Ch. 3- Unexpected Happenings

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or the characters in it. I only own the characters I created. I also do not own Hush-a-bye but I did do the youkai revamp on it for this story. Also sorry to have been gone so long being a full-time college student with a part-time job is not an easy feat but on with the story!

Last time:

"Bunny!" Inuyasha exclaimed and ran toward the strange female. A gasp could be heard from the surrounding youkai as his small hanyou sibling rushed toward the mysterious female.

This time:

Inuyasha POV

Inuyasha plopped down in front of the strange onna known as Katza only to see her flinch away clutching the rabbit to her chest. Tears began to well up in his little golden eyes and his silver puppy ears flattened to his head. A small whimper escaped him as he moved to get up.

A weight on his arm stopped him as he looked up at the onna before him. Haloed by a wavy sea of thick black hair was the pale gentle face of the onna holding the bunny. Her large vibrant emerald eyes seemed to glow from their place surrounded by thick long black lashes. On each eyelid Inuyasha could see a pale green stripe similar to the color of the kimono he saw peeking out from her cloak. 'The green looks pretty with her eyes.' He thought as he scanned her face. Inuyasha could just make out the almost translucent pair of stripes that adorned each of her cheeks. Looking down at his arm he could see the same pair of sparkling stripes on her delicate wrist.

Shifting under her grasp he watched her quickly retract her hand, placing it back on the small white bundle in her arms. A faint blush seemed to show on her cheeks, the plump red of her lips glistened as they moved. She was saying something to him.

"Uh…um I-I am sorry I reacted so rudely. I was startled by how suddenly you shouted like that. I really didn't mean to." Katza's voice was soft and light almost melodic in a way. Her soft words had him perking his ears back up to hear her.

"Is ok Katzy!" He said with a big smile showing off his little fangs. She smiled back at him allowing him to see her own dainty fangs.

Sesshomaru POV

The onna's voice was nice and calmed the anger he had had from the day, but he was going to keep an eye on this onna. Most youkai despised hanyou and he wasn't going to let her do anything to his brother even if she seemed harmless now.

"U-um d-do you want to pet it?" The little onna stuttered. 'Hn, it seems that the female is uncomfortable.' He thought watching as Inuyasha eagerly reached to pet the fluffy white rabbit.

"Don't forget you have to be gentle now. You're a lot stronger than the bunny is after all." She said with a small giggle. Scanning the other youkai he could see the look of disgust on the faces of her family, her older sister seeming to try to shield her pupped belly with her arms, and the curiosity on his own sire's face. 'What is that old inu up to now?' Looking back at the strange scene he repressed a small smile. 'It is good to see Inuyasha smiling and happy.' The poor pup had always been rather lonely with only his brother and parents to really play with, after all what self-respecting full youkai would stoop to playing with a lowly hanyou. It made him sick to think of how people would try to treat his little brother.

"Can I hold the bunny?" Inuyasha's voice snapped him from his thoughts as he looked to see the female's hood moving in what looked to be a nod. The broad smile on Inuyasha's little face only confirmed it.

"You have to support its bottom with one hand like this, so it doesn't feel like it will fall. Then wrap your other hand here and hold it to your chest so it feels secure, ok?" She was showing the pup how to hold the fluff ball before she handed it to the energized child.

Inuyasha held it like he was shown and smiled proudly up at the mysterious onna until, he tried to pet the rabbit while holding it only to drop it (he is sitting on the ground it wouldn't have hurt the bunny) and watch it scamper back into the gardens. Tears began streaming down his younger brother's reddening face as he tries to mumble an apology to the onna, Katza.

"I-I I'm sowwyyyyyyyyy! Wahahaha! I wost your b-b-b-bunny!" The pup whimpered. Sesshomaru could tell that the strange onna was getting frantic seeing the pup cry and was about to step into calm him when he heard her. She had a soft voice as she sang, like the tinkling of bells.

"Hush-a-bye, don't you cry,

Calm now little pup.

When you do, you shall have

All the lovely little horses.

Black and bays, dapples, grays,

All the lovely little horses.

Hush-a-bye, don't you cry,

Calm now little pup.

Hush-a-bye, don't you cry,

Calm now little pup.

When you do, you shall have

All the pretty little horses." By the time she had finished everyone in both families was simply staring at her while Inuyahsa had made himself comfortable where he was now cradled in her lap. Inuyasha sniffled and wiped his nose on his haori sleeve as he watched her.

"Do you feel better now?" Her question seemed pointless to him. 'If the pup did not feel better why would he have stopped crying?' A simple nod from his brother was her reply.

"Good. You don't need to worry about the bunny, ok?" She paused until Inuyasha nodded his little head at her. "He had to go home to his family just like you would want to go back to yours if you were not with them, right?" Another pause. "It is not your fault that the bunny ran off besides, we can always play with him some other time, ok?" Another nod and a smile once again spreads across the hanyou's face. 'Interesting, it usually takes this Sesshomaru hours to calm the pup, but she managed to calm him so swiftly, hn.'

"Katza, we should head to our chambers to prepare for the evening meal." The Northern Lord's voice boomed lightly, but his tight jaw and slight command made it seem as if he were unhappy.

"Yes, Father." The strange onna's voice seemed to have lost the calming softness it had and been replaced by a suppressed sigh. The female tugged the hood of her cloak further around her face before patting Inuyasha on the head to signal him to get up and following her family inside leaving the stunned inu tribe standing on the palace steps looking after them. The Northern Lord pausing at the door "My friend, we have much to discuss perhaps after dinner?" After a nod from the Western Lord the Northern tribe was gone.

"Well, that was certainly interesting!" His father chimed in, his tone overly happy.

"What are you planning, Father?" Sesshomaru questioned in his usual bored tone watching his father suspiciously. The man was up to something.

"I don't know what you're talking about, son. Though I look forward to discussing many things with my old friend. Perhaps I will ask about this mysterious daughter of his, after all Inuyasha seems to have taken quite a liking to her?" His father ended with a before striding into the palace to prepare for dinner.

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