Chapter 4: Father?

I gasped as pain overwhelmed me and I doubled over. I held on to the blade stopping Sesshomaru from pulling it back, as if he were trying. He wasn't; instead Sesshomaru dug it deeper into my heart piercing me even further than before.

"Brother," Sesshomaru whispered icily, "I told you that you would die by my hands."

I felt my heart rate slow and I felt my resolve begin to disappear. Dark spots started to dance in front of my eyes. Sesshomaru stood before me as nothing but a white blur and I began to feel tired, probably the most tired I had ever felt in my entire life. And I finally I closed my eyes.

"Sesshomaru, you will not harm your brother, do you hear me?" The force of the voice was enough to make me open my eyes and look up. What I saw was a shock as I stared up at the huge Inu-Daiyokai. How I knew he was an Inu-Daiyokai was beyond me. The demon had long white hair but that was all I could see besides the white kimono because his back was turned against me. It was weird; I felt energy surging through me as I lay on the floor. The demon flicked his wrist and sent Sesshomaru flying against a tree, but that did not break his fall. Instead, Sesshomaru broke the tree and continued to fly back repeating the cycle. I stared in amazement as one of the strongest demons I knew was thrown away so easily. By now I began to feel unsure as to if I should fear this man or respect him.

The demon slowly turned around and I was shocked at how much he resembled Sesshomaru and me. If I didn't know any better I would have thought that that he was some distant relative. The demon had pure gold eyes like the sun and had magenta colored eyelids just like Sesshomaru. On each of Daiyokai's cheek he had one pale purple jagged stripe right on his cheek bone. I stared in amazement as I made comparison between him, me and Sesshomaru. The dog demon looked into my eyes and almost as if he was speaking to my soul he said, "Stand up Inuyasha."

His voice sounded like it was dying down from anger. Slowly, very slowly I stood up from my position on the floor and looked at the demon who stood before. I wasn't sure what it was but I felt a certain kind of warmth in being in his presence, one I have not felt since the first time I had met Sesshomaru.

"You, my son, are something very special to endure so much at such a young age. It is only because I have failed at the task of keeping you and your mother safe from harm. But, I have lost my last resolve to watch by and do nothing as you are discriminated against by those around you. Inuyasha, hear my words and listen carefully."

I was shocked and couldn't move or think or process anything. My mind just stayed there blank as I stared dumbfounded.

"I have had enough of your sibling rivalry with Sesshomaru, so it ends today. You will leave the miko for now to make amends with your brother. You may of course return to her when yours and your brother's hatred have ended. You deserve to know what an Inu-Daiyokai adult's presence feels like and he is the only one who could give it to since I am no longer here. Inuyasha, I truly wish I could have done more for you but as fate was not on my side I can not be here for you as your father."

I still was not processing anything he was saying to me; his first words still rang in my ears. The demon, m-my father put his hand on my shoulder and the warmth I had been feeling exploded in my chest and I felt a type of happiness I had not felt since my mother was still breathing. The feeling was so old, so long forgotten that I did not know how to respond when it resurfaced. I felt my eyes water but I refused to cry and succeeded in holding back the tears. Out of all the feelings I have lost I never thought loneliness was the one that had stayed.

"My son be strong and know that I am always with you. And so help me if I have to come down here and force you guys together I will!" The aggressive tone shocked me but my worry quickly faded when I saw the shine in my father's eyes and his tone got softer. "For you two are my sons and it pains my soul to see you two fight." I started to reach out my hand to touch him back, to hug him and never let him leave but then as if he had never been here he vanished. My tears came down rough and fast like a waterfall.

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Present day.

((SESSHOMAR POV))

As I entered my healer's chambers I was greeted by a pink haired girl, Katsumi. Katsumi was the oracle and the twin sister of Forte my healer.

"Oh! My lord, what a pleasure it is to see you! If we had known you were coming we would have fixed up our working chambers," Katsumi said looking around the room at the mess of paper work and glass tubes all over the place. I calmly walked in getting a better view before turning around and looking at the pink-haired girl.

"That is not the issue I have come to address, though for future reference always expect my visits." My oracle gave a short nod before closing the room door.

"What is it, lord?" She asked. "What is it that is troubling you?"

I went on to standing in the middle of the office before gesturing to one of the small rooms that was held here. Katsumi nodded as she walked into the room and waited for me to follow after her. Once she was done closing the door after me, the oracle turned and looked now truly curious because we went into one of the soundproof rooms.

"Call Forte. I want to speak to him first." Katsumi's eyebrows furrowed and she looked at me for a while before she sighed. Slowly the women's hair began to change from pink to blonde. Her once amber eyes dulled to a mere light brown as her facial features hardened and became more squared. Katsumi was changing to her brother quickly and soon the boy stood before me with his eyebrows furrowed in a confused manner.

"My lord, what question is it that you have for me?" The boy said crossing his arms in a gesture he normally did when trying to figure something out. I nodded my acknowledgement at my healer who stood before me before I said what had been plaguing me since my encounter with Inuyasha.

"I have seen my father." I stated simply. When I noticed no reaction from the boy I figured he did not understand what it was that I had met. "During a fight with Inuyasha, my father appeared and ended it." Forte then began to understand because his eyes went wide and he shook his head looking at me with fear.

"My lord, my sister Katsumi and I have heard of this," he said quickly, taking a seat on a chair that looked battered and ruined from god knows what. "This is something that almost never occurs. It happens when the spirit is trying to come back from death." My eye brows furrowed as I looked at my healer not fully understanding what he was trying to say.

"Lord Sesshomaru, this means that something has angered your father enough to make him want to come back from the dead and he will not rest until it is fixed. Lord Sesshomaru, your father's soul will not rest until whatever it is that is troubling him is fixed." I stared at Forte as he put his head in his hand.

"How will I know?" I ordered instead of asking. All that Forte did was shake his head.

"Lord Sesshomaru, your father soul is doomed. There is absolutely no way we could know. We could guess but we will never truly know." I shook my head at the new found information then turned around and made my way to the door.

"Thank you for your assistance, Forte." And I was gone.