InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Night Both Would Remember ❯ Inuyasha's Response and Sesshoumaru's Odd Behavior ( Chapter 8 )

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Last time on A Night Both Would Remember:

Sesshoumaru walked towards the center of the clearing, keeping his gaze locked on his brother. “She’s right. As of now, you can go no where near Naraku. He would smell your human side, just like I do. And as much as I hate to admit it, you are blood. From now, until you are hanyou again, you are a target.” Pulling both his swords from his sash, he dropped them on the ground, and took two steps back. “I am willing, for now, to call a truce. Are you?”

This time on A Night Both Would Remember:

Chapter 8

Inuyasha’s Response and Sesshoumaru’s Odd Behavior

To say Inuyasha was in shock was an understatement! He was totally flabbergasted! His brother calling a truce? Yet, as much as he wanted to deny it; to say it was a lie, he knew that Sesshoumaru wasn’t fibbing. He knew Sesshoumaru never lied. Still, this was something that he didn’t expect.

He stared dumbly at the two swords that laid in the grass. He stared back up at the Taiyoukai, trying to keep his astonishment at bay.

He could tell by his brother’s small smirk, that he was failing miserably. “What is your answer?” Sesshoumaru repeated, in an annoyed tone.

Inuyasha opened his mouth to speak, but couldn’t find no words to say, so he closed it again. He let out a small growl in frustration. “Keh! And how do I know if this is a lie?”

“Do you dare accuse This Sesshoumaru of lying?” Came the lord’s calm demand, his eyes narrowing as they locked gazes with the matched set across the clearing.

“I’ll admit that you never lied before, but a truce is hardly something I’d expect from you,” Inuyasha replied.

“True, but I did say for now,” Sesshoumaru responded.

The hanyou nodded and stifled a sigh of defeat. He knew there was no other option. His hand hovered above the hilt of Tessaiga. Griping onto the sword, he growled out,” I guess I have other choice. I’ll agree to this ‘truce’ for now. And after Naraku’s good and dead, I’ll have to kill you.” He pulled out Tessaiga and threw it on to the ground, making sure that it laid over top of Toukijin so that his brother would not be able to pick it up without coming into contact with Tessaiga’s barrier. His eyes lingered on the fang for a moment, before placing a dangerous smirk on his face to look at his brother, knowing that Sesshoumaru would understand the warning.

Sesshoumaru raised his eyebrow, taking in the positions of the swords. “Well little brother, you are almost not as stupid as I thought. If we plan on making sure that neither of us can draw a sword, might I suggest we add Tenseiga to the top so that no one can be hurt. It is only fair, considering that you can still reach Tessaiga.” Amusement was well hidden behind a cool glare.

Inuyasha almost missed Sesshoumaru’s comment about him. Almost being the key word. The hanyou narrowed his eyes. “You just like to piss me off don’t you?!” He growled in anger.

Kagura snapped her fan open, hiding her smile from Inuyasha’s view. This was a miraculous development for her and Kanna’s freedom. Deciding it was time to step in before the boys starting fighting, she placed a smirk on her face for all to see. “Of course Inuyasha. He just wanted to see how much room the miko gives you on your leash before she reels you in again.”

Sesshoumaru almost snorted with laughter. “Indeed Kagura. Should we go see what the others are doing and leave the pup to sulk?”

Inuyasha retorted,” Of course, I forgot. A bitch and a bastard blend real well. I can’t wait to see your children. Maybe they’ll come out normal!”

Kagome had been watching and listening to the conversation. Turning to the others, she whispered as she rolled her eyes. “You know my grandmother told me once, that children should be seen, but not heard. I’m beginning to think the same holds true for most demons. I’m actually thinking that we should put matching kotodama beads on the other two also.”

Kagura and Sesshoumaru walked ahead of Inuyasha, not revealing any reaction to his statement, which made the hanyou even more irritated. What he didn’t know was that, that statement actually did shock them. Inuyasha scuffed behind them, mumbling under his breath as he went.

As they reached the clearing, everyone turned to their attention. “Sesshoumaru-sama,” Rin and Jaken shouted at the same time in excitement. However, at the site of Kagura beside the Taiyoukai, once again, the small child tensed up.

Kagura noticed Sesshoumaru’s ward grow fearful because of her. She felt sort of bad for her since she knew the reason why Rin was scared. It was because she was given the task to kidnap her. To try to appease the child, she stopped in her tracks, throwing a side glance at Sesshoumaru.

Kagome noticed Rin’s movements and decided to comfort the child. “Let’s go Rin-chan. We can go find some flowers to pick.”

Rin looked up at Kagome, her new friend made over the past few hours. “Hai, Kagome-chan,” she responded quickly. She didn’t want to be around Kagura any longer.

Kagome looked at the kitsune, beside her and asked,” Shippou-chan, would you like to come with us?”

“Sure Kagome,” Shippou answered in happiness.

“Jaken, go with them,” Sesshoumaru commanded to his servant.

“Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama,” Jaken croaked, scurrying off after the rest of the small group.

Kagome rolled her eyes at this order. She had doubts over how effective the toad could be. Staying on the safe side and knowing that Inuyasha would be at her side in a flash, Kagome grabbed her bow and arrows and slung them over her shoulder. Reaching out her hand for Rin to hold, she waited a second for Shippou to settle on her shoulder, before moving away from the wind witch.

******With Kagome******

Spotting a huge field of flowers, the group rushed to it. Well, except for Jaken, who kept tripping on the way there. Kagome rolled her eyes again. Why the hell would Sesshoumaru want to send him?

There was a few rocks in the center of the field and Kagome took a seat on one.

“Rin-chan, come here. I’ll make you a flower necklace,” Kagome called out cheerfully. Rin smiled and ran over towards her. “Shippou-chan, will you keep guard?”

“Yea, I’ll make sure no youkai get past me!” The kitsune declared, puffing out his chest. Kagome giggled at his cuteness.

“I’ll trust you to do that,” the miko encouraged. She picked several flowers and gathered them in her hands, beginning to form a chain.

She turned her attention to the girl who was sat below her. “Rin, are you ok?”

Rin stiffened up under that question. “Rin,” Kagome continued. “Is it Kagura?” The child nodded simply.

“She kidnapped Rin,” the girl explained, fearful. “Rin doesn’t like the demon lady.”

“I know what happened that day. Do you remember waking up in my lap after you passed out?” Receiving a small nod, Kagome continued. “I don’t think Kagura is going to do anything bad like that again, to you. If she does, Sesshoumaru will get really mad. Do you trust Sesshoumaru?”

The small child’s eyes widened. “Of course Rin trusts Sesshoumaru-sama! Rin trusts him more than anyone else!”

“Then you need to remember that he would not let Kagura hurt you. It’s nice that those two are friends,” Kagome said softly.

“Why is it good, Kagome-chan,” Rin inquired.

“I think that Kagura is really lonely and needs someone to talk to, just like Sesshoumaru needs an adult to talk to. Maybe together they can be happy, and not worry about ever being alone again,” Kagome told her, hoping that she was not giving the child too much to handle.

Rin nodded her head and smiled a little. “So Rin should give her another chance to make Sesshoumaru-sama happy?”

“Yes Rin, I believe that is exactly what you should do,” Kagome said with a big grin. “You know what Rin? I think just to make her feel a little better, you should pick her some nice flowers.” During their conversation, Kagome managed to finished the flower necklace and put it around Rin’s neck.

“Arigatou Kagome-chan! Rin will go pick flowers now,” the child beamed, running immediately to gather plants.

Kagome glanced around looking for Shippou, sorry that she had left the kit alone. When she finally spotted him, she broke out in laughter. Shippou, knowing that Kagome wanted to talk to Rin, had pinned Jaken to the ground using the same trick he had used the first time he had seen Inuyasha. The stone statue was placed on the poor toad’s hand with the scroll in place. Walking over to him, she noticed that he was drawing a picture of poor Jaken. “Shippou, why did you do that?”

Shippou jumped up onto Kagome’s shoulder before explaining. “The baka was trying to hit me with his staff, saying that we had no right to be bugging Sesshoumaru with our problems. He wouldn’t leave me alone so.…” he trailed off.

“I think you should let him go now. I’m sure Jaken knows better then to say stuff like that to me when Inuyasha can hear him,” Kagome said, fingering her bow as she glared at the imp youkai.

******With the rest of the group******

Kagura and Sesshoumaru both watched as Kagome led Rin away. After a while, Kagura saw a brilliant smile sweep across the child’s face. A few minutes later, she was startled to hear Kagome break out in laughter, drawing all eyes towards where she and Jaken were. Inuyasha gave a snort of laughter before mumbling under his breath, something about the brat finding some one else to pick on. Rin ran back to Kagome and grabbed her hand before dragging Kagome back towards the rest of the group, Jaken following behind.

Kagura was extremely surprised (though she didn’t show it ) to find Rin come up to her. Smiling shyly, Rin held out the handful of flowers before saying, “Kagura-sama, Rin would like you to have these.”

Sinking gracefully to her knees, Kagura gently took the flowers and sniffed them softly. “Thank you Rin. I’m sorry that I scared you. I promise that I’ll do everything I can, to make sure you stay safe.”

Reaching into her haori, she pulled out a small rose crystal and held it out for the child to see. “Please, I would like you to have this. Just so you know that I always keep my promises.”

Standing back up, she looked to Sesshoumaru. “I should go. If I stay away too long, that bastard will come looking for me and I don’t think it would be a good idea for him to find me here.” Before she could walk away, Kagura felt a tug on her arm. Looking down, she saw Rin gesture to her to come back down.

Rin reached up and placed a small kiss on Kagura’s cheek. “Rin doesn’t want you to be lonely any more,” was all the child said before running back towards where Shippou was coloring by the fire. Kagura’s eyes met Sesshoumaru and for once saw the same shock in his eyes that she knew was in hers. Without saying another word, Kagura drew the feather out of her hair and flew away from the rest of the group.

The group didn’t notice Kagura and Sesshoumaru’s little “moment,” so they were just sitting around the fire, wondering what went on between the brothers and wind witch.

Sesshoumaru sat far away from the Inu-Tachi, not wanting anything to do with them. Jaken was asleep by Au-Un and Rin was playing with Shippou and Kirara.

“Will you shut up for a second? I have some news,” Inuyasha spoke up, rudely, trying to get their attention. Kagome glared at him for a few seconds for his use of words. All eyes turned to him. Even Sesshoumaru’s, who was thinking of the amusement that would follow after the information was spilled.

“Well, me and Sesshoumaru decided to call a truce until that bastard, Naraku, is killed,” Inuyasha explained. An eerie silence went through the group for a second. Inuyasha squinted his eyes closed for the actions that would follow soon after.

“NANI?!” The whole group exclaimed, falling over theatrically, save for the Rin and Kirara. Sesshoumaru’s eyes glimmered with amusement at the group of his brother’s. They may have been stupid beings, but they were good for some fun at some time or another.

“This is a joke, isn’t it?” Sango demanded. She gripped her Hiraikotsu closer, prepared to clobber if necessary.

Inuyasha mentally flinched. “Does this sound like a joke to you?” The hanyou replied irritably. “This wouldn’t even be funny if it was. If this was a joke, do you think Tessaiga would be over there with the bastard’s two swords?” He huffed, crossing his arms in his haori sleeves.

The groups’ eyes widened again. “Did you forget that if you don’t have Tessaiga with you in battle, you’ll transform into your full-blooded youkai form?” Miroku asked.

“No, I thought third times the charm,” Inuyasha responded sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

“You mean you’re really that stupid?” Shippou asked, in all seriousness.

“Shut up brat! No one asked for your opinion!” Inuyasha fumed, punching the kitsune’s head, causing a large bump to form. Shippou ran to Kagome and the miko threw a glare towards the hanyou.

“Inuyasha…” she growled out. Inuyasha flinched and shut his eyes closed for the punishment that was about to come. “OSUWARI!” THUD! The hanyou went down again.

Since Rin was now asleep, Sesshoumaru decided it was time to put the humans’ minds at ease. Wincing about what he was about to do, the Taiyoukai stood gracefully from his spot and glided over to the rest of the group.

“Miko, would you be so kind as to poor me a cup of tea?” When the shocked miko nodded and poured him a cup of tea, he settled gracefully across from his brother. “I am only here to put your minds at rest about Tessaiga. In case of a fight, I will do everything I can to distract who ever is attacking, to give my brother time to reach Father’s fang. Tenseiga is only there to protect all of you from the taint of Toukijin. It will in no way harm Inuyasha. In fact I would be most grateful, Brother, if while you are retrieving Tessaiga, if you would also throw Toukijin my way. It will not effect you if you only hold it for a moment.” Taking a deep breath, Sesshoumaru braced himself for meeting the Miko’s eyes, and for the first time ever, he used her name. “Kagome, I would like for you, during any fight, to keep hold of Tenseiga. It will protect you and anyone of the group near you. I only ask that you don’t let any harm come to Rin.”

After his speech, no one said a word for a few minutes. Everyone’s eyes went wide. Before anyone could get a word in, Inuyasha’s eye twitched in shock. Two times in one day, his brother managed to scare the shit out of him. “Ok, who the fuck are you and what have you done to my bastard brother?!” Was all he could manage to yell out, impulsively.

Kagome watched in alarm as Sesshoumaru tensed up. After taking the time to shock them all with being friendly, she did not want to irritate the demon lord. Before Sesshoumaru could move towards his brother with frightening speed, the miko beat him to the punch. “Inuyasha…” She growled not unlike the two dog demons. “OSUWARI!!!” Breathing heavily, she glared down at the hanyou. “How dare you?! He was only trying to explain!” Turning back to the elder demon, she said softly,“ Thank you, Sesshoumaru. You have eased all of our minds. I don’t ever want to have to face him in his youkai form again.” Smiling, she offered him some more tea.

Inuyasha grumbled and got up, jumping into a random tree. “Damn you all! You’re all plotting against me!” He huffed and turned away from them, highly angry.

Sesshoumaru resisted rolling his eyes at his immature brother. Everyone else already done so.

Wanting to relieve the tension in the group, Miroku decided to play peace maker as he usually did. Using his staff, he stood up and brushed himself off, announcing,” I’ll go talk to him.”

The monk walked until he reached the bottom of the tree. He looked up to the grumpy hanyou. “Inuyasha? Can we talk?” He asked calmly.

“Keh! What about?” Inuyasha demanded, gritting his teeth together. He didn’t look down to acknowledge his companion.

“Well, could you come down here?” Miroku requested with a relaxed tone.

Inuyasha jumped in front of Miroku and crossed his arms. “Make it quick,” he commanded.

“Fine,” came the reply. Quicker than the hanyou could react, the top of his monk’s staff cracked against his skull.

Rubbing his head grimly, Inuyasha growled out,” What the fuck was that for, bouzu?!” He looked ready to sharpen his claws on the monk. Red flashed in his eyes for a split second, before returning back to its natural gold.

Miroku grew a stern face and glared at the hanyou, standing his ground. “What do you think, baka? You really need to watch your mouth.”

“Keh,” came Inuyasha’s only reply, crossing his arms, yet again.

“Think Inuyasha. Perhaps Sesshoumaru-sama is being pleasant at the moment because he wants to protect his ward, Rin-san.”

“That seems hard to believe, considering that he always hated humans,” Inuyasha argued, a tad bit calmer.

“But you’ve seen how he acts towards her. Almost fatherly.”

“I don’t have no idea what you’re talking about,” Inuyasha stubbornly said. Either he really was stupid or he was just disagreeing for the sake of arguing.

Miroku wanted to hit his head against the tree out of frustration. He was about to hit Inuyasha with his staff again, but the hanyou growled out,” Monk, if you even dare touch me again, you won’t have to worry about your kazaana because I’ll rip your limbs from your body!”

Seeing the glint in Inuyasha’s eyes, convinced the monk not to try anything idotic. He gave a notable sigh and turned away, stating,” Inuyasha, you’re hopeless.”

Miroku settled himself back around the fire. Looking up at the Taiyoukai, he asked innocently,” Are all the demons in your family as stubborn as he is?”

Sesshoumaru glared at the monk, before standing. “Monk, if you must know, the rest of us are worse. I think the only one who is going to be able to knock some sense into him, is me. If you would please excuse me.”

Gliding over to the tree that Inuyasha sat in, he looked up, the faint glow from the fire making his eyes glitter. “Are you going to come down here or are you going to make me knock you out of that damn tree?”

Inuyasha glared down at his brother, the same glow from the fire making his eyes glitter in turn. “If you wanna talk to me so fucking bad, then why don’t you come up here? It won‘t kill you, ya know.”

Taking a deep breath, Sesshoumaru leaped up onto the same branch his brother was sitting on. “I know that it is hard for you to believe what I say. In this case, I only have the safety of Rin and your friends in mind. I plan to honor this truce. In as far as, I won’t kill you yet. But from now until the morning after the New Moon, we will be stuck together. And for tonight at least, I will put aside hostilities. Don’t expect me to keep this up longer then that. Come morning, I will hate you again.”

Inuyasha glared back at his brother and smirked. “I wouldn’t have it any other way. As for as I‘m concerned, you’re still a bastard.”

“Agreed, Brother Mine. Now if you don’t mind, I’m getting out of this tree. In this case, you are just like Father.” Jumping down, he started to walk away, but stopped after a few steps. Turning around, he flicked his wrist in a movement too fast for Inuyasha to see and the tree branch separated from the tree. As the hanyou picked himself off the ground, Sesshoumaru smirked at him,“ That, Brother Dear, is for pushing me out of the last tree we sat in together.” Gliding away, the smirk widened into an all out grin, as he listened to the hanyou curse behind him.

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To be continued…

I hope you liked this chapter despite Sesshoumaru being a little off. We thought that you all needed a funny, cute chapter to get over all of the angst thus far.

Translations:

Arigatou - Thank you

Hai - Yes

Nani - What?!

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