Disclaimer: There's only so many ways I can say this…I do not, I repeat, do not own Inuyasha. Sigh.

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Chapter 14: Bundles of Love

"You mean you guys have tuh' play mommy and daddy now?" Shippo looked up at Kagome who was squeezing the hell out of the little pup in her hands while squealing, a foot in the air.

"Isn't he just adorable?" She twirled around and threw the babe in the air with joy, and held out her hands to catch it again. After a few seconds, though, she realized it was never coming down, so she opened her eyes to see that Inuyasha had caught it and was about to behead it with a clawed finger.

"Inuyasha, sit!" Everyone looked on as there was a familiar flash of light and then a thud as the hanyou hit the lunchroom floor. Kagome caught her infant just in time.

The inu growled, lifting his head up as he yelled to her with a fist. "Stop doing that, wench!"

Kagome kept cradling the child in her arms as she said, "Sit boy," not even looking back at her poor excuse of a husband. Again, another thud!

Miroku put a hand to his chin, looking down at the hanyou nodding. "Now I know what he meant by this whole 'marriage' business being so much hard work."

"It wouldn't be if he hadn't tried to kill his son, Miroku," Sango eyed the mutt wearily.

"Why would he want to do that?" Shippo studied the plastic face tied to a brown bag in his hands, turning it on all sides. "They look pretty harmless to me."

"He's just moody because of our assignment, Shippo. Frankly every guy in our class was hesitant in doing it," Kagome sighed. "It's been a week and they're still temperamental about it."

"A girl's always in touch with her nurturing side, so it's obvious that the women had no problem with the toy, Kagome."

Kagome took back the baby from Sango who'd had him just then. "Don't call him that! He might hear you." She stroked the babe's head, cooing to him preciously. "Isn't that right, Inu Jr.?"

"Inu Jr.!" Everyone seemed to cry at the same time, either startled by the name, or by the girl's freakish attachment to her experiment.

"How do you even know if it's a boy, Kagome?" Shippo was first to ask, even though it wasn't the question dangling in everyone's heads at the moment.

"Mama," it suddenly voiced. Kagome laid the babe on the table to rest and it giggled as she took off its diaper. The group huddled together to see what would happened next and soon the infant started leaking yellowy liquid from its underside in an arched form. They were left sweat dropping as Inuyasha finally stood up from the ground.

"Feh. All the boys do that." He looked menacingly at his pup from the corner of his eye. Kagome noticed this and she grabbed him into her hands, ignoring the father's rough attitude, suggesting that this creature wasn't even his.

"Now, Inu Jr., we have to change you quickly before you get a rash…" She sung to it as she walked away to the girl's bathroom. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"She gives more attention to that...that…thing more than she does me!" He growled jealously, folding his arms in front of his chest.

"Don't worry, Inuyasha. All mothers tend to pay more attention to their first born than their mates," Sango cleared. "You just have to be patient. In fact, you can get into the roll of playing 'daddy' and actually help her out in taking care of him." She stretched her luck at trying to get the lazy demon in doing his assignments for once.

"Feh! I don't need to get 'touchy' with that thing. It's the woman's job to take care of it." He closed his eyes, finalizing his little speech and failed to realize that someone had come back…

"Inuyasha," Miroku whispered near his ear, more so that no one else could hear him. "I suggest you run, now." Before Inuyasha could figure out why, he heard the unmistakable voice of the mother of his son again.

"Inuyasha." He froze, gulping. "Sit boy!" Thud! Kagome had come back to get a few things she'd forgotten and found that someone still hadn't learned his lesson. She wasn't going to go through another assignment alone again.

Suddenly a cel phone rang and everyone not eating dirt felt inside their pockets.

"I got it. It's mine," Sango waved her cel as the others all put theirs back away. She talked into it quietly until she noticed who it was that was calling. Soon enough everyone staring at her had to cover their ears and wince.

"What! I thought I said no 'Bobbing for Heads'! Geez! What do I have t do to get through to you people!" She growled and grabbed Miroku's wrist and hauled him behind her towards the door, ignoring his complaints. "I'm not done with you yet, monk, the fait of the Carnival depends on us!"

Kagome watched as the two left and would have laughed at the sight if her ears weren't still ringing. Noticing that Shippo had disappeared somewhere too, she looked at Inuyasha who was struggling to stand up from the floor, one claw on the table at a time.

"Stop…doing…that…wench…" The girl would have yelled at him again for the reference, but thought she might actually kill him one of these days from the falls, so she went easier on him.

"I'm not 'wench', I'm Ka-go-me, you got that? And don't you think you're getting off on this assignment, either, or I'll tell the professor on you." Inuyasha feh'd like he could care less, especially if it meant Mankle. But her next comment got his attention. "You know these things have chips in 'em that tell you how much time the kid's been with his parents, don't you?"

The hanyou immediately looked up once he registered the information. That meant that Mankle would know if he bailed out on his duty of spending some 'quality time' with it as any other parent should with their child and he would definitely get a bad grade. Just another recent little detail the students wearing their super-glued wedding rings learned about. Technology these days made it so easy to make everyone miserable to no ends sometimes. The rings were not only connected to their 'mates' now, but to their 'new born' as well. Meaning the Cat would get bad feedback if the technologies didn't meet one another and exchange information every so often, depending on how the students treated their babes.

Inuyasha cursed his luck. Getting a bad grade was never a good thing. Not that his father wasn't alive to reprimand him, but Sesshomaru most likely would. If not for his future's well fare and education (which it never was), but for the fact that he had his family's reputation to keep up. Having the son of the well-renowned Inu no Taisho get kicked out of school was embarrassing enough and harmful for business still running. And Sesshomaru would make sure he'd feel the pain if and whenever he did something less than perfect-- the hard way.

Inuyasha gulped and immediately sat down next to his wife. He laughed nervously and picked up his infant from her arms. "That won't be necessary, Kagome. I'll be a good father to my little pup!" He stared into the boy's plastic head. Kagome did a double take upon hearing the last word.

'Pup'? Did he just say 'pup'? Wow…he really is taking this thing seriously… She blushed, the thought never coming up before. He was a descendent of inu-youkai, meaning of the dog kind, so it was relative to name their children…'pup's…She blushed a deeper red. Their children would be puppies. It was almost…funny, but no more than it was…cute and adorable. The thought of them two actually having babies together like that was overwhelming.

"Uh…Kagome? What's wrong with you?"

The girl snapped back to reality, seeing Inuyasha staring at her like she was loosing it. Had he known what she was thinking at the moment, she would never see him again, thinking she was a freak. That thought too made her blush. She really did like him after all…

"Kagome?" Inuyasha had a mixture of curiosity and a little discomfort on his face, now that she was as red as a tomato. Kagome could only think of one thing to do in a situation like this to make it go away…

She closed her eyes tight and lifted her head out of instinct. "Sit Boy!"

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Sesshomaru, not as far across the lunchroom as he'd hope to be, heard the fourth crash as of the lunch break. He didn't smirk from his brother's pain, since it had become so common now. He just took out a pencil and made another check under the 'Sit Boy Commands So Far' list on the end page of the book he was currently reading.

"Houston, we have Hanyou Down. I repeat, we have Hanyou Down." He smirked at that. There were so many puns he could make up for that lone subjugation spell, it was hilarious.

"Hi, Lord Sesshomaru!"

He frowned again. Surely this wasn't going to be his day. In fact, he wouldn't have a 'day' until these silly assignments of Prof. Mankle were over. He tried his best to regulate his breathing, trying to hide his discomfort as that noisy wife of his came to his table holding a bundle in one arm and a tray of food in the other, Meep on her shoulder.

Len looked at him for a moment, smiling, but sat down in front of his lone table without waiting for a jester to join him. She knew he would never do such a thing. "May I please eat with you?"

"No." His voice was slick and smooth, signs of anger evident.

Len laughed nervously. "Of course!" She laid their babe on the table and began taking out its bottle, along with Meep's food. No one really ever saw the demon lord eat in his table, but she thought she could join him in whatever he was doing anyway.

"What are you doing?" He asked slightly stoic. Len looked up at him. She knew he was an inch from killing her for invading his privacy. No one sat in his table, ever. Too bad he had to put up with her, if he wanted to keep a good grade.

"Well, we need to spend time together. You know, with the baby and all. Now that we're parents we should… have to... hey! Don't leave!" Sesshomaru had already gone up and left, heading toward the exit. Good thing his back side was so attractive, she thought, because it was the one thing she'd seen most of him in their whole time together. "Uh…bye! I guess…"

Meep shrieked sadly, knowing his master had been disappointed yet once again, being turned down by that no-good inu, as he saw it. Boy, if he were just two inches taller he'd show him a lesson or two…

"He'll listen next time…I just know it." Len contemplated the bubbling goo of food on her tray, the baby suddenly starting to cry. She fed him, handing Meep his own bowl of lizard treats, which he ate full-heartedly for a while.

After she'd finished with her doll she began eating her own lunch, until she felt the unmistakable pulse of her sword which was tied to her back beat twice. The hairs on her neck stood on end as she heard it speak to her in its husky, demonic voice.

Kill. Kill. I need blood…

"Blood…" Len's eyes went empty and Meep began calling back for her to return once she walked away with her weapon. Receiving no reply, he quickly grabbed the baby and dragged it behind him to look for help.

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"You know? I kind of feel bad for her…" Kagome kept swaying her own babe in her arms, staring at Len walking away, oblivious to what was happening. "Your brother should treat her better."

Inuyasha feh'd beside her, folding his arms. "Yeah. But it's not like Sesshomaru's a Good Samaritan to me, either. Ever since father died he's been an even bigger ass hole."

"Inuyasha! Don't use that language in front of Inu Jr.!" Kagome covered his otherwise make-belief ears, since it didn't have any fake ones of its own. "He's just a baby! You should know better! I won't have my son be brought up like a brat."

"But it's true! I mean, he wasn't really nice or anything before, but at least he wasn't a complete jerk. Dad dying must have cut a circuit in him or something. Ever since the burial he's been reading his eyes off! Talk about the worst thing you could do with your free time…"

"What does he read?" Kagome asked, rather fond of having inside information of the stoic demon lord at her fingertips.

"I dunno," he shrugged. And I don't care."

"But you should know! I mean, you live with him! Surely you've caught at least a glimpse of one of his texts!"

Inuyasha looked up at the ceiling, thinking a moment. "Nope. They're just always about the inu clan and history books. Some weird stuff if you ask me. Comics are more interesting."

Kagome rolled her eyes. Well, at least she had something, even though she had no use for the info. She just liked hearing more about Inuyasha's family every once and a while. He was always so secretive of them, for some reason.

But remembering she had more important things to do, and having fed her child, she handed the pup to his father, which he took instinctively. "Look; I have to do stuff after school so I'm going to have to leave Inu Jr. In your care, okay? Take good care of him."

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. "Why do I have to take care of him!"

"Because," Kagome sneered back, "I've been doing all the work so far and you've done nothing but complain all the time! And," she added, "If you're still looking for a better reason to take him, then I suggest you remember that you have an s--i--t collar around your neck that I can just activate whenever and how many times I want."

The hanyou growled since she was right about his slacking off—that and he didn't want to be 'sat' again. So he stayed behind as she left to her other classes, looking down at the bundle in his arm irritated.

"What are you looking at?" The baby cooed back at him, laughing. Inuyasha's ear twitched and he made a face.

"Feh."

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Totosai looked around at all the shiny trophies in the room. He thought for a moment, putting a hand to his chin. "Is it bothering ye again, my dear, friend Totosai?"

Said demon looked to his side at his old companion. "Yes, indeed. I don't think any of this is worth it, Kaede. To think that all these children are actually—"

"Do not speak of such things here, professor," Kaede interrupted, narrowing her eyes as she spared her office a glance around. "These are dangerous times; our words can be used against us."

The professor walked closer to her desk, laying a hand on the wood. "Who do you think would be listening on us, eh? You are the only old woman here that I know of that still goes after a myth."

"It is not a myth, I assure you," Kaede threw back. Clearly she was tired of having this conversation over and over again with him. "I had a vision; and ye know better than anyone else that they always have come true."

Totosai took his hand back. "And what do your 'visions' tell you now? What will be the outcome of all this?"

Kaede sat back in her chair, sighing. "It does not teach me of such things. All I can do is wait for the signs to present themselves and hope the best for when my predictions are to appear in play."

The old man made for the door. "So you sit back and watch as hundreds of innocent lives are slaughtered, knowing how and when to prevent them, eh? What kind of miko do you set yourself out to be?"

She closed her eyes slowly, deep in thought of the things to come. "I can only pray for those souls to be spared from a horrendous pain when they shall leave this world, but cannot ignore the overall plan here, Totosai. The future of the world as we know it is at stake."

"And all this because of your belief in a Jewel of Legend?"

"Blood shall spill, Totosai—lots of it, whether we will it to or not. All that is left is to wait until the right cards are presented to us. Then we can take this into our own hands, if fate is forgiving."

"Blood, eh? Why does it always have to be blood?" the old geezer looked up, scratching his head.

"Yes. And Inuyasha is still rattled about the necklace of subjugation. If he only knew what else is in store for him now…"

The man in front of her put his hand down back at his side, narrowing his eyes. "So that's why you've been sneaking around, trying to hide from something—or should I say, someone all the time recently?It's because you don't want to confront him because you were the one who bewitched him and he's out there looking for explanations, eh?"

Kaede sweat dropped and looked at the far wall. "Now, now, Totosai. Don't jump into any conclusions, now. I cannot have him asking about the spell too much; that is why I cannot put myself in a position where he can make my knowledge vulnerable to his own determination."

The old man rolled his eyes. "So you just hide and hope that he never finds you?" Kaede cleared her voice, obviously uncomfortable with the change of topic, so he asked her something more he wanted to know. "And just where are the rest of the oblivious little boogers? What part of this plan are they in now?"

"All the weapons have been handed out to their rightful owners and all souls have been accounted for. Now we wait until The Sign, which Evil is acting upon as we speak."

"Right. And the Evil's source of power shall die too in the end, aye? The poor rug rat."

Silence reined for a while and Kaede intertwined all her fingers together in a fist, closing her eyes profoundly.

"Yes. And our saviors are caught up in their teachings with our feline colleague, so there shall be no interference form them while The Sign is made."

Her counterpart raised bulging eyes towards her. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Nothing," she replied, holding a 'Bundle of Love' toy of her own up from her lower drawer. "But I think they are splendid!" Smiling, she squeezed the babe and it cooed 'mama'. "Do you not think they are cute, Totosai?" The old man sighed and shook his head. She squeezed it again and laughed.

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A disgruntled papa sat in his chair, trying to finish his written homework before attending to the one thing that he hated most in the world now: the innocent-looking, carefree bag of flour (he knew because he could smell it) sitting atop his dresser. He couldn't finish his work in time because every time he regained his concentration, the damn thing went ahead and giggled, popped a slob bubble, or started crying. He had had to stop twice now to keep it quiet.

He nestled in his chair again, contempt for the silence. That is until he heard the unmistakable cry again.

"Whaa! Whaa!" The inu clamped his ears on his head, trying to keep the sound out. But he couldn't, and it got worse once the infant began screeching at full volume.

"Whaa! Ooh… Ooh…Whaa!" Inuyasha growled, swearing to never have a pup of his own. They were too smelly, noisy, and ugly as hell. He got up and walked over to it, cradling it in his arms. He'd had enough experience in one hour of its crying to know how to do it right this time, making it hush instantly.

"There, there," he comforted, "I'm here; don't cry." He rocked it in his arms and felt relieved when it closed its eyes. Being a parent was hard work!

His reward was short lived though as it started crying like mad again, for no apparent reason. "Grr... What is it you want, you bag of--!"

"Wha! Wha! Whaa!"

"Master, I don't think he likes you yelling at it."

Inuyasha looked over at Myoga, who had hopped over on his shoulder. "What, don't you think I knew that!" Minding the harsh words, the all-knowing flea suggested that the child might be hungry. Inuyasha shrugged but looked for its bottle somewhere, feeding the bag of flour in his hands. It shushed instantly and little sucking noises were heard. Inuyasha smirked.

"Well, what do you know?" He laughed, a little pleased at his actions. He thought the babe was kind of cute all of a sudden.

"Awe! You shall make a great father to some pup of your own, someday, master Inuyasha!" The young dog looked at his flea, grabbed it by his forefingers, opened the window and flicked it somewhere in the backyard garden, closing the window behind him, mumbling something about "pesky little blood-suckers" going into his room without his consent.

When the babe finished, Inuyasha found himself digging deep inside his head for what to do next. Not so sure what to do, he looked over a list of taking care of it that Kagome had oh-so-caringly made for him. He followed it and began patting what could only be called as the infant's "back", making it burp a few times.

"There. All better now, ne?" The babe cooed and then giggled, making Inuyasha smile again. "You're so cute whenever you're not pooping or crying your heart out, aren't you?"

Caught in the moment, he nuzzled his nose against the other otherwise fake, invisible nose, making its owner laugh again and call out to him: "Papa!" The hanyou felt proud of his son and held him up in the air.

"Yeah, that's right; papa!"

Three short claps where heard then in the room, and Inuyasha turned to see none other than his older sibling leaning on the door frame, a sinister grin on his face.

"Beautiful, just beautiful. If only I had a camera…"

Inuyasha growled. "Hey, Sesshomaru! Get out of my room, now!"

Said daiyoukai eyed him dully, putting a claw to the right door. "You're lecherous monk friend called. He's on the phone now."

"What? Miroku? What does he want?"

Sesshomaru took a step backwards, each of his claws on the double, wooden, grand doors of the room, ready to leave. "Why should I care? Just pick up the damn phone." He made to close the doors, but added, "Oh, and one more thing, half-breed."

Inuyasha looked up from the babe. "What is it?"

His brother smiled. "You are well aware that I can use this for blackmail, later."

Inuyasha grumbled and picked up a bed pillow, throwing it at him. His older sibling avoided it by closing both doors shut. The pillow fell to the floor. "Stupid…ass hole…" he mumbled.

Laying the now asleep child on his bed he walked over to the phone in his room and picked it up. Sesshomaru soon hung up the other one that had been picked up prior leaving room for private conversation. "What is it, Miroku?"

"Hey, Inuyasha! What's up?"

"I have no time for these stupid conversations, monk, so if you have something really important to say, just spill it!"

The noise of someone clicking their tongue against their mouths was heard on the other side. "Touchy."

Inuyasha waited until Miroku waved good bye in the background to some students as they passed by him in that moment, knowing that there must be something serious going on if the monk hadn't tried to flirt with some of the girls. He could hear everything that was being said, all down to the footsteps.

"What are you still doing in school?" he asked. It was unbelievable, but true.

Inuyasha heard more noises and imagined Miroku putting his hand over is mouth, talking down on the phone, whispering. "You won't believe what has just happened here. There seems to be a killing of some kind."

Inuyasha blinked. "So? Somebody always dies at school. Hello. It's a weapons and fighting training school. What's the big deal?"

"This was a slaughter, Inuyasha"

The inu's eyes widened. "A slaughter?" Those never happened before.

"Yes; and no one knows who did it. We can't even tell what weapon was used to do it with."

"That's stupid. With all the experts there, how could no one figure out what the crime weapon is?"

"There's nothing left of the body to tell." Miroku's voice sent chills down the hanyou's spine, for once. "Well, there is something left of it, but hardly enough to know anything, if you know what I mean. Any bones, skin tissue or hair left was scattered all about."

Inuyasha's voice deepened as well. "'Was'? You said 'was'."

"Yes. I had been making some finishing touches for the carnival tomorrow and then principal Kaede got a hold of me and told me to suck any evidence of it away with my wind tunnel before anyone else knew of such a thing. She doesn't want the students to be afraid of coming back to the school because of this."

"Nothing has ever been a secret in the school grounds before and Kaede's always the last one to want to keep secrets from us students, so why the cover-up?"

"There must be plenty we don't know of, Inuyasha. Her wanting to cover this up could mean there's more to it than just a murder." The two reflected the school's 'it's okay to kill' policy quietly for a moment, and he added, "Well, you know what I mean. This seems to be nothing like what any student holding a grudge against another would do, for some reason."

"Why did you pick me to tell this to, of all people?"

"Inuyasha, we've been best buddies ever since, well, forever. I trust you with these things like no one else." Inuyasha feh'd. "Besides, I need someone else on the inside so we can watch out for anymore odd occurrences. You see… there was some writing done with the blood."

"Writing?" Inuyasha asked.

"Yes. The blood was spilled all over the floors and walls, as if the victim was blown into smithereens." Inuyasha could hear Miroku hold his breath at that, shuddering. "A rather large puddle of it on the floor had been used to write a message within it. But it was otherwise sloppy work, so I couldn't read what it said. That…or someone intentionally messed it up before I arrived."

Inuyasha nodded. "Kaede."

After learning that the only witness to the killing had been transferred to a hospital for mental patients under complete watch around the clock, Inuyasha hung up the phone, fighting whether to tell Kagome and the others about this or not. Miroku told him to not worry anyone else, not even them, but leaving them in the dark about it just didn't feel right. He just hoped that nothing like that ever happened again, but if Kaede was involved with it, there must be something more to it than just another dead student. She always worked in mysterious ways-- which reminded him to talk to her about the 'sit' necklace. For some reason he could never find her, even with his keen nose. Weird.

Going downstairs for a snack he heard the doorbell ring desperately the whole way down and wondered why Sesshomaru hadn't got it yet, since he was right there in the living room, reading.

"Feh. What? Too lazy to walk to the door now?"

Without looking up the teen replied annoyed, "Why? I already know who's on the other side."

Inuyasha sniffed the air and hesitated opening the door too, but the noise was a lot more irritating than the person behind it. He walked toward the door and opened it, looking down at the ground.

"What are you doing here, Meep?" The lizard's worried expression brightened up at seeing a familiar face and began squawking incomprehensible screeches, Inuyasha having to cover his ears before picking it up by its tail to talk to it face to face.

"Stop rambling and speak right this time!" The lizard shut up for a moment, sweat dropping. Thinking it over, he began speaking again, only slower this time.

"Meep! Meep meep…Meep meep! Meep, meep meep! M-meep!" Once he had a chance to speak, he couldn't stop.

"He doesn't talk, you know." Inuyasha looked over at Sesshomaru, who was now staring at the two like he wanted to rip the little monster in half.

"Well then, how will I know what he wants!"

"You don't." His deadly, monotonous voice was telling Meep to spill it out already before he killed him, so he began rambling on in lizard-language what he was worrying about again.

Inuyasha snapped the reptilian mouth shut with his forefingers and growled annoyed, looking down at the floor. "Hey. He has that baby of yours with him." He spoke to his brother. "Wonder where Len is though? This thing's heavy enough for the little guy to have brought it here all by himself."

"The creature is not mine," the daiyoukai corrected, referring to the toy. "Just throw him out," he said about the reptile this time around.

Meep tore away from Inuyasha's grasp on his mouth and began crying hysterically now, its screeches reaching levels that were not fitting for super-hearing youkais.

Sesshomaru had had enough; he made for the door in a flash, eyes narrowed upon the Meep, now held tightly in his gripping claws of death.

"You will go back to where ever it is you came from and take that disgusting flour bag with you!" Meep turned white. He was finding out the limits of his temper the hard way.

Inuyasha put down his now empty hand back to his side, his brother's speed having proved dominant over his once again. "Look; just take him back to Len and get it over with. By the look of things he's probably lost or she's lost or whatever, so just go find her and get this over with."

Sesshomaru eyed him from the corner of his socket. "You think it wise to order this Sesshomaru around?"

"No," Inuyasha retorted, pointing a clawed thumb to his chest. "I'm saying that this Inuyasha is tired of your jack-ass attitude all the time! What does it kill for a little reasoning, huh? Don't you grow tired of having everyone around you running away from you all the time? If you'd only be less of a devil," he ironically commented, "you'd realize there's more to this life than thinking you're better than everyone else!"

Inuyasha's neck was soon met with his poison talon, gripping him in place, lifting him a foot above the ground. Inuyasha kicked the air and tried to pull the elder's claws away from his neck, but to no avail. Soon the other's pair of golden eyes moved close in on him, stopping only an inch away from his. The stare began.

"Care to dare say that again, little brother?" he spat, hatred clung on the last two words.

Inuyasha tried not to gulp. If he said anymore, he knew that not even his dead father coming back from the grave could save him now. But he wrestled again under his sibling's grasp, choking for air to speak with to bite back on the threat.

"Don't be such an egotistical, pompous, self-centered ass."

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes again into even thinner slits. Clearly he'd have to teach someone here a lesson on how true his character could really be.

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Kill…Kill…

"No…no…" Len spoke out loud as she stirred in her dream, flashes of her nightmare replaying in her head.

A car drove on into the night mist, alone on the streets. Its headlights scarcely led it to a destination.

"No…stop…stop…" She squirmed under the pressure of seeing it again.

The air thickened and heavy fog rained down on the vehicle, making it screech to stop from becoming blind. But the pavement was wet, and the car skidded down the road, a crashing sound echoing off in the distance. The white atmosphere blurred any visible evidence of what had happened to it.

"No! Please! Don't go!" The girl wiggled uncontrollably in her sleep. "Stop this!"

A massive beast roared from behind a wind curtain, the fog whirling around it to make way for its grand body. It stepped into the line of sight, the ground shaking as its mighty paws got closer to the frightened girl who had unexpectedly appeared in the road where the car had once been. She fell back on the ground as it approached.

"Please! Stop this! Leave me alone! I-I don't want to see this anymore!"

Back in her dream two wicked eyes stared down at her, deadly red coding where the white was supposed to be. Thick blood dripped from its powerful fangs, splashing on the ground beneath. The road began dissolving from an invisible poison hitting it.

"No! Don't come any closer! I-I'm warning you!"

The great body of fur bent down at her frame, jaw open. She covered her face in horror, knowing she'd be eaten alive as well.

Blood…I need blood…

Kill…Kill…

"No!"

Len jumped up from her bed covered in sweat and panting, trying to find her breath. She looked down at her knees, covered by her sheets. "Mom…dad…"

All other thoughts washed away when she heard the door bell ring and she quickly made her way downstairs. She grabbed her robs along the way and put them over her pajamas, tying it around the waist. Looking at the clock in the kitchen, she wondered who could be at her house at such a late hour.

Fixing her hair quickly she opened the door. "Hello?" She gasped at who was there.

Sesshomaru looked down at her, holding a very sorry Meep in one claw by its tail and their assignment baby in the other, upside-down. "Huh?" Len blinked.

Sesshomaru stared at her, eyes wearing their usual, cold glimmer. "Make sure neither appears on my front door step again, human." He dropped the bag and lizard on the concrete floor with a hard thump.

"Uh…" Before Len could make out what had happened, he was turning around and walking away. "Wait!" she cried out, her hand reaching for his retreating figure. He stopped, not looking back.

Len thought for a moment. "Uh, thanks for…uh…bringing Meep back. I sort of forgot he was missing..." she remarked, embarrassed she could forget her little pal behind somewhere. "I guess I'm not feeling so well these days…" She watched as he left, no signs of him having even heard her, although she knew that that was his trademark leave.

She sighed and picked up her Meep and babe, closing the door behind her. "Come on, Meep. Time for bed."

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Upon hearing the door shut Sesshomaru looked back, staring passed it, trying to figure out what the scent that he had smelled off her could mean.

"Blood…demon blood…" Somewhat intrigued about how it got there he made no signs of it and walked away into the night, his silver main blowing with the soft breeze.

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Mrs. Mankle: Yay! Another chap. Now be nice little kitties and Read and Review, Rawr!