Summary: Inuyasha and Sesshomaru both inherit a house that has been in their family for centuries after their father passed away from unexplained illnesses. The house brings the two together as they both decided they wanted to investigate. What secrets does this house hold? Are the two brothers' ready to handle it? Can they do so without killing each other?
Warning: Language, Gore, Death, Yaoi, possible lemons (not sure),
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The Haunted
Gateways
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It was past midnight. Sesshomaru and Naraku had retired right after their shower. 'Sesshomaru…' Sesshomaru grumbled in his sleep and turned on his side. He sighed as he felt an arm wrap around his waist. "Naraku…" Sesshomaru grumbled. The arm left his waist and a hand settled on his upper arm. The hand trailed down his arm slowly. The hand went from his arm to his leg and trailed up it. "Naraku….cut it out…." Sesshomaru grumbled. He felt the hand dip into his pants and his eyes snapped open. He sat up quickly to glare at Naraku. "Nar-" The only problem was, Naraku wasn't even in the bed with him. Sesshomaru paled. He looked around and felt his heart lurch into his throat. He was obviously not in the room alone. And that other person was not Naraku. "Se…Sesshomaru?" He felt kind of silly to be calling his own name out but he knew that if it were the apparition from the library, he'd probably be safe. He held the covers tightly in his hands as he gave the room another look over. He heard chuckling and he snapped his gaze towards the balcony window. He saw a flash of white robes and then everything was silent again.
He jumped when he heard the door across from him open. "Sessh, what are you doing up?" Naraku walked over to the bed and lifted the covers to climb in. Sesshomaru was staring at the older male. Naraku frowned. "What's wrong?"
"I saw a ghost…." Sesshomaru grumbled. It was silent.
"Sessh, lay down. You're still half asleep," Naraku said with a frown. He pulled the younger male back down to the bed.
"I'm serious Naraku!"
"I'm sure you are babe. You need some sleep," Naraku pulled Sesshomaru to him and draped his arm and leg over the other male. He buried his face in his neck and sighed.
"Naraku!"
"Go to sleep, Sessh," Sesshomaru growled lowly
Inuyasha slowly made his way down the steps to the foyer. He briefly wondered why they were still in the house if there were demons running around that might just kill them. He sighed and shrugged. He could handle himself. He made his way into the kitchen and opened the fridge. He was starving. His ears twitched and he stood up straight.
'Inuyasha….' It was just a whisper but Inuyasha heard it clearly. Inuyasha closed the fridge and turned around, his eyes darting around the dark kitchen. 'Inuyasha…'
"Who's there?" Inuyasha called. "I'm warning ya, I'm a street fighter! I'll kick your ass," A chuckle was his response.
'Your brother is much nicer than you are,' The voice said. Inuyasha snorted.
"What? I got another brother? Cos you sure as hell ain't talking about Sesshomaru,"
'I am indeed,'
"Who the hell are ya?" Inuyasha asked. There was another chuckle and then a light fog became to accumulate on the counter near Inuyasha. Inuyasha backed away.
'Did I frighten you, puppy?' There was another chuckle as the fog began to take a more human form. Inuyasha looked over the pale man sitting on the counter. The man was wearing a mostly white sleeveless kimono with a blue chrysanthemum flower crest at the collar, white Sashinuki Hakama, and a long flowing red and purple obi. He had short spiky white, narrow golden eyes and two jagged markings on both of his cheeks.
"What the fuck?"
"Ahahahaa!" The apparition fell off the counter and laughed, rolling around on the floor. "You should have seen your face!"
"Who the fuck are you?" Inuyasha shouted, pulled his sleeve up and balling up his fist. The apparition pulled himself up off the floor and smirked.
"You look like your father. That was the exact same thing he did when I first showed myself to him!"
"You-You knew my father?" Inuyasha frowned.
"Yup! But I bet I know more about him than you do," The apparition smirked.
"Who are you…?" Inuyasha frowned.
"My name is Kado Tashio," Kado bowed. "I am from the Sun bloodline of the Tashio family," He stood straight and smirked.
"Sun? What?" Kado turned slightly to show Inuyasha his arm. There was a blue sun on his upper arm. "Oh?"
"Your brother is from both….buuuuut….he took after his mother so he's apart of the Moon bloodline. That's why he has a moon on his forehead!"
"I was wondering about that…..I thought he just didn't know how to put make-up on…" Kado stared at him silently. "What?"
"You don't have markings," Kado frowned in confusion. "You are Inuyasha Tashio, correct?"
"Well…I….technically yes…but my last name isn't Tashio. I was raised by my mother,"
"Oh?" Kado tilted his head to the side slightly. "Why do you not have markings?"
"I don't know….shouldn't you be telling me this?"
"I don't know everything!" Kado exclaimed. "I only know what I know from before I died and then some….like when your father was here," Kado grinned. "He didn't like me much though! But he did like Sesshomaru! I guess it was because Sesshomaru looks like Sesshomaru,"
"What….?" Inuyasha scratched his head. "I…..have no idea what you're talking about,"
"SESSHOMARU!" Kado yelled. Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Inuyasha cried as he lunged at the apparition. "FUCK!"
"That wasn't very smart," Kado chuckled. Inuyasha had indeed lunged at him. He would have tackled him to the ground too, but the apparition….was not really physically there so he ended up flying through the man and hitting his head on the cabinet.
'The sun is almost up…' Inuyasha looked around with a frown. He looked back at Kado who was looking up at the ceiling.
"Aw…" Kado whined. He looked at Inuyasha and grinned. "I'll be going soon. I want you to gather up your little pigeons and your brother and head up to the library,"
"Why?"
"Because that is where I 'died'" Kado put air quotes around died. "And at sunrise, I must return to my 'resting' place."
"What's with the air quotes?"
"I'll tell you when you get your ass and your pigeons and Sesshomaru up to the library!"
"But what was that thing about you….what you said…you know…Sesshomaru looks like Sesshomaru…what the hell was-"
"I JUST SAID!" Kado boomed angrily. "GO TO THE LBIRARY AND I WILL TELL YOU, YOU DUMB SHIT!"
'Kado!' Kado gave a sigh before disappearing. Inuyasha stood there with his eyes wide.
"What the fuck was I sniffing…" Inuyasha mumbled before he made his way out of the kitchen.
"Ok…" Inuyasha said. He had gathered everyone up and they were standing in front of the door to the third floor. "There is some weird freaky shit going on in this house!" Inuyasha said. Kagome yawned and rubbed her eye.
"Did you really get us up this early in the morning to say that?" She grumbled.
"Yeah…." Naraku growled. He turned and tugged Sesshomaru along behind him. "Come on, Sessh. Let's go to bed,"
"Sesshomaru! He said something about Sesshomaru," Inuyasha said. Sesshomaru stopped and looked back at Inuyasha with a frown. "There was this ghost…his name was Kado he said. He told me to tell everyone to go to the library this morning,"
"Okay….what the hell did you eat last night?" Kagome asked with a frown. Sesshomaru turned and looked at Inuyasha.
"A ghost?" Sesshomaru asked. "You saw one too?"
"YEAH!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"It's too early in the morning for this shit…" Naraku huffed under his breath.
"You can go ahead and do your little exploration, but I'm taking my butt back to bed!" Kagome exclaimed. Sango and Miroku agreed with her. They walked down the hall.
"C'mon Sessh," Naraku held his hand on. Sesshomaru looked at Naraku then back at Inuyasha.
"…The library…?" Sesshomaru asked. Inuyasha nodded.
"Sessh, c'mon," Naraku frowned. "Do you really be-"
"Yes," Sesshomaru cut him off. He glared at him. "Or do you think I'm lying again?"
"Sessh…"
"If you're going to sleep than go! I'm going with Inuyasha," Sesshomaru turned and walked up the stairs in a huff. Naraku snarled.
"Coming, Naraku?" Inuyasha asked.
"I don't like the feeling of that library…" Naraku grumbled. "Take care of my mate. If anything happens to him, I'll destroy you,"
"Right…" Inuyasha grumbled as he watched Naraku walk down the hall.
Sesshomaru turned when he heard footsteps. "Where is Naraku?"
"He went back to bed, I'm guessing," Inuyasha said with a shrug.
"Oh," The disappointment was clear in his voice and in his eyes.
"He threatened me to keep you safe or he'll destroy me," Inuyasha said with a snort. Sesshomaru shook his head slightly. They opened the door the library. They made their way over to the table Sesshomaru had been sitting at the day before. A light fog settled on the table before Kado appeared.
"Yo~" Sesshomaru frowned. He looked between Inuyasha and Kado.
"This is the ghost you saw?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Yeah. I was down in the kitchen. This not the one you saw?"
"No…."
"Hello…I am right here and can hear you," Kado grumbled.
"Well," Inuyasha looked a Kado.
"Where are your pigeons?" Kado asked as he tilted his head to the side slightly.
"…" Inuyasha glared at him with a snarl. Kado smirked. "They aren't pigeons, they are hu-"
"Do you know the history of your family?" Kado asked, interrupting Inuyasha. Inuyasha frowned.
"No," Kado looked at Sesshomaru who stiffened.
"Do you remember that book I showed you?"
"That was you?" Sesshomaru asked quietly. Kado grinned.
"Yup!"
"You...also…" Sesshomaru frowned when Kado gave him a sly smirk.
"Anyway," Kado chuckled at the look Sesshomaru was giving him. He stood up and looked to the right bookcase. He held his hand out and a book came flying over and landed on the table. He stared at the book and the pages began to flutter.
"This is a journal?" Sesshomaru asked as he took in the leather bound cover.
"Yeah," Kado looked up at him. "It's written by one of the family members who had tried to break the curse.
"What is this curse you're talking about?" Inuyasha asked with a frown. Kado turned to him and explained to him what was in the 'Tashio Family' book he had made Sesshomaru read the other day. "Wow…harsh…."
"Exactly," Kado mumbled.
"What do we do?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Read the last page of the journal," Kado said. Sesshomaru picked up the book and read it while Inuyasha peeked over his shoulder. A few moments of silence passed while Sesshomaru scanned the page.
"It says here that the humans had built some kind of statue that radiated with some kind of pure energy," Sesshomaru looked up at Kado.
"Yeah," Kado said with a frown. "We can never figure out what to do with it….this curse must stem from that, but none of us were able to even touch it because of its power,"
"And you want us to try something since we have hu-"
"Pigeons," Kado stressed.
"….Since we have pigeons with us?"
"Yes," Kado said with a nod.
"How old were you when you died?" Inuyasha asked. "You look really young," Kado raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't really die but if you must know, I was around 70 years old. I was still really young which is why I still look young."
"WHAT! 70 Is NOT young!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"It is if you're a demon," Kado narrowed his eyes. "Unlike your spineless humans, we demons age gracefully," Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"You!" Inuyasha exclaimed pointing. Sesshomaru placed his hands on his hips and glared angrily at Inuyasha.
"I told you that wasn't me!" He yelled. Inuyasha glared back.
"How was I supposed to know a ghost was talking to us?"
"Did you also…on the steps…" Sesshomaru looked a Kado. The apparition nodded.
"Inuyasha!"
"Your pigeons are coming," Kado grumbled. "find the door to the basement, I will be there,"
"What…why can't you just tell us where it is?" Inuyasha asked.
"It is in one of the bedrooms…." Kado mumbled. "I don't remember which one, all I know is that it is in one of the bedrooms at the back of the closet," With that said, Kado disappeared and the door the library opened.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome grinned. "Bob is back!"
They were all back down in the foyer. "Seriously?" Bob asked with a frown.
"Yeah," Kagome nodded.
"Let's get the hell out of here," Naraku grumbled as his grip on Sesshomaru's hand tightened.
"We can't leave now!" Inuyasha frowned.
"What?" They all exclaimed, looking at him.
"Inuyasha is right," Sesshomaru grumbled.
"Why? Because some thing from your imagination came to you and told you not to?" Kagome asked with a huff.
"It could be a trap," Miroku tried to reason. "The demons are probably trying to trick you into opening some vault to your family's treasury or something,"
"I'm not leaving until I figure it out," Inuyasha stated firmly. He walked back over to the bottom of the steps. Sesshomaru let go of Naraku's hand.
"Sessh…you're not seriously-"
"I need to," Sesshomaru glared at Naraku. "Now come or leave," Naraku sighed.
"I'll stay with you than…"
"Well…I'm gone," bob grumbled. "If you're leaving, let's go,"
"Sorry Inuyasha," Sango grumbled as she and Miroku left out behind Bob. Inuyasha looked at Kagome and Tohara.
"You're a horrible detective," Kagome said with a sigh. "You're going to need my brain," Inuyasha grinned and Sesshomaru snorted a laugh.
"I made a promise to Toga," Tohara whispered. They all looked at him. "That I'd keep an eye on you two and make sure you're well," He smiled. "I'll stay,"
"That's all fine and dandy, but we only really needed one of the members of the Tashio family," They all froze and looked at the top of the stairs.
Bob has finally revealed himself and left right back out. What is with this mysterious apparition Kado and what exactly is this split in the Tashio bloodline? Who was that mysterious voice?
Find out in the next episode of: The Haunted
I'm losing my scary touch. I'll try and make it scarier by putting my research into the story line. :D I apologize for the long wait. I haven't been feeling good lately. Hopefully I'll be feeling better soon so I can get back to my updates everyday! Review please! :D
