The sound of a man's terrified scream had Kagome hurry up her pace. She glanced back at Inuyasha's father who was strolling leisurely at his pace, looking least concerned. He raised his brow when she told him to hurry up.
"We are Inuyoukai, young one. We do not run like wild animals."
Kagome just gave him a disbelieving look, understanding where some of Seshomaru's arrogance had come from, "Somebody is in trouble! We have to help!"
Touga sighed. His intended was an impatient little thing. However, to please her, he quickened his pace and watched her run ahead. He knew what was happening. He could hear his son threatening a male, a weak one. He shook his head. Both his children were bullies.
He rounded the bush to see his second born's foot planted in a human male's face, who was holding a strange contraption in his hand and struggling to get Inuyasha's foot off his face. His son looked very smug for some reason till Kagome let out an embarrassed howl and yelled 'sit'.
Inuyasha landed in a loud crash and ended up in an awkward position on top of the human whilst Kagome swooped in and snatched that strange item from the man's hand and hugged it to her chest. The fact that her face was extremely red made him wonder and reached her side and lowered his hand to get a closer look. He sniffed but it smelled solely of Kagome.
Kagome blushed and pushed his face away making him frown, "I wish to know what this is. Is this important to you?"
Kagome stared at the curious inu male and glanced back at a pissed off Inuyasha who was disentangling himself from the human. She did not want to explain the concept of a bra to this person.
"It's -" She looked at it and then crumpled it in her hand, "-Not important. We can discuss this later. You!" She turned to glare at the groaning man, "What were you doing with - " She had an afterthought and changed the phrasing of her question, "-Just what were you doing?!"
She noticed a sword lying next to him on the ground and winced as Inuyasha growled, "That's what I was asking her before you decided to 'sit' me! What the fuck, Kagome?!"
Kagome looked sheepish, "I, uh, overreacted. Sorry?"
Clearly never having been apologized to before, Inuyasha spluttered and then finally settled on a grunt. He glared at the silent man on the ground, "Start talking, asshole."
The man looked at each person in the group and his eyes settled on Kagome. He blinked his eyes and mumbled, "I was looking for food. I haven't eaten in days."
Kagome looked horrified at the idea of someone starving and she ignored Inuyasha's derisive snort. Her bag was lying on its side, half the items tossed to one side and some still in it. Seeing the bag of chips tossed out, she went and picked it up, and offered it to him. Hearing Inuyasha's howl of protest, she scowled, "The man hasn't eaten food in days, you idiot. We're not monsters. If we have food, we should share it."
The Inu no Taisho found out in that moment that his intended's heart was soft as new born pup and she was a generous soul. He did not know how to feel about that. Kindness was considered a weakness, was it not?
He watched Kagome offer tea to the young man and he observed him carefully. Despite his relaxed demeanor, one wrong move would have the boy separated from his head. However, the lad was too busy eating the strange smelling food item and gulping down the tea.
Inuyasha leaned against the tree, half reclining, staring at the packet of chips longingly every few minutes. He had been saving that to sneak off with before his father had shown up. Kagome noticed his glances and held out a packet of chips, "Did you want to eat too?"
The hanyou turned his nose in the air, "Don't need it."
Touga stood next to his intended, leaning in the shade, against the tree, his eyes half masted. He was watching the interaction very closely, knowing the tendency of these two. A simple conversation could escalate within seconds and turn into a full fledged fight.
However, he noticed that Kagome was not without her tricks. Sighing, she lowered her hand, "I just thought if you ate these, I'd have less to carry."
Inuyasha immediately took notice of that, and perked up, "Well then..."
Touga wanted to chuckle. Kagome was good at controlling the unruly pup when she needed to. However, his mirth did not last long as his son started berating the woman for carrying so much stuff and she just calmly started listing all the things she brought with her.
Touga wondered about the well when Inuyasha brought it up and also noted the uncomfortable look that Kagome threw his way. He hid a small smile. He was already aware of her little secret. However, he had not been aware that she could travel through the well at will. He frowned. Maybe it was time to visit that ancient well.
Tuning back to the conversation at hand, he heard Kagome introduce them to the stranger, "I'm Kagome. This is Inuyasha and this is, -" She paused for a second not knowing how to introduce their third member, "- The Inu no - Inuyasha's father."
"I got separated from my attendants and got lost. I cannot reveal my identity but I am the one called Nobunaga."
Kagome's reaction had Touga tensing as she clasped her face, awe written all over it and she immediately jumped forward, grasping his hand. The inu stood straight. Was his woman interested in this male?!
However, he scented no sign of attraction from her, only excitement. He glanced at his son who met his eyes and shrugged. No matter the case, he put his arm around her waist and pulled her into himself, her back to his front.
The boy looked uneasy at the sudden movement from all sides.
Kagome looked up into the Inu no Taisho's impassive face and frowned, "I was just shaking his hand."
"You were touching him. You do not touch another male. I am courting you and it is a sign of disrespect."
Kagome stared at him, contemplating struggling in his hold. She did not like how controlling he was being. But he had given her a reason as to why. Compromise was a two way street.
She sighed. Not moving from her position, she looked at Inuyasha who seemed curious, "Oye, what's with the change of attitude?"
Now Kagome pushed the arm away which was holding her firmly. Quickly picking up the discarded history book, she started telling both inu about how famous Oda Nobunaga was in the future. Touga picked the book from her hands and looked it over.
Was this from her time? He couldn't decipher the writing. As the boy denied himself to be that person, he walked off and very promptly fell of the cliff on which they had been sitting.
Inuyasha jumped down and grabbed him.
"Maybe we should help him?" Kagome looked towards Touga. The Inu looked at her, curiously, "Why do you wish to assist him?"
Kagome looked at where Inuyasha threw the limp figure of the human on the ground, and whispered, "Look at him. How can we not?"
"Do not get involved in the affairs of humans, Kagome," Touga warned the little miko.
Kagome frowned, "I'm also a human." After a pause, she questioned, "Do you also hate humans, like Seshomaru does."
Touga stiffened, "Why do you presume he dislikes humans?"
Kagome stared him in the eye, "Aside from him saying so, he also did try to kill me."
Touga's eyes flashed red, "Do you want to spill his blood as retribution? It shall be done."
Kagome looked taken aback and quite horrified, "That's not what I meant. I was just asking you a question. Please don't go killing Seshomaru on my behalf!"
Touga bristled with anger. How dare his son try to kill the human woman that was his? "I will not kill him. But blood will be shed if you wish."
Kagome looked a bit queasy, "I don't wish. Just don't do that. You're scaring me."
Touga looked away, trying to pull back his fury and get it under control. He had not realized that his eldest had actually tried to murder his intended mate. The boy would pay for that. Dearly.
A few seconds was all it took but Inuyasha was staring at them curiously and the human boy looked like somebody had given him a good beating. Kagome didn't meet his gaze.
He had frightened his mate with his intensity. He wondered when she would realize that he was not a civilized being but a beast. Their human appearance seemed to fool her senses it seemed. For now, he had to make amends for upsetting her.
"You wish to help this human, little one?"
Kagome looked up at him, startled and a little bit hopeful. He resigned himself to having to travel with this strange human boy and announced to Inuyasha, "Let us resolve the problem this human faces and then be on our way."
It seemed that the lord of the area was rounding up the women of the villages and they would be taken to his castle. Eavesdropping seemed to be this human's fortitude.
"Has your woman been taken, boy?"
The Inu no Taisho was not a loud man, but he had a commanding atmosphere about him and not answering him did not seem like an option.
"Y-Yes." Nobunaga stammered out.
"Very well. Let us go to the castle and find your mate."
"She's not my -"
Nobody bothered to listen to him and they started walking in the general direction of the castle.
"Oi, old man!"
Touga raised a brow, but before he could speak, Kagome cut him to it, "Don't call him that, Inuyasha! He's your father. That's kinda rude."
Inuyasha's eyes widened, "Why are you taking his side?" His eyes narrowed, "Don't tell me you've taken a liking to -"
"SIT BOY!"
Touga watched with amusement as his intended blushed brightly and refused to look his way, "Shut up Inuyasha! I just said it's not polite. Stop being such an ass!"
"What the fuck did you 'sit' me for?! I was just saying!"
"Well, learn to watch what you're saying!"
"HOW THE FUCK CAN I WATCH WHAT I'M SAYING!? THAT MAKES NO SENSE!" Inuyasha roared.
Seeing Kagome jolt back roused Touga's anger. The boy was taking it too far. But apparently his mate needed no protection from Inuyasha. She could handle him very well.
"SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! Don't you ever yell at me like that again, you arrogant dog! And don't talk to me!"
Inuyasha groaned in pain and mumbled a weak 'Bitch' out of the crater sized hole in the ground. Kagome who had been in the process of stomping to the front of the group froze when she heard that and her eye twitched in anger as she threw another 'Sit' over her shoulder.
And that was when the Inu no Taisho found out that his mate had the vicious temper of an Inu bitch with no mercy in her. And it pleased him.
A.N: My life has been all over everywhere. I finally took the time out to take a look at the reviews and I found one which just made me smile so hard that I decided to update this story ASAP. For all those reading my other works, I've started on the other stories as well.
