Brotherly Love

Chapter Four

Friends for Life

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Me: THANK GOD!! My block has been lifted! Thank you !! (bows) Hmm? Oh hahaha....well I hope you people enjoy this chapter....

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Naraku smirked and bowed. "Don't feel down Inutaisho-sama."

His smirk flipped upside down into a frown.

The worst is only beginning....

Inutaisho stood up.

"That's right." he said. "I have to talk to Inuyasha. I'll be back soon." he turned to the door and started to walk out.

"You're not going to tell him of the engagement now, are you?" Naraku asked.

Inutaisho shuddered. "Of course not. That would be foolish. Inuyasha's not prepared to get such information delivered to him. I'm going to tell him the day he turns 17. By then, it will sink in better."

Naraku frowned. "But what if Sakuma's attacker..?" he was cut short when Inutaisho growled under gritted teeth.

"That is what I fear most." he mumbled. "Not for me, but for Inuyasha. But I'm not giving in. I'm not giving up without a fight." he turned to Naraku and his expression softened. "They won't take me. I won't allow Inuyasha and Sesshomaru to go parentless."

Naraku nodded, unable to hide his surprised expression by the king's speech.

Inutaisho walked out the door, but glanced at Naraku one more time.

"I will be going now Naraku-sama." Inutaisho said finally as he left the room.

Naraku sat down at Inutaisho's desk and narrowed his dark eyes.

Soh? Well I'll see that speech of yours is denied.

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Inuyasha was startled as he heard his door being knocked.

"Inuyasha?" came a deep voice on the other side.

"Come in daddy." Inuyasha said in a light voice.

The door creaked open as Inutaisho slowly walked up to his son and pulled up a seat beside him.

"Inuyasha, I have some good news for you."

Sesshomaru pressed his ear up against the wall.

Was his father really going to tell Inuyasha about his engagement? Would Inuyasha be ready?

Sesshomaru shook his head.

No, father's not like that. He's going to wait. And I'm going to ask him. I'll ask him myself to cough the truth out of him.

"Good news?" Inuyasha peeped.

Inutaisho nodded and offered his son a warm smile. "It seems you might have some new friends by the end of the week."

Inuyasha grinned. "Really father?"

Inutaisho nodded again. "Two friends actually. The first one is the son of one of my good friends. He's a monk who aids the castle people and drives out any unwanted spirits." Inutaisho lay back and scratched his head. "The young boys name is....Miroku. He's just a bit older than you, he's eight I believe."

Happy thought surrouned Inuyasha's head. He was going to meet a lot of people now!

"And the other child is the daughter of the taijiya leader that I've hired to destroy any demons that have been wandering around the castle. She's a cute girl. Her name is Sango. I believe you'll like her. But she's only five, so be nice to her."

Anger made Inutaisho's stomach tighten and he immediently regretted saying that. Inuyasha was to be wed to Kikyou. Kikyou, Kikyou, Kikyou. But what if that's not what Inuyasha wants? Inuyasha would be meeting Kikyou in a year. The King just wished that Kikyou would appeal to Inuyasha, and vise-versa.

Sesshomaru let go of the breath he had been holding it. He let out a loud whoosh as the air seeped out of his mouth.

So he didn't tell Inuyasha of Kikyou - yet.

His head snapped up as he heard footsteps behind him. He turned his head and saw Naraku.

"Well, well, well." Naraku said, eyeing the young youkai. "What have we got here? An evesdropper?"

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at Naraku, staring him down with an ice glare. He had never liked Naraku, But Naraku was always found in the castle, because he was father's best friend.

"I wasn't evesdropping." he said through gritted teeth.

Naraku smirked. "Now, now, is that any way to talk to your father's best friend? You should always respect your elders."

Sesshomaru returned the smirk. "I hope you aren't talking about yourself."

Naraku glared at Sesshomaru. "Watch that attitude Sesshomaru."

"I don't know what you're talking about Naraku." Sesshomaru said cooly.

"That's Naraku-sama to you." Naraku said icily.

Sesshomaru hmphed. "My attitude is my own, Naraku-sama." he mocked.

Naraku bent down to eye Sesshomaru directly. "Listen runt. Watch that attitude. Or else someday it might get you in trouble."

Sesshomaru bent forward, his amber eyes burning into Naraku's.

"Is that a threat?" he whispered.

"Maybe." Naraku said coldly.

The door to Inuyasha's room swung open and Inutaisho was surprised to see his son and his best friend standing just outside of it.

Sesshomaru and Naraku stood up immediently.

"Inutaisho-sama." Naraku said, as he pulled Sesshomaru close to him. "I was just talking to your wonderful son. A pleasent boy he really is."

Sesshomaru sweat dropped.

What a fake act. Father can't really fall for it, can he?

Inutaisho gave a small smile. "That's wonderful Naraku." he said.

Naraku glanced over at Sesshomaru and they both eyed eachother with cold glares.

Once Inutaisho left, Seshomaru and Naraku faced each other, anger seething through their ears.

"Oh little Sesshomaru." Naraku said, containing his anger. "You know I am in control. I have more power than you, even though you are a prince."

Sesshomaru gave Naraku the coldest look. It even gave Naraku chills down his spine and made him want to turn away, but he stared at him back and Sesshomaru slowly moved his lips.

"We'll see."

That was all. Two words. We'll see.

Then both of them stomped off.

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Inuyasha the next day wondered outside the castle looking for Kagome Higurashi, the kind little girl in which he had helped not long ago.

He smiled as he saw Kagome along with another boy that looked about his age.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called waving towards him. Inuyasha ran along the river bank and stopped in front of Kagome. He looked over at the other boy with dark, long hair held up in a high pony tail with armor over his body and a headband. Inuyasha immediently picked up the scent of a wolf.

"Inuyasha this is my best buddy Kouga!!" Kagome exclaimed. "Kouga, this is my new friend Inuyasha!"

Kouga stepped up and cleared his throat. "Hi Inuyasha." he said softly, not taking his deep blue eyes off of Inuyasha.

"Hi Kouga." Inuyasha said in the same tone, and him and Kouga both stared each other down. It could have been a rivalry that started then and there.

"Okay Kouga-kun, okay Inuyasha! What do you want to do now?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha and Kouga stopped glaring at each other and looked over at Kagome and they both shrugged.

Kagome stared at the sky, and then she started jumping up and down. "I know!" she said. "Let's play hide-and-go-seek!"

After thinking for a while Inuyasha and Kouga finally agreed.

"NOT IT!" Inuyasha and Kouga screamed at the same time. Kagome crossed her arms and pouted.

"Aww I'm it!" she moaned. She closed her eyes and started muttering to herself. "I'm counting to ten! So hurry up!" she said happily.

Inuyasha and Kouga glared at eachother again and the two of them automatically started jumping around the forest to find a hiding spot.

"I was here first!" Inuyasha said, his cheek being pushed against bu Kouga's foot as they were both squished in a hallow tree.

"No way inu-koro I was here first!"

"What did you call me?" Inuyasha demanded as he eyes Kouga down.

"I called you inu-koro you mutt!" Kouga yelled as he pushed his foot down harder.

"That's inu-koro-sama to you!" Inuyasha replied as he elbowed Kouga in the stomach and Kouga let out a barf sound.

"Get out!" Inuyasha hissed as he pushed Kouga out of the hollow spot of the tree. Kouga landed on his face and jumped to his feet immediently.

"You get out inu-koro!" Kouga said jumping back into the tree and Inuyasha and Kouga both had their feets on the other youkai's cheeks.

"Make me!" Inuyasha said sticking out his tongue.

"No you nasty koro!" Kouga said, pulling down the skin underneith his eye.

"Stupid mutt!" Inuyasha responded.

Kagome burst infront of the tree and Inuyasha and Kouga both screamed as they scrambled out of the tree and landed on their faces.

"I found you!" Kagome laughed as she saw that Inuyasha and Kouga's faces were planted in the ground. "One of you has to be it!"

Inuyasha and Kouga jumped back to their feet.

"Not it!" they both screamed at the same time.

"Rock, paper, scissors!" Kagome suggested.

Inuyasha and Kouga both leaned down and stared each other in the eye. They both held out their hands into fists, then made a shape.

They both held out rock. They tried again. This time paper. They tried again and this time was scissors. Kouga's eyes flashed as they did it again, Inuyasha doing rock, starting the pattern again, but Kouga used paper.

Inuyasha gasped as he was stabbed and glared Kouga down. Kouga grinned as he walked over to Kagome and stuck out his tongue at him.

Inuyasha squeezed his eyes shut as he stomped the ground.

"One! Two! Three!" and then he heard Kagome and Kouga scramble off.

Once Inuyasha was done counting, he sniffed the air and tracked Kouga's strong mutt scent. He ran off in the direction he though the scent was coming from.

Inuyasha's ears twitched as he heard a sound. Kouga and Kagome giggling. They were probably hiding in the most obvious spot.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes and the small hanyou looked around in the bushes, checked the branches of a tree, and checked more and more.

The six year old hanyou was about to give up hope as he heard Kagome giggle again. Inuyasha leaned over into a bush, being careful not to make any sounds as he pushed the leaves away from his view.

He slapped a hand over his mouth as he saw Kouga lean forward - and plant a big sloppy kiss on Kagome's cheek.

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Me: Hahaha! It's the war of children! Keep note that Inuyasha is six years old now, and Kouga is seven and Kagome is four. So they're all young. I'm not sure about the ages of Miroku and Sango, but here what I was told off of a website. Inuyasha: 17. Kouga: 18. Sango:16. Kagome: 15. Sessy: 23. Miroku: 20. So you do the math.

P.S. Hope you liked this chapter!