Sighs, got to love all the reviews I get, and don't worry I'm not going to kill anyone anymore, even I'm getting sad when I do that.  Anyway the brotherly moment you reviewers have all been waiting for, so let's begin!

Winter Wonderland

Chapter Thirty-Three

  Sango held on tightly to Sesshoumaru's neck as he ran through the trees so fast the forest seemed like a blur.  She buried her face into the fur scarf so the snow wasn't hitting her face.  Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes as he spotted something red in a clearing up ahead.  Stopping Sesshoumaru set Sango down, "Listen well human, I'm going to go try and know Inu-Yasha out, when I do I'll call for you to bring the Tetsusaiga,"

  Sango nodded and started shivering again.  Sighing Sesshoumaru removed his furry scarf and wrapped it around her.  Before Sango could say a word Sesshoumaru turned around and disappeared into the snowy storm.  The lord of the western lands walked forward into a clearing where his younger half brother was lying.  His top was in shreds as his bare chest lay in the cold snow.  Inu-Yasha was breathing hard, his red eyes half closed, his long nails digging into the snow.  Sesshoumaru looked at his brother, there was blood all over his body, "Inu-Yasha . . ."

  The demon Inu-Yasha jumped to his feet and cracked his knuckles, his red eyes widening as a loud growl emitted from his throat.  Sesshoumaru took a step closer, trying to hide the sorrow in his eyes as he stared at his brother.

FLASH BACK (Just warning you there's going to be a lot of them especially inu and sesshy moments)

  Sesshoumaru stepped carefully around the lava before joining his father side by side as he followed him to Totosai's layer.  Inu-Taishi smiled at his older son and glanced his eyes up to see his youngest son on Sesshoumaru's shoulders.  A small rumble came from the ground, but Inu-Taishi took no notice as he caught sight of his old friends home.

  "What are we doing here father?" asked Sesshoumaru, smiling slightly as the young Inu-Yasha pointed ahead at the skeleton head.

  "You will see soon enough," smiled Inu-Taishi.

  Sesshoumaru glanced at the two gigantic fangs he was carrying on his back, and decided to ask questions later.  They entered the huge mouth of the skeleton and walked inside.  The older brother squinted his eyes as he saw an old man, shooting fire out of his mouth as he was honing a sword in front of him.

  "Totosai . . ." said Inu-Taishi.

  The old man turned around and smiled before jumping up and hugging the lord of the western lands, "Inu-Taishi, it's been such a long time,"

  "Indeed it has been old friend, I have a favor to ask of you,"

  "And what would that be?"

  Inu-Taishi dropped the two fangs in front of Totosai, "I wish for you to make me two swords.  In this scroll you will find what kind of powers I would like them to posses and what I would like them to be called,"

  Totosai took the scroll and read it quickly, "Sure thing old friend, the swords will be ready in about a month,"

  Inu-Taishi nodded, "I would like to stay longer and do some catching up, but I have important business back home,"

  "No problem, I'll send my bull to come and get you when the swords are ready,"

  Inu-Taishi hugged the old man one more time before turning around and walked out of the skeleton with Sesshoumaru at his heals.

  "Father, what do you need two swords for?  You already have one and it's the finest through out the . . . lands . . . ow Inu-Yasha please don't do that . . ."

  The little half demon quit pulling on his brother hair and rested his little hands on top of Sesshoumaru's head and rested his head on his arms, trying to fall asleep.

  "The swords are not for me, they are for you and Inu-Yasha,"

  "For us?"

  "Yes, it's my gift to you two, you could use your sword now, but Inu-Yasha will have to wait until he's older,"

  Sesshoumaru nodded, "Well thank you then,"

  "Sesshoumaru . . . I need to ask something of you . . ."

  "Yes father?"

  "I need you to protect your brother,"

  "I already do,"

  "That's not what I mean . . . I want you to protect Inu-Yasha from his demon blood,"

  "What are you talking about?"

  "The amount of demon blood in Inu-Yasha's blood is too strong for his half demon form, and I want you to promise me you will do that,"

  "How can I do anything?"

  "Just make sure he always has the sword I'm having made for him,"

  Sesshoumaru nodded.

END OF FLASH BACK ONE

  *I forgot all about that conversation father and I had those many years ago* Sesshoumaru thought, and cleared his throat before speaking, "Inu-Yasha . . . have you really lost your mind in your demon blood?"

  The demon Inu-Yasha growled louder, flexing his claws.

  "I may have not been the brother I had been those many years ago, and was not there for you when your mother died and I apologize for that, but now I plan to go back to the person I once was,"

  Inu-Yasha raised an eyebrow, looking confused from the whole situation, but shook it off quickly and took a step towards the lord of the western lands.

  "I lost father . . . and Natasha . . . but I don't plan on losing you," sighed Sesshoumaru, drawing his sword, "You are my brother, and after talking with my advisor I realize why I wanted to kill you,"

  Inu-Yasha snarled and lunged forward taking a swipe at Sesshoumaru, but the demon easily dodged the attack.  The full demon Inu-Yasha turned around and tried again and again, but every time missing.

  Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes, and tried to blast the energy from his sword at his brother, trying to defeat him as he did last time, but the demon dodged the attack and landed behind him.  Sesshoumaru eyes widened and leaped out of the way before he was cut into pieces.  *This isn't good . . . he's gotten faster than before . . . which means the demon blood has almost consumed his soul . . .*

  "Fast little bastard aren't ya?" growled Inu-Yasha.

  Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes and gripped Tokijin tighter, memories flooding into his mind . . .

FLASH BACK TWO

  Another loud piercing scream echoed through out the castle, causing Sesshoumaru to put his hands over his ears and Myoga as well.

  "That was a loud scream, eh my lord?" asked the flea.

  Sesshoumaru just glanced at the flea and then at the door, which the noises were coming from, "Do you suppose she's alright?"

  "Natasha's a strong women, she will be alright," assured Myoga.

  He could hear his father's worlds of encouragement, and the doctor demanding that he needed more hot water.  Finally having enough Sesshoumaru stood up and went to the door, opening it slightly to take a look inside.  His father was hovered over Natasha, the lord of the western land held his mate in his arms, whispering into her ear and kissing her forehead the odd time which had beads of sweat pouring down her face.  He couldn't see anything since his father blocked the way of anything as the doctor grabbed some water from the servants and went back to his position between Natasha's legs.

  "One more time my lady, push . . ."

  Natasha cried out in pain and clung to Inu-Taishi for dear life.  Sesshoumaru's ears slightly twitched as he heard the soft sound of a baby crying, and a smirk spreading across his lips. 

  "You have a son my lord," sighed the doctor, handing Natasha a bundle of blankets.

  Inu-Taishi kissed her on the forehead and stared down at the baby that his mate was holding.  Sesshoumaru knocked on the door, and watched as his father look up, "Ah Sesshoumaru . . . com on in, take a look at your new baby brother,"

  Sesshoumaru took a step in and closed the door behind him.  Walking to the bed he looked down at the bundle of blankets Natasha held.  He could see the small pudgy face of a baby boy.  Natasha smiled and pulled the blankets off the boys head to reveal two silver dog ears on top of his ears.  The baby yawned to reveal four sharp fangs, and Sesshoumaru noticed the claws on his brother's hands as well.  Sesshoumaru watched as the baby opened it's eyes which were as golden as the morning sun.  The baby stared around the room, first looking at his mother and father, and then looking at Sesshoumaru.  The baby smiled at the sight of its older brother, which caused Sesshoumaru to smile as well.  Natasha smiled and motioned for Sesshoumaru to come closer.  Sesshoumaru sat beside Natasha, and almost froze as she placed the baby into his arms.

  "What are we going to call him?" asked Natasha, staring up into her mates eyes.

  Inu-Taishi smiled and stared down at the boy in his older sons arms, "Inu-Yasha sounds like a good name to me . . ."

  Natasha nodded and pecked her mate on the lips.  Sesshoumaru stared down at the half demon, and watched as the baby reached his arm out.  Smirking Sesshoumaru brought his own hand forward, pressing his palm against Inu-Yasha's, seeing how small his hands were to his big clawed ones.

  "Inu-Yasha . . . my little brother . . . ."

END OF FLASH BACK TWO

Inu-Yasha lunged forward again, his claws missing Sesshoumaru as the lord leaped into the air and landed beside his brother, punching him in the back.  Inu-Yasha went flying forward, hitting a tree dead on.  Sesshoumaru didn't wince as he heard the cracking of bones from Inu-Yasha's right shoulder.  The demon Inu-Yasha stumbled to his feet, growling louder as it lunged forward.  Sesshoumaru stepped out of the way and hit Inu-Yasha in the stomach, and then once again in the back.  Inu-Yasha did a face plant into the snow, and Sesshoumaru took a step back, wondering if it would be a good idea to use his sword now.  The wind started to blow harder causing the snow to blow into Sesshoumaru's face, blinding him momentarily, but his ears twitched as he heard Inu-Yasha approaching my, and tried to dodge the attack, but got a cut on his right cheek, adding another stripe.  As the snow settled Sesshoumaru landed on the opposite side of the clearing Inu-Yasha was one.

  "You think you can escape?" growled Inu-Yasha, "I've destroyed and slaughtered five villages yesterday and this morning, and now I'm going to do away with you . . . filthy vermin!"

  Sesshoumaru stepped aside as Inu-Yasha attempted to punch him.  Grabbing his brother by the arm, he sent Inu-Yasha into another tree, totally snapping it in half by the force.  The demon Inu-Yasha stood up, narrowing his eyes at Sesshoumaru, before taking off into the woods.  Putting his sword back in its sheath, Sesshoumaru followed . . .

FLASH BACK THREE   The new moon left the castle dark with the dim glow of the torches that were set up down the hall.  Sesshoumaru slept soundly in his room; the thick blankets covering him from the winter's cold season.  A small creak from his chamber door caused him to stir and twitch his ears.  He could hear the door close, and the small steps of a child approaching his bed.  As he heard the footsteps stop, he could smell a human child in front of him, and peeked one eye open.  He could see the two violet eyes in the dark, and the long black hair that was on the little four-year-old boys head.   "What is it Inu-Yasha?" whispered Sesshoumaru sitting up slightly.   "Bad dream . . ." whispered the boy, "Can me stay with you?"   Sesshoumaru sighed; his father and Natasha were away from the castle right now, which is why Inu-Yasha had come to him instead of his mother.  Nodding his head Inu-Yasha broke into a big smiled and climbed into the bed as Sesshoumaru pulled the covers back.  Sesshoumaru rested on his back and closed his eyes to sleep, but felt something snuggle on his chest.  Opening his eyes he could see his brother snuggling closer to him with a big smile on his face. 

  "What did you dream about?" asked Sesshoumaru.

  "I was being chased . . ." whispered Inu-Yasha.

  "Being chased by what?"

  "Demons . . ."

  Sesshoumaru nodded, "Well once father and I teach you how to use your demon powers you won't need to run from any demons,"

  "Really?"

  "Yes,"

  Smiling Inu-Yasha closed his eyes, "Night Sesshy,"

  Sesshoumaru patted his brother on the head, "Good night Inu-Yasha,"

END OF FLASH BACK THREE

  The two brothers ran through the forest attacking each other as they ran at full speed.  Inu-Yasha jumping from tree to tree as Sesshoumaru tried to keep up sight of him on the ground.  Sesshoumaru grabbed his sword and cut the tree Inu-Yasha was about to jump onto, causing his brother to fall to the ground, giving Sesshoumaru the chance to attack.  Inu-Yasha opened his eyes just in time to see his brother punch him right in the stomach with so much force it caused the ground to crater as Inu-Yasha was finally brought down.

  Sesshoumaru stared down at his unconscious brother that lye at his feet.  Sighing, the lord picked up his brother and threw him over his shoulder before running to the spot he had left Sango.  Sesshoumaru glanced at his brother making sure that he did not awaken as he ran through the forest.

  Sango actually felt quite warm wrapped in the lords fur scarf, holding the Tetsusaiga close to her, hoping that Inu-Yasha was all right.  Her prayers were answered as Sesshoumaru appeared out of nowhere with a topless Inu-Yasha slung over his shoulder.  Laying him down, Sango immediately put the Tetsusaiga over Inu-Yasha chest.  The two watched as the two purple stripes on his cheeks disappear, and his claws going back to it's normal size.

  Sango sighed with relief, "He's going to be okay,"

  Sesshoumaru nodded and drew his own sword, Tensegia and swiped it at his brother, healing the injuries he had caused.

  "Tie the sword to his belt so it will stay close to him,"

  Sango nodded and did as the lord asked.  When she did that, Sesshoumaru picked up Inu-Yasha again and carried him over where he could smell Rin and Jaken waiting for him.

  "Lord Sesshoumaru!" cried Rin, jumping off the dragon and running to hug the lord.  Sesshoumaru let a smile slip and said, "Rin, please take Sango back to the village,"

  "What about you?" asked Jaken.

  "I'll be taking my brother back by myself.  Stay at the village until I get there,"

  Jaken nodded.  Rin helped Sango back onto Ah and Un and grabbed the reins.  Waving good-bye to the lord, Rin snapped the reins and the dragon flew up into the air leaving him behind.  Sighing, Sesshoumaru started walking in the direction of Kaede's hut.

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  The snowstorm had subsided, but the gray clouds still hovered over Sesshoumaru's head as he still headed in the direction of Kaede's village.  Inu-Yasha was still unconscious on his back, groaning the odd time, but never waking up.  Glancing at his brother momentarily before staring straight ahead again, wondering what he would say to the half demon once he woke up.  Inu-Yasha would of course yell at him, and frankly he couldn't blame him.  His brother probably didn't remember all the good times they had when he was younger.  The memories Inu-Yasha carried of him were probably full of hate towards his older brother, but Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at the thought.  *Come to think of it, Inu-Yasha didn't kill me when he first used the wind scar, or after our other battles as well . . .* thought Sesshoumaru.  Another small groan caused the lord to shift his eyes, looking into the half closed eyes of his brother, who was slowly coming to.

  "You're awake," said Sesshoumaru.

  Inu-Yasha brought a hand up to his head, groaning again and glancing at the owner of the voice who had spoken to him, "Ses . . . Sesshoumaru?"

  "Ah, so you did remember your older brother after all that?"

  "What the hell are you doing?  Put me down . . ."

  Sesshoumaru said nothing as he continued to walk.

  "Put me down now you bastard . . ."

  "Is that all you have to say to your savior?"

  "Savior?  What in the seven hells are you talking about?"

  "I just saved you from your demon blood half breed,"

  Inu-Yasha glanced at the Tetsusaiga strapped to his side, "How . . ."

  "I had your friend Sango carry it for me, she is now back at Kaede's village waiting for us,"

  Inu-Yasha growled, "Put me down!  I don't want to face my friends damn it!"

  "Because your mate is dead?"

  Inu-Yasha froze and glared at his brother, "Bastard!  Let me go!"

  "She's not dead Inu-Yasha . . ."

  The half demon's eyes widened.

  "The poison that was put in her was only to make her go limp and seem dead to demons and humans.  She was sleeping when I last saw her which was yesterday,"

  Inu-Yasha still didn't say anything, his mind trying to take in all Sesshoumaru was saying.

  "She should be awake by now, and then you can tell her she is carrying your child,"

  "She's . . . alive . . . but wait . . . why the hell are you here saving me . . . don't tell me you're actually starting to care about your younger brother . . ." sneered Inu-Yasha.

  "So what if I am, you got a problem with that?"

  Inu-Yasha almost swallowed his tongue, "What . . . what the hell is going on with you?"

  "Let's just say, the ways of a child can change a man at times, you can thank Rin for that and Jarlarg as well,"

  "Jarlarg . . . why does that name sound familiar . . ."

  "He was our fathers advisor, and now is mine.  We did a lot of talking about you and the past,"

  Inu-Yasha sighed, "This is too weird,"

  Sesshoumaru allowed a small laugh, "Do you think you can walk now?"

  The half demon nodded and placed his feet in the snow, now walking side by side his brother.

  "So . . . you're not going to try and kill me anymore?"

  "No . . ."

  Inu-Yasha nodded, "You know, it's going to take me a while to get used to this,"

  Sesshoumaru nodded.

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  Kagome stared anxiously at the door, waiting for any second for Inu-Yasha to walk in.  Sango stirred the herbal medicine in the pot and looked up at her friend, "He'll come Kagome,"

  The girl nodded, but continued to look at the door.  Rin was behind her rubbing Kagome's shoulder, but was being careful of her new sharp claws.  Miroku, Shippo, and Kaede were in another hut near by tending to a sick child, and Kohaku was outside gathering more firewood.

  "I still can't believe you're a demon now Rin," sighed Sango, looking up from the pot, staring at the girl that sat across from her.

  Rin just smiled, but stopped her hands as her nose twitched, "They're here!"

  Kagome was about to jump up, but Rin held her down before heading to the door with Sango, "We'll send him in, right now you're still weak from the poison, just wait here and we'll send him in,"

  Rin ran out the door to see Inu-Yasha and Sesshoumaru approaching the hut at a normal walk.  Inu-Yasha suddenly broke into a run, passing Sango and Rin and headed into the hut.  Kagome's eyes widened as she saw her mate standing in front of her shirtless and shivering slight.  Inu-Yasha's eyes watered with tears as he saw Kagome sitting healthy as a horse in front of him.  Shaking his head, Inu-Yasha ran kneeled down and pulled Kagome into a tight embrace, burying his face into her silky hair, inhaling her scent.  Kagome started to cry silently as she held Inu-Yasha close to her. 

  "I thought I lost you again . . ." whispered Inu-Yasha, allowing tears to roll down his eyes, tightening his grip on Kagome.

  Kagome simply nodded her head, and kissed her mate on the cheek, "So did I . . ."

  "I promise . . . I promise I won't lose you or our pup again . . ."

  Kagome was about to respond, but froze for a moment, "Pup?"

  Inu-Yasha smiled and kissed Kagome fully on the lips, "Yes . . . you are carrying my pup mate . . ."

  Kaogme's eyes widened as she hugged Inu-Yasha tighter.  Sesshoumaru glanced into the hut and allowed a light smile to appear on his lips before turning around and heading to the two-headed dragon where Rin and Jaken were waiting for him.  Just as he grabbed the reins Inu-Yasha and Kagome came out of the hut, "Sesshoumaru!"

  The lord turned around and looked his brother in the eye.

  "Thank you . . . for everything,"

  Sesshoumaru nodded, "I will see you soon,"  Snapping the reins Ah and Un flew into the air.

TBC . . .

Ta da!  There you have it, but is it the end?  Hell no!  I still have more chapters coming your way.  We skip to the end of March where winter is starting to come to an end.  So stayed tuned to find out what happens next.  More fluff and romance heading your way next chapter!

Lynns