Very early the next morning much to his displeasure Inuyasha found himself sitting with Sesshomaru and Inukumi.

"So, i've done many dishonorable things?" Sesshomaru sat across from Inuyasha his head lowered, eyes latched to the floor a deep anger marred his face, how could he have grown into this being that used his brother after beating him down and abandoning him, who treated his mother so cold; ignoring her as if she were a commoner. He'd caused his brother many misfortunes and apparently cut down demons and humans alike who'd been fool enough to stand in his way.

Inuyasha hesitated mouth open in a small 'o' words about to tumble out of his mouth, but what could he say? He wanted to reassure the pup that he wasn't well a fucking monster but, who's to say that Sesshomaru could not grow right back into the same personality he'd harbored for centuries. The pup as he is now was as genuine as possible and yet you could see personality traits within the pup that the 'original' Sesshomaru as he'd taken to calling the previous character that Sesshomaru had. A bit of short temperament, the lack of words from the little demon was the most obvious, and now the distinguishable attitude about honor.

"Sesshomaru." Inukumi's voice cut through the thick tension within the air a gentle swish of clothing could be heard as she moved to kneel before her pup.

"You did not have." she paused "The best personality." she said simply resting her hands upon his knees she held a firm grip. "You were very harsh, and cold." she paused again.

"Also quite fair, you were not without honor and amazing strength." her words were light and airy and yet the weight of them fell onto Sesshomaru who knew not what to think of himself.

"This shall be fixed." was all she said before raising herself up full height towering over the smaller inu. "I'll be taking leave when the sun is highest in the sky." she cupped the small face of her pup "In three days time my pup."

She turned her attentions to the hanyou who eyed her back; she could see the a childish attitude within his eyes, she held her tongue fast ready to hurl insults at the cur and yet it would not do well to upset her already disgruntled pup. "Inuyasha, you will protect what you have claimed." she paused a look of a pleasure crossed her youthful features. Inukumi had a plan.

"We will be integrating you into the House of Toga after so many centuries of absences. I think i'll be bringing along a few scholars to begin your education."

"What?" Inuyasha sneered at her words. "Integrate me…" the lady cut him off.

"Yes foolish pup!" She quipped "Do you understand what you've done?" she narrowed her eyes at the red faced hanyou.

"What are you yappin' about lady? I never wanted to be apart of your royal family!" Inuyasha stood now cheeks tinted red.

Pup?...

"Simple hanyou you were born into it, pride and prejudice aside you carry the blood of Toga." she sighed dramatically here at Inuyasha's snort. "Although I would have been just as content to allow you to run around the forest like the untrained little mongrel you are, you have laid claim to my pup." she narrowed her eyes here openly ignoring the pointed glare the hanyou shot at her. "And he has accepted you." She spat lips lush and curved with a deep sneer.

"You will honor this claim hanyou, you will not shame your brother or your house." she found herself toe to toe with the young hanyou looking down upon him she really was quite tall for a female dog demon her blood stemming from the ancient line of Shiro dog demons of course, the largest magnificent white dog demons hence Sesshomaru's tall stature. She assumed the half breeds human blood depleted his height as Toga was her cousin and they had been promised since birth him awaiting her of course.

"You will finish the claim hanyou, you have vowed yourself to Sesshomaru to protect him." she felt her temper rising chest puffing qutie a bit she snarled. "Did you not?"

Yes!...

"I told you that was my youkai already, ya' deaf or somethin'?." Inuyasha growled. Vowed? Did she understand that Sesshomaru hated him?

Inuyasha was certain that Inukumi had to be insane.

Claim? Yes…

He did no such thing sure the pup was fucking cute and horribles things had happened to him but to finish the claim? To tie himself to the very youkai that hunted and beat him senseless? The Sesshomaru he knew that left a hole in his stomach.

Not our pup...

'I don't even like guys.' Inuyasha snarled within himself inwardly glaring at his youkai if that was even possible. 'This is your fault anyway.'

"Foolish hanyou…" Inukumi caught the hanyous attention once again her eyes alive with a deep anger burning through her golden iris. "You seem to misunderstand what exactly youkai is."

She graceful crossed her arms around her large chest, "Ones youkai is themselves a base to all your primal power and emotions, your youkai is your demon lifeforce; you speak as if you and your youkai were two it may have to do with the inferior human blood." she tsked. "Such a pity, all that power watered down by such powerless blood."

"Imagine! You took my darling pups arm." She spat and narrowed her eyes at the hanyou then sighed removing a pale arm from around her chest pressing the outside of her wrist to her forehead her a slight jut of her lower lip. "My poor Shesshomaru missing a left arm, when he was so rightfully born with all limbs and each clawed digit intact!"

Inuyasha looked to Sesshomaru then who'd now been staring at his left arm. "Sesshomaru."

"I wish you safe passage mother." Sesshomaru cut the hanyou off then stood, he made way out of the sitting room passing Inuyasha whose back faced the door he gave slight nod and continued on.

"Why'd ya have to go and say that?" The hanyou was livid what the hell was wrong with this broad he could feel his youkai snarling in displeasure it definitely didn't like Sesshomaru's mother.. "Do you enjoy hurting him?"

"Why do you care?" Inukumi was calm her voice almost playful, "He is my son I will always put his well being first of course." She gave a miniscule smile.

Why did he care?

Mine...

"It doesn't matter!" Inuyasha snarled. "You don't have the right to hurt him further than he already has been." Toward the end his anger eased into a softer tone his eyes bore into the Lady's demanding she understand his words.

"You will finish the claim Inuyasha." She smiled then and Inuyasha saw each ones of her flawless white teeth within her gruesome smile he was sure Shippo would piss himself if he were to see this.

She walked out of the room then.

Inuyasha looked toward the doorway. "Dammit."

ooo

Sesshomaru found himself outside behind the estate standing before a tree and watching its bark forcing his harsh glare onto the thick aged bark that protected the tree.

So far he had learned all in all that he was not a very honorable demon in his supposed mature stages, he used trickery and deception to get what he wanted and no one life ever had meaning to him. Weird enough he had also saved the little girl Rin from death and allowed the very teary and highly annoying Jaken to travel with him.

His head hurt, it pained him so very badly the tension ran straight down the middle of his cranium it felt like, hot burning thick liquid. He found himself panting and leaning forward to grasp the tree.

"Sesshomaru." Inuyasha knelt down behind the smaller inu. "Your head hurts again, what are you thinking of?"

"The present I suppose." Sesshomaru grit out a shaky breath leaving his tired body.

"Stop it." Inuyasha spun the pup around to face golden eyes filled with pain the pup was actually quite hot to the touch. "Do not think of such things for now." He palmed Sesshomaru's forehead with a large hand nearly covering the pups entire face. "Wait until the witch Mishi gets here maybe she has a remedy for this." Inuyasha stared into the pained golden eyes so much like his own.

"Sessho, please I know it's hard but think of me, and how pissed i'd be if you allowed yourself further harm." His hand moved to cup such a small face and gave half a smile. "You understand?"

Sesshomaru found his pained had in fact eased as he focused on his brothers hand a cooling sensation to the heat of his flesh and his lips stuck in a sorta half smile. His big brother was so beautiful he'd do anything for him. "Hai." Sesshomaru felt the heat rise to his face and the tightening of his coils within his stomach.

"Hows about we go to the beach once the sun is higher?" Inuyasha looked past the blushing pup intent on ignoring whatever it is his stupid youkai had created between them.

"We can watch Jaken try not to drown in the water, I bet he can't swim." Inuyasha looked back to the red faced pup and smirked waggling his eyebrows at the pup in such a mischievous way.

Sesshomaru smiled back and nodded taking hold of the hanyous hand still cupped around his face. "Or we could bury him in the sand up to his beak."

Inuyasha let out a roaring laugh at the thought "I bet he'd cry the whole day."

"Big brother?" Sesshomaru's voice held none of the light laughter they'd share jus a second ago and Inuyasha swore the pup's mood changed exactly like that of a female. Thinking back Sesshomaru was always prone to mood swing mainly between not caring and anger kind of like a female.

"You did not mean to put the first claim on me?" Sesshomaru had tightened his hold on the half demon's hand willing the older inu to continue their physical contact. He wanted him to stay to finish the claim and bound them together for all eternity. He'd endure anything to have his big brother with him till the end of his day of this he was sure.

"Sessho, you don't understand your mind isn't in the right place and." Sesshomaru cut him off; "That's not what I asked."

"No I didn't." Inuyasha removed his hand from Sesshomaru's face the pup still held onto his hand and wrist however.

Yes...

"You're not yourself right now, and you're so young it was not right for my youkai to take advantage of you like that."

"I want you, to stay with you big brother." Sesshomaru closed the short distance between them nose barely an inch from touching Inuyasha's.

"I understand what you mean by 'Your youkai' i've seen it." Sesshomaru's smaller hand hardly cupping Inuyasha's face made way down the valley of the half demon's neck and back up running in soothing patterns. "He made me feel safe, I did not feel taken advantage of and I know what that feels like." Sesshomaru spat at the end.

Pup…

"I wish to stay with you big brother, I want..." Inuyasha tore himself away from the pup standing up fully and taking a step back.

"Sesshomaru stop it!"

"You do not know what you want right now, I will always be here for you as your big brother but I cannot finish this claim." Inuyasha looked away from the smaller inu running a calloused hand across his own face. He could feel his youkai thrashing around in anger at his words.

Mine!...

"How can you tell me what I want?" Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed in anger.

"I know what I want, and my feelings will not change Inuyasha." The way he spoke with such conviction. "Do you already want to claim another?" Sesshomaru's tone was accusing.

Inuyasha found himself thinking of Kagome for a second before his youkai squashed the thought snarling in great displeasure at the thought of fucking the human miko. He could admit that he agreed he could not see himself bound the to childish future era miko for all time.

"It's not that, you don't understand right now Sessho."

"Does it have to do with our past?" Sesshomaru looked down at his booted feet. "I've done too many horrible things to you?" He closed his eyes against the hurt of his own words.

"You hate me to much?" Sesshomaru rose his head locking eyes with the hanyou, Inuyasha could see that Sesshomaru was trying not to cry. Gosh he cried so easily these days.

"No Sessho, you hate me to much." Inuyasha sighed a heavy weight placed itself onto his chest guilt maybe? Or maybe it was his youkai trying to crush his heart for hurting Sesshomaru this way.

"Once the witch fixes your mind you'll understand what I mean." Inuyasha picked the whimpering pup up brushing soft silver strands behind a pointed ear. "I could never hate you again Inu, I do not feel as if that Sesshomaru was a part of myself; me." Sesshomaru sniffled stretching little arms around Inuyasha's neck pressing his face into the warm crook of Inuyasha's neck. "I promise big brother."

Mine…

"Alright alright." Inuyasha huffed utterly defeated on both sides "Just stop with all the tears." Inuyasha turned back towards the house.

"Come on, let's find those two weird brothers and pack some shit up for the beach." Inuyasha smirked playful nipping at Sesshomaru's ear "We've got a toad to bury in the sand."

Sesshomaru sniffed pulling back away from Inuyasha's playful bite "Hai, we'll find out if he can swim too."

"Yup, i'll throw his ass in real far." They made it to the house walking through the large kitchen where they found Rah and Riko from the smell permitting the air they were cooking yet both brothers seemed unfocused with the delicious smelling food cooking upon the fire.

Rah who stood behind Riko who was obviously the one cooking as he stood in front of the burners with Rah's one hand wrapped around the younger brothers slim waist while the other held his head cocked to one side allowing Rah to practically devour his younger brothers neck.

Riko moaned softly giving soft protests to his brothers advances, "Rah, anyone could come in here." He sounded breathless as he spoke.

"No one will come in here Riko, i've missed your flesh." The hand around Riko's waist slithered down the grasp the pressing bulge between the younger's legs as Rah slowly rolled his hips against his brothers ass. "Kami, 'Ko."

"We did it last night!" Riko whispered following up with a soft mewl.

Sesshomaru gasped at the scene before him, he'd never seen or heard another pair of demons engaging in sexual activity besides himself, but he refused to think about those horrible times and focused his mind on his sole wonderful experience with his own big brother.

This had to be the right way, big brothers took care of their little brothers Riko's face to Sesshomaru was that of pure delight and Sesshomaru wanted that for himself and Inuyasha.

"Kami! Get a room you two." Inuyasha turned around quickly slapping his hand over Sesshomaru's eyes to save the little bits of innocence the pup had left another part of him pipped up that his youkai had done a bit more than kisses to the neck but he rather violently stomped that voice down.

Rah quickly detangled himself from his younger brother, "My lords!" They both bowed deeply apologizing for their indiscretion.

"Oh can it, I don't care if y'all wanna eat one another." Inuyasha huffed hoisting his baggage also known as Sesshomaru further to the side of his body resting the pup on his hip to avoid the pup finding out about his slight problem.

"I just need some stuff to take with us to the beach." Inuyasha mumbled feeling more embarrassed at the fact that at the sight of the two brothers he himself no youkai induced fantasies had thought of Sesshomaru, wanting to lick the pup clean of his own conscious this time and possibly bite the tender soft flesh...

Ok, time to stop those thoughts Inuyasha focused back on Rah who was saying something about preparing a basket.

"Yea yea, whatever you think we'll need." Inuyasha waved them off making his way out of the kitchen rather quickly. He vaguely heard Sesshomaru telling the two brothers that they too should come along but he hardly cared to listen.

He could not believe his own thoughts.

"Big brother?" Sesshomaru voiced and Inuyasha stopped at the foot of the stairs depositing his bundle to the first stair.

"How 'bout you got find Jaken and Rin and tell them the plans for today?" Inuyasha needed the pup gone for a moment. Honestly he could feel his mouth watering at the soft flesh not covered by the yukata Sesshomaru had chosen this morning. "Hai, big brother."

"I'll go make sure we got all the crap we need." Inuyasha made a quick retreat back into the kitchen once Sesshomaru had went further up into the house. He peeked in first not wanting to be assaulted with brotherly displays of affection once more but only see Riko once again at the stove tops alone while Rah moved about filling a large bamboo woven basket with multiple items.

"We may need two, Sire." Rah commented looking to the half demon for approval.

"Yea yea, I told you whatever we need i'll carry it."

"Nonsense!" Rah expressed his displeasure by scowling at the basket. "Riko and I will take care of everything."

Inuyasha sighed softly "More like put thoughts in hanyou minds where they don't belong."

Rah and Riko both cringed once again they began apologizing.

"Can it!" Inuyasha growled "I'm just pissy with myself is all." The hanyou sighed and lent back against the wall thumping his head very lightly against the wall. "I'm so fucked up."

"Would you like to talk about it my Lord?" Riko genuinely asked whilst setting the out bowls to be filled for the morning meal.

Could he talk about it?

With these two? Or should he wait for Sango and Miroku.

Looking down at the softening cock at his front. "Ah, fuck it why not."