Chapter 4

"And he said no to you?"

Miroku had asked the hanyou why he was grumpy and cranky all morning, sulking in the dark corners of the castle, giving a pouted look for an hour and then a sneering look to everyone else who ignored his whiney eyes.

"Yeah" The 'lost pup' look was back in Inuyasha's face; his lips curved upside down, a single overgrown fang peeking from his seams, his fuzzy silver brow almost went down, touching his lashes. In short the look he had manoeuvred so brilliantly was something that would bring even the great mighty lords to the knee and gather the small pup in their arms.

How the Western Lord had managed to say his answer in negative was something that went beyond the four year old human kid's head.

'Thank god he didn't ask his father to have me as his pet' Miroku silently offered his thanks to the Gods above who were blessing him with good fortunes.

"But Papa promised that I could have my own pet if I didn't break anything in castle for umm one year. Hey Mir'ku how long is one year? ", the hanyou asked with oozing eagerness shimmering in his large eyes.

"Um, It's a long time" Miroku answered, blushing a little when he realised he forgot the number of months in a year.

"Longer than a um hmm fortnight?" Inuyasha asked with a gleaming pride that he had used a difficult word. The number of days in a fortnight was something that the Hanyou had swiftly forgot. But that's a completely different story.

"Uh, yeah"

"Oh, do you think Sess'mru would allow me to play with her?" Inuyasha asked for the tenth time that morning. His index finger with clawed tip kept drumming his chin, giving everyone with eyes a view that Inuyasha is actually 'thinking'.

"Hmm, maybe we can play with her when he goes to his morning classes?" Miroku twitched his lips when his eyes sparkled brightly, proud of his amazing brilliance. Inuyasha seemed to share the same look and grinned like a mad creature that was promised a delicious treat.

One thing was absolutely certain to all the maids who had shamelessly eavesdropped to the plan formed by the two kids, the day is going to be epic, with half the castle destroyed, followed by roars and shouts and one hell of a cleaning job.

"Sweet merciful God" One of the servants muttered, with a sigh as he went to inform his family that he wouldn't be available for the dinner.

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"What do you mean?" The Lord hissed when he was safely within the confines of his office. He had asked his minister to do a little research work about the human pet he had given to his eldest. He had paid rather a large sum of money to the authorities for the little kid and he was just curious about the history.

"No one had ever seen the kid or her family before. She had just answered that her name was Kagome. She was found in one of the human village, crying under a tree." His minister had told.

Inutaisho had smelled mystery and secrecy in the short legend of the pet. Frowns and worry lines had a free rein over his face and his twisted the strands that flowed from his high pony tail. He shifted his gaze back to his faithful minister whose eyes were weary from a sorrow well hidden. The great lord's own heart cringed, he knew that the system of human pets were still a sore spot for the human minister. Even Izayoi was against it, she kept saying that the very system is twisted and is degrading.

"Miyatsu, I know this is something that you don't approve of-" Inutaisho trailed, hoping that his hesitation would put his minister a little out of his misery.

"My lord, I totally understand." Miyatsu said with a slight bow and a nod he excused himself out of the lord's office.

Inutaisho sat down in his plush chair, his thoughts already working on the unyielding history of the little girl. His internal debate was seriously disturbed when he felt a loath and a high rage bleeding from Sesshomaru's aura.

"Oh for the love of-" He didn't get to complete his sentence. There was a bang, yell and boom echoing in the halls of palace.

"INUYASHA!" The lord roared and emerged from his office towards the eastern wing of his now chaos flooded palace.

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It was not the usual morning. Sesshomaru had not woken up like always when the golden grains in Sun's rays had prodded his sleeping lids. No, there was some kind of lump on his fur, neck, on his hair, and he realised that the said lump was just all over him. He had promptly opened his eyes to find that his vision was currently blocked with ebony streaks. He blew out the strand in a confused dazed. After a blink he had bolted up in a realised alarm and his dozing pet was sent across his huge fluffy bed.

She woke up with a small yawn after two bounces on the bed, stretched her palms and legs, looked around in a daze and righteously giggled.

"Sess-o-maaaru" She shrieked and crawled in a blinding speed to give him a tight hug that almost sent the young demon to lie back in the bed.

She giggled again and rubbed her small palm on the twin magenta marks that bordered his cheeks.

He hissed and there was another giggle.

He rose up, straightened his new pet, took a breath or two to calm his pounding blood and itching palm. He ran a claw through his morning hair and smirked when he had his pet's undying attention on him.

"Okay, listen to me very carefully" The five year old instructed the human with a pointed finger, He waited for few seconds, assessing whether he would be getting any response from her. She gave a quick nod and a smile and so he continued before she could think that it would be okay to giggle again.

"Rule number one, you shall refer to me as 'master'" He told, his finger pointing at his chest. She stared at his lone finger, she tilted her head and her mouth formed a small 'o'. Her eyes gleamed with understanding, she clapped.

"Sess-o-maaaru" She yelled, grinning happily.

"No, call me master"

"Sess-o-maaaru"

"No, 'Mas-ter'" He stressed in the syllables, hoping she would refer to him with his right title. Her head tilted again. Her lips opened in the same way as before.

"Sess-o-maaaru" She declared. He sighed.

"Fine, how about 'Lord'?" He tried once more. She shook her head and called his name as always. He exhaled the stored up air in his lungs and shook the final sediments of sleep from his dizzy mind. She followed him around and he had to order a servant to give her a proper bath and morning food. By the time he washed up himself, cleaned his fangs, fluffed his fur, he was already late by a minute to his daily classes.

Before he could exit his abode's hallway, he heard a familiar 'aww and coo' from his sleeping room, so he had taken a turn to witness the happenings. The human friend of his half brother had pulled his pet's hair, she had shrieked and punched him right on his nose.

Inuyasha's ears were once again targeted and he had purred. When she had giggled and brought him out of the trance, Inuyasha thought he could play with her ears and pulled it.

How was he supposed to know that his claw would break her ridiculously thin skin of her ear loop? How was he supposed to know that she would cry like a dying harpy?

"Sess-o-maaarrru!" She had yelled and kicked and cried. Inuyasha didn't even have to turn back. He knew his life time was shortened greatly, he knew he would never get his own pet because he would be sleeping in his grave, even when he had wiped the little red drops of her blood from his claws, he knew that Sesshomaru would hunt him down and feed his inner organs to an hawk or an eagle and he knew that not even his father, the great Lord of West, can save him this time.

Never will he again listen to the stupid ideas of Miroku, he pledged.

"Uh-oh!" He uttered, there was a loud green whip, shattering of bricks, a deafening shriek from a shivering Miroku and finally a shout of his name from the lips of his father.

Yup, he was gonna be one dead puppy!

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A/N : Thank you for lovely reviews ! It made my dayyy! :) And sorry for the short chapter!

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