InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Away From the Dark ❯ Chapter 21

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.

 

In response to your review, VegoSacomoto: well, I can't really answer most of those questions. They will be revealed in later chapters. But as for what's wrong with Sesshomaru, it's nothing too serious. It's just like a really nasty flu thing

 

Thanks to both Inumimi and VegoSacomoto for reviewing last time. ^_^

 

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Chapter Twenty-One

 

Kagura left for a little bit but she came back in the evening. Just as Sesshomaru thought he was getting better, he suddenly hit his worst point. When Kagura walked into Inuyasha's house, Sesshomaru was groaning in pain and shivering. She quickly put another blanket over him and gave him a couple aspirin that were on the table. Inuyasha came back in the room.

 

“Hey Kagura,” he said.

 

“Hi. I can watch him for awhile now so you can have a break.”

 

“Okay. Actually, I'm gonna go get something to eat. You want me to bring you back something?”

 

“Yeah. Thanks.”

 

Just the thought of food made Sesshomaru feel worse. Inuyasha left. A while later Sesshomaru's phone started ringing.

 

Kagura got up and saw that it was Naraku. “That son of a bitch!”

 

“Wait,” Sesshomaru said. “Careful if you answer. It could be Rin.”

 

“Okay.” She answered. “Hello?”

 

“Kagura?”

 

“Hi, Rin.”

 

“Hi. Where's Papa?”

 

“Hold on. I'll put him on.”

 

Sesshomaru grabbed it from her. “Hey, Rin.”

 

“Hi, Papa. Where are you?”

 

“I'm at Kagura's.”

 

“Why?”

 

“I'm really sick right now. I don't want you to catch it so I'm here.”

 

“Oh, okay…when will you be back?”

 

“I'm not sure. I should be feeling better in a few days. Once I do, you and I will spend the day together.”

 

“Promise?”

 

“Yes, I promise. I love you.”

 

“I love you too. Bye, Papa. Daddy wants to talk to you.”

 

“Tell him I don't-”

 

But it was too late. Kagura then took his phone so she could yell at Naraku. She put it on speaker.

 

“Sesshomaru!” Naraku yelled.

 

“What the fuck do you want?” Kagura shouted.

 

“Where's Sesshomaru? I have no interest in talking to you, bitch.”

 

“And he has no interest in talking to you, fucker.”

 

“I don't care. I want his ass home now.”

 

“No. He's sick and I'm taking care of him. He's better off with me then with you.”

 

“I'm coming to get him.”

 

“Naraku, if I see you anywhere near here I swear I'll call the fucking cops.”

 

“You won't do a damn thing.”

 

“Try me.”

 

“His ass is mine when he comes back home.” He hung up.

 

Kagura sighed and turned to Sesshomaru. He was curled up and fighting the urge to tremble and cry. He was suddenly so scared. He had felt like a horrible parent after talking to Rin, now he felt afraid. He would be punished when he got home and he couldn't escape it. He couldn't do anything because Naraku would just attack him. He didn't want to be hit even if he did deserve it sometimes, not after how well Kagura and Inuyasha had been treating him.

 

Kagura kneeled next to him and put her hand on him. He flinched but then realized that the hand wasn't there to hurt him. She gently rubbed his legs until he uncurled them from his body. She absolutely hated seeing her friend like this. When they first met, never had she imagined that he'd ever be so afraid…of Naraku. She hugged him.

 

“It's okay,” she whispered. “It's going to be okay.”

 

That's how Inuyasha found them, Sesshomaru nearly shaking in Kagura's arms. Inuyasha went over to them wondering what happened. Kagura tried to move but two arms tightened around her so she stayed. She only moved so that he was lying on her lap. She held him until he drifted off into a light sleep.

 

“What happened?” Inuyasha asked.

 

She just shook her head. “Naraku called. He can tell you the rest later.”

 

They ate in the kitchen while Sesshomaru slept so the scent wouldn't bother him or make him nauseous. It didn't really work though because soon enough they heard him going into the bathroom to throw up the small amount of food he had eaten earlier. He walked into the hall and leaned against the wall. He felt too weak to go any further. Kagura and Inuyasha heard him stop so Inuyasha got up to check on him.

 

“Come on, Sessh. Go lay back down.” Sesshomaru shook his head. Inuyasha put his arm around him and started walking.

 

“Stop,” Sesshomaru mumbled before he started stumbling.

 

“Damn, this is your worst day yet.” He picked Sesshomaru up and carried him back to the couch.

 

Sesshomaru tossed and turned for most of the evening. He couldn't fall asleep or get any relief from his pain. Inuyasha and Kagura were getting worried.

 

“Maybe we should take him to the doctor,” Inuyasha suggested.

 

“He wouldn't want to. He'll throw a fit if we take him,” Kagura told him.

 

“But he's really sick. Just as he was getting better he suddenly got way worse.”

 

She sighed. “If he doesn't show any improvement tomorrow, we'll take him then.”

 

“Okay.”

 

Sesshomaru looked up as Kagura and Inuyasha came into the room. It was around ten. Kagura sat next to him.

 

“I'm gonna go now. I'll come over tomorrow to see you, okay?”

 

“Okay. Night, Kagura.”

 

“Night, Sessh.” She kissed the top of his head before she got up. She said bye to Inuyasha then left.

 

“Okay, now how do you want to do this?” Inuyasha asked. “Do you want to sleep how we did last night or do you want to stay down here…?”

 

“Let's go up.”

 

“Kay. You still can't walk, can you?”

 

Sesshomaru responded by sitting up and trying to stand. He walked a few steps before Inuyasha came by his side. He leaned against the black-haired man.

 

“Don't worry, I'll carry ya. You're pretty light actually.” Inuyasha picked him up and took him to his bedroom. He laid Sesshomaru down then changed out of his clothes.

 

“Now Sessh, do you need anything? You haven't eaten anything. Are you hungry?”

 

“I'm fine. Go to sleep. You must be tired.”

 

“I'm like a little kid when it comes to energy. I'm not that tired. Now do you want something to eat?”

 

“I'll probably just throw it up…”

 

“When I was younger my mom always gave me popsicles. You want one of those? I can make you some tea too.”

 

“Okay.”

 

“Kay, I'll be back.”

 

Inuyasha brought him a popsicle and told him the water for his tea was put to boil. Sesshomaru started licking at it and Inuyasha couldn't help but make a comment.

 

“You know what it looks like you're doing?” Inuyasha asked with a smirk.

 

“No, what?” Sesshomaru said with mock-innocence. He then dragged his tongue from the bottom to top then sucked the entire thing into his mouth before slowly taking it out. “Tell me, what does it look like?”

 

Inuyasha had a grin on his face. The water downstairs was ready so he stood up. “Oh, nothing. You're just deep throating the thing. You look like you've had a lot of practice.”

 

“I don't know what you're talking about. I never eat popsicles.” He was smiling though.

 

“Hehe, sure. I'll be back with your tea.”

 

Sesshomaru finished by the time he came back. “Thanks, Inuyasha.”

 

“You're welcome.”

 

After he drank his tea, the two of them went to bed. Sesshomaru's body still ached but he hoped that after a night of sleep it would get better.

 

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Sesshomaru woke up with his head feeling like it was being hit with a hammer. It caused him so much pain and it didn't seem like it would ease up any time soon.

 

“Damn it,” he groaned. It hurt so much that tears threatened to spill from his eyes. More fucking tears? It seemed to him that all he had been doing lately was crying. He was tired of it, tired of it all. He was sick of being in pain, sick of crying, sick of being fucking sick. As his head throbbed, more and more tears leaked out of his eyes. He wished it would all go away do he could get a night of peace.

 

Inuyasha slowly woke up. He turned to where Sesshomaru was and the sleepy haze over his mind cleared instantly. The guy was crying with his arms draped over his eyes.

 

“Sessh?” Inuyasha asked. “Sessh, what's wrong?”

 

“Nothing,” Sesshomaru managed to say.

 

“Don't cry.” Inuyasha didn't like to see him cry so he pulled Sesshomaru close to him and had him rest his head on his chest. He knew it was risky but he wanted to comfort him somehow.

 

Sesshomaru was surprised when Inuyasha brought him closer. He didn't pull away though.

 

“Now why are you crying?” Inuyasha asked gently.

 

“My…my head hurts,” Sesshomaru mumbled. He felt stupid for shedding tears over something like that. He had suffered many punishments from Naraku, a headache should've been nothing.

 

Inuyasha wrapped an arm around him and brought his free hand to wipe Sesshomaru's tears away. Sesshomaru was flattered at the gesture. Had it been anyone else besides Kagura he probably would've been angry. But with Inuyasha…it wasn't like that at all. He actually cared about Sesshomaru and Sesshomaru was grateful to have a friend like him.

 

“Now try and go to sleep. You'll feel better with some rest.”

 

Sesshomaru closed his eyes and tried to listen. His head wasn't hurting as much as when he woke up. They stayed in the same position and eventually both fell asleep without any more problems for the rest of the night.

 

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When Sesshomaru woke up in the morning he was feeling better then he had yesterday. He was far from completely well but still better. He looked up at Inuyasha, they were still in the same spot as the night before. What shocked Sesshomaru was that he didn't feel uncomfortable. No, not at all. It confused him. But instead of getting another headache from thinking about it, he opted for closing his eyes again.

 

Inuyasha woke up with a weight on his chest. He wondered what it was for a moment before remembering that it was Sesshomaru. He was surprised that Sesshomaru had stayed like this but it was a good surprise. He started thinking and began absentmindedly stroking Sesshomaru's hair.

 

“Inuyasha?”

 

“Oh, you're awake.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“How are you feeling?”

 

“Better then yesterday.”

 

“Good. And your head?”

 

“It doesn't hurt right now.”

 

“It's a good thing you're getting better. If you weren't then me and Kagura were gonna take you to the doctor.”

 

Sesshomaru's eyes widened. Doctors were bad. Doctors asked questions. They tried to pry in things that weren't their business. No way was he going. He would have put up a fight. “Well, I'm fine so there's no need for that.”

 

“I wouldn't go as far as to say you're fine but you're getting there.”

 

They stayed quiet for a few moments, both oddly comfortable with how they were situated. Then there was a loud grumbling noise.

 

“Haha, sounds like someone's hungry,” Inuyasha laughed.

 

“Shut up,” Sesshomaru said somewhat embarrassed.

 

“Aw, there's nothing wrong with Sesshy's tummy growling,” he teased.

 

Sesshomaru stuck his tongue out at him then sat up. “Come nurse. I wish to go downstairs and find something suitable to eat.”

 

“Haha, let's go.”

 

Sesshomaru had a bowl of cereal. He thought he was done with the nausea and throwing up but of course he had to be proven wrong. When he was done with his food he went to the bathroom and heaved it all up. As he walked back to the living room he noticed that he didn't feel weak though. He could still walk and he wasn't in that much pain. He just couldn't eat still.

 

“I think as long as I don't eat I'll be fine,” Sesshomaru told Inuyasha.

 

“Yes, that's healthy.”

 

“It's not like I'm going to starve myself forever. Just until I'm a little bit better and can actually hold some food down.”

 

“As long as it keeps you from getting sicker.”

 

As the day progressed Sesshomaru could tell that he was indeed getting better. That was good and bad. It was good because who the fuck liked being sick? But it was bad because that meant he'd have to go home…

 

He'd get to see Rin which was good but he'd also have to face Naraku. And he had pretty much promised that when Sesshomaru came home he'd be punished. Sesshomaru was scared of that. He had enjoyed the time he had spent with Inuyasha though he did think the younger man was getting sick of him (though that was quite the opposite). He'd…miss spending time with Inuyasha. He was a good friend. He started thinking about Naraku again and the punishment he'd receive. He suddenly zoned out, which Inuyasha noticed.

 

“Sessh?” Inuyasha said trying to get his attention. “Hey, Sessh.”

 

Sesshomaru didn't hear him. At the moment, he was reliving the night Naraku had beat him with the belt.

 

“Sessh!” Inuyasha grabbed his shoulders but he wasn't prepared for what happened next.

 

“Stop!” Sesshomaru yelled. “I'm sorry, Naraku! It won't happen again…”

 

“W-what?”

 

Sesshomaru snapped out of it and looked at Inuyasha just realizing what he said. “I-I…” He didn't know what to say.

 

“And just what were you telling `Naraku' to stop doing…?”

 

“Nothing. It was nothing.”

 

“Sessh, you can tell me.”

 

“There's nothing to tell.”

 

“You're lying. Does he hurt you?” Sesshomaru shook his head. “Does he hurt your daughter?”

 

Sesshomaru looked at him in horror. “He'd never do that!”

 

“Really? When you got married did you ever think he'd hurt you?”

 

Sesshomaru said nothing but he knew Inuyasha had a point. He never had imagined that Naraku would beat him yet it happened. He never thought he'd hurt Rin but what if that happened? It would be Sesshomaru's entire fault for not protecting her from the monster he knew Naraku to be. He suddenly felt extremely guilty. He looked down at the floor, ashamed of himself for being such an awful person.

 

“Hey, I didn't mean to make you feel like a bad parent or anything.”

 

Sesshomaru didn't say anything, he just thought But I am.

 

Inuyasha sat next to him and hugged him. He knew he had made Sesshomaru sad. He still hadn't admitted to being beaten by Naraku but Inuyasha's instincts told him that Sesshomaru was Naraku's punching bag. He truly wondered how long it would be until Naraku would start taking his anger out on Rin. It was horrible enough that he tortured an innocent man but to add a little girl into that? Truly terrible indeed. And if Inuyasha had to make Sesshomaru upset to see the truth about all that then so be it…