A Gift From Above
Summary: After a brutal attack on Inuyasha, powers that he didn't know he had are unlocked. A common enemy brings the brothers closer together. Sess/Inu Warning: yaoi, rape, mpreg, lemon. OOCness.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
Chapter 4: Don't Touch Me- Revised
Figuring that he'd spent enough time in the hot spring and that his hakama was dry, Inuyasha limped out and got dressed. He picked up his shredded belonging's and went in the general direction of where he last saw his friends. Friends feh; what a laugh. He was exhausted to the point of collapse, and every where on his body hurt. He wanted to just go to sleep where he was but he knew he couldn't; it was too dangerous. As he was walking, he heard behind him the last voice he wanted to hear right now.
"Hello little brother."
Sesshomaru. Why didn't I smell or sense him at all?
"Look Sesshomaru, I'm not in the mood to deal with your crap right now so fuck off," Inuyasha said as he turned towards him.
"Is that anyway to talk to your elder? I should have expected no less from a simple half breed." Inuyasha just growled at this. "How did you manage to acquire so many injuries?"
"That's none of your fucking business now leave me alone."
"I get it. You were too weak to fight off what I assume was a demon of low caliber such as yourself."
"Shut up."
"You enjoyed it, did you not?"
Though his brother was annoying him to no end, he was curious to find out what he was talking about.
"What are you yapping on about?"
"What that panther demon did to you." A vicious smirk came across his face.
No. He can't know about that. "I don't know what you're talking about. If you're done listening to yourself talk, I'm leaving," he shouted a bit too loudly.
"Of course you do. You loved every minute he was inside you."
"No I didn't," Inuyasha whispered completely forgetting that he was supposed to be denying everything. He was starting to relive the moment.
"I'm sure you did though it's no surprise to this Sesshomaru. You are every bit the disgrace I thought you were and you proved it by getting had by a panther demon. Not only are you weak and worthless half breed, you're a common whore. What would father think?"
"SHUT UP." Pain forgotten, Inuyasha lunged at his half brother only to fall through him and land flat on his face. He quickly looked around but there was no one there. What the hell. Did I imagine that whole thing? Am I going crazy?
The pain he had came back with a vengeance as he excruciatingly made his way off the ground. A particularly strong wind blew by him sending with it the scent of his pack. He looked around one more time before making his way towards them.
The group eventually fell into an uneasy sleep, and ended up sleeping longer than intended. Shippo was the first to awaken and immediately set out to wake everyone else. Not even sparing time to eat breakfast, they packed up their things and continued the search for Inuyasha. They found him about 15 minutes into their search and as glad as they were to see him, his appearance was a little disturbing to say the least.
As they were making their way over to him, they noticed how heavily Inuyasha was limping and how sickly he looked. He was ghostly pale with angry red claw marks all over his body, and he looked like he would pass out at any given moment. They also noticed the shredded haori, and inner shirt he carried. When they finally made it over to him, his once expressive bright amber eyes were now dull and dead. There were no emotions within their depths and that scared them most of all.
"What happened to you?" Kagome cried out.
Inuyasha stared at them with a vacant expression sending shivers down their spines. Such a look did not fit their normally boisterous leader. After a few more moments of uncomfortable silence, he finally spoke.
"I was attacked," he stated simply. His voice just as void as the rest of him.
"We realize that Inuyasha. We were hoping that you could give us a little more detail," Miroku stated evenly.
"Nothing much to tell. A panther demon caught me by surprise when I was in my human form," Inuyasha stated with a shrug though that movement sent a sharp pain down his spine. "When I transformed back, I killed him. End of story. Now let's get a move on so we can get back to the village. Our journey will be at least a day longer."
They could all sense that there was more that he wasn't telling them but they decided not to press the issue. They were just glad to have him back, and believed he would tell them when he was ready. They were furthermore all in agreement not to mention his outburst from the day before for the time being.
"Let me just look at your wounds before we continue," Kagome said digging into her bag to get her first aid kit.
"I'm fine. Let's just keep moving."
"No you're not, you're hurt. You can barely walk. Let me put some ointment on to make sure none of your wounds get infected."
It wasn't long until they were reacquainted with Inuyasha's infamous anger. And to be perfectly honest, they wouldn't have it any other way.
"For once in your life just do as I ask and drop it," Inuyasha replied through clenched teeth.
"Listen Inuyasha, I'm going to check your wounds whether you want me to or not. You can have this done the easy way or the hard way."
By this point, Inuyasha had had enough. He was so tired and this was the last thing he needed. He just didn't want anyone to touch him right now. He tried to put his anger aside so that he could concentrate on healing; he tried to be as cordial as he could without blowing up at them but obviously that wasn't gonna work.
"What are you gonna do, sit me? Do you think I actually care right now? You are not gonna have your way this time you stupid bitch. None of you are gonna fucking touch me. If you try, I'll break your fucking arms," he growled out maliciously. He felt some guilt for talking to them this way but he didn't want anyone touching him. Add that to the fact that he was not on the best of terms with them, the rape and the fact that he thought he was losing his mind, you have a much frazzled hanyou.
"I'm tired of you guys believing that just because Kagome has these damn beads of subjugation that you can make me do anything you want. Well that shit is gonna end right now. You can sit me as many times as you want but unless it's something I wanna do, I won't change my mind. I will be no one's doormat any longer. If you don't like it, too bad. Your abuse of your power over me will only serve to make me hate you guys that much more." He had to take a breath and close his eyes because he became a little light headed from all that talking. That's really the most he ever spoke at one time, and it only made his current condition worse.
Inuyasha then limped away from them. Before he got too far, he stopped and slightly looked over his shoulder to see his friend's stunned faces. He smirked and said, "But you guys can rest your wary minds about one thing. I will continue to protect you and will not run away. If I did, it wouldn't make me a very good puppy now would it?" With that said, he continued his walk….well limp.
Everyone just followed behind him in silence. No one knew what to say so they decided not to say anything. They feared that anything they said at the moment would only serve to fuel his anger and that was the last thing he needed in his condition. Kagome was feeling a ton of guilt from all this. She knew that she was guilty of abusing her power when she wanted him to do something but she couldn't help it.
While Kagome was pondering this thought, Miroku was thinking about his friend's behavior. Where did all that anger come from? I know Kagome does sit him to get her way and we're just as bad for not saying anything sometimes, but I feel there's more to this. Why was he so adamant about no one touching him? I just wish we could get through to him.
2 Days Later
They finally made it back to the village. The journey was quite a painful one with all the thick tension that seemed to surround them. Any conversation someone tried to start died before it even had a chance. Miroku tried to cut the tension by groping Sango. Though it was done half heartedly, it seemed to work for a while.
As soon as they reached the village, Inuyasha found himself a tree branch and went into a light sleep. He was still alert and his ears twitched back and forth listening for any signs of danger. Even though his body was completely healed, although his ass still hurt a little, he was drained from the nightmares that plagued his mind.
On the outside, he appeared to be the same cold, distant hanyou that his pack had come to know over their two days with him. They had tried on many occasions to get him to talk about his outburst on his human night but he stubbornly refused. Why are they still pretending to care?
On the inside, he felt so broken and alone. He wanted to cry so bad but he fought it with all his might. He would not show such a weakness.
The other's assumed his body was still healing from the attack so thought nothing of him going to sleep so soon.
2 Weeks Later
During their entire stay at the village, Inuyasha's behavior towards them had not changed, and they were starting to get annoyed. On the odd days that he did speak to them, he was extremely moody further confusing the poor group. One minute he'd be laughing, the next minute he'd be on the verge of tears. Then he'd be cheerful only to turn around and become angry.
Another strange thing was his eating habits. The very mention of ramen would make his skin turn deathly pale but he would jump at the chance to eat some oden. In addition, he started to take a liking to raw meat which they all found out the hard, stomach churning way. Through all of this however, one thing remained the same. He refused to allow anyone to touch him in any way. They each had some battles marks to prove it.
Inuyasha had not been feeling well for days, and found that his moods changed constantly. Unbeknown to the group, every morning after breakfast, he would sneak off and throw up everything he ate. This is getting ridiculous. What the hell is wrong with me? He would soon regret ever wanting to know.
Kagome went back to her time for a few days so it was just Inuyasha, and the rest of the group. When she had said she wanted to leave, Inuyasha didn't put up a fight much to her chagrin.
Anyway, Inuyasha had just come back to the village from a walk to clear his head when he felt his stomach cramp. This had been happening off and on for a few days and each cramp seemed to get worse. He clutched his stomach and tried to will the pain away but it was absolutely unbearable. It was so bad he ended up falling to ground moaning and withering in pain.
Miroku had been trying to smooth talk Sango when they saw Inuyasha fall clutching his stomach. They immediately rushed to his side to lend their assistance. Shippo and Kirara were off playing with the village children.
"Inuyasha what's wrong with you?" Sango asked frantically.
"Kaede…..groan...please!" he breathed out.
They both knew that for Inuyasha to show that he was in pain and for him to say please meant that something was seriously wrong with him. So quickly but carefully, they brought him to Kaede's hut.
No one noticed that this was the first time he allowed anyone to touch him in more than two weeks.
