A/N: My sincere apologies for not posting quickly, here is chapter two. Thank you so very much for reviewing the first chapter and informed me of its prosperous start. I hope that this statement is not too bold to be said. Oh I forgot to put this on the first chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, Rumiko Takahashi is the person who owns Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. The story line is the only thing that belongs to me.
Chapter 2: Bathing in the Moonlight's Luminous Beams of Benevolence…
Sengoku Jidai era
The glorious sun of the day came to an end; it washed over the landscape of the Western Lands in floors of radiant shafts of light and gradually disintegrated away.
Everything had been washed with soft oranges and yellows until the darkness of the night consumed the light of day and cast a tranquil sight.
As the day light had faded away, Sesshomaru had been washed entirely with the setting beams of the day causing his calm features to enhance in the setting light. His skin had glowed lively and his majestic eyes had matched the dying away sun.
It had been only four hours since Inuyasha had made his presences known to his half brother Sesshomaru and in less then two hours they had been consumed with ravenous desires to have one another.
Inuyasha slept soundly on the bed as he had no idea that the day had faded away and that he had messed out on a breath taking sight.
While Inuyasha slumbered on the grand bed, Sesshomaru resigned himself to the divan overlooking the near by stream close to the window.
But not even the breath taking sight of the setting sun as enough to wipe away Sesshomaru's bewildered thoughts regarding everything that had occurred.
Sesshomaru's P.O.V.
Everything that has happened today was uncalled for; never did I think I would see Inuyasha again for what remained of my existence. But I presumed what one expects less is what one gets in return.
He slept as if there is no tomorrow, as if we had no burdens upon us to bare, but the miserable truth is, he and I must bring back something that is almost dead.
Inuyasha and I ended our grand climax forty-five minutes ago, it had been long and pleasant, but like we all must comprehend, that all good things must come to an end sooner or later. And for us both 'end' was not something we wanted to comply with so easily.
But alas, the hanyou tired himself and my self out as well with all his innate thrusts and cries of satisfaction.
What other choice did we have in the matter; we could not continue physical intercourse if our bodies were near their limits.
It was something out of the ordinary, something abnormal you can say for me, to do such an intimate thing with my own tender flesh and blood, but while we had exchanged kisses and thrusts, it had felt so proper and self satisfying to do.
I am still somewhat baffled or not sure if it had been I who had been fornicating with Inuyasha or if it had been my demonic side that had longed for the touch of another living breathing creature, preferably Inuyasha.
I do not know what to make out of the situation, but all I can say on my behalf is that what is do is done. And I can also say that it had been one hell of a delicate experience to do.
Inuyasha was new to this intimate sort of thing; I could detect that even before we began. My little brother had never felt the touch of another male or to make things properly even, he had never felt the touch of the femininity with overwhelming affection.
It amused me to see my little brother react to just my simple touch, and I to his delicate gesture.
It was extraordinary how just a simple gesture could change a person immediately. His kisses were gentle and caring now that I brought these things up to myself.
I would have expected him to be remiss, but he had surprised me with showing that he was indeed benign with his movements.
His touch was of innocence and there were no traces of malevolence.
I had been denying myself the harsh truth of things; I had hidden behind my short lived pleasures and not come face with the truth, but if I were to become at ease with my conscious, then I was going to have to come face to face with the truth.
I cannot bear to resign here any longer, but I cannot just come straightforward with telling Inuyasha this gruesome fact of truth.
Indeed I have been the absolute ruler of the Western Lands ever since our father former Lord InunoTaishou's death, but what Inuyasha doesn't know that his birth and my destiny were all ready foretold even before our father's birth.
It was difficult to explain in exact words as to how I had been told the shocking news when I had been merely seventeen of age, (a/n: by seventeen of age, I really do mean his first seventeen years of his life) but what I meant by his birth and my destination was not him wielding Tetsusaiga and I ruling the Western Lands.
Things go much further then that of which what I was told; no one had thought it prudent to have told Inuyasha preciously, but I am presuming that with all the countless of blows struck to his head, it had been bound for him to get some sort of thought to the matter.
As for I, I had been lucky; I had our father to tell me the scraps of the knowledge I bared at the moment, but it was still not enough to grasp what our father had meant precisely.
Hmmm, I had mused too much on the enmeshed matter of destiny, I should not be breaking my head with confusing thoughts of these sorts.
I should have just enjoyed Inuyasha's presences before we were to leave from here forever.
He slept soundly in on my bed while I resigned myself in a long divan close to the window that over looked the magnificent lands and a near by stream.
I sat there almost idle with the tasks of a decent bath successfully achieved and with wearing crisp new clothes on my person.
Without much thought, I glanced out into the annulled night and sighed in frustration.
I should not have been here sitting down when there was still one final duty I had to complete, and that final duty was looking for a new escape from Japan and the Western Lands all together.
But Inuyasha's well ware had been enough to keep me in place. Something caught my attention; I glanced away from the view of the nocturnal night outside the window and gazed to where my brother lay.
I was greeted with the image of Inuyasha's suave skin having been transformed into a transparent color.
I was awed to see my little brother's veins so lively with the same blood I carried. His blood almost glowed underneath his skin.
I felt tempted to get up and traced one of his veins from the base of his neck to his chest.
But that would have woken him up. A nominal moan escaped the hanyou's peaceful lips and graced my sensitive hearing.
The hanyou tossed to seek a more comfortable position on my bed and once he did, he continued to slumber undisturbed.
I could not restrain a soft chuckle that escaped my lips, but I made sure it was almost mutable as not to intrude upon my brother's slumbering.
What somewhat amused me was the plain fact that Inuyasha was laying on the bed with only being covered with his red haori.
It dawned to my comprehension that Inuyasha was vulnerable to be taken once more for a round of pleasantries.
The thought caused me to smirk beguilingly, but as much as the idea pleased me, I could not bring myself to do such a thing to my brother while he slept.
I sighed capriciously and turned my focus back to the immense window over looking the glimmering stream.
My thoughts went back to what I had been pondering about before Inuyasha's fine skin had caught my attention.
Staying here in the Western Lands would be too much to bear; anything would have suited us better then having to stay here.
Here there were too many cruel reflections of the dreadful past, did we not have the right to happiness? To be liberated from guilt and depression?
We had to get away with any means necessary, but since I had not been out beyond the borders of these lands, I had not the faintest knowledge of what laid beyond those mountains.
This was where Inuyasha would have to come to my assistances in the matter, but in the mean time since he slumbered, I would have to commence with what information I could congregate out from the tomes in the studies.
I simply got up irate with my lack of understanding of the matter and made my way casually to Inuyasha's side.
I stood towering over him and tenderly caressed his provocative porcelain skin.
He groaned, now that was not the sort of reaction I had planned to encounter my self with from Inuyasha, but be it whatever the case may be I presume.
His eyes flattered open and I was greeted with those reflecting eyes of his that were identical to mine.
It was amusing to see that although we had the same amber eyes, that they were entirely dissimilar.
I recognized that scarcely when I saw my reflection in a vanity, I was deeply aware that my eyes were void and inimical whereas Inuyasha's eyes were amicable and held empathy.
It annoyed me to the bounds of irate and I presumed I felt derisive every time I looked into my little brother's eyes.
My eyes would never gleam with ecstasy only with plaintive and with hints of appall…were these thoughts truly my own?
Of course they were my own catastrophic thoughts, just not from the sane side of me, but of the rabid beast that dwelled chained up in me that still yearned to kill and to feel the thrill of the hunt.
I had to get the hell out of here before the beast within me was released to the entire world and we would all be doomed.
By 'we' I had meant Inuyasha, I could have really cared less if I were to have slaughtered countless of humans, but what would have pained me to the point insanity was the possibility that if I were to harm Inuyasha while I was out of control.
Huh? Oh it seemed I have drifted apart from consciousness and have consumed my self with my endless morbid thoughts.
I must put an end to that ridiculous habit of a nuisance of getting lost in my own thoughts.
But I must control myself before things got out of hand, Inuyasha was not a nuisance to me, I took pleasure with his presence and company.
He was the only thing I presumed that could have kept 'me' under control and with reason of mind.
End Sesshomaru's P.O.V.
Sesshomaru pulled back his hand and grinned in spite of himself down upon his young brother, but his grin dissipated into an impassive frown.
"Inuyasha, I take it you slept well even if it was for less then thirty minutes. How do you feel little brother?" Sesshomaru voice was melodious as it had all ways been; even with the centuries passed, his voice was just as silky as from the past.
With a gracious toss of his fine sliver tresses from his angelic face, he leaned against the wall casually and he wore an apathetic expression.
Sesshomaru glanced from under his rich black lashes and with quick glance, he inspected Inuyasha once fully.
The taiyoukai smiled inwardly and concluded simply that the hanyou would be fine, only to be a bit sorrow from their intercourse with one another, but other then that he would be okay.
He looked away from Inuyasha not wanting his brother to get exhilarated once again and swift them both back into bed just yet.
He still had to do research; he planned to leave that very night at midnight which was only four hours away.
Inuyasha whimpered derisively towards his half brother, who would not meet his gaze, he growled petulant at his brother's lack of acknowledgement.
A second did not pass by before Inuyasha summoned his demonic speed, he jumped out of bed and pinned Sesshomaru behind the very wall the taiyoukai had been leaning against tranquilly.
If Sesshomaru had felt any emotions to Inuyasha's rash actions, Sesshomaru was prudent enough to conceal any of his complex emotions from sight and his effervescent scent from his younger brother.
Inuyasha traced the outline of Sesshomaru's striking face; his brother's features were truly unique and gorgeous.
The hanyou's hand trembled minutely as he ran his claw finger over his brother's marble like smooth jaw line.
Sesshomaru did not flinch; he stayed completely tranquil at the hanyou's subtle touch.
The taiyoukai's golden orbs of dismal sunlight remained transfixed with his little brother's eyes; their intense gaze was never defied to be shattered by one or the other.
Neither dared to glance away dreading that if they glanced away that the incantation upon them would be shattered into the void night around them and they would be lost for all eternity.
The hanyou's hand still trembled as it now traced his elder brother's tender lips that taunted him to the point of lunacy.
Sesshomaru's full, sensuous lips were just the establishment of temptation beginning to seep into Inuyasha.
He tried desperately to accost his beastly aspirations for his brother's perfect body and enriching masculine scent. Sesshomaru sighed nominal; he caught Inuyasha's cowering hand into his.
Their eyes continued to be locked with one another's, Sesshomaru laid Inuyasha's hand to his side and said in an immutable silky voice, "Inuyasha, not now. We just finished indulging with one another's begins, as fatuous as this may sound considering that we are both youkais of high hierarchy, our bodies need to recuperate from such a savoring intercourse involving the two of us."
As much as Sesshomaru found it simply a waste of his time to give long explanations to anyone, he felt both somewhat obligated and entitled to do so with Inuyasha and he was not bothered by doing so with his brother.
The youngest son of the great dog demon glared straight into his brother's eyes with audacity.
Sesshomaru returned the same glare only to intensify his point, he raised an eyebrow with elegance.
A composed grin crossed Inuyasha's handsome features, Sesshomaru smiled at the sight of his younger brother finding this all amusing.
But Inuyasha did not plan to let Sesshomaru get off with just a charming grin. Sesshomaru expected the hanyou to pull away, but immediately had been incorrect.
Inuyasha graced Sesshomaru's sensuous, full lips with an idyllic kiss; he forced the taiyoukai's lips to part open. The hanyou's watering tongue invaded his brother's mouth.
Sesshomaru had at once surrendered to Inuyasha; he allowed his brother to assault his personal space with that lust kiss and ravenous tongue.
Inuyasha slide one of his hands down the front side of Sesshomaru's haori, he pulled the silk ribbon that was tied up and revealed his brother's transparent smooth pallid flesh.
The hanyou ran his clawed index finger an in up and down gesture on the taiyoukai's chest. Sesshomaru could not contain a moan of pleasure. A medley of emotions ran up his spine.
His younger brother's grip was of steel; Inuyasha kissed Sesshomaru harder slamming him against the wall.
Sesshomaru growled softly in his throat, he gently pushed Inuyasha from him. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes threateningly, he cupped Sesshomaru's chin, but Sesshomaru seized his wrist and pulled Inuyasha to him.
The taiyoukai slipped from under Inuyasha's strength which was meager compared to his strength.
He could have easily been resistant to his brother's mawkish behavior, but he had wanted to see what his little brother was capable of trying to do to him.
The corners of the taiyoukai's lips curled up slightly, he caressed Inuyasha's warm cheek. He ran his tongue over the front of his fangs and moaned softly.
He leaned forward and whispered into Inuyasha's pointed hanyou ear with his melodious voice, "Little brother, you are very impatient with yourself. I would have expected you to be more restrained but that was just my personal opinion. You must learn to be strong of will and not to let your innate manners seize the best of you. I promise you brother, that you and I will have our hedonistic intercourse with one another, but not now Inuyasha. Just wait a little longer and I will be sure to make it worth your restless wait."
Sesshomaru slide his index finger and middle finger into Inuyasha's minutely parted mouth. His hand cupped the hanyou's chin and he licked the side of Inuyasha's face.
Inuyasha released a lax groan, his tongue licked Sesshomaru's fingers gradually. Taunting saliva spilled from Inuyasha's mouth and dripped down his chin and neck.
The hanyou's saliva had not gone unnoticed by Sesshomaru; he licked the saliva away from his brother's face and neck.
The taste of his brother's spit promptly attacked Sesshomaru's taste buds. He found the taste irresistible; at that very moment something deep with in him was ignited.
Sesshomaru grew irate with him self for being so gullible as to have provoked Inuyasha into yet another course of fornication.
Sesshomaru sighed inwardly and was dismal with him self for having to put an end to this situation before they decided to head back to bed.
Inuyasha clenched onto Sesshomaru refusing to release him from his being, Sesshomaru's expression was once more impassive.
Inuyasha smiled feebly, he sighed impatiently but understood Sesshomaru's emotionless appearance.
The hanyou managed to grunt something obscene under his breath, he felt his brother's claws traced the outline of his lips and he licked them.
Sesshomaru pulled his hand away from Inuyasha's teasing lips and leaned sophisticatedly against the wall while surveying Inuyasha with cunning amber orbs.
Inuyasha glanced at Sesshomaru placidly; but he looked away from him not wanting to upset his older brother.
Silently the hanyou gathered up his clothes that were spread all over the marble floor of the bedroom.
The taiyoukai followed every movement of his younger brother with interest, the way he moved and the way he muttered things under his breath.
He smirked faintly to himself since Inuyasha's back was to him.
A tranquil silent fell upon the brothers, Inuyasha strolled over to the door which leaned to the hot springs in Sesshomaru's chambers that were to his personal use.
He halted before the grand doors to the hot springs; he turned to face the taiyoukai.
Sesshomaru had all ready made his way to the double doors of the chambers, but as well halted. He gazed over his shoulder and met Inuyasha's stare.
He raised an elegant eyebrow in question.
Inuyasha smirked majestically at Sesshomaru and whispered softly knowing his older brother would be able to hear him clear.
"Sesshomaru, thank you for everything you have done for me. I really appreciate it more then what you could ever come to realize brother. I will meet you back in your studies."
Inuyasha turned away once again and walked into the hot springs. Sesshomaru stood fixed right where he stood, his passive expression faded for a second and was replaced with an ebullient smile.
When the door shut behind Inuyasha, the trance put upon Sesshomaru he was oblivious to, effaced away from him.
His smile was replaced with his whimsical frown. He turned around and opened the door.
Lithely, Sesshomaru closed the doors behind him mutely, but the echo of the closing doors ran through to both directions of the eternal corridors of solitude.
The silent that followed after the echoes left the taiyoukai in the eerie silent of the night.
Faint shaft of lights satiated through the glass windows that were lined in a seemingly endless row along the wall before Sesshomaru.
A shiver ran down Sesshomaru's spine, he did not fear the darkness that surrounded him at that moment; instead he embraced it with open arms.
He tucked back the few loose stands of his tresses behind his ear and walked elegantly as if he were not walking at all but floating.
His silver tresses swaying as he walked down the empty corridors of the second level of the palace.
He was bathed in luminous beams of full moon's light as he walked to the stairs and deceased down them and was out of sight.
With Inuyasha bathing…
Inuyasha's P.O.V.
The doors shut behind me as I made my way to the nearest hot spring. With out much thought I threw my clothes in a heap besides the edge of the hot spring and stepped right into the rejuvenating water. Immediately once my skin made contact with the warm water, I let out a moan.
If I stood corrected, it had been a very long time since I had last bathed in luxury within these very hot springs, not precisely my older brother's hot springs, but the ones for those who were housed in the east wing of the palace.
The pounding of the water soothed my anxiety from my mind and left me pondering restlessly.
Here I was, back home with my older brother. And now we were leaving this very godforsaken night.
Sesshomaru did not need to waste his breath telling me what I all ready knew at hand, I had seen it in those void golden orbs of his.
That was why he had given me that gaze; it was meant to say in unspoken terms that we were to leave tonight, possibly right after I bathed.
It pained me to know that as so as I had arrived, I would be departing forever from my second home.
The Western Lands had all ways been my home, if not from a far. Sesshomaru had allowed me to resign here in the palace, but Kagome had somewhat refused to see me confined behind these very walls.
It had all ways struck me with bafflement as to why Kagome had never seemed to have liked the idea of me stayed here in the palace.
Even to this day it was still an unsolved crypt in my eyes.
I could still recall my first time walking down the long corridors of the palace, there were countless of hallways and doors all leading somewhere mysterious and forbidden.
I had once addressed Sesshomaru about the very topic of where exactly do the corridors had lead but he had only answered my question with a simple, "Inuyasha that is none of your concern."
Hell I may have been just a pup of six years old when it had been the first time I was allowed by my mother to step foot upon these glorious lands of our father.
But Sesshomaru should have been wistful to the proposal of at least giving me a more detailed explanation then those explicit terms he used that day.
Sesshomaru…he seemed so changed in so many ways. I have never seen his eyes so void and so stern before.
His eyes, just those majestic eyes of lacking warmth sunlight are all I cared to mention to myself at the moment.
Hn, my brother's beautiful eyes were never this cold, void or emotionless before. True his emotions would have all ways been a mask of grave and immutable expressions, but his eyes would always make up for his lack of facial appearances.
Even his composed scent had become vapid and more desolate. I could not place my finger as to what my brother had gone through threw these long years of immortal hell, but when I embraced him it had seemed to me that my embrace was capable enough to dissipate his vindictive aspects.
It pained me to infinite bounds in seeing my brother like this, he had been one arrogant bastard that lived up to our father's name and legacy, but seeing him now confirmed that he was even more ruthless and melancholy then before.
My paramour half brother had lost compassion, damn everything and anyone to hell. If Rin or anyone else had not died that day of the battle, Sesshomaru would not be in this awful condition and I would not be so morose and fraught with despondent reflections of the seemly never ending precedent.
Hmmm, my heart it pounds in my chest from the mixture of over brought emotional sentiments, I am letting my sentiments interfere with my life.
But I cannot neglect the truth; something bad is going to occur if we don't leave immediately to…
Damn my conscious cannot loom up anything that can help us. All my brother wanted was for us to depart from the Western Lands this very night since we could travel by the light of the full moon, but departure required a damn destination as if there was no exact concept as to where to depart to, then there really was no point in leaving until we thought up something worth while.
Hah, that has got to be one of the most baffling statements I have ever thought of before. And it sounds so prudent, I will have to mention it to Sesshomaru so he can get a good laugh out of it, that is to say if he is has a sense of humor, wait did he ever have a sense of humor?
I wonder if he even knows what a joke is. It is best if I do not instigate the matter to require that piece of knowledge, I am not too sure as to what his reaction would be to something I would think amusing and he would most likely find effrontery…
Oh crap, how long have I been in here? Argh, I have to get back, I guess I have been in here for thirty minutes at least.
My, it is an honest fact that time does truly pass you by when you are preoccupied with enthralling thoughts of solitude.
With some hesitation, I climbed out of the luxurious water distasting the thought of having to have had bathed in privacy alone. And I emphasized the alone part to its complete limits.
Do not get me wrong, I enjoyed bathing with confidentiality, but what the hell does it any good if you have an attractive taiyoukai for a half brother and not have frenetic thoughts about something as grave as this sort of topic?
Sesshomaru could have joined me to bathe, but he did not. Feh, just because he all ready bathed did not mean he could not have bathed with me.
What a kill joy, I would have to make him capitulate next time even if I had to drag him into he water with me.
And since he wears white clothing…oh I could think of the most stimulating thoughts my mind could care to image. I am starting to think just like the lecherous deceased monk of Miroku.
Ah, me and my perverted thoughts of flesh and passionate kisses. Now to get dressed; frantically I dried myself and retrieved my clothing from the floor.
It did not take me less then a few minutes before I was fully attired and was running out the double doors of the bedroom.
Two times I nearly came to my private humiliation; I had been running so fast that I had almost lost tripped on my own walking. As it would seem, luck had been on my side.
I ran down the stairs and finally made my way to the double doors that were the studies. I bit my lower lip in anxiety and slowly opened the door.
End Inuyasha's P.O.V.
Inuyasha pushed open the door and the open went swinging forward causing Inuyasha to fall face forward and slamming face first to the floor.
The door hit the wall and caused a thundering sound that was like lightening to Sesshomaru's sensitive ears. He growled furiously for a second, but a smug smirked graced his lips.
The taiyoukai strolled over to where his baby brother lay on the floor; he knelt besides Inuyasha and turned him to his back side.
Inuyasha's eyes remained close and he muttered crossly, "I guess I spoke too so about escaping humiliation…huh?" Inuyasha opened his eyes and exclaimed at his brother, "Sesshomaru what the hell are you doing just gawking at me, help me up damn it!"
Sesshomaru did just that, he grabbed Inuyasha by the collar and brought him up to his feet. Inuyasha dusted off his clothes and mumbled, "Thanks, did you find anything yet Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru gave Inuyasha a questioning look before turning his back to his brother and walking back to the tower of books that rested upon his desk.
Without glancing back, he said, "I have found one place that could be to our satisfaction, but we will save it for our last resources if we cannot find another place to resign to. Now get over here and assist me with this pain in the ass research."
Inuyasha smirked kindly; he had all ways found it amusing to hear his brother use his colorful vocabulary that he hardly used since he was an aristocratic taiyoukai and it was very vulgar to hear a taiyoukai swear if it was unnecessary.
But there was no one around to criticize Sesshomaru for his choice of words and if there had been they would have thought twice then to have said something about his choice of words for fear of their meaningless lives.
Inuyasha's smile caught Sesshomaru's attention, he raised his eyebrow in question as to what his brother found humorous.
Inuyasha only smiled broader until he was laughing uncontrollably. Sesshomaru sighed impatiently with the circumstances of the moment, but a grin betrayed him.
He shook his head trying to erase the smile but it only grew broader until he was laughing as frantically as his brother. Inuyasha stumbled over to his brother's side and gasped for the need of breath.
He threw his around his brother's shoulder and laughed harder with tears streaming down his face.
Sesshomaru laughed and wiped away the tears from his brother's cheeks.
Their laughter died down until it became soft chuckles of humor. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha stopped laughing completely and were left smiling limpidly.
For no apparent reason, Sesshomaru smacked Inuyasha behind the head and retorted smoothly, "Inuyasha, what did you find so amusing that it caused me as well to laugh like a damn hyena on opium? Well say something before I smack you behind the head again for this unneeded outburst of laughter little brother."
Inuyasha grunted at his brother for hitting him, he rubbed the back of his head but continued to smile causally.
He glanced up at his brother from under his eyelashes and let his hand go back to his side.
"I don't know why I started laughing Sesshomaru; I think it had something to do with the plain fact that you were being obscene with the way you addressed me just now. I guess I found it amusing how even the highest of youkais have their moments in the sun when it comes to saying maledictions. And you brother are no exception, but I find you rather unblemished when you utter an obscene word. It's almost something to look forward to. You some how manage to be obscene while doing it with the up most poise and elegance."
Sesshomaru blinked in bewilderment, but emended him self back to his calm seemingly uninterested self.
He stared at Inuyasha before shrugging gracefully and returning back to the stack of books while pulled Inuyasha behind him.
Inuyasha protested by grunting under his breath but had the wind knocked out of him when Sesshomaru rammed a five hundred paged tome against his chest.
Inuyasha clenched both the book and his midsection, he glared up at his brother who had released him and looked deeply amused with his action.
"Sesshomaru, what the hell was that for? I didn't say anything bad I just gave you a freaking compliment not a damn remark of criticism!" Inuyasha set the book down on the desk and rubbed his chest to soothe the ache on his ribs.
The taiyoukai picked up the book he had been skimming through and resumed his task. Inuyasha sent him an annoyed glare and sneered audibly, "Sesshomaru what is your problem, just answer me it is that simple. I am not asking you to do something complicated; just a simple response is all I request. Every time you neglect to answer me, it pains me. It makes me feel that you still bare the same malevolent sentiments towards me like when we were growing up."
Inuyasha's impacting words caused Sesshomaru to drop the book in his hand and glance up at his younger brother. He walked over to Inuyasha and cupped the hanyou's chin in his hand.
Placidly he nuzzled his cheek against Inuyasha's cold cheek and made his way down to his neck. Inuyasha's eyes widen briefly before he embraced Sesshomaru against his chest. His brother washed him all over with his enriching scent, Inuyasha breathe in the passionate scent allowing it to intoxicate his senses.
Sesshomaru spoke softly into Inuyasha's ear melodiously and licked his brother's ear. Inuyasha's body responded promptly to his brother's gesture.
"Shhh…Inuyasha you are being preposterous with your claims that I could possibly continue to loathe you. In fact you speak a lie; I never despised you when we were growing up. I had to act that way towards you for manifestation not because those were my true affections for you Inuyasha. Everything that occurred in our lives while you were present here in the palace was all show, mostly nothing was true. It was all a lie that I had to commit to…I never meant to be pernicious towards you."
Inuyasha pushed away from Sesshomaru, but Sesshomaru held in place. Inuyasha smirked in spite of himself for his lack of strength.
But he couldn't remove himself from his brother because he was warm and was showing some emotion of love towards him.
Inuyasha glanced to meet those golden orbs of rich sunlight and pouted slightly.
Sesshomaru smiled minutely and released Inuyasha from his arms. Inuyasha growled irritated but composed himself once more.
"So what you are trying to clarify to me Sesshomaru is that you never abhorred me and that everything that occurred while I was here was an illusion? But what about the years that followed after I grew up and was pinned to the sacred tree? What about everything that followed after that and your countless rants about how you despised me and that you would end my worthless life of a hanyou and who I bring shame to our father's blood? Are all these things just immortal lies as well?"
Inuyasha folded his arms across his chest and a waited a response from his brother. Sesshomaru stared into Inuyasha's eyes before diverting his eyes to the window.
A tense silence fell upon them and Inuyasha began to wonder what Sesshomaru would answer him.
The extensive seconds passed before Sesshomaru found the most fitting terms to use to address Inuyasha.
He drew in a serene breath and faced Inuyasha once again, but this time he was serious and there was only one emotion written in his eyes: confusion?
"Yes Inuyasha that is what I am trying to clarify to you. Everything that occurred was a fantasy a damn lie because of a ridiculous legacy that was placed upon us even before our births into this world. And yes I never hated you or felt resentment towards you. How could I, for good or bad, we are brothers and apparently we only have each other. We cannot start feeing pitiful emotions towards one another, we have to stay amalgamated."
Inuyasha's mouth hung open slightly before Sesshomaru closed it. He snatched up the book he had been reading and continued to skim through it as if he had never been interrupted.
Inuyasha stared at Sesshomaru as if he were insane; he had never in his life imaged that everything about their very existence could be a lie.
A trembling hand picked up a book and the hanyou began to skim through it in search for a location to leave to.
Forty-five minutes passed and neither of them uttered a word, Sesshomaru had not meant to startle Inuyasha, but then again it was time for him to comprehend their existence in the world they lived it.
Inuyasha searched at least fifty books before he realized his brother was watching him. He felt a bit of annoyance wash over him and he slammed the book down on the desk. Sesshomaru just leaned back and held back the urge to chuckle.
"Okay Sesshomaru what's so interesting that I am doing that has grabbed your attention?" Inuyasha drummed his claws upon the desk and stared into his brother's eyes to reinforce his point.
"Your reaction to the news I just informed you is what amuses me. I would have thought you would have taken it a bit different but I was incorrect. You took it calmly and that it is simply the reason why I find this amusing. Would you not say the same thing Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru flashed Inuyasha a toothy white flash of his fangs and pushed away from the window.
Inuyasha observed him for a second before getting up to his feet and followed after Sesshomaru.
The taiyoukai snatched the first book he had been looking at and handed it to Inuyasha gently this time. Inuyasha grasped the book with caution and sent a confused look towards his brother.
Sesshomaru acknowledged Inuyasha's confused look with a slight nod on his head and walked over to the doors.
Both brothers walked out of the studies and made their way down the empty corridors of the first level of the palace.
Out of nowhere, Sesshomaru said without looking to Inuyasha, "Inuyasha my dear, do you recall when you were of six of age that you had asked me what lay behind these very doors and endless corridors? If you are still curious as to what lies behind them, your curiosity will be put to ease. Whatever you do, stay close to me and never wander off from my side understand little brother? It would pain me a great deal if I were to lose you here in the confinements of our very home."
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes a fraction before he looked down the pitch black hallway they were walking down. Sesshomaru slipped his arm under Inuyasha's and lead him forward.
"Sesshomaru, are you trying to scare me? Why are we going down this corridor? Have you left something behind one of these doors that requires us to go down here?" Inuyasha's voice was low, no lower then a hush.
He clenched onto his brother tighter and looked around trying to make out the faint outlines of things that surrounded them.
Sesshomaru pulled Inuyasha closed to him and whispered tenderly, "Inuyasha, if there was no need for us to be going down this exact way then we really wouldn't be going down this way now would we? I have locked something here in this corridor behind the doors that lay before us. It needs to be retrieved before we leave."
Inuyasha nodded vaguely in comprehension to Sesshomaru's words. He kept looking at the doors besides them and his conscious began to come up with the silliest things of what could lay behind the doors.
Maybe there are treasures of our ancestors behind these doors. Or maybe there are just old scrolls and books about spells and incantations that are of no use to me. Or…huh? What is that awful smell? It seems of blood and decomposing flesh? What the hell is down here?!
Sesshomaru sensed Inuyasha's unease and he at once understood the cause. He pulled out a silk cloth and wrapped it around Inuyasha's nose and mouth.
Inuyasha flinched at the sudden action of his brother, but he allowed the cloth to be put over his mouth and nose.
"I know you smell the stench of both blood and of decomposing flesh Inuyasha. Don't uncover your nose or mouth while we are down here. Hn, as for the reason of these seemingly insane stenches, they are the corpses of our ancestors that lay behind these very doors. That is why I never allowed you to go unescorted down these corridors by yourself brother because our very blood could have tried to devour you and that would not have settled too well with me."
Inuyasha's eyes widen and he held onto Sesshomaru tighter. Sesshomaru ruffled Inuyasha's mane and lead him further down the corridor before they approached the last set of doors. Sesshomaru grasped Inuyasha's hand with his left hand and with right hand he pushed open the doors.
The doors cried out in protest as they were being pried open. The doors slammed against the walls of the ebony room and with a snap of the taiyoukai's fingers, the room was enlightened with brilliant light that seemed to be of the sun.
Inuyasha shielded his eyes from the intense beams, Sesshomaru shoved Inuyasha inside and lead him to a massive room painted with dark red walls and was furnished with antique weapons and armor.
Countless of katanas adored the four walls of the room and it perplexed Inuyasha as to why they were here, but a quick glance to his brother's hips revealed why they were there.
He was missing Toukijin and Tensaiga at his sides.
The expression that the hanyou wore on his handsome face made Sesshomaru understand that he knew why they were here.
"So you never did get rid of Tensaiga did you Sesshomaru? I should have guessed you would not have been foolish enough to get rid of one of father's prized swords. Where are both swords housed? I do not see them a lined on either wall of the room."
Inuyasha tilted his head to the side in confusion and it dawned to him that although his brother had been angry that Tensaiga did not revive a person from the dead no more then once, he would have still kept the sword no matter how much it pained him.
Sesshomaru stopped before a wall; he looked at Inuyasha and smiled faintly.
"Tensaiga is still in my possession little brother just as Tetsusaiga remains by your side. I never felt the real need to carry my swords by my side when I have my claws to use in my blades place." Sesshomaru turned away and with a slash of his poison claws, he shattered a barrier of light green light. Sparks of the barrier floated into the air and rained down to the floor.
Inuyasha backed away from the raining debris and stared at what laid behind the now shattered barrier. Sesshomaru reached out his hand and submerged his hand into the darkness on the small holding place.
A bright light on gold and white flashed out of the holding place and Sesshomaru pulled out both his magnificent swords to the light.
He placed Toukijin against his right hip and slide Tensaiga's sheath besides the other sword. He grasped Tensaiga in his hand and felt the sword pulse to life in his hands.
He slashed the sword into the air and sheathed the sword once again.
The taiyoukai grabbed a hold of his brother's hand and threw him onto his back. Inuyasha yelped from being startled by the sudden movements of his brother.
His arms went around Sesshomaru's shoulder and they ran out of the room and into the pitch black corridor. Once they had stepped out of the room, it returned back to its former remorse state.
They were running so fast that they emerged from the darkness and were bathed with the bright light of the full moon.
Sesshomaru placed Inuyasha down and his magic cloud formed before there very eyes. Inuyasha took a step back and shook his head in protest.
"Hell no Sesshomaru I am not going to ride on that thing. How the hell can you guarantee me we won't fall to our bloody deaths on that thing? And do you even know where we are escaping to brother?"
Sesshomaru sighed in exasperation; he jumped onto the magic cloud and hauled Inuyasha with him.
He held Inuyasha around the waist and his last words before they launched into the midnight sky were these.
"Inuyasha my love, for starts we are youkai, we cannot be killed by an inferior thing such as height. And second I would never allow you to plummet to your death brother. Do you not trust me?"
Before Inuyasha had a chance to reply Sesshomaru launched them into the sky and they fly over the Western Lands ands rose higher into the sky until it looked as if they could touch the moon itself.
Inuyasha closed his eyes and clenched onto Sesshomaru's haori with fear. Sesshomaru stroked his brother's silky mane and whispered soothing words into the hanyou's ear.
Inuyasha opened his eyes slowly and looked down; he immediately regretted his choice of action. Of course he enjoyed heights, but when it was he who was in control of how high up he jumped. He somewhat relaxed as the minutes passed them by.
He seemed to have found his voice and he uttered loud enough for the taiyoukai to hear, "Sesshomaru yes I do trust you with my life. Don't think I don't. Now where exactly are we heading to? And why did we bring this book along with us anyways?"
Sesshomaru glanced down at his brother and smiled vaguely. He pointed to the book simply and said, "Open that book to the seventh page and you will see where we are escaping to Inuyasha. Oh and just so you know I am charmed to hear that you trust me little brother. You don't know how much it pleases me to hear those words spoken to me. We will arrive to our destination in less than four weeks at the very least. So you might as well accustom yourself to the height."
Inuyasha frowned confused, but knew better to just comply with Sesshomaru's suggestion and just see things for himself.
Inuyasha opened the book and flipped through the pages until he found page seven. His eyes widen a fraction as he read the headline of the chapter.
Inuyasha traced the word with his index claw and he muttered the word softly under his breath, "London…"
He gapped up at the taiyoukai and whispered, "Since when does the library of the Western lands bare a book such as this one brother? This is the first time I have seen it; where did you get it from?"
Sesshomaru chuckled softly and his eyes gleamed lively with what seemed to be happiness for a moment.
"I "borrowed" that book from your dearly departed miko Inuyasha. The very miko who would subdue you with an incantation of "sit", the same miko of fifteen you once thought you were in love with at one point. She and I had our short lived conversations and she was kind enough to lend me the very book that you hold in your hands brother. She is the one who told me of this location and she also said it would be to our benefit to go there if things were to get out of hand…."
Sesshomaru trailed off and turned his attention back to the sky. Inuyasha felt the emotion of sadness wash over him, the book he held was a book Kagome had given Sesshomaru from the future. Maybe it held something that they did not know inside its pages to help them out.
"Sesshomaru, have you read the book all the way through? Does it bare any useful information that can be of use to us when we get there?" Inuyasha flipped through the book's pages, but Sesshomaru's hand caught his wrist and brought it to his chest. Inuyasha tried to pull back his hand, but realized he liked the touch of his brother.
Once Sesshomaru was sure the hanyou had ceased his fidgeting, he spoke calmly, "Inuyasha yes I have looked through the book and what I found out was nothing all too pleasant. It would be to your well fare if you do not look further into the book then what you all ready have. I would not what something tragic to happen to you my love if you were to read what lay beyond just the seventh page of the book."
The way Sesshomaru had said it had sent an unease shiver down Inuyasha's spine. He closed the book and slipped it into his haori for safe keeping.
His eyes lingered down the edge of the cloud and he was transfixed at the realization that they were flying over water. Inuyasha sighed frustrated at the turn of events, but relaxed under his brother's touch.
"We have run away from home and now we begin a new life do we not Sesshomaru? And what then once we arrive to this place called London? What can it possibly have to offer to use that any other location in the massive world bears?" Inuyasha leaned his head against Sesshomaru's chest and shut his tired eyes. His brother's grip around his waist tightened securely as for him not to fall into the water.
"What this place London has to offer us Inuyasha is the simple reason that it can be transformed into our personal playground to do whatever we what with. Kagome had also told me once that in her time there were no youkais, but she had also told me that in the nineteenth century there were records of youkais or rather arcane situations occurring in this very same place. Something else my dear, what century are we living in now? And what does that add up to Inuyasha if she got that very information from the very book you have on you?"
Sesshomaru's voice had an edge to it, as if he were just scratching the mere surface of something much immense then what he was leading on about.
Inuyasha blinked in confusion but though things over before he spoke his next words.
"If you read the exact same things she told you from the book I carry and we are living in the nineteenth century when these things occurred…you don't suppose we have something to…" Sesshomaru silenced Inuyasha with an irate growl. Inuyasha was taken aback by the sudden reaction of his brother.
Sesshomaru saw Inuyasha's reaction and sighed in frustration with him self for scaring his brother. He kissed Inuyasha's neck and whispered soothingly, "Forgive me Inuyasha, but I lost my patience. I am not certain as to what this could mean but whatever it is; we can only hope it does not concern us in any way. You should rest brother; we will not be stopping until we see land, which if I am correct, will me in probably five to six hours. You might as well rest and let me care for you while you slumber. I will not let anything happen to you."
Inuyasha nodded his head and found him self resting in Sesshomaru's arms in a secure embrace. Sesshomaru held Inuyasha as if he were carrying a mere child in his arms and was sending the child to sleep. Inuyasha's eyes were consumed with exhaustion and his last words of consciousness were, "Ah Sesshomaru how I admire you for everything you are. I am completely enamored with you brother…"
Inuyasha fell asleep right after the last word left his tender lips. Sesshomaru could not sustain the urge to kiss those lips and he graced them with a long kiss. He licked them before pulling away and continued to focus on the extensive journey ahead of them.
But what troubled Sesshomaru was the knowledge he obtained from the miko's book and what he knew already at hand and also the knowledge given to him by his father. All three sets of information had a connection, but it was alien as he and Inuyasha were to the new place they where heading to.
-End Chapter-
A/N: Okay this chapter was awful; yes I am aware of that simple fact. This was the second time I had written this chapter. My first attempt to this chapter was deleted because of my stupidity. I can't blame the computer for deleting my stories and work.
Any ways I hope it was some what amusing to you all and if not I am terribly sorry for the lack of development of this story. I hope you review and if not, then I understand completely if you think this chapter is poorly written. But I would really appreciate it a lot if you could give me your opinion on this chapter anyways. Thank you so much for reading my story and my stupid ranting. Bye!