I am going to say this once. So LISTEN UP! I dun own InuYasha or any of the people in it. I wish I did.

"Ready to embarrass yourself?" questioned Sesshomaru, looking down at his brother. The two were positioned on the front of Kagome's street, glaring daggers at each other. "You wish!" was the reply.

Kagome hummed quietly to herself, shifting her pack to another shoulder. It was an enchanting day at the shrine. She puzzled over whether the two "pets" she brought home were behaving. A loud, ominous growl from the other side of the street answered the unspoken question. In a cloud of dust, Kagome was knocked backwards into the sidewalk as the brothers raced by her, cursing and shouting death threats at each other. "SIT!!!" she screamed furiously, but they were out of earshot.

Ten minutes later...

Sesshomaru smirked arrogantly at his brother, who was lying in a crater in the middle of the street. A very angry schoolgirl had caught up with the pair at the last minute with a stream of "SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!!!" that went on for 3 minutes flat before InuYasha screamed that he'd had enough. He lost the race. But that was the least of his problems, he realized, staring into the steamed face of Kagome. She pointed with a shaking finger at the street. Inu glanced beyond her shoulder at the wreckage, cement crumbled, people screaming, water rushing, all from their quick and simple passage. InuYasha practically smiled, though, when even Sesshomaru let down his tough attitude to cower under Kagome's screams. Both of them sat up at the same time, eyes lowered to the ground as the girl shrieked at them over "Don't you see how much this'll COST?" and "I'm so embarrased!" What was so important about that? InuYasha wondered. He lost the race! Who cared about some stupid costs?

Mrs. Higurashi was the one who answered that. Kagome put on a show about trusting them, taking them home, and then they pulled a stunt like this under her nose! Sesshomaru shook his head slowly back and forth during the skit, as though denying everything she complained for. InuYasha quietly muttered to himself, though his brother caught snips of "Stupid wench.." and "That bitch!" Sota observed from the kitchen door, quite content to keep away from his sister's wrath. She was frightening even when she wasn't mad. All this talk about dog demons, tests, dogs, exams, Hojo, tests..he came to the conclusion that his sister had serious issues. Were this two boys dog demons? Surely not the shorter one, he was more like Kagome. But what about the tall one with the funny furry thing? And even weirder clothes?

Sesshomaru growled under his breath, hearing a slight of his nickname during the muttering. People were too obsessed with nicknames. The first few days he had been here, a couple had come up. Sesshy did not amuse him. Neither did Sesshomy, Fluffy, Ickles, and numerous other names that weren't even worth mentioning.

"And.." said Kagome, finishing, "I'm sending you BOTH to learn a little more manners with your own kind!" Now this was interesting. Youkai had a place to learn manners? thought an amused Sesshomaru. InuYasha stared blankly at her, not quite understanding. For some reason, Kagome looked even more thoughtful than Sesshomaru, then beckoned towards the door. "What are you waiting for, doggies?"

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Ooh, be afraid. Be very afraid o_o Err, sorry it was short. My mind fails me.