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Bright Nights and Soft Lights	By : Azure.Zink Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male > InuYasha/Sessh?maru > InuYasha/Sessh?maru Views: 7854 -:- Recommendations : 3 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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Sesshomaru’s youkai was in turmoil. It wanted to be with Inuyasha, not sitting in the solar room with his other self. The young Sesshomaru couldn’t help but glare at himself. “I’ll be quick about it, as you seem to be pinning after my mate.” The elder teased.
“Get on with it.” Sesshomaru growled.
“Do not rush me pup.” The elder Sesshomaru flared his youkai intensely. “There are many things I must show you, that you must remember, should you and Inuyasha go down this path.” The elder watched his younger selves’ reaction. Remembering his thoughts at the time. “If you wish to keep him from harm’s way you will take this lesson as we did our studies under father. They are that important.” Sesshomaru watched the younger straighten the slightest bit as he began going through his memories with him. He ended up including things that weren’t necessary, but he wanted to make sure he cherished Inuyasha even more this time around. As he’d told Inuyasha before, he wasn’t the best of mates at first. It took him a while and a lot of arguing and patience to learn that Inuyasha, despite his rough demeaner, responded best to a gentle hand. Arguments never got him anywhere, yelling at Inuyasha only damaged their relationship, and scolding him only made it worse. He wanted to be better than he had been, he wouldn’t correct all of his mistakes of course, it took those mistakes to truly outline how much he loved the younger and he didn’t want to change that. He just wanted to ease Inuyasha’s suffering.
The younger Sesshomaru watched and listened intently as the elder spoke. He could see the younger Inuyasha looking at him with an absolute and trusting smile. “Inuyasha…likes to solve things on his own…he isn’t used to asking for help and never has been. Don’t help him with anything unless he asks for it…but remind him that you are there if he needs you…that’s the best thing you can do for him.” The younger lord watched the reminiscing smile on his own face. It looked so out of place and foreign on his features, but it seemed that even the hardest times were now a fond memory to the man.
The younger Sesshomaru felt his blood begin to boil as the topic moved on into his interactions with the younger Inuyasha. The older man wasn’t saying much, stating that it was best if the younger Inuyasha were the one to tell him what happened while they were in the past, but the thing that made him strike out at the man was the quiet and very sly comment, “I forgot how sweet and naïve he was during this time period.” The elder dodged his attack with ease, “You dare?” He questioned coldly. The only person this Sesshomaru wouldn’t punish for attacking him was the young Inuyasha. Even the older hanyou wouldn’t escape his ire. “You are not too old to be thrown over my knee.” He stated coldly.
“I am the lord of these lands!”
“As am I pup!” The older growled, “And hundreds of years your elder at that.”
The tension in the room was thick with their shared energy, neither truly being affected as the power was both of theirs. “Agh, was I truly so petty and jealous?” The elder pinched the bridge of his nose with a sigh. “We are the same person. Inuyasha is as much yours as he is mine.” He wanted to tease the younger but didn’t want the solar room to be destroyed before his mate had a chance to use it. “I’m only bothered by our treatment of him up until this point and wished to treat him well.” The elder glared at the younger as he left, “Don’t make him regret the time spent with us.”
When the elder opened the door a large cloud of white encompassed him and all he could hear were gasps and the obnoxious laughing of his mate and children. This was an old trick he hadn’t been expecting, he was now covered head to toe in rice flour. He could see the younger Inuyasha trying hard to stifle his own laughter which made him sigh. The young hanyou didn’t laugh too often so he wouldn’t admonish his mate. Instead he approached him quickly pulling the protesting older hanyou into a tight hug and covering him in the flour as well. “What’s the matter mate? I only wished to show you my love.”
“Yeah yeah, let me go!” Sesshomaru’s arms were stronger than even a steel trap and his little prank backfired. “Shall we have a bath?” He tilted his mates head so he could reach his mating mark. “Flour can be difficult to remove from one’s hair.” He kissed his mating mark, causing the hanyou to jolt and growl. Sesshomaru pecked him on the lips.
“Ewww.” Arashi groaned, covering his eyes, “I’m just a child.”
“Ughh!” Inuyasha growled, trying to free himself before giving up with a huff. “Little me, we’ll meet up after lunch okay?”
The younger Inuyasha nodded and watched Sesshomaru walk off while he protested and cursed at him before stopping, “Do you want to come along little one?” Sesshomaru said with a suggestive smirk, looking back at the hanyou, “We could continue where we left off last.” In an instant, both Inuyasha’s turned bright red, remembering what they’d done together. The younger turned and quickly walked off, the younger Sesshomaru following him with his eyes, wondering what the elder Sesshomaru was talking about.
“I can’t believe you!” The older Inuyasha exclaimed.
“Says the pervert I call my mate.” Sesshomaru rebutted as they continued down the hall with their children pitter pattering behind them.
“Whas’a pa’vert?” Kiki asked curiously, tilting her head.
“A bad person.” Arashi explained quickly, as he followed his odd family.
“Now who has her saying weird crap!?” The elder Inuyasha exclaimed.
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Sitting in the village observing the humans moving around, Kagome felt wistful and deeply disturbed. What had she done? How ignorant could she have been? She’d gone home immediately, only for her mother to scold her when she explained why she was crying. Of course, her mother was angry with Inuyasha for trying to harm her, however she was so surprised about her daughter’s behavior up until that point. She’d always tried to raise her children to be kind and caring individuals, she never thought her daughter would cave to selfishness.
She was shocked to learn about Inuyasha’s relationship with his brother, but youkai were foreign concepts to her. She didn’t understand what it meant to be youkai so she couldn’t admonish him for that. Kagome’s mother tried to help her daughter see things from Inuyasha’s perspective, though she was egregiously upset.
Looking at the villagers go about their daily lives, for the first time she noticed that they looked differently. She’d always thought the villagers to be quite rude as time went on and they got to know her, but she was slowly understanding that those glares were how humans always looked at Inuyasha. Whether he helped them or not. She thought about all the people they’d helped and how Inuyasha and even Shippo were treated. Even they were treated better at the demon fortress. She wanted to apologize again but was sure the last person Inuyasha ever wanted to see was her. Miroku had come with them but he’d headed back, saying he needed to check on Inuyasha. He’d told them that the painting and many of the things in the room had belonged to Inuyasha’s mother. How foolish was she, to have ruined it? She’d seen what the un-mother had done to Inuyasha, how clearly hurt he’d been and how attached to his mother he was. How much he loved the woman.
It felt like a storm of her own misdeeds were coming back to haunt her and the guilt was eating away at her. “I’m so sorry Inuyasha…” She whispered to herself. Feeling a tear drop down her cheek. Kagome ended up standing and beginning to walk around the village to clear her head. When she saw the little girls waving to her in the flower field, she couldn’t help but think of Kiki. The little girl was cheerful, and she could tell her parents adored her. She’d seen the way the elder Inuyasha was with his children, so attentive. She’d really wanted that with Inuyasha, to be with him until….? Until what? She thought to herself. She would one day die of old age and she didn’t want to be like Kikyo, asking him to give up his youkai side with the power of the sacred jewel. If Inuyasha fell in love with her…he would be alone in the end…he might even outlive any children they might have had. So naïve…she grumbled to herself.
She hadn’t noticed it, but her feet had brought her to the sacred tree. Where she first laid eyes on Inuyasha. “Kagome.”
She screamed as she nearly jumped so high, she was in the tree. She turned sharply, “Kouga? What are you doing here?”
Kouga shrugged, “I came to see ya. Inuyasha really left you alone then huh?” He said taking in her scent, noting that she was truly unmated. “I mean Lord Sesshomaru is pretty attractive. I’m just surprised the mutt managed to pull that off. Considerin’ their relationship.”
“What are you talking about?” Kagome asked, wondering if he’d come across the future Inuyasha and Sesshomaru.
“Inuyasha was with his brother for matin’ season.” Kouga scratched the back of his head as he felt a blush creep up his neck, “I sorta ran into them…” Kagome nodded before taking a seat. “So, you ready to be mine?” He asked with a grin. Happy that he could sense Inuyasha nowhere near them. Not even in the village.
“What? No.” Kagome exclaimed. She didn’t belong in this world. If she was with anyone, she would make them suffer and hurt in the end.
Kouga was a bit put off by the strong answer he received. Usually, she just went along with his and Inuyasha’s bantering. Inuyasha running off must’ve really upset her, he thought to himself. “Are you okay Kagome?”
Kagome sighed and began to tell him what was currently happening. He was very surprised and shocked at the fact that beings from the future had come back to the past. So, shocked in fact that when she finished telling him what happened, he had no clue of what he should say. It sounded like fate, and their fate was to be together, nothing would be able to stop or change that. “The older ones said that a witch sent them to the past and one of their kids is going to die.” Kagome said sadly thinking about the sweet girl and the young man who’d tried to save her life.
“We cannot fight fate Kagome.” Kouga stately calmly. This was the common sense of youkai. Only humans were foolish enough to try and go against it, or stubborn hanyou.
“But this fate isn’t fair…there must be something I can do…something to make up for everything I’ve done…” Kagome sighed.
“You’ll upset the gods if you act against them Kagome. That’s how you end up getting your fate changed and cursed.” Kouga waved.
“Um…Kouga….I think I’m already pretty cursed….” Kagome smiled bitterly. She then looked down her legs, “We never told you…but I’m also from the future…I’m from 500 years in the future. I came here…I fell in love with Inuyasha, only to have to compete with the dead woman I was mistaken for. Then when she’d out of the picture, I have to deal with losing him to someone who tried to kill me, and now he doesn’t want anything to do with me and wishes I was dead. I don’t belong here…maybe that’s why I’m suffering now. Maybe this isn’t my fate…”
Kouga didn’t know what to say. He knew the girl was strange, but he guessed it sort of made sense. He was certain she was a harlot until he learned she was a priestess. A priestess from the future. “Could that be why they’re here from the future? Did they come the same way you did?”
“Ah no. The bright lights in the sky is where they came from, there is a portal in the well to my home. I’m not trapped here…I only want to help collect the sacred jewel and make it whole.” Kagome nodded to herself. That was her purpose for being here. To fix a mistake she’d made in this world. “I wish I could fix my relationship with Inuyasha too.” She sighed.
As the sun was setting, and she didn’t want Sango or Kaede to worry she stood. Kouga walked her to the village before taking off into the woods. She didn’t know where he was going as he hadn’t said. Probably to collect his companions who he was always leaving behind. Kagome had a fitful rest.
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Inuyasha’s youkai was angry with him. It wanted to see their mate, and yet here they stood, in the solar room once again with their other self. The older Inuyasha actually looked as serious as he did before, when they talked about how the children died. Gone was the playful prankster he’d been mere hours ago. He began to speak seriously with Inuyasha, stating that there were things he needed him to remember and if he ever forgot, to come back to the solar room to recover his memories.
They went through many things, there biggest topic being the witch and dealing with the things she’d done. Then he started talking about Sesshomaru. The things he was telling him felt random to Inuyasha, but he reminded him not to kidnap Arashi after he was born. Stating that it almost felt like the lord no longer cared about him when he did that.
The statement made Inuyasha uncomfortable as his mind wandered from what his older self was saying. “If…” He started, interrupting himself. Who could he talk to if not himself? “Sesshomaru….” He sighed before looking at the patient Inuyasha. How would he grow to be this person when even he was frustrated with himself. “If Sesshomaru really wanted to be my mate….why didn’t he mark me too?”
The older Inuyasha only stared at him as he thought about how best to answer the question. He hadn’t liked what was said to him at the time so he tried to think back on what he wanted to hear. “Because…you didn’t want him to…” He settled, feeling the memories rewriting. “You told him you needed more time.” The younger Inuyasha’s eyes were wide. Was that the only reason? “Yes, that is the only reason. When we were together, he marked me without hesitating.” The older shrugged.
He watched his younger self think. “…Will it really be okay?” He asked after a while.
The older could only smile, “I couldn’t imagine my life without him.” The older sat closer to Inuyasha with a small smile. “We’ve had our ups and downs…every couple does…but he really meant what he said that night. I’ve watched him put it to practice for several centuries now…it took us a while…but we finally understand each other…even though I always feel like I’m learning something new about him.”
The younger him nodded; his youkai was elated. “But what if…?”
The older cut him off, “He won’t throw us away. We’ve been together for centuries little me. If it was going to happen it would’ve happened.”
“But what about..!?”
“Nope, he even told me that I’m more likely to cheat and to expect everyone involved to die if that was the case. Said I act just like our father. He’s rude as fuck.”
“I wouldn’t ever..!” Inuyasha exclaimed.
“Yeah yeah, but just like these thoughts you’re having. These doubts. He’s having them too. We aren’t the only ones who are unsure of how this is gonna play out. I’m sure you’ve been feeling how much of an emotional wreck that man is.” The older laughed a bit. “Poor Sess, mating someone who he thinks might get bored with him and cheat. I should make it up to little Sess. Ease his mind some.”
“Why would he even think that…” Inuyasha frowned.
“Well…remember…technically, our mom was the other woman….Sess watched his family fall apart because of mom….technically.” Inuyasha shrugged.
“But he still kept everything…for me…” The younger sighed. “Why is he so fucking confusing!?”
The older began to laugh joyfully, “I ask the same thing everyday little me. You’ll get used to it.”
“But overall?” The younger asked with a small smile.
“I love that confusing bastard.” The older nodded, looking at his younger self. He started thinking about the first time the younger Sesshomaru told him he loved him. To this day the memory makes him blush, although it was so long ago. He wished he could stay and watch everything, but he could always use the solar room. He sighed when thinking about what was to come.
The younger became a bit tense at his sudden change. “Little me…I actually have a really important favor to ask you…”
The younger straightened a bit, wondering if it had something to do with Kagome again. He watched a tear fall from the elder’s eyes and when he spoke, he could hear himself. Gone was the confident demon lord. It was just him. “We don’t know how to save Kiki…and we don’t want her to die so…we thought it best that when we left to defeat the witch and return to the future…we leave Kiki in the castle.”
“You’re leaving her behind!?” The younger exclaimed.
I took a moment for the elder to gather himself. “Our daughter…my little puppy will die if she steps on that battle field….I know…if we leave her here…at least she’ll be alive. We’ll still be raising her…our memories should overwrite when we return home. Once everything is set in stone.”
“But then when I go to the past that means I’ll have to leave her here too! And it’ll be two of them in the future for a while, isn’t that bad?” Inuyasha shouted.
The elder’s face was wet with the tears that ran down his face, “I’d rather deal with that than watch my puppy die little me….she’s just a baby….We’ll deal with the consequences of messing with the future…but we just want her to live….”
Inuyasha didn’t know what to say to his sobbing older self. He didn’t have a bond with Kiki like the man did, and while his youkai wanted to protect and nurture the little girl, he knew carrying a child created a special bond. Hell, the man was currently pregnant as they spoke. A solid knock was heard at the door before it creaked open softly. The elder Sesshomaru came in and took his mate. “Inuyasha. It’ll be okay…” He’d first come to the door when he felt his mate’s mood plummet. It wasn’t good for the pup for him to remain so upset.
“How!? When I have to leave my puppy behind?” Inuyasha shouted at Sesshomaru. Who said nothing and remained calm.
“While we may miss her…she will still be close to us. We’ll have all the wonderful memories of raising her and it won’t seem as sad as it does now, because it hasn’t happened yet.” Inuyasha held onto his mate and continued to sob.
“Little me...you have to learn how to make desserts…She really loves apple dumplings. She’s also really scared of thunderstorms so make sure you keep her close and distracted. It helps if she sleeps with you and Sess an…” Inuyasha sobbed a bit harder into Sesshomaru’s chest. “…and she loves sleeping with Sesshomaru’s fur the most…she’ll nap easier if she has it…” The older Inuyasha really broke down then, with the fact that he would be really leaving his pup behind. His youkai wailed and raged inside of him. Refusing to allow such a thing, however with Tetsuaiga at his hip, it didn’t have much of a choice.
Sesshomaru held him gently and gave a small reassuring smile to the younger Inuyasha who was clearly becoming more and more upset. “Inuyasha do not worry, he will be fine. You may go.”
The younger Inuyasha nodded before leaving. Making sure to close the door tightly, so no one could hear him. Outside the door he took a deep breath, letting it out forcefully. He stood in the hall simply breathing before he found the strength to move his legs forward. To himself he could admit it, he could admit that he was scared. He didn’t know anything about being a parent. How could he take care of the little girl? He felt a thought coming back from before…should they even mate if this is the result. His older self said they were so happy, but this eventual tragedy might break them. He didn’t want to have happiness at the cost of his child’s life, because that’s what this felt like. Like he was being selfish and signing the little girl to death. What would happened if they didn’t mate?
Where was that future? Even as he said it he was sure they would…that’s why their older selves hadn’t disappeared all the times he’d thought about it. He wished there was a way to keep the girl alive and send her home with her true family, to where she truly belonged. He thought about the well. They often talked years, but it seemed like they were from many years beyond where Kagome lived. If that was the case, would he be able to send the little girl back after a few hundred years? Would she even want to go back? Could she adapt to the different times or would she suffer?
He didn’t know and he didn’t like this uncertainty. Surely there was someone powerful enough to send the little girl back to the future if that was the case. He would accept her, but he would send her back.
As he was walking down the hall thinking, he started paying attention to Sesshomaru’s emotions. His older self was right, the man was quite emotional, contrary to his outward façade. The lord felt…unsure…with a bit of anxiety thrown in. Inuyasha paid attention to the fluctuating emotions until he realized where his feet had taken him, feeling Sesshomaru’s anxiety spike.
Inuyasha was standing outside of some doors. He didn’t know what this room was, having never been here before. He tried to think of an excuse to tell Sesshomaru about why he ended up coming here, certain that Sesshomaru was expecting a response. They hadn’t spoken since the morning after and he didn’t know what to say to the youkai. It was clear what their inner beasts wanted, it was clear what Sesshomaru wanted, he was the only one still questioning everything.
He knocked, and Sesshomaru’s calm response echoed through his chest. Opening the door, Sesshomaru was sitting calmly at a desk as he finished signing something. “How was your conversation with the elder Inuyasha.”
“Stressful.” Inuyasha remained closer to the door out of habit. “Did…did the other you say anything about Kiki?” Sesshomaru said no and asked what the older Inuyasha had said about Kiki. Inuyasha was then explaining the older two’s plan to save their daughter’s life, before giving his own ideas about returning her to the future.
“My mother…might know of a way.” Sesshomaru nodded. Thinking about it as well. He didn’t mind caring for the young girl. She was his daughter after all, though he was unsure as to how his mother would react to him mating Inuyasha. He was sure she despised him.
“That’s good then.” Inuyasha nodded in the awkwardness of the room.
“Inuyasha.”
“Yeah!?” He answered nervously. He still didn’t know how to react to Sesshomaru calling him by his name.
“I do not need an answer right now.” Sesshomaru stated. Though his emotions were screaming at Inuyasha that his heart probably couldn’t take a no or the tension.
“Sort of…hard to believe…with the emotions.” Inuyasha scratched the back of his head, although his eyes widened when he saw the obvious look of embarrassment on the youkai’s face, along with the dusting of red. It was off putting. He was then hit with a very large bout of embarrassment to the point where even he wanted to find somewhere to hide for a while. “Kami I don’t think I’ll ever get use to this.”
None of the embarrassment found its way into the lord’s steady voice, “I’d forgotten about that particular quirk.” He was back to looking very stoic and calm, though his emotions were running rampant as he tried to stifle them.
“Look… I know that our older selves make it seem like this is what we’re supposed to do but…don’t you feel like you’re being selfish too?” Inuyasha felt Sesshomaru’s confusion at the statement. “If we mate…” Inuyasha had to take a breath after such a statement, “We might be happy for a while…but then this happens….one of our kids dies…I don’t want to experience that…”
Sesshomaru was silent, he didn’t agree with Inuyasha. If they didn’t mate, the children would never exist in the first place. “Do you not have faith that we can send her back to the future?”
“Well…wouldn’t they know?” He asked.
“How would they know something that hasn’t been tried? They stated that she’d never been left in the past before, correct? This is new.” Sesshomaru explained as he stood and approached Inuyasha. “We will find a way.” He said with certainty he did not do things halfway.
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