InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Dear brother ❯ Gifts and pains ( Chapter 6 )

Dear Brother

 

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. I'll try to do some Kagome bashing, though I'll try to keep it down since some of you like her… but er, okay. And sorry, it's been a while since the last update.

 

Chapter 6: Gifts and pains~

 

It had been almost 3 days since InuYasha's attack. The healer had come in that evening and deemed it safe for InuYasha to sleep. It had been a long day of fighting to keep the hanyou awake. Sesshomaru wouldn't have thought his brother could be so damn crabby.

 

Sesshomaru had kept the hanyou's attention by reading some of the many books that lined his study; he brought them in to read to his brother. He had also given his brother an herbal drink to keep him awake.

 

Of course he was exhausted now.

 

Sesshomaru settled down next to the sleeping upright hanyou; he glanced at the contents of a burlap sac that was at on a mahogany chest at the foot of the oversized bed. The scouts sent to retrieve the items his brother had dropped were all safely recovered. They hadn't really touched the sack yet, since it had come back later on that evening when InuYasha had come back and had seen the healer.

 

Sitting upright, he ran his clawed hand through the silky strands. He wished he could braid it by himself so he could sleep without it getting tangled. He would have to call Rin in. She always enjoyed playing with his hair.

 

Yes, he would pay her a visit in her room before he would fall asleep.

 

He would look in the burlap bag later on when InuYasha was awake.

 

Swinging his legs over the bed he sighed, looking back at InuYasha. “I'll be back,” he whispered as he adjusted his hakama's. Not bothering to put on his haori that would cover the large wound covering his chest- InuYasha had fallen asleep after he had removed his haori- he headed out the door to Rin's room just down a floor, locking the doors behind him.

 

During the final defeat of Naraku, Naraku had managed to stick him with a large tentacle which went through his chest as he had shoved InuYasha out of the way so he wouldn't be struck. The tentacle had really done him in. It just grazed his lower part of his chest. Sesshomaru thought he was going to die for sure.

 

Sesshomaru didn't wish to die right there in front of them, and he couldn't just leave them and flee. So he had transformed and helped with the final blows against Naraku. As soon as he was sure his brother and his human friends were safe he fled without a word back to Saigoku.

 

The wounds were severe; the healer had been surprised that he had made it back alive. Healing him to the best of her abilities she left him to rest.

 

While he had been healing he had thought of why he had helped defeat Naraku. Was it was because he had become a nuisance and threatened Rin and himself more than once. Or was it something else?

 

Regardless, he could still feel the pain inside him with every movement. His cold, emotionless demeanor kept any pain from showing through the thick veil of ice he had walled up. He was still healing inside. Naraku's miasma may not have poisoned him enough to eat away at his insides, but they slowed down his youkai abilities of healing. Till the wounds were totally healed, he would not heal properly.

 

The thought of the miasma triggered his memory of the letter that his brother had sent back to him. Sesshomaru recalled the words of his brother asking if Naraku's miasma were scattering his thoughts and poisoning his memories into thinking of something he wouldn't otherwise. Perhaps it was possible that could have happened when he had been struck by Naraku's flesh-eating tentacles.

 

No, the memories and feelings were his own. They had to be.

 

Reaching Rin's room, he knocked and entered.

 

Rin was sitting on her bed playing with some stuffed dolls. From the looks of it, she was playing “House” with them. She looked up to see her Lord as he entered the room, closing the door behind him. Rin smiled gleefully at her Lord.

 

“Rin, I need you to braid my hair.”

 

Rin had done this many times since she had met her Lord that fateful day in the woods when she had been killed. Sesshomaru had brought her back from the grasp of death. He was forever in her debt.

 

Rin watched as Sesshomaru kneeled on some comfortable pillows on the ground surrounding the bed as she moved behind him. She knew he would never wish to have anyone know that he, Sesshomaru would `kneel' to have his hair braided by a human girl. Rin was loyal and would never tell another soul. Sesshomaru had his ways of giving reasons of how things were. And certainly nobody questioned him about that.

 

The human girl skillfully braided the silver river of silk into a tight rope. She had learned her skill practicing on Ah and Un's manes' on long travels when she had nothing better to do than sing and bother Jakken.

 

Humming to herself she braided. “My lord, I thought you were leaving soon?” she questioned to break the silence. She really didn't expect her Lord to reply. He was never the one to speak.

 

“Yes… But it seems that InuYasha wanted to come back. He also wishes me to stay.”

 

“So is Lord InuYasha here?!” she squealed happily.

 

Sesshomaru gave a mental sigh. “Yes, he is.”

 

“Oh! Do I get to meet him?”

 

“Yes, sometime or later. He had an incident with a bore demon and is recovering now.”

 

Rin had not been allowed to come near his floor the past days while InuYasha was around. She had no idea of him being there until now. Sesshomaru just thought his brother did not need anymore stress.

 

“Oh my! I hope he is getting better!”

 

Sesshomaru nodded slightly. “He is sleeping at the moment. I do not wish to have any disturbances for the next week.”

 

“Hai!”

 

Rin finished the long rope of hair and tied it off with a leather thong. She watched her Lord give a grunt as he rose to his feet with a slight disgrace. Rin was aware that he was still recovering from his old wounds; it struck her concern for him. Watching the thick rope fall off of the bed as he rose he gave a slight smirked smile in her direction.

 

“Are you alright my lord? Are you feeling okay?”

 

“I am fine, Rin.” Sesshomaru felt the silver rope of his hair hit the backside of him as he made his way to the door. “It is no different from any other night.”

 

Heading out of the door he made his way down the hall, Sesshomaru made some odd subconscious acts as he made some small tidying up of the castle. For some odd reason inside him, he wanted everything to be clean for his mate's pleasure. He was never the one to clean; it was always his servants to do such.

 

Giving himself a mental shake he continued back to the room. He must be truly ill to want to `clean'. Perhaps it was just the heat? After all, it did make you do weird things.

 

`Like think about and protect what is rightfully yours?' his conscious suggested. `And also to care for that half-breed brother of yours that you wish to claim?'

 

He ignored his demon within that raged with his heart to rid the world from half-breeds. Perhaps it was true that Naraku's poison was affecting the way he thought towards InuYasha. It was probably giving him the bad thoughts of how things were suppose to be. That he was supposed to take a full-breed youkai as a mate. He would ignore this and fight the wounds inside him, inflicted by Naraku.

 

Reaching his door he entered quietly. The Fireplace gave off a warm glow to the room as the light shone itself on his brother's stiff sleeping form.

 

Going over to the side of the bed, he slipped out of his Hakama's and slipped into the satin sheets. He gave a small grunt as his body's old wounds started acting up again. `Perhaps I over did it today?' he thought to himself. `Or has it been all these cramps and sudden sickness that is doing it?'

 

Pulling the silken sheets over his chest he turned on his side so that he faced InuYasha's form. It angered him knowing that he had just left and not gone search for him; that he didn't reach him in time. But there was nothing he could do really. He had no idea that InuYasha would be attacked. I would have thought that InuYasha would be able to defend himself. It was the cramping of their heats that drove his weakened state. It was also his heated scent that let ever youkai know that he was in season and unmarked.

 

It was bound to happen.

 

Softly sighing, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

 

 

~~~~***~~~~

 

 

 

Kouga lay down by the campfire while the others slept. It had been a day since InuYasha went off to meet his brother Sesshomaru. He would need to stay around the human and the two youkai left in the group until he returned.

 

He had discussed the issues concerning Kagome and her final decisions of wanting to come home and having InuYasha come back with her to her time once he had come back. Kouga figured that she didn't realize that he probably wouldn't be able to because he would have a mate here. Come to think about it, she probably didn't realize that he was going to be mated too.

 

Mating season could mean many things. It could be just a fuck and go. Sometimes that happened. But eventually the demon's instinct would drive them to mate for life. Kagome most likely just thought it was more of the fuck and go sort of deal.

 

Kouga knew that it was not the case this time.

 

Sesshomaru was a powerful Taiyoukai, if his mating instincts were driving him to take a mate now, there was no escape. It was probably a reason why he was going to leave the western lands of Saigoku while mating season was going on.

 

Kouga figured that Sesshomaru knew that InuYasha wouldn't mate with him. And after 50 years, InuYasha had missed them many seasons while Sesshomaru, who was living the longest, had endured with his many. Kouga thought that Sesshomaru would not last many more Seasons before he forced his little brother to mate, or he himself mate with another if it was not meant to be.

 

It was most likely so that they were meant to be. They were just about the last of their kind. Few dog demons were alive and their youkai's definitely were going to mate to preserve the race of the dog demon. Kouga couldn't have much to say as he did not get into the mix of the dog demons, though he was a member of the canines group; the wolves often kept to themselves.

 

For all he knew, the two Inu's could be bound to mate by the stars and not the youkai's drive to preserve the Inu youkai population. What ever the cause he would try his best not to get too involved. He had his own pack to care about.

 

He really didn't want to be here though when InuYasha got his ass back and told Kagome that he was mated to Sesshomaru. The group didn't know about the infatuations that were probably going on. All they knew was that Sesshomaru was the enemy.

 

Knowing Kagome and her subduing beads that she had around his neck, things could get pretty ugly. And if it came to be that InuYasha took Sesshomaru as a mate, and he came along, Sesshomaru could kill the Miko. InuYasha probably wouldn't stop him either. Though he may harbor feel some friendly feelings to her, he had his temper that would get the best of him if it wasn't controlled.

 

Getting up, Kouga stretched, unable to sleep, and took a small walk around the perimeter of the camp site. Perhaps he could snuff out some grub and make it a late night snack.

 

Tightening the high black ponytail he started off.

 

“Kouga?” called Kagome's sleepy voice as she took notice of Kouga leaving. “Where are you going?”

 

Kouga gave a mental sigh. “Just going to look around, I can't sleep.”

 

“You sound like InuYasha.”

 

Not looking back he shrugged. “Well I'll be back. Don't worry.”

 

“Alright,” she said as she settled back into her sleeping bag. She closed her eyes, listening to the soft footsteps of Kouga leaving.

 

~~~~***~~~~

 

 

 

Sesshomaru woke with a sharp pain in his stomach. He felt sick. The moment of sickness would pass however, as the cramping soon subsided. He opened his eyes to look over at a sleeping hanyou. It was still early morning as he lay there tensely; not daring to take a deep breath in fear the cramping in his stomach would intensify. They needed food. No. They needed intimacy.

 

Feeling the pain come to an end, he listened to his brother's breathing as it came more pronounced now that his brother was awake.

 

“Sesshomaru?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“I have to go.”

 

Puzzled he slowly sat up as he leaned on his arm, his head supporting his head. “What? Go where?”

 

Where could InuYasha hope to go in his condition?

 

Sesshomaru slipped into his haori that was folded up on the bedside stand.

 

InuYasha growled. “No, baka! I have to piss! I have been holding it for the past and a half!! Gods! I really need to go!!!”

 

Sesshomaru was dumbstruck. Demons could hold it in for a long time, as sometimes it was necessary during long battles. Sometimes they never needed to go. Their bodies usually broke what food was consumed into nothing so there was really nothing to be emptied. But since some never really needed food, none bothered to eat. But then again this was mating season. Food dulled the pains.

 

He gave InuYasha a dumbstruck and surprised look. “Oh.”

 

“Yes! And I can't piss on my own!!!!!” InuYasha hissed looking over at Sesshomaru who was working the sentence into realization.

 

Sesshomaru's shocked eyes darted to his brother's crotch that was hidden beneath the silken sheets. “You… want me to…”

 

“Yes!! Help me piss!”

 

Sesshomaru looked mortified at the very thought of helping his brother piss.

 

“Sesshomaru!” InuYasha whined.

 

“Alright, alright!” Sesshomaru hissed in disgust.

 

Sesshomaru helped InuYasha sit up as he moved to the other side of the bed. “Do you want to piss outside?”

 

“I don't think I can make it!” InuYasha whined.

 

Looking of the wooden pail which was used to go to the bathroom in, at the end of the bed and on the floor, he helped InuYasha up to his good foot and untied the hakamas. Having one hand to hold the flaccid penis and the bucket pushed between the both of their bodies because all of their other arms were used, InuYasha leaned against the bed, his thighs bracing him as he finally let it out with a happy sigh.

 

“If you tell anyone about this… I'll make you regret this…” Sesshomaru gritted out as he was very repulsed. He couldn't believe that he was actually doing this! When he had agreed to care for his brother, he hadn't thought this was included.

 

InuYasha couldn't believe that he had Sesshomaru helping him urinate! He had thought that his brother would storm out at the very idea of such a disgusting and degrading act of brotherly love that went this far. Though the thought of him doing this was a bit amusing. “I'm sorry for having you care for me, brother,” InuYasha said as he watched his brother shake him off and tie his hakamas.

 

“Not your fault,” Sesshomaru said, helping his brother sit down on the bed before quickly going over to the washing basin and washing his hands clean of grime. “Do you want something to eat?”

 

“No, I am fine.” InuYasha watched Sesshomaru put the bucket outside the hall so the servants would pick it up and empty it. He just noticed as he cracked his swollen eyes open further; how his brother had braided his hair. It looked nice. “I like your hair.”

 

“Thanks, the servants helped braid it. It becomes a pain when I wake up with it tangled.” Sesshomaru walked over to sit beside his brother on the bed. “The scouts brought back your things. Do you want them? I haven't looked.”

 

“Hai, I'm glad they found them…” InuYasha said quietly, his throat was still raw from the crushing claws that had choked him days before. “They're for you. I didn't bother buying myself things, I didn't have enough time.”

 

“For me?” Sesshomaru asked, puzzled.

 

InuYasha nodded.

 

For the past day and a half they really hadn't spoken much -- it was mostly small talk because of his brother's bruised throat. Sesshomaru figured InuYasha was still in shock from the attack, and he didn't wish to push things in questioning his brother.

 

Reaching over to the burlap sack at the end of the bed he picked it up and set it to his side. “I got you something's as well.”

 

The droopy dog ears that hung low perked up a bit. InuYasha hadn't expected his brother to buy him things. Save the least, to give him money to spend to his heart's content. “Really?” he asked.

 

Sesshomaru nodded, getting to his feet and going over to the chest at the end of the bed, opening it to pull out another box that was made of cherry wood with a nice shine to it. It wasn't really carved, save for the crescent moon on top with an overlapping S symbol that was an indicator of it being Sesshomaru's. “Here. It is for you,” he said as he set it down and opened it. The inside of the box had magenta silk padded lining the bottom and sides. It held a variety of objects, all to InuYasha's likings. “Also, I hired that vender so he can cook you anything you want anytime.”

 

InuYasha smiled happily as he looked in the boxed sniffing at the contents. “You got me some nice smelly things! Great!”

 

Sesshomaru wondered if that was a good thing or a bad thing as he watched his brother sniff at the various candles, shampoo oils, conditioning lotion, soaps and incense sticks. There were also a few sweet things that he knew his brother would enjoy. “I hope you like them.”

 

“I do, thank you! I think they are perfect. Not too strong for my nose either!”

 

“Yes, I was hoping got the right ones. I am going to take you to get fitted for your new clothes too. That is when you're feeling better.” Sesshomaru watched his brother lean forward so his head was in the chest sniffing at a cherry soap bar.

 

“Oh, okay,” he murmured, his head still in the chest. “Open your thing. Sorry I didn't put it in anything… fancy.”

 

Sesshomaru didn't say anything as he picked up the first item in the burlap sack, blindly pulling it out. Looking at the cover that was leather bound it read: “Kama Sutra for Male/Male Intercourse.” Did this book mean that InuYasha was going to accept the mating fully? Looking over at the hanyou who looked up with a swollen-bruised face, he quirked his eyebrow in question.

 

“Uh… Seemed like a good idea at the time…” he said with a blush that barely was noticeable with all the bruising on his face. InuYasha's ears gave a small tweak as they too had gone to a more noticeable shade of red.

 

Sesshomaru smiled. “Well, when we decide to mate, maybe we will use it.” Sesshomaru set the book aside and pulled out another one. It was a thin book that was blank. A sign it more of a journal.

 

“I figured you could use it to keep your thoughts in writing, seeing how you don't exactly like to speak a whole lot.”

 

Sesshomaru nodded. “Yes, I could use another one. I was running out of room in my other one. Thanks.” He dug around feeling another book. It was about half-breed demons. Something he knew much about, but it couldn't help to read it later. “I'll have to read this later…” he set the book aside on top of the journal. “I'll be sure to read it. Thanks.”

 

InuYasha watched as Sesshomaru pulled out a sword decoration that he had picked up soon after departing from his brother. It was a sapphire crescent that was framed by a shiny metal that kept it in place with a silk maroon rope looped in a hole.

 

The sword decoration usually went at the end of the sword handle. InuYasha knew it would be great for his Tokijin. Tenseiga unfortunately had no room for that sort of decoration as it had no ring at the end of the hilt. It would be perfect.

 

From the expression of awe on Sesshomaru's face, InuYasha knew that he loved it.

 

“Wow, this is great. It's very finely cut!” Sesshomaru said as he got up from his bed and picked up his Tokijin that rested on the wall rack. He looped the string through the ring as he dropped the crescent through it again so it was securely tied.

 

“That should bring you some luck,” InuYasha said with a slight smirk.

 

“I love it. Thank you so much.”

 

Sesshomaru swung his Tokijin in a few practice swipes. With a few more graceful twirls and lunges he came to a stop. The jewel was still intact in the metal frame. It wouldn't be lost anytime soon. With one final sharp twist and lunged, he pulled his healing body too far as a sudden tearing pain splintered inside his chest.

 

“Sesshomaru? Are you alright?” InuYasha asked, seeing his sudden painful expression as he came to an abrupt stop in mid-attack.

 

Sesshomaru knew it wasn't the cramping sickness that ate at him now. It was the wounds inside him. He had overdone his healing body. Sesshomaru had thought he was healed enough by now, but it wasn't so.

 

Leaning on his sword he glanced at InuYasha who was stuck on the bed. He showed some concern for him. The stupid human blood had given him emotions towards something he should hate and resent. Instead of hating and resenting he was showing the urge to do something as he scooted off the bed and hoped painfully over to him before Sesshomaru stopped him.

 

“I'm fine InuYasha. Get back in bed,” he said as calmly as he could as he tried to straighten up. “It's' just the cramps.”

 

Lie.

 

InuYasha could smell it right there. A lie. What could he be hiding?

 

Doing as he was told he hobbled himself onto the bed where he sat back in the pillows. InuYasha felt a sudden hopelessness as he watched Sesshomaru set his sword back on the rack and came back towards the bed. He was feeling the prickling of darkness in his vision as the pain in his chest was becoming almost unbearable. The pain was never this bad before! And certainly he had really not moved any differently from before.

 

Stumbling he started quickly to the bed. But he didn't make it far before he collapsed into a sudden unconsciousness.

 

“SESSHOMARU!” InuYasha cried as he struggled to get off of the bed. InuYasha knew he wasn't able to do a thing in his state. He needed to find help. But how?

 

His ankle protested in pain as he put more pressure on it setting his foot on the cold floor. He had forgotten how he had twisted it upon tripping head -over-heels running from the boar demon. It would not have occurred to him before either, until now.

 

“Fuck! Why now of all the times!” InuYasha snarled before taking the weight off his ankle by setting back on the bed. His arms and leg were totally useless! He was useless!

 

InuYasha didn't know what was happening, he had no idea if this was life threatening or not! He cursed himself.

 

Now all he could do is hope his brother would wake up, or someone came around to knock on the door…

 

`Damn it! Please wake up Sesshomaru…'

 

 

 

A/N: Nice place to stop eh? Sorry it's so short… I was really hoping it'd come out longer. Oh well, I gave you a nice cliffy! Hahaha!! Now you don't know if Sesshy will die or not! Will he die? Will he live? (Will he lose his pups?) What is happening to him? Is it a heart attack! Omg! LOL… Don't worry, I'll update it soon. Join my Yahoo group and you just might get a preview.

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