Authors note*

Aye! XD an update! Awesome! So I hope you like this XD I don't know why but writing this story is exciting me so much. I just love my Lord Sesshomaru! I changed my name on Facebook to 'Sessh' and my cover photo of his face xD I would tattoo his stripes on my arms if I had the money. Lol I don't know about my cheeks though…..yeah I probs would. So the first paragraph explains how inuyasha was in his demon state. Blah Blah Blah XD

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"Hm..." Inuyasha moaned as he slowly regained his consciousness. "What happened?" he asks himself inwardly. He moves his hand up to his throbbing head and palms his forehead. His temples were pulsing angrily, and his body aches like he's had the beating of a life time. What happened to him? Inuyasha remembers traveling with his friends and entering a territory that reeked very much of Sesshomaru. Inuyasha didn't want to deal with his prideful brother, but Kagome sensed a number of jewel fragments nearby. So they have no choice but to just enter the "forbidden" territory and to find the jewel shards. Inuyasha also remembers being attacked by some kind of scorpion demon. The demon was strong, fast, and cunning. It quickly managed to get Inuyasha lying flat on his stomach with Tessaiga far from arms reach. Then suddenly, everything went black.

A familiar bloody scent filled his nostrils. Inuyasha scrunched his eyebrows together in confusion. This scent seemed very familiar to him. He took a big whiff of the scent until it finally hit him. "Sesshomaru?!" He thought as his eyes snap open. He pushes himself off of the comfortable "cushion" he was lying on and gasps when he saw that his cushion was his unconscious half-brother, Sesshomaru.

"What the hell?" Inuyasha questioned aloud as he desperately tries to push himself completely off of Sesshomaru before said demon Lord could wake up and kill him for being so close. Inuyasha's cheeks burned pink when he notices Sesshomaru's arms were wrapped around his middle, almost protectively. Inuyasha pulls away and stood right above Sesshomaru. "What the hell happened? Why is Sesshomaru here?" he asked no one as he scans his surroundings. They were both at a river bank, this explains why both dog demons were soaking wet, but how did they both end up here? Where is Kagome and the others? He didn't see anyone in sight, just trees, rocks, an animal here and there, and the river.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha called out, waiting for an answer. Though even with Inuyasha's sensitive ears, he couldn't hear his friends anywhere nearby. "Miroku, Sango, Shippo!" He shouts to his other companions, but still no answer.

"…Crap," Inuyasha cursed. He rubs his fingers over his pulsing temples, trying to sooth them. He hopes this pain leaves soon; it's seriously starting to annoy him. Inuyasha glances down at Sesshomaru and bends down closer towards him, scanning his features.

"How did you get these wounds?" Inuyasha asked, not expecting an answer from Sesshomaru. He looks at his half-brother up and down. He had a few cuts and bruises, but other than that he's fine. Inuyasha then noticed that Sesshomaru's left leg was drenched in blood. Inuyasha felt a small bit, the tiniest bit, of worry and panic for his half-brother. Since Sesshomaru is a demon, the wound should heal in less than a few hours depending on how deep it is. Though demon or not, even Sesshomaru can die from blood loss.

"Should I… help him?" Inuyasha thought as he inwardly fought with himself on why he would even think about helping Sesshomaru, a demon that tried to kill him multiple times. Then the thought "he's your only family member" came to thought and Inuyasha sighs in defeat. "You owe me for this!" he grumbled as he grew closer to Sesshomarus wound. Inuyasha tore Sesshomaru's pants to have a better look at the injury. It was definitely deep and blood was still pouring out of it; it will probably take a day for the wound to fully heal. Grabbing what remains of Sesshomaru's torn pants; Inuyasha wrapped the fabric around his half-brother's leg. "Knowing you, you'll probably blow a fuse knowing I ripped your pants apart, but hey at least you won't bleed to death." Inuyasha muttered.

Inuyasha washed the blood off of his hands thoroughly in the rivers water. With a heavy sigh, Inuyasha looks over Sesshomaru one more time, making sure he didn't miss another wound. He gazes into his half-brothers face. This is the first time Inuyasha's seen Sesshomaru look so calm and peaceful, unlike those other times when he would glare or give Inuyasha a scorned look.

"Well it's getting late, I might as well go find Kagome and the others," Inuyasha said after a moment of silence. He straightens his back. Maybe his friends know what happened after he blacked out? Hopefully they aren't hurt or in danger while Inuyasha was away. It was already nightfall and Inuyasha knew that demons come out to play.

The half demon began walking the opposite direction the river was flowing and felt a sudden pang of guilt grow stronger the farther away he walked from Sesshomaru. He stops at his tracks and turns to glance at the unconscious demon Lord. Somehow, Inuyasha feels as though that it's his fault both of them ended up there, but why? Was Inuyasha really the cause of what's happened?

Debating with himself for a moment or two, Inuyasha decides to take Sesshomaru along with him. Sesshomaru may have attempted to kill him multiple times in the past, but it's in Inuyasha's good nature to help out those in need, and Sesshomaru really needs the help right now.

Inuyasha walks back towards the demon Lord. "Hey, Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha called out, hoping to get a response. He stood beside the unconscious demon Lord. "Wake up!" he huffs as he kicks Sesshomaru's hip. Sesshomaru groans in response to the rough contact but remains asleep. "Geez," Inuyahsa sighs as he scratched the back of his head.

"You owe me so much for all the kind favors I'm doing for you," Inuyasha huffs as he carefully lifted Sesshomaru's upper body and sits said demon Lord up. He carefully brought Sesshomaru's arms over the back of his shoulders and lifted said demon Lord by the legs, giving the demon Lord a piggy back ride.

"Weird, this is the first time we've ever been this close to each other," Inuyasha thought as he looks at Sesshomaru's sleeping face. "…Whatever, I have to find Kagome and the others, maybe they can tell me what happened," Inuyasha thought aloud as he leapt from tree to tree.

Kirara, the demon cat, landed safely to the ground next to the Monk and young fox demon. "Did you find them?" Sango, the demon slayer, asked her two friends as she hopped off of Kirara's back.

"No," Miroku answers in a worried tone. "We followed the rivers trail but we didn't manage to find Inuyasha or Sesshomaru."

"Do you think Inuyasha is dead?!" Shippo whimpered as he tried to hold back tears.

"No, Shippo, I'm sure they're fine," Miroku said in an encouraging tone. The sound of a loud roar came from the forest. Miroku faced his head toward the direction of the sound, only to see the two headed dragon come to view with Kagome, Rin, and Jaken riding its back.

"Hey, you guys didn't find them either, huh?" Kagome asks her friends. Ah-Un landed safely on the ground as her friends tell Kagome their unsuccessful task of finding both demon brothers.

Rin sighs in disappointment. She tightens her grip on Sesshomaru's sword, Tokijin. "I hope Lord Sesshomaru is okay," she said, mostly to herself. She kept her gaze on the grass. What if her Lord is badly hurt? What if he's dead because of Inuyasha? He can't be dead... she still hasn't had the chance to thank Lord Sesshomaru for taking care of her all this time.

"Rin, don't worry, I'm sure Sesshomaru is fine," Kagome said with a sincere and reassuring smile. Rin glances up at the high schooler and smiles back before nodding her head in agreement. Kagome is right, she mustn't lose hope!

An inaudible sigh escapes Kagome as she looks out towards the tall trees. She's not sure if she believes her own words. They've been looking for the two dog demons for hours now and they haven't found one trace of them. Kagome looks down at Inuyasha's sword, Tessaiga. "Inuyasha, where are you?"

"Oh my poor Lord Sesshomaru, where could you be?" Jaken yelled as he sobbed onto his sleeves.

"Don't worry Jaken, Kagome said Lord Sesshomaru is fine," Rin says, trying to sooth the green demon.

"What does she know? She's just a human!" Jaken snapped as he proceeds to sob onto his sleeve.

"Oh Jaken," Rin sighs.

The group became silent as they thought about the lost brothers. Of course both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru are strong and can fend for themselves against any demon that comes there way, but what if they continued their fight while the others were away? A fight to them means absolute death, despite being brothers. If Sesshomaru killed Inuyasha, then what's the group to do without their friend? If Inuyasha killed Sesshomaru, then what's to happen to Rin?

"...We mustn't lose hope!" Miroku suddenly shouts, startling the group. He smiled wide at the group. "This is Inuyasha and Sesshomaru we're talking about, both incredibly powerful demons! Do you guys really think a waterfall could kill them?" Everyone in the group contemplated Miroku's words and agreed with his words of encouragement. Of course they shouldn't lose hope and give up. They have to keep looking for the brothers with their chins up. "Now let's continue looking for them!"

"Okay!" Everyone cheered as Miroku smiled to himself in triumph.

"Stop yelling damn it!" they heard a familiar voice scold from the distance.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome gasps as she turned towards the voice. A wide smile spread over her face as the half demon, Inuyasha, leapt towards them. He landed safely in center of the group, careful not to drop the unconscious demon Lord from his back.

"Would you guys please stop the yelling, I have a headache," he groans as he playfully glared at the group.

"Inuyasha!" Both Kagome and Shippo cheered as they ran towards the half demon.

"Are you okay, are you hurt or something, is anything broken?!" Kagome asked as she cupped Inuyashas face in her hands. She scanned his face and cringed at the small wound he had across his nose.

"I'm fine, Kagome" he assures with a smile. "But-" he then starts as he looks back at his older half-brother, "-I can't say the same for him,"

"Lord Sesshomaru?!" Both Rin and Jaken cried. Rin pushed herself off of the two headed dragon, as did Jaken, and ran up to Inuyasha. She held Sesshomaru's cold hand in her warm ones and gazed worriedly into his sleeping face.

"Is he okay?!" Rin asks; her voice full of panic.

"He's fine," Inuyasha answers, "he's just unconscious,"

Miroku walks over to Inuyasha and inspects Sesshomaru's sleeping face. The demon Lord had his head rested on Inuyasha's shoulder with his lips slightly open. "...Even so, we should still take him to a nearby village, so they can check on him,"

"There's a small village on the southwest area, not too far from here!" Jaken immediately suggested.

"Alright, let's go," Inuyasha agreed as he immediately dashed away through the forest, leaving his friends behind.

"Hey, wait for us!" Kagome yells as she watched Inuyasha and Sesshomaru disappear into the forest. Cursing silently to herself, Kagome, Rin and Jaken quickly got on Ah-Un's saddle. Sango, Miroku and Shippo did the same as they hopped onto Kirara's back. They all trailed behind the half demon in hopes that Sesshomaru doesn't have any serious injuries.

As the friends left the area, they had failed to notice a figure of darkness was watching them. "How interesting," its low, husky, voice said followed by a chuckle. A man of raven hair appeared out of the shadows as he watched the group make their leave. "Sesshomaru seems to have fallen ill," he said to himself. A smirk graced his features as he decided to follow the group of friends in a steady pace. "I should go check on the demon Lord, maybe he's in far worse conditions then it seems."

Authors note*

Oh shit! Sesshomaru is still unconscious. Does anyone know CPR? ...wait no don't touch him! DX lol Who was that man just now? Do we know him? :O Review/Subscribe! XD

Upadated: March 8, 2015