InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Changes: past and present ❯ Chapter 5

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Sesshoumaru's announcement, sent the room into total disbelief. He had forgotten that the others were also there, his attention centered fully on the Inuyasha and Kagome. They where also the only two not panicking about what he said. Staring at his brother for a moment, Inuyasha took Kagome in his arms, picked her up and left the room. Moments later Sesshoumaru, heard the door close as they left the house.

Sesshoumaru's usually mask of total indifference slipped into place as he stared at those who remained in the room. “If you are done,” he said in a deathly quiet voice, “I would like to make sure my brother and the miko are alright, since they are the ones that most need to collect their thoughts.” With that he also left the room, and silence reigned in the kitchen.

Mama Higurashi looked at the others in the room, before standing, and started to follow the others, knowing just where Inuyasha would take her daughter. But before she was able to take two steps away from the table, her legs buckled underneath her, and the only thing that stopped her from hitting the floor was the speed of the wolf youkai who was sitting at the other side of the table. Kouga carried her up stairs to her room, and laid her down on the bed, made sure she was covered.

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Sesshoumaru settled himself underneath Goshinboku. Looking up he watched his brother comfort the woman in his arms. Knowing that he was the one who caused the distress that Kagome was feeling, left a very sour taste in his mouth. He didn't mean to tell everyone that. But his reaction to what she said about him hating his brother, made him say more then he should have. In this case he knew, his past actions where against him.

Lowering his head when he heard a soft sob, it snapped up again when he realized that the sound didn't come from Kagome, but from Inuyasha. Jumping up into the tree, and landing softly on the branch above the one the couple where sitting on, he found that it was not Inuyasha comforting Kagome, but the other way around. Keeping quit he listened to what was being said.

“Shh,Inuyasha. It's okay. Cry, let it all out.” Kagome kept whispering, as finally the emotions that the hanyou was feeling came out.

“I though he hated me. That he was ashamed of me.” Inuyasha whimpered into her hair.

“I know, I know. What else where you supposed to think. All the fights, the insults, everything he's ever said to you. It lead most of us to think the same thing.”

Kagome kept stroking Inuyasha's hair, whispering soft words of comfort. Tears gathered in her own eyes as she held the man that she loved. Reaching up to wipe away her tears, she found a silken piece of cloth handed to her. Looking up she found that Sesshoumaru was sitting slightly above her. Using the cloth to first wipe away her tears, she then used it to wipe away Inuyasha's tears.

Keeping silent so as not to alert the hanyou of his brother's presence, Kagome reached up and started to stroke Inuyasha's ears, as his sobs stopped. After a few minutes she noticed that Inuyasha had fallen asleep. Keeping her voice quit, she asked Sesshoumaru to left him down to the ground. Gathering both Inuyasha and Kagome in his arms he dropped to the ground, and continued on into the house.

“Where are you going?” Kagome asked him softly.

“To your room. We have a few more things to talk about. And I have a feeling that my brother won't let you go. That means setting him down on your bed and talking there. Away from everyone else. They do not need to know, what I have to tell you.”

After placing the two down on Kagome's bed, Sesshoumaru, started to move away. Only to find himself stopped by a hand on his sleeve. Looking down, he saw that Inuyasha had grabbed onto him in his sleep. Sighing, he settled down on the floor beside the bed so that Inuyasha could continue to hold on to him.

“He looks like a lost puppy.” Kagome whispered softly. When Inuyasha started to whimper in his sleep she started to stroke his ears once again, hoping that it would calm him down. When that didn't work, she curled herself up against his side and nuzzled his neck, the same way he did to her when she was upset. Listening as his breathing evened out once more, she turned her attention to Sesshoumaru.

“What else did you want to say, that couldn't be said in front of the others?”

“For one, the reason your still alive.”

“I assumed you used Tenseiga, to bring me back.”

“Yes and no. I used Tenseiga, only after I made sure that I would always know when you where in danger, and keep you safe. Since I could not count on the ones who where supposed to watch over you.”

“But what happened to me was just an accident. No one could have prevented it from happening.”

“That's where you are wrong. You see, that was a youkai that hit you. On purpose. When we found him, I had him taken care of. And no I did not have him killed. That would have been the easy way out, and he would not have learned his lesson. But that's not important at the moment. He was hired to kill you for the Shikon no Tama.”

Pausing as he gathered his thoughts, he frowned before continuing. “ I'm sure that you've noticed the scar on your shoulder.” When Kagome nodded her head, he asked her. “Have you ever noticed that when your upset, or in trouble that it throbs slightly.”

Kagome nodded her head once again. “I always thought it was my imagination. It may sound kind of funny, but I always thought of it as my guardian angel. It always brought me comfort. Or courage when I needed it.”

“Is that why you rub your shoulder when your upset?” Came a mumbled question from Inuyasha.

“Your awake.” Kagome exclaimed. She tried to sit up but Inuyasha just placed his arm around her to hold her in place. He did not notice that his other hand slipped off of Sesshoumaru's sleeve and instead tangled itself into his mokomoko-sama, which had made itself known when Sesshoumaru had removed his concealing spell.

“yeah,I wasn't that deeply asleep. I've heard most everything that the two of you have said. But you didn't answer my question. Is that why you keep rubbing your shoulder?”

Reaching up, Kagome unconsciously rubbed the scar, causing both brothers to snort in laughter. Blushing Kagome just nodded her head in response to his question, dropping her hand to rest once more against Inuyasha's chest.

Reaching over, Sesshoumaru brushed his knuckles against the scar. Kagome gasped as a tingle ran through her body. “What was that?” She asked.

Sesshoumaru chuckled once again. “Like I said, after you where attacked I needed a way to keep safe. I needed to mark you in a way that would warn off all but the most determined attackers, but would be easy to hide once you went through the well. Over the years I had learned about charms and how to make and hide them from others. Before I used Tenseiga to bring you back, I removed one of my fangs and made it into a charm. Putting a spell that would conceal it from even my own senses when activated, I sliced open your neck and placed it there. When Tenseiga healed you, it much to my surprise, left a scar right over that spot. When I tested the fang to make sure it would work, I found that Tenseiga had transferred some of my own power into it. I'm not sure how much, or how it works, but it's there. And by the feel of it, the fang has been gathering in strength. I know that you are now immune to my poison, which is one of the reasons you survived my first attempt to kill you. We'll have to test it to see what else it can do.”

“I thought Tetsusaiga saved her from your poison.” Inuyasha said with a frown.

“Only in part. I used to much poison, for Tetsusaiga to stop all together.”

“And that is also one of the reasons you want me to be trained while I'm here.”

“Yes. I know what you will have to face before the Shikon no Tama is put back together. So I know that you will need all the help you can get.”

“Can you tell us anything that will help?”

“No. Anything that I tell you will change the course of history. It could make you do something that you will otherwise not do. Or do, as the case may be. There is one thing that I can tell you though.”

“What?”

“Help those who seek you out.” Sesshoumaru cryptically.