InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Consequences ❯ Chapter 4

Consequences: Chapter Four

 

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi does, and I'm extremely jealous! Don't sue me, I've only got $5…

 

A/N: Spoiler Warning: This fic now contains manga spoilers, taking place after chapter 488 and totally ignoring all the chapters so far after that. [despite how great those chapters are] So if you plan on reading the manga and don't want any little details given away, don't read.

Spelling note: some people spell it `tetsusaiga', but I'm spelling it tessaiga due to pronunciation, common use in manga trans/scanlations, and because with the kanji for `tetsu' when followed by a hard consonant like s, t, k, or p, the `tsu' indicates a doubling of that consonant. Or so I was told ..anyway, that's boring…I hope this next chapter isn't!

 

Many thanks to everyone who reviewed!

 

 

 

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Chapter Four

 

Sesshomaru had returned to the cave shortly after Inuyasha had fallen asleep, carefully wrapping tessaiga in the fire-rat robes so as not to get his fingers burnt.

Near the back of the cave, he'd set them on the ground, and carefully placed a barrier around them so that Inuyasha wouldn't be able to see. Next, he'd re-kindled the fire, then gone out to kill a young deer, and brought it back to the cave to eat. When he was done, he didn't bother to remove what was left from the cave, considering that Inuyasha might be less irritable and more easily persuaded after an easy meal. He lay down and made himself comfortable on his moko-moko-sama, content just to doze for however long it took Inuyasha to wake up and get there.

 

 

Inuyasha had been expecting Sesshomaru's scent trail to suddenly break off where he'd flown off, or at least show signs he'd been moving very fast. So it was with some shock that he realised Sesshomaru had just walked straight back to the cave.

 

Peering inside, he could see a sleeping Sesshomaru, a fire, most of a dead deer, and Sesshomaru's armour and sword placed neatly against the cave's wall, but no red clothing or tessaiga were to be seen. Suddenly a frightening new possibility occurred to Inuyasha.

What if Sesshomaru hadn't taken his clothing and tessaiga?! What if it had been someone else- like…Naraku!? He wanted it- He'd tried to get tessaiga before! He could fly, too- explaining why Inuyasha hadn't smelt any other youkai at the stream…or, more likely, he would have gotten Byakuya to steal it for him….What if Naraku was doing terrible things to his beloved tessaiga, like using shikon shards to force it into working for him? Naraku would love to kill Inuyasha with his own sword- he'd already killed Kanna trying to, hadn't he?! The thought gave Inuyasha a sick feeling in is stomach.

 

He couldn't see tessaiga anywhere in the cave, and Sesshomaru obviously wasn't making off with it. He probably hadn't even stolen it at all! Look at him, lying there all relaxed like! The way he just lay there watching him with possibly even less interest than usual..it just didn't seem like somebody who was expecting to be attacked for having stolen tessaiga. Knowing his luck, it had certainly been Naraku! That bastard probably didn't even go into heat, and would have been looking to take advantage of Inuyasha's weakness at this time! Shit! Inuyasha turned and dashed back toward the stream. If Naraku or Byakuya or anyone else had come and stolen tessaiga, there would definitely be at least a small trace of their smell left there somewhere.

 

Sesshomaru had enjoyed watching Inuyasha's expression rapidly change from rage to panic to disgust to pensive and back to panic again, and had smirked when he dashed off again, wondering how long it would be before he came back. He didn't think it would be very long, but then, an hour passed, and then another.

 

It was starting to get dark, and the hanyou still hadn't returned. Why? He was reasonably sure Inuyasha was intelligent enough to realise he'd taken tessaiga, and there was no way he'd just let him keep it…was there? If there was…that was just fine with Sesshomaru. Missing out on enjoying Inuyasha's body again in exchange for tessaiga, whether he could use the damn thing or not was a fine exchange in his opinion. It was a lovely thought, but Sesshomaru realised it was ridiculous, and dismissed it. Well, he could just keep it…no, he wouldn't do that, either. To acquire tessaiga in such a way would be disgustingly dishonourable.

 

So what, then, was keeping Inuyasha from coming back here to claim it? Inuyasha who was out there in the rain, naked and without tessaiga? It had been over two hours since he'd left…why was he not back? Had he perhaps come across that miko of his? Sesshomaru didn't like that thought. At all. But if Inuyasha had been planning to fuck the miko during his heat, he would not have left his group to come take shelter in this cave alone yesterday, would he? And Sesshomaru had not sensed any of Inuyasha's distasteful little companions anywhere nearby, so it was probably something else.

 

What if some other youkai had come across the delectable hanyou, naked and in heat? Sesshomaru did not like that thought at all, either. It seemed Inuyasha was very easy to turn on…and then there were plenty of youkai who'd not even bother and just rape him, and plenty more who'd rather just kill a hanyou…and Inuyasha was a lot easier to kill without his sword and protective clothing. If Inuyasha had been raped or killed, it would be Sesshomaru's fault for having taken tessaiga and the fire-rat-robes away from him. He definitely didn't like that thought. He didn't want terrible things to happen to Inuyasha, and he didn't want him to die a disgraceful death on his behalf either. He decided to go make sure Inuyasha wasn't dead.

 

Sesshomaru put his armour and mokomoko-sama back on, went to the mouth of the cave. Not sensing any other youkai nearby, he set out after Inuyasha, who appeared to have headed back toward the stream again. He made his way back there, and found Inuyasha's smell blanketing every inch of the area around where they'd been. And practically everywhere around the area surrounding the area they'd been in! What, had the idiotic hanyou thought maybe he'd accidentally dropped tessaiga somewhere?

Making his way through the trees, it was only a few minutes before he caught sight of Inuyasha, darting about the forest, sniffing everywhere in a ridiculously frantic looking manner.

 

“Inuyasha…” At the sound of his name, Inuyasha paused to spin rapidly around to face Sesshomaru, staring at him like a deer caught in headlights.

“What are you doing?” Sesshomaru asked, walking over.

“I…ah, that's…um…” Suddenly, Inuyasha didn't know what to say- if he accused Sesshomaru of having taken tessaiga and he hadn't, and it turned out Naraku really had stolen it like he suspected, he didn't want to think about what Sesshomaru might do…then, if he told him he thought Naraku or someone might have taken it and it turned out somehow that Sesshomaru had taken it, then how stupid did he look?!

“You aren't…looking for tessaiga, are you?”

“Well, when I woke up, it was gone! I thought you were trying to steal it again, but then I couldn't see it in the cave with you, so I thought Naraku had come and stolen it! But I can't smell anyone anywhere around here, can you?” Inuyasha's distressed tone somehow was causing Sesshomaru to feel that unpleasant guilty emotion again…

“I just took it back to the cave to ensure you showed up rather than running off somewhere.” Explained Sesshomaru.

“WHAT?!” Inuyasha turned bright red, decided he'd heard enough, and took of like lightening back towards the cave.

 

Sesshomaru followed at a more reasonable pace, arriving to find a very pissed off looking Inuyasha standing near the fire.

“Sesshomaru!” He yelled, “Where the FUCK is tessaiga and my clothes?!”

“What do you plan on doing when you have them back?” asked Sesshomaru. “I'm not really in the mood for one of your pathetic excuses for a fight, Inuyasha.”

“Pa…. You bastard- don't worry, you'll be dead before you get a chance to have your mood spoiled! Where is tessaiga!?” Demanded Inuyasha.

“Perhaps I'll tell you in the morning.” Replied his brother.

“Now, chicken-fucker!” Sesshomaru smirked. Did Inuyasha expect him to feel threatened by this ridiculous display? In any case, the hanyou wasn't about to get tessaiga back. Not while he was so angry and stupid Sesshomaru might have to ugly up that pretty body of his before he'd calm down… and he seemed to have worked himself into quite a state. Not receiving any response to his last insult, Inuyasha's mouth was now spewing out a large, creative collection of them. Sesshomaru just stood there until he was finished.

“-so where the fuck is it?!”

 

“I said, I might tell you in the morning. You should be going to sleep. I want your body to heal as soon as possible, rather than be damaged further as it will if I give tessaiga back right now. Calm down.” Replied Sesshomaru, sitting down near the back of the cave.

“Baka! What the fuck do you mean, you don't want my body getting damaged?! Like I'm about to calm down and go to sleep when tessaiga is left somewhere for some shitty youkai to come and steal! What the fuck is wrong with you?” exclaimed Inuyasha, pacing around the mouth of the cave.

“I assure you, tessaiga is very well guarded. Have some food, go to sleep, and in the morning, I promise you can have it back.” Sesshomaru told him.

Inuyasha paused in his pacing to scrutinise his brother's face and words. He promised, did he? As angry as he was, Inuyasha doubted Sesshomaru would have said he promised if he didn't mean it…Sesshomaru certainly wouldn't have left tessaiga somewhere it might be stolen by someone else, either. And if his goal was to take it himself, he'd have been long gone with it by now, as Inuyasha had first expected. So what was Sesshomaru planning then? Ah, of course. He was going to wait until he fell asleep, and then start molesting him again!

 

“Like I'm going to go to sleep with you nearby, pervert! You just want to…to…”

“Fuck you? Yes, as soon as your body is up to it. Do you still have a problem with that, little brother?” Asked Sesshomaru.

“Of course I have a problem with it! I love Kagome, and I don't like you at all, and you're a male- I Don't like males! And you're my brother! How could I not have a problem with it? And since when are you such a…lecher?”

“Don't be ridiculous. Obviously you do like males, and you at least like the things I do to your body, a lot, if not me myself. As for us being brothers…do you know nothing of inu youkai? It's perfectly normal. You've obviously spent too much time around humans, and adopted strange and abnormal ideas.” Said Sesshomaru.

“you're telling me I'm the one with strange and abnormal ideas?! When you…you're saying it's common for inuyoukai to fuck their siblings?” Demanded Inuyasha.

“It's very common. Many youkai choose to mate within the family- it strengthens the bloodline.” Replied his brother. “So, merely having sex is certainly no big deal.”

“oh.” Said Inuyasha. So they weren't sick perverts then? Inuyasha knew it was common for male youkai to like other males as well as females, some even preferred them…he just hadn't thought that he was one of them. And he certainly hadn't realised it was normal for members of the same family to…mate…of course, he'd never really listened when Myouga had bantered on about things like that…

“So I'm not some kind of sick perverted freak?” He asked, hopefully.

“Far from it. Now be quiet. I wanted to meditate.” Said Sesshomaru.

 

With his brother sitting peacefully, eyes shut and the back of the cave, Inuyasha settled down and tried to figure out what he should do. There was very little he could do to make Sesshomaru tell him where his clothes and tessaiga were until the morning, so he figured it wouldn't hurt to wait until then. But there was no way he was going to sleep, with his brother right there and waiting to molest him and all! He considered going outside and finding a place where he could sleep, but, in the end, decided he'd rather sit up all night somewhere with dry ground, food and a fire, than try to sleep out in the wet somewhere. And this way he could keep an eye on Sesshomaru, and make sure he didn't try to make off somewhere with tessaiga. He cooked some of the left over deer meat, ate his fill, then disposed of the rest of it outside. Sesshomaru was either meditating or sleeping sitting up in the back of the cave…Inuyasha didn't care which, as long as it meant he wasn't going to speak to him, or do anything else…

 

Inuyasha was still having a lot of trouble believing the amount of effort Sesshomaru was going to over him. He wondered if heat got worse with age…that was a scary thought. Things were unpleasant enough as it was- within minutes of settling down beside the fire, he found himself backing away from it, trying to find a comfortable, cooler spot against the cave walls. And memories of the things he and his brother had done kept appearing in his mind…which was bothering him less and less, and that was definitely bothering him. Inuyasha wanted to get tessaiga back, get away from Sesshomaru, and try to forget anything had ever happened.

How could his body have done this to him? More importantly, how could he have done this to Kagome? Every time he even started to think about her, he found himself overwhelmed with guilt. She'd probably never speak to him again after she found out. If she found out…Inuyasha figured that things would be a lot less painful for her, and a lot less embarrassing for him, if he made sure she never found out about this. He'd just pretend he wasn't interested in her anymore.

Inuyasha did his very best to stay awake, but within a couple of hours, his eyes slowly shut themselves, and he passed into oblivion.

 

 

 

 

 

Ginta and Hakkaku had complained terribly when Kouga suddenly insisted they head toward the village Kagome and her pack hung around. Considering it was mating season, they really should have just stayed in the nice, quiet valley they'd stopped in, but Kouga simply couldn't stand it- obviously he couldn't have Kagome yet, but if he couldn't at least smell her lovely scent and know she wasn't far away, he felt like he was going to die! They'd been running all day, and finally gotten pretty close to the village. Ginta and Hakkaku were dead tired, and hassled Kouga into agreeing they could stop for the night in a nearby cave.

 

By the time they got within sight of the cave, it was late in the night, and they were hungry and tired, not to mention dirty from running in the mud. But there was as yet to be any respite for the unfortunate wolves- the mouth of the cave was aglow from a fire within, and the scent of Inuyasha, a male, similar smelling inuyoukai, and sex were all around the cave.

Ginta and Hakkaku sighed in disappointment, while Kouga looked thoughtful.

“So, Inukoro's gone and found someone else, huh…” he said, “Somehow I doubt Kagome would be alright with this…I suppose they've already given up on each other…”

“What should we do, Kouga? If Inuyasha's left Kagome, then that's great, right?” Asked Hakkaku.

“What if she doesn't know? If we go tell her, then you can have her for sure, Kouga!” Added Ginta.

“Baka! Of course Kagome must know- not even Inukoro would be low enough to do this behind her back! I bet she finally got pissed off with that hopeless puppy and left him. Which means I can already have her for sure! Not that there was ever any real doubt to begin with, of course…anyway, I don't wanna waste any time- let's go!”

And with that Kouga was off like the wind toward the village, passing through a particular section of that stream as he went. `Yep, looks like Inuyasha's definitely not with Kagome anymore…' He thought, noting the unmistakable smells..

. At the rate he was going, he'd reach the village before morning, and could begin courting her properly, without the annoying puppy around to ruin things. Maybe Kagome had finally realised that he, Kouga, was the right one for her, and that was why she and Inuyasha had broken up? After all, Inuyasha was stupid, irritable, and was always being rude to her, and Kagome was a relatively smart, proud girl. Kouga was surprised she hadn't lost interest in the mutt a long time ago.

 

 

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Notes on names etc: [to clarify things for people who don't read the manga or watch the show dubbed rather than subbed]

 

Inukoro- Kouga's derogatory nickname for Inuyasha

Byakuya: Naraku's minion who seems to be like a replacement for Kagura.

Mokomoko-sama: same as a lot of people, I'm calling Sesshy's fluff this because Rumiko Takahashi once did so in an interview.

 

I'm pretty sure I don't need to clarify words like `baka' and `youkai' right?

 

Also, for people who haven't read the manga but are reading this anyway- here are details which may have been vaguely mentioned and/or have some effect or future mention in my story…

Kagura's dead, Kikyou is dead [yay!] Kanna died in a tessaiga-replicating plan of Naraku's. Kouga doesn't have his shikon shards anymore, tokijin broke, and tenseiga now has a really awesome attack.