Toxic Love

Beta-read by Koishii_tenshi
Disclaimer: I don't Own Inuyasha

The next day Sesshoumaru took Bankotsu and Naraku shopping for civilian clothes and school supplies, as their uniforms would be sent to them. Later in the day, the two boys waited patiently in the game room for the instructor to come and give them the exams.
“Do you think mommy and daddy would be angry if I called our new father daddy?” Naraku asked his elder brother.
“I think that if it made you happy it would make them happy.” Bankotsu answered him.
Sesshoumaru came into the game room. “Bankotsu, Naraku, the instructor is here,” Sesshoumaru said to them. The two followed him out of the room, and into the living room.

“Hello. My name is Miss Yakumi.” She said to them.
Naraku ran and hid behind Sesshoumaru’s leg.


"You must be Naraku." Miss Yakumi said as she got down to his eye level. Naraku looked up at Sesshoumaru and Sesshoumaru looked down at him. "It's okay." Sesshoumaru told him. Naraku gulped and walked out to greet Miss Yakumi.
"You have to forgive my brother, he’s rather shy." Bankotsu said to her as he walked over to Naraku and grabbed his hand. "I'm not shy. I’m just conservative." Naraku defended.
"The testing should take about three hours, Mr. Taisho." Miss Yakumi said to Sesshoumaru. "If you need me, I'll be in the study." He told them as he exited the room. Naraku and Bankotsu sat down at the kitchen table no one was in the room except Naraku, Bankotsu and Miss Yakumi.
Meanwhile, Sesshoumaru was busy looking over the papers he had gotten when he adopted his sons. "Hmm, Naraku is allergic to honey." Sesshoumaru said aloud when his phone rang. "Hello?" Sesshoumaru said.
"Sesshoumaru you were supposed to call me back!" Koga yelled into the phone, "I'm running your company! The least you could say is Thank you." Koga fumed.
"I thanked you the other day." Sesshoumaru informed him as he continued to look over the adoption paperwork.
"Well, I don’t remember." Koga huffed.
"Read the card on the flowers that are sitting on your desk." Sesshoumaru told him.
"Flowers … you sent me flowers? Oh how kind." Koga gushed.
"Actually, the flowers were for the secretary’s birthday. The card is yours." Sesshoumaru informed him.

“How long are you going to be gone?" Koga questioned.
"I will be back next week, once my sons are in school." Sesshoumaru replied.
"Wow, your heart must have really melted. You adopted not one, but two kids." Koga teased.
"I still hate my step mother." Sesshoumaru dead panned.
"Ok. Well, I have to go, your company calls." Koga told him and hung up.
Sesshoumaru hung up the phone and looked at the rest of the paperwork.
Naraku kept his head down as he took his test. He watched as his brother breezed through the test, while he was still stuck on the second page.


"Bankotsu is the smarter one," Naraku said to himself as he turned the page. "Maybe I should just give up." Naraku said to himself as he looked at the questions on the page.
Bankotsu stood up and handed the test back to Miss Yakumi. "Done already?" She asked him.
"It was a fairly simple test." Bankotsu responded as she took the text from him.
"Okay, well if you’re that confident about it, then I will check it right now." She told him. Bankotsu smiled and walked back over to his chair and sat down.

Naraku looked at his test after he finished it, and handed it to Miss Yakumi. "Naraku, you’re done as well?" She asked him.
Naraku nodded his head and sat back down. After Miss Yakumi finished grading their tests, she walked out of the room.
She knocked on what she assumed to be Sesshoumaru's study door. "Come in." Sesshoumaru said. She apparently had gotten it right.
"Mr. Taisho, I have finished testing your sons. Bankotsu is very gifted; he will do well at Jewel Academy. On the other hand, at this time I can't recommend Naraku for the school. He’s very good in the reading and writing sections, but in the rest he's not doing well." She informed him.


“Okay, so then I should have him home schooled?" Sesshoumaru asked her as he took Naraku's test. "Yes, I was just about to recommend that." She responded.
"Very well then; during the day he will come to the office with me and I will be testing him nightly." Sesshoumaru said to her.
"A wonderful plan," She responded.
"Let Bankotsu know what is expected of him at school, and send Naraku in here so that I may explain to him what’s going on." Sesshoumaru requested of her.

Miss Yakumi nodded her head and left to do as she was asked. "Naraku, your father would like to see you in his study." Miss Yakumi said to him.
Naraku sighed and walked out of the kitchen. Naraku walked directly into the study, seeing as to the door was still open. Naraku held his head down as he approached the desk. "I failed didn't I?" Naraku immediately asked.
Sesshoumaru set his pen down and looked at the boy. "You need help on some of your subjects, so you won't be going to school with Bankotsu, I will be teaching you at night and in the daytime you will come to work with me." He indirectly replied.
"But I wanted to make friends. I don't have any." Naraku pouted.

"You'll make plenty of friends at the office. There will be several children your age there." Sesshoumaru said to him.
"I thought there were child labor laws." Naraku teased.
"They don’t work. They are home schooled as well." Sesshoumaru said to him.
"Oh, okay, ”Naraku replied.
"But if you want to work, it will be our little secret." Sesshoumaru said to him.
"No, that’s okay." Naraku refused as he smiled.
"We won’t be going to the office for another week. Bankotsu, however, will be starting school in the morning." Sesshoumaru said.


Naraku looked around Sesshoumaru's study. "I was never the smart one. Bank always got the good grades and was on all the teams, I just stayed in the background. However, I know how to paint." Naraku said. “Well then that will be one of your classes, along with swimming." Sesshoumaru told him. "Will I be able to play with Inuyasha?" He asked.
"If you must," Sesshoumaru said to him.
Bankotsu ran into the room. "Hey dad I passed!" Bankotsu said jumping up and down.
"I can't wait to start school next week." He said. Naraku looked at his brother.
"Hey Naraku, how did you do?" Bankotsu asked him.
"Not so good." Naraku told him.

“Oh. It's okay, even though you will be in a much lower grade, I'll still let you hang out with me during lunch." Bankotsu said to him.
"Actually, Naraku will be joining me at the office and at night I will be home schooling him." Sesshoumaru interjected as he put his paperwork away.
"Oh. Well, can I be home schooled too?" Bankotsu asked him.
"There is no need for you to be home schooled." Sesshoumaru replied, cutting short that option.
"Okay fine." Bankotsu said in defeat.

"And you start school tomorrow." Sesshoumaru said to him.
"Tomorrow; you said next week!" Bankotsu complained.
"I did, but I had no idea how gifted you were, so you start tomorrow. You’ll make plenty of friends." Sesshoumaru assured to him.
"So I go to school, great." Bankotsu said with a smile.
"Naraku, did you tell Dad that you're afraid of the dark?" Bankotsu asked him.

"I'm not afraid of the dark." Naraku said to them.
"Well I am." Sesshoumaru told them as he looked at Naraku.
"Are you really?" Naraku asked him.
"Yes, and I am still afraid of the boogeyman." Sesshoumaru told him.
"The boogeyman isn’t real." Naraku told him.
"Well then I will keep that in mind." Sesshoumaru replied.
"If I get scared, can I sleep in your room?" Naraku asked Sesshoumaru.
“Of course you can." Sesshoumaru said to him.

"There's a problem with me going to school. My uniform isn't here." Bankotsu said to him, trying to find an excuse to stay home. Sesshoumaru smiled at him. "It came while you were taking the test, so I suggest you get your book bag ready and get ready to start going to bed at 10:00 pm, and getting up at 6:00 a.m." Sesshoumaru informed him.
"That's early!” Bankotsu complained. “Is this an all boy school?" he asked.
"No, it's co-ed." Sesshoumaru replied.
"So if I make friends I can invite them over, right?"

"I would need a two-day notice." Sesshoumaru informed him.
"No matter whom it is?" Bankotsu asked him.
"You’re a pervert, aren’t you?" Sesshoumaru asked him.
"Just a little one," Bankotsu told him.
"Okay, but you stay in the living room and you don’t mess with Naraku while he is studying." Sesshoumaru ordered.
"Yes sir." Bankotsu said to him, and left the room. Naraku looked over at Sesshoumaru.

"What’s a pervert?" Naraku asked him.

"Someone you will not be." Sesshoumaru told him. Naraku scrunched his nose. Naraku walked out the room. Once again, his scent drifted across Sesshoumaru's nose. Sesshoumaru closed his eyes to try and forget about the scent. Naraku followed Bankotsu out the front door where he saw some kids playing. "I guess you'll join all the sports teams like you did when mom and dad were living." Naraku asked him.


"I'm not really wanting to, but if it will make you and Sesshoumaru happy, I will." Bankotsu said to him.
"It doesn’t really matter to me." Naraku said as he sat down on the steps.
"I'm going to go meet them. I'll call you over there if they are okay people." Bankotsu said to him and walked over to the kids. Naraku sighed as he leaned against the door.
The door suddenly opened and Sesshoumaru stepped out the house. “Why aren't you playing?" Sesshoumaru asked him.
"Bank is checking to see if the kids are okay.” Naraku answered. "Are you going out?" He asked his new father.
Sesshoumaru looked at his watch. "I was going to drop by my office." He told him.

"Can I come?" Naraku asked him as he stood up.
"Let's go." Sesshoumaru said to him.
"Bankotsu, I'll be back in an hour." Sesshoumaru said to him.
"Yea, yeah," Bankotsu-said waving his hand as he was talking to a girl.
Naraku climbed in the front seat and put his seat belt on. Sesshoumaru got in, put on his seat belt, started the car, and drove off to his office.
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The next day, Sesshoumaru got Bankotsu up and ready for school. Naraku woke up a few minutes after Bankotsu left for school.
"Naraku, are you ready to go?" Sesshoumaru asked him as he walked into his room.
"Yes, I'm ready." Naraku responded.
"Okay, let’s go. We can stop and get breakfast on the way." Sesshoumaru told him.
"Okay." Naraku said as he followed Sesshoumaru out of his room and out of the house. Sesshoumaru locked the house behind him.


Sesshoumaru drank his coffee while Naraku ate his pancakes. When they arrived at Taisho Inc., Sesshoumaru walked in with Naraku following behind him.
"Aww, what a cute little boy," One of the secretaries said as she bent down and looked at Naraku, making him blush.
"Mr. Taisho he’s so cute can, I have him?" the girl asked him.
"Kira," Sesshoumaru warningly said her name.
Koga came out his office to see women gathered around Sesshoumaru. Koga walked over to them to see what the female workers were all giddy about.
"Should have known; you get a kid and you get more attention." Koga said.


Sesshoumaru looked at Koga. "That wouldn’t be jealously I hear would it?" Sesshoumaru teased. "You know what? The stocks went down three points while you were out playing daddy." Koga told him in a huff.
"I checked the stocks this morning and they are perfectly fine." Naraku said in a low voice. Sesshoumaru and Koga looked down at Naraku. "What? I may not be that good in math or social skills but I know how to read." Naraku said to them.
"Smart kid," Koga said as he walked off.
Naraku followed Sesshoumaru to his private office and sat down as Sesshoumaru closed the door.

Sesshoumaru sat down behind his desk, turned his laptop on and was waiting for it to boot up, Naraku picked up a piece of paper. "Ow.” Naraku said as he looked at the paper cut on his finger
Sesshoumaru saw the droplets of blood fall on the white paper, The scent hit Sesshoumaru's nose full force, his eyes bled red, he looked at the boy who made his beast howl.
Sesshoumaru quickly got up and left the office before he did something to Naraku that he might later regret.