It's a Dog's World by Kanna37

Little Sesshoumaru's First Kiss

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Inuyasha.

~oOo~

Sesshoumaru scowled at the little wolf prince swaggering around the playground like he owned it, death in his golden eyes.

He was still very angry and extremely wary of the wolf after what he'd tried to pull with his Kagome that first day he'd appeared on the playground, and, proving just how stupid wolves were, he'd continued calling Kagome 'his woman'... which was only causing the little daiyoukai to plan out his death in more and more gory detail.

Very gory.

Kouga had no idea just how close his demise really was...

Kagome did her best to stay away from Kouga, and Sesshoumaru, determined to keep the disgusting dregs of the canine world away from his female, stayed glued to her side at playgroup, barely allowing air to get between them. But it was rather uncomfortable to have so little freedom, and especially for Sesshoumaru – he couldn't even chase down his annoyance of a half-brother when the whelp had pushed him too far.

Something had to give...

Sesshoumaru wouldn't be the only thing going ballistic if it didn't, either – Touga was beginning to stress out, too, because it fell on his head to keep his sons from killing the wolf prince – which they both seemed to want to do. After a few days, he found he couldn't fault them – the boy's father was just as annoying, and he was beginning to wish he could kill him.

It was into this rather toxic atmosphere that a pretty little wolf princess sauntered a week after Kouga first entered the picture. Her name was Ayame, and Kagome and Sango took to her quite quickly – though Sesshoumaru wasn't thrilled to see yet another wolf hanging around.

His opinion changed very drastically when little Ayame, red-haired pig-tails bouncing happily, caught sight of Kouga swaggering onto the playground. With a gleeful shriek, the friendly little white wolf speedily pounced on a suddenly horrified little Kouga and loudly pronounced him her 'man' as he landed on his backside on the ground, his little brown tail whipping around in agitation.

The playgound fell rather silent as little Kouga, shocked at her sudden appearance, weakly struggled to get away from the over-enthusiastic princess. After a moment, little Kagome asked the question on everyone's minds.

“Umm... Kouga's yours?”

Little Ayame, a beaming smile on her face, nodded. “Hai. We are b-bet-trothed,” she said, having a bit of difficulty saying the word, though she understood it perfectly. “We're promised mates – our families decided when we were born.”

Sesshoumaru was almost smiling by that point, an evil glint in his eyes as he stared at the pinned and now frantic little wolf prince. “So... you are his woman, then,” he said, pleased when the little girl nodded once more. “Good. Then keep that flea-infested thing away from my woman.”

Ayame's little nose scrunched up as she frowned at the hostility in the golden eyes. “Why? What's wrong with him wanting to be friends with Kagome?” she asked, clearly confused as little Sesshoumaru wrapped himself possessively around the blushing blue-eyed miko.

Nose in the air, Sesshoumaru huffed. “Does he call all his friends 'his woman'?” he asked acerbically.

Pretty green eyes narrowing with rapid-onset temper of the red-head type, Ayame turned to look down at Kouga, who was now whimpering in fear, and asked with a rather dangerous note in her high, clear child's voice, “Oh, is that what he was calling you, Kagome?” Though they'd just met, apparently the little princess had decided that she liked the mini-miko, and in the time-honored way of wolves, instantly began treating her familiarly, as though they'd been friends for years.

Little Kagome nodded uncomfortably. “Hai,” she said softly, embarrassed and blushing at all the attention.

A fierce mini growl burst from the little redhead's throat, but then, all of a sudden, her cheerful demeanor returned, and she grinned happily at Kagome. “Don't worry, I'll take care of that.” Looking down at Kouga, she grabbed his arm and pulled him up from the ground where he was still sitting on his backside, and told him to be quiet and not move – or else.

The cowed male – to Sesshoumaru's amusement – didn't move.

She turned a sweet smile on the little daiyoukai, then, and said, “If you want all the boys to know that she's yours, all you have to do is kiss her.”

Every child surrounding them blinked at that announcement, curious. How could kissing a girl prove she's yours?

Kagome's blue eyes clouded with confusion and a bit of wariness. “Kisses are what moms and dads give their kids,” she said slowly, looking at a blushing Sango – and a fascinated Miroku.

Ayame giggled. “That's only one kind of kiss, you know. Sesshoumaru needs to give you the other kind of kiss – remember in Sleeping Beauty when the prince kisses her and wakes her up? It's because she was his that the kiss woke her up!”

Eyes widening as her blush deepened across her cheeks, Kagome couldn't deny Ayame's words – everyone knew about Sleeping Beauty and her prince – and that kiss. And then one of her favorite Disney princesses came to mind – Ariel, the little mermaid. Her prince had to kiss her, too, to save her from Ursula and prove that she was his princess.

Ayame was right!

Little Sesshoumaru was also thinking about things in his particular over-analytical manner, and, not paying attention to the fact that most of the playgroup was waiting breathlessly for him to just kiss the girl, suddenly began to smirk in a very devious way at something that had just occurred to him...

When human boys kissed a girl, that meant that they were married – which was the closest thing humans had to being mates. He should know – he'd been dragged with his father to enough human weddings, and was well acquainted with the phrase 'you may kiss the bride'. Before, that had always disgusted him, but the thought of kissing his Kagome...

Not disgusting at all. And then they would be married, meaning all the boys would have to keep their hands off... Ayame was actually smart for a wolf, he decided in that moment. He would have to think of a suitable thank you gift later.

Right now, though...

He looked around at the group of children with a slight frown – who would be the best one to get to tell him he could kiss his Kagome? At those weddings, it was always a boy, so Ayame was out. Then he caught sight of Miroku, and decided that the mini-pervert was the perfect person, since he would no doubt be trying to get as close to the kissing couple as possible, and might even knock a few kids over to get there unless he was already close.

Catching the little boy's eye, he motioned for him to approach, and when he did, he took hold of his Kagome's dainty hand and tugged her over to stand next to him. With a frown, he noticed something was missing, though... in those weddings, the female always had flowers, and while he didn't really see the point, he wanted this done right. He took care of that lack by ordering the violet-eyed boy to run over to the edge of the playground and grab a handful of the yellow and white daisies lining the edge of the fence, and once the boy was back, he took them and presented them to a surprised mini-miko with a small flourish.

Not sure what to make of what was going on, Kagome smiled hesitantly at little Sesshoumaru and took the flowers, and then glanced around at their rapt audience before asking what was going on. Instead of answering, little Sesshoumaru bent close to Miroku's ear and whispered his instructions to him. With a rather mischievous grin, the little girl-watcher puffed his chest out importantly and cleared his throat loudly.

Little Sesshoumaru waited with high anticipation as the boy opened his mouth, and said, “You may kiss your bride, Sesshoumaru-sama,” proudly.

Wide-eyed, little Kagome looked up at a mini-daiyoukai in surprise, but before she could say anything, the silver-haired boy planted his lips on hers and kissed her...

And she completely melted, the flowers dropping right out of her little hands.

Eyes closing, she shivered as he pressed his mouth firmly on hers and gently kissed her before pulling back, looking at her flushed cheeks and puckered lips, and with a smirk, decided that he actually liked kissing – but then the magical moment was broken by his irritating sibling as Inuyasha gagged and then yelled, “Gross!” in his squeaky, loud five year old voice.

Now that he had kissed Kagome, that meant she was his wife, and that all the boys now knew she was his and off-limits - including a very dejected looking wolf prince - and so, without further ado, he took off after his brat of a brother, determined to pound him into the ground for interrupting such a beautiful moment as his first kiss with his Kagome.

Because it would most definitely not be his last, he decided with an inward sneaky little boy smirk.

Her pretty blush and closed eyes with her inky lashes laying across her little cheeks and puckered lips flashed across his mind again.

Nope, it would most certainly not be the last time he kissed his little miko.

And the next time he had to go to one of those weddings, he wouldn't scoff when the man said that the guy could kiss his woman, either.

Touga, who'd watched the whole thing with wide eyes, barely able to keep from laughing, crying, and/or taking LOTS of pictures, finally unfroze enough to chase after his sons when Inuyasha began yelling – it seemed his heir had caught up with his little brother and was proceeding to pound him.

Much as the daiyoukai could sympathize with his older son about being interrupted at such an important moment, he would still like to be able to claim he had two sons, and so he hurried off to save his youngest from his eldest's wrath...

All while knowing he'd most likely be doing the same thing for most of the rest of his life.

He sighed... it would get old after a while...

But that kiss was just too cute!

~oOo~

A/N:  I'm on new pain meds again, so the writing might seem off - if it does, I apologize.  I may not be posting much for a while as I adjust...

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