Happy Bath Ending

A/N: I retain no ownership of Inuyasha or any other characters aside from Sakura and Suzuka. They are my bitches. Enjoy...and I'm drunk. I promised the angst, I hope I brought it.

A/N #2: Thanks for supporting this. Kisses for you all. Mommy with 6 kids...bless your heart! Kids that get their parents into anime rock. I tried to get my mom into it, but she says anime looks like 'girly boys' but didnt understand why. Oh well. Revisions below.

“So what shall we do with ourselves today?” Sesshoumaru was sitting on the edge of the bed watching Inuyasha get dressed. He had to promise the hanyou he would stay on the bed since he kept trying to remove every piece of clothing Inuyasha put on.

Inuyasha smiled at him and tossed him the purse of gold coin that was sitting on a dresser. “We have to go to the village, remember?”

Sesshoumaru pursed his lips and cocked his head. “For what?”

“You promised Rin a doll, dumb face.”

“No, I didn’t.”

“Yes, you did.”

“No, I didn’t.”

“Yes, you did!” Inuyasha huffed, putting his hands on his hips.

“No, Inuyasha, I didn’t.” Sesshoumaru tried to look innocent.

“Freakin yes you did!” Inuyasha screamed, folding his arms in anger.

Sesshoumaru looked nonchalant. “I did no such thing. You are mistaken, Dearest.”

Inuyasha screamed in anger and threw open the double doors and walked out into the hall.

“RIN!!! DID OR DID NOT SESSHOUMARU PROMISE YOU A-nggughhne!” Inuyasha tried to gasp through the hand that clasp over his mouth. Sesshoumaru pulled him back inside the room laughing.

“Shhh…we can go to the village…get your ass back in here!” Sesshoumaru hissed, popping Inuyasha on the butt. Before he closed the door, he peeked his head around the corner to make sure Rin wasn’t in earshot. The last time he promised her something, she nearly annoyed him to death asking every 5 minutes if he was going to buy her a new gift.

Sesshoumaru casually and gracefully threw Inuyasha on the bed. He jumped on top of the now blushing hanyou and stared at him, drinking in the creamy flesh and licking at the mating mark on his neck. Sesshoumaru's hot wet tongue tickled Inuyasha, and he laughed even harder when he was being jabbed in his ribs by his asshole brother.

"Why are you laughing?" Sesshoumaru's voice sounded monotone and even a bit bored.

Inuyasha made an "Eeep!" sounding noise.

"Nothing is funny, and underneath your fingernails are dirty." Sesshoumaru tried to get Inuyasha out of the fetal position he curled into to avoid being tickled further. He lightly punched at Inuyasha's arms and tried to work long spindly fingers into crevices between his arms, neck, whatever he could keep doing to hear the music of Inuyasha's laughter. When Inuyasha wouldn't budge, Sesshoumaru stood up in the bed and started jumping, nearly breaking the bed.

"What the hell!" Inuyasha half laughed half yelled, scooting to avoid his brother's landing feet. Sesshoumaru fell on him, gyrating and pushing him down further in the bed. He bit playfully at Inuyasha's chubby cheeks and chin, making his brother growl. The youkai lord then lightly slapped his hanyou captive and jumped off the bed and stood in the corner.

"What was that assault for?" Inuyasha was red and sweaty from laughing.

Sesshoumaru smiled. "That is exactly what Rin would have done to us if she had come in here. Aside from licking your neck, that is."

Inuyasha growled again and turned his head to show off the mating mark. Sesshoumaru walked back over and started to kiss the spot, nibbling and drawing blood, but licking it off and letting it heal again. Inuyasha started to lean back, but Sesshoumaru stopped him.

"Like you said, we have to go get Rin's doll. Don't worry, I'll punish you later." He gave the hanyou a long, passionate kiss before pulling him up and hitting him hard on the bottom before setting out to go get Rin's doll.

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They walked silently to the nearest village, hand in hand. Sesshoumaru felt strangely vulnerable and open, since his only available hand was being held in a sweaty embrace with Inuyasha’s.

Inuyasha.

The thought of him was enough to send chills down his spine. He had dreamed of Inuyasha for many, many years, but pride and insolence seemed to outweigh possible happiness, plus he could feel the resentment wafting off of Inuyasha because of the way people treated him. He turned to gaze at Inuyasha’s profile, the slightly chubby face and cute upturned nose. He was so engrossed looking at Inuyasha that he barely noticed the golden orb warily eying him.

“Is there something on my cheek?!” Inuyasha asked, angry that his brother was letting him walk around with possible dirt on his cheek. He scratched at his face frantically, not wanting to look scruffy.

“Yes. But nothing that isn’t anything short of amazing.”

Inuyasha stopped and smirked at Sesshoumaru. “You’re killing me with this nice stuff. I can handle you better being a jackass.”

Sesshoumaru looked thoughtful and then punched Inuyasha in the chest. Inuyasha fell to his knees, coughing up blood. “What the fuck is wrong with you?!!” he screamed in a strangled voice, throwing a dirt clod at Sesshoumaru.

The youkai looked at him unsympathetically. “I love you, you complain. I hurt you, you complain. So you tell me half breed, what the fuck is wrong with you?” Sesshoumaru sniffed and paused, smelling the sex in the air.

“Masochist.”

Inuyasha wiped the blood from his mouth. “With all the pain I’ve suffered, do you honestly blame me?” his voice sounded broken, his eyes innocent.

Sesshoumaru sighed. “I suppose not. Let us press on.”

The brothers walked side by side through the forest again, their hands brushing against one another. Sesshoumaru sighed and took Inuyasha’s hand back in his, pulling him toward the village.

Inuyasha smiled. "Sadist."

Sesshoumaru raised an eye. "Is that how you prefer me?"

Inuyasha paused and turned toward him. "I want you just how you are. I think you are amazing. I always have." Golden eyes shone with admiration and love, almost too much for Sesshoumaru to handle. All the youkai could do is nod and continue pulling his lover toward the village.

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Inuyasha handed a porcelain faced doll with black hair and delicate features to Sesshoumaru. The whole village was buzzing with the fact that the Western Lord himself would grace them with his presence. All of the vendors displayed their best wares, not knowing what the lord wanted, but hoping to secure some of the gold coin in his purse. Female vendors offered them samples of spices and silks, and men from the town flexed their muscles to compete as day laborers for work around the castle.

Sesshoumaru took the doll and eyed it, expressionless. The porcelain was exquisite, according to the vendor, the doll came from a far away land called Germany, from a town called Dresden. The doll had on a light blue kimono with silver butterflies on it and little silver slippers. Sesshoumaru resisted the urge to look underneath the dress and handed the doll back to Inuyasha, nodding his head.

“This one, wrap it in some nice paper if you’ve got any. It’s for my daughter,” Inuyasha said to the vendor, who was flustered to have such regal peoples purchasing from him. Soon the doll was wrapped in rice paper and placed in a green painted bamboo box with gold ribbon around it. Sesshoumaru paid the vendor and looked around for Inuyasha, but the hanyou had walked off. He frowned, for he had all the money and didn’t feel like having Inuyasha drag him around to look at other things. He took a few steps to try to catch Inuyasha’s scent and then growled. He realized something was wrong and quickly ran off to find his brother before they did.

Too late.

Sesshoumaru arrived to see a crowd of people that quickly dissipated from around Inuyasha and what looked to be a wolf demon. Kouga to be exact. A quick glance around also proved that the humans he usually traveled with were there also.

“Fucking mangy wolf! How dare you speak to me that way?!!” Inuyasha and Kouga were eye to eye, hands on swords, teeth bared.

“Kagome was worried scared when you didn’t come back yesterday. She made the long, perilous trip to the wolf caves to ask me for help to find you. She’s such a wonderful woman,” Kouga gushed, briefly glancing at Kagome with lust in his eyes. Kagome blushed and smiled. Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes.

“Oh yeah?” Inuyasha snarled, growling. “Today is your lucky day then, Kouga.”

“Why?”

“Because you wont have to follow Kagome around anymore begging for some cuz I'm gonna rip that dingy fur off your stupid ass behind and make a lantern with it!!” Inuyasha screamed, drawing Tessaiga. The only thing that stopped him from advancing was a light touch on his arm from Sesshoumaru.

“There is no need for this. None of these people deserve an answer to your whereabouts. They were, after all, who sent you away.” The last statement from Sesshoumaru was directed at Kagome, who seemed to shrink back.

Kouga eyed Sesshoumaru suspiciously and then Inuyasha, and then back again. He narrowed his eyes and then pointed at Inuyasha’s neck.

The following statement seemed to come in slow motion, and made everyone’s eyes widen and some mouths drop open.

“I know where you were! You were mating! With Sesshoumaru!” Kouga jumped up and down, pointing at the miniscule red mark on the hanyou’s tender neck. To further incriminate them, Inuyasha put his hand over the mark, and Sesshoumaru wanted to slap him. What the hell was wrong with him? Was he ashamed of what they did? He knew the humans wouldn't understand, but who cares? They would'nt have understood even if it was spelled out on their foreheads.

“He cheated on you, Kagome. Such an honorable demon as myself would never do that,” Kouga said, trying to catch the miko on the rebound.

Inuyasha scoffed. “Whatever, Kouga, I’ve seen how you look at me. Are you jealous it wasn’t with you?”

Kouga chuckled. “Pure breds don’t fuck with mutts.” He glanced at Sesshoumaru. “In most cases, that is.” Kouga smirked at Sesshoumaru, who returned the same expression. What Inuyasha said held truth. Kouga's smell betrayed him. There was a noticeable attraction between Inuyasha and Kouga, an attraction that made Sesshoumaru want to rip the wolf's throat out. It wasn't love, or really affection. It was lust, and lust was dangerous.

Kagome stared wide eyed at the two Inu demons and then started to pound her own bare thighs.

“Why, Inuyasha? Why would you do such a disgusting, gross thing? Are you supposed to be the girl in it? The female dog? TELL ME!” she shrieked, grabbing at the fire rat.

Inuyasha smirked and removed dirty hands from his robe. “Yeah, I might be the female dog in it, but rest assured you are still the only bitch here.”

Miroku, who was standing a relatively safe distance away, tapped Sango on her shoulder. “What is that thing that people from Kagome’s time say when someone has outwitted them?”

“Oh snap?”

“Yes, but the other one.”

“You got served?”

Miroku scratched his cheek. “Close…”

“Oh! You got owned.”

Miroku smiled. “That’s it. Hey Kagome!” he called, causing the demons and miko to turn toward him. “You just got owned!” he said, giving her a thumbs up and smiling. Kagome rolled her eyes.

Gathering her composure, she glared at Inuyasha. “So what about the jewel shards?”

“What about them?”

"Are you gonna help me?"

Inuyasha laughed. "I'm not certified to give you the help you need." Even Kouga and Sesshoumaru snickered at that one.

“SIT!” Kagome screamed, embarassed and fed up with Inuyasha and his bullshit. There was a sickening crack as the ground rushed toward him and his head slammed into the dirt, making even Kouga and Sesshoumaru gasp at the brutality. When Inuyasha raised his head, all he could see was 2 pair of feet, one wolf and one Inu. Looking up further, he saw Kagome several feet off the ground, about to be choke slammed by Sesshoumaru.

“Sess…no…”Inuyasha garbled, shaking his head, trying to steady himself.

Sesshoumaru turned his head and barely glanced at Inuyasha, dropping Kagome in a heap on the ground. “Why not? Does she not deserve this?”

Inuyasha brushed the dirt from his hair and gave Sesshoumaru a sad look. “I shouldn’t have went with you. Despite what my heart says, my head is telling me to finish what I started with them. To gather the shards and destroy Naraku.”

Sesshoumaru stared at Inuyasha, wordless. Part of him knew that their true happiness was somewhat contingent on the defeat of Naraku, but also wanted him to be by his side. He walked over to Kagome and whispered some words to her, making her cheeks flush and eyes water. He nodded at Inuyasha and took flight, leaving the small group behind without as much as a glance backward.

Sango and Miroku rushed over to Kagome, whose knees had given out under her. She held one hand over her mouth and another over her chest, staring at Inuyasha hatefully. Inuyasha smirked and turned to walk away, and even Kouga gave her a look that lacked respect. He too turned and walked silently away.

“What did he say?” Sango asked, helping Kagome up. She shook her head, unable to speak.

Sesshoumaru went to walk past Kagome, but stopped almost shoulder to shoulder to her.

“Do not think for a moment, you disgusting shell of a woman, that this is a victory for you. Inuyasha has chosen to stay and keep guardianship over your worthless lives. I tolerate this. But remember this in case you decide to defy me and attempt to entice him. When he and I were together, as short of time it was, his mind was focused on me and me only. If you want to know what I hold over you, it’s the fact that Inuyasha loves me and will never confuse me with someone that died 50 years ago. Remember that from dust you came, and sooner than later to dust you will return.”

The Western Lord continued on his walk, sneering in satisfaction at hearing the girl’s heart pound and smelling her tears. He nodded a barely visible goodbye to Inuyasha and ran off, disappearing almost immediately into the woods.

Inuyasha looked down at the green box carrying Rin’s doll. Somehow his foot brushed against it as he walked away. He picked it up and sniffed the box, smelling Sesshoumaru all over it. He needed some time to think, for he felt like he made the wrong decision. He looked painfully at the forest, wanting so badly to run off and be with Sesshoumaru, but the pains of responsibity pulled at him, and as long as Sesshoumaru understood, then that was more than enough. Inuyasha smiled to himself. Someone finally understood him. It was enough...it was so enough.


>Just subtle changes...was going to do a lemon, but decided not to. I will again soon though. Besos!