Bits and Pices of Inuyasha

Title: Brat

Fandom: Inuyasha

Pairings/Characters: Inuyasha, Kouga

Word count: 711

Warnings: Nothing major

AN: Yep, another one.

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“You’re such a brat, Inuyasha,” Kouga snorted as the young hanyou washed his skin, back to the wolf prince.
 

“Why do you think that, wolf?” Inuyasha asked, more then used to Kouga invading his time at the hot springs. He figured it was the wolf's way of pushing his buttons and not getting attacked by him.

“Because of the way you act. You don’t seem to respect anyone and it shows,” Kouga drawled, sitting onto the ground and stretching out his legs as he watched as Inuyasha dipped down, wetting his hair before standing up and run his fingers through the dark silver hair, careful of his twitching ears.

“I respect people, you're just not one of them,” Inuyasha stated, swimming towards one of the boulders, reaching behind it. Pulling out a small jar, he tipped out a thick oil and put the jar back, all under the watchful eye of Kouga.

“So, who do you respect?” Kouga asked, drawing gold eyes over to him as Inuyasha worked the oil into his hair, massaging it into a thick lather.

“I respect Miroku for what he is deaing with, especially since he knows what will happen to him and any child he has if Naraku isn't dealt with for good,” Inuyasha hummed, going back to washing his hair as Kouga continued to watch. “I respect Sesshomaru despite what he has done to me. I can understand why he feels the way he does. I don't approve of it, but I understand it.”

“Do you now?” Kouga drawled, eyes dark as the hanyou nodded before once more dipping backwards, rinsing out his hair.

“Yes; and no, I won't tell you why. That's his history and I won't break that promise to him,” Inuyasha said, standing up once more, moving to the boulder, resting against it, his hair floating around his body. Kouga continued to watch his companion, taking in every detail from the gentle yet strong slope of neck into shoulder all the way to the triangular ears that twitched.

“So who else do you respect?” Kouga asked after a few moments, curious as to how the young inu chose to respect.

“Shippo in a way. He lost both of his parents but yet he wanted to go up against the Thunder Brothers to get revenge and to retrieve his fathers pelt,” came the reply. “He's still young though and still needs to do some growing up. Sango I respect because out of all of the things that she had gone through, she still fights and hasn't stopped once.”

“Why wasn't Kagome on that list?” Kouga asked after thinking about it. Inuyasha snorted and looked over at him that scarily reminded the wolf of Sesshomaru.

“She is a spoiled child. She doesn't make anything she owns, she buys it all. Even her arrows are made by Sango or Kaede,” he drawled once more, running his claws through his hair. “Drop her in a situation where she has nothing except the clothes on her back and she'd end up deader then a corpse, which is saying something. Her only good point is the ability to sense the jewel shards and even the walking corpse with Kikyo's face can do that better then her. On top of that, she takes off so often I'm surprised that Naraku hasn't won already,” he finished. Getting tired of being in the hot water, he stepped out, uncaring of his nudity, instead drying off with a small piece of cloth. Kouga watched with wide eyes, mind stuttering to a stop at the sight.

“So, why don't you respect me?” he finally asked as Inuyasha pulled on his pants.

“Great leader you are, you're just as brash as I am. As a leader, you need to think of your pack first and revenge last,” Inuyasha said, pulling on his top. “That and you want a spoiled brat for a mate. One that abuses her power, on another note. Not even I'm that masochistic,” he finished before gathering his things and leaving, Kouga lost in thoughts about the truths that Inuyasha had laid out before him.

He had to respect the fact that as brash, and in some cases, innocent and brat like, Inuyasha was rather observant and really blunt.