InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Prophecy ❯ Sturaki's At Last ( Chapter 28 )

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The Prophecy

By: mshutts

WARNING: incest

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters here-in except for Sturaki

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Chapter 28: Sturaki’s At Last

Inuyasha felt very comfortable and warm. Something was telling him to wake up, but he did not want to. He was feeling safe and protected and wherever he was, smelled wonderful. He took a deeper breath and realized abruptly that it was his brother’s scent.

This realization brought him closer to consciousness and he noticed that the warmth he was feeling was brought about by his brother’s fur accompaniment. The last time he had felt it, it had been used as a weapon, but now it was as if it was a warm, comfortable little nest created just for him.

He felt so safe and protected in his elder brother’s ‘embrace’ that he found himself drifting back off without ever fully waking. He languished in the darkness between waking and sleeping for an unknown time, feeling the gentle sway that told him his brother was moving.

He lazily wondered if his elder brother had tried to wake him before picking him up or had just not wanted to awaken him. Either way, he was glad for the rest. He had been feeling so tired lately and even now, he was still rather drowsy. He hoped this condition would go away soon or he would be in real trouble when his brother finally decided it was time to get rid of him.

But, for the time being, it appeared that his older brother was willing to take care of him after a fashion and he was willing to let him. He had to admit that he was in need of the assistance at the moment even if he could only admit it to himself in this half-waking state of his.

He snuggled his head further into the chest of his elder brother. If Sesshoumaru knew he was partially awake, he had no doubt that he would be finding himself on the ground, but he was clinging to sleep in the hopes that he could stay in his beloved’s embrace just a little longer. When there was no reaction to his movement, he figured he had managed to fool his elder brother and allowed himself to drift once again.

Countless minutes or even hours later, he found himself rather rudely awoken by being unceremoniously dumped on the ground. As he had been expecting it, it did not really surprise him, but he had been hoping (against hope, apparently) that this being held by his brother was a step towards his elder brother perhaps gaining more feelings towards him.

Even though he had long since come to the conclusion that his brother would never find him to be a suitable permanent mate, he was still hoping in the back of his mind that he might be found to be an acceptable temporary mate. It was not helping matters that his demon side was overjoyed at the care his brother was showing him by carrying him so far while his human side was pointing out that he had just been dropped on the ground.

“Little brother, I know you are not asleep, get up,” came the hard voice of his big brother.

“Damn bastard, that’s the second time you dumped me on the ground,” Inuyasha muttered, rubbing the back of his head which had come into contact with a rock when he hit the ground.

“Stop complaining, we are here.”

Standing, Inuyasha took in his surroundings. It looked like they were halfway up a mountain. From the smells and sights, he guessed they were in northernmost part of the western lands. He could see nothing of interest in the area. They were literally out in the middle of nowhere.

“Hell, Sesshoumaru, if you wanted to get me alone to kill me, we could have done this hours ago, back in the woods.”

“Are you truly so blind you do not see it, little brother?” He could hear the slight sneer in his elder brother’s voice. Knowing it was directed at him only made him more determined to find whatever it was his brother was insisting was there.

Inuyasha looked again, but this time he tried using his other senses, too. There was something on the rock face. He could not quite tell what it was, but it was definitely there. However, if his older brother had not been so adamant about its presence, he would have missed it.

“Where is ‘here’ anyway?” he asked.

“We are right outside the dwelling of the witch, Sturaki.”

“Sturaki? Who’s that?”

“She is a witch.”

This was getting him nowhere. Was Sesshoumaru planning on answering all his questions with one-liners? “I know that, bastard. What I meant was, why are we here?”

“If you meant that, you should have asked that.”

Inuyasha looked at him for a second. He was getting sick and tired of his every word being used to further his brother’s amusement. ‘If he’s going to act like an ass, act like one back,’ his human side told him. With that, he turned away from the dwelling and began to walk away, saying, “Whatever. If you don’t want to tell me, I’ll just go home now.”

He had not gotten two steps away when he heard his elder brother speak. “She is a witch whom father brought me to see when I was younger. It was my intention to see if she could answer a rather pressing issue for the both of us. If you do not desire to know the answer, then leave.”

Now that got his attention. After what Myouga had said about his brother and what he knew about possible mates, he wondered if this witch was the same one that had initially told him he only had one possible mate. That being the case, he definitely wanted to hear what this witch had to say. He needed to know if there was any hope for him at all or if he should just leave his brother alone now.

As such, he turned around and quickly walked toward the entrance, or at least where he perceived it to be. He could feel his brother following right behind him, most likely a little perplexed at his sudden change in decision.

Reaching the part of the rock face that was emitting the unusual aura, he put his hand up to it, mindful that Sesshoumaru was right behind him. When his hand passed through unhindered, he followed it inside.

The smell of the room was almost overwhelming. He figured it must be coming off all the pots that were lying around on the floor and immediately raised the sleeve of his haori up over his nose to block out some of the scent. With a quick glance at Sesshoumaru, he saw that the youkai was not covering his nose or even showing that he could smell anything.

As he stood there, trying to get accustomed to the smell, he heard his brother state, “Lady Sturaki, we are here to seek your wisdom.”

Hearing someone clattering around in a room that was off of the one they were in, Inuyasha was surprised when a very short woman walked in. Her black hair flowed down her back as if moved by some unseen wind and she studied both of them closely with her liquid silver eyes. She looked almost human, but, if she were, there was no way Sesshoumaru could have known her when he was a child.

However, all thought went out of his head when he heard her first words, “Ah, yes, the Lords of the West. How may I be of assistance to you?”

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Are you curious yet? Well, we finally got to Sturaki. Next chapter we find out what she has to say.

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