Chapter 5: Day 1

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the forementioned characters and the Porsche.

A/N: I was gonna post much sooner but we had thunderstorms in the area and my internet connection was shot to hell. Then I went to Otakon, which was kickass. Just got back last night and here's the overdue update.Sorry for the delays.\

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Tala woke up the next morning when Sesshomaru pulled his arm over to answer the phone. Tala listened to parts of the conversation, but she was barely awake. When Sesshomaru hung up, he got out of bed, pulling Tala with him. She ignored it and let herself be dragged all over the place.

Downstairs in the kitchen, Sesshomaru grabbed a piece of toast from Kagome's plate and walks outside. Tala took this time to ask her question. "Where are we going?"

"My father's house."

"Oh." Tala walked next to Sesshomaru, trying to place the feeling of familiarity she had about him.

Sesshomaru pounded on his father's door and waited for his father to come. "Ohayo Gozimas, Sesshomaru. Did you sleep well?" Inutaisho noticed Tala behind Sesshomaru and his face erupted in a grin. "Tala-san, it is you? You've come back, after so long?"

Tala stared at him, confused, but Sesshomaru growled. "Why did you call at dawn to see me, old man?"

"Such disrespect towards pack. Tala-san, do you see how he treats me?" Tala just stared at the man, growing more and more confused. "I wanted to let you know that Naraku wants a merger with our company, but only with your agreement can we do this, as you are my business partner."

"Naraku?"

"Creepy little bastard. He wants a merger to partner the Taisho Corp with the Spider Electronics that's been doing almost nothing in the business world." Sesshomaru walked inside, once again ignoring the fact that Tala was handcuffed to him.

In Inutaisho's kitchen, Sesshomaru talked with his father more about the merger. He decided to call Naraku right then and decline the request for a merger.

Tala turned to Inutaisho. "How do you know me?"

Inutaisho's face fell. "You don't recognize me?"

Tala shook her head. "Do you recognize Sesshomaru from anywhere?"

"Combat training class. We sparred together, but that's it."

Sesshomaru got off the phone as Tala asked, "So how do you know me?"

"Your father and I used to be quite close until he moved to America."

"Oh... What do you know about him? I can't remember much about him besides when he was drunk or out of town."

"He was a great man, Cheveyo. Apparently, you and he are all that's left of a clan of wolf dog youkai. You aren't a hanyou of okami and inuyoukai, but a youkai of the actual breed of wolf dog." Sesshomaru heard this and realized that he might have met Tala once or twice if their fathers were such close friends.

Tala remembered nothing, but the sense of familiarity she had around Sesshomaru made sense now, if their fathers were friends, they might have known each other at one time.

Inutaisho shoved them out of the house and sent them back home when he's got a business meeting with some of his associates.

Sesshomaru went straight to the couch in the living room and fell back asleep. Tala ended up watching some TV, but kept it quiet because everyone else was asleep.

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Sesshomaru's Dream

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A four-year-old Tala was laughing as a five-year-old Sesshomaru blew out the candles to his cake. She ran up to him and hugged him. "Happy birthday, Sesshie," She said, handing him a small box. Inside the box was a long string of leather that held two small fangs. "This one's your fang, that one's mine," the little Tala said, pointing to each fang. The little Sesshomaru laughed and hugged the little Tala before slipping the necklace over his head.

"You're my bestest friend in the whole wide world," he said. The little Tala smiled in return. "Yeah, and we'll be friends forever."

The views switched.

A six-year-old Tala was sitting with a six year old Sesshomaru. It was dark, in his father's kitchen. Both of their faces were covered with ice cream. The little Tala put her fist in her mouth to try and muffle her giggles.

The little Sesshomaru was holding his head and moaning softly. "Brain freeze," he whined.

The little Tala laughed. "What's there to freeze?"

The little Sesshomaru pouted, but the little Tala hugged him. "We have to clean this up before Inu and Daddy find us here."

The lights flicked on. "Before we find out about what?"

The little Tala and Sesshomaru tried to cover up their faces, which were covered in ice cream, but didn't do so well. "Tala, what did you and Sesshomaru do this time?"

The little Tala whined, and the two put on their best puppy eyes. "We weren't going to sleep and Sesshie was hungry, so we kinda…came in and…got some…ice cream."

Tala's father, Cheveyo, sighed at their faces as Inutaisho laughed. "You discipline them. I want to see how far you get with those puppy eyes plastered to their faces and the occasional whine. The kids have practiced."

The views changed again.

There was a broken vase on the floor. The little Tala and little Sesshomaru were staring at it with wide eyes.

"I didn't do it!"

"I didn't either!"

The little Tala laughed and whispered, "We could always blame it on Myouga. They'd never know the difference."

The little Sesshomaru nodded, but felt something sucking on his cheek. He slapped it, and Myouga floated to the ground.

"I won't accept blame for this. You hooligans broke it, you get in trouble for it this time."

The little Tala whined. "The old flea is right."

The little Sesshomaru nodded. "Well, we don't have to tell them, we can clean it up. Maybe they won't be so mad." The little Sesshomaru nodded again.

They were halfway through cleaning it all up when the little Tala cried out and held up her hand. A piece of the vase had cut her pinky finger. "Oww…"

"Father says they heal on their own."

The little Tala shrugged. "It still hurts," she said as the cut healed itself.

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Sesshomaru woke up with a start. Tala had fallen asleep on his shoulder. The TV was on; there was some documentary about deer on the screen. Sighing, Sesshomaru turned the TV off and fell back asleep.

They both ended up sleeping the rest of the day.

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