Father Knows Best

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and Co. I really wish I did.

Authors Note: I hope all my readers enjoy this latest chapter. This chapter is to explain alot of history about Sesshomaru/Sess Mom/Inutaisho realtionship w/Izayoi/Inuyasha. My version of the history that is.

Sesshomaru puppy speak.

Sesshomaru was lets say in shock. How had his father turned him into a puppy from the grave and through a dream no less.

How was he going to turn back? What was he going to do? How was he going to protect Rin and Jaken while he was a puppy? How was he going to get them to find some help?

Rin was not an idiot, Jaken, he had his doubts about his brains. He was going to get Rin to help. She would know what to do. Jaken would probably not even realize that he was the puppy. Yes, that settled it he would wake Rin.

He approached Rin in the sleeping roll that the miko had given her. Now he would have to do something that was completely out of character for him: whine and lick.

Sesshomaru sighed and proceeded to lick his wards cheek. She giggled and opened her eyes as he whined at her.

"A puppy!" she exclaimed and swept him up in her arms.

"Kami, maybe I shouldn't have woke her. Ningen onnas and puppies, I should have known better." he thought.

Rin started scratching behind his ears and noticed the blue crescent moon and the red and magenta markings on the puppy's face.

"You remind me of Sesshomaru-sama. Where is Sesshomaru-sama?" she said aloud.

Sesshomaru perked up at her observation. Yes she was smart. Now how to get her to realize that he was the puppy.

"Do you know where Sesshomaru-sama is, I don't." she asked him.

He yipped at her.

"Do you know where he is?" she asked again.

Sesshomaru yipped again and nodded his head.

"You do? Where?" she asked.

He jumped from her arms and ran in a circle, barking.

"Here?" she asked.

He barked and nodded.

She looked around the camp. The only ones she saw was Jaken, Ah-Un, and the puppy. No Sesshomaru-sama.

"Sesshomaru-sama is not here. The only way he would be here would be if he was invisible or magically turned into one of us." she stated.

Sesshomaru yipped and nodded at her statement.

"He is invisible?" she asked.

He whined and shook his head at her.

"No. So he is obviously not me. I know there is no way he would want to look like Jaken and Ah-Un is his pet, so no. That means you. Are you Sesshomaru-sama?" she asked.

Sesshomaru concluded then and there, he loved her. She knew him so well. He yipped and nodded to her deduction.

"Oh Sesshomaru-sama what happened? Can you change back?" she asked.

Puppy Sesshomaru shook his head and whined.

"I need to get you some help. But who?" she wondered.

Sesshomaru himself wondered who would be able to help him. His mother most definately not without some kind of compensation. He had too many enemies and .... His thoughts were interrupted by Rin.

"I know... Kagome-chan. She will be able to help you or atleast help me be able to care for you until we fix this. Don't you worry Sesshomaru-sama I will fix this." she said.

"I hope so." he thought.

Rin picked him up and woke Ah-Un.

"Ah-Un something terrible happened to Sesshomaru-sama. I need to find Kagome-chan." she told the dragon.

He nodded at her and she climbed on to the saddle, cradling the puppy Sesshomaru. Leaving a sleeping Jaken behind.

It didn't take long for the small band to find the Inu-tachi. They could hear Inuyashas' foul mouth a mile away. Ah-Un landed a way from them and Rin hopped off with Sesshomaru and ran in the direction of Kagome.

"Kagome-chan, Kagome-chan!" she cried.

At her cries the Inu-tachi stopped and turned to her.

"Rin-chan what is it?" Kagome asked.

Just then Kagome noticed the puppy in her arms and gasped.

"Rin-chan did Sesshomaru give you a puppy? Can I hold him?" she asked.

"Something happened to Sesshomaru-sama, I need your help." she said handing Kagome, Sesshomaru.

"What happened? Is the bastard dying?" Inuyasha asked happily.

"SIT. Go ahead Rin." Kagome said eyeing the hanyou kissing dirt.

"Look for yourself, your holding him." she cried.

Every person then looked to the adorable puppy in Kagomes' arms.

"He can't change back either. I need you to help fix him." Rin exclaimed.

"Are you really Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked him.

He nodded at her and sighed heavily. Kagome realized that Sesshomaru could still communicate, somewhat to yes and no questions. So that meant could he communicate with Inuyasha in the Inu language.

Kagome asked Sesshomaru "Can Inuyasha understand your growls?"

Sesshomaru nodded at her. He thought then that she was then a very brilliant onna. The only problem with her hypothesis was that even though Inuyasha could understand him, there was no way that he would tell her what he was saying or if he did Sesshomaru was sure that Inuyasha would lie through his teeth.

"That is great. Sesshomaru growl something and Inuyasha tell me what he says." Kagome said.

Sesshomaru did as she said and growled and yipped at Inuyasha.

"Why do you insult the brilliant onna? She is not stupid and dumb as you say. To me she is very intelligent to have surmised that I can still communicate even though it is not a way that she can understand." he growled.

"What did he say?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha thought for a few seconds then replied "He said, that if you did not put him down he was going to bite you."

Sesshomaru started to growl viciously at Inuyasha.

"HE DID NOT SAY THAT!" Shippo yelled "Your lying."

Kagome was shocked at Shippo's outburst. "How do you know?"

"Well momma, Foxes are part of the canine family, we speak the same language only slightly different." replied Shippo.

"Well what did he say then?" Kagome was curious as to what Shippo was going to say.

"He wanted to know why Inuyasha calls you stupid, when you are obviously very intelligent." said Shippo.

Kagome looked at puppy Sesshomaru and asked "Is what Shippo said true?"

Sesshomaru nodded as he looked at Kagome. He could see as anger swept across her face and fire lit in the depths of her eyes.

"Why is this onna getting angry, all I said was that she was smart?" He said to himself, squirming to get away from her.

All Kagome could think of was that Inuyasha had lied to her. Why had he lied to her? Well duh, a puppy Sesshomaru was easier to kill than the full demon one. She turned towards Inuyasha, who gulped. They could all see that her miko power was sparking.

"Calm down Kagome or you will give Inuyasha what he wants and purify his brother." Miroku interceded.

Kagome looked down into her arms to see that Sesshomarus' fur was standing on end and that he was whimpering. She gave him to Rin and returned her gaze upon Inuyasha.

"Why did you lie? Were you hoping that I would set him down for you to kill him? Refuse to help him or maybe even purify him?" she asked.

The hanyou said nothing and turned away from her.

Kagome narrowed her eyes upon him.

"How dare you turn your back on me when I am speaking to you. You were, you were hoping that I would be mad and let him get hurt. Who do you think I am? You? I guess you think that I should be like you and hold a grudge for an old wrong or not lend aid to those that had tried to harm me before. Did you forget?" she ranted.

"What is she talking about?" Sesshomaru thought.

Inuyasha was standing ram-rod straight. She was going to remind him about their first meeting. She just had to be right.

"Did you? Must have for I haven't forgot that you came within inches to taking my head off because you thought that I was Kikyo and you wanted that damn Tama. Well guess what I have more honor in my little finger than you have in you whole body, you ungrateful, half breed. I'm going to help your brother, I don't care if you like it or not." Kagome screamed.

"Shippo, Rin you both are coming with me we are going somewhere where Sesshomaru will be safe and figure out how to help him." Kagome said.

Sesshomaru was so grateful to the miko that he jumped out of Rin's arms and into Kagomes' and licked her on the side of her neck.

"You are so adorable. I am gonna make sure that you have only the best of everything, you will need a bed fit for a prince, a collar and tags made of the finest materials, oh, and gourmet foods from all over the world, and special bath stuff, and lots of toys." Kagome said.

"Oh yes, this onna knew how to treat royalty." Thought Sesshomaru as he snuggled into her embrace, smirking at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha was not happy. Kagome was fawning all over his brother and going to buy him all kinds of stuff that she had never bought him. Inuyasha started toward them and a low menacing growl could be heard coming from him.

"SIT, SIT, SIT! I will not let you hurt him. You come within 100 feet of him or use any attack on him I will purify you. Stay away." Kagome hissed at the hole in the ground.

Her friends were dumbstruck. Usually Kagome was all for Sesshomaru getting his butt whooped and Inuyasha winning. But here she was coddling Sesshomaru and faceplanting Inuyasha. The world had officially went crazy.

"Will you be able to help him Kagome-chan?" Rin asked.

"I am not sure but I will do everything I can. For now we are going to go to my home and pamper you like the prince you are. I am going to spoil you rotten." she said to Sesshomaru.

"Well atleast she has the decency to protect me and provide for me; even after all I had done to her and her friends." he thought.

"Like hell your going home and taking him with you. He's the enemy." Inuyasha argued.

"Does this look like the enemy?" she said sweetly hugging Sesshomaru.

Inuyasha was disgusted and jealous. Kagome had never coddled him like that when he was in trouble. She was doing it to his enemy, the one who tried to kill her twice. She was goo-goo ga-ga all over his half-brother. It made him want to spew all the ramen he had eaten for lunch.

"No you will not take him with you." he commanded.

Kagome narrowed her gaze at him. Who did he think he was? Her father?

Sesshomaru looked at her face and smirked to himself. The hanyou never learns to keep his mouth shut. This was going to be funny for him and painful for Inuyasha. He wished he could be in his humanoid form to watch what she did.

"Inuyasha!" she said in that fake sugary sweet voice.

That voice was a warning that he was fixing to be face planted and be hurting for hours.

"SIIIIIIIT! SIT, SIT, SIIIIIIIIIIT, SIT, SIT, SIIIIIIIIIIT." she yelled. By the time she was through Inuyasha was buried deep in the ground.

The group flinched every time they heard the impact of body and ground. Sesshomaru was internally laughing. He could get used to this sort of thing while being a puppy.

"You do not order me around. I am leaving. I am taking Shippo and Rin with me. You won't be able to get through the well, I am going to put a barrier around it on both sides." she said.

Kagome grabbed her yellow backpack and marched back towards Edo. Sesshomaru peeked over her shoulder and sent his brother a series of yips.

"You should have known better. I am handsome in my human form so it is a given that I would be... adorable... as a puppy. Remember: adorable puppy + ningen onna = pampered and coddled me."

That was the message he had sent. Inuyasha was growling and Shippo was trying hard to not laugh aloud.

(Inutaisho-Heaven)

The Inu Lord was laughing down at the little squabble about his eldest pup. The miko was just what Sesshomaru needed. She was head strong, willful, full of life, and she was so fiery. It helped him so much with his plan that Kagome was in love with Sesshomaru.

He liked her. Both of his sons needed her but she is the fire to Sesshomarus' ice. She is like a mother or sister to Inuyasha. She can't be Kikyos' replacement for Inuyasha. Kagome would have never been happy with just being a stand in. But, with Sesshomaru she would be happy and she would make him happy if he would let her in.

He knew that Sesshomaru's problem with ningen and hanyou came from his mother. Midori thought that every ningen and hanyou were a disgrace and needed to be wiped out.

Midori had taught Sesshomaru that he was superior to ningen's and hanyou's and that they were worse than the dirt beneath their feet. The main reason she had did this was because he would sleep with ningens and never with her.

He had never mated with Midori because of her cold nature and her hatred of other species, but he had needed an heir and his father wanted a full Inu demon, so he had given in and produced Sesshomaru. He never took her as his life-mate and never would. That knowledge also accredited to Sesshomarus' icy demeanor.

400 years later Inutaisho had met and fell in love with a young ningen princess, Izayoi. She had been 14 when he had met her. He secretly courted her for three years. When the time came that her father had said she was to wed a prince from another province he had taken her away from her home and to his castle.

Sesshomaru had never approved of his relationship with Izayoi and when he had brought her to the castle he was lucky to ever get to see his son. If he wanted to see him had to go find him and it ususally ended with them fighting. Their relationship had already been strained and then it was almost non-exsistant when Izayoi had become pregnant with Inuyasha.

Inutaisho knew that Sesshomaru had resented Izayoi and Inuyasha for his death. In a way he could see his eldests' way of thinking. He was born of a union without love and Inuyasha was born into one with love. It was because of that love that he had sacrificed his life for his princess and died.

He could only hope that by keeping him as a puppy Kagome could heal all the damage that his son held in his heart. Heal all that damage that his mother had inflicted and the damage he himself had inflicted, even though it was unintentional. His only wish was that he could be there to help with the repairs and push the miko and his son together.

Authors Note: Whew! Long chapter.