Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ To Shed Light On Truth ❯ Time Doesn't Necessarily Heal All Wounds ( Chapter 10 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: Tari Helyanwe 
A trip down memory lane leaves two of our characters trembling...warnings inside.
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Hentai / Drama | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 02.20.2005 | Updated On: 03.14.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.1K | Visits: 361 | Status: Completed
A trip down memory lane leaves two of our characters trembling...warnings inside.
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Hentai / Drama | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 02.20.2005 | Updated On: 03.14.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.1K | Visits: 361 | Status: Completed
Time Doesn't Necessarily Heal All Wounds
Another update! Prolly my last til March. My muse is getting antsy, so this update should help calm her nerves, or maybe give her a nervous breakdown....whichever.
Responses:
Kiko-san: Yeah...Trent isn't all that inventive when it comes to taunting. ^^;; Thanks for your great support. You'll prolly end up being one of my FEW faithful reviewers. ^_^;
WARNINGS: MENTIONS OF INCEST, RAPE (SLIGHT THOUGH).
Kage no Ookami (title donated by Yaoi-junkie
'blah' thoughts
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The y all stood outside Shishio's door, with Aoji still by his bedside. Kouga tilted his husbands head up and looked into his teary amber orbs. He stroked away some tears with his thumb lightly over his flushed cheek.
"We should head back home. Kurama and Hiei must be worried." He said in a soft voice, giving his husband a gentle smile. Inuyasha nodded sadly.
"And we have to get some rest." Sesshoumaru added, holding his wife in his arms, rubbing her back gently while she laid her head in his chest, her tears still falling. Kouga started walking towards the door, but noticed that his husband wasn't following. Inuyasha turned his gaze away from the rest of the group. Kouga made his way over to Inuyasha to ask what the problem was, but his unasked question was answered.
"I...want to stay here with him. I can't just..." Inuyasha balled his hands into fists and tried to hold back his tears. Kouga looked into his husband's eyes, and he could see the concern he held for Shishio. He knew those two were close; they went through the same experiences, from the same person no less, and he knew how selfless Inuyasha was when it came his loved ones.
Kouga sighed, knowing it would be a task to convince Inuyasha to come home. "Inuyasha, he wouldn't want you to fall behind in classes for his sake, you know that..."
Inuyasha put on a defeated look. "But..."
"Don't worry, Inuyasha, I'll stay here with him." Aoji stepped outside the room and into the hallway with the others. "I'm sure you'll visit often anyway, and I know Shishio will appreciate it." Aoji gave him an encouraging smile. Inuyasha knew Shishio was in good hands, and his worries were temporarily curbed. "He'll want to see his ani." This comment brought a small smile to his face.
"I guess you're right." Kouga kissed Inuyasha's forehead and turned to Sora.
"Chuma, will you be okay?" Sora turned towards the voice, her eyes puffy and red and nodded solemly. Sesshoumaru stroked her long wavy hair soothingly.
"I'll be fine. It's Shishio I'm worried about." Sesshoumaru nodded.
"I think it's safe to say that we're all worried about Shishio. But I know he'll be fine."
Celestine took a look at his watch. "It's been a long night and we all need our rest." Everyone nods and hugs are exchanged as are goodbyes. Aoji returned to Shishio's sleeping side. Sesshoumaru and Sora changed into their sleeping clothes, with Sora clutching onto her husband, falling into slumber due to her exhaustion of crying constantly. Sesshoumaru rubbed her growing belly where their unborn child was growing, oblivious to the pain and suffering outside its womb.
The ride home for Kouga and Inuyasha was a quiet one. Inuyasha stared out the window in a daze, still trying to figure out the events that took place that night. They parked their car in the residential parking lot and made their way inside the apartment building and towards the elevators. As they stepped inside, after the doors closed, Kouga caressed his itoshii's cheek tenderly and placed a light kiss on tear stained lips. Inuyasha responded meekly, not expecting the attention, but fell into the light kiss that he needed.
When they both pulled back, they saw the love they had for each other, and Inuyasha instantly knew that his koishii would be there for him. He entwined his hands with his husband's, and kissed the silver ring with blue diamonds he gave to him as an engagement ring gently. Kouga smiled warmly at the endearment, and walked out the elevator hand in hand.
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"Hiei, you're insatiable!" Kurama scowled at his little firefly. Hiei just ignored him and continued about his business. "They will be very cross with you when they find out you've done." Kurama placed a hand on his active stomach. Their unborn child was active as of lately, which is to be expected. Kurama was ready to deliver soon.
"Hn." Hiei thought nothing of the consequences of his actions.
Kurama sighed. "You can't just eat all of Inuyasha's ice cream. You could have just asked permission before you started devouring it!"
"Then it wouldn't be as enjoyable, now would it?" Hiei smirked as he enjoyed his treat of vanilla flavored sweet-snow. Kurama shook his head in amusement and got his own spoon and joined his firefly. Hiei gave him a curious look, while Kurama gave him a michevious smirk in return.
"If you can't beat them, join them." Kurama took a spoonful of the sweet snow and ate it seductively, moaning at its delicous taste. Hiei looked on in awe at his kitsune's actions. Kurama caught the stare and winked at him while reaching for another spoonful.
Hiei smirked and ate the partially melted spoonful of ice cream that he left neglected for a moment, due to a certain kitsune. They both turned to the sound of keys and the turning of the doorknob. Kouga and Inuyasha stepped in, and the two guests could tell there was sadness wafting in the air around them. Kurama was the first to inquire.
"Is everything alright?" Worry was laced in his voice.
"No...Shishio, my little brother...he was..." Inuyasha couldn't even complete his sentence, he couldn't acknowledge the fact that someone violated him in that way, not after what Naraku did to his own son. Kouga brought an arm around his husband's waist for moral support.
"He was sexually assaulted. We don't know who did it." Kouga tried to supress his own emotions from taking over him. Kurama covered his mouth in shock and his eyes went wide.
"Inari...I'm so sorry to hear that...is there anything we can do?" Even Hiei's face was full of concern. He knew that no one deserved to be put through that.
Kouga shook his head gently. "No, don't worry about it. Everything is covered. Thank you." Kurama gave a pitiful look to Inuyasha.
'I know this must be hard on you, Inuyasha...' Inuyasha caught Kurama's glance and smiled back, letting the red-head know he was fine. Kouga caught the wordless interaction between them, as did Hiei.
'What's with all the looks?' Kouga asked himself.
'...Kurama..' Hiei didn't like what was going on.
"We should head off to bed. I think there is a long day ahead of us." Kouga broke the silence that filtered through the room. Inuyasha nodded his head silently, as did everyone else. Both couples headed off towards their own rooms for the night.
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Aoji stood over the toaster with a death glare on his face, a knife in his right hand, and a slice of bread in the other. The metalic luster of the toaster taunted the tanned, irritated male.
"You will toast this bread!" Aoji started hitting the toaster with the slice of bread, getting crumbs onto the counter. There was a garbage can next to him, already containing half the loaf of overly toasted bread. He stuck the slice into the toaster and pushed down on the lever. After a few moments, smoke could be seen coming from the slot and up popped a blackened piece of bread, similar to its bretheren in the trash can. Aoji snapped and raised the knife for a killing blow.
"" Hears something by the front door, like shuffling, and goes to investigate with knife in hand. He sees an envelope on the floor addressed to Shishio, but he couldn't actually read his name. "This must be for Shishio, I've seen his name in his language before." Aoji places the knife down in the kitchen and heads towards Shishio's bedroom. "Shishio?"
Said person looked up from his prone position and smiled. "Is breakfast almost done? I'm starved!" Aoji gave him a nervous smile.
"Er...no. There's an envelope for you." He hands over the medium-sized yellow envelope to him. Shishio looked at it suspiciously. He opened it and took out its contents. His eyes grew unnaturally wide and started to shake.
'No...gods...how...' The pictures he held in his hand began to shake as well. Aoji immediately noticed the state of alarm Shishio went into.
'What's gotten him s shaken up?' Aoji thought to himself. "Shishio? What's wrong? What is it?" In a flash, Shishio was huddled into the corner of his bed, clutching the photos to his chest protectively.
"No! Don't look!" He scoots further back as Aoji reaches for both Shishio and the photos.
"Why? Wha--"
"STOP!" Tears fall in streams down his face, his face full of fear, shame, and guilt, his trembling never ceasing. The trembling seemed to increase with each of his lover's movements towards him.
"Shish--"
"NO! I WON'T LET YOU!" Aoji decided to make a grab at whatever Shishio was clutching to, which lead to a tugging match between them. It left Shishio the loser, as he only had a corner of the photos he was so desperately trying to protect. He saw Aoji eyes widen and curled himself into a tighter ball. "...stop...please..." His voice was barely above a whisper.
'Ara...' Aoji looked at a series of pictures that contained Shishio being raped by Naraku, even some that included the time when Inuyasha was raped by the same man. Tears plopped onto the surface of the picture, not believing his eyes. 'Shishio...Inuyasha...I never knew Inuyasha was raped...' He looked over at Shishio who was rocking himself silently. "Beloved..." His voice was just a whisper, but in the quiet room, it was heard clearly.
"Don't...don't look at me...I'm not worth it..." Shishio was a shaking ball in the corner of the bed. He could hear ripping sounds coming from Aoji's direction, but didn't bother to look. Aoji placed the shreds inside the envelope and onto the floor. He crawls over his lover, who flinches at his touch. "Don't...touch..." He struggled away from the inviting touch, but Aoji wasn't going to give up so easily.
He finally managed to get the resistant form into his arms and rocks him gently, pressing Shishio's head against his chest, letting him cry out his tears. He provided soothing words and slowly stroked the raven locks. "Shhh...it's okay...you're safe...shhh..." Shishio clutches onto the protection that he desperately needed. He needed to be protected from his past, from the ghost of his abusive father, and probably from himself. He shed his tears softly, as if it would be the last time he would be able to.
"Why...why....why..." Shishio chants to himself quietly. Aoji placed his cheek on top of Shishio's and held onto him tightly.
"I wish I knew..."
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Inuyasha sipped his coffee in the kitchen and made his way towards the dining table, before spotting an envelope on the floor. He picks it up and notices it's addressed to him. He placed his mug of coffee on the table and was about to open it until Kurama made his way up the stairs that lead to the upper level of the duplex. He smiled brightly at Inuyasha.
"Ohayou, Inuyasha."
"Morning. How do you feel this morning?" He asked, placing the envelope next to the coffee mug.
"Fine, thank you. Luckily she's asleep at the moment." He rubbed his swelling belly affectionately. Inuyasha gave him a curious look.
"She?"
Kurama blushed. "I'm sorry, I meant to tell you this sooner. Hiei and I found out the sex of our kit. I'm going to have a girl."
"That's great news, Kurama." Inuyasha hugged him to the best of their abilities. Hiei walked in on the scene and scowls at their closeness.
'I don't want someone touching what is mine.' He decided to make his presence know to the duo. "You shouldn't be on your feet, fox." Both turned around at him.
"I'm fine, Hiei. She's asleep no--" A small kick interrupted his sentence and placed a hand over the active spot. Inuyasha looked down, then back up at Kurama questioningly.
"May I?" Kurama smiled and nodded his head. He guided Inuyasha's hand over to where the kicking begun, and after a few moments, he was rewarded with a gentle kick. His face lit up and looked up at Kurama. "That was amazing...you're so lucky, Kurama." Hiei snorted and turned around and headed for their balcony. Both looked at him curiously.
"I'm going out." He opened the balcony door, closing it behind himself and flickering out of site.
'Hiei...' Kurama knew why his firefly took off so hurriedly, he could feel his jealousy pour off him before he left. Inuyasha thought it was best to not interfere in their affairs and decided to open the package. Kurama looked at Inuyasha's actions. "What is that?"
"I don't know. About to find out." He opens the envelope and takes out its contents. His face turned a sickly pale color, and he covered his mouth to prevent himself from getting sick at the images. He saw his vision become blurred and he could barely keep the paper still. Kurama saw Inuyasha's face become filled with grief and saw tears roll down his face.
"Inuyasha?" He watched him back away into the wall and slide down, clutching photo. He kneeled to him, and brushed away some tears. "Shh...tell me what's wrong, Inuyasha. You know I can't help unless you tell me." Inuyasha vigorously shook his head, keeping the paper face down on the floor. Kurama gave Inuyasha a shoulder to cry on. "It's okay, you don't have to tell me. I'm here for you." He leaned his forehead onto Inuyasha's and rubbed his cheeks while wiping tears away.
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"Good thing it's a half day today. I can spend some time with Inuyasha." Kouga thought as he parked his car in the residential parking lot. "I know he'll want to see Shishio today since his class was cancelled." He made his way inside and rode the elevator to his floor. He got off and took out his keys.
When he reached his door, he could hear sobbing coming from the other side, and Kurama's soothing voice. Kouga raised an eyebrow in curiosity. 'What's going on?' He quietly got his key ready and unlocked the door. As he opened it, he saw a disturbing scene. From the angle they were at, it looked as if they were kissing. It was obvious that he wasn't noticed when he came in.
'Inuyasha...and Kurama...no...it can't--' His thoughts were cut off by what he heard.
"Inuyasha, please stop crying...I can't stand to see others suffer..." Kurama tried to keep his own hormones in check. He knew that the last thing Inuyasha needed was a hysterical kitsune. He kissed his cheek gently and wiped away some more tears. "How about we call Kouga and then we could--" Kurama looked up and caught Kouga's gaze, which was somethng between a scowl and a look of worry.
"What's going on?" Inuyasha flinched at the voice and kept his back turned to his husband, bringing his knees up to him and wrapping his arms around them.
"Tainted...tainted...I'm tainted..." Kouga could hear the soft chanting emitting from his husband and immediately knelt beside him. Inuyasha didn't even take notice to the strong arms enveloping his trembling form. Kouga looked up at Kurama, thankfully without scorn. His concern was focused on his husband.
"How did this happen?"
"He...was looking at that, and he j-just crumbled..." Kurama let his tears flow and wrung his hands nervously. "I-I-I never looked at it, so I couldn't tell you what it was that gave him such a scare..." Kurama used his sleeves to wipe away his tears.
Kouga saw the paper and turned it over in his hands and gasped loudly. "Oh Ara no...." He was confronted with the same images that Shishio encountered. He placed down the paper quickly, as if it were hot to the touch and tightened his hold around his husband. "Inuyasha..."
"Tainted...he'll leave me...I'll be alone...no....tainted..." Inuyasha was oblivous to what was going on around him. Kouga kissed the top of his head and rocked them gently.
"No, you're not tainted. Nothing could ever taint you. I told you that before. Shhh...no more tears..." Kouga whispered soothingly, but was hypocritical to his own advice as he began to shed his own tears. "I'll shed tears for the both of us...I can't let you shed tears. It isn't right..." He stroked the soft, black hair and continued to try and soothe his frazzled nerves. Inuyasha continued his soft chanting, helpless in his husband's arms and still remained a trembling ball of sadness within the embrace.
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Another update! Prolly my last til March. My muse is getting antsy, so this update should help calm her nerves, or maybe give her a nervous breakdown....whichever.
Responses:
Kiko-san: Yeah...Trent isn't all that inventive when it comes to taunting. ^^;; Thanks for your great support. You'll prolly end up being one of my FEW faithful reviewers. ^_^;
WARNINGS: MENTIONS OF INCEST, RAPE (SLIGHT THOUGH).
Kage no Ookami (title donated by Yaoi-junkie
'blah' thoughts
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The y all stood outside Shishio's door, with Aoji still by his bedside. Kouga tilted his husbands head up and looked into his teary amber orbs. He stroked away some tears with his thumb lightly over his flushed cheek.
"We should head back home. Kurama and Hiei must be worried." He said in a soft voice, giving his husband a gentle smile. Inuyasha nodded sadly.
"And we have to get some rest." Sesshoumaru added, holding his wife in his arms, rubbing her back gently while she laid her head in his chest, her tears still falling. Kouga started walking towards the door, but noticed that his husband wasn't following. Inuyasha turned his gaze away from the rest of the group. Kouga made his way over to Inuyasha to ask what the problem was, but his unasked question was answered.
"I...want to stay here with him. I can't just..." Inuyasha balled his hands into fists and tried to hold back his tears. Kouga looked into his husband's eyes, and he could see the concern he held for Shishio. He knew those two were close; they went through the same experiences, from the same person no less, and he knew how selfless Inuyasha was when it came his loved ones.
Kouga sighed, knowing it would be a task to convince Inuyasha to come home. "Inuyasha, he wouldn't want you to fall behind in classes for his sake, you know that..."
Inuyasha put on a defeated look. "But..."
"Don't worry, Inuyasha, I'll stay here with him." Aoji stepped outside the room and into the hallway with the others. "I'm sure you'll visit often anyway, and I know Shishio will appreciate it." Aoji gave him an encouraging smile. Inuyasha knew Shishio was in good hands, and his worries were temporarily curbed. "He'll want to see his ani." This comment brought a small smile to his face.
"I guess you're right." Kouga kissed Inuyasha's forehead and turned to Sora.
"Chuma, will you be okay?" Sora turned towards the voice, her eyes puffy and red and nodded solemly. Sesshoumaru stroked her long wavy hair soothingly.
"I'll be fine. It's Shishio I'm worried about." Sesshoumaru nodded.
"I think it's safe to say that we're all worried about Shishio. But I know he'll be fine."
Celestine took a look at his watch. "It's been a long night and we all need our rest." Everyone nods and hugs are exchanged as are goodbyes. Aoji returned to Shishio's sleeping side. Sesshoumaru and Sora changed into their sleeping clothes, with Sora clutching onto her husband, falling into slumber due to her exhaustion of crying constantly. Sesshoumaru rubbed her growing belly where their unborn child was growing, oblivious to the pain and suffering outside its womb.
The ride home for Kouga and Inuyasha was a quiet one. Inuyasha stared out the window in a daze, still trying to figure out the events that took place that night. They parked their car in the residential parking lot and made their way inside the apartment building and towards the elevators. As they stepped inside, after the doors closed, Kouga caressed his itoshii's cheek tenderly and placed a light kiss on tear stained lips. Inuyasha responded meekly, not expecting the attention, but fell into the light kiss that he needed.
When they both pulled back, they saw the love they had for each other, and Inuyasha instantly knew that his koishii would be there for him. He entwined his hands with his husband's, and kissed the silver ring with blue diamonds he gave to him as an engagement ring gently. Kouga smiled warmly at the endearment, and walked out the elevator hand in hand.
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"Hiei, you're insatiable!" Kurama scowled at his little firefly. Hiei just ignored him and continued about his business. "They will be very cross with you when they find out you've done." Kurama placed a hand on his active stomach. Their unborn child was active as of lately, which is to be expected. Kurama was ready to deliver soon.
"Hn." Hiei thought nothing of the consequences of his actions.
Kurama sighed. "You can't just eat all of Inuyasha's ice cream. You could have just asked permission before you started devouring it!"
"Then it wouldn't be as enjoyable, now would it?" Hiei smirked as he enjoyed his treat of vanilla flavored sweet-snow. Kurama shook his head in amusement and got his own spoon and joined his firefly. Hiei gave him a curious look, while Kurama gave him a michevious smirk in return.
"If you can't beat them, join them." Kurama took a spoonful of the sweet snow and ate it seductively, moaning at its delicous taste. Hiei looked on in awe at his kitsune's actions. Kurama caught the stare and winked at him while reaching for another spoonful.
Hiei smirked and ate the partially melted spoonful of ice cream that he left neglected for a moment, due to a certain kitsune. They both turned to the sound of keys and the turning of the doorknob. Kouga and Inuyasha stepped in, and the two guests could tell there was sadness wafting in the air around them. Kurama was the first to inquire.
"Is everything alright?" Worry was laced in his voice.
"No...Shishio, my little brother...he was..." Inuyasha couldn't even complete his sentence, he couldn't acknowledge the fact that someone violated him in that way, not after what Naraku did to his own son. Kouga brought an arm around his husband's waist for moral support.
"He was sexually assaulted. We don't know who did it." Kouga tried to supress his own emotions from taking over him. Kurama covered his mouth in shock and his eyes went wide.
"Inari...I'm so sorry to hear that...is there anything we can do?" Even Hiei's face was full of concern. He knew that no one deserved to be put through that.
Kouga shook his head gently. "No, don't worry about it. Everything is covered. Thank you." Kurama gave a pitiful look to Inuyasha.
'I know this must be hard on you, Inuyasha...' Inuyasha caught Kurama's glance and smiled back, letting the red-head know he was fine. Kouga caught the wordless interaction between them, as did Hiei.
'What's with all the looks?' Kouga asked himself.
'...Kurama..' Hiei didn't like what was going on.
"We should head off to bed. I think there is a long day ahead of us." Kouga broke the silence that filtered through the room. Inuyasha nodded his head silently, as did everyone else. Both couples headed off towards their own rooms for the night.
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Aoji stood over the toaster with a death glare on his face, a knife in his right hand, and a slice of bread in the other. The metalic luster of the toaster taunted the tanned, irritated male.
"You will toast this bread!" Aoji started hitting the toaster with the slice of bread, getting crumbs onto the counter. There was a garbage can next to him, already containing half the loaf of overly toasted bread. He stuck the slice into the toaster and pushed down on the lever. After a few moments, smoke could be seen coming from the slot and up popped a blackened piece of bread, similar to its bretheren in the trash can. Aoji snapped and raised the knife for a killing blow.
"" Hears something by the front door, like shuffling, and goes to investigate with knife in hand. He sees an envelope on the floor addressed to Shishio, but he couldn't actually read his name. "This must be for Shishio, I've seen his name in his language before." Aoji places the knife down in the kitchen and heads towards Shishio's bedroom. "Shishio?"
Said person looked up from his prone position and smiled. "Is breakfast almost done? I'm starved!" Aoji gave him a nervous smile.
"Er...no. There's an envelope for you." He hands over the medium-sized yellow envelope to him. Shishio looked at it suspiciously. He opened it and took out its contents. His eyes grew unnaturally wide and started to shake.
'No...gods...how...' The pictures he held in his hand began to shake as well. Aoji immediately noticed the state of alarm Shishio went into.
'What's gotten him s shaken up?' Aoji thought to himself. "Shishio? What's wrong? What is it?" In a flash, Shishio was huddled into the corner of his bed, clutching the photos to his chest protectively.
"No! Don't look!" He scoots further back as Aoji reaches for both Shishio and the photos.
"Why? Wha--"
"STOP!" Tears fall in streams down his face, his face full of fear, shame, and guilt, his trembling never ceasing. The trembling seemed to increase with each of his lover's movements towards him.
"Shish--"
"NO! I WON'T LET YOU!" Aoji decided to make a grab at whatever Shishio was clutching to, which lead to a tugging match between them. It left Shishio the loser, as he only had a corner of the photos he was so desperately trying to protect. He saw Aoji eyes widen and curled himself into a tighter ball. "...stop...please..." His voice was barely above a whisper.
'Ara...' Aoji looked at a series of pictures that contained Shishio being raped by Naraku, even some that included the time when Inuyasha was raped by the same man. Tears plopped onto the surface of the picture, not believing his eyes. 'Shishio...Inuyasha...I never knew Inuyasha was raped...' He looked over at Shishio who was rocking himself silently. "Beloved..." His voice was just a whisper, but in the quiet room, it was heard clearly.
"Don't...don't look at me...I'm not worth it..." Shishio was a shaking ball in the corner of the bed. He could hear ripping sounds coming from Aoji's direction, but didn't bother to look. Aoji placed the shreds inside the envelope and onto the floor. He crawls over his lover, who flinches at his touch. "Don't...touch..." He struggled away from the inviting touch, but Aoji wasn't going to give up so easily.
He finally managed to get the resistant form into his arms and rocks him gently, pressing Shishio's head against his chest, letting him cry out his tears. He provided soothing words and slowly stroked the raven locks. "Shhh...it's okay...you're safe...shhh..." Shishio clutches onto the protection that he desperately needed. He needed to be protected from his past, from the ghost of his abusive father, and probably from himself. He shed his tears softly, as if it would be the last time he would be able to.
"Why...why....why..." Shishio chants to himself quietly. Aoji placed his cheek on top of Shishio's and held onto him tightly.
"I wish I knew..."
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Inuyasha sipped his coffee in the kitchen and made his way towards the dining table, before spotting an envelope on the floor. He picks it up and notices it's addressed to him. He placed his mug of coffee on the table and was about to open it until Kurama made his way up the stairs that lead to the upper level of the duplex. He smiled brightly at Inuyasha.
"Ohayou, Inuyasha."
"Morning. How do you feel this morning?" He asked, placing the envelope next to the coffee mug.
"Fine, thank you. Luckily she's asleep at the moment." He rubbed his swelling belly affectionately. Inuyasha gave him a curious look.
"She?"
Kurama blushed. "I'm sorry, I meant to tell you this sooner. Hiei and I found out the sex of our kit. I'm going to have a girl."
"That's great news, Kurama." Inuyasha hugged him to the best of their abilities. Hiei walked in on the scene and scowls at their closeness.
'I don't want someone touching what is mine.' He decided to make his presence know to the duo. "You shouldn't be on your feet, fox." Both turned around at him.
"I'm fine, Hiei. She's asleep no--" A small kick interrupted his sentence and placed a hand over the active spot. Inuyasha looked down, then back up at Kurama questioningly.
"May I?" Kurama smiled and nodded his head. He guided Inuyasha's hand over to where the kicking begun, and after a few moments, he was rewarded with a gentle kick. His face lit up and looked up at Kurama. "That was amazing...you're so lucky, Kurama." Hiei snorted and turned around and headed for their balcony. Both looked at him curiously.
"I'm going out." He opened the balcony door, closing it behind himself and flickering out of site.
'Hiei...' Kurama knew why his firefly took off so hurriedly, he could feel his jealousy pour off him before he left. Inuyasha thought it was best to not interfere in their affairs and decided to open the package. Kurama looked at Inuyasha's actions. "What is that?"
"I don't know. About to find out." He opens the envelope and takes out its contents. His face turned a sickly pale color, and he covered his mouth to prevent himself from getting sick at the images. He saw his vision become blurred and he could barely keep the paper still. Kurama saw Inuyasha's face become filled with grief and saw tears roll down his face.
"Inuyasha?" He watched him back away into the wall and slide down, clutching photo. He kneeled to him, and brushed away some tears. "Shh...tell me what's wrong, Inuyasha. You know I can't help unless you tell me." Inuyasha vigorously shook his head, keeping the paper face down on the floor. Kurama gave Inuyasha a shoulder to cry on. "It's okay, you don't have to tell me. I'm here for you." He leaned his forehead onto Inuyasha's and rubbed his cheeks while wiping tears away.
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"Good thing it's a half day today. I can spend some time with Inuyasha." Kouga thought as he parked his car in the residential parking lot. "I know he'll want to see Shishio today since his class was cancelled." He made his way inside and rode the elevator to his floor. He got off and took out his keys.
When he reached his door, he could hear sobbing coming from the other side, and Kurama's soothing voice. Kouga raised an eyebrow in curiosity. 'What's going on?' He quietly got his key ready and unlocked the door. As he opened it, he saw a disturbing scene. From the angle they were at, it looked as if they were kissing. It was obvious that he wasn't noticed when he came in.
'Inuyasha...and Kurama...no...it can't--' His thoughts were cut off by what he heard.
"Inuyasha, please stop crying...I can't stand to see others suffer..." Kurama tried to keep his own hormones in check. He knew that the last thing Inuyasha needed was a hysterical kitsune. He kissed his cheek gently and wiped away some more tears. "How about we call Kouga and then we could--" Kurama looked up and caught Kouga's gaze, which was somethng between a scowl and a look of worry.
"What's going on?" Inuyasha flinched at the voice and kept his back turned to his husband, bringing his knees up to him and wrapping his arms around them.
"Tainted...tainted...I'm tainted..." Kouga could hear the soft chanting emitting from his husband and immediately knelt beside him. Inuyasha didn't even take notice to the strong arms enveloping his trembling form. Kouga looked up at Kurama, thankfully without scorn. His concern was focused on his husband.
"How did this happen?"
"He...was looking at that, and he j-just crumbled..." Kurama let his tears flow and wrung his hands nervously. "I-I-I never looked at it, so I couldn't tell you what it was that gave him such a scare..." Kurama used his sleeves to wipe away his tears.
Kouga saw the paper and turned it over in his hands and gasped loudly. "Oh Ara no...." He was confronted with the same images that Shishio encountered. He placed down the paper quickly, as if it were hot to the touch and tightened his hold around his husband. "Inuyasha..."
"Tainted...he'll leave me...I'll be alone...no....tainted..." Inuyasha was oblivous to what was going on around him. Kouga kissed the top of his head and rocked them gently.
"No, you're not tainted. Nothing could ever taint you. I told you that before. Shhh...no more tears..." Kouga whispered soothingly, but was hypocritical to his own advice as he began to shed his own tears. "I'll shed tears for the both of us...I can't let you shed tears. It isn't right..." He stroked the soft, black hair and continued to try and soothe his frazzled nerves. Inuyasha continued his soft chanting, helpless in his husband's arms and still remained a trembling ball of sadness within the embrace.
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