The only thing that had changed is Inu/Sess' Father's Name. And I changed Ikari's hair color to a dark purple instead of red.
Disclaimer: I don't own or claim to own anyone other than Ikari, she is my original character.
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I know that there is one person in particular who is looking forward to the NC-17 chapter but that won't come until close to the end. I may add a few teasers and whatnot to tide you hentai people over! :D But.....not yet!
People, I am not doing this to try to live up to anyone else's standards, and if you try to compare me to your own, I will fall miserably short. Everyone has his or her own ideas about how and why stuff happens and if you don't like mine, write your own.
Anyway, on to where we left off...

InuYasha felt a tingling sensation that began at his fingertips, which were in the center of the orb, and quickly swept up his arm. An involuntary gasp escaped his lips as the warm tingle swept into his mind, searching. He barely heard the others gasp as the magic flowed through him in them. And unconsciously, as if the magic told him to, InuYasha slowly let his eyes drift shut. In his mind, all he could see was a swirling green mist, twisting and churning as it searched for an answer.
Unseen by the Inu-gumi, a small dart of lightning streaked from the orb that contained InuYasha's hand to the center of the orb to it's right. The light colors swirled in it for a moment before is shot a line to the orb next to it. The search finally ended when the answer they sought was found in an orb near the center of the cluster. The green mist in front of everyone slowly started to change colors and take form...

Lord Inu-Taisho walked slowly down the worn dirt path that led from the gardens of his high mountain palace to the beautiful valley below. Every once and a while, a gentle breeze would tousle his long silver hair and tickle the sensitive, white ears that perched on top of his head. The simple dark green kimono and pants he wore kept getting staticy and clinging to him, royally ticking him off. The path itself was wide but it was surrounded closely on it edges by the thick underbrush that covered most of the forest floor. Spaced a little further away from the path were the huge oaken trees that covered most of the mountain, their leaves blanketing it in a cool shade. The year was unusually warm so far and the rains came regularly enough for the valley to be in full bloom. Lady Ai and their son, Sesshoumaru, frequently went to the valley to collect herbs and flowers that his wife used in medicines. But only during the warm months. Inu-Taisho strictly forbade them to leave the castle during the winter. He was very protective of them both, probably to the point of being over protective. But he felt that his son, being only four, was still very susceptible to the illnesses that came with being drenched in the cold snows that came in the winter.
Suddenly the path opened up into the large valley below his home. The flat earth was covered in a blanket of grasses, herbs and flowers. The scent of jasmine and honeysuckle hung lightly in the air. Through the center of the valley ran a fairly large creek; the water was swift and cold from the melting snows on the taller, surrounding mountains. Near the creek was where Lord Inu-Taisho found his wife and son. Lady Ai was sitting on a blanket near the creek, a basket of herbs and flowers next to her. Her kimono was a white silk material with purple chrysanthemums on it, accenting her lilac eyes. Her unbound hair was, if possible, whiter than the silk of her kimono; it fell in soft waves down her back to puddle on the blanket. He knew she knew he was there, yet she said nothing, nor looked at him. Her eyes were on their son, who was at the moment, looking at some herbs, trying to decide which one was which. He stood out like a sore thumb because of the black kimono and pants he was wearing. The Demon Lord of the Western Lands knew exactly why his wife did not acknowledge him. They had started to do that recently, not announcing each other's presences, to test their young son's ability to do so.
Inu-Taisho watched his son get agitated with the plants. The boy was so much like his mother. He had her soft white hair and the crescent moon of her family's line. He also possessed her family's smaller build. Sesshoumaru would be tall, since it ran on both sides and he already came close to his mother's waist and she was by no means short. Yet he wouldn't be very stocky or muscular, like his father had been; he'd be more wiry and fast. From his father Sesshoumaru had gotten his golden eyes, the red stripes on both cheeks, and the poison that excreted from beneath the claws of his right hand. But one thing he had gotten, the one thing that couldn't be pinned on either side's list of attributes was his tail.
Inu-Taisho's eyes traveled down his son's back, past his waist length hair to the white thing that stood in sharp contrast to his darker clothing. The Demon Lord couldn't help but smile as he looked at the thing that caused his son so much grief. Having a tail in his human form wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, but Sesshoumaru's tail was at least two times as long as he was tall. He would probably grow into it, and until he did he would learn to be able to control it better than he could now. Actually, Sesshoumaru had about zero control over the long thing of white fluff.
Sesshoumaru was about to lean down, supposedly to pick a plant when a gentle wind blew and he suddenly stood strait up. It was then that Inu-Taisho realized that he was upwind. The young boy spun around quickly, adoration and love shining in his eyes and a smile on this face.
"PAPA!!!!" He cried in delight as he ran toward his father. That's when Lord Inu-Taisho saw IT. Again....
"Sesshoumaru! Wait! Your tai..." Before he could fully get the sentence out, Sesshoumaru's tail, with a mind of its own, swung around and SMACKED its owner across the face.
And Sesshoumaru was down.
The boy plopped down on the ground and blinked a couple times from shock as a red welt formed across his small nose.
Inu-Taisho was about to ask him if he was all right when Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed dangerously. And he knew what was about to happen next and smacked himself on the forehead and groaned. Lady Ai tried to hide her smile behind her hand and to stifle her giggles. If there was one thing they knew about their son, it was that if he was crossed, he went out for blood. And it hadn't occurred to him that this would be his own blood.
The boy lunged sideways, trying to catch the tip, but missed as it twitched to the left, as if it were deliberately dodging. Sesshoumaru pounced again, and again, trying in vain to extract revenge. Finally, after giving up on getting the jump on it, he resorted to chasing it in circles. Ai had given up on trying to hide it and was laughing out loud with tears sliding down her face. Inu-Taisho was having trouble controlling his own laughter as he walked swiftly over to his son and his dilemma, hoping to prevent any bloodshed. His son was still running in circles when he reached him, and, relying on his demon speed to keep him from getting bit, he reached down into the blur of white and quickly grabbed the boy by the tail, lifting him up into the air. His small chest was huffing, trying to catch his breath; his eyes were bleary as the world stopped spinning. His amber eyes slowly focused on his father and he smiled brilliantly. But he suddenly grew serious.
"Papa?" He asked quietly as his father started to carry him towards his mother.
"Yes, Sesshoumaru?" Inu-Taisho responded calmly, not expecting the oncoming question as he started to set down next to his wife.
"Can you cut it off?"
Inu-Taisho almost face-faulted.
"W-why would you ask something like that?" Ai asked worriedly.
"Because it's too long and it keeps smacking me. And..." he added quietly, "It's embarrassing." He looked up shyly, almost blushing, to see his parents smiling at each other.
"But you don't want to cut it off, my young prince." Interrupted a soft voice.
Everyone's head swerved to the side to see the approaching demons, a man, a woman and a small child. The man was a Japanese demon with long black hair that he kept in a braid down his back and the traditional yellow demon eyes. He wore a short, red kimono trimmed with gold on the hem and sleeves with pants to match. The woman was a European demon with long orange/red curly hair and green, human looking eyes. Her kimono was the same style as Lady Ai's but her's was a pale green to accent her eyes. Now the child she carried seemed an almost combination of them both. The girl had dark wavy hair that came down to the middle of her back. One would think her hair was black except for where the sunlight hit it and you could see it's true color, a very deep purple. Her eyes were that of a demon, with the long, slitted pupil, but instead of being yellow, the irises were green. She wore a cute pink kimono and matching pants. Even though girls technically weren't supposed to where pants, she was a small child and there was no way she could move around and explore without showing some stuff in a regular kimono. Lord Inu-Taisho stood up, smiling, and walked over to greet his childhood friend.
Sesshoumaru watched dumbly as his father walked over to the strange man and they hugged each other laughing. He was trying to figure out who they were but his mother's voice startled him out of his thoughts.
"Megan!" She called out sweetly, waving to the younger woman. "Come sit here and talk with me."
"Okay." The other woman called back walking toward them slowly.
When she arrived she promptly sat down on the blanket next to Lady Ai. Okay, the woman Sesshoumaru understood. His mother was all the time having friends over and his father was always talking to his friends. But... Sesshoumaru wanted to know about the little thing that was clinging to Lady "Megan's" kimono. The thing with big green eyes and that was insistently sucking on its thumb. And before Sesshoumaru could get a word in, his mother asked for him.
"And who is this?" She asked, ducking her head to get a better look.
"This," Megan began, prying her daughter's hand off her kimono to sit her so she was looking at Ai. "This is Ikari."
"Ikari, huh. I think it fits." Ai said through her laughter as she tickled the young girl who laughed sweetly.
"How old is she now?" Ai asked, this time tickling her feet through her socks.
"She'll be one in May."
"Really? Then she's four years younger that Sesshoumaru. He'll be five...in ....April." Ai's eyes got huge suddenly. She'd forgotten about him. She turned about quickly, her hair swinging wildly with the sudden movement. To her relief he was still sitting where his father had left him, looking at her. She smiled sweetly and said,
"Come sit over here, Sesshoumaru."
He didn't respond but moved to where she bid him to and started suddenly when he heard Megan's sharp intake of breath.
"Oh, my God, Ai!" She started, staring wide-eyed at his mother, and then she turned her gaze to him.
"You've grown so much since I last saw you."
Sesshoumaru just smiled, grown-ups, especially the women, said that a lot to him. The conversion between his mother and Megan began again and Sesshoumaru felt eyes on him. He shifted his gaze to little girl in Megan's lap to see her staring at him. Well, not him, per say, but his tail, which was swishing back and forth mockingly at the moment. And that reminded him of what Megan had said when she first arrived.
"Um, Lady Meg-Han" he started shyly, his tongue tripping over the strange name. But she only giggled.
"Yes?"
"Was it you that said I shouldn't cut off my tail?"
Megan blinked a moment then smiled.
"Yes, that was me. I'd forgotten."
"Why shouldn't I?" He asked curiously.
"Well..." she started, unsure of how exactly she should say it.
"When you're older, girls will think it's cute." She said smiling down at him.
"But..." Now he was confused. "Why would I want girls to think I'm cute? Whenever girls say something is cute they tackle it and drag it everywhere with them." He had seen the daughters of vassals and servants of his father's and they all did that. Well, now he was certain, he did not want to be cute.
Lady Megan and Lady Ai couldn't help but laugh at his choice of using the word tackle. Both thinking that he had nooo idea.
By this time Lord Inu-Taisho and his friend, Lord Anitsu had come up to join them.
"Megan, Anitsu tells me that you three are going to Europe next month."
"Yes," Megan said quietly, adverting her eyes.
"But Ikari's so young!" Ai protested, aghast.
"I know, but I can't do anything about it. My parents never approved of our marriage in the first place." She said sadly, looking at her husband. "But we did anyway and now they want to see Ikari. I can't blame them or deny them, because they are her grandparents after all. But, I wish that they would come to see us instead of the other way around. I don't fell comfortable traveling so far with her."
Throughout her monologue, Megan had taken Ikari from her lap and set her on the blanket, dangerously near Sesshoumaru's tail, which was still swishing. Sesshoumaru himself was currently listening to the adults, wondering where and what Europe was. He didn't really notice that his tail suddenly stopped moving, nor did he feel the little hands that tightly gripped it. And Ikari, despite not even being a year old, was demon, and all demon children have at least the two top fangs, for self-defense. And if you hadn't guessed what was coming, she bit his tail.
Sesshoumaru's loud yelp of pain startled all the adults and they shifted they gazes to Sesshoumaru who was clutching his tail tightly to his chest with wide eyes.
"Sesshoumaru, what happened?" Inu-Taisho asked, his voice laced with worry.
"I-it....sh-she....tthat thing bit my TAIL!!!!" He half yelled, pointing a shaky finger at the small child.
Inu-Taisho was about to reprimand him for lying when Megan said,
"Oh my...."
"What?" All of them, including Sesshoumaru asked worriedly.
Megan promptly leaned over and pulled some loose strands of short, white hair away from Ikari's mouth and held them up for everyone's inspection.
None of the adults could hold in the laughter.

And the scene faded back into the green mist. But the mist didn't fade, it was still there, only it was swirling and churning about again.

InuYasha, in his mind, was lying on his side, his white head propped up on one elbow. A confused look across his face.
"He hates humans because some demon girl bit his tail?" He mused to himself.
"I don't think it's done yet." Shippo chimed in happily. InuYasha fell on his face.
Jumping up, he turned around to find the others behind him in either sitting or lounging positions.
"W-why are you here?!" He demanded angrily.
They all looked around, noticing each other for the first time.
"I guess this way the orbs didn't have to transmit to each of us individually." Myouga quipped from InuYasha's shoulder.
"So it's like going to a movie!" Kagome said happily.
"Movie?" They all asked dimly.
"You know, when you go to the movie theater and, .... Oh, I forgot, you guys wouldn't know would you?"
Everyone shook their head. Kagome sighed heavily.
"Look. It's starting again." Sango called from the back, pointing at the mist.




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I finally finished it!! It took longer that I planned but I got it done. I don't know when the next chapter will be but more reviews = faster chapters.
And we do love his tail don't we girls???
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