InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Cursed ❯ Vulnerable ( Chapter 5 )

I want to give a little support to one of my favorite authors, Mad Maxx Coyote, author of “its my life” - THE most amazing story I have ever read. Seriously, people, if you have not read this story, go read it after this. So worth it! And dude, I am so sorry about your dad. I wish you all the luck in the world.

 

'thoughts'

 

“speaking”

 

 

 

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Chapter 5: Vulnerable

 

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Inuyasha nervously thumbed the thin anklet in his hand. That small bout of confidence he felt just moments before quickly disappeared the second his cover fell. It had been months since the last time he took it off and he absently wondered if he still looked the same, while, at the same time, knowing he did.

 

He couldn't look at Sesshomaru. He was too scared. It was just ridiculous that he was so scared seeing as Sesshomaru most likely already knew about the charm anyway, but still. Letting some one see the real him was absolutely terrifying.

 

He looked down at his now, much smaller toes and silently watched as the two big ones fiddled with each other. He felt.... naked.... and vulnerable. When he wore the charm, it always gave his a false scene of security and he was perfectly aware that it was false but, damn it, he liked feeling secure! So, on the rare occasions he did take the thing off, he always made sure to have Kilala with him. She was the only member of his group that knew about it. She was the only one he really felt comfortable enough to tell (mostly because she couldn't tell anyone else even if she wanted to).

 

Inuyasha released a heavy sigh. He had learned a long time ago that it was better to be feared and hated as an adult then despised and beaten as a child. With the charm on, he looked like an average, 5'9” seventeen year old adult. Without it, he was nothing but a small, 4'5” thirteen year old child. He hated that he looked so tiny most of all. That was his main reason for wearing the charm in the first place and one of the reasons why he likes his cloths so much; they make him look a little bit bigger then he is.

 

Nobody could really tell just by just looking at him, even with the charm off, but Inuyasha was, for lack of a better word, scrawny. He had thin arms and smaller frame then most. He was also very thin and much shorter then he was supposed to be due to poor nutrition for most of his life.

 

Unlike Inuyasha, Sesshomaru couldn't tear his eyes away from his brother. This was the otouto he remembered. This was the boy he hadn't seen for more then half a century. His hair was a little more scruffy and slightly shorter. His ears still looked like they were a little too big for his head and Sesshomaru wanted to smirk at the way one of them was constantly standing at attention while the other seemed to just flop about. The way Inuyasha was currently tilting his head to the side and furrowing his brow in what must have been intense concentration made him look even more like a curious puppy. Inuyasha still had the round face of a child and it made the older demon want to smile.

 

Sesshomaru desperately wanted to tell Inuyasha everything. Everything about their past, why he had abandoned the young child when he did and what his reasons were. He wanted to tell Inuyasha about... Her. That vile being who had had him under her control ever since the both of them were young. But, he couldn't. He 'wasn't allowed.'

 

Sesshomaru wanted to scoff at how ridiculous it was. He was known all over for being one of the strongest demons in the world. 'If only they knew...' Sesshomaru quickly brought himself back to the present; he did not want to dwell on all that. Kami knows he would have to think about it later.

 

Inuyasha sighed. He had been quiet long enough. It must have been more then five minutes by now. He could still feel his brothers eyes on him. Sesshomaru had been staring at him the whole time and had yet to look away, even for a moment. His intense gaze was beginning to make the young half demon much more nervous and self conscious then he already was. It was definitely time to break the silence.

 

Inuyasha smiled sheepishly and finally spared his big brother a short glance. “I guess you already knew about this thing, huh?” He held up the small charm.

 

Blink.

 

“I'm not supposed to look like this though.” Inuyasha leaned back on his palms as he explained. “See, the charm is kind of like a trade off. When I wear it, I can make myself look as old as I want but the real me is, basically, frozen in time.” He leaned forward again and looked into his brothers eyes, trying to see if the man really understood. “Like, when I was pinned to the Goshinboku, I was only sleeping, I wasn't...” he paused. How was he supposed to put this so it made sense. “If I hadn't been wearing the charm, then my body would have kept aging. But since I was wearing it, I stayed how I was and I haven't taken it off since, so now, even though I'm supposed to be sixty five, I still look like I'm thirteen... Get it?”

 

Sesshomaru blinked. He understood completely.

 

'That is certainly a tricky little charm you have there little brother.'

 

Sesshomaru had been curious about that. Inuyasha had been thirteen fifty two years, the last time they saw each other before the halfbreed was pinned to that damn tree. He was actually a little surprised that the boy still looked so young. Over such a long period of time, he should have grown at least a little. In reality, the boy would have stopped looking any older when he was about twenty anyway. Sesshomaru had thought the lack of aging might have been because of the spell that that miko girl, the incarnate of Inuyasha's knew miko, had used on this brother, but apparently this was not so.

 

Inuyasha sighed and placed the small accessory on the floor by his side. “They don't know.” He motioned with his head to the back of the hut, where all his friends were currently sleeping. “I'm kind of scared to tell them. I just don't know what I would do if they turned out to be like every one else. For some reason, when people see some one like me, whose...” Inuyasha bit his lip and tried to find the right words. “whose... not... really, the biggest person ever... they assume that I'm weak and they already think I'm worthless because of what I am and it's like they think it's their right to 'wash the earth of my sinful presence.'” the smaller boy looked into his brothers eyes. “Some one actually said that to me once...”

 

People were cruel. Especially to half breeds and even more so to young half breeds. The both of them knew that very well.

 

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and cast a sidelong glance over his shoulder to his three companions. “I mean, I already feel like the only reason they keep me around now is because of this.” Inuyasha mumbled to himself as he lightly ran his fingers over the rosary around his neck. This caught Sesshomaru's attention. He'd noticed the necklace before and he also noticed a strange sort of... power or... something radiating from the thing. He had always wondered why Inuyasha had suddenly taken to wearing it. It just didn't seem healthy.

 

“But, then, I'm not the only one with one of these kind of things... am I?” Inuyasha gave a pointed, knowing look toward Sesshomaru, a smirk playing across his lips as the older demon looked at him in question. “Didn't know I knew about that, huh?”

 

Inuyasha gave a small chuckle and smoothly reached down to touch the thin, leather chocker adorning Sesshomaru's own neck. Inuyasha knew it was invisible to demons and to humans it looked like a simple accessory. That was why, Inuyasha guessed, either no body knew about it or any body who did notice it never really gave it a second thought. Kagome, Sango and Miroku have probably seen the thing a thousand times and never once thought anything of it.

 

Sesshomaru's breath caught in his throat when Inuyasha's fingers made contact, absolutely shocked that the boy could even see it in the first place.

 

'It must be his human blood...'

 

Inuyasha gazed onto his brothers eyes as he spoke. “I don't know what happened, or who put this on you in the first place... but I do know what this is...” Inuyasha let his words hang in the air for a second as they looked at each other. Inuyasha slowly let his eyes travel downward to the mans neck. He traced the thin strip of leather lightly with his fingers; it was a simple thing. Black, with a small spiral in the center. Inuyasha sighed again and pulled back, folding his arms over his knees. “I know. I've got one too.” Again, he reached for the rosary adorning his neck. Sesshomaru's eyes widened in shock and absolute rage. He suddenly understood exactly what Inuyasha had meant when he said he wasn't the only one. It was bad enough that he had to suffer through that kind of humiliation but to put one of those god damned subjection necklaces on his baby brother just pissed him off! He would kill the one who did this for sure! When he was free again, blood would drench the streets.

 

“Mines not nearly as strong as yours though. I mean, at least I still have free will.” He gave a wry laugh as he looked sadly down at his brother. Inuyasha didn't even want to imagine how horrible it must have been for Sesshomaru over the years, being under some else's control like that. Yes, they were both, in one way or another, under some body else's thumb seeing as they both were forced into wearing the subjection necklaces but that was where the similarities ended. Inuyasha, if he wanted to, had the option of simply walking away from Kagome when ever she got into one of her 'moods'. Sesshomaru didn't.

 

Inuyasha clasped his hands together as he dragged his thoughts away from that unpleasant road they were beginning to travel down. He looked into his brothers questioning eyes, knowing Sesshomaru was probably dieing to know how Inuyasha seemed to know so much about their little situations. “It's a long story and it's also a pretty depressing topic so I want to wait until later before we get into that. Okay?”

 

Sesshomaru tried his best to calm his anger. He was a little upset that Inuyasha was refusing to tell about how he came across this knowledge of Sesshomaru's incarceration or, even, how Inuyasha had managed to get himself ensnared in the same horrid predicament.

 

'More importantly, who it was that enslavedyou...'

 

The demon lord internally growled. He had so many questions he wanted to ask! There were so many things he wanted to know and it frustrated him that he couldn't just sit and talk with his brother. It was for the best though, he knew.

 

'If not for this ofuda by your monk, I honestly don't know what I would do...'

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sesshomaru strolled through the halls of the his mansion, smiling. He was happy. For the first time in a long time, things seemed to be looking up.

 

The twelve year old hadn't felt so happy in quite a while. But he was doing well in all his classes, his martial arts instructors had just told him that he was one of the most advanced students they had ever had and, the best part, his father was talking to him again. And not just talking, they were also beginning to spend a lot more time with each other. A lot had changed in just two years time.

 

'It's not like every thing's all back to normal but at least it's not like it use to be.' Sesshomaru thought to himself.

 

After Sesshomaru's mother passed away, InuTaisho had gotten stuck in a horrible depression. Everybody could tell. He never smiled or laughed, he was nothing but business all the time, it was like every thing else didn't exist. Sesshomaru, unfortunately, bore the brunt of his fathers neglect. InuTaisho would avoid him, it seemed, at all cost, mostly because of the resemblance he had to his mother. Over the last few months though, InuTaisho has seemed... happier.

 

InuTaisho was talking to him again. They were even having full conversations as a father and son. He was smiling, he was laughing. Not all the time but enough to make a big difference on the whole atmosphere of the palace. Things were starting to feel like they use to and Sesshomaru was simply ecstatic.

 

Fondly thinking back over the events of the last few years, Sesshomaru walked into the gardens with a toothy grin and glanced around. He quickly noticed his friends all together in the gardens by the tree line of the forest and ran over to meet them, inclining his head in greeting at each one as he saw them.

 

First there was (1)Kashi. He was a black dog demon, looking almost the exact opposite of Sesshomaru. They both had pointed ears and flawless porcelain skin, but Kashi had long black hair and matching onyx eyes. He had one dark blue stripe on each cheek and a black full moon on his forehead with his bushy black tail wrapped around his waist. He was wearing simple gray hakamas and a light blue haori. Kashi was the son of a general in InuTaisho's army. They had known each other for pretty much their whole lives. They were even born only a month apart from each other (Sesshomaru was born first).

 

Next was Kimani. She was an older human girl, about fourteen, who Sesshomaru had met just a few years ago. They imediantly hit it off and became fast friends. She and her family had come over from Africa before she was born and now she worked in the kitchen with her mother. Kim had long black hair, tied up in a bun on the back of her head. She was wearing a plain light green kimono. It was the nicest one she had and she only ever wore it when she was spending time with Sesshomaru. Her mother always wanted her to dress up when spending time with their Lords. Sesshomaru thought it was ridiculous but, really, it couldn't be helped.

 

Last but not least, was Rowan. He was a human as well and was currently training to be a cook for Sesshomaru's family. He lived in the village with his father, helping them run their sushi stand in the shopping center, but he came to the palace every day to train under the current chef. Rowan had short black hair and wore dark blue robes. He and Sesshomaru, like Sesshomaru and Kashi, had known each other pretty much since they were born, although Rowan was a year older.

 

These were his friends and he loved them all dearly. They had always stuck by him when things were bad, especially over the last three years and he was eternally grateful for that.

 

He quickly sat down beside Kashi “Hey guys! What's up?”

 

Sesshomaru could see Kashi trying to hide a smile by pursing his lips. It didn't work. “Nothin'.”

 

“'Nothing' my ass.” Kimani muttered. Sesshomaru liked Kim. She was one of the very few servants working in the palace who didn't feel the need to tone down her language while around the prince of the west. It was quite refreshing.

 

“Ooookaaayyyy... Rowan, what are these two idiots on about?” Sesshomaru turned to his last hope, wanting to get some answers. In the next second, three things happened all at once: Rowan's face lit up brighter then a raging red fire, Kimani just scoffed and Kashi loudly snorted with the laughter he was obviously trying to hold in.

 

“Yeah Rowan,” Kashi said in between giggle fits. “Why don't you tell him what happened.”

 

“....Mmssphfrnnenmmshh...” Rowan released a string of mumbled words even Sesshomaru couldn't understand.

 

“Wimp!” Sesshomaru's eyes shot back to Kimani as she spoke. “If you're not going to tell then I will.” she waited for any protests he might have had. It was quiet. She sighed. “Fine.” she said sharply as she turned to face Sesshomaru. “Rowan had a little... shall we say, encounter, this morning.”

 

A small whimper left Rowan's mouth as he buried his face in his hands. Kimani ignored him.

 

“See, he got up a little earlier then usual and he was walking over to the sushi stand and he walked in and...” she paused. By now, Kashi was full on hysterical! He wasn't even trying to hold in his laughter any more. He was on the ground, pounding the grass with his fist as he gasped for air. Sesshomaru himself chuckled a little at his friends ridiculous behavior. Kimani cleared her throat, regaining his attention. Her eye brow twitched in irritation as she raised her voice to be heard over the noise. “He walked in aaannndd, he kinda, saw something.... Uuumm.” she glanced over to Rowan whose face was so red, he literally could have been mistaken for a tomato. Kimani sighed again and took a deep breath, thinking it would just be better if she said it fast and blunt, so as not to prolong the poor boys pain. “Rowan saw his parents having sex.”

 

It took a minute for the meaning of that sentence to really sink in. Finally, a wide grin slowly spread across Sesshomaru's face. “I see.... heh heh.... poor Rowan.” in mere seconds, he was close to joining his friend on the ground in a fit of laughter, if not for the situation, then purely for the reaction of his embarrassed friend.

 

“IT WAS HORRIBLE!!” everyones attention was quickly drawn to Rowan at his sudden out burst, Sesshomaru and Kashi momentarily pausing their giggle fits though not even trying to hide their wide, humorous smiles. Kashi was still lying in the grass, looking at the other upside down. “I have been scarred for life!! You all wouldn't be laughing right now if this had happened to you!”

 

“Hey man, don't even joke like that!” Kashi, suddenly serious, shot up into a sitting position, crossing his legs and pointing a threatening finger at the human.

 

There were a few tense moments where nobody said a word. Even the crickets seemed to silence their chirping. The silence was suddenly broken by a snort of laugher. The three boys turned to the oldest member of their little group and the only girl, Kimani She quickly slapped a hand over her mouth, her shoulders shaking with repressed mirth. Soon, she wasn't the only one; the young lord Sesshomaru was fast to follow, then Kashi even poor, traumatized Rowan let slip a small smile.

 

Seconds later, the entire group was cracking up! Kashi had resumed his place on the ground and Kimani was wiping tears from her eyes.

 

Sesshomaru. Loved. His friends.

 

Somehow, they always ended up like this; having some sort of crazy insane laughing session over something that, any other day of the week, wouldn't have been funny at all. There was one time Kashi even got a nose bleed from laughing so hard.

 

After a few minutes, the humor slowly started to die down. It took a while but they all some how managed to regain some form of composure. It got quiet, which was fine. It was a nice evening and non of them really minded just sitting and enjoying each others company, waiting for the sun to go down. But, still, a little distraction couldn't hurt either, could it?

 

“Hey, isn't that InuTaisho-sama?” Kashi pointed to a spot somewhere over Sesshomaru's shoulder. The small group leaned over a ways to see beyond the little alcove they were all sitting in, trying to get a good look. Sure enough, there was the lord of the western lands himself a couple of yards down walking towards the forest.

 

“Huh...” Sesshomaru grunted his answer as he watched his father disappear through the tree line. If Sesshomaru didn't know any better, he would say the demon lord looked a little... nervous. He seemed to have been constantly looking over his shoulder, as if worried some one would follow him. That was just ridiculous though. What would his father have to be so nervous about?

 

“Where's he goin'? It's, like, almost dark.” Rowan looked up to see the sun almost completely gone from the sky.

 

Sesshomaru turned back to his friends, his brow furrowed in equal confusion. “I don't know. He's been doing that a lot though. Almost every night for the last few months he's been going for these long walks in the forest. Most of the time he doesn't even get back until the morning...” he paused, trying to think of what could possibly have his father behaving so strangely.

 

Kimani instantly seemed to have a knowing grin plastered to her face. “I think I know whats going on...” she paused for dramatic effect, waiting until she was sure she had everyones attention. “... I think Lord InuTaisho is meeting someone secretly.” Rowan and Kashi both nodded their heads in agreement, little smiles on their faces, understanding the hidden meaning. Sesshomaru, however, was still a little confused.

 

“So? Why would he be sneaking off to meet a friend in the middle of the night? Why wouldn't they just meet during the day?”

 

“Hahahaha! No, that's not what I meant! I mean, maybe Lord InuTaisho has a special friend... ya know?” to Kashi, Rowan, and Kimani, it was obviously a joke. They did that kind of thing all the time. When ever they happened across some one who looked a little nervous, they always said it was because they were going to meet their secret lover. Really, it was more like when ever they got a little bored, some one was off to see their secret lover. It was just a running joke they had going. Sesshomaru, however, for some reason, was unable to see that just yet.

 

In a deathly calm voice, he said, “No, he's not.”

 

The seriousness on his voice had the other three suddenly on edge. They all seemed to look back and forth between one another, not really knowing what to do. There seemed to be a drastic change in the atmosphere.

 

It was Kashi who spoke first. “Hey man, it was just a joke. You know we weren't serious.”

 

Sesshomaru couldn't even speak through his anger. He gave all of them the most frightening death glare they had ever seen. It sent chills up their spines.

 

Sesshomaru slowly got to his feet, said a quiet good bye, and turned to leave, with out so much as a second glance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“HENTAI!!”

 

SLAP!

 

A red faced Sango actually hit Miroku so hard, he fell to the ground, landing with a loud thump on his ass. Sango was only really angry that she did remember to fist her hand before hitting the man. Kagome simply shook her head.

 

“Miroku, do you really feel like this is the best time to be doing that?!”

 

Through all this, the smile never once left the monks face. He slowly stood as he rubbed at the angry red hand print on his cheek. “But Sango, it wasn't my fault! It was my cursed hand, always getting me into trouble! I do apologize for it's unacceptable behavior.” Miroku looked almost smug with that lame excuse.

 

The girls rolled their eyes.

 

To Miroku, it was all worth it. It always was. To feel the soft flesh of a womans behind, especially one as round and plump as the lovely Sango, was always worth a little bit of pain. He sighed in content.

 

'I should probably be paying attention.'

 

Just as the thought passed through his mind, a very angry looking Sesshomaru got to his feet and stormed away from his friends. Miroku got the sneaking suspicion that he missed something. Just a few seconds before, all four of them had been laughing hysterically. What on earth could have happened in such a short amount of time that had gotten to Sesshomaru to such an extent?

 

He didn't have very long to think about it though, having to quickly follow the girls as they ran after the retreating prince.

 

The boy walked for a while before stopping suddenly. He looked between the forest and the mansion, seemingly trying to decide which way to go. After a few minutes, he made a beeline for the forest, running with all his speed.

 

Miroku knew at the pace Sesshomaru was moving at, it would be physically impossible for Kagome, Sango and himself to keep up. Strangely enough though, they some how managed to stay right beside him the whole way. Never once did they fall behind and Miroku absently wondered if they would continue to stay beside the young demon boy if they all just stopped where they were. Maybe that was part of the spell. Maybe they didn't even need to be running! Still, it would be better if he didn't try and test that theory just yet.

 

They followed Sesshomaru for several minutes through the forest. He seemed to be following a scent of some kind. Every once in a while he would pause for all of two seconds, lift his nose to the air, and then dart off in another direction. At a certain point however, he stopped completely.

 

He looked confused. Sesshomaru closed his eyes and took a big sniff. They all watched, slightly amused, as Sesshomaru turned around in circles, sniffed at every tree and in every direction. Apparently he lost what ever it was he was scenting.

 

“Sesshomaru, what are you doing?”

 

All of them, including Sesshomaru, jumped in fright at the sudden loud booming voice coming from behind them. Sesshomaru slowly turned around only to come face to chest with his very displeased looking father. He gulped.

 

Sesshomaru's mouth fell open but nothing came out. He looked like a fish with the way his jaw was opening and closing. InuTaisho, seeming to understand his sons problem, asked once again, “Sesshomaru, why are you following me?” His voice was much softer this time but he still looked just as angry as before. “It's getting dark out. You should be home, getting ready for bed. You know better then to be wondering around in the forest without any protection.”

 

“I can take care of my self...” Sesshomaru mumbled under his breath, looking to the ground.

 

InuTaisho raised an elegant eyebrow. “Oh, really?” In a flash, InuTaisho had his son pinned to a near by tree, his face smashed roughly against the bark, shocking the small group.

 

One of Sesshomaru's arms was trapt between the tree trunk and his stomach while the other one was painfully twisted up behind his back and being held in place. InuTaisho was flush against Sesshomaru's body, effectively pinning him. One hand was on the tree right by Sesshomaru's face while the other kept pulling the boys arm up his back, ripping a few pained whimpers from the younger demons throat. InuTaisho leaned in close to one of Sesshomaru's pointed ears. “I would like to see how you would get out of a situation like this. What would you have done if some one other then me had snuck up on you and pinned you to this tree, Sesshomaru?”

 

He emphasized his words by swiftly jerking up Sesshomaru's arm. The boy hissed. “I-I just...”

 

InuTaisho loosened his grip a little, backing up slightly to allow the boy to breath a little better and waited patiently for him to continue.

 

In a very small voice, Sesshomaru said, “... I just wanted to know where you go all the time...”

 

InuTaisho,looking slightly taken aback, slowly released his grip on his son and backed away. Sesshomaru righted his cloths and took a tentative step away from the tree he was just pinned to. He turned around to face his father, still unable to look the tall man in the eye. “You always go some where at night and I just wanted to know why you leave all the time...”

 

They saw InuTaisho sigh and rub his temple. He walked over top Sesshomaru and placed his hands gently on either shoulder. “Sesshomaru... look at me.”

 

Cautiously, Sesshomaru lifted his head and met his fathers eyes.

 

“Sesshomaru, a lot has happened in the last two years. There are some things that you deserve to know. And I do plan on telling you everything... in the future. Now is not the time nor the place for all that. Sesshomaru, I want you to turn around and go back to the palace. I don't want you out here at night... alright?”

 

Sesshomaru hung his head once more and gave a small nod of understanding. He was just about to turn and leave when his father suddenly reached out and wrapped his strong arms around Sesshomaru's smaller frame in a hug. “You don't need to worry so much Sesshomaru. That's my job.”

 

Sesshomaru hesitantly hugged the man back, briefly, before turning on his heel and walking back the way he came.

 

The trio watched as InuTaisho watched his sons retreating form. He soon turned around as well and continued on his trek.

 

They didn't even have time to make a sound before they all felt that familiar pulling feeling in their gut. The world went rushing by them in a flash and before they knew it, they were standing in the middle of, what appeared to be a very recently made clearing. Small trees had been pulled up by the roots and thrown about. Larger trees had massive gashes and fairly decent sized chunks torn out of them. Some had even been cut right in half.

 

“Who ever did this must have been unbelievably pissed...”

 

Sango and Miroku could only nod in agreement to Kagome's statement.

 

A deep, feral growl caught all of their attention. They turned around to see non other then a slightly older looking Sesshomaru charging at a particularly beaten up oak.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sesshomaru viciously attacked a tall oak tree in the forest by his palace. He had been out there ever since that morning. His father had just told him everything. He told Sesshomaru about how he met some new woman. About how they had been seeing each other almost every night for the past three years.

 

'I guess now I know where you always went at night.'

 

He told Sesshomaru about how he fell in love with this girl and about how she was now pregnant with his child! And what's more, he had the gaul to assume that Sesshomaru would be happy about it! The man had laughed and smiled while he was telling Sesshomaru about his... affair with that woman... that human woman! They were going to have some deformed, disgusting, half-breed child! He was going to have a hanyou for a brother!

 

'Halfbrother.' his mind supplied.

 

As if that all wasn't bad enough, InuTaisho even said he was going to bring that woman into their palace to live with them!

 

The young silver haired demon was fuming as he released a terrifying growl and he flew into the air to land an exceptionally nasty roundhouse kick to the poor, defenseless oak tree.

 

'How could he do this?! How could he have impregnated that... that... WHORE?!!'

 

Again, he growled, and let lose a violent series of punches, making the very bark of the tree go flying into the air.

 

A dark haired man watched this blatant display of strength and anger. He'd been watching this boy beat the life out of that tree for quite a while now and was actually surprised he hadn't been caught. He wasn't about to try and sneak up on the very pissed off demon. He was standing downwind and even tried to step on every twig he could find, but somehow it seemed he was still able to startle the boy when he spoke.

 

“You seem unreasonably pissed about something...” Sesshomaru started and turned only slightly to glare at the man who dared to interrupt him. The man simply smiled and continued, walking a little closer as he spoke. “That is something I can appreciate... so what happened?”

 

Sesshomaru growled at the intruder. “What the hell makes you think you have the right to know?”

 

The man took a step back while raising his hands in a defensive manor. “Hey, I was only curious. What exactly do you think I'm going to do with this information? Run home and tell my friends?” the man leaned to the side and cupped a hand around his mouth, pretending to whisper to some invisible person standing next to him. “Hey, guess what? I met some guy in the forest. He's having issues.” he turned back to the seething silver haired demon, looking at him like it was the most ridiculous idea. “Yeah. That's the big gossip right there.”

 

Sesshomaru was pissed. He was angry and pissed and he wanted desperately to hurt some one and was seriously considering making that some one the man who was currently mocking him!

 

… But... he would such a hard time explaining to his father, the royal idiot of all the western land, why he had killed some random human.

 

Sesshomaru though for a second. 'So... I can't kill him... maybe I can at least rough him up a little bit...'

 

In an instant, Sesshomaru bared his teeth and lunged at the human still wearing that annoying, shit-eating grin.

 

The dark haired man dodged the attack and managed to land a firm uppercut to Sesshomaru's gut. The demon grunted and rapidly punched him twice right in the face giving the human a rather bloody nose. As Sesshomaru attempted a roundhouse kick, the man ducked an grabbed Sesshomaru's leg while lunging forward and to the ground, landing them both in a very awkward position, with Sesshomaru's one leg up on the mans shoulder and the the man strattling his other leg. Sesshomaru saw his opportunity; he brought his leg up and kneed the man right in the groin. He instinctively curled up into the fetal position, landing on his side on the ground and released the young demon. Sesshomaru stayed where he was.

 

He was tired and that sudden burst of energy he felt when he first attacked, it was gone and all he felt now was exhausted, after all, he had been out there for hours before hand. He allowed himself to glance over at the other man while he tried to catch his breath. The human was still all curled up, gowning in pain and for a second, Sesshomaru felt guilty. It wasn't his fault that Sesshomaru's life was falling apart. The guy had just been curious.

 

Sesshomaru watched him for a second more as he slowly began to unfurl himself before he looked up to the trees overhead. Out of guilt, he would talk. But he wasn't going to get all personal about it.

 

“.......My father is being an idiot........ He's ruining his life for some human bitch......”

 

The man carefully stretched out on the grass and attempted to role onto his side with as little pain as possible. Obviously this silver haired demon knew how to kick, very very hard. He released a shaky breath and glanced over to his side. “What did he do.”

 

Sesshomaru silently debated with himself whether or not he should answer. It wasn't... that unreasonable a question. “... He got that... slut pregnant.”

 

The man scrunched up his brow. “It kind of sounds like you're more mad at her then at him.”

 

Sesshomaru thought about that... that couldn't be right. It was his father he was mad at. No. It was the both of them. He was just plain pissed off at the both of them, but mostly his father. The man got a human woman pregnant! They were going to have some halfbreed cur and disgrace their families royal blood line. That was why he was mad... he was sure.

 

Sesshomaru sat up and turned around to fully face the dark haired man to his left as the other did the same. They stared at each other for a while. Sesshomaru looked close at this man, at his dark hair, and deep auburn eyes. For barest of seconds he got the slightest feeling of unease but quickly pushed it aside. So far, this man had yet to give him any reason to feel uneasy. It was probably just his anger at his father building up again.

 

“... I'm Sesshomaru.” He nodded to the man to introduce himself as well.

 

The dark haired man smiled. “My name is Onigumo. It's nice to meet you Sesshomaru.”

 

 

 

 

(1) okay, I want to first point out that when I was writing this, I had no idea that the name “Kashi” was also the name of some kind of health bar. I mentioned the name to my sister and she was all like, “You're naming some guy after a health bar?!” I didn't know! And I don't care. I like the way it sounds and I think I works... so there!

 

I can't think of a good name to give another character whose going to be coming in a bit later too. If anybody has any suggestions, I would be soooo grateful. All I got is nothing.