AN/Disclaimer: OK, so umm, this is just kinda somthin' I whipped up, tell me what you think, flame if you must... By the way if I owned Inuyasha, I would be in Japan right now, not at home, alone, I have no life!

A LEGEND BEGINS...

"Sometimes, it is the things that we resent most, that make the most difference in our lives. Irony works like that..."

Sesshomaru stood outside his step-mother's quarters. He could hear her screams even through the solid oak doors. So apparently, could his father, who stood right beside him.

"It has been so long, how much longer until this is over?" asked Sesshomaru of his father,

"I have no idea, you weren't as difficult for your mother, but she was a demon. That might make a difference. Truly though I have no idea." His father replied. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes at the vague reply.

I shouldn't even be here! This really doesn't even concern me. He thought darkly to himself.

Ever since Sesshomaru's mothers death, he had become quite distant from the world around him. Short or sometimes just plain rude to servants as well as his fathers second mate. In fact he was shorter with her than others. But Azume was kind natured and knew well that Sesshoumaru was not really angry with her, but at his father for making her his mate. Misdirected anger, she called it, and put up with it with a smile on her face every day. Making Sesshomaru even guiltier for doing it.

Now as she sat in there, giving birth to the child that would one day be the next Lord of the West. The child that would replace Sesshomaru himself and it was to be a hanyou no less! Cursing silently to himself Sesshomaru turned to leave his father when suddenly the sent of blood came to his nose. Azume's blood to be exact. Sesshomaru spun in time to see his father bang the doors practically off their hinges and run to his mate. In fact the doors did fall off the hinges. Sesshomaru said nothing and kept his emotionless façade in place.

"He, it is a boy!" came the shouts of one maid,

"What is to be his name?" asked another, Azume was practically unconscious, so she just smiled up at her mate. Sesshomaru watched as his father thought for a second, who then said,

"His name, it is Inuyasha." Sesshomaru said nothing, and then disappeared before his father could notice him.

A boy, now I am truly going to disappear in my fathers eyes. What use am I to him now? Sesshomaru thought to himself as he walked alone down a dark corridor. Nothing, from this day forward, I no longer exist...

TWO YEARS LATER...

Just as Sesshomaru had thought, things had centered on his little brother from that moment forward. People ignored him; just about everyone seemed to have forgotten him. Except one, his step-mother, Azume, she still wrote him notes all time, one almost every morning.

Many times she asked him to come see Inuyasha in those first few years, he always declined. She didn't know it, but in the traditions of the Inuyoukai, since Sesshomaru was first born, and his younger brother was only related by half blood, he had the right to kill little Inuyasha in his first five years of life. No questions asked. His father knew this, so did he, but Azume did not. Maybe his father had seen a note and told her, because eventually no more such invitations came to him.

So it was by purest of luck that he did meet his little brother one day.

Sesshomaru was walking through the gardens, silently contemplating his plans for the day when he felt something ram into his leg. Slowly he looked down, only to see a small child with snow white hair and two white dog ears right beneath him. He blinked for a moment, truly stunned, the child was not looking at him; in fact it was staring back the way it had come. After a moment the sound of footsteps could be hear in that direction. The little ones dog ears twitched, and he hid himself behind one of Sesshomaru's legs.

A moment later three servants ran past, taking no note of Sesshomaru, then hurried on, obviously looking for the young child who, at the moment, was taking shelter behind him. After they passed the child jumped away from Sesshomaru to run again, however Sesshomaru grabbed the child's collar and then picked him off the ground and held the pup in front of him. It only took a sniff to tell him that this was the famous Inuyasha, his younger brother.

Inuyasha looked up at his capture with one eye closed, panting softly, Sesshomaru's carefully keeping his façade in place, he asked,

"You are Inuyasha no?" The child nodded,

"Who are you?" he asked bluntly, Sesshomaru was silent a moment,

then said,

"I am Sesshomaru, your older brother. Half brother." He added the last part to make it final to the young pup. Inuyasha's eyes widened,

"Momma told me about you! Nii san!" he said grinning, and then with one twist his hands wrapped around Sesshomaru's wrist and he gave it a squeeze.

A hug.

This child was probably in the worst danger of his life, and he was giving the one person in the West who could hurt him and go unpunished, a hug.

Truly Sesshomaru gave no immediate response, he hadn't been hugged in so long, and he really didn't know how to respond. Instead he just stared until Inuyasha let go.

"Nii san, you play?" Sesshomaru again didn't know what to say. Finally he put Inuyasha on the ground.

"You should go to your mother." Inuyasha shook his head, but made no verbal reply. Sesshomaru sighed inwardly,

Now what do I do?

Just then Inuyasha held up his hands, stretching them up to Sesshomaru,

"Up!" he said opening and closing his hands, "UP!" Sesshomaru blinked for a moment, and then looking around to make sure no one was there, he bent down and picked the small child up.

The pup and his brother spent the whole day together, Sesshomaru mainly interested in the little one, and Inuyasha just plain having fun. Just before he had to take Inuyasha home Sesshomaru got the child very dirty, and said,

"Tell no one about this day Inuyasha, it is our secret alright?" Inuyasha nodded,

"Right!" and with that Sesshomaru set his brother some where that the servant found him.

ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER....

One day as he attended one of his fathers numerous meetings it happened...

His father was in front of everyone speaking, Sesshomaru was leaning back against a wall, paying attention, though he didn't half look like it. Just at that moment, a maid came in, Inuyasha on her hip.

"My lord, the Lady Azume wishes for you to take the young Lord for a time, she is going out." The girl said, Sesshomaru's eyes opened a little bit. Then shut again.

Shooting one very worried glance at his older son, Inutaishou took Inuyasha from the maid, who upon seeing Sesshomaru gave a very visible wince. Sesshomaru said nothing.

As soon as the maid was gone and his father was holding him up in the front of the room, Inuyasha's eyes found Sesshomaru.

"NII SAN!" he cried out, and before Inutaishou could hold him; he wriggled out of his father's arms and ran over to his elder brother. A tense silence filled the room as Inuyasha attached himself to Sesshomaru's leg. And someone gasped audibly when the young pup held up his hands and said, "UP!"

Sesshomaru was silent, giving his younger sibling an expressionless gaze for a long moment, before he bent down and picked the child up. And then he did something that none of the council would have ever expected.

Sesshomaru nuzzled his brother's cheek and forehead with his own. Inuyasha giggled, he didn't understand the true meaning of Sesshomaru's actions.

Sesshomaru had just fully accepted Inuyasha as his brother, and practically swore he would never kill him. But instead protect him, forever.

Inutaishou let out the breath he didn't know he'd been holding.

Thank you Sesshomaru, thank you...

AN: oh, how cute! Well tell me if you want me to continue it, I might, anway, so they are friends, for now.........What changed? Well if I continue, maybe you'll find out!