Theme 6: Break Away
In case you haven't realised, I re wrote the last chapter so It's important to go read it first. Thankyou
Theme 6: Break Away
Sesshomaru felt his body beginning to stir. He was in a deep sleep, somewhere so abysmal there was o beginning and no end. He vaguely recalled being put into a trance by the Powerful Inuyoukai Female and the sight of his little brother.
Suddenly, he felt himself stirring more fervently, as well as a horrible shrieking sound "Inuyasha!"
Why would someone call the name of his useless half-brother in his proximity?
Sesshomaru opened his eyes and found to his astonishment he could not move, when he tried, only his hand responded as he squeezed slightly, to find that someone was holding it.
It was a girl, a mortal girl. He wanted to snatch his hand away, how dare a mortal touch his person, but his body would not obey him.
"Inuyasha" she gasped in relief. Sesshomaru slowly felt some control returning to his body as someone helped him sit up.
It was another moral, a man, with short dark hair and a monk's staff. Sesshomaru growled and shook him off "Don't touch me" he said lowly "Or die" his voice sounded strange to his own ears, and very familiar.
"Inuyasha!" the girl exclaimed "What's gotten into you! First you disappear to who knows where in the middle of the night and now you come back under some weird spell. I don't care how grouchy you are, that's no way to talk to Miroku" she lectured.
Sesshomaru stared calmly, what was this stupid girl saying, Inuyasha? "Who are you" he said plainly.
The girl and her party gasped. Sesshomaru found them all unnecessarily annoying but being unable to move made it hard to end their lives and their annoyance.
"Inuyasha that's not funny" another woman said, one dressed like a Youkai slayer "How could you not recognise Kagome?"
"I am not Inuyasha" he said plainly
He glanced down at his claws and flexed both hands.
Wait…both hands. Sesshomaru checked again. He had two hands, and they weren't his. There were no magenta markings of his mother on his wrists, he flexed his claws again, and there was no dry hum of poison at his fingertips. These weren't his hands.
"Inuyasha!" he heard the girl named Kagome cry out again as he faded to black.
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In the depths of Sesshomaru's mind, he still could not understand.
Lady Inuko had not only put his body to sleep, but is beast also. But upon waking, Sesshomaru came to another starling realisation that shook him to his core. He could not hear his beast.
He tried to wake, only in times of complete vulnerability and weakness was his Beast unable to be heard. Which meant he was vulnerable to attack. But he could not shake of the Powerful Inuyoukai spell
"My Lord Sesshomaru, Please be still" a soft childlike voice called
Sesshomaru was aware of another presence in his mind and was on guard. But without his beast, he was at half his strength, it was a strange feeling, being so vulnerable.
"No my lord, do not be wary of Aya, Aya was merely trying to calm you, you are disorientated by Lady Inuko's subjection" she said and before his eyes, the dream Youkai from before materialised. Her long blue hair was tied in long pig tails, her kimono a soft lavender colour. She looked to be only in her two hundredth year, twelve by human years.
"Is this by Lady Inuko's doing" he asked.
The Youkai Aya's eyes lit up at the name and he could see how desperately she wanted to return to her Mistresses side. He found that kind of pure devotion and loyalty startling, he had only ever seen such in his father's retainers, it was something he had been unable to breed in any of his own. Suddenly he became very interested.
Aya's eyes dimmed as she remembered her place "Yes Lord Sesshomaru. Aya's name is Aya, Aya is a Dream Youkai and is speaking to you now in thy dream. Aya has been asked to guide you through your ordeal."
"Ordeal" he growled "What trial involves a my younger brother?"
"My lady has watched the Hanyou Inuyasha change from a brash, impulsive, untrusting child, to someone she seems pleased with. She believed the answer you seek may be what he found and so wished you to find it yourself. As such, she had sentenced you to live as your brother, within his body, amongst his companions until you find your answer"
Sesshomaru stopped listening after 'body'
"You mean to say, that this Sesshomaru, now resides in the body of a Hanyou" she said dangerously.
Aya seemed afraid "Um, yes"
Child or not, Sesshomaru lunched, he flicked his wrist to the child, intending to kill but instead, within his own mind, his whip only scarred her cheek. She gasped "Lady Inuko was not wrong. Thy is a powerful Youkai to break through Aya's dream control"
In a moment he was before her, his claws at her throat holding her off her feet. "Tell this one what you mean witch" he said "Why"
"Lady Inuko…switched your souls" she choked.
He released her immediately. The petite Youkai went sprawling to the floor, choking and spluttering. While no emotion passed his face, inwardly, Sesshomaru was reeling.
Soul magic was the most powerful magic known to Youkai. It was only usable by Void Youkai and a few select of the strongest. His father had not been able to accomplish such in his lifetime. That Lady Inuko could do such allowed him to see exactly who he was dealing with.
He closed his eyes and tried to break free her control, but his soul remained intact with where it was. He snarled.
That meant that his soul had settled within the host. Of course it would, while Inuyasha was just a half-breed, to Sesshomaru's everlasting shame, he still had the blood of their father running though his veins, his soul and Inuyasha's body were compatible.
"Where is my body?"
"Back at the cave" Aya gasped, still recovering from his hold "Lady…Lady Inuko put defensive barriers around the area. Inside your body, your dragon and your retainer all sleep as of suspended in time until you return."
"And what of the Half-breeds soul ?"
"Sleeping within your body mi 'lord" she said, regaining composure and standing as if nothing happened.
The half-breed was in his body, Sesshomaru found the thought distasteful, but when there was not much to be done about it he turned his thoughts to other matters.
"I can't imagine it was easy for you to trap him within my body?"
"It was not. Lady Inuko says that she wasn't able to take all of him. Some remains within this body, buried so deeply in the subconscious you should not have any problems, and I will be here to supress what consciousness is left until both souls are back where they belong."
"What are the conditions?" he asked. Soul magic was cast that the soul in question had certain conditions to complete if they ever hoped to return to their own body. Sometimes the conditions were as simple as a time limit or a measure of will power. Sometimes the conditions were more complicated.
"You must live as your brother, with his pack. You must convince them that you are your brother. If you tell them you are not Inuyasha, then you will never regain your body" she said "You much live this way, completing his task for the four souls as a Hanyou until what Lady Inuko intends you to find is found, or, until the Jewel of the four souls is completed. With that, you may wish your soul free."
"How much time do I have" he said.
"There is no time limit my lord. But completing the jewel will not be easy. Until now you have come across the shards by luck, while Inuyasha searches them out. There are many shards and many Youki who seek them. And you must keep his pack safe and alive."
That miserable team of humans and lower Youkai? A Monk, a fox, a cat, a Youkai Slayer and a Miko? Why should this Sesshomaru lower himself to care for such rabble?
Sesshomaru felt himself being shaken. His consciousness was waning. "What is happening" he thought.
"You are being awoken my lord" Aya read his mind.
Sesshomaru felt himself thrust from the world of dreams to the world of living, but he was completely unprepared for what came next.
So yeah, like I said at the beginning, do read the previous chapter again if you haven't already and review. This isn't a barter for reviews, it's a fact, I have a lot of stories and if I see reviews ill want to work on this one more. So please do review.