Came down with a head cold and now I'm a sneezing catastrophe.
WARNING: Contains shounen-ai fluff!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
As Naraku and Harry sat together under the shaking roof of the house, Harry was beginning to wonder if he would ever see his father again. He met Bankotsu for a mere second if not three, and he was already thinking about what the man's personality may be. Was he rough around the edges like Inuyasha or more of a serious worker? He knew it had to be one of them because of his own personality.
The ground shaking brought back bad memories of Naraku's past and he wondered whether it was safe to keep their son here or not. But if Kana-Hoshi was content with being there then he wouldn't keep the boy from enjoying his home world.
After a silent minute passed by, Kagome showed up with Inuyasha right behind her. Inuyasha's ears perked and he looked past the woman's shoulder to see that his mate was still in perfect condition and was not damaged or bruised in any way. He began to relax.
Harry was still so new at being in a half demon form that he couldn't tell which smell were whose nor could he described the distant sounds he had been picking up that must have been at least a mile or two away. He flattened his ears again and nudged his mother, Naraku in the arm.
"You must be tired of being cooped up here with me. Inuyasha, I trust you look after my son. If you don't, I'll just have Bankotsu track you down." Harry had to laugh at this remark. He had never felt so happy and free to be with a strange family such as them.
But as far as friends went, Harry was starting to feel a bit lonesome without his other friends, Ron and Hermione who probably had no idea what he was. Feeling there was no sense in thinking about his past, Harry got up from the soft mat that he and Naraku had been sitting on and went to Inuyasha's side, his ears still flattened against his skull.
"Sorry if you were waiting for me." As Harry looked into Inuyasha's eyes, he could sense that the man was sincere with everything that was being said. He blinked again and this time a new smell arose and Harry wasn't sure if he was the only one to smell it.
He wasn't the only one as both Naraku and Inuyasha could sniff it out as well. A strong, sweet scent that appeared to be coming off of him like he had just taken a bath. Inuyasha seemed to be reacting strangely to the scent and was closing in no Harry when a young man showed up in front of him. It was none other then Bankotsu.
"Not today, mutt! You'll just have to wait until you're finally married off." The young man smiled at Inuyasha who in return, growled at this remark.
"Kana-Hoshi, do not let your smell linger for too long. Your mate will get rather pushy if he senses it any longer." Naraku instructed Harry as Bankotsu shielded his son again from Inuyasha.
Harry nodded in agreement and swished his tail around shyly as Naraku came out from behind the screen door. Bankotsu smiled approvingly and rushed to his mate's side, arms opened wide. Kagome, the young priestess who had brought Inuyasha, blushed slightly at the scene before her and quickly took a few steps back to give them some privacy as a family again.
It was a tale that was passed down from Kikyo's sister and fellow priestesses that a child was given up to another world all for the sake of living in peace. But as the rumors grew day by day, the Tora demons, the ones to have started the whole mess, were not pleased by this act and in their anger, took it out on other villages.
"What are you doing here, Bankotsu. You have a war to finish!" Naraku swatted the young man over the head with his hand and began scolding him for returning.
"It is finished! That lord guy did it! Too bad Inuyasha missed out on the last of them." Harry wasn't sure how this was supposed to be exciting news. Sure it was great that they were leaving the village in peace now, but wouldn't they just come back?
"Big deal, so my dad got carried away and slaughtered them like animals. Now if you don't mind, 'father', I'd like to make way with Kana-Hoshi and be on my way!" Inuyasha grinned slightly and grabbed hold of his mate's arm.
"Idiot, if he takes our son now, he'll mate with him for sure! After him!" Naraku shoved his mate, Bankotsu, out of the small hut of a house and cringed at the very thought of his only son being caressed by the other half demon. It was not something a mother preferred to think about.
Running up behind them, Bankotsu grimaced in agony as the pain he had received from a Tora demon struck a nerve through his legs. He had been running this way and that for a good two weeks now and it wasn't pleasant to think about your only son being taken by a demon that hadn't been properly accepted.
"INUYASHA!" Bankotsu shouted as he leaped his way through the small hills of mud that had been caused by the Tora's destruction of the small village.
Looking back at his father, Harry was a little happy to see that his father was willing to go after him even though he knew he would be in good hands. Wait a minute! Harry didn't know what to think about anymore. Whether he was in good hands or bad hands, he wasn't with his normal friends anymore. Feeling a tad upset, Harry stopped running and pulled Inuyasha back with him.
"Now what?" Bankotsu saw his chance and rushed up in front of the two of them, grabbing hold of Harry's arm.
"Who thought you could run away with our son?" Bankotsu asked as he held onto Harry.
"It's so obvious. His scent is only going to bring other demons far and wide! If I mark him now, they'll be too late to the feast." For some odd reason, Harry felt a little uncomfortable knowing about the other demons. But it wasn't all he was uncomfortable with.
A new feeling like his heart was being crushed rose up inside of him. Had Inuyasha truly meant all that? It sounded cruel and hurtful and all the more, this was the same half demon that he was chosen to be as a mate. Life was beginning to be cruel.
"Whether they're too late or not, I think I should be the one who decides who I will be with! Inuyasha…we're done!" Bankotsu wasn't so sure what was going on. His son was finally speaking up.
"What the hell are you talking about? You can't have anyone else but me! And even if you do, you think anyone's going to be nicer than I am?" Harry was about to leave and go back to the hut but something was stopping him from going.
Harry's tail swung from every direction and his ears were now going wild like he was picking up something from the distance. Bankotsu and Inuyasha looked on with interest as Harry's once short, brown hair, had grown longer up to the middle of his back and the tip of his tail grew bushier. The scent that Harry had emitted earlier grew heavier through the air.
To Inuyasha and any other half demons or full demons alike, it was like an addiction that once you had a taste of it, you'd go running for more. To Inuyasha, Kana-Hoshi was ready for mating and Bankotsu could tell by the way his son was acting.
"Guess I'll let your mother handle this one, Kana-Hoshi. And you, Inuyasha, you better not get any ideas!" Bankotsu took his son by his hands and yanked him back toward the small hut, teetering back and forth.
A/n: Oh my, stuff to learn from momma!