Chapter 2
The walk to the destined area was so short and it would have taken less than a minute if they had actually flown. But much to the young Sesshomaru's displeasure, his father wanted to spend some 'quality time' with him. He had been intrigued and his childhood memories screamed that he had never heard of those words ever before. He had accurately decided that it must be a human term and his shoulders went rigid instantly. The quality time strangely involved stuttering words and the young heir was in peak of amazement when he had witnessed the great lord demon who had been an epitome of justice, who had sentenced many with a roar and a straight face, hadn't completed even a single sentence without hesitation.
They had reached the place that was discussed and Sesshomaru had to retain, curtail and annihilate his curiosity that was bubbling inside his chest with mastered patience.
'Maybe they can finally get a wizard that can make Inuyasha disappear', His logic mind reasoned out and his curiosity multiplied instead, his bravado was shaking and he almost, just almost cracked a smile that could be measured in a well minuscule range.
"Father, where are we?" His tone had a silent assessment of the surroundings, his nose sniffed, catching a non familiar scent tainting the air along with that of his mother's. His brows furrowed and his fur bristled a little, his young half moon looked even darker under the evening fire that was lit across the ancient room.
"Mother" His head was already inclined with due respect, a bow for the Lady of the west. She gave a nod as an acknowledgement; her hands were fidgeting with the rich beads around her nape. Sesshomaru just couldn't understand why his parents were anxious. It was too tangible and it didn't sit well on the shoulders of the young dog demon.
"My son, I hope your day was well?" She asked, clearing her throat, her eyes desperately trying to find some freckle of emotions in his otherwise frozen face. His eyes narrowed, and her heart floated. He was angry and it was still considered as an emotion even though it wasn't the one she expected. Maybe a little sarcastic look would have made her day all the more merrier.
"Yes mother, it was fine"
Her sigh caressed Inutaisho's pointed ears, travelled through the veins, swam in his rushing blood and knocked a fist in his brain. His guilt boiled up and his nerves were in tight knot.
"Sesshomaru, since you have been such a great kid, we have decided that you deserve a gift.." Inutaisho trailed, his nostrils already sniffing for any sign of excitement from his heir. He wasn't displeased.
'Inuyasha is gonna be sent off! They don't need another kid if I had been good!' His face betrayed him, a tiny quirk escaped, the edges of his lips lifted with the smallest of smile. The sire's heart was instantly light, almost floating with the air, as if a choke had been lifted off.
"My son, we have decided to give you a pet" He finished.
The five year old's face dropped with a start. He was sure his ear wasn't working right.
'Stupid Inuyasha bit my ear really hard last week'
"But I already have Ah-Un" He stated the obvious; maybe his parents just forgot the little fire cracking demon in the dungeons. He honestly did not mind their forgetful brains though. He just wondered how lucky he must get so that their memory cells would promptly forget the existence of certain hanyou.
"This is a human pet, her name is Kagome" Inukimi moved aside, her cape and fur followed her, revealing a toothy grinning child with midnight black hair framing her chubby face. Her face broke in to the biggest smile Sesshomaru had ever seen. Much bigger than Inuyasha's stupid grin every time their father came in the room.
She gurgled up, eager to meet the new strange people who looked almost the same. Her pudgy legs decided to run fast, taking two steps at a time, her small hands itching to touch the silver haired people. She promptly fell down in all four limbs, near the pointed shoes of the smaller one among the three who was still taller than her by many inches.
She looked up, giggled at the startled expression of the moon marked boy. She sneezed all of a sudden and the boy's face turned in to that of a panic. She giggled again. The boy looked so funny. She wondered if his cheek streak would go if she tries rubbing them off.
Sesshomaru couldn't even begin to define the toothy giggler. She had no sense of discipline, no etiquette and had zero sense of balance. Her power level was puny, her focus was laughable and he just couldn't understand what was so funny that made her make weird laughing and snorting sounds.
"Up" She raised her hands above hoping that the moon boy would lift her from her knees and kiss her booboo away.
There was a thick layer of panic oozing out of Sesshomaru.
'Run, kill. No just run. No idiot, father is watching so just kill the kid that is trying to attack' His internal debate ceased and his decision was made. Before he could initiate the green whip from his palms, she was carried by his father.
"No, my son! She is your pet. You need to handle her with care." The demon lord explained, cooing at the little girl child who defined fragile and here he had thought that Inuyasha was tiny. She weighted like feather and for the hundredth time he wondered whether it was wise to give such a bundle of smiles to his son. Her grin was too infectious and the lord couldn't help but to beam and soak in the warmth emitted by the walking toddler.
He had decided that she would make his son glow with happiness from the deepest, hidden folds of his heart.
"Kagome" The lady called. The little girl was too cosy in the crook of the big man with soft fur wrapping his arms, that she almost dozed off to play with Mickey Mouse again.
"Hunhm" She nodded, her bangs were half way covering her huge onyx orb, brushing ever so slightly the little ebony lashes.
"This is Sesshomaru" She pointed her clawed finger at the moon marked boy. Her ears had caught the name and her tongue folded and danced to repeat under the confines of her mouth.
"Ses-o-maaaruu" She said, her eyes going all big (as if it could get any bigger), her tiny palm clapped at her successful imitation of the name. She beamed with pride when the big man nodded with an appreciating smile.
"Yes, very good! He is your master" The tall lady in satin and silk had announced. The little human girl looked up at her master again, he was looking deep in to her, a bored expression was imprinted on his face and she couldn't stop wondering on how the indigo moon would feel under her finger tips. She suddenly wanted to touch the white fluffy thing that seemed like a big round teddy tugged in to his arm.
"Teddy" She yelled and leaped from the demon's hand only to slip and fall down again. Her vision blurred and she could count the stars that were dancing around her head. She giggled again when the said stars popped out in to thin air and crawled further to touch the white mass. Her pjs were slippery and there were almost two failed attempts by the time she reached the desired place.
Her hands took in the fur and it was so soft, softer than her stuffed Mr. Tobo that was killed in the oven fire. Her master suddenly shifted, pulling the teddy along with him. She looked up and was met with an open mouth expression of him.
"Ses-o-maaaru is funny" She declared, clapped and giggled until her cheeks hurt.
The said person who was being currently a laughable subject to a three year old was insulted. This was some kind of human incarnation of his worst nightmare and he badly wanted to wake up before this nonsense could go any further.
A blink or two later the young demon had concluded that he was not asleep and that this was all real. Three blinks later he had come to a aching decision that his parents hated him and had subjected him to this misery.
He looked up with hurt painted on his visage. His sire smiled at him, his wise eyes twinkling with an uncontrollable delight. His mother perused him with her scrutiny gaze.
"If you are not willing to.." She started and a small grain of hope was planted on his chest.
'Yes, please let's all just go home and forget this unfortunate ridiculous day' his thoughts waved in his head.
"..we can always gift her to Inuyasha" She finished.
He was startled for what seemed like fifth time in few hours. His eyes narrowed with a built up determination. He averted his gaze from his mother to land on the pet. She was still giggling and smiling. He could see that she was something special, otherwise his parents wouldn't expend out their time on her. So he decided that she must be of a rare treasure.
And anything of rare and special should belong to him and him only. Definitely not to Inuyasha!
"No, she is mine" He had declared his sentence. His little claws graced the skin of his little pet, lifted her up and trailed her along towards his room.
The Lord and lady smiled. Their plan had worked and they hoped with all their hearts that things would go better than what they schemed out.
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