InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Time and Again ❯ Chapter 1

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Author Note: This is an idea that have been bugging me to be written for some time now and I'm not even sure where it came from. I know that AU fictions have always been something that I enjoyed reading and that's probably why I write so many. I hope that this story will live long because of all the ideas I've been playing around with this one is one of those that doesn't seem to die out after a while. The good thing is that I'm not embarresedt to post all my adult fictions anymore, I've overcome that barrier. So you may expect a lot in the future, but then again the future always seem unclear... at least in this fiction. I hope that you really enjoy this story, let me also know what you think and I will be most grateful.

Summary: One night InuTaisho receive a request to take care of a friend of the youkai witch. But when InuTaisho begins to understand that this is no ordinary hanyou he has taken under his wings a dark force begins to threaten the life of his family. The future seems awfully close.

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or any other character in the anime or manga. This is purely fan service.

Pairing: Sess/Inu. If you don't like the idea of homosexuality, or even less incest, then I would be happy if you leave without making any fuzz about it. Flamers will be ignored and left for everyone else to flame back.

Warning: m/m, yaoi, inucest, AU, angst big time, torture, violation, more may come

Read, Enjoy and Review. All feedbacks of encouragement, joy, happiness and constructive criticism are welcome.

Time and Again
by Monkan

Chapter 1

"My Lord, I have to speak with you immediately." called the voice of a female youkai as the door flung open before her. She was dressed in dark robes and her graying hair told everyone of her age but her face was that of a beautiful young woman. Her green eyes sparkled with seriousness. Her mouth was set in a grim grimace. Her footsteps echoed around the court that had assembled around the royal family. The cheery atmosphere disappeared when she entered as if a breeze had taken it away. The guards made to stop her before she came to close to their lord but her feet stopped with some distance between them.

"And you are?" InuTaisho asked as he took a step forward in protectiveness of his mate and son.

"I am known by few names but those that know me call me Trista." her clear voice told him.

That name was indeed familiar to him. InuTaisho's face hardened as he took in her seriousness in a new way. "Trista the Witch. What brings you here?"

When he said her full title the room erupted in low chatter. Trista the Witch was well known in the higher circle of youkai society but few had actually seen her. She was one of the oldest witches known to exist and her power was to be feared. She was neutral with all issues concerning the land of Japan. She helped those that asked and needed her help but not those that wanted to abuse her powers. Those that tried to force her had in the end either lost their lives or sanity. She was a very honest and sincere person but also one that should be taken serious. It was said that she had the power to see the future but that was something no one knew if it was true. If she sought out someone it wasn't without an important cause.

Her eyes glanced at the new born heir before they returned to the lord. "I have a favour to ask you. Your father told me long ago that if I was ever in need of the Inu-youkai's help I could come here. Unfortunately as your father died several decades ago you are the only one I can ask." Her voice was rather fast as she spoke each word but at the same time as they held urgency her words was clear. "I don't have much time to explain this to you so I will be short. I want you too look after someone for me."

InuTaisho's eyes narrowed. She went on, "I need your answer now my lord or everything will be lost and more blood will be spilled."

InuTaisho didn't know why but his instincts told him to accept and before he could stop himself he gave his agreement.

Trista turned around and half ran, half walked back to the still open doors. From behind one of the greats doors she pulled out a figure dressed in a long white robe with a hood. As Trista lead the other person through the room the white robe seemed to shimmer and looked like snow falling toward the floor. Everyone marveled at its brilliance. Whomever had made it was a genius to be acknowledged. The hood hide the face of the unknown person but one hand held tightly onto Tristas hand.

Trista came to a stop just a few steps away from InuTaisho and his family this time and she raised her free hand up to the hood. Everyone held their breath as they waited for what marvelous creature would appear from it. They couldn't tell what creature hide beneath the robe. They could only scent a sweet smell that reminded them of the fresh spring time of the forest.

First long dark hair fell out for everyone to see, it had the colour of the midnight sky when everything is darkest but also the clearest, around the forehead fell bangs in the same colour but some strands fell messily around the face. The skin held a tan that was neither too dark nor to light. Half lidded eyelashes framed dark eyes that matched the hair. It was now obviously that the creature was male but also a very attractive male but what more and more youkai noticed was that...

"He's a ningen!" InuTaisho said. "Surely you must be joking about letting a ningen--"

"He's more complex than that. I can only ask you to watch over him because I know that I can trust you. If I had had any doubt that you would do him any harm I wouldn't had come here in the first place." she looked almost tired now as she bowed deeply to the taiyoukai. "I now leave him in your care. Take good care about him and may a good future grace your family."

Trista took a few steps backwards but felt how a pair of hands gripped her robes. She turned to see the still un-named male holding onto her sleeve with a distressed look upon his face.

She gently pried of his hands but he took new grip before she almost sighed in frustration. "Don't worry about me. When everything is solved I will return for you and you can go home then." she patted him on his cheek, almost affectionally before she planted a kiss on his forehead. "Take care." she told him before she was gone. Leaving him standing in the middle of the room alone in the demon castle.

InuTaisho didn't know what he had gotten himself into. He didn't have anything against ningens but he didn't particularly like them and now he was stuck with a ningen in his care. There was nothing he could do to change that until Trista the Witch came back for him, until then the ningen was all his responsibility.

He called on a youkai servant and told her to prepare one of the spare rooms. He turned to his mate and gave her a long look. She returned it and didn't look all to pleased. He looked down at his son she held in her arms. Sesshomaru. He was barely half a year old and also InuTaisho's heir when he came of age. There were so many things that he had to look forward to with his mate and son. He didn't need more burdens.

"Take Sesshomaru to our chamber. I will join you in a hour." InuTaisho told his mate and she nodded before walking towards the great doors. Sesshomaru in her arms was sleeping soundly as he had done for quite a while now. When the two of them walked past the ningen he hadn't moved. She took a step forward and suddenly she heard the fluttering sound of a cap behind her. Her instincts was fast and strong but she couldn't fight back with her son in her arms and felt a comforting warmth surround her before she felt a weight over her back and strong arms wrapped around her. For a moment she thought it felt like her mates arms but one sniff and she could tell it wasn't. He didn't smell sweet like the forest.

She was vaguely aware that she hit her knees on the hard floor as her instincts told her to protect her pup. Sesshomaru woke up and started to cry as the smell of blood reached his sensitive nose.

The safe warmth left her and she had the courage too look up at what had happened. To her surprise and chock it was the ningen that sat behind her. But she was still confused, she didn't know what had happened but the smell of blood reached her nose too. The ningen put his hands on the floor and she saw his back where an arrow had buried itself. From what little she could gather from their position she didn't have to guess that the arrow was meant for her. Then why? Why had this mortal ningen saved her?

"Are you alright?" she asked worriedly. If he hadn't saved her she would no doubt be dead by now. No matter how much they could heal by themselves it was useless if they were hit in the heart. Her mate was by her side now and other youkai was coming closer. The guards was wrestling down who she thought was the assassin.

The ningen reached toward the arrow and while he kept in his scream of pain he pulled out the arrow himself.

"What are you doing?" she asked terrified. She didn't like ningens very much because they always hunted her kind and she knew little about them but she knew they could die from a wound like this. InuTaisho pushed his hands down on the wound to stop the blood flow and his hands stained with the mortal blood. Little Sesshomaru had stopped his crying and was now hiccuping with sobs in his mothers arms.

The light in the room began to change and the moon that had once been hidden behind the dark clouds and the room that had only been lit by candle light was now filled with the silvery light of the crescent moon. To their surprise the ningen began to give of a pulse of energy. They all stared in amazement as the ningens hair changed from black to a very similar white colour as InuTaisho's hair. A pair of puppy dog ears appeared on the top of his head and InuTaisho could feel the blood flow slowing down under his hands. Claws grew out on his hands and everyone was to stunned to say anything. The ningen had turned into a half youkai before their very eyes.

The half-demons back flexed and he pushed himself up to sit on his knees. He let his head fall back along with his new coloured hair, it fell around him almost gracefully but his eyes remained closed as he breathed in deeply.

Suddenly he was tugged to the side by his hair and it was only then that InuTaisho and his mate saw how little Sesshomaru had grabbed a piece of the hanyou's hair and held it tightly in his hand. InuTaisho was stunned. His son hadn't done that to anyone, not even him and what was more... his son looked at the hanyou with his amber coloured eyes almost as if he was making sure the other was alright.

Golden eyes met golden eyes as Sesshomaru and the hanyou stared at each other. The hanyou gave the little pup what could be called a shy smile. No one in that room could had guessed what the future had in store for them.

To be continued.