InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Puppy From the Past ❯ Pretentious Puppy ( Chapter 6 )

I do not own Inuyasha and Company, no matter how happy it would make me. Rumiko Takahashi does.

 

Written for IyFicContest's Week 154 - Jewelry

 

Title: Pretentious Puppy

Word length: 638

Rating: PG-13, some suggestive content, language

Pairing: Sess/Kag

Summary: Kagome takes Sesshoumaru to pick out an essential for any canine in her time.

Note: This is the sixth installment of my Puppy from the Past collection.

 

 

Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome where she stood beside him with a frown. He didn't really want to be where they were at the moment, and certainly not shopping for something so degrading. He was the Lord of the West, the most powerful demon in all of Japan. He did not wear jewelry, and while he wasn't sure these things quite qualified as jewelry in her eyes, to him it was close enough. “Why does this Sesshoumaru need one of these again?”

 

“Because it's a law. You can't run around as a dog in my time without one,” she hissed while glancing around, making sure no one was near enough to hear her, “at least not unless you want to be thrown in the pound again! Just be glad I'm letting you pick it out! I could have just grabbed one instead of dragging you all the way here.”

 

“Hn,” he grunted back. If he didn't enjoy exploring her world in his canine form so much he would refuse, but he figured that he could deal with the little indignity to keep his freedom while keeping her off his back. He didn't like it when his mate was displeased with him. Besides, the pound hadn't been fun in the slightest and the humans working there were idiots. He was surprised the staff could manage to feed themselves, let alone care properly for their `prisoners'. Holding back a sigh, the taiyoukai studied the rows and rows of hanging `jewelry' closely, trying to find the least offensive choice.

 

“Oh, what about this one? It's cute!” she said with a grin while holding up a shiny pink one for his inspection. The look on his face said it all, something along the lines of `you will put that back this instant or this Sesshoumaru will not hesitate to melt it into oblivion right here in the middle of the store' and Kagome put it back with a pout. “But you looked so adorable in pink before!” she teased.

 

Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at her, wishing not for the first time that dog treats didn't taste so damn good. He would never hear the end of it if Kagome had any say in the matter. It was absolutely ridiculous that he would be required to wear one of these things. And did they not make any that were not absolutely humiliating? He felt pity for the dogs of her time, unable to even communicate their displeasure to their humans, forced to wear these embarrassing things constantly.

 

There were pink ones and purple ones, ones with little paw print patterns and heart patterns, ones covered in little sparkling fake gems, hell, there were even some with bells! He had yet to see one masculine enough that he wouldn't feel like a giant sissy in it. Taking a few steps to his right he continued to study the wall of horrors. He smirked suddenly, reaching out and pulling an item from the wall.

 

Kagome laughed when she saw his choice. “I should have known you'd want one like that, my big scary dog demon.”

 

In his hand Sesshoumaru held a wide black leather collar with bright silver spikes. “Hn,” he murmured, suddenly taking a few steps back to the left. His smirk widened as he grabbed another collar of a very different style.

 

“What's that one for?” Kagome asked in confusion. There was no way in hell Sesshoumaru intended to wear the second one he'd selected. It was a shiny red collar about half an inch wide and a small gem dangled from where a dog's tags would traditionally be attached. The heated look in his eyes made her shiver where she stood.

 

“If this Sesshoumaru must wear this when we are in public then you, my miko, must wear this when we are alone.”