Inuyasha was pissed. It was like his brother and Kagome had just disappeared! He couldn't find hide nor hair of them for three days now!
"Hurry up!" He yelled over his shoulder to the humans trotting along behind him.
"Inuyasha, we must rest… we'll collapse the moment we find Sesshoumaru at this rate," ah the ever logical Miroku.
"Sesshoumaru is already here," Inuyasha growled, turning sharply to see his brother.
Sesshoumaru sat calmly atop Ah-Un, Jaken no where to be seen. Weird, Sesshoumaru always had Jaken around.
"Damn it! Sesshoumaru! Where's Kagome!" Inuyasha demanded, unsheathing the Tetsusaiga as Sango, Shippo, Kirara, and Miroku scramble out of the way.
As much as he hated it… he would need his brother's help for this one. He shook his head, wondering dimly how he could be related to someone as idiotic as Inuyasha.
"Naraku has her."
Inuyasha stopped, and time seemed to freeze. Horror flickered into Inuyasha's eyes, and his companions gasped.
"You…" Inuyasha dropped the Tetsusaiga and his bangs shadowed his eyes. "You let Naraku take her! I'll kill you!"
A red eyed and very demonic Inuyasha looked up. Sesshoumaru watched Inuyasha, and he dodged the rush of claws as the enraged hanyou ran toward him. Without Kagome there to 'Sit' him, Sesshoumaru would just have to knock him unconscious.
"This Sesshoumaru would never be so foolish… he kidnapped her…." He growled, and reached out a clawed hand, catching Inuyasha around the throat.
The hanyou was slammed against a tree, "Will you help me get her back or not!" He yelled into the face of the demon who was struggling against his iron grip.
Those words made Inuyasha freeze, and his blood run cold. Sesshoumaru didn't ask for help, he never asked for help, if he did then things were serious. Somehow this registered in the blood lusting demons brain. Slowly golden flickered back into life in Inuyasha's eyes and he viewed his brother.
Miroku, Sang and Shippo looked on from the sidelines; Sesshoumaru had just asked for help, hell had officially frozen over.
"I'll help."
Hell had definitely frozen over, Inuyasha had calmed down, agreed and nodded. Sango promptly fainted, with only Miroku to catch her, careful to keep his hands to himself for once. Shippo started to wail, and Kirara gave a sad little mew.
"What the hell is your problem!" Inuyasha yelled at his companions who were currently acting like Kagome had just died.
"I want Mama!" This from Shippo before Sesshoumaru released Inuyasha who knocked the kitsune over the head.
"We have no time to lose," this from Sesshoumaru, he actually sounded worried.
"Why do you suddenly care about Kagome!" This from Inuyasha, who turned sharply, pointing at his older brother.
"Do you remember the southern demon lord, Toshihero?"
Inuyasha blinked, he'd not remembered that lord for years, and all of a sudden Fluffy was bringing him up.
"Yeah, faintly… what does he have to do with anything?"
Sesshoumaru wanted to pummel his brother, "He had a daughter. Her name was Kagome, she was a few years younger then me, and two to three years older then you. When war broke out between the four lands, she disappeared."
Inuyasha scratched his ears, attempting to remember. Then it hit him, hard.
Flashback
"Big brother!" Came the bright voice of Inuyasha, he was so cute as a child.
Sesshoumaru looked over from where he was playing with a little girl, he blinked. "Inu… Yasha? What're you doing out of the castle? Where's your nurse?"
A soft giggle from beside him alerted Sesshoumaru to the presence of the girl once more. He wanted to smack himself in the forehead, she'd forgotten about her. She'd turned his life upside down, he noted. Crossing his arms over his chest, and shifting his weight to his right foot, he blew his bangs out of his eyes, and gave a glance to the raven haired girl beside him.
"So you're the Inuyasha I've been hearing so much about…" Her voice was warm, she appeared maybe eight, while Sesshoumaru looked about ten. She bent down some, to smile warmly at the little hanyou, who bared his fangs and attempted to growl.
"So what about me?" He huffed, trying to stand taller, and look more imposing… Kagome just laughed.
"You never told me how adorable he was Sesshou!" She looked at Sesshoumaru, who smiled sheepishly, and then at Inuyasha who tilted his head confused, one ear flopping like a puppy's.
"Sess…hou?" Inuyasha looked at Sesshoumaru, who smirked, and ruffled the small hanyous hair.
"Come on Kagome, your father will be worried…" Sesshoumaru turned to start walking away, but he paused seeing Kagome wasn't coming, that she was still observing a four year old Inuyasha.
Golden eyes watched the scene as Kagome held out a hand, smiling to the hanyou, who swiped at her, cutting open her forearm, dark blood oozing from the wound, as she looked at it. The wound healed in only a matter of moment, and she held her hand out again. Sesshoumaru growled, near seeing red that his little brother had harmed Kagome. How dare he! And then his hated glare eased when Kagome smiled.
"It's alright Inuyasha… I'm not going to hurt you… Lets get back to the castle, okay?" The boy blinked, before he reached out to hesitantly take the demoness' hand.
Inuyasha held his free hand out to his brother, never dreaming he would take his hand. When Sesshoumaru took Inuyasha hand, with Kagome on the other side, a smile broke out on the childs face. With a playful smile, both Kagome and Sesshoumaru lifted their hands, swinging Inuyasha back and forth between them, laughter breaking free.
They were all so carefree that day, the walls Sesshoumaru had built around himself before meeting Kagome had crumbled, leaving him more like his mother than his father. Kagome was more human than demon, and was already gazed at longingly by some of the teenaged demons. She was as powerful as she was kind, and they all knew it.
Watching them from the castle was Inutaisho, and Toshihero, who smiled at his daughters happiness while Inutaisho scowled at his sons lack of control.
Toshihero spoke. "You know one day it will happen…"
"What?" Growled Inutaisho.
"He will tell her, he loves her, what then will you do Inutaisho?" Toshi looked at his lifelong friend, who had changed for the worse over the years. Especially after that human woman had come to him.
Inuyasha human mother was beautiful and kind, but whatever it was she did to cause Inutaisho's gaze to turn her way, changed him. The once kind, if stoic demon lord was now easily angered. And had a hatred burning for most of the demon race, and human race as well. If only Sesshoumaru's mother still lived, she would set things right.
"That will not happen, for he will not love." Inutaisho turned away, and walked into the Castle, Toshihero walking in after him a few moments later, unaware of the gaze on their backs as Sesshoumaru watched them.
Having heard everything.
"Lets make a promise, okay 'Yasha, Sesshou?" Kagomes voice broke him out of his thoughts.
Sesshoumaru turned to her, looking quizzically at her, then at Inuyasha, who looked just as curious.
"Okay…" The brothers agreed with her slowly. Inuyasha's head tilted and ear flopping.
"Lets promise, we'll always be together, and only death will part us… promise?"
Her eyes were so bright, and hope filled, Inuyasha agreed swiftly. Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome, he considered everything, he knew war would break out soon, he also knew it was unlikely they would survive. He knew, but still, he smiled and nodded.
"It is a promise, Kagome."
He reached out and took her hand, pulling her against his chest in a tight hug. Kagome tucking her head under his chin, holding him tight, both ignoring Inuyasha's questions, before he just ran to the castle.
"Till death do us part Sesshou?"
"Till death do us part, Kagome."
It was a week later when the war broke out, and Kagome disappeared.
End Flashback
Inuyasha remembered that day, he'd pushed it so far into his memory, he didn't want to remember a time when Sesshoumaru had been his idol… a time when they had laughed together.
"… is …?" His question was left unfinished, but Sesshoumaru nodded looking at Inuyasha.
"It is…" He looked toward the sky, eyes pained. The rest of the Inu-companions looked on confused as to what the brothers were talking about.
I know, I know, it's taken me forever to get this up, I'm sorry!
But here it is, my long awaited 7th chapter! Yay for me!
I'm working on Ch. 8 now, keep reading and reviewing, thanks!
Uial
