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Chapter 10: Sesshomaru
Sesshomaru turned his head to the door. It slid open and standing there was a very angry Inuyasha. The brothers glared daggers at each other while Nekoyasha seemed oblivious to them.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Inuyasha yelled.
Nekoyasha spun around. "Inuyasha! Lower your voice! You'll wake the entire household! Now get in here and have a seat.
Inuyasha grudgingly came into the room and sat down against the wall opposite of Sesshomaru. "You still haven't answered my question."
Sesshomaru blinked at him. "I do not have to answer to you, little brother."
Nekoyasha sighed. She walked over to Inuyasha. "He is here because the child is sick. Now, please hold her." She held the little girl out to him.
"I am not going to hold his little brat!" Inuyasha yelled at the same time that Sesshomaru interjected, "I will not let that no good pup hold my Rin!"
"Finally, Sesshomaru actually shows he cares for something," Nekoyasha commented. She looked back at Sesshomaru. Matter-of-factly she explained, "You are hurt. I need to see to your injuries. Hence neither one of us can hold her. To a human the both of you smell similar since you are family. Inuyasha will only hold her for as long as it takes me to fix you up." She turned back to Inuyasha. "Besides you have a child in your group anyways. More than likely you have had to hold him at some point."
Even though Inuyasha was grumbling he took the little girl in his arms. Nekoyasha brought him a blanket since he still didn't have a shirt on. He shifted her and put the blanket on her. Rin grabbed a hold of one of his forelocks of hair and snuggled with it.
Nekoyasha turned her attentions to Sesshomaru. She could hear him growl softly because Rin was with his brother. She shook her head. Slowly she began to remove his armor. He tried to pull away from the cat demon.
"I told you that I do not need anything."
"I say you do. I can smell blood on you. A lot of it," she retorted back.
"What you smell is my enemy's blood."
She sighed. "I think I know what your blood smells like." He raised an eyebrow. She smiled and continued pulling the last bit of his armor off. "It smells a lot like his." She gestured to Inuyasha with her head. Sesshomaru growled at her. "What? You both smell like dog. Get over it." She loosened the top of his kimono.
Again he tried to shy away from her. She blinked at him and gave him a concerned look. "You don't want my help? Those wounds should be looked at."
Sesshomaru looked over to where Inuyasha was sitting. Inuyasha seemed to find this all amusing. "I am a demon. I can heal on my own," he stated as much for the bandaged Inuyasha as for the girl in front of him.
"Hmpf." Nekoyasha was starting to get tired of Sesshomaru's evasiveness. She knew that something else was up. *He's hiding something from me. He was never one to turn down help when his wounds were deep.* "Well, even demons need a little help sometimes." With that she managed to pull his kimono top and undershirt off at once. She gasped at the sight that presented itself to her.
Sesshomaru knew she was not gasping at his wounds. He stood there looking as regal as he could without a shirt and only one arm. He would not lower his eyes in shame, for that would look like he was weak. *I will not look weak in front of another Lord or Lady, even if they are my ally. Even if she is ... family.
*But she's not true family,* a little voice inside his head said. That was true. She was not related to him by blood. She had the same blood that flowed through Inuyasha's veins, not his. But it didn't matter to her. He was still family.
She took a step toward the youkai. She understood now why he didn't want her to look at him. It was his pride. And as far as youkai were concerned, you never showed a weakness, even to an ally. For it could be exploited. She pushed all her concern as a cousin away. She even had to push her healer's instinct away. As the Lady of the Southern Lands was her position now.
She squared her shoulders back, lifted her head high, and looked Sesshomaru straight in the eye. "My Lord, may I inquire as to what happened to you arm?" Her voice had dropped its familiarity and had adopted the same tone that Sesshomaru always used. It was cold and hard and practically devoid of any emotion.
Neither one of the inuyoukai had heard her use that tone before. Inuyasha could not hide the surprise on his face. And from the look of things, Sesshomaru was having a hard time concealing his surprise as well.
They stood there in silence. "Well, my Lord?"
Sesshomaru sighed. "You should not try to be something you are not. The tone and air does not become you, Nekoyasha."
"I was trying not to embarrass you anymore than I already had."
"Thank you. As an answer to your question, he cut my arm off," he said gesturing to Inuayasha. He sat down on the floor across from where his brother was.
Nekoyasha looked from one brother to the other. "And why would he want to do that?"
"Oh, because he was trying to steal my sword that dad gave to me, trying to hurt Kagome, and there's something else. oh yeah, he was trying to kill me!" Inuyasha interjected.
Nekoyasha sat down and started cleaning Sesshomaru's wounds. She shook her head. "Trying to kill each other. Why? You used to stick up for each other!"
"Hey! He started it. Threw me out after my mom died, then forgot about me. Then he comes and pulls some gem out of my eye. That hurt you son-of- a-bitch! All for some sword."
Sesshomaru was starting to lose his temper. "That sword does not belong to some hair-brained, flea-bitten, half-breed like you! Half-breeds are stupid and a screw-up of nature. All the problems of the lands are caused by stupid half-breeds. They should not be allowed to exist!"
There was silence in the room. Inuyasha looked at his brother in disbelief. *He has said those words to me many times before. But Nekoyasha ... he was always nice to her.*
Nekoyasha had stopped in the middle of what she was doing, which was washing off Sesshomaru's wounds. She had always considered Sesshomaru her cousin. He had never tried to hurt her in anyway. She knew that he could have invaded the Southern Lands at any time.
She slowly stood. "Well, if that is how you feel ..." She threw the clothes at Sesshomaru, and then walked to the door of the room and slid it open. "Then leave."
***** A/N: Thank you to all my reviewers! I feel loved!
Ok, now this is a cliffhanger. Bookworm, I don't think that last chapter was a cliffhanger, but that is just me.
Earth Borne: Sorry no face off this chapter. Although I promise you blood in next chapter (and it is Sesshomaru's). Inuyasha: Yea! Sesshomaru bleeds!
Catleana: (gives Inuyasha evil look) Yes, but you aren't the one that causes it. And unfortunately, I'm not in the Biology Computer lab, I'm in the engineering building, so I can't threaten you with the snake room. Oh well.
Inuyasha laughs at Catleana.
See you next chapter!
I did fix the anonymous review problem. I didn't realize that function was on. Thanks Bookworm!
Chapter 10: Sesshomaru
Sesshomaru turned his head to the door. It slid open and standing there was a very angry Inuyasha. The brothers glared daggers at each other while Nekoyasha seemed oblivious to them.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Inuyasha yelled.
Nekoyasha spun around. "Inuyasha! Lower your voice! You'll wake the entire household! Now get in here and have a seat.
Inuyasha grudgingly came into the room and sat down against the wall opposite of Sesshomaru. "You still haven't answered my question."
Sesshomaru blinked at him. "I do not have to answer to you, little brother."
Nekoyasha sighed. She walked over to Inuyasha. "He is here because the child is sick. Now, please hold her." She held the little girl out to him.
"I am not going to hold his little brat!" Inuyasha yelled at the same time that Sesshomaru interjected, "I will not let that no good pup hold my Rin!"
"Finally, Sesshomaru actually shows he cares for something," Nekoyasha commented. She looked back at Sesshomaru. Matter-of-factly she explained, "You are hurt. I need to see to your injuries. Hence neither one of us can hold her. To a human the both of you smell similar since you are family. Inuyasha will only hold her for as long as it takes me to fix you up." She turned back to Inuyasha. "Besides you have a child in your group anyways. More than likely you have had to hold him at some point."
Even though Inuyasha was grumbling he took the little girl in his arms. Nekoyasha brought him a blanket since he still didn't have a shirt on. He shifted her and put the blanket on her. Rin grabbed a hold of one of his forelocks of hair and snuggled with it.
Nekoyasha turned her attentions to Sesshomaru. She could hear him growl softly because Rin was with his brother. She shook her head. Slowly she began to remove his armor. He tried to pull away from the cat demon.
"I told you that I do not need anything."
"I say you do. I can smell blood on you. A lot of it," she retorted back.
"What you smell is my enemy's blood."
She sighed. "I think I know what your blood smells like." He raised an eyebrow. She smiled and continued pulling the last bit of his armor off. "It smells a lot like his." She gestured to Inuyasha with her head. Sesshomaru growled at her. "What? You both smell like dog. Get over it." She loosened the top of his kimono.
Again he tried to shy away from her. She blinked at him and gave him a concerned look. "You don't want my help? Those wounds should be looked at."
Sesshomaru looked over to where Inuyasha was sitting. Inuyasha seemed to find this all amusing. "I am a demon. I can heal on my own," he stated as much for the bandaged Inuyasha as for the girl in front of him.
"Hmpf." Nekoyasha was starting to get tired of Sesshomaru's evasiveness. She knew that something else was up. *He's hiding something from me. He was never one to turn down help when his wounds were deep.* "Well, even demons need a little help sometimes." With that she managed to pull his kimono top and undershirt off at once. She gasped at the sight that presented itself to her.
Sesshomaru knew she was not gasping at his wounds. He stood there looking as regal as he could without a shirt and only one arm. He would not lower his eyes in shame, for that would look like he was weak. *I will not look weak in front of another Lord or Lady, even if they are my ally. Even if she is ... family.
*But she's not true family,* a little voice inside his head said. That was true. She was not related to him by blood. She had the same blood that flowed through Inuyasha's veins, not his. But it didn't matter to her. He was still family.
She took a step toward the youkai. She understood now why he didn't want her to look at him. It was his pride. And as far as youkai were concerned, you never showed a weakness, even to an ally. For it could be exploited. She pushed all her concern as a cousin away. She even had to push her healer's instinct away. As the Lady of the Southern Lands was her position now.
She squared her shoulders back, lifted her head high, and looked Sesshomaru straight in the eye. "My Lord, may I inquire as to what happened to you arm?" Her voice had dropped its familiarity and had adopted the same tone that Sesshomaru always used. It was cold and hard and practically devoid of any emotion.
Neither one of the inuyoukai had heard her use that tone before. Inuyasha could not hide the surprise on his face. And from the look of things, Sesshomaru was having a hard time concealing his surprise as well.
They stood there in silence. "Well, my Lord?"
Sesshomaru sighed. "You should not try to be something you are not. The tone and air does not become you, Nekoyasha."
"I was trying not to embarrass you anymore than I already had."
"Thank you. As an answer to your question, he cut my arm off," he said gesturing to Inuayasha. He sat down on the floor across from where his brother was.
Nekoyasha looked from one brother to the other. "And why would he want to do that?"
"Oh, because he was trying to steal my sword that dad gave to me, trying to hurt Kagome, and there's something else. oh yeah, he was trying to kill me!" Inuyasha interjected.
Nekoyasha sat down and started cleaning Sesshomaru's wounds. She shook her head. "Trying to kill each other. Why? You used to stick up for each other!"
"Hey! He started it. Threw me out after my mom died, then forgot about me. Then he comes and pulls some gem out of my eye. That hurt you son-of- a-bitch! All for some sword."
Sesshomaru was starting to lose his temper. "That sword does not belong to some hair-brained, flea-bitten, half-breed like you! Half-breeds are stupid and a screw-up of nature. All the problems of the lands are caused by stupid half-breeds. They should not be allowed to exist!"
There was silence in the room. Inuyasha looked at his brother in disbelief. *He has said those words to me many times before. But Nekoyasha ... he was always nice to her.*
Nekoyasha had stopped in the middle of what she was doing, which was washing off Sesshomaru's wounds. She had always considered Sesshomaru her cousin. He had never tried to hurt her in anyway. She knew that he could have invaded the Southern Lands at any time.
She slowly stood. "Well, if that is how you feel ..." She threw the clothes at Sesshomaru, and then walked to the door of the room and slid it open. "Then leave."
***** A/N: Thank you to all my reviewers! I feel loved!
Ok, now this is a cliffhanger. Bookworm, I don't think that last chapter was a cliffhanger, but that is just me.
Earth Borne: Sorry no face off this chapter. Although I promise you blood in next chapter (and it is Sesshomaru's). Inuyasha: Yea! Sesshomaru bleeds!
Catleana: (gives Inuyasha evil look) Yes, but you aren't the one that causes it. And unfortunately, I'm not in the Biology Computer lab, I'm in the engineering building, so I can't threaten you with the snake room. Oh well.
Inuyasha laughs at Catleana.
See you next chapter!
