InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanyou no kokoro no naka de; Within the Heart of the Half-Demon ❯ Brotherly Hate ( Chapter 6 )

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A/N: Quick chapter. Kinda short. It's alright, though. It'll be a while b4 the next one probably. Have fun.

 

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Chapter 6

 

Brotherly Hate

 

Dawn was approaching.

 

From behind the shadows of the trees, the blurry image of a figure began to appear through the low settled fog. The new morning mist glowed as it danced around him, almost falling to the ground as the aura of his awesome and silent power seemingly froze the very air that it embraced with a eerie chill that his majestic ambiance sent out. As the fog around him slowly thinned, his face became viable in the new morning light. The tip of the sun had yet to peak the horizon, but He seemed to be walking towards the great star as it ascended from its nightly rest.

 

His eyes glowed bright amber, looking unemotionally straight ahead as he headed for the coming morning. His long sliver hair flowed elegantly with each gust of the calm morning breeze, chilling the already awe-stricken air. His ears, pointed and erect, revealed to all the inu youkai blood that flowed through his veins. And set centered on his forehead was a blue waning crescent. His amber eyes were topped with a pink shade over his unmoving eyelids. And under each eye rested two pink stripes that completed the look of his slim face. Against the right side of his head and over his shoulder lay the cream-colored pelt that had once belonged to the great Inu no Taishou. It flowed as elegantly as His silver strands of hair in the wind, hanging loosely from his back, only sometimes breaching the ground. The torso of his attire was a shiny black, and from around the waste hung a yellow sash, blue at the ends. Two swords were tucked neatly underneath it on the left; Tenseiga, the life giving sword, and Tokijin, the sword of death.

 

The sun peeked slowly over the distant mountains.

 

At the end of each finger, his poisonous claws rested, giving any creature reason to fear Him. He wore a red and white kimono, the empty left sleeve hanging loosely over His shoulder. His right arm swinging slowly to the rhythm at which he walked. His white pants poofed out at the bottom and met neatly at the tops of his black boots, boots he never seemed to use. He walked with such grace and confidence that from though the fog, he appeared to be hovering over the ground that seemly bowed around before him. As the sun rose higher into the sky, the pink sakura flowers on the spring trees opened. During the spring, all of the trees bloomed an array of colors, pink mainly, with dabs of purple and white. When the wind blew, pedals fell gracefully from the branches. The flowers that fell around Him only added to his awesome aura, settling perfectly into the mist and dancing around him, creating a pathway from him to stride down. The pink pedals blanketed the ground, and the occasional red or purple pedals stood out among the vast pink carpet. He reached the edge of the woods and ceased walking as the sun rose higher out from behind the mountains and trees. His face was lit with the perfect color in the new sunlight. His unchanging face stared ahead. He blinked only once.

 

His senses as an inu youkai did not fail him, he chose, however, to ignore the approaching noise. He did not move as a small creature emerged from the forest behind him. He was small and green, wearing a shabby brown cloak, and he carried the Staff of Two Heads. The sun beat the ground around him, and a small toad-like youkai stood boldly behind Him.

 

“Sesshomaru-sama,” the toad said quietly in a quivering voice.

 

The inu youkai did not move, but the toad knew he had his ear.

 

“He's come, My Lord. He's here to speak with you.”

 

Sesshomaru's eyes shifted to the side, and although the toad was out of sight, he implied that his words were directed towards it.

 

“He has come?” came his voice, deep and dispassionate.

 

“Hai, My Lord! It is about your younger brother, Inuyasha that he wishes to talk about. He requests your presence as the Goushinboku, My Lord.”

 

Sesshomaru did not move, but thought over the request.

 

“Jaken.”

 

The toad snapped into attention. “Yes, Sesshomaru-sama!”

 

“Report back to him. I will meet him at the Goushinboku. But he must hurry with his request. I have not all day to spend with such a low life as him.”

 

“Yes, My Lord!”

 

The toad youkai scurried back into the forest. Sesshomaru turned his head back to watch him, then looked once more at the sun. He eyes had suddenly changed, but only a slight bit.

 

“That monster wishes my presence?” A sudden gust of wind pushed his hair back, and the fur blew for a second before returning to his side. “If not for my dirty hanyou brother I would not have to see his disgusting face.” He paused again. “Inuyasha.” He said his name with so much contempt and disgust, even causing a spark of emotion to almost light in his eyes. “Inuyasha has brought me more trouble…” He looked down, raising his single hand and inspecting the claws. His sleeve fell back, revealing two pink stripes encircling his wrist. “And someday, even teamed up with him I will defeat and kill my brother.”

 

He glanced up at the sun, now a large circle in the low sky, then turned and walked back into the foggy forest the same way he had come.

 

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Goushinboku stood high over the other trees in the forest. Within it's branches it housed animals and youkai of all kinds, along with the memories of all around it. It was filled with such an abundance of leaves that even in the winter, when all the leaves had fallen off of the other tress, Goushinboku still had branches covered the leaves that would not fall until perhaps the next fall. In the summer, its green canopy provided shade to much of the forest, cooling forest creatures from the hot air. And in the spring, while all the other trees were covered in beautiful pink sakura flowers…

 

Goushinboku was bare.

 

It shone to all around like a beacon as the only green spot among a grouping of pink, purple, and white.

 

“It's part of the curse.”

 

“Curse?” Sesshomaru questioned to the shadow behind the bush. He stood under the sacred tree, his squire Jaken close behind him.

 

“The curse that infects your brother, along with so many others.”

 

“If you wished so desperately to speak with me, come out from the shadows and face me…Naraku.”

 

With Sesshomaru's words, a white baboon slipped, silently and almost instantly, into view. Nothing showed that revealed him to be human, and he spoke without movement. The horrifying eyeless blue mask left room for sight and speech of the wearer, but the thick white pelt stifled any attempted movement.

 

“So you've come disguised, Naraku. Afraid to show your true face in place of the better looking monkey one?”

 

“I've come on account of your brother, Sesshomaru.”

 

“I have no desire to speak of him.”

 

“I have a way he could be destroyed.”

 

Naraku immediately grabbed Sesshomaru's attention. He glared the baboon down, looking for lies. “What do you mean?”

 

“With your help, I could bring Inuyasha's life to an end. For you see, I share the hate of him with you and would like nothing more than to see him obliterated.”

 

“How so?”

 

“You know, do you, of the curse that was placed of Inuyasha many years ago? It is the same curse that affects Goushinboku, the princess, and others. He his forced every full moon to become a full youkai. With no one's help, Inuyasha will soon bring death upon himself. It is inevitable that he will lose control and kill until he dies, but in being part of his death, you could gain tremendous power once the curse is lifted. The Shikon no Tama holds within it the whole of the curse. Once all its captives are dead, I shall share with you the power that the Shikon Jewel endows, and you and I could be the worlds most powerful youkai.”

 

Sesshomaru gazed at the monkey. With almost no thought in his words, he replied, “I do not need your assistance nor the aid of the Shikon Jewel to become powerful. Unlike you, I am naturally a powerful youkai and require no assistance. You may very well destroy humans and use the Shikon no Tama to become the most powerful youkai in all the world,” Sesshomaru paused and glared at Naraku as Naraku glared back, hanging, waiting for the next words. “But you will be nothing but a counterfeit demon. And the whole world will know it.”

 

Naraku sat in silence, thinking on Sesshomaru's words. Does this mean he has no intention of helping me to kill Inuyasha? Naraku was a bit disappointed, but not distraught.

 

“Arigato for your time, Sesshomaru. Very well then. I shall kill the hanyou on my own.” He began to turn around to leave.

 

“You misunderstand me, Naraku.”

 

The baboon quickly turned its head, intent on hearing Sesshomaru's thoughts. “I misunderstand you?”

 

“I desire no power from the Shikon Jewel, nor do I wish to share any fraudulent glory with a lowlife such as yourself. I will, however, bring aid in your wish to kill Inuyasha. That half-breed is of a lower class than you. I would be honored to be the one to bring death to him. All I ask is that I am the one who kills him. I do not require your help in such an easy task. Do what you want with his friends. I claim his life.”

 

“Then we have a deal?”

 

“So long as you keep up your end.”

 

“Don't you worry about me. When the time is right, I will let you know. Inuyasha's life will then be in your hands.”

 

Naraku's voice trailed off as he faded back into the bushes the way he had come. Sesshomaru didn't move for a moment, just looked off in the trees. I wonder if I can really trust him.

 

Jaken approached him from behind. “This demon, Naraku, My Lord, do you know him?”

 

“I know him now.”

 

“You trusted him so quickly…are you sure he is going to do as promised?”

 

“Whether or not he is honest is no concern of mine. He either gives me Inuyasha's life or I take it. Naraku's hidden plot is not significant to my wishes. I will have Inuyasha.”

 

With that, he turned walked away. Jaken followed quickly, watching behind him, wondering what bother Naraku and Sesshomaru had in mind.

 

And how he would play a part in it.

 

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A/N: Yay! Cool Sesshy chappie!! Bye bye!