InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Falling Away ❯ Shocked Comfort ( Chapter 3 )

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By: Lynx212
I wanted to say to him my heart was broken, no shattered and to leave me be. I wanted to scream and rage until this pain was erased from my soul

Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Action | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 08.13.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 3.0K | Status: Work In Progress

Chapter Three
Why? Inuyasha asked himself as he sat on a lone cliff watching the sunset and replaying the sudden harsh turn of events since Naraku's defeat. Why did she lead me to believe I was what she wanted? Why did she make me feel comfortable in my own skin at one point just to want me to shrug it off later? Why did she bother to pretend to love me? Why he thought as he stood and walked toward the edge of the cliff.
“WHY?” he screamed to no one and stood with his head bowed with tears freely flowing as his scream echoed through the valley.
“Why, what little brother?”
The unexpected response caused the Hanyou's heart to race as he turned to face whoever had spoken. To his surprise, even tough it should not have been considering what was said, he found Sesshomaru standing behind him regally poised on tree limb. Not being able to find the words to express the inner turmoil he was in, Inuyasha turned once again to face the setting sun. He loathed the fact that he was so swept up in grief he had allowed the older Inu to sneak up on him.
“What has shaken you so that your senses fail you and your tears flow?” Sesshomaru asked while staring at his brothers back.
(Inuyasha POV)
I wanted to tell him my business is my own. I wanted to say to him my heart was broken, no shattered and to leave me be. I wanted to scream and rage until this pain was erased from my soul. Yet none of those things happened, when I turned to face him I saw something in his eyes that I never thought I would see form the Great Ice Lord of the West, and that was, concern. I opened my mouth to say something anything but as soon as I did my legs gave out and I solemnly waited for the impact that was to come. I was waiting in vain. Quicker than even my eyes could see, Sesshomaru was at my side to catch me mid fall.
“You will tell me what ails you otouto and you will tell me now!” he demanded in that you have no choice in the matter tone of voice he was famous for. He sat my shaking body on the ground; and to my complete and utter shock he sat down beside me. Never, in my many decades, had I ever known my brother to seat himself on the ground and beside me of all people. Feeling some need to make his sacrifice worthwhile I tried to answer his question. Yet no matter how hard I tried to form words nothing would come out, it was as if this torment had made a home in my soul and locked itself in. After several failed attempts to speak I turned to my brother fully expecting him to be irritated with my lack of response only to see him with his arms outstretched to me and a look of understanding in those usually cold eyes. Then before my better judgment could prevent me I threw myself into his offered embrace, and in between outright sobs and open rage the days events came pouring out of me like a waterfall I was powerless to stop. That was the last thing I remembered before exhaustion claimed me for the night.
(Sesshomaru's POV)
I was taking my usual patrol, to make sure no lesser demons had decided to take up any squatting rights on my lands while I was off battling Naraku, when my nose caught the familiar sent of my kin. Straying from my intended path I increased my speed to see what brings him this far from his pack. Before I can even see him I smell the salt from his tears and that only serves to make me quicken my already exuberant pace. When I reach the cliff I am surprised that he does not acknowledge me. I was about to utter a good natured taunt when suddenly he tilted his head back and screamed why.
I asked him why what only to have him face me with red rimmed amber eyes that no longer held that cocky self assured gleam I was so accustomed to, instead they were flat and lifeless and the only thing that was present within them was sorrow. I watched him intently because it seemed as if he were about to speak, then looking defeated he silently turned back to face the setting sun. Not one to be driven away by silence I posed a question.
“What has you shaken so that your senses fail you and your tears flow?”
I studied him and noted his slack posture and visible distress. He seemed to be struggling with something and I was determined not to leave here until I knew what. I had not spent the last few decades goading him with our petty arguments, training him with our frequent scrimmages, and then stood by his side to defeat the wretched Naraku only to have him defeated now when he, of all people, should be celebrating. He turns to me to speak and I all but felt the wave of exhaustion that washed over him, causing his legs to give out and send him plummeting toward the earth. Before he could even come close to hitting the ground I was at his side. I was outraged at this point; what ever had transpired to bring my pretentious, head strong brother to this point was going to be known to me now.
“You will tell me what ails you otouto and you will tell me now!” I stated a bit more sternly than I intended but my concern over his current state was now overriding my usual stoic calm. I wasn't exactly sure why it was, but at the moment I cared not. I sat his trembling form down and took a seat beside him and patiently waited for some sort of response, again I watched him struggle to speak only to fail miserably. It was as if what ever had come about with him had a death grip on his body, mind and soul.
I hadn't even realized I had opened my arms to him until I found him shaking, sobbing, and screaming in my embrace about what that Miko had said and done after I left. I listened to the Hanyou, the same person that was feared by the demon community almost as much as I, cry and carry on like his soul had preceded him to one of the seven hells leaving him to mourn its loss the rest of his days. I let him continue on like this until his body gave out and sleep claimed him. I carried his now limp and almost lifeless looking body over and away from the cliff and made a small fire. I would have carried him back to the palace if I was sure the trip would not disturb his slumber and knew of how he would react to being there. Tonight I will watch over you brother, like have done many times in the past, not in the shadows like before but in plain view with my intentions clear, but tomorrow will be a different tale all together.
I stood and watched the last rays of the sun disappear below the horizon with a mental note and comment to myself.
Little did I know when I started my patrol this evening that I would walk away with a new enemy on my list and an evil to be rid of.
Kagome you will pay.