InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Prophecy ❯ Some Answers Given ( Chapter 13 )
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By: mshutts 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Hentai | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 01.14.2006 | Updated On: 01.23.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 2.0K | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Hentai | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 01.14.2006 | Updated On: 01.23.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 2.0K | Status: Work In Progress
The Prophecy
By: mshutts
WARNING: incest
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters here-in
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Chapter 13: Some Answers Given
He walked along side his brother and tried not to breathe in the scent. Something in the hanyou’s scent was making him smell irresistible to the youkai. What was driving Sesshoumaru even more crazy was that he could not quite pinpoint what part of the scent was making him feel this way.
He knew that youkai let off an almost imperceptible scent around mating season to try and attract potential mates, but he was reasonably sure this was not the case with his little brother.
In order for this scent to be produced in large enough quantities for it to be having the effect it was having, the youkai in question had to be seriously considering mating with the youkai who was being affected. It was a purely instinctual thing to do when around one’s intended.
Why his younger brother would behave in such a way towards him, however, was unknown. The scent itself was instinctual, but the trigger was a conscious decision. He pondered if Inuyasha might give off this scent for all youkai who came around him simply because he was a hanyou, but quickly dismissed it. If that were the case, his baby brother would have been mated by now. Not all youkai were as opposed to half-demons as he was.
Which brought him back to the original problem. The longer he was in his little brother’s presence, the more his blood was telling him to take Inuyasha as a mate. His repeated reminders to himself that Inuyasha was a half-demon was not having anywhere near the effect that he had wanted it to have on his mental processes. He knew that, were he to come back with a half-demon mate, there would be a few raised eyebrows, but they would get over it rather quickly. Them being from the same family or both being males would not even be an issue in youkai society. Both happened quite often, after all.
Currently, the only thing keeping his youki at bay was his fierce determination to do his duty as the Lord of the Western Lands. His little brother could not give him an heir. It was his duty to produce an heir, therefore, he could not mate with his little brother.
As he was pondering this newest puzzle, Sesshoumaru heard a voice boom out a greeting. It was only through many years of intensive practice that he did not startle visibly. Instead, he continued walking forward as if he had been expecting it, forcibly pulling his mind away from its musing and onto the present situation.
Sesshoumaru was listening to the conversation going back and forth, expressionlessly. He was actually a little surprised to find that his initial assumption about Inuyasha never having come across another dog demon was true. He had been expecting to find out that there was some encounter somewhere down the line that he had not heard about for one reason or another. However, he held his peace until Bokusenou said, “Interesting.”
His curiosity momentarily got the better of him and he asked what was interesting before he had fully considered how it might be interpreted. He needn’t have worried because neither one of the others there even took note of what he had said.
However, when the conversation switched to what was at the heart of the problem, his little brother apparently forgot how to speak correctly so he answered for him. He was not trying to save his brother embarrassment, he was just getting very annoyed at his brother’s stuttering.
For his trouble, all he received was an annoyed look from the tree demon and a scolding as if he were a child. If he had not worked so hard to get the information he needed and Bokusenou had not been a very old of his father’s who had helped him in the past, he would have killed the tree demon for such insolence.
As it was, he merely stayed silent with a little more of a glower on his face as he listened to the rest of the conversation. Despite himself, he became curious when the subject came to Inuyasha’s beads. He had always wondered why his younger brother had taken to wearing that necklace after his release from the tree. It had made no sense to him.
Now, finding out it was there because of that childish wench of his brother’s, he found himself uncharacteristically angry. What right did she have to claim him as hers? He would never belong to such a child. He may only be a half-demon, but he was still his father’s son and deserved a better mate than that.
Besides, from what he had seen, she would not even allow him to claim her. That was just not how things were done in the youkai world. If you claimed someone, they were given the right to claim you back. The only time this did not happen was if the one you claimed was meant to be your possession. Needless to say, his younger brother being claimed as the possession of that priestess did not sit well with him either.
As he listened to his brother describe his day, he found himself becoming more enraged. What could he possibly have done to earn two ‘sit’s by mid-morning? Inwardly he fumed. If this continued, he might have to do something about that little priestess.
He was rather shocked at his own rage towards this situation. Since when did he care how his brother was treated? It might have been the influence of that scent his brother was releasing, but then it would mean that his youki was accepting the possibility of him as a mate, which could not be the case.
No, the most likely reason was that something like this would bring great shame upon their house if it was ever found out. A child of his father being brought down like a common dog to the whim of a child? Ridiculous. He could not allow this to continue. The next time he saw that priestess they would have words.
He had spent so much time fuming over the priestess’ spell, that he was almost as shocked as his brother when the tree branches lifted him into the air. Had he been anyone else, he would have laughed at the way Inuyasha flailed about, trying to find purchase to attack. He was not concerned about his little brother hurting the tree demon. He knew from previous experience that Bokusenou was quite strong.
Sesshoumaru heard Inuyasha ask what was wrong with him, and, looking at the tree demon’s face, he realized that the tree most likely knew exactly what it was. Inuyasha apparently sensed it too for he now felt an air of expectancy pouring off the hanyou.
As he placed Inuyasha back on the ground, the old tree demon began to speak. “Many thousands of years ago, well before I was even born, there was a war between the dog and wolf demons. It was a vicious conflict that lasted hundreds of years.
“While this was not unusual in the old times, one thing happened in this war that made it different from others that have been fought. These individuals were not seeking just to control the lands of the other demons as all wars in the past had been, they were attempting to completely wipe the other race from existence.
“To this end, one of the dog demons devised a plan. They would kill all the females in the wolf demon tribe. With no more females, there would be no more pups and the wolf demons would die out.
“A few hundred years into this plan, there were wolf demons that had not been around female wolf demons since their birth. The only wolf demons these young males had ever come into contact with were also male.
“While this might have been seen as a curiosity, it was not really given much thought until these young males reached maturity. At that point, something very unusual happened to them. Their bodies changed just enough to accommodate giving birth. Their youki understood that their race was dying out and changed their very physiology in an effort to keep that from happening.
“When it was discovered that, in need, the male wolf demons could indeed bear children, the localized slaughter of the females was halted.”
While Sesshoumaru was digesting this, Inuyasha scoffed, “Nice story, old man. What’s your point? I’m not a wolf demon.”
Ignoring his younger brother acting like an imbecile, Sesshoumaru tuned out the conversation that the two others were having. He, at least, knew Bokusenou had already given them his answer. He just needed to find what that answer was.
The tree demon was talking about a war that brought about the deaths of many females of the same type of youkai. Some of the youkai grew up without having ever seen a female of the same type as them. These males gained the ability to bear pups.
Sesshoumaru searched for the commonalities between the story and their current predicament. Their race was not dying out and he knew Inuyasha knew that in his conscious mind. However, Inuyasha had only ever come into contact with male dog demons.
Could it be possible that his little brother’s youki believed them to be the last dog demons alive and was doing its best to keep the race from going extinct? He realized that this was why his brother’s scent was changing. His youki was changing his body so that it would be able to bear pups.
Sesshoumaru grudgingly admitted to a small amount of respect for his brother over this. No wonder he was having so many stomach aches. He was sure that in a lesser youkai the very attempt at such a drastic change in physiology would kill them. That his little half-demon brother was not only attempting, but appeared to be succeeding at such an undertaking was remarkable, not that he would ever tell Inuyasha that.
A thought suddenly occurred to him and he broke into the conversation. “If he were to come into contact with a female dog demon, would his body revert to the way it was previously?”
“Very good question, Sesshoumaru. While I am not certain either way, none of the wolf demons who completed the transformation changed back once they became able to bear pups. There are a few accounts of the change reversing itself before it was completed or just stopping the middle of the change.”
“Wait a second. Revert back?” Inuyasha had apparently finally caught up with the jist of the conversation. “Are you saying that I can bear pups?!”
Bokusenou looked at the hanyou gently, “You are not able to at the moment, but you soon will be.”
Noticing his brother appeared to be suffering from shock, Sesshoumaru continued asking his own questions. “How long until the transformation is complete?”
“Judging by the scent and feel, a day at the most.”
Sesshoumaru considered this, even if he had wanted to stop this transformation and help his little brother, there were no female dog demons that could be reached in less than a day. He supposed he would just have to live with having a younger brother that could bear pups.
Sesshoumaru understood the implications of his baby brother being able to bear pups even if the hanyou himself did not. He would be considered a great prize. Someone with the fighting skill and strength of his brother would be sought after by many demons to bear them strong offspring. His little brother’s feelings on the matter would most likely not be taken into consideration.
He felt himself becoming enraged at the idea of another demon taking his brother. He tried, once again, to explain to his blood that he had no interest in the hanyou. The only reason it was interested was because of the scent his brother’s body was still producing.
However, try as he might, his blood was still showing interest. In fact, it was showing more than just interest, it was starting to show possessiveness. The very idea of another taking his brother as a mate was almost making Sesshoumaru’s eyes turn red.
As he struggled to control this rage he should not have been feeling in the first place, he remained oblivious to perhaps the most important part of the entire conversation. The only reason he had had for not mating with his little brother had just been removed from the equation right in front of his eyes and he was too busy arguing with himself to notice.
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Thanks for reading and/or reviewing. Anyone still confused?
By: mshutts
WARNING: incest
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters here-in
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Chapter 13: Some Answers Given
He walked along side his brother and tried not to breathe in the scent. Something in the hanyou’s scent was making him smell irresistible to the youkai. What was driving Sesshoumaru even more crazy was that he could not quite pinpoint what part of the scent was making him feel this way.
He knew that youkai let off an almost imperceptible scent around mating season to try and attract potential mates, but he was reasonably sure this was not the case with his little brother.
In order for this scent to be produced in large enough quantities for it to be having the effect it was having, the youkai in question had to be seriously considering mating with the youkai who was being affected. It was a purely instinctual thing to do when around one’s intended.
Why his younger brother would behave in such a way towards him, however, was unknown. The scent itself was instinctual, but the trigger was a conscious decision. He pondered if Inuyasha might give off this scent for all youkai who came around him simply because he was a hanyou, but quickly dismissed it. If that were the case, his baby brother would have been mated by now. Not all youkai were as opposed to half-demons as he was.
Which brought him back to the original problem. The longer he was in his little brother’s presence, the more his blood was telling him to take Inuyasha as a mate. His repeated reminders to himself that Inuyasha was a half-demon was not having anywhere near the effect that he had wanted it to have on his mental processes. He knew that, were he to come back with a half-demon mate, there would be a few raised eyebrows, but they would get over it rather quickly. Them being from the same family or both being males would not even be an issue in youkai society. Both happened quite often, after all.
Currently, the only thing keeping his youki at bay was his fierce determination to do his duty as the Lord of the Western Lands. His little brother could not give him an heir. It was his duty to produce an heir, therefore, he could not mate with his little brother.
As he was pondering this newest puzzle, Sesshoumaru heard a voice boom out a greeting. It was only through many years of intensive practice that he did not startle visibly. Instead, he continued walking forward as if he had been expecting it, forcibly pulling his mind away from its musing and onto the present situation.
Sesshoumaru was listening to the conversation going back and forth, expressionlessly. He was actually a little surprised to find that his initial assumption about Inuyasha never having come across another dog demon was true. He had been expecting to find out that there was some encounter somewhere down the line that he had not heard about for one reason or another. However, he held his peace until Bokusenou said, “Interesting.”
His curiosity momentarily got the better of him and he asked what was interesting before he had fully considered how it might be interpreted. He needn’t have worried because neither one of the others there even took note of what he had said.
However, when the conversation switched to what was at the heart of the problem, his little brother apparently forgot how to speak correctly so he answered for him. He was not trying to save his brother embarrassment, he was just getting very annoyed at his brother’s stuttering.
For his trouble, all he received was an annoyed look from the tree demon and a scolding as if he were a child. If he had not worked so hard to get the information he needed and Bokusenou had not been a very old of his father’s who had helped him in the past, he would have killed the tree demon for such insolence.
As it was, he merely stayed silent with a little more of a glower on his face as he listened to the rest of the conversation. Despite himself, he became curious when the subject came to Inuyasha’s beads. He had always wondered why his younger brother had taken to wearing that necklace after his release from the tree. It had made no sense to him.
Now, finding out it was there because of that childish wench of his brother’s, he found himself uncharacteristically angry. What right did she have to claim him as hers? He would never belong to such a child. He may only be a half-demon, but he was still his father’s son and deserved a better mate than that.
Besides, from what he had seen, she would not even allow him to claim her. That was just not how things were done in the youkai world. If you claimed someone, they were given the right to claim you back. The only time this did not happen was if the one you claimed was meant to be your possession. Needless to say, his younger brother being claimed as the possession of that priestess did not sit well with him either.
As he listened to his brother describe his day, he found himself becoming more enraged. What could he possibly have done to earn two ‘sit’s by mid-morning? Inwardly he fumed. If this continued, he might have to do something about that little priestess.
He was rather shocked at his own rage towards this situation. Since when did he care how his brother was treated? It might have been the influence of that scent his brother was releasing, but then it would mean that his youki was accepting the possibility of him as a mate, which could not be the case.
No, the most likely reason was that something like this would bring great shame upon their house if it was ever found out. A child of his father being brought down like a common dog to the whim of a child? Ridiculous. He could not allow this to continue. The next time he saw that priestess they would have words.
He had spent so much time fuming over the priestess’ spell, that he was almost as shocked as his brother when the tree branches lifted him into the air. Had he been anyone else, he would have laughed at the way Inuyasha flailed about, trying to find purchase to attack. He was not concerned about his little brother hurting the tree demon. He knew from previous experience that Bokusenou was quite strong.
Sesshoumaru heard Inuyasha ask what was wrong with him, and, looking at the tree demon’s face, he realized that the tree most likely knew exactly what it was. Inuyasha apparently sensed it too for he now felt an air of expectancy pouring off the hanyou.
As he placed Inuyasha back on the ground, the old tree demon began to speak. “Many thousands of years ago, well before I was even born, there was a war between the dog and wolf demons. It was a vicious conflict that lasted hundreds of years.
“While this was not unusual in the old times, one thing happened in this war that made it different from others that have been fought. These individuals were not seeking just to control the lands of the other demons as all wars in the past had been, they were attempting to completely wipe the other race from existence.
“To this end, one of the dog demons devised a plan. They would kill all the females in the wolf demon tribe. With no more females, there would be no more pups and the wolf demons would die out.
“A few hundred years into this plan, there were wolf demons that had not been around female wolf demons since their birth. The only wolf demons these young males had ever come into contact with were also male.
“While this might have been seen as a curiosity, it was not really given much thought until these young males reached maturity. At that point, something very unusual happened to them. Their bodies changed just enough to accommodate giving birth. Their youki understood that their race was dying out and changed their very physiology in an effort to keep that from happening.
“When it was discovered that, in need, the male wolf demons could indeed bear children, the localized slaughter of the females was halted.”
While Sesshoumaru was digesting this, Inuyasha scoffed, “Nice story, old man. What’s your point? I’m not a wolf demon.”
Ignoring his younger brother acting like an imbecile, Sesshoumaru tuned out the conversation that the two others were having. He, at least, knew Bokusenou had already given them his answer. He just needed to find what that answer was.
The tree demon was talking about a war that brought about the deaths of many females of the same type of youkai. Some of the youkai grew up without having ever seen a female of the same type as them. These males gained the ability to bear pups.
Sesshoumaru searched for the commonalities between the story and their current predicament. Their race was not dying out and he knew Inuyasha knew that in his conscious mind. However, Inuyasha had only ever come into contact with male dog demons.
Could it be possible that his little brother’s youki believed them to be the last dog demons alive and was doing its best to keep the race from going extinct? He realized that this was why his brother’s scent was changing. His youki was changing his body so that it would be able to bear pups.
Sesshoumaru grudgingly admitted to a small amount of respect for his brother over this. No wonder he was having so many stomach aches. He was sure that in a lesser youkai the very attempt at such a drastic change in physiology would kill them. That his little half-demon brother was not only attempting, but appeared to be succeeding at such an undertaking was remarkable, not that he would ever tell Inuyasha that.
A thought suddenly occurred to him and he broke into the conversation. “If he were to come into contact with a female dog demon, would his body revert to the way it was previously?”
“Very good question, Sesshoumaru. While I am not certain either way, none of the wolf demons who completed the transformation changed back once they became able to bear pups. There are a few accounts of the change reversing itself before it was completed or just stopping the middle of the change.”
“Wait a second. Revert back?” Inuyasha had apparently finally caught up with the jist of the conversation. “Are you saying that I can bear pups?!”
Bokusenou looked at the hanyou gently, “You are not able to at the moment, but you soon will be.”
Noticing his brother appeared to be suffering from shock, Sesshoumaru continued asking his own questions. “How long until the transformation is complete?”
“Judging by the scent and feel, a day at the most.”
Sesshoumaru considered this, even if he had wanted to stop this transformation and help his little brother, there were no female dog demons that could be reached in less than a day. He supposed he would just have to live with having a younger brother that could bear pups.
Sesshoumaru understood the implications of his baby brother being able to bear pups even if the hanyou himself did not. He would be considered a great prize. Someone with the fighting skill and strength of his brother would be sought after by many demons to bear them strong offspring. His little brother’s feelings on the matter would most likely not be taken into consideration.
He felt himself becoming enraged at the idea of another demon taking his brother. He tried, once again, to explain to his blood that he had no interest in the hanyou. The only reason it was interested was because of the scent his brother’s body was still producing.
However, try as he might, his blood was still showing interest. In fact, it was showing more than just interest, it was starting to show possessiveness. The very idea of another taking his brother as a mate was almost making Sesshoumaru’s eyes turn red.
As he struggled to control this rage he should not have been feeling in the first place, he remained oblivious to perhaps the most important part of the entire conversation. The only reason he had had for not mating with his little brother had just been removed from the equation right in front of his eyes and he was too busy arguing with himself to notice.
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Thanks for reading and/or reviewing. Anyone still confused?