Author's Notes: Once again thanks to everyone for the reviews I'm glad at least some people are enjoying my first Inuyasha fic. Anyway sorry for the slight wait been busying out in the real world but I finally got down to finishing this chapter, so with that said enjoy and as always read and review, please.
Chapter 4: Meeting the Family
Sesshoumaru closed the car door as he walked around the Mustang and towards the pair. Sango actually blinked in surprise at the older male that was calmly approaching the two of them. It was obvious to her he was one of those formal and very proper types that usually are part of High Society.
'So this is Inuyasha's brother.' Thought Sango to herself as she took note of his attire. Unlike Inuyasha's style of clothing, Sesshoumaru wore his attire more refined.
His dark blue shirt was buttoned up all the way to the collar yet he showed no signs of being aggravated with the buttoned collar, he wore a pair of brown khakis that show little to no lines of wrinkles, and lastly had on a black pair of business shoes.
In short Sesshoumaru's look greatly contrasted with Inuyasha's more laded back and loose style.
The younger sibling shot the older a look of pure confusion. "What the heck are you doing here, Sesshoumaru? Aren't you usually napping right now?"
The older sibling, who as well had silver-colored hair, merely glanced at Inuyasha with a dull look in his eyes as he casually answered. "I'm needed early today."
"Well that's just great." Stated Inuyasha with a sarcastic tone. "But what does that have to do with me?" the young sibling crossed his arms around his chest as he awaited an answer.
Sango took quick note that Inuyasha was not kidding when he stated that he and his brother were not the best of friends. 'I'm glad Kohaku and I aren't like that…' she thought to herself.
"I'm only here to deliver that message to you, that and I'll be home a bit later than usual." "I get it so you going to spent sometime with her?" Inuyasha flashed a smirk as he emphasized on the word "her".
Sesshoumaru on the other hand was not moved by his younger brother's actions, instead simply passed a hand through his locks of hair as he glanced at Inuyasha. "No my reason for being late will be business related, not personal. Though on that note…" Sesshoumaru passed a glance at Sango that caught the young woman off guard and made her stand rather stiff.
"It seems you have made a new female friend, little brother." "Yeah I have, thank you Captain Obvious." Inuyasha responded with a near mocking tone.
Sesshoumaru merely shook his head, oh how he hated dealing with Inuyasha when his kid brother decided to play "smart" with him. "I'll ignore that remark of yours this time, little brother."
"Yeah yeah…" the younger sibling grumbled to himself before he decided he should at least introduce his older brother to Sango.
"Anyway Sango this is my older brother…Sesshoumaru. Say hi." Inuyasha added in the final words with a "just do for the sake of it" tone of voice.
Sango, who had regained her nerves a while ago, stepped forward slightly and bowed before Sesshoumaru. "Oh don't do that!" yelled out Inuyasha with annoyance the last thing he wanted was for Sango to add to Sesshoumaru's pride and ego.
"Hello Sesshoumaru, my name is Sango Houko." Much to the dismay of Inuyasha the young woman choose to ignore his words.
"Sango…interesting name, in any case I'm Sesshoumaru Inuyasha's older sibling." Out of politeness Sango nodded and extended her arm out to Sesshoumaru.
While despite his appearance the older sibling was never too much of a social type yet Sesshoumaru had enough class to shake Sango's hand. The moment he did so Sango felt the tightness in his grip, she could tell that despite his calm appearance Sesshoumaru had a great amount of strength in him.
"I'm surprised Inuyasha, usually are you with that Kagome woman?" Sesshoumaru glanced at his younger sibling as he released Sango's hand.
"Yeah well it's not like she's my master…I don't have to be with Kagome ALL the time." The youth grumbled in a low tone as he looked away from his brother's vision.
"You could have fooled me…" was Sesshoumaru's only response. Inuyasha merely mumbled a "whatever" as he finally remembered where he and Sango were headed.
"Crap! Listen Sesshoumaru while this has been fun." Inuyasha paused as he snickered at the sarcasm in his voice. "We really have to be going."
Sesshoumaru raised his right eyebrow slightly as he noticed the rushed tone of voice his younger sibling suddenly used.
"That's right, I need to go pick up my little brother from his middle school and Inuyasha volunteered to lead the way." Sango stated honestly as she glanced at Inuyasha.
The sliver-haired youth merely shrugged his shoulders as he swung his bag over his shoulder.
"I see…well then I suppose I will make my leave." Sesshoumaru turned on heel as he walked back towards the diver-side of his car, opening the door slightly in the process.
"But before I leave, Inuyasha I still expect you back home before I arrive." Sesshoumaru causally sat down upon his seat and closed the car door before Inuyasha could respond.
"What! It's a freaking Friday, Sesshoumaru!" yelled out Inuyasha as he glared at his older sibling.
Sesshoumaru heard his kid brother's words just as he started up the engine. "You don't have much of a social life, so does it really matter Inuyasha?" mouthed Sesshoumaru with a confident expression.
Inuyasha twitched his right eye slightly yet decided to counter Sesshoumaru's words with some of his own. "Yeah well just make sure you keep track of time, since I know she'll be there." Inuyasha mouthed silently as he smirked at Sesshoumaru. The older merely sighed slightly as both siblings came to a silent agreement. Sesshoumaru then made his leave leaving both youths alone once more.
"Come on Sango we shouldn't waste anymore time." "Um…Right!" exclaimed Sango as she walked up to Inuyasha, though she was still surprised with the whole conversation between the Tessaiga siblings.
But she ultimately decided it was better to pick up her little brother first, then ask about Sesshoumaru later. Sango then took a moment to tell him the name of the Kohaku's school. Inuyasha nodded, as he instantly knew the location, he then took the lead as they began to make their way towards her little brother's school…
Kohaku sat semi-patiently on a bench underneath a moderate-sized oak tree as he awaited the arrival of his sister. "I hope she didn't get lost on her way here…" the young boy mumbled to himself, as he took note of a falling leaf. The boy sighed with a small smile as he noticed the simple leaf.
Kohaku was always the type that could be fascinated with even the simplest things in life. As he grew older he would always spent many hours outside playing with Sango or assisting her with outdoor activities. Sango didn't mind this at all since she and her kid brother were very close and this was the main reason Sango was surprised with Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's relationship.
Kohaku then heard a voice call out to him. "Hey Kohaku!" a young boy by the name of Sota ran up to the raven-haired boy. "Oh hello Sota, do you need something?" Kohaku asked politely as he greeted his fellow classmate.
"I just came to ask you if you're free could you come over to my house tomorrow. My cousin is going to be staying with my family for the weekend so I thought you might like to come over so you can hang out with us. That is if it's okay with you." Explained Sota with a small bow.
"Um…sure I'll go tomorrow." Kohaku smiled at his new friend as Sota grinned. "Great, well I'll see you tomorrow. Oh and if you forget the address just call okay." Sota broke into a run as he finished speaking with Kohaku.
The ponytail haired boy nodded as he waved goodbye to his friend, Sota did the same as he ran to the bus stop.
Kohaku smiled as he realized that even if he was new to this school he at least had one good friend in Sota, and for that he was thankful…
"There it is just up ahead, Sango." Commented Inuyasha as the two of them turned the corner and he spotted the middle school. "Thank you so much for the help, Inuyasha." Sango smiled kindly at the youth as they continued on their way.
Inuyasha caught sight of this and merely smirked confidently as Sango spotted her little brother.
"Sister!" "Hey Kohaku, sorry for making you wait." Sango apologized as she walked up to her younger sibling giving him a gentle hug.
"It's okay Sister, I knew eventually you would show up." Kohaku smiled cheerfully at Sango as they released their hold with one another. The boy then spotted Inuyasha who stood a foot or two from his sister.
"Hello there." Kohaku then gave a friendly wave to the older male. "Oh, this is Inuyasha, Kohaku. Inuyasha this is my little brother Kohaku." Sango happily introduced the two boys to one another.
"Yo, nice to meet you Kohaku." Inuyasha flashed a grin at the boy as he shook his hand. "Same here, Mister Inuyasha." The younger bowed slightly showing respect to the older.
"Sure, but there's no need for a "Mister" title…personally it makes me sound old." Inuyasha snickered at his own humor as Sango and Kohaku merely laughed slightly.
"Okay, I understand Inuyasha." The boy smiled at the sliver-haired teen just as Inuyasha ruffled some of his hair. "At a boy that's much better."
Kohaku shared a laugh with Inuyasha as he realized that Inuyasha must be a new friend of Sango's yet he could picture himself getting along quite well with the older male.
"Sister, is he a new friend of yours?" asked the boy curiously as he turned his attention away from Inuyasha and focused on his older sibling.
"Of course he is, Kohaku." Sango smiled at the boy before she continued. "I would have taken much longer without Inuyasha's help and even during our school hours he assisted me." The older girl smiled kindly at the silver-haired youth. Inuyasha turned slightly and merely flashed her a grin that doubled as a smirk.
"So we should head toward your home right, Sango?" asked Inuyasha a slightly raised eyebrow. "That's right, Father won't be home for another hour, but he still expects us to be home by then."
Inuyasha mentally groaned at the fact that Sango's father had her following the same rule that Sesshoumaru had placed upon him. Though he hoped Sango and Kohaku's father was nothing like his elder sibling. 'No way there's no freaking way there could be another person with Sesshoumaru's personality…makes me wonder how she even stands him…'
Inuyasha ended his thoughts as he noticed Kohaku walking by Sango's side. "We're ready to go, Inuyasha." Commented Kohaku with a childish grin. "Wait don't tell me you need directions to your way home…" Inuyasha laughed with a smirk as Sango rolled her eyes at him.
"No we don't need help finding our way home, but since it appeared you wanted to come for a visit I thought we'd show You the way." Sango smirked, as she stressed on the word "You", and caught notice of the now bored look on Inuyasha's face.
"You're not funny Sango, and in any case I was right about our next destination." Inuyasha laughed confidently, as he knew he had finally one-upped his new friend.
Sango merely accepted "defeat" and nodded at the pride-filled youth. All the while Kohaku took note of the actions between his Sister and Inuyasha.
'Funny they've only know each other for one day and they are already acting as if they were life-long friends.' The young boy laughed within his mind as he figured that Sango and Inuyasha were going to have a long friendship with one another, or least that's what he figured.
"Then by all means lead the way Sango…" Inuyasha commanded as he lazily stretched his arms out and placed his open palms behind his head.
"Alright follow us then." Sango replied calmly as she and Kohaku took the lead and with a simple nod Inuyasha took the rear…
"So that's how you met my sister, Inuyasha?" Kohaku stared at the older male as he awaited his response.
"Yeah, I made literal contact with her on her first day. You know Kohaku, your Sister has a pretty hard head." The older smirked and allowed a small laugh to leave his lips, though this did not come without a backlash as Sango glared daggers at Inuyasha.
The youth got sight of this and merely shrugged his shoulder, though in the back of his mind he did wonder what Sango was thinking of doing to him, in any case the older male merely patted Sango on the shoulder before he resumed his mild walking pace. "Lighten up Sango, it was just a joke, Heh."
Sango sighed slightly as she shook her head from side to side, soon afterwards her gentle facial features returned much to the silent cheering of Inuyasha, for the teen still wondered if she was going to slug him once more just as she had done before.
It wasn't that he feared her strength. No never in his right mind would Inuyasha admit to fearing anyone's strength, no matter whom he was pitted against. Rather the teen felt that Sango deserved to at least have one true friend, for his own reasons Inuyasha felt that he should be that friend, after all he didn't want Miroku or Kouga getting too "friendly" with her.
Suddenly a surprising thought dawned on Inuyasha. The thought of jealously had suddenly struck him across the skull. 'Me…jealous if Miroku or Kouga got too close to Sango…nah it was just a random thought. Sango is just a friend to me that's all, nothing more.' That final line ended his so-called "jealously" as Inuyasha chalked it to just looking after Sango in a friendly nature and nothing deeper.
The teen decided to put his mind at rest as he continued on his way with the Houko siblings.
A.N. Well thus ends another chapter, and I apologize if the story seems to be moving a bit slow but then again it's been consentrating on just Inuyasha and Sango so that's a positive, right? Anyway I'm rambling so I'll just end here saying I hope to have the next chapter up soon.