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Fragments of Broken Pride	By : Areitus Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 10085 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 12

A blurry world slowly came into resolve as the golden eyes gradually began to focus. The youkai became aware that he rested against a warm body, and as he took in the scent of the person, he realized it was his brother, which didn�t surprise him. His eyes traveled down to look at his hand which was still crusted in the blood of the slain villagers. The faint scent of the miko lingered, but she didn�t appear to be present at the moment. He lifted his head from his brother�s lap and found that he was in a rather old looking cabin. No, actually it would better be described as a shack; only one room and a small one at that. It looked as if it hadn�t been disturbed for years, judging from the amount of dust covering the place. There was a nice-sized western style bed behind them, but his brother had rested them upon the dirt floor for some reason or another.

He looked to his brother�s face, noting that the hanyou looked particularly serine when he was asleep. He removed himself from the hanyou and began to stand up when a speedy hand grabbed him by the wrist. He looked into the now wide open eyes of the hanyou, but for some reason his eyes instinctively turned away from his brother�s intense gaze.

�Sesshoumaru, how are you feeling?� asked Inuyasha�s unusually soothing voice.

The taiyoukai didn�t answer.

Inuyasha sat up from the side of the bed he�d been leaning on, �Kagome should be here shortly. She stayed back at the village for a bit to help with the damage.�

The demon lord remained silent as he settled himself beside his brother. Inuyasha stood up and walked to a small bucket that sat beside the door, and picked it up. He sat it beside the youkai before seating himself on the bed. �The nearest pond around here is a ways, so I just brought you some water, instead.� he muttered as he handed the demon a tattered wash cloth. Sesshoumaru took it leisurely and dipped into the cool water, and proceeded to scrub the muck from his hands.

Inuyasha dipped a hand in the liquid and reached to wipe some specks from the youkai�s cheek. The Demon lord paused at his brother�s light caress. He felt lightheaded, sleepy even. He had wondered why the half-breed hadn�t killed him as he had said he would earlier, but he dismissed the thought as quickly as it had arose. He knew the hanyou was incapable of slaying him, though he wished with all his quivering heart he could enrage him enough to entice otherwise.

The hanyou�s warm hand stroked his cheek tenderly, and strangely, he felt comforted by it. He wasn�t accustomed to physical contact of this nature, but it did seem to effectively sooth him in the slightest degree. His eyes slid closed as he slowly lowered his head to rest upon his brother�s knee. He felt so tired.

Inuyasha felt his bottom lip begin to quiver as his brother laid his head against him. His eyes began to sting again as he remembered what the youkai had begged him for earlier. He could see the demon lord sinking farther and farther away from his grasp, even though physically he sat before him gently stroking his silvery hair. The youkai was no longer himself, in any aspect. His spirit was gone. His pride was gone. His persona was gone. He was not but a shell of the man he used to be, and Inuyasha wept for him. He wept because of his own sense of failure. He knew now. He realized how the youkai had felt when he had failed in protecting the little girl. And he feared the next step for Sesshoumaru would be the same as it was for Rin.

He put his arms around the lord�s shoulder and held his brother securely, �Brother�� he muttered meekly, �Please don�t leave me� I don�t know what else to do�� He whimpered into the demon�s ear. ��I love you.�

Sesshoumaru opened his eyes. The room was quiet other than the hanyou�s soft sobbing. Then the demon lord released himself from his brother�s embrace, and got to his feet. Inuyasha looked up to the youkai with a damp face and a shivering jaw. His bright eyes continued to leak as his brother looked down to him with blank eyes.

Sesshoumaru settled himself beside the hanyou and then, rather unexpectedly pulled his brother into a tight embrace. He had felt moved by the hanyou�s tears. He felt ashamed that he had been the cause of them, but they had somehow, pulled him back away from the weariness he had been overcome with moments ago.

�Don�t shed tears for this Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha.� he said coolly as he soothingly caressed the half-breed�s snowy hair.

His words, however, seemed to have the reverse effect as the hanyou grew louder and threw his arms around his brother�s back, clasping his haori desperately. �Don�t tell me not to cry for you! You�re my brother! If I can�t cry for you, then who can I cry for?� he wailed as he buried his face into the demon�s shoulder.

Sesshoumaru listened to the sound of Inuyasha�s sobbing, and he was startled that the sound was touching him. It was gripping him inside, not unlike the tremendous depression that had hung over him for the past few weeks had been doing. The only difference was, that this motivated him, were as the despair had obviously done the opposite.

His grip tightened on the hanyou and gently he lowered his face to nuzzle Inuyasha�s neck. He took in the scent of his brother�s salty skin and cooed his name softly, �Inuyasha�� His palm ran delicate circles around the half-breed�s shoulder blades as he felt his brother shift against him.

Inuyasha�s sniffling ceased as his brother�s warmth surrounded him. He pulled his legs up so they now lay across the youkai�s lap. He thought he could stay just like this forever. This was all he needed� wasn�t it? But then something shocked him out of his dream-like trance. He felt warmth. His brother�s lips planted themselves tenderly on the side of his neck. He couldn�t fight back the pitiful whimper that fought it�s way out from his own lips. �Sessh�ou��

A chill sent itself up the youkai�s spine as he heard his brother�s innocent mewl. He found himself wanting to hear more. He kissed again on the hanyou�s sun-tanned skin, and was not unpleased when it erected another moan from the boy. He tested the reaction again� and again� Each time he received the desired reaction from the half-breed, and then finally his name left the boy�s lips. He could almost feel a smile coming up, but still it wouldn�t emit fully.

Inuyasha pulled his face back from the demon�s shoulder, looking into his brother�s golden eyes with an almost questioning expression. His fingers unconsciously entwined themselves further into the soft material of the demon�s haori.

Sesshoumaru answered his brother�s uncertain eyes by leaning forward and closing the distance between their mouths. He felt the hanyou tense up, but he also knew that Inuyasha had leaned forward to meet his kiss. For a moment time went on forever around the two brothers while they were consumed by each other.

Slowly, Sesshoumaru pulled away and was surprised to see what he did. It was not the white-haired golden-eyed hanyou that sat before him, but rather, a human boy. His eyes were a chocolaty brown and his hair was as dark as night. He looked frightened. Nervously he reached up and touched his ear, then he grabbed a hunk of the raven locks and brought them before of his eyes. His eyes returned to the demon lord�s.

�Sesshoumaru�� He rapidly untangled himself from his brother�s grip and scampered halfway across the room before the youkai grabbed his wrist, with a surprisingly iron-like grip. �No- you weren�t supposed to see me like this�� he said covering his face with his free hand.

The demon lord was silent for a moment which only made the human boy�s nerves shudder more violently inside of him. �Inuyasha� Did you think I didn�t know?� His voice was calm, almost like it used to be back before �the incident.�

Inuyasha�s breathing evened out just slightly, �I� I never wanted you to� I�d forgotten� that tonight was��

The taiyoukai turned the boy�s face toward his own and gazed at his brother�s new appearance. He looked over Inuyasha as if he were deciding something, �You still look cute to me.� he said causing the human�s face to turn several shades of red.

Inuyasha took in a deep breath as he attempted to regain his cool, �Well... You at least seem to be doing a bit better even if you are hallucinating�� He muttered as he lowered his eyes from the demon�s eyes.

The youkai gave a noise of recognition as he released his brother�s wrist, �Well� in any case it�s growing late. Shall we sleep?� Sesshoumaru muttered as he turned back toward the bed. He appeared to be distancing himself again, which made Inuyasha suddenly kick himself.

He rapidly tried to think of something to bring the youkai back out again, �You kissed me!� he blurted out spontaneously, before fully realizing what he�s said. He suddenly felt even more stupid than he was already feeling.

The youkai, however did react to the human�s words, though not in the way Inuyasha would have liked, �And my kiss was returned. I suppose we are both hallucinating then, aren�t we?� He sat down on the bed, appearing to retreat back into his depression.

The dark-haired boy was quiet as he stared down at his human hand. �Since when do I let things like this mess me up? What does it change?� he said to himself, getting that stubborn glint back into his eyes. He returned to his brother�s side and sat beside him. He tried to keep his cool, though he was feeling some burning embarrassment bubbling inside. �Do it again.� He said as some hybrid between a statement and a question.

Sesshoumaru turned his face away from the human, seemingly as a rejection, however, Inuyasha had decided he was not taking �no� for an answer, and he pulled the youkai�s face back to his own. Though the taiyoukai felt a jolt of excitement form in himself from his brother�s lips, he felt a twinge of his old self erupt from the boy�s arrogance, and he let him know fully what he thought of that.

Inuyasha parted his lips from his brother�s as he felt a sharp discomfort presses firmly against his throat. His eyes grew wide as he realized Sesshoumaru had his venomous talons poised against his neck. He glanced down at the deadly claws, thinking that they had been getting along too well for this to happen. His first thought was that he was human, and that was why the demon had rejected him, but then he grew confused as he found the look in his brother�s eyes. Not a menacing gaze, but rather� something akin to cockiness. Inuyasha could have fallen off the bed if hadn�t been frozen solid from the talons at his neck.

Sesshoumaru tilteded his head to the side a bit, �Don�t act so dominant, human.� He withdrew his talons from his brother�s skin to trail them lightly down the boy�s neck and chest in a somewhat playful manner.

Inuyasha felt a fat grin widen on his lips as chill bumps rose in the wake of the youkai�s touches, �Well I was only waiting for you to take your place.� He said attempting a bit of flattery.

The youkai answered with a gruff �Hn.� as he grabbed the boy by the hair and pulled him into another kiss, only this one was undoubtedly controlled by the demon lord�s demanding lips. He opened his mouth and licked his brother�s hot mouth, liking the idea much better with himself in command.

Inuyasha�s mind could hardly keep up with what was happening to him. It all felt so unreal. He�d wanted this for an eternity, it seemed, and it was finally happening. When his brother�s slippery tongue darted out and licked along his bottom lip he almost instinctively open his mouth in response, allowing the demon deeper access. He felt the youkai prod deeper and couldn�t help the soft moan that escaped him as he shyly attempted to return contact with his own innocent tongue. He was startled, however when his tongue received a muted bite, and when he looked up at his brother�s visage, he was met with the demon lord�s lustful gaze, and the tiniest of smiles.

Sesshoumaru pushed his brother backwards to lay down upon the rather squeaky bed cushions, and came over him with experienced bearings. He lowered his head first, and let damp kisses trail down along the human�s jaw line and neck. Then he lowered the rest of himself so that he lay between Inuyasha�s shaky legs. The demon licked and suckled on his brother�s heated skin for a time, then he paused, taking a breath to speak. His voice was low and ominous, �Inuyasha, if you�re doing this because you feel sorry for me, so help me, I will rip out that pretty little throat of yours before this gets any further.�

Of course the boy�s chocolate eyes shot down to look at the taiyoukai with an obvious surprise in them. He saw in the demon�s eyes the lust he had kindled, but he also saw a malicious danger in those eyes. The youkai wanted there to be no underhanded intentions between them, and he looked quite convincing that he would back up his words if he must.

The dark-haired boy shook his head somewhat upset for his brother�s doubt, �No. I�m not doing it because of that��

Sesshoumaru remained quiet as he stared at the human, somewhat skeptical.

Inuyasha gave a nervous smile, �I�m not that compassionate, am I.�

The youkai cocked his head and quirked an eyebrow, �No� I suppose I�d be giving you too much credit on that note. Too much intelligence as well.�

Inuyasha made a face like he was biting back what he wanted to say, but having a particularly hard time. This caused the youkai to loose the tension he�d had until then and he sighed as he leaned in and took his brother�s mouth with his own, mumbling a quiet, �baka�� before sealing the kiss.

Inuyasha, somehow felt like his brother was going to be just fine, and he didn�t mind for once if the demon made fun of him. It was actually a little comforting. He wrapped his arms around the taiyoukai and smiled against the lord�s tender lips.

Sesshoumaru felt the human�s meek smile and let a tiny smile of his own escape on his brother�s mouth. For the first time an a long time he felt almost happy. Perhaps it was just for the moment. Perhaps it was only making him forget his troubles for a short time, and when it was over, they would return and things would be as they were before. But for the demon lord�he was happy. He was happy for even a moment of freedom from his prison of misery. And he would not let his brother�s gift go to waste. No. He would treasure it for as long as it lasted, perhaps even longer.

�Inuyasha... Let us forget, for a time, everything that haunts us. Let us be only two beings of flesh and blood. We aren�t brothers. We aren�t lords or peasants. We aren�t human, hanyou or youkai. Let us be only who we are stripped of everything... just for tonight.� The demon lord uttered into the dark-haired boy�s ear.

Inuyasha nuzzled his brother�s cheek answering the lord with a soft, �Yes.�
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