I don not own Inuyasha... man this is getting so old... disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer... how would the people find me even if i said i owned it... man o man... anyways so yeah, as i said i made sesshy nice this one (that's for you cruel shiva) but im gonna hafta make him mean again because Inuyasha hasta dislike him, and he has to have a reason...

Chapter 7:

I awoke in the pitch darkness of the night. My wounds were bandaged and my arm was wound with cloth. I wasn't outside anymore but in a hut. I looked outside the window and saw Sesshomaru say farewell to his friends, telling them that he was no longer "worthy" to hang out with them. I didn't understand.

I can't believe I fainted.

Sesshomaru entered the hut and immediately looked over at me.

"Did you hear anything?" he asked me.

"Yes, why aren't you worthy?" I wondered.

"I-I just, I just don't feel like I belong with them. They all say since I had looked at you compassionately that I was getting soft. I just figure they're not worth it, you're right I shouldn't have killed your mother. So I will take care of you, until you're healed." Sesshomaru continued.

"I-I'm sorry..." I apologized.

"What are you sorry for? I'm the one that hurt you, that was a jerk. That killed your mother!" Sesshomaru shouted.

"But you're also the one that's taking care of me, that showed me some compassion and is acting like the big brother I always knew you were!" I answered.

"Just put it this way, you don't need to apologize, I do. I'm sorry; I just was too caught up in my own emotions to realize yours. It wasn't your fault that all the family issues happened so I shouldn't blame you. That may be a reason why I can't kill you," Sesshomaru said.

I smiled and I finally felt like I could trust my older brother. He put a warm cloth on my head and I drifted right back to sleep.

I woke up to a commotion of villagers at the door. They were all trying to kill me because they knew that I was an easy target. Sesshomaru told them off. I fell back asleep again and the nightmares were horrible. I had a dream Sesshomaru was about to kill me, and I had a dream that Kikyo had shot me with an arrow and that I was dying. All my dreams were about death that night, and every time I was about to die I awoke for a second and then drifted off. When I had finally awoken for good, Sesshomaru smiled, "Bad dream?"

I nodded, "How'd you know?"

"Erm, don't worry about it!" Sesshomaru said.

"No, seriously what did I do?"

"You, um kinda scream in your sleep..." he replied.

"I'm a half-demon and I can't even control my nightmares... this is pathetic..." I continued lying back down in my bed.

"Relax, it's our secret!" Sesshomaru said.

I got out of bed. I wanted to run out of here. I was such a coward, if those things happened in real life would I have done the same thing? It's just death, what am I so scared of? Everyone dies... eventually.

"What's there to eat?" I asked.

"Go catch something... you do that enough anyways..." Sesshomaru scowled.

"What's the matter with you?" I inquired.

"I don't want to talk about it... the villagers, they are so cruel to me..." Sesshomaru called out.

"It's the same way with me!" I whispered.

"You're used to it!"

"Yeah but it doesn't mean I like it!"

I went out the door of the house to go and catch some food. I caught a rabbit and cooked it over a fire. I also found fruit from trees; Kikyo had taught me what different types of fruit looked like. As I was returning I was ambushed by humans. I still had only one arm to utilize because the other was broken. They beat me with weapons and arrows. I could've killed them, but I refused to kill humans, I promised Kikyo. I would keep that promise until she was dead. When they thought I was dead they left me on the ground. I was good at playing dead, Kikyo had taught me tricks!

It was worse now. The villagers figured I was a pushover and that the fight between Sesshomaru and I was fixed... so now they were going to go after Sesshomaru. I limped home as fast as I could, but when I got there his hut was burned down. When Sesshomaru saw me he lunged at me and punched me continuously in the face.

"Do you know how long it took me to build that?" he asked.

My nose was already broken, so now I figured it was shattered, yet it didn't look different, it was good to be a half-demon, everything healed normally unless u lost a limb or something. It really hurt though.

"I-I can't kill humans... I p-promised my g-girlfriend!" I stuttered.

"Girlfriend?" Sesshomaru queried and he got off of me, "you have a girlfriend?"

"Yeah, she's my only friend!" I smiled.

"If she tells you to disobey your heritage dump her! She doesn't accept you for what you are... so leave her alone... go be free!" Sesshomaru yelled.

"She accepts me; she's looking for my best interests. She's the only outside of family that actually cares," I replied.

I told Sesshomaru the whole story and he nodded with everything he knew and gave me a questioned look about the ones he was unsure of. When I had completed my tale, Sesshomaru replied, "Our father did kill many... but if her parents were priests/priestesses than he may have had reason to..."

"What do you mean reason to?"

"He may have killed them because of their closed minds. They may have told him that he was mistaken for loving a human woman, and they probably attacked him for what they believed... humans would have told you that they died with honor. Demons would say they died cowardly." Sesshomaru said with wisdom.

I had never realized how wise Sesshomaru could be. Maybe because he had only showed me pain. If he showed me his real self earlier, maybe we could've actually gotten along. We were both brought together in a kind of crisis... because demon ego was so important...

"So are you saying it's okay to kill humans? But they can't kill us?" I asked.

"No, what I'm saying is... if humans are trying to kill us then we kill them and if we try to kill them than they can kill us. If it's self-defense than it's honorable... well from my perspective anyways." Sesshomaru replied.

"You realize that we stopped fighting eachother right?" I wondered.

"Yes... I managed to get all my anger out!" he laughed.

Sesshomaru got off of me after our heart warming talk. I got off after him. I limped towards the river nearby and jumped in to wash off my wounds. The cold water felt wonderful and painful at the same time. I stepped out. Sesshomaru was carving something out of wood.

"What is that?" I asked.

"It's going to be a dog toy, for you..." he replied.

"You know I've grown out of toys right?"

"Yes, but it's something for you to remember me by..."

"Alright..."

I watched the wood change into a dog in what seemed like minutes. He handed me the dog.

"Thanks...!" I said.

I looked at the fine lines that had been carved into it. It was the first gift my brother had ever given me and was going to be the last.

When he had given that to me I heard a loud noise coming from the east. They were villagers, coming to attack us.

"Once they attack they're mine!" Sesshomaru exclaimed.

"They won't attack... you anyways..." I began.

"What do you mean?"

"They attack me because I'm a half-demon and you're full... they think I'm a pushover... so I get the full blow!"

They snatched me from behind Sesshomaru and began beating me. I was defenseless because of my promise.

Sesshomaru did nothing but look away, because he knew I didn't want him to interfere. When they were done with me they moved onto him. Once they attacked Sesshomaru he killed them all.

"WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" I yelled.

"I'm not like you, little brother... if they didn't want to get killed they shouldn't have attacked... they were about to kill me!"

"I HATE YOU!" I screamed.

It was amazing how emotional I was. I almost started crying right than and there.

"Now, no one will try to kill us... why are you so upset?"

"They lost lives, Sesshomaru..."

"AND HOW MANY DID THEY KILL?" Sesshomaru yelled, "THEY HAVE KILLED MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE! THEY CHOOSE TO DIE!"

I turned away from him. I knew he was gazing at me, but I couldn't meet it.

"I know they have killed... but they deserve remorse... they are trying to protect themselves..."

"I didn't attack them now did I Inuyasha? I could understand if I had attacked them... but I attacked you! They shouldn't have hurt you... I don't see why you're so forgiving..."

I limped away; I was pretty sure my ankle was sprained. I grabbed a rock with my good arm and skipped it along the river. I knew Sesshomaru was right, but at the same time I figured he was wrong; I didn't believe him.

For once I had a big brother that would stick up for me, but he still didn't understand me; or my ways. I mean sure, I had been hurt, but he had also hurt me... so if the villagers hurt him wouldn't it be fair? And since Sesshomaru attacked me first did that mean I had the rite to kill him? You see, that's why I didn't understand.

I was silent for awhile, until Sesshomaru came over and sat by the river.

"Water runs like life, it goes so fast and once it stops, it almost never returns..." Sesshomaru whispered.

"You mean life can return?" I wondered.

Maybe there was hope for the villagers.

"It only returns if someone feels there's a need for them to return. A hero, a secret or an item can return if a demon revives that person. Sometimes priests or priestesses can bring back a life, but mostly only demons can," Sesshomaru continued.

"Why don't you bring them back? You're a demon!" I exclaimed.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple, I am not the kind of demon that can return lives, and even if I could I wouldn't return theirs."

"Why not, are you that heartless?"

"No, I just think they'd attack me right when I resurrected them!"

Sesshomaru began to laugh, and so did I.

It's longer than normal... and I worked really hard on this chapter tryin to make Sesshomaru as nice as possible... and since I find Sesshy particularily evil that's pretty good lol