Love Lost, and Love Found
Hello, as you can see I have updated about three stories at the same time. Yes I am insane, and even better I won't be able to check my email for like five days…
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters.
Chapter 14: Training.
InuYasha raised an eyebrow and gazed steadily at Sesshomaru. He had never thought that his brother was serious when he mentioned that he would be training him how to control his demonic blood.
Yet here he was, Lord Sesshomaru, Prince of the Western Lands, his hated half brother. Offering to teach him, a lowly half-breed, how to control his demonic blood.
However instead of dwelling on why his older half brother was so willing to train him. InuYasha merely shrugged and walked off after his brother that was walking off into the forest. The two of them walked in silence for a few moments before they came upon a rather large clearing which had a forest to one side and a rather tall wall face to the other.
Once they entered the clearing Sesshomaru turned around and stared at his brother. He then sighed and said eight words which caused InuYasha to freeze in mid-step.
"You are more like him then you realize…"
"What? I don't get what you mean…" InuYasha started gazing at Sesshomaru in complete and total confusion.
"You are more like my… our father then you could ever know. He was a very protective man, and also a man who was able to look past the simple aspect of species. He was also a very stubborn man who was willing to die to protect those that he loved. I have been watching over you your entire life, and to be honest you are more like him than I could ever be." Sesshomaru said as he turned his head and gazed up at the stars.
"Heh, that's funny, Myouga is always telling me that you are the most like father. Heh, and remember I'm not the one that fell completely and totally in love with a human Miko and mated her." InuYasha said as he smirked at Sesshomaru.
"Wait a minute you just said that you have been watching over me my entire life… then why did it seem more like you were trying to kill me?" InuYasha asked as he crossed his arms.
"Did you not ever question why your sleeping body was undisturbed for fifty years? Why neither demon, nor human would dare to try and kill you while you were sleeping? I placed a barrier around your body, and visited you once a year to ensure that the barrier was still in place. Once you were awake I took it upon myself to visit you and ensure that you received father's gift to you; however I knew that you would not be trusting of me…" Sesshomaru explained as he gazed steadily at his younger brother.
"No shit, before I got pinned by Kikyo you treated me like shit, you constantly ignored me, and when you were not ignoring me you were trying to kill me." InuYasha shot back sarcastically.
"I was not trying to kill you, I was protecting you. I am Lord of the western Lands, and quite a young Lord compared to the Northern, and Southern Lords. I feared for your safety so I kept my distance, there were hundreds if not thousands of demons that wanted my position. I could not show my affections to you. Had they known about you being my younger brother they would have tried to kill you. So I gave them the impression that I despised you, completely turning them off the idea of killing you. After you awoke I only fought with you to strengthen you, had I truly wish to kill you, I would have, even with one arm I could have easily killed you. I was after all trained by father in combat, and he was not a merciful teacher. I merely used the excuse of the Tetsusaiga so that you would understand why I was there, because I doubt that you would have believed my true reasoning back then" Sesshomaru explained his face remaining as stoic as ever.
A sudden look of understanding appeared on InuYasha's face, "I'm sorry, I just always thought that you hated me… and all I ever did was look up to you, you were all I had left after mom died, and yet you seemed to hate me, like everyone else…" he replied quietly as he scuffed at the ground with his bare foot.
Sesshomaru gave a small sigh as he nodded his head respectfully towards InuYasha. "I apologize for my actions; however I am proud to say that you have proven yourself a worthy brother, and Western prince." Sesshomaru said as he reached forward and pressed his thumb up against InuYasha's forehead.
InuYasha let out a pained shout as he felt Sesshomaru's acid burn through his skin. "What the hell was that for?"
"I have placed upon you your birthright, the crescent moon marking of the Western Youkai. You will now be recognized by all youkai as a western prince." Sesshomaru explained as once again he placed his arms into his sleeves.
"Now younger brother, are you prepared to begin your training?" He asked as he watched InuYasha gingerly reach up and finger where his new marking lay.
"Sure, so how is this training going to work, you beat me up until I begin to change then we go from there?" InuYasha asked as his hand wavered down to the hilt of Tetsusaiga.
"No, we are going to meditate and you are going to focus upon your inner youkai in its dormant form. This is the beginning step to controlling your inner demon, and eventually controlling your demonic form." Sesshomaru explained as he sat on the ground Indian style and motion for InuYasha to follow him.
InuYasha merely plopped himself down across from Sesshomaru before awaiting his next instruction.
"Now, I want you to close your eyes and concentrate, clearing your mind of all distractions, focus only upon my voice and what I tell you." Sesshomaru explained as he let out a deep breath and watched InuYasha close his eyes.
InuYasha was having slight difficulty with this command; there were so many distractions, so many sound and smells, so many different things demanding his attention. It took him a full twenty minutes in order for him to reach a place where his mind was completely clear of any distractions.
Sesshomaru waited patiently until he heard InuYasha's breaths even out and his body seemed to come to complete peace.
"Now I would like you to imagine yourself in a place where you feel completely and totally safe, a place that is yours alone."
Seconds later InuYasha found himself standing next to the sacred tree; however this time it was different, the forest seemed to go on forever and he was not alone. Bound to the tree there was a struggling version of himself; however this 'him' was slightly different, his eyes were a penetrating red with blue pupils, and he had jagged purple streaks upon his face. He was bound to the tree by dozens of chains, and his presence caused InuYasha to take a step back in shock.
"InuYasha, I would like you to explain to me, what you are seeing, who is there with you."
"I am by the sacred tree, and there is a version me chained to the tree, he seems so angry so furious so… feral." InuYasha explained as he studied himself curiously.
"Good, now I want you to address this feral you. I want you to inform him that he will no longer control you, that from this moment forward you are in charge. Then I want you to unbind a single chain."
InuYasha nodded his head as he cleared his voice and began to speak, "Hey, me, I'm not gonna let you control me anymore, I wont let you use me to hurt the people I care about. From this moment forward I'm taking charge." And with that InuYasha stepped forward and removed a single chain. As soon as the chain was removed his world went red.
Almost immediately InuYasha found himself surrounded by Sesshomaru's youkai energy. "InuYasha I need you to fight the emotions you are fighting, focus one someone or something that represents your human blood. I need you to battle your demon blood for dominance over your body; I need you to take control over this small amount of demonic blood that is now roaming free throughout your body. InuYasha nodded and suddenly found himself staring at his mother, she was smiling at him and her presence gave him a great energy boost. In a matter of moments he found himself in control of his body once again.
Sesshomaru watched silently as InuYasha's face showed pure determination and stubbornness. He then watched as his brother began to sweat profusely, and a small grin crossed his face as he watched InuYasha's face return to a stoic state.
"Congratulations younger brother you have begun the journey to controlling your youkai blood. However I can assure you that this process will be difficult and trying at times, but I need you to know that I will never leave you during our training." Sesshomaru explained as InuYasha opened his eyes slowly, his body exhausted by the short amount of training. Yet he could not help but give a weak smile as he heard his brother's words.
"Now I suggest that you go get some sleep younger brother. No doubt your body is exhausted and you will need your strength should we face any difficulties in our journey." Sesshomaru explained as he gracefully rose to his feet, stopping to wait as InuYasha slowly rose to a standing position.
The two brothers then nodded towards each other before walking back the village side by side for the first time in their lives.
Hmn, I actually like how this chapter turned out, oh and I should probably explain something. Sesshomaru is a Taiyoukai right? Well I view his as extremely powerful, as in like nearly 50 times stronger then InuYasha. Because come on if he couldn't defeat his brother who is a half blood, then how could he be a Lord. So yeah, he's tough, but with some training InuYasha's strength will also multiply, but only as he gains more control over his demonic blood. Anyways read and review another chapter will be coming by at least mid-November.
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Oh and to explain about my new signature, Milana Despana is one of my characters and as such does not truly represent me. So from now on I will be signing all of my stories with this name, which is my pen-name for my novel. But I will not be changing my pen-name on .