Chapter 3

Something's don't change, or do they?

Inuyasha was lounging on a tree. He had nothing to do for the day. Kagome had gone to train with Sesshomaru, God knew how long it would take. The thought of them training still was enough to tempt his rage and make him go dashing off to snatch Kagome away from the menacing claws of his brother (he didn't really think Sesshomaru would harm Kagome, but thinking of his stuck up half-brother as menacing somewhat assuaged his rage) but he reigned his temper in, he had promised Kagome. He decided to use his time constructively. His way of being constructive was to come up with new and more colourful insults for his aptly named, brother Sesshomaru - killing perfection. Keh, he huffed, why'd Kagome have to go and train with that good for nothing bastard, that ass-

"Inuyasha, beloved brother-" a voice came.

Inuyasha promptly fell off the tree. It is safe to assume that he did so because he was overcome by unmitigated shock combined with a larger dose of horror at that particular voice, spouting those specific words, in that particular sickly sweet tone and not because he was in the habit of falling off trees in general (despite what some others might think).

"Wh-what didja just call me?" Inuyasha incredulously asked Sesshomaru who had chosen to grace Inuyasha with his presence by coming up behind him. Inuyasha's voice was only slightly off.

"Filthy half breed?" Sesshomaru asked in a flat tone.

Inuyasha's relief was almost comical. "Whew! I must have been imagining things." The horror if it were true!

If Rin were there, she would have observed that her lord looked amused, but of course it was impossible for almost anyone else to decipher the slight stretching of the western lord's expression as such (Inuyasha was much too relieved to notice that slight stretch anyways). Most would swear to their dying breaths that Sesshomaru didn't possess a sense of humor let alone the fact that he could ever crack a smile from such common play on words.

"Wait a minute! Wasn't Kagome training with you? Where is she?"

"I would suggest you keep a closer eye on the woman you have chosen to be your mate." He replied in a cold and flat voice.

"She was with you! Even you should be intelligent enough to understand that when a human woman, who just happens to be your brother's wife, is in your company, you're supposed to protect her!" Inuyasha shouted back.

"Dearest brother, are you trying to say you trust me to keep your beloved human woman safe?" Sesshomaru looked at Inuyasha with the mild interest with which he would direct at an insect on his sleeve.

"I not trying to say anything you dumbass, I am SHOUTING it at the top of my voice!"

"You feel the need to get your point across by raising the level of your voice as you lack the necessary eloquence or vocabulary to get it across any other way. I understand that the cause might also be an underlying inferiority complex." Sesshomaru looked down at Inuyasha with his customary hauteur, as if he were the dirt beneath his feet.

"SHUT UP, will you?" Inuyasha retorted angrily. "I'm gonna ask ya again and this time try to get the simple sentences through your thick head, WHERE-" Inuyasha's face inched closer, "IS", even closer, "KAGOME?"

The brothers' noses were just an inch apart. Cool chips of yellow ice looked down at Inuyasha with a mixture of affront and disgust.

"Get your filthy breath out of my face."

"Damn it to hell, I'll go find her myself", Inuyasha sneered and took off.

"She's near the stream behind the well and totosai wants you to get tetsusaiga's scabbard checked." The sentence was delivered in an emotionless voice as Sesshomaru leapt over Inuyasha and took off into the skies.

Inuyasha paused mid jump and looked above him. Huh, typical of that asshole. I swear he enjoys riling me up. Bastard, he just couldn't have told me that in the first place!

AN:

I know this is really short and that this was supposed to be about Inuyasha and Kagome but then the plot got complicated and I thought it'd be better to end this here. Thank you for reading. Will update as soon as I complete the next chapter (which will be significantly longer).