A/N: Ok. I'm back on task. Hehe. I was getting kind of lazy. I need some good clean cheering people! Or else I just might slack off, and it will take me two weeks to update next time. Haha. Only joking. Anyways point being is that it's extremely cold in my house and outside. Yeah...and it's only September. It's like 60 degrees during the daytime and at night 40. I've been in way colder weather but since I did come from capitol H O T. It's freezing. In the winter it gets down to -30. Now tell me that isn't cold? It gets so cold that it won't even snow, but instead, ice storms. Ouch. Well I think I've wasted enough of your life. On with the story and please review.
Disclaimer: The skunk thought the stump stunk and the stump thought the skunk stunk, which one stunk? The stump or the skunk? Haha lovely tongue twister. Inuyasha can't say it. Neither can Kagura. But Naraku can. Kind of...and I don't own him. Crud.
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"Will you be strong for me?" Sesshoumaru's mother knelt down next to her son.
"Of course. Always." Sesshoumaru answered his mother in a strong voice. His mother placed her hand under his chin.
"Sesshoumaru, you won't see your father again. I'm so sorry." His mother wrapped her arms around the boy as his eyes filled with tears.
"What do you mean mother? Why won't I see father again?" Sesshoumaru asked as he pushed away from his mother.
"He's gone son. He left for a mortal. Taoshi claims that she has boar him another son. A half demon." Sesshoumaru could hear hatred surfacing in his mother's voice. Something that he had never heard in his life.
"A half demon?" Sesshoumaru ran out of his mother's room, not knowing that that was the last time that he would see her alive.
Chapter 4: Visit
Inuyasha stood out in the field that he had been in earlier when he had a flashback from Sesshoumaru's past. "Ok. Just like before. Imagine it happening and it will happen." Inuyasha chanted. He held his arm out with his index and middle fingers extended. Slowly but surely the energy whip began to appear again. Inuyasha slung his arm back towards the left and cut down a few blades of grass.
"Alright. I'll try again." Inuyasha let the whip ravel itself back into his fingers. He closed his eyes again and began to chant.
"Imagine it happening and it will happen. Imagine it happening and it will happen." He repeated to himself over and over again. Once again, the energy whip appeared on Inuyasha's command. After that, he tried four more times. Each one being a success.
"Ok. I think I have this mastered. Now for the poison claws." Inuyasha said to himself as he lifted his hand up to his face. Inuyasha let a serious look find it's way onto his face.
"Let's see if I can master this!" Inuyasha concentrated on his desire and he felt a burning sensation rise up to his palms.
"Damn it!" Inuyasha broke his concentration and closed his hand. "Why in the hell did it start burning?" Inuyasha tightened his fist.
...The gang...
Kagome and Sango had decided to take a long walk in the forest to talk. Sango looked at Kagome and smiled.
"So Kagome, what's on your mind?" Sango asked cheerfully, hoping that her best friend was okay.
"Where do I begin?" Kagome said more to herself than Sango. She was trying to sort through all of the thoughts in her head.
"Wherever you feel like it." Sango replied. Kagome looked at the taijiya and sighed.
"It's Inuyasha. He's acting more like Sesshoumaru every minute. He's really starting to frighten me." Kagome said frankly.
"Oh I see." Sango began, "Kagome, even though Sesshoumaru isn't dwelling in his body, his personality is. And the longer that Inuyasha is in Sesshoumaru's body, the more Inuyasha will act like him." Sango once again explained.
Kagome thought of Sango as an all-knowing advice giver, that's why it was Sango, and only Sango that she ever talked to like this. Kagome was about to reply to Sango, when she noticed a figure out of the corner of her eye.
Kagome slowly turned her head only to discover that a young woman was picking flowers.
'Who is she? I've never seen her around her before.' Kagome thought as she backed up next to Sango.
The young woman turned around and looked at the miko and the taijiya. "Oh hello." She said sweetly as a smile wondered onto her lips. Kagome put a fake smile on her face also.
"Hey. Are you new around here?" Kagome asked just as sweetly. Sango didn't have a good feeling about this woman so she stepped up closer to Kagome.
"Oh my. I didn't see you there!" The young woman replied to Sango, who only nodded and smiled. "Yes. I am new around these parts. My old village was torn to pieces by a demon and I sought out refuge in your nice little village."
"I see." Sango responded.
"Where are my manners? I'm Takiya." The young woman said.
"Nice to have you in the village Takiya." Kagome said.
"May I have your names?" Takiya asked.
"Uh...yeah...I'm Kagome."
"And I'm Sango."
"Nice to meet you. I better be going now." Takiya said abruptly before she turned around and walked away.
"That..was..er...awkward." Kagome said.
"I agree." Sango replied.
"Wasn't that the woman that Miroku was talking to earlier? Her name was also Takiya." Kagome asked.
"I don't think so. That woman had silver hair, like Inuyasha." Sango stated.
Kagome just shrugged and both girls decided it was best to head back towards the village.
...Takiya...
Takiya walked into a cave and sat down. "If I would have stayed longer, that miko would have discovered who I was. Although I was in my faerie form when I placed the spell on the two feuding brothers, she would still know who I was. How am I ever going to keep an eye on those two if that girl is around?" Takiya placed her hand on her cheek and changed back into her youkai form.
"Much better."
...Sesshoumaru...
Sesshoumaru sniffed the air and caught scent of another youkai that was close by. "That smell...it's strange. What kind of demon is this?" Sesshoumaru changed course and headed in the direction of the scent.
Before long, he reached a dark cave and peered inside of it cautiously. Since he did not have his powerful body, he had to be careful.
Takiya sensed Sesshoumaru coming so she switched back into her human form. Sesshoumaru entered the cave and placed his hand on Tetsusaiga. Takiya stepped from around the corner of the cave, which caught Sesshoumaru by surprise. Although Sesshoumaru had a great sense of hearing, he did not expect a human woman to be present.
"Who are you?" Sesshoumaru asked demandingly. The woman cowered and knelt down on one knee before Sesshoumaru.
"Please don't hurt me! My name is Haruki." Takiya lied. Sesshoumaru lowered his eyelids in suspicion as he stared down at the human woman.
"Why do I smell the presence of a demon?" Sesshoumaru eyed the woman, but found no trace of a demon on her.
"There was a youkai here by the name of Takiya. She tried to kill me but she felt your presence and left. Please, I speak the truth." Takiya didn't look up at Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru stared at 'Haruki' for a few more moments before turning his back to her and exiting the cave. 'That woman, it seems as if I know who she is. But I've never seen her before.' Sesshoumaru had a bad feeling about the human, but decided to shake it off. He continued on his path to Kaede's village, and was soon so close to it that he could smell Kagome.
...Takiya...
"I must not switch back into my true form. I have to be more careful." Takiya said before letting herself slide down the wall of the cave.
...Sesshoumaru...
Sesshoumaru entered into Kaede's village and looked around to find out that his pathetic half-brother wasn't there. Sesshoumaru sat down by a tree and waited for Inuyasha to return.
'This is pathetic. When I get my body back, Inuyasha will surely die.' Sesshoumaru closed his eyes and let his headrest on the tree. It wasn't like him to sit and wait for someone, but this time, it was over his very own property.
...Inuyasha...
Inuyasha decided to give up on the poison claws for a day and head back to Kaede's village. Inuyasha took a deep breath and caught scent of his brother.
"Damn it. Not him again!" Inuyasha darted back towards Kaede's village. "What does he want?" Inuyasha asked himself as the village came into clear view. Inuyasha spotted Kagome and Sango coming out of the forest.
"Kagome! Stay where you are!" Inuyasha yelled to her. Kagome and Sango stopped in their tracks and watched as Inuyasha approached the village quickly.
Sesshoumaru also caught scent of his brother and stood up.
"What the hell do you want?" Inuyasha asked Sesshoumaru once he reached him.
"Silence Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru said sternly.
"Why you-" Inuyasha was cut off by Sesshoumaru.
"Calm yourself half breed. I've come to find out why we are like this." Sesshoumaru said coolly before he caught scent of the miko. 'That girl is here?' Sesshoumaru turned his gaze towards Kagome, who was standing by the forest with a frightened look on her face.
"You bastard! Leave Kagome out of this!" Inuyasha said before he extended his index and middle fingers to get ready for the energy whip.
Sesshoumaru turned his cold gaze back to Inuyasha. "You fool. I have no use for that girl." Sesshoumaru looked down at Inuyasha's fingers. "Do you truly believe that you can harness this Sesshoumaru's power?" Sesshoumaru asked amused. Kagome ran over to the battle seen and grabbed a hold of Inuyasha's arm.
"Don't do it Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted at him. Inuyasha looked down at Kagome from the corner of his eye.
'What is she thinking?' Inuyasha thought to himself. "Why not!"
"If you kill Sesshoumaru, you won't ever get your body back and you'll be stuck in this form forever!" Kagome said. Inuyasha stopped his movements and let his arm fall to his side.
"You have a point..." Inuyasha growled before he shoved Kagome away from him. "I told you to stay back!" Inuyasha ordered.
Kagome stepped backwards and stared at Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru observed the miko's reaction to Inuyasha.
'She's scared of him. She has the same look of fear in her eyes, as she did when I tried to kill her.' Sesshoumaru still had an emotionless look on his face. But seeing Kagome frightened made him want to comfort her and tell her everything was all right. Sesshoumaru knew that he could never let himself stoop so low as to care for a human. Rin? What about her? Has he already let himself stoop that low? Of course not. Sesshoumaru would never let himself admit to something so foolish as that.
Inuyasha stared on at Kagome with anger in his eyes. When Inuyasha finally realized that the way he was acting was just like Sesshoumaru, he let compassion fill his eyes. Kagome looked up into Inuyasha's deep golden eyes and seen his guilt.
'Why is he acting so strange?' Kagome looked away from Inuyasha and stared at Sesshoumaru. He was looking directly back at her!
'Why is he looking at me like that? What's going on here? Why is everyone acting like this?' Kagome could feel confusion settle over her entire mind, and she let herself fall to the ground. Sango was by her side in a minute.
"Kagome? Are you alright?" Sango asked. Inuyasha watched Kagome as he let his face rest with an expressionless tone.
"I don't know anymore." Kagome answered. Sesshoumaru turned away from Inuyasha.
"I'll be staying here until I figure out how to get my body back." Sesshoumaru let that be his last sentence before walking off into the forest.
"Huh?" Inuyasha watched Sesshoumaru's figure fade into the shadows of the looming trees.
"Was he wearing the same clothes that he always wears?" Sango asked. "This is strange."
Inuyasha nodded his head and plopped down on the ground. "Did he just leave?" Inuyasha still couldn't believe that his BROTHER of all people backed down to a fight. 'Is he going soft?'
Kagome stood up and turned towards Sango. "Sango would you like to find an onsen to take a bath in?"
"Oh, sure!" Sango replied happily. Both girls walked to Kaede's hut and grabbed their essentials, and off they were to the onsen.
Miroku watched from behind a tree and was soon to follow the women to the onsen. "Finally." Miroku said as he tip toed off. Inuyasha sat exactly where he was, not noticing the spying pervert going off to work.
'This is all too weird. First I'm switched into Sesshoumaru's body, now I'm feeling cold and emotionless, Kagome's scared of me, Sesshoumaru backed down from a fight, and he's even acting strange. I have to find a way to fix things before I'm left in this body forever.' Inuyasha was deep in thought and didn't notice Shippou sitting on his leg staring at him.
"Inuyasha? Are you okay?" Shippou tugged on the hanyou/youkai's hair. (A/N- It seemed appropriate since a hanyou is in a youkai's body, sorry to interrupt, on with the story!)
Inuyasha let his head fall limp with every tug of his hair. "INUYASHA!" Shippou scram in his ear. Inuyasha immediately snapped back to reality and placed his hand on Shippou's head.
"What did you do that for!" Inuyasha asked with an evil grin on his face. Shippou cowered down and tried to get away from Inuyasha.
"I was only worried! You never zone out like that!" Shippou pleaded.
"Keh. Whatever." Inuyasha pummeled Shippou's head into the ground, then stood up and walked to the nearest tree to sit in.
Shippou dusted himself off and stared at Inuyasha. "Boy does he have an attitude problem."
...Kagome and Sango...
Kagome placed her shirt on the ground and walked into the onsen, Sango wasn't far behind. Both girls sank into the warm water, with only the top of their heads submerged. Kagome closed her eyes and let little air bubbles flood to the top of the water.
'This feels great.' Kagome thought to herself before letting her head rise above the water to get air.
"We should do this more often." Kagome giggled. Sango lifted her head above the water.
"Hai. We should." Sango agreed.
Miroku hid behind a tree and kept close eyes on the water in case "something" was to appear. "It's about time. I thought I would never get to resume my duties." Miroku said to himself.
"What are you doing?" A voice came from behind Miroku.
Miroku turned around to discover Sesshoumaru looking at him. "Uh...just patrolling the area!" Miroku said nervously. Although Sesshoumaru was in Inuyasha's body, he was still scary.
Sesshoumaru looked beyond the tree that Miroku was standing behind, to discover the two girls taking a bath. Anger arose into Sesshoumaru, he had no clue why but he felt like killing Miroku.
'This anger must be coming because of that miko.' Sesshoumaru thought to himself as he let an angry look take over his emotionless face.
"I suggest you leave monk." Sesshoumaru said sternly. Miroku was quick to follow orders and he left. Sesshoumaru gazed one last time at Kagome, but this time, he couldn't make his eyes move off of her. Sesshoumaru closed his eyes and turned from the miko.
'I must figure out how to get my body back, or else this Sesshoumaru may not be able to control his actions much longer.' Sesshoumaru said as he swiftly made his way back towards Kaede's village.
"Did you hear something just now?" Sango asked Kagome as she was looking in the direction that Miroku was just in.
"Yeah, but it was probably just an animal." Kagome said reassuringly. Sango turned her head back towards Kagome, but kept her eyes in the spot where Miroku and Sesshoumaru just had their "conversation".
...Miroku...
"That was too close for comfort." The monk said to himself. Sesshoumaru walked out of the forest and brushed past Miroku, giving him a cold gaze from the corner of his eye, which also sent chills down Miroku's spine.
Inuyasha watched the show and observed Miroku. "I wonder what's going on with him." Inuyasha said to himself before he jumped out of his tree and walked towards Miroku.
"What's wrong with you?" Inuyasha asked.
"Oh...uh...it's nothing!" Miroku said before he walked off into Kaede's hut.
"Weird." Inuyasha said. Sesshoumaru found a nice clean rock to sit on while he waited for Kagome to get back. Wait; was he really waiting for her? No, it couldn't be. Sesshoumaru was just finding a place to sit and rest.
'Emotions are useless. Once again I have stated my point. This earth would be better off without them.' Sesshoumaru thought to himself. Kagome and Sango weren't long to get back from the onsen. Kagome got back just in time to see Inuyasha headed off in the direction of a cliff. The place that he normally went to think.
'Maybe I should follow him. We need to talk.' Kagome thought before walking off after Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru looked up and seen Kagome going after his pathetic half-brother.
'Where is she going? Why do I care?' Sesshoumaru once again stood up and headed towards a place where he could possibly clear his mind from all thoughts of the miko.
Sango watched as both parties retreated, and she decided she would go find Miroku. Shippou just shrugged his shoulders and sat down by Kirara.
...Inuyasha...
Inuyasha reached his destination and sat down on the steep cliff. 'This is the same cliff I jumped off of when I was little and those demons were chasing me.' Inuyasha thought to himself as he let his feet dangle of the end of the cliff.
"Mind if I join you?" Kagome asked Inuyasha with a smile on her face.
"Go ahead." Inuyasha said without even turning around to look at her. Kagome took a seat right beside Inuyasha.
"So, what are you thinking about?" Kagome asked.
"Nothing really." Inuyasha said. He could feel his mind settle on the decision to be blunt about everything he said.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome looked down at the bottom of the cliff, where the river ran cold.
Inuyasha looked at the girl that sat next to him, the one he cared for so much. "Kagome?"
"It's not that I don't want to be around you, it's just...it's just--" Kagome was cut off by low groaning sounds coming from Inuyasha. Kagome turned to see what was wrong with him. Inuyasha was leaning over with his hand on his head.
...Flashback...
Sesshoumaru walked outside and around his castle. He had woken up that morning to discover his mother lying cold on the floor. She had killed herself. Sesshoumaru picked her up and placed her on her bed. Tears swelled up in the corner of his eyes, but he was quick to wipe them away. He wouldn't cry. Emotions had no room to dwell in his life. Sesshoumaru noticed a white piece of paper lying on the bed beside his mother. It read:
Sesshoumaru,
If you are reading this, I am no longer in this world. I could not bear to wake up everyday knowing that I would be alone. As you now know, these lands are entrusted to you. Protect them, my son. Protect them with your love and care, not strength. I want you to be a loving Lord who always takes even the smallest things into consideration. I love you, and I am sorry that I will not be here for you anymore. Please do not let my hatred towards your father make you hate your brother. He may not be of my blood, but he is of yours. I will love you always and forever.
The wind picked up and blew through Sesshoumaru's hair. He held the letter that his mother wrote to him in his hand. Sesshoumaru gazed upon it one last time before letting the wind carry it away.
"Mother you will always be with me. But I cannot forgive Father for letting you go. Nor can I forgive Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru could once again feel the tears flood into his eyes. He decided to let them come one last time before locking them away for good. He was now alone, and it was time for this youkai to learn how to defend himself.
...End Flashback...
Inuyasha opened his eyes as he regained consciousness. Kagome was leaning over him with her hand on his face.
"Inuyasha! You're okay! I was so worried..." Kagome wrapped her arms around Inuyasha and laid her head upon his chest.
'Another memory...that must be why Sesshoumaru has bitter hatred towards me.' Inuyasha thought without even noticing the miko embracing him.
"What happened?" Kagome asked as Inuyasha sat back up.
"I'm not sure." Inuyasha said as he rubbed his head. "But it was weird."
Continued in Chapter 5
A/N: So...how'd you like it? I thought the flashback was kind of sad. If you did, it only gets worse. Sorry but I have to make them understand each other. And Sesshoumaru is still battling his feelings for Kagome. Since they aren't really HIS feelings, things should get interesting. Don't you agree? Well, please review!
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