A/N: I'm so sorry for taking so long to update. It's just that I kind of ran out of ideas for this story, but an idea entered my mind last night and here's the tenth chapter! Thank you so much for reading and reviewing. Oh and I'm sorry this chapter's short. And I also apologize for any grammar mistakes you may come across, and I mean that for all my other stories too. I've found some grammar mistakes, but keep of forgetting to edit them.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi, VIZ, and Sunrise are the owners of Inuyasha. I am only writing this for entertainment purposes and for my own amusement.
Chapter 10: Reunion…
Inuyasha grunted he tried to block the light that was blinding his delicate vision by lifting his arm to shield his eyes, but found that he couldn't move his arm. He tried to move his other arm and legs and found that for the time being, he was immobile.
He was slowly regaining consciousness until he flashed open his eyes only closing them again when he was greeted with an orangey color light that made him yelp. Inuyasha shut his eyes, and again tried to open his eyes. This time he did it slowly and adjusted to the lightening around him.
He sat himself up while rubbing the remaining hints of sleep from his golden eyes; he took in his surroundings and found that he was in a cave. How long had he slept, how did he get here…the poison? Someone must have found him while he had been knocked out. Inuyasha saw a hazy figure leaning against the wall of the cave on the far right corner of the grotto, from what his vision was allowing him to determine, the figure was slim, and had silvery hair…it couldn't be, could it?
Inuyasha leaped to his feet and stared at the figured whose attention was fixed to the outside of the cave's opening. He knew his guest was now awake and was gawking at him rudely, but he didn't care. He simply ignored him and continued to face the nocturnal world. He heard the hanyou's steps and grew annoyed. What was the hanyou thinking of doing now? Deciding it was best to inform the hanyou that he knew he was awake, the figure said, "Stay where you are half breed."
That voice, it was him! Inuyasha ran forward and dropped to his knees besides his brother. He threw his arms around Sesshomaru's neck and kissed him. The true demon lord gasped and shoved the hanyou away from his person. He quickly stood up and glared angrily at the hanyou on the floor.
"You dare defy my personal space you disgusting excuse of a youkai? How repulsive, you kissed me." Sesshomaru wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and leaned against the wall. He seemed annoyed, but Inuyasha couldn't see any signs that he hadn't liked the kiss. Meaning he possibly had enjoyed the kiss. Inuyasha climbed to his feet and stared at his brother with a vague smile fixed upon his lips.
"Sesshomaru, what the hell are you doing here?" the question was answered with a stern look from so said named demon lord before he looked away and answered, "It would seem I was the one who brought you here…Inuyasha; although I had been tempted to just leave out there on the cliff for a stray demon to feed upon you, but I thought better of it. And so I brought you here instead." That was unexpected; he had actually felt concern for the hanyou's welfare. Maybe Sesshomaru was regaining his memories, only he didn't know it yet. Inuyasha nodded his head and faced his brother. He hadn't changed much since the last time they had seen each other, only last time Inuyasha had seen the true Lord of the Western Lands, he had been bathed in blood. Inuyasha stood up and rested his head against Sesshomaru's shoulder.
The taiyoukai glared at the hanyou resting against his person and was about ready to strangle him, when he decided there was no harm in allowing the hanyou to rest his tired head against him. Inuyasha heard his brother sigh, he seemed tired. Wait, how long have I been asleep for? Did he stay with me during this whole time? Sesshomaru seemed to have read his brother's mind and said, "You've been asleep for seven days straight. And no I didn't leave your side during that time."
Inuyasha blinked, did Sesshomaru read his mind? Well this was Sesshomaru he was talking about, he was capable of doing strangle things without an explanation needed. A comfortable silenced descended upon them for a few minutes before Inuyasha broke the silence.
"Why are you here? I don't mean…aren't you suppose to be with Naraku?" the question remained in the air for a few seconds before the taiyoukai answered. "I'm here simply because I wish to be. Neither Naraku nor anyone for that account could have forced me to leave your side…I can recall simple memories about my past and they tell me that you and I are close, very close Inuyasha." Inuyasha's heart began to beat faster, Sesshomaru was regaining his memories!
Without thinking, Inuyasha threw himself onto his brother again and his kissed him passionately. This time Sesshomaru didn't shove the hanyou off of him, instead he returned the kiss just as equally with desire until they pulled apart. A tear escaped from the hanyou's eye, he was crying? Had he really missed him that much? Sesshomaru smiled vaguely and licked away the salty tear from his brother's cheek.
"Sesshomaru, I'm so glad you remember, while at least you now know that I am your mate and not Naraku. What else can you remember Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha and the taiyoukai leaned against the wall of the cave while they watched the ink painted sky. The demon lord's furrowed his brows thoughtfully for a moment before speaking again. The hanyou waited patiently for his brother to recall something…anything was better then nothing.
"I remember playing a game with cards and if you didn't have the highest hand, the holder that did have the highest hand would tell anyone of their choice to remove an article of their clothing for their amusement. We were playing with your perverted acquaintances one night and we were running for our lives because the miko was upset." A huge smile spread across Inuyasha's face, the taiyoukai was regaining his memories, he remembered that night. It had been possibly the worst nights of his life.
"Yeah I remember. You and I were running like dogs through the forest away from Kagome. You said that you would never play that game again. Sesshomaru…it's good to have my brother back." Sesshomaru kissed his brother's neck and muttered, "It's good to be back Inuyasha. But you are mistaken, I can't return to your side just yet." The hanyou's content smile faded and was replaced with a sad frown. What was he talking about, what was standing in their way that wouldn't let them be together?
Sesshomaru licked Inuyasha's neck causing the hanyou to groan. He knew he was avoiding the topic, but he needed an answer and fast. Inuyasha cuddled closer to his mate and asked, "What is the reason as to why you and I cannot be with each other now Sesshomaru?" a smile appeared upon Sesshomaru's lip, but his golden orbs where far from being happy, he leaned forward and whispered, "First of all, you have to wake up from this dream Inuyasha…" the taiyoukai kissed his brother and Inuyasha awoke from his trance.
The hanyou shot up into a sitting position and was panting, it was just a dream? Inuyasha was disoriented; he didn't know where he was or what was real and what his imagination was. The dream, it had seemed all too real to be just an illusion. Inuyasha's hand went to his lips and he could almost feel his brother's lips presses against them. His eyes adjusted to the darkness that was around him, he was still outside on the cliff where he had fallen asleep due to the poison.
By the way the moon was up in the sky, it looked to be somewhere between eleven or twelve at night. He rubbed the back of his sore neck and stood up. His legs were wobbly, but he composed himself and took a step forward. A tear of dismay streaked down his cheeks, he missed his brother with all his heart.
Life was neglecting him from seeing what was rightfully his and he hated it. He clenched his fists and bowed his head. Tear after depressing tear dropped to the ground catching the moon's light.
Why was life refusing him from seeing his brother? Neither life nor anyone else had any right to keep them away from each other for so long. The hanyou's blood flared to life, he snapped up his head and stood tall. This night, this very night he would retrieve his mate from Naraku's grasp even if he had to die trying. Inuyasha closed his eyes for a moment and tried to see if he could locate his brother's scent…Sesshomaru was due west…West? What the hell was he doing there…the borders, their agreement to meet each other on the next full moon! Inuyasha looked up into the sky and saw that this was the next full moon!
Perfect, Inuyasha's cunning lips formed a wicked smile, this night he would retrieve what was his and make Naraku pay fro stealing his mate. And he planned to make the damn black haired hanyou suffer while he gained his revenge. Inuyasha ran off into the night heading for the Western Borders where his brother would be waiting for him. His feet pounded the ground underneath; he was running with newfound speed his yokai was offering to him.
He was now more determined then ever to close the gulf between him and his brother and be together once more. Inuyasha now entered the forest and was coming close to the borders, just a few more miles and he would see that handsome face he adored to the heavens. Yes, it wouldn't be any longer before Inuyasha was in Sesshomaru's arms kissing each other.
The forest that was passing him by in a blur was thinning and he could now see the end of the forest. He ran faster, the taiyoukai's scent was getting stronger and from what Inuyasha could tell Sesshomaru had indeed been punctual. Hn, he's on time while I'm late as usual. But it doesn't matter. I'm just glad he's there waiting for me just like he said he was. Inuyasha stumbled out of the forest and was now facing what he had hoped he would find there.
Sesshomaru stood with his back to the hanyou facing the Western Lands with a stoic expression, he sensed the hanyou and looked over his shoulder and said, "You're late Inuyasha. You've kept me waiting for ten minutes, I didn't think you'd come after all the crap you told me in your letter." Letter? What the hell is he talking about?
"What are you talking about Sesshomaru, I'm here because you're he one who sent me a letter saying you wanted to talk to me about something and here I am." Sesshomaru turned around and faced the hanyou; his stoic expression was replaced with a thoughtful look. If Inuyasha didn't send me a letter, and I didn't either, then who did? Both brothers stood facing each other with concentrated features until they both locked eyes with each other and said at the same time, Inuyasha said, "Naraku" while Sesshomaru said, "The mikos"
They blinked and Inuyasha said, "What, Kagome, why the hell would she send that letter to you?" but then the hanyou recalled that his brother had used the plural for the word "miko". Kikyou had something to do with this as well? That would explain why she had disappeared for such a long time! Everything was beginning to make sense now that the pieces of this chaotic situation were falling back to place. Inuyasha smiled bitterly and said, "It looks like we've been played Sesshomaru. Naraku, Kikyou, and that brat of Kagome are screwing with us and it looks like they've won, but what?"
Sesshomaru growled and flexed his claws, if it was one thing that got him peeved, it was being made a fool of and he usually enjoyed fixing travesty by killing those who had mocked him. Inuyasha glanced at his brother and said, "Calm down Sesshomaru, if anyone's deserves to die, it's Naraku since he's the one who started all this crap. If he hadn't taken you away from me, well then we wouldn't be in the damn situation now would be?"
The irked taiyoukai glared at the hanyou and snapped, "What the hell am I to you hanyou? Am I merely a possession to you that has no sentiments? You as well that vile half breed that has me under his command, have as much fault as the other. If you hadn't been more cautions none of this would have happened. And I as well have fault because I should have been more alert." Inuyasha's eyes widen, did…did this mean his mate remembered his past?
Ignoring his mate's irked mood, Inuyasha embraced his brother and kissed him desirably, the taiyoukai pushed him away and punched him across the face and growled, "Not now you idiot, we have bigger things to deal with then kiss and screw each other. You and I now have a date with destiny Inuyasha. Now get up so things can commence." Inuyasha rubbed his jaw, he grunted exasperated with his brother for being so violent…yes his brother had regained his memory, but just to make sure…
"Feh, sorry for being happy that I have you back. And no I don't think of you as a possession Sesshomaru, and you're right it's my fault all this happened, I'm sorry-" Sesshomaru shut his mate up with a deep kiss the made the hanyou gasp from being startled. The demon lord pulled away with a smile plastered across his lips and said, "Who cares whose fault it was Inuyasha. We are back together and that all that matters now. But like I said before, before you and me able to be together, you have to-"
Inuyasha gasped, this was just like in his dream. Panic ceased the hanyou, he shook his head and a tear escaped from the corner of his eye. Inuyasha cried out frantically, "No, this can't be a dream. You're real, this is all real! There's no way in hell this is a damn hallucination! You just kissed me, it was real, it felt existent…" Sesshomaru gently shook the hanyou from his hysterical state of mind and held him in his arms when he saw shaking his brother wasn't going to help.
He stroked Inuyasha's silver mane and licked away the tears that fell from his eyes. He pressed his lips to Inuyasha's ear and whispered, "This is authentic Inuyasha, this is not a mirage. I'm here and I evoke everything that occurred. But I don't know why you cry, why do you continue to say this is a illusion, am I not real to you Inuyasha?" Inuyasha looked up from under his wet lashes and stared into those equanimity orbs of gold he admired so much.
"Yes, you're valid, but before I came here, I had this dream. I had just woken up from the poison that had been inflicted into me a couple of…I can't recall the exact day, but it don't matter. Anyways, I woke up and I found myself in this cave where I saw this figure. At first I wasn't sure if I was seeing things, but then my vision cleared and it was you. I ran to you and kissed you only to have you shove me away like you did earlier. Then you told me you brought forth to mind that memory of us playing stripe poker with my friends. Then when we kissed again, but you told me that we couldn't be with each other just yet, then that was when he whispered into my ear that I had to wake up…"
Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed dangerously, things had gotten way out of hand, it was time to set order again before things got more out of hand then they already were at the moment. Sighing exasperatedly, the taiyoukai hushed his mate and replied, "It was only a dream you dim witted half breed. Compose yourself, all this ends tonight Inuyasha, but first we must pay a little visit to our home. I need to have a little talk with those two mikos. They placed an incantation upon me and I can't use my yokai nor can I use my Toukijin…"
Smiling, Inuyasha kissed his brother and implied, "Whatever you say Lord Sesshomaru. But how the hell did you allow them to place an incantation upon you? Did they catch you off guard?" Sesshomaru released his brother and shrugged. "They caught me while I was bathing in a hot spring in the Northern territories where I had some affairs to deal with. And if you dare laugh at this, you'll find yourself rolling down this hill into the near by river hanyou." Sesshomaru said the last part too late, Inuyasha was already cracking up. Just like he had promised, Sesshomaru pushed Inuyasha off the hill so he stumbled forward and made his way into the river.
A loud splash graced Sesshomaru's pointed ears followed by a irked shrill from his mate, the taiyoukai smiled and said, "I warned you hanyou, but you failed to listen, let's go." His smile vanished and he returned to his impassive imperious self. Inuyasha climbed to his wet, he was having a difficult time standing since his drenched clothes acted like a damn sponge and were weighting him down. He tried to climb out of the river only to fall back into the canal with a noisy splash.
An impassive Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder and stifled a chuckle, he had showed enough of his emotions in these last past months then in his entire life and he wasn't planning on making it a habit. He watched as the hanyou shed off his red haori followed by his white under kimono then gradually crawled his way out of the water. He dried himself off like a dog and growled. Inuyasha snatched up both his haori and twisted them until not a droplet of water remained in the material.
Once he was satisfied that his clothes were somewhat dried, he slipped them back on and stomped back to his brother's side and grunted. Sesshomaru ignored his brother's foul mood and swung him onto his back. The hanyou was not able to protest when Sesshomaru was already running towards the Western Palace. Inuyasha grasped onto his brother tightly and rested his head on top of his mate's shoulder. He closed his eyes and took in the rich scent his brother emitted. He was real, nothing was a lie.
With Sesshomaru's speed they made it back to the Western Palace in record time, they jumped over the gates and landed flawlessly in the gardens. Inuyasha jumped of his mate's back and they both searched for the mikos. They were in the library with the others. They nodded their heads and ran to the library, Inuyasha threw open the doors and was greeted with six pairs of shocked eyes. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha strolled into the room and faced them all. Both brothers stood tall and their eyes were gleaming with irritation. Kikyou and Kagome both jumped to their feet and slowly backed away.
Sango along with her other friends had no idea what was going on…wait Sesshomaru was here and was standing besides their hanyou friend? Kikyou and Kagome quickly exchanged a meaningful look before both girls tried to escape. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha at once dashed forward, Inuyasha went after Kagome while his brother went after Kikyou. Miroku jumped to his feet as did Sango and Shippou, now they were confused.
Sango reached for Hiraikotsu and ran to help Kagome from Inuyasha. Shippou went after the demon slayer to protect their friend. Miroku and Kirara went to Kikyou's aid; both girls were now running across the gardens followed close by Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. Inuyasha growled and reached out a clawed hand and almost had Kagome but Sango choose that time to throw Hiraikotsu and hit his hand causing him to scream. The taiyoukai summoned his Whips of Light and as he was about to use them to wrap them around Kikyou's waist, Miroku and Kirara attacked him. Both brothers jumped into the air avoiding the on come attacks the humans were sending them.
Kagome and Kikyou were panting harshly; they had barely escaped being killed by two handsome irked youkais. Both girls were hiding behind Kirara with wide scared eyes, Sesshomaru growled and hissed, "Move houshi, this doesn't concern you. Both these wenches have some serious explaining to do as to why they are working with Naraku and why they've tried to kill me and Inuyasha." Inuyasha stood besides his brother with clenched fists; he took a step forward and added, "Ask them yourself Miroku if you don't believe us. Neither Sesshomaru nor I have any motives as to be making this up. On the contrary we want to get to the bottom of this since this damn ordeal almost cost us our relationship to decay and we aren't too happy about that."
Everyone besides Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, gaped opened mouth at both inu youkais, Inuyasha had just admitted that he and his brother were mates. Slowly, everyone faced both mikos and saw that they didn't seem fazed, as if they already knew this. Kagome and Kikyou came from behind Kirara; Kagome looked like she was on the brink of tears while Kikyou was already crying.
Kagome shot Inuyasha a hateful look and said, "Kikyou and I already knew that you two were mates, but we just didn't want to admit it. It wasn't fair, why should he get you Inuyasha? He never liked you and then all of a sudden you and your brother are mates. We were so confused as well as disgusted that you choose your own flesh and blood over one of us. It just didn't seem fair.
Then one night after you disappeared, Naraku came to us both and told us that there was a way for us to get you back from Sesshomaru. And all we had to do was follow his orders. And we did, we poisoned Sesshomaru and that was why he died, but we were the ones who brought him back, it was never Tensaiga. We erased his memories that make sure he would forget about you, but I guess your guys love brought back his memories. Naraku and we made an exchange; we kept our side of the bargain and we thought he would as well. We gave him Sesshomaru while he gave us you Inuyasha, but things started to dissolve. That prick besides you regained his memories and that was when things started going wrong."
Inuyasha's mouth dropped open from shock, Sesshomaru resisted the urge to kiss his mate for his comical expression, but instead he shut the hanyou's mouth and said, "Hn, I knew I smelt your scent on that letter you sent us both. It would take more then a mere spell to take us down miko. And another thing, it would take more then a few incantations to seduce this Sesshomaru." Inuyasha stumbled forward and lashed out, "You both gave into Naraku's plan without even thinking? How stupid can you two be?! You risked your lives for getting your way and look what happened now! You got nothing while we're still under the effects of his grasp. I can't believe you went through all this to get what you want. Argh, screw this, this is the least of our problems, we have to kill Naraku once and for all."
Inuyasha turned around and headed to change, but Sesshomaru snatched his forearm and held him back. He glared into Inuyasha's eyes intensely and said, "You forgo one thing brother, I cannot kill Naraku with an incantation placed upon me." Both mates turned to face the guilt ridden mikos, the four of them locked eye contact. Kikyou and Kagome sighed and nodded their head that they would remove the spell from Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru released Inuyasha's arm and said, "Go change while I deal with this." Inuyasha nodded his head and turned to leave, but as he left, Sesshomaru added, "Oh and remember you're not the Lord of the palace anymore brother dearest, that title automatically returns to me." Inuyasha stopped and glared at his brother who only raised an eyebrow and instructed him to leave now.
"Sesshomaru….argh fine you're the Lord again! Like I wanted to be the almighty ruler of the Western Lands, I've learned it's a pain in the ass anyways." The hanyou stuck up his nose into the air stomped off while swearing under his breath. Everyone watched the irked hanyou and laughed, expect for Sesshomaru who coughed and said, "There still remains a small task at hand before we can leave." Kagome and Kikyou sighed, as much as they felt peeved that they had lost the hanyou to the imperious lord of the west, they knew it had been all for the best.
"Alright Sesshomaru, stand still and we'll remove the spell." He nodded his head and waited. Kagome and Kikyou closed their eyes and channeled their miko powers to remove the spell. They had their hands stretched out before them and their entire bodies began to glow a soft peal color. Once their powers were under control, Kikyou and Kagome released a small amount of powers and it broke the spell immediately.
The pearlescent lightening cleared away and revealed the demon lord standing unaffected by their spiritual powers. He simply inclined his head in gratitude and left them standing dumbfounded. Kikyou broke the silence when she said, "They really are a strange family are the not?" everyone nodded and Miroku said, "Yes they are an eccentric family that only those two could ever understand. That is why they are perfect for each other…" Sango clapped her hands together and snapped everyone out of the trance and said trying to sound cheerful, "Come you guys, we have to get ready to go after Naraku. Kagome, Kikyou, come I need you help with something. Miroku, Shippou, Kirara get things ready while the three of us get some things."
No one protested and they went off to do what they had been told. Sesshomaru made his way down the corridors to the west wing of the palace and found his brother in their room. He pushed open the door and walked in without knocking. He wrapped his arms around Inuyasha's waist and whispered, "Their story seems a bit hard to believe Inuyasha, for some reason, there seems to be more to this ordeal then there really is." Inuyasha looked into the mirror and met his brother's eyes in the vanity before them.
"Yeah I was guessing the same thing, but what else could there be Sesshomaru? They seemed to be telling the truth…well there's no way we're going to figure things out if we-" Inuyasha was cut short when an excited voice greeted them.
"Lord Sesshomaru-sama, Inuyasha-sama! Oh Rin so glad to see you both!" Sesshomaru released Inuyasha and lifted Rin into the air giving her a kind smile. The little girl hugged her lord and kissed his cheek. Inuyasha folded his arms across his chest and grunted. Rin reached out her hand and yank on one of Inuyasha's doggie ears causing the hanyou to jump.
"Rin, don't do that. You'll get the hanyou upset more then what he already is." Rin giggled and nodded her. Sesshomaru put her down and said, "Where is Jaken, Rin?" the little girl smile grew in size and she said, "Rin buried Jaken-sama in the gardens this afternoon, but Rin doesn't know if he dug himself out of the ground. Lord Sesshomaru-sama not upset that she buried servant right?" the taiyoukai knelt down in front of the girl and shock his head.
"No Rin, I am not upset with you, I'm just glad you found some use for Jaken. What else have you been doing while I have been away?" the girls smile incredibly grew larger; she sat down on her lord's lap and told him everything she had done while he had been away. She told him things that were very important that his brother had failed to inform him. Once the girl was out of breath, Sesshomaru ruffled her hair and said, "Thank you Rin, it's late, go to bed. I will see you tomorrow."
Rin pouted, but Sesshomaru shook his head and she sighed. She continued to smile and said, "Alright Sesshomaru-sama if you say so. Will I see Inuyasha-sama tomorrow morning too along with you?" Inuyasha looked at the girl and feh'd, but nodded his head and said, "Yeah you'll see me tomorrow kid, in fact you'll be seeing a lot of me around here since I'm your old man's mate." Sesshomaru glared at Inuyasha for the choice of words he used to describe him.
Rin only giggled and said, "You and Sesshomaru-sama mates? Uh what are mates my lord?" Sesshomaru shut Inuyasha up when he saw that he was going to use vulgar terms to describe what mating was with a stern look and turned his attention back to his daughter. "We will explain that tomorrow Rin, but for now, you have to go to bed." The little nodded her head and gave both brother's a kiss on the cheek before running out of the room only to find the young kitsune and they both went off to torture Jaken.
Inuyasha stood besides his brother and muttered, "So much for going to bed. Since when do you show your soft side to anyone Sesshomaru? You hardly show that side of yourself to me, and yet that little brings out that side of you so easily." Sesshomaru shrugged and stood up; he walked past his brother and went to a wall of their bedroom. He placed his palms on the smooth surface and closed his eyes. Inuyasha watched wide eyed as his mate's palms glowered for a moment before a doorway came into view. Sesshomaru opened his eyes and said while descending the stairs "Are you coming or what?" the hanyou blinked and went after his brother. With each elegant step Sesshomaru took, the stepping stones his feet touched glowered lightening their way down the fleet of stairs.
They stepped down the last step of stairs and the entire room was illuminated with enough light that allowed them to see. Sesshomaru stepped down and crossed the room until he was standing before a long oak rectangular box that seemed to be holding something within. Carefully the taiyoukai opened the box and pulled out Tensaiga, he placed it back to his left side; he closed the box and opened the one next to the other. He pulled out Toukijin and a small smile appeared on his lips.
Inuyasha glanced at both swords in awe, but his sword was still superior then those two swords combined. The hanyou smirked and stated, "So this is where you hid both swords huh? Right under my very own nose, and here I thought you were dense enough to misplace them." Sesshomaru gave his brother a look and said, "Of course this is where I left them, it was either here or in the reach of Naraku." Both brothers left the confinements of the underground passageway and the door way closed behind them.
"What now Sesshomaru? Should we go after Naraku right now or should we wait until tomorrow in the morning? It's late, aren't you tired?" Inuyasha leaned against the wall with his arms tucked into his sleeves. Sesshomaru sighed, the very least thing he was, was tired. He wanted to kill Naraku so badly, and tonight seemed to be the ideal night to fulfill this task.
"No it has to be tonight Inuyasha. Naraku seems to be weak and this might be our only chance." Inuyasha sighed and said while pushing away from the wall, "Well since that's the case, let's get going. Will it be just the two of us or will the others join us of this scene?" the taiyoukai thought of this and said, "They are your friends Inuyasha, you decide on that matter. But decide fast, it's already past eleven, we need to strike at midnight."
"Yeah, yeah Sesshomaru I got you the first time. Feh I don't see the harm of them coming so I say they can come." The look of Inuyasha's face was something else; he looked like a cute puppy dog that had managed to bite his tail. Sesshomaru walked out of the room with Inuyasha besides him. It was now understood between the tow of them that they would go after Naraku that night, only this time the taiyoukai planned to leave the two mikos behind. He still didn't trust them, there was something about the way their eyes gleamed that made him doubt their true intentions.
When they had been hearing Kagome talk, he had seen a glitter of rancor within her brown eyes and he couldn't tell what it was. But all he knew was that two pissed of mikos allied with one crazed hanyou equaled chaos, and that was one thing they had to avoid with any means necessary. That was why he had a little surprise in store for both girls before the left. Sesshomaru slowed down his steps until he stopped and sensed the girls. They where in the grand hall, he smirked and said to his mate, "Inuyasha I will join you in a moment, I must get something from the grand hall."
"Feh, fine whatever just don't take too long, we've already wasted enough time staying here." Sesshomaru did not respond; he was already making his way to the grand hall where he would find both mikos. His steps were inaudible as he made his way down the long hallway; Sesshomaru concealed his aura from their sense and stood in a shadow watching both girls giggle. How ironic, there must be something else to this sight then what they are leading on. They both fancy my brother, would they not be trying to kill each other if this was the case? Sesshomaru waited for the right moment to make his move, he waited patiently for five minutes until the opportunity he had been seeking presented itself to him and he launched forward and covered both girls mouth.
Both girls tried to scream, but their attempts were muffled. They struggled, but Sesshomaru hissed against their ears, "Move again and I'll snap your necks mikos. I know there's something more to all this, that is why you two are staying behind. I cannot have you messing things up. You are both more then capable to turn on us and try to kill us." Kikyou and Kagome stiffened, they ceased they struggles and obeyed the demon lord.
Sesshomaru lead both girls down a corridor to their right and pushed open a door with his elbow, the door swung open with a loud creek and they went inside. The entire room was pitch black; Sesshomaru's eyes adjusted to the darkness and lead them forward. He released both girls, but not before binding their hands and legs together as well as gagging them. He let both girls fall to their knees and left them. He closed the door behind him and went to go find the others. Sadly for both girls, the room in which Sesshomaru enclosed them in was sound proof, meaning if the did manage to spit out the gage from their mouth, no one would hear them.
Inuyasha looked up from under his bangs and saw his brother coming, he looked content even though he didn't broadcast it openly, but the hanyou could tell. Shippou didn't want to go; he was having too much fun playing with Rin. Sango and Miroku decided to stay behind as well, they knew this wasn't their fight; they had once killed Naraku as a group, but this was a private matter that was between both brothers and the vile hanyou. They had no right to interfere; both then demon slayer and houshi wished them luck and watched both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru run off into the night to settle an old score with a certain hanyou that would die tonight.
The wind blew against their faces and combed through their hair as they ran away from their home to track down Naraku. It would not be too long now before the damn hanyou was dead and things would return to normal, or whatever normal was. Inuyasha leaped into the air to cover more distance, Sesshomaru smirked and decided to see who could make it their first. Inuyasha saw him smirk and said, "You had better not Sesshomaru! That's not fair!" it was already too late, Sesshomaru transformed into his true form and flying through the sky. Inuyasha ran after his brother, he noticed the taiyoukai had slowed down and was gesturing for him to climb onto his back.
Inuyasha hesitated for a moment before jumping onto his brother's back and they were off at full sleep through the night sky. The hanyou grasped onto his brother's neck and enjoyed the sight and the feeling of flying freely though the night sky. He pressed his lips against Sesshomaru's ear and whispered, "I wish we could do this all the time Sesshomaru, just the two of us and the night time sky…" he closed his eyes and felt his brother's muscles work underneath him.
Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder and smiled slightly, but turned back his attention ahead of him. He ran faster and when they were half way to their destination, Sesshomaru linked into his mate's mind and said, "We can do this all the time Inuyasha, no one is stopping us from doing this whenever you want to. Just ask and I'll transform for you." Inuyasha smiled and didn't seem surprised that he was talking to his brother though the use of their minds. "Whenever I want? That sounds really nice Sesshomaru, it's almost like a dream…" the hanyou trailed off and fell asleep…
-End Chapter-
A/N: sorry this chapter was so short, thank you for reading and I hope some progress was made with this new chapter. I'm guessing I'll be ending this story soon, one or two more chapters and that's it. Anyways thanks again and please review.