Title: Sheer Cruelty part deux
Subtitle: Give a dog a cat treat?
Author: Hairann
Theme: 2nd annual 50 Ways to Torture a Taiyoukai
Genre: Humor
Rating: T
Warnings: Not to be taken seriously, at least one swear, sequel to Give a dog a bone.
Word Count: 1016
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Okay so maybe getting Sesshoumaru to join their group had not been Kagome's brightest idea, in fact, quite possibly her worst. The two dog demon brothers spent the entire last two weeks they had been group together arguing, and it was not that they would get on each other's nerves every so often and start in again, oh no, they never stopped. It had been two weeks of uninterrupted hell for the rest of the group as they were forced to endure it.
And if Inuyasha yelling at the top of his lungs while Sesshoumaru threw in an occasional retort was not bad enough, earlier in the week, they had stopped speaking in Japanese completely. Now they growled and barked at each other, showing their true heritage, though utterly confusing the rest of the group who did not speak dog. And while it may sound better this way, being able to just pretend they were noisy dogs belonging to a next door neighbor, their growling sounded so angry the others were afraid the fight would soon become physical.
The group's only salvation, Kagome's dog treats, had been gone through the first day they had combined their groups and with out a savory biscuit to bribe them with, they were completely out of control. Though it was not completely true that she was out, the problem was she only had one left and she knew if she gave it to one and not the other, it would just give them another reason to fight. And if she split it, they would simply fight over having to share with each other.
This of course was the reason they were currently heading back to the well, to allow Kagome to go home to stock up on more dog treats. And she was planning on taking Inuyasha with her to give the others the same break from the insanity that she was going to get on the other side of the well. But this would only happen if they ever made it to the well and with as slow as they were moving, due to Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's constant stopping to fight, it was going to be a while.
As the insistent barking and growling grew louder behind her, Kagome threw her hands up in the air screaming. “Anyone who does not pick up the pace is being left behind!” she shouted over her shoulder before picking up the pace herself, not caring if anyone was following her or not. Instead of the fighting being put on hold, as she had hoped, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru simply walked faster as they continued to argue.
Deciding it was better than nothing, Kagome went back to ignoring them, the thought of arriving at the well soon repeating over and over in her mind. Each step she took, she knew was one less moment before they arrived, one more second of arguing done with. But as the minutes dragged on, their growls continuing to rise in volume, Kagome found her patience wearing thin.
Finally they arrived at the clearing that housed the well and, knowing she would have problems getting Inuyasha's attention so he could go with her, she reached into her bag for the almost empty dog biscuit box. Tossing in one of Kirara's cat treats, she shook the box and instantly got both of the dog demons' attention. “Ah quiet,” Kagome moaned as she sighed in relief, enjoying the short break in the noise before turning back to glare at the brothers.
“Inuyasha and I will be going through the well, the rest of you wait here for us. Since I am only going to restock, it should not take more than a few minutes. Now if you two will promise to stop fighting for a few minutes, I will give you each a treat,” she promised as she shook the box once again. Receiving nods of agreement from both of them, she reached her hand into the box and pulled the treats out, randomly tossing one to each of them.
They munched away on their snacks quietly, completely ignoring each other until Sango pointed out, “Um, Kagome, wasn't one of those one of Kirara's cat treats?” Kagome sent her friend a glare as Inuyasha started laughing while pointing at Sesshoumaru, apparently he had been the unlucky one. Realizing what he had been, happily, eating was in fact meant for cats, Sesshoumaru turned a bit green in the face. The seconds ticked away slowly as everyone waited on baited breath for the blow up that was sure to come.
Though when it arrived, it was not by the person everyone expected. Tried of listening to Inuyasha laughing like a loon, Kagome yelled, “Sit!” crashing the unsuspecting half-demon into the ground. “It is just a cat treat Inuyasha, it is not that funny and you could have easily have been the one to get it so shut it. And if you do not knock it off, you will not get anymore treats when we get back,” she warned interrupting the growl that was coming from the Inuyasha shaped hole.
“You enjoy torturing this Sesshoumaru too much woman,” he accused as the discoloration finally began to fade and he turned to glare at Kagome. Rolling her umber eyes at the idea of the accusation, Kagome turned and began making her way toward the well, no longer caring if Inuyasha came with her or not. As far as she was concerned, he could just stay there bothering the others while she went to the future by herself.
If she had to put up with either of those two for a moment longer, she knew she was liable to try and kill them. 'Sesshoumaru thinks I am torturing him? Being a dog who is fed a cat treat is no where near as bad as having to suffer through two weeks of their arguing. If anything, I am the one being tortured here,' Kagome complained mentally as climbed onto the edge of the well and jumped into its dark, depths without bothering to say goodbye.