**Note: Chapter 18 and 19 have been modify
Chapter 19 : Consumed by darkness
"Sesshomaru..." Inu no Taisho started "Please understand.."
"Understand what?" Sesshomaru spat "That Inuyasha, a mere half-bred deserve better than me?"
"Dont talk about your brother that way." Inu no Taisho growled.
"Or what?" Sesshomaru glared at his father "Ever since Inuyasha arrived, you gave him everything and now you even gave him Tetsusaiga."
"Tenseiga is equally strong." Inu no Taisho said calmly but was slightly surprised when Sesshomaru unsheathed Tenseiga and slashed at his father. The sword clearly cut through Inu no Taisho, but no wound have shown.
"A sword that cant even cut? You call this strong?" Sesshomaru yelled
"Sesshomaru..." Inu no Taisho shook his head and sighed but was quickly interrupted by Sesshomaru.
"Father, am I not the eldest of your sons, am I not the one to succeed your throne, but why?" Sesshomaru's face was a mask of dissapointment, he had manage to kept his cool all this years, but not when it comes to this matter, when it comes to Inuyasha. "What have I done to deserve this?"
"Are you jealous Sesshomaru?" Inu no Taisho enquired, his voice strong and firm.
"What?" Sesshomaru looked at his father.
"Sesshomaru, he is your brother and I care for you both equally, true that now I'm giving him abit more than you, but you must understand, your brother is not a full demon like you, he needs more protection, not only from me but you too. I was hoping that you would understand, I'm not giving him more just because I like him more, Are you not the eldest of my sons? Are you not wiser and more intellect yet you've done such disgraceful deeds, instead of protecting him, you tried to kill him for your own selfishness, I am truly dissapointed in you Sesshomaru." With that, Inu no Taisho left the room leaving his eldest son staring back at him.
Sesshomaru watched his father's back as he walked away. His gripped loosened on Tenseiga which fell to the floor with a clanked. His gazed was a mixture of emotions, his father's words kept repeating in his head.'I am truly dissapointed in you...disgraceful...selfishness...dissapointment and...jealousy.'
Sesshomaru gave a small chuckle "Jealousy? h..haha...jealousy? This Sesshomaru is jealous of his hanyou brother...?" His small chuckle became louder. An eerie yet dark laughter was then heard coming out from Sesshomaru's room.
Inuyasha woke up with a start in the middle of the night, panting. Sweat beading down his body and he shivers involuntary as the cold breeze blew in. He looked beside him, his mother was sleeping soundly. Not wanting to disturb his mother, he crawled quietly towards Tetsusaiga which was leaning on the wall. His hand traced The swords sheat and immediately he fell more relax. He took the sword and hugged it, his eyes scanned the whole room. Something was making him feel uneasy. He crawled closer to his mother while his fingers tightened around Tetsusaiga. Then he heard something, laughter, but one so familiar to him.
Inuyasha left his room and followed the sound. He was shocked at what he saw. There stood Sesshomaru, in the middle of the trainning field and he seemed to be laughing maniacly at no particular person. Sesshomaru had Tenseiga on his hand and was slashing and hacking at nothing. Inuyasha braved himself, no matter how much Sesshomaru hates him, he hold no hatred towards his brother, he was afraid of his brother but he wanted his love at the same time, he wanted his brother's acceptance towards him and his very existence. Inuyasha approached Sesshomaru quietly.
"Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha called out softly but it seemed like Sesshomaru did not hear him as the elder pup continued his own maniac way.
"Se..Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha tried again, this time abit louder and that got Sesshomaru's attention.
"Why, isn't this the cute little pup that father loves so much?" Sesshomaru looked at Inuyasha. The looked scared Inuyasha, if Sesshomaru was simply glaring at him and spat out insults, Inuyasha was quite used to it but this was differently, something was different about this Sesshomaru.
"Inuyasha, did you know what father said?" Sesshomaru made his face pout as he came nearer to Inuyasha until their face was almost touching. "father said I was jealous of you. Me, the eldest son of the great dog demon was jealous. HA!" Sesshomaru made a face of disgust and chuckled.
Inuyasha just stared at Sesshomaru "W..what?" he managed out.
"What, you deaf?" Sesshomaru put his arms around Inuyasha's shoulder, his claws caressing the pup's bare neck and whispered into Inuyasha's ears. "father said I was jealous of you...can you believe it? hahaha.." Sesshomaru threw back his head laughing. The laughter sent shiver down Inuyasha's spine, he had no idea how to respond.
"W..ere you?" Inuyasha stuttered softly.
"hmmm?" Sesshomaru cocked his head to the left and looked into Inuyasha's eyes.
"Were you...jealous of me?" Inuyasha said out, his voice not beyond a whisper and that made Sesshomaru laugh even louder.
"What do you think?" Sesshomaru asked as he watched Inuyasha struggle to reply. He let go of Inuyasha suddenly, his fingers moved to touched the sword Inuyasha was holding - Tetsusaiga. Feeling the electrical sensation that repels him from holding the sword. He backed up from Inuyasha and continued laughing.
"Se...Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha stammered but he closed his mouth immediately when Sesshomaru suddenly turned sharply and gave him an icy cold glared that seemed to pierced through his very soul.
Inuyasha was paralysed on spot as he watched in panic when Sesshomaru advanced at him, eyes still glaring. Sesshomaru held out Tenseiga and slashed at Inuyasha so quick that Inuyasha had no time to even think of what to do. Inuyasha closed his eyes, expected pain to sliced through him at any minute, but it never came. Then he heard Sesshomaru oh-so-infamous chuckle. Inuyasha's eyes fluttered open, he was sure Tenseiga had strucked him, but he was not wounded then he remembered Sesshomaru saying that Tenseiga cant even cut a thing. He released a breath which he didnt even notice he was holding in for so long and watched as Sesshomaru danced around the empty floor, slashing Tenseiga around and laughing maniacly. Inuyasha backed away from the scene, he was about to go get his father, telling him something was wrong with Sesshomaru when the elder of the two dashed at him and grabbed his arm.
"Where do you think you are going?" Sesshomaru questioned.
Inuyasha winced as Sesshomaru tightened around his arm.
"Your going to father?" Sesshomaru whispered in his ears. Inuyasha's eyes widened and quickly shook his head.
"Good." Sesshomaru sneered, he turned Inuyasha around to face him roughly. "Because if you told anyone about tonight, I'll personally dig your heart out and throw your head to the wolves."
Inuyasha nodded his head vigorously as Sesshomaru let go of his arm. Inuyasha left the scene as quickly as he can towards his room, he still can hear Sesshomaru's laughter. He tried to block the laughter by covering his ears but it doesnt seem to be working. He had never felt so scared in his life as he laughter lingers in his mind. He tripped on his own feet and fell, his palm tightly covering his ears.
"S..stop it..." Inuyasha whispered to himself, he curled up into a ball. "Stop it..." His hand slowly reached for Tetsusaiga.
"STOP IT!" Inuyasha screamed and stood up, his hand unsheathed Tetsusaiga and he slashed it, unleashing Kaze no Kizu which strucked a tree in the garden near his room. He then jumped over the wall and ran off.
Sesshomaru laid on his bed, his father's words repeating in his mind. He rolled around on his bed, unable to sleep when he heard his room door creak open. He knew who was it as the scent of his little brother flowed in. But something was odd.
"What do you want?" Sesshomaru questioned, his back facing Inuyasha.
"So I've heard big brother, you're jealous of me." Inuyasha sneered.
Sesshomaru turned around sharply, his face met Inuyasha's whose smirking back at him. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. "That's none of your business."
"None of my business? But you're jealous of 'me', that's my business already." Inuyasha chuckled. "But of course, why shouldnt you. I'm much better than you, thats why father gave me Tetsusaiga."
Sesshomaru slowly sat up and glared at Inuyasha "Are you testing me Hanyou?"
"I dont need to, I already have Tetsusaiga." Inuyasha laughed.
Sesshomaru growled inwardly but decided to leave it as he was too tired to deal with anything after the incident with his father. "Leave before I decided to kill you."
"Kill me? with what? Tenseiga?" Inuyasha grinned
That's it, Sesshomaru snapped, his eyes glowed red and claws green, he leaped at Inuyasha and slashed at him. Blood splattered around the room and some dripping from Sesshomaru's claws. Sesshomaru panted heavily then realization dawned him, he looked below him.
"What have I done?" he whispered.
Inu no Taisho woke up suddenly, his eyes was on alert. Kiyoshimaru got up beside him.
"What's wrong dear?" Kiyoshimaru asked
"Did you sense that?" Inu no Taisho replied
Kiyoshimaru concentrated. Few seconds passed and her eyes widened. Quickly, both of them rushed to Sesshomaru's room. Inu no Taisho swung open Sesshomaru's door. Sesshomaru stood there in the middle of his room with purple miasma surrounding him. Sesshomaru's eyes was blood red as he stared at his claws, he breathes heavily, his face a mask of terror and shock. Inu no Taisho waste no time, he rushed to Sesshomaru and grabbed his son's arm, holding it firmly.
"Sesshomaru! Snap out of it!" Inu no Taisho shook Sesshomaru.
"F..father..." Sesshomaru blinked. "Wha...?"
"What happened to you? It's very unlikely of you to get possessed like that." Inu no Taisho asked in concern.
"Possessed? Wait...What?" Sesshomaru looked around confused. His room was the same as when he first came in to sleep, looking down at his claws, there was no blood. He caught sight of his mother behind Inu no Taisho with a worried look. Quickly, he recomposed himself. Kiyoshimaru was about to say something when suddenly Izayoi burst in through the door, panting.
"Inuyasha's missing!"