Ninja Love

Sit Boys!

Flashback

Kagome gave a triumphant cheer before quickly quieting down and look around her room to seee if anyone heard her. Seeing no one, the four year old let out a sigh of relief before lowering her hands, which she'd clenched to her chest. Looking down at her hands, she cheerfully inspected the item in her hands. Scattered across her bed were her previous failed attempts. After multiple tries, Kagome had made the perfect gift for her elder brother's birthday. Quickly, she wrapped them up and placed them in a small box that she promptly hid under her pillow. The "failures" were shoved into a drawer. Yawning tiredly, the toddler finally passed out asleep, her bedtime having been hours ago. Unbeknownst to her, a pink glow came from her drawer and under her pillow as she mumbled in her sleep.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY INUYASHA!"

The puppyeared now 7 year old grinned widely before blowing out the candles on his cake. Cheers ( or in the case of Sesshomaru, a slightly louder than usual and non patraonizing "Hn" ) erupted around the room. The cake was cut and slices were eaten before gifts were bestowed upon the birthday boy. Soon, Inuyasha was surrounded by all manners of fancy gifts that boys usually got, like a new training sword, a kunai/shiriken set, a $5,000 dollar gift card to Icharuka ramen ( there was a betting pool to see how fast the small ramen obsessed boy would spend all the money on it ) and all sorts of other assorted gifts from different clans who'd hoped to remain in the Taisho's good graces. Kagome excitedly tittered off to the side as Inuyasha was handed a small, flat box wrapped in bright red wrapping paper, the messy scrawl know as her handwriting easily seen from her position over his shoulder. Without even bothering to see who it was from, the birthday boy eagerly tore off the wrapping and tossed off the box's cover before his expression morphed into one of confusion. A necklace of beads and fangs laid innocently in the box. Tiny brows furrowed as clawed hands picked them up slowly as they were inspected by their recipient.

"The hell is this?"

Inuyasha's expression was that of strong distaste. He didn't even study his mother's reprimand for his language as he chucked the necklace away from himself, having internally labeled it as lame and girly.

"Inuyasha! That was very disrespectful." His mother told him while yanking an ear.

"Feh. I don't care. Guys don't wear fugly necklaces. That's for girls."

" Inuyasha..."

As the two continued arguing, none of the other guests noticed as Kagome walked over to the fallen gift. The string had snapped, leaving the beads and fangs scattered in the corner where they'd hit the wall. She reached out a hand and picked up a handful to stare at, tears prickling the corners of her eyes. All that hard work gone to waste because it was to girly?

For the first time ever, Kagome felt genuinely angry at her elder brother. It was the first time she'd felt anger period. The girl stormed over angrily to her brother, never noticing the slight glimmer of pink covering her skin. With as much strength she could muster, ( which was quite a lot for such a small child ) and kicked him in the shin.

The pain of the kick had Inuyasha clutching his leg and hopping up and down on his foot.

"What the fuck was that for wench?"

"INUYASHA!"

Neither child heard their mother's retort at the boy's language.

"You're such a jerk Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled. " You are always so mean to me and treat me like I'm a piece of broccoli! You think that cause I'm a girl and not a boy like you and Sesshy and Jack that I can't be treated the same! You couldn't even accept my gift!"