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Chapter List
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Chap 8
same day
The sun was still high overhead. While Sesshomaru spoke with Bokusenō in the forest glade, Shippo caught up with Inuyasha wandering the castle gardens.    Inuyasha told Shippo what had transpired that day including the upcoming weapon demonstration with his mate.   “Well, if I’m to show off with Sesshomaru I’d better get in a little practice.   Wonder if Kenichi has some time to spar.”   The two walk off to the guards’ quarters.
The Captain of the guard was not there.

As they wandered the castle looking for Kenichi, Inuyasha chatted with Shippo about his ideas for the festival.   Suddenly inspired he turned to face his adopted son, who was shoulder height and much thinner now in his grown size.
“Hey, Shippo! You want to do some magic tricks at the festival?   It’d be great fun to see you do your magic!”
“You mean you’d actually let me trick people!”
“No!   I mean a demonstration of fox magic. You could bring some of your brats too.   I’d love to see them again.”
“Yea, well, I’ll have to talk to their mom about that.   She doesn’t let them get too far from the nest.”
“Bring her too then. It would be nice to see her.   Come to think of it.   I don’t think she’s ever come here, has she?”

Shippo interrupted his step and the conversation ceased. Inuyasha took another step forward before he realized Shippo had stopped. Turning he caught the eye of the adult fox.   The expression on his brow was one of sadness.

“Inuyasha, you know I love you, right?”

“Keh! Brat, get out with it,” Inuyasha cuffed his son gently on the side of the head.

“My wife had some bad experiences with wild dogs.   She can’t seem to get over the fact that you guys are dogs, I mean dog demons. All dogs are bad to her.   We kinda get into big fights when I come see you guys.”   Shippo sat down and leaned against the wall.

Inuyasha sat next to him and wrapped an arm around him.

“It’s ok, kid.   Let’s face it. Sesshomaru is one big scary DOG when he takes his demon form.   I can understand her fear.    It took me a while to get over it too.   But when I understood he loved me in all his forms I realized that I had been blessed with the BEST guard dog in the world!

“Yea, well, she’s scared of you too.”

“Me???!” came a shocked sound that turned into laughter.   “It’s been a long time since anyone said I scared them. Hahahaha!” the laughter turned the heads of a few servants who were in the hallway.

Shippo kept silent.

The laughter faded as Inuyasha realized he was the only one laughing.

“Care to explain how I can be scary to my adopted kid’s wife?!” now the inuhanyou was calm and concerned.

“Honestly, I don’t understand.   I’ve told her how wonderful you were to me, how you avenged my father, how you included me in your pack, and how much I loved Kagome and you. But she’s scared. Every time I come to visit we fight.”

Inuyasha scratched his ear with his back leg. “Maybe she’s not scared of us, but scared you will stay with us? Is that a possibility?   Knowing you the stories about us are pretty amazing, aren’t they?! A little larger than life, perhaps? You always had a way with storytelling! Maybe she’s just worried she’s not as astonishing as we are.”

“She’s more astonishing that anyone!” the fox said defensively.

“Maybe you need to remind her of that.”

The thin adult fox had been leaning forward following the conversation thoughtfully.   As he listened his face appeared to brighten as though an internal light was turned on.   “I’m going to spend more time adoring my lovely bride when I get home. I should pick up some gifts today. I can make dinner for her. Maybe I’ll take her to the spa for some private adult time.   Oh, and I can nuzzle her neck and kiss…”

But he was interrupted by Inuyasha at that point.
“Oy, Brat! Enough talking, just don’t tell me.”

Laughing the two longtime friends got up from their resting places and continued the search for the captain of the castle guard.

Meanwhile in the kitchen, Kenichi was asking the staff to make something for the rabbit demon teen, Usagi to eat.    Kenichi had taken over caring for Usagi.   Somehow in the short week the teen lived in the guard quarters he had touched Kenichi’s heart.   Perhaps it was their common childhood trauma or perhaps Usagi was the son Kenichi never had the opportunity to have, but Kenichi had bonded.
Kenichi had become attached to the rabbit, but Usagi made no signs of interest in people, environment or food.   The small sips of water or broth he ingested were coaxed down him by Kenichi. They had been enough to keep him alive but barely. Kenichi was increasingly concerned that the rabbit teen would starve to death. Today he had taken Usagi with him to the kitchen staff prep area and was begging the kitchen staff to make a little something special to help save the young one.

The castle kitchen had been modified several times over the centuries.   Before Inuyasha and Sesshomaru mated the main kitchen stove and prepping areas were outside of the main castle. When the dog mates returned home to the main castle permanently they had the kitchen building connected by a corridor to the castle. As the years advanced the corridor was expanded. Now it had a kitchen staff break area, a well-stocked pantry, and an enormous sake storage room.   The talk of the kingdom was the kitchen’s running water. It came from bamboo shafts that were connected to the water source.      The staff never knew that the ideas were inspired by Inuyasha’s visits to the future. They just attributed this engineering miracle to their lords.

In the staff area several kitchen members were talking at the same time about the most recent castle gossip and specifically how Lord Sesshomaru had saved Jake, the book worm demon.
“Did you hear? The Lord can operate, raise the dead and heal the sick!”
“Is it true? Did the old head library eat the worm demons? Was Jake actually dead?”
“He is Lord Sesshomaru. He can do many amazing and wondrous things.”
“He does have the sword of heaven Tenseiga.   Did you know he could do that, I didn’t?”
“Yes, that sword can raise the dead. Lady Rin was saved by that very sword.”
“Who’s Lady Rin?” said the newest employee. Another older staff member was heard recounting the story of the human girl who first touched their great lord’s heart.
Kenichi continued to haggle with a cook within hearing range of the staffs’ conversation. Only a small twitch of a rabbit’s ear indicated he perceived anything from his environment. Within ten minutes Kenichi had convinced the chef to make a double batch of Inuyasha’s favorite treats “Cheesy Bites”, one batch would be ready for the lords and one for the rabbit teen. Kenichi and the rabbit made themselves comfortable at the staff table to watch the process.
The process of making the treat took thirty minute preparation and was followed by a chilling period.    Because they had no refrigerator the chef set the dough in the cooling bin that sat in the small underground area.   During the time the dough chilled the chef prepared the brick oven.   Once the oven was at the right temperature, the chef retrieved the dough. After rolling it out into 1/4” thick rectangles, he cut the dough in smaller bit sizes squares.   These “Bites” were placed on the hot brick of the oven and a junior chef was assigned to count a specific number before they were considered done. The counting was not truly required but it was considered an honor to assist with the “Cheesy Bites” and Lord Inuyasha always made a fuss about the importance of the junior chef.
An hour passed and a wondrous odor arose from the oven. The aroma swirled around the noses in the staff room and then whirled through the kitchen and dining area.   It’s eddies continued rolling through the castle until a certain inuhanyou, ears perked, and nose twitching caught it on the wind. Forgetting his search for Kenichi and even the company of his adopted son, Inuyasha changed directions and ran straight for the kitchen.
The distance between the two grew rapidly so Shippo yelled, “Hey Inuyasha! Where you going?”
“Cheesy Bites!   I smell Cheesy Bites!” And all that was seen was a flash of red and white.

Shippo caught up with Inuyasha in the staff area of the kitchen.   The inuhanyou was in between bites of treats and spreading compliments to all the staff.   From the staff table Kenichi stared unabashedly. His mouthed opened and closed without words.
“Told you. You should have listened. No such thing as a “little” something special,” the chef stated firmly, hands on hips, satisfied smile on face. “I can count on getting Lord Inuyasha here just by making these little morsels. You can ask him for some for your teenager now that he’s had several.”
Quickly regaining his wits for the sake of his charge, Kenichi approached the young lord. “Lord Inuyasha. Lord Inuyasha. May I have your ear?”
“Hey Kenichi! What have I told you about calling me “Lord”!   Hey! I was looking for you!!!!”
Shaking his brown locks, the captain of the guard marveled at the sight. His red clad warrior lord looked like a messy toddler. He was bent over a plate of tasty treats, crumbs falling from his cheeks, eyes bright and lively, talking with food in his mouth.
Always the faithful guard, his first priority was his lords. Snapping to attention Kenichi replied, “I’m here Milord. What can I do for you?”
“I wanted to get in some sparring practice.   If I can talk Sesshomaru into it we are going to be putting on a sparing demo for the upcoming festival.”
At the word “festival” the staff went into an uproar.
“Festival?”
“When is that?”
“OH my! I need to order supplies!”
“We need to get the number of attendees.”
“So much to do. So much to do.”
And half dozen employees dashed all which ways.
Shippo saw all this and started laughing. Before long he was bent on the floor rolling in laughter. Between bouts of uncontrollable mirth were mutterings of “only you,” “chaos in your wake,” and “utter pandemonium”.
All the noise roused Usagi from his unresponsive state. His nose started twitching. His eyes opened wide and he blinked as though waking from a deep sleep. He got up from the table and walked over to the Inuhanyou.
Inuyasha looked up into the eyes of the teen. “Hey, want some treats? Here you go.” He passed the platter to the rabbit. Usagi lifted one morsel to his nose. After taking a deep breath he popped the cheesy bite in his mouth.   Eyes widened and emotions lit the teen face for the first time in the week.
The din stopped as everyone stared at the rabbit and the lord.
“They’re good, aren’t they?!”
The rabbit nodded and moved to take another but stopped.
“It’s good. Take another,” Permitted the young lord.
The rabbit popped another into his mouth, stopping only to savor the delicious treat.
“Here. Take this tray.   I’ll grab the next one. Glad to see you eating, kid.”
Kenichi started. His lord knew of the rabbit’s eating problem?! Inuyasha never ceased amazing him.   He really had a finger on the heartbeat of the castle. The captain felt someone shake his shoulder.
“Kenichi! Hey man! I was talking to you.   When can we practice?”
“Uh,”stuttered the captain of the guard. “Whenever you’re ready.”
“Great. Let’s go.”
Inuyasha grabbed Kenichi’s elbow and started dragging him to the practice field.
Kenichi looked confused and caught the eye of the chef. The chef smiled. “Don’t worry. We’ll watch him.   According to our young Lord “Food is fundamental, but good food is godly and this food is the best of all!””
Kenichi took one last look at his charge who was now devouring all the morsels in reach. Smiling contently he allowed Inuyasha to lead him away.
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