Disclaimer: No, I don't own Inuyasha. But if I did, I'd be 'hanging out' with 'im right now instead of writing this thing. Wink, wink.

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Chapter Three: Do You Believe in Magic?

It had been weeks since the girls had adopted the boys as if they were their own 'children', since having to feed, bathe, clean up after and look after two little monsters seemed more like parenting than companionship.

But whenever things got a little 'out of control', which was practically everyday, Rin would always turn on one of her favorite songs on the radio, which made her instantly think about her new life as a dog owner.

Do you believe in magic?
In a young girls heart
How the music can free her
whenever it starts

Buying tons of dog food was always a pain in the owner's backs, since they needed to get only the biggest and heaviest of ones the stores could offer; and after leaving their wallets emptier than usual then there was the matter of carrying the darn things. Carrying them was awful, especially if the apartment's elevator didn't work and they had to end up carrying them up the stairs all the way to the top floor of their 40-floor building.

The boys, oblivious to the whole thing, or maybe just too smart to stay behind, would always climb the stairs in a hurry, as if in a race to see who could get to the apartment first, leaving the girls with the bags.


And it's magic
if the music is groovy
It makes you feel happy like an old time movie

Of course, making the guys actually eat their food was a whole other odyssey on its own.

I'll tell ya about the magic
It'll free your soul
but it's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock n roll

Then there was always bath time. As often as they could the boys would be washed somewhere around the ground floor of their building, with a hose and such. But most of the time they had to be washed in the bathtub, which would always lead to even more chaos.

Inuyasha was more of a rebel, always hiding and running away from Kagome when the word 'bath' came up. After what seemed like hours of chasing him, Kagome would then have to tie him down on a leash and lock the bathroom door as well as stretching out all the towels in the house on the floor to avoid making the floor any wetter from all of Inuyasha's kicking and barking and reluctance to have a normal bath.

And because of this, sometimes he'd strangle himself with his collar for doing so. Other times Kagome ended up taking a plunge right in with him.

But most of the times, Inuyasha was doing all of this on purpose.

Heh heh.


If you believe in magic, don't bother to choose
If it's jug band music or rhythm and blues
Just go and listen
It'll start with a smile
It won't wipe off your face no matter how hard you try

Sesshomaru, on the other hand, was more of an angel. He knew personal high gene was very important and would never pass up a good scrubin'. That made Rin very happy, while it irritated Kagome, ho was left with his brother.


Your feet start tapping
And you can't seem to find
How you got there
So just blow your mind

And Myoga, who'd taken refuge in the ladies' apartment as well? Well, it's safe to say he barely washed.

Do you believe in magic?
Come along with me
We'll dance until morning, just you and me
and maybe, if the music is right
I'll meet ya tomorrow
so late at night

Then there was the fact that neither of the two mutts, just like Myoga, had ever heard of the terms 'potty trained' or 'potty training' before.

Sesshomaru had learned not to soil his territorial home before with the help of one of his previous owners, whenever the guys were taken from the pound. Instead he always gave out hints for his needs and followed Rin's careful instructions of what to do when she wasn't around.

We'll go a dancin' baby then you'll see
all the magic's in the music and the music's in me, yeah

Inuyasha, as well as we know him, was a little reluctant at first with listening to Kagome, so she had to clean the carpet a lot. But then Inuyasha figured that after dozens of 'time outs' he'd rather be pissing Kagome off in any other way, so he quit it.

Though 'surprising' her every now and then was still fun.

Do you believe in magic? Yeah.
Believe in the magic in a young girl's soul
believe in the magic of rock n roll
Believe in the magic that can set you free
Ohhhh, talkin' bout magic

And all this time Myoga was busy trying to find the rest of the ingredients necessary to make the boys normal again.

…At least until a very attractive young woman crossed his path while 'working'. That's when he thought it wouldn't be too big of a deal if he had just a quick bite to eat, since he'd earned it.


Do you believe like I believe?

And it was because of his pig-outs that our boys were no-where-near turning back to normal.


Do you believe in magic?

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The boys, being the dogs they were, were too much to handle at times.

Inuyasha was the high-spirited and energetic one. He loved to play around all the time and often brought household items to crash down to the floor. Not to mention all the little 'presents' he often left lying around. Kagome was more of his 'master' than Rin, so it was always up to her to clean up after him, which at times would irritate her, for it made her arrive late to meetings and outings as well as extending her already long list of things to do around the house.

She admitted, though, that having Inuyasha was one of the best decisions she had ever made. She loved him so much, even though at times it was hard to tell because of her attitude.

One of his best qualities was his continuous watch over her, always alert and up and running whenever 'trouble' seemed to sprout. Kagome couldn't tell whether he was either her knight in shinning armor, or just jealous and over protective at times.

Sesshomaru, on the other hand, was more of the type of dog that one could show off in the park.

Rin had no trouble with him, only that she often was worried for his in-activity. Once she took him to the vet and found out that he was okay; in fact, he was better built than many of the other dogs there. Inuyasha too. Though how Sesshomaru, being less active and more quiet than his brother could be just as healthy as him, was a mystery to Rin. She decided to let this go and just contribute it to all the lovin' she gave him.

Unlike Inuyasha, Sesshomaru was better behaved, rarely barked (excluding all of the fights he got into with the younger mutt), was conscious of keeping himself neat, and could restrain himself from littering the floors.

And apart from his ever-so-powerful and sly attitude, he did come to protect Rin against any wrong doing, all the while showing no signs of 'your welcome' when Rin would thank him so. This made Myoga suspect that Sesshomaru was more warm-hearted than he ever let out to be. And if it meant having to be transformed into a dog to come to this, than he was glad it had come to be.

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And after each day was done all four would lay beside one another and have their quiet time together; mainly Rin would read her books with her lord laying at her feet, while Kagome and her pup would watch the night sky elsewhere.

Yes, ever since the girls had found the boys, everything felt like magic.

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Yup, thanks to the two canines the lives of our leading ladies had never been the same.

So when one of those long weekends came around the corner, the household started to grow a little tense. Normally the girls would tend to their beauty sleep, have nice, long, warm baths in the tub and enjoy the pleasure of peace and quiet.

Normally.

Now a day, enjoying a five-minute scrub-down was too much to ask for.

That's why Kagome was always cranky when the weekend came. She always had to work over time in the house because of the accumulating mess the weekdays offered in her home; not to mention all the extra attention her oh-so-cute Inuyasha demanded.

"Woof woof! Grr…Woof! Arf!"

"Huh?" Kagome groaned, stirring the bed sheets a little.

"Arf arf! Woof!"

"Ugh…" She moved again, this time searching for her second pillow, then covering her head with it to cut off the barking. Groaning, she managed to say, "Ugh… Inuyasha…"

"Arf arf arf!" Inuyasha, on the left side of his master's bed and nearly yapping in her ear, began prodding his nose at the pillow, eager to wake his girl…err… make that lousy human get up and make him breakfast.

Kagome never looked up from her face-down position on the bed. "Argh… Just… leave me alone!"

Kagome was never a morning person… at seven o'five on Saturday mornings!

"Grr… Arf arf! Grr arf!" Inuyasha ignored her lazy-butt attitude and jumped up right on top of her back. "Arf!"

"Argh!" Kagome nearly jumped from the surprise, but instantly turned on her I'm-gonna-kick-your-butt mode once she recovered from almost choking under her pillow. She turned around and, just as Inuyasha was re-adjusting the position of his paws on her belly now for better comfort, she threw her fist in the air, followed by a serious growl from in between her clenched teeth.

The dog yelped and pulled back, front paws in front of his chest, as if to clear some space between the two. Knowing that the face Kagome always put that could just pass as a very ticked-off demon in disguise whenever she was drawn to her wit's end would make even Naraku recoil in fear.

And now, standing on top of her in bed, staring into her fearsome, practically-youkai-red blooded-eyes, Inuyasha was reminded once again just how females can be:

Scary.

Kagome, still holding out her clenched fist, shut her eyes tight as a vein popped on her forehead. "Inuyasha…"

Inuyasha, with his tail between his legs, made one last attempt at taking back his actions; for he knew that whatever was coming up next would hurt. Big time.

Inuyasha whimpered, but Kagome didn't change her mind. "Inuyasha, sit boy!"

"Arf!" A light emanated from the dog's purple-beaded collar just before he came down hard on the ground beside the bed with a loud thud.

"Humph!" Kagome drew back her sheets and jumped off the bed beside her dog's snout and headed towards the hallway's bathroom on barefoot. "That'll teach you some respect!"

As she past her roommate's door, Sesshomaru lifted his left eyelid as if to see her pass by. Clearly he couldn't, since the door to the room was shut, yet he was used to the same thing going on practically every single day since he and his brother moved in so the least he could do for calming up his anger a bit for the morning interruption of his sleep was to do so.

Suddenly he felt a weak movement from the sheets and lifted his head to look in the direction of his master's head. Rin still lay there and looked as if nothing had happened; yet a moment later she yawned, stretched out her arms and legs, and then opened her eyes while savoring the morning air. Lazily she sat up in bed with a slight bed-head and stared down at the calm dog on the foot of her feet on the mattress, where he'd always sleep at night. Inuyasha would do the same at times, whenever Kagome wasn't too mad at him.

Smiling, she said, "Good morning, Sesshy." Yawning once more she added a light stroke on his head, followed by a scratch behind his ear.

Sesshomaru closed his eyes and hummed. He always loved it when she did that, as well as a waiting the times when she'd brush his fur. Sure he didn't show it as much, be he liked it.

Rin giggled lightly and replied to his obvious comfort in a playful tone, "Who's my wittle Fwuffy? You are, yes you are. Yes you are." At this the once youkai-lord snapped open his golden eyes. Rin laughed, since every time she would call him 'Fluffy' he'd act the same way, as if knowing just how degrading that would be towards his big-macho status. Rin loved bugging him at times, though at most she did it out of love. If she had known any better, she'd say that he could actually understand her.

Rin stopped her scratching and kissed him beside his wet nose before getting out of bed and walking towards the window to open the blinds. Sunrise was always beautiful to watch, and having Inuyasha's yelp and Kagome storming down the hallway was always a nice alarm clock to look forward to.

Breathing in, the girl sighed, "Isn't it a wonderful day outside, Sesshy?"

The dog, who had been following her with his sight all this time, replied with a soft "Woof." Though their understanding in words between other things was not as good as it used to be when they were 'normal', the brothers could understand plenty. 'Sesshy' wasn't what the former lord would have wanted to be called, but he became used to it since it always came from his human. Having the canine part of him take over most of his body and mind, he found a small--very small space inside of his heart to consider it alright. But I can't say the same about the whole 'Fluffy' thing, though. That's a whole different story, even though it did manage to slip in every once in a while.

But Rin was different; she was special. So anything that came from her was warm and appealing to the silver lord, unknown to everyone else.

Rin walked out from her room followed by Fluffy—I mean, the great mutt, Sesshomaru, and peeked her head into Kagome's room.

Inuyasha was sitting on the floor, swearing doggy-style. Rin couldn't help but smile. Ever since Kagome had bought that unique purple-ish collar at a rare store they chance encountered once, 'sit boy' had become her favorite catch- phrase. Amazingly enough, every time she said the magic words, the dog would instantly obey her, though why exactly he did that was left unanswered. Not that Kagome really cared why it was that way, just as long as Inuyasha were to follow her command without a second's hesitation. Kagome never took it off him, not even when ever she'd give him baths.

Rin looked down at Sesshomaru, grateful for his faithful obedience. At times he could be a little stuck-up, but he never went so far as making her want to harm him really bad intentionally. Though sometimes she did have to lift up a fist or two and raise her voice but hey, what more could you get from him?

Hearing Kagome's swears coming from inside the bathroom Rin walked over and tapped the wood softly. In a calm, warm-hearted voice she asked, "Is everything alright, Kagome?"

Kagome, obviously brushing her teeth, muffled a few more curses and yelled something not too comprehensible.

Rin held in a chuckle and looked down at her dog again. She loved it when Inuyasha would tick her off—but not as much as how she could tick Kagome herself after Inuyasha first ticked her off.

Sesshomaru, looking up at his human, said nothing and his stare was his only reply. Surely his brother's actions always made him ashamed of his blood-related relative. He restrained from moving his tail and walked past Rin with that mighty air he always used to have when he was twice as tall with cloths on.

Kagome finally came out from the bathroom and stormed to the small kitchen. "Argh! The nerve of that… that…mutt! Argh!"

Rin was taken aback by her comment. No matter how angry her friend could ever get towards Inuyasha, she had never called him that before. Maybe Koga's getting to her, she thought. Once or twice he'd arrived at their apartment to hang out, only to be interrupted or snarled at by Inuyasha who would always guard everything the young man said or did to Kagome. It was sweet at times, but because of that Koga could never get close to the girl, and that's why he'd always come up with insults such as 'mutt-face' for her dog.

"Kagome…"

"I'm getting him fixed, today!" Kagome opened up the fridge and stuck in her head, looking for the eggs.

Rin stepped back again. "K-Kagome, you aren't seriously thinking about--"

"Oh yes I am! I'm a desperate woman, and desperate times call for desperate measures!" She took out the carton and some butter, closing the door behind her with her foot.

Rin looked towards Sesshomaru, who seemed to be quite interested with the conversation. "Kagome… You're just upset. Stop a minute and listen to yourself."

Kagome had turned on the stove, used the butter, and had cracked an egg hard on the pan's side before answering, "It'll do him good," before making the egg's insides fall hard on the pan.

"No, it wouldn't. You're talking crazy talk here, Kagome!"

Kagome kept her back to Rin, tending to the egg. After some seconds of nothing but sizzling as her reply, Rin added, "You know that won't make him stop doing what it is he does, right?"

Kagome flipped her egg and heard Inuyasha come in, standing as far away as possible from everyone else. Sesshomaru ignored him and remained focused on what the ladies were trying to agree on.

"What, you mean all his rude, crummy, sloppy, ignorant, son-of-a-mother's hive, pain-in-my-ass attitude that drives me crazy! Not to mention him scaring off any guy I've ever known away! How am I supposed to get a boyfriend now, huh? How am I even supposed to get married! Have kids! Live a normal life!" By now Kagome was waving her utensil in the air and screaming at the top of her lungs at an innocent-looking Rin.

Rin sighed sadly. "Kagome… You know you love this dog and would probably do anything for him, so just calm down a bit, alright? You know that even after all of his… I admit… animal-ish attitude for, after all, he is an animal, he's filled up the part of yourself that has felt empty for a while now, or am I wrong?"

Kagome looked down, thinking for a moment. She knew everything Rin had said was true, but she couldn't help but stay mad about everything else.

Inuyasha whined and licked his lip slightly, arranging his head to lie on his front paws stretched out on the floor. Kagome eyed him.

Sesshomaru almost rolled his eyes. Surely Inuyasha couldn't get any more pathetic.

After a short silence, Kagome jumped up as soon as she smelled something burning, remembering her egg. She flipped it again, only to see it burnt coal-black on one side.

Rin asked again in a happier tone, "Now, don't tell me you're still mad at him. Look at him, he's just so adorable! Besides, you can't be that cold-hearted and leave our babies as fatherless-wannabes, now could you?"

Kagome threw away the burnt egg and replied in an unemotional tone, "Yup, I could, and I will, once I make breakfast. Sesshomaru should get it too. I just bet that one of these days they'll go off on us and search the streets for some mayhem. I don't want to end up having to look after puppies too, you know, or hear the other dog's owner screaming at us for the whole thing, or becoming a grandma before my time's come.

"We'll be doing humanity a favor, Rin, so no butts about it. We're taking them to the vet to get fixed and that's final." Kagome was always tough to argue with.

Rin opened her eyes in shock. "No, you can't do that! Sesshomaru isn't like that at all! You're just paraphrasing for Inuyasha's actions. I won't let you sterilize Fluffy!"

Sesshomaru then realized the gravity of the situation. If Rin was in the middle of an argument and called him 'Fluffy', then something was really going down. He didn't like where this was going.

Myoga, who had been still partially asleep on top of one of the t.v.'s antennae in the living room, woke up with a jolt and fell to the floor, hitting himself with other objects along the way as he came down. The word 'sterlilize' seemed to have struck a cord with him, and being the dog's guardian meant he had to be one step ahead of everyone else.

Myoga got up as quick as he could and started jumping towards Inuaysha's back without being noticed by the humans, and hid himself inside his master's fur.

"Rin, it's for the best." And with that, Kagome cracked another egg.

Rin looked sad at Sesshomaru but thought about it and said out loud, "Well, it is for the best, I guess…"

Sesshomaru, knowing his master's sad expression and knew she had been somewhat hurt, tried to make out just what it was that was bugging her.

Just then, a loud slapping noise came from the floor's main hall. Outside the girl's front apartment door, a man's voice followed, "Ouch! Why'd you do that for, Sango!"

A woman's voice than yelled back, "You know why, you pervert!" and a door was slammed.

Everyone inside Kagome's apartment had turned their gaze towards the front door, as if knowing everything that had just happened without having to look at it with their own eyes.

Kagome sighed, eyes closed. "Looks like someone never learns, huh?"

Rin nodded in agreement with her arms crossed in front of her chest. "Uh-huh. Hey, maybe we should sterilize him instead."

"You've said it, sister."

Myoga, still trying to figure out what the vet conversation was all about, moved a little, which made Inuyasha lift his right foreleg to his side and start scratching the skin where the pest had been tickling him for a while.

Myoga covered himself with his arms, "Argh!"

Kagome looked over to her dog. "…And while we're at it I guess I'll have to buy Inuyasha some more flea powder."

Inuyasha stopped mid-way, recognizing something for once. Myoga, always leaping into his fur, made Kagome suspect he had flea problems and had treated him various times, all of which weren't too pleasing.

Kagome sighed, "For a 'good, new breed' they're pretty good at making our lives miserable, not to mention making excellent flea-magnets.

Sesshomaru chuckled deeply, unheard to the rest of the souls in the room. He loved it whenever it was time for Inuyasha's flea-treatments. He could only compare that with the joys of biting into a big, juicy steak Rin would sometimes make him.

Inuyasha leapt to his paws and scurried off somewhere inside the apartment, attempting to hide from Kagome. Myoga hung tight to his fur, screaming, "Run! Run for your life, Lord Inuyasha!" Flea powders were never to his liking either. Obviously, they made him go through near-death experiences.

Sesshomaru chuckled again, now waging his tail.

Rin eyed him and, almost believing she could have seen him smiling, said to no one in particular, "I should get some for Sesshomaru, too. Those things are contagious."

The elder dog stopped dead in his tracks, instantly looked up at the girl, then darted off after Inuyasha to hide somewhere.

Rin and Kagome followed him with their sight, then Rin said, "You know, sometimes I really do think they can understand us, Kagome."

Kagome didn't hesitate with her remark, "Oh yeah."

Still outside, a loud banging could be heard on a door.

"Sahahahango! Please, open up! Come on! I was only kidding around! Sango? Sango!"

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Argh! So sorry this chap came out SUPER late! I re-did it a lot, and I still don't like its wholeness that much. I know it could be better. Sorry guys, but I just had to put something up after so long and in the end everything I wanted to appear did come out…But maybe the lyrics were over doing it? I just thought it went well with the whole 'imagining the girls and their dogs having playtime together' thing. Magic's always a sweet way to put it. It went a lot better in my head though: P And, of course, the song's not mine, either.

Anyways, thank you all SO MUCH for the last reviews. I've never had so many for one same chapter. Yippie! Yippie! Hurray!

The guys are living like dogs, so they just had to visit the vet sometime! Stay tuned, and if you have a request or an idea you might want to see happen, then let me know. I wanted the guys to stay like this for a while, but if you want their 'true selves' to come sooner, than say something. Until next time! Please Review! XD