The Concealed Form of the Inu Daiyoukai

Chapter 11: Throwing Projectiles and Throwing Words

A/N: Hello everyone I hope that chapter is not too long, anyway enjoy!!!


OWWWW SHIT! Sesshoumaru you crazy bitch what in seven hells is wrong with you!” Inuyasha exclaimed as a large rock bounced off his forehead and hit the ground. The impact was hard, fast and shocking, so much so that Inuyasha ended up flat on his back holding the large bruise that started to form on his forehead head. She did not throw the rock with enough force to penetrate his skull, but it hurt like hell!!!

Sesshoumaru figured that Inuyasha had a thick skull so a rock to the noggin would not do too much damage. However it would punish him for his insults. She briefly thought about the major change in their relationship as Inuyasha continued to sputter curses at her. A few years ago she would have attempted to rip him apart or at least seriously maim him for such insults. Now the siblings don’t cause each other nearly as much physical harm as they did before. However both of them were hot tempered and light handed. Inuyasha has a shorter fuse and Sesshoumaru has a more explosive reaction once her longer fuse was depleted. Her temper and light handed ways caused her to throw the first projectile she could get her hands on. Inuyashas’ easily irritated temperament caused him to spout obscenities when Sesshoumaru introduced said projectile to his forehead.

Kouga observe the scene as he looked between the two Inu siblings while still laying on his back with his hands folded behind his head. Snickering he thought:

‘Man, my woman certainly knows how to put a male in his place and on his back, although it usually involves pain.’

Then as an afterthought he pondered:

‘Pain could be a good thing as long as it doesn’t involve pure agony and death. Yup, I can handle a little pain and I bet she would be rough with me too…which is exactly how I like it. Mmmmmm, I seriously got to convince her to put me on my back again in a good way…eventually, I’ll talk her into letting me top her. Then I’ll show her how a wolf like me can make a beautiful bitch like her howl his name…repeatedly.’ He mused, grinning as perverted images involving a certain powerful tall daiyoukai and himself entered his mind. Sesshoumaru started off as a distraction from the upcoming battle and rescue mission they would be involved in. Now it is one of his top goals in life to make her officially his woman. Then his mind started to wonder from the gorgeous work of art that sat beside him to what the beauty was distracting him from…his family.

‘Those clowns better survive those elder assholes.’ He thought as he frowned for a few moments. Ginta and Hakkuku were the few living wolf youkai from his pack; he didn’t want to think about what he would do if he lost them. Therefore them dying was not an option as far as Kouga was concerned.

Kouga hoped that the small group occupying the cave will be able to convince the elders that he lead them into their trap. If all goes well they can rescue his pack members and find away to destroy the bastards for good. Kouga planned on staying with the Inu siblings for the long haul once his companions were returned safely and hidden away until the elders were taken care of. Not only did he want revenge on behalf of his comrades, but he wanted to help ‘his woman’ and Inuyasha, his comrade whom he dubbed ‘dog breath’ take out the assholes. Granted he knew Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were more then capable of taking care of themselves, be that as it may he wanted to assist them. Most beings would think that after Sesshoumarus’ earlier outburst of rage he would want to distance himself from the daiyoukai with the toxic flower claws. However the exact opposite was true. He knew that what ever was disturbing her could arise again and jeopardize not only the group members’ lives, but anyone within the elders grasp after they are fully freed. Besides, despite the fact she nearly killed him with one swipe of her clawed hand, he likes her company. Kouga has always been attracted to powerful woman. This was one of the main reasons he was drawn to Kagome. Not only could she sense the jewel shards, but he knew she had the potential to become a very powerful miko and she has a lot of spunk. He found that out the hard way when she slapped him for his direct behavior when he tried to woo her in the past. His ‘former woman’ Inuyashas’ mate and his ‘new woman’ the stunning deadly daiyoukai were forces to be reckoned with. Another bonus of being in her presence is what it could lead to, like her nipping, sucking and licking him again for instance. Sesshoumaru was a beautiful dangerous enigma to him that he intended to solve.

But first they have to drop the pup Rin off in a safe haven before they rescue his pack. Shaking his head a bit he decided not to allow his thoughts to drift further down a negative road and to worry about their plans later. He decided it would be more entertaining to pay attention to the little sibling quarrel that was taking place in front of him. Kouga relaxed on his elbows and while he gazed at Sesshoumaru. He let himself be sooth buy the sounds coming from ‘his woman’ direction. Rin was not the only one who was calmed by the resonance that was coming from the daiyoukai.

Kouga glanced at Sesshoumarus’ now semi dry undershirt and resisted the urge to lick his lips. The cool air due to the weather combined with her damp shirt and her earlier arousal made her nipples stand out noticeably on her full breasts. However she shifted about adjusting her tail around her pup and obstructing his view. Although she was not looking at him he knew that with her sharp senses she knew he was starting at her breasts. Therefore he concluded that she shifted her tail on purpose. He figured she was a bit awkward being discovered on top of him and all, although he could not detect it in her scent. She must have hidden it somehow either that or she was just playing hard to get, by hiding the eye candy that was her cleavage from him. Kouga begun to harden the again by the mere thought of what was under that shirt, so much so that he had to think of some really disgusting imagines before his member could soften again.

Sesshoumaru purred again, using the hypnotic sound to sooth Rin back to sleep. Kouga smiled as he continued to listen to the relaxing tone of her growl like purr. Despite the fact that he was worried about the outcome of their battle in the near future a few moments ago, his mind was still in a haze filled lust. Paying attention to the Inu siblings spat was harder then he first thought, but eventually the comical situation in front of him had his undivided attention. With his negative thoughts completely gone for now he decided to not butt into the sibling discord and see how ‘his woman’ handle his baka friend/rival Inuyasha.

Inuyasha had sat on his elbows as well perpendicular to Kouga a few feet away. He rolled his eyes at the goofy looking grin Kouga had plastered on his face. Then he gave Sesshoumaru the best glare he could muster. Sesshoumaru returned the glower and proved once again she was still the queen of dirty looks. She continued to purr while the two siblings were having a staring contest in order to help Rin go back to sleep. After Sesshoumaru helped Rin return to the land of slumber, she said in a low tone.


“Since this Sesshoumaru seems to have knocked what little sense you had out of your skull, she will inform you. Do not indicate that this Sesshoumaru would actually perform the act of rutting in front of Rin. Moreover, this Sesshoumaru suggest that you remember this truth: she does not forget insolent insults so easily.” She said as she narrowed her golden cat like eyes at her younger brother.

Sesshoumaru did not take too kindly to being called an old hag even though technically she was old enough to be Inuyashas’ mother. She was sixteen in human years (200 in youkai years) when he was born and everyone, human and youkai alike were considered to be an adult at that age during the feudal era in Japan. Not only did Inuyasha insult her about said age, but he caught her with her hand in the cookie jar. Said cookie jar in this case was Kouga who was as always, grinning like a goofball. The heavy rain outside made it impossible for her or the wolf to catch Inuyasha scent before he entered the cave. The same storm made it unfeasible for Inuyasha to catch the scent of arousal due to his hanyou heritage. Indeed she hated thunderstorms with a vengeance!
Being caught in that position annoyed the daiyoukai immensely…she hated being annoyed…and embarrassed. Sesshoumaru actually being embarrass when it came to her behavior says a lot about the situation since usually she did not give a damn about what anyone thought of her. As long as they showed her proper respect and/or fear, other creatures could contemplate what they wished about the daiyoukai. However, the idea of Inuyasha suggesting such a thing, the realization that she enjoyed going to second base with the wolf; when she was suppose to just heal said wolf wounds which she inflicted and the fact that she did it in front of the sleeping pup help awaken that aggravating emotion of discomfiture. First she lost her composure and reacted violently in front of her pack, nearly killing the wolf. Then to top it off, she was licking and sucking of the wolf like he was the most delicious meal she ever tasted in front of her sleeping pup, only to be caught by her baka brother straddling the same wolf an hour later. In spite all of this humiliation; she managed to push it aside in favor of taking her frustrations out on her loud month little brother.

Kouga smiled widen even farther if that was possible as he heard the exchange between the two. Then the musing wheels start to turn in Kougas’ mind as he thought about what Sesshoumaru said, and then it clicked. With clarity piercing through the hazy lust cloud of his brain he thought:

‘ALRIGHT!!! She said she wouldn’t rut with me in front of the pup, she didn’t say she wouldn’t rut with me at all so I still have a chance. This is definitely a move in the right direction.’ He thought as he turned his head back and fourth between the two siblings, watching ‘his woman’ quarrel with Inuyasha.

Inuyasha growled in pain as he sat up on his haunches and said:

“Keh, get over it ya pompous ass, don’t tell me you’re still pissed about the old hag comment I made earlier. You keep callin me a pup so I called ya an old hag, big deal.”

Sesshoumaru narrowed her eyes into even more and scowled at him as he spoke. Inuyasha was glad that she was focused on something else instead of on what was disturbing her earlier, even if she was pissed off at him. As long as she was throwing rocks instead of her poison whip, he could handle that. Seeing that he was grating on her nerves, content that she is a bit more expressive as a female and being well…Inuyasha, he decided to continue to push her buttons. Smirking at her he spoke:

“Shit Sesshoumaru, who would have thought that you were such a sensitive old h-” He was cut off when he received her rather painful retort from his elder sibling. That is, when another large rock speeded towards his head. He barley managed to dodge his head to the left. Then he started to gloat.

“HA! Ya missed ya…owwww fuck!!! Stop throwing those big ass boulders at me dammit!!!” He snarled and pinned his puppy ears to his head as he felt the projectile impact, hitting him hard in the back of his head. He held the back of his head with both hands as he growled at Sesshoumaru. It was amazing that he managed to remain sitting upright instead of toppling over from the force of the blow. Apparently Sesshoumaru had thrown the rock in a way so that if he did manage to dodge it the first time, he would have to move to his left. It was angled so that if he did move out of the way, it would bounce of the cave wall behind him, nailing him in the back of the head.

Then Inuyasha heard a most irritating sound:

“BUHAHAHAHAHMUHAHAHAHA!!!” Kouga begun to laugh his ass off like Inuyasha did earlier when Kouga was trying to woo Sesshoumaru.

Although pink scars showed the only evidence of the nearly fatal wounds he suffered a while ago, they were still tender. So as he laughed he held his chest and rolled on to his stomach pounding his other fist on the ground. His tail wagged happily demonstrating his mirth. Sesshoumaru caught a glance of Kouga ass when he rolled on his stomach and like what she saw. She did not ogle him though; she merely looked out the corner of her eye at the young delectable wolf prince. However she only got to look at his lovely muscular tight ass for a second. This was because Kougas’ loud laughter startled Rin out of her sleep. Sesshoumaru growled low in annoyance at herself for looking at him in such away and at Kouga for making such a ruckus and startling her pup. As Rin bolted upright, Sesshoumaru loosen her tail, giving Rin more room. Instead of putting a knot on the corner of Kougas’ head though, she merely smirked at Inuyasha as she looked back at her little brother, inwardly hoping he didn’t notice how she was looking at the wolf rear earlier. Now Inuyasha was holding his forehead and the back of his head and clenching his teeth as he glared at the two youkai.

Feeling safe and Sesshoumarus’ arms and warm tail, Rin had managed to calm her rapid heartbeat. She sat quietly observing the whole seen. The wolf was in hysterics, Inuyasha was pissed off more then usual and Sesshoumaru had a mischievous smirk on her face. It was the smirk she usually got when she was about to maim or kill someone. Be that as it may, Rin quickly concluded that her particular smirk was at Inuyashas’ expense. Rin saw no major violence taking place so she figured Inuyasha was the butt of some joke that amused the other two youkai.

Sesshoumaru earlier foul mood was replaced by pure amusement. The silly wolf and the indignant hanyou helped brighten her sour mood. Even if the current situation was merely a temporary distraction, she welcomed it. She always had a sense of humor although at times it could be macabre and cruel. She knew she was twisted, which is why she did not deny it when Inuyasha called her crazy. Hell, she liked being an unpredictable mystery and being warped was apart of her personality. As far as she was concerned it ran in their bloodline, Inuyasha wasn’t exactly warped free himself. However, they both had terrible experiences in their lives so they both had reasons to be as distorted as they were.

Sesshoumaru was still smirking when she said:

“Do not be melodramatic; those were merely small specs of grain compared to what this Sesshoumaru could toss at you if she wished. No go on, what were you about the say, Inuyasha.” She said in an amused tone.

Inuyasha jumped up and swayed on his feet for a moment before he said:

“How the fuck did you do that!?”

She gave an almost inaudible sigh and resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Why must she tell the baka the same thing over and over again? Deciding not to throw another rock or as Inuyasha puts it ‘boulder’ at him at that moment, she looked at him with a bored expression and said:

“Again Inuyasha watch your language and to answer your inquiry, complete proficiency as a warrior. If you wish to find out what other aptitude this Sesshoumaru has for inflicting pain, finish your statement Inuyasha.” She said giving him a bored look but her cold golden eyes dared him to say anything inappropriate about what he just saw, or anything else for that matter. Especially since Rin was awake. Her hand slowly crept towards another nearby large rock behind her without taking her eyes off of Inuyasha.

Inuyasha mused about it a bit and figure this was a subject not meant for the kid ears so he just said:

“I’ll finish what I want to say when the kid ain’t around; I got some other shit I need to talk to ya about. And when she ain’t around expect payback for those boulders you won’t be able to use her as a shield jackass.” He said roughly as he narrowed his eyes.

She glared back at him and spoke in a deceptively calm tone when she said:

“This Sesshoumaru has never used anyone as a shield. However this Sesshoumaru is pleased to see that you have enough intelligence in that pea brain of yours to not risk hitting the pup. If you did you well would regret it.”

Rin was still looking at the bickering duo and saw the sideways smirk appear on her adopted mothers face. Her eyes widen a bit and she giggled. Then she whispered:
“Uh oh, she’s got the smirk, Inuyasha going to get it big time when they talk.” She said as she glanced at Kouga who seemed to be a lot better then he was before she went to sleep.

She smiled to herself, happy to see that Sesshoumaru was able to help him and that Kouga seems to have reacted better to Sesshoumaru then most would have. Instead of anger and fear coming off the wolf in waves, she saw glee and excitement. As mentioned earlier she was wise for her age. She saw the way the wolf looked at Sesshoumaru with half lidded eyes. Auntie Kagome and Sango told her about that look among other things, when Rin failed to get Sesshoumaru to tell her about the birds and the bees. She didn’t think he was upset with the daiyoukai actions at all nor did he show apprehension around Sesshoumaru. With that thought in mind her smiled brighten and she sat in Sesshoumarus’ lap and continued to listen to the two Inus’.

Meanwhile, Kouga was still snickering at the siblings. Then he saw that trademark evil smirk appear on the daiyoukai beautiful exotic face. Most people would think that a smirk on the daiyoukai face was either terrifying, spelled trouble, out of place or any combination of the three. But Kouga thought it was sexy as hell. He wanted to speak on her behalf, but from what he knew about her, she would not appreciate his attempt to aide her even if it was only verbally. She was a proud individual who never asked for help. Although she ordered others to assist her on occasion, she was reluctant to do that unless absolutely necessary. Not wanted to risk his own skull suffering from a barrage of rocks, he only listened and snickered at the scene in front of him.

As she shot her side way smirk at her little brother she said in a low dangerous tone:

“Feel free to try and strike me when we have our private audience, I look forward to it.” She said as she cracked her knuckles, which was her way of saying that if he tried it; she was going to kick his ass. She dared him to suggest that she would cower behind a pup, a human pup at that. Although she knew that her baka brother was only trying to get a rise out of her when he said it. Something she is guilty of doing to him on several times.

Sesshoumaru didn’t want to talk about the position Inuyasha caught her and Kouga in at all, but at least the second rock seemed to knock some sense back into Inuyashas’ head. Now after receiving the second bruise on his head, her little brother knew not to bring up private adult matters in front of the pup. The daiyoukai ignored the fact that Rin was almost an adult and may have known about such things already. In fact little Rin wanted her to mate with the wolf and have a family of her own.

Inuyasha also hand enough sense not to attempt to strike her while Rin was sitting in her lap. She wondered what other ‘shit’ he wanted to discuss with her. She had an idea of what it was, but decided to concern her self with that when the time came.

Inuyasha tilted his head up proudly and puffed out his chest and she said in a confident tone:

“I won’t ‘attempt’ to do anything, I will hit ya, and I’m going to get ya back for messing with my ears earlier.” Inuyasha said gruffly as he shook his head, still trying to clear the cobwebs from his vision. He glared at the wolf who started to laugh again as he imagine what Sesshoumaru did to the hanyou ears, wishing he could have seen it. Inuyasha chest deflated and his body tensed as he sneered:

“Yeah, will see how long you will be laughing when I put my foot up your ass ya stupid skinny wolf!” He balled up his right fist and shook it at him to put an exclamation on his words.

Kouga snorted and sat up on his haunches and looked at Inuyasha with amused cerulean blue eyes and said:

“For as long as I want mutt face, cause there is no way you are going to kick my ass!”

Inuyasha glared at him with his golden orbs and said:


“We’ll see about that when your back on your feet asshole.” Then they both heard a nearly inaudible growl coming form Sesshoumaru. In canine language said growl basically meant:

“This is the final warning about the foul tongues in front of the pup.”

Inuyasha growled back in Inu language that for the most part meant:

“Keh, Whatever.”

While Kouga growled in wolf language:

“You’re absolutely right I will try to keep my tongue in check when it comes to the pup, I can’t say the same when it comes to you beautiful blue.” He growled lustfully as he moved his eyebrows suggestively.

A low warning growl came from the daiyoukai and a loud yelp came from the wolf who was now rubbing his nose were Sesshoumaru punched him. She only snorted and turned her head ignoring the wolf. She only used a minuscule amount of strength when she hit him so she would not cause him any major injury. She did not intend to repeat the earlier violent incident with Kouga; however she did intend to put him in his place when he got out of line. Even though Kouga was speaking the wolf language when he made the perverse comment, she would not tolerate it in front of her pup or her brother…no exceptions.

Inuyasha laughed loudly for the second time in a couple of days at Kouga. Said wolf glared at him with pierce cerulean blue orbs as Inuyasha said:

“HA! You can dish it out (gasp) but you can’t (gasp) take it. She’s got a mean right hand doesn’t she? Hehehehehehe!!!

Kouga could do nothing but hold his nose and glare at the hanyous’ back as Inuyasha turned around and headed towards the entrance of the cave.

Then Inuyasha proceeded to take of the top portion of his fire rat robe and twist it to remove some of the excess water from the soaking wet jacket. He was also thinking, which he hated to do.

Inuyasha was contemplating how he would begin his one on one chat with his elder sibling. He had to address the incident that occurred outside of the cave. The pack needed Sesshoumaru to be completely stable if they were going to make it back home alive and in one piece. He had a mate, pup, pack and the village to take care of and he cannot do that if he is dead; so dying was not an option for him either. He also forbids the death of anyone else in their pack, including Kouga and his running buddies! They all could meet their demise if Sesshoumaru becomes unstable again. With his youkai uncontrolled without Tessaiga and his human night coming up in about two weeks, he had his own shit to deal with. The pack did not need his sister, the hardcore daiyoukai losing her control in the middle of battle. So he decided to at least get Sesshoumaru to give him a little detail about what happened that affected her so badly.

‘If she stops holding those fucked memories in, she less likely to go berserk again. We definitely don’t need that shit.’ He thought as he continued to dry his fire rat robe.

Even though they had a rough- scratch that a fucked up past, he did not want his elder sibling to lose her life or what sanity she had. As far as he was concern, she was apart of his pack and he would protect her with his life. After all he did it in the past when he attacked Magatsuhi in an attempt to free his injured and trapped sibling. He knew that she would do the same for him simply because she did it in the past with Sounga, the sword of hell. She saved his pack members on more then one occasion and she even saved them from him and from himself. Of course neither one of the siblings would admit their loyalty out loud.

Sesshoumaru gave them both an impassive look as Inuyasha walked to the front of the cave and Kouga glowered holes in Inuyashas’ back as he mumbled something about abusive females.

Sesshoumaru hit a lot harder then Kagome, even when she held back. Kouga shivered as he imagined what his face would feel like if she had hit him with her full force. That if he would survive to feel anything. Said shiver was partially from dread, but mostly from the perverted ponderings that started to flow through his mind. His musings had something to do with how rough she would be in the sac; something he has been thinking about every since she first crushed his fingers. What was with him and aggressive women, he did not know for sure, nor did he care. But he believed it had something to do with the rush he got from being with them. It would be exciting to bed someone who could probably end him in the blink of an eye. Kagome could have purified him straight to hell and Sesshoumaru…well she could rip him apart, melt him and do many other horrible things to him he could not fathom. Although he loved living in one piece, he liked the adrenaline rush he got when he was around the daiyoukai. That was one of the many attributes he liked about her.

The thunderstorm had finally moved on to another area much to the daiyoukai and miko relief. Rin was giggling the whole time she heard the ‘cute’grunts, growls and yelps coming from the three majestic and hilarious beings surrounded her. She could only imagine what their conversation was about. Obviously it was something they did not want her to hear, but their body language told her bits and pieces of the canines chat. She knew Kouga said something perverted because he got the same look the monk did when he said something of that nature to her aunt Sango. She couldn’t actually see Sesshoumarus’ fist collide with the wolf nose due to the rapid movement, but she saw the after affects. However, compared to what Rin has seen Sesshoumaru do to youkai in the past who pissed her off, the strike was nothing but a mere tap. Granted Kougas’ nose was dislocated and he was currently adjusting it, but it was only bleeding a little. Inuyasha laughter which was rare made her giggled more. Especially after she heard his comment which was spoken in a language she understood, Japanese. Kouga making perverted comments towards Sesshoumaru and Sesshoumaru ‘lightly tapping’ him confirmed her earlier conclusion about their growing relationship. Since their nonverbal gestures gave her much information about the exchange between the three, she decided not to push and ask what was said between them. Instead after several moments of silence, Rin greeted them:

“Hello Lord Sesshoumaru, hi Lord Inuyasha and Lord Kouga. Rin is glad to see that everyone is feeling better.” She meant everyone, Kouga wounds seemed to be healed, Sesshoumaru mind was at peace and Inuyasha was not freaked out or speechless. This made the girl flash all of them a smile. Inuyasha looked at her over his shoulder for a moment and said ‘just Inuyasha runt’ with a bit of a softer voice. Then he took off his undershirt and begun to work on drying it off. He did not even bother to deny that something was wrong with him in the first place; he was two busy thinking about how to get Sesshoumaru to confess some of her memories. Sesshoumaru nodded her head and adjust the girl in her lap and Kouga smiled back at Rin and Sesshoumaru. Finally setting his nose in the right place he said:

“Thanks pup. I owe all of you big time for the help, even mutt face over their.” He said as he gestured his head towards the hanyou who was now busy twisting the water out of his undershirt. Inuyasha grunted and said:

“Keh, whatever wolf.” Then he started to ignore the group again as he dried out his garments and doing what he loathed, thinking.


Rin looked back up at Kouga again. Her inquisitive nature got the better of her and she found herself asking:

“Lord Kouga.”

“Yeah?”

Rin was wondering, why was Lord Inuyasha so upset earlier and why were you laughing? Rin wants to laugh again.” She chirped. The three gave her a good laugh moments before with their gestures and growls; now she wanted to hear the Japanese version of what happened while she was asleep.

Inuyasha growled as he made his way over to the fire to hang his undershirt by it. Putting on his fire rat robe that was completely dry he turned in the trio direction:

Sesshoumaru had a smirk on her face while Kouga begun to snicker again at the memory.

“Tell her ya mangy wolf. ” And stop laughing asshole!!! Inuyasha growled. Luckily for Inuyasha Sesshoumaru ran out of nearby rocks and her tail was wrapped around Rin. At least he thought he was lucky until a large rock (although smaller then the other two) fell from the roof of the cave, hitting Inuyasha in the head again.

“OWWWW!!! Son of a bitch!!!” Inuyasha yelled when he felt the rock hit the top of his head.

He looked over by Sesshoumaru and saw her poison whip retract into her claws and her talons fade from green to white. Inuyasha knew what she did this time, she used the poison whip with pinpoint accuracy and cut through a small piece of the roof right above his head, making the smaller rock fall on his skull. Inuyasha cracked his knuckles and glared at her as if he was trying to make her spontaneously combust with his eyes. She only let a small smirk appear on her lips and crack her knuckles in return.

Kouga eyes still sparkled with amusement as he sat up high with his right elbows on his right knee and looked over to Inuyasha. Then he said:

“Ah calm down mutt, that mouth of yours is the reason why you keep getting humiliated in the first place. She did warn you about your language. And that same big month is the reason why you got pummeled earlier.” Inuyasha growled and proceeded to pick the rabbits up which hit the ground when he was knocked on his ass. Then Inuyasha said:

“Your one to talk, that the reason why your nose got broke, because you don’t know when to shut up!”

Kouga looked thoughtful for a moment and said:

“True.” Inuyasha only scowled and grumbled as he headed over to the fire to wash the skinned and cleaned rabbits off.

Kouga smirked and turned back to Rin who was still sitting on her adopted mothers lap when he begun to speak.

“Anyway Inuyashas’ let mouth pissed off Sesshoumaru (Grrrrrrrrr came from Sesshoumaru). I meant he made her mad so Sesshoumaru launched two big ass (Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr) OUCH!!!”

He tried to pry his left ear that was twisted painfully in the daiyoukai right hand. But her strength won over his and all he could do was grab her wrist and enjoy the feel of her soft skin against his calloused hands. Then Kouga quickly corrected himself:

“I, OUCH, I mean to big rocks at Inuyasha head. That’s’ why the mutt is um… ticked off and why I was laughing.” He said sighing in relief when Sesshoumaru released his ear.

Inuyasha coughed after he glanced at the group:

“The wimpy wolf is whipped.” Commenting on the wolf compliance to everyone of Sesshoumarus’ commands.

Kouga glared at the smirking hanyou who was currently washing off the rabbits with the water in one of the flasks. Kouga shook his fist at Inuyasha and grumbled ‘That’s the pot calling the kettle black mangy mutt.’ Inuyasha gave him the finger and turned his back, smirking to himself. Luckily for Inuyasha Rin back was turned away from him so she did not see the gesture. If she did he was sure he would have another lump on his head. He knew Kouga spoke the truth though; Kagome could sit him if she wished, he was at one time willing to go to hell with Kikyo and Sesshoumaru was using him for target practice.

Kouga looked at the pup who was in a fit of giggles. She looked up at Kouga and Inuyasha as she said:

“That’s’ what Lord Sesshoumaru does to Jaken when he annoys her, may Rin ask what Lord Inuyasha did to anger Lord Sesshoumaru?” Inuyasha said:

Inuyasha smirked again and listened.

Rin turned to Sesshoumaru waiting to hear her version of what happen only to be disappointed again when Sesshoumaru said calmly:

“He made inappropriate comments the rest is none of your concern.” Rin pouted a bit, but her mood as usual brighten quickly. Then Rin looked up as her curiosity and asked.

“Ma-Lord Sesshoumaru.”

“What is it?”

“How exactly did you help Lord Kouga heal, Rin is learning about healing from grandma Kaede, but Rin doesn’t know everything.” Sesshoumaru gave her a bored look and said:

“That is also none of your concern; let the elderly miko educate you in such matters.” She said with no room for dispute.

Licking another being was not something she cared to discuss with anyone. Especially since it turned into something more then healing. Besides, Rin was too young to hear such things in her opinion and from the daiyoukai understanding, humans always view such gestures as either, disgusting or sexually. Since the pup was trying to hint around earlier about her and the wolfs’ relationship, she did not want to put any more ideas in the pups’ head.

The bored look Sesshoumaru was giving her told her that her adopted mother was being defensive again. This let Rin know something was amiss. However the tone of Sesshoumarus’ voice told her to drop the matter for now. Then Rin spoke and said:

“Rin knew Ma- Lord Sesshoumaru would make Lord Kouga feel better.” She said with an assured tone. Then Kouga smirked up at Sesshoumaru and said:

“She sure did, in more ways then one.” He wagged his eyebrows suggestively with half lidded eyes. Sesshoumaru sent him a nasty glare that made him flinch reminding him of the pain he felt earlier and he held his hands up in surrender still smiling. Rin had a bewildered look on her face as she looked between the two. Then she thought:

‘What did Kouga mean by ‘more ways then one? His wounds were healed so what are the other ways Lord Sesshoumaru could make him feel better…’ Her thoughts were interrupted when Sesshoumaru said:

“Rin help Inuyasha prepare the food; only cook enough for yourself and Inuyasha, leave the rest of the meat be.”

“Yes Lord Sesshoumaru.” She chirped as she jumped out of her lap and sprinted to Inuyasha side to prepare the dishes. Then Inuyasha thought:

‘Why the hell do then only want a few of the rabbits cooked...? Oh yeah, most youkai like their meat raw. Keh, I guess it hard for me to picture miss high and mighty eating bloody raw meat.’ He thought as he handed the meat over to Rin to place over the fire.

Inuyasha has been spoiled by the mikos’ cooking for him, but since he is out here with a human kid and two youkai, he wasn’t even sure if the two of them knew how to prepare human food, so it would be up to him to cook for him and the pup.
‘But someone had to cook for the kid when she traveled with Sesshoumaru, the toad and the dragon. I wondered if she cooked for herself all that time. Does she even know that Sesshoumaru eats raw meat? Then again the ‘second old hag’ might know how to cook, she’s just too lazy to do it. That and probably too busy thinking about wrestling with the wolf again as foreplay…perverts.’ He thought as him and the pup prepared the food.

Inuyasha grumbled and Rin singed a melody she made up herself as they worked. Inuyasha split two of the rabbits in half so everyone would receive the same amount of food. He sat the top half of the two rabbits off to the side for the youkai that sat across from him. The other two bottom portions of the rabbits were roasted over the fire.

Meanwhile Sesshoumaru and Kouga relaxed against the cave wall across from the two cooks next to each other. Both youkai had their right knees bent and their right elbow resting on said knees. Kouga had his left leg folded inward with his left foot under his right knee. Sesshoumaru stretched her long left leg out in front of her. Inuyasha went outside to collect a few large leaves which could be used as plates to hold their food. After returning with the leaves he arranged the food for everyone in the pack. When he finished Rin brought the two youkai their raw food. There was one and a half raw rabbit for each of them sitting on one large leaf. Sesshoumaru looked impassively at the pup while inwardly she was starving for the flesh in front of her. This meal will be nothing but a snack to the daiyoukai, but she planned on enjoying every piece of the succulent rabbit meat. Kouga licked his lips in anticipation, openly showing how famished he was. Rin sat the leaf full of food between them and smiled at them as she chirped:

“Here you go, eat up!!!” Kouga gave the girl a confused gaze due to the pups’ behavior. She was human yet she acted so nonchalant when it came to a youkai raw cuisine. Especially since his own wolves once viewed her as dinner.

‘Man this pup is really weird innocent, but weird. Most humans would freak out at the very idea of youkai eating raw flesh.’

He looked at her for a few more moments before he spoke:

“Um Thanks pup.” Was all he could say as he looked up at the unusual pup. Sesshoumaru silently thanked the pup for the meal by nodding towards the girl. Sesshoumaru only grunted at Inuyasha to show her gratitude. Kouga through in an ‘Oh yeah same to you mutt’ Inuyasha only said ‘Keh’ as he sat down by his and the pups’ meal, getting ready to dig in. Inuyasha made sure he prepared his and Rins’ meals first before arranging the bloody youkai food on the leaf. Then the bubbly Rin chirped:

“You are both very welcome.” She stood there for a little while longer looking at Sesshoumaru and opened her month to say something when Sesshoumaru held up her clawed hand to silence her, then Sesshoumaru spoke:

“Yes you may Rin.” The wolf, hanyou and the pup gave the daiyoukai a bewildered look and they all said at the same time:

“Huh?” Sesshoumaru ignored the wolf and Inuyasha as she continued to look at Rin. Then she said:

“Were you not going to ask this Sesshoumaru permission to seek out the closest field of flowers?” Sesshoumaru said arching her elegant eyebrow. Rin nodded her head and said:

“How did you know Lord Sesshoumaru?” While her eyebrow was still arched Sesshoumaru responded:

“This Sesshoumaru knows you well.” She said as if it should have been obvious. The young pup eyes widen and her month took on an O shape. She realized that Sesshoumaru had become so observant of her habits that she could predict her actions.

Kouga head pivoted between the two as he thought:

‘What the hell!? Can Sesshoumaru read minds to…scary?’

While Kouga was pondering the idea of Sesshoumaru having psychic abilities to accompany the rest of her powers, Sesshoumaru continued to speak to Rin and said:

“You will go to the field after you have finished your meal.” Then without turning towards Kouga she said:

“Wolf cub, you will accompany her and see to her safety as she has seen to yours.” Rin who was less wary of the wolf then she had been in the past did not disagree with Sesshoumarus’ decision. She knew Sesshoumaru would not allow her to go with Kouga if she thought he was a danger to her. Besides being the forgiving soul that she was and remembering the time when Kouga saved her life, she had no problems with Sesshoumarus’ command.

Kouga on the other hand was shocked that the daiyoukai would entrust him with the pup. He was the main reason the child died what he thought was her only death. He should be the last youkai Sesshoumaru trusted with the pup.

Granted that he did save the pup once, he knew the daiyoukai never liked him, well except physically, which he had the pleasure of finding out recently. Otherwise as far as he knew, there was nothing about his personality that appealed to Sesshoumaru. Or so he thought…

Being as expressive as Inuyasha, Kouga turned his head towards Sesshoumaru who was sitting next to him. With cerulean blue eyes that showed his astonishment he said:

“You actually trust me with the pup? And how did she see to my safety.” Sesshoumaru turned her head towards him. With a bored expression on her face golden eyes peered into cerulean ones. The she said with a calm tone:

“This Sesshoumaru trust that you wish to remain in one peace. Moreover, Rin along with Inuyasha brought me back to my senses, which stopped me from killing you. Therefore you shall see to her safety.”

‘Man I really do owe all of ya big time.’ Kouga mused. While Sesshoumaru only stared at him and Rin waited patiently for his reply.

Kouga smiled to himself as he thought:

‘If she’s anything like mutt face over there she ain’t going to admit it, but she does trust me. If she didn’t she would not ask, well tell me to look after the pup while she ain’t around. Besides I ain’t got a problem watching out for the pup.’ He knew Rin was important to Sesshoumaru just by observing the stoic youkai interactions with the pup. He also could smell the mark she gave the girl, which means that as far as Sesshoumaru was concern, the pup was her offspring. So he saw it as a positive step in the right direction with ‘his woman.’ He would be honored to guard the pup.

Kouga gave her a cocky grin when he looked back at her and said with his rough voice:

“Well I ain’t got to worry about remaining in one peace; I ain’t going to let nothing happen to the pup.”

Sesshoumaru gave him a glare that said ‘you better not or else…’ Sesshoumaru knew the wolf was loyal and his advances toward her were sincere. She also knew that he will not cause the pup harm. Otherwise she would have sensed his hostility towards the girl. And since Rin seems to be comfortable around the wolf, she saw no problem with him taking the pup outside for a while. Besides this would be the perfect opportunity for the Inu siblings to have their little chat while they were gone. Some subjects the daiyoukai did not look forward to discussing, but she was willing to face the unpleasantness of the audience with Inuyasha head on.

Rin bowed and thanked them both before skipping over towards Inuyasha.

Said hanyou heard the whole conversation and came to the same conclusion Kouga did. Sesshoumaru did trust him with the pup and for her to let him safeguard the pup was saying a lot.

Inuyasha handed the pup her portion of the food and sat down on the ground with his own portion of food facing the other two youkai. Kouga and Inuyasha begun to dig in, so engrossed with their food that they did not noticed the look exchanged between Sesshoumaru and Rin.

Rin nodded in understanding and turned her back to the two youkai and face the wall before she begun to slowly eat her meal. Inuyasha gave the girl an odd look out the corner of his eye before what he thought was understanding clicked in his head and he said:

“Look runt ya don’t have to turn your back to them, if you don’t want to see them eating, just keep your eyes down on your plate.” Without looking up Rin said:

“It’s not that at all Inuyasha, Lord Sesshoumaru- “She was interrupted when she heard:

“Rin.” The low baritone reprimanding sound in Sesshoumaru voice was enough to silence the pup. Sesshoumaru could say one word in a certain tone and Rin could decipher exactly what she means. In this case it meant ‘Do not finish that sentence it is none of his concern.’ The child mumbled an apology to both of them then she said:

“I can’t tell you Inuyasha.” Inuyasha only ‘Keh’ and both of them resumed eating. While devouring his cuisine Inuyasha mused to himself:


‘Maybe Sesshoumaru doesn’t like it when Rin looks at her when she’s eating. But why…maybe she thinks it will make Rin sick to her stomach. She really does care about the kid. She tries to act all tough and shit, but she real does have a shred of decency in her, just a shred though. Man it fucking weird that I have already gotten use to calling Sesshoumaru she, all though she still acts like a he most of the time.’ Inuyasha thought as he looked up at the two youkai and grimaced. His sister was gulping down her food faster then Kouga. Blood was all over their hands and lips and to his surprise; both of them ate the head of the rabbits while he was looking. It was an unbelievable sight to him, his graceful elegant sibling eating her food like a feral creature. On the other hand, no matter how graceful she is her core self was a feral creature of nature. Inuyasha being only half a feral creature that lived around humans most of his life will never get use to seeing youkai eat uncooked meat. No wonder Sesshoumaru didn’t want Rin to see her when she ate, it probably would make the pup sick. Then again as accepting as Rin is, she probably would get use to it in a heartbeat.

‘The crazy pup might want to try and eat her food that way.’ Inuyasha thought as he again cringed at how the two youkai ate. They even ate the bones of the poor creatures. Letting his hunger overcome his wobbling stomach he managed to clear his mind of the two bloody youkai and focused only on his food. Inuyasha resumed devouring the rest of his meal.

Both the youkai enjoyed their meal, although both of them would have enjoyed it a heap more if they had killed the prey themselves. However since circumstances had them attending to other matters, they contently accepted and ate the meal Inuyasha hunted for them.

After Kouga finished his meal, he looked up at Sesshoumaru and licked the drool of his lips, marveling at the sight before his eyes. Sesshoumaru who had finished her meal before the wolf and everyone else was relaxing against the cave wall with her magenta stripped eyes lids closed. Her long soft tongue swiped across her full lips, cleaning off the remaining rabbits’ blood. She started to lick her fingers clean of the delicious nectar of life while Kouga watched. Remember the taste of her fingers earlier he longed to be the one to lick and suck those digits on her hand.

Feeling daring he decided to reach for Sesshoumarus’ other bloody hand, totally ignore his own blood covered claws. He much rather tasted her skin mangled with the blood then his own.

Before he could reach his goal the same pale hand Kouga was aiming for grabbed the wolfs’ wrist, stopping his advances. Sesshoumaru kept her eyes closed knowing that if she saw the young tanned wolf now, she would not be able to keep the arousal that was threatening to overcome her at bay. She also thought about the wolf’s earlier encounter with her fingers as she licked her own. Then Sesshoumaru became annoyed with herself and Kouga. Knowing exact what the wolf had planned on doing with her fingers, she tighten her grip and growled in Inu language.

“Do not start an event that cannot be finished.” Kouga smirked and growled back in wolf language:

“Well we can always finish later when we are alone, since you don’t like an audience.”

Kouga personally didn’t give a damn who was watching, he would have rutted with her right then and there if she had permitted it.

Sesshoumaru scowled tightening her grip and making the wolf wince. However she was careful not to break his wrist, discontent with harming him earlier when he had not provoked her. After Kouga winced she growled sternly:

“Stop this nonsense, courting this Sesshoumaru is courting death. Find what little self preservation you have in that dimwitted brain of yours and stop your pursuit.”

Any other time when Kouga sensed danger his instincts would tell him to retreat. That’s unless a pack member was in danger, then he would risk his life to save them. Be that as it may when it came to females his instincts told him to do the exact opposite. Kouga looked at her thoughtfully for a moment before he growled back:

“If you were the grim reaper you would have killed me and left me to rot. You ain’t as bad as you think you are Sesshoumaru. The fact that you even bothered to warn me shows that you have some concern for my ass. I think courting you is worth the risk and since I do have a say in what I do, I will kept trying to convince you that I am all the male youkai you need.” She smirked with her eyes still closed and growled:

“You barely know this Sesshoumaru yet you presume so much, such a naïve little wolf cub, you know nothing.” Kouga frowned as growled:

“Then tell me, I want to know everything about you Sesshoumaru. Tell me why you refuse to give me a chance. I know you are like how I look…and taste so what’s the problem? And another thing, why did you act the way you did outside the cave, what was going on in your head.” Sesshoumaru scowl deepen as she scoffed at him and growled:

“Arrogant wolf, this Sesshoumaru does not heed the commands of anyone.” Kouga started to get upset, taking a deep breath to calm his agitation he growled:

“Look I ain’t as stupid as ya think, I know this is another way to try to piss me off and push me away. Anyway now I am asking you to tell me about yourself.”

Sesshoumaru finally opened her eyes and turned toward him. Her hand was still wrapped tightly around his wrist and she growled:

“You know all you need to know about this Sesshoumaru.” Then she looked at Rin who back was still turned and Inuyasha who tried to act as if he did not over hear the conversation. However, all of them knew that he did hear every word, or in their case every growl. While she was still looking at Rin Sesshoumaru growled:

“She is ready to leave.” Sesshoumaru stated observing that the small child was only able to eat half of one rabbit. The rest was sat off to the side. Another whole rabbit minus the head Inuyasha discarded earlier was laying on Rins leaf. After a few moments Sesshoumaru said:

“Rin, go with the wolf, return in an hour’s time, take your weapons and flask with you.” She said calmly as she stood, effortlessly pulling the wolf up with her. Rin was startled out of her thoughts which were focused on the ones she silently called ‘couple’ sitting across from them. She kept her back turned to them in case they wanted some privacy. Knowing what she learned from the miko Kaede, some youkai are intimate in front of others. When Rin emerged from her musings she turned around jumped up and chirped:

“Yes Milord.” With that she walked over to her weapons and prepared herself for their short departure.

Kouga stretched a bit before he turned and looked the tall youkai in the eye and whispered:

“I ain’t given up on you Sesshoumaru.” She only stared at him silently as he licked his fingers clean and put on his somewhat wet clothing. Outwardly the daiyoukai was calm, but inwardly she was shivering with yearning when he slowly lapped at his digits. Why must the wolf keep doing everything he can to seduce her. As far as she was concerned all it will lead to was death, she was as her name says killing perfection and everyone she has laid with ended up dead. All but one died by her hands. The only one that did not was the one she hated the most…the Ryu.

Inuyasha only rolled his eyes at the wolf as he thought about what horny freaks those two were. He could smell both of their arousals again when Kouga started to lick his fingers. Shaking his head, he decided to ignore them for now.

Kouga turned his head to the waiting girl and said:

“Come on pup, let’s get some sun.” Said sun was shining like a beacon after the storm was over.

“Yes Lord Kouga, Goodbye Lord Sesshoumaru, goodbye Inuyasha.” Rin said sweetly as she placed her quiver on her shoulder. Admiring her nearly dry new outfit Sesshoumaru gave her, she reminded herself to change her clothing when she returned. With that thought she headed towards the wolf.

“See ya runt and mangy wolf.” Inuyasha said gruffly. Sesshoumaru nodded to them both and Kouga said:

“See ya puppy, later Sweetness.” Sweetness was the new nickname Kouga decided to give Sesshoumaru and he tasted her sweet blood and smelled the scent of roses and cinnamon on her body. Kouga knew he was risking limbs when he said it but he just felt compelled to do so. When Kouga said ‘Sweetness’ he looked at Sesshoumaru grinned and winked at the scowling daiyoukai before placing Rin on his back and taking off.

Sesshoumaru growl could be heard by the wolf and Rin squeal of delight could be heard by the two Inu siblings. However Inuyasha snickering could be hear only by the youkai. And the cracking of the daiyoukai knuckles could be heard by everyone except the human pup. Although the threat was well understood, it took a while for Inuyasha snickering to stop. HA SWEETNESS, Inuyasha made a mental note to rub it in later!

After his fits of snickering were finished, Inuyasha stretched and grabbed his now mostly dry undershirt. Taking of his fire rat robe he donned his undershirt and put his fire rat robe on top of it. Sesshoumaru still scowling and fighting to hold back the blush that threatens to change her strips from magenta color blood red, she grabbed her white and red robe and put it on over her under shirt. Sesshoumaru sat cross-legged as Inuyasha sat like an Inu with his fist balled up and in front of him on the ground. They both sat by the fire facing each other. Sesshoumaru stared at Inuyasha and several moments passed before Inuyasha said bluntly:

“We have got ALOT of shit to talk about.”

“So speak.” Sesshoumaru said impassively although deep down she dreaded where this conversation was heading, but she was no coward. She will speak with her little brother and get this over with. Probably to only end up having a similar conversation with the curious wolf. And with that their chat begins…

A/N: SOOOOOOO SORRY about taking so long to update, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Oh and after chapter 13 they will leave to pick up Ah-Un and head to Sesshoumarus’ mother’s home in the sky…