End Of Scrolls

~ Chapter Seventeen~

Facing Against Past Ghosts, Warring Onto That Which Is Thyself

By Inuyashas Youkai

Standing now on the other side, within the precipice of what in repetitive notions has already been , with the exception of his mate's presence trapped inside it , Inuyasha with his brother Sesshomeru stood to fight against a past that had been written long ago to take back what was theirs in their own right.. Echoing far away laughter was then heard as each one of them now entering felt without voicing such that the one whom held Kagome's soul against them tightly, hiding so to detour their progress, also knew of their arrival within the pup Inuyasha's protective claim over the expectant mate. Appearing in front of them was a sight taking them back to what had taken place within their recollections , as to what intriguingly laid here within the castle walls , and while younger had spent many long hours playing in the intricate form in front of them , taking shape of a sort of maze created by delicate sakura trees , study bamboo shoots, and floating lotus's lingering on the body of water running through it.

Looking to their side , both brother's gained sight of the other and met a fierce gaze mirrored image staring back at them before both simultaneously nodded surely, then raced through the path taunting them with the very thing that was their sole purpose to retrieve by detouring them with the sight that had pleased them as pups themselves , prior to maturity taking hold. As they rushed through the somewhat altered shape created for the intent to sway their poised direction set in motion , and towards something else entirely. Murmurs of sound voiced themselves in hushed indistinguishable noises lightly brushed past the ears of the two of canine descent until as time went by in its passing, so had the chance to the discovered warning spats to grow, and becoming completely understood within its claim , but for the demands it placed upon the both of them , because of what it meant , the precise answering of those strict measure's commanded by them were left silently , ignored.

" Leave , and never return. I can keep mate happy here , so you have nothing to fear as I will see to it that she remains safe, and far away from the pain that awaits her even from myself through you. I cannot allow mate to follow such fate to embrace utter strain upon her soul because of whatever makes us leave her , hate mate , later, and believe that at any moment we will truly see the lies told through her eyes of the destructive truth withheld inside her , claiming that one reborn from death will correct the mistake in choosing our mate to be ours, thus abandoning her with our pups to die , a lonely , painful death. One that our mate is willing to sacrifice for our happiness, even while it forgoes hers , taking her away, fading to exist, giving to a end I refuse to permit. " A Younger voice of the hanyou told.

Growling angrily , carrying the undertones of a sorrowful whine, then answering "Hey ya stupid pup, listen . Mate won't survive here, you have to let me take her else she's going to die anyways, and without you being able to stop it! I never hated mate, I adored her with every fiber that is within me , but I know I hurt her , and I hate myself for it , please..I don't wanna hurt you , because you are in fact me , but I won't let her die!"

Silence reigned for mere moments , then as both brothers ran , keeping in track of the younger versions scent combined with a very pregnant Kagome, until suddenly the trails leading them closer seemed to change with the very non existent breeze obviously carrying their location elsewhere, as the perturbed outburst then came from the younger hanyou voicing his discontent with what the response coming from what his older self told him.

"Lies ... "

Then , nothing ... Anything but unerving quiet was no more..

Swinging his Tetsuseiga high to summon its unleashing to its full power, taking the brunt out upon some innocent foliage, Inuyasha frustratedly screamed ferally in response to the ignorance taken on by his younger self, then taking a spot underneath a nearby tree to calm himself. Footsteps following the path across the presently scorched ground from where the Adamanent Barrage had taken its course, passing towards where his brother now sat panting heavily, Sesshomeru stood leaving against the very same trunk as Inuyasha, only waiting for the opportunity to speak.

Although instead of giving Sesshomeru the change Inuyasha then abruptly stood , decidedly traveling in a unknown direction until it would stumble on the location of his missing mate, taken from him, by means of himself, but in the midst of his driven path, it was then given pause , as something shook his resolve for the slightest of moments, and it came with a sound of a voice, one that was so abundantly missed..For its sweetly derived tone hadn't been heard in his expectant hanyou ears for sometime within his recollections, but he himself deep down knew that that notion was wrong , without remembraces of it , as it was known for a time the hanyou was blinded by hatred to even see it , nor hear of its never ending love for himself to exist only for her.

"Mate, I love you . Know that I don't blame you for any of it ,sweet hanyou.."

Briskly running faster as tears cascaded over past his eyes , down his cheeks , soon forgetting that of the presence of his brother sprinting beside him, as her presence felt to be leaving him even more , and all the while memories of them together tangled with the ones where they were torn apart flashed by in the back of his distraught mind..

"Kagome , I love you too , please stay mate ..

TBC...