InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Actions Speak Louder Than Words ❯ the aftermath ( Chapter 2 )

Actions Speak Louder than Words: The Aftermath

 

by: mshutts

 

Disclaimer: I do not own anyone here-in.

 

Warning: implied incestuous attraction

 

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It was over three months since he had that conversation with his friend and he still couldn't get it out of his head. He had been doing everything in his power to stay away from his elder brother ever since, trying not to be too obvious about it.

 

So far, it had worked. He had caught a brief scent of his brother once or twice, but had insisted that his group keep moving instead of resting and slightly altered their course so as to not meet up with him.

 

But, no matter how much he avoided his brother during the day, he could not avoid the thoughts at night. He could not get away from the confusion. That one conversation had called everything he thought he knew about his relationship with his brother into question.

 

Every word, every action, every look, now seemed to have a deeper, hidden, meaning to it. Previous fights would play on a continuous loop through his mind and he was starting to get exhausted. He could no longer sleep at night. All he would dream of would be his brother leering at him.

 

He had even had one truly frightening dream of Sesshoumaru giving him a come-hither look and blowing him a kiss. He had woken up with a shout in a cold sweat and was still amazed he had not fallen out of his tree. Of course, trying to explain the shout which had woken up the rest of the camp away without telling them why he had screamed like a girl was not fun either.

 

So, of course, as was bound to happen seeing as how wonderfully his day had been going so far, his brother reappeared. Later, he would blame it on lack of sleep and the new moon being that night. But at the moment he had no excuse for his reaction.

 

As soon as he saw his brother appear, he could feel his eyes on him, sizing him up. But to him, with all those thoughts he had been having, it felt as if he was being mentally undressed by those eyes. He yelled, “Stop looking at me!” and drew tetsusaiga, ready to fight.

 

Not realizing where he held the sword, when he saw Sesshoumaru's eyes drift down to the sword, he thought they were looking somewhere completely different and responded accordingly. “Keep your eyes up here, you fucking lecher!”

 

When one eyebrow raised in inquiry, instead of stopping to think about it, Inuyasha immediately verbally assaulted his elder brother, “I know where you were looking! You're a pervert and I'm NOT INTERESTED!”

 

“Interested in what, half-breed?” came the dispassionate voice.

 

“You know what, bastard! And stop it with the pet names!”

 

“I was unaware that `half-breed' was a… `pet name', I believe you called it.”

 

“Shut up!” Inuyasha yelled, following his first impulse when angered, flailing out at the offending party with whatever was near at hand, tetsusaiga in this case. As he rushed towards his brother with tetsusaiga, solely focused on wiping the superior look off his brother's face, he forgot momentarily why he was trying to stay AWAY from Sesshoumaru.

 

With demonic speed, Sesshoumaru drew tokijin and blocked tetsusaiga. It happened so fast that the hanyou didn't even see it. All Inuyasha knew was that he had attacked in a rage and now he finally found himself inches away from his brother, looking straight into his face, through the crossed swords.

 

Suddenly recalling why he had been avoiding his brother the past few months, he shrieked in surprise and jumped back as far away from the demon as he could, yelling, “Stay away from me, you pervert!”

 

Unfortunately, this comment only caused Sesshoumaru to follow him. “You have called me a pervert several times now, little brother,” the demon said dispassionately. “Was there something you wanted to tell me?” he continued with a slight raise of the eyebrow.

 

Once again, Inuyasha was scrambling backwards, trying very hard to put distance between him and his sibling who seemed to be quite intent on stalking him and doing THINGS to him. Or, at least, that was what the ramblings in the back of his mind were insisting.

 

“Damn it, you sicko! I said, `Stay away!' I am not just going to stand there while you… you… you… molest me!” the hanyou gasped out.

 

Ok, now he could feel everyone looking at him like he had lost his mind. But, he refused to be embarrassed. Damn it! Sesshoumaru was trying to defile him! He couldn't just allow that to happen!

 

“And what, exactly gave you the idea that I would want to… molest… a filthy hanyou like you?” the demon lord asked in disgust.

 

“Don't think I haven't seen it!” Inuyasha countered.

 

“Truly any small amount of intellect you might have once had has left you, hanyou.”

 

“Fuck you, bastard!” Inuyasha cried, once again allowing his rage to overpower his common sense and tried another time to attack the demon lord. This time, Sesshoumaru didn't bother to meet the tetsusaiga. He neatly dodged it, hitting Inuyasha's wrist, effectively knocking the sword away from him before appearing in front of Inuyasha and grabbing the half-demon around his throat.

 

Lifting his younger brother from the ground, he gave Inuyasha a firm shake which only served to enrage the teen even more.

 

“Let go of me, you lecher! I ain't interested in your sick little games! Go find someone else to get off on!” he yelled, continuing to struggle.

 

“This grows tiresome. What so called evidence do you believe you have to support this ludicrous claim of yours, little brother?”

 

“How about the fact that you're touching me right now, pervert?!”

 

“You must be joking,” came the emotionless reply.

 

“How am I supposed to know what kind of sick stuff you get your jollies off of? Maybe you think of holding me by the throat while you jerk off!”

 

“I do not `jerk off' as you put it. I assure you, had I any desire of a sexual nature, I would find it quite easy to locate someone to sate it.”

 

“Yeah, right, you fucking frigid bastard! I bet you couldn't get any if you were the last person on earth!”

 

“This conversation is insane,” the older demon stated coldly, throwing Inuyasha over to where his friends were before turning and beginning to walk away.

 

“Hey! Where are you going, asshole? Did I hit a nerve?”

 

He paused, and without even turning around, said, “I refuse to fight with someone who has taken leave of his senses. It would be dishonorable to kill you when you are in such a state. I shall return and kill you when you are yourself again.” He then continued on his way.

 

“As if, you letch. We both know that I'll be the one to kill you!” Inuyasha shouted at the retreating back. There was no response and he couldn't help but feel a strange sense of relief. It looked like he was safe from the bastard's lust for one more day at least.

 

He then turned towards his little pack all of whom were looking at him as if his brother was correct and he had, in fact, lost his mind. Still feeling irritated and defensive, Inuyasha barked, “What are you standing there waiting for? We got shards to find! Let's go!” and walked down the path they had been on before this mess had started.

 

As he sensed his pack slowly falling into place behind him, he mused, `Imagine the nerve of that bastard, acting like he didn't know what I was talking about. Feh. It had to be a trick. Now that I'm on to his little game, he won't get me with it. I'll make sure of it.'

 

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I'm sorry, I couldn't help it. I was rereading `Actions Speak Louder than Words' and this popped into my head.

 

To be perfectly honest, I don't know if I plan on adding any more to this or just leaving it like that. It'll most likely depend on if another idea hits me or not.

 

As always, thank you for reading and/or reviewing.