WARNING: RAPE, BLOOD, CHILD ABUSE, SWEARING POSSIBLE YAOI
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA OR ITS CHARACTERS THOUGH I SINCEREILY WISHED I DID.
Chapter 2
"I…I just don't get it," Shippo's tiny head was shaking side to side in his confusion. "Why would she freak out like that over Sesshomaru? I thought he grew up with his parents."
"That's what I thought to…maybe there was something we missed…"
Inuyasha remained silent as they headed back to the forest searching for the cat of fire and their lecherous friend. He ignored both Kagome's and Shippo's verbal confusion as he sniffed out his companions, his own mind running wild.
It was obvious that the woman they had just encountered was Sesshomaru's mother. The resemblance in both attitude and physical features was far too canny in similarities to ignore. His ears sagged as he pondered about what could have, and what had happened with his elder brother and what had made the stoic woman break down in an emotional heap that seemed beneath her.
Seeing as how Sesshomaru was a pure blooded demon he had a place that he belonged, a place where he was welcomed with open arms by friends and family, accepted and similar to other demons the second he was born. But, judging from the female's shocked and hysterical reaction to the fact that the bastard was simply alive…the tears and sobs and that awfully conflicted howl that made the small group jump with goose flesh and weaker demons and animals scurry away in fear disrupted the thoughts on his brother.
Had Sesshomaru been a fool and ran from his family? Did his mother and father lose him somehow and figured him doomed to death or already dead? Did she honestly believe that her son was actually dead for all – or at least most – of his four hundred years of existence? How could she believe that her son, Sesshomaru, one of the most powerful demons in the Feudal Era – even without the Shikon Jewel – was really and surely dead?
The half breed shook his head, trying to shake off the offending thoughts and endless, curious questions from his mind that rivaled what he already felt for his bastard sibling as if he was shaking water out of his ears and hair.
A yowl alerted the group as to the other two's hide out. The neko had brought the unconscious monk from where ever he landed after such a powerful punch into this small clearing. The area was positively rare to find in a forest, especially one as thick as this – hell, the place was denser than forest named after him. The ground was covered in plush green grass with a few stones, the clearing forced in a circular shape due to the formation of the large, strong trees surrounding it, a pile of wood lying disgruntled in the center of the field; waiting to be alighted with flames.
Large glowing red eyes stared at them, Kirara rested against a large tree, her body curving around the reclining monk in a protective half ball, her two tails draped over his waist and torso. "Miroku!" Sango jolted into action, sprinting towards the two, concern etched in the lines of her features.
Miroku was a mess. Really, that was the only way to describe the poor guy.
Twigs, dirt and leaves were tangled in his unkempt hair, random sticks poking up and out of his clothing. His nose was obviously broken, upper lip busted and swollen; crimson blood painting his handsome pale face. As the girls fretted over the monk – Kagome dropping her bag to pull out her medical kit – Shippo made his way to the poorly designed wood pile, making quick work of the poorly constructed wood, aligning the logs in a more organized fashion before using his fox fire to set it aflame.
Once again ignoring the processes occurring around him Inuyasha hopped up into one of the trees, jumping up onto the higher branches so he was up in the canopy, golden eyes warily observing their surroundings. The sky was darkening; streaks of orange and pink brightening the gray blanket that obscured the baby blueness of the day time sky.
His ears twitched when a pain filled scream breached the air, followed by an ominous roar and muffled crunching and squelching sound. The humans' and demons' on the ground stiffened like frightened animals that only now realized they were trapped in a corner and the spike and flare of female's demon energy made him pity the one who fell under Sesshomaru's mother's fury.
It was funny, they were about two hours away from the female inu's territory and yet they could still hear her as clearly as if they were side by side.
A wide smile graced his features as he inhaled the delicious scent of boiling ramen before he jumped down, landing neatly next to Shippo who jumped in surprise. "Inuyasha don't do that! Give a guy a warning before you jump down out of nowhere!"
Not even sparing the little guy a glance he moved towards the fire where Kagome was cooking quite a few different types of her ninja food.
Sango was sitting beside her friend, glancing over at the monk who was just now coming to.
The girls' had cleaned the blood and dirt off the idiot, taking out the twigs and placed a bandage over his broken nose. Kirara remained where she was, allowing the man to lean on her.
Groaning Miroku gingerly touched his nose, wincing visibly before looking at the group with a pout on his face and a questioning shine in his purple eyes.
"Do you remember a woman – a female inu youkai – Miroku?" Sango had her eyes closed in her usual jealous fashion, her voice showing disapproval.
As Kagome started to hand out the food with both demons jumping towards her enthusiastically Miroku burrowed into Kirara's fur, trying to remember. "Oh, the one with the crescent moon on her brow? The one I asked if she would bare my children?"
"Precisely you idiot," Sango bristled as she gave the monk and Kirara some roasted chicken. "Hopefully her reaction will teach you a lesson, punching you so hard you were thrown two hours out of her territory. Perhaps now you won't go asking every girl you see if they'll bed you."
Inuyasha laughed at the look on his friends face as he shoveled ramen into his mouth, Miroku's eyes were large with shock and fear of his preferred woman's anger and frustration, a nervous smile on his paling face. "Um…sorry?"
Even Shippo had to giggle at the monk's idiotic and rather pathetic apology and Sango walked away from the pair lounging on the tree. "To inform you on just how stupid your normal greetings were to that particular demon she is Sesshomaru's mother."
The monk rightfully keeled over to the side, his face as white as a sheet at the news. "I should have been killed…" Kirara mewed at the injured male as he shook in mental images of just what she would have done to him if he had tried to grope her like he wanted to…
"Speaking of her…Miroku do you know of any way that we can go back in time?"
Everyone stopped eating to look at Kagome with eyebrows raised. "And why would you want to go even further back in time Kagome…?" Sango asked as she nudged the younger in the shoulder.
Putting down her fork and plate the time traveler put on a sheepish look. "Well…her reaction to Sesshomaru's name and that he was alive got me curious…and…"
"And you wanted to see what had happened right?"
Everyone turned to Inuyasha in shock as he nodded understandingly with his ears down. "Yeah I can see where you're comin' from Kagome." The half dog demon turned towards Miroku who had righted himself. "Well houshi, do you know of anyway?"
"Well yes actually," the brunette dug around in his hairoi until pulling out a supra with strange symbols on it. "You see this supra can actually carry us back in time to as far as we like, I just have to write the number of years we want to go back."
Curious, surprised faces responded to his words before Shippo bounded forward interestedly to inspect the small piece of paper. "But it says on it that we need some sort of catalyst of someone who lived that long ago to travel back. We don't have anything like that do we?"
Miroku once again grinned sheepishly, before pulling a long strand of silvery hair out of his hairoi. "Well, you see I kind of plucked this out of our lady's mane, and if she is Sesshomaru's mother as you all claim her to be than she would have been alive four hundred years ago."
Blinking the gang could only grin at him and shake their heads, realizing why the woman had felt the need to punch the man so harshly. Standing Miroku placed the locket of hair and the supra on the ground at his feet with his staff lifted off the ground. "Well if everyone's finished eating we can go now if you like."
Rising to their feet the group huddled around the monk, Kirara cutting down on the transformation and pouncing up onto Sango's shoulders. Shippo called back his fox magic and the flames alighting the logs vanished into wisps of smoke and light before all around disappearing.
When the lights and warmth diminished Miroku brought down the staff. With breathing caught in their throats they could only stare in wonder at the vast majority of colors erupting from the ground in a vortex of a twisting rainbow, harsh winds blowing their clothing and hair until they were whiplashing everything around them. The sound of a blaring train's horn nearly blew out their ear drums before a firm tug around their navels made them close their eyes as they were literally ripped off their feet and down towards the ground, being sucked into the surprisingly large worm hole that the supra created.
Kagome shuddered at the feeling over powering them as they slipped through space. The Bone Eater's well was a much more preferable choice for her seeing as how it provided a larger area to travel through. This thing on the other hand was small – at least it was small for all of them to be moving through it at once – and was squeezing them from all sides.
Inuyasha and Kirara were the only ones who managed to land on their feet, the others crashing painfully onto the…surprisingly soft ground.
The humans' and Shippo weakly stood up, shaken from the impact before looking around. Thanks to the quarter moon's light the area was actually pretty visible, despite it otherwise being pitch black. The grass they had landed on was plush and green, the blades soft and bouncy with no mark of pebbles and rocks. It was obvious that they were in a completely different area from which they started.
They were in a very large field, no trees or hills in sight, nothing but grass. The sky was a blanket of darkness spotted with stars and the moon, translucent clouds fluttering by without the threat of any rain.
Inuyasha took a tentative sniff, glancing down at the neko who jumped up onto his shoulder. The air was wrought with an assortment of demonic smells, the scents of dog demons, fox demons and coyote demons. A sudden howl made the group shudder, sweat drops forming on their heads as their hair bristled.
The cry was definitely demonic, one full of pain and frustration, a female's voice who sounded exactly like the female they met just a mere hours ago.
Turning slowly they came face to face with a flinching coyote demon.
The girls' squealed before stepping back along with the boys' at the sight and closeness of the guard. He was tall, had light sandy colored hair and blue eyes, his skin tan. A black suit of armor adorned his body, complementing his skin tone. A large spear that was as tall as Inuyasha himself rested on the demon's broad shoulder, a black tail jerking uncomfortably from the seat of his trousers.
Behind the demon stood a large castle, proud, elegant and imposing the dark rocks stuck up into the sky like a series of mountains before bridging over to another mountainous segment of the castle. The place was built of what seemed to be pure black stones, the doors of the castle tall enough to allow Inuyasha and Miroku to pass through with one standing on the other's shoulders and wide enough for the entire group to step through side by side. Statues were on both sides of the doors, each made of pure marble.
They were large, probably only a fraction bigger than the doors themselves were. The statues were perfect creations of inu youkai in their true form, the dog statues sitting up tall and proud with their chests puffed out. Their tails were unbelievably fluffy and curly, each individually carved strand of fur standing out like a real dogs would. Their mouths were closed and their eyes were firm, holding the air of prosperity and authority as another stone rested directly in
front of them. Their right paws were resting on the boulders, tuffs of fur sticking out of their ankles and huge, lethal looking claws gripping the stones in a strong grip.
No doubt the smaller, mirror images of Inu no Taisho.
Ignoring the castle for now everyone other than Miroku seemed confused as to why they weren't struck down by the demon before them. "I forgot to tell you," the monk started to say as he maneuvered around the coyote. "Thanks to the magic of the supra we can't be seen by anyone of this time period, no one, not even your father Inuyasha will be able to see us – or even smell us."
"Well that's a relief I'll admit."
Another howl broke the air and even the coyote shuddered at the agonized scream before muttering quietly to himself. "Damn it all, Koto is terrifying enough on her own…and now that she's in fucking labor…good Kami save us all."
Everyone raised their eyebrows as they walked through the doors like ghosts and followed the pained whimpers down a hallway. At least now they knew her name and just how far back in time they had really traveled.
The corridor's width and height were just as impressive as the doors, the walls lined up with statues of armor and swords, no doubt each a fang from the rest of the family tree. The cries led them to the right where a series of stairs awaited them. After twenty stairs Inuyasha smelled two distinct scents. "Well what do you know, besides my father and Sesshomaru's mom and of course some random female who all I can guess her to be is the nurse maid I can smell Myoga and Totosai in there with 'em."
"Really? I would have expected Koto to slaughter anyone who tried to watch her give birth," Shippo's remark was answered with nods of agreement by the rest of the group.
Once they reached the landing and glided through another door they stared in…fascination.
The walls were a dark grey, floor crystal white. A large bed sat underneath a magnificent window, the plush dark pillows and blankets looking more like a nest for the demon laying in them.
Koto was a mess. Her face flushed with anger and pain as she growled at the nurse maid sitting between her spread legs. Her stomach was large and round, an obvious sign of pregnancy and twitching spasmodically riddled the swell, another tell tale sign of labor. Her eyes were tinted red as the fox demon encouraged her to push.
Everyone blushed slowly backing up towards the door but all of them knowing that no one had any real intentions of leaving. Inuyasha's eyes went wide as he gaped slightly at the man holding Koto's hands.
Inu no Taisho's white hair was pulled back in a pony tail, his armor missing as his cape with two tails rested behind him. A smile graced his handsome face and his golden eyes shined with love and assurance. A squiggly red line adorned both cheeks and Kagome realized just how much Inuyasha really looked like his father.
And true to Inuyasha's earlier statement Totosai and Myoga stood in the corner of the room, each looking considerably younger than the pair that they knew in their time frame.
A loud roar that shook the ramparts of the room suddenly jerked the group out of their stupor and they turned back to the trio on the bed. Koto's eyes were now completely blood red and open wide, her fangs bared as her cheek markings grew more ragged and much darker. The old Dog General breathed deeply as he gripped onto his mate's wrists, locking her down to the bed against her furious struggles as Sesshomaru's head began to push through.
Blushing against their somewhat better judgement – after all it was just pregnancy not anything inappropriate – they watched as Inuyasha's elder brother was being held by the nurse maid, loud wails escaping his mouth.
Koto relaxed, her entire body going limp on the bed as Inu no Taisho lifted the blood stained sheets out from under her and placing clean ones over her reclined form as he propped her up on a mountain of pillows. The furious pained expression on her face vanished as she panted and she only twitched at the loving nudges Inu no Taisho placed onto her temple with his nose.
The group moved closer towards them, the blushes gone as they watched the nurse maid hand over Inuyasha's brother. "Congratulations, it's a boy."
Sesshomaru's cries quieted as his mother languidly licked the blood off of him, their father's old friends moving towards the bed with inquiring yet cautious looks. After all, Koto didn't like them very much in the first place, who was to say that she wouldn't kill them outright for approaching her after going through wave after wave of fury and agony?
As the pink tongue lapped away the blood the youkai's cries quieted altogether, the tiny form resting peacefully in his mothers loving embrace. Blood was licked off of his face, torso and hair, along with the rest of his body and surprisingly the group didn't feel embarrassed at all at the display of mother licking son in inappropriate places seeing as how she was simply cleaning him and a demon infants skin was unusually sensitive to water and unruly cloth.
Small lines appeared on the pup's cheeks, tiny and barely visible, along with the slight markings on his hips, wrists, ankles and thighs. The baby was pudgy with baby fat as every baby was and even at this age his silvery white hair reached his tiny pointed ears. A small smile lifted Inuasha's lips as his ears perked just the tiniest bit and a loving look entered his eyes, who knew his brother could look so innocent?
His pack smiled at his soft look, happy that even though Sesshomaru put them through so much Inuyasha didn't feel the need to hate his brother at this tender age.
Tension slowly bled into the room, not surprisingly even registering with Koto or her son seeing as how they were so engrossed with one another. Totosai and Myoga stopped altogether and backed away, their ancient and intelligent eyes glancing at each other and as if coming to a silent agreement the old flea jumped off of the sword makers shoulder and onto his master's, tensing at the powerful demon's stiffness.
The others who were not meant to be in this time looked at each other, adrenaline pumping through their blood as the stiffness and slowly yet steadily growing aggressiveness filled the large room, the nurse maid creeping towards the door, her head bowed in a submissive manner. Myoga gasped and slowly the group moved closer to the bed trying to inspect what was causing the aggressive atmosphere knowing that they themselves wouldn't be harmed.
Koto stopped her ministrations once her child was cleaned and she sensed her mate's suddenly vicious attitude and apprehension bled off of her faster than any emotion they had witnessed coming off of a stoic youkai. A faint growling permitted the air as Inu no Taisho's eyes narrowed as the loving look was replaced with a harsh and discriminating glare as he stared at his flesh and blood.
They couldn't see anything wrong with him. Sesshomaru looked as normal as any other new born child, chubby and small with stubby fingers and toes, eyes closed and light red lines covering his eye lids. Surprisingly as he breathed softly with his mouth open a fraction they could see the sparkle of tiny teeth but each figured that perhaps dog demons were born with teeth as Inuyasha remembered his own blunted teeth when he was only a few months old. The markings on his body were faint but perfectly noticeable, including the slight curve of the blue crescent moon on his brow.
As the growls became louder and Koto tensed further than she already was something completely unexpected took place.
DUN DUN DUN! WHAT HAPPENED? WHY WAS INU NO TAISHO GROWLING AT HIS FIRST BORN? WHAT ABOUT HIS NEWBORN SON ANGERED HIM?! GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO READ TO FIND OUT!
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KAMEYA KARONA, ASH2009 AND FORGOTTENLOSTSOUL, I HOPE I CAN KEEP YOU INTERSTED IN THIS STORY.
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OH, BY THE WAY… WHO WANTS THIS TO BE A YAOI? AND IF THEY DO WANT IT TO BE YAOI WHO SHOULD BE PAIRED OFF WITH SESSHOMARU AND WHO SHOULD EVERYONE ELSE BE PAIRED WITH? REMEMBER NARAKU WILL DEFINITELY BE IN THIS FIC SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PAIR HIM UP WITH SOMEONE FEEL FREE TO DO SO!
SO UNTIL NEXT TIME
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