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Inuyasha, and the characters therein, are the property of Rumiko Takahashi. I am in no way affiliated with Takahashi, or VIZ Productions. I make no profit from this or any other fanfiction.
OC's will be stipulated as such and owners of said OC's will be mentioned.
Warnings: OOC, violence, supernatural content, cause language, nudity and sexual scenes
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1 puppy 2, 3 puppy more!
Screams ripped through the once quiet night, sending birds to flight and small forest dwellers scurrying away in fright; hoping that whatever was harming that screaming soul wouldn't come for them. More screams joined the first, the three pained calls waking the small wary group of shikon shard hunters. The young fox kit cringing in fear as he looked around, searching for the groups' resident guardian.
Not finding the older half demon, he looked to the dominate female, who was looking around, her large brown eyes wide with fear.
"Kagome, where's InuYasha?"
Pain ripped through him, his every limb and muscle burning with it and he wondered briefly if he was in hell. This pain, as if he was being ripped apart.
"Little brother?" that deep, calm, soothing voice came and if he hadn't been too busy writhing and screaming in agony InuYasha was sure he would have sworn like a sailor.
Screams echoed his as another arm and head pulled from both his sides, the rosary that bound him to Kagome stretching and near strangulating the three of them.
Sesshoumaru took in the looks of the two new heads on his brother's body; the one on his left had long silver hair, demonic markings adorning its pail visage while the one on his right had long obsidian hair, his skin a few shades darker than the other.
One had large obsidian eyes, the other strange red, gold and purple ones.
One human, the other…full demon.
"You are being split apart," the demon lord said, his cold yellow eyes that normally reflected the world but not his inner thoughts nor his emotions widening.
He'd heard of this in his numerous studies, the art of division for defeat. Splitting your enemy into its strongest and weakest attributes but he'd never seen it done nor heard of there being three instead of two for three there was.
A shriek was emitted as shoulders and part of the others torsos pulled away and the rosary, which glow like the sun snapped, beads and teeth scattering at the half-breed writhed as best he could.
As the last leg pulled from his little brother Sesshoumaru swallowed a sigh of relief, not only had the noise his baby brother been making hurt his sensitive ear but he truly hated seeing his brother in pain.
The trio's screams died down to whimpers of relief as the demonic lord took in the men before him.
A full demon
A pure human
And a Halfling
They panted, tears leaking from the humans eyes as its newly formed body trembled, the demon all but silence save its laboured breathing. The half breed, InuYasha sitting up as he gasped for oxygen, his golden eyes wide reflecting his pain and relief. Those ridicules, adorable ears pressed back, hidden in his long matted hair.
Concern wafted over Sesshoumaru and he knelt before his Halfling half brother, whom he had grown to respect and though he was hesitant to admit and would kill any who suggested it, feel great affection for.
"InuYasha?" he asked in a near whisper and the hanyou glared at him, the human whimpered and whispered in a hoarse voice "Please, no more," as large, fat salty tears leaked from his eyes.
A low growl rumbled from the demon, which shot up to its feet, those peculiar eyes assessing the demonic lord before they softened to an expression near obedience, a small submissive growl emitted from its throat.
"What do you want?" the half demon demanded as he panted.
"…" those metallic yellow eyes narrowing though they softened slightly before the demon spoke "Are you well?" his voice low almost an unheard murmur.
InuYasha stared his eyes wary even as the demon at his side rumbled, as if telling the lord he was fine, despite the fact that he could have just said so.
"What do you think asshole?" InuYasha groused, however his words lacked their usual venom and the human just stared, fear in his large expressive eyes.
He knew the lord could kill him with a flick of his wrist and did not wish to anger his demon brother.
"Half breed," Sesshoumaru growled, his eyes narrowing even more, becoming little more than slits, the iris glittering as moonlight was caught and held in its icy depths.
"Sesshoumaru," InuYasha mimicked and the demonic version of InuYasha snarled turning to him as its eyes flashed pure red and to InuYasha's surprise it was Sesshoumaru who stopped the beast.
He glanced at him, those yeller eyes tinted pink, a low growl rising from his throat and the demon stoped, his lips piercing, his eyes narrowing before he cast InuYasha a dirty look but stoped his attack.
"Now little brother, answer the question," Sesshoumaru said rising so that InuYasha had to crane his neck to see his elder brother face.
Glaring; he stubbornly stayed silent, and watched the annoyance flicker around the edges of his brothers face, before he found himself pinned to a tree, his brothers remaining hand clasped around his throat.
"You test this Sesshoumaru's patience Halfling, answer me," the demon growled as the scent of said Halflings pack reached their finely tuned noses. The generally high and grating voices reaching their ears, making InuYasha's ears flicker back and forth as his demon counter part whined his eyes showing its objection to the sounds.
"Fine," InuYasha gasped glaring at his elder brother "I feel fine, run over by a herd of demons after a piece of the jewel but fine."
A smile or smirk tipped the demons lips up and as he gently put his brother down he said "Now there, was that so hard?" his tone condescending.
Bushes rustled and Shippou's voice came loud and clear, "I can smell InuYasha! Sesshoumaru's with him! Hurry!"
"That bastard better not have caused InuYasha to scream like that!" Kagome's came and Sesshoumaru's eyes flickered between annoyance and amusement, though InuYasha was sure most wouldn't have noticed the small show of emotion in those eyes as Kagome continued. "If he's the cause I'll purify his demonic butt to kingdom come!" moments before they burst into the clearing and froze, their eyes on InuYasha's demonic counter party, Sango whispering "Oh, crap."
And it was only then that InuYasha realised that one; Sesshoumaru's body hid him from view and two; his human counter part was hidden behind his demon counter part, still on the ground.
"Kagome," the human said, his voice filled with emotion, husky and soft as he pulled himself up and moved into the groups' sight a small smile on his face.
"InuYasha?" she asked looking from one to the other and InuYasha decided now was the best time to show himself.
"What?" he asked gruffly moving around his brother and the groups eyes grew comically wide.
"Inu…Yasha?" she asked looking from one to the other to the next and all three answered.
"Yes Kagome?" the human asked as he pushed some of his long black hair back.
"That's my name wench don't wear it out," the half breed said with a smirk.
A low annoyed growl from the demon who watched her with narrowed eyes.
"InuYasha, my friend, what had happened?" Miroku asked and the half demon shrugged "I got split in three," he said before giving a fang flashing yawn.
"…That is obvious, my dog eared companion, but how?" Miroku asked and Sesshoumaru covered for his ignorant little brother, "A spell," his tone dismissive.
"Oh, do share my lord," the monk asked and the lord stared at him, giving the monk the unnerving feeling that the demon was searching his soul.
"A spell of division," the lord finally said, "Used by the weak to pull the strengths and weakness apart, giving them form. They then kill the weaker which inturn destroys the stronger," he gestured to his brothers human counter part, "The two parts cannot exist with each other."
"Then why is there three? Why is there a third part in which the two coexist?" Miroku asked and the lord gave a slight empyreal nod, concession to the smart though obvious question.
"InuYasha," the lord said "Is a law unto himself. Mayhap because he already had two halves; a strong and a weak, two sides of a coin."
Yellow eyes moved to the Halfling of conversation who was watching his human counter part embrace the priestess wench, the mans obsidian eyes soft as he hugged her.
The lords' gaze moved to his brother demon counter part and was unsurprised at the near loathing in the demons eyes as he watched the wench.
Emitting a growl Sesshoumaru summoned the demon part of his brother to his side and with swift feet it appeared beside him, its long hair pulling forward, silver grey strands mingling with Sesshoumaru's white silver hair.
Yellow gold eyes, coated in ice met burning, molten gold that showed all of the demons intense emotions.
"This Sesshoumaru will be staying with your group," the lord said casting a brief glance at the stunned humans, irate Halfling, trembling fox kit before re-meeting the ecstatic eyes of the demon at his side.
"What the hell! No you ain't bastard!" InuYasha yelled glaring daggers causing the demon at Sesshoumaru's side to snarl.
It spun and as it once again went to attack it's half-breed counter part, Sesshoumaru turned, his remaining hand spread across the demons chest.
"Do not be foolish," he said when enraged eyes met his and gasps came from behind him. "You will not, ever, attack the Halfling. His death will drag you down with him," the lord said and its eyes narrowed.
"Fine, he keep his life," the demon said casting a glare at his intended target, if he kept insulting Sesshoumaru he would just show the brat a thing or two about respect. Though as alpha of the family clan Sesshoumaru himself should be teaching the brat such things.
Turning back to his baby brothers' true form Sesshoumaru said "Yes, this Sesshoumaru is. The first demon to realise the weak link," he pointed to the human by the priestesses side "will make fast to exploit it. Though you, InuYasha should know that."
"Yeah and you'll kill him for sneezing on your precious person," InuYasha snapped before Kagome said "InuYasha be reasonable, Sesshoumaru is offering help! You should be grateful!" she said her high voice almost shrill with her annoyance hurting all four demons ears.
Sesshoumaru looked at the kit and was surprised though not overly so that the youngster hadn't covered its ears. Though giving its own high voice he maybe used to such grating sounds.
"Puff, butt out wench," InuYasha said and flinched at the fire in her eyes before she screamed "Sit, boy!" and all but Sesshoumaru waited for the InuYasha trio to plummet to the ground.
'What is that supposed to do?' he wondered as the girl gapped and looked to his brothers neck…where the rosary had been.
"What? Where are the beads!" she shrieked and InuYasha-all three of them frowned before looking to Sesshoumaru.
"You were here, brother, what happened to the rosary?" the Halfling demanded, the human to afraid of the demon lord to speak up.
"First, you will tell me why your priestess told you to 'sit' and why you, little brother, wore it," the lord commanded and the hanyou scoffed.
"Beads of subjection," the demon growled beside him glaring at the priestess, "Her word is 'sit' or 'sit, boy'" he told his brother, his alpha.
Yellow eyes narrowed dangerously as they looked pointedly at the girl and he had to hold back his sudden urge to kill the girl.
Beads of subjection?! He silently fumed.
"…I shale return by dawn," he said turning and as he left he said "Demon, follow." Not trusting it in the least not to slaughter all of them.
"No, no, no!" Naraku shouted glaring at the mirror in the small albino girls' hands. "That stupid dog lord was not meant to come to InuYasha's aid!" he fumed red eyes narrowed "And why is there a third part? That witch said the mutt would be split in two! Human and demon! Strength and weakness!"
"Kagura!" he called pacing the length of the room his frustration mounting.
That bloody dog, always messing with his plans.
Never dieing when he was meant to!
Sesshoumaru was meant to hate his brother.
Sesshoumaru by all rights should have killed the mutt!
And the Halfling part of the Halfling shouldn't be there.
"You called my lord," the demoness said and he turned to see his feminine counter part. Beautiful though she was, she, much like the wind a master of, was uncontrollable and never did exactly as she was told.
Especially when it came to either the shard hunters or the demonic dog lord.
"Go, kill that witch Karma," he ordered and watched as she gave him a mocking bow before turning to leave.
"And Kagura," he called waiting for her to look back "Don't mess up."
"Yes, my lord," she said shadows filling her crimson gaze.
Watching the wench leave Naraku pondered how to use this latest development to his advantage.
The human loved the priestess reincarnation, Kagome.
The Halfling was torn between love and hate of the human girl.
The demon loathed her…and was following the dog lords' orders.
Something of a shock given the siblings history. A life long blood feud, if his sources were to be believed, though Naraku had seen their love for each other often.
Both had had many chances to kill the other but had never taken it, making up excuses.
"Stupid Sesshoumaru," Naraku purred as a plan planted itself in his mind "Your love for your Halfling brother will be your down fall."
"We need to give the human InuYasha and the demon InuYasha names," Shippou said as they sat around the campfire. None could sleep and all feared who ever had cast the spell on the Halfling dog would come. "Other wise we'll all get confused!" the fox kit said and InuYasha-the half-breed one's voice came from the tree above him.
"Inu and Yasha," he said.
"InuYasha be move creative," Kagome said still feeling unsteady now that the rosary was gone.
"No need, that's their names when they were in my head," the Halfling said and Miroku looked up at the lounging demon.
"In your head?" he inquired.
Smirking InuYasha nodded, "Yeah, my demon instincts, Inu and my human emotions and desires, Yasha. Then you have me, the two intertwined InuYasha, not all that complicated," he said.
His human counter part nodded, "Yasha is fine by me," he said giving Kagome a smile from his place in her lap.
Running her fingers through Yashas' dark hair and sighed "Fine," though she would have preferred something else.
"Kagome are you sure having the lord with us is a good idea?" he asked and she sighed.
Not really but it was either agree or die and plus if he really wanted you guys dead, don't you think he'd have killed you?" she asked and InuYasha scoffed "I'd kick his ass before he could."
"Forgive me my friend but I'm inclined to agree with our charming future friend, if Lord Sesshoumaru wanted you dead, well Buddha be with you," Miroku said and InuYasha sighed.
"What do you guys know anyway?" he grumped crossing his arms.
He should have known Kagome would take to his human counter part.
One; the man was head over heals for her.
Two; he was human.
Three; he was handsome.
InuYasha could concede all of that but it hurt when she was always so…stingy when it came to affection shown to him when he was in Halfling or true form.
She feared him.
It was easy to see as she cast another, big brown eyed glance his way.
Looking up at the star studded sky he wondered where Inu and Sesshoumaru were and if his stupid brother had kept the demon out of trouble. It couldn't be dead, if it were he and Yasha would be.
Rin looked up as her lord entered the clearing the small fire crackling away.
"My lord!" she said happily though exhaustion shadowed her big brown eyes as another demon appeared at his side.
Jaken squeaked bringing his staff of the skulls up to attack the foreign demon that looked like his lords brother only to have Lord Sesshoumaru snatch it from him. Swinging the staff back at the small demon Sesshoumaru sent the imp flying.
"Jaken, attack again and this Sesshoumaru will end your pitiful existence," he said before telling Rin "We're leaving."
"My lord, wait for me, my lord!" Jaken squeaked and InuYasha demon winced, murmuring softly, "How can you stand that?"
"With great patience," Sesshoumaru replied just as softly "And a sick sense of humour."
A smirk made the younger demon seem feral and Sesshoumaru held one of his own in check, he enjoyed this. Having his brother at his side.
"My lord, might I ask were we are going so late?" Jaken beseeched as Rin clambered onto Ah-Uhs back with a yawn.
"No."