Was it okay to plot murder while breastfeeding? Because Inuyasha was doing just that. Tatsuya and Shippo were preparing for bed, and in the meantime, Inuyasha was breastfeeding Yukiko like a freaking woman and stewing angrily.

He had a headache. The boys were fighting for what was maybe the hundredth time that day. This time, it was about what kind of pajamas they were going to wear. They both wanted to wear red, but neither wanted to wear the same color as the other.

By this point, Inuyasha was too drained to even bother with them. Instead, he sat on the bed and planned Sesshomaru's death. Because, honestly? This was all his fault.

First, it was the whole, 'oh, yeah, here are my kids, just take care of them all day without so much as a thank you from me, or any kind of direction whatsoever.'

At first, when it was just Tatsuya, it was okay. But then, inevitably, things had gone downhill. Nobody had told Inuyasha that Tatsuya had lessons he needed to attend. So, imagine his surprise when his instructor had arrived, angry as a bull. The instructor had yelled at him for a solid half hour, even when Inuyasha not-so-calmly explained he didn't know anything about lessons.

Tatsuya had thrown a tantrum, then, refusing to go to lessons and insisting that inuyasha had promised him that he didn't have to go. This, of course, made the instructor even more mad at Inuyasha.

When it was finally sorted out, a team of fancy artists had very nearly tackled Inuyasha angrily, complaining about how his cell phone had died, just as they were doing the last touches to the pictures.

So now his phone was dead, which was just perfect. So much for saving the battery. And more people were unhappy with him.

And then Shippo had arrived, and there was the whole thing where he lied to the kid about Kagome, which felt all around awful, and then Kouga had to be all pitying and horrible, making Inuyasha feel like he was pathetic or something.

Then, finally, Yukiko started crying because she was hungry, and wouldn't stop. On his last nerve, he went and sought out Sesshomaru for the wet nurse's location.

And then, of course, he was all, 'When you go to ask me a question I will completely ignore you because I am doing Important Business™ and have forgotten about you enough that I honestly think you're a naggy servant'

So Inuyasha made a complete fool of himself in front of Sesshomaru's work people, and he was all too uncomfortably reminded of when Kagome had forgotten her lunch one day in the beginning of their marriage. He'd put on a baseball cap and went to give it to her. He ended up interrupting an important meeting for her, and she was so embarrassed she'd "sat" him about twenty times in the bathroom, and stomped on him besides.

And then Sesshomaru was all unapologetic and like "let's be quick about this," and it reminded him of about a hundred other times he'd called Kagome at work, and she'd acted like he was the biggest nuisance, all the way until he finally hung up the phone.

Then the breastfeeding. The freakin' breastfeeding.

It was wrong on so many levels. The fact that he didn't consult Inuyasha. The fact that he'd changed Inuyasha's body without even talking to him about it. The constant assumption that Inuyasha was basically a girl and should be happy about that. The fact that Sesshomaru had pinched his nipple and then milk had squirted out of him.

It was just all kinds of levels of horrible.

And then he told Inuyasha he had to do the cooking, which would've been fine if he'd warned him earlier, or even given him any sort of directions as to where the kitchens were, or what anybody was allowed to eat. Or told him when they were on good terms, and not right after forcibly and sneakily changing Inuyasha's body up.

Inuyasha ended up having to find out all of that by himself, while still carrying a baby on his back, and making sure Tatsuya and Shippo were taken care of while he was slaving over an unfamiliar stove. Luckily, it was controlled by magic, so it wasn't actually that hard to figure out, but it was still one more stressful thing he didn't need in his life.

Then dinner happened, and Inuyasha felt more out of his element than ever, with a whole tableful of unfamiliar demons, all gossiping about his life, and kowtowing to Sesshomaru, while acting like they were some sort of item. As if that would ever happen.

Then, Tatsuya. Tatsuya, the traitor. Sesshomaru hadn't even seen what was wrong with his request, being all like, 'of COURSE you can call Inuyasha 'mom'. Why couldn't you? Oh. Inuyasha's being unreasonable. Well, fine. No biggie. Just wait til he caves.' Because inuyasha always caves. He always just lets Sesshomaru do whatever he wants. Make him breastfeed. Make him go by mom. Next, he was just going to straight up turn him into a woman.

And then Inuyasha was once again dismissed to watch the kids until bedtime.

So, yeah. He was done. He was one thousand percent done with Sesshomaru treating him like some sort of boil beneath his feet. With Sesshomaru doing whatever he wanted, and leaving Inuyasha to deal with the consequences.

Yukiko squirmed, fussing, and Inuyasha swapped her to the other side. The breastfeeding thing. It wasn't like it was actually bad. He'd fed his kids with bottles when they were growing up, and this was pretty much the same thing, just a bit more intimate.

It was just... he wasn't a girl. That was it. He was a guy, and it felt absolute humiliating and degrading to be treated like a woman like this. Beyond that, Sesshomaru hadn't even asked him. Hadn't even said, "Oh hey, you gotta breastfeed my kid, it's the Only Way."

He'd completely disregarded Inuyasha's say in the matter, and tricked him into drinking the tea. That was...it sucked! It was a douchebag move! The king of douchebag moves! He should've talked it over with Inuyasha first! He should've done literally anything except for what he did.

Tatsuya barrelled into him, narrowly missing Yukiko. "Hey! That's enough! You almost seriously hurt your sister!" His voice was angry enough that Tatsuya startled.

"Oh, sorry mom!" He said, then caught himself, holding a hand to his mouth. "I mean, sorry Inuyasha!"

"What did I say about calling me that? I'm not your mom! Stop trying to make me into one!"

"I just-"

"Just, what? Just wanted so badly to call me that, that you had to ask Sesshomaru? In front of all his work people? What part of you thought that was a good idea?!" Inuyasha knew he was being too harsh, but he was angry, frustrated, tired, and his head hurt, so he couldn't make himself stop.

"You said I could-"

"I said you could talk to Sesshomaru about names for Yukiko! I never said you had any right to ask him what you could call me! Nobody gets to decide that except for myself."

"I-I-"

"No, I don't want to hear it. Get your pajamas on, and get in bed. You've lost your storytime privileges for the night. Shippo, you too. Quit fussing and get dressed."

Tatsuya's eyes welled up with tears. "B-b-b-but-"

"Are you seriously going to start with me, kid? Cause I will spank you, don't think I won't." Inuyasha glared at him. Just then, he picked up Sesshomaru's scent from outside of the door. Tatsuya obviously did, too. Great. Just perfect. Now he was going to look like a failure for the hundredth time today. Honestly, he wouldn't be surprised if Sesshomaru just kicked him out.

The kid finally hit his breaking point and started to cry. "Dadddyyyyyy!" He wailed, running out of the room.

There was a muffled thud, and Tatsuya's cries became sadder. "Daddy?"

"What are you doing? Cease this disgraceful behavior this instant." Sesshomaru scolded, unsympathetic.

"Daddy! Inuyasha-Inuyasha is really mad at me!"

"That is your problem to resolve." Sesshomaru snorted.

"B-but-I did something really bad, and I think he hates me now! What'm I gonna do now! What if he leaves, just like mama?!"

"He very well might. I certainly would if I had to deal with that disgraceful whining for a full day." Sesshomaru answered, and Tatsuya's cries turned desperate.

Inuyasha sighed, holding Yukiko to his chest as he left the room. "I don't hate you, Ta-chan, and I'm not gonna leave." He said, and Tatsuya shuddered out another cry and ran sobbing into his legs, clutching them like a lifeline. Inuyasha shot Sesshomaru a death glare. Where did he get off, telling children their parental figures were going to abandon them?

"I'm so, so sorry, Inuyasha. Please don't hate me. I-I love you so much! Sorry!" Inuyasha sighed once more, all his earlier frustration leaving him. He picked Ta-chan up, cradling him against the side of his chest where Yukiko wasn't.

"Aw, don't cry. It's fine. I forgive you. I'm not going to leave you alone, don't worry." He murmured into Tatsuya's hair. When he looked at Sesshomaru, the daiyoukai was already shedding his armor and walking into the room, acting as if nothing had gone wrong. Inuyasha set down Yukiko in her crib, letting Tatsuya clutch onto him violently.

"What are you doing?" Sesshomaru asked suddenly.

"Um, setting her down so I can focus on this." He'd managed to make her a little crib/playpen area out of some spare wood and blankets, and he was honestly pretty proud of it. It made things way easier when he needed a quick break from carrying her around all day.

"I have told you before that this is unacceptable behaviour, Inuyasha. She will sleep with the family."

"I know that, I was just setting her down for a bit."

"Of course you were." Sesshomaru scoffed. "Ready to avoid responsibility so quickly, I see."

"What the- I'm not an octopus, dickhead! I can only carry so many kids at a time!"

"Is your limit only one?"

"Yeah. That's my limit. I need two hands to hold a kid properly. Sorry I'm so disappointingly inept." Inuyasha shot back, eyes rolling sarcastically at the end.

"Please don't fight." Tatsuya sobbed into his shoulder, and Inuyasha softened a bit.

"Fine. I won't." He answered, but glared at Sesshomaru over the child's head. Sesshomaru scoffed, and went about looking out the window, and checking the perimeter of the room. By the time he was done, Tatsuya had already cried himself out, and was sleeping peacefully against Inuyasha's shoulder. Inuyasha laid him down on the bed, and ruffled Shippo's hair as the fox cuddled in next to him.

Sesshomaru went to join them, and Inuyasha got out.

"What are you doing, hanyou?" Sesshomaru asked, looking at him as if he was the crazy one. Inuyasha just walked out of the room. Sesshomaru immediately followed him.

"You're not sleeping with us tonight." Inuyasha said, as soon as they were outside.

"Of course I am." Sesshomaru scoffed, turning back to the room.

"No, you're not!" Inuyasha grabbed his arm. "You don't deserve to sleep with them. You spent this entire day only working for yourself and your own gains. You completely disregarded your kids, and manipulated and lied to me. So, no, I don't want you in my bed, and-"

Suddenly, Inuyasha was getting pushed against the wall. He looked up into Sesshomaru's cold eyes.

"Do not presume to tell this Sesshomaru what to do, hanyou." He hissed, looking at Inuyasha as if he were the scum beneath his boot.

Inuyasha glared back at him. "I'll do what I want! You can't just-"

"I can, and I will." Sesshomaru interrupted. "This is my home, and you are here on my good graces. These are my children. I allow you to care for them, because you have nowhere else to go. You are in my debt. Do not get arrogant and forget that, hanyou."

Inuyasha stared up at him, wondering how he ever expected anything different. For a little bit, he'd thought Sesshomaru had actually...liked him. Not a lot, but enough to tolerate him. Now, though, now he saw that all he was to his brother was a convenient servant. Sesshomaru pulled away, pleased that he had gotten his way.

"Now, come to bed, hanyou."

"No." Inuyasha answered, looking at the floor. Sesshomaru blinked.

"What did you say?"

"I said no! I'm not sleeping with someone who hates me, and that's final." Inuyasha raised his chin. "Good night, Sesshomaru. Sleep well."

He went to leave, but Sesshomaru grabbed him. "You will do no such thing, hanyou. Cease this foolishness."

"No-no! I'm not-let go of me!"

"No. Come to bed."

"No way. No friggin' way. I have spent my entire day being humiliated and ignored by you. You freaking made me lactate! I didn't want that! So, no, go screw yourself, Sesshomaru. I'm sleeping outside, and you can't stop me."

"I will." Sesshomaru's claws dug into his wrist.

"Then you're no better than Kagome." Inuyasha shot back. "Worse, actually. She never made me sleep with her when I was upset."

Sesshomaru let go of his hand as if burned.

"Yeah. That's what I thought." Inuyasha let out half of a laugh. "Go to sleep, Sesshomaru, and think about things."

He hopped away, finding a tree in the garden to sleep in. Sesshomaru went back into the room.

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This was actually a horrible idea. Inuyasha decided that about a half hour in. He hated sleeping in trees. Absolutely hated it. The tree in the garden was unusually knobby, and he couldn't find a single branch where he could get comfortable. Finally, he tried one of the higher branches, and it snapped, and he fell to the ground. He sighed. Maybe he should just try sleeping on the grass.

Much better. It was extremely comfortable...for about fifteen minutes. And then he felt a tickling on his ankle, and his neck, and his arms, and realized he was covered in ants. He swiped them off, trying to get comfortable again, but then he kept feeling phantom tingles on his body, and he kept having to swipe at them to make sure no ants were on him.

The grass was too cool, and he found himself shivering slightly. It was already late autumn, so he supposed that sort of thing was normal, but damn, how had he even lived in the winter? It was freezing!

The grass was clumpy and uneven, and he couldn't quite get comfortable. He tried just leaning against the tree to sleep, but the roots dug into his butt, and he felt more phantom ants on his face, and-crap. Crap crap crap. That wasn't an ant. It was a spider. A freaking spider. He swiped it off his face to quickly he actually managed to scratch his cheek with his non-existent claws. He cursed, holding his cheek as warm blood seeped onto his fingers.

This was...this was the worst day ever. He just wanted it to be over. He wanted to go to sleep and wake up back at home, with his daughter panicking that she was going to be late for school, and his son-in-law calling frantically wondering how much morning sickness was normal, and if he knew where to get pickled plums at seven am.

No. He wasn't going down that road.

He was going to wake up exhausted, at this rate. And then he'd still have to deal with Shippo and Tatsuya's constant fighting, and Yukiko's crying, and Sesshomaru's apathy, and...he couldn't. He just couldn't do it.

Inuyasha snuck back into the room, face burning at his defeat. He wasn't going to sleep in the bed, though. He was just going to sleep on the floor. That was all. Sesshomaru was up and at his side in a moment.

"You are injured." He said, in a voice that made it clear he hadn't been asleep. "Who did this to you?"

"Nobody. It's fine." Sesshomaru stopped him as he tried to pull away.

"You will name the fool who dared to lay a hand on you." Sesshomaru's eyes were intense on his own.

"Would you stop being such a freak?" Inuyasha shook his head in defeat. "It was me, okay? A spider crawled on my face, and I freaked out."

"A spider?" Sesshomaru was incredulous.

"Yeah. I hate them. They're creepy looking, and they remind me of Naraku." Inuyasha glared at the floor. Sesshomaru's eyes bored into his face for a few moments, and he desperately tried to avoid them. Finally, he felt something wet against his cheek.

He pulled away, but Sesshomaru followed him, licking at the wound.

"W-what are you doing?"

"Taking care of you. I would have thought it obvious." Sesshomaru said between licks. It was silent for a few moments, as Sesshomaru lapped at his face, and Inuyasha tried desperately to ignore a weird heat that was quickly developing in his stomach. "I am not like her."

It came so suddenly, that Inuyasha looked up in shock, and Sesshomaru's tongue caught the side of his nose. Sesshomaru paused, looking down at him, and delicately bit the tip of his nose, before licking twice more and pulling away.

"What?" Inuyasha asked. "Who?"

"The miko. I am not like her." Sesshomaru elaborated, before giving him a weird look and going back in to nip at his nose once more.

"Hey, stop that!" Inuyasha pushed lightly at Sesshomaru to get him to stop, and he growled, biting his nose once more, this time drawing a bit of blood, which he licked up.

"O...okay. Just keep doing that, then? Don't mind me. Just trying to have a conversation, here." Inuyasha protested, thoroughly weirded out.

Sesshomaru pulled away, then. "Will you come to bed, now?" He asked, and Inuyasha sighed.

"I haven't forgiven you yet." He warned, and Sesshomaru actually looked...disappointed? "We still need to talk. Like, a real talk where you actually listen to me for once. But, yeah, it's cold out there, so...I'll come to bed."

Sesshomaru relaxed, then. "Good." He said, and led Inuyasha to the bed. He waited until Inuyasha had curled up around the kids, before he followed him into bed, once again wrapping himself around Inuyasha protectively.

It was probably just the exhaustion of the day, but Inuyasha went right to sleep.

So I'm back...haha. It's been forever, and I can't promise that I'm back for good. Because I always have really good intentions and then get sidetracked with life.

I just want to give a special shout out to all of the people who stayed with this story and still commented and stuff long after I had stopped posting forever. You guys are great. I hope you enjoy this chapter, and I hope I can keep writing if only to give you guys the story you deserve!

I love you all, thank you for all your support!

Also, quick note, I edited a bunch of the earlier chapters, nothing drastic that would change the story much. the majority of the edits happened in chapter 5 and it's more just some timeline stuff that I was straightening out.

Anyways, hope you like it!