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Chapter Fifteen: When She is Taken Away

Sesshomaru opened his eyes. The room was dark and he was the only one in it. He sniffed around. Rin had been here earlier. Her scent was only a few moments old, but something was wrong. Her scent was accompanied by another. He stood abruptly. Something was defiantly wrong. Sesshomaru made his way out of the room and into the long hallway.

Sesshomaru was in his castle. 'How did I get here?' He started walking through the hallways, sniffing around. He caught onto a fresher scent. Rin had been here as of late. She should still be here. Sesshomaru continued walking, his hand lightly on Tokijin's handle. He reached a redwood door that he didn't recognize. He had never, in all his years of living in this house, seen this door. Slowly, he opened it.

Inside was his brother. Inu Yasha was sitting on the ground, covered in sweat, and only wearing his hakama. His head was down and Sesshomaru stepped into the room, taking a breath. He stopped cold. Inu Yasha's scent was that of a youkai. 'How?' A low growl emitted from Inu Yasha. Sesshomaru scanned the strange room.

Apart from Inu Yasha, crouched in the middle of the room, trees were growing on the walls, their leaves hanging low from the ceiling. Vines snaked and littered the ground. Dead leaves crincled on the ground under Sesshomaru's feet. Against the wall, unconscious, was Rin.

"Brother, what is the meaning of this?" Sesshomaru asked, knowing an answer probably wouldn't come. Inu Yasha, in this form, was irrational and aggressive. With such crude instincts running through the hanyou's blood at the moment, speech was highly unlikely. But, sometimes everyone is proven wrong.

"So, you have come." The voice was rough and raged. He recognized it from the dream he had witnessed when Sherue was working on Inu Yasha. A laugh erupted from the throat of Sesshomaru's half brother as he looked up. "I have come to get back at you for all those times you tried to kill me." A fang protruded from Inu Yasha's lips and his blood red eyes were locked on Sesshomaru.

"I will not fight you, Inu Yasha. Just give me back Rin." Sesshomaru took a step forward and Inu Yasha stood up, still slouching a little. He cracked his claws.

"Come on brother, just fight me. You told me yourself that you would do anything to get your mate back. Well, now I am giving you the chance to prove it. Kill your brother to get the girl, or let the girl die. Don't matter to me, any way I get to do something I've always wanted."

"Inu Yasha, I will not do either. Now snap out of this." Sesshomaru kept his voice even, but the ruthless sound of Inu Yasha's voice was getting to him. He didn't seem to care about anything, and that had to change if he were to save both of them: Inu Yasha from himself and Rin from Inu Yasha. Sesshomaru took another step forward, as did Inu Yasha, who was getting tired of waiting.

"If you wont do it, then I will!" Inu Yasha lunged at his older brother, swinging his claw thoughtlessly. Sesshomaru easily dodged the attack, but this Inu Yasha was smarter than he looked. As Sesshomaru leaned back to avoid the claws, Inu Yasha slipped his foot to the youkai's legs, making him fall instantly. Inu Yasha stood above him.

"Still not having any part in this, eh?" Sesshomaru gave Inu Yasha a swift kick, sending the younger to the ground as he stood.

"Don't be a fool, brother. You will lose if you go against me. Now," Sesshomaru lifted Inu Yasha by the neck with a firm, but not crushing, grip. He smacked him across the face. "Snap out of it!" Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes as a clawed hand gripped his wrist.

"Out of what? This is who I am, and I am going to kill you!" Inu Yasha dug his long, yellow claws into the flesh of Sesshomaru's wrist. His eyebrow twitching slightly, Sesshomaru smacked him again.

"I will not kill you, nor will you me. Just give me my mate and return to normal!" He was getting extremely aggravated with the hostile actions of his brother. What had caused him to do this?

"Stop doing that! You are only prolonging the inevitable!" Inu Yasha put a hand on Sesshomaru's face, his fingers applying pressure. Droplets of blood fell from the slits where his claws had broken the skin. The youkai threw him down and wiped his face. A growl emerged from his throat.

"Have I finally pissed you off, dear brother? Are you going to fight me? Or, will I have to take matters into my own hands?" The thick liquid was blinding Sesshomaru's eyes. He didn't even see Inu Yasha make his way to the nigen.

Sesshomaru wiped his eyes clear for a moment and saw where his brother was. He made a mad dash to him and knocked him down. He pinned Inu Yasha to the ground, one claw growing green in the air while the other held Inu Yasha firmly in place. Pure hatred and disgust showed on every crease in Sesshomaru's face and a dangerous sound flowed from him. Inu Yasha chucked slightly, his air being cut off by his older brother's hand.

"So, I have made you mad, have I not?" Sesshomaru jerked his hand around Inu Yasha's neck, making his head move violently to the left and back again. "Do it, Sesshomaru. Kill me."

Tempting Sesshomaru was not a good thing to do. But Sesshomaru knew what he had to do, and it was the only way to save both his brother and Rin. If he let the hanyou-turned-youkai go, the battle would only go on. If he killed him, he wouldn't be able to live with himself. If Sesshomaru allowed Inu Yasha to kill Rin, again, he wouldn't be able to live with himself. Of all the possible ways for this to go, Sesshomaru could only think of acting out on. He used his raised arm to grab Tokijin and slowly unsheathe it.

"You have decided then?" Inu Yasha said, his eyes growing redder. Sesshomaru didn't answer, but raised the sword above his head.

"My apologies, brother." The sound of the hilt of the sword crashing down onto skull was dull. Sesshomaru had only used enough force to knock him out. He slowly stood and made his way to Rin. She had no serious injuries and she was only sleeping. Sesshomaru lowered his head and let out a heavy sigh. Why would his brother take Rin? Why was his brother in his youkai state? Almost more importantly, why were they in the castle, instead of at Naraku's lair? Being the smart ruler he is, Sesshomaru put it all together.

That strange creature... this place... It was all an illusion made by the incarnation, Dereamu. Sesshomaru closed his eyes. He had been tricked.

END CHAPTER

Weird chapter!! I KNOW!! Well, I am sick, so it all makes since to me. Is that weird? I seem to understand things better when I am sick... oh, and here's my quote for today...

"Illness is only a state of mind" – Coach Means, a coach at my school. He said that, and then I go... "Then I must be sick all the time!" it was funny... ok... I am rambling... lol

Ok, now, Sesshomaru had to go against his head. In his head, as you could see when he was pinning Inu Yasha to the ground, he wanted to kill Inu Yasha for even touching his mate. But, in his heart, he knew he couldnt, so he didnt.

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