Chapter 33: Brothers
wow, I didn't expect so much people to understand! I actually thought you were all gonna hate me! thanks so much!
-Kag's pov-
I looked at Rin who now cowered behind me for fear of Kouga. He had come while Rin and I were playing dress-up with an irate Jaken. Sesshoumaru didn't welcome him at first but I took care of that with a 'down' and a 'wham!' that followed. When Rin saw Kouga, she instantly fell silent and ran behind me. And right now, she's clutching my shirt because I was sitting.
I heard Sesshoumaru growl and I looked at him. "Wolf, what have you done to her?!" he demanded. Kouga looked helplessly and said, "I didn't do anything!" after a while of glaring, Sesshoumaru came to us and knelt. "Rin." He said. It was still his monotone voice but somehow I sensed gentleness rolling from those lips of him.
I turned and scooped Rin up in my arms and comfortingly said, "Rin, what's the problem?" Rin, instead of answering to me looked at Sesshoumaru and held her chubby little hands out towards him. "Sesshoumaru-sama…" she whined. And to my surprise, Sesshoumaru took her gently from my arms and put her in his. I leaned closer and whispered soothing words to the trembling child.
She clutched onto Sesshoumaru's fluffy thing and buried her face in it. "Rin, tell me." He demanded in a gentle tone. I looked up at him, his concerned eyes told me all I had to know; Sesshoumaru really cared for Rin. Rin looked up to him and said, "Wolves Kill Rin." Instantly, Sesshoumaru's eyes turned blood red and he glared menacingly at Kouga.
Kouga backed away from the intensity of the glare and said, "Who knows? It must have happened before I knew Kagome!" he defended. "What do I have to do with it?" I asked. "After I met you, I…" he hesitated and 'BLUSHED?' I thought surprised. "I saw how compassionate you were to your fellow humans and I made my pack swear never to eat another human." I blushed at Kouga's words. 'He did that for ME?'
Silence ruled us for a long while as I couldn't help but be incredulous about Kouga actually BLUSHING! I never thought I'd see the day! Kouga then shook his head and said, "Un! Well if my pack did anything to you… then I apologize…" he said with pure sincerity in his tone. I looked at Rin and found her looking half scared and half curiously at the youkai prince.
She then looked up at Sesshoumaru and then back to Kouga. She ran out of Sesshoumaru's arms and hugged Kouga's sitting form. Kouga almost fell down but steadied himself. He looked down with wide eyes at the girl but them softened and he smiled. Rin smiled a toothy grin at him and I could just think how cute the moment was.
"Why are you here, anyway?" Jaken asked as he jumped unto Ah Un's back. Kouga switched his attention to the toad and then grinned widely. "Heh! I was going to propose to join Kagome's little group to kill the B#$##D who committed genocide upon my clan." He said looking at me as if he was talking to me instead of Jaken.
"Do you not think you are putting the rest of the Northern lands in grave danger if you come?" Sesshoumaru said looking calm and settling to an Indian seat beside me. I raised a brow at him. "What does the northern lands have to do with him?" I asked curiously. I was bonked from behind with a two-headed staff and squawked at by Jaken, "Baka ningen! Don't you know about the connection youkai?!" before I could respond with a violent action, Sesshoumaru beat me to the punch… literally.
He punched Jaken upwards and sent him flying away once again into space. I smirked at the sound of the screaming Jaken. Then I turned my attention to the two Lords, "What's a connection youkai?" I asked. "An eternal youkai who blesses every lord connection to every youkai in his lands. Meaning, if they see an intruder in the lands, the lord would know about it. The down part, when the lord dies, so do the youkais in his lands." Kouga said as he pulled Rin into his lap comfortably.
I gasped. That's terrible! "Then you two shouldn't be fighting at all! You'll endanger yours and everyone else's lives!" I said with worry pretty much etched in my face. "What you do not realize is that almost all of the youkai lords are already with you." Sesshoumaru said looking down upon me. 'Hmph! Acts all high and mighty but in truth; he's really just in love with me!' I thought victoriously. "Wait- who else is with us?"
It couldn't be Inu-yasha coz he's from the west originally. So who? "KAGOME!!!!" Suddenly, I turned to see the whole group fly into the clearing. Inu-yasha was panting like crazy; Sango, Sess-kun and Miroku were riding on the large Kirara with Shippou hanging on her head. Shippou jumped down and ran to hug me. I hugged him back and then turned when Sesshoumaru suddenly said, "The lord of the Eastern Lands… him." He looked down on Shippou. I followed his gaze and my eyes widened. "MY SHIPPOU?!" I said in shock.
Shippou suddenly hopped out of my arms and then to Rin and Kouga. "You're Rin, right?" he asked. Rin smiled toothily and soon they indulged in a conversation. "When his father died, he took the title." Sesshoumaru declared. I didn't notice Inu-yasha walked up beside me until I heard his voice, "Where have you been, wench! You shouldn't run off like that!" I glared at him and sat him.
"You shouldn't have done that, Kagome." Sess-kun said walking towards us. "What?! You're siding with him?" I asked incredulously. "I meant about lying about your whereabouts and walking off in the darkness of the forest." He corrected. "He has a point, Kagome-sama." Miroku added.
Geese, they get so worried all the time! Especially Sess-kun. 'But he hates so much to admit it.' I thought begrudgingly. "Alright, alright, I'm sorry." I said looking like a kid being reprimanded by her father.
Inu-yasha got off the ground and glared at me, "You should be! Because of you, Kikyou's starting to think she did something wrong!" Inu-yasha declared. I fumed! Not only was he not worried about me but he was too worried about HER?! ARRRRGGGGHHH!!!! "SIT!" "THUMP!"
"Two favors, please?" I heard from Kouga. We all looked at him and found him smiling as the kids hung at each of his lean arms. "One, explain to me why I see two Sesshoumaru. Two… get these kids off me! They're tickling me!" he said chuckling all the while! I smiled. Kouga can get along so well with children. "Rin, come." Sesshoumaru said. Immediately, Rin ran to Sesshoumaru and he picked her up. "Shippou, come on!" I beckoned sweetly. He sprang up to me and giggled. "I'll explain to you about Sess-kun later, Kouga-kun." I said smiling at him.
"Hey Sess-kun, I thought you were going to a blacksmith to get a sword." I asked looking at him as I cradled Shippou. "I have." He unsheathed his sword, which I didn't notice, and showed me the sparkling clear blade. "Wow, it's beautiful!" I said in awe. I saw him smirk at this and I blushed. "Keh! Who cares about a stupid sword anyway? I don't think he even KNOWS how to use one." Inu-yasha said, crossing his arms like always.
Suddenly, a bright flash came to Inu-yasha's front and I stiffened as I saw blood. Red blood dripped from a cut on his cheek. The blood crawled to the cause of the cut and there I found Sess-kun's new sword. Sess-kun glared at Inu-yasha as the hanyou stiffened. "I suggest you not jump into conclusions about this Sesshoumaru or else…" he said in a threateningly calm way as he withdrew his sword from Inu-yasha's face.
Inu-yasha touched his bleeding cut with a clawed hand and looked at the blood. I watched as the cut quickly healed and Inu-yasha glared menacingly at Sess-kun. "Koro…" he muttered as his hand fisted in front of him. Sess-kun kept his face blank and then looked at me, "Lets get back to the hut." He said and walking away. "B#$##d" Inu-yasha muttered. "Don't call him that!" I suddenly exploded. As soon as I realized I had said it, I quickly covered my mouth. Everyone was staring at me and I could see Sess-kun's eyes boring into my very soul with wonder.
Out of nowhere, an ear-piercing scream could be heard and Inu-yasha looked back towards the village. "KIKYOU!" we all ran to the village and when we got to Kaede-san's hut…the whole hut was messed up and Kaede was on the floor, looking hurt and clutching her heart. I ran to her and asked of her health. "Kaede-san, are you alright? Where's Kikyou?" I asked. Inu-yasha sniffed the air and his eyes turned blood red. "NARAKU!!!" he turned to run to the forest to search for Naraku but Miroku grabbed him quickly by the arms.
"Help!" Miroku pleaded and soon, Kouga held Inu-yasha down onto the ground. Inu-yasha struggled, "Let go of me! Let go of me, da## it! I said let go!" with one forceful push, Kouga toppled over. Inu-yasha stood and in front of him was Sesshoumaru, glaring emotionlessly at his half-brother. I could only watch as Sesshoumaru put his hand on Inu-yasha's head and…
"THUMP!" he pushed Inu-yasha's head down to the ground. Inu-yasha struggled again but Sesshoumaru kept his head beneath dirt. "What do you think will happen when you simply charge to the enemy's trap? You will only succeed in bringing your woman and yourself in danger." He said wisely. Inu-yasha stopped and surprisingly became silent. Sesshoumaru stayed like that for a while to make sure he won't try anything and then let Inu-yasha go.
Something ached inside of me, seeing Inu-yasha so angry when he found out he lost Kikyou. Surely, he wouldn't be as angry as he is now if I was the one who's kidnapped. Inu-yasha was about to stand when he saw Sesshoumaru's offered hand in front of him. Reluctantly, he took it and stood. "What do you suggest?" at that moment, I realized the sun had risen and also… the brothers finally understood each other!
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wow, I didn't expect so much people to understand! I actually thought you were all gonna hate me! thanks so much!
-Kag's pov-
I looked at Rin who now cowered behind me for fear of Kouga. He had come while Rin and I were playing dress-up with an irate Jaken. Sesshoumaru didn't welcome him at first but I took care of that with a 'down' and a 'wham!' that followed. When Rin saw Kouga, she instantly fell silent and ran behind me. And right now, she's clutching my shirt because I was sitting.
I heard Sesshoumaru growl and I looked at him. "Wolf, what have you done to her?!" he demanded. Kouga looked helplessly and said, "I didn't do anything!" after a while of glaring, Sesshoumaru came to us and knelt. "Rin." He said. It was still his monotone voice but somehow I sensed gentleness rolling from those lips of him.
I turned and scooped Rin up in my arms and comfortingly said, "Rin, what's the problem?" Rin, instead of answering to me looked at Sesshoumaru and held her chubby little hands out towards him. "Sesshoumaru-sama…" she whined. And to my surprise, Sesshoumaru took her gently from my arms and put her in his. I leaned closer and whispered soothing words to the trembling child.
She clutched onto Sesshoumaru's fluffy thing and buried her face in it. "Rin, tell me." He demanded in a gentle tone. I looked up at him, his concerned eyes told me all I had to know; Sesshoumaru really cared for Rin. Rin looked up to him and said, "Wolves Kill Rin." Instantly, Sesshoumaru's eyes turned blood red and he glared menacingly at Kouga.
Kouga backed away from the intensity of the glare and said, "Who knows? It must have happened before I knew Kagome!" he defended. "What do I have to do with it?" I asked. "After I met you, I…" he hesitated and 'BLUSHED?' I thought surprised. "I saw how compassionate you were to your fellow humans and I made my pack swear never to eat another human." I blushed at Kouga's words. 'He did that for ME?'
Silence ruled us for a long while as I couldn't help but be incredulous about Kouga actually BLUSHING! I never thought I'd see the day! Kouga then shook his head and said, "Un! Well if my pack did anything to you… then I apologize…" he said with pure sincerity in his tone. I looked at Rin and found her looking half scared and half curiously at the youkai prince.
She then looked up at Sesshoumaru and then back to Kouga. She ran out of Sesshoumaru's arms and hugged Kouga's sitting form. Kouga almost fell down but steadied himself. He looked down with wide eyes at the girl but them softened and he smiled. Rin smiled a toothy grin at him and I could just think how cute the moment was.
"Why are you here, anyway?" Jaken asked as he jumped unto Ah Un's back. Kouga switched his attention to the toad and then grinned widely. "Heh! I was going to propose to join Kagome's little group to kill the B#$##D who committed genocide upon my clan." He said looking at me as if he was talking to me instead of Jaken.
"Do you not think you are putting the rest of the Northern lands in grave danger if you come?" Sesshoumaru said looking calm and settling to an Indian seat beside me. I raised a brow at him. "What does the northern lands have to do with him?" I asked curiously. I was bonked from behind with a two-headed staff and squawked at by Jaken, "Baka ningen! Don't you know about the connection youkai?!" before I could respond with a violent action, Sesshoumaru beat me to the punch… literally.
He punched Jaken upwards and sent him flying away once again into space. I smirked at the sound of the screaming Jaken. Then I turned my attention to the two Lords, "What's a connection youkai?" I asked. "An eternal youkai who blesses every lord connection to every youkai in his lands. Meaning, if they see an intruder in the lands, the lord would know about it. The down part, when the lord dies, so do the youkais in his lands." Kouga said as he pulled Rin into his lap comfortably.
I gasped. That's terrible! "Then you two shouldn't be fighting at all! You'll endanger yours and everyone else's lives!" I said with worry pretty much etched in my face. "What you do not realize is that almost all of the youkai lords are already with you." Sesshoumaru said looking down upon me. 'Hmph! Acts all high and mighty but in truth; he's really just in love with me!' I thought victoriously. "Wait- who else is with us?"
It couldn't be Inu-yasha coz he's from the west originally. So who? "KAGOME!!!!" Suddenly, I turned to see the whole group fly into the clearing. Inu-yasha was panting like crazy; Sango, Sess-kun and Miroku were riding on the large Kirara with Shippou hanging on her head. Shippou jumped down and ran to hug me. I hugged him back and then turned when Sesshoumaru suddenly said, "The lord of the Eastern Lands… him." He looked down on Shippou. I followed his gaze and my eyes widened. "MY SHIPPOU?!" I said in shock.
Shippou suddenly hopped out of my arms and then to Rin and Kouga. "You're Rin, right?" he asked. Rin smiled toothily and soon they indulged in a conversation. "When his father died, he took the title." Sesshoumaru declared. I didn't notice Inu-yasha walked up beside me until I heard his voice, "Where have you been, wench! You shouldn't run off like that!" I glared at him and sat him.
"You shouldn't have done that, Kagome." Sess-kun said walking towards us. "What?! You're siding with him?" I asked incredulously. "I meant about lying about your whereabouts and walking off in the darkness of the forest." He corrected. "He has a point, Kagome-sama." Miroku added.
Geese, they get so worried all the time! Especially Sess-kun. 'But he hates so much to admit it.' I thought begrudgingly. "Alright, alright, I'm sorry." I said looking like a kid being reprimanded by her father.
Inu-yasha got off the ground and glared at me, "You should be! Because of you, Kikyou's starting to think she did something wrong!" Inu-yasha declared. I fumed! Not only was he not worried about me but he was too worried about HER?! ARRRRGGGGHHH!!!! "SIT!" "THUMP!"
"Two favors, please?" I heard from Kouga. We all looked at him and found him smiling as the kids hung at each of his lean arms. "One, explain to me why I see two Sesshoumaru. Two… get these kids off me! They're tickling me!" he said chuckling all the while! I smiled. Kouga can get along so well with children. "Rin, come." Sesshoumaru said. Immediately, Rin ran to Sesshoumaru and he picked her up. "Shippou, come on!" I beckoned sweetly. He sprang up to me and giggled. "I'll explain to you about Sess-kun later, Kouga-kun." I said smiling at him.
"Hey Sess-kun, I thought you were going to a blacksmith to get a sword." I asked looking at him as I cradled Shippou. "I have." He unsheathed his sword, which I didn't notice, and showed me the sparkling clear blade. "Wow, it's beautiful!" I said in awe. I saw him smirk at this and I blushed. "Keh! Who cares about a stupid sword anyway? I don't think he even KNOWS how to use one." Inu-yasha said, crossing his arms like always.
Suddenly, a bright flash came to Inu-yasha's front and I stiffened as I saw blood. Red blood dripped from a cut on his cheek. The blood crawled to the cause of the cut and there I found Sess-kun's new sword. Sess-kun glared at Inu-yasha as the hanyou stiffened. "I suggest you not jump into conclusions about this Sesshoumaru or else…" he said in a threateningly calm way as he withdrew his sword from Inu-yasha's face.
Inu-yasha touched his bleeding cut with a clawed hand and looked at the blood. I watched as the cut quickly healed and Inu-yasha glared menacingly at Sess-kun. "Koro…" he muttered as his hand fisted in front of him. Sess-kun kept his face blank and then looked at me, "Lets get back to the hut." He said and walking away. "B#$##d" Inu-yasha muttered. "Don't call him that!" I suddenly exploded. As soon as I realized I had said it, I quickly covered my mouth. Everyone was staring at me and I could see Sess-kun's eyes boring into my very soul with wonder.
Out of nowhere, an ear-piercing scream could be heard and Inu-yasha looked back towards the village. "KIKYOU!" we all ran to the village and when we got to Kaede-san's hut…the whole hut was messed up and Kaede was on the floor, looking hurt and clutching her heart. I ran to her and asked of her health. "Kaede-san, are you alright? Where's Kikyou?" I asked. Inu-yasha sniffed the air and his eyes turned blood red. "NARAKU!!!" he turned to run to the forest to search for Naraku but Miroku grabbed him quickly by the arms.
"Help!" Miroku pleaded and soon, Kouga held Inu-yasha down onto the ground. Inu-yasha struggled, "Let go of me! Let go of me, da## it! I said let go!" with one forceful push, Kouga toppled over. Inu-yasha stood and in front of him was Sesshoumaru, glaring emotionlessly at his half-brother. I could only watch as Sesshoumaru put his hand on Inu-yasha's head and…
"THUMP!" he pushed Inu-yasha's head down to the ground. Inu-yasha struggled again but Sesshoumaru kept his head beneath dirt. "What do you think will happen when you simply charge to the enemy's trap? You will only succeed in bringing your woman and yourself in danger." He said wisely. Inu-yasha stopped and surprisingly became silent. Sesshoumaru stayed like that for a while to make sure he won't try anything and then let Inu-yasha go.
Something ached inside of me, seeing Inu-yasha so angry when he found out he lost Kikyou. Surely, he wouldn't be as angry as he is now if I was the one who's kidnapped. Inu-yasha was about to stand when he saw Sesshoumaru's offered hand in front of him. Reluctantly, he took it and stood. "What do you suggest?" at that moment, I realized the sun had risen and also… the brothers finally understood each other!
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