A/N: Okay, here it is! This chapter was a nightmare! But I think I got it well enough, so please read and review! THanks so much to all of my previous and current readers and reviewers!

Reminder-... /-/-/-/memory;... +-+-+-+past, not a memory;... /-/-+memory and past;... #(anything after)special pov

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha characters, just my own original characters, so don't sue me. I don't own the songs either.

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Chapter 11-Darkness (Disturbed)

Carry me away...I need your strength to get me through this...

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"FATHER!" Sesshoumaru screamed frantically, struggling to free himself from the grasp of the demon that held him back. "FATHER, NO! FATHER!"

Blood. So much blood. Everywhere, on his clothes and his hair and on the ground. It was splattered all over the trees, the rocks...the nearby pond was filled with it, tainted with blood, red and thick...

His father's blood.

Sesshoumaru tried to get away from the demons that held him, but their grip only tightened. He growled and tried to attack them, but the one who held him swiftly grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back.

"Get your filthy claws off me, you ugly demon!" Sesshoumaru yelled angrily.

"Say that again, mutt!" the demon grinned and twisted Sesshoumaru's arm cruelly. Sesshoumaru stifled a scream of pain, gritting his teeth to contain his cry.

"I thought so," the demon muttered, loosening his grip only enough to release the young boy from the intense pain. Sesshoumaru panted slightly in relief, then his mind instantly went to his father. He looked over sharply, watching carefully as his father stared down the demon in front of him.

"You foolish dog," the creature sneered. "You thought to take on the Dragon Clan? How utterly absurd! Now perish from your folly!" the dragon declared, swinging his sword mightily.

"NO! FATHER!" Sesshoumaru shrieked as his father's blood sprayed from the wound. Suddenly, everything seemed to slow down. There was no sound, no air, nothing but the slow descent of his father's body. And then, suddenly, a loud, echoing thud as a limp body hit the ground.

"FATHER! FATHER!" Sesshoumaru cried, breaking free of the demon's grasp at last. He ran over to his father, ignoring the demons that jeered at him, ignoring the rational voice that tried to make him run away.

"Father..." Sesshoumaru sobbed, kneeling beside the older demon.

He's dead...he's really dead...no, this can't be happening...

"Sesshoumaru..." his father managed to murmur, his eyes fluttering open.

"Father?" Sesshoumaru sniffed and looked at his father keenly, a faint trace of hope in his eyes.

"They'll kill you if you don't get away," he muttered as his eyes closed again. His heart stopped beating. Sesshoumaru hadn't noticed that his heart was still beating until it had ceased.

"Father...wake up, come on, you're not hurt that bad..." Sesshoumaru cried.

"How overwhelmingly tragic," the dragon made a show of dramatically placing his hand over his heart as if truly hurt, and the other demons laughed. "Oh, what an awful thing! How dreadful! Wouldn't you agree?" he asked, looking around at his followers.

Sesshoumaru growled angrily as he heard, stifling his emotions long enough to compose himself. He stood up and clenched his fists, then turned to face the dragon.

"You sick bastard," he choked out. "You'll pay for that!" Sesshoumaru screamed, lunging at the dragon. The demon chuckled and swept his hand out quickly, knocking Sesshoumaru backwards breathlessly.

"Now it's time to reunite you and your father," the dragon snarled menacingly, advancing on the small form before him. Sesshoumaru struggled to stand, but he couldn't. He sat there, terrified, as the sword whistled through the air and aimed at his neck. He gulped and closed his eyes.

He heard a sickening crunch of bone, a sharp pain in his neck, and then...darkness.

"Sesshoumaru, wake up!" InuTaisho nudged his son's shoulder. Sesshoumaru shot up out of bed, jumping and almost tripping over himself as he struggled to untangle himself from the blankets. He stood there panting, his eyes dilated and his body covered in cold sweat, until he saw his father. He looked over a bit uncertainly, looked down at himself, then seemed to calm down. InuTaisho frowned worriedly.

"Sesshoumaru-kun, were you having nightmares again?" he asked carefully. Sesshoumaru nodded, sitting down next to his father and leaning his head on the older demon's shoulder. InuTaisho reached over a hand and carefully began stroking the boy's hair, trying to comfort him.

"Do you want to tell me what it was?" InuTaisho asked even more carefully. Sesshoumaru shook his head violently; he really didn't want to talk about it. InuTaisho nodded and let it be.

"Father..." Sesshoumaru started after a few seconds, stopping to look up at the older demon.

"Hmm?" InuTaisho looked down, meeting the young child's gaze.

"I...well, I don't usually...could you stay in here, just for tonight?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"Of course," InuTaisho agreed with a nod. Sesshoumaru sighed in relief and moved a bit closer to his father, glad to hear the steady heartbeat and even breathing of the older demon.

"Are you sleeping tonight?" Sesshoumaru asked quietly.

"I wasn't planning on it, why?" InuTaisho asked curiously.

"Do you mind if...if I fall asleep like this?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"Not at all," InuTaisho smiled and tousled the boy's silvery hair affectionately. "Now get some rest."

"Okay," Sesshoumaru nodded as he allowed himself to fall asleep again, snuggling closer to his father before he even realized it. InuTaisho smiled softly and stroked the young demon's hair in the barely-moonlit darkness of the night, hoping to ease the distraught child.

Fortunately for both of them, it worked.

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Yes, that was supposed to be a pun up at the top, for anyone who read it. "A nightmare". I know, it was lame, but I couldnt think of anything else. I'll try to do better next time.

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