This would have been posted yesterday but I didn't feel like editing it. i don't know why. I'm going away for the weekend to go to the Brighton Apple Fest at my Grandpa's so I won't be able to update for a few days.

Just Like Sesshoumaru

You Can Teach Me

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Inu-Yasha stomped up to Sesshoumaru. "What was that? I didn't know you could talk to dogs."

"If you had completed your royal studies like you were suppose to instead of chasing after magic jewels and Miko's you would too." Sesshoumaru replied in annoyance.

"You mean you can't just magically understand them because you're an inu demon?"

"No. It's the same as learning another language. It is also a part of the royal studies along with vocabulary, math, and combat skills." Sesshoumaru looked up to find his brother had gone into a brain dead trance.

'Dam school, just thinking about it is making me anxious.'

He would have gone on ignoring him as he usually did but the blank stare Inu-Yasha was giving him was making him feel uncomfortable. And Sesshoumaru also thought he saw a little bit of drool forming in the corner of his mouth.

"Are we finished here or do you have any other useless questions you wish for me to answer." Sesshoumaru asked disgusted by his seemingly brain dead half brother.

"You can teach me." Inu-Yasha suddenly snapped out of his self induced trace about school. Receiving a blank stare for his actions.

"I don't believe that is possible. Are you even capable of anything involving expanding your mind. You didn't even last through school long enough to learn how to read before you, ran off."

"I wasn't interested in any of those teachings as I am in this. And anyways reading is an unimportant skill. I've never had a use for it."

"The world begs to differ." Sesshoumaru had a hard time believing Inu-Yasha was serious about this matter. But then again. Maybe it would do the boy some good to get berated for his idiocy by a dog.

"Fine. If you want to learn to understand canines so much I will teach you. Starting tomorrow. Now I wish to be alone." Sesshoumaru closed his eyes feigning to be asleep. Only to feel his brothers eyes boring into his person still. Without even opening his eyes to confirm his suspicions.

"I said I wished to be alone."

"Oh right sorry." Inu-Yasha shot to his feet and finally left him in peace, to return back to the camp fire.

Opening one eye to make sure Inuyasha was actually gone and not just hiding from his senses in the bushes. Thinking he was finally alone Sesshoumaru let his eyes soften and wonder towards the miko.

*I see who you're looking at*

''What do you want dog? '' Sesshoumaru said like he wasn't worried that his deepest secret had been discovered by a simple dog. Which he was.

***

For some reason Kagome couldn't help but feel anxious about whatever Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha were talking about. She had a gut feeling that whatever it was she could use it to her advantage. She hadn't been able to take her eyes off the pair.

'I would give anything for demon hearing right now.'

Inuyasha had begun his way back with a happy expression on his face. Which was weird because usually he came back with a big scowl after a conversation with his older brother.

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha had put their differences aside to work together to get their revenge on Naraku and collect the jewel shards. That doesn't mean they still didn't annoy the hell out of each other from time to time. That's what siblings do. They just didn't want to kill each other anymore.

Which was nice for their companions. Kagome didn't know how many more battles between brothers she could've watched. Just then Rin ran up to her in a panic.

"I can't find Fluffy. Have you seen him."

Kagome was just about to shake her head no; because she was to busy trying to over hear Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha's conversation with her imagined demon hearing. When she looked back in Sesshoumaru's direction though she was surprised to see him with Fluffy. In what looked like they were in a heated argument from this distance judging by Sesshoumaru's facial expression. But what was weird is they both kept glancing in her direction while doing it.

"He's over talking to Sesshoumaru… but I don't think you should disturb them at this precise moment in time."

"Ok. Just as long as I didn't lose him. My Lord would never let me get another one after I lost the last one in the span of a few hours." Rin left leaving Kagome hardly anytime to contemplate Sesshoumaru and Fluffy's strange behavior before Inuyasha arrived back.

"What were you talking to Sesshoumaru about? And… Why are you so happy about it?" Kagome ambushed Inuyasha with her questions that she had been dying to be answered as soon as he re-entered the camp.

"He's going to teach me how to talk to dogs starting tomorrow morning."

"That's great." Was her first response but then Kagome remembered who she was talking to. She knew Inuyasha better than anyone else. She was his best friend after all, and he was incapable of sitting still long enough to learn anything.

When she first learned he couldn't read she had attempted to teach him herself. But after he had used the book she had given him to practice his reading as kindling for the camp fire. She considered him a lost cause in that area. She figured a lot of people in this time period couldn't read so it wasn't a complete tragedy.

"You better not screw this up!" Was a comment he didn't expect to come from Kagome almost immediately after she had just congratulated him on it. Turning his happy expression into one of confusion.

"Why would I screw it up."

"Because you will be excited and try hard for maybe a few days until you either become frustrated because it's to hard or become bored with it."

"Not with this"

"…" Receiving only a blank stare. Which he knew meant she didn't believe him. Making him also begin to doubt his ability to learn this particular skill, or any skill for that matter.

"Why do you care so much anyways if I don't learn how to communicate with dogs anyways?"

"Its killing me that I can understand what they are saying to each other right in front of me. Neither one of them will tell me what it is either. Fluffy because well he's a dog and Sesshoumaru just because he's Sesshoumaru. I need someone who can translate it for me. Also I have a this strange feeling that I've become one of the main topics of their conversations that's in progress." Kagome looked back in the direction Inuyasha had just come from.

"Why would they be talking about you? What would give you that crazy idea?" He then turned to look back to his previous location.

He also noticed the glances thrown in Kagomes direction by both participants of a conversation. He couldn't guess about what though.

***

'' I am not going to ask her to be my mate. ''

*Why not. You are an idiot if you let her go.*

'' You've only known Kagome for a couple of hours. How would you know? ''

*And in those couple of hours I was able to tell she was a good kind hearted girl who any males would kill to have as their mate. So why not?*

'' You see my brother over there talking to her. He's why? ''

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"Did he just point in my direction?" Inuyasha asked Kagome.

"Hey at least I'm not the only one they are gossiping about behind their backs. Or right in front of our faces in this case." Kagome looked over to Inuyasha to see his ears moving like satellite dishes.

"What are you trying to do?"

"I'm trying to listen in on what they are saying. But all I can hear is a hole bunch of growling." Kagome looked at him like he was a complete idiot. 'Had he already forgotten their previous conversation? I think so.'

"That's because you can't understand them. To understand them you would have to learn how to speak dog. Which is why I need you to not screw up tomorrow." Kagome said.

"Oh, right. Forgot bout that." Inuyasha looked sheepish while Kagome felt like hitting her head in frustration.

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*Why would your brother matter. He isn't already mated to her is he.*

'' No."

*Does he intend to in the near future?*

'' No. He is in love with another. But you know how territorial dogs can be. Well he considers her his territory. ''

*Then he has to claim over her and has no right to be jealous.*

'' You haven't witness his personality change when any male purposes a relationship with his Miko. He chases every possible mate away from her if he can help it. ''

*It's Kagomes choice on the matter. He has no say in it.*

'' Just wait till you meet Kouga. He's actually worse than Inuyasha. But I don't care about his opinion on the mater. He's easy enough to deal with. ''

*Whose this Koga?*

'' He's a wolf demon who is the prince of his tribe. Koga is too stubborn and too similar to Inuyasha's personality to be chased away by his threats. He claims Kagome as his woman and promised she would become his mate after the defeat of Naraku. ''

* Eww wolf.*

'' I know. ''

*Wait, didn't I over hear earlier on that you had already defeated this Naraku character.*

'' Yes. Which is why I'm expecting Koga any day now to come proclaiming his love for Kagome. It hasn't been long since Naraku's defeat. I'm sure as soon as the information reaches him he'll be running top speed in our direction. ''

*Does Kagome agree to his courtship?*

'' Koga's never even given her the chance to object. I believe she just goes along with it because he's her friend. Anyway… the point is that I don't want to damage the new relationship I have formed with Inuyasha. I can't act on these feeling I have until I am sure on his. ''

* I say she's free game and you should make your move before the wolf arrives. Starting tonight.*

'' This is non of your business. Why am I even talking to you anyways. I am not taking dating advice from a dog. I suggest you leave right now. What ever you have cooking in your brain isn't going to happen. ''

*Oh, it'll happen.* Fluffy said. Adding in his head. 'Whether you want it to or not.' Before walking back to camp and returning to Rin.

"What did he mean by that?" Sesshoumaru said to himself. He had a bad feeling in his gut about Fluffy's parting words. "This is going to be a very long night."

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I am not completely happy with this chapter. I feel it drags on to long and needs more descriptions. So when I get back I will update it. But for now I leave you with this.