InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Away From the Dark ❯ Chapter 19

WARNING (this story contains the following): male/male and female/female relationships, (verbal, physical, sexual) abuse, descriptive sex scenes, (major) OOCness, uke Sessh, and it is AU. If you oppose reading about 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 my story. That covers the warnings. I will add any new ones as the story progresses.

 

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Chapter Nineteen

 

Sesshomaru woke up with a pounding headache. He sat up but was still tired. He tried to recall last night and remembered most of it. Kagura, Inuyasha, Kagome, and he went to that gay bar. It was a lot of fun, he just had a bit too much to drink. He got up to find something to eat. As he ate a banana he remembered riding in the backseat with Inuyasha on their way home. And he remembered Inuyasha saying that he was hot. Now why'd he say that? He heard Kagura walking down the stairs.

 

“Hey, Sessh,” she said.

 

“Morning.”

 

“How you feeling?”

 

“Fine. I just got a headache.”

 

“Oh. Inuyasha should be over soon.”

 

“For what?”

 

“He said he was going to make you something to cure that hangover of yours.”

 

“Oh.”

 

When they heard knocking on the front door, Sesshomaru was the one to get up and answer. It was Inuyasha. Inuyasha's little concoction made him feel better. Not one hundred percent, but still close. The three of them sat in the living room afterwards.

 

“Um, Inuyasha?” Sesshomaru started.

 

“What's up?” he asked.

 

“Do you really think I'm hot?”

 

Kagura smiled and Inuyasha was surprised for a moment before he smiled too. “Yeah. But do you remember how that even came up?”

 

“No.”

 

“Hehe. Kagura, pretend to be me last night and I'll be Sessh.”

 

“Okay,” she told him.

 

Inuyasha grinned goofily and leaned on Kagura like Sesshomaru did to him last night. “Hey, Inuyasha?”

 

“Yeah?” Kagura answered in a funny deep voice that Sesshomaru couldn't help but chuckle at.

 

“Did I ever tell you how cute you are?”

 

“I didn't say that!” Sesshomaru interrupted.

 

“Haha, yeah you did.” They enacted the rest of the scene and Sesshomaru blushed slightly.

 

“So…do you really think I'm cute?” Inuyasha asked with a smirk on his face.

 

“…Yeah.”

 

“Yeah, I don't see how you couldn't.”

 

“Psh, I'm just being nice.”

 

“Haha, liar.”

 

Sesshomaru laughed before a sudden thought came to him. “What day is it? Don't tell me it's Monday.”

 

“Okay. But it's after Sunday and before Tuesday.”

 

“Shut up, I'm serious. Today was supposed to be my first day back at work…”

 

“Call in sick. Me and Kagura are.”

 

“I can't…I was on vacation last week and the week before that I missed two days.”

 

“Well then what's one more day?”

 

“I'm gonna get fired…”

 

“Bankotsu won't fire you. You know that,” Kagura said.

 

“I have to go in. I should go home.”

 

“No,” she told him. “You can afford to miss one day.”

 

Sesshomaru wanted to but he knew he shouldn't. He didn't want to go home right now either. “I-I guess I can just go in tomorrow.”

 

“With everything that's been going on it would be good for you to relax one more day.”

 

“Okay. I want to go home a little later though just to change clothes and stuff.”

 

“Okay.”

 

An hour later, Kagura and Sesshomaru were alone. Inuyasha had gone to take Shippo to school.

 

“You want to go home now?” she asked.

 

“Yeah. Naraku should be gone by now. You'll stay there until I'm done, right?”

 

“Of course.”

 

They were about to leave when Kagura's phone started ringing. “Oh, let me answer that.” When she was done, she looked upset.

 

“What's wrong?” he asked her.

 

“That dick, Hakudoshi says I have to come in today in a couple hours. We have some important meeting.”

 

Sesshomaru was about to respond when he suddenly started coughing. He thought it was weird but passed it off as nothing. Kagura took Sesshomaru home to his empty house. She waited in the living room while he showered and got dressed.

 

“Let's go,” he said once he walked downstairs.

 

“Hey, um, how long do you plan to avoid Naraku?”

 

He immediately looked down. “I-I don't know…why?”

 

“Maybe you should bring some extra clothes with you. In case you don't come back tonight, you'll still have something to wear.”

 

“I don't think I should stay away that long…”

 

“Bring some just in case okay?”

 

“…Okay.”

 

She was glad she convinced him to get some more clothes. Maybe together, she and Inuyasha could convince him to stay away from Naraku another night.

 

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“Hey, Inuyasha. Do you want to hang out again today?” Sesshomaru asked over the phone. He was driving back to Kagura's. He got his own car when they went to his house.

 

“Sure. I have to go to Miroku's girlfriend's house to give her something but I'll be home in about an hour. We can meet up then,” he told him.

 

“Okay. Bye.”

 

“See ya, Sessh.”

 

Sesshomaru killed an hour's time. He went back to Kagura's to wait for Inuyasha and lied on the couch. He was starting to not feel well again. I thought Inuyasha said that stuff worked every time…He assumed it was just the effects from the alcohol last night so he didn't worry about it. He texted Inuyasha to just walk into Kagura's house when he came by and then he closed his eyes to rest for a few minutes.

 

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Inuyasha walked in and found Sesshomaru asleep. He walked next to him calling out his name.

 

“Hey, Sessh!” Nothing. “Sessh! Sesshomaruuu!” He shook him.

 

“What?” he mumbled with his eyes still closed.

 

Inuyasha smirked then kneeled down so that he was whispering in Sesshomaru's ear. “Wake up. Otherwise I might have to go to extreme measures.” He stood back up.

 

Sesshomaru bolted upright. His warm breath almost sent a shiver down his spine. “Oh yeah? And just what kinds of…measures would you go to?” He wasn't sure if he wanted to know.

 

Inuyasha just winked. He suddenly grabbed Sesshomaru's hand and pulled him up. “Hey, are you okay?” he asked turning serious.

 

“Yeah. Why?” They walked outside.

 

“You look a little pale and you seem tired.”

 

“I'm feeling kind of sick but I think it's from the alcohol.”

 

“My drink should've worked. Weren't you feeling fine earlier?”

 

“Yeah…”

 

“Hm. Well, you seem tired. Do you just want to relax at my house? It'd be just us since Miroku doesn't get off work until tonight.”

 

“Yeah, okay.” Sesshomaru was relieved. He wasn't sure if he'd have the energy to go out all day.

 

It was freezing inside of Inuyasha's house. It was cold outside too since it was the middle of January.

 

“Damn, Inuyasha,” Sesshomaru said. “Maybe you could do something about the temperature?”

 

“Don't get your thong in a bunch. I'll turn on the heater.” Sesshomaru frowned. “Haha, oh wait I forgot. You wear boxers, never mind.”

 

Sesshomaru blushed ever so slightly. “Oh, shut up.” There was no real force behind those words though.

 

As the day progressed, he became more tired and he had developed a headache. He and Inuyasha had to pick up Shippo soon and he wasn't looking forward to it.

 

“Are you gonna be okay to walk there?” Inuyasha asked.

 

“Yeah, I'll be fine,” Sesshomaru answered. Then they left. Sesshomaru was kind of nervous. He knew he'd end up seeing Naraku since he was supposed to pick Rin up today.

 

“What's wrong, Sessh? You seem worried about something.”

 

“It's nothing.”

 

“Don't try lying to me. I can see through it.”

 

He sighed. “I don't want to run into Naraku…”

 

“Oh, yeah. He's getting Rin, right?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“…You know you never answered my question yesterday. Was that the first time you guys fought like that?”

 

“Who cares?”

 

“I do.”

 

“Why?”

 

“You're my friend…I don't like the idea of someone hurting you.”

 

Sesshomaru looked down. “What if I deserved it?” he whispered.

 

Inuyasha stopped and grabbed his arm to keep him from going. “You do not deserve to have someone hitting you. I don't care what Naraku's excuses are, I don't even care if you hit him first, you shouldn't be harmed.”

 

Sesshomaru yanked his arm free and started walking again. “I don't want to talk about it.”

 

Inuyasha assumed that hadn't been their first fight. He also assumed that during the other times Sesshomaru hardly fought back…if at all. He had thought long and hard yesterday. Sesshomaru was never home. If Naraku did hit him, then why would he want to be there? He had gotten into a fight with Naraku on Saturday and he also had a limp…the limp could have been a result of that fight. The idea of him being hurt sickened Inuyasha. This is Sesshomaru though. He wouldn't take that kind of treatment…would he?

 

“Does he hit you a lot?”

 

When Sesshomaru froze he knew then that Naraku treated him badly. When his body began to tremble and he slowly turned to face him he knew that Sesshomaru didn't defend himself. Even if he wasn't speaking the words, it was clearly etched on his face.

 

“Please…stop.”

 

Inuyasha walked forward. He knew all he needed to know for the moment. He knew no details or really the full extent of the situation but that was enough questioning for now. He put an arm around Sesshomaru. “Come on. Let's go.”

 

When they reached the school they saw Rin and Shippo talking to a couple other kids. Rin immediately saw Sesshomaru and ran to him.

 

“Hi, Papa!”

 

“Hey, Rin.” He smiled then picked her up.

 

“I haven't seen you for a long time…”

 

He knew this and felt terrible about it. He hadn't seen his own daughter since Friday. “I know…I'm sorry. Papa's had some things to take care of though.”

 

“Did I make you mad?”

 

“No. You did nothing like that. Never think that.”

 

“Okay…I thought I might have because of Daddy…”

 

What?! That fucking Naraku. Sesshomaru had to hide his anger around his daughter though. “Why? What did he do?”

 

“When I asked him where you were, he said you were mad and left. When I asked him if it was because of something I did, he said he didn't know.”

 

“Rin, you could never do anything that would make me want to leave.”

 

“Then why did you?”

 

“Because…because I had to help Inuyasha with something. He needed a favor so since I'm his friend I agreed to help.”

 

“Oh, okay.”

 

Sesshomaru was about to just take her with him when he saw Naraku's car. He suddenly remembered he was with Inuyasha. His fear resurfaced. He couldn't be caught. He would be punished when he came home.

 

He grabbed Rin and headed for Naraku's car without a word. Inuyasha noticed but didn't follow. He just watched to see what Sesshomaru was going to do.

 

“I'm taking her,” Sesshomaru growled when he was within earshot.

 

“No, you're not,” Naraku ground out.

 

“She's my daughter too. I haven't seen her for days.”

 

“That's your fault. You're the one who spent the weekend out. You should've come home then.”

 

Those words hit Sesshomaru hard. He did believe that it was his fault. It was his fault that he hadn't seen Rin. He walked closer so Rin wouldn't hear them. “I'm taking her.”

 

“If you do you can bet there will be hell to pay. That I promise you.”

 

Fear took over. Sesshomaru knew exactly what that meant. That fight yesterday suddenly meant nothing. Naraku would punish him when he went home.

 

“Well, what's it going to be?” Naraku asked.

 

Sesshomaru wanted to spend time with his daughter. He hated being gone from the house for multiple days like this. But he didn't want to be punished…he wasn't strong enough to handle it…I'm weak and pathetic. I'm sorry, Rin.

 

“Rin…get in the car with Daddy.”

 

“Okay.” She listened but it broke his heart.

 

“Bye, Rin. I'll see you soon. I love you.”

 

“I love you too, Papa.”

 

Sesshomaru then started to walk away.

 

“You're supposed to be at work right now,” Naraku sneered but he didn't acknowledge it.

 

Once he and his daughter were gone Sesshomaru walked back to where Inuyasha and Shippo were. Inuyasha knew it upset Sesshomaru to watch his daughter leave but that only confirmed his earlier thoughts. He didn't fight to take Rin with him, he reluctantly gave her to Naraku. There must've been some reason Sesshomaru did that. The reason was one Inuyasha wouldn't have been able to fathom.

 

Sesshomaru was pretty much silent the rest of the way back. Inuyasha tried to get him to talk but he only said a few words before going quiet again. When they got back to the house Inuyasha told Shippo to go upstairs.

 

“Sessh…” Inuyasha started. “Don't feel bad. You had your reasons for leaving. No one can blame you…”

 

“If I weren't so weak then she would see me more often.”

 

“You're not weak. No one in their right mind would stay at home if they were getting hit.”

 

“I never said that Naraku hit me.”

 

No, he didn't. He never said `Naraku hits me when we're alone' but he didn't have to. “So you haven't admitted it…don't say it then. But listen to me. You are justified in not being home a lot…”

 

“No, I'm not.”

 

“You'll see her soon.”

 

Sesshomaru hated Naraku for keeping Rin away from him but he also hated himself. He was as much to blame as Naraku was. He hadn't seen his daughter much at all lately. He was always too busy avoiding Naraku or recovering from the latest punishment…

 

“Please, don't feel bad. Sessh, don't beat yourself up over this.” Inuyasha moved next to him and hugged him. He just looked so sad and he didn't like it. Sesshomaru rested his head on his shoulder. Inuyasha then remembered what Kagura had done yesterday to make him relax. He started running his fingers through Sesshomaru's hair hoping it would have the same effect. It did.

 

Sesshomaru silently thanked Inuyasha for being there when he needed it, for comforting him, for caring.

 

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Kagome picked up Shippo a lot earlier then expected. Miroku still wouldn't be home for a couple hours so that left Inuyasha and Sesshomaru there alone. It was getting dark but that was mostly due to the fact that gray clouds had blocked out the sun. In a matter of hours the weather had gone from cold and sunny to colder and rainy.

 

Inuyasha put in a movie for them to watch. Sesshomaru was feeling a bit nauseous and his headache had intensified. He knew he was getting sick now.

 

“You want me to get you anything?” Inuyasha asked. He knew Sesshomaru was getting sick too.

 

“No thanks.”

 

The pain slowly started spreading to his stomach. It made him feel even more nauseous but he tried fighting it.

 

“Stop making yourself suffer,” Inuyasha said. “Now what's hurting?”

 

“I just have a headache. It's nothing.”

 

“Mhmm. Is that all?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“I told you not to lie to me,” Inuyasha mumbled as he got up to get him something for his headache and other pains that he didn't voice.

 

Sesshomaru took the pills Inuyasha gave him and hoped they would work. “Maybe I should go home…” he said.

 

“Why?”

 

“Because I'm getting sick…I wouldn't want you to catch it or anything…”

 

“It's fine. If you get real sick then I don't mind taking care of ya.”

 

“I don't want to do that to you.”

 

“Trust me, I don't mind. Now come here.” He patted his leg.

 

“What?”

 

“Put your head on my leg so I can make your head feel a little better.” He saw his hesitation so he grabbed a pillow and put it on his leg. “I won't bite.”

 

Sesshomaru decided to lie down and put his head on the pillow. He half-expected to feel awkward but he didn't. Inuyasha then gently massaged his scalp. Sesshomaru had already been tired and now he was finding it difficult to keep his eyes open. He quickly fell asleep still lying in Inuyasha's lap.

 

Inuyasha smiled down at him. He hoped he didn't get too sick. It wasn't that he didn't want to take care of him (he had meant it when he said he didn't mind), he just didn't want Sesshomaru to suffer through some sickness. Suddenly what Sesshomaru was doing looked like a good idea so he leaned his head back and closed his eyes.

 

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Sesshomaru woke up on the verge of throwing up. He sat up quickly and made a mental note for the future that that was a bad idea. He practically ran to the bathroom and heaved up all the food that had been in his stomach.

 

Inuyasha had been drifting in and out of consciousness but was jolted fully awake when Sesshomaru suddenly took off. When he emerged from the bathroom, Sesshomaru looked really pale and his movements were very sluggish. Inuyasha stood up and helped him sit back down.

 

“Miroku's gonna be home soon,” he told Sesshomaru. “I'm sure you don't want him to see you like this so do you want to go upstairs?” He nodded. “Kay, come on.” He helped him up again and they walked upstairs. Inuyasha hesitated for a moment wondering which room he should put Sesshomaru. There was one guest room but he wouldn't be able to watch over him as well. I'll just put him in my room.

 

Inuyasha laid him down and pulled a blanket over him. After a few moments though, Sesshomaru kicked it off. “It's hot…” he mumbled. It was actually pretty cool.

 

Great, he has a fever. “Um, Sessh?” He was confused as Sesshomaru started unbuttoning his jeans.

 

“What?” he asked.

 

“You do realize you're taking off your pants, right? In front of me?”

 

“Yes and I don't care. It's hot in here…”

 

Damn, he must be pretty sick if he doesn't care now…“I'm going to get you something to drink, okay?”

 

“Okay.”

 

Inuyasha heard the front door open while he was in the kitchen. The sound of two voices quickly followed. He went to greet Miroku and his girlfriend, Sango.

 

“Hey, Inuyasha,” Miroku said.

 

“Hey, guys. Can you keep quiet? Sesshomaru's here but he's sick.”

 

“Sesshomaru? Where is he?”

 

“Upstairs.”

 

“In the guest room?”

 

“No…in my room.”

 

Miroku raised an eyebrow. “Oh.”

 

“It's just so I can keep a better eye on him.”

 

“Miroku,” Sango said. “You can't afford to get sick right now. You can't miss work.”

 

“Yeah, I know…Inuyasha, I'm just gonna take a quick shower then I'll go over to Sango's and sleep there.”

 

“Yeah, okay. Wouldn't want you to get sick too.”

 

He then went back to his room and handed Sesshomaru the glass. “Sip this so you don't get dehydrated.”

 

He drank a little bit then put it on the nightstand next to bed. His whole body was in pain. Oh, how he hated being sick. It rarely ever happened but when it did it was always so extreme.

 

“Thank you, Inuyasha.”

 

“No problem.”