A/N: Bonus if anyone gets the reference Kagome makes to a character when she names the cat.
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Sesshomaru stares at the tiny bundle of fur his mate brings in. The cute face isn't fooling him; this cat may be mortal, but felines in any form are cunning—even ones just a few weeks old, like this one.
It trembles before him, but Sesshomaru is not fooled. This feline will not take him in with its so-called charms.
"Isn't she cute?" Kagome coos as she lifts the kitten up in her arms to babble something in its face. "I found her huddled outside InuYasha's hut on my last visit. She's absolutely adorable." She blows a kiss at the kitten who mewls. "I've named her Mimmy after, uh, well, that's not important."
By that, Sesshomaru deduces the name comes from her own time. "There is no need to keep her indoors—" he begins, but the look of horror on his mate's face has him instantly regretting the words. "That is—"
"You can't toss Mimmy outside in the cold!" Kagome glowers at him.
Sesshomaru knows defeat when he sees it. He sighs. "Very well."
But that doesn't mean he's going to be happy about it.
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Mimmy, as it turns out, is a Japanese bobtail—of whatever importance that is—and she is absolutely impossible to manage. Kagome finds the trait charming.
Sesshomaru is far less amused.
"Move," he growls at the cat as it buries itself in his discarded kimono right as Sesshomaru is changing clothing. "That is not a bed, vermin."
The kitten yawns widely, completely unperturbed by his glower.
Sesshomaru picks up the cat and moves it.
The moment he sets it down, the cat moves right back to his kimono. No matter how far he sets it aside in their bedroom, the cat finds its way back to his kimono before he's able to stop it.
The battle continues for several more moments before Sesshomaru, fully nude, huffs. Perhaps if he sets the cat outside; his mate may not even notice—
"Aww!" Kagome enters the room and her face immediately lights up. "I wish I had a camera. This is too cute, Sesshomaru!"
Sesshomaru knows then he has no hope of freeing his kimono from the kitten's claws.
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Sesshomaru awakens to the sensation of tiny claws running up and down his chest. Blearily, he opens his eyes to find the kitten attempting to make herself comfortable right on top of him.
Half awake, he picks her up and sets her aside before closing his eyes again.
The cat is back on his chest in a matter of seconds.
He sets her back down on the bed Kagome foolishly insisted Mimmy would use. She has never used it once, but when he points that out to his mate, Kagome insists Mimmy just needs time. '
Like his kimono earlier that morning, no matter how far away he moves Mimmy, she comes right back to lay atop of him.
Finally, after several minutes, the cat seems to understand. She doesn't move to sit on top of him—but she does bury herself in his mate's hair.
Inexcusable.
Sesshomaru attempts to extricate his mate's hair from the kitten, but to his astonishment, Mimmy bites down on his hand. He makes a sharp noise of surprise which is enough to wake up his mate.
"What happened?" she manages, brushing the hair from her face as she turns to see Mimmy. "Aww, she's snuggling up with us! That's adorable!"
"She bit me," he growls, glowering at the cat.
Mimmy yawns.
"Well, I don't know what happened," his mate says then, "but it was probably your fault. Don't make her mad, and she won't bite you."
He opens his mouth to retort, but his mate surprises him with a kiss.
"Go back to sleep," she says then. "Don't worry. I'll keep Mimmy here away from you, okay?"
He huffs, but exhausted as he is, he does not argue further.
There will be plenty of time to deal with the furball in the morning.
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Mimmy glowers at Sesshomaru from atop his tansu, swiping at Sesshomaru any time he comes close.
"This is absurd," he informs the feline. "You are a feline and small. You cannot hope to defend such territory."
Mimmy swipes at him again when he attempts to dislodge her, accompanying the swipe with a tiny hiss.
"You exist solely because you please my mate," he begins the familiar lecture, but as is often the case when one must deal with felines, Mimmy has proven immune to his lectures. She blinks several times without providing any real acknowledgment he is heard. "You will desist your foolish displays and accept your place as a comfort animal, feline."
Mimmy yawns.
"You will ensure you follow every rule of this house and obey your alpha." Sesshomaru lifts his chin as he gives the feline stern directions. "You will not cavort about as though the shiro is your territory."
Mimmy closes her eyes and begins to nod off.
Sesshomaru seizes the moment to grab Mimmy by the scruff of her neck, but that is also the moment his mate returns.
"What are you doing to my poor baby?" Kagome snatches Mimmy from his arms and cradles the cat to her chest.
Sesshomaru swears Mimmy looks smug as she buries herself in Kagome's loving arms.
This is not over, feline...