SIBLINGS
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and co. belong to the great Rumiko Takahashi-sama *pouts* and not me, but that's ok!
~CHAPTER THREE~
I trained over the years. I heard rumors of a hanyou roaming the lands. The last thing I heard was he was after an object called the Shikon no Tama. It was said to give its holder great power. After about 11 or 12 years since that day, I returned home to find a would be demon lord sitting on my throne. The servants were happy, yet apprehensive that their lord was destroyed. He was obviously an abusive master. "Leave or stay. I don't care, but if you stay, I expect you to work." The ones who stayed learned later that I was a lenient master. More so than there last lord.
I settled into my reign and returned peace to my lands. I was the youngest lord to take the throne in history. The memories of the past would disappear into a box hidden away in my mind. I was disappointed to hear Inuyasha was pinned to a tree in an eternal slumber by a miko he had fallen in love with. It was pitiful really. But I couldn't help but pay a visit. I hadn't seen Inuyasha since he was four. He had grown up into a young man. Vines grew over him as time passed. 50 years have passed and there I sat as the most powerful taiyoukai. The memories forgotten, I came to learn of what happened to Tetsuiga. Tetsuiga is the sister sword of Tenseiga that I wield now. I was furious to learn father hid it away knowing he was going to die. I spent most of my time patrolling my lands and the rest of it searching for the sword. I grew obsessed. My brother's awakening caused a sense of nostalgia rather than joy, but I learned from scrolls in my father's study, now mine, that Inuyasha was the key. When I was younger, I heard of a third sword, but I brushed it aside as just a misinterpretation. So I went after my brother. Over time I acquired a disgust for humans. They were filthy and corrupt. I wouldn't associate with any of them.
When I found my brother, a little human wench was clinging to him while screaming at me. The nerve. She was either very stupid or very brave. She seemed to be his source of strength. She pulled Tetsuiga out and gave it to Inuyasha, and when I injured her, he cut my arm off! My own brother chopped off my arm! It didn't hurt that badly physically, but for some reasons, it caused my chest to clench. I fled. It would be a while before I'd meet up with the half breed, but during that time, I couldn't help but feel a nagging at the back of my head. I didn't know what exactly it was, but it was bothering me. The fact that my reckless brother inherited Tetsuiga wile I gained Tenseiga made it worse. It was a mockery. So I pursued Inuyasha from a distance. I later learned his wench had broken the Shikon no Tama that he had been after so many years ago. Now he, that wench, and other annoying humans with their weak youkai companions search for the shards of the Shikon jewel that had been scattered.
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"You don't deserve Tetsuiga." I sneered at Inuyasha. He was blindly attacking me while I dodged with ease. The hanyou who gave me this human arm was quiet suspicious. It miffed me that the wench knew I was coming. It surprised me when she saw the Shikon shard in my left arm. The human arm. I was fighting Inuyasha and gaining the upper hand when I obtained the Tetsuiga, but that infuriating wench had the nerve to shoot me with her blasted arrows. I berated myself for not paying closer attention to her. The others were busy with the bee-like demons that came out of a hive that hanyou gave me. Her arrow pierced my armor. Her actions froze the fight. All eyes were on her. Her eyes were burning with fire. "The next one won't miss Sesshomaru." I didn't get a chance to say anything because she fired another one, but this time I was ready. I caught it in my demon clawed hand and snapped it in two. She looked scared and disappointed. I smirked. This distraction allowed Inuyasha to regain his sword. Inwardly cursing, I escaped with Jaken. Yet before I could get far enough, my idiot brother released a Kaze no Kizu as I had demonstrated earlier. I blacked out, but I heard Jaken scream in pain. It wouldn't be hard to believe if he died.
When I woke, I was aching everywhere and bleeding other places. The human arm was beginning to turn black. A searing pain shot through the stump of my arm. I ripped the cursed thing off and threw it. I wasn't surprised the bee-like demons caught it and flew off with it. I passed out again. I woke up again later that night. Grunting, I tried to sit up, but it hurt too much, so I used my tail to help me get more comfortable. Faintly, I smelled a natural hot spring not far away. I was upwind from it. I also faintly heard singing and it lulled me to a deep dreamless sleep. Just like the lullabies I heard Inuyasha's mother sing.
Before I knew it, I was trapped between sleep and consciousness when small delicate hands began to move across my skin and wounds. The smell of medicinal herbs, linen, and something potent invaded my nose. Along with those, I recognized vanilla and spring rain in the forest. It triggered a memory. A little girl's voice happily exclaimed, "You're home Sesshyniichan! I missed you!" A happy pair of violet eyes flashed across my mind. I opened my eyes, but the clouds didn't leave my eyes as quickly as I wanted. The one who was tending my wounds gasped, paused, and then continued. My eyes eventually cleared and I growled. It was Inuyasha's wench. Abruptly, I grabbed one of her wrists. She winced and instinctively used her other hand to try and make me let go. When she stopped struggling, but kept a hold on my hand, I asked, "What are you doing?" "I was only trying to help you." Her hand was gently on mine when she realized the cuts and scrapes that still decorated it.
"Look, Sesshomaru, I don't care if you're a high and mighty youkai lord, but you need your wounds to be cleansed at least. It's been hours since our fight and you're still bleeding. Please let me help you." "Why don't you get Inuyasha to destroy me." "It would be dishonorable." My grip lightened as I stared into her sincere eyes. Giving up, I let her hand go and she finished up. "You should bathe." "Hey, I don't stink." Smirking I replied, "I meant you need to get rid of my scent on you. Inuyasha will smell it if you don't." "Oh." "Well, sayonara, Sesshomaru." "Hn." I watched her walk away and drifted back into sleep as she walked away. AS she walked away, the moon caught something on her wrist I didn't see before. It was a silver band that fit snuggly to her wrist. With that thought I fell asleep.
~~Sesshomaru's dream~~ "Sesshyniichan!" It was the little girl again. A blur of blue, black, and silvery white attached to my leg. "Sesshyniichan, come play with us!" A red and silvery blur latched onto my other leg. It was a younger Inuyasha. I watched through my own eyes as I picked them both up and walked towards the gardens. Sitting down I placed the little girl in my lap while little Inuyasha wrestled with my tail. I didn't see her face clearly, but her deep purple eyes were clearly visible. Gently, I began to brush her hair with my clawed hands as she talked about all kinds of nonsense. She a little while later and said, "I love it when you brush my hair Sesshyniichan. I love you!" She turned around completely and hugged me, and then I felt myself smile.
The scene faded before my eyes as it shifted to the forest in the middle of the night. I was running and chanting something. I stopped at a clearing and continued to chanting. A portal opened before me. I kissed the little girl in my arms after slipping something around her wrist and told her to be brave, and I sent her through the portal under a sleep spell. I continued chanting as tears ran down my face. Something crashed into the clearing and I grabbed little Inuyasha and ran. I frantically worked to get him to safety, and failed to do it as well as I had the little girl. I placed him in a tree under a sleep spell and erected a barrier as I fled. I wasn't strong enough and got caught. ~~end dream~~
I woke up as the fighting was beginning between me and whatever it was that was chasing us. I tried to remember what the dream was exactly about. It felt like a vague memory. The dream rest in a foggy part of my mind. It was predawn and I was still sore, but it didn't hurt as much anymore. The bleeding stopped. I stood up and made my way to the hot springs slowly. Wincing, I took off my armor and clothing and slipped into the water. It stung, but then its soothing qualities surrounded me. I sat there and thought. My tail floated over the water near me and I gently cleansed it as I thought. Vanilla and spring rain faintly lingered around the hot spring and unconsciously, it helped me relax as well.
A while later, I left to go home. The sun was peaking over the horizon and I felt the need to find something and that something would be in my study. I immersed myself in scrolls and sat in my study looking through them. It took me days to look through them all, but I found nothing. Frustrated and sleep deprived, I had put a hole in one of the walls and caused a tapestry to fall nearby. I was surprised to find a little cupboard set in the wall. Cautiously opening the door, I was bombarded by dust. After it cleared, I looked into the compartment and there lay items I had not seen. A red leather satchel with the crest of my family sat against the back while a few scrolls sat in front of it. A jeweled dagger in its gold scabbard lay beside the scrolls with a silver chain holding the family crest on it as well.
Carefully, I took the scrolls out first and realized it was a record of my family's genealogy. I came to the end where my name was and Inuyasha's was. Another name sat next to his under his mother's, but it was smudged. I didn't give it a second thought. It just looked like a mistake that wasn't hidden very well. I rolled the scrolls back up and took the leather satchel out. Inside were leafs of paper and I read through a few finding out it was my father's journal. Giving up my search and intrigued at my father's earlier life, I settled down on a few cushions and read. Just as I was getting to the marriage of my father and Inuyasha's mother, I fell asleep. I woke a few days later with my father's journal nearby. Telepathically, I ordered a few servants to put all of the scrolls away remembering that Jaken was no longer alive to do it. I put the journal on my desk and left to bathe and eat. The problem that plagued my mind before had disappeared in the abyss of the stately affairs I had to attend.
A/N: Fluffy was having some anger management problems during this chapter that had to do with Kagome touching him, so I put him in the time out box.
*Sesshomaru is sitting in a white square on the ground next to A/N scowling*
A/N: Isn't Fluffy so adorable when he scowls?
*Shippou comes running into the room and runs behind the A/N*
Shippou: Hide me! He's gone mad! He thinks I ate all of his ramen! Help me before he kills me!
*Inuyasha comes stomping in with Kagome in tow*
Inuyasha: WHERE IS HE?!!
Kagome: Leave him alone! He didn't eat your ramen! Someone else did!
Inuyasha: HE WAS THE LAST PERSON I SAW EATING MY RAMEN!!
Kagome: Sit! You don't have to be so loud! And it's not just your ramen! It's everyone's!
*A/N kneels down beside Inuyasha while patting his head*
A/N: Shippou didn't do it.I ate the ramen! ^.^
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and co. belong to the great Rumiko Takahashi-sama *pouts* and not me, but that's ok!
~CHAPTER THREE~
I trained over the years. I heard rumors of a hanyou roaming the lands. The last thing I heard was he was after an object called the Shikon no Tama. It was said to give its holder great power. After about 11 or 12 years since that day, I returned home to find a would be demon lord sitting on my throne. The servants were happy, yet apprehensive that their lord was destroyed. He was obviously an abusive master. "Leave or stay. I don't care, but if you stay, I expect you to work." The ones who stayed learned later that I was a lenient master. More so than there last lord.
I settled into my reign and returned peace to my lands. I was the youngest lord to take the throne in history. The memories of the past would disappear into a box hidden away in my mind. I was disappointed to hear Inuyasha was pinned to a tree in an eternal slumber by a miko he had fallen in love with. It was pitiful really. But I couldn't help but pay a visit. I hadn't seen Inuyasha since he was four. He had grown up into a young man. Vines grew over him as time passed. 50 years have passed and there I sat as the most powerful taiyoukai. The memories forgotten, I came to learn of what happened to Tetsuiga. Tetsuiga is the sister sword of Tenseiga that I wield now. I was furious to learn father hid it away knowing he was going to die. I spent most of my time patrolling my lands and the rest of it searching for the sword. I grew obsessed. My brother's awakening caused a sense of nostalgia rather than joy, but I learned from scrolls in my father's study, now mine, that Inuyasha was the key. When I was younger, I heard of a third sword, but I brushed it aside as just a misinterpretation. So I went after my brother. Over time I acquired a disgust for humans. They were filthy and corrupt. I wouldn't associate with any of them.
When I found my brother, a little human wench was clinging to him while screaming at me. The nerve. She was either very stupid or very brave. She seemed to be his source of strength. She pulled Tetsuiga out and gave it to Inuyasha, and when I injured her, he cut my arm off! My own brother chopped off my arm! It didn't hurt that badly physically, but for some reasons, it caused my chest to clench. I fled. It would be a while before I'd meet up with the half breed, but during that time, I couldn't help but feel a nagging at the back of my head. I didn't know what exactly it was, but it was bothering me. The fact that my reckless brother inherited Tetsuiga wile I gained Tenseiga made it worse. It was a mockery. So I pursued Inuyasha from a distance. I later learned his wench had broken the Shikon no Tama that he had been after so many years ago. Now he, that wench, and other annoying humans with their weak youkai companions search for the shards of the Shikon jewel that had been scattered.
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"You don't deserve Tetsuiga." I sneered at Inuyasha. He was blindly attacking me while I dodged with ease. The hanyou who gave me this human arm was quiet suspicious. It miffed me that the wench knew I was coming. It surprised me when she saw the Shikon shard in my left arm. The human arm. I was fighting Inuyasha and gaining the upper hand when I obtained the Tetsuiga, but that infuriating wench had the nerve to shoot me with her blasted arrows. I berated myself for not paying closer attention to her. The others were busy with the bee-like demons that came out of a hive that hanyou gave me. Her arrow pierced my armor. Her actions froze the fight. All eyes were on her. Her eyes were burning with fire. "The next one won't miss Sesshomaru." I didn't get a chance to say anything because she fired another one, but this time I was ready. I caught it in my demon clawed hand and snapped it in two. She looked scared and disappointed. I smirked. This distraction allowed Inuyasha to regain his sword. Inwardly cursing, I escaped with Jaken. Yet before I could get far enough, my idiot brother released a Kaze no Kizu as I had demonstrated earlier. I blacked out, but I heard Jaken scream in pain. It wouldn't be hard to believe if he died.
When I woke, I was aching everywhere and bleeding other places. The human arm was beginning to turn black. A searing pain shot through the stump of my arm. I ripped the cursed thing off and threw it. I wasn't surprised the bee-like demons caught it and flew off with it. I passed out again. I woke up again later that night. Grunting, I tried to sit up, but it hurt too much, so I used my tail to help me get more comfortable. Faintly, I smelled a natural hot spring not far away. I was upwind from it. I also faintly heard singing and it lulled me to a deep dreamless sleep. Just like the lullabies I heard Inuyasha's mother sing.
Before I knew it, I was trapped between sleep and consciousness when small delicate hands began to move across my skin and wounds. The smell of medicinal herbs, linen, and something potent invaded my nose. Along with those, I recognized vanilla and spring rain in the forest. It triggered a memory. A little girl's voice happily exclaimed, "You're home Sesshyniichan! I missed you!" A happy pair of violet eyes flashed across my mind. I opened my eyes, but the clouds didn't leave my eyes as quickly as I wanted. The one who was tending my wounds gasped, paused, and then continued. My eyes eventually cleared and I growled. It was Inuyasha's wench. Abruptly, I grabbed one of her wrists. She winced and instinctively used her other hand to try and make me let go. When she stopped struggling, but kept a hold on my hand, I asked, "What are you doing?" "I was only trying to help you." Her hand was gently on mine when she realized the cuts and scrapes that still decorated it.
"Look, Sesshomaru, I don't care if you're a high and mighty youkai lord, but you need your wounds to be cleansed at least. It's been hours since our fight and you're still bleeding. Please let me help you." "Why don't you get Inuyasha to destroy me." "It would be dishonorable." My grip lightened as I stared into her sincere eyes. Giving up, I let her hand go and she finished up. "You should bathe." "Hey, I don't stink." Smirking I replied, "I meant you need to get rid of my scent on you. Inuyasha will smell it if you don't." "Oh." "Well, sayonara, Sesshomaru." "Hn." I watched her walk away and drifted back into sleep as she walked away. AS she walked away, the moon caught something on her wrist I didn't see before. It was a silver band that fit snuggly to her wrist. With that thought I fell asleep.
~~Sesshomaru's dream~~ "Sesshyniichan!" It was the little girl again. A blur of blue, black, and silvery white attached to my leg. "Sesshyniichan, come play with us!" A red and silvery blur latched onto my other leg. It was a younger Inuyasha. I watched through my own eyes as I picked them both up and walked towards the gardens. Sitting down I placed the little girl in my lap while little Inuyasha wrestled with my tail. I didn't see her face clearly, but her deep purple eyes were clearly visible. Gently, I began to brush her hair with my clawed hands as she talked about all kinds of nonsense. She a little while later and said, "I love it when you brush my hair Sesshyniichan. I love you!" She turned around completely and hugged me, and then I felt myself smile.
The scene faded before my eyes as it shifted to the forest in the middle of the night. I was running and chanting something. I stopped at a clearing and continued to chanting. A portal opened before me. I kissed the little girl in my arms after slipping something around her wrist and told her to be brave, and I sent her through the portal under a sleep spell. I continued chanting as tears ran down my face. Something crashed into the clearing and I grabbed little Inuyasha and ran. I frantically worked to get him to safety, and failed to do it as well as I had the little girl. I placed him in a tree under a sleep spell and erected a barrier as I fled. I wasn't strong enough and got caught. ~~end dream~~
I woke up as the fighting was beginning between me and whatever it was that was chasing us. I tried to remember what the dream was exactly about. It felt like a vague memory. The dream rest in a foggy part of my mind. It was predawn and I was still sore, but it didn't hurt as much anymore. The bleeding stopped. I stood up and made my way to the hot springs slowly. Wincing, I took off my armor and clothing and slipped into the water. It stung, but then its soothing qualities surrounded me. I sat there and thought. My tail floated over the water near me and I gently cleansed it as I thought. Vanilla and spring rain faintly lingered around the hot spring and unconsciously, it helped me relax as well.
A while later, I left to go home. The sun was peaking over the horizon and I felt the need to find something and that something would be in my study. I immersed myself in scrolls and sat in my study looking through them. It took me days to look through them all, but I found nothing. Frustrated and sleep deprived, I had put a hole in one of the walls and caused a tapestry to fall nearby. I was surprised to find a little cupboard set in the wall. Cautiously opening the door, I was bombarded by dust. After it cleared, I looked into the compartment and there lay items I had not seen. A red leather satchel with the crest of my family sat against the back while a few scrolls sat in front of it. A jeweled dagger in its gold scabbard lay beside the scrolls with a silver chain holding the family crest on it as well.
Carefully, I took the scrolls out first and realized it was a record of my family's genealogy. I came to the end where my name was and Inuyasha's was. Another name sat next to his under his mother's, but it was smudged. I didn't give it a second thought. It just looked like a mistake that wasn't hidden very well. I rolled the scrolls back up and took the leather satchel out. Inside were leafs of paper and I read through a few finding out it was my father's journal. Giving up my search and intrigued at my father's earlier life, I settled down on a few cushions and read. Just as I was getting to the marriage of my father and Inuyasha's mother, I fell asleep. I woke a few days later with my father's journal nearby. Telepathically, I ordered a few servants to put all of the scrolls away remembering that Jaken was no longer alive to do it. I put the journal on my desk and left to bathe and eat. The problem that plagued my mind before had disappeared in the abyss of the stately affairs I had to attend.
A/N: Fluffy was having some anger management problems during this chapter that had to do with Kagome touching him, so I put him in the time out box.
*Sesshomaru is sitting in a white square on the ground next to A/N scowling*
A/N: Isn't Fluffy so adorable when he scowls?
*Shippou comes running into the room and runs behind the A/N*
Shippou: Hide me! He's gone mad! He thinks I ate all of his ramen! Help me before he kills me!
*Inuyasha comes stomping in with Kagome in tow*
Inuyasha: WHERE IS HE?!!
Kagome: Leave him alone! He didn't eat your ramen! Someone else did!
Inuyasha: HE WAS THE LAST PERSON I SAW EATING MY RAMEN!!
Kagome: Sit! You don't have to be so loud! And it's not just your ramen! It's everyone's!
*A/N kneels down beside Inuyasha while patting his head*
A/N: Shippou didn't do it.I ate the ramen! ^.^