Once Inuyasha wakes, a decision should be taken, will it be Kagome or his own brother?

As I last said, it's barely ganna have Inuyasha Kagome moments, well, the last Ch will show a bit, but not until Inuyasha spends some time with his brother.

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Ch 2: Unspoken Truth

Sesshomaru took the shift for his mother to rest, as he transformed and sat down facing his unconscious brother. Despite being in dog form, he could still think and see his heart the same. He watched the sleeping boy; his face was vague, knowing not how to act now. However things were to go, he knew, his brother needed him now.

After few hours, he saw the boy move, but that was it. Inuyasha face showed he was in much pain, and at the appropriate time, the female youkai can and gave him the medicine. She transformed beside her son, and began to heal the little youkai's wounds. And shortly within ten minutes, she was done.

The two dogs untransformed and spoke for some time.

-"He is improving, at least, but he is still in critical shape, Sesshomaru. I can heal his wounds slowly, but he will continue to bleed until they close. What do you intend to do from now on?"

Sesshomaru didn't answer her directly, "I am a youkai, and youkais don't accept hanyous." He said, with a jot of sorrow she could pick in his cold voice. "But, he is my brother in the end, and as long as father is protecting him, then I should do the same for now. We will see whether or not Tessaiga can return his human blood back in control or not." Now he looked serious, cold hearted. "Whether or not his sanity returns, I know not how to act with him"

She smiled, and approached Inuyasha, "You're always cold hearted when it comes to family. Trying to protect him like that, maybe he will try to get stronger and protect himself from youkais after him. But, that is what brothers do, Sesshomaru." She turned her sight to him. "Even if you make others see it that you do not care, I know that deep down you do. Why else did you teach him how to use it? Making him think that he is weak, you showed him who knew how to use it better, but, clearly at heart you were not trying to show yourself stronger than him, but you wanted him to master it."

Sesshomaru did not need to reply, he knew she was right. If only Inuyasha had not been weak, if he was born into their family instead, from his mother, he would keep him here and protect him. He would teach him to get stronger, and would not see it offensive if he sided with a hanyou or had one around him or in his home. He was a daiyoukai, wasn't he? Inuyasha was nothing more than a weak hanyou in everyone's eyes, even in Sesshomaru's eyes himself. But having this mere Hanyou born from youkai blood, it was enough that his father was the great Inu no Taicho, for Sesshomaru to believe that Inuyasha could and will become much stronger within time, and that he would defeat all those lowly youkais that even Sesshomaru did not bother himself to rip their hearts out.

It would not be far, and Inuyasha would master the Tessaiga, the sword forged from their father's fang. That soon, Inuyasha would be acknowledged between the youkais, as the daiyoukai's strong son.

The mother left, leaving her son to watch over him, and returned to watch over things. Sesshomaru's heart was quite troubled, worried to be rejected. After all he tried, despite showing his cold side; he hoped his brother would not turn against him. He cut off his arm, would he stop or aim for his heart next time he uses Tessaiga? However, every time they would cross paths, Tenseiga would warn him; it would tell him not to fight his brother.

But now was different, Inuyasha was not a Hanyou now, and hopefully he would maintain some sanity for some time. Then again, he acted like a mere monster, not a scent of discrimination, even going at his friend's life. There had to be a way around it, was Totosai even sure of himself, that Tessaiga would not abandon Inuyasha and return his human blood in control? Will his father_their father_stand by him now or reject him like he rejected every youkai, whether they were good ones or bad ones, it always rejected them. Shippo was never an exception, like he was treated in the same class as Sesshomaru himself, the bad youkai in control.

Sesshomaru turned, hearing a slight difference his hanyou brother now breathed, he saw him make his first signs of awareness. After ten minutes, he opened his eyes. They were normal, not red, and defiantly not the crazy eyes that rushed off to kill everyone he saw.

Inuyasha got up, looking around, he saw Sesshomaru behind him. His first intention was to land a couple of steps away, but he felt his wounds immediately restraining him. "Where am I?" his voice was neither strong nor weak, not the usual tone he asks with. Sesshomaru was silent, seeing the boy fully aware he decided to answer.

-"The netherworld"

Inuyasha's eyes widen. "What! Why am I here!" but his half brother did not answer, 'I don't remember...all I know is that I lost control, and that I transformed...' it suddenly freaked him. "Kagome!"

-"She is fine; she left with her friends four days ago. She brought you this" he handed the object wrapped around a piece of clothes, to which Inuyasha recognized to be of Miroku's. He uncovered it, "Tessaiga?" but it electrocuted him. He was surprised. The sword never rejected him before, so way has it done so now?

-"Inuyasha" said Sesshomaru calm, "Come with me, I will show you why Tessaiga rejected you" and he walked out of the door. Inuyasha, stood at gaze for a second, he thought, then got up and followed him. "Look into this, and the answer to your question will be revealed". Inuyasha looked into the mirror hanging on the wall, his face froze. Purple strips, youkai ears, what happened to him? His dog ears were gone, and his eyes had a slight redness to them when he gazed deeply. "Earlier when we fought, you transformed, into a true youkai as that blood took over your human nature. According to Totosai, you should return to normal if Tessaiga allowed it, but just now, it rejected you." And he was silent, Inuyasha turned to him. "It so seems, that you will remain in this form of yours, a true youkai. Is that not what you wanted, to be strong and accepted by your kind?"

The younger brother kept his thoughts deep for a moment, he was worried. He must have harmed people, he must have terrorized them with the way he acted, foolishly fighting like nothing more than a monster driven by pure instincts. But how was he supposed to remain like that? He can think now, so he is not fully out of his mind. How is that possible, where did the monster in him go?

-"That confusion in your eyes, I will set you at ease. You did not harm anymore, good for you that I knocked you out before that happened." And he paused. "You won't become a monster again; you no longer have two bloods battling for control, your youkai blood won. And as you keep this sanity of yours, Inuyasha, I must rush to the question. Decide"

Inuyasha looked at him, worried, puzzled actually. "Decide what?"

-"Youkais don't side with humans, and you are my kind, my father's son. I will not abandon you now, but it is up to you now. Decide, which will it be? Will it be our world or the weak human world you hold dear to yourself and protect? Here, no one will question your power; you are the great Daiyoukai's son. Outside, you are the half breed, from a human hime and a demon. They will never learn to accept you, they will always fear you"

-"Sesshomaru" said Inuyasha with understanding eyes. "Your world never accepted me before, how will now be any different? I am still the hanyou in their eyes. At least, I know that my weak human friends looked that over, and thought of who I was and not what I was." He walked a step forward. "I will always be looked down on by both sides, because I will never belong to any of them. I appreciate the offer, especially since it came from you; I remember you were the most that despised me. It is only because I became like this now, that you declared me as your own kind, but, my friends, did not wait for that. I will not betray them, they were not family by convenience"

-"That almost made me cry" he said serious. "You've grown more sentimental. That human girl said those same words. Is it, because she stole your heart that you side with their kind? I get that she is Kikyo's incarnation, the very girl who sealed you to the true, but, you cannot fall for a human, Inuyasha! Know your place! Know your kind!" he almost yelled. "Father fell for your mother, and look where that took both of them! You are looked down on more than before because your heart was taken by a weak human. Your faith and hers will not be different from our father and your mother. Falling for something like that only makes you weak!"

-"Sesshomaru" said Inuyasha, "that weak human you speak of, is the reason I become stronger for" the first froze, Inuyasha now serious than ever. "I will protect them, because they need me beside them! I side with my friends, because I will protect them, from all youkai, especially from Naraku"

-"They have that monk and demon slayer with them, and that girl has strong power, they do not need you, they can protect themselves."

-"You said yourself that they are weak, they will always be weak no matter how strong they became, because they are humans eventually! And unlike them, I have that strength to keep them safe, alive"

Sesshomaru shifted his sight for a moment, "So you will turn you blood down for the weak. But remember well Inuyasha, you were always their little pet, you will always be treated like that" and he rushed forth, to Inuyasha who froze. Sesshomaru's claws lit green, and he grabbed the rosary, and it broke. He jumped away and landed down calm, "You should have destroyed it; your pride is nothing with that on you"

Inuyasha stood amazed, as far as he knew; only Kagome could take it off. But, how did Sesshomaru do that, how was he able to do it!

-"Unlike you, weak human spells don't work on me." He said cold, like his old self again. He turned to leave.

-"Wait" the latter turned, perhaps the hanyou had something to say after all. "I am not turning you down, Sesshomaru. I chose the human side, because that is how I was raised. Your side, no one cares, there is not a soft side in any one of them. That is only natural, they are youkais, they should never, you should never, show weakness to anyone. Yet, you took that girl by your side, was that not because you cared, was that not because you wanted to protect her"

-"She is a child, and I was only paying back a debt I owed her." And Inuyasha was surprised, "After our battle when you attained the wind scare, I was wounded and she stayed beside me, although from far. My pride, does not tell me to over look that, I will, protect her because she has no one else left" although his tone was dry, Inuyasha saw the care his brother had for that little human girl Rin. He cared about her, it was not just a debt, and he did not need to tolerate a human by his side. He could have easily dropped her off in some village and continued his journey, but he didn't. Something about Rin was special for Sesshomaru, the cold hearted youkai with massive hatred and pity for her kind. Deep down, the cold youkai had the heart, no matter what he'd say now to deny it.

-"I am sure, that deep down in you, you understand why I chose them." And he was silent, "I have nothing against you," and that struck Sesshomaru, "You are my brother in the end, and I don't turn my blood down. I hope, next time we cross paths, that we don't kill each other. Besides, you the only one left from my family, and I don't care that you're... you" he paused. "If father found it in him to care, then so will you. It's what he wanted anyway"

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow. "Clarify"

-"Tessaiga" and he was silent, "it always told me, hinted out, for me to not fight you. And whenever we did that, Tenseiga would stop Tessaiga from affecting you. Don't tell me that you never heard your sword before?" but the man did not deny it. "As far as I know, I lived by one code" he turned, "Family sides by the other, they protect each other" he took few steps away.

-"Wait, Inuyasha" and the boy turned, Sesshomaru's eyes were serious. "Remain here, until you recover. Here will always be home, even if you become a hanyou again" and he walked back into that room, and transformed taking his enormous size.

At first, Inuyasha hesitated to follow his brother, but he was right eventually. First, he needed to recover, and then he would think of which path he should take. 'I always hoped for a moment like this' he slightly smiled. 'I always wanted to be considered your brother' with his face down, Inuyasha entered the room. There, Sesshomaru hinted for him to lie down, which eventually Inuyasha did.

It was not long after he fell asleep from his pain that Sesshomaru's eyes sank in thoughts. Deep down, he felt somewhat glad that he was considered by someone else. That someone aside his mother, made him feel he had a family. Perhaps, it was all he ever wanted, after decades and centuries, he wanted a brother. But with all that stupidity over Inuyasha being a hanyou only made him feel disgraced to have his father's heart stolen by a human. However things were, they now became different. Through which in Rin he awoken his heart, and with Inuyasha, he now had a brother beside him.

It doesn't matter now, he knew from the start that Inuyasha would go to Kagome, but, at least, he has a brother now beside him, that they will never raise their swords on the other, that they are, Family.

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There you have it :)

Ch 3, the last is soon, dedicated for his friends, and a youkai who will side with them (spoiler) ;)

I will show a bit of Kagome's emotion, before continuing the last words. It's still an inu brothers fic

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Please forgive misspells when found xD