OK, back by popular demand, A Legend Begins! So, you know the story, Inuyasha and his big bros earlier lives. Well, I am going to work very hard on this; I'm even putting aside another one of my stories, so here it is!
Disclaimer: Inuyasha doesn't belong to me so back off you stinking lawyers!
CHAPTER 2
ONE SIMPLE WALK...
"Sesshomaru, will you watch Inuyasha for us today?" Asked Inutaishou to his eldest son. Sesshomaru -despite himself- almost choked,
"Y, yes father. I mean, of course I will." He almost stuttered, and mentally cursed himself.
"Good, Azume and I need to have some time to ourselves, and if he isn't with you, Inuyasha usually finds us. No matter what." Sesshomaru nodded wordlessly, his father smiled, "Take him out for a walk, or just spend some time with him, as long as he's safe, I'm sure it will be alright with Azume and me." Again Sesshomaru nodded making no sound,
Oh perfect, now I'll have more responsibility of him than ever. He thought sarcastically, I will have even more chances to disappoint father now. However, he knew deep down that spending time with Inuyasha wasn't that bad. The kid usually did what he said, and if not he could easily get the whelp out of trouble.
So later that day as Sesshomaru headed down to the rooms Azume shared with his father, he wasn't all that upset about the whole thing, in fact, he was secretly happy to spend some time with his brother when there wouldn't be a thousand villagers just staring at him.
As soon as Sesshomaru entered the room that was the only person Inuyasha saw.
"NII-SAN!!!!" the boy cried and practically tackled his brother. Or his leg at least.
"Hello Inuyasha." Sesshomaru said, with just enough feeling to make both Azume and his father glow.
"Now just keep him safe Sesshomaru." His father said a serious look in his eyes. Azume rolled her eyes.
"Dear, Sesshomaru can handle it, you have told him that a thousand times." She said softly, her voice at the brink of laughter all the time it seemed, "Trust him Love, I do." she said. Sesshomaru blinked, and then nodded, and with a mildly mischievous grin said,
"Yes father, trust me." And then he scooped up Inuyasha and the two walked out.
After his son's departure, Inutaishou looked at the door for a while,
"You truly trust him? Odd, I did as well, but you did before I, how?" he asked Azume, she just smiled and put and arm around his own,
"Because, that is all he asks for Love, now come, shall you waste this precious gift your son has given us by gaping at the door all day? Better things for you to be looking at I would think." She said, he growled softly as she walked into another part of their rooms.
She is right, all Sesshomaru wants is some trust. Curse her why is she always right? And with that he followed his mate.
"Nii-san, looky! Birds." Inuyasha called to Sesshomaru, who sighed,
"Those are butterflies Inuyasha, not birds." He said,
"But, but they have wings." Inuyasha protested,
"I know, but they also hatch from cocoons, not eggs." Sesshomaru said, Inuyasha sighed,
"I wanna see more, let's go into the forest!" Inuyasha said, Sesshomaru shrugged,
"If that is what you want Inuyasha." and then he took his brother's hand and they headed into the tree line.
Inuyasha was probably the most curious person Sesshomaru was sure he'd ever met. The little pup was running every which way, questioning every little thing.
"What's this? What is that? Why does it smell so bad here?" and he just went on and on. Sesshomaru hardly paid him any mind, just answered his questions and made sure he didn't run off.
"Inuyasha, don't eat that! Stop touching that, it's poisonous!" and so it continued.
Despite himself, Sesshomaru found his mind wandering even as he watched the little pup.
Hard to think that only a short time ago, I hated even the idea of having a little brother. I am not saying that I enjoy it that much now, but things are not so complicated, at least not in my opinion.
Father.
Even he has started to pay attention to me again, which surprises me greatly. Ever since Inuyasha was born he's been busy either with him or the work he has to do on top of raising him. And yet, he still speaks with me often enough, it is almost like earlier days, when we were almost friends, before mother died, before Azume came, before everything changed.
Azume. She is confusing, I hated her for a time, I will admit that much, but despite that. She never hated me. Even when I made it clear that I did hate her. Even when I wasn't grateful, or kind to her, even mean sometimes. How I seemed to find the nerve to treat her like she was a servant and a pain. But she never cared; she just was kind and always smiling at me, never saying an unkind word. Now though? Yes, now she is just the same, I have changed though, I try not to be rude, though as to how well I accomplish it is debatable, she never says anything, and neither does father, so I guess I am doing better.
Inuyasha.
Sesshomaru looked up and was surprised to see his little brother---- not there. Panic sensed him. He quickly sniffed the air, scenting his little brother he ran off to were the little one's sent was something from.
By the time a very stressed Sesshomaru could catch up to his younger sibling, he found the little boy sitting in the middle of a well worn path, three women surrounding him. He stopped,
"Inuyasha?" he asked, the little pup turned and grinned at him,
"Nii-san, there you are." And he ran up to Sesshomaru, tugging on his brother's leg, "Up!" he whined, Sesshomaru sighed,
"You are pathetic Inuyasha." he said, and then looked up to the three women who stood watching him with searching eyes, he nodded to them, "Thank you for taking care of my younger brother, half brother." They nodded.
The first girl had long black hair that went down to below her waist, she had a young face and sparkling eyes that seemed to flirt constantly, and she wore a long dress. The second had short cropped red hair and her eyes saw more than just what was in front of her, but behind her as well, she wore a tank top and skirt that was separated into pants. The third looked to be the oldest, though they all looked ageless. She was tall and her eyes, though kind held all the knowledge you could imagine. She bowed to him,
"You are welcome my lord, we have no wish for the young lord to fall victim to a demon now." She said, Sesshomaru frowned,
"Who are you?" she smiled,
"Always suspicious aren't you? We are the Fates Lord Sesshomaru, I am wisdom, she," Wisdom said pointing to the girl with black hair, "Is Love, and that is Chaos." They all nodded to him, Sesshomaru dipped his head, keeping his face expressionless as though meeting the three Fates of the world was an every day occurrence.
"We found him," Said Love, "Sitting here, waiting for you." She smiled, and Chaos said,
"I am surprised that he wasn't crying, he is only two years and a month." Her words held mild surprise, just as she said. Sesshomaru said nothing, and Chaos went on, "but it wouldn't do for someone such as he to cry would it now?" Love looked to Chaos,
"But he will cry, if only three times in his life. All are to soon be lived, none have yet." Sesshomaru said again nothing, just watched them with mild interest. Wisdom said suddenly,
"Do you see it? The aurora that these two have all the images of their lives? Truly interesting is it not?" Love's eyes brightened on Inuyasha,
"A hard time you are going to have little one, hard decisions lye before you." Then she looked to the others, "They are going to have a time of it, we can give them something, let it be our words!"
The other two nodded after a moment of silent deliberation. Sesshomaru frowned as Love walked up to Inuyasha and said,
"The true love is the one that is standing right before you." Then Chaos walked up and said,
"The only weakness of the Evil that surrounds you, is the light that your soul with hers creates." And finally Wisdom,
"See with you heart, not your sword, and you shall prevail."
Inuyasha looked uncomprehendingly to his brother, and then the Fates turned to Sesshomaru and in the same order as before said,
"Don't be afraid, never be afraid." Love,
"The fights we win don't matter near as much as the ones we lose." Chaos
"Sometimes that which we hate, makes the most difference." Wisdom.
And then, just as suddenly as they had appeared, they were gone...
Ok, so that is one more chappie down, tell me wacha think, OI, this one took a while. Probably only one more chappie, the ending and the climactic and horrible truth to why Inu doesn't recall any of this. Ok, so it's probably not that horrible, but you get the idea. So, Review, and vote,
Epilogue/ No Epilogue
(either I will tell you sorta like what happened after this story is done, or not)