Disclaimer: It's not fair. Inuyasha's not mine.
Miroku: You know why it's not yours?
Reaka: No. Are you going to tell me?
Inuyasha: Because you'd just kill everybody within the first ten episodes.
Reaka: No I wouldn't! I'd let you live for twenty!
Miroku: You'd still kill us.
Inuyasha: So why hasn't Sesshomaru died yet?
Reaka: Because he hasn't battled with Naraku. And he says he loves me. (Inching away. Afraid of what both pretty dead guys will do to her). Can I just start the chapter now?
Inuyasha: Why not?
Miroku: We'll just sit back here and watch you.
Reaka: (gulp). Okay! Well, it's not in Kagome's point of view anymore, but her thoughts are still in slashes. Sesshomaru has some thoughts too, so his will be in brackets. That's about the jist of it. So without any more delay (or evil threatening from Inuyasha and Miroku) it's time for the next chapter of...(Da da dun!) Too Late!
Chapter 9 – Brother
Sesshomaru stared at the injured girl sitting in front of him. Tears had formed in the girl's eyes as she retold the last of the story.
[She really loved him. More than he would've ever realized...]
"That's it? He's dead."
She sadly nodded.
/Why him? Why didn't Naraku kill me? Oh Inuyasha.../
Kagome looked away from Sesshomaru. Her tears were rolling down her cheeks. Reliving that horrible experience was too much for her. She shuddered at what Naraku had almost done to her. Suddenly, she felt someone put their arm around her. She looked up only to find Sesshomaru standing over her.
"I need to be by myself for a while. Would you like me to have Rin stay with you? Or do you prefer to be alone?"
"I need to have someone with me. No. I should just kill myself. Yes. That would end my loneliness."
[Could you really be that desperate to join my brother in death? I can't let her shed her own blood.]
He went to a small cabinet in the room and pulled out a dagger. He laid it on the table next to Kagome.
"Rin will be coming in here to stay with you. If you want to, then fine. Kill yourself. But kill knowing Rin watched the whole thing."
He opened the door and called for Rin. The little girl skipped over to Sesshomaru as she hummed a little song she made up.
"You called for me Lord Sesshomaru?"
"Yes, Rin. Kagome doesn't want to be alone while I go out for a few minutes. I want you to keep her company."
Rin nodded, and Sesshomaru left the room. As soon as he did, his servant, Jaken, walked right up to him.
"What is it, Jaken?"
"What has become of Inuyasha?"
"I know you listened to the whole thing. Why don't you tell me?"
He walked away from the toad demon as he stood there, dumbstruck, at what his master said to him. Sesshomaru walked into his own private chambers, where he knew Jaken wouldn't dare follow him into.
[My brother is dead. But I didn't kill him. I never had the chance.]
His back went up against a wall. His body started to shake with a mixture of anger and sadness.
[All those times, and I never bothered...it was supposed to be me that was going to end his life! Me!]
He sank to a sitting position against his wall. He sat on the floor thinking everything over. A drop of water fell on his hand. Confused, the demon took a taste of it. It tasted salty.
[I'm crying? I, Sesshomaru, am crying for my little brother? Why am I crying? I hated him! So what's going on with me?]
The tears fell down even more. Little gasps could be heard coming out of him.
[No. I didn't hate him. I realize that now. I can't believe I was so stupid! I loved him! He was my brother! How could I not recognize my own feelings? Inuyasha, why'd you have to die?]
His head was in his hands, and he tasted his tears as he cried.
[Damn it! I am so stupid! He was cocky, and arrogant, and impulsive! The qualities no one could love about their siblings! Who am I kidding? I still loved my brother.]
He tried to get up, but he was soon on the ground again. His strength had left him. As more tears fell out of his eyes, he went to sleep.
"Inuyasha...my little brother."
Inuyasha showed up in Sesshomaru's dreams. He stood there, laughing at his older brother as he watched him cry.
"So, where's big, bad, Sesshomaru? Thought you were going to kill me! Or at least keep me from being killed by other demons."
"Inuyasha..."
"Ah, shut up! I'm not mad at you! You didn't know! We were so far away from you, it was impossible for you to smell the blood anyway."
"How did Kagome travel so far with her injuries?"
"I guided her. Just because I died doesn't mean I can't help her, does it? I came to thank you for helping her."
"Did you hear her?"
"Did I hear her what?"
"Did you hear her say she loved you?"
"Yeah. She was the last thing I heard before I died. I want you to do something for me."
"What?"
"Give her this message. Tell her I'll always be with her wherever she goes."
"She will have it."
"Thank you, brother."
[Brother...he called me brother.]
"Good-bye Sesshomaru."
Inuyasha turned and walked away.
"Wait! Inuyasha! Come back! Come back!"
Sesshomaru fell to his knees again. Tears were falling out. His forehead touched the floor, and he stayed like that.
He woke up from the wetness of his tears. He looked around. Inuyasha was gone, and everything was how it was when he fell asleep.
[I must be strong. I'm Sesshomaru. I can't let my emotions get the better of me.]
He snapped back to reality when a scream was heard from Kagome's room.
Reaka: (Looking around) They're gone, for now. Well, I left a cliffy for you guys again! Don't you just hate it when that happens? Don't you all just want to kill me? Well, anyway, you know the drill! Now you must review! I have you under special mind power so you have to anyway! So REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!! Thank you, and have a nice day.
Miroku and Inuyasha: (whispers) Boo...
Reaka: AHHHHHHHHHHH!
Miroku: You know why it's not yours?
Reaka: No. Are you going to tell me?
Inuyasha: Because you'd just kill everybody within the first ten episodes.
Reaka: No I wouldn't! I'd let you live for twenty!
Miroku: You'd still kill us.
Inuyasha: So why hasn't Sesshomaru died yet?
Reaka: Because he hasn't battled with Naraku. And he says he loves me. (Inching away. Afraid of what both pretty dead guys will do to her). Can I just start the chapter now?
Inuyasha: Why not?
Miroku: We'll just sit back here and watch you.
Reaka: (gulp). Okay! Well, it's not in Kagome's point of view anymore, but her thoughts are still in slashes. Sesshomaru has some thoughts too, so his will be in brackets. That's about the jist of it. So without any more delay (or evil threatening from Inuyasha and Miroku) it's time for the next chapter of...(Da da dun!) Too Late!
Chapter 9 – Brother
Sesshomaru stared at the injured girl sitting in front of him. Tears had formed in the girl's eyes as she retold the last of the story.
[She really loved him. More than he would've ever realized...]
"That's it? He's dead."
She sadly nodded.
/Why him? Why didn't Naraku kill me? Oh Inuyasha.../
Kagome looked away from Sesshomaru. Her tears were rolling down her cheeks. Reliving that horrible experience was too much for her. She shuddered at what Naraku had almost done to her. Suddenly, she felt someone put their arm around her. She looked up only to find Sesshomaru standing over her.
"I need to be by myself for a while. Would you like me to have Rin stay with you? Or do you prefer to be alone?"
"I need to have someone with me. No. I should just kill myself. Yes. That would end my loneliness."
[Could you really be that desperate to join my brother in death? I can't let her shed her own blood.]
He went to a small cabinet in the room and pulled out a dagger. He laid it on the table next to Kagome.
"Rin will be coming in here to stay with you. If you want to, then fine. Kill yourself. But kill knowing Rin watched the whole thing."
He opened the door and called for Rin. The little girl skipped over to Sesshomaru as she hummed a little song she made up.
"You called for me Lord Sesshomaru?"
"Yes, Rin. Kagome doesn't want to be alone while I go out for a few minutes. I want you to keep her company."
Rin nodded, and Sesshomaru left the room. As soon as he did, his servant, Jaken, walked right up to him.
"What is it, Jaken?"
"What has become of Inuyasha?"
"I know you listened to the whole thing. Why don't you tell me?"
He walked away from the toad demon as he stood there, dumbstruck, at what his master said to him. Sesshomaru walked into his own private chambers, where he knew Jaken wouldn't dare follow him into.
[My brother is dead. But I didn't kill him. I never had the chance.]
His back went up against a wall. His body started to shake with a mixture of anger and sadness.
[All those times, and I never bothered...it was supposed to be me that was going to end his life! Me!]
He sank to a sitting position against his wall. He sat on the floor thinking everything over. A drop of water fell on his hand. Confused, the demon took a taste of it. It tasted salty.
[I'm crying? I, Sesshomaru, am crying for my little brother? Why am I crying? I hated him! So what's going on with me?]
The tears fell down even more. Little gasps could be heard coming out of him.
[No. I didn't hate him. I realize that now. I can't believe I was so stupid! I loved him! He was my brother! How could I not recognize my own feelings? Inuyasha, why'd you have to die?]
His head was in his hands, and he tasted his tears as he cried.
[Damn it! I am so stupid! He was cocky, and arrogant, and impulsive! The qualities no one could love about their siblings! Who am I kidding? I still loved my brother.]
He tried to get up, but he was soon on the ground again. His strength had left him. As more tears fell out of his eyes, he went to sleep.
"Inuyasha...my little brother."
Inuyasha showed up in Sesshomaru's dreams. He stood there, laughing at his older brother as he watched him cry.
"So, where's big, bad, Sesshomaru? Thought you were going to kill me! Or at least keep me from being killed by other demons."
"Inuyasha..."
"Ah, shut up! I'm not mad at you! You didn't know! We were so far away from you, it was impossible for you to smell the blood anyway."
"How did Kagome travel so far with her injuries?"
"I guided her. Just because I died doesn't mean I can't help her, does it? I came to thank you for helping her."
"Did you hear her?"
"Did I hear her what?"
"Did you hear her say she loved you?"
"Yeah. She was the last thing I heard before I died. I want you to do something for me."
"What?"
"Give her this message. Tell her I'll always be with her wherever she goes."
"She will have it."
"Thank you, brother."
[Brother...he called me brother.]
"Good-bye Sesshomaru."
Inuyasha turned and walked away.
"Wait! Inuyasha! Come back! Come back!"
Sesshomaru fell to his knees again. Tears were falling out. His forehead touched the floor, and he stayed like that.
He woke up from the wetness of his tears. He looked around. Inuyasha was gone, and everything was how it was when he fell asleep.
[I must be strong. I'm Sesshomaru. I can't let my emotions get the better of me.]
He snapped back to reality when a scream was heard from Kagome's room.
Reaka: (Looking around) They're gone, for now. Well, I left a cliffy for you guys again! Don't you just hate it when that happens? Don't you all just want to kill me? Well, anyway, you know the drill! Now you must review! I have you under special mind power so you have to anyway! So REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!! Thank you, and have a nice day.
Miroku and Inuyasha: (whispers) Boo...
Reaka: AHHHHHHHHHHH!