Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, I'd SO be living somewhere else right now. (Bumi is my character. If you wanna use her, ask. Yadda, yadda, yadda.)
No Way Out
Chapter 18 - Sibling Rivalry
I awoke the next morning to find that I was still lying next to Sesshoumaru, his arm curled around my shoulder. I snuggled close to him, still savoring the warmth and semi-unconsciousness of sleep.
I looked over at Rin, who was still asleep, curled up in a little ball by the base of her tree. The poor girl looked so cold.
The fire had died sometime during the night, but I didn't want to get up to rekindle it. I was already warm, anyways. But I knew that sometime I'd have to get up. I just didn't think it'd be so soon.
I sat up and shrunk away from Sesshoumaru's side when a familiar scent started rushing towards us. I went towards the ring of stones where the fire once was, and pretended not to notice him when he arrived.
"What the hell are you doing with Sesshoumaru, wench?" Inuyasha yelled.
I glanced back at Sesshoumaru, and smiled when he spoke up. "That is of no concern to you, half-breed,"
I hesitated at the last word, as did Inuyasha.
"Don't you realize that Bumi is a hanyou too?"
"That does not concern you, Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru said as he stood up. "Now, leave us be."
"I wish I could do that, brother," Inuyasha hissed the last word, "but I won't leave without Bumi." Inuyasha pulled out the Tetsusaiga and prepared for a fight.
Sesshoumaru remained mostly still, except for his right hand that pulled out the Toukijin (I think that's how it's spelt...).
I gasped and ran in between the two brothers just as they were about to fight. "Stop! Don't fight!"
But I was too late. Both of the brothers had already swung, and their swords clashed, just hardly cutting my leg.
I smelt some blood and felt a twinge of pain coming from my right thigh. I instantly fell to the ground, clutching my thigh to try and stop the bleeding.
Sesshoumaru glanced at me, said something I couldn't understand, and walked away with Rin following closely behind him. Before they walked completely out of sight, I saw Rin look back at me with what looked like tears in her eyes.
Tears welled up in the corners of my eyes as Inuyasha picked me up. I refused to cry in agony. I settled my head on his chest, but kept my hands settled around my bleeding thigh.
"You baka," he mumbled.
I looked up at him and smiled slightly. "I learned from the best."
Inuyasha's mouth twitched into a small smile, and I rested my head on his chest again. "Gomenasai."
"For what?"
"For bleeding on your kimono." I closed my eyes. "And for running away."
"Good. Because you wouldn't be bleeding if you hadn't run away."
"I already said I was sorry, you jerk!" I yelled into his chest.
"Feh. Just shut up already, will ya?"
(Since the little asterisks don't work, this'll do. Sort of a scene change... More like a perspective change... Just read!)
Inuyasha looked down curiously at Bumi when she fell asleep in his arms. The bleeding of her thigh had almost stopped; now it just occasionally oozed blood.
Bumi had settled her head into the crook of Inuyasha's neck, and now her hands were rested on her stomach. Inuyasha longed for those small, delicate hands to be on his shoulders, reassuring him that she only thought of him. Oh, how he longed for that.
But he sensed that Bumi wasn't sleeping because she was comfortable. No, she was sleeping because of the loss of blood.
Inuyasha had slowed down considerably: He didn't want to wake Bumi by running. He was also afraid of her wound re-opening. She'd lost a lot of blood, and he didn't want her to lose anymore.
It was then he realized that he shouldn't let he sleep. "Bumi," he said quietly. "Bumi." Still no reply. "Wake up," he said, a little louder this time.
Bumi wake up, her green eyes shining in the midday sun. "I-Inuyasha?" She smiled slightly, and buried her face into his shoulder. "Oh, Inuyasha."
"Eh?" Inuyasha decided not to question, but rather let Bumi cry into his shoulder.
"Inuyasha, it hurts," she said softly, almost whimpering.
"Your leg?"
"No, my chest. I can feel my heart beating. It's beating so hard. I've never felt like this, Inuyasha." She said his name slowly, which made his ears perk. "Inuyasha, I-"
"What are you doing with my woman, mutt-face? Why is she bleeding?"
Bumi quickly shut her mouth and looked up at Kouga. She smiled weakly.
Inuyasha carefully set Bumi down near a large tree, and glared at Kouga. "I'm not in the mood to fight, Kouga, but I will if I have to!"
"Inuyasha? Not in the mood to fight? Ha!"
Inuyasha glanced over at Bumi, with her head resting against the tree. Her attention was turned away from the bickering males. Instead, she was looking at another youkai. A female youkai.
"Kouga! You'd rather choose my half-breed sister over me!"
Oooh. There's the new character! Bet you can't guess who she is. I'll give a cookie to whoever does!
Review Shout-outs!
Ear-Tweak-sama: I'm pretty sure this chapter gave it away. Sorry folks, but I don't want to drag this story out, y'know? So, Sesshy's part in the story was, well... cut.
White Wolf: Well, I think that was solved. Only, a new problem arises. Sucks to be them, doesn't it?
Lisa: Ow, ow, and OW! Meanie head. I wish I was Bumi all the time. -nod nod- And I give up in the 'who's better' thing, 'kay?