A\N: Okay, everyone remember how I said I'd be neglecting this story?
I lied.
Not on purprose, but the day after I posted the last chapter was the same day I went to post a chapter to one of my other ongoing stories and the site has temporarily taken away that ability from me. I may not be getting it back until March 1st, which means that this story will likely be getting a lot of attention up until then. Maybe.
-lunerfox - Oh that's fine! Just as long as you're reading it still and enjoying it!
--Wish-full Thinker - Woah, wait, you mean that you can just kill characters off randomly? Damn. Wish I'd known about that earlier. Lol, just kidding, I know exactly where you're coming from. I think my biggest problem right now is editing. I don't have access to a computer all the time, so I usually have to write my stories out by hand and then type them out and by then... well, you can only read your own story so many times before you want to rip your own eyes out. Lol, and I don't like using beta's either-- it drives me nuts to have someone reading my story just to tell me what's wrong with it. It just doesn't suite my style.
-Box Queen - Lol, don't worry, I'm no more insane than the next person. Well, maybe a little more, but nothing to worry about. JJ
-Almandine-Azaleea - Yep, nothing like a little Sess-Inu confrontation (or the promise of it) to make the plot thicken right up! But I think I may surprise you all yet...
-RamblingPhilosopher - Well, I don't know much about the stuff you're talking about, but I'm glad you're having a better day! -- I haven't heard any of the song you listed I'm afraid, but I have heard a few by Coldplay. Not a lot-- I still remain undecided if I like their music. I like their songs sometimes, and his voice is good for some of the one's he sings, but sometimes I just can't stand the sound of it. I don't know, I'm weird that way.
-Sexy Kat - Oh you do do you? Lol, well what if I just let somebody else kick Naraku's ass? Like Kagome, or Miroku or claypot herself? Or maybe he'll be the one doing the ass-kicking? -- a little warning to you: Never say you know what I'm going to do, because it makes me feel inclined to do something else.
-MewMewFireHeart - I'm glad you enjoy my rants, and it's a shame you can't participate-- that would be interesting to be sure. Anyway, I know exactly what you mean, which is why I'm a little nervous with the direction I've taken this plot. It almost makes me wish I'd done someone like Kouga instead of Sesshomaru, because I could handle getting him a little OOC. Actually, I could probably keep Kouga fairly In character if it was him in the situation, but with Sesshomaru... well, it's a lot more difficult, because I really care a whole bunch whether or not he's in character. It bugs me actually. Sometimes I'm tempted to make him OOC just to defy myself! Anyway, the point is I'm hoping I can keep him as in character as possible, but I think that, before the end, everybody in this story is gonna be a little OOC. Which I suppose makes sense considering what they're going through and what they've been through. -- Okay, I actually don't care much for horror stories, and nobody likes to watch them with me either, because whenever I'm watching one I'll be like "you have got to be kidding me!" or "What is this guy-- superman? No regular guy could do that and live to talk about it!" And people can get really annoyed at me. Luckily enough I don't like horror flicks because of that and my whole family suffers from the same sort of sceptibility. The only way to make a horror flick realistic is to have it end on a bad note somehow, and the only bad note anybody's managed to come up with so far is "everybody on the good side dies". Yeah. That's not realistic at all. Life is just far more compliacted than that and it's just completely unbelievable. The last movie I saw that had a plot that both ended on good and bad notes that were believable was "Lord of the Rings" and that doesn't really count because it's set in a world that doesn't exist and it's not supposed to be a horror story! -- Lol, well I hope your happy, you got me started on some of these topics and now look at this mess of a rant I've created? I bet it's almost as long as the whole chapter... -- BTW -- I'm glad I'm keep you in suspense, and GOOD! Don't ever stop reading! At least, not until the story is done anyways.
-wolfygirl13 - Don't worry, this story's neglect will have to wait until the end of the month I think. Then I really seriously have to update my other stories, because I'm not used to waiting a full month at a time to update, and neither are my reviewers. -- Also, I don't think the encounter you were looking for between Sess and Amaya is going to happen the way you pictured it anyway. I don't know if anybody's gonna like the way I'm playing this out, but it has to be done otherwise my story's not gonna be able to be continued or finished anytime within this century. oo
-sourapple10000 - Lol, yeah I thought people might like that.
-xolovexinuyasha - Lol, yeah they're okay I guess. I wasn't dwelling really, I was just warning you guys that I needed to break away from this story for a bit (like maybe two weeks gasp ) Lol, yeah I can understand what you're saying, but really, where else is he gonna go? Everybody else he knows is prisoner really and he's got only Sess left to go to. Hopefully I can make that work without ruining the image of Sess for everyone. o.o -- And don't worry, Amaya didn't know the horses could talk either!
Well, that's about it for now-- Hope everyone enjoyed the loooooooooooooooooong rant, and that they all enjoy the next chapter. Please let me know if I ruined Sess or not!
What the World's Coming to
To say Sesshomaru was angry would be an understatement.
He was so far beyond angry that angry was nothing more than a spec in the distance barely visible to even the most perceiving eyes.
But still he kept it masked. He had worked hard for his mask and reputation of cold indifference, and he was not about to loose it now.
But still, the audacity of that ningen witch, shoving that boy at him first, and then this, his own well hated brother? It was beyond infuriating and ridiculous, and he had barely suppressed the urge to chop the damn ningen's head off where she stood.
He was still getting over the general shock that he had agreed to let his brother stay in the first place.
Technically, Inuyasha had a right to be in these lands, in this castle that had once belonged to the great Inu no Taisho, their father. The great dog demon had left Inuyasha a small amount of land (though he doubted the half-breed was aware of it) as well as rights to exist and share this castle with his brother should he choose to do so. However, he was still the stronger of the two, the only one who had bothered to take care of any of the lands or the castle, and the only one who should have any rights to the places at all.
He really should just kill Inuyasha right now, while the hanyou was so well within his reach.
But even this enraged Sesshomaru would not stoop to those levels. He had not sunk that low yet.
"I am not running an orphanage, witch, you cannot simply cast-off all your unwanted wretches here and expect me to take care of them." His own voice rang in his head, and Sesshomaru paused in his walked as the scene played out before him again in a mixture of voices calling back to one another and the strange scent of burning from the two fire-horse youkai.
"You know as well as I, Sesshomaru, that this goes beyond what is wanted and is falling into the category of what is needed. If Inuyasha had remained with the Miko, she would have pried too deeply into his mind and corrupted him again, and he would have been lost even to my reach. And we cannot allow that. We need him. You know as well as I that your brother has extrodinary power, even without his sword. He may well be the only one who can defeat Naraku. He simply needs to learn to focus and control it, and to have a safe place to do that until the time comes to reveal himself. The least you can do, as a brother, is offer him that."
Perhaps it had been her words, or maybe his own guilt to fulfill his father's wish at having both his sons coming and living in this castle, ruling over these lands, that had persuaded him. Either way, it didn't change the fact that he now had a half-breed--his own brother no less and hated rival-- here in his castle, the risk of drawing the rage of an overly power-hungry hanyou and an obsessed miko down upon him looming over his head, and a nearly silent and terrified ningen, who had once tried to kill Rin, and who was now being constantly pestered and talked to and entertained by said girl in his home.
He shook his head-- what was the world coming to?
He turned and decided to seek out his brother-- there were many things he was curious about, many mysteries that were currently hanging around his brother, ones he had yet to learn the answers to.
And if there was one thing this Sesshomaru hated, it was a mystery.
END
SPECIAL THANKS TO AND POCKY AND COOKIES FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: lunerfox, Wish-full Thinker, Box Queen, Almandine-Azaleea, RamblingPhilosopher, Sexy Kat, MewMewFireHeart, wolfygirl13, sourapple10000, and xolovexinuyasha -- The amazing readers that have been reviewing the chapters and putting with (or even responding to sometimes o.o) my rants at the beginning and ends of chapters!
CMoC - Amsterdam - Coldplay, Obsession - See-Saw, Fallen - Sarah McLachlan(sp?), Lies - Evanesence ( -- This song really does suit Inuyasha when you learn to words, neh?), Fukai Mori (Deep Forest) - Do As Infinity, and Bad Day - Daniel Powter