The Wolf and the Dog

Chapter 19: Mama and Papa

She scrunched her face, squirming a little and shifted to try get comfortable watching the scene being played out in front of her. She almost snickered. Boy... grown-ups can be so goofy. She smirked as the houshi tried to tickle her Anisan getting almost nicked when he swiped his clawed fingers at him. She smiled, 'hmmm.... Anisan's getting strong.'

However her smile soon changed to a frown when the houshi, not dampened by the attempted attack, scooped Ryu up in his arms and tickled him again. Ryu giggled wagging his tail. 'Oh boy! Not anisan too!' She rolled her eyes at her anisan's antics. Anisan can be so silly at times, unlike her. She was always calm and liked to observe people rather than getting all goofy with them.

Hikari did not understand the houshi very clearly. He seemed so cheerful and jolly to the world but she felt he was hiding something; he was not so happy underneath. What bothered her the most was his right hand... the hand with the blue beads entwined around them. 'What's the deal with it?' She wondered. The houshi was not evil, then why did she feel an extremely evil aura around that particular part of his body. However her thoughts were cut short by a squeal from the miko and a sharp sound of a slap and the houshi was left with a red handprint on his cheek. She giggled. No matter how sad he was, always so drawn to women... no not women, their backsides. Oh yes she understood everything; she might be small but not as stupid as her brother. She understood perfectly why he often got slapped, thrown against a wall, hit by the taijya's weapon or punched. He even managed to try his moves with mama once and ended up three gashes on his chest. Not to mention his ears were blown off for few hours as mama shouted her head off with words no one ever heard before. Papa looked scared of her too. 'What a lech.' He seemed to love children though. She had often seen him play with the other pups in the pack and they seemed to enjoy his attentions, especially brother....

Another squeal from them made her turn her look from the houshi to the miko who was watching him trying to 'hunt' a bug that ran away whenever he tried to pounce, a cute pout forming on his face. "Oh! So cute! He looks just like Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed making Hikari wince, her ear lying flat on the on her head trying to block the shrill voice. 'What does she have for lungs?' She glared at the miko who perhaps had the loudest and shrillest voice in the universe. Personally she didn't like her very much. She wore such weird clothes.... nothing like the she wolves in her pack. Her dresses were so short always showing more skin then needed. No wonder the houshi's eyes wondered to her from time to time.

'Oh god, someone ought to tell her to shut her flap.' She thought. Demons have sensitive ears and her cries bore a hole in her brain. However brother seemed to like all the attention as he too joined them in their stupidity trying to make funny faces at them while clapping his hands and gurgling happily. 'Boy... what a goof ball.' She rolled her eyes.

She decided she liked the taijya better than the miko. She was always calm and collected and always gave her a warm feeling. Hikari turned to face up to look at the taijya was holding onto her humming a song in her throat. Sango looked down at her, smiled and stroked her ears. She purred 'it feels so goooood' she sighed contently leaning back into her warm body. She smelled so good.... Like summer wind, roses and lavender... but she too had a certain sadness about her, Hikari could feel it. Her eyes sometimes looked so sad as she watched the houshi and the miko with brother.... She decided to find out all about their problems when she grew up.

However certain members of the group were missing. Shippo, Kirara and grandma. Shippo was hungry and grandma and Kirara went to find some food for him. He liked the kitsune very much. He seemed like the older brother to her, always so full of energy and cheerful. Even papa liked him; she loved to play with him and loved when he tried to protect them from mama when she's in one of her moods, after their attempts to go on little adventures. He even assisted them in it. She admitted mama was a little mean to him at times, always knocking him on the head for little or no reason and making him blush by her comments. But she knew that both mama and papa loved him very much and he was like family to them. He and the neko also seemed to have a special bond between them. Kirara always protected him and often formed his personal pillow whenever he fell asleep tired after their little 'fights' with dad. Kirara liked children very much and she found that she too loved the neko, very much especially smaller form. Brother seemed to like Kirara especially when she gave them small rides on her back....