Title: A Father's Love

Theme: Inuyasha; Set #1 Theme #5- Respect

Genre: Humour

Characters: Inuyasha, OC

Word Count: 250

Rating: General+ (just a wee bit violent)

Summary: Well, we all knew Inuyasha was protective...

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'"Did you kill anyone??" "No, but I was about to!!"' -Imadoki! vol 3., by Yuu Watase

Inuyasha crossed his arms, glaring at the poised young man. Kaiya served the boy tea shyly as her mother looked on with pride. With a small smile on his face meant for the girl alone, the boy took the cup from her slim, white hands. As the young couple continued to talk, Inuyasha's anger and annoyance grew.

Eventually, the tea was finished, and Kaiya walked him to the door. As Kagome began to clean everything up, the boy said something- something that caused Kaiya to laugh. Gently, shyly, she leaned closer, about to press a good-night kiss to his cheek.

However, her kiss was swiftly intercepted by her father, who had somehow worked his way in between the couple. "Goodnight, Kaiya, now go to bed." Her words of protest were cut off by a stern look, and as she exited the room Inuyasha turned back to the young man.

"You... Lecher." The hanyou's eyes narrowed, and for the first time the boy's look of confidence faltered. His voice lowered to something like a growl as he continued, "I know you. I know your father. And I just want to warn you that if you ever appear to be taking after him, especially in regards to my little girl, well, let's just say that I know your mother, too, and between the two of us you'll be wishing you were Naraku. Got that?"

As the boy left, Inuyasha noted with satisfaction that he had never seen someone run so fast.