InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Nothing of Importance ❯ Segment Six ( Chapter 6 )

“Hiraikotsu!”

 

Sesshomaru kept his features calm and collected as he dodged the large bone boomerang that had been hurled at him. Inuyasha's traveling companions apparently had been searching for the hanyou and did not appear to be too happy that he, Sesshomaru, had his sibling in his care. And not having much of a sense of smell, they'd had a few wolves lead them to him and his brother.

 

`I should have expected this,' he thought with a growl as he dodged the recoil from the boomerang and an arrow that had been aimed at him. `Dammit I should have just left where he was at.'

 

`Like you would have done that.'

 

The nagging, annoying little voice was back. Granted, it had a point but Sesshomaru did not have the time nor the luxury to have any arguments with it. His brother's friends were attacking and he had to remain on the defensive. Inuyasha's life depended upon him keeping his cool.

 

`And not killing the fools,' it reminded him.

 

`Hush. I must concentrate.'

 

The taijiya caught her weapon at the same time the miko notched another arrow in her bow. Two of the wolves were inching towards his wards and his servant. Sesshomaru glanced at them from the corner of his eye. When they noticed him watching them, they immediately stopped in their tracks. Fear emanated from the two. It had an intoxicating feel to it and Sesshomaru couldn't help but show a hint of fang. Immediately, the two grabbed a hold of each other and their fear spiked. A growl came from the direction of the humans, causing the miko and the taijiya to pause for a moment.

 

“Are you threatening my men?”

 

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at the dark-haired wolf.

 

“They are nearing what is mine,” he stated succinctly. “They get any closer and I will kill them.”

 

“Since when did you consider Inuyasha yours?” the miko spat. “Every time you see him you try to kill him. And for that matter, since when did you have a human girl traveling with you?”

 

“Kagome . . .”

 

“I do not answer to the likes of you,” Sesshomaru replied coldly, turning around. He had said enough and wasted too much time. “What I do and who I travel with is my business. Not yours.”

 

He approached Uhn and Ah, and grabbed the dragonet's reigns. Sesshomaru quickly glanced at his brother, thankfully noting the hanyou had not been disturbed by the humans' attack. Inuyasha continued to sleep, the fever taking a very heavy toll on him. His cheekbones had become pronounced, his eyes sunken. Even his breathing had become shallow and quick. Though Inuyasha's skin didn't glisten from the fever anymore, Sesshomaru still smelled it. It clung to the hanyou like a cloak.

 

`I need to get him back to the palace . . . and soon.'

 

Before they could say or do anything more, Sesshomaru began to walk.

 

“Wait! Where are you going?”

 

“Again, it is none of your concern, little miko. Where I go is my business.”

 

“And what about Inuyasha?” the monk inquired. From the sounds of it, the group had started to follow him.

 

“Yeah!” the miko chimed in. “He's sick! He needs to go back to the village . . .”

 

Sesshomaru paused, his golden eyes flashing. As if he didn't know that his brother was ill. If anything, he knew far better what ailed his sibling than what the humans did. There was no way that they'd be able to help Inuyasha. He'd die before they figured out what was wrong.

 

“Do not tell me what he needs, little miko,” Sesshomaru hissed. “I know far better than you of what ails him. He goes where I go. This Sesshomaru has spoken.”

 

Without waiting for a reply and not really wanting to waste anymore time, Sesshomaru resumed his trek. As he did so, he cast a slightly irritated yet subtle glance at his brother as he fought back a sigh and the urge to kill. The humans and the wolves were following them. Their scents gave them away.

 

`How do you manage being around these humans, otouto? They must be more than a handful to protect and to keep in line. How do you do it?'

 

He made a mental note to ask Inuyasha later, when he wasn't quite so ill.