InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Away From the Dark ❯ Chapter 15

WARNING: This story contains male on male relationships, abuse (verbal and physical), descriptive sex scenes, (major) OOCness, uke Sessh, and it's AU. If you oppose any or all of these things then do not read this. Please, do not complain to me about the things I've just listed because we all know that you didn't have to read this. I'm pretty sure that covers the warnings. I will add any new ones as the story progresses.

 

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Chapter Fifteen

 

Sesshomaru groaned as he woke up. His body was in pain. He looked out the window. It was still dark. He switched his gaze to Kagura who had her eyes closed. He thought she was asleep so he jumped slightly when she spoke.

 

“Sesshomaru, are you alright?” she asked quietly.

 

“Yeah,” he mumbled. Truthfully his chest and ribs were giving him the most trouble. Naraku had ruthlessly kicked them almost to the point of breaking. His back hurt too but at the moment that wasn't bothering him as much.

 

“You're lying.” He shifted so that he was lying on his back. “What hurts?”

 

“…My ribs.”

 

She turned towards him. She gently put her hands on his chest. She frowned when he flinched. “It's okay. I won't hurt you.”

 

“I know…”

 

She began rubbing him as carefully as she could. He relaxed some. He still felt anxious about what Kagura now knew but he tried to focus on her making his pain go away.

 

“How are you feeling?” she asked.

 

“Everything hurts…you're helping though,” he answered softly.

 

“Do you want to take something for it?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

She got up and got a couple pills with some water. When she came back she saw him struggling to sit up. His face was scrunched in pain. She sat back down and helped him rest against the headboard. He swallowed the pills and closed his eyes.

 

“Kagura.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Can…nothing…”

 

“It's okay, Sessh. Tell me.”

 

“Can I…l-lean on you to sleep?”

 

“Yeah. Come here.” She rested back and propped pillows behind her. She knew he needed physical contact that didn't leave him in pain afterwards.

 

He sat down and rested back so that his back was against her chest. She got comfortable then wrapped her arms around him. He snuggled closer to her body and the warmth she was radiating.

 

“Thank you…I'm a burden. Thank you for putting up with me.”

 

“You're not a burden at all. You're my best friend and I care for you so much. I'll do anything for you and do you know why? It's because I love you.”

 

He closed his eyes again knowing that she was speaking the truth. “I love you too.”

 

She kissed the top of his head. “I know you do. Now go back to sleep. You need rest.”

 

“You should try to sleep too.”

 

He soon drifted off again. She smiled sadly at him. She stayed up for awhile longer thinking about what would happen in the morning but she eventually decided to take Sesshomaru's advice. She figured she should get at least a few hours of sleep no matter how stressed out she'd still feel in the morning.

 

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It was seven in the morning when they both got up. Sesshomaru could walk without help but his body and muscles still ached. Kagura gave him a couple more painkillers. They were sitting quietly downstairs unsure of what to say. Kagura finally decided to speak up.

 

“How long?” she asked.

 

“Since Rin was two.” He kept his gaze downcast.

 

She wanted to kick herself. How could she not have known? Five years? He had been beaten and abused for five years? She should've seen the signs because now that she thought about it, damn were there a lot.

 

“You don't deserve this. Has it always been this bad?” He was silent. He had never talked about this before. He thought it would be betraying Naraku if he did. He wanted to though. The years of fear and stress and pain were eating away at him. “Sesshomaru, you can talk to me.”

 

“…Things were great when we met. When Rin was two he started getting angry over small things. Then one day he slapped me. We hit each other more and more after that but eventually I backed down. From then on…”

 

He beat you. “This can't continue.”

 

His head shot up, a look of…fear in his eyes. “What do you mean?”

 

“Last night, I found my best friend bloody and unconscious on the floor of his house. I don't want that to happen again.”

 

I shouldn't have called her. I should've just stayed home and let Naraku do what he wanted to me. “I'm sorry…I shouldn't have called and done this to you.”

 

“That's not what I meant. I'd rather you be here with me then with that monster. I don't want you getting hurt again. You should be with somebody who treats you right.”

 

“He only does it when I'm bad and don't listen.”

 

What?! The next time Kagura saw Naraku…that bastard better watch out. She was furious with Naraku. She knew she had to be careful around Sesshomaru though and be gentle. “Sesshomaru…what did you do that was bad?”

 

“You mean yesterday?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“I was arguing with him. We're going to some business thing with Jakotsu and other people from his work tonight. It's supposedly important…I don't want to go! We just went to something like that last week. I hate Jakotsu, I hate almost all the people he works with. They're all assholes!”

 

“You shouldn't have been hit. That wasn't right for him to do. He should respect the fact that you don't like those people and don't want to go. One person shouldn't be inferior to the other in a relationship. I don't care what you do or have done, nothing gives Naraku the right to do what he does to you…has he done anything else?”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

Kagura wasn't sure if she should be asking questions like this but she had to know. And if he didn't want to answer then he didn't have to. “Has he done anything else to you besides hit you?”

 

Sesshomaru's eyes started tearing up. “H-he…yes, he has.” This was so hard for him to say but the words were forcing themselves out. “Sometimes…he forces me to have sex with him. It's awful but the worst is when he forces me to feel pleasure from it.”

 

He rapes him?! That bastard! Kagura wasn't aware of the furious expression on her face or the worry on Sesshomaru's.

 

Did I make her mad? Did I do something wrong? “K-Kagura? Are you mad at me?”

 

Kagura snapped out of it. “No, not at all. I'm angry at Naraku.” She moved to sit next to him. “I don't want you to go back there.”

 

“I-I have to. I should be home before noon.”

 

She started stroking his cheek. “Sesshomaru…do you really want to go back?”

 

“I have to…”

 

“But do you want to?” Silence. “You don't have to. You can leave him…He shouldn't be treating you like this. You can stay here with Rin…” He looked like he was considering it. “Leave him…”

 

Sesshomaru wished he could listen to her. He wished with all his heart he could. He couldn't though. “No!” he suddenly cried out. “I can't! I have to go!” He looked down before closing his eyes tightly. “Please…” he whispered now. “I have to go home, just take me home.” He knew that if he wasn't home soon then Naraku would punish him again. His body couldn't handle any more right now.

 

“…No. I'm not taking you back to that horrible creature.”

 

Sesshomaru's mind was about to overload. Kagura didn't understand…he couldn't just leave Naraku. He would find him. Then he would really let Sesshomaru have it. He would receive a punishment far worse than any other. Naraku wouldn't let him take Rin either. No. He would find Sesshomaru then take Rin away from him. There was no way of escaping. He had to go home. “Kagura, please. I have to go. I have no other way of getting back. I can't drive like this.”

 

“No. He's just going to hurt you again.”

 

“No, he won't. Not if I'm back on time.” Sesshomaru wanted to cry. Why couldn't she understand the fact that he had to go?

 

“Do you honestly believe that?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Fine, maybe he won't do anything when you get home but what about tonight? What about tomorrow? Will he leave you alone then?”

 

“Stop it!” Sesshomaru didn't want to hear it.

 

He didn't want to hear the truth.

 

“Please, just stay.” She knew she wouldn't be able to get through to Sesshomaru. She wouldn't be able to convince him. He was too far gone, Naraku had a five-year head start on brainwashing him. That didn't mean she would stop. She would do anything to convince him to divorce that monster.

 

“If you're not then I'll call Naraku to pick me up.”

 

In that instant she thought about reporting Naraku to the police. They would do something about it. But Sesshomaru would never forgive her. He would be so scared and angry if the police came to his front door. “Don't call him.” She had to do something though. She just didn't know what. This situation was unlike anything she had ever dealt with before.

 

“You'll take me home then?”

 

She needed someone to talk to, someone who she could at least tell all this to. “…Yes. I'll take you.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

Don't thank me for handing you over to that bastard. “We'll go in an hour.”

 

“Okay.”

 

She was desperately trying to think of what she could do. I need to talk to someone first. Byakuya had been with her last night. They had discussed what had happened when they were driving back from Sesshomaru's house. Since he already knew part of what was going on, she would call him. Maybe she could take Sesshomaru home, figure out what to do, and then take Sesshomaru back before Naraku could harm him again. She didn't know what that would be though. All she knew was that she had to figure it out fast.