DemonPups

Disclaimer: The characters of InuYasha are not mine, they are property of Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Yomiuri TV, Sunrise, and Viz. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Originally Published on FanFiction.Net (2007)/(2008)
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Chapter One and Chapter Two
Title: DemonPuppies
Author: Jazzy
Pairing: Kouga/IunYasha
Rating: General (will go up as chapters progress)

Warnings: m/m romance, humor, angst, Future Yaoi, (will think of more warnings when appropriate and as the story progresses.)

Summary: Six Words: Chibi Sesshomorou, Chibi Inuyasha, and Chibi Kouga. Kougas energetic, InuYasha is stubborn, Sesshomorou arrogance & protective. Sesshomorou finally has a chance to become a beloved older brother. Kouga’s brave heart soon falls in love with InuYasha. The love grows as the two grow into adult youkai.

Okay, more words: The adult versions of the chibis fall into a cursed spring that turns them back hundreds of years into little puppies. Kagome ends up taking them to the modern era to keep them safe from the dangers of the ancient world. What she didn’t take into account was that like any pups, or human children, these three have a hankering for trouble.
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PART ONE

Kouga was of a competitive nature yet with a good disposition. He could be very stern or very lenient. He was a good leader. InuYasha was good at making him feel like a fool. He wanted to win someday this competition between them. He also wanted the young miko for his mate.

He had claimed her for his woman but as long as InuYasha was around the miko seemed not to look to Kouga except as a chess piece in her game with InuYasha. He didn’t mind it too much after all, a mate worthy of an Alpha had to be Alpha in her own right, and politically minded. Kouga was confident that in the end Kagome would choose him over InuYasha. He treated Kagome better than InuYasha did.

Running along letting some steam off enjoying the wind in his face and fur; Kouga sniffed the air and scented the Shard collectors. He grinned happily. He had been lucky to meet up with them again so soon since their last adventure.

As he drew closer and closer to the group another scent made him sneeze. Mother’s milk, and Baby powder, the scent of a young youkai, a half youkai. He let out a growl of paranoia and warning. Such creatures should be killed immediately or else not left unattended.

He leaped through some bushes startling the little guy. Wide gold eyes looked up from where he had landed on his toddler’s butt on the grass, the butterfly he’d been chasing was getting farther and farther away from him, the mangy wolf scared him. The little Inu-pup blinked wrinkled his little nose scrunched up his face into a scowl then let out an ear shattering scream, half howl half sob.

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SESSHOMOROU
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Sesshomorou felt the call of blood, felt his ears twitch and lay back against his scalp. InuYasha as a baby was as loud as ever and he seemed to be in danger. As a relative he could not allow another demon to harm the pup but also as a Lord of the West he knew his duty to protect the young, even if that young were Hanyou.

Only InuYasha would wind up in the spring of cursed childhood. He would have to go save him, raise him, then try to kill him again in another two hundred or so years. How bothersome!

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KOUGA
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“Wo, wo, wo when did InuYasha have a kid?” gasped Kouga stunned. “And better yet does Kagome know?” evil smirk came to life on his face. Before it was replaced with a quizzical morbidity, was this Kagome and InuYasha’s kid?

Nah, it hasn’t even been two months since I last seen the two of them. Dogs rate of giving birth, a wolves rate of birth and even a human’s rate of birth took more than two months. And even if baby demons grow pretty fast in their first few years there was no way that this little guy being at least four years old could possibly be the love child of InuYasha and Kagome.

Proud of his deductive abilities he was again elated with confidence and joy, he would win Kagome at last.

The kid was screaming still, tears leaking over and covering his cute little pinchable baby cheeks. Kouga bent down and lifted the kid up giving him a few powerful sniffs trying to memorize his scent and figure out who all he belonged to.

He cradled the baby in his arms and soon the kid stopped crying, only to hiccup every now and again. Chubby little fingers tugged on his dark mane of hair falling over his shoulder from its pony tail. Grubby dirty fingers, Kouga winced as the tug almost took a few strands of his hair, the kid needed a bath.

“Wolf.” Said InuYasha, happily. “Grr grr.” He babbled then put his thumb in his mouth and suckled it.

Kouga wrinkled his nose in distaste, kids were so gross. He tried to get the kid to stop sucking his thumb, no knowing where that digit had been or what germs might be crawling all over it.

Avid intelligent gold eyes bounced all over Kouga, his little nose sniffing, eyes dancing delightedly in the scents he smelled. “Like, like, like you!” crowed the kid merrily.

Kouga again sneezed. All he could smell was InuYasha’s usual scent with of course that other smell of mother’s milk and powder, and other things that babies always smelled of.

“There’s no denying it, this is InuYasha.” He murmured in amazement and some little fear. “What happened to you, mutt?”

The boy scowled, then pouted. “Not mutt.”

“Hanyou, then.”

“Nuh-uh, InuYasha.” Said the little hanyou stubbornly, though with pride, his chest puffed out and his baby thumb thumping his chest to prove who he was to Kouga.

Kouga rolled his eyes. The hanyou pouted some more than decided to get riled up and so he bit Kouga making the wolf drop him. InuYasha smiled happily. He kicked Kouga making the wolf growl and howl and hop around on one leg while trying to rub his sore shin. InuYasha was proud of himself he had won.

“InuYasha!” cried InuYasha merrily. He ran laughing all the way as Kouga took chase after him.

“Get back here!” roared Kouga. In spite of his pain he was worried. He knew he had to keep an eye on the little tyke.

Baby demons especially Hanyous were particularly vulnerable in their first few decades, sometimes into their first few centuries depending on the strength of the breed. Kouga soon fell into the cursed pool of water as he chased the lightning fast little toddler who kept crowing with his victory. Kouga howled as he changed from a mature demon to a youngling only a year or so older than little InuYasha.

The two toddlers chased after one another giggling and barking, speaking in human, kanine, and demon tongues. They played with each other hard and soon crawled into a hidden little cavern under a tree to take a nap. It was a warm safe den. Kouga kept one ye open for danger as did baby InuYasha, his instincts were telling him to.

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SESSHOMOROU
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Sesshomorou did not expect to trip and fall into the pool next. He was several years older than either InuYasha or Kouga, technically even in demon terms the hanyou and wolf were still pretty much children in comparison to Sesshomorou. When Sesshomorou stepped out of the pool he was a child of ten and InuYasha’s older brother. He sniffed out the little toddler worried for his baby brother. As the older brother it fell to him to raise and care for InuYasha when they were alone without servants or father or his second wife around to care for the bothersome babe.

“InuYasha?” he called gently.

“Big Brawder, am here, your InuYasha here.” Called out the little pup happily, dashing out of the den and glomping on to his big brother with all the love in his little hanyou heart. Sessomorou sighed and stoically withstood the hug of excessive love. He patted InuYasha on the head and gently stroked his ears. The toddler twitched ecstatically.

Kouga scowled. “Come into the den, I smell strangers coming. We gotta hide.”

“Humans only.” Scoffed Sessomorou.

“Even humans can hurts us, we’re babies ya know.” Whined Kouga knowingly. He wanted his mommy and the pack to come and keep them safe.

Sessomorou rolled his eyes. He was trained to defend himself. He was a powerful son of a powerful lord. He was not a demon to be trifled with.

“As my responsibility, I will keep you both safe.” Insisted Sesshomorou cool as a cucumber.

“Wimpy wolf, Brawder wont let no ones hurts us!”

The wolf snorted. “Stupids, be that way, get killeded for alls I cares.” He pouted and stomped back into the den to stay safe. Tail swishing in his agitation.

“Perhaps the wolf is not all that wrong, Yasha-chan,” Suggested Sessomorou after a moment’s thought. “Go into the den. Be safe. I will guard you. Not that these humans will defeat me, but in case.”

InuYasha pouted but in the end he curled up inside the den next to Kouga who then moved to position himself in front of the smaller younger weaker hanyou.

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KOUGA
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“If they finds us I will not lets thems gets ya, Yasha. I’m older and bigger than you so I will keep ya safe.”

“Brawder cannot be beaten.” Insisted Yasha stubbornly. Both pups eyes were trained on the entrance, noses scenting and ears focused for the danger to pass or come for them.

Yasha sucked his thumb as nerves began to wrack him. What if they do overpower big brother? Tears glinted in his eyes, a distressed little whimper whine escaped his throat as images came to his head of evil things that the humans can do to demons as well as to other humans. Humans were scary.

Kouga reached back behind him to touch Yasha’s head and give it a soothing pat.
“Don’t worry, your brother looks mean enough, I’m sure he’ll win. Maybe I’m worrying for nothing ya know. Don’t worry Yasha, no ones going to hurts us. I wonts let thems.”

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(some misspellings are intentional, since children speak in weird ways.) ;D Stay tuned for part two, coming soon, but not soon enough! :D
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PART TWO

Kagome’s stout hearted group of Shard finders were feeling a little out of sorts. Kagome was still steamed since her and InuYasha’s last argument. She had just barely restrained herself from using the charm around InuYasha’s neck to S-I-T his butte to next week and back.

She was growing aware that she relied too much on corporal punishment and instead of actually teaching InuYasha manners and respect she was punishing him almost on a daily basis for tiny slights that she knew she shouldn’t take such huge offense at. Her mother had spoken to her about her almost abusive behavior. Her mother had also discussed appropriate behavior for her daughter.

“As much as he might irritate you or make you mad, causing physical harm is the worst thing anyone can do to one another. If you honestly loved and were secure in your relationship with InuYasha, you would not find excuses to do him harm.” Said her mother.

“Love is about acceptance, tolerance, making concessions, taking the good with the bad. If he loves you in return he will change his ways on his own and not by force. It will be because he wants to change. Change is a two way street. Or like a domino affect. If he changes then so will you because you love each other. Love can make you a better person. It can make you grow like a plant in the gentle warmth of the sun and through care of the water and soil. Love is never about abuse.” Insisted her mother, gently.

“Discipline exists to help enforce a set of rules to make a youth learn what is acceptable and not acceptable, to make them a better contributing part of society. You can’t use discipline to enforce love, only behavior modification and if you loved someone you wouldn’t want to modify them through physical force. They have to want to be modified, they have to want to change on their own. Do you love InuYasha or do you only want to control InuYasha?” Asked Kagome’s Mother.

There was a lot to think about. Kagome felt ashamed of her own behavior but InuYasha seemed to bring out the worse in her.

The questions plaguing her were; did she love InuYasha? Did she even like InuYasha?

She had to think.

She remembered his kindnesses though hidden in gruff irritating ways. The way he selflessly yet brashly put himself in danger to protect her or any of the others in their little group of adventurers.

His moods, his alpha behavior, which made her frown, he could be such a brute and no one was more rude than InuYasha was.

She reflected on his pain when he remembered his childhood, her heart ached for his pain. His sadness when he talked about Kikyou. No one should have to suffer as he has.

She knew he was angry about how his life had thus far played out. He was angry that he was hated for no other reason than the fact that he’d been born a Hanyou. He was angry and bewildered and hurt that his Aniki, his older brother was trying to kill him.

InuYasha was sad that he never got to know InuTaishu, his long dead father. And in some ways InuYasha was sad that he never got to really know Sesshomorou either. Perhaps it had been the years apart or that there were just too many years in between them, whatever the reason InuYasha never had the chance to relate to Sesshomorou as a brother, a true brother.

Family was supposed to love one another and take care of one another not try to kill one another. InuYasha’s life was a living tragedy.

She wondered; do I love, love, InuYasha?

Am I his friend?

If I love InuYasha, what kind of love is it? How can I punish him all the time if I love him? He’s as much a brother to me as my own little brother Souta. InuYasha is so irritating and exasperation and yet, when he’s nice to me, I feel like my heart can’t beat fast enough. I feel warm inside.

I don’t feel sisterly towards him when that happens. Souta doesn’t make me feel the way InuYasha does. So perhaps what I feel is not familial love but a different kind of love.

Is it love of a friend?

Is it love of a different nature?

He confuses me constantly. I confuse even myself!

She continued to ponder and fret.

They had a fight that sent InuYasha into a snit. He’d raced out of camp to go somewhere and pout. .InuYasha had been missing for more than a week now. Not unusual for InuYasha but always before he had at least stayed somewhere close to the village or close to camp.

InuYasha could usually be found in a tree somewhere or a rooftop or some place high up, surprisingly for someone who was supposed to be a dog demon, InuYasha loved high up places to sleep in or pout in. One would think such a behavior more a characteristic of cats or birds rather than a dog.

One part of her was frustrated with InuYasha. He acted like such a child. But the bigger part of her was very, very, worried. What if a demon had come along and killed him? Would their fight be the last memory she would ever have of her friend and possible love interest? Perhaps he fell out of his chosen large tree for pouting and hiding in and now he was laying dead in a ditch somewhere or at the very least a broken leg?

She fumed.

Then she worried some more. She wished InuYasha wouldn’t put her through these kinds of extreme emotions.

She finally returned her thoughts to the search at hand and started calling out into the woods surrounding them. “INUYASHA.”

“InuYasha!”

The rest of her words she didn’t dare to say out loud. Please come out from wherever you are. Please I’m worried. Where are you?

The others followed her lead. They searched every tree and bush calling out to their friend.

“InuYasha, where are you?”

“Come home InuYasha.”

“InuYasha.”

“INUYASHA.”

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The pups’ ears twitched.

Sesshomorou frowned.

InuYasha was curious yet afraid at the same time. Who was calling his name? They weren’t anyone he recognized. His mother’s voice was not among them. InuYasha began to fret. Was this a trick? Was something wrong with Mama?

Kouga kept up a constant low sound that was growling with the growing threat coming their way, his growls of warning would have made the hair on a human’s neck stand up at least until they noticed he was a kid and then they wouldn’t be taking his warnings very seriously. Their stupidity if they didn’t take the young wolf’s warnings seriously.

Kouga’s little claws of one hand dug into InuYasha’s shoulder stilling the younger pup’s restless fretful movements. He wasn’t going to let any harm come to the younger pup. He wasn’t going to let InuYasha leave the safety of the den.

The scent of humans was growing ever more strongly as were the sounds of female and male voices calling his name.

Sesshomorou pondered if servants were looking for them but he knew Father did not keep human servants, perhaps InuYasha’s human mother had sent her people to find her missing son? Still he must not let down his guard. Humans were dangerous especially to Youkai pups. Humans could be crueler than other demons in the ways they handled “spawn”.

Sweat broke out on Sesshomorou’s brow. He told himself he would not be afraid that he would defend the young ones even if he were to lose his life in the promising upcoming battle coming his way.

He went into defense stance, sword at ready in both hands. He was determined and ready to meet his fate. He was Sesshomorou. He would not be defeated. He was the son of InuTaishou. He was born of great bloodlines and he was powerful. He would not fall easily to these humans. He would not let his little brother die tonight.

No one but Sesshomorou had the right to take InuYasha’s life and that would not happen for many centuries to come. Only family was allowed to kill family and only if family was tainted by the blood of the humans and proved themselves weak and unworthy of the bloodline in their veins.

He bared his fangs, eyes glowing red, he growled fiercely as finally a human in robes came out from the thrashing bushes a few feet away. He leaped to attack but was halted when the human called out his name in shock, well that and the sudden holy barrier that would not allow his blade to strike human head from human neck.

“Lord Sesshomorou?” gasped Miroku, the pervert monk.

TBC