Brother

by godcomplexLoading

Perhaps it was the child's face, so pitiful and dirty. Perhaps it was its piteous cries, high and annoying. Or perhaps it was nothing more than animal instincts, tugging at his dusty heartstrings. But whatever it was, Sesshomaru was stuck with it now. A tale of two brothers, whose story was changed by one word and an uncharacteristic choice.

14. Wait

Summary: Perhaps it was the child's face, so much like their father's. Perhaps it was its piteous cries, high and annoying and impossible to ignore. Or perhaps it was nothing more than animal instincts, tugging at his dusty heartstrings. Whatever it was, Sesshomaru was stuck with it now. An uncharacteristic choice affects the world forevermore, and it began and ended with a word: "brother".

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014: Wait

For the first time, the pup waited for him to eat first. An impracticality most times, but it had displayed for him its kill and it knew at least to wait.

Nothing that had touched its filthy claws appealed to him, but if he didn't eat, its stomach would continue to make that obnoxious growling. So he grabbed one berry and popped it into his mouth, leaving the rest of the "feast" to its incapable hunter.

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