InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Young at Heart ❯ Devastating Dreams Part Two ( Chapter 21 )

Chapter Twenty-One: An Interesting Day

 

He wasn't sure when or how he had fallen asleep, but to his dismay, he found himself wrapped in a strong set of arms, and he felt like he was floating. Wrinkling his nose, he cracked open an eye and glanced at the youkai exterminator carefully, before he allowed himself to stretch his muscles.

Blinking stupefied, Sesshoumaru realized that his arms felt like lead. Curiously, he moved his position and grumbled in discomfort.

Sango glanced down at him and laughed. “Have a good sleep?”

Sesshoumaru released a soft growl of annoyance, and slowly moved his arms so they rested at his sides. No wonder they hurt, he had slept with them over his head the entire time and they had grown numb.

“Well aren't you cranky in the morning.” Sango smiled and lifted her gaze once more in front.

“Not cranky. My arms hurt.” He grumbled.

“Mine would too if I had slept with them like that.” Sango mused, with a twinkle in her eyes.

“Well why didn't you move them?” Sesshoumaru growled.

“With those sharp claws? I don't think so.” Sango glanced over her shoulder and looked downward.

Sesshoumaru wiggled and flipped over in her arms, and stared curiously at the ground. Blinking, he wondered how they had managed to move him and fly without him being able to know about it. “What did you do to me?”

Sango glanced at him and stared. “What do you mean?”

“You put some kind of sleeping drought in my drink didn't you?”

Sango frowned. “No, you fell asleep, don't you remember?”

“Huh?” Sesshoumaru wiggled some more and yelped when he almost topped off the flying cat. Sango quickly moved her arms around the small pup and shifted his position so he was sitting in front of her.

“Stay still, or you are going to fall off.” Sango muttered, shaking her head. Kirara seemed to laugh at her and decided to land on the ground to let Sesshomaru off. The small youkai jumped off the fire cats back and stretched widely, before he was tackled from behind.

Sesshoumaru released a loud omph before he pitched forward and face first into the dirt. The pressure on his back giggled and he narrowed his eyes as he lifted his head. Lifting his head from his pillow of mud, Sesshoumaru glanced over his shoulder and sniffed as his eyes met a bright set of gold ones.

Inuyasha grinned widely and jumped off his brother's back. “Hi Sessho.”

Sesshoumaru pushed himself up onto all fours and sighed. Why did the little hanyou always insist on greeting him by pouncing on his back? Shaking his head, the youkai planted both feet on the ground and dusted his pants off. In truth, he had done the same thing with his father.

Smiling broadly, he remembered when he had snuck into his father's room and had pounced on him while he had been sleeping. His father had no time to react, and had grunted doubling over in surprise. Sesshoumaru remembered that his father had grabbed him in a tight bear hug and had flipped him over the other side of the futon and tickled him senseless.

Inuyasha's face appeared in his vision and Sesshoumaru stopped for a moment, staring at the hanyou with curiosity. The hanyou peered at his brother long and hard for a moment.

“Whatcha thinking about, Sessho?”

“Nothing.” Sesshoumaru remarked with a snort.

“Wow. It must be hard thinking about nothing.” Inuyasha frowned, taking in his brother's intense look. “Wouldn't it be easier to think of something, rather then nothing?”

Sesshoumaru stopped dead in his tracks and stared at the hanyou for a long moment, before blinking. His mouth dropped open and he stared at his brother confused and baffled.

Inuyasha tried to clear his mind of all thoughts, trying to mimic his brother's train of thought on nothing, but the hanyou found it really difficult. He twisted his face, scrunched up with intense concentration; Inuyasha finally threw his hands up in the air. “That's too hard!” He accused his brother.

Sesshoumaru blinked a few more times and then finally released the laughter that had been building up inside.

Inuyasha dropped his hands and frowned at the laughing youkai for a moment. “What are you laughing at?”

Sesshoumaru wiped his eyes and finally gained control of his laughter. “It's just a saying. I was thinking of something, but they are my thoughts. I didn't want to share them. Baka.”

“Well you should just say that then. Thinking about nothing is boring.” The hanyou stated with a turn of his nose and a snort.

Rolling his eyes, Sesshoumaru turned around and walked right into a pair of legs. Glancing upward, Sesshoumaru grimaced at the amused face of Sango, and he pursed his lips wondering what she wanted.

Sango smirked and finally moved her gaze to glance at Inuyasha also. “Are you two hungry?” She asked with a smile on her face.

Inuyasha nodded eagerly and raced over to where Kagome was kneeling, digging through her large yellow backpack. Curiously, Inuyasha bent over and glanced over her shoulder, trying to see what treasures she held in the bag. “What's that?” He asked pointing at a large orange bound book.

Startled, Kagome fell over backward, releasing a soft cry. “Kami, Inuyasha! Don't sneak up on me like that!” She accused.

Inuyasha peered at her stumped. “I didn't sneak up on you.” He stated simply.

Kagome lowered her hand from her chest, taking deep breaths, and she giggled at his expression. “I would hate to see you in sneak mode.”

Inuyasha tilted his head to the side, which made him seem younger and far cuter then Kagome could have imagined, and she quickly pulled him in for a tight bear hug.

“Uhh!” Inuyasha protested, pushing against her shoulders, trying to escape. “Lemme go!”

“I don't get to do this when you are normal, so I am going to take as much as I can get.” Kagome told him firmly, quickly petting his head where his ears sat. They twitched slightly out of the way, and she made to grab them again.

“Hey!” Inuyasha protested again. “Leave them alone.”

Kagome giggled and finally released the squirming hanyou. Inuyasha had been trying to hard to get out of her grasp that he wasn't prepared for her quick release, and he tumbled over backwards, his arms twirling in large circles to maintain his balance. Gravity won out and he fell with an oomph onto his back end.

Inuyasha crossed his arms and glared at the girl.

Kagome blinked and then burst out laughing. “Now that is the Inuyasha I have come to know and love.” She quickly slapped her hand over her mouth in horror at her last words, but sighed in relief when she realized that Inuyasha was too busy picking himself up off the ground.

Kagome turned back to her bag and began digging through it again.

Once again Inuyasha bent over her shoulder, and once again pointed at the large orange book. “You didn't answer my question.”

Kagome glanced to where he was pointing and pulled out the orange book and handed it to him. “Shippo, why don't you come over here and show Inuyasha what this book is for me, while I make us something to eat.”

Shippo hopped over excitedly, knowing exactly what book Kagome had taken out of her pack.

Soon, Inuyasha and Shippo were lying on the ground on their stomachs, coloring on the crisp white pages with a set of colorful crayons.

Sesshoumaru wandered over, curiosity getting the better of him, and he knelt down beside them, glancing at their work. Soon Rin wandered over, and before Kagome, Sango or Miroku could comprehend, all four children were on their stomachs frantically coloring.

Kagome looked up from the fire and cooking fish to call the children over, but they were so engrossed with their work that they looked as if they were hovered over an incredibly important test. Sesshoumaru had his tongue sticking out of the corner of his mouth, scribbling desperately. Inuyasha and Rin were showing one another their works of art, and Shippo was whistling softly to himself, ignoring the other three.

Biting her lip to keep quiet, Kagome tip toed over to them and glanced down at the artwork and almost groaned at Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha's art. Rolling her eyes, she had no doubt in her mind that these two had grown up in the life of a youkai.

Sesshoumaru's paper had a large purple decapitated demon standing in a field of flowers, red and yellow contrasting against the brilliant green of the grass. A bright sun colored yellow shone down on the purple youkai and blood sprayed out of the gaping hole where the demon's head was supposed to be. The head was sitting in a tree placed far away from where the youkai stood.

Glancing down at Inuyasha's paper next, she saw three youkai surrounding a blob of red, which could only be Inuyasha, and the image of himself was far fiercer then his actual self. In his hand was a ridiculous looking sword; ten times the size of his colored image, and Kagome fought the bubble of laughter, which worked its way into her throat.

His fangs were elongated so much that had he had them in life, he would be face first in the dirt more then on his feet. To Kagome, Inuyasha looked much more like a saber toothed tiger then the Inuyoukai he was trying to portray, and his claws were ridiculously large.

One demon had a gaping hole in the gut, and the long arm was much too large in comparison to the other one, which somehow looked warbled, like it was underwater. A bright orange youkai had too big of a head, and his mouth sat dislodged on the ground at his feet.

Shaking her head, Kagome knew had they been in the present era, both pups would have been sent to a psychiatrist immediately. Looking over to Rin's, she saw a wonderful page of flowers and sunshine. Among the flowers sat the grown up image of Sesshoumaru with flowers strewn about his feet and tangled in his hair. Suppressing a snort, Kagome turned her eyes to Shippo's drawing and this time she was unable to hold in her laughter.

On Shippo's paper, he had drawn Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha fighting, blood spraying everywhere, and their long silver hair covered in the sticky substance that was called blood. Inuyasha's drawn form had two missing ears, which were held in the kitsune's mouth, and Sesshoumaru's fur was mangled beyond repair. Inuyasha's claws were tangled in the fur that was normally over Sesshoumaru's shoulder, and in Sesshoumaru's clawed grip were Inuyasha's hakama pants, which had come down over his butt, revealing, much more then Kagome had ever thought to see.

Blushing to the tips of her ears, Kagome quickly turned her back and quickly retreated to the fire. Shaking her head, she glanced at Sango and snickered. Wondering silently, if Shippo had drawn from a memory or if he just wanted to mock the poor hanyou.

Shaking her head of the image of a partially naked Inuyasha, a drawn one no less, Kagome quickly reached for her meal and began eating, ignoring the questioning looks from both the youkai exterminator and monk.

The children all walked over, rather large satisfied smiles on their faces, and Sango burst out laughing as she was shown the pictures. The one Shippo had drawn had brought a large blush to her face, and Miroku immediately grinned glancing at the small Inuyasha. Confused, the hanyou glanced at Shippo's picture and snorted.

“I am much bigger then that!” He snarled, and immediately dropped his hakama pants, to Sango and Kagome's horror. Sesshoumaru fell over backwards, and Shippo gaped, while Miroku bellowed out in a glorious fit of laughter.

Sango and Kagome blushed a bright red which out did the crayon did, and Miroku immediately helped Inuyasha with putting his pants back around his hips where they belonged.

Once the pictures had gone around the group, they sat down and dug into their now cold food.

Once finished, Sesshoumaru crawled over to Kagome's bag, and dug through it, searching for more entertainment. Curiously he pulled out another book and he once again rested on his stomach, and flipped through the pages, oblivious to everyone who was chatting or playing.

He was so engrossed with the book, which he stuck his tongue out of the corner of his mouth, concentrating so hard, that had anyone glanced at him they would have thought he was studying for entrance exams. His clawed fingers turned another page, and he snorted at the words.

“Kagome?” He called to her.

Kagome turned her head and glanced at his back, not sure what he was doing. “What?”

“What does this mean when someone says, `Let's go to the movies'?”

Kagome frowned, trying to figure out where he had heard that particular word. “Where did you hear that?” She finally asked.

Sesshoumaru turned to the book and lifted it to show her. “In this.” He stated simply.

Kagome gaped and stared at the book for a moment, before she snatched it out of his hands. “Oh gosh, how did you get this?” She asked, glancing at her bag, which was lying on its side. “Sesshoumaru, this book is not for children.”

Sesshoumaru frowned. “I'm not a child, I'm a pup. But not really, Sango told me that I am really grown up, but right now I'm a pup. Why can't I read it?” He frowned as she firmly shook her head. “Well Adam and Monica already mated in it. Let me finish it.”

Kagome gasped and flipped the novel over to see what page he had read to and horrified snapped the book shut. “No!” She said firmly. “Absolutely not!”

Sesshoumaru pouted, and sat up crossing his arms. “What's a car?” He asked, glaring at her.

“It's like an iron cart, like a bike, but you are too young to understand.”

“I am not.” He protested. “You know, this Adam and Monica are not even physically mated, so why are they fooling around in this car, and what is she doing to him?”

Sango glanced at Kagome with wide eyes. “What are you doing reading a book like that?”

Kagome blushed. “It's for school.” She mumbled. “I have to do a report on a romance novel.” Glancing at Sesshoumaru she wrinkled her nose. “And no, you may not find out what Monica was doing to Adam.”

“They kissed you know.” Sesshoumaru sniffed. Inuyasha walked over and stared at the book in Kagome's hand. On the cover it had a male and female kissing and he shuddered.

“Ewww!” He exclaimed.

Kagome blinked and blushed bright red again, before stuffing her book back into her bag. Turning to both Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru, she glared at them.

No one noticed Miroku slip his hand into the bag and sneak the book out carefully, his eyes trained on everyone in their company. Nor did anyone notice when he stuffed it into his attire, and then smirk in satisfaction.

Sango caught the tail end of his smirk and she raised an eyebrow. “What's wrong with you?”

Miroku glanced at her indifferently and then pushed himself to his feet feigning a large stretch. “Man am I ever tired. I think I'm going to go to sleep early tonight.” He turned away quickly and headed over to his bedroll and he plopped himself down on it, his back turned towards the fire.

Kagome shook her head and sighed. Rin came over and tugged on her sleeve. “Kagome?”

“Yes Rin?”

“What's a kiss?”

Kagome once again blushed to the roots of her hair and she shoved herself to her feet. “Nothing, I think it's time for bed.” She declared. The girl stomped over to her own bedroll and grunted as she flopped onto it. Lying down she whispered. “Why me?”

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha both glanced at one another and then shrugged. The youkai slowly slipped his hand toward where he had seen Kagome put the book.

“Sesshoumaru!” She warned.

He smirked.

“Stop!”

The rosary around his neck flared to life and he was forced face first into the dirt with a loud grunt. Growling, having forgotten all about the necklace, Sesshoumaru finally shot to his feet and glared in Kagome's direction. He stood there with both his hands on his hips and he snarled. “What was that for?”

The wind seemed to pick up and this caused Kagome and Miroku to shoot to their feet, and Sango remained seated, carefully judging the situation.

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha turned to face the new youkai and Sesshoumaru tilted his head curiously. Leaning over to whisper in Rin's ear, he asked. “Who is that?”

Rin glanced at Sesshoumaru with wide eyes and giggled. “That's Kagura.” She whispered.

“She's pretty.” He sighed in awe.

Rin just glanced at him surprised. “I think she is too.” She whispered. The girl giggled at seeing Sesshoumaru get all flustered and breathless around the wind youkai. “I think she's lonely too.”

Sesshoumaru peered at the girl for a moment, before his eyes trailed back to Kagura in contemplation. He wondered if he knew her in his grown up form. Pondering silently for a moment, even if he hadn't, he would be grown up again soon, and formulating a plan in his head to gain her attention, he leaned over to Rin again. “Do I like her?”

Rin blinked and stared at him. “I don't know, Lord Sesshoumaru.”

“I need a flower to give her.” He mumbled out loud.

Quickly glancing around, trying to find something to present the pretty lady with, but finding nothing suitable, Sesshoumaru pulled out his picture from his haori, found a large leaf and wrapped it up tightly in it. Once that was done, Sesshoumaru walked up to Kagura proudly.

Kagura hesitated, seeing the small Sesshoumaru approach her fearlessly, and she wondered if delivering Naraku's message was a smart thing to do. Pursing her lips, she watched as Sesshoumaru stopped in front of her and hold up his leaf wrapped gift, and she frowned.

Sniffing impatiently, Sesshoumaru held it up higher, standing on his toes. “It's for you.” He stated.

“May I open it?” She asked taking the leaf wrapped gift. With an anxious nod, Sesshoumaru watched Kagura open his picture. Blinking, she met his eyes and waited for an explanation.

Kagura hesitantly watched his expression and then peered at the colorful marks on the page. “Um, thank you?” She mumbled, staring at the gruesome picture. She found it rather impressive for a child, and she felt a smile cross her face.

Sesshoumaru nodded and turned away, and winked at Rin as he walked back to the group who stood there stupefied at his actions.

Miroku was the first to step forward and he asked the wind youkai. “What do you want Kagura?”

Kagura lifted her gaze from the picture and she nodded. “Right. Naraku wanted me to give you a message, but you know, I think I will say instead, that you should avoid the mountain area for a while. Naraku has placed a trap there, and he wanted me to lure you there.” Without another word, she plucked a feather from her hair and vanished above the tree line.

Sesshoumaru grinned broadly and once again whispered to the little girl. “I wonder if she likes me when I'm grown up.”

“Lord Sesshoumaru, she does I think.” Rin whispered to him, shaking her head slightly.

Inuyasha walked over to Sesshoumaru and stared him in the eyes. “Why'd you give her your picture?”

Sesshoumaru smiled and shrugged. “I wanted to.” Turning around, the youkai wandered back over to the fire and sat down, a happy grin on his face.

 

The next morning, Kagome stretched and jumped to her feet when a large cry filled the air. Immediately, everyone clamored to their feet, but stopped and stared at one another long and hard for several minutes. Kagome blinked stupefied at the brilliant pink gloss that covered Miroku's face, and the heavy blue that was sprinkled over Sango's. Inuyasha had red shiny stuff all over his eyes and forehead, and Rin and Shippo had green stripes and pink dots all over theirs. They glanced at each other and finally discovered only one member of their party was missing.

“Sesshoumaru!” Kagome cried out, horrified. “Give me back my make-up!”

 

In a tree not far from the campsite, Sesshoumaru flicked his claws of the pasty powdery stuff and grinned widely. Now they looked like youkai. Nodding satisfied, he hopped to his feet and made a mad dash into the woods, to outrun the dreaded word that Kagome used to subdue him.