After what Inuyasha was now calling 'the incident' at the shrine, things had settled somewhat, aside from the rumors that began to spread about Ren and Inuyasha. Sesshomaru would still randomly chuckle to himself when thinking about Inuyasha's apology, it was hilarious and something he never thought he'd see in his lifetime. Life had been a lot more interesting since Inuyasha returned. Inuyasha was currently in his favorite spot in the library. While he was in the realm of the gods he'd taken to reading. Time passed extremely fast while he was there, so he didn't really feel like he'd aged all that much. It was weird.

"Excuse me milord." Inuyasha narrowed his eyes and peeked over his book. Shino was eyeing the man wearily.

"Who're you and what do you want?" Inuyasha had come to understand why youkai in the past always said he had a stench to him. Back then, he was as mixed as it got, but there were so many types of youkai bred together in this world that it was really overwhelming. It made him wonder why Ren didn't smell like them, but his uncle did.

The man in front of him was dressed very well. "I'm Satori. I work for Lord Akari. I'm here because Lord Akari and the others are having a meeting in the East hall and would like you to join them if you have the will and time.

Inuyasha looked at Shino. "Hey, Shino, who the fuck is that?"

"He is a high ranking official. A step below the prime minister." Shino explained.

"So, what the fuck does he want with me?" Inuyasha glared at Satori.

"U-um….Lord A-Akari and the o-others…h-haven't had the p..pleasure…of meeting you…." Satori explained, his nervousness rising.

"That's interesting, because if he's one step below Kouga, and Kouga is below Sesshomaru, and I'm considered second only to Sesshomaru, that means I'm above Kouga." Inuyasha spoke, running through the connections. "So, tell me why the fuck I would go greet someone below me? Is this a joke?" Sesshomaru asked him not to be so lenient when it came to status, and because of his ego he couldn't blow things like this off because it would cause problems for Sesshomaru. "They have 5 minutes to get here on their knees." Inuyasha growled. Satori ran off quickly. "Sesshomaru was right, they really do only have their audacity left." He huffed.

Soon however, there were several sweating youkai on the ground. Bowing with their foreheads on the ground. "What made y'all think y'all could snap and order me around like a dog? Are you stupid?" Inuyasha was just staring at them, and they shivered. "Did you think because I didn't come in lopping off heads that you could treat me any kind of way?"

"N-no milord. T-that wasn't our intention!" One stuttered out.

"So, what the fuck do you want then?" Inuyasha was still in his spot, glaring at them and set his book to the side.

"I…I am Akari…" They all began introducing themselves and Inuyasha couldn't care less. What did he want to learn their names for?

"I…I wanted to discuss…perhaps starting milord's education on the state of affairs…so that you might…potentially begin assuming your role as second in line for the throne…"

"Eugh…why the fuck would I do that?" Inuyasha grimaced and they all looked up at him in shock.

"W-well you are second in line and will one day be king…" He spoke quietly.

"And if Sesshomaru starts popping out kids?" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"…Lord Sesshomaru…isn't willing to take a mate though…" Another spoke, they all eyed each other.

"Does Lord Inuyasha not wish to be the….k..king?" Akari questioned, the shock on his face growing.

"Not at all. That whole ruling over the world thing runs in the family and I'm the black sheep. Why the hell would I ever put myself through that?" Inuyasha cringed at the very thought of inheriting this place from Sesshomaru.

"But milord! You would be the demon king! You would rule over it all. The entire world is under the seat of the demon king. It's power that most cannot fathom." The people were stunned to see the level of disgust on his face.

"What my brother does to you mortals is none of my business, and I definitely don't want you sniveling and coming to me with all your problems for nothing in return." Inuyasha looked at the nervous group, feeling a headache coming because of the smell. "It's not like that bastard is going to die anyway so why does it even matter. Most of you aren't even half his age. He's not even a mature adult by youkai standards. Well. Youkai standards of the past. So why are y'all trying to prepare me like I'm going to take over?" Then Inuyasha paused. Remembering what Sesshomaru had told him previously. "Shino, and everyone else in the library aside from those kneeling. Leave, now." People began to scurry out and when the door shut, he began laughing, "Are y'all trying to dethrone him and put me as king instead?" The collective jerk told him all he needed to know as they began vehemently denying it. "Oh? I could kill him though." They all paused. "Yep, we used to go at it all the time back in the day but I'm sure I can cut off more than his arm this time around. If I get rid of him, what'll I get out of the exchange if I don't want the throne?"

They all seemed to be thinking, before one smiled. "Anything you wish milord!"

"Why do y'all want to dethrone him anyway? There are no wars, people live well, you already have enough power, socially, what more could you want? If the answer is good, I'll go kill him immediately." Inuyasha leaned to the side, watching them become more emboldened.

"Lord Sesshomaru and many of the ancient youkai…don't care much for us modern youkai. We can see the looks of disgust and we fear there may be another purge….we only wish to keep everyone safe from his wrath…"

"A purge?" Inuyasha questioned.

"Long in the past, when I was but a boy, Lord Sesshomaru went on a rampage like no other. He killed millions. Human, hanyou, and youkai alike. None were spared his wrath. Such a being is too dangerous to remain among us." Akari explained. "However, do you not hold apprehension about killing your own brother?"

"Nope. Not like we're close anyway. Besides, he used to try to kill me all the time when I was younger, so why not pay back the favor." Inuyasha chuckled, "I even tried to rip his soul out the other day." They looked shocked by this.

"We were under the impression that you were more involved." A different youkai whispered.

"What do you mean?" Inuyasha questioned.

All of them were looking between each other. "The rumor that…you…behave as ancient youkai do….with their family members…because the lack of understanding of genetics…" Inuyasha was so confused about what the man was saying and the dumbfounded look on his face told them enough. "The…uh….inbreeding…"

Inuyasha felt his face turn scarlet as he was reminded about the incident. "Don't tell me that's a fucking rumor that's going around. Ugh! As if! I wouldn't fuck him if he was the last youkai on the planet, his fucking personality alone would kill any boner." Inuyasha scoffed, very offended by the mere notion. "The only thing that asshole has going for him is his appearance, but I could never get passed all the other shit." The hanyou pinched the bridge of his nose, "Wait, youkai don't do that anymore?" Youkai were always inbreeding, Sesshomaru was probably the most inbred youkai currently alive then. All of his grandparents were inbred. He found out later in life that Sesshomaru's mother was also his aunt, meaning their parents were siblings. It was what…made them…stronger… Another realization about the current world hit him. No wonder they were so weak, their breeding knowledge was all gone and Sesshomaru felt no need to inform them of such. "Wow. You really are a sadistic bastard. You're purposely keeping them weak and unable to oppose you. I don't know whether to applaud you or send you to the underworld."

Those kneeling looked very confused. "Aniue, can you come to the library." A shiver of fear ran through the group, and soon the doors were opening, and many guards entered as well. "You're purposely doing this to them. You're insane." Inuyasha sighed. He knew his brother was sadistic, but this was on a whole different level. "I assume you heard everything."

"I did. You ruined a very fun game I was playing otouto." Sesshomaru spoke as he approached.

"I'm not surprised, they're probably having these dumbass meetings here, right?" Inuyasha questioned.

"Capture them." Sesshomaru spoke and all the officials were put in cuffs, many began crying.

"The prince has committed treason too! He said he would kill you!" Akari shouted, so furious at Inuyasha.

Sesshomaru's cold gaze turned to the man, "It isn't anything he hasn't said before. I've threatened to kill him many times as well."

Inuyasha laughed, "Remember when I cut off your arm."

Sesshomaru glared at him slightly, "Remember when I stuck my hand through your chest."

"Well damn, ouch. Didn't know it was still a sore spot, you sore loser." Inuyasha huffed as he watched the smelly youkai be cuffed and restrained. "You gonna replace them? They're all so corrupt."

"The corrupt ones are blinded by greed and easily controlled." Sesshomaru spoke, staring at them like the predator he was.

"Don't they have things they were doing. Isn't it gonna be hard to replace them all?"

"No." Sesshomaru looked at the stack of books Inuyasha was reading. He never would have pictured his younger brother as much of a reader. "There are many vying for their positions anyway. It is nothing to find a capable replacement. The most important matter's come through me anyway."

"Y'know I'll probably keep getting approached like that right? They really are afraid of you, afraid enough to want you dead. You're such a monster." Inuyasha laughed to himself as an important looking guard waited for them to be done.

"Says the only person who has the potential to defeat me. If I'm a monster wouldn't you be one too?" Sesshomaru spoke with a hint of entertainment in his voice.

"Nope. I'd be the hero who defeated the demon king!" Inuyasha was chuckling happily. His brother wasn't so good with the quirky type of word play he was used to. He'd had to learn to hone his tongue when in the realm of gods because they were all sneaky bastards.

Sesshomaru actually rolled his eyes. The hanyou had noticed his brother was much more expressive now than in the past, he still found it fascinating what time could do to a person. "Kotoe, report."

The important looking guard bowed and straightened. "The main perpetrator was Akari. He and his constituents have been meeting for 36 years, looking for a way to be rid of milord. Due to the rumors of the prince's fearlessness and ability. They'd gathered bits and pieces from the prime minister, and General Shippo about the past animosity shared between you two and believed that such feelings from the past would be useful in manipulating the prince, who they believed to be simple minded, into killing you."

"Oh wow." Inuyasha mumbled, looking at the surprised officials.

"He knew all along…." One whispered in shock.

Sesshomaru's cold glare intensified as he stared at them, "How foolish. To try to fan the flame of an animosity that has not existed for over 1000 years. Truly, you are all fools."

Inuyasha…was surprised by this. He knew Sesshomaru was behaving different but even the last time they saw each other he looked like he couldn't be bothered to deal with him. He even scoffed after he said what he needed to. It made him feel odd…to hear that his elder brother truly didn't hate him anymore. Sure, 1000 years was a long time to hold onto any grudge, but this was Sesshomaru we were talking about. If Kirinmaru or Naraku revived tomorrow he was sure Sesshomaru would kill them both again. Even before, he pretty much hated him for no reason. The hanyou realized he really had missed out on a lot of Sesshomaru's character development, but something inside of him didn't trust it. The childish part that Sesshomaru himself beat from him….couldn't trust it.

He stood abruptly, "I need some air." He mumbled, rushing from the library, and heading to the nearest garden. What he really needed was his ego. He climbed to the roof quickly and laid down. "What the fuck." He mumbled as he closed his eyes.

Inuyasha was sitting alone staring at a gaudily dressed youkai that smelled like horse shit. Sure, she was pretty in the face, but she just smelled so fucking terrible he couldn't help the grimace on his face. If this was the equivalent to what he smelled like in the past, he didn't blame anyone for calling him filthy. He couldn't refute this awful smell. "Milord is beautiful. Shiroinu must all be beautiful." She continued to speak his praises and he wanted to groan. He only attended the stupid party because he wanted to see Ren again and had neglected to exchange information so he couldn't contact him and didn't want more weird rumors to spread. He'd hoped he would attend because he saw Abe on the list of people coming. He sighed, still wondering why Ren didn't smell like the others did. He was so curious. If the smell was a result of mixed blood, it didn't make sense for Ren not to have it. He thought to ask Sesshomaru, but he was still reeling from what he'd said.

He walked away from the youkai still mindlessly chatting at him with Shino following closely behind. The youkai looked surprised and turned bright red. Inuyasha sighed out loud, "This is boring." Many in the room seemed to stiffen. "Shino, let's leave."

"As you wish milord." Shino nodded.

Inuyasha made it to the door but was stopped when he spotted the person, he'd been looking for entering from the corner of his eye. He was standing with his uncle, with a tense smile on his face. "Hey Ren." Inuyasha spoke with a grin. Ren became rosy the moment their eyes met. It'd been a while since they'd seen each other. Ren wasn't deluding himself into believing he was important to Inuyasha, but most people just treated him however they wanted because of his background. Inuyasha treated him well and the night they spent together was memorable. He wouldn't mind playing with the prince every now and then.

Inuyasha could hear people mumbling, "Perhaps he only likes men." The hanyou ignored it. When he found a woman that didn't reek, he might give her a chance. Ren was the only person he'd met so far who didn't smell. It made him wonder if he could smell the others.

"H-hello prince Inuyasha." Ren stuttered nervously.

Inuyasha smiled, "How've you been? We didn't get to exchange contact info last time."

"Oh r-right! My apologies." Ren quickly and awkwardly took out his phone. They exchanged information, and Abe was watching with interest. After he'd run off with the prince, and didn't return until noon, many rumors had spread. He had nothing to say however, if Ren became close to the prince it would only serve to benefit him. Others were watching with jealously.

Inuyasha looked around, "We should hang out again sometime, send me a message." With that Inuyasha's mood improved and he went to take another glass of champagne. It was the only way for him to deal with the smell. To use the alcohol to drown it out. "Shino, go get me an alcohol pad." He would rather his senses burn that continue to smell that stench. He downed the glass and grabbed two more before heading back to Ren.

Ren seemed flustered, "Ah…prince…next time I can do that."

"Nah it's fine…I'm not some pompous jackass." Inuyasha took a seat with Ren in a small corner. They started chatting and cracking jokes like the last time they were together. "I have a question for you…" Inuyasha paused as his ears picked up on the words of the surrounding youkai.

"That whore probably spread his legs really quickly too."

"Cheap skank." Inuyasha felt his eye twitch in annoyance.

"Yes Prince? What is it?" Ren asked cluelessly.

"Probably spreads his legs for his uncle too, since his 'father' died."

Inuyasha's eyes widened slightly. So, it was probably true, that Ren was inbred and that's why he didn't have that smell. Ren was starting to look uncomfortable and Inuyasha realized that he could actually hear them.

"Why does Abe-sama continue to bring that around with him." Inuyasha was starting to get annoyed at all the insults. No wonder Ren always looked uncomfortable and out of place. He slowly turned around, pinpointing the voices.

"Ugly bitch with the green flower, get over here and kneel. Smelly skank with the bad teeth and ugly dress, you too. You, you, you, and you too. All of you get over here and kneel the fuck down." Inuyasha glared as the room went silent and they did as they were told. "You wanna know what's worse than a fool?" He asked looking down at them. "Fools who don't know when to keep their mouths shut." They all flinched. "Ugh you people stink; it gives me such a fucking headache." He pinched the bridge of his nose. "I'll never understand how Sesshomaru, and the others put up with just how much you stink. Ren…do they smell to you too?"

Ren was shocked by this. When he was a kid, he was often scolded by his nanny and uncle because of the faces he would make in public. He always smelled something putrid and could never escape it, which is why he avoided high society all the time. Abe looked surprised by this too. His nephew often complained about a smell when he was younger. "That's the smell of diluted, mixed blood. I knew there was a reason you didn't stink like them. Hehe. No wonder Sesshomaru said he didn't mind you. You're like old youkai. What kind of youkai are you anyway?" Ren was stuck and didn't know how to start responding to him.

"M...m-m-my grandfather and his parents were b-badger youkai…" He spoke softly.

"Oh, no wonder I didn't know. I've never met a pure-bred badger youkai before." Inuyasha nodded. He looked at the people kneeling. "I really don't like cowards who insult people behind their backs. Back in the day, youkai were really loud and proud about their hatred of one another and declared it proudly every day. So go ahead. Say what you said again." All the people were silent. "I really hate cowards, and don't think you deserve to live."

"He's pure-bred? How is that possible? Weren't the badger youkai diluted and wiped out?" Inuyasha could hear around him.

"I'm purebred…?"

"That's probably why all the old youkai don't participant in your society. The smell is hard to deal with." Inuyasha was casually dropping bombs of truth that the modern youkai had never heard of or considered. "Doesn't matter though. You wanna get out of here?" Inuyasha gave him a devious grin. Ren was blushing but nodded. "Shino, send them to Sesshomaru. Tell him they annoyed me by being cowards."

"Wait no please milord!" He could heard the men and women screaming and crying as they were seized by guards. Inuyasha wondered what Sesshomaru would do to them but figured he could ask him not to kill them.

He ignored them as Ren led him away. He watched the cute sway of his hips as they hopped into a car called by Ren. When they were picked up, they only looked at each other before their lips met. It was hot and animalistic. They growled and bit, it was just what Inuyasha wanted. When they arrived, Ren pulled him through the impressive home to a room at the end of a hallway. It wasn't very extravagant compared to the rest of the home, but Inuyasha paid it no mind. They stripped quickly and Inuyasha was pushed onto the bed. Ren came face to face with his cock. He focused on it, trying to show off all of his skills. The way Inuyasha was looking down at him and his working mouth was doing wonders for him. He started stroking himself while he licked and sucked. The action also turned him on a great deal.

It wasn't long before Inuyasha had him bent over his desk, and thrusting harshly into him while pulling his hair. "O-oh fuck!" Ren cried out as he came abruptly. It felt like that before too, like his body didn't know what to do anymore. He'd never cum so quickly with a partner like this. He went limp and Inuyasha paused.

"You done? Ready to stop?" Inuyasha asked, releasing his hair, and turning to look at his face.

Ren was panting heavily. He was exhausted. He looked at the clock on his bedside table and noticed the time. They'd been at it for 9 hours, and he hadn't even noticed. "Y-yeah…I'm done…"

Inuyasha smirked, "We gotta work on your stamina." The hanyou gave his ass a firm smack as he pulled away.

Ren could only nod as he felt his legs give in. Inuyasha helped him to the bed, where he lay breathing heavily. "I don't know how I'm gonna have sex with other people…"

Inuyasha thought this was odd, because if youkai could do anything, they could fuck. Many got off on the power they had over their partner in bed and did what they could to please them to satisfy their own ego. Inuyasha could admit he was the same. The youkai of today seemed more closely inline with the lower class of youkai, the barely sentient ones, and humans. They were selfish and greedy in all the wrong ways and none of the good ones. "You'll be better off fucking around with ancient or purebred youkai."

"You think so?"

"Yep." He went on to explain what he thought of modern youkai while cleaning him up and pouring him a glass of water. His youkai was feeling very smug that the badger couldn't keep up and it turned him on.

"They're few and far between though. Wouldn't it be better if I tried to find another badger youkai then?" Ren asked from his spot on his bed.

"It might be hard, but youkai could always start to evolve again so long as there's a deity to look after them." Inuyasha explained.

Ren looked at him, "…would that really help?"

Inuyasha smiled. "Yeah, just make sure you choose the right god. I'm gonna go now. Let's have some more fun next time." The hanyou smirked and kissed him before going on his way. Ren remained in his bed, looking at the ceiling. The hanyou always gave him so much to think about and treated him so well.

Inuyasha left the Abe home but not before making eye contact with Ren's uncle. He really didn't like the youkai and found it weird that he was Ren's uncle. He didn't smell like his uncle. If anything, they smelled like…distant relatives… It was odd but he decided not to think about it more.

He was kind of fair from the palace and decided to travel with his ego. He stepped through and opened his eyes inside of Sesshomaru's office. All but one occupant flinched at his appearance. "Oh, my bad, didn't mean to end up in here." He looked around at all the facing, seeing the ass-kissing toad as well.

"Milord, that was amazing. What did you just do..?" One courageous onlooker asked.

Inuyasha shrugged. "I don't know how to explain it to you."

"These are for you." Sesshomaru spoke, holding out a stack of envelopes to him. Inuyasha scowled and took them, looking up at his brother in question, wondering what they could be.

He began opening and reading the letters. Most were invitations to parties and events that were uninteresting. However, the last few caused him to snort in laughter. They were addressed to him brother but spoke about joining families, power, and loyalty. Inuyasha was practically crying as his knees gave in and he continued to laugh hysterically. "These people must think I'm a child or something. Why the fuck would they even try this." He could help but continue to giggle. "The Wamuro family? And the Suisha family. They have to be joking." He looked at his brother who only continued to fill out paperwork.

Inuyasha walked behind the desk pass the people working with him and sat down on the desk next to him. "I get that people consider you above me and all but wanting you to mate me off like a child? Really? Why are these people so fucking dumb? What are they even trying to gain from this?"

"Yes yes. What could a family under me, gain from becoming mated to you. Please use that thing in your head called a brain." Sesshomaru spoke as he continued signing.

"Wow, ouch. What crawled up your ass and died?" Inuyasha felt his ego glare at him. "Sorry sorry, I won't swear." He mumbled in defeat. "So, they're trying to probably protect themselves or gain some power since my rank would be my mates rank, I'm assuming."

"Correct."

"I don't want people trying anything. How do I nip this in the bud? Preferably without slaughtering an entire family." He asked, looking at his brother who seemed stressed.

"Perhaps if you stopped fraternizing with that badger, these kinds of things wouldn't happen! Do you have any idea what kind of rumors Lord Sesshomaru has had to clean up because of you!?"

Inuyasha looked at the screeching toad and debated killing it. He then looked at Sesshomaru. Surely it wasn't much of a problem if his ego wasn't screaming at him, so he was curious about what exactly was going on. "Silence." Sesshomaru ordered.

"Aniue. What is he talking about?" Inuyasha asked curiously.

"Your presence has stirred the people more than your behavior. The world in unsure of you and what would happen should other family members return suddenly. There is a lot of speculations, and the nobility are clamoring for a chance to increase their positions in society. If one managed to mate you, they will have much more influence. Which is why I asked you not to sleep with them."

"Ugh, so annoying. Everyone is under you. What? Am I just supposed to be a priest while I'm here?" Inuyasha huffed gruffly.

"Anyone who's family does not work directly beneath me would be preferable. Quite literally, anyone." Sesshomaru pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Not gonna happen. These people reek. Ren's the only one I get along with anyway. Plus, he doesn't smell. We're not even going to be mated. I'm not going to mate a mortal, ever. I'm not even planning to be here long enough for that to happen." Inuyasha complained, looking through the letters again. "Youkai here smell like garbage. I'll be damned if I have to put up with that." He threw the letters in the trash.

"Milord, it's more proper to send a written reply."

"Nah, how's about this? If they can beat me in a fight, I'll mate them. If they send a letter, I'll take it as a challenge and kick everyone in their family's ass. You can make that sort of announcement, right?" Inuyasha smirked at his elder brother. Sesshomaru was stifling his laughter.

The letters stopped after that, and more rumors spread about the hanyou sibling of their lord. The rumors were that he would be leaving eventually. To where, no one was sure. However, it was something their lord knew about. Even the hanyou's temporary lover, knew he would be leaving eventually. Which caused Ren to get a lot more attention than before, as everyone was curious about what he knew. Inuyasha didn't comment on the rumors and only went about his everyday business like usual.