Chapter 12- Healing Inuyasha
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters in this story expect Tristis, Astoria, Maaya, Masako, Ikue, & Mitsuki. They all belong to Rumiko Takahashi, I just borrowed them.
Small hands struggled to put on the tight fitting armor that she often wore. Rin muttered light curses as Jaken kept his eyes on the floor and picked up her nightwear. The toad put his precious staff down and began grumbling to himself.
The petite exterminator raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow. "Did you say something Lord Jaken?"
The toad stopped his harsh words for a moment, allowing himself a small smile at her sign of respect for him. When his lord had informed him of Rin being the unofficial Lady of the Western Lands, Jaken insisted that she no longer address him so formally, at least not in private.
"Nothing that concerns a nosy woman like you; now get back into bed before Lord Sesshoumaru strikes me down."
She gave a small smile, "He would never do anything like that in my presence."
Jaken colored at her reply and shook his head. "Stupid woman, get into bed this second."
"Fine but as soon as Sesshoumaru comes back from his 'talk' I want to leave. As much as I like being with Tristis, we're not making any progress staying here." Suddenly her eyes narrowed slightly at her former nanny. "What happened to the great Lady Astoria?"
He winced at Rin's bitter tone. While dog demons were known for their possessiveness and jealous nature over their mates, Rin's could rival anyone of theirs. It was well known to both her mate and the now scared toad in front of her that she would not allow another woman near Sesshoumaru if she had any say so.
It amused the demon lord that his small mate would scowl for hours on end if another female looked at him. She had nothing to worry about when a human would look at him since she was the only human he'd even given a second glance. It was only when she would give ugly looks to admiring demons that he would scold her. While he understood her feelings (and shared them when males gazed at her), their need for secrecy would not allow him to have her insult any females of his kind, though once they discovered to change Rin she could insult them to her heart's content.
"I asked a question. Did he dismiss her or will I have to take another long trip when she comes sniffing after my mate?"
Her anger was rising and Jaken learned long ago not to anger her. "He did but I believe she had a fairy follow him."
"A fairy? Why would a fairy work for a demon? I was under the impression that they didn't like to associate with demons."
"The annoying little pest won't talk so we do not know if it was Astoria who sent her. Lord Sesshoumaru has insisted on keeping her around for a reason he won't say."
Rin headed towards the door as Jaken squawked at her. "Get into bed! Where are you going? You know very well that Lord Sesshoumaru ordered you to stay into bed! The mate of such a powerful demon should do as she's told!"
The little imp clung to her leg and tried to pull her back inside the room. She rolled her eyes and tried to detach her servant as she headed towards the door. Just as she reached to open the door, her face collided with her mate's chest.
She bit her bottom lip and hesitantly looked up at the cold amber eyes. A small smile was given to him, much like the kind she used to give him as a child when she knew she was in trouble. However, Rin was no longer a child and Sesshoumaru was in no mood to deal with disobedience.
Her mouth opened to voice some excuse but he wouldn't hear of it. "I'm not interested in why you're going against my orders." With that, he picked her up, rather gently Jaken noticed, and carried her into the room where Shippo, Kagome, and her son sat eating breakfast.
The others looked slightly surprised but said nothing. Kagome gave a teasing grin to Rin as she handed her something to eat. The exterminator face paled and began to shake her head but a tightening clawed hand on her waist made her think twice. She thanked the older woman before glaring at her expressionless mate.
A few minutes passed before a very troubled looking Inuyasha walked in. Without a word, he headed to his bedroom with a very concerned Kagome going after him. Rin sighed and pushed her bowl aside.
Sesshoumaru glanced at her and gave a slight look of annoyance. "Say what is on your mind instead of sighing and acting like a child."
Another glare was given to him. "I want to leave right now. When I realized that I wouldn't find anything new here I wanted to leave but couldn't because of my condition and," She gave a look of utter disgust before continuing, "I didn't want to return home and have to act polite to that horrid woman."
While he had been the one to tell her to speak up, Sesshoumaru didn't like discussing such things in front of others. He wanted to remind her of her place but found his tongue unwilling to say such things to her. 'The separation we endured affected me more than I thought. I'm being much gentler with her than I normally am.' For a moment, he thought back to their coupling the previous evening but quickly pushed those thoughts aside when Tristis ran towards them.
At the last second, he caught his young nephew by the back of his shirt before he knocked Rin down. He looked at the squirming pup in his hand and raised an eyebrow. "You mustn't throw yourself at women who are with children, you could hurt them."
The little boy looked at his uncle with immense guilt and tears running down his face. "I'm sorry but I don't want Aunt Rin to leave! I don't want you to leave either! You just got here and you're both going to leave us."
"We have to leave Tristis." The pup turned to look at his despondent aunt. "If I stay here, no matter how much rest I get, I will lose the pups I carry and I can't allow that. I need to find a way to change my body before it's too late."
"But I don't want you to leave!"
Sesshoumaru winced at the high-pitched whines and carefully placed him in his mates lap. The woman wrapped her arms around the pup whispered promises of returning soon in his pointy ear. Seeing Tristis, who looked like he could have been his son and Rin in such a sweet moment, caused the demon lord's heart to tighten.
He stood up and pushed a silver lock away from his face. "Prepare your things Rin. Jaken!"
At the mention of his name, Jaken came running up looking up at his lord. "Yes Lord Sesshoumaru?"
"Fetch the fairy and prepare Ah-Un to leave, inform my brother of our leaving as well."
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"Inuyasha? What happened, what did Sesshoumaru tell you?"
He pulled away from Kagome's gentle embrace and buried his face into the comfortable pillow she had brought back from her time. His stomach continued to twist and turn, the vomiting he had down after his older brother left him didn't improve it at all.
"Inuyasha please, tell me what's wrong."
He could hear fear beginning to make its way into his mate's voice. The half demon refused to answer her, terrified that the sound of his voice would scare her even more. Instead, he curled into a ball and willed away the crying and shaking that threatened to consume him.
Why didn't he remember? How could he forget the good times with his brother and believe his mother. Well he knew why he believed his mother, she was his mother and her word was law.
*~Flashback~*
"Myouga! Myouga our lord has fallen! He has been killed by Ryuukossei!"
Inuyasha stared at one of the guards that protected the castle in confusion before looking down at his little servant. "What does he mean Myouga?"
The flea ignored his young lord and shouted at the guard. "What of Lord Sesshoumaru? He was supposed to meet up with his father and return here?"
This time the little half-breed didn't let Myouga ignore him; he grabbed the tiny demon and lightly squeezed him. "What about Sesshoumaru? Father and Brother were supposed to come home today, they promised! What happened to them?"
"Please Lord Inuyasha! I'm trying to find out."
"Inuyasha! Inuyasha where are you?!"
He dropped the bug at the sound of his mother's frantic cries. Her perfect hair was a complete mess and the small smile that she always wore was nowhere to be found. The woman of the house ran and picked him up, crushing the tiny boy to her chest.
"Madam, your lord…"
Inuyasha's mother looked away from her son to look at the flea on her shoulder. "I know… some of the guards have killed my ladies in waiting, I must take Inuyasha away from here. Oh Myouga I must return to my village before Sesshoumaru returns!"
The little boy pulled away from his now crying mother. "What's going on?! Why are we running away from Sesshoumaru? He'll protect us Mother! We're brothers; brothers are supposed to stick together! Sesshoumaru told me so!"
"Hush Inuyasha. Myouga please, is there anyway for me to leave with my son safely? The guards still loyal to my lord are fighting the ones lead by Sesshoumaru but I do not have much time."
"My lady I don't understand. Lord Sesshoumaru would never attack his…"
The sentence wasn't finished; the door that had given them some protection was brought down. The young half-demon lord looked in horror and confusion as three of his father's guards, lower class dog demons, snarled at them and pointed their swords towards them.
The leader of the small group turned his gaze toward Inuyasha. "Now we rid the mistakes of that human lover and kill the abomination! Do what you will with the human bitch but the freak is mine. We'll bring their heads to the new lord, Lord Sesshoumaru!"
Myouga's protests were lost as a sword was quickly brought down on Inuyasha. However, the sword did not make the desired contact for the guard from earlier shielded his young lord with his own sword. He pushed the three dogs back while keeping Inuyasha and his mother behind him. "My lady run as far as you can! You must keep Lord Inuyasha from these fools."
*~End Flashback~*
Inuyasha closed his eyes as he tried to remember what had happened that day. After running out of the castle he, his mother, and a few guards were able to make it into the forest. However, the attacks still came and soon only, he and his mother were left.
Somehow, they were able to make it to the village his mother had come from but things were different now. Her family was no longer in control of the village and many of the people were not to happy to welcome back a woman who was the wife of a demon. However, the new headman of the village took pity on her and allowed her and Inuyasha to stay.
Permission to stay, however, did not mean they were to be given kindness. This is where he obtained all his painful memories. The village where the children picked on him or excluded him from games, where his mother died, and where his happy carefree self died was the source of all his misery.
Only now did he realize that he could have ended that if he only had gone home with his brother, both times he approached him.
*~Flashback~*
"Shh, let's get out of here before he asks if he wants to play."
"My dad said it's a sin against Buddha to mix with demons."
Inuyasha bit his bottom lip and pretended he didn't hear the other children talk about him. He didn't understand why the kids in the village where so mean to him. The people in the castle we're always nice but they never called him names and his brother always played with him. Then again, things in the castle didn't turn out well.
He didn't feel like fighting with the kids today, after six months it became tiring. Instead, he went towards the forest to practice the things his father and Sesshoumaru had taught him, like being able to figure out individual scents.
As he sniffed around a scent hit him hard. It was definitely male, very strong but had a hint of wild flowers. For a brief moment he wished with all his being that it was his father but the wild flowers gave it away, it was his big brother. With a small cry, he began to run towards his beloved brother but stopped once he found himself in front of the new lord of the Western Lands.
The expressionless lord looked down at him and gave a brief smile. "Inuyasha, you are unharmed. Go get your mother, we'll return home right away."
The pup looked up at him and was torn between running into his big brother's arms and running away. He and his mother were almost killed by the men who followed his brother and now he wanted him to return home?
Sesshoumaru took a step forward when he saw the expression on his little brother's face. "Inuyasha, what is wrong?"
The half-breed took a step back and said nothing. This happened once again when the older brother stepped closer and this time an annoyed look was given. "Inuyasha stop this nonsense! Get your mother and let us leave this place."
When he didn't move, Sesshoumaru moved to put his hand on his little brother's face, hoping to break him from his stupor. However, the hand was violently slapped away. For a moment, the two stood there, the wind blow hair to the side, not a single word being uttered.
The demon lord was so shocked by Inuyasha's actions that he didn't know what to say. He had never said anything against him and he certainly never hit him. Sesshoumaru tried to at least say his brother's name but his tongue failed him.
Yet, Inuyasha did not have this handicap. "Go away! This is a human village, we have a priestess in training, and she'll purify you! Go away; we don't want any demons here!"
"What on earth are you talking about? Inuyasha you are my brother and your place is with me in Father's home."
"You're not my brother! You're only my half-brother!"
If the slap had shocked Sesshoumaru then the statement he had just heard knocked the breath out of him. He swallowed hard and stared at the little brother. "W-What did you just say?"
"Leave me alone Sesshoumaru! Stay away from me and Mother!"
*~End Flashback~*
He had run away after screaming at him, he ran into his mother's arms and vowed to never let Sesshoumaru and other demons to harm them again. When his mother had died, Sesshoumaru came again and asked his brother to return with him. Once again, he threw the offer back into his face and ran away from him.
"Inuyasha, did you hear Jaken? Sesshoumaru and Rin are leaving now. Please Inuyasha answer me, you're scaring me."
He sat up and gathered Kagome in his arms. For a moment, he just rocked her in his arms, ignoring her questions. After taking a deep breath of her wonderful scent, he kissed her cheek. "I want to go with them. I owe my brother and Tristis can stay with Miroku and Sango."
She looked up at him, "Of course Inuyasha but what about Shippo?"
"We'll bring him with us; I just need to do this. I need to make it up to Sesshoumaru."
Before she could say anything else, she was crushed in his arms again. Kagome wrapped her arms around him and ran her fingers through his hair. 'Poor Inuyasha, I thought I had healed him but…it looks like the only one who can do that is Sesshoumaru.'
AUTHOR'S NOTE: *blushes* looks like I'm making it a habit to take months to update. I'm sorry but once again, lack of inspiration and never enough time to write continues. *Hugs all reviewers* I love you guys so much and I was so glad everyone enjoyed chapter 11. After I wrote it, I just loved the chapter, in my opinion it is the best chapter in this story that I have written; I don't think I can compete with that. Anyway I'll *try* to get another chapter out ASAP.
Angel of darkness flame: *blushes* thank you so much! I'm going to review your story, I'm sorry I haven't been able to but since I finally have this chapter out I can go read your story and review. I noticed you signed my guestbook on my website (I have to update that!) so again thank you.
Lady Sable: ^_^, thank you and I'm sorry for taking another long time to get this chapter out.
Ryoko-onee: lol, I'm glad you liked the lime and my story so far. I was actually worried when you said this was your first Inuyasha fic because your first fic usually determines if you keep reading the type of fanfic. Anyway thanks for reviewing and I hope you continue to enjoy this story and others.
Dawnsama: Yes, I don't think Sesshoumaru is a bad person because if he was then he couldn't use his sword and he would care for Rin as much as he does. Also let's not forget him stopping Inuyasha from killing more humans when he went nuts. I hope that this chapter explains some more.
Okibi Chan: Lol, I'm *SO* sorry that chapter 11 and chapter 12 took so long but I hope they were worth the wait. Thank you, I try to keep Sesshoumaru in character but he's such a difficult character. Oh, goody the ducks are staying away from me, even though I don't blame them if they snapped at me for the lateness of this chapter. Lol and yes I just had to make the baby a lech. No it doesn't quite work out as well but can't you just see Miroku running around trying to keep Mitsuki away from all the boys in the village? That's what he gets for grabbing so many girls and asking women for sex.
Babsie: I think his mother has something to do with their relationship but I don't think she's a horrible woman. My sister was telling me that now she thought his mother was to blame and now she doesn't like her anymore. Lol, I don't want people to hate Inuyasha's mom but just for them to think that maybe she had something to do with their hateful relationship. In addition, I can't see Sesshoumaru being very affectionate with Rin even if he does love her. While Inuyasha has matured a bit he's still a bit childish because that's who he is, not a great explanation though. There's a saying that if you hate something or someone so much you're going to get something that back in return. Inuyasha "hated" his brother so his son ended up looking like what he hated, Sesshoumaru mentions his father saying something like that. Shippo is still young and while he may look like a teenager, he isn't an adult so he can still be somewhat bratty. Finally, Myouga didn't think it was his place to say anything and Kikyo is… wherever you want her to be. She can be living peacefully in a village or dead, whatever floats your boat. Gosh, this response is long.
Gohansfav1: *hands a tissue* I'm sorry, *hugs* I didn't mean to make you cry. I know my sister know kind of hates Inuyasha's mom but I think this chapter might clear some things up.
Aphy69: thank you! Maaya will have a big part in the next chapter, Sesshoumaru has plans for her.
Airen2: Thank you, I'm glad you like my point of view of the relationship.
GreaterBeast-Xellas: lol, I'm back *again*. I'm glad you enjoyed the lime; I'll try again to write a lemon towards the end.
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