it he could easily licked her face sweetly.

Lori put down her book as she continued to hear the rain patter on the roof. She always loved the sound of rain and even the smell. But she loved the way it calmed her.

As she looked down at the dogs, she smiled as they felt calm as well. Inuyasha had fallen asleep, Koga was starting to fight the calming affect but was losing.

And Sesshomaru was oddly staring at her. She absentmindedly started to rub his ear as she looked at him with a smile. He licked her wrist and started to do what he normally did when he was tired.

He would start by tucking himself as close to her as possible, making sure she could feel his warmth through the blanket she was under. Then he would move his head so that it was on her chest and a paw on her stomach.

At first she though he was insufferable but now she couldn't fall asleep. The last thing was so cute, she couldn't help but sigh and smile.

He would lean up and lick her cheek. And he did just that. He leaned up slightly and licked her cheek sweetly and then laid his head on her chest again.

Lori had to sigh with a smile as she turned out the last light and the house went dark.

She dreamt of the Inuyasha world and a certain demon that haunted her dreams.

By the next morning Lori was well rested and decided to clean up a bit. Staying in the tree-house a lot mean that it was a home that needed to kept up with and since summer school was over and her friends were away, Lori saw this as an opportunity to clean. But that would be until the dogs were awake.

Again, Lori was an early riser and so she moved as she much as she could like a ninja out of the bed. Inuyasha and Koga had snuggled together, unbeknownst to them and Sesshomaru had curled slightly more into her warm pillow she was leaving behind.

She moved around sluggishly for a moment, opening windows and picking up as she went. They had a laundry basket for each of them so they could take their laundry home easier. A few trash cans laid across the room and were overflowing. Lori quietly changed them and took them to the small dumpster about a few yards from the Glade's entrance.

When she returned, Sesshomaru was waiting for her by the door anxiously. He rubbed her leg as she closed the door.

She leaned down and kissed his head, "Sorry boy but when I left you were still sleeping. I didn't want to wake you just for a garbage run."

He snuffed at her and let her into the house more.

Koga and Inuyasha sat on the bed wagging their tails at her.

She smiled at them "Good morning boys. Ready to stretch your legs?"

Two small barks were her confirmations as she opened the door for them. They ran out and she watched as they barreled into the meadow of the Glade.

Sesshomaru walked down the steps in a dignified manner before joining the game of chase.

Lori became Snow White as she started picking up and such. She dusted, swept, mopped, and did the dread dishes as one by one the male dogs came back in the home and made themselves comfortable.

She needed background noise so she put on an old episode of the favorite anime of the trio of girls.

In about a half hour, she was done and sat on the couch watching the end of another episode. The dogs were just chilling around her like yesterday but they were talking among themselves.

"Why in the world does she wake up so early" Koga said as he scratched his ear.

Inuyasha nodded "I have no idea wolf. Hey Sesshomaru! You got an idea?"

Sesshomaru lifted his head slightly and rolled his eyes, "Of course I do."

"Gonna tell us oh demon lord" Inuyasha asked sarcastically.

The demon lord snuffed, "She likes to know what's going on before anyone else and if she rises early, she can take care of everybody."

"Protective isn't she?" Inuyasha asked with a smirk of his own.

"Let's see" Koga challenged as he played actor.

Sesshomaru watched in disgust as Koga started to limp slightly. Lori saw this and was over to the wolf in a matter of seconds. Checking his unused leg gently she sighed in frustration.

"Of course Koga would get hurt when Becca's gone! She's been studying be a vet's assistant!"

Lori was in a panic and tears were forming as she took Koga's face in her hands, "I'm sorry boy but I've failed you."

Sesshomaru looked at Koga, "You've gone and made her upset. How disrespectful to our keeper wouldn't you say wolf?"

Koga in his mind was panicking. He didn't mean to make Lori so upset, "Jeez. I didn't mean to get her this upset."

Inuyasha laughed, "Might want to stop acting so helpless mutt."

Koga nuzzled Lori's face and put his 'bad' leg down. Her eyes went wide and she hugged him tightly, "Oh thank goodness! I was so worried I had failed you and Becca, Koga."

Koga licked at her cheeks and had a ting of guilt as he tasted salt. The prank had gotten out of hand to quickly for him and he jumped around her showing her was actually okay.

She wiped the tears away and laughed as he jumped around the house.

Sesshomaru went to her side and sat by her, letting her play with his ears, "See Koga? Protective."

"No kidding Sessh. That woman of yours is perfect for child bearing" Inuyasha said as he came to sit on the other side of Lori.

Sesshomaru tensed, "Woman of mine?"

Koga stopped as Lori went to sit down on the couch again, relieved that Koga was alright, "Well yeah. She would protect us but you would protect her. Right?"

The demon lord had no response has he looked at his beloved. Was he that transparent? Did everyone see he loved the blonde girl?

Lori looked at the dogs who were incredibly quiet and smiled at the manly trio, "Come on boys, let's relax some more. I'll protect you."

They moved to the couch, laying comfortable on or by the blonde girl. Sesshomaru watched as she rubbed Inuyasha's bad back and Koga's left front paw. He moved over to the trio and placed himself on Lori, stating a dominance over her to the other two. The others didn't mind and let him, smirking to themselves.

The great dog demon's cold hearted son had finally fallen in love.