Title: Moonshine
Author landofthekwt
Rating PG-13
Prompt: Shine (fanfic_bakeoff #6)
Fandom: Inuyasha
Pairing Sesshoumaru/Izayoi
Word Count 300
Warning: Dead Rodents
Summary: Sesshoumaru soothes Izayoi and Inuyasha
He found the boy huddled in a corner of his room crying his eyes out. He picked him up.
"Inuyasha, Cease this display now. Inuyoukai do not cry. They stand and take their punishment without a whimper"
The boy wiped his eyes. Sesshoumaru lowered him to the floor. " I am sorry that I missed your first kill. Your mother will never understand what it is that you must learn to be an inuyoukai. Your training will be our secret. Hunting and killing is our way. I am proud of you"
The boy hugged his leg. Sesshoumaru picked him up and placed him on his bed. " Now go to sleep. I do not want to have a repeat of this lesson. Just endure what must be endured. Remember that your mother loves you.." Eventually the boy drifted off to sleep. He sighed. Now for the mother.
She was easy to find. The only thing in the garden that smelled of tears and sake. Her eyes were glazed, her face streaked with tears and her speech. slurred with sake.
"How can you bear to look at me? What kind of Mother strikes a defenseless child?"
Sesshoumaru knew the answer to that question, but it was not what she needed right now. " I have spoken with him. It will not happen again"
" But he is so small and I hit him with my fan."
" You cannot injure a hanyou with a fan. He is tough and will learn to endure. Just remember that what he does, he does out of love for you. He would never hurt you."
Izayoi sighed and settled against Sesshoumaru. "Thank you, Sesshoumaru. You were just what I needed."
Sesshoumaru sighed as she fell asleep in his arms. She was just what he needed