"Ugh! Why did I even get my hopes up?! He's still a cold, apathetic, bastard!"
InuYasha thought to himself as he walked away from his brother, beyond annoyed. He would go back to the village and sit in his tree to calm down.
Sesshomaru was glued to his spot. He was trying to think of something to do while fighting his demon instincts to just leave the hanyou be. InuYasha had proven his strength to him more than once and he was proud, but his practiced cold exterior didn't allow him to show it. Then an idea came to him. He would use InuYasha's brashness against him and lure him to the palace one way or another. With that in mind he set out in the direction his little brother's scent had trailed off to.
InuYasha could feel eyes on his back and whipped around, fangs bared, ready to attack only to come face to face with his brother. He let out an annoyed huff and turned around again ready to walk off when Sesshomaru's voice stopped him. "I propose a wager of sorts." Ears perked at the sound of the voice, InuYasha waited for him to say more. "A duel ore or less. The loser has to do whatever the victor says." Sesshomaru finished.
To say he was intrigued would be an understatement. Just what was that cold demon getting at? He paused for a few minutes to think it over then turned back to face his brother. "Whatever the winner says?" he questioned. Sesshomaru smirked a little then nodded. "Then I ain't holding back!" with that InuYasha started their little duel.
Unsurprisingly Sesshomaru emerged victorious, although InuYasha would argue that he cheated somehow. The smirk on Sesshomaru's face was bigger than usual and almost looked like a smile, but InuYasha could see the evil glint in his eyes and was really starting to wonder why he took him up on this little bet. "I walked right into his stupid plan" he thought.
Sesshomaru was basking in the glory of his well thought out plan. It worked perfectly. All smug and slightly gloating he turned to InuYasha and said, "Follow me." as he started to walk off towards the West. InuYasha grumbled under his breath but a deal was a deal and he never went back on his word. So with an annoyed huff and a small snarl, he followed after his demon of a brother and hoped for the best.
A/N: I want to thank you guys for the likes and favorites and apologize for the lateness of this chapter. I'm also sorry that it's short and I'm already working on chapter 4 to post either later today or tomorrow. Thank you for letting me know that you like this and I hope to receive more reviews soon. I love and appreciate you guys!