I just noticed. I didn't have any comments or disclaimers on the first two chapters. Oops.

Disclaimer:If I owned Inuyasha Kikyou would've stayed dead, Sesshoumaru would have a girlfriend, Inuyasha would have a tail, and Jaken would be straight.

Inutaisho stepped down off of his ki-cloud and onto the balcony of his beautiful castle. He strode quickly through the spacious, marble room and into the hall, looking left and right until he spotted one of his servants. "Yoshiki." he said. Though he hadn't put any real emotion behind it, the plump little Tanuki still lept at least a few feet in the air.

"Yes my lord?" he asked once he had managed to breath once more.

"Kindly inform Mazuki of my arrival. I intend an audience with her and request that she bring her kits as well."

"Hai, Inutaisho-domo." he said, bowing so that his nose nearly brushed the floor, before scurrying down the passageways. Inutaisho watched him leave before walking off in the opposite direction.

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About twenty minutes later a large cast-iron door was pushed open by a slim Kitsune demoness. She had pinkish-red hair with pointed ears and two matching tails with pastel pink on the ends. In her paws(hands) was a tiny, fuzzy red form which had it's teensy little muzzle pushed into it's mothers chest. She looked walked into the room, stopping about ten feet away, before kneeling as best she could. "My lord." she said respectfully, training her golden-brown eyes on the stone floor. "It is an honor to make your audience."

Inutaisho nodded vaguely, running his hand over the bundle in his lap. "Hai. Mazuki, how is your kit? Healthy I hope?"

"Yes." she said fondly, glancing for a brief moment at her masters face. "Happy, healthy, and hungry. All good signs."

"This is your second litter, correct?"

"Third, my lord." she said, sounding as though she would sorely regret correcting him later. "I had three each. To be honest, with them all grown and gone, it feels almost lonely to only have my little Kenta."

"So then you know a lot about chilren."

"Hai my lord." she smiled softly. "Is the young master acting up, if it is not too bold to ask?"

Inutaisho shook his head, just a little. "No. I mean to ask your opinion about this." he opened the furred bundle, revealing a small demon pup. Even from afar Mazuki could see it was unhealthy.

"Oh!" she gasped, formality flying to the winds as she lept up, snatching the child from his grasp, somehow managing to keep hold of her own at the same time. "The poor thing! How could you have let such a young one get into this condition!"

Inutaisho showed no reaction at all to her angry face. "I relieved her of the barbaric wolf tribes." he said. "She was little better than an orphan there. She wasn't fed or properly taken care of."

"An orphan?" she repeated. "But without a mother he would die. Who fed her?"

"They called a female from another tribe, but she couldn't produce milk."

"Obviously. It would take a few weeks, but she'd starve by then." she seemed to be speaking to herself, watching as the two infants curled up aginst one another. She was struck by how much smaller the wolf was next to the fox, even though they were rouphly the same age. "There were no females there at all?"

"Just her."

"Not even among the normal wolves?"

"No."

"Oh..."

Inutaisho stood swiftly, looking down at her. "Do you believe that you would be capable of nursing her?"

Mazuki stepped back in surprise. "Well, yes. I believe so, my lord. Wolves and foxes aren't that distant, really. It should be alright."

Inutaisho nodded. "Good. You care for her until she is weened, then, and then I shall raise her."

"You my lord!" she said, unable to hide the amazement, shock, and all around confusion from her voice. After all, he was a five hundred year old demon lord! He had one child, a five year old son, and even that was a comkplete shock. He simply wasn't the fathering type.

Inutaisho glared at her. "Yes. Me."

"But wouldn't it be better if...I mean... adopting a wolf child, my lord?"

"She wont be an heir." he said, completely missing her point. "A personal servant, more like. Specifically trained from day one."

Mazuki sighed. No use arguing. He had already madeup his mind, afterall. Besides, he could have simply ordered her to raise the child, he didn't need to ask. "What is her name?" she finally asked.

He looked back at her expressionlessly. "Her name?"

"She does have a name, does she not?"

"...No. You name her, then."

"But my lord you are the one who found her. It is only fitting that you do."

Inutaisho nodded, looking at the pup in her hands. He gently touched her cheek, watching as she sighed in her sleep. "Akira." he finally said.

"That is a boy's-" she started to say, but a sharp glare cut her off. Oh well. Who was she to argue? After all, it meant 'intelligance' so it wasn't completely horrid. "It is a wonderful name, my lord. I am certain that she shall appreciate it when she is old enough to know."

He nodded approvingly at her compliment, before turning and walking from the room. "You may return to your room." he said. "See to it she is healthy."

"As you wish, my lord."

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Prince Of Shadows:Yay! Three chapters! I am awesome. In celebration of my good birthday mood(Jan eighth) I decided to write before it went away. Can you believe it's 12:44 and I haven't gotten a single 'happy birthday' yet? I'm unloved... Anyways, send in some reviews. Who knows, maybe if someone pays me some attention i'll wrire more. (goes off to sulk about lack of any presents or parties)

Akira: (blink blink) your selfish.

Prince Of Shadows: Shut up!