Omgosh... this sssooo took me forever to get the motive to do again! I just completely blanked out about writing. I never had any time to!! But I've taken up writing again, and I'm hoping to make my chapters longer. This one I believe so far is my longest chapter out of all my fics. Let's hope I can get them longer still!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. If I did I would be driving about in a fancy car all day long. (As soon as I get a driver's license that is.)
Chapter 2:
The young lord in-training paced about his room. Anger was evident on his face. He looked no older then 10 but he held a regal air about him. Baka Inuyasha. He knows it is too cold outside for playing games! The little brat is probably still downstairs, crying about how "Sesshou-nii- chan won't go outside to play!" The ten year old fell onto the bed backwards, sighing heavily and muttering incoherent things to himself. This was a side of him he was afraid to show to anyone. A side he kept hidden from prying eyes. Never had he let anyone see his anger. His hatred. His sadness. He dealt with it all on his own; he didn't need others to share his feelings. He didn't want to be compared to anyone else then himself. Anything less was no good.
He had a blue crescent moon on his forehead, tilted to the side slightly and two flaming red stripes under his eyes adorned both of his cheeks. Ears that looked near human became pointed at the top, giving off an elvish look to them. His smooth silky hair cascaded about him, making his pale, porcelain-like features glow along with the long tresses.
His dress wear was made of pure silk. A beautiful light blue hamekka, the colour of the noon-day sky nearly two shades darker then his younger brother's snowy silver hair. A pattern of iridescent silver that resembled fish scales lined the collar and trailed over the left shoulder of fabric and something white and fluffy draped over his right shoulder. At first glance it looked to be something like a boa, but if you inspected further, you would find the boa to actually be a tail! The fluffy appendage wrapped all around its master in a comforting way. It seemed at times, that the tail had a mind of its own. Sesshoumaru's younger brother realized this even faster then Sesshoumaru did and rightfully gave the softness a new name. Fluffy-chan, much to Sess' disgust. But the name had grown on him, and he no longer minded the childish nickname.
The 10-year old looked over at a picture on his bedside table. It was a picture of him and his brother sitting in the branches of a sakura tree. The picture was set in a gold frame, sitting on a light, lacey cloth. The cloth fell elegantly over the sides of the reddish coloured wood and the tips of cloth were dawned with black marble like beads. A satin dark candle burned slowly casting a soft light over the reddish-black coloured room.
Baka.... Sesshoumaru thought as he sat up. He stretched his arms and yawned his canine fangs flashing in the candle light. It would be dark soon. About an hour away. "I'll make it up to him..." the youkai prince mumbled standing up. He yawned again. "He can sleep with me tonight, he'll like that..."
Sesshoumaru blew out the candle and walked downstairs. "Inuyasha! Where aaarrreee yyyooouuu..." he called out. He started looking for the kawaii hanyou around the palace. He pulled on a coat and walked outside into the snow covered garden since he couldn't find the pup he was looking for inside. Sess hardly picked his feet up, draping them along through the snow. He was really tired. He had had a long day of training today and wanted nothing more then to fall asleep. But he had to find his half- brother first. "INUYASHA!!!" he cried out, now getting pissed that he couldn't find the boy. He was about to turn to go back inside but all of a sudden he felt a jolt go throat his body. His claws hand came up holding the side of his neck. His skin tingled uncomfortably and he took a step forward. As soon as he did that, his neck tingled more. It wasn't really painful, it was kind of like when you first start to feel pins and needles up your arm or after you move from an odd position. Sesshoumaru took two steps back and the feeling faded.
All of a sudden he knew something was very wrong and that Inuyasha was in trouble. Sesshoumaru ran. He ran forward, the way that made his skin prick more. Sometimes the feeling would just stop and Sesshoumaru froze. He would turn in a slow circle, before all of a sudden the feeling came back, yet now he was facing a new direction. He would start running again, and he came to a large tree. All of a sudden he could faintly smell Inuyasha. There was a light impression in the snow under the tree. "He was sitting here. Something happened to him though. His scent is laced with fear." He started to run after the scent but as the new snow storm picked up, it became harder and harder to see. Sesshoumaru was forced to start walking, because when he ran, the snow flurries blinded his vision.
He came to a drop off, blood and green foamish stuff was everywhere. Sesshoumaru didn't know what the green stuff was, but the blood was defiantly his brothers. Sess ran and looked over the cliff. There was some blood on a rock. His neck tingled more and his face blanched. Did Inuyasha fall over the side? He turned his head to the side sniffing the air. His brother's scent trailed back into the forest.
Either he fell over, or he came to this point then left off south. Then how is his blood on that rock? The prince sighed, and then started after the scent of his brother that went back into the woods. He better be this way, damn little brother... Please let me be wrong, once I find you, tell me that wasn't your blood and that your not hurt... Tell me I've been worrying over nothing... He was quite nervous. He wasn't sure if Inuyasha fell over the cliff or was deeper in the forest.
He kept walking for about five minutes, his steps slow because of the cold. His coat was warm, but it could only keep you warm for so long. Sesshoumaru was losing hope that his brother had gone the way he hoped when some way ahead of him he saw a large green snake. He sniffed the air then he smelt his brother near. He kept walking towards the snake that was coiled behind a tree. The tree wasn't very tall, but was wide. He couldn't see the snakes head, for it was looking around the tree, seemingly very interested in something. The snake's body uncoiled itself in a flash hissing loudly. Then Sesshoumaru heard something that make his eyes widen in shock, fear, and disbelief.
A loud cry echoed through the forest. A cry from a child. A hanyou child. Inuyasha... Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed and started to glow a blood-red colour. He ran forward at the snake youkai lifting up his right hand. He swung at the unsuspecting creatures back, making it shriek and turn around. Silver blood started oozing out of the five slash wounds down it's long slender body and it hissed out, "The ottthhher lord'sss ssson.... How ssstrange... Nii-chan did come to sssave hisss dead brottthhher..." Sesshoumaru looked at the youkai in disgust. "You hurt Inuyasha." He stated in a dead calm voice. The snake grinned. "Sssooo you are asss sssmart asss ttthhhey sssay..." "It doesn't take a genius to figure out you've hurt him. Even a simple human would be able to tell." But then the snake snickered. "Well letsss sssee how badly you want him back!" The snake lunged out at Sesshoumaru but he easily dodged leaping high into the air. He aimed the palm of his hand at the snake, as his hand turned a neon- glowing green. All of a sudden, it was as if acid rain fell upon the snake youkai. He hissed in pain as his flesh started to dissolve instantly. Thrashing about, the snake struck out in vain at the prince who had just sprayed his body in a poison shower. As the snake lay thrashing about, Sesshoumaru went to his younger brother kneeling down next to him. He wrapped his arms around the child cradling his small form. Inuyasha's breathing was very shallow and raspy and his skin was ghostly pale. Lips tinged blue, the pup was trembling badly. He whimpered and whined in his sleep, a horrible fever taking a hold of him. Freezing cold from the snow storm and frigid temperatures, burning hot from the fever the poison of the snake caused.
Sesshoumaru kissed the boy's burning forehead. "Inuyasha wake up..." The pup's hands clasped onto the front of Sesshoumaru's shirt and tired gold eyes slid open slowly. "Onii...chan..." the boy breathlessly whispered out slowly, struggling with every breath he took. Sesshoumaru nuzzled Inuyasha's face suddenly purring to comfort his younger brother. The hold on his shirt tightened as the pup moaned in pain. "Onii.... It hu-hurts...." Sesshoumaru stood picking up his younger brother up in the process. Inuyasha moved in Sesshoumaru's arms trying to get closer but cried out in pain as his rib bones shifted and rubbed against each other. "Se-Sessy- chan..." The older youkai cooed into Inuyasha's ear trying to relax the boy. Inuyasha's eyes closed tightly as his body protested against being moved. He cried out again.
"Inuyasha calm down!!" The said boy had started to thrash about violently. Inu started panicking, twisting about in his brother's arms. He opened his eyes and stared straight at Sesshoumaru. Sess gasped as he saw his younger brother's eyes. They were blank and he didn't even realize his brother. The only emotion that reached Inuyasha's eyes was fear. Pure unbridled fear. Inuyasha didn't even realize that he was in his brother's arms.
"The poison... It is making you delirious Inuyasha..." Sesshoumaru murmured softly. Inuyasha continued to struggle in Sess' arms then sank his claws into Sess' arms suddenly falling still. Sesshoumaru flinched but didn't move for he noticed his brother was relaxing. "Shh... Inu-chan..." Inuyasha fell against Sess' chest his claws loosening its hold on his older brother's arms. He whimpered softly then fell completely silent going limp. Sesshoumaru took two of his fingers and gently pressed them against the side of Inuyasha's neck. He gasped softly. His pulse... Inuyasha's pulse is so weak... he said to himself. He debated in his head, I should run, I'll get Inuyasha home and out of the cold faster. But if I run, his blood will spread the poison through his body faster... So I should walk. His body is weak anyway and if I walk I won't hurt him as badly with my movements. But if I walk we'll both be outside for way longer and his skin is already freezing... So what should I do...?
Sesshoumaru started to walk back home still inwardly debating on running or not. So he did not notice his younger brother's eyes slowly open. Inuyasha moved his lips to speak but no words came out. He wanted to say sorry. Sorry for not listening to his older brother and not staying near the palace. He watched his older brother's face. So calm and gentle... caring... sweet... His brother had the elegance and grace of a god. Sesshoumaru's simple features all so precise, it took your breath away. Sesshoumaru never cared, for anyone. But Inuyasha was the only exception to that rule. Inuyasha was the only one Sesshoumaru showed compassion towards.
Inuyasha laid his head against his brother's chest as he watched the landscape covered in white slowly go past. He didn't know where they were going. But he didn't care either. No longer did he care if his life was to be over soon. He was in his brother's arms. His brother has saved him from the snake just like he knew he would.
Onii-chan... arigatou...
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