As promised here I am, Happy Holidays! Man, am I glad its finally the break. Felt like this semester was ten decades long and now we hardly get 1.5 weeks off. …this fxxxed up world.

Anyhow, Replies to Reviews:

Jennifer. haleokeawe: You bet, sorry for the wait! And thanks for the review!

Sherryfanfic1999: LOL. I swear I'm not selling them illegal stuff (XD) and no my intention wasn't an aphrodisiac…but…as with certain drugs, euphoria is pretty common, so…had I used that to my advantage? Oops, looks like I did. Hahaha. (Sesshomaru certainly doesn't mind). Omg, you're hilarious. I cracked up reading that, esp. you're conflicting feelings towards them-lmaoo. Oh, Inuyasha isn't an omega or anything, Sesshomaru just took a while to realize Inu was a half breed. And all that thing about the pheromones, they are demons/of animal-nature so I guess mates can feel a strong connection w/o even knowing it. Ah whatever- I'm gonna sit in the audience now, lol. Thanks for the great review!

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Chapter 3:

"Sesshomaru? Do you have a minute?" InuTaisho asked as he was standing ahead of the front door, ready to leave.

"Yes?" The white-haired teen walked down the stairs into their massive living room and joined him.

"I wanted to inform you that my new wife and her son will be moving in soon."

Sesshomaru's brows automatically frowned. He was clearly against it but hesitated to say anything since they already had this conversation once before. "Perhaps I should move out."

"Nonsense. You'll do no such thing." InuTaisho commanded. "I want this family to be complete, and that includes you." The teen rolled his eyes.

"When are they coming?" He then asked.

"Day after tomorrow." His son couldn't hold back a loud agitated sigh. "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get along with her son and treat him like a younger brother you never had. I've met him once by the way and you'll be surprised. He's nothing like us—a very frank fellow if you ask me." InuTaisho chuckled. "I think you'll benefit from that kind of exposure."

"Che." 'Benefit, yeah right. What am I, ten?' He thought as he watched his father head out the door. 'What a damn pain.'

Meanwhile, Izayoi was extremely excited, arranging all the boxes outside their front door and waiting for the private delivery van.

"I dunno…are you sure you're sure about this?" Inuyasha sighed as he carried the last of his bag out the door. "Even if they're rich beyond imagination, I don't think they'll appreciate strangers just bombarding into their house."

"Rude! They're not strangers anymore—they're family. I really love him, and I want this to work. Plus, we've already decided on a wedding date, believe it or not. Either way, I think you'll enjoy having him as a father. Oh, but I'll tell you, he is a bit strict at times."

"Sounds like a lot of work." He wasn't exactly comfortable following rules. "Wait what?! Wedding date! When?!"

"I can't tell you just now, that would ruin the surprise."

"No, I mean when did you even decide that?! That fast?!"

"Don't get so worked up, honey –oh look! It's the van they sent for us!" She pointed.

'Just great, he had such a busy future awaiting him.' Inu stood there dumbfounded. Well, all that mattered was his mom was extremely happy with all this, so, how bad could it be?

Inuyasha fidgeted in his seat in the restaurant they were currently scheduled to meet. His back was against the entrance and his mom sat right across from him.

"Dear, you look so tense." Izayoi teased.

"Not." He refuted immediately.

"Ah, there he is—" She automatically waved and stood up from her chair. Inu flinched. 'Can't back down now, bet this guy isn't even that special.' He thought, slowly looking up as the tall broad figure came into view.

"Yo." Was all the man said, with a bold smile across his face, as he looked down into the hanyo's honey -orange eyes. The teen's built up tension suddenly dissipated as his shoulders dropped. 'What…what the heck?! This guy was so cool he could totally pass as his dad!' He was truly shocked at his mom's skills and observed the man hang a folded blazer from his arm on to the chair and take a seat next to Izayoi in their table of four. "I was told you had a burning desire to meet me." His smile never once leaving his face. "I hope I've met your expectations, kiddo. The name's InuTaisho by the way. So, who do I have the pleasure with here?" The man extended a hand.

"Uh, Inuyasha, nice to meet you…" Inu took the hand and shook it.

"Inuyasha. What a coincidence, our names sound pretty similar, don't you think?" The teen partially nodded.

'Whoa, this guy wasn't so bad at all.' Either that, or the hanyo was simply very easily swayed—which was also true.

Ten minutes hadn't passed and the two were like besties already. It turned out InuTaisho was a huge eater too, loved all kinds of meat and was an extreme fan of bowling—that came to Inu as a bit of a surprise. He was also the CEO of a multinational company, which explained the numerous phone calls that kept pestering him throughout his time with them. And even though he looked stoic and aloof, he was actually pretty easy to talk to.

"I'm sorry dear, it seems my time is running out. It was still nice seeing you." The elder stood up and grabbed his blazer, before giving his mother a kiss on the cheek. "It was nice meeting you too, boy. I look forward to running into you again sometime." He patted the teen's shoulder once before exiting.

"Mhm." Inuyasha bowed his head once.

"So…what do you think?" Izayaoi asked as soon as the other was out the door. Inuyasha only averted his eyes at that. There was no way he could tell her how amazed he was.

"I'm glad you guys finally made it. How was the trip?" InuTaisho was the first to greet them after the security guards at the main gates.

"Wonderful, thank you so much again for helping arrange this." Izayoi gratified as she gave him a chaste kiss.

"No trouble at all." He then turned to Inu, who set this shoulder bag on the floor. "Hello again, Inuyasha-kun. Welcome to your new home from now on."

"Hey." Inu forced a smile.

"My! This place is absolutely gorgeous! And how huge!" Izayoi awed.

"Well, I'm glad it's to your liking."

From the end of the hall, Sesshomaru could already hear his father's enthusiastic voice. Frankly, it was making his stomach sick—that kind of notion or joy was one he simply could not relate to. It was convincing him that his astringent father was now succumbing to these humanly emotions.

"My son should be joining us any minute now too." InuTaisho smiled. "Sessho," He finally called out once.

"Yes, I'm here, father." The silverette closed his eyes as he turned the corner, telling himself that this pointless moment would pass by quicker than it would seem to. He came to a halt besides his father and slowly lifted his eyelids, looking straight at the younger teen before him. Silent shock instantly captured his face and looking at the other, he could see the same reaction.

"This is Inuyasha, he's a sophomore in high school."

"You—" the hanyo may have opened his mouth but was cut off by the elder taking his hand into his own and shaking it briefly.

"Nice to meet you." Sesshomaru stated with an expressionless face. Inuyasha stood astonished for a moment but nodded back.

"Er, yeah, same…um…"

"Oh, how could I forget, this is my son, Sesshomaru."

"Sesshomaru…" Inuyasha tested it on his tongue. Damn it, even his name was majestic.

"Hon, why don't you come this way, I'll show you to our room. Allow the butlers to take your belongings, and Sesshomaru perhaps you could show Inuyasha-kun his new room. Help him feel comfortable." Sesshomaru forced a nod while Inuyasha awkwardly stood there.

'What were the odds? This is insane. Talk about destiny. Like it forced them to meet again where chances otherwise would have been so slim, especially considering how randomly they met and departed. Sigh. Destiny. Destiny was a bitch.' The white-haired thought the entire time while the silverette coldly led the way.

"So, is this where my room is?" No answer. "… You really don't remember me…?" The demon abruptly stopped in front of a room.

"Look, whatever happened that day, you're better off forgetting it. It was meaningless. Unless you want to shatter them. Though, in all honestly I'd be fine with the family breaking apart."

Inuyasha frowned at that, not fulling comprehending his words. "What the hell?"

"I have better things to do, here's your room. Enjoy."

"What's his problem?"

The next morning, their first breakfast together was rather too quiet and mannered from Inu's standpoint. Albeit for them it seemed pretty normal. InuTaisho would speak from time to time, asking how the night was or if they had any specific requests and such. The hanyo also realized that his so-called brother wasn't much of a speaker at all, even in his own house. Sesshomaru was the first to stand up from the table after breakfast. Soon after Inuyasha stood up as well and grabbed his school bag.

"Sesshomaru, since both of you are leaving at the same time, why don't you take Inuyasha-kun with you?"

"Uh…" Somehow, the younger teen reckoned that wasn't such a great idea.

"I can't. I have a meeting and cannot afford to make any stops." The silverette unreluctantly turned down.

"Oh, right you have the new board attendee's meeting, isn't that right?"

"That's right, so I'll be off now." The demon turned to pull his shoes on.

"Don't worry Mr.— er, dad, I can go by myself, plus I'll probably meet up with a bunch of friends on the way anyway."

"No need, I'll call the other driver to drop you off. There's no need for you to walk when there are two cars at home—plus I won't be heading to work until later so I won't be using my car for now." InuTaisho insisted to the point where the teen couldn't refuse.

"Hai…"

"Stay safe, have fun~." Izayoi called out as he closed the door behind him. "By the way, Board's meeting? I thought Sesshomaru-kun was in university?"

"He is, but surely he has more potential than that. He is also a part of my company's secondary board's committee."

"Oh my…"

A sigh escaped Inuyasha's lips. "Whoa what was that about?" Miroku questioned, looking up from his notebook.

"Che, it's nothing."

"Lemme guess, you don't like your new family."

"Nah, it's not that, dad's great, and the place is a mansion with everything you could ask for."

"But…"

The teen sighed again. "but, I can't seem to get along with my 'older brother.'"

"Ouch that sucks."

"Even though we already—" The hanyo immediately stopped himself not noticing he was going too far. Of course, he couldn't say 'even though we already met and slept together.'

"Even though?"

"I mean, even though we're only a few years apart."

"How old is he?"

"Nineteen."

"Ah, so four years apart."

"Yeah, but trust me, he acts way older. I was surprised when dad told me he was only nineteen." Miroku laughed at that. "But I guess it's 'cause he was raised that way. I mean, he's taking classes but then also works for his dad's company and I hear he's pretty good. It's only been a week, but whenever I'm at home I hardly ever see him. He's always locked up in his room or in their library—"

"They have their own library?"

"Yeah, I'm not a huge fan, but it's about the size of this classroom, maybe a little bigger."

"Wow…" The brunette was resting his face on his knuckles now, all ears, since Inuyasha's talking mode had been turned on. "So how can you say you don't get along? I mean, ya barely talk."

"Well…in the beginning he said something 'bout not liking the idea of a family. And he almost always chooses to ignore me during breakfast, lunch and dinner. Then he never even says anything to me! Like a small 'hey,' or 'yo, what's up' or even a 'good morning,' if we ever make it to the same bathroom at the same time." The teen complained animatedly.

"Maybe he's too used to being on his own?"

"I get that, but does he have 't be a jerk about it?"

"Haha I can see it's doing a number on you."

"Ugh, I don't know why I care either—It's stupid. I should just let him screw himself." The hanyo put his head down. Sigh, he really had no reason to hate Sesshomaru—aside from the time when he made his butt hurt like hell for two whole days. Instead of loathing, he remembered that day on the street vividly, when he was struck by the silverette's appearance for the first time ever. Then that happened at the hotel. And now they were brothers. Wow.

Unintentionally, an image of the two kissing on the hotel bed flashed in his mind. For a brief second, the teen's breath suddenly lost him, as if he had just been cut off from an oxygen supply source. 'That's right…that day they kissed—among all the other sinful acts they committed—but they shared a moment.' He could recall it all, tongues twirling passionately, Sesshomaru's hands roaming all over his body. '…didn't that mean the other probably wasn't so repulsed by him…?' He blushed remembering the bits and pieces of it.

"You okay?" Miroku's voice snapped him back to reality.

"Oh~, I'm hearing some really juicy stuff. Your brother sounds hot, Inuyasha."

"Just leave it, you don't wanna have anything to do with him. Trust me." At that moment the bell for dismissal also rang.

"Well that's the bell. Let's get out of here." Miroku threw his books into his bag in one go and stood up.

"Why don't we get some smoothies on the way to cheer you up, Inu?" Sango suggested, lifting her bags and books as well.

"Oh, that sounds great!" Kagome cheered.

"Yeah, sure, why not…" Inuyasha answered not feeling the hype.

Inuyasha entered the manor with two smoothies in his hands. 'Maybe this'll help me warm him up… or freeze him lol.' He inwardly laughed as he placed the two on top of the kitchen shelf. Lucky for him, he caught the elder at the right moment, stepping into the kitchen as ell. 'Ah perfect!'

"Yo!" Inu exclaimed. Sesshomaru mildly turned to look at him. "Want a drink? I have an extra..."

The demon gazed at the so-called drink. "…what is that?"

"Eh, it's a smoothie—don't tell me you've never had one?"

"Please. As if I'd drink something like that."

"What! You haven't even tried it—come on—"

"No thanks." Without caring any further, he began to turn away.

"Hey—Sesshomaru!" The teen called out, anger and irritation rising in his voice. However, the silverette continued walking as if he didn't exist at all. The younger's shoulders slumped. 'What an idiot,' he thought, and stored the elder's drink in the fridge. 'Maybe later.'

To Be Continued…

Wow, two whole chapters went by without saying Sesshomaru's name? Now that's a record lol. But well, well, well, would you look at that –who else expected the older brother not getting along? Of course, no surprise there. Hm…just how will they get along…?