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Chapter 9:
"Hello Sesshomaru."
"Welcome back father." Sesshomaru greeted, standing at the foot of the staircase.
"Hey dad~" Inuyasha was seen coming down the stairs in Sesshomaru's shirt, hair still wet from the bath.
"Oh, hey Inuyasha. How's it going—huh?" 'Is that Sesshomaru's shirt?'
"Nothing, much…just took a shower…"
"Are you wearing Sesshomaru's clothing?" The shock on their dad's face was evident. Sesshomaru wanted to facepalm.
"Uh, actually I kinda used the bathtub in nii-san's room but forgot to get my stuff." The teen scratched his cheek and hoped he was believable.
"Oh, the special bathroom? Right, did you enjoy it?" InuTaisho removed all his scarfs and coats.
"Yup."
"Good to hear." Their dad smiled and walked away.
Sesshomaru let out a breath. 'Or on second thought, him wearing my shirt wasn't such a terrible idea. It masked his pheromones, along with the bath he just took and their dad didn't notice a thing.' So, they got lucky this time, but that wouldn't always be the case.
"Hey honey!" Izayoi gave InuTaisho a big kiss. "You won't believe it, I have great news—it seems the boys are finally getting along!"
"Yeah, I can tell." InuTaisho concurred based on what he just witnessed.
"So, you failed? Pitiful." A certain spider demon spat to the men in front of him.
"We're sorry my lord…"
"I'm giving you all one last chance to seize him, do I make myself clear?"
"Yes sir!" They all cried out in unison.
"Hmph. Good. Don't fail me this time."
"Hah. Haah. Ha!" Inuyasha was breathless. How long had he been running for? 'Dammit! Why was this happening?' He recognized the men from last time but was it his imagination or were there more this time around? He didn't get an opportunity to count but, five perhaps? He couldn't imagine taking that many even in his dreams.
Currently the teen was running into the trees, a forest, miles away from the residential area. He reckoned it would be an excellent idea to lose them that way, but little was he aware of their persistence. The teen had also clawed a bunch of trees in random order to divert the men and so far, it would seem he had lost sight of them. Positive that he managed to escape, the hanyo halted and took deep breathes. 'Ouch,' his chest was burning, along with his throat. If only he had some sort of weapon on him—that would've been a huge help.
"Did you think you could split us up in a puny forest like this?" It felt like the ground from underneath him had been removed when he heard that voice. Inuyasha stared into the eyes of his perpetrator. 'How the hell did he catch up so fast?!' The younger looked around for anything he could make use of if need be. "Now, it'd be better for you if you just quietly came along with us—our master is quite forgiving."
'Did he master?' "In your freakin' dreams I will!" The teen round horse kicked the big buy on his knee before dashing away. 'Too bad he couldn't stay to beat him up some more…'
"Why that little—over here!" The man called for back up and surely enough two of his other comrades came running.
'Shit!' Inu noticed immediately and turned on his heels but what he didn't anticipate was to lose balance the way he did. 'Uh…' The teen saw shallow branches behind him so he thought his landing wouldn't be harmful. However, when his back sliced through those branches into hollow space, he panicked. Glancing back, there was no ground, almost like a cliff but the downward slope of a grassy hill instead. 'Crap!' The hanyo crossed his arms over his forehead and found himself inevitably tumbling down the uneven ground. Lucky for him, it wasn't steep at all, just an unfortunate uneven ground at the edge of the forest. Albeit, the fall didn't end as well as it started.
Inuyasha may have lost sight of the men for good this time, but he landed hard on his lower back. "Arrgh!" He winced uncontrollably. 'What was this? He had fallen plenty of times on his back so why did it hurt this bad now…?' That's when he clutched his stomach. 'Shit—the baby!' the hanyo couldn't tell if the pup was alright or not and it was beginning to drain the blood from his face when he recalled hitting his stomach multiple times during the fall. When he registered his stomach was still bulgy, he inferred it was all okay. Except it wasn't...
The moment the teen struggled to stand up, he felt a gush of something run down his legs. He froze, too afraid to look down at first, thinking it was something else. 'Red…? Did he hurt himself? No…something wasn't right…' he had to go to the hospital—there was no other way of knowing. Furthermore, the excruciating cramps in his stomach were killing him. With trembling fingers, the teen took out his phone and couldn't decide whether he should call Sesshomaru or an ambulance. If he called anyone else, they would notify his parents, right? He couldn't risk that…
In the end he dialed a number. He listened as the bell rang once, then twice. 'Please pick up… I need you…come on…I don't know who else to call…' The hanyo was near tears and the pain wasn't tolerable.
"Hello?" The other person finally replied.
Inuyasha instantly gasped, so loud that he was certain the other heard him. "S-sesshomaru…help me…" As much as he avoided, the teen's voice was shaking all over the place and sounded desperate.
"Inuyasha? What's wrong?"
"I don't know…I was just being chased and then fell—it hurts so f-freakin bad…"
"Wait, stay where you are. I'll call the hospital. Where are you? Why were you being chased?" The elder sounded puzzled.
"Don't know… I'm at xxx forest, somewhere away from the trees, I know that much…"
"Stay on the line, I'm going to call them." He said and Inuyasha waited patiently. "Okay they're on their way, don't move from there. I gave them the location based on your phone."
Inuyasha heaved a sigh of relief. "…Thanks bro…" He was truly so grateful to his brother—it was almost like nothing he did could make him hate the demon now.
"…I'll stop by as soon as my class ends."
The hanyo shut his eyes, holding the phone close to his ear, a sense of warmth spreading in him. "…sure thing." A part of him wished the other was here next to him.
It took a while, but the emergency services were able to locate him and carry him past the trees into the ambulance car. As soon as they arrived at the hospital, they ran a bunch of tests and scans to rule out any brain damage, spinal injuries, etc. Dr. F walked into Inuyasha's room when he had the reports for all tests.
"Hello, Inuyasha-kun, how are you doing?"
"A little better?"
"Sesshomaru called and filled me in on what had happened. So, you fell from higher ground, is that right?" Inuyasha nodded. "Well the good news is that we didn't see any signs of a concussion, internal bleeding or such in the brain. No broken bones either and the spinal cord is intact."
"But…" The white-haired teen sensed a 'but' coming. Even so, before the doctor could continue, he let out, "um…what about…the baby…?"
The doctor wore a serious expression suddenly. "That's the bad news. I'm sorry Inuyasha-kun, but it seems you have had a miscarriage—a fall like that followed by abdominal bleeding…it's very unlikely for the fetus to survive that amount of shock."
Inuaysha didn't know why, but his entire world froze. Suddenly it became apparent to him that he couldn't even hear the doctor's words anymore. His eyes could see his lips moving but no sound was reaching his ears. He didn't even notice when the doctor left the room and he was all alone in that boring white depressing room.
"Inuyasha!" A voice cried out and seemed awfully familiar, but the younger's mind was having a difficult time focusing. "Inuyasha!" The teen only snapped out of it when a strong grip at his shoulders shook him back into the real world.
Inuyasha's eyes refocused on his elder brother's agitated face. "S…Sesshomaru…is that you?"
"Who else could it be? What about you?" Sesshomaru retreated his hands and stood straight.
"Me?"
"…How are you?"
"…the pup is gone."
The demon exuded a troubled breath. "I know. That's not important right now." He hated to admit it, but a part of him was quite relieved. This way, they didn't have anymore secrets to hide from their parents and most importantly they could put that one night past them for good. "I asked, how you felt."
"I don't know how to feel…" The teen dropped his gaze. The seriousness and gloomy aura that surrounded him made Sesshomaru feel like he wasn't speaking to Inuyasha anymore. "…it's—it's really weird…but it…almost feels like a part of me died…" The demon quietly listened. "I feel so lost." The teen brought his fists to his face. "There's this emptiness in my heart—something I've never felt before and—it freakin' hurts…" He sounded helpless and on the verge of crying. His hormones must also be all over the place.
Sesshomaru wasn't an expert at consoling others or empathizing but somehow, he could feel Inuyasha's indescribable pain—like they were connected or something, except they weren't. Or so he thought. As far as he knew, only mates were able to communicate emotionally like that. The elder demon averted his gaze but placed a solid hand on the other's head. Thinking about it, he did owe Inuyasha for that one time his father slapped him.
Inuyasha blinked in surprise and before he knew it, smacked himself into the elder's body, clutching at the clothing and sobbing away. The silverette was speechless at the gesture and his display of vulnerability. He lightly embraced the younger back, after much hesitation. Sesshomaru stood in place as he facilitated the other's crying.
'Why did him crying make him feel so irritated?'
"Done? Or are there any more tears left to spill?"
"Sniff. –I'm done…geez you don't have to make fun of me… you wouldn't possibly know how I feel…" 'What was I thinking, crying in front of him like that?'
Sesshomaru didn't answer that. "Anyhow, the doctor prescribed some painkillers for the next couple of days. If you're ready, then we can head out. I also bought some clothes."
"Huh, okay then." He took the bag from the other and dumped the clothes on his lap. "Wait a sec…I don't recognize these…" the teen stared at the brand new shirt, jeans and hoodie. Clearly, they weren't from his closet.
"I had my assistant pick something out that I could pick up on the way here since there was no time to stop and shop."
"Eh? Why didn't you just stop home?"
"Are you serious? That's too troublesome."
The younger laughed, which caught Sesshomaru off guard. "What's up with that haha? That does sound like you—oh well, I'm not complaining." He eyed the clothes and didn't think they were bad at all. More on the expensive side, should he admit. "Okay, I'll get changed then." Inuyasha untied the robe's strings from his back and nape and saw the whole thing slide down as he was still seated on the bed. "Hey—what are you looking at? Get out, I'm trying to get changed here."
"Is there really something to hide when I've already seen it all?"
"Yeah plenty! Like pride—now at least turn around if you're not gonna leave!"
Sesshomaru let out an annoyed sigh and turned himself around. He heard the bed creak as he imagined the teen climbing off and removing his robes. "Ou…" He heard an inaudible groan but didn't turn around just yet.
"Finished?"
"Almost."
"How long does wearing two layers of clothing take?"
"Stop mocking me already. Okay, done—happy?"
"About time." Sesshomaru smirked before he took out his car keys.
"Che. You need to stop treating people like trash." Inuyasha pouted. Not liking the other's attitude one bit.
"…default…"
"What?" Inuyasha didn't catch the other's response as he walked behind him in the distracting hospital halls.
'It was his default setting. He couldn't help it.' Sesshomaru thought to himself.
'I wonder how he feels about losing his kid… as usual he doesn't give any emotions away.' Inuyasha soundly thought in the car. "…are you mad…?"
Sesshomaru was shocked at the question and glanced away from the road for a brief moment. "No."
"Right, of course—why would you be?" The hanyo sat up in his seat. "I mean…it's not like you really cared in the first place."
The demon negligibly frowned at that. "…It's not as if I didn't completely care…" But he shook his head. "Either way, I think it was for the better. This was all too soon anyway, now we can act more like the family we're supposed to." Inuyasha quietly agreed with that.
However, what the hanyo was more concerned about was: 'How would this change things between them now?' Sesshomaru no longer had any obligations to look after him or care about him. If anything, he'd probably go back to living his life like nothing happened and dejecting the other.
And the thought of that hurt the teen.
To Be Continued…
Uwah—don't kill me—understand this really is for the better, like Sesshomaru said, plus they were too young to raise a kid anyway. So, RIP our unborn pup.
Btw, I just had this playing in the background but somehow it suited the entire hospital so well that I was touched and had to incorporate it: check it out. (starts at 0:35) It was beautiful and heart-toucing/sad.
www. youtube watch?v=k47SbtiaLdM (just remove the spaces after the two dots/periods)