Huggles by Fluffy Lady

Huggles

This is the prize for Nobody, third place winner of the biggest Dokugian contest. Hope she enjoys it! Be forewarned, it's crackfic!-ish.

Huggles

By

FluffyLady

Kagome sat cross-legged in the shade of the large tree. The wind blew through her hair gently as the midday sun heated their bones. Her attention was drawn to Inuyasha as she heard a light snickering from his direction. The snickering had been going on all morning, ever since the hanyou returned from his all night trip—wherever that was. Shrugging slightly, she turned her attention back to drowsing in the warm shade.

Suddenly, her attention was viciously, horribly and brutally yanked away as she felt a killing aura, infused with rage and, oddly enough, tinged with panic, fast approaching on them. Why on earth would Sesshoumaru come here? We haven't seen Naraku in days; there's been no sign of an impending attack... The miko sat in thought for a moment. The snickering seemed to intensify the closer Sesshoumaru got. Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Kagome's head.

"Inuyasha..." she called, "what on earth did you do?"

The fox, monk and slayer turned their attention to the hanyou. The red clad half-breed seemed to pale for a moment before squaring his shoulders. "I ain't done notin'!" he shouted belligerently.

"Really? Well then perhaps you can explain why Sesshoumaru is headed this way? And why he's so pissed off?" Kagome narrowed her eyes at him. "You better not have tried to dye his hair too!" Unconsciously, she grabbed a lock of her hair, grateful the garish hot-pink color was finally gone from it.

"Uh, Kagome," Shippou said, tugging on her skirt, "I think it's too late for explanations."

"Hu?" Turning to look down at her kit, the young woman's question was frozen in her throat. The malevolent glare that was being leveled on the group, Inuyasha in particular, had them all terrified.

Ruby red eyes, framed by elongated fangs and jagged purple stripes, stared out at them from one pissed off face. "Give. It. Back," the Taiyoukai ground out, holding out his hand as if expecting something.

"Give what back?" Inuyasha asked, all too innocently. He was turned away from the group and the Taiyoukai, holding something behind his back.

"You know damn well what I want, half-breed. Now return it!"

"Nuh-uh," the smirking hanyou said, shaking his head. He took a few steps back from the group, as if intending on running. However, his flight was stopped prematurely when the enraged Sesshoumaru flew at him.

Kagome stared at the two brothers, dumb-founded. They looked for all the world like two children squabbling over some toy! This was almost as bad as their Tetsusaiga fights! Although, Sesshoumaru appeared to be holding back more than normal, almost as if there was something he was afraid of hurting.

This went on for around ten minutes before Kagome finally decided to step in. Taking a few steps forward, she called out to the warring brothers. "Stop this! What's going on?!"

Inuyasha didn't even spare her a glance as he shouted for her to shut up and stay out of it.

Sesshoumaru, however, was a different story. With lightening quick speed, he was behind Kagome in a split-second. One hand around her waist the other resting just beneath her throat, Sesshoumaru called out to the half-breed, "Let's see how you like it when someone takes a treasured possession of yours."

"No!" Inuyasha called out. "Fine, I'll give you the damn bear!" With that, he chunked a ratty, tattered and faded teddy bear at the Taiyoukai and miko.

Catching it in mid-flight, Sesshoumaru hefted Kagome over his shoulder and turned to leave.

"Hey!" the half-breed shouted. "I gave you the damn bear now give me back Kagome!"

Without turning around or even stopping, Sesshoumaru responded, "I never said I would give you back your miko in exchange for what is mine. Now cease your barking." As they left, Kagome heard the oddest things begin to utter from the Taiyoukai's mouth as he cradled the stuffed animal as if it were an infant. "Don't worry, Mr. Huggles, Sesshou-tou-sama is here for you. That filthy half-breed will never harm you ever again. I promise. Don't you worry..." He kept repeating that phrase over and over again, as if it were a mantra that would soothe all his agonies.