InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Swords of Fate ❯ Complicated Incidents ( Chapter 12 )

Chapter Twelve: Complicated Incidents

 

The morning had definitely been an interesting experience for everyone. Kagome had brought Inuyasha back, holding him by the scruff of his collar, while he growled low warning her to release him. Of course this had amused Sesshoumaru greatly, and he had asked Kagome to keep hold of him at least for a little while. They were once again walking down the path, far too slowly for Sesshoumaru's liking, but with a group of human's what could he expect? It was now afternoon, and well after lunch.

Thinking his brother had been annoying before, he was sorely mistaken. Every step he took, his brother took a step, mimicking his own but rather then waiting until his foot had risen completely, Inuyasha would step on his heel causing Sesshoumaru to stumble several times. Even the warning snarl didn't seem to phase the little hanyou.

Gritting his teeth holding back any curse, Sesshoumaru flexed his fingers wanting desperately to shred the skin from his brother's bones. This small movement of his hand, alerted Kagome however, and she stooped in quickly, picking up, not his brother, but him. Growling outraged, Sesshoumaru struggled in her grasp pushing against her shoulders in desperation. “Let me go, let me go, let me go!” He cried out. Growling fiercer, he glared down at his brother, who was grinning thinking it was a game, and holding his arms up for some. “Oh, let me at him!” Sesshoumaru snarled, holding out his hands in a chokehold, hoping his brother got the hint.

Inuyasha didn't get the hint, instead he giggled and jumped about Kagome's feet excitedly. Seriously to everyone, Inuyasha looked like a lost little puppy that had adopted them. He pounced playfully, yipped when something startled him, and followed Sesshoumaru endlessly. Sango found this amusing, and Shippo tormented both inu mischievously. The snap at the fox demon, by Sesshoumaru had given Shippo enough cause to keep his distance, and remained firmly planted on Kilala's back.

This had only alerted Inuyasha that Sesshoumaru's actions must have been natural, and therefore had snapped at pretty much everything within his teeth's reach. This included Sango's weapon which even though extremely tough, and hard to dent, had small little marks on it, signaling a teething hanyou. This had amused everyone except Sango, who had firmly yanked Inuyasha from her boomerang, and planted him beside Ah'Uh. This didn't amuse the two-headed dragon, when Inuyasha decided that the tail looked like an interesting thing to gnaw on. Kagome eventually handed the small hanyou a sucker, which had occupied the little guy for a few minutes until he realized that it didn't match up to his teeth, and it had vanished.

Kagome held Sesshoumaru tightly, refusing to release the now blood thirsty youkai pup, and she had to keep her eyes on Inuyasha who still jumped around her feet, wanting to be picked up and be a part of the game.

Sesshoumaru growled. “What the hell is wrong with you, Inuyasha? You're acting younger then before. Immature half-breed.”

“Easy, Sesshoumaru.” Kagome hissed at him. “Whatever happened to him, is making him act far younger. In fact he even looks younger.”

Snarling, Sesshoumaru continued to push against the girl. “It hasn't even been a day.”

Miroku nodded, walking up to them. “Indeed it hasn't, but tonight is the night of the new moon. Don't forget Sesshoumaru, youkai age slightly different then humans. I would say right now Inuyasha is merely acting his age in human years, seeing as this is his night to transform.”

Sesshoumaru snorted. “Typical. Now he's going to slow us down even more!”

Kagome hugged Sesshoumaru tightly, which only frustrated him more, and snarling in warning and wrinkling his nose, he relented and finally fell limp in her arms. “You are so adorable as a pup, Sesshoumaru.” Kagome giggled, and to his utter horror, kissed his cheek.

Wiping the spot she had kissed him, he growled angrily. “Let me go!” He whimpered now, pleading with her.

“Will you refrain from tearing Inuyasha to shreds? Or maiming him in anyway? Or hurting him?” She asked pointedly.

Sesshoumaru paused for a moment, thinking how utterly enjoyable it would be to feel his brother's flesh slip through his claws, or to rip off his arm like he had taken his, or even knock the little sucker senseless. Glancing at the grinning human who held him, he quickly nodded, wanting nothing more then to be freed from her tight embrace. He would agree to anything, if she would let him go.

Nodding at the silent agreement, Kagome allowed Sesshoumaru to race away as fast as his little feet could carry him. Inuyasha of course followed, thinking this a new game, and Sesshoumaru yelped as he was tackled by the smaller pup. “Leave me alone, or I'll break my word and tear you limb for limb!” He threatened. Inuyasha grinned, not catching the hint, seemingly only all to happy to oblige his brother for the moment as long as he could be close to him.

“No, leave me alone means stay away from me!” Sesshoumaru shooed his brother away, pushing him back towards where the others were walking. “There, now go. Get! Sit! Heel!” Whimpering at the stunned confusion on the hanyou's face, Sesshoumaru lifted his eyes pleadingly to his brother's human. Turning around quickly, Sesshoumaru bolted into the woods, when Inuyasha turned around to stare at Kagome who approached.

“Sesshoumaru! Don't run off!” She called. Glancing over her shoulder at Sango, who nodded, jumped onto Kilala quickly and took pursuit.

Of course, now it was Sesshoumaru's time to be carried like a chastised little puppy, and who else to carry him like this but the one human he was seriously starting to hate with each passing day. He was dumped rather unceremoniously to the ground, and he sat there with his legs outstretched and he crossed his arms with a loud huff.

Inuyasha ran over immediately, and plopped himself down next to Sesshoumaru, mimicking him yet again.

Snarling, Sesshoumaru turned his heated glare over to his rather amused little brother. “This is your fault, you do realize that don't you?”

Inuyasha frowned slightly and then shook his head. “Why?”

“Because you refuse to leave me alone.” Sesshoumaru growled.

Inuyasha hung his head, and nodded. “Oh.” The hanyou lifted his gaze to Sesshoumaru's tilting his head to the side. “You don't like company?”

“No!” Sesshoumaru shook his head furiously.

Seemingly unaffected by the rough tone his brother used, Inuyasha beamed. “I do.”

Blinking, Sesshoumaru stared at the hanyou. “I always knew you were a half wit.”

“A what?”

“Curse it, get away from me you idiot.” Sesshoumaru pushed himself to his feet and promptly stormed away, but to his utter dismay, found Inuyasha right on his heels.

Having enough, Sesshoumaru spun around, snarling fiercely. Golden eyes locked, and Inuyasha's grew wide. Feeling slightly threatened, Inuyasha copied every move Sesshoumaru made, right down to the cracking of the fingers. They were snarling, growling, and their eyes were flashing in silent competition, to see who was the stronger of the two.

Kagome shook her head, glancing at Sango frustrated. “And here I thought they were starting to get along.” She sighed.

Jaken who had remained fairly quiet throughout the entire day, finally shot in his two cents, and laughed hysterically. “Lord Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha get along? Who are you kidding?”

Rin glanced at the toad youkai for a moment, before a saddened frown crossed her face. “Why do they always fight like this?”

“Be silent, Rin!” Jaken grumbled, watching the two pups anxiously. He was waiting for his lord to tear Inuyasha to shreds. He did deserve whatever Sesshoumaru did to the hanyou that was for sure.

“I wasn't talking to you, Master Jaken.” Rin retorted. Kagome blinked at the sudden fire that lit the girls face. If she had been Sesshoumaru's daughter, she would have impressed even the stone cold youkai.

The snapping of jaws alerted Kagome that she had to do something, before both boys ended up with scratches and nicks as they had the first few days they had been in the same company. Shaking her head, and swerving her eyes to the two children, she angrily stomped her foot. “Stop it both of you. We can't get anything accomplished when you both are being stubborn fools.”

Of course they ignored her. This didn't surprise her, and she slumped shaking her head.

“Knock it off!” She raged.

They two brother's didn't move. They only seemed to growl louder.

Stalking over to the brother's, Kagome placed her hands on her hips and leaned over them. “I said knock it off!”

Neither brother moved from their contest. Lips drew back and tiny fangs appeared. Sesshoumaru's nose wrinkled at the ferocity of his snarl, and his eyes began giving hints of red rage.

Amazingly this didn't faze Inuyasha in the slightest, and he intensified his own snarls to match those of Sesshoumaru. To her surprise though, neither brother had struck out at each other. “Will you two stop it already! This is crazy!”

They were ignoring her completely, and neither brother flinched at her angry words.

Kagome turned around and faced Miroku and Sango, who stood there with small smirks on their faces. Both were sitting quietly waiting for the show to end. She could have sword she heard little snickers of amusement coming from their direction, but she couldn't be sure.

“Will you two please stop sitting there and help me?” A loud thump grabbed her attention, and she spun around blinking at the now flattened Inuyasha. Small whimpers reached her ears, and she raised her hand to her mouth in horror.

Sesshoumaru's guard was now lifted, and he sat there blinking at the smaller hanyou curiously, to see what he would do.

“Oh!” Kagome cried horrified. “Inuyasha, I'm so sorry!” She bend down and scooped him up once the rosary released its spell, and the whimpers grew louder.

Inuyasha opened his eyes, and glanced up at her completely taken aback as to what had happened. Seeing the horrified expression on the girls face, he knew it had something to do with her, and immediately grew alarmed. Struggling in her arms, and bolting from her lap, Inuyasha darted behind Sesshoumaru his whimpers filling the air in fright.

Sesshoumaru peered at Kagome and smirked, and then he glanced over his shoulder at the cowering hanyou, who to his irritation held his haori tightly in his fists, with his face buried in his back.

“Well done, Kagome.” Sesshoumaru grumbled.

“Inuyasha, I'm so sorry. It just slipped.” Kagome tried to go to the younger brother slowly, but Inuyasha sensed this and whimpered louder.

Miroku laid his hand on her shoulder and pulled her up. “It's okay, Kagome. Just let him be for awhile.” Looking down at the full youkai still crouched on all fours; he shook his head at the rather proud looking Sesshoumaru. “Can you two never find an even ground, and work together? Your stubborn behavior is starting to grind on everyone's nerves here.”

Sesshoumaru growled. “Why would I care about your feelings, human? I'm only doing this in the first place, because I refuse to go through life as a pup.”

Sango sighed, absently petting Kilala's head.

Sesshoumaru snarled over his shoulder at his cowering brother. “Will you release me you stupid half-breed!”

Inuyasha shuddered. “What happened?” He whispered his voice breaking from fear.

“It's that stupid thing around your neck. You were stupid enough to allow her to have this control over you, so deal with it!” Sesshoumaru stood up and yanked himself out of his younger brother's desperate grip.

Inuyasha shivered and glanced at the beads in horror, and quickly tried to yank them off from around his neck. The rosary wouldn't budge. “It's not coming off!” He wailed.

Sesshoumaru shook his head. “Only she can take it off.”

Inuyasha's eyes lifted to Kagome's and he yelped, darting as far away from her as possible. This made Sesshoumaru smirk with a sudden thought. Inuyasha had no memory, Inuyasha was filled with fear of this mortal now, and Inuyasha would stay as far away from her as possible. Smirking, Sesshoumaru glanced upward at the human girl whose saddened expression was easy to read. Concluding everything in his mind, Sesshoumaru grinned broadly. If he remained close to her, then Inuyasha would stay away.

Inuyasha sat crouched on the other side of the camp, watching his brother glance up at the human, and he felt tears fill his eyes. In truth, he felt safe around his older brother. The power he emanated, told Inuyasha that his brother was strong and was definitely one to be beside if trouble ever presented itself. But now he was standing beside the human girl who had thrown him to the ground and caused him pain.

Looking down at himself, his chest still hurt.

Sesshoumaru's eyes met Kagome's brown ones. “He's afraid of you now.”

Kagome nodded sadly. “I didn't mean to say it.”

“He doesn't understand that. He has no memory, remember?”

“Of course I remember. Sesshoumaru, he trusts you, and only you now. Please go talk to him.” Kagome begged.

“No way. I'm sticking beside you from now on. This way I'll have a little peace from that annoying half-breed.” Sesshoumaru grinned proudly.

“How cruel.” She whispered. “What if he runs off?”

Sesshoumaru waved absently. “Send the demon slayer after him. Or the monk.”

Kagome raised her eyes from the proud youkai pup and stared across the camp at the whimpering Inuyasha. Shaking her head, she turned away walking back to the others.

Rin looked at them all and saw Lord Sesshoumaru's brother looking sad and alone. Quickly, she broke into a run and stopped several feet from him, and knelt down. Sesshoumaru saw this and raised his brows curiously. “Rin?”

“Yes, Lord Sesshoumaru?” She answered obediently.

“Come here. Let him be.”

“But Lord Sesshoumaru, Master Inuyasha is frightened.” Rin argued.

“I know.”

“Shouldn't we try to calm him down? You always chase my fears away.”

Sesshoumaru flinched. He definitely needed to work on controlling his emotions.

Kagome glanced down at him with a raised eyebrow. “I thought you hated humans!” She accused.

Sesshoumaru growled. “I do.” He confirmed, turning away from Rin quickly, before her innocent face brought all reason crashing down around his feet. Although staring at those said feet, what ever reason that did crash around them, it wouldn't be falling very far, and he sighed in resignation. “Oh! Stupid mutt!” Sesshoumaru abolished. Spinning around and storming away from Kagome, the youkai walked up to his brother and tilted his head to the side, staring at him. “Get up!”

Inuyasha lowered his head, placing his chin on the dirt, and he shook his head.

“Get up!” Sesshoumaru commanded.

“You said they wouldn't hurt me.” Inuyasha's whimper although softly spoken, reached his ears with no problem what so ever.

Sesshoumaru knelt down and lowered himself to the same level as Inuyasha. “It's in the word, you know.”

“Huh?” Inuyasha's golden eyes locked onto his and flickered with confusion.

“The word `sit'. I don't know how, but it's connected to that thing around your neck.”

“Why do I have this?” Inuyasha whined.

“You tried to kill her, I suppose. That is why it was placed about your neck. Seriously, I have no idea how that blasted thing got there, and I particularly don't care.” Sesshoumaru blinked. “She's not that bad, you know. Just don't make her say that word and everything will be fine.”

Inuyasha shook his head. “I don't like her.”

Sesshoumaru smirked. “She just hurt your pride. Kagome's fine. Now come, it looks like they are making us something to eat, finally.”

“Where are mother and father?” Inuyasha asked.

Sesshoumaru winced.

“Uhh. They're not here.” Sesshoumaru muttered. Thinking rapidly, he knew if he told Inuyasha that they were dead, the small hanyou would bolt terrified. The fear of the unknown must have been great, and right now he would say anything to his brother to calm those fears, in order to close the rift as quickly as possible. There was no way in hell that he was going to go through this same thing. “They left us with them, so we would be safe.”

Inuyasha shivered. “Why?”

Sesshoumaru cursed silently. “Uhh, because they had to go off fighting. We have something we need to do too.”

“They went to war?”

“Yes.” Sesshoumaru triumphed. “We are too young you see, so they left us in their hands. They trust those human's, so here we are.”

Inuyasha allowed that bit of information to sink in and he nodded. “Okay. I don't want to go anywhere near her.”

“They keep the others company.” Sesshoumaru stood up and shrugged.

“Who is the girl? Did her parents go off to war too?” Inuyasha sat up slowly, peering at Rin who had abandoned her kneeling position and was now sitting by Miroku who was currently starting the fire.

Sesshoumaru allowed his eyes to fall on Rin, and he wondered if Inuyasha would remember any of this if they were given back their former bodies. “Uhh, she's with us.”

“Like a sister?”

Sesshoumaru cringed. “Hmm, sort of.” Shrugging, the youkai had to stop the conversation. “Come on, Inuyasha. I'm hungry, and they are making us something over there.”

Inuyasha stood up and followed Sesshoumaru slowly, giving Kagome a wide berth as they passed her. The hanyou noticed she looked sad, and he tilted his head in her direction. She did say sorry. Taking a deep hesitant breath, Inuyasha clasped his hands tightly behind him and approached her warily.

Kagome and Inuyasha's eyes met and they shyly smiled at one another. “I'm really sorry, Inuyasha.”

“It's okay.” He whispered, now standing in front of her. “Can't you take it off though?”

“Come here.” Kagome held her arms out and pulled him into a comforting hug. She lifted the beads from around his neck to everyone's surprise.

“Thank you.” Inuyasha whispered.

Kagome's eyes traveled to the beads and she nodded slowly. “Want to wear these Sesshoumaru?”

Blinking at the question for a moment before it sank in, the youkai frantically shook his head. “Are you crazy?”

Kagome laughed lightly. Shrugging, she placed them into her pack and went about making ramen for everyone. It was Inuyasha's favorite and she figured she owed him something after her slip of that word.

She wasn't disappointed when his cup vanished quickly; even Sesshoumaru's was gone. Inuyasha sat down beside his brother and looked much happier now. The afternoon was growing late, so everyone decided to prepare camp. As the sun was setting, everyone waited anxiously for when the night fell and seeing Inuyasha's reaction to being turned human. He had wrinkled his nose a few times and even whispered to his brother, he knew something was wrong.

“Why is everything different?” He asked.

Sesshoumaru peered at him, sitting on his borrowed blanket. “What?”

“I can't smell anything.” Inuyasha whispered, sitting cross-legged on the blanket.

“Oh!” Rolling his eyes, he wondered if there was any point in telling his hanyou brother what was about to happen. He was actually curious himself, never having seen his brother's transformation before. “You'll see.”

Inuyasha glanced at him frowning. The sun disappeared, and everyone was staring at him. What is wrong with them? Did I grow a tail or something? Growling low in his throat, he choked and coughed. Turning his head to his brother again, he caught sight of black hair in his peripheral vision and blinked. Didn't he have silver hair like his brother? Lifting his hand and pulling his hair to his vision, he gaped.

His hair was black. “What happened?!” He cried out, staring at the black strands.