Chapter 5

She was scared, terrified, petrified to the core only few minutes ago and now she kept singing a ridiculous strange poetry on how the stars in the sky are twinkling like diamonds. Inutaisho and Sesshomaru shared a look of perplexity before they shifted their gaze back to the singing girl.

Sesshomaru had seen red when Inuyasha had uttered what could have been defined as last words of desperation. His green whip had spewed from his inner palm to smack at that annoying twitching ear to deliver a dramatic last blow (Sesshomaru always had a thing for theatrics). He decided he would save a small 'wah-pah' for the shivering human child whom he recognised to be the son of his father's minister.

"Sessh-o-maaaru! No, Puppy!" She had cried and crawled in, shielding his damn half brother from the blow, her eyes had turned all glittery and misty; her face was red on seeing the epic final battle that would have ended Inuyasha's pitiful existence.

Sesshomaru had stopped in right time and called back his powers, his father had rushed from the mountain of bricks that had broken, and his mother had walked in, her face calm, stoic even after seeing everything.

"Sesshomaru, were you planning to kill your brother for harming your pet?" Inukimi had asked when seconds rolled by and when Inuyasha finally confirmed that it was actually okay to let out the breath he was holding.

"I didn't harm her" Inuyasha had whined, his ears already matted to his skull. He was currently hiding behind the pet, who was safely tucked behind his father's fur.

"Yes you did, and I didn't plan on killing him" Sesshomaru confessed. He actually didn't plan at all; he had acted in the spur of the moment, deciding to give an impending whip to the second heir of his father and then he had actually felt his father's aura prodding him, so he had decided he would just severely impair the hanyou, but then he had made the mistake of seeing his pet's eyes, who looked frightened and turned in to an human armour to save her damn puppy.

So in short, he hadn't planned to kill the hanyou. He had never lied before and he didn't plan on starting today. He had just manipulated the truth which has a totally different meaning from lying. His father raised an eyebrow and Sesshomaru visibly flinched. His pet had called him 'scary Sessh-o-maaaru' and cried.

And now, after the maddening ordeal, ear screeching cry from the little human creature pet who was awed at for having the world's largest lung capacity (she had cried for several continuous minute without an intake of breath) Kaede, the royal doctor had arrived, 'shh-ed' the crying girl and was tending to her wound. Strong antiseptic smells floated around in the room and Inuyasha kept sneezing and the Kagome had promptly thought it was funnier to count the sneezes.

"Inuyasha, what have I told you?" Inukimi asked, he eyes narrowing at the toddler demon who was still red in face from all the sneezing.

"Not to eat without washing my claws!" He answered looking proud.

"Idiot" Miroku had muttered under his breath but the demon family are known for their senses and so they all agreed to the condition of sanity declared by the kid.

"No, the other thing that I have told you!" Inukimi wasn't amused; at the most she pitied the hanyou child who had not inherited the good brains of her mate.

"To never eat worms from the gardens?" He asked, tilting his head to the side, his claw scratched his head in an attempt to think why his step mother was asking about the worms. He hadn't eaten any worms after he had got caught one fine evening.

"No! The other thing!" Inukimi and Inutaisho yelled in an unusual tone of voice (It wasn't that unusual for Inutaisho!)

"Oh! To never touch anything that belonged to Ses'mru" He finally said, his chest puffed out in pride for getting the correct answer.

"And why did you touch what was his?" Inutaisho asked, his brows formed a deep 'V'.

"B'coz you told me I won't be having a pet for a year and Mir'ku told that a year is longer than a fortnight and I didn't want to wait that long. Aaachoo!" He finished with a big sneeze.

"TWENTY!" Kagome yelled and clapped.

"Aye, it has been tended, the bleeding had stopped and the cut isn't that deep. Her bandages would be removed after two days, make sure it doesn't get wet" Kaede said, washing her hands in a presented bowl of water. She gave a small pat on the child's back.

"She is one brave child" Kaede said and the eldest son of Inutaisho almost smiled. Even thought he totally didn't approve her action of stupidity that had stripped away his dream of existing in the world sans Inuyasha, she had delivered the spirit of loyalty and braveness.

"I'm brave!" Kagome repeated and clapped.

"You are stupid" Sesshomaru declared.

"No, I'm brave Sess-o-maaaru" She said, folding her hands across her chest and giving him a narrowed look.

"And stupid" He added. Kagome huffed and puffed, pouted and tugged the fur of Inutaisho. The great lord demon raised his brow at her.

"Sess-o-maaaru is a meanie!" She complained.

"Yeah! He is a bully!" Inuyasha had sided tactfully with her and she beamed at her puppy who crawled near her.

"Get away from her!" Sesshomaru said, his voice was painfully scary and Inuyasha stuck his tongue out. He had figured that as long as he was near the pet, his brother wouldn't kill him. He tilted his chin high, folded his hands across his chest, imitating her stance. There. He wasn't that stupid like everyone seems to believe.

"Inuyasha.." Miroku whispered with a desperate plea in his voice. He couldn't believe that Inuyasha was pushing his stupid luck. The hanyou had zero level of diplomacy and is completely oblivious to the term of 'flee away when no one is looking'.

Inuyasha pouted again when he saw the annoyed look given to him by his family and his best friend. All he had done was touch her and she started crying. It really wasn't his fault and it hurt his tender heart that no one actually believed him.

He sneezed.

"Twenty one!"

"I said get away from her!" Sesshomaru stressed again, his voice had the same manifested death threat as always.

"Fine, you can have your stupid pet!" Inuyasha stuck his tongue again and crawled near his father.

"She isn't stupid. You are" Sesshomaru answered back, his eyes strongly sending specks of threats towards the hanyou.

"No, you are!"

"No-" The eldest started answering back and he was duly stopped with a stare from his mother.

"Papa, can I get a pet too?" Inuyasha asked his father with a big smile pasted on his face.

"No, Inuyasha, my terms are still the same" The Dog general answered back, his fingers pressing the bridge of his nose, praying to the almighty to bless him with much needed patience.

"But Papa.." Inuyasha whined.

"No" Inukimi answered this time. Inuyasha pouted, his ears twitched and his claw itched his head. His gaze swam across the crowded room and rested on one person. His smile widened.

"PAPA!" He shouted happily and his grin widened like that of a maniac. Inutaisho sighed and planned to go on a long vacation without his kids. Maybe he could just take his kids along with him and lose them on purpose in some dense forest. No one would blame him, right? But no, he would be left without an heir and Inukimi would probably murder him and paint the palace with his blood. He had recently learnt that red was her favourite colour and so he wilfully cleared the tempting thought of accidentally losing his sons.

"What?"

"Can Mir'ku be my pet?" He asked and the human kid promptly fainted.

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