A/N: Yeah, yeah, only saying the typical: bad grammar, the characters here acts really OOC, but I don't care. Hope you like the fic: the idea hit hard my head and I'm a little afraid that this sucks! Review and let me know if I put too much marmalade here.

Isn't obvious? Inu-Yasha isn't mine!

"Bedtime and Sugar High."

He, the great lord of the western lands was stunned with the situation unfolding in front of his very eyes. But he was decided.

Earlier that day, in a meeting with a youkai lord and his mate, he heard something about 'bedtime', and when he asked what was that about (despise his pride), the lady explained to him that all pups, even humans, needed hours to sleep, eat and play for their own welfare, and those hours must've respected to all cost, mostly the bedtime.

Since Rin was with him, she did those entire things when she wished to, and he had never worried before; but if the schedules were going to help Rin's welfare, so be it. Better late than never.

The problem was… that Rin didn't care about schedules and that was giving him and to his loyal retainer a lot of troubles. For example: right now, Rin didn't wanted to go to bed, she was unusually hyperactive and…

… Currently, she was running away from the frantic Jaken and her pajamas around his still form, laughing all the time.

"Rin. Go to bed." He said quietly for the hundredth time.

Not too much convincing.

"Aww, You Brat! Came Here! You Have To Go To Sleep!"

"I'm not sleepy! I wanna keep playing!"

"You can play tomorrow, Rin." Said Sesshomaru.

"But Rin want to play now! Rin wants to keep playing!" She pouted, stopping for a moment. Jaken grabbed her arm in that moment. "Argh! Let Me Go! You're hurting me!"

"Jaken."

"Hai, my lord." Answered Jaken, letting go of Rin's arm. Sesshomaru took the pajama from him and kneeled besides Rin.

"Rin. Put your pajamas on." He said, but Rin smiled and touched him in the shoulder.

"You Search For Rin!" She said among giggles, and then she ran for cover. Sesshomaru look at her dumbfounded. A little head popped up from behind a chest. "You have to look for Rin, Sesshomaru-sama."

"You Insolent Brat! Come Here NOW and Behave Like a… master?" Jaken shut up when he saw Sesshomaru glaring at him.

"If I find you, you'll have to put your pajama on." Stated the lord, looking to where Rin was.

"Ok… but you have to give Rin time to hide. And Close your eyes! Don't peek!"

"I'll count to ten… with my eyes shut."

"Really?"

"1… 2… 3… 4… 5…"

Rin started to giggle happily as she looked for a proper hiding place. A few seconds later, Sesshomaru rose from his spot and almost immediately, his eyes fixed on a bundle under Rin's futon. It was obvious were Rin was… and her giggling wasn't helping her.

"I found you. You are under the futon."

An explosion of laughter came from the futon as a hyperactive child burst from under it and ran to the nearest shelter she could find: behind her chest. Only her happy face was visible.

"Come here, Rin, I found you: You have to put your pajama on."

The girl ignored him, covered her mouth and her face disappeared behind the chest, but her giggling continued.

"You insolent brat! Obey Lord Sesshomaru At Once!"

"Jaken. Get Lost." Sesshomaru said bored. "Rin, don't make me go after you." More giggles. "I mean it."

More and more giggles as an answer. Sesshomaru sighed in resignation and walked to the chest. With a swift movement, he picked Rin up from her scruff and faced her.

"Now, your pajama."

"Rin is having Fun!" She said, clapping her hands together.

"Good for you. Now, your pajama."

He set Rin on the floor and he passed her the pajama. The child smiled at him cutely and then she disappeared behind a door. Moments later, she burst out from there and ran until she hugged Sesshomaru's legs. The lord stared at her without knowing what to do (aka, poker face).

"Play with me again!"

"No, it's your bedtime."

"I don't want to go to sleep." She pouted. "I'm having fun with you!"

"Don't argue with me and go to bed."

"Why?"

"You don't want to piss me off."

"Not that! Besides you'll never get piss at Rin. Why do I have to go to bed when Rin doesn't want it?"

"Because you are a pup and pups needs their sleep."

"Why?"

"For their welfare. Now, Rin, go to bed."

"But I'm not sleepy!"

"I don't care."

"Why you don't care for Rin?" Asked the girl, with watery eyes.

"…"

"Why?" She insisted, tears threatening to fall.

"I, Sesshomaru, care for Rin deeply. I don't care about if you aren't sleepy. This Sesshomaru wants you to go to bed!"

"Why do you want that?"

"Because is good for you."

"Why?"

"Because you need to sleep."

"But if I'm not sleepy, I'm going to get bored, and I'm going to want to play again and I'm going to get out of my room and…

"You'll want to play again until the sleeps finally gets you." Finished Sesshomaru. "But you are sleepy!"

"Rin is not!"

"Yes you are! Look at those eyes: they seem sleepy to me, don't you think that, Jaken?"

"Oh my! Rin's eyes are very tired, my lord; you are very right! "

"See? Even Jaken thinks the same." Sesshomaru lied. "Soon you will be yawning. That's why I wanted you to go to bed." Rin rubbed her eyes.

"I didn't notice… :Yawn:…"

"Come here." Sesshomaru picked Rin up and walked to her futon, which was already settled again, thanks to Jaken. The lord laid Rin there, and the child quickly got under her covers. "What a sleepy girl we have here! Ready to sleep until tomorrow."

":Yawn: Rin feels sand :Yawn: in her eyes…"

"Must be Sandman… it's a youkai who put sand on the eyes of the pups to put them to sleep, you know."

":Yawn: Really?"

"Yeah, and if the pup is still awake when he turns to check on he, he took his… he scolds him!" Added Jaken.

Sesshomaru silenced Jaken with a glare before he could finish the story. The girl didn't need to hear things that have might scare her. Rin stared at Jaken in silence, she sat up and kissed Sesshomaru in the cheek, before getting under the covers and snuggled against them.

"Oyasumi, Sesshomaru-sama!"

"Oyasumi, Rin-chan. Have a nice sleep."

"Hai!"

The lord and his retainer left Rin's room after they had spend at least two hours trying to get Rin to bed. They walked through a long hall and suddenly, Sesshomaru stopped near a window. He opened the window and touched his cheek; he stared through the windows, his expression, unreadable. The lord shuddered suddenly.

"Jaken. I need to kill something." He paused for a moment. "I really need it… Jaken?"

Sesshomaru turned over his heels to face Jaken, but the toad was nowhere in sight. The lord sniffed and growled for himself.

After that, he left to the woods…

Fin

By

Misao-CG.

PS: Sorry for the mess with the grammar!

Oyasumi: Good Night.