A/N: I've been neglecting you guys lately. I am suitably chastised and sincerely apologetic.
Disclaimer: Maybe I can make this into a wish fulfillment. ...Nah, I'd get sued.
Last Time: The puppy's gone. Koga is subtly disliked.

Daiyoukai and the Female Gender
Chapter 15: Daiyoukai and Comfort

It had been getting chilly, lately. (Not that Sesshoumaru felt it.) In preparation of the cold months ahead, the inu-tachi began to change their settling habits. Hn... they were a wise group. Odd how he had never seen it before. They were too insignificant before.

The miko came back with a bigger futon (she called it a sleeping bag). A fur-lined one. Both females and the kitsune kit would pile under it. The nekomata would transform while the monk slept against it. Most of the discarded coverings were piled on him. Some were piled on the half-breed. Some were piled on Jaken. Rin, of course, slept against Ah-Un, with his mokomoko.

Sesshoumaru could feel the cold radiating off her. He stared.

"Rin is fine, my Lord. Rin will sleep soon." He could smell the lie. It soured her scent. He saw her looking at how everyone else slept.

"Rin."

"Rin is not lonely. Rin will be fine. Rin shall sleep soon."

The half-breed's ear pricked forward. Then he stalked towards the miko. Hn... What was he up to?

"Hey wench."

"Mnn..."

"Hey wench... Get up."

"What?..." On that note, the half-breed leaned down to whisper into her ear. What was so important it required interrupting needed rest? (This, the daiyoukai thought, was how youkai became weak. Overestimating themselves and depriving themselves of needs. Hn.)

The miko (Kagome, his mind supplied.) left her snug nest and shivered. She looked around a bit, stamped her feet, and walked over to Ah-Un.

"Miko... Do not disturb her rest."

"I don't mean to. I'm only moving her to a warmer place." Warmer? Sesshoumaru looked over, and true enough, Rin was shivering in her sleep.

"Hn..."

"Sorry, Sesshoumaru. About overlooking her, that is. She'll sleep in our group from now on."

"Hn..." So that was what the half-breed was up to.

The next day, sleeping arrangements changed. The females and children were in a pile on a fur-lined futon. The half-breed, monk, and Jaken slept against a nekomata with most of the covers. And he was against Ah-Un with the rest.

Sesshoumaru pondered the new positions. None were overlooked. Hn... (It was acceptable, he surmised.)

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