And I Hate You So by Tsuki no Tennyo

The Meeting

A little girl around the age of nine skipped happily to the limo in front of the mansion she was staying at. "Sess-kun, Inu-kun, hurry up!"

The two boys walked out slowly, not too thrilled that their mother made them take their younger cousin, Rin, to a birthday party for one of her friends. Inuyasha crossed his arms and grumbled, "I don't see why we both had to go. Couldn't she just let you take the runt instead? After all, she likes you more than me. The brat stole my magazines and gave them to Mom."

"That's because unlike you, I don't complain as much, and it was your fault for leaving those dirty magazines around your room."

"They aren't dirty magazines! They're just magazines about cars!"

"Can you explain why there are barely clothed women sitting on the cars," Sesshoumaru asked as he got into the limo.

Inuyasha's face turned a bit red. "They're um...they're there to..."

"I thought so."

"What's that supposed to mean," yelled the enraged young boy, sitting down next to Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru didn't answer him; he just looked out of the window. Rin started chattering once the limo started moving. "This is going to be so much fun! You'll like my friend, he's so cool!"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. How cool can a 10-year-old be? Pulling out the CD player he brought with him, he put on the headphone and started listening to the CD he brought.

About 20 minutes later, Inuyasha noticed something familiar about the road. Taking the headphone off of his head he poked Sesshoumaru on the arm. "Hey. Doesn't this road look vaguely familiar?"

Sesshoumaru looked up from the book he was reading, slightly annoyed at being interrupted, and looked outside the window. The road does seem familiar. Where have he seen it before? His eyes widened slightly when he realized this was the road to the Higurashi's home.

"So that's why Mother and Father were so eager for us to take Rin to this party..."

Inuyasha moaned softly, placing his head in his hands. "When will this nightmare end?"

Sesshoumaru pondered Inuyasha's comment. Was this really a nightmare? The worst the Higurashi girls did was bruised their pride and possibly a few bones, but not something to be called a nightmare.

Rin stopped chattering and unbuckled her seatbelt once the limo stopped moving. Looking out the window she waved enthusiastically at the person standing outside the Higurashi's home.

She ran out of the limo and up the steps to meet a young redheaded boy, slightly taller than her by an inch. The boy whispered something in her ear. Giggling, Rin nodded her head and followed the boy inside.

Puzzled, Inuyasha looked at where the young children were standing. "Wonder what they were muttering about..."

Sesshoumaru ignored Inuyasha and followed him closely behind. The two older boys walked inside and were instantly hit on the head by something. As they slowly fell to the ground unconscious, they heard a female voice, "Oops, I think we hit them a little too hard. There's a bump on Inuyasha's head..."

Sesshoumaru's ears were ringing, his head were aching, and the loud pop music didn't help one bit. A sudden loud shriek rang through his ears followed by a slap. This seemed familiar. Was he dreaming, or...

"You touch me one more time, and I'll murder you, bring you back to life, murder you again, bring you back to life, and then feed you to sharks and piranhas!"

It wasn't a dream. Clearly, this was reality punishing him for whatever crimes he may have committed in his previous life. Sesshoumaru froze when he felt a hand touched his. The hand was warm, kind of dry, but was still kind of nice to touch. "I love you, Teddy..."

Sesshoumaru twitched. With his eyes still closed, he grabbed the hand and crushed it.

Inuyasha yelped, screamed, and cursed. His eyes instantly opened while Sesshoumaru opened his eyes a few seconds later. Frowning, he wiped his hand on his shirt, disgusted that his half-brother touched him.

Before Sesshoumaru could blinked, something jumped onto his lap and yelled, "Papa!"

At first, Sesshoumaru didn't do anything. He didn't know what to do. After a few seconds had passed by, he looked into two bright green colored eyes. The boy looked familiar, but his brain refused to work right then.

The boy continued moving on top of Sesshoumaru, chattering away excitedly. "Did you bring me any new toys, Papa, did ya, did ya, did ya!"

The grin on the boy's face widened as he stared at Sesshoumaru hopefully. Sesshoumaru said flatly, "Who are you?"

Tears started forming in the boy's eyes. Hopping off of Sesshoumaru and landing gracefully on the floor, he ran towards a figure nearby. "Mama, Papa doesn't love me any more!"

Sesshoumaru recognized this figure. The moment he saw her, his eyes narrowed slightly, wondering what she was up to. In a commanding voice, he asked, "Higurashi, explain what this whelp is talking about right now."

Kagome gasped. "Sesshoumaru, darling, how can you say such a thing about your own son! Our son!"

"Son? What son? I had no child with you, and I certainly will never have one with you." In the back of his mind, the image of his stepmother fainting and crying out that her children don't love her danced in his head. For a moment, he thought he heard something similar to this thought upstairs. He ignored it.

Placing the back of her right hand on her forehead, Kagome said in a shocked and hurt voice, "You're so cruel, Sess-chan!"

Not liking to be ignored, the boy spoke up cheerfully. "So according to the laws, doesn't Papa have to pay for everything I need? If so, then I need a racecar, trampoline, motorbike..."

He continued listing all the things a young boy would want, and things he may not want. "...an MP3 player, a cell phone, computer, a new car for Mama and one for Auntie Kikyou..."

Sesshoumaru leaned back on the couch he was sitting on and mentally groaned. Rubbing his temples, he said softly yet commandingly, "Higurashi, get that runt to be quiet now. And if you call him my child one more time, I will shove that insolent tongue down your throat."

Glaring at him, she muttered softly, then knelt down toward the boy's height. "Alright, Shippou, you heard the man."

"Aw, is the game over already, Cousin Kagome?" The young redhead pouted at his older cousin. His lower lips extended forward even more when he saw her nod. Not able to handle the pout, Kagome picked her younger cousin up.

"How about we get your birthday started already?"

The pout quickly disappeared as quickly as it came. It was replaced by a wide grin and brightened eyes as Shippou started chattering happily all over again. Shaking her head, she began walking out to the backyard. Not looking back she asked, "You two coming or what? Rin is in the yard already. So are Kikyou, Sango, and Miroku."

Inuyasha grumbled as he got up, rubbing his hand and cursing every single living being on earth. Sesshoumaru sat for a few moments, thinking before he gotten up to follow.

Outside, children ran around yelling and screaming at the top of their lungs, obviously high on sugar. Many were still pigging out on food they know they shouldn't while others ran for the rides and game booths set up in the yard. To be frank, the Higurashi yard looked like a carnival at that moment.

"I'm sorry, Sango! It was an accident!"

Miroku apologized helplessly as he followed an angry Sango like a puppy. He clasped his hands together and got down on his knees. "I didn't mean to do that, Sango dear!"

Sango shot him an icy glare as she pulled out a boomerang, larger than normal but was still a reasonable size and started beating him mercilessly with it. "If you ever touch my ass or anywhere else I will personally send you straight to Hell, you hear me Houshi!"

Rin was walking behind the two teenagers with a boy slightly older than her. She bit into the candy apple she was holding and looked thoughtfully at Sango and Miroku. "Boy, people get weirder and weirder as they grow older, eh Kohaku?"

Kohaku took a bite from his cotton candy and looked at the bump on Miroku's head. He nodded in agreement. "Hey, Sis, don't you think you could go a little easy on Miroku? I think you're going to give him a concussion..."

"Stay out of this Kohaku or you'll be joining him!"

Kohaku quickly looked away and busied himself with finishing his cotton candy. Rin rolled her eyes at her friend. She perked up when she saw someone coming. "Sess-kun!"

She ran to Sesshoumaru and hugged one of his legs, careful not to let her candy apple touch his pants. Sesshoumaru had bent down and petted Rin on the head, earning a widened grin from the little girl.

Kagome looked at the scene and cooed. "Aw, Sesshoumaru does have a heart!"

A glare was shot in her direction but she waved it aside, still rambling on about how adorable Sesshoumaru looked around little kids. Kagome stopped talking when she felt someone tug her skirt. She looked down at Shippou. "What's up?"

"Do you like Sesshoumaru?" Shippou asked all innocent-like with wide, child-like eyes.

Kagome fell to the ground, yelling out incoherently. She stood up and straightened her clothes, pushing Shippou off in one direction as she headed off in another. "Who would like that block of ice? Well, I'm going to go check out the games now, bye Shippou!"

Everyone stared at Kagome's back, for a moment wondering if she does like Sesshoumaru. Shrugging, they decided it was none of their business. Everyone began heading off to his or her preferred place.

Sango and Miroku walked around the mini-carnival, still amazed by the Higurashi's wealth. As they were walking past a game booth, Sango suddenly stopped when something caught her eyes.

She squealed softly as she tugged at Miroku's sleeve with one hand while the other was pointed at a small cat plushie. "Doesn't that plushie look like Kirara?"

"Kirara? Your cat?"

Sango nodded as she walked up to the booth. "I gotta have it!"

Miroku put on a sly grin as he walked up to her, placing a hand on her shoulder. Sango raised a brow. "I'd love to win it for you, my dear Sango."

Sango turned away from him, ignoring the "dear" part. "I can win one on my own, Houshi."

Miroku continued to smile. "How about this, you let me win you that plushie and you can win that..." He quickly looked at all the prizes before his eyes fell on a badger. "Badger for me."

Sango started to questioned him, but quickly shut her mouth when she saw the slight pleading in his eyes. Sighing, she nodded in agreement while Miroku cheered silently.

"I don't like you." Inuyasha said with his arms behind his head and his nose in the air. "So don't think I'm following you because of that. I'd rather be near you than being near a brat that will puke all over me."

Kikyou snorted with her eyes rolled unladylike as she headed for the Ferris wheel. "Good, we're in agreement then."

She stepped inside one of the carts with Inuyasha walking closely behind her. "Do you mind!"

Inuyasha smirked. "What's wrong? Can't handle being in the same ride with a hot guy like me?"

She rolled her eyes again. "No, I can't stand being on the same planet with a jackass like you."

"Bitch."

"Oh, don't you get into that again," She said crossly, entering one of the carts on the Ferris wheel with Inuyasha behind her.

The ride was quiet with the occasional "I'm scared" from one of the children on the ride. Everything was going smoothly until the ride suddenly stopped. Kikyou twitched, praying silently that the ride wasn't broken down.

"Looks like the ride is broken down," said one of the workers below. "It'll probably take about an hour to fix it."

Somewhere on the other side of the city, someone heard a distant, long feminine cry of "No."

"What do you want, Sesshoumaru!" To say Kagome was annoyed was an understatement. She stomped through her yard with her fists clenched tightly. Next to her walked a calm Sesshoumaru with his hands in his pants pockets.

"Is there a law that said I can't walk in this direction?"

"No, but there is a law about stalking someone." She snapped back heatedly. Kagome had gotten even angrier when she saw how calm Sesshoumaru remained. She looked on ahead, still mumbling to herself about self-centered, spoiled pretty boys.

Sesshoumaru caught the pretty boy comment. "So you think I'm cute?"

"No."

"But you think I'm pretty,"

"Shut up."

"So you're admitting it?"

"Go to Hell."

"That answered my question."

The urges to scream, "Fuck you," flip Sesshoumaru off and run away seemed tempting at that moment to Kagome. She walked faster, keeping her mouth shut before anything else could be said.

They walked close to one another quietly. Nothing was said, but everyone could feel the hatred radiating off of Kagome. Suddenly, as they neared the game booth, Sesshoumaru started whistling, as if he's trying to provoke Kagome.

She ignored the whistling, determined not to get angry over something so trivial. But with every step she took, she thought the whistling grew louder and louder until the tune became the only thing she could hear as the loud voices of the people around them faded away to nothing.

All of a sudden, Kagome stopped walking, making Sesshoumaru stopped right behind her. The whistling, however, did not stop, but instead steadily changed tune. Kagome could feel a vein popping out of her forehead as she suddenly snapped. "Enough! Stop the freaking whistling, will ya!"

She received a smirk as a response from Sesshoumaru, along with several stares from the people around them. She screamed as she grabbed several small, orange balls from the game booth nearby and threw them at Sesshoumaru, who dodged it all gracefully. She grabbed one of the prizes, a baton, and started chasing Sesshoumaru throughout the yard, yelling that she's going to rip out his vocal cord and feed it to the squirrels outside of her window.

Sesshoumaru could've grabbed the baton out of her hands easily, but he found that aggravating Kagome was rather amusing. He decided that this was now his new hobby, his favorite pastime.

Sesshoumaru peeked over his shoulder and saw Kagome running closely behind him, waving her weapon. He sighed, wondering how a person can be so violent and easily angry. Behind him, he heard a loud bam, making him stopped for a brief moment.

"Miroku?" Kagome had stopped chasing and yelling. She stood next to Miroku's unconscious body and stared with wide-eyed wonder. "Did I do that? Oh, gee, I'm so sorry, Miroku..."

Sango couldn't stopped laughing as she watch Kagome apologize in a soft, amazed voice to the unconscious pervert, clutching a stuffed badger close to his chest. Who would've thought that when they run into one of their friends, one of them would get hit in the face with a baton? Certainly not Sango, but Miroku was another story. Then again, it wasn't even his fault this time.

Sesshoumaru walked over to Kagome and scoffed. "You're such klutz. I'll bet you can even hurt someone with a cotton ball."

Kagome elbowed Sesshoumaru in the stomach, mumbling at him to shut up. She knelt down on her knees with her head lowered, moving small pebbles around with the baton. Her shoulders were trembling slightly.

Sesshoumaru stared at her with guilt engulfing him. Sango had knelt down next to Kagome, pulling her into her arms while patting her gently on the back and whispering soothing words.

"Oh, quit crying wench. I've said worst stuff to you than this."

Kagome sniffed softly.

"Look, I didn't mean to put you down--well, perhaps I did, but I didn't expect you to actually cry over something so trivial."

Kagome curled up in Sango's arms.

"Hey, I'm...I'm sorry, alright? Stop crying now..." Sesshoumaru couldn't believe he was actually saying all of these words. He was only saying them, so Kagome's father doesn't come after him with a katana and murder in his eyes, right? Yes, that was the reason.

"R-really?" Kagome sniffed again, peering up at Sesshoumaru out of the corner of her eyes.

Sesshoumaru sighed. "Yes."

Kagome and Sango jumped to their feet, grinning like the Cheshire cat. "Good, now you won't mind buying us something to eat, right?"

"..."

"Ooh, Sango, darling, I think Sesshoumaru is mad."

"Yes, Kagome, dear, look, his eyes are turning red. And is that--why, yes, it is steam coming out of his ears!"

"He's not moving. Maybe if we start poking him, he would." Kagome began poking Sesshoumaru with her baton, counting out loud the number of pokes before Sesshoumaru would throttle her. "Nineteen, twenty, twenty-one..."

"Twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven..." Sango joined Kagome after finding a stick on the ground nearby.

A low groan was heard close by but everyone ignored it. Miroku sat up, rubbing his forehead, feeling a small bump growing. He winced, feeling the pain. He blinked at the sight before him of the great Sesshoumaru being poked to death by two girls. "What the hell...how long was I out?"

Grinning, he grabbed a stick on the ground nearby and walked up behind Sesshoumaru, poking him on the back of his neck. "Forty-nine, fifty..."

Sesshoumaru twitched, clenching and unclenching his fists repeatedly. Who should he kill first? Kagome? She was the one that started all of this. Sango? The girl did join Kagome in her plan to annoy him to death. Or Miroku? The female population would be happy if he was gone.

There were so many choices and so many witnesses. If he was going to murder someone, he'd need some sort of place with no one around to see him commit this dreadful sin. Maybe he could fly everyone to a deserted island and kill them there. Yes, perfect plan.

"Yo, Fluffy, what sort of diabolical thing are you mumbling about now?" An all too familiar obnoxious voice rang through the crowd of chattering, hyperactive children. Inuyasha walked up to the gang with a grin plastered on his face, and Kikyou walking closely behind him with a raised brow on her face.

"Do I even want to know?" Kikyou stared at her sister and friends.

Kagome stopped her poking, looked around her, and then grinned. "Nope!"

"Wench, get off me before--"

"Before you remove my insolent tongue," finished Kagome dryly, patting Sesshoumaru on the head. "Honestly, Sess-darling, you need a new threat."

He glared at her in response, causing Kagome along with everyone else to laugh at him. Inuyasha was the first to speak after everyone quieted down.

"Aw, the great Sesshoumaru has just been hu--" He stopped abruptly when his face was introduced to Sesshoumaru's fist. When Sesshoumaru removed the offending fist from Inuyasha's face, Inuyasha quickly clutched his abused nose. In a high-pitched, nerdy voice, Inuyasha yelled loudly, "What the hell was that for, you asshole!"

Sesshoumaru walked away from the group, cursing the gods for putting him on this forsaken planet full of imbeciles, but more importantly putting him in a family with a brother like Inuyasha and wedding-obsessed parents.

"Ooh, Sesshy's mad," Kagome observed, wincing when she saw a short man being kicked into a nearby pond just because he was standing a few inches away from Sesshoumaru.

"Kagome, where the heck are you!"

Kagome looked at Kikyou. "That voice sounds familiar, who is it?"

"Kikyou!"

Kikyou glanced at her sister also. "Yes, very familiar."

"If you two don't come here, I'm going to read your diaries over this megaphone so everyone can hear it!"

The twins gasped in horror when they realized who was calling for them. "Shippou."

With amazing, superhuman speed, the twins quickly dashed to their house, running pass a silently steaming Sesshoumaru. Everyone stared after them in confusion before quickly running after them.

Shippou was doing a handstand in front of Rin and Kohaku when the twins arrived, breathing heavily. The younger boy laughed when he saw the terrified looks on

his cousins as they looked around the room in search of their diaries. "I knew that would get you here."

Kagome and Kikyou glared, grabbing their young cousin and letting him hand upside down in their arms as they yell out deadly threats. Once they calmed down

and let the now dizzy boy lie down on the couch, they asked, "So what was so urgent that you wanted us to get here so fast?"

Shippou grinned, eyes traveling over all the teenagers in the room. "Hey, Kag-chan, Kik-chan, how about you guys and your friends come to Mom's hot spring place?"

The girls' eyes instantly went all sparkly and dream-like at the mention of hot springs. They started hugging Shippou really tight, saying how he's their favorite little cousin. The young redhead squirmed and tried to wiggle free. "Ok, ok, I get it already!"

Sango hands clasped together. "A hot spring? That sounds great! Where is this hot spring anyway?"

Shippou brushed some hair away from his eyes. He blinked before answering Sango's question. With a grin he said, "Hokkaido."

The girls squealed. "Here we come, Hokkaido!"

Miroku grinned at the mention of hot springs, knowing full well there will be plenty of naked girls around, "Oh, here we come Hokkaido."

Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru answered gloomily, knowing they'll be forced to go one way or another by their parents, "Here we come Hokkaido..."

A/N: I have no excuse other than the fact that the day is too short and school takes up the majority of the hours I'm awake, and then some. I'm also awfully sorry for how short and how...sucky this chapter is. Next chapter will be better...I hope?