A/N: PLEASE READ! I don't normally put any at the beginning, but I need to ask that you humor me on a few things in the story. I needed them to be that way even if they wouldn't normally be. You'll see what I mean. -.-
Recap of Chapter 3
Steeling himself for the annoying questions that were sure to come he placed a hand on Rin's shoulder to keep her from running before calling out, "Hey! Ya here ya old hag?"
"Is that ye Inuyasha? Ye were not to return for another day. What has brought ye back early?" She pushed aside the reed mat and stepped out, her one good eye focused immediately on Rin and the dragons that were wandering off to graze some more. "Is that not the child that travels with ye brother?"
"Half-brother." He rolled his eyes when the demon himself, crawled up to grab his ear.
Chapter 4
"I see, well come in and I'll feed ye." She turned around, chuckling when Rin gave a happy shout and ran in past her to curiously inspect the hut after handing her the slightly windblown flowers.
"Hello Lady Kaede! Lady Kaede is going to feed Rin?"
"Aye child, would ye like to help me prepare the food?"
Inuyasha interrupted the girl's enthusiastic answer by plucking the demon child off of his head and setting him down, ordering him in a gruff voice. "The hag won't hurt ya, use your nose, my scent's in here from the time I've spent here."
Kaede amusedly muttered as she showed Rin how to wash some of the vegetables, "So disrespectful Inuyasha."
"Feh." He watched as Sesshomaru sniffed around before smelling Kaede herself then going curiously after the food. He tried to snatch a piece of the uncooked meat and whined when Kaede tapped his hand smartly with her wooden spoon. Then he growled and bared his fangs, ready to attack the old woman when Inuyasha grabbed his collar and shook him a little. "You don't do that you little brat! You ask!" Sesshomaru whined apologetically at him and hung limp in his grasp. "Don't apologize to me. She's the one you threatened." He set him down and faced him towards the old woman, who was watching curiously. Sesshomaru whined apologetically to her before turning back to the half-demon.
"Hungry Inu."
"He speaks."
"Rin is teaching Lord Sesshomaru to speak. Lord Sesshomaru said Inuyasha's name first, just like Rin taught him!"
"That is very good child, mind what ye are doing." She looked pointedly at Rin's hands.
"Yes Lady Kaede!"
"If your hungry brat, ask." The child looked confused and went over to Rin and tugged on her dress.
"Rin?"
"Lord Sesshomaru wants Rin to tell him how ask?" He nodded and she grinned. "Lord Sesshomaru needs to say please!"
"Ple…" He was half growling just like he had with Inuyasha's name, "Plea-se."
"Uh huh." Rin smiled encouragingly. "That's right Lord Sesshomaru!"
"Please!" He turned to Kaede and looked at the raw meat before looking back up at her. "Please?"
"Yes child ye may have some." She put some of the meat in a bowl and handed it to the pup, her good eye trained on him as he sat next to his brother.
"Lord Sesshomaru does not want it cooked?" He answered her question by popping a piece of the diced meat into his mouth. He ignored them, becoming absorbed in the slightly bloody meat as he ate.
"Inuyasha, how did ye come across ye brother in such a state?" Once again Rin's chattery nature saved him from answering.
"Lord Sesshomaru went to visit a lady and Rin followed when my lord did not come back. Rin found Lord Sesshomaru. Jaken wasn't there but Rin remembered Inuyasha so Rin had Ah-Un take Rin and her lord to him."
"I see. What of yon demon's swords?"
"I have Tensaiga, he told the kid not to touch Tokijin so she didn't have it when she found me."
"That is most likely for the best Inuyasha. That is the sword ye brother had commissioned from the fangs of the beast that broke Tetsusaiga."
"I know that ya old hag and he's my half-brother!" He crossed his arms and watched as said half-brother finished off his small bowl of meat.
He held the bowl out to Kaede, "Hungry, please?" He watched with bright eyes as she put more meat into the bowl for him and handed it back.
"Here ye go child." She watched as he once again began picking the meat up with his claws to devour it, only pausing when Rin called his name.
"Lord Sesshomaru should say thank you to Lady Kaede." The little demon tilted his head as he thought on her words, then open his slightly blood stained mouth to try and say the words.
"Th… th-ank, thank. Y-ou. Thank you." He grinned once he had growled out the word and turned back to Kaede. "Thank you!" She nodded and went back to preparing their meal.
"Good job Lord Sesshomaru!"
"Thank you!" He went back to eating, ignoring them as they spoke.
"He learns quickly, not only did he learn the words themselves, but also the meaning."
"Demon kids are smarter then human children. I'm going out, I'll be back for food. Watch the brats?" It was a question, his manner of showing his respect by not ordering her.
"Aye, I will watch the children."
Inuyasha got in Sesshomaru's face to get his attention and growled in a firm tone, "Stay here and listen to the other kid and Kaede." His ears laid back when Sesshomaru started whining and he rapped him lightly with a knuckle to make him stop. "Quit yer whinin' I'll be back to eat." He pushed past the reed mat with one last pointed glare at the kid before he walked out and took off in a run to the well.
It became a habit when he wanted to think, he would sit by the well or up in the god tree. He crouched next to the old well and peered down into it, seeing the familiar bones lying on the bottom. It almost seemed like it hadn't been real, but he had Kagome's last gift to him still around his neck and some other things of hers that had gotten left behind when she went were inside his hut. The villagers had built him his own but he still preferred to hang out by Kaede's, she fed him and was his only real willing company (not that he would ever admit it).
Resisting the urge to jump in he turned away and ran the short distance to the god tree, dodging gracefully through the trees. He jumped up into the branches and reached inside his shirt to pull out a flat pendant on a thick silver chain.
Flicking the clasp with a claw opened up the silver cover engraved with the image of Tetsusaiga to reveal the two pictures that Kagome had told him were wallet sized or something like that. The first was of their shard hunting group-including Kaede-all close together to fit in the upright view. The second picture was just Kagome by herself, she was in her school uniform that she always wore and her hands were most likely clasped in front of her but he couldn't know for sure since it was only from the waist up. He stared at the beautiful smile on her face for a long while before snapping it back closed. Glancing at the back where a bow and arrow was engraved he remembered what Kagome had said to him when she gave it to him.
-Flashback-
They had all been in Kaede's hut after dinner when Kagome asked to speak with him alone; he remembered how nervous she had seemed, "Inuyasha? Can I speak with you alone?"
"Whatever." They had walked out to a hill that over looked the rice fields. She remained standing while he crouched down. He remembered his bewilderment when he felt something slip over his head and settle on his chest. He had picked the flat silver up but before he could get a good look at it, her hand covered his and the pendant. He remembered how confused he had been when he looked up for an explanation. "What is this?"
"I-I had it made for you. S-Since I know that I might be leaving when the wish is made." Her eyes were focused on the necklace. She put a hand on his shoulder to keep him still as she moved around behind him and took the pendant from his hand. "I had the silver engraved, with Tetsusaiga," She showed him the front then flipped it over, "And a bow and arrow." She flipped it back over and fingered the small catch, "Do you remember the time I brought my camera?"
"That stupid thing that made the bright light? You made people stand in front of it and it made and annoying clicking noise, then some more weird noises." She had laughed at his description of it; he would always remember that laugh.
"Yeah Inuyasha. Well I took the pictures and had them developed. So they were on paper. I did this. You open it like this." She showed him how to undo the little clasp and discreetly covered the second picture with her hand. "This is one of the pictures we took. And I also put… I put this one in there." She removed her hand and he knew his eyes had widened. He had stood and turned around to face her, an interesting blush covered her face and she wasn't looking at him.
"Why?" His voice had sounded harsh in his ears and he regretted making her cringe like she did.
"I just wanted you to know and remember that you're not alone anymore. I… I will always be with you that way, no matter what time I'm in. Do- do you like it?"
Truthfully he did like it, and it was a great gift but he would never say that. "Feh." It had surprised him greatly when she started crying and threw her arms around his neck in a hug.
"I was so afraid you wouldn't like it, you'll remember me right?" He had done something uncharacteristic for him; he had hugged her and buried his face in her hair to take in her scent.
"Forever Kagome." She had cried harder, filling air with the salty smell and soaking his fire rat.
"I'm going to miss you so much if I have to leave."
"Miss me?" Why would she miss some dirty half-breed that has caused her nothing but pain?
"Of course you!" She had leaned back with her tear-covered face and looked into his eyes. "Inuyasha, why wouldn't I miss you? I don't know what I'll do if I can't come back…" She had looked hurt when he pulled away; his ears were drooping without his consent.
"I'm just some demon half-breed." He felt her warm hands on his face and he looked into her soft brown eyes.
"So? That doesn't matter to me. To me you're just… just Inuyasha, my ill tempered, golden eyed, cute eared friend." She was blushing horribly as she said this; lending sincerity to her words, what she did next surprised him the most. She kissed him on the cheek before her arms slipped around him a hug again. They stood in silence for a long time, just hugging each other. He was taking so much comfort in just being able to hold her like this.
He had come to a conclusion then, "I'm not going to wish on the jewel, you are."
"But I thought you wanted be a full demon?" He held her close so she couldn't see his face like she wanted.
"Feh, that stupid thing would just make me go crazy."
"Okay Inuyasha, if you're sure about it."
"Yeah." Three words had been on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't face the rejection so he just settled for spending the rest of the night with her and memorizing everything about her. She had even tried to remove the necklace that night, but he wouldn't let her. It wasn't a problem now that she no longer existed in this time.
-End Flashback-
The next day she was gone, and he wished he had said something. Inuyasha let his head fall back against the rough bark of the tree, looking up through the leaves. With a heavy sigh he put the pendant away, feeling the now familiar weight settle against his chest. He heard the sound of little footsteps approaching the tree and Rin and his half-brother walked into the clearing, the demon pointing him out on his branch for Rin.
"Lady Kaede told Rin and her lord to find Inuyasha and tell him dinner was ready."
"Inu, dinner ready." His vocabulary was steadily growing even though it was still basic in the way he was using it.
Inuyasha blinked his eyes to hold back the moisture that had suddenly collected in them and jumped down in a blur of motion, scooping up the children and racing back to Kaede's.
They sat down inside and Sesshomaru watched as they ate. He walked over and sniffed the stew in Rin's bowl and she stopped eating.
"Lord Sesshomaru should try Rin's food, it's good!" She held up a spoonful and before either adult could stop them Sesshomaru had taken it and the mouthful of food. Rin had also taken another mouthful for herself with the same spoon. They all watched curiously as Sesshomaru tasted the food and swallowed it. "Does Lord Sesshomaru like it?"
"Yes." He turned to Kaede and pointed at the rest of the soup. "Please?"
"If ye like." She filled another bowl and handed it to him. He went and sat next to Inuyasha against the wall. He watched Inuyasha eat his food curiously before imitating him almost perfectly. "It would seem he looks up to ye Inuyasha."
"Feh."
"What are ye planning to do Inuyasha?"
"I was gonna have the brats show me where they came from."
"And then? Ye do not have a plan Inuyasha?"
"Feh, I was hopin' you could tell me what happened to the jerk."
"I can only guess as to what happened, it seems to be the work of a witch, good or bad I cannot say. It would also seem that if they wanted to cause Sesshomaru harm they would have killed him in his vulnerable state."
"They probably didn't have the guts, thought demons would eat him or something'."
"Perhaps, ye should be careful Inuyasha. It takes a powerful witch to cast such a spell on a demon."
"No witch is going to cast some spell on me like my stupid half-brother." His ears laid back when Sesshomaru whimpered and he look down into the kid's liquid eyes. "Don't cry, I wasn't talking about you." His gruff voice calmed him and he finished off his soup. He set the bowl down and crawled unwelcome into Inuyasha's lap, the half-demon went stiff as the pup tugged his red sleeve over himself and closed his eyes, the low purring growl coming from his little chest.
Kaede chuckled, "He has become quiet attached to ye Inuyasha." She watched quietly as Rin walked over to him as well.
"Can Rin please sleep with Inuyasha and Lord Sesshomaru too?" She gave him puppy eyes as Kaede (who knew how Inuyasha was) made herself busy and ignored them with only a minor comment.
"Ye are welcome to sleep here tonight Inuyasha." She tended to the rest of the soup and neatened up the room while Rin waited anxiously for her answer. Inuyasha looked away and lifted up his arm, silently offering the free spot next Sesshomaru to her. She climbed onto him and snuggled up to the little demon, giggling when his 'tail' wrapped around her but his eyes didn't open. His arms rested around them, the large red sleeves almost completely hiding them as he leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes.
"Good night." Kaede moved into another room that had been recently added, after taking a look at them, 'Perhaps this will bring Inuyasha and Sesshomaru closer together. The child certainly has grown attached to him and he to them, I have never seen him show such patience.'
After Kaede had gone Inuyasha cracked one golden eye open and looked at the two kids, Sesshomaru was still purring and had his face buried in Inuyasha's stomach while Rin was curled up in his fur. He ran his clawed fingers through Rin's hair and she smiled in her sleep, she reminded him a lot of Kagome with her bright nature. His hand moved to Sesshomaru's hair and he combed his fingers through the silver hair like his own, but it was fine as a child's was. It was spread out over his leg, the purring sound got louder and the face pressed more into his stomach, he was so close that he could feel his warm breath even through the dual layers of cloth.
He leaned back against the wall and fell almost completely asleep; keeping alert just enough that he could hear if anything happened. He had a feeling that tomorrow was going to be another long day.
The next morning Inuyasha woke to his half-brother licking one cheek while his clawed hand rested lightly on the other. He made a face and pushed the pup away, "Don't do that." Sesshomaru laughed at the face he was making.
"Inu!" The half demon sighed and after a quick glance around the room to see that Rin was still asleep and they were alone he rubbed his nose against his little big brother's in an affectionate manner. That was when he realized he had actually developed a soft spot for the little jerk.
"Morning brat."
"Morning Inu." He grinned and looked at Rin, he began tickling her face with his fur making her twitch in her sleep. Finally she gave a little sneeze, her eyes opened and she yawned, blinking sleepily up at them. "Morning Rin."
"Good morning Lord Sesshomaru, good morning Inuyasha!" She got off his lap and stretched, the boys followed her example.
"Hungry Inu."
"Rin is hungry too."
"Go ask the old hag, she's in her garden."
"How does Inuyasha know?"
"I can hear her." His ears swiveled towards where he could hear Kaede instructing the priestess she was training about the herbs in the garden.
"Oh, can Rin ask Inuyasha for a favor?"
"Haven't I already done you enough favors?" He growled lowly when the smile fell from her face, "What do you want?"
Rin's eyes fixed on his ears, "Rin would like to touch Inuyasha's ears. Please?"
"No."
"Can Rin know why?"
"I don't let anyone touch 'em."
"But Lord Sesshomaru touches them all the time!" He realized he had backed himself into a corner and crouched down to look the girl in the eyes.
"You can this once, don't pull or pinch them got it?" She nodded excitedly and he lowered his head a little so she could reach his ears. Her small hands settled on them and she rubbed softly, being oddly careful for a child as she stroked the soft fur. His eyelids dropped as she continued, her small fingers felt good as she rubbed the base of his ears and her thumbs stroked the inside.
"Rin likes Inuyasha's ears, they are so soft." Her voice was really quiet and Inuyasha barely heard her, he was so absorbed in the petting. She giggled as he pushed his ears more into her hands when they had moved up to the tips, putting them back at the bottom to rub close to his head where it felt better.
He came back to his senses when he heard Kaede coming towards the hut and he regretfully pulled away from her hands, shaking his head to get rid of the fuzzy pleasure that was clouding it. "Did Rin do good?" He nodded without thinking about and she grinned. "Maybe Rin could pet Inuyasha's ears again since Inuyasha liked it?" He narrowed his eyes at her and stood up, scrutinizing her happy smile and the way she was rubbing her fingers together as if she was still touching his ears.
"Maybe." He saw her smile widen and was about to add to the admission when Sesshomaru tugged on his sleeve.
"Hungry Inu, K'de." He couldn't pronounce her name properly so she was stuck with a short version just as Inuyasha was. The demon began tugging his half-brother to the door, he gasped in surprise when he was scooped up and set on Inuyasha's shoulders. He held onto his hair as the half-demon picked Rin up in one arm, holding her in the crook as he walked out, ducking so they all cleared the doorway.
Sesshomaru's 'tail' snaked down to wrap loosely around Rin's neck as they stepped out into the sunlight, making her giggle and Inuyasha roll his eyes. He growled a little when Sesshomaru let go of his hair in favor of his ears but let him be. As they entered the garden Yuki (the priestess in training) jumped up and came over.
"Who are these cuties?" She was a very bubbly girl with the typical dark hair and eyes, though she was unusually pale for someone who had helped work the fields before apprenticing under Kaede. She was dressed in the traditional garb; same as Kaede and her hair was pulled back as well.
"Rin is Rin and this is Lord Sesshomaru! Who are you?"
"Well hello Rin and Lord Sesshomaru, my name is Yuki. Now how did such a little guy become a lord?" She got close to him and Sesshomaru let out an almost inaudible growl before Inuyasha squeezed his ankle warningly.
"Don't even think about it brat." The growling stopped and he whined apologetically, "Yeah, yeah. He is my older half-brother, idiot got something done to him by a witch."
"Oh, he is that Sesshomaru? The one who holds the western lands?"
"Yeah, how do you know?"
"My home village is in his domain."
"Why is Yuki named Yuki? Yuki means snow." She didn't seem to notice that she interrupted their conversation as she waited for an answer.
"Well Rin, they named me Yuki because I was born during one of the worst winter storms my village had ever seen. I was the only baby out of four that survived the harsh winter. So they named me Yuki"
"Oh, well Rin likes Yuki's name, it is pretty. So is Yuki!" Rin grinned, showing off her missing tooth.
"Thank you, you are very pretty too Rin."
A striped hand beat lightly on Inuyasha's head, "Hungry Inu, K'de?"
"Wow, this isn't exactly what I expected when I finally got to see the feared demon Sesshomaru."
"He has no memories due to his transformation, the child ye see before ye is merely that. The demon lord's memories are most likely in the possession of the one who did this; so yon child is not truly the one ye have heard of."
"Oh, I think I understand."
"K'de hungry please?" The little demon was sending pleading looks down the long distance to the short woman from Inuyasha's shoulders.
"Oh he is so cute!" The young priestess held her hand up to Sesshomaru, giggling when he took it in his own, sniffed it then nuzzled his face into her palm.
"Lord Sesshomaru likes Yuki." Rin was grinning merrily as she played with the fur around neck.
"Come here sweetheart." She pulled Sesshomaru off his half-brothers shoulders so she could hold him in one arm while tracing his markings with the hand of the other, making the pup giggle.
"Feh. Keep him if you like him so much." He set the now 'tail' free Rin down and bounded away to sit on the small fence and stare moodily into the fields.
"What is wrong with him?"
"Inuyasha and the child ye hold are enemies, though I am not aware of why." She looked down as Rin tugged on her sleeve. "Aye child?"
"Rin and Lord Sesshomaru are hungry, can we please have breakfast?"
"Oh Lady Kaede, let me take them and get them something to eat?"
"Ye may, though the decision does not lie solely with me. The children are Inuyasha's responsibility."
Yuki jumped as Inuyasha appeared abruptly next to her and began speaking with the demon child, "Hey brat, watch the other kid, don't attack nothing. If you cause any trouble I'm throwing you off the nearest cliff." He growled irritably when Sesshomaru just smiled and reached for his ear. It laid back out of reach and he turned to the young woman, "The brat can easily kill a human even how he is, don't put him down."
"Okay Inuyasha, thank you." She bowed slightly then took Rin's hand and led them into the village, the little girl chattering at her rapidly with his half-brother occasionally adding in his own comments.
"The new moon approaches tonight Inuyasha." She was back to pulling up herbs and ridding the garden of weeds, unconcerned about approaching the half-demon with such a volatile subject.
"So what ya old hag?"
"Ye will be waiting until after to pursue ye brother's problem?"
"Feh." He sat back on the fence, his ears straining to hear through the noise of the village for his brother causing trouble.
"Ye are reluctant to go." He was still looking away but his ears swiveled towards her momentarily, so she continued. "Perhaps ye will not be going at all." She shook her head when he jumped down from the fence and crawled over much like a dog would to intimidate and got in her face.
"Whatta ya mean by that?"
"It is simple Inuyasha, once ye brother is restored to his former self ye two will be enemies once more and deny it as ye might ye have grown attached to him this way. This way offers the companionship of a brother once more. Ye two were not always enemies were ye?"
"Feh, what would you know ya old hag. He's just my asshole half-brother, that jerk was never family after my father died!" His ears laid back at the slip and he took off into the village, crouching on a rooftop and watching the apprentice priestess with the kids.
Kaede shook her head as he took off and stood with the basket of herbs hung on one arm, making her way to the hut as she shook her head sorrowfully, "Ye do not know how alone ye have left him Kagome…"
The young priestess settled Sesshomaru on her right hip as she browsed through the stalls of the traveling merchants that had somehow found their way to the small village temporarily, Rin's hand grasped her other and they ate some roasted meat on a stick. Yuki was happy that the children were so easily appeased and didn't care what they ate. The villagers were continually greeting them, the little girl cheerily greeting them back. When the demon child began to constantly growl Yuki decided it was time to leave, "Come on, why don't we go back to Kaede's? I think she could use our help."
"Rin thinks Lord Sesshomaru is upset." She looked up with worried eyes at the very loudly growling demon, who suddenly lunged at one of the male villagers that was getting too close to her. His claws were out and he was almost moving too fast for them to see, the force of his leap had knocked Yuki back into a group of woman, who in turn bumped into a stall and knocked one of the supporting timbers to the roof out.
A red blur appeared in the middle of all this, whizzing by the little green blur and snatching it up before catching the roof of the stall. Barely preventing it from falling in on the merchant's young daughter who was minding the goods.
All the movement stopped to reveal Inuyasha with the demon pup by his scruff in one hand and the roof in the other; he shook the demon and bared his fangs in his face snarling. "You little brat I thought I told ya to be good. Somebody fix this damn thing!" He rattled the roof a little until the merchant it belonged to propped it up so someone could retrieve the support and replace it. "Wench, take the other brat back to the hag, I need to deal with him." He shook the demon in his hand that was whining apologetically before bounding off into the forest.
He continued to carry him the same way for the long trip into the forest. He finally came to his destination, a small cliff just like he had promised. He held Sesshomaru out over the gulf while he crouched on the edge. "You fucking little brat, what did I tell you? I told you not to attack anyone didn't I?" He shook him again and the demon whimpered as he looked down at the drop to the river below. "Do you get it you little asshole, if I hadn't been there then that little girl in the stall would have probably died because of you! Then do you know what would of happened? Do you?" He shook him again and the wide terror filled eyes turned back to him as he shook his head best he could. "Then they would have came after you, then me, probably even Rin and that damn dragon. They could have even turned on Kaede and Yuki! You little demon bastard, you could have just killed us all by attacking that damn villager for no reason!"
Tears began streaming down the pup's face, falling off for the long drop below to the river as he whimpered and hung limply in Inuyasha's grasp. He looked down at the long drop and didn't fight or try to hold himself up by grabbing Inuyasha's hand, just cried for a long time as the furious half-demon continued to hold him there. Finally turning to his seething half-brother he reached out on small hand pleadingly to him, "Sorry Inu. Sorry sorry sorry sorry. Please Inu!" He was barely understandable through the tears and fear as he pleaded.
"I don't see why I shouldn't, you've made my life nothing but a living hell ever since father died! It would be so easy to get rid of you right now, then I would never need to deal with you again." He felt his anger dissipate as the pup continued to apologize with his and Rin's name thrown in every once and a while. Inuyasha's ears, which had been pinned back in anger, came foreword then drooped in defeat. The child he was holding was and wasn't his brother, this kid had never done those things and it was wrong to take the years of anger out on him, no matter who he really was.
He pulled the demon back in and set him a ways away on the grass, where the child sat and rubbed his neck, still whining while Inuyasha looked on. He sat with his arms and legs crossed regarding the little demon.
Sesshomaru finally stood and moved cautiously closer until he was about a yard away. He was still crying and wouldn't look at Inuyasha, "Sorry Inu." His voice was hoarse from crying and choked by the tears. He was trembling violently while holding himself and waiting for a response from Inuyasha.
"Look kid, just listen to me next time will ya?" He was tired and uncrossed his arms to rest lightly on his knees; he just didn't have the patience to deal with kids. Knowing that his apology had been accepted Sesshomaru stepped cautiously closer, still crying as he searched Inuyasha for sure signs of acceptance.
He knew what his brother wanted, and debated with himself before finally lifting his arms up in a welcoming way, "Come here Sesshomaru." The name felt odd rolling off his tongue with no malice and he unwittingly corrected himself, "Sess." With a loud whimper the pup threw himself into Inuyasha's arms, clutching for dear life onto his kimono and crying his eyes out. Inuyasha wrapped his arms tightly around him, feeling awful because he now had the guilt of what he did to this pup; along with everything else he had screwed up resting with him forever. His eyes pricked a little with guilty tears that he refused to let fall, only one escaped with out his knowledge. It rolled down his cheek and landed in Sesshomaru's silver hair as the quiet sounds of the forest and the river far below were disturbed only by the small demon's soft crying.
To Be Continued
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Tristen(Anon): Thanks for the review!
yoyo person: Hey! You came back. Thought I might have lost you for a second there. lol Thanks for the review!
A/N: There, done. Hope I have lost any interest due to the few minor in discrepancies. Oh, and please excuse some of the formatting errors; FF is being a big pain for me right now. Feel free to tell me if I have or if there was something bugging you. My AIM is in my profile so you can contact me that way if you like. See you next chapter! :Waves:
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