Sorry about the wait, vacation time is family time they say. Well I say: would you like the few fans I have to rip my head off? Lol. Anyway, have I ever told you guys how much I love you and your reviews? ;) And I'm also sorry about the URLs for my fave pics being cut off on my last chapter; I'll put them on there ASAP. Love yall!
"Are we there yet?" Inuyasha whined for the thousandth time. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes. So impatient.
"Almost, Inuyasha; only a little bit longer, brother," he was working on no sleep, so the stubborn hanyou was beginning to wear on his frayed nerves. After that first day, he saw how much his actions hurt the younger. He tried to suppress as much of the crazy emotions like before, but it was hard. He didn't want to be the emotionless asshole he had been, but he wanted to at least have some control on himself. He waited until Inuyasha was asleep to cry or tremble in fear. He felt like he wasn't handling the way normal rape victims would. Instead of shying away, or lashing out when Inuyasha touched him, he welcomed it. He needed his brother. Naraku had held him for days, he should be different. He should feel like curling into a ball to die. He was kind of glad though, he was handling this exceptionally well, other than the random episodes.
Finally, they reached the elegant palace of the west. Sesshomaru looked over at Inuyasha and held in a laugh at his dumbfounded expression. A sudden wave of dizziness came over him and he knew he had to get to the palace. He was starved and sleep deprived, as well as the remnants of the poison causing him to heal slower. He took a shaky step forward.
"Sesshomaru? Are you okay?" Inuyasha asked and put a hand on his shoulder. The inuyoukai felt the hanyou stiffen.
"You're burning up! Come on, we have to go!" Before Inuyasha could help Sesshomaru to the palace, the youkai fell to the ground. He was unconscious before he felt the ground hit him.
Pain. There was even more of it. He was so hot, so extremely hot. His head was splitting and all of his previous wounds seemed to be on fire.
"What can we do?" Sesshomaru recognized his brother's voice. He heard an unfamiliar sigh.
"There isn't much we can do. The fever is burning through whatever poison was in his system but that might take a while," the hanyou growled at the other man.
"That's not good enough!" the other man that was in the room murmured apologies and the door closed. The youkai concentrated on any sound he could to escape from the pain. He couldn't open his eyes, no matter how hard he tried. The door opened again, and with it came smaller, lighter footsteps than the previous visitor.
"Master Inuyasha, is Lord Sesshomaru going to be okay?" the sound of Rin's voice almost made him jump. He should have guessed that Ah-Un had taken the little girl and her guardian imp to his home. Sesshomaru heard the Inuyasha chuckle.
"The doc says yes, but I'm still worryin' like hell," he paused a second before speaking again. "You should trust the doctor though. He's a good guy,"
"Then why were you yelling at him?" The girl questioned. Inuyasha sighed.
"I'm just worried is all," was his answer.
"But I thought you hated Lord Sesshomaru?" she said it as a question.
"Well…er…He is my brother, Rin. I feel like I have to take care of him at a time like this. And besides, I've been feeling…weird about him lately. Like, weird feelings about him," Sesshomaru could have sighed. His little brother didn't know how to keep his mouth shut around a questioning child.
"Like what king of feelings?" Inuyasha growled.
"None of your business,"
"I'm too little to know, right? I understand," She giggled and said a quick bye before her footsteps dissipated as well.
The pain was beginning to subside and Sesshomaru started to stir. He heard the low, deep breaths of his brother nearby. He opened his eyes first, a surprising challenge, for the youkai was still weak. He wasn't as hot as before, but now he was a little cold. He looked over to Inuyasha. The hanyou was sound asleep, sitting in a chair next to him. The inuyoukai automatically felt bad. That couldn't be comfortable, but he didn't want to disturb his younger brother's peace. It was probably the first peace he had been blessed with since he and Sesshomaru had been united. Once again he knew he should leave, but he knew he couldn't. He wouldn't last five minutes without his brother. The sunlight was peeking through the sheer curtains of his familiar room. He knew that if he were to sweep the curtains aside, he would see his balcony and the beautiful garden beyond that. Inuyasha shuddered a little bit in his sleep. Hm…I wonder what he's dreaming about…Sesshomaru thought.
"No!" The hanyou suddenly shouted in his sleep. He whimpered a few more times before the words started making sense.
"Aniki…no…don't leave me…don't…die…" the words were quiet but Sesshomaru flinched at every ounce of pain in his voice. He reached out to stroke Inuyasha's hand, but instead of being comforted, the hanyou jumped.
"Naraku…bastard…I'll kill you…don't-Don't touch him! Stay away!" he was now growling furiously.
"Inuyasha," Sesshomaru tried to call out but his voice was weak and hoarse. The hanyou began a long streak of curses and growls.
"Inuyasha!" the youkai finally said loud enough to wake the younger inu. They gazed at each other for the longest time before either one said a word.
"Tell me about the dream, Inuyasha," was all sesshomaru had to say.
Inuyasha's dream
Inuyasha wanted to look away. He should look away. His brother lie there, being abused by Naraku. The spider harmed him in every way possible, making the hanyou furious.
"No!" he finally cried out. They both jerked their heads in his direction. Sesshomaru smiled weakly.
"Inu…" he whispered. There was blood everywhere and Inuyasha knew his brother wouldn't last long. The spider hanyou got off of him, but first took a wicked looking blade and stabbing the inuyoukai deep in the stomach. Even more blood spilled and Inuyasha rushed to his brother.
"Aniki…" the hanyou whispered as the elder's eyes rolled back in his head.
"No, don't leave me," he whimpered. "Don't die," the youkai smiled grimly.
"Are you kidding? He won't let me die…I'm his now…" Sesshomaru didn't sound right.
"Naraku, you bastard!" Inuyasha cried out right before he was slammed into a wall. The spider smirked and went back to Sesshomaru.
"I'll kill you!" The hanyou roared. Naraku stroked the youkai's face.
"Don't touch him!" He cried and ran full speed at them.
Present
"I'm so sorry I'm giving you nightmares now," Sesshomaru's voice was soft. Inuyasha chuckled.
"It's not you, it's just 'cause I-" he cut himself off and blushed. This confused the older inu.
"Because you what?" Inuyasha hid behind his bangs. He muttered something that Sesshomaru didn't understand.
"What was that?" he asked and the hanyou took a deep breath before looking deep into the youkai's light gold eyes.
"I said I…I love you Sesshomaru," he said meekly. "I love you," he was more confident as he repeated himself. Sesshomaru blushed as he squeezed his brother's hand.
"I-I love you too, brother,"
Yay! Thank you guys for bearing with me! Anyway, I recently found out I have dyslexia so if you see anything out of place, PM me! Gracias! (Or as I like to say, Grassy Ass) XD
