He didn't like how InuYasha was looking at him now and turned his face upward while trying to push the heat from his cheeks. He hadn't felt this heat in his cheeks in centuries. The last time the daiyoukai had blushed, he was but a pup. He wasn't comfortable with this and he was NOT going to give InuYasha the satisfaction of enjoying this little predicament. He huffed and started to walk away from his brother. He was a proud inu-daiyoukai and he did not have to take this insubordination from his half breed brother.

Seeing how Sesshomaru had gotten angry at his reaction should have told him to stop bothering the full demon, but InuYasha was riddled with curiosity. Call it a death wish or maybe just a sense to bother his brother, but he was not going to let this go. He had never been able to provoke any kind of reaction from the older that was anywhere near this. He wasn't about to pass up the opportunity to get beneath that mask that Sesshomaru put up all the time.

Quickly, after grabbing the cooked rabbit, InuYasha trailed after his brother. After a few seconds of the elder not acknowledging his presence, he ran up and stood in front of him to block his way. To say that Sesshomaru was not pleased would be an understatement. First this insolent half breed makes him feel flustered, and now this?! Sesshomaru felt like he was going mad. Did he lose his touch? Did the hanyou forget that he vowed to take his life? Then again, he did tell InuYasha that it was just a farce, so this insolence he received from him was his own punishment. Sesshomaru tried to sidestep the hanyou but InuYasha anticipated it and blocked him again.

"This is becoming rather annoying," Sesshomaru thought. He didn't know any way to get past his brother without hitting him, and the point of this entire trip was ending their fighting. "This would be easier if the stupid hanyou was more agreeable but that is what makes him InuYasha." With that thought in mind he sighed softly, resisting the urge to roll his eyes, then asked the snarky looking InuYasha, "What do you want?"

His little smirk grew into a grin when he heard his older brother's voice. Now he was sure he'd seen the blush. Sesshomaru's voice had changed from mean and joking to cold and apathetic too quickly for him not to be hiding something. "T'day is finally startin' to go my way," he thought. Out loud he asked, "Why did ya blush back there big brother?" in the most innocent tone he could muster. Trying to emphasize his "innocence" he widened his eyes slightly and tilted his head to seem curious.

Sesshomaru was NOT going to fall for this. His brother was the furthest thing from innocent in this moment. If he thought that Sesshomaru was going to fall for his little act, he had another thing coming.

The wind suddenly changed direction, and with his superior sense of smell, he picked up the scent of a stream nearby. Thinking quickly, before InuYasha had the chance to scent it, he picked his little brother up using Mokomoko-sama and flew them in it's direction. Upon arriving at the stream, he promptly dumped InuYasha into its cold water, then smirked triumphantly.

InuYasha was jolted out of the shock of quick the trip to the stream when he felt the chill of the water. "What the fuck was that for ya damn bastard!" he yelled at Sesshomaru. His brother feigned innocence and said, "I assumed you that the heat of the day was making you act strangely and decided that you needed to cool off."

A/N: I have it up before the end of the week. I'm so hyped up to write the next chapter. :D