InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Shadows Fall ❯ Tarapped, Fading into Darkness ( Chapter 3 )

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(A/N: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Ok guys not sure if this will get posted for Halloween, but I'm going to try.

Anzu2: Sry, folks, it's my entire fault this didn't get posted on Halloween! -kicks computer- gomen nasi! - bows low-)

Chapter 3: Trapped, Fading into Darkness

By Tainted InuShemeeko

InuYasha's dress shoes clicked on the side walk, as he made his way home from Kagome's. He stuffed his hands into the pockets of his brown leather jacket, as a bone chilling breeze blew by him. InuYasha continued on his way to his home, when he heard foot steps falling behind him. Something was following him; he could just feel it.

The creepy thing was when he turned around… nothing was behind him. At first he just shrugged it off and headed on his way until he heard the same foot steps as before. When he stopped they stopped, but the steps didn't totally match his gait. They weren't his.

`Shit, someone really is following me.'

Hoping to lose who ever was keeping tails on him, InuYasha picked up his pace, maybe who ever it was would get tired. But as he continued, their pace remained the same as he sped down the sidewalk. InuYasha sighed with relief when his house came into view. His fingers wrapped themselves around his house key. He then proceeded to jam the key into the lock in the door.

"Come on damn it, unlock already."

After a turn of the lock and a good push, the front door of the house popped open for InuYasha. He scrambled into the house the best he could slamming the door closed behind him. After locking it tight, InuYasha then slid down the wooden door as relief flooded his senses.

`Yes, I made it. I just hope Sesshomaru doesn't stay with Rin tonight.'

He stiffened as a soft silky voice responded to his last thought.

`Do not fear InuYasha, he will come to save you I promise.'

The voice's words confused him greatly. Save him? Why would he need to be saved? All of a sudden, the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end. There was someone else inside his house with him. InuYasha stood up as he looked into the darkness of the living room. Without warning the fireplace came to life with bright dancing flames, startling him at first.

"I'm not afraid of you."

InuYasha eyed his father's antique sword that Sesshomaru had moved out of the living room and out into the hallway. InuYasha had never been happy with Sesshomaru's chosen place for Tetsusegia, but right now he couldn't have been happier. He reached out and wrapped his fingers around the leather hilt of the sword.

"I've got a really sharp sword here, I know how to use it, so don't even think about trying anything."

Taking slow and cautious steps he made his way into the living room. InuYasha's nervous honey brown eyes darted around the room. It was empty. There wasn't a soul in the room…but then who had started the fire?

"Come now, InuYasha. It's rude to point dangerous weapons at your guest. Someone could get injured, or even killed."

InuYasha's body stiffened at the sound of the voice, only this time it wasn't in his head. It was real.

"Who are you and what are you doing inside my house?"

A man, or at least InuYasha thought he was a man, appeared out of the shadows. Long green-blue hair seemed to wave down his back from his head, his skin was a pale white, lavender eye shadow outlined each one of his blood red eyes. Two red stripes could be seen on his forehead. Two long golden ear rings hung from his ears, and ancient blue-green armor adorned his body. The being smirked at InuYasha as he introduced himself, the look he was giving InuYasha unnerved him greatly.

"I go by the name Menoumaru. As for what I am doing inside your house, I merely stopped by for a light drink,maybe two."

InuYasha took a cautious step back as he looked at Menoumaru. He didn't like the way he was looking at him with his red eyes. They had suddenly taken on an animalist look, and InuYasha now knew that something was seriously wrong with the guy. Then out of no where, Bast appeared. Her black fur stood on end as she hissed madly at the intruder.

Menoumaru narrowed is ruby orbs down at Bast. He didn't have time for this, what did this cat think that she would accomplish?

"Move you foolish feline, I have no time for your games."

With one quick flick of his wrist, Menoumaru sent Bast flying out of the room.

"Now where was I? Oh yes, InuYasha be a good boy and put down your sword."

InuYasha gasped as he felt his body stiffen and his grip on Tetsusegia loosened. What was going on? How did Menoumaru, get control over his body? It was then that he realized something very important, Menoumaru couldn't be human. It just wasn't possible.

`He's a demon,he has to be.But that still doesn't tell me what he wants with me.'

"Bravo InuYasha, aren'tyouthe good little detective. I want you so I can catch your brother, and I want him so I can destroy a very old friend. I'm quite parched,mind if I have a drink? Oh good I was hoping you wouldn't mind."

Suddenly InuYasha found himself unable to move; his entire body was completely immobile. In a blink of an eye Menoumaru was standing in front of him. He then ran a clawed finger down InuYasha's cheek.

"You have such beautiful skin. It's almost a shame to damage it.However,give it a few days it will be as good as new."

InuYasha's eyes widened as he saw two long fangs extent out from the demon's k-9s. A warning went off inside his head telling him to run, to get away as fast as he could. There was only one problem with that. He no longer had control over his body.

After a few beats Menoumaru gripped onto InuYasha. His fangs pieced the delicate skin on his neck, and blood ran from the wound and dripped onto the cream carpet. A million different things swarmed through his brain as InuYasha's blood soared through his body. It felt like his whole body was alive once again after all of these centuries.

Coming back to his senses Menoumaru removed his fangs from InuYasha; his weak body sagged against Menoumaru's who braced him with his arms. InuYasha did his best to pull away from him as a wave of dizziness struck him, causing him to lean on Menoumaru.

"What…what did…you do…to me?"

Licking the blood delicately from his lips, Menoumaru looked down at InuYasha as he held on to him. His blood colored eyes seemly came to life as he did.

"Dotry andrelax, I only took a pintof your blood. Merely think of it as if you were at a blood drive. You look rather tired perhaps you should lay down for a spell."

Menoumaru lifted InuYasha up into his arms as if he were nothing but a mere feather. He wanted to push this demon a way from him, but all of his strength had been stolen from him. So now there was really no way for him to fight back. Shifting InuYasha in his arms Menoumaru made his way up the spiral stair case, Bast following close behind growling and hissing the whole time.

Flipping through some of InuYasha's thoughts, Menoumaru found which room belonged to InuYasha himself. The scent of the forest pounded into his nose as he walked into the room. The walls were painted a cream color with maroon and hunter green leaves printed over it. The curtains in the room were a dark green as well, his eyes the fell on the queen sides bed that was in the room as well. A huge red dragon was printed on the comforter, as well as his pillows.

After seeing the inside of InuYasha room, Menoumaru had to give him more credit. For the young man had more taste then he had first thought. Hearing InuYasha's heart beat ringing in his ears once more, Menoumaru leaned once again toward the wound in his neck. He was brought back to reality as a loud hissed covered up the sound of InuYasha's heart beat, and four claw marks were left upon the white skin of his right cheek.

At first he just narrowed his eyes angrily at Bast. After a few seconds he seemed to calm down, as he watched Bast lick and clean the two small wounds on InuYasha's neck stopping the blood flow.

"You are quite right my dear. I want InuYasha alive, if I kill him now he will serve me no purpose. I shall leave him to you now. I have another guest to greet soon."

Bast's two glowing golden eyes stared after Menoumaru as he gracefully left the room. Once he was gone, she mewed and rubbed up against InuYasha, as she then busied herself with licking the salt off of his forehead and cheeks.

Down stairs Menoumaru was making himself at home in one of the lounge chairs. His next guest was one he truly couldn't wait to greet.

"Sesshomaru Tokijin, you shall return home soon. The feeling that something is wrong at homewill be too strong to ignore. You shall come to me like sheep to the slaughter. Sesshomaru, you are the true key to Ammon's end and it will be beautiful."

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Sesshomaru glanced over his tea cup to look at Rin Ra-kin. It had been nice to come and spend time with her tonight. Being only a month and a half away from delivering her unborn child, he had figured that his company was good to have. Yet at the same time, he felt that maybe he was betraying his best friend.

Then again he kept remembering the dying words of his friend.

Memory Flash ______________________________________________________________________

"Sesshomaru, take care of them for me ok, the truth is I never expected to get her. Why did you give her up so easily?"

"At the time, my friend, you needed her sunshine more then I did."

Kato coughed a few times before continuing.

"You know I could argue with you about that, but I'm not going too. Just promise me that you will care for her forever. That way I'll know that they are safe and being cared for, by someone who loves them."

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"Are you okay, Sesshomaru?"

He then blinked his honey brown eyes as Rin's voice broken through his thoughts.

"Yes I am fine, I was just thinking about old times. I apologize if I worried you."

Rin just shook her head at him.

"No its ok I was thinking about something too."

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow as he heard this. What could she be thinking about? He then watched as she lowered her head and refused to look at him.

"Rin, if there is something you would like to tell me. Go on and tell me and I shall listen."

She took a deep breath as her cinnamon eyes fell upon her swollen abdomen. Reminding her that her confession was not just for her, but for the baby she wished was his.

"Sesshomaru there's something I need to tell you. I've kept this locked up inside me for so long that I just can't keep it to myself any longer."

He did his best to shake off the cold chill running down his spine. It wasn't Rin, but something else almost as if someone else was in danger. Remembering his promise to Rin to listen he brushed the cold chill as a chill from the cooler weather that was moving in soon.

"I really did love Kato, but I always wanted to find out what it would have been like if we would have married instead. I always had feelings for you, but I was never sure if you felt the same. Until the day Kato asked me to marry him, I had been sure that you were going to propose to me first. You never did, instead you left and got a table for yourself. When I came back inside the restaurant I saw you pull a small box out of your pocket I also saw the ring."

Sesshomaru felt as if some on had slapped him in the face with a glass of ice cold water. Had he heard her correctly, did she really see the ring he had planned on giving her? He had never been weak in his life accept when it came to Kato or Rin, then he would do any thing to keep them happy. Even if it meant giving up his own happiness, for they both had been special to him.

Rin noticed how quiet he had become, but didn't think anything of it as she finished her thoughts. She slowly stood up and walked over and sat beside Sesshomaru.

"I'm sorry if you were hurt. I always did feel like there was more between us then just a friendship. I'm willing to give it a try if you are Sesshomaru."

Sesshomaru startled her when he suddenly stood up from his seat.

"I do apologize once again, I however must be going. I have an important business meeting that I have to prepare for. So if you would excuse me, I wish you a pleasant evening."

She couldn't let him leave not yet, not until she showed him how her heart truly felt about him.

"Sesshomaru wait, don't go, not yet."

Not knowing what she could do to stop him. Rin ran for the door, she then reached out and grabbed the sleeve of his coat.

"We're not finished yet. I'm not finished yet."

Sesshomaru looked down at her with his own cold eyes, yet each time he did, something pulled on the strings of the very core of his soul. His breath was stolen from him as he felt a pair of warm soft lips pressing against his. Rin then pulled out of the deep kiss, leaving a very wide eyed Sesshomaru in her wake.

"Now you can go, because now I'm finished. I hope we get a chance to discuss things farther in the future. How does Friday sound to you?"

She had just kissed him. Now that came as a total surprise to him. He had never expected her to be the one to kiss him first.

"Yes, Friday sounds perfect, I must go now. Do take care Rin and good night."

Rin had a slight smile on her lips as she waved good bye and watched him walk down the street. She rubbed her arms as a cold breeze blew through her door. This cold weather didn't feel right; she hoped everything was alright between Sesshomaru and InuYasha.

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Sesshomaru was kicking himself all the way home. He didn't have a business meeting tomorrow. It was just an excuse he had used in order to leave tonight. Though he would be the first one to say that something didn't feel right, he just wasn't sure what it was.

At least until the house he and InuYasha lived in came into view. The windows were dark, not a single light was on.

"That's rather strange; InuYasha doesn't usually retire for the night until eleven thirty, it's only ten forty."

He had just slid the key into the lock, when something caused the hair on his neck to stand on end. This warning feeling caused Sesshomaru to take a step back. The cold feeling of dread rippled up and down his spine once again. He had only gotten that cold empty feeling twice in his life time.

The first time had been when his mother passed away; the second had been six years ago when he and InuYasha had lost their father. InuYasha's mother had done her best to be a mother to Sesshomaru as well. Fears then seemed to grip onto his heart and squeeze it tightly, causing his breath to catch in his lungs. If he only got this feeling when something horrible happened to his family, then why was he getting it now?

"InuYasha."

He forgot all of the signals he had been getting about there being danger near by, the only thing that mattered was finding InuYasha. He couldn't lose him. No matter how much he hated him, he was still family. Sesshomaru made his way toward the living room, flipping on a light. He then proceeded to call his brother's name, hoping that the worst had not happened.

"InuYasha, InuYasha are you home!? Answer me!"

Sesshomaru eyes widened in horror, when he found his father's sword Tetsusegia lying on the floor. InuYasha only would have taken it from its case unless he had been in danger. His stunning amber orbs then noticed something else that stood out on the light carpet. Turning on a heel he walked over at kneeled beside the red drops on the carpet.

`Its blood but whose is it? InuYasha, what happened here tonight?'

He then found himself staring in the direction of the stair case. If then was blood on the floor now matter how much, it only mean one thing someone had been injured. Sesshomaru soon found himself running up the stairs. Menoumaru continued to watch Sesshomaru from the shadows; he became very taken with him. No matter how panicked he appeared to be, his heart beat remained steady.

"I shall enjoy hunting you tonight. I wonder how you will feel when we meet, but for now go to your little brother."

Grabbing hold of the door knob he turned it and then pushed it open. There was no light shinning into the room, except for the few strand beams of moonlight. The moonlight caused the shadows from the trees to dance upon the walls of his brother's room. Sesshomaru glanced at the bed and noticed a figure lying on the bed. Bast stood up and meowed at him as he stood he the door way.

"InuYasha, are you ill?"

The cat meowed once more as she jumped from the bed. She then rubbed up against Sesshomaru's legs as if she was trying to get his attention. Bast then ran back to the bed and jumped up on it. Her golden eyes staring back at Sesshomaru as he watched her. He watched as she rubbed up against InuYasha and then turned to look back at Sesshomaru.

`It's almost as if she's trying to tell me something.'

She then walked to the end of the bed and meowed at Sesshomaru again before walking back up the bed to rub on InuYasha. The sound of InuYasha coughing and trying to catch his breath made Sesshomaru sigh in relief. InuYasha was alive.

"InuYasha what happened? Tetsusegia was not in its place. Tell me what happened."

The minute he was close enough to his little brother, InuYasha grabbed the shoulder of Sesshomaru dress shirt. This action at first startled Sesshomaru a bit, for InuYasha honey brown eyes were wild, not with fear, but depression. He also noticed in the moonlight how pale his brother's complexion was, as well as the small beads of sweat that were still clinging to InuYasha's forehead.

"Sesshomaru you have to get out of the house, it's not safe here. He's here, you have to go now."

Sesshomaru didn't understand what his half brother was talking about.

"He's a demon, one that feeds on human blood, you're not safe here. You need to leave here now."

InuYasha's rambles didn't make any sense to Sesshomaru. Surly InuYasha was playing some sort of joke on him. A way to get back at him for the other night, demons had not killed their parents and InuYasha would just have to get over it.

"InuYasha, stop this foolish, I am in no mood to put up with your foolish games. Now get up and go take a shower, which should help wash these foolish thoughts from your head."

Sesshomaru then rose from the bed and switch on a light. His eyes then drifted back to look at InuYasha. Then and only then, did he see how pale he really was. At first he had just thought it was a trick of the moonlight. Sesshomaru was at InuYasha's side in four graceful strides. He then placed a hand to InuYasha forehead; it was slightly warm with a fever.

Upon checking InuYasha for a fever, he noticed a dark crimson stain on the collar of his little brother's shirt. Slowly and gently he pulled the collar away from his neck. What he saw caused his own honey brown eyes widened in disbelief. There on InuYasha's neck were two puncture wounds in his neck. The stain on the floor downstairs had been InuYasha's blood.

"Do you still believe that we are creatures of myth?"

Sesshomaru's voice remain calm and stoic as he spoke to the being that was now in the room with him and his brother. Bast seemed to give the intruder in the room a warning hiss. Sesshomaru, however, refused to look at the intruder that was in the room.

"What creatures would you be referring too, Sir?"

Menoumaru remained silence for a moment as he stepped out of the shadows.

"Why vampires of course, what else would I be speaking of?"

Sesshomaru remained posed and confident as he continued to speak with this so called vampire.

"There are many other creatures of myth that you might be pretending to be. However, it seems you are what you say you are. So tell me what it is that you seek from me."

Menoumaru smirked as the words slid from his lips.

"Why, I seek to take your life of course."

(A/N: I want to thank all of you guys for reading and reviewing this wonderful story of mine, it means a lot to me.

Until next time, ja ne!

Tainted InuShemeeko)

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