Clash of Alphas by sarhea
Dog House
AN: Definitely right with the 4 out of 5 DQ.
~ooO Dog House Ooo~
When they reached camp the sun was higher in the sky and Kagome was subdued. There was no way they could sneak back into camp and pretend nothing had happened. Of course Sesshoumaru was too smug and pleased. There is no way InuYasha could miss that something had happened. And he didn’t.
The miko refused to flinch and look away from her companions. She had nothing to hide. It wasn’t like she had asked for this! Shippo was the first to understand as he came to an abrupt stop a few feet away from her instead of jumping into her arms like he usually would. Sango was close behind; expected given her experience and training. Miroku looked confused though from his expression he was picking up the cues from the others and had a pretty good idea of what was going on. InuYasha turned red, almost purple, before his mouth opened and he began spewing accusations about Sesshoumaru taking advantage of his shard detector, that he simply wanted to take InuYasha’s property.
That made Kagome snap. “He didn’t do anything I didn’t allow him to do.”
That made the hanyou turn his malicious vitriol in her direction, calling her a slut, whore, traitor, among others. Then he was knocked out by a well placed blow to the head by Sango.
The tajija deftly rested her hiraikotsu against the ground and smiled wryly at Kagome.
“He has no say in what you do. You gave him ever chance to claim you but he has never acted through on it. You have every right to accept another male.” She smiled wryly. “In fact I’ve been expecting this for a while. I only thought Kouga would have persuaded you to accept his claim,” she admitted.
Kagome blinked surprised. “Wait, you aren’t angry? You don’t think that I’ve betrayed InuYasha by… you know.”
Sango looked confused. “How can you betray one who has betrayed you so many times? One who has negated his vow to protect you?” she asked the younger woman gently.
Kagome burst into tears. Sango glanced at Sesshoumaru for permission and only approached the miko once he had nodded. She wrapped her arm around Kagome’s shoulders and guided her to the campfire brewing a pot of tea.
“Kagome-chan, you are the Alpha Bitch of our pack. I know you think InuYasha is the leader because he was the strongest but in youkai packs strength alone is not enough to be Alpha. One must be iron-willed and ready to impose your decisions, or capable of persuading others to your views. You are most definitely good at the later.” She gestured around. “Who else could have gathered so many disparate individuals and ally them for a single cause?”
There were nods and sounds of agreement from all around. “The tajija is right,” Sesshoumaru rumbled softly. Kagome blushed and turned to Sango who continued.
“You are our pack Alpha. When you proposed allying and travelling with Sesshoumaru-sama as a single pack it was pretty inevitable he would solidify his claim as Alpha of our combined pack. He is most definitely one and I saw only two possible outcomes: one, he would claim you since you are the Alpha bitch, or two, he would bring a replacement Alpha bitch from outside. I honestly expected him to do the latter since you are… well… human and miko.”
Sesshoumaru made a soft snorting sound. “This one does not dislike all humans, just those weak and beneath his notice. And only a select few hanyous, including the dishonourable whelp and the cowardly power-hungry Spider.”
Kagome made a soft sound of distress. “I don’t understand! Why aren’t you more concerned about this!” she asked her companions. “I mean Sesshoumaru tried to kill us!”
Miroku could not hide his smile. “Well, Kagome-sama, we have every confidence in your skills in handling youkai with canine lineages,” he said slyly stealing a peek at the glowering Sesshoumaru. “You won’t let him hurt any of us.”
Kagome lifted her chin and made a huffing sound. “You’ve got that right.” She glared at the daiyoukai. “You will listen unless you want to end up in the doghouse every time we make camp!” she told him firmly.
Shippo was confused. “What’s a doghouse kaa-san? Is it a special house for inu-youkai?”
She reached out and lifted the kitsune into her lap cuddling him close. She gave Sesshoumaru a warning look when he growled before answering her adopted son.
“It’s an adult thing Shippo-kun. It’s also called the couch in my time. If he makes me unhappy I’m not going to make him happy.”
Miroku chortled. “Oh Kagome-sama, I speak on behalf of countless males when I say any male would be more than honoured to make you very, very, happy.”
Sango and Kagome gave him flat glares. Sesshoumaru growled.
“Miroku don’t make me look for a way to put a kodotama on you too. One that makes you do a face-plant whenever I say hentai,” Kagome told the monk bluntly.
He cringed and raised his hands in a placating manner.
“Sesshoumaru’s a cold bastard who won’t listen to anything you say bitch!”
Kagome cringed inwardly as she turned towards InuYasha. He had recovered consciousness by now and had heard some of their conversation.
“You’re just a weak, useless, miko!” he told her maliciously. “Nothing like Kikyo.”
That was enough to inject steel into Kagome’s spine.
“We’ll see which of us knows him better InuYasha!” she told the hanyou. He made a scoffing disparaging sound. “You have never bothered to even try and understand him. You don’t know anything about what drives him. If you don’t understand your opponents you will never overcome them.”
Sesshoumaru made a soft purring sound. “One of the basic rules of war little bitch,” he told her warmly. “That is why you are Alpha and the hanyou is a Beta at best.” He ignored InuYasha’s growls and proceeded to lift the miko and settle her into his lap cuddling her close.
Sango hid a smile and proceeded to pour out the freshly brewed tea and pass around the cups sweetened with sugar Kagome had brought from the future. It would be most interesting to see Sesshoumaru and Kagome put InuYasha in his place. And far as Sango was concerned it was about time! He had gotten his way, putting others in danger to indulge his personal whims, far too often as far as the tajija was concerned. Such individuals were not suited for the responsibilities of leadership.
TBC...
AN: And r0o, Sess would definitely end up in the doghouse if he tries to bell her so it’s not gonna happen. Not in this fic ;b … Besides, there’s no way to unbuckle this collar.