InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Shattered ❯ Brocken, shattered and rendered wordless. ( Chapter 1 )

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Inuyasha, and the characters therein, are the property of Rumiko Takahashi. I am in no way affiliated with Takahashi, or VIZ Productions

 

Looking over at her lord Rin frowned, he was pressed as far back into the cave as he could be, shivering in spasms. His tail, which she loved, wrapped so tightly around himself, she wondered how long it would take for him to turn blue, his gaze trained on the ground as if it held all the secrets of the world and would tell him if he were patient enough. She'd been with Sesshoumaru for a few years now, had come to see him as her father, even if he were a bit cold and distant, but that was just how he was. Plus she knew that underneath it all he was a nice guy, he just was different, above everyone else. “Master Jaken, do you think something's wrong with Sesshoumaru-sama?” she asked looking at the toad demon that followed her lord faithfully.

Grunting the toad looked at his lord, who hadn't even reacted to the girl's words, hell he didn't even bat an eyelash when she'd said his name.

“Stupid girl. Of cause Lord Sesshoumaru is fine!” he snapped in denial as he watched his lord go into another bout of full body spasms; what ever had happened had disturbed his lord greatly.

Thinking back on it Jaken was very worried about his lord; three nights ago he'd left only for them to find him as he was now.

“Rin thinks we should go get help, maybe InuYasha could help!” Rin said ignoring Jaken's protest that Sesshoumaru was perfectly okay.

Glaring at the child Jaken shook his head before snapping, “No! Lord Sesshoumaru doesn't need the help of that half-breed brother of his!”

“Yes he does!” Rin snapped rushing over to Ah-Uh. Climbing onto his back she looked over at her lord, her father, her protector and said “I'll be back soon my lord!”

No reaction.

Her heart hurting as she gave her orders to the two headed dragon she snapped at Jaken “Watch over him! If anything happens to my Lord Sesshoumaru I'll have your head!” there that sounded like a Sesshoumaru like thing to say she took off.

Glaring after the stupid girl Jaken looked over at his lord and sighed, he'd take care of the demon lord, even if it killed him.

 

Looking up InuYasha frowned as he heard a faint “Lord InuYasha!” only minutes before Sesshoumaru's human pup and his pet landed in front of his group.

“What you want girl?” he snapped glaring at her as his friends and pack all paused around him.

“Lord Sesshoumaru's sick! He keeps shivering, and staring at the ground and has his tail wrapped around himself in a death grip!” the child cried.

Blinking at her, he wondered briefly if she was exaggerating, then sighed and crouched down as he glanced at Kagome, saying “come on, Kagome, lets go see.”

Staring at her dog eared friend she sighed it was too much to ask that he leave his brother alone while he was ill.

Shaking her head she climbed only his back muttering about how bad an idea this was.

Only moments later they entered Sesshoumaru's camp, where the great lord just as the girl, Rin, had said he'd be. His tail wrapped around himself as he shook from head to toe, staring into space as if his entering being wasn't quaking with silent tremors. Glancing at his companions in shock he watched as Rin rushed to the demons side asking if he was alright.

No reaction.

“My lord, I've brought you your brother, Lord InuYasha,” said Rin.

Sesshoumaru didn't even blink.

Looking up at InuYasha with fearful eyes Rin turned back to her lord and did something she'd never done before “Daddy please, your scaring me!” nothing.

As the girl broke into sobs, Sesshoumaru reached out, his head turning blindly to the pup as he gathered her to him, pulling her to his chest close to his heart, not saying a word.

By the way Jaken was staring with his trap hanging wide open, InuYasha was sure this had never happened before.

Staking over to the pair InuYasha crouched down, bringing himself to Sesshoumaru's leave as the older demon shook all over. “Oi, you smelly bastard what's up?” he snapped.

No reaction.

“You're so weak you can't even take a sword from a younger, half-breed!” he snapped, that normally got a rise from his brother.

Not even a lifted brow.

“Try slapping him,” Kagome suggested a shine in her eyes that the rest of the group didn't like.

Ignoring her, InuYasha leaned forward putting his face close to his brothers, as Sesshoumaru's golden gaze darted to his, fear, uncertainty and something InuYasha was sure was a plea in those golden depths.

Blowing a short burst of air at his brother InuYasha watched as the older demon flinched back, his shoulders rounding as if he were awaiting a sound beating. A sound that InuYasha never thought he'd heard from his brother escaped the older demon as those glazed golden eyes darted away from him as he shrank in on himself, Rin now lost as his brother huddled.

Sighing, his worst fears realised InuYasha stood and turned back to the stunned group, his eyes solemn, his fluffy ears pressed flat into his head.

“I know what's wrong,” he said his voice braking, “I'll be staying with Sesshoumaru until he's better, or as better as he'll get, you guys can stay or go, it's completely up to you.”

“My friend, as if I would leave you!” Miroku gasped shocked.

“I'm staying with you as well!” Shippo cried jump up onto the older demons shoulder, though most of the group didn't know, InuYasha had adopted the younger demon.

“What! Why are you going to stay with that bastard I thought you hated each other!” Kagome snapped her eyes rounding with her disbelief.

“I'm doing what I think is right, if you have a problem with that then leave! I'm sure you have tests or something to do!” InuYasha snapped not wanting to explain what had happened to his brother. Contrary to popular belief InuYasha didn't hate his brother, nor did his brother hate him.

“Not until you explain to me why the hell you're staying with the thing that has been trying to kill you for the last oh I don't know century or two,” Kagome snapped.

Out of the corner or his eye, he noticed his brother flinch as he watched Kagome with wide, openly fearful eyes.

“Damn it Kagome! That is none of your business!”

“SIT!”

Slamming into solid rock is always fun, InuYasha thought sarcastically as he lifted himself up. And because Shippo had been on his shoulder the young kit also had to lift him self out of the small crater he'd caused. Looking at InuYasha sympathetically Shippo looked up to find Kagome standing on the edge, hands on her hips, a triumphant gleam in her brown eyes as she stared down at them.

“Fine! You wanna know so bad, I believe that my brother, Sesshoumaru, has been. Repeatedly. Rapped!” InuYasha snapped glaring balefully at the girl.

“And for your information, my brother and I have never hated each other, it's a ruse! Every time something between us happens; it's prepared, every time you think he just suddenly happens upon us, we'd talked the night before. It's all a carefully constructed lie to keep me alive!” InuYasha informed them.

Glaring at her pail face he stood and snapped “So fuck you Kagome! Every time you've hurt me you've done it to get your way, every time Sesshoumaru's hurt me it was to keep me alive! And to think I hacked off half of my big brothers arm just to keep you alive!” InuYasha spat.

Turning away from his friends InuYasha shook his head as he looked down at his beloved brother and thought of everything that his brother had sacrificed for him.

Glancing back at his friends he said “Stay or go, I really don't care, its time I went home anyway, the only reason I'm not is for you guys. And Kagome if Sesshoumaru really wanted me dead, I'd be there already.”

 

Watching his hanyou friend Miroku couldn't help but ask “Why did you never tell us InuYasha?” and when those golden eyes met his he was surprised by the mature adult that stared back, there was none of his cockiness, his overbearing confidence. Just a leave headed intelligence.

“After my fathers' death and Sesshoumaru consequent rise to the throne at an age no one should have the power of life and death there was attempts on my and my mothers' lives. Not a month after our fathers' death and my mother and I were almost killed. They decided that the only way for me and my mom to be safe was to cast us out, publicly.” InuYasha said remembering back to when he himself had learned of this.

“InuYasha how old was Sesshoumaru when your dad died?” Miroku asked knowing demons aged differently to humans.

“Huh, oh, he was a little under 200, which meant he was little more than 11 in human terms.” InuYasha said absently as he sat down and continued on with his story, “Sesshoumaru didn't learn of my mothers' death until a few years after and I was still too young to understand and Sesshoumaru was not yet…secure in his power. So he kept watch over me until I was able to understand, I was 21 when he finally explained to me what was going on. From then on for various reasons he and I would meet up in a secluded spot we know of and talk about a rather public humiliation so that I would be safe from anyone that wanted the throne of the West.”

He paused and glanced at his brother before saying in a voice that was full of pain “He even gave up the only chance he had at a bitch for his mate, because of me. She wanted me dead before she'd even think of mating my brother, she was much older than he was and she was his only chance at a pure dog pup so…but still. He led her to me, I was about fifty then, told her that if she wanted his throne she could have it, his life it was hers. His sex, his pups, they were all hers if she wanted but if she wanted my death she'd have to take it and if she did he'd have her head on a stick.”

Looking each of them he said “And when she said she'd rather see me dead, he killed her, right in front of me all the while staring into my eyes and I could see his rage, he wasn't good enough, I would never be good enough in their eyes. And he said he cared not what others thought of me, or of him and that when we were strong enough we'd finally be able to be a true family.”

Watching the tears running down Sango's face he said, “To be separated from my brother was the hardest thing I'd ever do. I still don't know how much he has truly sacrificed for me, I still don't know how he can even stand to be near me after everything he's been through and yet after I was freed from my tree, I gave up his invitation to come home. So we had to come up with another reason to fight over, a way for us to keep our rues without anyone knowing. We decided on Tetsusaiga. Fathers' fang. The night before the unmother came, Sesshoumaru explained his plan and I agreed. Every fight we've ever had was just play though I learned a few ways to piss him off over the years,” InuYasha finished with a small smile and it was all Miroku could do not to laugh.

His amusement soon died as he watched InuYasha reach out to touch his brother only to have the older demon cringe away from him. The pain in his friends' eyes was enough to make him want to cry. Looking away Miroku looked at the faces of the two women in their ragtag group and could help but sigh at the half-angry half-calculating look on Kagome's face. Over the last few years the girl from the future had changed -not say the rest of them hadn't- but Kagome had taken a turn for the worst. First it was `sit's for no reason, or very little reason, then demanding more from InuYasha, her unreasoning jealousy of Kikyo, to her more frequent visits home, demands to stop and it had slowly gotten worse as she learnt more about each of them.

She would tell them things they had supposedly said to her about the others, especially InuYasha, and if he dared dispute it she'd just sit him into submission. She'd do it when he had a right to be angry, when he wouldn't tell her things and when he tried to defend himself against others.

Looking at Sango, who was also watching Kagome, he waited until she turned and lifted his eyebrows, the slayer knew of his concerns and openly agreed with him, Kagome had turned into a real bitch, and not in a good way.

Enjoy!

HS