"Inu-yaaaaaasha

[*^^*] Hey mina-san!

Thanks for so far as to actually get to part 2. [^^;;] It's a little sketchy.. I plan on revamping it so that the transitions flows better… but I was threaten into sending it…

[-.-] kowaii tomodachi desu.

*kissu* Please send comments! Or, constructive criticism.

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Brotherly Love:

An Inu-yasha fanfic.

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"Inu-yaaaaaasha!"

"Inu-yasha!"

Kagome stared off into the general direction Inu-yasha had wildly torn through. Leaves scattered in emerald death, air thick with hurt and anger. His eyes . . . they seemed so . . . haunted. Getting over her initial anger had been easy, Kagome reflected. Once she had seen the anger in those amber eyes, coalescing with spite and malice, she froze.

"You guys . . ." Kagome picked up a crinkled leaf. "Stop." Three pairs of widened eyes looked at her. She stared off, wind whispering soft secrets into her ears before gliding long airy fingers through ebony strands.

"Kagome-sama, I don't know if that's a good . . ." Miroku stopped when he glanced at her eyes.

"For once," she said, head bowed to the ground. "This isn't our fight… it's his. . . "

Because I saw his hatred. His malice. Spite. Dark depths in your golden eyes, Inu-yasha, that swallowed light and consumed everything.

But behind all that. Behind the mavelonce . . . the snarl working through your throat . . .

I saw the hurt. The confusion.

The love.

"Only his."

The crinkled leaf danced with the wind, waltzing obliviously as it was torn apart with the zephyr's embrace. Every part shattered until it could shatter no more . . .

And the broken pieces danced on.

Consumed by love.

~ * ~

"Once upon a time…"

"Why 'once upon a time?' Why not 'on the day of the first moon' or 'when the sun died'?"

"Because . . ." Soft laughter. "Because that's the way this story goes."

"Oh?"

"Yes. Oh."

He grumbled. "S'not creative but it'll do."

His companion laughed softly. "I'm glad you accept it so." Long fingers swept through his hair, dirty and ragged as it was, as if stained by earth with black and brown. Suddenly, he felt ashamed. Ashamed that he hadn't dressed nicer. Bathed beforehand. Combed his hair. As if those gentle fingers sensed his thoughts, they tightened their hold and hugged him close to that soft body full of sweet secret smiles and even secreter little gifts of food at midnight.

Secreter gifts of food at midnight are good.

Very good. Great, even.

He sighed, soft breath full of happiness as he snuggled in the protective cocoon of warmth. "Continue on," he said with a touch of arrogance. The little kid even waved his hand majestically with a grin that his brother couldn't see but knew it was there, nonetheless.

His brother inclined his head. "I, Sesshoumaru, shall do as you say, Oh Great Little One."

The little kid smiled against the fabric. "Well done." He thumped his brother's chest. "But I'm s'not little," he added with a firm nod.

"Yes, Oh Great Not-Little One."

"Che." He sat up and faced his brother, chubby hand tracing the maroon stripes on his face. Sometimes, in rare moments of thinking, he was struck at how similar they were…

And yet, weren't.

Little fingers captured moon-silk. Moon-silk, the perfect word for his brother's hair. It was like . . . spun sugar. A grin popped on his face. Wonder what Maru-nichan would do if he tried some? He twisted the threads tight on his finger and childishly (but majestically, of course) tugged. As Sesshoumaru leaned his face a little closer, he brought his own ragged hair up and stared.

There was one major difference, he decided. Maru-nichan was pretty. He released the hair, hypnotized by how they seemed to glide with languid movements like those of the wind and feathers. Pretty. He smiled, and a sound that was not a giggle (because he would never giggle) came forth. Maru-nichan was pretty.

He grinned. Like a girl.

Sesshoumaru raised his brow.

He grinned again. Sometimes Maru-nichan could say more with that brow then he could with his mouth. It was useful, he decided. He wanted to learn that technique, also. Maybe he could say dirty words to all those nasty smelling people that patted his head in front of his father's face but hissed at him out of papa's view. And then they would . . . –

Hey! Didn't Maru-nichan owe him story?

"I want my story." He grumbled, folding his arms, pink fabric rustling softly with the movement, making both their ears twitch as fire-rat fur slide across whatever stuff his brother wore.

Sesshoumaru smoothed the tangled ivory hair, nails caressing his little brother's ears as a very tiny smile curved his lips. That pink fire-rat fur looked absolutely ridiculous on his little brother. Especially when Inu-chan was trying to appear mighty and . . . dare he say. . . macho?

"Alright. Here's your story."

~ * ~

Pleasure was not something he was used to waking up with. Hard stones that annoyed and insisted on breeding on every fucking sleeping ground was something he'd learned to live with. Branches that poked and would sometimes prod the most sensitive of areas was also another traveling hazard.

But pleasure?

Pleasure was fucking unusual, Inu-yasha sleepily murmured in his mind. Black covers slid against his skin in cool waves, tantalizing in its soft, stroking touches. Sinking into the bed, Inu-yasha let out an appreciative sigh. Aaah, fucking unusual but definitely recommended.

A deep-rooted pleasure that warmed the insides and spiraled in soft tendrils caressed his senses. Serenity seeped into his body and he curled in the bed, sighing a bit in happiness. These pillows and blankets felt absolutely wonderful against his skin.

Inu-yasha blinked. What the. . . ? Lifting the cool silk, Inu-yasha stared down in horror. "What the FUCK?!"

"Where the HELL are my FUCKING CLOTHES!!" A ferocious snarl reverberated through the room as Inu-yasha stalked across the floor. Snowy fur bristled angrily into spiky, icy peaks as his rage grew. "What kind of fucking, sick, twisted joke is that bastard screwing with? Someone needs to teach him some fucking manners." Golden eyes glinted sharply. "And I know just who—"

"Tsk, tsk." Shit. Inu-yasha's eyes widened as the door opened slowly, creaking with an ominous purr of the future. "Such . . . words." The arrogant bastard licks his lips and Inu-yasha could feel his heart twist. With hatred, of course.

Not anything else.

"Shove it, prick."

Sesshoumaru only smiled as a growl prowled in dangerous purr within Inu-yasha's throat. Gliding languidly, the folds of silk draped intricately over one another, weaving, tumbling and parading their beauty for all to see and worship.

He was on a Hunt. And his Prey was right before him.

A fiery chill snaked icily along Inu-yasha's back.

Inu-yasha had seen a lot of expression on that arrogant prick's face in the (unfortunate) long span of time he'd known him. This one was freaky. Momentarily losing the pissed-off expression, the half-demon unconsciously took a step back, claws tightening on the silky material around his waist. There was an edge to this particular smile he'd never seen before, a sort of rakish danger tainting the air.

"Shove it?" Inu-yasha could practically feel the insinuation sinking into his bare skin as Sesshoumaru smirked. "Shove it where?"

One hand gripped the coverlet tightly as the other snaked out behind him, desperate fingers on a desperate mission to find some sort of weapon. Any sort of fucking weapon, Inu-yasha thought wildly as that dark, hungry look in his brother's eyes tore away at any of his usual brash anger.

There had been a time when such words, insinuations, connotations or just anything would have overjoyed him. Inu-yasha snarled; this was no time to sink into self-pity! He had to get out of here, away from his sadistic brother and back to Kagome. He had to protect her. That thought conquered his mind and he could feel the familiar anger hissing up his throat in a hot sense of power.

"I know exactly where, you fucking asshole. Shove it right up your fucking—"

Then Sesshoumaru, with that fucking always-present knowing smile, kissed him.

Some say that surprise is the best plan of silence.

And kissing one's brother is definitely a surprise.

Devouring all of Inu-yasha's remaining words in a heated exchange of breath, Sesshoumaru had to agree. The angry hiss quickly settled into an agitated murmur in his little brother's throat . . . which only made his blood ran hot, the full-blooded demon reflected. There was something terribly exciting in dominating his brash sibling, sliding that young body against his own in contouring motions.

I…

Brutality masked with canine supremacy in a slick dance, a battle even now between them filled with wet caresses and a languid domination Sesshoumaru seemed to hold over Inu-yasha. Hair so white it gleamed silver spilled over battered, rugged strands of the softest blue, a color right between the clouds and the clearest sky.

I…

Gleaming nails clung to the soft folds of silk, their unkempt sharp ends sinking ungraciously into the kimono. Inu-yasha struggled, to breathe, to move, to . . . something! Damnit! Snarling, Inu-yasha's temper provoked him. Weakling! What sort of demon are you? Submitting to the likes of him?! This fucking asshole who tortured you with visions of a living mother . . . who plunged his dark fingers into your eye and smiled as he withdrew a pebble . . . the same "pure-blooded" demon who tried to kill Kagome . . ?

Sesshoumaru caressed one of Inu-yasha's ears, scratching the bottom of the left just right. A soft of softness enwrapped his mood, hinting of subtle malice and carnal desire. Fiercely conquering the kiss, his tongue swept past the weak, virgin attempts of his little prey's, gliding against its delicious wiggle. The taste nearly drove him mad. Forbidden fruit ripened in this mouth, a wet cavern of ecstasy, taboo and a struggling submission that only spiked Sesshoumaru's need.

I've…

A slight weakening of the knees and Inu-yasha cursed the sensibility of his ears, especially his left one. The tiny twitch his fingers displayed only further ensnared his nails into Sesshoumaru's web. Beating thoughts raked against his mind, clawing viciously at his weak, weak body. Inu-yasha's tiny tendril of suppressed thought rose minutely in a whisp of longing.

I've missed you…

At that moment, Inu-yasha's mind paled in clarity. Muscles tightening, he held taunt, strumming with tension as he tried to plan this exactly right. If he could time this right . . . Pushing all thoughts aside, flinging the weak haze of once-upon-a-time, he sank into the kiss. Tongues slide across each other, slick bodies mating in bruising dominance and submission. Choking back a moan, Inu-yasha languidly licked Sesshoumaru's sharp teeth, slowly moving to the full-blooded demon's bottom lip in a very . . . uncharacteristic . . . nibble.

His eyes dilated. Now!

Inu-yasha's body paused, held still in frozen time right before his spring. Right before Sesshoumaru ran his fingers against Inu-yasha's neck . . . but not before the smirking demon swiftly transferred his mouth to right beside that twitching furry ear of Inu-yasha's.

"Checkmate."

I miss you . . . Maru-nichan!