/ inner thoughts
Disclaimer I do not own any characters of Inuyasha only the ones that
I made up to put in the story.
Chapter 2
Yin leads Inuyasha deeper into the forest that was given his name at birth. Soon,
they came upon a stream. Something occurred to the little hanyou.
"Why aren't you staying in the castle like the other guests?" Inuyasha
asked, licking his sucker.
The demon said nothing. They stopped and the demon called Yin turned to
face the child. "There is someone I want you to meet. You might say he is an
old friend of your father's, and is my distant cousin."
Suddenly a demon with long icy blue hair and storm gray eyes walked out from
behind the trees. Like Yin, this demon's hakama and haori was like scales but
instead of it being golden, it was white. Inuyasha felt a chill run up his spine
as he stared into the cold, gray eyes of the demon. Just then, his youkai screamed
in fear wanting to get away from the dark, power that oozed from this stranger.
"Um . . . I think I should be getting back to the palace. My . . . mommy will be
worried about me," Inuyasha said feeling the hackles on the nape of his neck
stand up.
"Not yet, little dog demon, I have a present I want to give to your
father," the strange demon said. He placed a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.
Inuyasha shuddered as the demon's voice
oozed ice, venom, and hate. The demon extended his claws and dug
them into the little hanyou's shoulder. Inuyasha screamed falling to his
knees. "You probably never heard of me but I am Ryuukotsusei, leader of the
dragon clan in the north."
Inuyasha stared up in horror at the dragon demon as its eyes glowed red. Instinct
took over as the child reached up and clawed the dragon across the face. Tossing
Inuyasha to the ground, the hanyou sped off towards the safety of his home.
Yin laughed finding it amusing to see his feared cousin swearing up a storm
because the little half breed had scratched his face. They were quite deep as blood
flowed from the wounds. It would take several minutes for them to heal.
Yin smiled. "Well, he's a feisty little pup."
"That little half breed bastard!" roared the great Ryuukotsusei in rage. He turned his
fierce glare on his cousin. "And why the hell are you just standing there. Go get
him before he makes it back to the castle warning his father."
"There is no fear of that," Yin said smoothly and quite calm. He bend down and
picked up the little red ball the child had dropped. "That candy I gave
the kid was drugged. The drug will act as a sedative. It is activated by fear. The
more scared he is the stronger the drug will become. And judging from the
fear that was coming off him, he shouldn't have gotten too far." Then he and
Ryuukotsusei went to find the child.
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Sure enough not far from the stream, they came upon a red and white lump
lying on the ground. Ryuukotsusei grabbed Inuyasha by the hair and
lifted the limp boy off the ground. Inuyasha was still conscience but he had no
strength in which to fight back.
"Did you really think you could escape me, you little shit," the enraged dragon
spat shaking Inuyasha like a rag doll. "Now, you will die." Ryuukotsusei raised a
clawed hand and was preparing to strike the hanyou when Yin stopped him.
"Cousin wait," said Yin. "Let me do it. It would not do to let someone as
noble as you dirty your hands with the filthy blood of a worthless hanyou."
Ryuukotsusei narrowed his eyes at his cousin. He hesitated for a second and then
thrust the child into Yin's hands. "Very well Yin, I would rather have them
stained with that pathetic dog lord's blood. Make it a gruesome and painful
death. When
the dog lord finds the boy's mutilated body; I want him in so much grief
until he begs me for death."
"Are you sure he will grieve for this half-breed?" Yin asked finding it hard to believe
that any full-bloodied demon would grieve over the death of a half-breed.
"I am positive. He cares deeply for that filth. He loves it along with that human
trash very much. If something was to happen to his beloved youngest. It would
leave the great dog demon lord of the west shattered," Ryuukotsusei sneered in
disgust at the little hanyou. "Then I shall move in to take his lands and life."
"What about the other son?"
The great dragon lord snorted. "That whelp can do nothing to hurt me." Then
he turned and began to walk away. "And Yin." The other demon looked up at
his cousin.
"In order for me to bring down the great lord of the west, he must know that
his son is dead. Make sure you kill him. I want a brutal death so that it
will tear him apart. I mean it. If you should betray me. I will have to kill you,
cousin or not." Then Ryuukotsusei disappeared into the forest.
Yin sighed disappointed. The white haired demon would fetch a pretty penny on
the slave market in his land. Nevertheless, his cousin was law. He had to obey. "Sorry
kid, but Ryuu says you have to die." Yin raised a clawed hand above his head.
Inuyasha eyes widened in horror as he stared at the claws bearing down on him. Summoning
strength from the deepest level of his soul, Inuyasha screamed for help from the only
person he knew would help him. "SESSHOMARU!"
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Sesshomaru was in his study with his head resting on his desk asleep when he
bolted out of his sleep. His heart was beating against his chest like a drum.
Sweat trickled down his face.
"Whoa, don't jump out of sleep like that," said Inutaisho clutching his hand over
his thumping heart. Sesshomaru stared into the startled face of his
father. Like he and Inuyasha, the old dog demon wore his long white hair in
a top notch and he had two lavender
strips on each cheek with a dark blue crescent moon in the center of his forehead.
Sesshomaru continued to study his father face. There are some that say Inuyasha
look more like his father than Sesshomaru but the prince was beginning to think that
maybe it is a blending of both of them. On the outside, like Sesshomaru, he was calm
and always in
control of a situation. It was the diplomatic side of the dog demon. While on the inside
he was like Inuyasha, rough, fierce and ready to attack anyone that spoke ill of his
family.
"Father," Sesshomaru said looking at his father with a puzzled expression on his
face. /What a strange dream. I could have sworn that i heard . . .Inuyasha calling
me./ He wiped sweat from his fosrehead. /Could he be in some kind of trouble? No. If
that was the case father would not be here talking to me./ He sighed letting
his racing heart calm. Before he could think anymore about whatever
it was he was feeling. The elder prince was brought out of his thoughts
by his father's voice.
"Sesshomaru!" said his father shaking him gently. "What's the matter boy? You
seem to be in a daze."
"Oh it's nothing. I just thought . . . No, it was nothing." Sesshomaru shook his head
clearing it and pushing the strange feeling out of his mind. /It's nothing. Probably
just a silly dream./
"Anyway, son I need to speak with you about something of the utmost
importance," said Inutaisho. He smoothed out the imaginary wrinkles in
his royal blue kimono.
Sesshomaru arched a brow suspiciously at his father. "Oh, would this have
something to do with me getting a mate?"
"What makes you say that?" he asked none too innocently.
"Well, because for the past eight days, Inuyasha has been interrupting
my studies and sleep vowing that he would be my mate one day." The
elder prince narrowed his eyes at his father. The great dog lord turned
away sheepishly as a crimson color stained his cheeks. /Well at least he has the decency to look embarrassed/ thought Sesshomaru. He sighed and glared at his father. "You need to stop filling his head with things like that. What do you suppose will happen when I do choose a mate and it is not him. Did you ever think of that."
"Oh don't be silly," Inutaisho said waving his hand dismissively at his
son's claim. "No demoness in her right mind would put up with your
nasty, icy attitude."
Sesshomaru cheeks turned red with embarrassment. It was the same
thing Inuyasha said. Although his brother did not say, his attitude was nasty
and icy. /Dammit, I bet the little squirt got it from father./
"Besides son, the two of you compliments each other so perfectly. You're
calm and in control while Inuyasha is passionate and fierce." His father
smiled at him. "How much more perfect can the situation get. I mean
he's fire and you're ice."
Sesshomaru winced and growled at his father. "You know being called
ice is not a compliment, old man."
"Come on son," said Inutaisho grabbing his eldest son in a headlock. "You
know you love him. I've been watching you two. You can't fool me, young
man. You love him very much and you would do anything to make him
happy." If it was possible, Sesshomaru turned even redder. He didn't think
anyone was watching him. God, he hoped his father wasn't watching them
when he and Inuyasha was in the garden a couple days ago. The little
pest would not leave him alone unless he gave him a kiss. Not being able
to say no, he gave in and would have given him a kiss on the cheek. But
the cheeky little hanyou turned his head and kissed Sesshomaru on the
lips. Then the little devil had the nerve to tell him, Sesshomaru, the next
heir of the western lands, he needs to learn how to kiss. "I dare you to
deny it," Inutaisho smirked challengingly at his eldest.
The two men was just about to get into an argument when Izayoi, Inuyasha's
mother and Sesshomaru's stepmother, walked
into the room. She was very beautiful with long black hair that was darker
than night and dark emotional eyes. Her delicate hands clutched the
the fabric of her red silk kimono that had little puppies playing with balls. She
looked nervous about something and both men noticed it.
"Is something wrong dear?" asked Inutaisho taking a hold of her hands.
"Have either of you seen Inuyasha?" she asked hopeful.
"I sent him out to the gardens to wait for me," said Sesshomaru. Suddenly
he felt butterflies fluttering around in his stomach. Something is wrong. Why
was he feeling afraid all of a sudden.
"I just came from the garden. He's not there," said his stepmother.
Suddenly she began to panic. "Let's not panic," said Inutaisho squeezing
his wife hands. "He might be somewhere inside the palace. You know how
he loves to explore."
Just then, a bat demon servant walked into the room. She bowed to the royal
family. "Mistress, we searched the palace from top to bottom and the little
prince is not here."
Sesshomaru felt his heart drop. Izayoi release a heart-wrenching squeak. "My
baby," she cried.
"Calm down, Sesshomaru and I shall find him," said the dog lord. The dog demon
raised his nose into the air and took a couple sniffs. "Let's go son. I have him." Both
demons jumped from the window and ran into the forest faster than the eye could see.
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As father and son raced through the forest, Taisho turned slightly to his
eldest son. "We have to hurry. I didn't want to say anything in front of
Izayoi, but I'm sure you must have smelt it."
"Yes I did. It was a dragon," said Sesshomaru feeling the hackles at the
nape of his neck stand up. "But, I've never smelled a dragon like this
before."
"I have. It's the scent of a Chinese dragon and I've only smelt this
particular scent once," Inutaisho growled in anger. "That was when I
fought Ryuukotsusei."
"I don't understand father."
"This dragon is a distant cousin of Ryuukotsusei. I only saw him once when he
was helping my enemy try to take my land two years before you were born," said
the dog lord. "We were able to drive them away but your mother was wounded
by those bastards."
Sesshomaru stared at his father in shock. The dog lord smiled fondly as he remembered
his first wife. "She was a very strong-willed woman. She demanded that I take
her with me when I lead my army out to fight the dragons. She was so beautiful as
her long silver colored hair blew in the breeze as she faced down the dragons."
Sesshomaru was taken aback. This was the first time he has ever heard his father
tell him this about his mother. He knew his mother was strong and stubborn at
times. But to go out to battle along with your mate. Wow, he was so amazed.
"While I was fighting Ryuukotsusei one of the foreign dragons tried to attack
me from behind," said Inutaisho, pulling the prince out of his thoughts. "She
jumped in the way and took the spear for me. She still had the scar where the
spear struck her."
"I remembered seeing that scar. I asked her once but she just laughed," said
Sesshomaru. "The only thing she told me was that she got it fighting. I
assumed it was from fighting with you."
"You know kiddo, that's not a nice thing to say about your old man." He
smiled. "Anyway, she was never one to brag about a battle." Inutaisho
sighed. "Let's hurry; your brother's scent is getting closer."
A short while later, both father and son came upon a scene of utter horror that will
forever burn itself into the minds of both men. The trees were bathed in blood and
Inuyasha scent was all over the place. Oh God, it was Inuyasha's blood. They
also caught the familiar scent of dragons. Ryuukotsusei. Inutaisho howled in
rage. The damn dragon had taken his son and hurt him. He was going to make
the dragon suffer.
Sesshomaru began shaking his head in denial as he slowly backed away from
the awful scene. He took a few shaky steps back and his foot bumped into
something. He turned and picked up a bundle of red cloth. Sesshomaru looked
at the material and he felt his heart shatter. They were Inuyasha's clothes shredded
to pieces. They was covered in blood and blood stained hair that looked as though
it was yanked from his head. And just a few feet away was the red
ball he had given his little brother.
"Father," Sesshomaru said heavy hearted. Inutaisho turned to see his eldest son
holding a handful of his youngest son's clothes. At least what was left of his
clothes and a clump of blood soaked white hair.
Both father and son fell to their knees in despair and released a soul shattering
howl that tore through the heart and soul of every living creature in the
forest.
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That night Inutaisho and Sesshomaru returned to the castle. Upon seeing
the bloody, torn clothing of her only child. Izayoi fell to her knees, clutching
the blood soaked clothes and wept.
The next day throughout the western land word reached everyone about the
death of their beloved little prince. Inuyasha's family wept. Inutaisho walked
the halls of his palace in a daze. Izayoi clung to the blood soaked clothes of
her son. But Sesshomaru took it the worst of all. He locked himself inside
Inuyasha's room. The full demon lay curled up in a fetal position on the
bed holding the ball he had given his brother tightly against his chest and
cried. He would never hear his little brother running down the hall calling
him Sesshy and begging him to play with him. Neither will he hear
his sweet little brother proclaim his undying love for him or say he will be
Sesshomaru's mate when he gets older. All that was gone. His inner
demon knew something was wrong but he just pushed it away saying it
was dream. He would never forgive himself because as far as Sesshomaru was
concern. It is his fault Inuyasha would not be coming home. His friends
wept. Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kikyo refused to go outside to play. The
entire western half of Japan wept. Even the heavens wept as rain fell for a week
for the lost of the little prince that would never brighten the lives of this world
again.