Hot Chocolate by lashon

Chapter 1

"Sess?"

Sesshomaru glanced down at his younger sibling.

"I hafta pee" Inuyasha said while schrunching up his face.

Sesshomaru grabbed his hand and led him to the men's restroom. Today, he was taking Inuyasha to the zoo to teach him about animals and to help improve his sense of smell. Inu-hanyou kids come into their youkai senses around human age 5 and can revert back to human senses when panicking or under extreme stress which is why hanyou's are so heavily guarded by their parents throughout their first years of life. Usually this is the father's job but their father was called in to work early this morning. Having already pre-ordered the tickets, Toga instructed his eldest to take his youngest to the zoo. Sesshomaru did so without complaint, probably because he hadn't had much time to spend with his brother since his junior year of highschool had started.

Anyways, Sesshomaru was going to follow into the restroom but Inuyasha had different plans.

"No, Sess. I pee on own. Go sit on that bitch over there" Inuyasha said. When Sesshomaru only gave him a raised eyebrow, he sighed and pointed at a brown bench near the restroom.

"Bench, Inuyasha, not bitch" Sesshomaru corrected.

"Yeah, yeah whatever" he replied but you could tell he was embarrassed by the light blush on his cheeks.

Sesshomaru acquiesced and sat down on the bench. He knew he shouldn't have given the boy a sno-cone. Inuyasha couldn't hold liquids if his life depended on it. They'd been there twenty minutes and had barely discussed any animals besides the monkeys they'd seen first. His phone began vibrating in his pocket and after seeing it was his grandfather, he answered.

Meanwhile Inuyasha was washing his hands after his quick pee. He began to leave, only to notice another door. He started towards the door and then randomly remembered his father saying to one of his associates "Curiosity killed the cat".

Wondering what that meant, he then remebered that he was a dog demon! Not no stinkin' cat! Inuyasha smiled at his logic and went out the other door. The wind blew and a sweet scent came his way. It smelt like strawberries and melon. That was a weird scent for October so he decided to follow it. Finally, the trail ended at a young teenager of about 16 or 17. He tugged on her pants.

"You smell really good, pretty lady" he said when she looked down at him.

She smiled at him and bent down to his level. "Thank you! You're pretty cute yourself" she said giving him a wink. Indeed he was with his big golden eyes, chubby cheeks and silver hair.

"I'm Inu..ya..sha" He said it slowly to pronounce all the letters like Sess taught him. He smiled at her, showing her the missing tooth in his smile.

"And I'm Kagome" she replied.

She then continued on to ask what she smelled like and he told her. She told him that she's a miko, one of the good ones and he proudly stated that he was an inu-hanyou. Knowing how possesive inu's are, she recommended he get back to whoever he came to the zoo with before he or she began to worry. He agreed and told her that he was with his half-brother and would need to get back.

He turned to go but the amount of people in the park had greatly increased while chatting with Kagome. With the increased amount of smells from new people, he couldn't find his own scent anymore. His lower lip trembled at the thought of being lost and he couldn't stop the tears that sprang from his eyes. He turned around and jumped into Kagome's arms. She looked at him bewildered before realizing he was crying.

"Hey, why are you crying?" she asked gently.

"Inu lost! Sess gon' be maddd!!" he whailed.

"Hey now. Don't you worry! We can just go to the main area and have them call your name over the speakers" she tried to reassure him.

He looked at her aghast and said "Nuh-uh! Sess will be real mad. Inu's don't like to be 'barassed and he'll be real 'barassed if you do dat!"

"Ok.. well how bout we go get some sno-cones and wait for him to come find us then? Do you like sno-cones?" she asked, shifting him to her hip.

Inuyasha's eyes lit up at the thought of getting another sno-cone!

Sesshomaru was on his phone for half an hour and realized Inuyasha still hadn't came out the restroom. Sesshomaru hung up on his grandfather, not caring what he was saying anymore because his younger sibling was his main responsibility at the moment. Entering the restroom, he saw there was another door, he exited it and followed the stale trail of his brother's scent.

He found Inuyasha sitting on a bench with a young girl of about 16 years of age. He quickly analyzed the pair and found Inuyasha was unharmed and happily drinking the rest of a sno-cone. The girl on the other hand was staring at him. He then realized that she was a miko, a good one, by the color of her aura.

She called his brother's name and pointed in his direction. Inu put his now empty cup down on the bench and ran to his brother.

"Sess! Sess!" he said happily.

He then remebered why Sess was looking for him. He stood before Sesshomaru with his head down and puppy ears flattened to his head in guilt. Sesshomaru scolded him for leaving his protection. Seeing his ears still down, Sesshomaru simply patted Inuyasha on his head and led him to the woman so that he could properly thank her for caring for his brother.

"This Sesshomaru appreciates you caring for my brother, miko" Sesshomaru said.

She smiled and replied "It's no problem! He's so cute and well-behaved! By the way, my name's Kagome"

Sesshomaru nodded his head in acknowledgment, squatted and pushed Inu closer to her. Inuyasha looked at him oddly and then understood what Sess was hinting at.

"Thanks, 'Gome" he said with a smile.

"You're welcome"

She got up to leave but was stopped by a tiny pair of arms encircling her knees in a small hug. When he let go, she bent down to give him a better hug. She told him and Sesshomaru bye and then walked off.

After she left, Inuyasha looked up at Sess and said "I hafta pee again!"