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Chapter 3: Suitors
If there was one thing that the Daiyoukai hated, it was paperwork, yes, he hated it even more than his Hanyou brother. Particularly when all the letters were in regards of a certain mutt.
Only three days had passed and the news of Inuyasha's omega status had spread across the demonic realm like fire. That's what all of these letter in front of him were about, marriage proposals from all corners of the land, trying to sweet talk him into letting them mate with the Hanyou. Sesshoumaru growled at how pathetic their gestures were. He knew their reasons of course, they were all the same, whoever mated with Inuyasha would have a say in being heir to the western lands.
Sesshoumaru would not allow it.
And it wasn't just because he didn't like the idea of some other youkai ruling his lands. No, because no matter how much he may despise the half-breed it did not mean that he didn't care. Even he wasn't as cruel as to mate his brother off to some random youkai who would most likely treat his little brother as a slave, or worse a toy. No Inuyoukai especially a son of his father would be treated as such.
A spicy scent caught his interests and Sesshoumaru couldn't help but growl when he felt that familiar stirring in his groin. This was another problem that he had to deal with. Inuyasha's heat was starting to affect him as well, which was an oddity really since normally he could simply ignore a submissives' scent. However this was different. His youkai understood Inuyasha's strength, he could literally taste it. They matched. Meaning of course that any pups they sired would also be of a high caliber. He could even admit that his brother wasn't too bad on the eye either, unlike most Hanyou's who were born disfigured. Again it was proof of the potency of his father's blood.
Overall though he thought his youkai was being foolish.
Sesshoumaru huffed leaning back in his chair, his mind still whirling. It wasn't unknown for siblings to mate with each other, at times it was even encouraged at times since it strengthened the bloodline unless political. Not recommended amongst those ningen, since it only managed to weaken their gene pool. Yet it did not mean that this Sesshoumaru would lower himself to mate with a half-breed. No matter how badly his youkai begged for it.
The Daiyoukai sighed as he set the papers down, the suitors would be coming soon, and the castle would have to prepare for their arrival. But what he was not looking forward to was how his brother was going to react, did what his brother ever say to him matter to him though.
Currently the brat should be with his tutors, or rather hiding from them. From the first day onwards Sesshoumaru told him that he would have to start taking on some duties, but he could only take on such responsibility with right education. Inuyasha wholeheartedly refused the offer of course, with his usual guster. Yet that did not matter to the Daiyoukai. Even if the half-breed didn't enjoy it he was going to learn, no matter how much he revolted.
His sensitive ears could pick up the shouting from below, angry tutors shouting at how uncouth and insolent the whelp was. He sighed again and raised his head to rub his forehead; this was starting to give him a migraine.
A knock on his door drew his attention. "Enter," he said, straightening himself in his seat.
A flustered badger youkai entered his office, his graying brown hair in disarray, wrinkled skin slick with sweat. "I'm sorry to intrude my lord, but the Hanyou is being stubborn again. He refused to cooperate and has even attacked some of the guards," he whined.
Sesshoumaru gave him an impassive look before standing up from his seat and moving past the flustered demon in the direction his brother was hiding. The stink from the half-breed was almost overpowering, his youkai was starting to react to and he had to force him it to calm itself. The closer he got to the brat the harder it seemed, but he was a Daiyoukai, not some weak minded curd. The thought that a damn Hanyou could penetrated through his decorum like this angered him.
Soon he found himself in the garden, the spicy scent leading him to a large tree which wasn't a too uncommon sight. The mutt seemed to prefer being surrounded by nature rather than the finery of the home. Inuyasha had been sulking on that tree all morning, it didn't take Sesshoumaru long to figure out why the Hanyou was upset. The miko had felt the energy of one of those shards nearby and they had gone to investigate. When Inuyasha also got ready to leave with them Sesshoumaru stopped him, obviously gaining a negative reaction from the brat. Probably hating himself for how he had given in to Sesshoumaru's alpha.
He watched the brat wallowing in his own self pity for a while, noticing the changes the young Hanyou was going through. His face appeared more slender, losing some its boyish baby fat. He had even grown a few inches, not anywhere near the same height as himself, but at least now he didn't look so much like a child anymore. The Hanyou's attitude still hadn't changed much.
"Half-breed, you should be with your tutor."
Inuyasha snorted in derision. "Those stuffy old geezers can't teach me anything that will be any use to me."
Sesshoumaru frowned at that. True, to an Hanyou who lived in the wilds a proper education would be of little use. However he wasn't out in the wild anymore.
"They're teaching you proper etiquette Hanyou, something which you obviously lack."
Inuyasha was growling under his breath. Sesshoumaru couldn't help but smirk inwardly. There was nothing more he enjoyed then to see the half-breed squirm. It was apparent that the brat's youkai didn't want to do anything to displease his natural alpha, but Inuyasha wanted to defy his instincts at all cost.
"Stop being so foolish half-breed, you're going to be staying here for a while so you might as well study."
The omega male huffed and turned away, which only managed to anger the Daiyoukai. He did not like being ignored, especially not by this mangy mutt. Sesshoumaru had a difficult enough day without Inuyasha acting like his usual stubborn self. He growled, jumping up on the same branch his despicable Otouto was sitting on, ready to force the brat on his knees. He was delighted by the look of fear that shadowed his face. He reached out quickly before Inuyasha could escape and grabbed the brat by the scruff of his neck.
Inuyasha whined and fought against his brother's grip, he knew he was probably going to be punished in some way, something he did not want to endure. But two arms wound around him his middle pulling him hard against his brother's chest; which only caused him to panic more, growled, digging his claws into his brother's arms, hoping he would be let go. Sesshoumaru hissed at the pain, he snarled, extending his canines and biting the back of his neck in anger.
The hanyou thinking that Sesshoumaru was going to rip his throat out, struggled even more, but there was something inside of him, a little voice saying that he should calm down. Simply go limp. Inuyasha couldn't even believe what his instincts were telling him to do. There was no way he was simply going to lay down and let his brother rip his jugular out, the growling got louder, filling his ears with such a ferocious sound that he thought he would go deaf. Those arms so tight he couldn't even breathe. Sesshoumaru was not letting go, and he was sure that those teeth were digging in so deep that he was starting to bleed.
So he decided to go limp.
Letting his body slump back against his brother's chest; letting his head simply loll to the side and hoped that in the next few seconds he wouldn't die. It took a while but the growling started to quiet down, he winced when those sharp teeth extracted themselves from his tender flesh. Inuyasha was more than ready to push his bastard brother away from him and run away but froze when he felt something warm and wet slobbering over his wound.
He was licking him!
Oh Kami, his brother was actually licking the back of his neck, but what shocked and confused him the most was how tenderly Sesshoumaru was tending his wound. It unnerved the hanyou what his brother was doing, his skin felt hypersensitive as the wet appendage glided across his skin and even though those strong arms around him had loosened Inuyasha still couldn't bring himself to move. His body felt hot, too hot in fact, his breath hitched as the tongue continued to move almost sinfully. The growl had quieted down to a light purr, something he didn't even know Inuyoukai, much less his brother could do that. His body grinding against his.
Inuyasha was panting by now, he was so consumed by the feeling that he didn't even notice that Sesshoumaru's hands were roaming over his body. Fingers that had somehow found themselves under his robe; wiggling under his hitoe so that the fingers were stroking along his chest. He shivered, his knees buckling beneath him. Heat started pool in his lower abdomen, it was strange he never felt like this before, he needed it to stop, he needed this just to-
"Stop!" he shouted. "Sesshoumaru stop this!"
It seemed to break Sesshoumaru out of whatever daze he had been in, instantly Inuyasha was released and the hanyou lost his balance and fell out of the tree onto the hard ground. He groaned, and slowly turned around to look up at his brother still up on the branch, staring down at him with a look of almost horror. Well it wasn't at first noticeable since his face showed no change in his facial features, but it was the slight widening of his eyes that gave away how shocked he truly was.
Inuyasha winced when Sesshoumaru jumped down from the branch landing right next to him, he expected him to lash out, and finally kill him. He didn't have anything to proper to defend himself since he had left his Tetsaiga back in his room. But his brother didn't even spare him a glance as he walked away from him. It was only when his brother had gone back inside did he release the breath he was holding, his body finally gave in and he collapsed onto the grassy ground.
What the hell had just happened?
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Sesshoumaru stormed through the hallways, trying his best to get as far away from his brother's scent without making it look like he was running away. Not that he would run away from that brat, Inuyasha did not have such high influences over him. But that damn mongrel; making him act in such an 'undignified' manner. He was licking that mutt as if he actually cared about that filthy hanyou.
He shuddered when he thought back to that moment, that stupid little mongrels scent…
That strong scent surrounding him… by Kami it was stuck to his clothes, he was drenched in that half-breeds disgusting smell.
Kami he needed a bath… and to burn these damn clothes. Anything to get his brother's scent off him.
The Daiyoukai hurried towards the onsen where a servant was already waiting for him. "Get my bath ready."
The tanuki demoness bowed and followed him inside. The Onsen was part of a natural stream where the water had been pumped through the whole house. The female youkai hurried towards a small shelf where his personal soaps and oils were stored. She arranged them all on a tray and placed it on the edge of the rock base. Then she hurried towards another cabinet where freshly washed and dried towels were stored. She picked a couple of them and placed them safely next to the oils.
"Which scent would you like today my Lord?" she asked.
"Lavender," it should be enough to cover that half-breeds scent.
He started taking of his robes, dropping them to the ground in distaste and stepped towards the smaller bathing area where he could wash himself.
"Do you require my assistance my Lord?" she asked.
"No leave, take those clothes with you and dispose of them," he ordered her and turned his back to the demoness, effectively dismissing her.
As soon as the other youkai had left he sat down on a small stool, and pulled on a rope that opened a valve that protruded from the wall. Suddenly a stream of warm water flowed out of it, hitting the top of his head trickling through his smooth hair and down his neck. He sighed, moving his head around him, picking up a flannel cloth and wetting it before adding some soap. He started to scrub himself, trying his best to not start simply scour his skin raw to get rid of that damn scent. But he avoided touching his private area too much in case he got carried away like before. He couldn't allow himself to do that again.
Once he had finished washing himself clean and getting rid of the soap scum, he went towards the onsen. Climbing over the rocks with all the finesse a regal youkai like him was brought up with. He sat down on seats that were carved out of the rock face. He leaned back with a sigh. Finally being able to rest for the day, he could literally feel his muscles uncoiling themselves as the tension simply melted away. In one quick move he dunked himself under the hot water so that he was fully submerged.
Then he quickly came out of the water, taking a deep breath of air that helped him feel awake. He ran his clawed fingers through his hair, feeling out any tangled knots. He then reached towards the vials of oil; they were especially made for his hair, from the essence of an exotic seed from a far away land called a 'coconut'. It did wonders for his hair, leaving him sleek and shiny in such an extraordinary way like none of the other oils from Nippon could. He then used his ivory comb and then combed through his hair until all the tangles were all out before putting his hair up into a top-knot.
Then he sat back down into his seat finally enjoying his rest. Sesshoumaru enjoying how quiet the bathing area provided. Happy to be away from all that paperwork, documents, meetings, and… his half-breed brother.
Maybe brining that brat home was a bad idea, since he had come brining his ningen companion with him, he had brought him nothing but trouble. His manners were horrible, his refusal to go to his classes was infuriating, and now his scent was spiking up to the point of encompassing the whole castle. He could smell that damn mutt all over the place, wherever he went, even from his office which was the furthest room away from Inuyasha's chambers. Yet he could still smell him…
A warm spicy scent, like an apple orchard in full bloom, the scent of spring and summer that held an almost cleansing and calming effect on him. How warm that small body felt against him, a small hard body but such smooth skin, all lean muscles filled with so much coiled up potency. The fire in those golden orbs that felt like he was going to get burned. The way he panted when Sesshoumaru touched him…
Without even realizing he found his hand cupping his own member, stroking it slowly up and down getting himself hard. Sesshoumaru wanted to recoil in disgust, but he wasn't stopping. The scent of apple blossoms sticking to him as he continued to pump himself harder, teasing the tip of his engorged cock, the warm water helping to make the sensation more real. Tightening his fist, so as to squeeze the hard flesh as if he truly was inside the small body, pumping hard and fast inside that hanyou. To watch his eyes glaze over with pleasure, to pant and moan like the little bitch he was. Taming that wild beast into his personal lapdog.
His whole body stiffened as he came, with Inuyasha's name at the tip of his tongue.
Sesshoumaru slumped back, his back slamming against the stone wall, feeling completely and utterly content. It was only after a few minutes afterwards as he came down from his euphoric high that he realized that not only had he masturbated, something he had not done since he first reached maturity, but he had done so while thinking about that filthy cur of a half-breed that he was forced to call his brother.
He looked in disgust at the dirty water surrounding him, with a growl he stood up out of the water. He needed to have another wash.
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Kagome and the rest of the group came back later that day, another jewel shard now in their possession, and things returned back to normal. Although for some reason Sesshoumaru had been keeping his distance from him, something which both made him happy and unnerved him at the same time. Inuyasha didn't really know what to think. The inuhanyou was still trying to figure out what had happened between them, he simply didn't understand his brother's behavior. Although to be honest nothing his brother did made any sense to him.
Days had passed, and by now Inuyasha was finding it more and more difficult to manage his heat. Currently he was sitting in a cold bath, which was recommended to him by the healer to help him 'cool-down'. By now his heat would spike up and down, fluctuating almost painfully to the point that it actually started to hurt, like as if he was going to be boiled alive.
He had also been quiet 'affectionate' towards a certain male, not talking at all about his brother. The Inuhanyou sighed leaning forward so that his arms came to a rest on the rim of the bath, resting his head against them when he thought back to that day. He would never be able to look Miroku straight in the eye again. At the time it had been such a small action, but it spoke volumes to any Inuyoukai. For Inuyasha it was also one of the few Inuyoukai traits that he knew about.
Yesterday when he was feeling particularly restless, Miroku had suggested a spar to release some of that pent up 'frustration', Inuyasha had been all for it; well that was until he started thinking that the other male wasn't too bad on the eye. Worst of all he hadn't even felt any shock at noticing such a characteristic about his best friend. Then came the part that baffled him, he always fought at full power, he wasn't the type to humor anyone, since if no one in his pack could actually fight with him on par they would not be able to take on a beast like Naraku. He was the type to push and keep pushing.
Yet this time he didn't do that, to him it felt like his muscles were suddenly weighed down, his sword weighing a ton, his clothes feeling as if they were waterlogged. Even his mind felt delirious, as if he was poisoned. Next thing he knew, Miroku used his staff sweep under his legs causing his to lose balance and fall hard onto his back. When he opened his eyes the staff was aimed at his face, and almost instinctually he bared his neck to him. Bared it as a sign of submission.
Miroku didn't realize the meaning, but Inuyasha was mortified. He had slapped the staff away from his face and stood up as quickly as possible keeping his grouchy demeanor, hoping that the other hadn't noticed anything. Luckily he hadn't, instead Miroku was bragging about how he finally had gotten the better of him, and Inuyasha let him have that. Better giving into one loss then explaining what had really happened during that fight.
What he did however notice was Sesshoumaru's looming presence over looking from a balcony. Inuyasha didn't even know why, but he had started to blush uncontrollably at that moment, which luckily Miroku took as an embarrassed blush from his loss instead. He had run away after that moment, not being able to take both Sesshoumaru's stare and Miroku's mocking laughter.
Another sigh left him, Inuyasha couldn't believe all the incredibly stupid things he had to endure in the short time he had been back home. Kami, he just wanted to go back to Kaede's village, and hide by his Goshinko tree like he did every time he was upset.
After sitting in the bath for over an hour the water had lost its cool, so he decided to get out of it. He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his waist before picking another up to dry his hair. He tried to do it like his mother had shown him, in sections, but he could never comb it properly afterwards. With the length of his hair it was a two person job, and asking Kagome was out of the question, she was too rough on his sensitive scalp even occasionally pulling on his ears with her brush.
He used his claws to get out the biggest knots so that his hair looked at least a bit more manageable, Inuyasha knew that if he ever got a chance to find a proper comb he would pay for this later. Then dried his body before getting dressed in his firerat robes, he tied his sash and went t pick up his sword. Inuyasha didn't want to be without it like last time when Sesshoumaru… he didn't want to think about that moment ever again.
He left the bathing area and was instantly met by Shippo who had been waiting for him outside. The kit had been oddly affectionate towards him lately. Still a brat, but certainly more affectionate. The kit stayed with him most of the time these days, curling up to him in bed, sitting beside him when he ate, or when they rested outside Shippo would keep close to him. Inuyasha tried not to think too much about it though, if there was a problem Shippo would come to him on his own time. Inuyasha leaned down so that the kittling could jump onto his shoulder. He rubbed his cheek against Inuyasha's in an almost sweet manner.
"What's wrong kid?" he asked.
"There's some'fink going on outside, some'fink big," he said excitedly while jumping up and down on his shoulder.
Inuyasha couldn't help but frown, he sniffed the air but then cursed inwardly when he realized how dulled his senses were, even his hearing had dulled. "Where?" he asked.
"Everyone's out in that big hall area, your bother has been really angry for some reason," the fox said thoughtfully.
Inuyasha nodded, and made his way towards where he remembered the gathering hall was, he rushed towards the general direction and after a few mishaps he finally found one of the side doors that lead inside the hall, and just like Shippo had said everyone was already there waiting for him. Sesshoumaru was standing by the in front of his seat, his posture regal and stiff just like always, with servant and advisors surrounding him. His friends were in the corner amongst a bunch of servants, even Rin was standing amongst them dressed in her finest Kimono.
At first Inuyasha was going to join them, when instead he felt an odd pull from his brother. The hanyou looked up and noticed his brother wasn't even looking at him, but he still could feel the pull of the Daiyoukai. With a sigh he bowed his head, so as not to show his annoyance, and slowly made his way towards were his brother was standing, who didn't even spare him a glance. Although he did notice how the older youkai seemed to almost wince at his close proximity.
Suddenly there was a loud rumbling sound that seemed to shake the walls, Sesshoumaru nodded towards a few of his servants who opened the wide double doors. It took six of them to open the five meter tall, heavy oak doors that lead out to the courtyard. At first Inuyasha couldn't see anything, in the distance, but the rumbling was getting louder. Suddenly there was a spark in the dark, almost like a firework going off, and just like that something fast came whizzing towards them moving at high-speed.
Inuyasha took a step back, but Sesshoumaru held his ground as the fireball zoomed through the double doors like a cannon, hitting the ground with a loud explosion. The force of the wind was so strong that some of the servants staggered back by the gust of wind. Shippo clutched onto his clothes tightly. The Daiyoukai barley blinked at all the commotion, he actually seemed very bored with the whole spectacle.
"Always did enjoy showing off…" Inuyasha head his brother mutter.
The hanyou was more than confused at what was happening, at first he thought they were expecting a guest, but this looked more like an attack, but Sesshoumaru didn't look worried at all. What the hell was going on here?
The smoke settled down to reveal a tall male, with long white hair that seems to have streaks of gold filtering through the strands, it came down thickly from the side of his head just enough to reveal the tip of his ears. He was beautiful just like most full blooded youkai, with deep silver eyes like pools of mercury. He was smirking, just enough to reveal a sharp canine. There weren't any markings on his face, but Inuyasha did glimpse something dark curling around the base of his neck disappearing beneath his crisp white formal robes.
It was then that Inuyasha realized that the demon in front of his was a dragon youkai, whom inuyasha was sure there weren't a lot of. The dragon youkai gave a light bow towards his brother, but Inuyasha was certain that the strangers eyes were focused on him. Something that Sesshoumaru seemed to have notice as well.
"It's good to see you Lord Sesshoumaru, thank you for welcoming me into your land," the youkai said, his voice holding a certain mocking tone, but he wasn't sure of it.
"You too Lord Ryuuwa Noboru, I was surprised when I received your letter…"
The visiting Lord chuckled, "How could I not when a certain rumor reached my ears." This time the youkai was staring directly at him making no show that he was hiding his interest.
Inuyasha felt himself freeze, Kami… he knew exactly what the rumors were about. After all there was no other major news expected what had happened to him. He knew exactly why this demon was here, and it did not bode well for him.
Well there we have it, poor Inuyasha doesn't ever get a break.
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