Disclaimer: This one does not own Inu Yasha or related stuff, it belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
A/N: Such a long time since I updated this story. I just finished Ch. 14 but that barely qualifies as an update (especially since while I'm typing these words I haven't posted ch. 14- I want an internet card)
"Speaking"Sesshoumaru ThinkingInu Yasha Thinking
Ch. 15- Tantrum
His golden irises turned blue and shrank, contrasting sharply with the bright red now replacing the whites of his eyes, as his body was covered in a glowing red light. Sesshoumaru vanished in the light, which whirled and spun into the air, and out of it immerged an enormous white dog- Sesshoumaru's true form. The dog leapt forward, and as its front paws- oops!
Sesshoumaru landed on his front paw, leaning partially on the air where his left paw had once been, and lost balance. The magnificent dog demon went down without a fight. After landing flat on his back, Sesshoumaru changed into his humanoid form but did not get up.
"…Sesshoumaru?"
That"Sesshoumaru?"
Was"What just happened?"
Humiliating. "I fell."
"Why?"
"I rushed into battle without ever practicing walking on three legs. I…"
Wow, why does he look like he's struggling to speak?
"I… apologize… Inu Yasha."
What? "What? Why?"
"I promised not to attack you while you were here."
Inu Yasha laughed.
It wasn't THAT funny.
"Don't worry about it, Sessh, that hardly counts as an attack, you just sort of jumped in my direction and fell!"
"My name is Sesshoumaru. Use it."
"Right."
Sesshoumaru was growling.
Wow, he's really upset about this. Alright, I won't rub it in.
"So… Sesshoumaru… Has that ever happened before?"
"Yes."
"When?"
"When I would spar with father. I was quite agile, so he had difficultly getting hits or grabbing me, but once he succeeded the match was usually over. He was particularly fond of grabbing me by the ankle, spinning me around a bit and making me fall on my back. It happened quite often."
"Wow, talk about tough love."
"Indeed. When-" Sesshoumaru's mouth closed.
"Well?"
"Well what, Little Brother?" Sesshoumaru sneered.
"What were you going to say?"
"When I was little, he would find time every two or three years to take me out training for a night or two."
"And?"
"He didn't believe in telling a pup not to do things, but rather showing him or her why they ought not do it. For example, a normal parent would tell a child not to play near the edge of a cliff."
He wouldn't! "What did the old man do?"
"He took me to a cliff that was low enough not to kill me, told me to do as I pleased, I wandered to the edge of the cliff to look over and he 'accidentally' bumped into me, sending me tumbling down."
"Harsh! Did he at least catch you?"
"No, he didn't even check on me to see if I was alright. Once I regained consciousness I climbed up the cliff, and when I reached the top, looking rather like I had just fallen off a cliff and tumbled through every branch on the way down,he started laughing, slapped his thigh and said 'Ha! I bet you won't try that again pup!' And proceeded to laugh until I went right back to the edge just to prove him wrong."
"What did he do?"
"He lunged forward to push me."
"So you fell again?"
Sesshoumaru struggled to suppress a traitorous grin. "No, I took a step sideways and let him tumble off himself. It was rather amusing. He was bigger, so unlike me, he really did hit all the branches on the way down."
"What did he do? Did you get in trouble?"
"Not for dodging, he was rather impressed by that, but he felt that laughing as he fell, as he jumped back onto the cliff, and all the way home was uncalled for."
"So you got in trouble for laughing at him?"
"No but he-" Sesshoumaru stopped once more. I need to be more careful; I'm starting to give him more than he asks.
"He what?"
"He tickledme mercilessly when we got home, saying if I wanted to laugh he would give me a reason."
"Lord Sesshoumaru is ticklish?" Rin chirped from the doorway.
Sesshoumaru just stared at her, with a gaze that said quite clearly the discussion was over.
"Are you?" Inu Yasha asked, knowing he would have to answer.
"I doubt it, I have not been tickled in centuries."
"May Rin-" She started.
"No." Rin started walking towards him slowly, cautiously.
"Please may-"
"No." Rin pouted.
"Then may-"
"No."
"But I didn't ask anything yet."
"You were going to ask if you could pet my fur. The answer is no."
"Feh, you're probably just afraid you'd like it."
"I wouldn't. It is undignified."
"Then let her pet it. Or better yet, if you're so sure you're not ticklish, let her tickle you."
"Very well, Rin you may-"
"Yay! Thank you Lord Sesshoumaru!" She squealed, already running at him. She threw her arms around the end of his fur, rubbing her face against it affectionately. "It's so soft!"
"Well?"
"It doesn't bother me."
"Hah!" The tension was slowly easing out of Sesshoumaru's shoulders, neck and back as Rin continued to pet and run her fingers through his fur. He wasn't relaxed, but he was less tense than he had been in years. Rin saw her opportunity. She slowly but surely made her way closer and closer to him, until suddenly she pounced, tickling his sides. He did not laugh, and his face didn't move at all, but he tensed.
Then I am still ticklish. Interesting.
Ha! He's ticklish! I can seriously use this against him!
…End Chapter…
The question has been brought up, quite reasonably, about what time is it in the story (or maybe it was how many hours are left? I'd check which question it was, but I'm not hooked up to the Internet right now (the cord is in my room, and my cat is hogging the bed. She scares away the rodents so she currently outranks me.). So, I went through and counted, and it is, in the story, about10: 45 am, and I'm setting the sun at about 7:45pm, which means we have about 9 hours left. Technically, time wise that's way more than half way done, but they slept from about 2:30am to about 8am, which means there has only been about 9 hours and 15 minutes of awake time since the first sunset. Oh, but this was another short chapter! I'm very sorry for that. At least I asked a question in this one. Still no startling revelations though, I shall have to put a great deal of thought into the next chapter. Screw that that never goes well. I'll just jump in and hope for the best.
