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A Sad Day for Eggs

Title: A Sad Day for Eggs

Challenge: InuyoukaiLiz, 2000 words exactly, includes chocolate and sickness, breakfast in bed plus mess in kitchen, and prior planning.

Word Count: 2000 exactly according to Microsoft Word

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"Shhh...pups. You don't want to wake your daddy, do you?" Inutaisho asked his grandpups, early Father's Day morning.

There was general chaos in the house of Sesshoumaru, Kagome, and their children that Sunday morning, even before the sun had risen. Inutaisho put a sound barrier around the kitchen so that the general cacophony would not wake the sleeping mates.

Inutaisho could not help but smile at the rambunctious triplets. Kaori, Kenji, and Taro were all four years old. There was no doubt that these pups were of his line. All had silver hair, pointed fey ears, and facial markings. There were little differences between them, and in the beginning, it helped people tell them apart.

Taro, as the first born son (by three minutes), had a navy blue crescent moon on his forehead, symbolizing that he was the next Lord of the Western Lands. He looked like a clone of Sesshoumaru, much to his mother's delight and his father's disappointment. He was hoping that his pups would take after their mother more, as she was the epitome of beauty in his eyes. Taro also seemed to posses the personality of Sesshoumaru, and his mother was always trying to get him to lighten up and take life and himself less seriously. After all, if Sesshoumaru could mellow, anyone could.

Kaori, their only daughter, was a real stunner. She had the blue eyes of her mother along with her father's markings. She also had an extra stripe on her cheeks in a pale pink that seemed to shimmer. Her family thought this might be due to the fact that her mother is the Shikon Miko. She was a playful and vibrant child, and everyone who met her instantly fell for her puppy-dog eyes. Little did they know, she was as devious as a kitsune. Kagome and Sesshoumaru cringed at the thought of all the trouble they would have with her as she grew older.

Kenji, their second born son, also had Kagome's eyes. Other than that, he looked a lot like his grandfather, with a single, jagged purple stripe on each cheek that seemed a little wider than the one's on his father. He was a happy and carefree pup, and never gave his parents any trouble. Inutaisho thought that one day he would be a real lady's youkai. He had a charm that was obvious to everyone who met him.

At that moment, all three were looking to Inutaisho for instructions on how to surprise their sire on this important day. They wanted to make a special breakfast for their father and serve it to him in bed. They got the idea from their Aunt Kikyou, the mate of their Uncle Inuyasha. Uncle Inu and Aunt Kikyou did not have any pups, and sometimes she looked at them with sadness and longing. They didn't understand why there were no pups, but while speaking to each other, Taro suggested that they had not found the right one at the store yet. You could buy everything else at stores; he hypothesized, so obviously, that is where pups came from too. The others just stared at him, amazed and awed by his brilliance.

"Okay, pups. It looks like making bacon is out of the question, seeing as how it is all over the floor and ceiling," Inutaisho said with a sigh. "Kaori, next time, do not put anything in the blender or turn it on until I say it is okay, right?" He did not envy the maids when they woke. A bacon/chocolate milkshake might seem like a good idea to a four year-old, but just the thought made Inutaisho want to vomit. He was just lucky that Kenji had stopped throwing up after licking some of the concoction off of his splattered face and hands. Getting the three pups changed out of their soiled clothing after that experiment was a job and a half. He had no idea how Sesshoumaru and Kagome handled it!

"Alright..." Inutaisho started again, "What do you want to make for your daddy's breakfast?"

"Pizza!" Kaori volunteered.

"Tacos!" Taro suggested.

"Waffles!" Kenji submitted.

Inutaisho began to laugh, and the pups laughed too, even though they did not understand what was funny. Pups are so funny like that, he thought. I will have to see if Izayoi wants another.

"Well, the only one of those that is usually served for breakfast is waffles, so that is what we will make," he said. Kenji beamed as it was his suggestion that was picked. "Now, let's see if we can find a waffle maker. Oh! Here it is!"

"Okay pups! Now lets make some waffles!" He was relatively sure he knew how to do it, although it had been a few decades since he had tried.

"Well, let's see. We will need flour, and umm...eggs. Milk, I think, and probably sugar. And, let's put in some vanilla, that is always good, and some baking soda. I think that butter goes in too. Oh! And baking powder." He gathered up all the ingredients and brought them to the large island counter. There were stools on one side, and he brought them over and placed a pup on each one.

"These are all the things that go into waffles, pups. Now, who wants to help make them?" A chorus of me's and I do Grandpa met him, causing him to grin. He gathered up a mixing bowl and some measuring devices.

Working from memory, he helped the pups measure out each thing and put it into the big bowl. There was flour and other foodstuffs everywhere the eye could see, including on Inutaisho himself and all of the pups. The worst problem, as anyone could have predicted, was the eggs. Each pup wanted to break one over the bowl, and many an egg died a heroic and pointless death that day. They went through a dozen and a half trying to get the five that needed to go into the bowl. Inutaisho broke three himself. It was a sad day for eggs and chickens the world over...

Once everything was in the bowl, the pups each took a turn mixing it with a spoon. There was bickering about who got to be first, who had a longer turn that the other, and who was the sloppiest. Inutaisho was no longer concerned about the servants. He worried that Kagome and Sesshoumaru would kill him when they saw the state of their kitchen and their progeny. It was a messy affair.

The crowning achievement in the entire messy affair was when the mixer was brought out. Each wanted a turn holding it, and against his better judgment, Inutaisho acquiesced. There were splatters of batter everywhere: ceiling, floor, windows, blinds, pups, himself...the list was endless.

In the end, they had enough to make two waffles. They had started with a recipe to make twelve.

Pouring the batter into the waffle maker was a mess too, but that could not be blamed on the pups. That was all Inutaisho's fault. He poured too much on the first one, causing it to ooze out the sides. The waffle turned out a little, um, Cajun, as well. There was no sugar coating it. The damned waffle was charcoal. The second one went better, although it was probably a little raw.

Once the one precious waffle was put on a plate, Inutaisho got out some sliced strawberries and the can of whipped cream, and let the pups put them on the plate. The thing ended up looking like a mountain of snow with a cherry on top. He couldn't help himself. He laughed until he cried.

The pups wanted their sire to have orange juice, coffee, and milk (seeing how each took up the cause of a certain beverage and no one could be convinced that their idea was not the right one), and so Inutaisho put the two glasses and one cup on the tray with the whipped cream with the waffle on the side.

"Okay pups! Go and get the presents you have for your daddy!"

The pups all ran from the room, returning in a few seconds. Youkai speed did have its benefits. Taro bought him a tie, with Aunt Kikyou's help. Kenji started to cry. He had bought his daddy a tie when he had gone to the store with his Uncle Kouga. The sound was amplified when Kaori's tears and sobs were added. She had gone on a shopping trip with her Aunt Sango and also had a tie.

"Don't cry, pups!" Inutaisho soothed. "I am sure your daddy will be very happy. He loves ties!" Perhaps I will rethink the whole Izayoi/more pups idea after all. The whole one cries they all cry thing is pretty bad.

The pups stopped crying and wiped away their tears. They put the ties on their daddy's tray and followed their grandfather upstairs. Inutaisho kept the sound barrier around them so that they would surprise Sesshoumaru and Kagome.

They got to their parent's room and started to giggle, telling each other to shh...as they laughed. Once they had composed themselves, Inutaisho stretched his senses to make sure that his son was still asleep, as was his mate. Inutaisho opened the door and led the pups in.

Once they were next to the bed, he let the barrier drop as the pups went and jumped on their father.

"Daddy! Wake up! Happy Father's Day!" Various cries went out, jolting Sesshoumaru out of a sound sleep.

He woke tense, but relaxed as he realized it was his pups that were jumping up and down on him. He held them close so that they did not accidentally hurt their mother and the new lives growing in her womb. Kagome woke up, and smiled when she saw her pups hugging their father.

"What's all this?" Sesshoumaru asked. He looked up at his father, who could not stop grinning.

"We wanted to make you a surprise! Do you like it? Do you want waffles? Are you sure you didn't want pizza?" His pups fired questions at him.

"Thank you, pups. I like waffles just fine," he smiled at them, setting them on the floor. He sat up further as his father handed them the breakfast tray. All he could see on the plate was...white.

"What is this, pups?"

"Daddy!" Taro said, exasperated. "It is waffles!"

Sesshoumaru poked is fork into the mess. His pup was right. There was a waffle under there. He tried to move some of the whipped cream aside so that he could take a bite. Before he could lift the fork to his mouth, Kagome laid a hand on his arm. She leaned over and whispered in his ear.

"Perhaps you should look at their gifts first. You might not feel so good after you take a bite. Don't forget, your father helped make this. Remember the curry?"

"I heard that, missy," Inutaisho said, somewhat hurt.

"Well, it is good to be cautious. There is also the burritos, chicken Kiev, and lasagna to consider," she said with a wink.

"I have already apologized for those. Who knew Sesshoumaru would get such bad gas?"

Sesshoumaru blushed, and growled quietly. His mate was right.

He looked on his tray. Sitting there had to be the three ugliest ties on earth. He saw his pups out of the corner of his eyes. Hope was shining in their faces.

"Thank you, pups. I love them."

They all smiled brightly.

"Will you wear one tomorrow, daddy?" Taro asked.

Sesshoumaru gulped. His staff would have a field day with this. "Of course."

"Take a bite, daddy!" This from Kenji.

Sesshoumaru lifted the fork to his mouth and tasted the waffles his pups and sire had made. He struggled not to make a face.

He pushed the tray to the side, and said as quickly as he could. "Please excuse me for a moment, pups."

And ran to the bathroom. Inutaisho could hear the retching. He blushed.

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A/N: Hope you like it! Happy Father's Day!