a/n - hey people. i almost have 20 reviews now! i'm SO happy!! um, sorry for the long wait, i was busy with some school business. this week is my LAST week of school! yes! :D most of you guessed right! i guess i'm never hard to figure out, huh? glad you all like it. ok, we're going to move into some steady conflicts and a love triangle depressing to a certain two characters..... aw jeez, just go on and read it! --
and now some replies to my darling reviewers. [i like doing this :D]
To Vashies-Girl: Ok, i didn't think i would have had to explain this again cuz i think i had in the first chapter. but um... kagome LEFT for her world after the "defeat" of Naraku. so naraku was "presumed" dead, and she no longer had reason to stay. so she left. kikyo VANISHED after kagome's "permanent" disappearance, and Miroku and Sango, being human, died after a couple decades. there. hope you get it now. oh, and yes, i've mentioned in the summary and in the first chapter that it's InuyashaxShippo, that means, love between inuyasha and shippo. sorry 'bout that. :P
to Yuki Kurai: glad i made ya happy! [i thought i was the only one who liked that pair, seriously!]
to PeachoRose: you read them all?! thanx!
Chisara Notell: Ah, that's kind of strange... well.... do you 'like' the pairing? just wondering, now that you read this fic and all...
Fawnie: as most others, you guessed right! .;
?????? dude: i'll get limey on this chapter just for you, ne!
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Chapter 5: Unwanted Love
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Inuyasha locked eyes with his brother. "What the Hell do you want?"
"I've been watching..." Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes, "And I see you haven't changed through out all these years..." There was silence, neither wanting to be the first to break it. Sesshoumaru walked gingerly toward his brother, whom had begun emitting low growls from the pits of his throat. "This is how you treat your brother who wants to do nothing but help?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened and his growls faded, "YOU?! Help?! Stop fucking around and get serious!" He grabbed the Tetsaiga and sheathed it. "I ain't got time for your dumb games."
Ignoring the hanyou almost completely, the youkai brushed past him and knelt to the kitsune's side. He looked into Shippo's face, with what seemed to be a glint of interest.
"The fox." He said simply.
Inuyasha snorted and stood beside the yokai and the kitsune, watching carefully of his brother's actions. "What can you do to 'help'?" His voiced dripped with sarcasm and doubt.
Sesshoumaru simply ignored him yet again, his index fingers tracing a line across Shippo's neck.
"W-What do ya think'ya doin'?!!" Inuyasha growled impatiently.
"Be silent." HIs brother said quickly. The hanyou sat cross legged and biting his lip. "Your friend has been severely poisoned."
"No duh, ass..." Inuyasha grumbled, receiving a challenging glare in return.
"Apparently, his body is unable to handle it. I'll draw it from him.."
Inuyasha jumped. 'Draw' it from him? What, he was gonna slit Shippo's throat with his nails or something? He watched on, feeling the need to be more cautious than he had ever been. 'If he even tries, I'm gonna-' His thoughts were interupted when he saw his brother leaning dangerously close to the kitsune's face.
He just gaped in horror, the yokai's face just above Shippo's.
"What the fuck you doin'?!!" Inuyasha screeched angrily, jumping to his feet almost immediately, "If you try any funny shit I'm gonna spill your guts, I swear it!" He placed a hand on the Tetsaiga to finalize his point, but received a mischievous sideglance from his brother instead.
Mischievous? Sesshoumaru? But there was no time for questions, in a split second the yokai's teeth sunk into the kitsune's neck, fresh dark blood trickling down his skin and staining the snow.
A cold wind rushed by... Time itself seemed to have stopped. Neither moved from where they were. Hair fluttering gently along with the cool breeze. For the first time, Inuyasha shivered, it was such a cold sensation. 'What's happening...?' He wondered dumbly. Something inside hurt, and hurt pretty badly.... Why was there that sudden chill?
Finally, for what seemed like forever, the yokai slowly lifted his head, blood dripping thickly from his fangs. "He should awake within a few hours.... In the meantime, it's your duty to keep him from harm. As you know, he is completely defensless..."
Sesshoumaru rised his feet and turned to leave.
"Wait!" Inuyasha shouted at his brother's back. "Why are you helping us?"
".......That is a reason you have no need to know of... yet."
"WHAT?!" Inuyasha growled, but his brother had already vanished into thin air. "Damn... He's got some new tricks..." He looked back at Shippo, who wasn't as pale, but now had two boring holes in his neck that were still soaking the snow with leeking blood traces. Had his brother 'sucked' out the poison somehow? But why from the neck area? Would that even be efficient?
Well.... This WAS Sesshoumaru we're talking about.... God knows what he's capable of after all this time.
He let his shoulders slump as well as the rest of his body. The events of this day totally drained him of his energy. And here it was only early evening time. Stuck with the decision of dragging Shippo off to a village or remaining on the snow field, he took a final glance to the kitsune.
"Well, I guess it'd be stupid to stay out here in the open with such a strong scent of blood..." He mumbled angrily to himself, standing once again and unsteadily walking over to his defenseless companion.
Lifting him up over his shoulder he began another journey in a random direction. For miles on end all he could see was snow. His feet were practically numb and his teeth began to chatter. 'Why haven't I noticed how cold it was before?!' He though angrilly to himself. And to top it all off, it began snowing. 'Aw, shit, this is all I need...'
He trodded on through the snow for hours on end, before he knew it, the sky was pitch black and coated with glittering dots. But still he walked tirelessly on.
Nothing around him seemed to matter.... The snow was his only company. That and the stars, the sky, .....the moon.....
Finally he dropped Shippo, feeling a sudden urge to stop. His body racked recklessly and uncontrolably. "Why the fuck is it so cold?!" He cried. His breath forming huge clouds of smoke. Through slitted eyes, he noticed suddenly how dense everything seemed to be, fog arising from the icey cold of the snow.
Glaring up at the moon.... It was... A New Moon.... "SHIT!!!" He cried, his hair darkening. He gripped his shoulders, shaking as he felt his nails shrink. His golden eyes faded into the disgusting shade of black.... "I'm fucking human..... At a time like this...."
Now not only was Shippo defenseless, HE himself was completely helpless...
The presence of evil lurked from all around, a thick mist in gathering. He kneeled to Shippo's side, collapsing onto the kitsune's smaller body from the cold. Having no other choices, he hugged the fox boy tightly, shaking uncontrolably. "....D-d-damn it...."
He closed his eyes, forcing his teeth to stop clacking together. He was so enveloped in the feel of the bitter cold, he hadn't sensed the pair of eyes flutter open. Shippo lay still under the grasp. Wanting badly to say Inuyasha's name, he still felt pangs of pain flowing through his body.
"S-shippo...." He heard the hanyou whisper shakily, "I-I'm...... sorry...."
Noticing for the first time, Shippo eyed the body draped over his with overflowing black hair. "Inuyasha... You're human." He stated the obvious, but the hanyou hadn't responded. Infact, the hanyou was no longer even shivering. "Inuyasha? ....You can't take the cold, can you? No, you're human! It's that time.." He sat up weakly, if he didn't get Inuyasha out of here, he'd die!
In the process of lifting Inuyasha's body while fully wakening from his sleep, he stopped abruptly.
Evil.
The smell and presence of evil was all around them.... But there was blinding a mist, which slightly hid the scent, so it was hard to tell how close they were. One thing was for sure, they were getting closer.... Why at a time like this?
He began seeing shadows in the mist. Coming closer, getting darker.
"Why are they drawn here?" He felt a crusty feeling on his neck, placing a few fingers on the spot, he felt two holes, and some trails going across his neck sideways.... "Dry blood?.... Of course... Their drawn to my blood and.... Inuyasha's human scent..."
Loud, low grunts were heard from around him, and the dark shadows were at least five times his height each.
"Starved, blood-thirsty demons..." He growled, glancing to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha can't help me..." He said without thought. Shippo shook his head violently. "I-I don't need his protection! I can too survive on my own..."
He stared at the Tetsaiga that lay at Inuyasha's side.
"I'll show you Inuyasha, I CAN survive! And.... And it's MY turn to protect YOU!" Shippo grasped the Tetsaiga, but got shocked immediatly. "W-wha? Oh..."
He remembered Kagome telling him a long time ago about her first few weeks with Inuyasha...
Of when they had encountered his brother, Sesshoumaru, for the first time... Sesshoumaru had tried to take the sword, but he couldn't even hold it.
Now, what was the reason...?
But before the kitsune could finish his thought, a huge dark shadow loomed over head. "Oh no! I forgot!" Grabbing Inuyasha hurriedly while grabbing Tetsaiga using piece of his cloth as a glove with the other hand.
Jumping out of the way, the beastly demon let out a howl and swept a huge black claw at the spot they were once on. But right when he thought he was out of harm's way, he realized he had jumped right before another, once again narrowly dodging a swipe for his life.
One after the other, he dodged each attack with the heavy load on his shoulders. Another great leap and he landed a safe five feet away from them, which was enough space to allow him to run at top speed. But they continued to chase him, in hot pursuit, too. He stopped suddenly, turning to face them.
"This will go on forever, and I don't have that much time..."
Carefully placing Inuyasha on the ground, he glared angrily at the Tetsaiga, then pleadingly.
"Oh please! I know you don't like it when demons touch you... But-but... Inuyasha really REALLY needs your help.. And... You gotta let me fight for him!" He knew it seemed childish, but it was the only thing he could think of as the charging demons came closer. Thank goodness they had slowed down a little, but time was still short.
The Tetsaiga lay unresponsive on the ground.
"...please..." Shippo took the sword in his small hands, sparks flying and shock waves shooting through his body. Tears of pain streamed down his face, as the sword mercilessly shocked and snapped at his small hands... But he refused to drop it. His grip tightened, and he turned to face the demons.
All he could think of was to survive. To fight. To protect Inuyasha....
Energy surged through him as well as anger, "Help me, save Inuyasha!!" He shouted, feeling the shock become greater, and instead of cringing from the pain, he charged forward, swinging wrecklessly.
Shippo fought. He fought with a disobedient sword, getting swatted away but getting right back up again.
"I'll never give up...."
He charged again, sword high above his head, as he leapt high into the air.
"If it KILLS me, I'm NOT giving UP!!!"
Incredibly power flowed through his body, light emitting from the Tetsaiga as it gave off the most beautiful glow....
.............
Panting heavily, he looked around. Pieces of black, rotting flesh and shimmering blood littered the snowy ground. The fog had lighted up a little, and the stars slowly became visible again...
"I did it..." He panted, turning to Inuyasha's body smiling and dropping the Tetsaiga which had returned to its regular form. "Inuyasha, I did it!.."
He stumbled weakly to the hanyou's body... Collapsing onto it, he hugged him. Taking off his shirt and covering Inuyasha's chest, then lied upon him.
"You're going to live, too." He smiled. Laying his face on the snow right beside Inuyasha's, his eyes closed and sleep claimed him.
The morning sun rose silently.
Not a sound was heard.
Inuyasha lay still next to his companion, silver hair glistening more beautifully than ever...
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a/n - i didn't get as much lime into it as i wanted, so i'll do that next chapter.... and we'll get even MORE probs in the next chapter.
[ugh, i didn't get all i wanted in this chapter -- i got kicked off the computer, the nerve! :( sooo.... the actual love conflict comes next chap.]
bye.
and now some replies to my darling reviewers. [i like doing this :D]
To Vashies-Girl: Ok, i didn't think i would have had to explain this again cuz i think i had in the first chapter. but um... kagome LEFT for her world after the "defeat" of Naraku. so naraku was "presumed" dead, and she no longer had reason to stay. so she left. kikyo VANISHED after kagome's "permanent" disappearance, and Miroku and Sango, being human, died after a couple decades. there. hope you get it now. oh, and yes, i've mentioned in the summary and in the first chapter that it's InuyashaxShippo, that means, love between inuyasha and shippo. sorry 'bout that. :P
to Yuki Kurai: glad i made ya happy! [i thought i was the only one who liked that pair, seriously!]
to PeachoRose: you read them all?! thanx!
Chisara Notell: Ah, that's kind of strange... well.... do you 'like' the pairing? just wondering, now that you read this fic and all...
Fawnie: as most others, you guessed right! .;
?????? dude: i'll get limey on this chapter just for you, ne!
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Chapter 5: Unwanted Love
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Inuyasha locked eyes with his brother. "What the Hell do you want?"
"I've been watching..." Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes, "And I see you haven't changed through out all these years..." There was silence, neither wanting to be the first to break it. Sesshoumaru walked gingerly toward his brother, whom had begun emitting low growls from the pits of his throat. "This is how you treat your brother who wants to do nothing but help?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened and his growls faded, "YOU?! Help?! Stop fucking around and get serious!" He grabbed the Tetsaiga and sheathed it. "I ain't got time for your dumb games."
Ignoring the hanyou almost completely, the youkai brushed past him and knelt to the kitsune's side. He looked into Shippo's face, with what seemed to be a glint of interest.
"The fox." He said simply.
Inuyasha snorted and stood beside the yokai and the kitsune, watching carefully of his brother's actions. "What can you do to 'help'?" His voiced dripped with sarcasm and doubt.
Sesshoumaru simply ignored him yet again, his index fingers tracing a line across Shippo's neck.
"W-What do ya think'ya doin'?!!" Inuyasha growled impatiently.
"Be silent." HIs brother said quickly. The hanyou sat cross legged and biting his lip. "Your friend has been severely poisoned."
"No duh, ass..." Inuyasha grumbled, receiving a challenging glare in return.
"Apparently, his body is unable to handle it. I'll draw it from him.."
Inuyasha jumped. 'Draw' it from him? What, he was gonna slit Shippo's throat with his nails or something? He watched on, feeling the need to be more cautious than he had ever been. 'If he even tries, I'm gonna-' His thoughts were interupted when he saw his brother leaning dangerously close to the kitsune's face.
He just gaped in horror, the yokai's face just above Shippo's.
"What the fuck you doin'?!!" Inuyasha screeched angrily, jumping to his feet almost immediately, "If you try any funny shit I'm gonna spill your guts, I swear it!" He placed a hand on the Tetsaiga to finalize his point, but received a mischievous sideglance from his brother instead.
Mischievous? Sesshoumaru? But there was no time for questions, in a split second the yokai's teeth sunk into the kitsune's neck, fresh dark blood trickling down his skin and staining the snow.
A cold wind rushed by... Time itself seemed to have stopped. Neither moved from where they were. Hair fluttering gently along with the cool breeze. For the first time, Inuyasha shivered, it was such a cold sensation. 'What's happening...?' He wondered dumbly. Something inside hurt, and hurt pretty badly.... Why was there that sudden chill?
Finally, for what seemed like forever, the yokai slowly lifted his head, blood dripping thickly from his fangs. "He should awake within a few hours.... In the meantime, it's your duty to keep him from harm. As you know, he is completely defensless..."
Sesshoumaru rised his feet and turned to leave.
"Wait!" Inuyasha shouted at his brother's back. "Why are you helping us?"
".......That is a reason you have no need to know of... yet."
"WHAT?!" Inuyasha growled, but his brother had already vanished into thin air. "Damn... He's got some new tricks..." He looked back at Shippo, who wasn't as pale, but now had two boring holes in his neck that were still soaking the snow with leeking blood traces. Had his brother 'sucked' out the poison somehow? But why from the neck area? Would that even be efficient?
Well.... This WAS Sesshoumaru we're talking about.... God knows what he's capable of after all this time.
He let his shoulders slump as well as the rest of his body. The events of this day totally drained him of his energy. And here it was only early evening time. Stuck with the decision of dragging Shippo off to a village or remaining on the snow field, he took a final glance to the kitsune.
"Well, I guess it'd be stupid to stay out here in the open with such a strong scent of blood..." He mumbled angrily to himself, standing once again and unsteadily walking over to his defenseless companion.
Lifting him up over his shoulder he began another journey in a random direction. For miles on end all he could see was snow. His feet were practically numb and his teeth began to chatter. 'Why haven't I noticed how cold it was before?!' He though angrilly to himself. And to top it all off, it began snowing. 'Aw, shit, this is all I need...'
He trodded on through the snow for hours on end, before he knew it, the sky was pitch black and coated with glittering dots. But still he walked tirelessly on.
Nothing around him seemed to matter.... The snow was his only company. That and the stars, the sky, .....the moon.....
Finally he dropped Shippo, feeling a sudden urge to stop. His body racked recklessly and uncontrolably. "Why the fuck is it so cold?!" He cried. His breath forming huge clouds of smoke. Through slitted eyes, he noticed suddenly how dense everything seemed to be, fog arising from the icey cold of the snow.
Glaring up at the moon.... It was... A New Moon.... "SHIT!!!" He cried, his hair darkening. He gripped his shoulders, shaking as he felt his nails shrink. His golden eyes faded into the disgusting shade of black.... "I'm fucking human..... At a time like this...."
Now not only was Shippo defenseless, HE himself was completely helpless...
The presence of evil lurked from all around, a thick mist in gathering. He kneeled to Shippo's side, collapsing onto the kitsune's smaller body from the cold. Having no other choices, he hugged the fox boy tightly, shaking uncontrolably. "....D-d-damn it...."
He closed his eyes, forcing his teeth to stop clacking together. He was so enveloped in the feel of the bitter cold, he hadn't sensed the pair of eyes flutter open. Shippo lay still under the grasp. Wanting badly to say Inuyasha's name, he still felt pangs of pain flowing through his body.
"S-shippo...." He heard the hanyou whisper shakily, "I-I'm...... sorry...."
Noticing for the first time, Shippo eyed the body draped over his with overflowing black hair. "Inuyasha... You're human." He stated the obvious, but the hanyou hadn't responded. Infact, the hanyou was no longer even shivering. "Inuyasha? ....You can't take the cold, can you? No, you're human! It's that time.." He sat up weakly, if he didn't get Inuyasha out of here, he'd die!
In the process of lifting Inuyasha's body while fully wakening from his sleep, he stopped abruptly.
Evil.
The smell and presence of evil was all around them.... But there was blinding a mist, which slightly hid the scent, so it was hard to tell how close they were. One thing was for sure, they were getting closer.... Why at a time like this?
He began seeing shadows in the mist. Coming closer, getting darker.
"Why are they drawn here?" He felt a crusty feeling on his neck, placing a few fingers on the spot, he felt two holes, and some trails going across his neck sideways.... "Dry blood?.... Of course... Their drawn to my blood and.... Inuyasha's human scent..."
Loud, low grunts were heard from around him, and the dark shadows were at least five times his height each.
"Starved, blood-thirsty demons..." He growled, glancing to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha can't help me..." He said without thought. Shippo shook his head violently. "I-I don't need his protection! I can too survive on my own..."
He stared at the Tetsaiga that lay at Inuyasha's side.
"I'll show you Inuyasha, I CAN survive! And.... And it's MY turn to protect YOU!" Shippo grasped the Tetsaiga, but got shocked immediatly. "W-wha? Oh..."
He remembered Kagome telling him a long time ago about her first few weeks with Inuyasha...
Of when they had encountered his brother, Sesshoumaru, for the first time... Sesshoumaru had tried to take the sword, but he couldn't even hold it.
Now, what was the reason...?
But before the kitsune could finish his thought, a huge dark shadow loomed over head. "Oh no! I forgot!" Grabbing Inuyasha hurriedly while grabbing Tetsaiga using piece of his cloth as a glove with the other hand.
Jumping out of the way, the beastly demon let out a howl and swept a huge black claw at the spot they were once on. But right when he thought he was out of harm's way, he realized he had jumped right before another, once again narrowly dodging a swipe for his life.
One after the other, he dodged each attack with the heavy load on his shoulders. Another great leap and he landed a safe five feet away from them, which was enough space to allow him to run at top speed. But they continued to chase him, in hot pursuit, too. He stopped suddenly, turning to face them.
"This will go on forever, and I don't have that much time..."
Carefully placing Inuyasha on the ground, he glared angrily at the Tetsaiga, then pleadingly.
"Oh please! I know you don't like it when demons touch you... But-but... Inuyasha really REALLY needs your help.. And... You gotta let me fight for him!" He knew it seemed childish, but it was the only thing he could think of as the charging demons came closer. Thank goodness they had slowed down a little, but time was still short.
The Tetsaiga lay unresponsive on the ground.
"...please..." Shippo took the sword in his small hands, sparks flying and shock waves shooting through his body. Tears of pain streamed down his face, as the sword mercilessly shocked and snapped at his small hands... But he refused to drop it. His grip tightened, and he turned to face the demons.
All he could think of was to survive. To fight. To protect Inuyasha....
Energy surged through him as well as anger, "Help me, save Inuyasha!!" He shouted, feeling the shock become greater, and instead of cringing from the pain, he charged forward, swinging wrecklessly.
Shippo fought. He fought with a disobedient sword, getting swatted away but getting right back up again.
"I'll never give up...."
He charged again, sword high above his head, as he leapt high into the air.
"If it KILLS me, I'm NOT giving UP!!!"
Incredibly power flowed through his body, light emitting from the Tetsaiga as it gave off the most beautiful glow....
.............
Panting heavily, he looked around. Pieces of black, rotting flesh and shimmering blood littered the snowy ground. The fog had lighted up a little, and the stars slowly became visible again...
"I did it..." He panted, turning to Inuyasha's body smiling and dropping the Tetsaiga which had returned to its regular form. "Inuyasha, I did it!.."
He stumbled weakly to the hanyou's body... Collapsing onto it, he hugged him. Taking off his shirt and covering Inuyasha's chest, then lied upon him.
"You're going to live, too." He smiled. Laying his face on the snow right beside Inuyasha's, his eyes closed and sleep claimed him.
The morning sun rose silently.
Not a sound was heard.
Inuyasha lay still next to his companion, silver hair glistening more beautifully than ever...
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a/n - i didn't get as much lime into it as i wanted, so i'll do that next chapter.... and we'll get even MORE probs in the next chapter.
[ugh, i didn't get all i wanted in this chapter -- i got kicked off the computer, the nerve! :( sooo.... the actual love conflict comes next chap.]
bye.