InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Brother's Keeper ❯ Chapter 14 ( Chapter 14 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Chapter Fourteen
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All InuYasha could do was reframe himself from complaining and acting childish. That was simple wasn’t it? Not for InuYasha it wasn’t. He was used to speaking his mind and doing things his way, and when he didn’t get his way, InuYasha was notorious for throwing the biggest argument one could be in. InuYasha wasn’t used to being told how to live his life nor was he used to being so forced to do so.


InuYasha felt like his spirit had been caged and he was furious about it. He had no power to set it free anymore and it made him all the more tense and aggravated.


Aisuru had come once a day to give him fresh bandages for his side wound and hadn’t said really a word to him but, “Keep your wound clean,” and “Be careful about throwing your body around.”


It wasn’t like InuYasha was really doing those things anyway. All he was really doing was dodging a toy thrown at him by Sesshomaru or moving to avoid collision in the castle’s hallways with another inu youkai.


InuYasha now sat in his room, a week after the confrontation with his otou-sama. InuYasha couldn’t help but wonder how his otou-sama was so great when he acted just like Sesshomaru. Cold and uncaring, how could someone like that fall in love with his human mother? Why would he? How could he? It was almost as if trying to get Sesshomaru to fall in love with someone like Kagome. It was ridiculous.


Somehow, InuYasha should have known this though. His father was not going to be a kind and caring person if he was the daimyo-sama of a large group of inu youkai. And no way was Sesshomaru’s behavior based on treatment from his parents; he was copying the current behavior of their father.


It made InuYasha’s skin crawl just thinking about it. He tapped his knee with his claw and stared up at the dark ceiling. He could go out now; the door to his room was no longer barged shut, but he still didn’t like roaming the castle alone. One, he was afraid of getting lost again, and two, he didn’t like going around it in at night.


Slowly slipping into his futon, InuYasha covered his body with a thick blanket and closed his eyes. Respect, hue? When was he ever given respect from Sesshomaru? Oh right, this is Sesshomaru we’re talking about. InuYasha grumbled and turned over hoping to get some sleep for the night.


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Waking up was hard. InuYasha was hoping that all had been a nightmare and the Kagome or one of his friends was shaking him awake. Neither happened. He woke up on the wooden floor on top of his futon and grumbled. The sound of Kagome’s voice had disappeared the moment the sun hit his eyes and the warm feeling of the dream was replaced with a small throbbing of the wound on InuYasha’s side.


Groaning, InuYasha rolled over to the side that wasn’t injured and blew out some air flipping his bangs up. His ears flickered for the sound of someone approaching his room. No one around and for once InuYasha was glad.


InuYasha could hear birds chirping outside his window and flattened his ears. The was no longer going to be any more sleep for the time being so InuYasha slowly rolled out of bed and propped himself up. Doing his best to not yank the wound, he stretched and stood up tossing the top of his kimono in the corner of the room.


Glaring at the folded clothes on the side of his bed InuYasha sighed and started to get dressed. He had just finished placing the armored chest plate that covered and protected his wound when Aisuru came in.


“Oh, I see you have dressed without help this time.”


“Keh, thanks a lot bitch. Didn’t really want your input.” InuYasha snapped.


Aisuru gave him a dirty look, but kept her mouth shut about his rude comment. Placing her supplies on the floor, she began poured some liquid into a small bowl and handed it to him.


“Here, it contains some herbal remedies. It should help numb some of the pain.”


InuYasha reluctantly took the herbal liquid and swallowed it down in one gulp. It tasted nasty, causing InuYasha to make an awful face but it went down. InuYasha hoped it would stay down in his empty stomach. His stomach gave a growl as the liquid went through down his throat.


“Keh, that was awful.” InuYasha spat.


“Herbs usually don’t taste very good.” Aisuru replied, “But they do the job.”


“Yeah, they better.” InuYasha muttered.


“Is your wound giving you any more trouble?” Aisuru asked.


“No.” InuYasha glared.


“Alright, I suppose your heading to Sesshomaru-sama’s room?” Aisuru stood up and began collecting her supplies.


“Yeah, unfortunately against my will.” InuYasha snapped. Standing up, InuYasha wiped his mouth and slid the door open and marched to Sesshomaru’s room. He glanced behind him seeing Aisuru leaving and closing the door behind her.


Sighing, InuYasha licked his chops as the horrible after taste of the herbs filled his mouth again. ‘Oh, what I would do to eat a rabbit’ InuYasha though.


Knowing the way to Sesshomaru’s room by memory, InuYasha slid the door open and glanced at his onii. Sesshomaru was still sleeping on his futon, and that his room was still clean from the inu youkai bitch’s that clean it up every night, indicated he hadn’t stirred this morning.


InuYasha sat down and put his back to his pillar and leaned back and closed his eyes. Knowing his peace would be broken any minute now; InuYasha savored the time by himself and thought of ways to get home. None had been coming to mind and it pained him.


He missed Kagome more than anything; her whining, her eyes, her “osuwari’s”, and her voice. He missed the houshi’s perverted jokes and his attempts at grouping poor Sango and seeing her giving the slaps he rightfully deserved. And Shippo, he missed ponding the little brats head.


“Hey! What are you doing in my room!?”


InuYasha was so unfocused he didn’t have time to dodge the flying toy and it hit him square in the head.


“Ouch, fucking brat!” InuYasha hissed. He turned away and rubbed his temple. “What the hell do you think I’m doing in your room?!”


“You came early!” Sesshomaru snapped.


“Keh, so what.” InuYasha spat. “Maybe then I can leave early.”


“I hope otou-sama guts you one day.” Sesshomaru growled. InuYasha tried not to flinch at that comment.


“And I hope you die and end your pathetic life.” InuYasha muttered.


“I heard that!” Another toy came flying his direction, but InuYasha was well prepared for it this time and ducked around the pillar letting it slam onto the concreted wall. InuYasha didn’t want to be here. He had had enough.


“I’m leaving.” InuYasha snapped, and stood up and marched towards the sliding door.


“Wait! You can’t leave!” Sesshomaru yelled. “My otou-sama ordered you to stay here and watch me!”


‘Self-centered brat.’ InuYasha thought. Ignoring Sesshomaru’s comment, InuYasha marched out of the room and headed to where ever his feet were taking him. What InuYasha didn’t expect was the small ‘pit pat’ of feet following closely behind him.


InuYasha glanced back and glared at Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru looked up at InuYasha and gave him a snarl showing one of his fangs. InuYasha turned back around and continued to walk forward. Crossing his arms in his sleeves InuYasha glanced back at Sesshomaru again. He was still following him with the biggest pout he could manage on his face.


InuYasha managed not to roll his eyes at Sesshomaru’s ‘stunning’ display of displeasure. Walking on, InuYasha could feel his gut squirm uncomfortably; he was hungry again. The herbs he had swallowed that morning had taken affect to his wound; he could barely feel any pain at all.


Suddenly InuYasha caught scent of rabbit, and his mouth began watering. Stopping to catch the scent, Sesshomaru hadn’t realized InuYasha had stopped and ran right into his leg.


“Ouch!” Sesshomaru snapped, falling onto the ground. “Watch where you’re going!”


“Zip it brat.” InuYasha snarled. Sniffing, InuYasha began to walk around the halls following the scent of the desired creature that had his stomach tossing and turning with joy.


Turning the corner, InuYasha found what he had missed. A small courtyard lay in the middle of the castle’s grounds, and it was thriving with rabbits.


Without thinking, InuYasha jumped out into the grass snatching two rabbits by their hind legs before they could even comprehend what snatched them up. With a flick of his claw, he slit their throats.


“Where not supposed to be out here.”


InuYasha stopped preparing his meal and glanced up at Sesshomaru.


“Why?”


“Otou-sama said no one was allowed in the courtyard.” Sesshomaru stared at him. InuYasha frowned; his onii’s face showed fear which made him pause and flicked his ears towards his surroundings. Nothing was indicating a threat, but InuYasha suddenly felt a deep sinking feeling in his gut that wasn’t caused by hunger.


“Fine. I got my meal, let’s go.” InuYasha marched out of the courtyard and back into the hallway of the castle. Sesshomaru followed him without saying a word.


InuYasha headed back towards his room and began to make a fire in the pit that was located in the center of the room. Sesshomaru sat down and watched him. InuYasha looked at Sesshomaru and threw a rabbit at him.


“Here, make yourself useful brat.” InuYasha grunted. He slit the back of the rabbit’s neck and began peeling away the fur. Once that was done, InuYasha ripped the rabbit in half and removed the head, tossing it out his dark window. All the time Sesshomaru just stared down at the dead rabbit at his feet.


“You eat this?” The daimyo-sama’s son asked.


InuYasha glanced up and narrowed his eyes. “Yeah I do. I prefer this over the shit you eat.”


Sesshomaru snarled. “I see you like humans.”


“And I know for a fact that you don’t. But, I never pictured you EATING them Sesshomaru!” InuYasha bellowed. Sesshomaru was taken back, and for a moment there was silence. InuYasha grumbled and turned away from his brother.


“Why wouldn’t I eat human?”


InuYasha snapped the rabbit leg in half he was holding and glared at Sesshomaru. “HUMANS ARE NOT FOOD!” He yelled.


Standing up he swung the rabbit over the fire in the pit and began cooking. Trying not to glare at Sesshomaru, he rotated the rabbit around to make sure that it was being cooked thoroughly. Silence still echoed the room as the crackling of the fire cooked the meat.


Sesshomaru turned to his dead rabbit and lifted it up. “What do you want me to do with it?”


“Skin it first.” InuYasha mumbled. “Then take its head off since that part of its body really isn’t edible.”


Sesshomaru stared at the rabbit and sniffed it. Holding it up by the ears he started to swing his claws and began to shred it.


“No you idiot!” InuYasha snarled grabbing Sesshomaru by his wrist. “You don’t cut it up into a thousand pieces!”


“Then how the hell do you do it!?” Sesshomaru snapped.


“Cut the back of the neck completely and then pull the skin over its head, it should come off in one single pelt.” InuYasha said.


Suddenly footsteps were heard in the hallway and the noises of many inu youkai’s conversations drifted into the room.


“Dinner!” Sesshomaru yelled happily and ran out of InuYasha’s room.


InuYasha watched him go in a mix of horror and disgust. Snarling he grabbed the half shredded rabbit and threw it out the window cussing up a storm.


Carefully pulling the cooked rabbit over the fire down; InuYasha happily dug in. At least now when everyone else was having their ‘dinner’, InuYasha was having his too. And now, he knew where to get his food supply from.


InuYasha stared out the window and grumbled. Respect, it still hasn’t worked.