InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Cursed ❯ Sexy Bitches ( Chapter 9 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

A/N: Just want to say right off the bat, all of you can thank shinigami kitten tvhg for this chapter. It was her review that got me up off my lazy ass and writing. Thanks Kitten =^.^= You lit a fire under my ass and reminded me this fic was still here and needed some lovin' and for that, this chapter is dedicated to you.

A/N: Okay guys, I know it's been a while... I'm finally on break from school for the next two weeks so I'm gonna spend it writing and hopefully I'll even be able to get up another chapter before classes start up again. Sorry it's been so long but I'm going to be honest: I had to stop writing for a while because I seriously needed to focus on my school and I only just scrapped by my anatomy, pathology and physiology classes by the skin of my teeth anyway. I passed them though ^_^

So, let's just jump right into it shall we?

Approximate ages for this chapter:

Sessh: 13

Inu: 10-11 months

Kashi: 13

“thoughts”

“speaking”



Chapter 9: Sexy Bitches




'This isn't, at all, like I thought it would be...'

Kagome, Sango and Miroku all seemed to be running along the same train of thought. They had obviously figured out that this spell Inuyasha and Keade had used on them, wasn't exactly like they had led the three of them to believe. They could only guess that Inuyasha had a good reason for lying to them and that he would explain when they got back or that something had gone wrong and the spell took it a step too far and now they were getting to see pretty much every memory Sesshomaru had!

Currently, they were watching a young Inuyasha, not much older then he had been the last they saw of him when he had first learned to walk, running (stumbling) around with Sesshomaru. The older demon was facing a tree with his hands over his eyes as he counted while occasionally stealing glimpses of his brother out of the corner of his eye.

“ONE... TWOO.... THREEE..... FFOOUURR..... FFFIIIIIIIVVVVEEE........”

Inuyasha was literally running around in circles, a huge smile on his face, trying not to laugh as he attempted to find a good hiding spot within the familiar clearing Sesshomaru liked to spend so much time in. Sesshomaru began to greatly exaggerate his numbers, trying to give his brother some more time to find a good place.

Just that morning InuTaisho had decided that they weren't spending enough time together as a family and thought that a noon day picnic would be perfect. Sesshomaru suggested that they have their picnic lunch in his favorite clearing and Inuyasha, being so excited at the idea of spending the whole afternoon with his family, simply could not wait another minute to go outside and play with his big brother. So Sesshomaru decided to take Inuyasha out a little early and play for a bit while they waited for InuTaisho, Izayoi and Kashi (who, at the mention of food, expedientlyy decided that he might just stop by to keep them company) to join them with the food.

Inuyasha only just managed to dive behind a tree as Sesshomaru finished counting to ten.

“Ready or not ototo, here I come!”

The three friends watched as baby Inuyasha sat back on his heels nearly bouncing with excitement as he clamped his hands over his mouth in an attempt to stifle his joyous giggles and chanced a peak around the tree. Sesshomaru took a step away from the trunk he was facing and into the middle of the clearing and, knowing Inuyasha was probably watching and definitely listening, pretended to be thoroughly lost and perplexed.

“Where did he go?” Sesshomaru scratched his head and looked around in mock confusion. He “stealthily” snuck up on a bush opposite where Inuyasha was hiding and with a grand shout of “AH-HA!” dove in and quickly came out the other side empty handed. “Nope. Not there.”

There was a giggle and Sesshomaru snapped his head to the other side of the clearing where he could just make out a bushy, silvery-white tail swishing back on forth rapidly on the grass. He smirked.

The trio watched on as the teen Sesshomaru jumped up, grabbed hold of a branch just above his head and swung himself up to sit perched in the limb with a perfect birds eye view of the clearing.

The group silently looked back to Inuyasha, who hadn't noticed his brothers disappearing act just yet. The boy stole another glance beyond the tree, trying to see his big brother. When he couldn't get a glimpse of the older demon he decided to poke his head out just a little, not wanting give away his hiding spot, and tried to see as much of the clearing as he could. He took a good long look around, even coming out a little bit farther in case there were spots he couldn't see.

Ever so slowly, he came out from his hiding place taking tiny cautious steps into the middle of the clearing all the while clasping his hands tightly together under his chin. Inuyasha did a full 360 turn and still couldn't seem to find Sesshomaru.

“Bwoder?” he said in little more then a whisper.

“Aawww! That's so cute! Did you hear that?!!” Kagome could barely hold in a squeal of delight and Sango was right there with her. They both giggled up a storm the last time the little Hanyou spoke. Even Miroku couldn't deny it was damn adorable when little baby Inuyasha got up, wobbled his way over to the grown ups and proclaimed Sesshomaru as his! For the sake of his masculinity however, he absolutely refused to giggle or squeal in delight... mocking his friend about it later however was perfectly manly and therefore okay.

Still, even he, being the manly man that he is, couldn't suppress a grin when ever he heard this baby form of his best friend speak.

“I would have never guessed that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru actually liked each other when they were kids. I wonder why he never told us?” Sango had successfully voiced the one question that had been plaguing Miroku's mind ever since he saw Inuyasha take a nap on Sesshomaru's chest; Why didn't he tell us this? It seemed like this would be a pretty big thing to just conveniently forget to mention to your friends. Especially considering the way they would be in the future.

'What could have possibly made them go from this, playing hide and seek and going on picnic's together, to just about trying to kill each other everytime they meet? Is all of their animosity just the result of Sesshomaru's being under some kind of spell or curse?'

They had all been traveling together for more then two years now. They had run into Sesshomaru on more then one occasion and almost every time, either Kagome or Shippo had an abundance of questions to ask. For some reason, seeing the older demon always seemed to remind them that Inuyasha was a kid once too and he did, in fact, have a life before he met Sango, Miroku, Kagome and Shippo. The two of them would then try and get Inuyasha to tell them more about his childhood. Miroku didn't even realize until now just how little they actually knew about Inuyasha's past. Inuyasha could probably write a book about everything he knew about them but they hardly knew anything about him beyond what they figured out on their own. Inuyasha was very tight lipped about his past.

'Maybe after we get out of this we'll finally know why...'

Miroku eventually turned his attention back to this new memory.

Inuyasha was still looking around the empty field, as if he missed something the first five times.

“Bwoder?” he said a little louder this time. (Again the girls squealed but tried to keep quiet, wanting to see what would happen next)



Inuyasha was starting to get a little scared...

Brother disappeared! POOF! Just gone!

Inuyasha couldn't find him anywhere... the curious thing was that he could smell him.

Inuyasha took and experimental sniff... yup. That was definitely Aniki. But it smelled like he was still there in the clearing. Like he hadn't even left which he knew wasn't true! Big brother wasn't anywhere in sight and this clearing was starting to get really creepy.

There was a rustling noise from somewhere above him that he couldn't find and Inuyasha let out a fearful whimper.

He didn't like this at all.
“Bwoder!” he yelled this time, nearly whimpering when he got nothing but silence in  return.

Suddenly, there was a great yell from somewhere overhead. Inuyasha shrieked in terror as something heavy plowed into him from above! They went tumbling to the ground, the big thing strategically landing on bottom, cushioning Inuyasha's landing before quickly flipping them over and attacking! The monster, or Sesshomaru as it turned out, mercilessly tickled the boys sides, not even letting up when he began screaming in tickle filled torment.

Sesshomaru was mock-growling as he brutally attacked Inuyasha's sides and stomach. The boy tried to squirm and squiggle and wiggle his way out of the other boys grasp but he just couldn't do it.

Sesshomaru rolled them over again so Inuyasha was in his lap facing away from him and he had a good grip on the boy so as not to let him escape.

“Well now, what have I found here? A lost little boy in the woods? Shouldn't you be with your brother?” Sesshomaru spoke with his “serious” voice, letting the gasping boy in his arms know how severe his crime was. “You know what the tickle monster does with little boys who get lost in the woods don't you?” he asked, becoming very grave.

“NO NO NO!!!” Inuyasha screamed in terror.

“YES! He tickles them to death!!!”

And with that, the real torture began. Sesshomaru spared no mercy with his victim as he ruthlessly searched for the child's weakness.

“Where is it?! Where is that weak spot?! Is it here?” Sesshomaru reached and grabbed at Inuyasha's foot and ran his fingers along the underside. Inuyasha screamed and squirmed and tried to get his foot back from the fiend with no success. “Nooo. Not there. Maybe it's here! Or here!” this time he went after the helpless hanyou's tummy and under his chin, both making the boy scream his giggles and attempt to bat away the hands that were attacking him but it was no use. He was doomed to this endless torment.

“NO *GASP* MORE *GASP*!!! HAHA *GASP* HAHAHA!!!”

“Oh, I know! It's HERE!!!” Sesshomaru snatched at Inuyasha's legs and pulled all the way upside down, pinning the boy to his chest so he was facing Sesshomaru's stomach, before greedily and savagely tickling under his ototo's knees: his weakest spot!

Inuyasha was laughing so hard he could barely breath and tears rolled unrestrained down his face (or forehead as it were) as Sesshomaru loudly cackled at his plight.

Sesshomaru loved this; hearing Inuyasha laugh like this. He'd be hard pressed to admit it but he really did love seeing the boy smile. It always made him feel better. It made his stomach warm and his mood lighter and his day brighter and he didn't care at the moment how much of a sap that made him because right now he was too busy torturing his little brother!

They played around a little longer and were pretty soon rolling around in the grass on all fours in a game of tag. The boys were busy chasing each other around their clearing when suddenly a big white dog jumped out of the forest and tackled them both to the ground. Inuyasha just smiled and screamed and started running around in circles in the clearing with the big dog hot in his heels.

Sesshomaru decided to take a break and went to sit down over by the tree line just as Izayoi and Kashi came from the forest and made their way over to him with a blanket and a basket full of food. Izayoi spread out the blanket for them to sit on while Kashi “graciously” dug his face into the food in the basket and Sesshomaru could do nothing but smile and shake his head at his friend. Where ever there was food, Kashi was sure to be found. Izayoi didn't seem to mind that the black dog demon seemed to be raping her picnic basket though. She was more interested in watching her young son and her mate play around on the grass.

She released a sigh and a gentle smile came over her face.

Sesshomaru spent a moment just looking at her. She had such a serene aura about her right now... like she had no worries... no fears or anxiety.... like nothing could possibly go wrong... it had been a long time since Sesshomaru had seen a look like that on any body's face. It was a look of complete contentment.

Sesshomaru looked back to his father and little brother and had to grin. InuTaisho had at some point managed to tackle Inuyasha to the ground was licking his face into oblivion. The little boy was giggling and smiling so wide he could see all of Inuyasha's pointy little teeth.

The teen spared a glance back at the woman to his side and saw her looking curiously at him in return and he was sure in that moment that he was wearing the same look she had been just seconds ago. And he had to admit... this would probably always be one of his most favorite memories...

The three of them sat and watched and after a few minutes Izayoi started setting up the food and placing bowls around for everyone. Inuyasha and InuTaisho came over when she was done and they ate a light lunch in comfortable silence, everyone just enjoying each others company.

They finished their meal relatively quickly and decided it would be best to just sit back digest for a while. This lasted all of nine seconds before Inuyasha, the bundle of energy that he was, got bored. The older demons and Izayoi all watched on in amusement as they noticed Inuyasha noticing a frog hopping by their picnic place.

He honestly tried to resist, Sesshomaru could tell, but in the end curiosity got the better of him and he simply had to go find out more about this hopping green thing. He sneakily crawled his way over to the frog. It had perched itself on a small rock and was carelessly croaking his troubles away as he waited for lunch to fly by. Inuyasha crawled as close as he dared, staying low so as not to be seen and disturb his prey. Staying low to the ground and inching just a little bit closer, he prepared to attack. And when the creature was least expecting it, pounced!

But the frog was too quick! It hopped out of reach just as Inuyasha hit the ground right where it had been sitting!

Well, he was having none of that! The frog was his prey and he would catch it and bring it to his mother as a present. She would love it! Inuyasha just knew it!

Once again he got his prey in sight and made to pounce.

The other four watched quietly as Inuyasha attempted to catch his first hunt again and again. Izayoi just smiled gently, as she did when she had seen her boy walk for the first time. Sesshomaru and Kashi were silently taking bets as to whether or not Inuyasha would be able to catch the frog at all; Kashi seemed to be under the impression that the frog would catch Inuyasha before Inuyasha caught the frog, (Sesshomaru couldn't even see how that was possible...) and InuTaisho was smiling broadly, chuckling every now and again.

Inuyasha was a very determined child... by now he had been trying to capture this slippery frog a dozen times over and no matter how fast he was, the stupid thing was always one hop ahead of him. But he had a plan...

Sesshomaru watched his brother hop right over the frog in an attempt to catch the clever thing off guard. But, the frog only jumped up, landing on Inuyasha's head briefly before hopping right over him. Poor Inu was too shocked to even make a grab for it. And just sat for a moment, eyes wide as saucers before growling and turning about to once again chase after it.

“OH! See? I so won.” Kashi smirked over at Sesshomaru. “I told you that frog would get him before he got it.”

“Shut up man.” Sesshomaru growled through a chuckle of his own.

InuTaisho laughed with him but never took his eyes off his youngest son. With a sly grin, the older demon got to his hands and knees and began crawling his way over to Inuyasha while simultaneously transforming into his dog form and began stalking his son, planing on showing the boy the proper way to pounce.

“I always knew he had a demon form, I just never thought it would be so... cute.”

Sesshomaru looked over to Izayoi at her comment somewhat puzzled. “What do you mean?”

“Well,” she gestured to her mate. “I mean I always knew had a true demon form I just always pictured something bigger and much more ferocious... I never thought it would be so... adorable.”

Kashi burst out laughing. Sesshomaru smiled an impish grin, shaking his head. “That, is in now way even close to his true demon form.” he looked her directly in the eyes, being completely serious but maintaining his cheeky grin. “Believe me, if you ever saw his true demon for, you would know it. I've only ever seen it once and I'll tell you this much, he would be able to eat our palace in one bite. He would be able to jump across this entire forest in two bounds if he really wanted to.”

Izayoi looked genuinely shocked. “Really?” she said, an air of wonderment and awe in her voice. Sesshomaru simply nodded. “Well then, what's this?” she said, pointing to the furry white dog with a frog in it's mouth running away from her son.

“Well, you see, most demons, or most animal demons (dogs, cats, wolves, even some birds) we tend to have three distinct demon forms. There's our humanoid form, which is usually our natural form. Which ever form we happen to be born in is our natural form. There's our animal form, which is what dad's using right now. It's basically just that, us in the forms of what ever animal we come from. For us, that would be the dog. And then we have our demon form. The size of our demon form has to do with how old and how powerful the demon is. Dad is probably the most powerful dog demon ever to exist and he's been around for quite a while, so his demon form is massive, even by our standards.” Sesshomaru said, counting each one off on his fingers as he went.

Izayoi looked back to her mate with an expression on her face somewhere between deep admiration and childlike wonder. Sesshomaru couldn't blame her; he doubted she had really ever had the chance to learn about this stuff when she was a child like he had. She sat there thinking for a few minutes, and admiring her son and mate, before speaking again.

“So then, why is it I don't ever see you boys do that? Transform into your dog forms? I know Inuyasha would love it.”

“We can't.” By now, Kashi had come to join them, sitting on the other side of Izayoi, and decided to participate in the conversation.

“You can't?” Izayoi looked puzzled. “Why not?”

Kashi shrugged like it was the most obvious thing. “Not old enough.” this, however, didn't alleviate any of her questions. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes and was about elaborate for her when Kashi must have seen her confusion and continued himself. “Think of it as... the demon version of puberty. You know how all human men have to go through that time of growth spurts and cracking voices?” she nodded yes and Kashi turned a little to face her better. “It's kind of like that. Right now, Sesshomaru and I don't have even a fraction of the power and strength that some one just four years older then us might. Right now, we're basically helpless.”

Izayoi's eyes went wide in shock.

“As of yet, neither one of us has come into our... uh... well, for lack of a better word, we haven't come into our youki yet.” Sesshomaru continued for his friend. “You can kind of think of our youki as an entirely separate entity. It's more primal and it tends to follow instinct rather then logical thought, so it's a part of us that needs time to develop and mature, I guess. At least, that's how my dad explained it to me.” Sesshomaru said. He never thought about this before but it was actually really hard to describe this to some one who had absolutely no idea what the hell you're talking about. He never really needed some one to explain this stuff to him, he always just knew instinctively. He could feel it inside him.

“It's not like we're completely helpless though.” Kashi said. “I mean, we do have that natural demon strength, though we're not nearly as strong as we could be. We have some amazing reflexes and we're super fast. And our senses are considerably heightened in comparison to a human, but we're still just babies to demons. It's one of the biggest reasons neither one of us is really allowed to leave the safety of the palace. If we got caught out here by some demon stronger then us, even if it was just a mindless boar demon, we'd never be able to fight it off no matter how well trained some of might be.” he mock glared at his friend and Sesshomaru smirked.

Sesshomaru, being the son of a Lord, got excellent martial arts training by some of the best fighters in japan. Kashi was always jealous of that because he was only the son of an average sushi chef in the marketplace.

Kashi rolled his eyes at his friends smirking face and continued. “But, as soon as our youki is ready, it'll come out and we'll have our own sort of growth spurt. Then we'll be able to start learning how do things like fly and use a poison whip like InuTaisho-sama.” Kashi could barely contain his excitement just thinking about it. InuTaisho had agreed to train him with Sesshomaru when they came into there power to help them learn how to control it and use it wisely... Hell, he just wanted to fly!

“Most of the time, males come into their youki somewhere between the age's of fourteen and eighteen. For girls it happens sooner; between twelve and sixteen usually.”

“So then you guys are getting pretty close to coming into your own youki?”

The both of them nodded, smiling.

“Yup!” they said in unison. Suffice to say they were both pretty excited... and they had a running bet on who it would happen to first. After all, they were only born a month apart.

Izayoi nodded and smiled at their excitement. “So how will you know when it happens? Will you just know or be able to feel it?”

Sesshomaru shook his head. “Dad said we wont know but everyone else will. He said it usually happens in a moment of great anxiety, anger or fear. Dad came into his youki when he was fifteen. He said he was having this huge fight with his dad about something and all of a sudden it just happened; his eyes went red and grew at least half a foot all at once and he didn't even notice until his dad pointed it out to him. He said that the only thing he felt was a rush of power.”

“His eyes went red? Like they are now?” Izayoi said, pointing to InuTaisho's eyes.

Sesshomaru glanced at them and nodded. “Yup. That happens when you come into your youki and they stay like that for at least a day. That's one of the easiest ways to tell when it happens.”

“Dude...” Kashi said in an awe inspired breathy whisper. His eyes went wide as he slowly turned to look at Sesshomaru in astonishment, as if he just realized the secrets of the universe.

“What?” Sesshomaru said, worried. Kashi was silent for a moment before a massive grin broke out on his face.

“We gonna be a couple a' sexy bitches!”

Sesshomaru blinked, stared, and burst out laughing.



(Just want to say, I've redone chapter 2, I even changed a few things. Again, the plot line is still the same but a few things are going to be different and I personally think it's loads better.)

You know what's weird? I was just looking at my story stats and less people read chapter 6 than chapter 7...... I don't know about the resta y'all, but that baffles the hell out of me...

Well, the next chapter's probably going to be on the short side (sorry about the shortness of this one by the way. I usually try to aim for at least 6000 words/chapter but this one didn't even break 4500 -_-*) and it's going to be the one where all the real action starts. So, enjoy this chapter because chances are it's going to be the last pure fluff chapter you'll see for a while.

Happy holidays guys! May your new years be filled with cheer, beer and someone to snuggle with at midnight! =^_^=

Peace. Love. And a very Yaoi New Year!
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