Itachi-rin: I'm glad that I've received friendly reviews! I hope it would increase in future! So.. I'm just pleased that some people out there are reading my fic! So.. Please enjoy the second chapter while I'm doing the third! –smiles-
Summary/Warnings/Disclaimers: Please refer to chapter 1!
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Imagine Inuyasha keeps pestering Sesshomaru to play but the older one refuses. Then the cute little pup make a pout which melt Sesshomaru. Aww! So cute!
Inuyasha: Aww.. Please leave review-
Sesshomaru: -after you've read.
Inuyasha: Hey! I say don't-
Sesshomaru: -steal your line. I know that.
Inuyasha: I hate you!
Sesshomaru: ..
Inuyasha: I say I hate you! (pout)
Sesshomaru: You know you can't hate me. (smirk and drop a kiss on his forehead)
Inuyasha: Hmp! (blush) I'll forgive you then..
Alright! Let's get started! Leave them alone for now! Hahaa! Let's get on with..
Hidden Love
Chapter 2The hanyou wandered around the castle with a bottle of milk in his hands after he had gone to his bed chamber. He was utterly excited when his father mentioned that they were going to move in with him.
For the past 6 years, his father- Inutaishou was a busy man, according to his mother. His father would visit him twice or even thrice a week. Not everyday he could get to see his father like other kids in the village.
Speaking of village, the village that they were used to live it, hated them. In the eyes of the people, they felt that his mother- Yukie had betrayed the human race and had given birth to a half-human with a youkai.
Inuyasha would often being bullied by the other kids in the village and they were told not to talk or even get close to him. He got beaten or teased for no reason and he couldn't fight back.
When he asked his mother why, Yukie would just tell him that everything was going to be alright one day. When Inutaishou knew, he forgot about the peace agreement and almost killed the humans but Yukie- his wife, stopped him just in time.
Not forgetting about the other demons who too, also treated Inuyasha almost the same way. If it weren't for the fact that the hanyou was the son of the great Lord of the Western Land, the pup wouldn't have survived.
Being neither of the races was tough for a 6 years old child, who was so innocent and naïve. He knew he was a half-demon.. a half-human, but he still too young to know why he was receiving the harsh treatments from the others.
Yukie would blame herself sometimes for being in love with a demon since she was a just a mere mortal herself but her husband never hold any responsible to her.
Now, Inuyasha was thrilled to know that he had a brother actually. He wasn't told that Sesshomaru was just his half-brother but he knew, at least he had a older sibling by him all the time, protecting him if anyone dared to bully him again.
But never did he know that the older one hated him. Hated him for being able to catch the attention of their father. Hated him for being a half-demon.
Inuyasha lifted his head and sniffed. He caught the scent of his brother and skipped happily to the direction where his brother's bed chamber was. He just knew where to go with the sensitive nose of his.
There. The another side of that big wooden oak door was his brother's bed chamber. He took a deep breath to calm himself down while his little mind kept thinking about how to ask his brother for a play or something that they would do together.
He knocked the door for a few times and waited for reply. But only silence met his knocks. Waiting patiently, he brought his fist up and knocked again. He then waited, clutching the bottle of milk in his hands.
Meeting with no reply, he made a pout. He thought it wasn't possible that his brother wasn't inside his bed chamber as he still could sniffed his scent through the door. He then, knocked the third time.
His fluffy ears twitched. Getting impatient and nervous at the same instance as time tickled by, Inuyasha brought up courage and wanted to enter his brother's bed chamber without his permission. He then pushed the door open slightly.
He called softly. "Nii-san? Are you in here?"
"Get. Lost." A dangerous growl was heard.
But to Inuyasha, he was just delighted to hear response from his brother. Thus, he pushed the door open and closed it behind him. He saw a form lying on the bed and wanted to approach. "Nii-san! I thought you migh-"
In the blink of eye where only silvery blur figure passed, he was suddenly pinned to the wall by his brother. Both hands to either side of his head, Inuyasha shivered slightly uncontrollably as his brother's face was in front of his, snarling.
But the hanyou slowly brought his hands which had the bottle of milk, up to his brother. He was determined to finish his sentence. "Nii-san.. I thought you might be hungr-"
Without letting Inuyasha finished his sentence, Sesshomaru slapped the bottle of milk aside, off his hands, making the younger one flinched and breaking the glass bottle.
For just a second, Inuyasha's thought of being with his brother blissfully, had being smashed into pieces like the glass bottle as Sesshomaru growled perilously. "Didn't hear me?"
His ears drooped. Inuyasha looked at his brother fearfully with his eyes as hands stayed at the position which previously, were holding on to the bottle of milk. "Demo nii-san.. Yasha want to-"
"I'm not your brother." Those words were poisonous to Inuyasha, for he always wanted someone to protect him from the bullies. The cold golden eyes seemed to be piercing through the softer ones.
"G-gomen ne.." A soft stutter left the pair of trembling lips.
Sesshomaru widened his eyes at the sight of the tear, filling up the soft golden eyes and soon, it was flowing down his cheeks. The younger one pushed him away slightly before rushing out of his bed chamber.
Suddenly, Sesshomaru felt a sudden pang of guilt in his heart. He could still smell the tears and could sniff that his half-brother's scent slowly disappeared. And.. did he just say heart? He thought his heart had died long ago since his mother's death.
He turned his head and looked at the spilt bottle of milk on the floor. Later the servant would clean that up. That half-brother of his had bothered to bring something for him to drink because he knew he didn't eat his lunch. But he himself had slapped it away from his hands. Now, he had scared him off, running away from him with tears.
And why was he feeling all these? He wasn't sure if he was feeling guilty towards that brat but he kept convincing himself that he wasn't feeling sorry for that brat. Afterall, he was the son of that human.
But, he realised that that brat was rather cute with his fluffy ears. His eyes filled with innocence, as if he didn't know why he was being hated.
He frowned in confusion at his thoughts. Why was he feeling all these? Feeling his stomach was grumbling, he decided to think about the issue later as he needed to eat some food. But he halted.
What issue was he talking about? There was nothing for him to think about it again. He didn't want to think about that brat who caused him to be unhappy all those years.
"Demo.. His eyes.." For the first time, he murmured out to himself softly under his breath as he felt his heart ache slightly. But at least, he could keep that brat away.
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The hanyou rushed back to his room as fast as his little legs could carry him. Two arms swung by his side and occasionally, he brought one of his fist and rubbed away his tears absently. As he reached to his bed chamber, he closed the door carelessly and dropped himself on to his bed, crying.
"D-doushite yo.." He asked himself, hoping to find answer.
He was thinking of having a good time with his brother, perhaps having a chat or playing. Never did he expect those harsh words could leave his brother's lips- 'I'm not your brother'.
The poor pup sobbed into his pillow, curling up to a ball. He tried to convince himself that maybe his brother was in a bad mood today. Afterall, he hadn't formerly introduced himself and that their father shouted at him loudly this noon might have darkened his mood.
"Nii-san is in b-bad mood.." He mumbled as he nodded to himself to emphasize.
He felt he should in spite of everything, introduce himself instead of suddenly going into his bed chamber without his permission.
"It's.. Y-Yasha's fault.." and he covered himself with the blanket.
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"I want you to be punctual." Some sort of order was given to the young pup, "I want you to be there, clear?"
Sesshomaru nodded his head slightly but refused to look at his father or even speak. He found nothing was interesting to talk since his mother had gone.
He was once a cheerful pup when his mother was alive. He was one of the most talkative youkai to be said and almost found it impossible not to talk for 5 minutes. But all was in the past.
Sesshomaru watched his father's back leave and close the door behind his back. His father wanted him to be at the dinner tonight and he didn't feel going, especially eating meal with that mortal.
And he had to face that brat again. Just this noon he had made that pup running off crying and tonight, he had to sit down and eat with him, as if nothing had happened before.
He groaned at the thought of it. Maybe that brat had ran off and planned to tell him during dinner time, making him earning a earful from their father and lose his position in the family. I wasn't sure but he supposed so.
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The head of the family sat in front of the long table with his wife on his left and his younger son on his right. He wanted to start the dinner without his older son, thinking that once again, he refused to listen to him. But Yukie asked he should wait for alittle while more.
On the other hand, the hanyou was sitting silently and looking down, which was very unlike himself but his parents didn't notice as one was busying fuming while another calming one down.
Inuyasha looked around for any sign of his brother. He sighed inwardly, thinking that maybe his brother was still angry that he entered his bed chamber without his permission. Suddenly, his nose caught something. His brother's scent.
He immediately sat straight, waiting for his brother to step in the dining room. True enough, his brother strolled in calmly after a few seconds. Inutaishou started to yell at his son again.
"Didn't I tell you to be on time?" Inutaishou growled angrily, "Where did you go just now?"
Sesshomaru didn't answer. As his father attempted to slap him across his cheek for response, Yukie stopped him. "Dear.. You shouldn't!" and Inuyasha watched in shock, not wanting his father to hurt his brother.
Instead of speaking, Sesshomaru bowed in his way of apologizing and wanted to get himself a seat. But the mortal and the hanyou was sitting on the either side of father. So that meant that he had to sit with either one of them.
"Sesshomaru, don't just stand there.. Come on, sit here.." Yukie offered the chair beside hers.
The older pup didn't spare her a glance. He already could sniff her human scent all the way before he had even stepped into the hall, where he needed to pass in order to get to the dining room.
However, the hanyou still didn't figure out why his brother didn't like his mother. Maybe because of the perfume she wore? Because he didn't like it very much either as he had a sensitive nose. But he did know that his brother wanted to sit with father from the look of his eyes.
Suddenly, Inuyasha stood up from his chair and took the second seat from Inutaishou. "Nii-san, you can sit here." He smiled up to his brother, "And.. nii-san, my name is Inuyasha!"
The older one just stared at him, thinking that maybe when he complained to father, he was in a better position to be slapped and that he was acting nice now. It was when his father's voice which snapped him out of his thoughts.
"What are you waiting?" Inutaishou was getting impatient, "Come on and sit."
He slowly walked over to his 'offered' seat. Inuyasha just smiled at him dumbly. During the dinner, there were many times whereby Yukie was trying to start up a conversation with him but he refused to talk. Inutaishou wanted to reprimand him but was stopped by her.
On the other side, Inuyasha had tried several times, wanted to offer his food to him but when as glared hard at him, Inuyasha paused for a while before lowering his head, eating silently again. His mother noticed something was wrong between the two brothers, so she asked.
"Inuyasha? Is there anything wrong?" Yukie asked, eyes filling with concern, "You can tell Okaa-san or Oto-san.."
Inuyasha snapped up his head, shaking. "Iie!" He faked a grin but was seen through by Sesshomaru, "Nothing's wrong!"
"You sure.. Inu?" Inutaishou probed further, "If anyone's bullying you, just note the name."
Sesshomaru watched calmly aside, waiting his name to leave Inuyasha's lips but it never did. He saw how Inuyasha fiddling with his fingers under the table where he thought no one saw it but he did and how Inuyasha forced a smile on his face. His fluffy ears were trying not to droop.
"Daijoubu desu!" He replied as if nothing had happened before.
Sesshomaru frowned. Why didn't he tell father that it was his fault to make him unhappy? He thought if it was Inuyasha was pitying him or wanted him to show his gratitude towards him for not being told.
He stood up from the chair, indicating that he was full and had finished. Furthermore, he had tolerate enough of the human scent already. He left the dining room.
"I'm finished too!" Inuyasha said quickly soon after his brother, "I'll go back to my room.." and he left the room too.
Inutaishou frowned. "I didn't want to mention this just now but I think there's something between two of them."
Yukie smiled. "Don't worry. I'm sure Sesshomaru have the ability to solve this.."
She knew her half-son would and could. She was thinking that if she couldn't melt the heart of Sesshomaru, perhaps Inuyasha could. Afterall, Inuyasha was still a child who was far too innocent to know what was going on. She believed that one day, Sesshomaru would accept her like she accepted him as her son too.
She hoped so.
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Inuyasha followed his brother's scent and surprisingly, his brother was waiting for him outside his bed chamber. He grinning, thought that his brother would willing to play with him already.
"Nii-san!" He called, "Why are you doing outside my room?" and was still smiling happily, skipping towards his direction. His ears indicated he was extremely pleased.
He heard his brother growl and soon, his smile died away. Sesshomaru brought his eyes and glared at Inuyasha, walking towards him. "What are you trying to do?" and to his surprise, he always managed to say more than 3 words to him. Not even his father ever got a sentence from him which consisted more than 5 too.
Inuyasha's ears, once again drooped. "W-what do y-you mean.. nii-san?" He forced a smile.
Sesshomaru didn't know why but his heart hurt alittle when seeing his half-brother acting like that. However, he remained as cool as always. "Why didn't you tell father that it was me who made you cry?" and he slammed one of his hand on the wall behind the pup, trapping him.
"B-because.." The hanyou stammered, "..Oto-san w-would hur-"
"Stop being a hypocrite." The older one interrupted with a snarl, "Are you trying to get into my good book? Again, I'm not your brother."
Tears were filling up in his eyes but Inuyasha was holding it back as much as possible. He brought his hands in front of his chest, as if that was a barrier between them. "B-but.. Okaa-san say nii-san.."
"I'm not your brother." He snarled again, this time, fiercer, "Now answer me. Why didn't you tell father about me hurting you?"
"'cause.." Inuyasha sobbed in between his words as he rubbed away the tears that were flowing down his cheeks, "..'cause nii-san w-would get h-hurt.."
TBC?
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Itachi-rin: I just love this cute little Inuyasha with a strong brother like Sesshomaru to protect him! God.. I just love them! Kawaii ne! Anyway, please drop me a review or even just a line! Thanks soooo much! I appreciate every one of the reviews! Thanks!
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