Chapter XV: A Surprise

When morning came, the cool breeze swept through their campside, as Rin and Shippo woke up. They noticed something that was unexpected, but didn't say anything, yet. Either they were scared to say something or they were just speechless. They just shrugged and woke up Inuhime. So they could go and gather up more wood. In the meantime, Kagome seemed not to notice anything that was off, yet. Perhaps, she was still sleepy. Only person who seemed to be still sleeping was the Daiyoukai, himself. Perhaps dreaming about Kagome whenever they finally mated.

Inuhime and the children returned from gathering wood. Inuhime glanced at her brother with a smirk. The noise from putting the wood by the fire had woken up the great lord. He wasn't please to be awaken by having a lovely dream with his Kagome. He saw his twin there tending the fire.

He snarled and asked harshly,"Do you have to make so much noise?"

"Oh my apologizes, my lord. Maybe I should just stop making noises, altogether, then, huh," Inuhime replied with a sarcastic tone.

Sesshomaru growled at her and said, "Watch your tongue! Remember who's alpha!" He looked at Rin and Shippo, then at Kagome who finally notice what the children had notice. Sesshomaru noticed that they are starring at him. Not to frighten his intented or the children, he calmed down and clears his throat, "Can you tell me why or what you are starring at?" Rin and Shippo were scared to say something because they knew the lord will not be please. Instead Kagone spoke up as calm as she could knowing how he would react, "Umm, Sesshomaru...*almost hesitated*...umm, there are flowers in your hair."

"Pardon. Can you repeat that sentence?"

"There are flowers braided into your hair."

Sesshomaru's eyes widen and lifted up he left hand to touch. Indeed, there were flowers in his hair. Never mind that it was braided, which he cared not that it was braided. However, what he does cared about were the flowers, there's nothing wrong of having flowers around, but putting them in his long, silver hair is a different story. He isn't a female after all. He knew that it wasn't Rin, Shippo, or Kagome won't ever do this, but the only person that would had dare to do this to him was Inuhime. She was getting him back for something, but what? He growled at her once more.

"Cease your growling, Sesshomaru, I am not impressed. You are acting like a pup. I see that you figured out who had done this to you. So, speak," she angrily said.

"How dare you, Inuhime? Talking to me like that. Have you forgotten who's alpha?"

"How could I? You remind me all the time that you are 'alpha'?"

He doesn't understand, where her attitude is coming from. Surely she wasn't acting this way, yesterday. He doesn't remember what he may done to upset her so much.

"Why are you giving me this attitude? It's beneath you."

"What? Your arrogance and ignorance are astounding, little brother. I AM NOT BENEATH YOU, SESSHOMARU!"

"Arrogance? Ignorance? You are the one who's arrogant and ignorant when you speaking to this Sesshomaru the way that you'd been doing!"

Suddenly out of nowhere Totosai and Myoga appeared. They left at the same time when Sesshomaru and company left Edo, to acquire Inuhime's fang or should I say fangs. "Milady, milady! We'd aquired your fangs."

Sesshomaru was confused as hell, "When did you ever had fangs, Inuhime? So you are going to challenge me as alpha, then."

"Wrong, little brother! I wouldn't dream of challenging you. I am, however, going to enlighten you whose alpha between us both. It seems that you had forgotten your place. As for when I receive my youkai weapon, well, I had them since before father died. Besides, I am getting a tad rusty with my swordfighting skills. So since you had practice as of late. It should be easy for you to put me in my place, right, little brother?"

She looked at Myoga and Totosai who, together, brought her youkai sword.

Sesshomaru thought, "What the hell is going on? Is she really serious? What does she mean about 'alpha between us'?

"Little brother, it seems that I should enlighten you, since you are either arrogant, ignorant, or possibly both. You'd been free from my watchful eye for so long that you'd had forgotten about sibling supremacy."

Kagome was shocked when she and the children were hearing this conversion.

Myoga informed them, "Normally among siblings like Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, there were no question who was the sibling alpha between them since Lord Sesshomaru is the eldest. However, when twins are involved is a different story altogther."

"Why is that, Myoga?," Shippo asked questionly.

Myoga chuckled, "Simple, but yet complicated. You see before they were born they would had fought who would be born first. Thus establishing who was sibling alpha among themselves. At the time though their mother almost died due to that confrontation. I wonder what brought this conflict between them. Has there been any conflict between them since we left Edo?"

Kagome said, "Well, I believe at least twice. For instance, she wanted to go for a walk last night, but Sesshomaru wouldn't let her go. It was because she became injuried when a horde of demons attacked her."

"I see."

Totosai chuckled at that and said, "Sesshomaru has always been overprotective of his sister, even though, she's the eldest of the twins."

Myoya chuckled again, "Overprotective is an understatement. If he had it his way, she'll be glue to his side or better yet if they rejoin themselves as one soul. After all, they were from one soul in the very beginning."

Kagome giggled and it faded, "They won't kill each other. will they?" She sounded awfully concerned with good reason because he's been displease with her actions and statements.

Myoga said, "Oh no, Lady Kagome. They won't kill each other because that would be like killing themselves. They may fight each other to a bloody plope, but they won't go as far as killing each other. Well, at least, I hope not, anyways."

"Myoga, but you said...,"yelled the miko.

"I know what I said, Lady Kagome, but it's hard to predict them. The only person who could predict or sort of being like a mediator was their father."

"...*a horrid grasp*...you mean they'd done this before!"

"Yes, before Inuyasha was born. They were fighting who would be in charge of the pup when born."

"Oh, I see, since they're the eldest of the pups would had been in charge anyways. I guess I can see that, but why fight about it. Why couldn't they just play paper, rock, and scissors?"

All of them except the Inuhime and Sesshomaru were looking at her in confusion. She chuckled, "Oh, I'm sorry. Paper, Rock, 'n', Scissors is a game that children or even teenagers play to settle a score with each other rather than fighting about it."

Myoga said, "Well, that would be nice having a simple game to settle things like this. Remember the next time whenever the twins or any other youkai siblings are fighting; they are demons. Demons love to fight no matter who or what. It's part of their being. They can't help it, especially the Inuyoukai. They are the most fierce when it comes to anything or everything that one processes. No matter if it's a position in sibling supremacy as this case is currently displaying, titles, lands, people, and etc... They will protect it fiercly."

"Yeah, I know." Kagome shook her head and thought, "Can I really live with an inuyoukai? Knowing of their overprotectiveness and processiveness...*mentally paused as she watched the two fought*...Yes, I can and I will."

Inuyasha (c) Rumiko Takahashi

Fanfiction & OCs (c) kamorris