A Child Lost by Midnight Song

Bath

Fuiasu sighed as she studied the shaking fur of fear, waiting for those wide blue eyes to look up at her again. They were in the bathhouse and she was already stripped down to a simple yukata. The girl was still covered in dirt, her usually black fur now a dark brown with the mass of it all. Part of a blue obi was still clutched in her maw and though there was a defiant set to those shaking shoulder, the pup cowered in fear, her tail curled between her legs.

With a sigh, she uttered one strong, high pitched bark and pointed out the water. “Now,” she said again.

Still, Kagome only looked at her, moving her eyes to the water once or twice, before scuttling backwards.

Closing her eyes, Fuiasu took a deep breath and prepared herself to enter the breach. This was not going to be fun. Darting forward, she snagged the puppy by the scruff of her neck and took away the destroyed piece of obi. Her ears rang as the pup whined, high and loud, enough to shatter glass, if there had been any in the room. Stepping into the water, Fuiasu rolled her eyes at the girl’s dramatics and without a word, submerged her.

A very wet battle ensued as Kagome squirmed and wiggled and pulled, attempting to free herself from the grips of her alpha. By the end of it, Fuiasu was thoroughly soaked herself but the pup was clean. The minute she set Kagome down on the floor, the girl darted towards the door, whining and scratching at it.

Shaking her head, she picked up a towel and was going to dry Kagome’s fur, when a maid suddenly opened the door and she darted out. Muttering a small curse and pushing past the maid with little regard, she gave chase.

Kagome ran as small as her growing feet would allow, darting around corners, leaving trails and puddles of water. She stopped only when she once again collided with someone feet, though they were bare and the ankles bore stripes. Looking up, she barked once, a gleeful, fun greeting, and at the sight of a wet Sesshoumaru, shook just as Fuiasu caught up.

Water covered the floor, and his mate. He looked at her, his lips twitching as he set a relatively dry Sesshoumaru on the floor, before looking down at his own wet clothing. “You too?” he questioned, a chagrined smile forming.

Biting back a chuckle of her own, she eyed her son and the girl, before throwing the now wet towel at Toga. “You deal with it,” she said, and turned away. 

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Word Count: 441

A/N - Thanks for the reviews guys! I'm definitely going to have several more chapters of puppy fun, especially as I get a feel for Fuiasu and how Kagome is going to help change her. xD