InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ He's A What? ❯ Chapter 4: The Spells Secret ( Chapter 4 )

A/N- Hey all, sorry about how I left you all last time, but a lot has been happening lately and really it's been a really trying time for me.

Disclaimer- Do you really think that I would just be writing about this if I owned it? Hah, I think not! InuYasha belongs to Takahashi-sensei.

Anywhoo...it's time to see what Lord Ice-cube thinks of his little bro loving him....Enjoy!

'Thoughts'

He knew that he couldn't take his words back, but man did InuYasha wish he could. Especially after seeing the look on his brother's face. 'Just strike me down right now, before I make a worse fool out of myself.'

Sesshoumaru's eyes were blazing. So many foreign emotions were swirling through them that InuYasha swore that he'd get dizzy just by looking into them, let alone trying to figure even one of those said emotions out.

As seconds turned into minutes and there was no sign of a verbal reply, InuYasha felt his heart sink as he turned away, 'I knew it, he doesn't care...why am I forced to endure this? I suppose it's my lot in life...' InuYasha's thoughts were cut short when a clawed hand gripped his chin, forcing his eyes to meet Sesshoumaru's.

To his greatest surprise, the edges of Sesshoumaru's eyes were just barely tinting red, a clear sign that his Youkai was close to the surface. A fact that caused InuYasha's entire body to immediately relax in a clear sign of submission, there was no way he wanted to be on the bad side of his brother's Youkai.

Sesshoumaru shifted against him, tilting his head down as he nuzzled his nose against InuYasha's cheek in a clearly gentle way. InuYasha had to stop himself from purring at his brother's attentions, "Sesshoumaru, are you alright?"

That seemed to snap his brother out of the daze he'd fallen under, blinking, Sesshoumaru shifted InuYasha in his arm as he turned his head away. "This Sesshoumaru is fine, you needn't worry brother."

Feeling as if he'd somehow ruined the moment, InuYasha tilted his head back, focusing upon the sky above. From the look of the moon, the night of the full moon would arrive in only a matter of days if not sooner. 'Which means that whatever this spell is, it will end soon...but what will I do once it has, I wonder...?'

Sesshoumaru watched as his brother gazed up at the sky in clear contemplation, curious as to what was on his mind and wanting to distract himself from his Youkai's demands. He nudged his brother in an attempt to catch his attention once again. InuYasha blinked at the nudge and glanced at Sesshoumaru, he was surprised to see that his brother was looking at the sky as well.

Realizing just what had happened, InuYasha chuckled to himself before lifting a hand and pointing at the moon, "the night of the full moon is going to be here soon. The time of this spell will soon end."

Knowing that Sesshoumaru would be confused by this as well, InuYasha continued, "Mother and father told me about it."

Shocked at such a comment, Sesshoumaru turned his eyes back to InuYasha, "what do you mean, they told you about it?"

"While I was out, they came to me...and told me that the spell that was upon me would break upon the upcoming night of the full moon. I don't know what the spell is though...but I trust them..." smiling ruefully, InuYasha shrugged his shoulders as he shifted in a little bit closer to Sesshoumaru.

'Might as well enjoy this while I can...'

Sesshoumaru's reaction was kind of strange though, as InuYasha shifted closer, he shifted as well. Moving so that InuYasha was sitting in a more bridal style kind of way, Sesshoumaru moved his arm about InuYasha's shoulders. Which caused InuYasha to blink in confusion and slight embarrassment.

It was then that Sesshoumaru bent his head and stole a quick kiss from the stunned Hanyou's lips, before pulling back and turning his head away. "Sleep. You can fuss tomorrow."

Feeling his face darken with an embarrassed blush, InuYasha shrank somewhat, adverting his face in the process. Whatever this spell was, it seemed that Sesshoumaru had been affected by it as well.

Because normally he'd never say such a thing, heck, InuYasha still wasn't sure that any of this was real. It had to be a dream...right?

Deciding not to ponder on that for too long, InuYasha let his body relax completely as his eyes drifted shut. He didn't know why but he trusted his brother to protect and watch over him while he slept, which he had never done before.

'I don't know how I can feel this way in such a short time, but the feeling is there...and I know this is right.' And with that thought in his mind, InuYasha succumbed to the lure of sleep.

Sesshoumaru could only watch as his brother drifted off and finally, he could think this through.

He knew that there was something, something that their father had told him before he'd died, something that was the key to this 'spell' that InuYasha mentioned.

He had to just remember it...

Flashback- 160 year’s prev-

It had been the smell that had awoken him from his light slumber, that and the fact that his Youkai was growling at him that he needed to get up.

The combination of the two was enough to thoroughly piss him off.

Grunting in pure annoyance, Sesshoumaru slid from his bed, his feet making contact with the cool ground below.

As he stood, his eyes went to his open balcony doors. The drapes were flitting in the slight breeze that blew its way through them, causing Sesshoumaru to narrow his eyes in contemplation.

'I closed those before I went to sleep, didn't I? Why are they open now...' with that thought he made way over to them, his steps silent in the cool night air.

Upon reaching them, he realized that what had really awoken him and disturbed his Youkai, was not the open doors but what stood outside it.

Drawing his lips back, Sesshoumaru growled lowly at the human woman before him. From her very scent alone he could tell that this was her, this was the bitch that his father had taken a liking to. This was the human who bore him bastard of a sibling.

Even as he entertained thoughts of slicing the pathetic mortal down, Sesshoumaru held himself in check.

There would only be one reason for her presence here, his father had brought her here. This meant that he was close by, probably watching to see what he would do.

Lowering the claw he unconsciously raised, Sesshoumaru narrowed his senses and soon found that he had been right. His father was indeed here; in fact he was standing right behind him.

Silently he cursed himself for being distracted so easily, not to mention not paying attention to his surroundings. Sesshoumaru slowly turned about ready to face his father.

Only to have something shoved into his arms and even as he blinked in surprise, his father moved past him and leapt down to join his woman.

"A present for you my son. Take good care of it."

Tilting his head at his father's cryptic words, Sesshoumaru turned his eyes upon the bundle which he now held. Only to see it shift.

Slightly surprised, Sesshoumaru lifted the bundle and sniffed at it. He was greeted by the heavy scent of blood, that human female's blood. Even more confused by this, Sesshoumaru cut open the bundled cloth only to start at what greeted his eyes.

Pure honeyed amber eyes, as clear as the morning sun peered up at him from the bloodied cloth. The wide and innocent gaze enough to touch even Sesshoumaru's frozen heart.

It was a child.

Bring said child closer he took a more direct intake of its scent only to snarl in utter shock and anger. Not towards this child, but towards his father and that human bitch.

"Father! What is the meaning of this, why have you given this...thing to me? Have I dishonored you in some way that you must force me to care for this worthless bastard?!"

His tone was dark and dangerous. Even if it was his father who had done this, he did not care; it was a blatant disgrace to be charged thus. To be forced into caring for a child of which he wanted nothing to do with.

As soon as those words had crossed his lips though, Sesshoumaru found himself pinned almost painfully to the floor, his father's claws buried in not only the meat of his stomach. But another was poised at his throat, ready to slice right through it.

"Insolent whelp! You dare question me, I am your father and the Lord of these lands and you must obey me as long as I hold that position, understood?"

Seeing that his father's eyes had tinges of red at the edges and knowing that he was right, Sesshoumaru grudgingly shifted his head, revealing his throat in a clear sign of submission to the Alpha.

Growling once more in warning, InuTashio pulled back and got to his feet. His tail lowered and gently deposited his pup into his arms. He then watched his son closely as he got to his feet, wincing from the pain in his abdomen.

"Listen now son and listen well. I have named your younger sibling InuYasha and as of now, 'he' is your responsibility. As your father I command that you watch out for him until he comes of age. At which point he will be free to choose his own path."

Sesshoumaru just grunted his accent, not really caring what his father had to say as he glared at the brother that he'd never wanted. And now his burden to bear.

Shaking his head, InuTashio glared at his eldest son. He had such high hopes for the boy and now look at him, so self righteous and snobbish. But it was no matter; this was the way things had to be, whether his son liked it or not.

"Sesshoumaru. I have sealed InuYasha's true form from him and when the time comes the seal shall break. It is your duty to be there, to witness this transformation and to protect him."

Glancing down at the now slumbering infant, InuTashio allowed a rare smile to cross his lips even as he ran a claw gently over one of the silver tufts of hair. He was so fragile and so weak, a fact that only made InuTashio never wish to let him go.

But he knew that time was running out and that he had to get the seriousness of the situation through his eldest's head. He would be InuYasha's only protection against a world that would hate and harm him. It didn't help that his own son was likely to be one of them as well, which was why this was so important.

Sesshoumaru just grunted in reply, hoping that it would appease his father at least enough until he could get rid of his little burden.

"I want you to be there for him Sesshoumaru, for he has more to do with your own fate than you know. So you must swear to me Sesshoumaru, swear that you will protect him, swear it."

Gritting his teeth as he fought down the retort that was at the back of his throat, Sesshoumaru lifted his eyes to meet those of his father and was shocked to the core at the seriousness in them.

Knowing that his father would never let this go if he didn't agree, Sesshoumaru silently cursed what he was about to do. Bowing his head and upper body to show his deep respect, Sesshoumaru kept his tone neutral as he spoke.

"I swear father, I shall protect him."

Even as those words had left his lips, Sesshoumaru felt his stomach turn in distaste. "Thank you my son."

The last thing that Sesshoumaru felt was his father's hand gently touching his head before a sudden gust of wind blew past and his father's presence disappeared.

Lifting his head, Sesshoumaru was shocked to see that not only his father and the mutt were gone, but the human female as well.

Shaking off his surprise, Sesshoumaru straightened his clothes even as he turned back around and went back inside his chamber's, closing the securing the doors behind him.

End Flashback-

Sesshoumaru chuckled ruefully at his memories; he still regretted his behavior towards his father back then and wished he'd been able to apologize for it.

But that had been the last time he'd seen his father and it hadn't been until 40 years later that he encountered his 'brother.' Of course the whelp hadn't known it who he was but Sesshoumaru could never forget, even if he wished too.

It was then that his real hate for his sibling had begun and it had continued for many years afterwards, until the day he saw something strange. It had been by accident and he'd only been happening by when he'd heard the laughter of a human female.

Deciding to follow the sound, he found the human in a clearing surrounded by not only two other humans but a Kitsune kit and Neko Youkai. But it had been the final person who had caught most of his attention.

InuYasha had just finished eating it appeared and when the human female had asked him how it tasted, InuYasha just smiled. And that was it, that was what had caused his breath to catch in that moment.

That smile had been the beginning of something that he never expected; it was the one thing that had shifted his hate of his brother to tolerance, and then to genuine concern.

And then to his current feelings, those of true love and caring, to those of a brother who cared for his sibling.

His brows knitting at that, Sesshoumaru glanced down at InuYasha once again, 'my feelings seem stronger now though, more than that of a brotherly regard, could I...love him?'

A/N- That's a wrap on this chapt!

Yes! Thank Kami I was finally able to finish it, man I really didn't want to take this long, so I made it a bit longer than the last one, hope you all liked it!

Anyway, sorry again about the wait and I hope I don't take as long next time, but damn, I can't tell...after all, this is my father's computer I'm using...

It's just a big pain that I'm not able to write as much...but what can yah do?

Whelp, I hope you all leave me great reviews for this!

Until Next time...there's a next time, trust me!

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