Chapter 3! And I want to clear something up.

INUYASHA DOES NOT LIKE SESSHOMARU YET.

All signs I may have added that he does were either a mistake or it was his inner demon that caused those in excitement at the thought of Sesshomaru as its Alpha, but InuYasha ignores it. Sesshomaru has to try to win InuYasha over while at the same time fighting off potential threats to his gaining InuYasha as a mate and dealing with his frustrations about InuYasha. Okay?

Well, ranting over~! I do not own InuYasha. Enjoy!

The next day, InuYasha waited for his friends in front of his house as usual, deep in thought. Particularly about the courting gift he had received.

"InuYasha?" InuYasha blinked and found Kagome standing before him, something in her hands wrapped in a white cloth. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." He stared at the object. "What are you holding?"

Kagome blushed and unwrapped the object, murmuring "I was kind of wondering if you could tell me that." The object was an obi, much like InuYasha's, except it wasn't as soft. It was a forest green with Kagome's name stitched on in Kanji. Despite the fact that it only had Kagome's scent on it, InuYasha immediately knew who had sent it.

"So he sent it," InuYasha smirked.

"What?"

"It's the first of the courting gifts that a demon Alpha will send to you. I received one, too."

"What does it mean?" Kagome asked, staring at the obi.

InuYasha shifted the weight of his backpack, inside of which was his obi. "Two weeks before mating season for demons, an Alpha attempts to court a Beta of his choosing, male or female. It always starts with an obi with the Beta's name stitched in in Kanji. The Alpha sprays something on it to take their scent away so they can't be detected. If the Beta rejects it, they put it back in the package in which it arrived. If they accept it, they wear it the next day. But if their unsure about whether or not to accept it, they carry it around but don't wear it."

Kagome stared at her obi in wonder before smiling and tying it around her waist, smoothing her white button-up shirt and short green skirt.

"So you accept?"

Kagome nodded, feeling the fabric of the obi between her fingers. Miroku and Sango arrived and the four headed to school. Kouga arrived just as the bell rang and after class in the halls confronted InuYasha.

"I knew you'd send her something," InuYasha growled with a smug grin. Kouga glared at him.

"Wipe that grin off of your face. Did she accept?" At InuYasha's nod, Kouga breathed a sigh of relief. "I was worried she wouldn't."

"Coward," InuYasha muttered. Kouga glared at him, and was about to say something, but a grunt from the direction in which they were walking caught their attention. Before them, several feet away, stood two people.

The first had well-tanned skin, wavy black hair that fell down his shoulders and blood red eyes. He wore a blue t-shirt, black pants and matching boots that were ankle length. He was cradling his cheek, glaring at the man before him.

The man had golden eyes similar to that of InuYasha except for his showed no emotion and long silvery hair with a blank face. A Prussian blue crescent moon was on his forehead with magenta stripes on his cheeks and wrists, his claws shrinking to their original size. He wore a white button down shirt, black slacks and black office shoes. A fluffy white boa like thing wrapped around his shoulder.

InuYasha stared in surprise, like everyone else around them, as he quickly realized what had happened.

The school bully, Naraku, had tried-and failed-to attack Sesshomaru.

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