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Must You Be So Difficult?	By : GizmoTrinket Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male > InuYasha/Sessh?maru > InuYasha/Sessh?maru Views: 7733 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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A/N: Apparently one update every seven or so months is going to be my new normal. :(
Chapter 10 - Meeting Mother
"So, what's the plan?" I wasn't going to try and come up with one. I wasn't the smart one and I had a feeling running headlong into danger wasn't the best idea anymore.
~'We leave Rin here where she'll be safe.'~
~'I don't know about safe, didn't you see what happened?'~
~'My mother cannot be trusted not to kill her again,'~ Sesshomaru thought with a frown.
~'Alright, we should leave everyone else here too. It sounds like a full frontal assault would be suicide anyway.'~
~'Indeed.' /Apprehension/.~
I figured he was nervous about leaving Rin. ~'Leave mokomoko with her and actually come if she calls. She'll be fine. It'll be good for her to build up her strength again anyway.'~
~'I'm not worried about Rin.'~
I furrowed my brow. ~'Then what-?'~
~'I'm worried about you.'~
That was nice. More than nice.
~'I still think we should mate.'~
^'Of course he does.'^ Beast wasn't having any of it.
~'It'd make you safe,'~ he insisted.
I snorted. ~'I'm sure I'll be fine. I have tessaiga.'~
Sesshomaru frowned. ~'It won't be enough. At least rut with me; that will give my mother pause.'~
~"Stop pressuring me!"~
Sesshomaru took a step back and blinked at my shout. He looked horrified. "It was never this Sesshomaru's intention-" he started when he realized the link was shut.
"Are you gonna be talkin' like that the entire kami damned time?!"
"This Sesshomaru could ask the same of you."
It felt wrong to have any distance between us, physically or mentally so I opened the link again.
~'It is expected that I speak that way. It will be expected of you too,'~ Sesshomaru thought.
~'Fuck that. I speak the way I do for a reason. I was uneducated, which was your fault by the way, so I'm not-'~
~'You speak that way because you want to be underestimated. It will not be helpful to you in this case. Speak only when spoken to and speak properly.'~ He must have sensed my rejection of the idea because he continued, ~'You will already be underestimated. The best way to prevent disaster is to leave your enemies scared or guessing. No matter what you do they will not be frightened of you.'~
I drew my sword with a smile. "They just haven't got a good idea of everything I can do."
"Stop it." Sesshomaru sighed. ~'Even if you rounded up every acquaintance you were friendly with you could not even kill my mother let alone everyone else. She was more powerful than Inu-taisho when I was born. She has aged since. It is a hopeless situation. You must show her that you can learn and are a worthy addition to the pack.'~
I didn't like that idea. I'd walked into hopeless situations before but always on my terms. I was about to play a game when I didn't know the rules.
~'We'll have to fly, I don't like going so close to the new moon. I can try going alone-'~
~'Fuck that, the kit is my responsibility and I'm the one who's got to save him.'~
Sesshomaru looked at me pleadingly. ~'She won't hurt me. But I can't protect you.'~
~'When have you ever cared about that?'~
~/Hurt./~
I wasn't going to apologize. ~'She stole my kit so she wants to see me. You going alone won't do anything. This is something we have to do together.'~
I could tell Sesshomaru agreed with me.
This was a test, somehow. I wasn't sure what was being tested or why, if it was the relationship I had with my brother or if it was about me fitting in to a pack that was outside my social status or both or neither but whatever was going to happen at least I'd have Sesshomaru by my side. Plus even though they somehow knew about me I seriously doubted they knew what I could do.
~'We'll use the link, you can help me from making any big mistakes. And don't worry about the new moon, we can't wait. We'll just be in and out. Quick and easy. She'll meet me, find me odd but acceptable and move on. Right?'~
Sesshomaru had an eyebrow raised as if he thought I was crazy. ~'It's the best we can hope for.'~ He swept me into his arms. ~'Ready?'~
I nodded and light surrounded us- we became light, whatever.
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The castle was magnificent. Sesshomaru un-light balled us on the approach and flew with me in his arms. I could have asked him why but I felt I knew the answer. He was entirely focused on the building in front of us and I suspected he wanted to be ready if there was an attack. I was thankful for the reprieve. My human body could rely on my yokai side for survival in the light sphere but it wasn’t comfortable.
He nuzzled my head with the sides of his neck and basically rubbed himself all over me.
~’What are you doing?’~ I asked.
~’Scenting you. Mother might pause if you smell like me.’~
I rolled my eyes but didn’t complain. Beast wasn’t jumping to return the favor and since Sesshomaru didn’t ask I didn’t bother. Who knew? It might be a dominance thing or something.
Sesshomaru landed on the steps and carefully set me down. He took my hand as we climbed and held on to it as the door opened.
It made me fidget. I wanted my hand available if a fight broke out.
~’Stay quiet. Don’t speak unless you’re spoken to,’~ Sesshomaru reminded me.
~’Yeah, yeah. I got it.’~
Sitting on a throne of sorts was a beautiful woman that looked shockingly like my half-brother. She was beautiful and beast was drawn to her.
‘What are you thinking?!’ I hissed at him.
^’She reminds me of our mate. She has the same instincts.’^
‘Stop it! You’re freaking me out!!’
She didn’t appear to be about to attack. In fact, she looked happy to see me. Her nose was twitching a mile a minute.
“Sesshomaru, welcome home. And Inuyahsa,” she leaned forward, “welcome home.”
~’What do I do?’~ I asked Sesshomaru.
~’Thank her.’~
“Thank you,” I said but I sounded rather startled.
“You have nothing to fear here,” she said. “After all, you’re my son’s mate.”
~’Did you tell her?’~
~’No. Don’t confirm it, just smile.’~
I did but, ~’Isn’t that sort of confirming it?’~
~/Stress, fear, nerves./~
The emotions from him were strong and I dampened them so I could focus.
“Oh, but you’re not mates. Not yet.” She smiled darkly. “Why is that, I wonder?”
The emotions got stronger and I opened my mouth to reply but Sesshomaru elbowed me. ~’DON’T SAY ANYTHING!’~ he nearly mentally shouted.
“Well, I’ll find out eventually. Come with me, Inuyasha. Sesshomaru, while you’re here you should take care of some of your duties. Your responsibilities pile up when you’re away.”
Sesshomaru growled and stepped in front of me. “No.”
There was a sparkle in her eye and she showed a fang. “No? Really now, you say that like I’m going to eat him. Relax, I won’t touch your mate… much.”
Sesshomaru snarled and leapt at her.
Suddenly she was gone, standing right next to me. She grabbed my arm in an iron grip. “He always did have that temper. So unbecoming. Come along, now.” She pulled on my arm.
I dug in my heels but it was no use. She was stronger than me. ~’Sess, what’s going on? What do I do?’~ I could feel her power spark against mine, I would be less than useless in a fight against her. I didn’t want to fight her, either. She was my mate’s mother and I was in her domain. Even if I could get her with my tessaiga Sesshomaru didn’t want her dead.
We walked through something shimmering and the link cut out. Sesshomaru threw himself against it but couldn’t pass through. He pulled his sword but the barrier held.
I didn’t know what to do. I tried my link again but it bounced off the barrier. I started fighting her but she held my arm. I could sense that she would rip it off before she let me go. Beast wasn’t any help, he was happy to be in her clutches. I looked back at my mate, still fighting at the barrier viciously.
I didn’t sense any malice from Sesshomaru’s mom and I knew Sesshomaru wouldn’t give up until he got to me. I decided to wait and see what would happen. Maybe I could attack her or escape when she let her guard down.
“Don’t worry, no one can get into these rooms but me. We won’t be disturbed.”
That sent a shiver down my spine. Suddenly I worried that she felt for me what Beast was feeling for her. Would she try to mate me? Would that even work?
I didn’t know and I didn’t want to find out.
My ears flattened to my head and I held in a whimper. I wanted to be back with Sesshomaru. Why hadn’t I mated with him when I had the chance. Now I was at risk, anyone could mate me if they wanted.
^‘Relax, if you’re mated you can still change and mate to your true mate,’^ Beast reminded me.
‘I don’t want to be mated at all! Why are you going along with this?! Help me think of a way to get out of here!’
There were a mixture of odd smells coming from the doors of the hallways she was leading me down. Some of them were so strong I had to hold my breath as we passed. They stung my nose. I didn’t know how she could stand it.
“Since you’re pack you can call me Inukimi, it’s a little nickname Sesshomaru had for me when he was younger.”
I didn’t say anything. Why had I agreed to this?
“Now, I know what you’re here for. You’re after your kit. I’m taking you to him now. He’s with his tutor.”
“Tutor?”
“Yes, of course dear. He’s your kit. He should be raised properly.”
‘What the fuck?! She hated me, why was she playing mother to my kit?!’
^’Who said she hated you?’^
That brought me up short. I was pulled on by Inukimi and started walking again. ‘Didn’t she? Sesshomaru said… didn’t he?’
^’She doesn’t seem to hate you.’^
No, she didn’t. I held my tongue. Sesshomaru said to be quiet and until I knew more about Inukimi and her temperament I would continue to do so.
We turned a corner and I couldn’t hear Sesshomaru’s desperate attempts to get to me.
“I’ll give you two some time alone but then I want to spend some time with you. I know the kit has been wanting to visit those… humans-“ she said the word as if it left a bad taste in her mouth, “-that are his family. I’ll let him go on one condition:” she paused dramatically, “that you stay with me. Send Sesshomaru to take him back to the village.”
I was in no position to argue. If my kit was ok and I could ensure his safety I’d do anything.
I nodded.
“Good!” She wrapped her arm around mine so she wasn’t dragging me, we were walking more naturally. As if we were in each other’s confidence.
We were too close. I hated being touched and this was more intimate. It made me slightly sick.
A set of doors opened on their own and we entered a room where Shippo was sitting at a table with another kitsune. They looked up at our entrance.
“Inuyasha!” Shippo cried and jumped at me.
I tensed, expecting him to claw me.
Instead he wrapped his arms around me in a hug. “You’re back!”
“Um, yes. Hi.”
Inukimi winked at me and exited with the tutor.
“How are you? She didn’t hurt you, did she?”
Shippo hopped down and gave me a flat look. “Of course not. We’re pack.”
I didn’t quite know what that meant.
“She’s been having people teach me things. I’ve learned so much! I know all about Inuyokai and she’s even taught me about instincts and Beasts and heats.” He looked down. “I understand, now. About you. And tell Beast I’m sorry for getting so mad at him.”
^’Tell him it’s ok. Tell him we love him.’^
I rubbed the back of my head. “He says it’s ok.”
^’Tell him we love him, idiot.’^
‘I can’t say that!’
Beast fought me and took over.
^’What the hell are you doing?!’^ I demanded.
“Inuyasha won’t say it because he’s too shy but we love you,” Beast said.
^’Gah!’^
Shippo smiled at us. He was too shy to say it back too.
He changed the subject. “Come see what I’ve been doing!”
Beast relinquished control and I sat and watched as he showed me things. I thanked him for his charm and didn’t have to pretend to be impressed by the progress he’d made.
All too soon Inukimi came back. She had a… minion (?) carrying tea for her. She sat down and the… servant (?) poured before exiting.
Shippo crawled onto her lap and took a cup. She took another one and gave me a look so I took the last cup. I couldn’t grantee it wasn’t poisoned so I only pretended to drink.
“Shippo-kun, I’m going to have the tutor work with Inuyasha for a bit so you can go back and visit the village and your humans.” Her lip curled at the word but her distaste didn’t show in her voice and Shippo couldn’t see her face.
“Oh,” Shippo looked longingly at me.
“Don’t worry, once Inuyasha’s caught up you can do lessons together.”
Shippo clearly found that acceptable. He nodded and babbled to us both about one of his lessons.
I found I couldn’t hate Inukimi too much. She was clearly taking good care of my kit. He hadn’t been abused in any way. That didn’t mean I suddenly trusted her.
The servant came back to pour everyone more tea and I got a look for my cup still being full. I didn’t care, I still wasn’t drinking it.
I realized that she had a servant here. So there must have been another way in. She’d said the barrier only let her through but that was obviously wrong. It let me through. I should have realized it immediately. ‘Fuck, I’m dumb.’
^’Why do you think I call you idiot?’^
I had relaxed a bit in Shippo’s presence but tea time was over and Inukimi stood, gently setting my kit on the ground. They walked hand in hand to the door and I followed, tense once more.
Sesshomaru was still fighting with the barrier, he looked desperate. He only stopped once he saw us.
Shippo let go of Inukimi’s hand at the sight. He paused, clearly scared of my mate.
“Don’t worry, he won’t hurt you.”
Shippo gave me a look (what was it with everyone doing that?!). After a moment he nodded, clearly deciding to trust me.
I felt something in my chest glow at that.
Shippo tried to walk through the barrier and bounced off it. “Oh, right,” he said and turned to Inukimi.
“Stay here, Inuyasha.” Her eyes narrowed as she said this and it was clearly a threat.
I swallowed but nodded.
Inukimi took Shippo’s hand and walked him through the barrier.
I walked up to the barrier (it was clear now that if she was holding on to a person they’d be able to pass through. “Take him back to the slayer’s village,” I told my mate through the barrier. “Keep him safe. I’m going to stay here for a bit.”
“Inuyahsa,” he said. He didn’t do anything rash, though. Not with the kit so close.
I swallowed thickly and twitched half of my mouth up in a brief smile. I tried to tell him with my expression that this was the deal, that I’d traded my freedom for the kit’s.
Sesshomaru looked wrecked.
Inukimi scolded him for making a scene. Not that there’d been anyone around to see it. There weren’t any guards or anything that I could see.
We stared at each other for a long moment, finally Sesshomaru’s expression fell. He couldn’t do anything, not now, not with the kit.
“Keep him safe,” I reiterated.
He nodded.
“Have fun, dear,” Inukimi said to Shippo.
Shippo waved at her and Sesshomaru flew the kit away.
I watched from where I was trapped from.
I’d never felt so alone.
Inukimi waved at the retreating figures before turning to me with a hungry expression.
‘Oh, fuck. What have I gotten myself into?’

End A/N: If anyone would like to beta give me a holler. Stories of mine with betas get worked on more regularly. ;)
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