InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Shadows Fall ❯ Secrets in the Shadows ( Chapter 2 )

Title: Shadows Fall

Summary: Six years after their parents were murdered. Sesshomaru and InuYasha Tokijin are starting to learn that the creatures of legend, vampires are real and would soon change their lives forever. However, these changes maybe more then the two brothers can stand.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the InuYasha characters.

(A/N: A big thank you to Anuz2, not only is she my beta for this story, she is also one of my muses. Without her help I don't know if I would have ever gotten this chapter finished)

Chapter 2: Secrets in the Shadows

By Tainted InuShemeeko

Kirara's eyes snapped open suddenly as a sudden pain burned deep within the small trace of what was left of her soul. That's when she uttered one silent word.

"Lucius."

Tears of blood pooled from her ruby eyes as a silky voice spoke to her.

"It would seem our half sister has once again betrayed us. I can not allow this to continue. I must put a stop to this; I should have killed her mother long ago when Gabriel could not."

Kirara gasp when she heard this.

"But Ammon…what of the child she carries?"

Ammon sighed as he replied to his goddess.

"The child is of no concern of mine; he will be the same as his sister. It is better if he is destroyed before he is born."

Kirara felt her heart shatter at Ammon's words. There was no way she could let him take Xethina's life. Ammon was the father of both Lucius and Gabriel. He had been the one to show them how to live in the shadows. In return, Lucius had fathered her. He had been her creator, her lover, and now he was gone forever.

`Kisa, I must speak with you.'

`Where are you? Are you with Xethina? How is she?'

There was a short pause before Kisa answered her.

`Yes, I'm with Xethina, and she doing fine. Kirara what's wrong why do you sound upset?'

`I'll explain later. Don't let anyone else near Xethina; guard her with your life Kisa.'

When she was positive that no one was watching her, she transformed and jumped out the window of the large mansion. If a normal human were to look at the strange cat, it would appear to be a normal blonde cat with black stripes. However, to the trained eye, one could see the two tails that trailed behind it as it ran.

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InuYasha mumbled something to Sesshomaru, as he walked over to get the door, Bast following quickly behind him.

"I mean it Sesshomaru, be nice to her."

Sesshomaru's golden brown eyes flickered with a strange glow as he spoke to his brother.

"Why InuYasha, I know not of what you mean. I am always a perfect gentleman, when you have female companions over."

InuYasha couldn't believe what he was hearing; damn that stoic bastard again.

"Sure you are that is until you asked them how much they really love me, or if they would be willing to marry me. Oh and my personal favorite, `I must know, would you be willing to give your live for my little brother.'"

Inuyasha's own golden brown eyes flashed back at his brother, "I mean what the hell kind of question is that? I'm supposed to protect her, not the other way around."

The discussion that the two brothers' were having was interrupted, once again, by the door bell. Bast meowed and pawed at InuYasha's pants leg, causing him to look down at her.

"Yeah, I know Bast; I'm going. All be right there Kagome."

InuYasha hurriedly tucked his shirt into to the waist of his blue jeans. He then proceeded to fix the collar on his red and white plaid dress shirt. Once he was sure that he looked decent, he answered the door.

Sesshomaru shook his head at the stupid half grin that appeared on his brother's face as he opened the door. He couldn't see how this young woman was going to be different from any of the other women InuYasha had dated.

`What could be so different about this one? That he is thinking about marrying her?'

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of InuYasha's voice, followed by the voice that Sesshomaru knew must be Kagome's.

"Wow Kagome, you look great. You didn't have to get all dress up; it's just dinner with my brother."

InuYasha was taking in every inch of the woman before him. Her long soft raven hair as it trail over her shoulders and down her back. Those deep chocolate orbs that just seen to dance with life as she looked back at him lovingly. Kagome was wearing a mint green turtle-neck with a pink poncho sweater that buttoned at the neck and hung past her waist. Black dress pants and laced up black shoes finished up her dress, as soft tan leather gloves graced her delicate hands.

She then leaned forward to place a soft and gentle, yet pleasing, kiss upon his lips. Breaking the kiss she smiled as she looked at InuYasha.

"Well considering, how you're dressed for tonight's dinner with your brother…."

"Half brother," InuYasha mumbled under his breath as he waited for Kagome to finish.

"I came as casually dressed as you are so there."

Kagome then stuck her tongue out at InuYasha in a playful gesture, which caused InuYasha to respond with his own playful response.

"You see, I thought I warned you about sticking your tongue out at me. Now you're going to get it."

Wrapping his strong arms around her, InuYasha lifted her feet off of the porch. He then proceeded to tickle her navel area.

"N…ooooo InuYasha, stop that's not fair, stop it tickle…plea…se stop it."

Kagome managed to ask in between giggles. The sound of someone clearing their throat brought the two lovers to a dead stop as a cold voice spoke to them.

"Perhaps I should leave, seeing how the two of you want to be alone."

A red hot blush crept into the cheeks of both Kagome and InuYasha at the sound of Sesshomaru's voice. He stepped out of the shadows of the living room doorway; his long silvery locks were pulled back in a similar fashion to the way Inuyasha was wearing his. However as Inuyasha's was pulled back tight, his was done more loosely to prevent his locks from being damaged. He was dressed in a pale blue cashmere sweater, tan khakis and chestnut loafers.

His golden brown orbs flickered with something as he took in Kagome's beauty. For he now knew that the young woman his little brother was dating, was breath taking in all accounts. Yet she was not as stunning as Rin, for Rin's beauty seemed to grow every day even though she was pregnant with her deceased husband's child. Bringing himself out of his thoughts, he spoke once more.

"You must be Kagome. I am honored to finally get the chance to meet you. My little brother tells me often of how fond he is of you, and now I understand why. You are very lovely indeed."

Kagome did her best not to blush as she looked over at Sesshomaru. Other then InuYasha, she wasn't use to getting comments on how beautiful she was.

"Thank you, you are too kind."

Sesshomaru shook his head as he spoke.

"Nonsense, for I only speak the truth. Come, the both of you. Let us eat dinner, before it becomes cold."

Turning on his heel Sesshomaru gracefully started to head toward the dinning room. Taking her hand, InuYasha and Kagome followed Sesshomaru to the dinning room for dinner.

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The minute she opened the door to her house, she was greeted by the friendly voice of her soft hearted fiancée.

"You're home early Sango, so I take it your hunt was a success?"

Propping her scythe behind the front door, she then slipped off her boots as she walked through the hallway to her living room. There, with a romance novel in his hands, was the love of her life.

"Yep, I got him. So he won't be killing anyone anytime soon."

Sango frowned at the book that was in his hands before she spoke again.

"How can you read that smut? You are such a pervert Miroku."

Miroku grinned over at Sango as he spoke.

"This is not one of my smutty books, I swear, and besides even if I am a pervert, at least I'm your pervert."

She frowned as one thought ran through her mind at that very moment.

`Yes, lucky me. I wonder how I got so lucky to be blessed with such a pervert?'

Breaking free of her thoughts, Sango turned her dark eyes back to look at Miroku as she smiled.

"So how was your day at the hospital?"

Miroku shrugged is shoulders as he answered.

"It was just another day in the daily grind. We lost a car accident victim today; we got a blood transfusion setup. However, it was already too late to do anything to save her."

He closed his eyes as Sango massaged his shoulders, he sighed as her lips nibbled on his neck until they had found his own lips.

"Sango, remind me I owe you a rub down later."

Sango smiled as she whispered into his ear, "You can count on it."

Miroku then sadly ended the mood, much to his own disappointment.

"Sango, as much as this kills me, I was able to bring dinner home for your father. I'll go heat it up if you want me too; you know you can't keep your father down in the basement forever. The others will find him, and from what you told me; they will kill him."

Seeing that she had gone silent for a moment, he took his leave and walked to the kitchen. He then pulled two bags of B blood out of the refrigerator. Miroku placed the blood in a microwave safe container, and place it in the microwave a few seconds to warm it up. He kept the lid on as he pulled a cup out of the cupboard. As he turned to face Sango, he saw an all too familiar flicker in her brown eyes as she eyed the crimson liquid inside the container.

"Come my dear Sango, it's time for another dose of your serum. Can you fight it long enough for us to get down stairs?"

Sango clutched her sides as if she was in pain, and she nodded her head.

"Yes, I think so."

Nodding his head in response he moved quickly toward the basement door.

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Gabriel lifted his head slowly, as he heard the sound of feet moving toward the basement door. Small short strands of his dark brown shoulder high hair, had come loose from his tie and now framed the sides of his sad, yet handsome, face. His grey eyes seemed to hold the story of his long life deep within them.

It had been three hours, three hours since he felt Lucius pass out of this world. He also knew that it had been his daughter who had been responsible for his permanent death. There had been times he had told Sango to kill him as well, but she had told him that she couldn't because her mother loved him to much.

His daughter's fiancée, Miroku came down the stairs first, and then was followed by his very now pale looking daughter. Gabriel knew what was happening to her, she was suffering because of his damnable vampiric blood. His still heart ached in pain as he watched her fall to her knees, just as Miroku reached her.

"Hang on Sango, you can do it. Just a few more seconds and everything will be alright."

Taking her left arm in his grip, he turned it palm up as he injected the serum into a vein in her arm. Miroku took her into his arms, when her body started to shake as the serum started to take effect. Sango then placed her hands on his shoulders as she pushed herself to her feet.

"I'm all right now." She smiled when she saw the doubt that was in his eyes. Placing a kiss on his cheek she spoke once more.

"Really Miroku, I'm fine."

At the sound of chains rattling, she turned to look ay her father.

"Dad?" She asked. However, the vampire refused to look at her.

"Daddy, Dad, look at me please."

Gabriel lifted his head slowly until his sad grey eyes meet with his daughter's chocolate ones. His voice when he spoke was filled with so much sadness, it was like feeling all of the heartaches he had felt over the past centuries; and he had seen many as a creature of darkness.

"I am sorry Sango. I'm sorry for all the suffering you had to endure growing up, as well as everything you have to live through now. I should have never stayed with your mother that night. If I hadn't, your mother Xethina, and your unborn sibling wouldn't be in the danger they are in now."

Sango gave it some thought as she slid down the wall, to sit beside her father

"You have a point, they wouldn't be. Then again, if you hadn't been with mother when you did, she probably would be in the cold ground by now, and I wouldn't be here either."

Leaning toward Gabriel she placed a gentle kiss on his cheek, before she got to her feet. Miroku smiled at her as he offered Gabriel the warm drink that he was holding.

"I hope it's to your liking, I did what I could to warm it up."

Gabriel bowed his head in thanks as he took the glass from Miroku. He sniffed a few times, his nose taking in the scent of the drink before he placed it to his lips.

"Human blood, you didn't have to Miroku. I don't want you to get in trouble at work. A few rats would have done the trick."

Miroku at first didn't know what to say at first. Sango giggled lightly at him as he struggle to find words to say to Sango's father.

"It's no big deal sir, besides rat's blood is on the menu for tomorrow night."

Hearing this caused Gabriel to chuckle at Miroku, and in turn all three of them started to laugh. Realizing what he had just said, Miroku stopped laughing long enough to ask.

"Um, you didn't want me to kill it first did you?"

Gabriel chuckled once more before he became serious.

"No of course not, I'll take care of it."

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Kirara relaxed a bit now that she and Kisa had gotten Xethina moved out from under Ammon's nose. She knew that simply moving her would not stop Ammon for long. However she was unsure of what she could do to protect the human that had become her friend. She knew that she or Gabriel killing Ammon was out of the question, for he had sired them both as well as Lucius. Kirara knew that killing one's sire meant death to the offspring that did the killing.

"What am I to do?"

She was at a stand still and she didn't know where to turn. That's when a cruel yet silky voice to her from the shadows.

"I could dispose ofhimmyself, if you would like. No harm will come to the human female.Gabriel is like a brother to meand the woman belongs to him…does she not?"

Kirara's voice almost froze in her throat when she heard the voice coming from the dark shadows.

"Menoumaru, what are you doing here?"

That's when a figure with long green-blue hair, pale white skin, lavender eye shadow outlined each one of his blood red eyes. Two red stripes could be seen on his forehead. Long golden ear rings hung from both of his ears, and ancient blue-green armor adorned his body as he showed himself off.

"Kirara, you did not answer my question. The human female belongs to Gabriel does she not?"

Finally being able to find her voice she spoke.

"Yes, yes Menoumaru she does."

His eyes settled on the woman with curly raven hair as she slept. Menoumaru then took in her whole appearance and smirked as he spoke.

"Like I said,the woman is of no interest to me. She belongs to Gabriel so she shall be under my protection as well. However, killing Ammon is very pleasing to me indeed, for I hold no loyalties to him."

`Yes, I shall be more then happy to rid the world of that ancient. He has been a torn in my side since he was created. Do be careful Ammon; secrets always have a way of getting back at you.'

(A/N: Ok that's all for this chapter, I do hope you all enjoyed it. It will get even better as it goes along. Of course those of you who read my other stories all ready know that. Take care.

Ja ne!

Tainted InuShemeeko)

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