InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Dear brother ❯ Help ( Chapter 7 )

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Dear brother

 

A/n's- Sorry again for the long time between the updates! I'm working at all my stories and stuff at college so it really sucks. My damn MS word on my laptop's messed up and I lost the CD key for it so now its worthless o__o at any rate I hope this will make up for the slow updates.

 

Chapter 8: Help

 

InuYasha couldn't have felt anymore helpless then he did at the moment as he struggled to get to his brother from his bed. But his limbs didn't seem to want to move with his brain as it was ordering to get up off his ass and help. Moving his arms was an almost impossible task and extremely painful act as his body protested, telling him it was still healing. His ankle was pretty banged up along with his toe as he grunted before he slugged them to the edge of the bed.

 

“Sesshomaru, you fucking bastard, get your ass up! Ah!” he whined as his ankle was pulled down painfully by the force of gravity.

 

Sesshomaru's stiff form lay motionless on the cold stone floor and very unresponsive to his brother's goading words.

 

`What is wrong with him? He's never been like this before. I hope it's not the heat…' InuYasha thought giving off a mental whine much like a dog in a very confusing situation. InuYasha had never really seen his brother like this, weak and unconscious.

He knew that Sesshomaru would never allow himself to lower his guard barriers of ice and let his emotions show or, save the least, his pain.

 

Looking around the room InuYasha's ears twitched and rotated in order pick up any close noises from other demons or humans that could help him and his brother. His senses stretched out into the hallway where there was footsteps of a servant just reaching out of his hearing and their own hearing. It would be almost pointless to call out to them but he had to do something.

 

“IS THERE ANY ONE OUT THERE? WE NEED HELP!?” InuYasha's voice bellowed as loud as he could as his voice was raw and was rapidly losing the ability to call for help. “Damn it…” he muttered, cursing himself.

 

Looking down at Sesshomaru on the other side of the bed, he pushed aside the pain and gave one more shot to get up. He was running out of options as he managed to get to a sitting position at the end of the bed. His legs touched the floor as he slowly applied weight to them, instantly causing him to choke in agony. Who knew a pulled or twisted ankle to be so painful?

 

Falling to his knees he walked on them slowly, the hard stone floor causing them to connect painfully. His arms and feet were useless but his knees would do. It was the only option, right?

 

Making his way around the large bed he finally reached his brother's limp form on the ground. Leaning down to place his ears on top of his brother's chest, in an awkward position as his ears were located on top of his head and not on the side of it, like normal demons and humans, he listened to his brother's chest that rose and fell shallowly. It was sounding just like he was in a peaceful sleep but not quite. Something wasn't sounding right. His heartbeat was slightly muffled in an unusual way from his breathing that was shallower but sounded much better.

 

Straining his ears to hear more he could hear the blood struggle to flow before it then came in a heady rush and then again struggling. What was wrong with it?

 

 

 

Flash back

 

Sesshomaru watched his younger brother as he pulled out his sword that was given to him by their father; the Tetsusaiga. InuYasha had learned to almost master the blade, but he had failed to master how to totally bring out the full power of the fang. Unlike Sesshomaru, InuYasha was a half breed and it would take him longer to master it. To master the blade was to become a full demon, which was why he was going after the Shikon no Tama.

 

Little did he know that the Shikon jewel wasn't truly necessary to accomplish the mastering. To become a full demon all he needed to do was to wait `til the tainted blood of the human that ran in his blood, died out. Since his body had been pinned to the tree of ages for 50 years, InuYasha would have to wait longer as his body had not aged.

 

Turning his attention back to the battle, he saw Naraku pulling one of his many dirty stunts that was designed to injure severely, not to kill. Naraku wanted to see his enemy suffer. Sesshomaru knew that some of the kumo hanyou's attacks were meant to for a full demon, and since he was striking InuYasha, it could clearly take out his little brother.

 

“InuYasha!” he barked to his brother as he prepared himself to use the windscar. “Watch your back!!!”

 

Sesshomaru knew that his brother wasn't fast enough to dodge the attack and he moved with blinding speed as he charged cursing, smashing into his brother's side without thought; knocking him to the ground cursing as he watched his older sibling suddenly get struck through the chest as a large tentacle came up from the ground where he had been previously standing.

 

 

InuYasha couldn't believe what his brother just did; he just saved his ass!

 

Sesshomaru gave a grunt of pain as the tentacle penetrated his chest's cavity, causing his blood to rise to his mouth and exit at the sides. The pain ripped his thoughts in two as he struggled to think clearly. But it was almost impossible to do so, even with all his cold demeanor and emotionless training throughout the years. From what he was guessing, the miasma that Naraku had flowing through his veins was making matters worst.

 

“What the fuck did you do that for you damn Baka!” InuYasha growled to his older brother as he was suddenly gaping in horror at the tentacle that was going through his chest.

 

“You wouldn't have moved in time you damn half breed!” spat Sesshomaru as he erected his cold barrier again. Sesshomaru turned his attention to the half breed spider, Naraku. “Only something as filthy as you would pull such rotten tricks as to attack a person from behind!”

 

Naraku only laughed and gave a nonchalant shrug. “That is true.”

 

“You shall pay for that you rotten bastard!” InuYasha growled as he charged, his hot-headedness was getting the best of him.

 

Sesshomaru growled as he pulled out his poison whip and whipping through the tentacle that was impaled in his chest, caused Naraku to curse in pain. Pulling out the remains of the squirming tentacle, Sesshomaru was going to bleed to death if he didn't end things soon.

 

Reaching inside himself, he felt for his true form and started to shift into his smaller dog form. His bones contorted and popped and grew to accommodate his new form. His organs shifted with him. He grew a tail and fur.

 

Breathing out his toxic odor he filled the area with poisonous gas before glancing over to see if the other humans were getting out of the area. Smart as they were, they moved leaving InuYasha and himself to fight Naraku. Sesshomaru knew that his brother wouldn't be able to stand long in the toxic breath that he was letting off and neither could Naraku. InuYasha had a better chance at withstanding it because he was a dog demon half breed too. Naraku would be the one to go down faster, and from the looks of it Sesshomaru could tell that his breath that Naraku was breathing in was eating away at his lungs and soon would be eating away at the rest of him. But even so, it wasn't going to work fast enough.

 

Growling, Sesshomaru lunged forward ripping away at any tentacles that were moving towards him in attack. The great dog lord wasn't going to allow that and snapped at them, ripping them to shreds with his fangs, his poisonous and acidic saliva dissolving away any remains that were left in his mouth.

 

Out of the corner of Sesshomaru's eye, he could see InuYasha battle it out with Naraku; successfully slicing him where it really counted. Sesshomaru turned to slice at more of the tentacles that were flying at him. He could see them but only until his vision became speckled with black patches. He was going to lose consciousness if he didn't finish this off.

 

“InuYasha!” he growled, his voice was deeper in his dog form yet it remained regal and calm with a slight prick of panic. “Move it!”

 

Sesshomaru's younger sibling glanced over. “What!? No way! He's mine!”

 

Sesshomaru snarled. “MOVE IT! I'm finishing him off!”

 

InuYasha `Keh'd' and muttered some words under his breath before Sesshomaru threatened to kill him in the process as he shifted into his larger dog demon form that would reach his father's dog shoulders if he still were alive. The late great dog Lord's eldest son knew that this was going to be a once chance thing and he had to make it quick.

 

Digging his poisonous claws into the earth, he prepared for what might be his last attack.

 

 

 

 

Naraku watched in hidden horror as the half breed's older brother shifted into a larger form. Strong as he was Naraku knew he had to be extremely cautious; his body could be torn to shreds if he wasn't careful. And though he might not be showing it, he was wearing down, the continued attacks that the human, hanyou and demons were coming at him with were just getting stronger; having more than one ally had saved them the fatigue. Naraku was also losing blood.

 

Dodging InuYasha's attacks, Naraku growled silently to himself. “You will not win, hanyou,” he laughed.

 

“Only in your fucking dreams, you fuckin' rotten bastard!” spat a very angry half demon. “But maybe you should pull those fucking tentacles and your head out of your rotten ass and maybe you would!”

 

Naraku gave a small chuckle. “It is going to be you who will lose with your recklessness.” Naraku glanced down at the large dark shadow growing around him. It was the shadow of an enormous white dog that was filling the air with even more poison which was eating away at his insides, causing him pain that he was not showing.

 

Knowing that he was no match for the dog demon he would have to either flee, or he would have to kill them or die trying. Feeling the urge to cough as his lungs burned, he glanced at the younger sibling who seemed to be coughing. “Having trouble breathing?”

 

“Fuck you!” he snapped before rushing at him with his sword.

 

Naraku paid no heed to the white haired hanyou as he summoned even more demons to the spot to keep InuYasha and the other humans and their companions occupied. He needed to focus his attention on the bigger threat: Sesshomaru.

 

Sending all his tentacles at Sesshomaru's 3 paws he needed to get him off them, but the dog merely leap out of the way or swiped at the tentacles; ripping them apart. Letting his miasma cloud the air it ate at any surrounding trees and vegetation that were in the same area as him as it interacted with Sesshomaru's own poison; combining with each other, creating an even more deadly poison. Sooner or later one of them would go down regardless of each other's immunity to their own poisons. Every demon did have their breaking point.

 

Just as Naraku had thought that he was outsmarting the dog demon he found his own poison being absorbed into the green gas that floated around them, turning it to a more neon tint. What was going on?

 

 

 

 

“InuYasha! Back off!!! Get out of here if you cannot handle the poison!” snapped Sesshomaru glancing down at his paw tall brother who was coughing at the deadly combination of his gas that was now being strengthened by Naraku's miasma which was soon to bring him down.

 

“What the hell!? No! This is my battle!” he coughed as he cut down some more of the evil demons that were attacking him.

 

“You're going to die!” hissed Sesshomaru as he was forced to pick his brother up carefully with his teeth and tossed him clear of the area of the heavy poison. Sesshomaru had no time to deal with his brother's pig demon ways. Seeing him safe and protesting about 2 hundred yards away, Sesshomaru once again prepared to rip the bastard apart as he was planning to do when Naraku had started to make a wrap for his paws and he was then unable to attack.

 

Quickly thinking, Naraku whipped his tentacles to the younger sibling as he ignored the demons coming towards him as well as the highly intoxicating poison and not heeding his brother's vicious growls; Naraku's tentacles snatched him up by his ankles and quickly snaked themselves around his fighting body. Pulling the coiled form to him, Naraku grinned. He knew that InuYasha's brother, Sesshomaru, would not attack his sibling. The dark hanyou had the best feelings that Sesshomaru `cared' for his brother in a much higher level than what he saw.

 

What confirmed this `care' that Sesshomaru had for his brother was the hesitation in Sesshomaru's eyes as he found that InuYasha was now in Naruku's grasp. He also found that the towering white dog was now refraining from digging his back claws in the ground and was now focusing more on who held his struggling half brother in their grasp.

 

“What are you going to do now, Lord Sesshomaru? I thought you would attack me? Ne? Well here I thought you hated your filthy half breed of a brother, after all he is tainted with human blood,” he goaded. “I never knew a youkai to actually stoop so low as to ally with this filth. Let me ask you why you're siding with him?”

 

 

 

 

Sesshomaru growled at the goad.

 

It was true that he, Sesshomaru, was siding with InuYasha. But his reasons were his own. What his own reasons were not even understood by him. However, now was not a good time to contemplate this matter at hand, and just thinking about this and how he was thinking reminded him of how his younger sibling thought; irrationally, without thought and reason.

 

“My reasons are my own, Naraku,” he said, his voice was deadly calm as he looked down and fixed his eyes on Naraku's crimsons.

 

Naraku gave a throaty laugh. “Is that so?”

 

“It is none of your business what I have with my brother, but he is mine to kill on my own time, when you're not involved.”

 

“Hn… Well, you know, it would be much easier just to kill him now, ne?” Naraku smiled as he tightened his hold on InuYasha's body, feeling the bones protest. Leaning his head down Naraku took a whiff of the hanyou's white mane. It was a delicious scent; it was no wonder why Sesshomaru was defending his brother. Glancing up, he met the tremulous gaze of the older sibling in his dog form. It really sent shivers down his back just looking at him with those piercing eyes; however it did not stop him from biting down on the sensitive white dog ears causing the hanyou to gasp in pain.

 

Something inside Sesshomaru was jerked further as he saw his brother in more pain.

 

Sesshomaru could feel his blood flow rapidly, causing him to not think clearly and causing him to weaken on holding his form. Now was the time to strike. But when Naraku had his brother?

 

 

 

Naraku's lungs were starting to constrict as he watched as the great dog dig his back paws into the earth, again preparing to strike. It really didn't look like he was going to back down even when Naraku was using his half brother as a live shield. Even more so he knew with Sesshomaru's size there could be no escape. Sesshomaru would consume them both. If he didn't, then the poison in the air would.

 

Feeling a warm trickle running over his lips he reached a free hand up to his face and touched it to his lips. Holding his hand in front of his face he saw the purplish tinted dark red blood covering his fingers, a sign that his nose was freely bleeding. Naraku knew that he was being destroyed from the inside out.

 

The dark hanyou could feel his organs burn and slowly break down. He glanced up at Sesshomaru who was slowly relaxing and realizing what was going on. “It has already begun. You're dying. You're no longer worth the effort of killing,” he said narrowing his eyes and shrank to a smaller dog form that still overlooked Naraku at 6 feet at the shoulder.

 

Sesshomaru approached the dark hanyou and his brother still fighting to be released from Naraku's grasp. Sluggishly he walked over to his brother as a tentacle flew out of Naraku's body wrapping itself around his neck. It was a weak hold and before Naraku knew it Sesshomaru had torn it off and it quickly decomposed.

 

Naraku held no threat now.

 

Using his forepaw, the white inu youkai reared back and slashed forward to his brother who was weakening, breaking the tentacles with grateful effortlessness. Grabbing him in his teeth at the scruff of his fire rat coat that protected him from the acidic saliva he glanced over to the two tail fire neko hovering just outside the thick fog-like poison. With his head he jerked InuYasha, tossing him to the neko's companions that rode on her back. Without word he disappeared into the thick fog-like toxic air, hoping he had enough energy to find the protection of a cave to nurse the wound in his chest before he blacked out.

 

 

 

 

InuYasha felt his brother pick him up and toss him sluggishly to his companions who caught him by his upper arms and hauled him on top of the cream and black neko who soon took off far from the toxic air and from Naraku's gurgled coughing, grunting and painful screams of pain as the toxic gas dissolved him the inside out.

 

The snowy haired hanyou had not seen his brother leave and looked down to where he was last standing and just found a giant pool of blood. Sesshomaru was injured and was need of help. But there was no sign of him. All he could do was to sigh and rest against his companion Miroku's back and fall into the comforting abyss of sleep.

 

 

 

 

End of flashback.

 

Miles away and just a few hours prior to the flash back:

 

Kouga weaved in and out of the bushes and trees as he reached the stream to quench his dry throat. It was getting late and he would soon head back to the camp to keep watch. He had gone back to his wolf pack earlier that day to check on how things were going without him. Everything was going well, except the new arising of a sickness that one of the younger wolves had contracted while exploring the forest around the den.

 

It was not a deadly sickness, but Kouga felt that it still should be monitored. Every one of his pack was important to their survival; even the escape-goat had his/her role in the pack. Now that one of the members of the pack was ill, Kouga felt he should return to his pack to keep his duty as alpha wolf and watch out for them all.

 

However, he still had a duty to do back at the camp. He had told InuYasha that he'd watch out for them. Howver, the need to be back with his pack was stronger, and he wasn't about to be pulled anymore from it, he would have to abandon his watch. Too bad if the mutt didn't like it, then tough luck for him.

 

Kouga wiped the water from around his mouth and stood up. Looking up at the dimming sky he wonder where InuYasha was and if he had actually accepted whatever his brother Sesshomaru had proposed in the letter that was given to him. The wolf leaders' curiosity got the better of him and was itching to find out more. Perhaps he would head to the western lands of Saigoku and find out?

 

Though, for now he would just head back to the camp and tell the others that he was leaving but he would be back off-and-on to maybe check on them. But that was a maybe.

 

 

 

 

“You're leaving?” Miroku the monk questioned, surprised. Miroku had thought the wolf demon would surly stay because of his `love' for Kagome. Perhaps that was a fading feeling now.

 

“Hai, I have business to tend to with my pack. I may be back now and then so I'd stay around this area. You will be easier to track if you do,” Kouga said flicking his pony tail that had been hanging over his shoulder, over to his back side. The wolf demon did not mention anything about going to visit InuYasha. Kagome would want to follow along, and of course Kouga knew that InuYasha detested being around her for more than a few hours.

 

“Oh, I see…” Kagome said slowly as she rubbed her forehead with her index finger in thought. “Well, I think I'll go back to my time for a day or so to study and sleep. I guess I'll be back then as well since there is nothing other to do. And if you see InuYasha tell him to hurry back.”

 

Kouga snorted to himself mentally. Oh yes, he would tell him that. NOT! “Sure. Why?”

 

“I want him to come help me with some things in my time.”

 

“Like?”

 

“Just stuff,” Kagome shrugged.

 

The “stuff” Kouga didn't buy. “Alright, if I manage to run into him jerking off in a tree or something, I'll tell him.” Kouga turned his back to the miko who choked at the mention of InuYasha jerking it off, and looked over to the monk and demon slayer, sitting on either side of the fire that was set, and winked.

 

Sango just smiled with Miroku who nodded and smiled.

 

It was time for Kouga to go see to his pack and InuYasha. Hopefully his brother and he were not going at each other's throats. On the other hand, something told him otherwise.

 

 

In Saigoku, the Western lands: present time after flashback-

 

InuYasha remembered what happened suddenly and he opened the silk kimono with his teeth. Revealed to him was a large white starburst scar across his beautiful muscular chest. It was the scar that made his chest stand out. InuYasha would have thought it would have been healed by now seeing that Sesshomaru was a full demon and not a half demon as himself, but the scar looked fresh as ever.

 

But was this what happened with the battle with Naraku? Was this the reason why he disappeared without a word to them all? Was it to heal?

 

InuYasha traced the scar outline with his eyes. `It must have been painful to him. But This must have happened when he shoved me out of the way that one time,' InuYasha thought as he recalled the memory of Sesshomaru cursing as he shoved his brother out of the way, again.

 

“Wake up Sesshomaru!” InuYasha whispered as he shook his brother's shoulders in an effort to wake him. Looking around the room frantically he turned to the doors feet away. InuYasha's golden orbs fell on the rounded door knobs; he knew it'd would be a challenge just to turn them using his broken arms. However he would figure it out as soon as he got there.

 

Making his way to the doors on his knees he reached them and struggled for a moment or two as he tried to bite and turn them with his teeth before failing and trying to use his arms which only resulted in hurting him more.

 

If Naraku had struck his brother in the heart and the wound never really healed he knew something bad could happen. From what InuYasha had heard from when he listened to his brother's flowing blood, it didn't sound so good.

 

A sudden idea occurred to him. Sitting back on his rear he carefully lay on his back and raised his feet so they were clutching the door knob. Gritting his teeth as the sudden pain overwhelmed him, he gave one hard jerk along with a sharp cry as his ankle was twisted further. Despite the pain he felt now, the doors opened to his gratitude.

 

Panting he got to his knees and made his way out into the deserted hall. He needed to find someone or the healer. Something inside him told him this was very much a serious situation. The hanyou was sure one of the castle attendants knew about his brother's serious problem, right?

 

Reaching a set of stairways that winded down to the lower levels and to the upper levels as well he gave a whine as he could already feel the pain of going down and up the narrow and steep stairway and a thought occurred to him again. Why was he doing this? Wasn't he supposed to let the shit fucker die? After all the trouble he had gone through with his brother in the past? All those painful words that they had exchanged with each other that cut so deep? The pain right now was mounting with the small cramps that were still occurring in his body every so often. “Maybe all this crazy thinking and actions are all due to this damn heat. Is this why I am acting this way?” InuYasha questioned himself as he sat down at the edge of the stairway going down.

 

`You could just let him die…' his mind told him silkily. `He'll just humiliate you in the end! That or kill you like he always tries.'

 

Conceivably it was had chance of happening. But the shock of the apology had knocked the thought of Sesshomaru actually wanting to kill him now out of the picture. As again, Sesshomaru did not usually say things he did not mean. Most of the time at least, and then again, Sesshomaru, InuYasha knew, was not the type to say sorry for any reason, nor ask for any sort of forgiveness. This is what he believed. InuYasha could only hope that he was not going to be fooled into such a dirty trick and be killed by his brother because he was gullible.

 

Shaking his head, he prepared himself to go down the set of stairs that surely would be an agonizing trip. InuYasha was sure that he would run into someone sooner or later. He just had to.

 

Sliding down on one of the stair using his ankles to pull his body along with agonizing pain , he made his way down to the lower level where he would hopefully find someone. “Why now?” he whined to himself on the brink of tears of pain as he could feel his ankles swelling further. This wasn't a good idea to come back home. This was far worse than the Sits that he received from Kagome, which in thought, he would rather have at the moment.

 

 

After a few minutes of excruciating pain, one sweaty-tear-filled white haired hanyou later; InuYasha found himself one floor down and looking around. No one was in the hall disappointingly, but there was still hope that someone would be in one of the rooms that were on the current floor. There had to be someone on this level, Sesshomaru couldn't just have just himself and a few servants living in such a castle. It would be ludicrous of his brother to have a castle like that.

 

Listening intensely his ears acted like a sonar as they swiveled in every which direction to track down some human or demon noises. InuYasha's sensitive nose twitched rabbit-like as it took in any scents that would help him. It wouldn't make sense to move unnecessarily throughout the floor without knowing who was on it; it would save him some time.

 

“Master Jakken! You must come and play with me!” a delighted voice echoed through the hall. InuYasha couldn't have thought of a much better sound at the moment as he quickly locked onto it.

 

To just his luck, the room was six doors down to the right. Closed as it was, he could just give a few bangs of his injured head and hopefully it would be loud enough to be heard by Sesshomaru's companions he had seen before on his travels.

 

Now it was only a matter of getting there as his ankles, knees and tail bone were in pain from the descending to the floor below. But before he could continue a rest was needed. Just a short one, Sesshomaru was still in need of getting help and soon.

 

 

Back in the room:

 

Sesshomaru drifted somewhere in his unconsciousness. He wanted to wake up but he couldn't he could feel his blood run in his ears; his chest was tight and loose again before it became incredibly painful. The demon lord knew what was wrong, he had a similar experience before but he was awake and he had help with the pain.

 

The experience had happened just six months ago and just a few weeks subsequent to the defeat of Naraku. He had been in recovery when his heart was having problems. Apparently Naraku's tentacle had just pierced the left side of his heart. Technically, he shouldn't have lived, regardless if he was a youkai or not. It was a mortal wound he really shouldn't have lived through.. And every day he was grateful that he had survived.

 

However, the wound was not really the problem; it was whatever had gotten into his blood that was doing the damage. From a wild guess, Sesshomaru had suspected that Naraku's toxic miasma was flowing in him. But that really should not have affected him as most of his own body was immune to such and was made up of toxins. To the lord, it puzzled him to why it was affecting him even more so now than it had a while ago. And this was most likely to be the death of him…

 

 

 

A/n: Again, Gomen for the lack of updates “>_<” It sucks not having the internet access 24/7 now. And now I have no computer to type on so sorry again.Well got a job finally so I'm hoping by the end of the month and by my bday I'll have my net. Lol, it'd be a good gift to my self. Haha. Anyways, I hope this makes up for lost time. But now is the time to start the next chapter of TSATM lol, I'm just dying to put more maternity issues with my boys. Ahh the joys of written MPREG… Still hunting for names for the pups in TSATM so yeah, suggestions are welcome and the polls for the yahoo group are still open for how many pups should be born. ^^ please vote!