Overrated Beauty
Akuma: Hello this was our first fan fiction, the main writer Ai-chan can no longer write fan fiction so I will be finishing it. Thank you for those who read this story. It means a lot to me to know her work was appreciated so much. Special thanks to kage-youkai girl, I hope I do the final chapters justice for you and Ai-chan the most.
Warning: Rape is mentioned, incest, yaoi, violence, lemony content, conversations in Russian too the translation will be right after it all this will be in later chapters.
Inu POV
It would've been different if he hadn't seemed so helpless; if I didn't love him like I claimed I did. Naraku was dead the battle was fierce but what we found afterwards was worse…
"Kagome watch out!" I yelled.
Kagome purified the tentacle aiming for her. If Sesshomaru hadn't gone missing I admit it would've been easier to take Naraku down. But he was weakening fast one more blow and he would be gone. Kouga and Ayame were here too. Helping us in battle.
"Wind scar!" I shouted as I attacked.
It was weird because we had all attacked at the same time and then Naraku was gone. All that was left was the tainted shikon and our injuries to tell that he existed. What was even weirder was that Kagura, who had joined us along with Kanna didn't die and the castle didn't disappear.
"I would like to thank you Inu Yasha because of you and your companions efforts we are now free. But I fear what I must tell you now is worse than anything Naraku has done before his death. Sesshomaru …" Kagura began she bit her lip and bowed her head.
"What did he do to Sesshomaru?" I asked firmly.
"When we entered this battle I already had my heart, Kanna her soul and I gave you half of Naraku's shards to join your group. I already told you I didn't take them from Naraku. Sesshomaru did when Naraku tried to…" she was sobbing now and I knew some terrible had happened.
I ran into the castle the others fast on my tail and I followed his sweet scent of strawberries, cinnamon and roses there was only one problem with the scent and that was the copper smell that meant blood. Soon I came to a room I slammed open the door. There on the bed was my beautiful brother drenched in his own blood. The once white sheets that covered the bed were stained and dark red. He was chained down by his wrist and ankles. His wondrous hair was stained with blood. He seemed to be unconscious and having a horrible nightmare. His face seemed to be the only thing not bruised other than his lips his face was still the same except there were tears still coming down his cheeks and blood ran down from his bottom lip that he was biting. There were fang and claw marks, bruises and cuts all over his chest and abdomen. A silk sheet stained a deep crimson was all that hid his body. Blood covered his thighs. I heard Kouga curse, and the girls started crying. Then she came in.
"Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin yelled happily until she saw him.
"Kagome, Rin" I said sadly.
Kagome dragged a struggling and screaming Rin out of the room. I walked over to the bed and saw him physically tense when I was near. Kouga made a move to snap the chains but they burned his hands.
"Miroku," I needn't say anymore.
Miroku nodded and exorcised the chains then Kouga and I broke them. His wrists were red and bloody telling the story of a brutal strain. When I tried to pick him up he jumped to life and scooted away from me eyes wide, tears coming down more profusely. He recognized us and relaxed just a little. I reached for him and again he moved away.
"We're not going to hurt you Sesshomaru," I said slowly softly not to frighten him.
He was breathing hard; he shook his head wildly and covered his ears. Miroku and Kouga tried to reach for him and they were blocked by a barrier. I walked over to the other side of the bed to get closer to try and get him to trust us. I touch the barrier with one finger but my entire hand goes through. His head was down and he was mumbling something. I kneeled beside the bed.
"Sesshomaru," I said calmly.
He doesn't respond to me. He just continues to mumble and shake his head. I gently turn his head to me and take his hands off of his ears.
"We're not going to hurt you. We only want to help," I say tenderly he still doesn't believe me and mumbles something, "Naraku is dead, Sesshomaru. He's dead we killed him before we came here to get you. He can't hurt you anymore. He won't hurt ever again."
"On travmiroval men'a, ya ne mog ostanovit' yego, i eto byla moya oshibka. Nikto ne budet l'ubit' men'a teper', kogda ya zagr'aznen dazhe bol'she. Nemnogiye l'ubili men'a, kogda ya ne byl. Eto byla vs'a moya oshibka. YA ne zasluzhivayu vashej zhalosti, vashego miloserdiya, vashego vremeni, vashego bespokojstva, ili Vy l'ubite. Tol'ko ostav'te men'a! Pojdite! Vozvratites' k boleye vazhnym voprosam. Oni skazhut, chto eto - bred, i Vy pozvol'ayete im! Pojdite! (He hurt me and I couldn't stop him and it was my fault. No one will love me now that I am soiled even more. Few loved me when I was not. It was all my fault. I don't deserve your pity, your mercy, your time, your worry or you love. Just leave me! Go! Return to more important matters. They'll say it's delirium and you let them! Go!)," Sesshomaru cried in some foreign language that I some how understood.
"I think he's gone delirious," Kouga said.
"It would make sense. Maybe he's in shock." Miroku suggested.
"He said that they say its delirium," I explained remembering how I learn the language from him in the past when we loved…
"Don't tell me you actually know what language he's speaking," Kouga said seriously doubting me.
"It's a language my mother taught me a long time ago I still remember some of it." I lied to them, "Sesshomaru, eto ne byla vasha oshibka. YA l'ubl'u Vas. Vy vazhny dl'a men'a. YA nuzhdayus' v Vas. Vy moye yedinstvennoye ostavlennoye semejstvo. Pozvol'te mne pomogat' Vam! Pozvol'te mne l'ubit' Vas snova! (Sesshomaru, it's not your fault. I love you. You are important to me. I need you. You're my only family left. Let me help you! Let me love you again!)" I replied firmly.
"You actually understood?" Miroku said shocked.
"Shut up." I sat next to Sesshomaru on the bed and gently touched his shoulders, "Pozhalujsta, tol'ko ... tol'ko dover'ayut mne. Dover'ajte moyej l'ubvi k Vam, Sesshomaru. Doveriye eto. (Please, just...just trust me. Trust my love for you, Sesshomaru. Trust it.)"
He fainted, thank gods. Miroku tended to his wounds and I dressed him in the haori and hakama Kagura found. We set camp at the castle. The room we were in was big it had five beds in it with room to spare. Only Rin who cried herself to sleep, Shippou who tried to calm her down and Jakken who was knocked out were sleeping the tension in the room was too high for everyone else. Sesshomaru of course was unconscious and having a nightmare. Kagome, Sango and Ayame tried to comfort him but it didn't work he thrashed about and moaned out something incomprehensible.
"Net, net ne sdelajte ..., pozhalujsta ne sdelajte! Net bol'she! Net bol'she! (No, no don't... Please don't! No more! No more!)" He moaned out. "Pozhalujsta pomogite, brat. (Please help, brother.)"
"Shh shh," I whisper gently as I hold him still, "YA zdes', ya zdes' teper'. Nikto ne travmiruyet Vas. (I'm here, I'm here now. No one will hurt you.)"
He calmed down finally. I sighed and stroked his hair. I wonder how he'll react once he recovered. Not just physically mentally too. I knew Naraku hadn't marked him and if he did it disappeared after he died. I also wondered if he would still hate me or if…Maybe we were meant to hate each other. I remember what he said before "you let them." "few loved me when I was not." "Soiled even more." What? Even more? Had he been raped before? That was impossible. No one could've done that before.
"Kagura, earlier Sesshomaru said 'soiled even more' did Naraku invite more people to take him?" I asked.
"I wasn't there I saw no one on our escape." Kagura said confusedly.
"He invited this man with long hair like yours Inu Yasha. He's eyes were like yours too. He was taller though and he had his hair in a high pony tail. He had one jagged mark on each cheek. He went into the room after Naraku. Naraku said, 'you can have him but remember he's mine.'" Kohaku said dully.
"When I tried to fight Naraku to save Sesshomaru he said that he didn't have time to fight me he had to resurrect his new father. That was when Sesshomaru intervened and saved us." Kagura added.
"Inu Taisho, your father, his father, a rapist, an abuser, a liar and a murderer. I am Hitomi," some woman that strangely looked a lot like Sesshomaru only with black hair and green eyes said as she kneeled beside him, "What has he done? I tried so hard to stop him when I was alive and now I must try again. My beloved child."
"You're his mother. How were you resurrected?" Sango asked.
"Naraku brought back more than just Inu Taisho, that Bastard." My mother said as she entered the room.
"What do you mean tried to stop him?" Kouga asked.
"On the night I died, don't worry darling you were hardly crawling, I was putting Sesshomaru to bed he was about nine in humans years. I heard him coming Izayoi yelling and I told Sesshomaru to hide, he did. He was such an obedient child. Anyway Inu Taisho came storming into the room. Izayoi was pulling on him yelling don't. I knew exactly what was going on. I looked at Inu Taisho and said 'in order to touch my beloved, you'll have to kill me.' And he did just that." Hitomi said plainly stroking Sesshomaru's cheek.
"Then Inu Taisho dragged me out of the room and chained me to the side of the wall in his chambers. He went back and he dragged a kicking and screaming Sesshomaru into the room. He threw him on the bed and took him and made me listen. I closed my eyes and cried. I fell asleep after crying so much. When I woke up Sesshomaru was taking the chains off of my wrist telling me it would be okay. I always cried more than he did. Anyway Inu Taisho did so for years until… well really I don't know what happened but I can show you." Mother said as she sat next to me.
"Show us," I said simply.
"Okay, see Hitomi I told you death has some advantages," My mother said as she smiled and formed a crystal in her hand. She gave it to me. "It will let you see what you wish."
Vision of the past
Regular POV
"Lord Inu Taisho your son, Prince Sesshomaru he is your heir yet you tell no one of his talents. Why?" A lord with flaming short red hair asked.
"Lord Haku, my son has no talent." Inu Taisho said casually as he continued to walk down the halls with the Lords of the lands.
"Oh but he does have great beauty." A lord with blue eyes replied.
"My son is repulsive," Inu Taisho hissed, "How dare you, Lord Sakaki even think he is beautiful? His name shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence."
"Lying is unbecoming and common. Lord Sakaki was merely telling the truth. The boy is beautiful." Lord Akino said.
"Beautiful, Prince Sesshomaru is beyond gorgeous. He is the reason one of my sons can not find a suitable mate," Lord Haku replied, "My other sons want him as their mate."
"Your sons are idiots. Sesshomaru is not useful for anything, disobedient, and spoiled." Inu Taisho stated.
Suddenly a flute was heard playing a beautiful song. The Lords stopped and listened enjoying the music until it stopped.
"Who is playing that?" Lord Sakaki asked.
"Probably my mate or a ser-" Inu Taisho began.
The door, from which the music came, opened and two people stepped out. Iyazoi and a thirteen year old Sesshomaru walked out and Sesshomaru shut the door. Izayoi was holding a piece of paper, a flute and a book.
"Oh Sesshomaru that was very good you're getting much better at the flute. Oh my you should teach me that song it's wonderful. And why didn't you tell me about your artwork or the lessons. They're way behind the work and reading you're doing in the library. We'll have it changed immediately." Izayoi said sweetly.
"Oh no please, I don't want to bother anyone. Besides the work I'm doing in the library is the same as my lessons none of the work is harder. My reading isn't up to my teachers standards either so I was practicing," Sesshomaru explained calmly with a tinge of shyness and a bowed head.
"You don't read a novel in a different language to practice. That's why your language teacher quit you already know the languages he was going to teach you. Sesshomaru you shouldn't think so lowly of your intellect or your talents. Come we'll talk to your Father about this no buts." Izayoi demanded. "Oh here he is come on."
Izayoi walked up to Inu Taisho. Sesshomaru followed as he was told and bowed before them. He kept his head down.
"Inu Taisho you must change his lessons." Izayoi said excitedly.
"Sesshomaru has not proved himself to be moved to higher classes." He replied.
"He's reading novels in French, 600 pages! Solving equations not even his teachers can solve. His writing is phenomenal! He's read every history book we have in our home and can give direct quotes from all of them. I can't even describe his scientific knowledge! Also he needs a voice teacher. I believe he has the voice to sing." She explained.
Sesshomaru gasped but covered his mouth quickly and lowered his head. The other lords looked on with shock and excitement.
"Prove it." Inu Taisho said dully.
"I can," she gave the book to Sesshomaru, "Read your favorite part."
Sesshomaru quickly opened the book and read with a perfect accent and pronunciation: "Oh vous me parlez dans riddes et vous me parlez dans les vers, mon corps brûle de respirer votre haleine vos mots me maintiennent en vie. Il est qu'il a dit mais son mot étaient morts et il m'a menti à ... à plusieurs reprises comme si je n'étais rien. Mais j'étais et vous mon amour, mon seul comme je marche dans l'éternité il est vous je rêve de vous et vous je coerce."
"Translate please," Lord Akino said politely.
"Oh you speak to me in riddles and you speak to me in rhymes, my body aches to breathe your breath your words keep me alive. It's what he said but his word were dead and he lied to...to me again and again as if I was nothing. But I was and you my love, my only as I walk into eternity it is you I dream of you and you I look for." Sesshomaru translated.
"So the boy can read in French-" Inu Taisho started.
"4x4 - 38x3 + 48x2 solve it." Izayoi commanded.
"2x2 (2x – 3) (x - 8)." Sesshomaru stated after a few seconds of silence.
"How do we know if it's right?" Inu Taisho questioned.
"One of you can figure it out unless Sesshomaru is smarter than all of you." Izayoi said wittily.
"Out of all of us I am the best at Mathematics and I have no idea how he got that answer." Lord Sakaki exclaimed.
"Come Sesshomaru can write down his work in the library." She replied.
They all walked to the library. Lord Akino a dragon tai-youkai with blue hair and red piercing eyes followed watching Sesshomaru throughout the time. They reached the library and Sesshomaru sat and grabbed a book from a pile that seemed to be his. On a piece of paper he elegantly wrote down the problem and two other things. He looked up nervously and bit his lip. He brushed hair from his face and slid the piece of paper more clearly into view.
"In Algebra by Rafael Bombelli, is a book about solving and manipulating complex equations and numbers. Chapter seventeen is called Simple Factoring. There are only Four rules of factoring: Greatest common factor, Binomial difference of perfect squares, perfect square trinomials and if it has four terms factor by grouping. So I took out the greatest common factor 2x2 and divided into the equation so I got 2x2 (2x2 – 19x +24) but that was a perfect square trinomial so I factor 2x and x out of 2x2 and 3 and 8 out of 24. the only thing that mattered after that was placing it so that 8 and 2x multiplied to get 16x and that x and 3 multiplied to get 3x and that added together I would get the middle term of 19x." Sesshomaru explained quickly and nervously. "Do you wish for me to do anything else step-mother?"
"No, Sesshomaru I think your father gets the idea." Izayoi turned to Inu Taisho, "See, he's naturally intelligent just like he's naturally a good fighter."
"Have it arranged. Anymore questions or demands?" Inu Taisho said flatly.
"Good fighter?" Lord Akino questioned just as Izayoi left the room.
"Now that I knew of but didn't want for any of you to feel jealous." Inu Taisho bragged.
"You have the perfect heir. Bright, strong and absolutely gorgeous and you hid it all for so long." Lord Haku said as he sat next to Sesshomaru, "Can we switch sons? Mine is very talented unlike yours who's what was that you said not useful for anything, disobedient and spoiled. Well I'd much rather have your spoiled brat than my perfect son. Would you like that Sesshomaru? To come live with me and be my heir."
"I-I…May I be dismissed milord," Sesshomaru stuttered.
"No Sesshomaru you may not. Stay and converse." Inu Taisho replied.
"I have no comments that would be useful to any topics you may wish to cover milord," Sesshomaru said quickly.
"No need to be shy. Stay it'll be for experience. So gentlemen what do you wish to talk about?" Inu Taisho said firmly as he sat across from Lord Haku.
"I prefer the topic already at hand." Lord Sakaki said as he sat on the other side of Sesshomaru.
"What topic?" Inu Taisho asked.
"Your son of course," Lord Akino said sitting across from Sesshomaru.
"Very well introduce yourself. I seem to know just as little as they do so tell us everything." Inu Taisho stated gruffly.
"I wake up every morning and question. Then-" Sesshomaru began.
"Question what?" Lord Akino asked.
"My existence, why I survived through the night. What I might've done yesterday to deserve to live today. Then I bathe and dress and forget to brush my hair purposely. I hate brushing my hair but step-mother and all the female servants even my female instructors seem to think there is no greater joy and ask to brush my hair every morning. I usually tell them I would do it later and that they had more important things to worry about than the well being of my hair or Inu Yasha pops up out of thin air usually running around with something they decide they need to tend to immediately and I slip away. I really don't understand what's so important about my hair nothing good comes of it. It just blocks my eyes when I'm trying to read." Sesshomaru said more to himself than them.
"I fancy your hair very much," Lord Haku said as he ran his fingers through it, "its very well kept for you to never brush it."
"Mother said that when I was born an evil witch came to put a spell on me. But when the witch placed her spell it back fired and made me beautiful. But that's not the truth when I asked her; mother said that I just have a good blood line. She said a beautiful mother and a handsome father will make a beautiful child. She said because she never had to brush her hair for it to look well I wouldn't either."
"Oh do go on." Lord Akino encouraged.
"Well after that I'm usually at my first lesson which is science. It's simple because my instructor, Ryu-sensei, is easily distracted with the servant that always brings breakfast that I forget too. He gives me three pages of work everyday. I always get done in class because he has questions that give the answer to other questions. Then I have Mathematics which is also easy because I only get fifteen problems and besides solving the problems all I have to do is read the lesson and tell how I got the answer in detail. My mathematics teacher is very reclusive and he has never even told me his name. Next is history. I like this class because Mr. Joseph Meriwether isn't full Japanese and he has been to other countries like Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Portugal, India, Egypt, and England. The most exciting places he has ever told me about are Rome, Alexandria, Paris, London, Bombay, and Sparta." Sesshomaru exclaimed.
"Which do you like best?" Lord Sakaki asked.
"I have to say I like Egypt and India the best because they are the most beautiful. In India there are waterfalls over a hundred feet tall or wide and never ending rain forests with beautiful trees and exotic flowers. The waterfalls lead to rivers and lakes where elephants take baths to cool them. In India it is so hot and so humid that you can taste it. Like honey and cinnamon on cherries. There are tigers sleeping in the shade and the people wear colorful clothes and gold jewelry for the simplest of tasks. There are beautiful palaces where the Rajah and his family lives and they are lavished with gifts everyday by the people of India. And Egypt! Egypt is a vast desert that has statues of great leaders and giant tombs were there are booby traps and mazes are all around. The Pharaohs and the Queens or princesses or princes are buried with clothes, jewelry, food, servants, and gifts from everyone in Egypt to have during the afterlife. Egyptians write on the wall of the tombs to tell the story of their people or to warn outsiders of traps and curses. Egypt is next to the largest river in the world called the Nile. In Egypt the royalty walk around in clothes with gold all over them and head pieces of pure gold and they dance in these or fight in these during battles for positions. It is necessary for even the human females to know how to use at least one weapon. They say that there are blood sucking demons in Egypt that most of them can only come out at night or the sun will kill them but two the mother and father of these demons can walk in the day light and humans bend to their every will just by the very look in their eyes. They're called vampires." He exaggerated excitedly.
"Please continue I would die to hear more." Lord Haku said.
"My next class is literature, which is my favorite class because I get to read and write. I love reading so and Aiko-sensei is the most profound person I've met. She says that everything I say must be said beautifully so that when she writes her book about her life she can put beautiful things about the way I said things beautifully. I told her beauty is over rated. After that I used to have foreign Languages but the teacher quit after trying to teach me nine different languages."
"Really nine? What languages?" Lord Sakaki asked.
"On the first day he tried Spanish and Latin. I said Soy el profesor lamentable pero mi madre me ha enseñado ya español y latín. Hablo con soltura or I'm sorry teacher but my mother has already taught me Spanish and Latin. I speak fluently. I said that in French and German on the second day too. I have no idea why he even thought to teach me Korean and Chinese. On the fourth day he tried to teach me English and Greek but I had already learned it from Mr. Joseph Meriwether. On the fifth day he tried Portuguese but I can't remember I a time when I didn't speak Portuguese, on that day I asked him about this language Mother taught me then he quit. Now I have training after literature. I don't know the name of my new instructor." He explained.
"New instructor?" Lord Akino inquired.
"Sesshomaru gets a new every two days at least a week at most. He's very well-" Inu Taisho began.
"Prince Sesshomaru, you're late." An old woman said as she put a stack of about seven books on his head.
"I'm sorry Arashi-sensei," Sesshomaru apologized as he stood up effortlessly.
"You should be. I'm sorry to take him from you milord." Arashi said with her raspy voice. "But the young one has dance lessons."
"Dance lessons, I thought you were over the "mate" thing Arashi-sensei?" Sesshomaru said hopefully.
"I am but you will get many offers and the etiquette thing to do would be to dance with them at least." Arashi said as she began to walk toward the door.
"Every time you have me dance, people faint. They all faint like they've been starving for years and they can't believe someone is offering them a feast." Sesshomaru exaggerated following her.
"Faint? Oh, I must see this. Never has so much excitement happened at one of our meetings," Lord Sakaki said following the two.
"Or the one meeting where an argument has not broken out," Lord Haku commented not far behind.
"Oh, and the excitement continues doesn't it?" Lord Akino replied following as well.
Inu Taisho growled and followed the other Lords into the ballroom. The room was pure white marble with a waterfall at the far back end that cascaded into a pool that had a statue of an elephant in it. Next to the pool was a statue of a woman and a tiger and the woman had golden clothes and had rubies for eyes. The high ceiling told a story about the people who live and had lived in the palace. All in all it was grand. From pillars simmering colorful silks and gold coins chained together hung and dipped down into sand with statues of the Lord, his family and their palace made from that very sand. Sesshomaru stood next to Arashi books still atop his head. Before him were ten servant girls. Izayoi and a four year old Inu Yasha were sitting on one of the many enchanted floating seats. Inu Taisho sat beside his mate the other Lords sat close and marveled at the ballroom that obviously was decorated by Sesshomaru. The moral on the walk was moving apparently enchanted as well.
"Chin up Sesshomaru, you are prince of the western lands; your appearance will be of someone in your stature. Now pick one of these young ladies to dance with." Arashi commanded.
"Which one Arashi-sensei?" Sesshomaru asked quietly.
"Open your mouth wider when you speak and talk louder. You are not a mouse do not talk like one. Now just pick the prettiest one of the bunch," Arashi commanded.
"What's wrong with mice? They are all pretty I can't just pick one and make the rest of them feel like they aren't pretty enough, Arashi-sensei. It would be rude and you said and I quote 'Mastering Etiquette is the most important thing you will ever learn in life.' By being rude I would be breaking your first and most important rule Arashi-sensei," Sesshomaru explained.
"Sesshomaru, mice are killed because mice are small and quiet and they never stick up for themselves. Some of these girls are not pretty…at all and some are pretty enough. Now you are breaking my second rule. Follow every command you are given." Arashi replied exasperatedly.
"All people are pretty; Arashi-sensei and mice are killed because others think because they are bigger that they can do whatever they wish. I don't follow commands that can hurt people Arashi-sensei," Sesshomaru protested.
"You are so stubborn and rebellious. You must have learned that from your mother. Bless her heart, she was a good student, one of the best but she was so stubborn and she was rebelling since she first joined the class. I swear we had this very conversation. Experience with her has taught me to give up. Mice are good; Sesshomaru but you still are not one of them. I'll pick a girl so you won't have to be RUDE and hurt "pretty" people's emotions. Happy, Sesshomaru?" Arashi sighed exhaustedly.
"Ecstatic, Arashi-sensei, thank you," Sesshomaru replied with a victory smile.
"I swear you get more like your Mother everyday. Soon I'll find you skipping your lessons in tree talking to birds or jumping off of waterfalls." Arashi said sarcastically as she pulled the first servant and pushed her into Sesshomaru.
"I'd much rather talk to mice and I've been jumping off of waterfalls since I was born," Sesshomaru replied as he began dancing not skipping a beat.
"Jumping off of waterfalls? Lady Hitomi was a wild one wasn't she?" Lord Haku replied.
"My mother wasn't wild," Sesshomaru retorted.
"Eye contact Sesshomaru. Always make eye con-" Arashi started.
"She fainted," Sesshomaru replied holding the limp girl in his arms, "Every time I make eye contact they faint."
"Very well then," She said as another servant took the girl from his arms, "Lord Inu Taisho your young servants not up to standards at all."
"Maybe they're starving and Sesshomaru is the feast," Lord Haku teased.
"Maybe they're weak for beautiful gold eyes," Lord Sakaki replied.
"Or maybe they just feel faint for gorgeous faces," Lord Haku taunted.
"Maybe they're just surprised that I'm really as bad a dancer as I seem," Sesshomaru said as he took the books off of his head and handed them to Arashi.
"Oh, I'm sure you're not bad," Lord Sakaki retorted.
"Yes, in fact you glided them into unconsciousness by making them float in the air," Lord Haku mocked.
"Net, net, net YA polnyj snovidenij tot. YA budu v sadu poka, poka (No, no, no I'm dreaming. I'll be in the garden bye, bye)," Sesshomaru replied with a smile as he closed his eyes and fell back.
Time seemed to slow down because he fell slowly and then there was nothing but a rose where he had been. Everyone in the room was shocked, confused or furious except Inu Yasha who picked up the rose and began to run around.
"Sad! Sad! Sad! (Garden x 3)" Inu Yasha squealed in delight.
"Inu Yasha you understand what Sesshomaru said," Izayoi said softly holding her son from running after she kneeled down to his level.
"Understand Maru-niichan? Um…uh huh, uh huh, uh huh!" Inu Yasha said happily nodding his head.
"Okay Inu will you tell Mommy what Maru-niichan said?" Izayoi cooed sweetly.
"Maru-niichan said 'no, no, no I'm dreaming. I'll be in the garden bye, bye' then he did his magic trick. Do you think Maru-niichan will show me how to do that? Huh, huh, do ya, do ya?" Inu Yasha yelled excitedly.
"Sure honey. Come we're going to go find Maru-niichan okay." She replied amiably.
They all walked to the gardens except Inu Yasha who skipped. When they came to the entrance of the gardens they were greeted by the sweet aroma of flowers. They walked through rows of roses and tulips and other colorful flowers, lavender and mints, they walked through the spice garden and through the sakura trees. Soon they were into the forest within the castle walls. They came across the waterfall that lead to a spring and there in the middle was Sesshomaru floating in the water. His hair spread about his face giving him the look of a marvelous angel playing on earth.
"Sesshomaru come out of that water this moment!" Inu Taisho roared crossly.
"Plavaniye, plavaniya (Swim, swim)!" Inu Yasha screeched adorably.
Sesshomaru either didn't hear his father or he ignored him fore he kept floating in the center of the spring. Then suddenly he began to slowly sink as if he had lost all will to live or hew was being rejuvenated into someone completely different. All that was left in the spot where he use to reside was a lily that was steadily heading toward the shore. When it finally reached the shore a mouse crawled from the lily to land and moved between the lords' feet to behind them when a squeal was heard that was the mouse not Inu Yasha.
"Maru-niichan's mousey!" Inu Yasha said as he ran behind the lords who immediately turned around to see Sesshomaru standing completely dry.
"Yes milord, you summoned me?" Sesshomaru said shyly his head bowed paying attention to the mouse in his hands.
"Is this your idea of a joke?" Inu Taisho yelled.
"No milord," he said quickly.
"Good because I do not find it funny. Return to your quarters I do not wish to see you for the remainder of the day," He commanded harshly.
"Yes milord," he replied with a bow and then a funny wind blew and he was replaced with rose petals.
"That boy," Inu Taisho yelled angrily as he realized the powers he posessed.
"He was just sad because of all that taunting done by you two," Izayoi snapped.
"How were we supposed to know the boy was so sensitive? Still a beauty like his should be wasted. What do you want for him? Any of my children would love to have him." Lord Haku said, "I would love to have him as well but I already know you won't go for that."
"He isn't going to be betrothed until he's older," Inu Taisho raged at the idea
"You're not going to let hime pick his own mate?" Lord Akino questioned.
End of vision Inu POV
"What does that have to do with-" I began.
"Don't worry darling that's only the beginning," Hitomi said as she formed a crystal in her hand and tossed it to me.
Next vision Regular POV
There near the fountain of the ballroom sat Sesshomaru, he looked no older than seventeen and he looked sullen and gloomy with his hands folded in his lap. He was wearing a decorative white haori and hakama made of the softest silks and his blood red obi was the only color to contrast from his pale complection. In his hair were red ribbons and golden coin chains pulling it into a high pony tail; from the diamond crescent moon attached to the red ribbons atop his head draped a chain of small diamonds that met in a small tear drop right above the crescent moon that adorned his forehead. His pale skin and silver hair made him seem to glow in the enchanted room's false moonlight. The false moon and stars were all that lit the beautiful room. The doors opened and the host and the guests poured into the room. It became eerily quiet once they spotted him. He stood, put his hands to his side, before bowing and making his way to leave.
"No, please stay we would love your company," Lord Sakaki said with a bright smile.
"Then it saddens me to say that I have no company to give," Sesshomaru said soullessly.
"Sesshomaru you will stay." Inu Taisho commanded harshly.
"Very well milord," Sesshomaru replied as he took his old seat and looked away.
Then the party came to life the guest flooded the room many swarmed around him or his father and blurted out questions. Sesshomaru merely turned his head away and ignored them. Inu Taisho answered the fevered questions quickly and bluntly.
"Sesshomaru come," Inu Taisho commanded with the same cruel terms.
"Yes milord," Sesshomaru replied monotonously and followed the order immediately.
"Prince Ryuukotsusei meet Sesshomaru," Inu Taisho replied rather bluntly.
Sesshomaru bowed and kept his head down and remained silent. Until slender fingers gently lifted his head up slowy.
Ryuukotsusei looked into his eyes deeply.
"You, yes you are the one," Ryuukotsusei said, "Will you allow me to mate him if he accepts me Lord Inu Taisho?"
"I am afraid not. I have not yet decided who I should give him to, but don't worry you are one of my top four choices," Inu Taisho said reassuringly.
"M-ma-may I be dismissed milord?" Sesshomaru stuttered as his old nervous habbits kicked in.
"No, you may not; there are others who wish to be introduced to you," Inu Taisho replied in an aggravated tone, "Come entertain your guest. After all they've come so far just to meet you."
"Me? I did not know you had a sense of humor milord," Sesshomaru replied dully.
"Then you know me well enough that I would not jest. Now come, you must be introduced to the others," He snapped.
"Yes milord," left his lips in a whisper.
They were soon surrounded by people wishing to be introduced to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru kept his headdown and tried to ignore the sound of their admiration of his wondrous beauty.
"My, my he is a pretty one no wonder all my brothers want him," one said.
"Oh I heard that he is smart too," another replied.
"And talented my what a wonderful mate he'd make."
"If Inu Taisho wasn't so picky!"
"If he didn't want the beauty for himself."
They bursted out into laughter just as Sesshomaru was viciously grabbed by one of the men he was being introduced to. He held him close and looked him over. He averted his eyes away from the man and looked downwhile the man's eyes burned into his skin.
"Such soft skin, never have I seen a boy with this much beauty. I will enjoy him greatly. How much do you want for him?" The hideous being said.
Sess POV
"He's not an item you can't just sell him off," Ryuukotsusei said coldly.
I stayed silent and kept my head bowed it wouldn't matter if I commented. All that matter was that the lord beded some other than me at night. The fact that some other than my mother and okasan is sticking up for me is very shocking. I want to keel over and die. I can feel my breathstop short in my throat and then stop all together. I can't breathe.
"He is a great beauty and he deserves a decent price. Lord Akino teach your son how to show some respect," the lord snapped.
"My son has shown more respect toward your son than you ever have. My son needs to learn nothing," Lord Akino retorted.
I still couldn't breathe it was hard. The man that was holding me let go and entered the conflict. I tried to take in air but my lungs wouln't corroborate. I nearly fell before I was caught in the gentle arms of Ryuukotsusei. I still couldn't find my breath. I didn't understand what was happenning I could see clearly and what i could see was a boy in red that looked oddly familiar he was calling my name over and over. Soon my eyes were closed the drudgery of keeping them open was too hard. The boy became clearer and then, suddenly, there was this man with black hair and red eyes he had this ridiculous baboon pelt on and the lord was behind him. They were coming toward me viciously with demented lust in their eyes. They vanished from sight and there was that boy again holding out his hand to me. He had the same cute fuzzy triangle dog ears atop his head that my darling brother had. His eyes were darker and told the story of many hardships and heartbreaks. He smiled at me and the darkness that surroud us turned into a beautiful garden.
"Sesshomaru," his voice was faint, sweet and soft.
My eyes decided on their own accord to open and no one I expected to see was in sight. The rushing of water the dampness of this cave told me where I was. I was lying on a bed with many pillows and silky sheets. Ifelt warm and content. I felt something beneath me; slowly I reached under the many pillows of the bed and removed a thick book. I stroked the cover. It wasn't too old and the title was Forever Beloved her name was inscribed into the bottom.
"Mama, pochemu Vy ostavl'ali men'a? (Why did you leave me behind?)" I whispered sullenly into the crisp night air.
I opened the book and began to read aloud quietly.
"Dearest Beloved,
Oh, Sesshomaru I know when you read this I will be dead and I know you will be an older version of the child I know and love with all my heart and I watch over you silently. Know I will be crying in heaven because I will not be able to speak to you and I'm sorry I wasn't able to save you but do not hate him. Tell Izayoi not to hate him as well. Little Inu Yasha probably doesn't know and you let him have the innocence and purity I wanted you to have.
Oh, my beloved if only I were there to help you during your struggles but that is why I wrote this incase I am not there. Oh, how I wish I could be though. How I wish I could hold you in my arms and kiss you adorable cheeks. You're probably chuckling at that right now but if I was there I would be. So not like I can respond to you but I can listen what is going on? Is there a party or has one of you instructors quit, did Inu Taisho accidentally fall on a knife and bleed to death? Giggles, just joking. Write my love, my son, my Sesshomaru write and I will read."
I had never known about this before. This secret cave with a bed. I looked around more carefully. It resembled a well furnished room. There were plush lookinh chairs and a table there was a medium sized self filled with books that sat beside a desk. There were candles everywhere probably to light the cave: it was kind of dark. I sat up leisurely and
"Sesshomaru, you will come out here and apologize to your guests." Inu Taisho called out.
I really didn't know what todo I didn't want to leave but I didn'twant him to find this place. I looked for an exit fartherest away from his voice. I went to the passage at the back of the cave I came into a chamber that had a hot spring in it. I walked around and found a natural stone stair way after walking for about three minutes I was at the top looking down at the lords and their family. They all caught my scent and looked up at me.
"Sesshomaru an apology," Inu Taisho demanded.
"An apology," I repeated as I walked over the edge of the waterfall.
Many gasped in shock others looked on with confusion. When I reached the bottom I never touched the water and slowly I walked across the water. The feeling gave me a thrill and a sense of protaction. I made my way to him.
"I-I-I apol-apolo-apologize," I stuttered nervously.
Soon I could taste my own blood as I was struck down by the lord. The lord's eyes were crimson and his fists were clutched tightly at his sides. He shook with anger and most had backed away in fear of what he would do. I stood up fearlessly gaining confidence and courage oddly.
"You do not control my will." I began with some type of courage that shocked him, " and I will not allow myself to be sold off or taken by you."
"You brat I could kill you," The lord yelled.
"You can not touch me," I retorted quickly, "You have no power over me."
"No power!" The lord yelled.
"None-what-so-ever," I replied casually.
"Inu Taisho please be reasonable," Izayoi pleaded, "Sesshomaru please do not say such things."
"Do not plead for his life. He doesn't deserve it. He'd kill you in a heart beat if it'd save him trouble," I replied truthfully almost painfully, "You very well know that."
"Sesshomaru please," Izayoi begged.
"I'm so tired, so tired of being hurt and not returning the favor," I cried seriously, "If you wish to cause so much harm to my life end it."
"You can't mean that and you won't do that," Ryuukotsusei said astonishedly.
"You don't want death you spoiled brat. You don't deserve it either." Inu Taisho replied.
"Sesshomaru-" Izayoi cried.
"Of course I do. 'While I was fearing it, it came but with less of fear because fearing it so long had made it almost dear.' In a way death and you have that in common. I use to fear you and now I find myself wanting to hate you with my very being but I already know I can't and that even though you're a moronic rapist. I love you like a father maybe it's because she told me not to hate you maybe it's because I believe and trust you. Maybe it's because I'm too busy loving you," I replied as I stroked the lord's cheek a single time, "I don't really know but I will make this clear. I'm leaving and you can not stop me only death can. Whether it's your death or my death."
End of vision Inu POV
"He killed him didn't he?" I asked.
"Yes, my son he did but that's only because he killed both of his mothers," Mother exclaimed.
"After the battle between Inu Taisho and Ryuukotsusei, who found the hidden meaning in Sesshomaru's words and wanted to a venge him. He came back to the palace and tried to rape my beloved once again. Izayoi got in his way so he got rid of her the same way he got rid of me. Sesshomaru killed him. All the servants covered it up to look like he died from the battle wound he had received because of their love for Sesshomaru and the Ladies of the Western lands. You know the rest but we don't now tell me why did you do it, darling?" Hitomi told us.
"Do what?" I questioned.
"Run away darling?" She replied.
"Because he hates me and don't call me darling." I said gruffly.
"Use full sentences Inu Yasha and respect your gods mother." My mother said softly.
"Yes, darling, please be respect and you seemed like such a sweet child. Don't be angry I give everyone I like a nick name so don't feel too special or loved. We don't want you swollen ego to be bruised now do we, darling?" Hitomi said sarcastically while Kouga laughed hard.
"Darling," Kouga mocked.
"Don't mock people wolf boy or I'll have to cut off your tongue, we wouldn't want that now would we sweetheart?" Hitomi said in tones of ice Sesshomaru had obviously got from her. He shut up quick.
"Why did you think he hated you?" Mother asked.
"Maybe because he ignored me throughout my entire life insulted me and kept as far from me as possible and now he tries to end my life." I exclaimed.
"Oh, don't worry darling if he wanted you dead that's what you'd be." Hitomi replied coolly.
"Yes Hitomi is right besides if he kept you close to him his enemies would use you against him. I'm sure now that many strong demons know you're his prey they leave you alone." Mother commented.
"That would make a lot of sense Inu Yasha," Miroku said.
"It would explain why we had to practically hunt down all the strong demons with jewel shards while all the weak ones came to take ours," Sango said.
"Yeah and it would explain why he saved you those times when you when into you demon form and times when he refused to fight you," Kagome replied.
"It would also explain why Ginta and Hakaku told me to leave Kagome alone. They said she was property of the West but I ignored them," Kouga commented.
"It would also explain why people in demon court said I shouldn't mate Kouga because he's dead meat if he keeps chasing after the western lord's brother's mate," Ayame said.
"We're not mates," Kagome and I yelled at the same time.
"That does not matter, sleep you need rest. By morning you will all be healed don't worry no one would dare come near us not with the auras in this room." Mother said peacefully.
I closed my eyes and easily fell asleep and dreamed.
Inu's Dream (YAOI INCEST LEMONY CONTENT!)
I wasn't sure where we were. It was a garden of some sort it looked familiar and foreign to me. It was beautiful and maybe I would have noticed where I was if I hadn't been too preocupided with the stunning sight before me. Sesshomaru laid on the silk bed looking beautiful smiling at me. He was naked. I was naked and the only thing blocking my view of that dazzling body was a black silk sheet.
"Tag you're it Inu-chan," He said seductively.
I jumped atop him and straddled his hips. I leaned down to his open mouth and licked his bottom lip before thrusting my tongue into his mouth. He tasted sweet like strawberries, honey and the chocolate stuff from Kagome's time. I grinded my hips against his and he responds quickly. Soon he's atop me.
"I'm it," He breathed onto my neck.
He slowly kissed down my abdomen, swirled his tongue in my navel. Then without warning he kissed down my shaft and licked the tip.
"Sesshomaru," I moaned.
He continued to lick my cock until he took it into that wonderful talented mouth he had. He used long sucks but bobbed slowly. He licked, sucked and nipped at my shaft. I clutched the sheets tightly. Gods it was so hard to breathe. Next he had only the head in his mouth and he swirled his tongue around my length so fast it was too eyes went completely white all I could feel was him. I was going to cum I could feel it I was going to cum long and hard. Then he stopped. I whimpered and looked down to see him kissing his way up. I thrusted my hips up begging him to stop and go back to help me, to love me, and to send me to ecstacy. I was pratically humping his stomach before he took noticed what I wanted. He chuckled lightly and steadied my hips with his hands.
"Sess," I whimpered desperately trying to get some kind of friction, "stop being such a tease."
"Don't worry," Sesshomaru replied seductively.
I nodded not really understanding only knowing that voice he was using was making harder that i thought possible. He let go of my hips and moved up to kiss me harshly on the lips. The fact that I could taste myself on his lips only thrilled and glorified me. Our legs entangled and our hips rocked against each others. We were both panting hard. Two fingers slid into his open mouth and he readily excepted them. I rolled us over my hand slid down to our erections and gripped them both. I moaned and as he sensually gripped the headboard of the bed wtih his hands trying to relieve the pressure. The air was hot and thick with the scent of our lust thick in the air. So thick it reminded me of his explaination of India. Yes I could taste it and it tasted so much sweeter than he said. So much sweeter than honey and cinnamon on cherries. As I roughly stroked our shafts.
"Inu...Inu Yasha," He moaned deliciously as I slid my fingers from his mouth.
I put my slick fingers at his puckered enterance...
End of dream
I woke up it was near dawn. Everyone else was sleeping the way I wish I could be. Dreaming about the wonderful mouth around me instead I moved his head to my lap and stroked his hair. The others would wake up soon