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"Onii-chan?" InuYasha lent over his brother.
"Nnngh," Sesshoumaru groaned into his pillow, trying to shut out his brother's yapping. "The night has fallen, and this Sesshoumaru is wanting to sleep, thank you." He felt InuYasha's hands tugging at his hair. He glared at the pillow, screwing up his golden eyes. "Whaaaat?" he snapped at last, pushing his body up, off the bedding.
"Where's mum and dad gone?" He asked at once.
"Again? I told you to drop it," Sesshoumaru flopped his head back down, drawing the covers over his head. This was the question little InuYasha had been asking for half the night. Their parents had gone out for the night. Gone where? They didn't know.
But anyone would want to get away from two little snots. Namely; Sesshoumaru and InuYasha. 'Apparently' InuYasha had knocked over a small candle. And 'apparently' it had fallen onto Sesshoumaru's dog fur. Then there was the smell of burning. Smoke. And flames. So then Sesshoumaru had chased InuYasha round the house calling him every name under the sun. With his dog fur on fire. Setting things alight. Causing Inutaisho to throw them out of the house.
Sesshoumaru had chased InuYasha all over the garden. The flowers were trampled to a pulp. The shrubs had holes torn from them scrabbling in an out. Even Sakura managed to get burnt. But her magic soon put it out.
In danger of become fully on fire, Sesshoumaru had run into the small Koi pond. With a hiss, smoke whofted out. A few burnt to a crisp gold fish floated to the top. InuYasha had laughed him self-silly at the site.
So after this whole affair, mother and father had taken the night off. Leaving the kids at home. Home alone.
Sesshoumaru breathed a sigh of relief as InuYasha stopped pestering him and his hair. He rolled over, and yelped in shock. Great big golden eyes blinked innocently up at him. "InuYasha. You have two point five seconds to get your butt out of my bed, or I'm gonna punch your head in."
"Onii-chan!" He whimpered, clasping his hands together. "It's scary."
"Scary?" Sesshoumaru sighed angrily. "What's to be scared of? As soon as you closed your eyes, you'll be asleep. And then father and your mother will be back first thing tomorrow. Now, GET OUT OF THE BED!"
"B-but," InuYasha grabbed hold of his brother's kimono. "Nobodies in the house, and what about things that bump in the night?"
"Kurojin-chan had been telling you to many stories," Sesshoumaru pulled his hands away from his chest. "Nothing is going to hurt you. Its night time, and the house creaks at night."
BANG!
"Nyha! What was that!" InuYasha buried his head into Sesshoumaru. The older boy sighed, and struggled to free him self of InuYasha's grip.
"Lemme go, and I'll go see," he snarled, finally getting out of the warm blankets. His brother scuttled down in his covers. He could only see two white doggy-ears poking out. Grumbling, Sesshoumaru poked his head inside their cupboard. "Some scrolls fell down. Happy?" Rolling his golden eyes, he shut the door with a snap.
He bent down to look at the shivering lump that was InuYasha. "Are you really that scared?"
"Hai."
Sesshoumaru ran a hand down his face. He couldn't believe what he was going to say. "Awright, you can sleep in my bed with me." InuYasha flew out of the covers, and crashed into Sesshoumaru.
"Arigato, onii-chan," he said, hugging the inu youkai round the waist. Sesshoumaru tipped, then hit the floor, with a dull bang.
"Remind me never to do anything nice to you again," he growled, trying to shove off the clinging InuYasha. He got back into the tofu, drawing the blankets over himself and InuYasha, who was cuddled under Sesshoumaru's chin.
"Sesshoumaru," InuYasha said softly, feeling a small blush appear. "You're so brave. When I grow up, I wanna be just like you!"
"W-what?" Sesshoumaru wasn't sure if he should be proud or worried.
After about half on hour of silence, InuYahsa broke it. "Aw, I can't get to sleep." He sighed.
"Yeah, well neither can I. Your lying on my arm, and I can't feel it," Sesshoumaru complained, and tore his arm from under InuYasha's back, flexing it to get blood back through it. "Why don't I tell you a story?"
"Okay," InuYashe perked up eagerly.
"Long ago, before the earth was made, four Draco's rules the ever-darkening skies. They were all sky Dracos, and were the guardians of the sky elements.
The guardian of Thunder and Lightning was, Arashi.
Of Snow was, Yuki.
Of Wind was, Tsuyoi
And of the Rain, Ame.
They all lived in peace, and harmony. But soon, they argued about whom was the greater Draco.
"I am!" Cried Ame. "I can make floods, and the great Tsunamis."
"Wrong." Roared Yuki. "I can harden your rain to hail, making great holes in the sky seam, and flooded the universe with snow drifts."
"What about me?" Yelled Tsuyoi. "I can boll down your snow drifts, and make catabolic winds, ripping flesh, and crushing bones. And make mighty hurricanes."
"Listen to your selves!" Bellowed Arashi over the roaring. "We are fighting like children. To find the greatest, we will make ten breeds, and gift every one with ten elements."
The three nodded, liking the idea.
"I, Arashi, with the power of Fire, Earth and Thunder, will make the European, Knucker, and Wyvern." She cried in ringing tones. Three eggs started forming in her great claws.
"I, Yuki, with the power of Ice, Psychic and Power, will make the Frost, Amphithere and Marsupial."
"I Tsuyoi, with the power of Darkness and Light, will make the Cockatrice and American."
"I, Ame, with the power of Water, and Healing, will make the Asian Lung and Gargouille."
The gleaming eggs were sent down to a suddenly forming landmass, as the Dracos used their power to form earth.
"They will rest here, and thrive for ever." They cried together. As they finally saw, they were all one."
Sesshoumaru stopped talking, looking to see if InuYahsa was a sleep. He wasn't. His eyes were round with wonder.
"What happened to the Dracos, onii-chan?"
"Nggha, go to sleep!"
The old wooden house creaked and groaned. It was strange. If their mother or father were here, they wouldn't have heard all these sounds. But the mind plays tricks when one is frightened.
A few birds called outside. Sesshoumaru was boiling hot. With two bodies in his bed, it made everything toasty. Not to mention that InuYasha was fidgeting. First this way then that way. First lower in the bed, then higher.
Finally Sesshoumaru rolled off the mat, growing red in the face.
"What's the matter?"
"It's, hot. I'm getting a drink," Sesshoumaru got to his heavy feet, and went out of their room. The silence pressed in on InuYasha's ears, as he curled up in the bed. Sakura rattled outside, making the hanyou flinch in terror. A large gust of wind hit the windows, making them clatter. With a squeak, InuYasha pressed lower into the blankets. His braking point came when something right next to his face, moved and made a thumping noise.
"Sesshoumaru!" He shot out of the mat, and down the dark corridor. He closed his eyes, trying hard not to imagine fingers reacting out of the gloom and taking hold of him. He burst into the kitchen. He looked round in a panic. Nobody was there. A broken plate of water was on the floor.
Then from the shadows, a chilling voice floated over to the trembling hanyou. "I'm gonna get you, InuYasha."
Weak kneed, InuYasha slowly sank to the floor, gripping the wood so hard it began to splinter.
"I'm gonna get you." The voice was getting fainter, and… was it moving somewhere other than right in front of him? Far to scared to utter a sound, he felt his claws braking through the wood. "I know where you are." The voice grew louder, and was on his far left. InuYasha narrowed his eyes to look. He couldn't see a thing.
"And I'm gonna get, you!" A hand fell onto InuYasha's shoulder.
"NYAAA!" Heart thumping madly, he tried to run away. But a second hand pulled his upper arm back. "Nya, nonono!" InuYasha cried, frightened tears starting in his eyes. The hands pulled InuYasha into the creature's body. Pure terror bubbled in his stomach, and started an icy journey up his throat. His heart bet a mile a minute, and it was somewhere near his throat as well.
"InuYasha," came the icy hiss again. But there was something else in the voice. Was it amusement? Now that he stopped and thought things through, he could feel the persons body shaking like his own. Not with terror, but with silently laughter.
He sniffed.
"ONII-CHAN!" InuYasha stomped down hard on his brother's foot. Sesshoumaru let go of InuYasha at once. He might have been in pain, but he was still howling with laughter.
"The look on your face!"
"S-Sesshoumaru!" InuYasha cried in outrage, holding his hands to his chest. "That was so mean! I thought I was going to die of fright."
Sesshoumaru was clutching the bench to support himself. "Where are you going?" He asked, as InuYasha stormed from the room.
"I'm gonna sleep in my mum and dad's room," he said over his shoulder. And slammed the door shut.
The inky black sky was showing in a window in his parent's room. It was still very late and night, and would be many hours before morning. The comforting smells of the sheets calmed InuYasha right down. It felt like his mother was right next to him, stroking his head and tucking him into bed.
He sighed, as he hid down in the blankets. Sesshoumaru was so mean, he knew he was scared. Something was rapping on the window. He felt cold with fear, then scowled. "Nice try, Sesshoumaru. I'm not falling for it twice."
The rapping grew louder. "Of for- Go away!" He threw off the covers, and looked at the window. Someone looked back. Not Sesshoumaru. The thing disappeared in a flash. InuYasha stumbled backwards, eyes wide. "SESSHOUMARU!"
"What?" His brother put his head into the room.
"There's someone out there," he whispered, scampering over to his brother.
"Don't be stupid. You're just trying to get back at me."
"I swear I saw something. It was tapping on the glass. I thought it was you, but when I went to look, it was someone else," he gripped onto Sesshoumaru's arm, whimpering. Hands on hips, Sesshoumaru sighed.
"We're never going to get to sleep at this point. Why don't we stay up till morning?"
"Won't we get in trouble?"
"Not with onii-san, Sesshoumaru here." The inu youkai grinned.
"Yeah! What can we play first?"
"Eh, play?"
"To pass the time. We gotta do something."
"Let's play with our spinning tops, then."
Sesshoumaru led the way back to their room. InuYasha was clinging onto his brother's arm, as they passed through the dark hallway. "Your such a scary neko." His brother teased him.
"No I'm not," he growled, and let go of his arm.
Sesshoumaru gave a fake gasp, and pointed to the window. "Is that somebody?"
"Nyaaa," InuYasha hid back round his brother. Laughing, Sesshoumaru pulled open their door. "W-what's that?" His voice was so faint, that Sesshoumaru only just picked it up. Someone was hopping on their beds, looking for something.
The think looked up from the noise, and melted into the darkness. "Do-do you believe me now?" InuYasha managed to spit out.
"Hai," Sesshoumaru said faintly. "I think it's gone. Let's just play and forget about it, ne?"
"How could it of gotten through, dad's magic?" InuYasha whimpered, sniffing the beds. The smell was familiar. It was wild, and free, and somewhat sweet and powdery. The sweet smell was clinging to the creature, not part of its smell.
Sesshoumaru pulled open the cupboard, and found two spinning tops. He threw one over to InuYasha. Putting the string round it, Sesshoumaru pulled. His red and black top spun through the air, and clattered to the ground, whizzing round and round.
InuYasha threaded the string, and tugged on his own. The white and gold top wobbled in the air, and hit the ground, not spinning. "Aw, I still can't get this," he moaned, picking up the toy.
"Here, I'll show you." Sesshoumaru stood behind the hanyou. InuYasha threaded the string. "Make the pulling sharp," Sesshoumaru was saying, taking InuYasha'a hands in his own. He pulled the one with the string back, and held his other hand round the top. "Let go of the top when I say so. As soon as you let go, pull." Sesshoumaru let his hand go of InuYasha's spinning top hand, the other still holding the string hand back. "One…two… GO!" InuYasha let go of the string. Sesshoumaru jerked InuYasha's other hand back quickly. The top spun round and round as it hit the ground. It zipped along the floor. Making a humming noise.
"Kay, arigato, onii-chan," InuYasha watched the top gliding round the room.
BANG!
"NYAA! What was that?" InuYasha rushed back over to Sesshoumaru.
Bang, bang, smash!
Then two brothers clutched at each other, as the door slide open, then shut. Something was in the room with them. They shook and trembled, as they heard the rasp of metal on wood. Claws scratched at the floor, as it hopped towards them.
"I'm sorry about before, InuYasha," Sesshoumaru squeaked, as the figure paused.
"W-what do you want?" InuYasha asked the creature. The creature stopped. One leg was dragging something heavy. Black beady eyes glinted at them both.
It coughed dryly then said in a hoarse, feeble whisper. "Honey."
They felt their sweat drop anime style. "W-what?" InuYasha blinked, sure he had misheard. Sesshoumaru suddenly shoved InuYasha away from him. Moonligth was pooling in through the window. It alighted the creature.
Black glossy feathers. A huge chained rapped round on foot. Large cruel beak, with two fangs pointing out of it. "Tobu-kun!" Sesshoumaru bellow, startlingly the Death Bird.
Tobu coughed again, and whispered. "Bad, cold. Needing… honey."
InuYasha was amazed. "What about, Fuuga-sama? Doesn't she have honey for you?"
Tobu laughed. "I'm her 'pet'. She says that I should have honey for her. Not the other way round."
"Why did you brake in here? Just for honey," Sesshoumaru was having a hard time believing.
The crow shuffled his feet, chain clinking. "Well… no. Told me to… finished off… Yasha… but… didn't," his throat wasn't letting him make to much sense.
"I see. Fuuga-sama wanted me dead, cos of Hiya-n's necklace, right?" InuYasha lifted the arrow out of his robes. "But my dad said you couldn't, cos he gave you Yami's and Hikari's necklace instead."
Tobu nodded. "Honey," he wheezed.
"Onii-chan?" InuYasha looked up at his brother.
"Fine, let me get it," Sesshoumaru went out of the room.
"Was that you outside my mum and dad's room?" InuYasha asked the Death Bird. Tobu nodded. "You scared me." He sighed, as Sesshoumaru came back in. He was holding a pot of golden liquid.
"It's not poison." Sesshoumaru said, as Tobu hesitated. "You can't kill Death Birds."
"It that right?" InuYasha asked.
"Hai. They are all ready dead. The only way to kill them is to kill their masters. It that, Fuuga?"
"Yes and no," Tobu shrugged, and took the pot in his claws. "Arigato. Sayoonara, InuYasha-kun, Sesshoumaru-sama." He flapped to the window, opened it with his magic, and then flew into the night. Back to his mountaintop.
"Strange, I never knew youkai could get sick," InuYasha looked out the window.
"Neither did I…"
"Tobie, you took your time."
"That's, Tobu to you!" Tobu fluttered down onto his ruby perch, glaring at Inutaisho. His voice was clear and not raspy, he dropped the honey.
"Why did you do that to your sons?" Fuuga blinked her stunningly yellow eyes at Inutaisho and the female beside him. The bird youkai was in her nest; painting one of her broken off claws a bright aqua Maine. She held it to the moon light, turning it over in her winged hands.
"If you had seen the state of our house today, Fuuga-san, you would have done it too." The pretty female sighed, and rested back into her youkai husband.
The End
Author's Note:
I hope that was pretty clear. Inuyaisho and his wife told Tobu to go and scare them. Pay back for burning down the house. Haha, such kind parents o-O
Fuuga: Means Elegance
Tobu- Means Fly
Tobie- Tobu's pet name
Random Rant:
Thanks to Silver again for the idea. I think it form pretty well, don't you think?
If you have any ideas, ANY at all please give me them. I have more, but they wouldn't make very big chapters. Hope Inu wasn't to OOC.
That whole; I'm gonna get you. Was from a ghost story I heard. (You do it in pairs, and this is roughly how it starts) You're alone in your house, and you hear the door slam. A voice starts floating up towards you. You're on the second story, in your bedroom. 'I'm gonna get you.' Says the voice. 'I'm in the living room.' 'I'm in the kitchen' (and your partner would go all through the house rooms, until…) 'I'm outside your bedroom door…' 'I'm gonna get you. 'I'm right behind you…'
'I'm gonna GET YOU!' (then your partner would lunge at you, yelling the last words, and grab you. Scaring the heck out of you )
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-Ixi
