Author: essenceofthedark
Pairing: Inuyasha/Sesshomaru
Author's note: Hey here is yet another chapter, flames will be laughed at and fed to my best friend, the good grammar fairy, whom shall have thanks for using some of her valuable time to correct my ever so hopeless attempts of grammar-use. Enjoy:
Chapter two: Narakus revenge
Sesshomarus view
I felt the wind blow through my hair as I tired closed my eyes and for a moment I let myself forget about all thoughts. That one moment without thoughts felt like heaven after last night. Whatever I had tried I hadn't been able to wipe away the thoughts about my younger brother. It was frightening. I had to admit that. It was thoughts I had never even thought before. Thoughts I never had thought I would have. I sighed, my nothingness fading as I started once again to think about them. Why did I have these feelings? And towards my little brother of all creatures that inhabited this world. I sighed once again as I resumed walking towards I knew Rin and Jaken would be. I could as well try to think of my adopted daughter instead of …him... He would never understand, not after all these years of enmity. Not that I should care about that. I was an almighty yokai lord; I could not afford to let my feelings rule me and my actions. I would have to forget about this, I decided as I sought out the location where we had made camp two days ago. When I got closer I started to feel that something was wrong. There were no whiffs of smoke in the air, as it should be if Jaken had done his job. Anger entered my thoughts. Could I not leave them for two days without Jaken messing it up? I wanted to shake my head but didn't, keeping my outer calm. I would kill Jaken for sure if he had let my precious Rin starve or go unattended for several days.
While figuring out several ways of torture and methods to painfully murder Jaken if something had happened to Rin, I continued to make my way back to the camp.
Inuyashas view
I ran through the woods, away from my friends. Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru. All they asked and talked about was the encounter with him. I couldn't stand it anymore; I had tried to forget all my thoughts about him. I had tried to think about other things, but it was impossible especially when they were talking about it all the time. Besides, when had I started to get so weak? When had I started to act nicely to them, when had I become their personal watchdog? I guessed that everything had started with Kikyo. She had come into my life when I was searching for the shikon no tama. And then she had wormed her way into my heart; through the walls I had built around it. Then there had been, no not had been, was. And then there was Kagome; she had been worming her way through Kikyo's tunnel that I thought I had closed when I believed she had betrayed me. And then there was Shippo, Sango and Miroku, even Kaedebabaa, they were not as dear to me as Kikyo and Kagome had been. There it was again, Kagome was dear to me, she had not been, she still was. But they had managed to grow on me and I had accepted them as friends. But in the end, when everything came down to it, they were all humans, except Shippo, and they would age fast and then die, long before me, and that would leave me alone again.
Alone. I had been alone all my life since my mother and father died. It was the one thing I was most afraid of being, and yet the thing I had been the most. I smiled bitterly, ironic, wasn't it? I was afraid of being alone and here I was, pushing the others away from me, not wanting them to get inside my barriers, even though I knew it was to late. I guess I'm afraid of getting more hurt when they die. I guess that's why I haven't wanted to get close to anyone before I met Kikyo and then later Kagome. I shook my head confused. These thoughts were all so weird. I should be happy that I had friends, shouldn't I? Even if they were just some ningen and a yokai pup. Yes, I should be grateful, and I was, but still… it was as if something was missing. Something vital, but I didn't know what it was, and why were I thinking of Sesshomaru all the while I was thinking this? I sighed heavily, why could I not get him off my mind now all of a sudden? It was all so confusing. Maybe if I took a little nap I wouldn't be so confused about my feelings when I woke up. I shrugged, "might as well try" I said to myself and jumped up into a tree after having checked if there was any yokai close by and soon I started to drift off into a world filled with dreams. And disturbingly enough, my brother was in that world as well.
Sesshomaru's view
I stood at the edge of the camp, shocked. There had once been a fire burning in the middle of it, but it had gone cold for quite a time ago. Nothing seemed to be out of place, but it was all wrong, nonetheless. Jaken and Rin weren't there and there was one vaguely familiar scent mixed with theirs, but I could not seem to recognize it. I was furious. I did not care what had happened to Jaken, but if anyone had harmed Rin, in one way or another, I would do anything that stood in my powers to extinguish that pathetic excuse of a demon from the surface of this earth. And that would happen; I would make sure of it.
Now, where was the creep that had done this? Where was my Rin? I shook the shock off me and started to sense if there was some presence close and faintly, ever so faintly, I felt a presence that lie over the whole place. It came from all directions at once and it was confusing, and as I struggled to sense where it came from I heard a very familiar voice. "Sesshomarusama, I'm so disappointed with you" the dark and madness-filled voice spoke, I turned around to face one of the strongest hanyous besides my brother I had ever encountered. I was raging inside with anger, but still I refused to let my mask slip. "Naraku" I acknowledged his presence. "Where is Rin?" my voice had taken on a dangerous edge that I'm sure Naraku did notice. "Rin?" he said questioningly just to tick me off, I'm sure. "Ah yes, your little human pet" he mocked me, how dared he? That lowlife son of a… Oh I forgot, he doesn't have a mother, that bastard. Instead of correcting him or throwing in a fit, I calmly nodded. Or at least I was calm on the outside, on the inside I was fuming with rage, how dared he?
"I'm afraid I had to kill her," he said as if he was talking about the weather and for the first time my mask slipped a little. I widened my eyes slightly and hissed with a voice filled with venom at him. "You did what?" Then I prepared myself to attack him as I said: "You just signed your own doom, Naraku" And then in a fracture of a second I attacked him. I have no idea how he managed, but he dodged my blow easily and chuckled evilly. "Sesshomarusama, do not act so rashly, I would not have done so had you not broken our… cooperation agreement". "What are you talking about?" I asked suspicious while attacking once again, but this time with Tokijin instead of my claws. One more chuckle escaped him, as he anew escaped the sharp edge of the sword. "You should not have let your brother Inuyasha get away without a fight". I gritted my teeth in fury. So this was what it was all about. "Are you stalking me? What I do or not is none of your concern" I spat at him, but before I could launch a new attack at him, he disappeared in empty air. "It is indeed, Sesshomarusama. You might want to remember that the next time you do something that angers me". And then he went quiet and the presence were gone.
And then a thought hit me. This was all my brothers fault, if he had not crossed my path yesterday, Rin would not have been killed by Naraku. But then I felt something that resembled guilt, how could he have known? Wait, what was this? When had I started to sympathize with my brother? But it was the truth, nonetheless. This was Naraku's fault and Naraku's alone. No matter what, I would get him and kill him for what he had done. Then, without looking back on the empty camp, I started to look for Naraku.
Inuyasha's view
I woke all of a sudden. What had waked me up? I wondered until I felt the scent of blood in the air. It wasn't just the smell of blood; it was the blood of my friends. Anxiously I jumped down from the tree and ran as fast as I could back to where I had left my friends. What met me there came as a shock. Blood was smeared everywhere, the whole wood seemed to have been painted red from where I stood, and the smell of my friends were everywhere, mixed with the familiar and disgusting scent of Naraku. But it wasn't the blood that made tears come to my eyes; it was the sight of all my friends' corpses that were spread out on the floor of the bloodstained forest. Miroku lied in what seemed to be a very painful angle, if he had been alive that is. Sango lie sprawled, back up against the trunk of a tree with Shippo in her arms. The young pup's eyes were wide in horror and I could still see traces where his tears had washed away some of the blood that stained his young face. But the worst thing was Kagome. She lay perfectly still, eyes closed and looking so peaceful that it was tempting to believe that she was still alive. But the scenery didn't fool me, I couldn't hear her heartbeat and in my heart I knew it was futile to try to make her come back to life. And in the middle of the horrible scene stood Naraku. "Naraku" I yelled in rage as he turned around to face me. "Inuyasha, what a pleasure to meet you here" he said amused. The bastard was amused? I would teach him a lesson or two and then he wouldn't have been so damn amused anymore. I smiled bitterly and in some sort of grotesque pleasure. He would scream in pain and beg me to kill him before this was over.
"I'm so pleased that you came here by your own free will," he continued. "I'm more than happy to show you the way to hell" I glared at him for those words. "If someone is going to send someone to hell, I'll be the one showing you the way there" I spat at him and charged with the Tetsusaiga that I had drawn almost without thinking.
To be continued
Woah, a new chapter finished I hope you all enjoyed it, even though Rin died. Please review. And still, constructive criticism is welcome.
Pst, over here! Hello! Yes, it is I, the good grammar fairy. Since my friend, essenceofthedark, also writes this fanfic, I got the job to correct it. Well I hope that I make a difference for you, and make these stories more understandable… Hopefully… If this is the only fanfic you have read that essenceofthedark has written, then I must recommend the story "Why did you save me" which has the pairing Ranma/Ryoga. Yes, I have also corrected that fanfic, since I have the job of correcting all of her fanfic's, both future and present ones… Mata ne…