Puppy Love

An Inuyasha Mpreg Fanfic

Alternate Universe

Summary: Inuyasha is a Beta, and he can only have one Alpha. The thing is, he has no control of who he chooses.

Chapter 1

Inuyasha panted heavily, dropping the weight onto the chair. He picked up his towel, wiping his face of sweat. He wrapped it around his neck, picking up his water bottle. He took a large gulp, his ear twitching when he heard the door open. He turned around, frowning when he saw his father enter into the room.

"Did I interrupt?" His father asked, Inuyasha shaking his head. He put down his water, drying his hair with his towel. He was covered head to toe in sweat, his daily workout to keep in shape for soccer always a hard one. He shook off the rest of his nerves, his father walking up to him, presenting him with an envelope.

"It's from your sister." Inuyasha's facial expression softened, his eyes drifting from his father to the envelope. He reached for it, his father's fingers loosening so he could take it. It held her distinct scent, meaning she had sprayed it with perfume.

"She called me over the phone. She says don't open it till dinner." Inuyasha nodded, placing the envelope down onto the chair next to his water. His father turned around, moving to leave the room.

"How is she doing?" Inuyasha asked, his father stopping in his tracks. Inuyasha knew it was a sensitive subject, but he wanted to know. He didn't hate his mother's family like Sesshomaru did, or everybody else in the family. After his mother left him with his father to raise and got married to a human, everybody was hostile towards her and her family.

Inuyasha was too young to know such hatred, and tried to visit his mother as often as possible. She let him visit until she got pregnant. Inuyasha hadn't seen her since. His sister sought him out, wanting to know her big brother.

She was ill though, at the delicate age of ninety. Inuyasha himself was only a hundred and fifty. He was still in good shape, but he couldn't expect much from a human.

"They say she might not last the night. Her lungs are starting to fail her." Inuyasha frowned again, his sister inheriting his mother's illness. He sighed softly, looking to the envelope. He decided to end his workout for the day, heading for the kitchen.

He had worked up an appetite, his nose sniffing for any food that might be already prepared. He stopped by the door, hiding the envelope in his back pocket. He walked inside, a frown on his lips as he searched for food to eat.

"Here." The head cook, Ita, offered him a dumpling. Inuyasha took it, Ita watching him to see his reaction. Inuyasha sniffed it before taking a bite, his taste buds exploding. He smiled at its sweet taste, his shoulders relaxing. Ita gave him a bowl of them, ushering him out so he wouldn't eat all of them.

Inuyasha walked to his room with bowl in hand, stopping when he heard his father's voice. His ear twitched, his eyes narrowing when he heard Sesshomaru's voice as well. He toned them out, walking to his room once again.

He hid from a butler, the man usually trying to stop Inuyasha from his insistent snacking. He just happened to be Inuyasha's soccer coach at home, and avoiding him had become Inuyasha's life purpose.

He could only take so much torture before he would collapse.

Inuyasha was the only half demon in the full demon soccer team, but that didn't mean he couldn't keep up. His home coach, a full demon himself felt Inuyasha wasn't fast enough, couldn't jump high enough, blah blah blah.

Inuyasha knew he wasn't weak, and he helped a lot. Since people underestimated him, he managed to easily get many goals. His team respected him, not just because of his status.

He walked into his room, placing the bowl down onto his dresser. He closed his door, taking out the envelope. He fell onto his bed, his expression thoughtful as he thought of what she could have possibly written. He turned it around, his claw playing with the flap as he thought to open it.

Technically dumplings were his dinner.

His curiosity got the better of him and he opened the envelope, taking out the piece of paper. Only one word was written in it.

'Alpha.'

Inuyasha's mood was instantly soured. He put the paper back in the envelope, sticking it under his pillow. He didn't want to think about that.

He knew he was a beta, she didn't have to rub it in. He was bisexual, making the matter a tad less aggravating. Due to his status as a half demon, usually he would have been considered a nuisance. But since he was the son of a Lord, he was very highly desired.

Inuyasha didn't care much for most demon males, already knowing their eyes were on the title, not him. Some humans were no different, but he had managed to find a very unlikely group of human friends and a demon.

Inuyasha's nerves were calmed just slightly from the thought of them, but he knew since she had brought it up, it was only a matter of time before his father did. He sat up, stretching his sore muscles as he contemplated if he should go to school that day. He didn't need to go because he had already graduated from college, but every century brought new things to learn.

Inuyasha looked to the clock, seeing it was already twelve in the afternoon.

Or maybe he could go for a jog. He needed to exercise his legs anyway. He ate the rest of the dumplings before leaving his room, walking quickly to the door. He could probably meet up with Miroku, he was supposed to be dealing with a demon infestation a few blocks down.

Inuyasha started to run through the halls, wanting to get out of this hell hole as fast as possible. He heard the leg in the air before he saw it. He ducked, just barely escaping his coach's death kick. Inuyasha kicked out, kicking him in the face.

He stood up straight, his coach chuckling as he wiped his bloody lip. Inuyasha didn't have time for this.

He bolted, getting outside through an open window just as his coach tried to whip him with his acidic whip. Inuyasha jumped to the trees, quickly escaping his coach's deadly whip.

"You can't run forever!" His coach yelled, stopping at the front door. Inuyasha went farther, but he couldn't resist throwing back an insult.

"At least I can still run old man!" Inuyasha escaped from his family's estate, jumping to where he knew Miroku was.

He heard him before he saw him.

"Five thousand? That seems like a tad too much." Inuyasha stopped in a tree, a woman standing with her daughter hidden behind her. From the smell of it, Miroku had just exorcised a rouge fox demon, Inuyasha rolling his eyes.

"I can always-"

"Just take two thousand instead," Inuyasha interrupted, jumping down from his perch. Miroku looked to him with a smile of hidden annoyance and surprise, the woman relaxing slightly. She took out two thousand, handing it to Miroku who sputtered.

Inuyasha grabbed him before he could trick her for even more, dragging him away.

"Inuyasha, I was on the verge of making a fortune!" Miroku whined, Inuyasha not actually caring. He let him go once they go far away enough, Miroku fixing his robes.

"Do you know how hard it is to get money now?" Miroku fretted, Inuyasha growling softly in annoyance. Miroku wasn't intimated, pocketing the two thousand with a grumble.

"Are you free this Saturday?" Miroku asked, Inuyasha shaking his head.

"I have a game," he told him, Miroku looking to a girl that walked by. Her skirt was nearly nonexistent, even tempting Inuyasha's eyes to linger. He quickly looked away though, wondering when that style had become popular.

"That sucks, Koga was going to throw a party on Saturday. Endless woman he had said." Inuyasha frowned, not entirely interested in the idea. Even if he did find a woman to settle down with, it would just be a repeat of Kikyo. The last thing he needed was his father to scare away every girl he tried to date.

"My sister sent me a letter," Inuyasha told him, Miroku looking at another girl whose skirt had rode up slightly. He quickly looked to Inuyasha though at the mention of his sister, his eyes narrowing with concern.

"What did she say?" He asked, Inuyasha stopping in his stride. He frowned at the ground in contemplation, wondering himself what she truly meant by that statement.

"Alpha."

Miroku frowned, looking away from Inuyasha in thought. Inuyasha shook away his daze, continuing in his long strides.

"She told me not to open it till dinner time, but I opened it early." Miroku hummed thoughtfully, easily keeping up with Inuyasha as they unconsciously headed to Kagome's school.

"Maybe it has a mantra on it." Inuyasha raised an eyebrow in confusion, Miroku making no sense as usual. Miroku sensed his confusion, lowering his voice.

"A beta's alpha is chosen at random, by their demon. And an alpha is vice versa." Inuyasha nodded in understanding, the science of a chosen mate for demons still not figured out. The higher the status, the more freedom the demon gets. His father was very high in status, so having multiple beta's would have been possible. It would be the same way for Inuyasha, but sometimes beta and alpha fall in love.

It wasn't uncommon for mates to stay together for life.

"Maybe your demon has chosen a mate. But you won't be able to know who until that time, in which you are capable of reproduction. So instead of saying Alpha, it would be the name of your chosen mate." Inuyasha stopped in his tracks, looking to Miroku like he had two heads.

Miroku shrugged.

"It was just a guess."

A beta had never found an Alpha in such a way, they just knew. Inuyasha pushed the thought away, Miroku brushing it off as well. Since it was from his human sister, it didn't seem very likely anyway.

Humans didn't have the power to determine a beta's Alpha. They didn't know when a demon was capable of reproduction.

Kagome couldn't meet up with them because she had to babysit her little brother Souta, so instead Inuyasha and Miroku went to the mall to get some noodles. Inuyasha loved noodles more than he would admit, but neither of his friends minded. Especially, when there was a restaurant with the best noodles in all of Japan so close by.

Inuyasha went home after having his fill, Miroku heading home as well to get some rest. Being a monk took a lot out of him. Inuyasha entered through the front door for once, his coach nowhere to be seen. Inuyasha didn't relax though, keeping his senses on high alert.

"Master Inuyasha, dinner will be ready soon." Inuyasha frowned at the maid who spoke to him, looking to the time. It was already four in the afternoon. Dinner was always prepared at five, giving them time to digest before they went on with their nightly duties.

Because Inuyasha snacked all day he didn't eat dinner much, but surprisingly he was hungry. He nodded to the maid, taking a shower and going to his room to change to something appropriate for dinner. Not that he cared, his father did.

By five he was sitting at the table, his chin resting in his palm as he glared at the table cloth. His father sat at the front of the table, with Sesshomaru to the right and Inuyasha to the left. His father motioned for the food to be placed down, Inuyasha moving back so his food could be placed down.

Nobody spoke for a long moment, just ate.

"Inuyasha, what did your sister say?"

Inuyasha stopped with a piece of meat close to his lips, his eyes shifting to his father. He frowned, not wanting him to know.

"Nothing."

His father sat back slightly, his eyes challenging him. Sesshomaru was silent, this matter not one he cared for.

"Oh really, check again." Inuyasha's eye widened slightly when his father dropped the envelope onto the table. Sesshomaru looked up this time, Inuyasha glaring at his father. Their father had never been so persistent, usually believing what Inuyasha told him. Inuyasha snatched up the envelope, glaring at the paper in anger.

"I didn't see anything, but I'm pretty sure you see something don't you?" His father inquired, Inuyasha taking out the paper and opening it. His breath stopped in his throat, his eyes widening.

There was only one word, but it wasn't Alpha.

'Sesshomaru.'

His father crossed his arms over his chest, his eyes narrowing in contemplation.

"Who is your Alpha, Inuyasha?"

Author's note: New story everybody! I have been thinking about this for months now.