Chapter 27

It was dinnertime when Kagome and Inuyasha came out of the bedroom and joined their family. Inuyasha looked around and realized, that for the first time in a long while, all 122 pups were present in the compound, the last group having flown in from Japan earlier today. Also present was Sesshoumaru, his wife and pups. After greeting their newly arrived pups, Inuyasha heard the comment,

"Hey dad ... have fun?", Bunza snickered.

"If you only knew, my son, if you only knew.", Inuyasha commented back while Sesshoumaru merely huffed his disgust,

"You really need to learn some self control, little brother.", he chided.

"And you really need to learn to appreciate the beauty of mating instead of using it just as a means to reproduce.", Inuyasha shot back.

Shinta, as if watching a tennis match, looked between the two bickering brothers. Adding his own comment, he said,

"If it's all the same to you, Uncle, I think I'd rather be sex-starved like dad. Women are just too damn luscious to ignore.", he said, as his brothers giggled, his uncle rolled his eyes, and his father commented,

"That's my boy!"

This was too much for some of the younger boys, who faked gagging reflexes and Shane piped up,

"Can we quit talking about this? It's gross."

"I'm glad to see some of your sons have some self-respect.", Sesshoumaru commented dryly.

"No, we just haven't managed to corrupt them yet. They're too young.", said Kai, as laughter rang out through the room.

"So, Otou-san, what's on the agenda for today, or should I say tomorrow since today is nearly over?", asked Yasha.

"Yea, are we gonna go hunt, fish, boat, kill Naraku, what?", asked Shirrow.

"We aren't gonna do anything. However, Sesshoumaru, your mother and I will be going after Naraku and Adimara. Yasha, now that Miroku is here, do you have the eight jewel shards?"

"Uh, yea, but, Otou-san, you don't really expect us to just sit back and let you three go off on your own to fight that idiot.", Yasha said.

"Why not?", Sesshoumaru asked, "It's not your fight."

"It's not? This weirdo brings back the Shichinin-Tai to attempt to kill us pups and it's not our fight? How dare you say that to us.", Yasha argued.

"It's your Otou-san's responsibility to avenge you - not yours.", Sesshoumaru said, raising his voice.

"You make it sound like we're puppies that need to be protected by our daddy. ", Yasha commented.

"You don't even know Naraku! Inuyasha ... DAMN IT ... knock some sense into your offspring!", Sesshoumaru demanded his younger brother, who was sitting there thoughtfully listening to the argument,

"He makes a good point, Sesshoumaru. And besides, I would love to see the look on their faces if we were to show up with 68 male pups to face Naraku and Kagome were to show up with 47 female pups to face Adimara. I think Naraku would shit himself to death!", Inuyasha said with a cocky smirk.

The younger pups began counting on their fingers. Ian piped up,

"Hey dad, I think you skipped a few of us."

"Yea, dad,", said Quinn, "68 male pups stops short of us. You missed 7 males."

"And 9 females.", said Jacinta.

"What about me?" asked Shane.

"No he didn't!", Kagome said, "You're much too young!"

"Wait! I"m 60 years old!", said Jacinta.

"I'm 21.", said Ian.

"Speak for yourself,", commented Chance, "I may be 55 but I have no desire to go battle this dude."

"Yea, I'll stay here and watch the younger pups.", said Skylar.

"But ... but ...", stammered Shane.

"YOU'RE TOO YOUNG!", chorused Kagome, Inuyasha and a few of the older pups.

"Shut your stupid mouth, dickweed! You ain't going!", said Dakota.

"Leave it to Shane to try to challenge dad.", said Sage.

"Shut up Spice girl!", Shane commented cockily.

"Brainwave!", she shouted back.

"All right! All right you two ... both of you quit it before I punish you both.", Inuyasha said, loudly.

"She started it."

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"ENOUGH!" , Inuyasha yelled at the top of his lungs, bringing both pups to silence. Actually, the whole room became silent at his command.

Inuyasha looked over at Kagome, and said,

"Now why did we have so many pups?"

Before Kagome could say anything, Sesshoumaru dryly stated,

"Because you can't keep your damn pants zipped!"