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A Heat to Overcome	By : Sparrowhawk Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male > InuYasha/Sessh?maru > InuYasha/Sessh?maru Views: 31291 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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All right, I decided to go ahead and post the next chapter. I'm actually a few chapters ahead of this in my typing, but I couldn't wait to post this next one for the awesome reviewers who are waiting to see what happens. This is dedicated to you guys (: Just don't expect that I'll update this fast all the time, because that would seriously kill me. I don't have enough time between work and feeling sick and other stories I'm working on, plus I still have to work out all the kinks in the plot. Anyway, nuff with the boring author's comments and on to chapter two!! Yatta!

Just a couple warnings for those who might like to know. This chapter contains: some serious language (you can thank Inuyasha for that), groping (Sesshomaru), perverted thoughts, a blushing stripping hanyou, and a weirdly "kind" and hawtly naked daiyoukai. If ya'll are okay with that, then proceed and enjoy!

Chapter Two

Are You My Brother?

Inuyasha woke feeling like he'd been smashed into a mountain and then shoved through its heart and out the other side. He felt dirty, too, kind of a sticky, gritty feeling. The only good thing was the cool breeze blowing across his skin and the warm something cuddled up against his chest and stomach.

He inhaled the morning air, hugging that comfortable heat closer. The aroma coming from it was amazing. So sweet. Sensual, too, with just a hint of spice. It was a smell that appealed to him greatly. Even Kagome didn't smell as tempting as this.

"Kagome, please, don't go over there yet."

That was Sango's voice. She sounded concerned about something.

"I have to make sure he's all right. Inuyasha's never been able to come out of a fight with Sesshomaru without serious wounds."

Fighting? Groaning, the hanyou clutched a hand to his head. With Sesshomaru? He remembered ... going out to the forest with Shippo and Kirara, catching his brother's scent, finding Miroku, stopping Kagome when she tried to kill Sesshomaru, and then ... and then ...

Wait! That scent! He recognized it now--that sweet, sensual, and slightly spicy aroma belonged to Sesshomaru!

That's right! He challenged Sesshomaru for the position of alpha. Which meant ...

Oh Kami-sama! I fucked Sesshomaru. I had sex with my own brother.

He knew it was a possibility considering how attractive the daiyoukai was--even he could acknowledge that much about the icy bastard, and he knew his youki fancied those who were stronger than him--even so, he never imagined it would actually happen. They were siblings for fuck's sake! When he had told Kagome he would attempt to dominate his brother, he only said so to alleviate some of her worry. If he hadn't she wouldn't have left. To think he would manage to defeat his lifelong rival. He had expected Sesshomaru to kick his ass, reestablish his status as alpha, try to kill him, and then that would be that. Obviously luck was working against him this time.

Praying against all odds that the comfy, warm thing was not his brother--though he had no clue what it could be otherwise--he cracked one eye open. Damn it. So much for wishful thinking.

What was he going to do? The humans may not be able to tell, but Shippo and Kirara would surely smell that they'd had sex. He wasn't worried so much about the neko; it was Shippo that might be a problem. The kid didn't know when to keep his fricken mouth closed. Although, Shippo was quite young ... if he was lucky the kitsune youkai wouldn't be able to identify the scent.

"What is wrong with you? Stop trying to get in my way, Sango. Inuyasha could be terribly hurt. Aren't you worried about him?"

Uh oh. Was it just him, or were those voices getting closer? Anyway, he didn't feel much like trusting this kind of situation to luck, especially not with Kagome coming. The wench pretty much already thought of him as hers--which, if not exactly true, it wasn't exactly false either. At least, he didn't dislike the idea. Besides, if she somehow found out about this he knew he'd be "sat" from one end of Nihon to the other by her and that hell-of-an-inconvenient necklace. They needed to get their asses out of there.

Dressing quickly in his self cleaning, self repairing fire rat robe, he scooped Sesshomaru up into his arms, surprised by how little he weighed, and leapt away at top speed toward the forest. He would come back and explain what happened later ... leaving out the part about him and his brother having sex, of course. Red flooded into his cheeks. I have to stop thinking about that!

Several miles into the trees his foot nearly slipped out from under him when Sesshomaru's arm came up around his neck. Determining he was far enough from the village to be safe, he stopped at the top of one of the trees and thrust the daiyoukai away from him, pinning him against the trunk. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"But ... I don't understand," Sesshomaru responded, his expression matching the confusion apparent in his tone. He reached for the hanyou, but let his hand fall short when Inuyasha drew away. "You accepted my subservience. You're my alpha."

"I-I did, but ... what in the heck is wrong with you? You hate me!"

"Why would I hate you? We fought and you defeated me. I offered myself to you, asked your protection, gave my devotion, and you accepted. Why are you pushing me away?"

"That was ... That wasn't me, it was my youki! I only meant to stop you so you wouldn't attack the villagers. I never thought ... I mean, I didn't mean to do something like that. It's wrong."

"Wrong?"

Inuyasha's jaw dropped as the demon lord's lower lip began to tremble and moisture gathered in his eyes. What the fuck? Sesshomaru, the man whose name meant "killing perfection" was crying? He had always thought the daiyoukai a cold, heartless shell. This was seriously starting to freak him out. "Crap. Sessh, what I meant was ... well, between you and me it's not right." Holy crap, did I just call him Sessh? I knew it. I'm going insane. I'm actually comforting the bastard who abandoned me when I needed him and tried to kill me more times than I can count. He scratched his head and averted his gaze, uncomfortable with the crystalline tears sliding down his older brother's cheeks. "I mean, it's not that I didn't like it or anything. It felt really good and all, but we can't do that kind of thing. Besides, I have Kagome."

"Kagome?" Sesshomaru growled softly, anger abruptly replacing sorrow. "Who is that? Is she your bitch?"

Shocked by the change in his sibling, Inuyasha took a hasty step back. "What do you mean 'who is that'? You know damn well who she is. She's the miko. You've met her before."

"Miko? A human? You would choose a weak ningen bitch over me? What is it you're unsatisfied with? From your behavior last night I had assumed you were new to mating, but perhaps I was mistaken. How does she do it that you would prefer to have her instead? Tell me. I will prove myself better."

"No, that's not what I ..."

"Why do you reject me?"

The daiyoukai advanced on him, ignored his attempt to back away as he grabbed his wrist. He swallowed when his brother's face came within inches of his, the sweetness of his breath teasing his tongue. To have those lips on his, their tongues entwined ...

Alarmed by where his thoughts had strayed, he blushed furiously, and blushed even more when Sesshomaru leaned in and licked the side of his mouth.

"Can that human give you what you need?" he whispered huskily.

"Sessh ..." Inuyasha breathed.

"How can she be worthy when she cannot even hunt with you? She cannot understand youkai ways. She does not comprehend the call of instinct, neither is it something you can teach. Will she give herself wholly to you? Can she look at you, devote herself to you and to no other?"

Kouga. His rival for Kagome's affections sprang into his mind unbidden. Why didn't she fucking reject him? Why did she let him hang around her when she all but said he was the one she wanted? It was so frustrating and humiliating! He couldn't even fight for her sake without being "sat" into the ground. And if being "sat" wasn't bad enough, she did it in front of Kouga, putting him into the lowest position a canine could be in while she never so much as reprimanded the ookami for mocking and laughing at him, treating him like some common mutt or pet. It angered him, but also made him sick at heart to think she believed he deserved such treatment.

It hurt. Why couldn't she see how much it hurt him?

"Don't cry, my alpha," Sesshomaru urged, lapping up the salty water from beneath the hanyou's eyes. Distressed by what he caused, he attempted to soothe the dominant male, kissing his eyelids, cheeks, the edge of his mouth, moving methodically lower.

Inuyasha flinched when those deadly claws touched his neck. He had come too close to dying from those very fingers to not have that reaction, but all they did was tilt his head up. Petal soft lips caressed the underside of his jaw. What was happening here? He didn't understand. Sesshomaru, the very same youkai who had shoved his hand through his gut, was showing him affection. It was a different kind than what he'd always dreamed of and wished for, but it was affection all the same.

"Sessh ... Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha gasped, pushing back against the demon lord when he slid his hand inside his hakama and fondled his partial erection through the cloth of his fundoshi. "Stop! We can't do this."

"There's no reason we can't."

"Nnnnh ... yes ... there is ... a reas-aaah ... reason!"

"You're hard. Can you feel it? When you react this way I can't believe you really mean it when you tell me to stop."

Inuyasha clutched at his brother's shoulders, no longer trying to push him away, instead using him as support when his legs threatened to give out. "Well ... haah ... I do!"

"Kotowaru."

Oh, this was bad! It was happening again, this time while he wasn't under the influence of his instincts. He had to distract his brother somehow, otherwise he'd never be able to stop him. "Sessh ... why ... hnnn ... why were you in the village?" he managed to get out between pants.

The daiyoukai paused, drew back to consider the younger inu. "Why? I can't recall. Something compelled me to go there. When I got there, though, a human attacked me. I killed him, but others came. They surrounded me, stabbed at me from all sides with their spears, slashed at me with their scythes." A shiver ran through him at the memory. He clutched the warmth of his alpha's body closer to him, breathed in his calming scent. "I was so afraid, terrified they would kill me."

"Sessh ... you're not acting like yourself. What's wrong with you?"

"I was so relieved when you came and stopped them. Then you challenged me and I thought I would have to kill you, you fought so fiercely. It hurt, that knowledge. We did battle, but I was still happy you were there. When you defeated me I knew you would protect me. You were so beautiful, I couldn't believe you would want someone like me, but I still offered myself to you. What else could I do with so much perfection standing before me?"

Inuyasha jumped when the hand on his cock started to move again. Perfection? What happened to the "worthless half-breed" he was always going on about? Sesshomaru had to be sick or something to be saying and doing such strange things.

"The impossible happened. You accepted my devotion, accepted my wish to follow you, and mated with me. I felt I would die of happiness. Can you understand these feelings, my alpha?"

Inuyasha blinked, realizing for the first time Sesshomaru had not once called him by his name. Could it be ...? Somehow he managed to pull his brother's hand away from his crotch. "Sessh ... do you know who I am?"

"Of course. You're my alpha."

"No, what I'm trying to ask is do you know my name?"

"I ... don't." Backing away, the daiyoukai folded his legs under him and leaned back against the tree's trunk. "Your smell is familiar, though. I know you, even if I don't know exactly who you are besides the fact that you're related to me." He cocked his head, the cascade of white hair falling across one side of his face. His hand surreptitiously rubbed up and down his thigh where goose bumps pebbled his skin. "Does it matter whether I know your name or not?"

Suddenly remembering his brother was nude, Inuyasha flushed and looked away. He couldn't seem to keep his eyes where they should be, though, and they darted back to the demon lord several times before flicking away again. Damn, did he have a nice body. It was enough to make the straightest of men think they were gay. Even the organ between his legs--he went even redder at the size of it--exuded a natural beauty that could not be ignored.

"Are you my brother? It seems the most probable considering the color of your hair and eyes. If it bothers you so much, would you tell me your name?"

"I-Inuyasha."

This was getting way too weird. He seriously needed to get back to his group and talk some of this out. But what could he tell them when the stupid daiyoukai was determined to act like a mate toward him? 'Well, you see, the reason Sesshomaru keeps clinging to me is because he lost his memory, went temporarily insane, and now he's decided to follow me. Oh, and by the way, I also fucked him into the ground after defeating him, though that was my youki's fault, so now he wants to act like my mate. That's okay, right?' Yeah, that would go over real well.

First of all, he needed to find him some clothes. Turning his back on Sesshomaru, he stripped off his hitoe followed by the white kosode. He thought it should be long enough.

Sesshomaru watched with avid interest as his alpha took off the clothes covering his torso; he didn't really get a good look last night. Though young, he had none of the baby fat most youkai his age would still have. His skin, unlike Sesshomaru's, was a beautiful tan color.

Curious golden eyes met his gaze. The daiyoukai smiled when what he could see of his sibling's cheeks flushed scarlet. He had thought he was right about the hanyou being inexperienced, and now he saw it was true. Even if that miko bitch traveled with him, he would bet his one arm Inuyasha never touched her. Still, the red color on his alpha was exceedingly charming.

"Here," Inuyasha said, thrusting the white garment into his brother's hand. "Wear this. You'll be warmer."

"I'm already quite warm ..."

"Just wear it, would you?" Inuyasha growled, embarrassment making his voice harsher than he intended.

Sesshomaru smirked and slipped the kosode on, settling it across his shoulders and tying it shut. It was a bit tight and much too small, but if it was what his alpha wanted he would wear it. The younger inu was certainly an amusing creature.

Inuyasha stared. Well, it was long enough, covering Sesshomaru's manhood as well as his ass, but just barely. He really needed to find the guy a hakama. Not only was the kosode almost too short, it was also almost too tight and riddled with holes from their fight. It emphasized his broad shoulders, his chest, his slender waist and attractive hips. The hanyou wetted his lips, his thoughts once again straying into forbidden territory.

"Does my figure please you, Inuyasha?"

"What?" Startled, he shook his head. "No! I mean yes ... that is--"

"You are not accustomed to being alpha, are you?" Sesshomaru inquired, fluidly getting to his feet.

"I am, but ... not with you." The half demon cleared his throat. "Uh ... Sessh, there's something we need to talk about. My group, um, don't know about this," he gestured awkwardly between them, "and I'd rather they don't find out. They wouldn't understand. Especially Kagome." The daiyoukai's eyes narrowed at the mention of the girl's name, and Inuyasha hastily backpedaled. Who knew the demon lord was such a jealous ass? "I mean, she's not from our era. She doesn't know much about youkai and even in her time gay relationships aren't accepted very well. If she found out we ... did that, she'd fucking sit me until I couldn't stand back up. So, please, just ... act normally."

"Sit you?"

"That's ..." he felt his cheeks heat, "that's none of your business."

Damn it! Why did Sesshomaru have to ask about that? It was the worst kind of humiliation to be controlled by a ningen girl who was little more than a child. Even now, after they'd traveled together for so long, he hated it. The beaded necklace was too much like a collar. All she had to do was say a word, one fucking word, and he would be face down in the dirt. He couldn't defend himself against it, had not way to fight it. Ugh, this was depressing.

"You wish for me to act like nothing more than your older brother?"

"Yeah."

"Why? Why should I be bothered to act like something I'm not for the sake of humans. Why should you pretend for them? You're their alpha. If they should argue all you have to do is put them in their place, and if they can't accept it, withdraw your protection. They should be catering to you, not the other way around."

"I can't." It sounded like a damn good idea, though. If only Kagome couldn't use that fucking spell. If only they wouldn't see him as some kind of disgusting pervert. "They'll ... leave. They'll leave me alone. I don't want to be alone again," he confessed, uneasily eyeing his brother for his reaction.

"You wouldn't be alone. Even if things didn't turn out this way, even if you didn't become my alpha, I wouldn't leave you alone."

"You're only saying that now, after you've lost your memory. You can't say that when you don't remember anything!" Inuyasha clutched his chest, pain piercing his heart, attempting to crush it. "You don't remember how much we fought, how many times you tried to kill me, how you abandoned me when I couldn't even fend for myself!" A gentle hand tried to touch his face. He batted it away. "You don't know a damn thing about me! How can you promise something like that when you don't even remember who you are?"

Angry tears flooded his eyes; a hand grabbed his wrist, pulled him against a firm chest. With all his might he struggled to escape that comforting hold. He didn't want this! He didn't want Sesshomaru wriggling his way inside him, finding the cracks in the imperfect armor around his heart.

"Sawannai-de! I hate you! I hate-nnnn!"

Lips crashed down hard on his mouth, ruthlessly cut him off. Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! He struck out at his older brother. Sesshomaru grunted at the sudden impact of his ototo's fist on his shoulder, but didn't let go or stop kissing him. Kuso! He struck a second time, and a third, and a fourth. Chiku shou! Why wouldn't he move? Why did he have to do this? Why couldn't he just stay away like always? Why did he have to act so caring now when he wasn't himself? When Sesshomaru returned to normal, as he was sure he would, it was him, Inuyasha, who would be hurt.

"Believe in me," Sesshomaru implored against Inuyasha's resisting lips, his hand on the back of the hanyou's neck to keep him from escaping. "Maybe ... hn ... maybe I'm not the same as I was but ... I'm here now. I'm with you now. I beg you ... nnnh ... believe in the person I've become."

Inuyasha squeezed his eyes shut, felt the tears slide coolly down his cheeks, the warm tongue probing along the seam of his lips. He didn't know what to do. His heart felt like it would burst from all the emotions flooding through him. With a tormented cry, he granted his brother entrance. That cursed tongue from which words of silk and steel seemed to flow so easily stroked, caressed, and explored his entire mouth, found which areas made his knees go weak with pleasure. He couldn't think, didn't want to think. Still crying, he melted into Sesshomaru's encircling arm.

When Inuyasha finally quit fighting, Sesshomaru released him, pressing his cheek to the younger inu's temple. "I will act like a brother and nothing more, but not for them. Never would I debase myself for strangers. I would only suffer to hide my true self for you, ototo. Only for you."

Exhausted by the struggle and emotional upheaval, Inuyasha simply nodded.

"Now that that's settled, why don't we clean up a bit and then go find your group. I can smell a faint trace of water, so there should be a hot spring or river nearby."

With another small nod, Inuyasha pushed the daiyoukai away and leapt down from the tree, taking off at a sprint in the direction of the water scent. Sighing, Sesshomaru followed. The path he had chosen with his new alpha was not going to be easy. Even so, he promised himself, he would not regret it. No matter what happened, he would always be beside his brother. He would cherish him, protect him, love him, and never let him feel loneliness again.

*** ***

"Where in the world could he have gone?" Kagome ranted, pacing back and forth at the edge of the campsite they'd put together just outside the thoroughly destroyed village. "Aah, mou! That baka! If he doesn't get back here within the next hour I'm going home!"

"Who the hell do you think you're calling a baka, wench?" Inuyasha huffed, folding his arms into his sleeves.

With a gasp, she looked over at him, liquid brown eyes wide. "Inuyasha, you're all right!"

Miroku and Sango stood up, neither saying anything, their expressions identically cautious. Shippo hid behidn Kirara.

"Damn right I am. I'm not weak like you humans."

"Are you hurt?" Oblivious to the reactions of her friends, she strode toward him with an arm outstretched, the retribution in her eyes belying the relief that he was all right in her body language. "How could you worry me like that? Come over here so I can check your injuries."

A threatening snarl stopped her in her tracks. Fear scent soured the air around her when she looked over Inuyasha's head and belatedly noticed his older brother.

"Sesshomaru! Inuyasha, look out, he's right behind you!"

"Sessh, that isn't exactly being 'nice' like you said you were going to be," Inuyasha sighed, exasperatedly turning on his brother. "Stop being such an ass." He grinned sheepishly at a comically stunned Kagome. "Uh, sorry about that, he didn't really mean it. Did you, Sesshomaru?"

The daiyoukai's lip curled. If he knew it was going to be like this he would have never made that promise. Who did that ningen think she was, ordering his alpha around? He ought to teach her some manners. He would, except he had promised Inuyasha he would be "nice" to his group, including the ningen miko, and he intended to keep that promise unless his alpha rescinded his wishes.

Crap, he looks ready to beat her into a pulp, Inuyasha thought nervously. Note to self, keep them as far apart as possible. "Sessh?" he prompted.

"Indeed. I apologize for my rudeness."

"I-Inuyasha? What's going on? I thought you were going to fight him, not bring him back with you."

"Indeed," Sesshomaru repeated, ignoring the agitated look Inuyasha gave him. "That's why I'm here. Because he defeated me in battle and became my alpha, I will follow him."

"Follow ... him? You've gotta be kidding me! What kind of sick joke are you trying to pull? Is this another of your twisted plots to steal the Tessaiga? Why don't you just give it up? Your father gave it to Inuyasha, get that through your thick skull! And another thing--"

"Kagome, would you shut up for a moment so I can explain?" Inuyasha interrupted, shouting to be heard above her ranting. "Sesshomaru lost his memory. He doesn't remember who I am or a thing about his past. He's not the same as he was before. We're kinda ... starting over."

She stopped for all of three seconds before she threw herself at him again. Sesshomaru snarled another warning, but this time she didn't stop. "That's great, Inuyasha!"

Great? Thoroughly befuddled, the daiyoukai watched as the ningen miko swamped his alpha. What a peculiar girl. She looked and smelled genuinely happy. At a loss for how to react to her, Sesshomaru stood by, smiling when Inuyasha attempted to remove her from his person without being too rough. His ototo truly didn't act like an alpha.

"Get offa me, wench," Inuyasha huffed, pushing her away as gently as possible. "Why are you always so fucking touchy anyway? Not like I'm happy about it."

Noting the charming pink in the hanyou's cheeks, Sesshomaru smirked. Not happy, huh? Seemed his alpha had a naughty habit of hiding his real emotions. Well, that was going to have to change, wasn't it? Putting on a sad face, the daiyoukai grabbed his brother from behind. "You're not happy I'm here, niisan?"

"No. I mean, yes. I mean ... Sessh, get off me!"

"Did you really lose your memory?" Miroku asked the Western Lord, acknowledging Inuyasha's gratitude for the distraction with a slight nod. The hanyou was never all that good at dealing with women, especially Kagome and her sudden mood swings, but it looked as if he was even less so with his older brother. It was understandable. The inu youkai had never acted like a proper older brother, and now Inuyasha didn't know how to react to him.

"You are?"

The monk swept an elegant bow. He always felt it was best to over flatter rather than under flatter just in case there was sucking up to do in the future. "My name is Miroku, a humble, traveling monk at your service, my Lord."

"Traveling, yes," Sango chuckled, knocking him lightly on the head with Hiraikotsu. "Humble? Not so much. My name's Sango. I've wanted to thank you for taking care of my brother, Kohaku."

"I ... do not know that name," Sesshomaru stated uncertainly.

"Wait!" Kagome nearly yelled, causing Inuyasha's ears to slick back into his hair with a wince. "if you don't remember anything ... does that mean you don't know where Rin is either? She could be out in the middle of nowhere with no one to protect her?"

"Don't be stupid," Inuyasha retorted, finally managing to pull himself out from between them. "Even if he's lost his memory now, Sesshomaru isn't the type to leave loose ends. He'll have her and that little green imp somewhere safe."

"Who is this 'Rin' you speak of?" the daiyoukai inquired with a curious tilt of his head. "And I travel with a 'little green imp'?"

"Jaken," Inuyasha replied as he brushed away imaginary wrinkles in his hitoe and hakama. "He's a puke green kappa youkai who worships your ass as if you're some kind of god. From what he's said he's been with you a long time. Rin's a sickeningly cheerful ningen child, looks to be about eight or nine. She isn't as bad as the imp in the worshipping department, but she does seem to admire you a whole lot. Not too sure how she came to travel with you since you hate humans, but there it is."

"I hate humans?"

"I don't know about hate, per say," Kagome replied before Inuyasha had a chance. "I think it's more likely you saw them as too weak to be of much use and so considered them ... us, a waste of space. Maybe Rin helped you see differently."

"Not likely," Inuyasha muttered. "She looked like a favorite pet to me."

Glaring at the hanyou, Kagome gave a disdainful sniff. "Whether it started out that way or not, Sesshomaru really does care about her. I think she, at least, looks up to him as a father figure."

"I like Rin," Shippo confessed, blushing when all eyes turned on him. "Well, I do. She's nice."

"What is your name, little one?" Sesshomaru questioned. The kitsune promptly ducked behind the demon neko, childish green eyes staring out at him in worry. Was he truly so frightening to them? To make himself appear less threatening, he squatted down on his heels. "You're a fine fox youkai. How old are you? I bet you've learned a lot of tricks. Would you care to show me what you know?"

Kagome grinned as Shippo's chest puffed out with pride and he strutted out from behind Kirara. Sesshomaru sure did know what to say to make the fox kit forget how afraid he was. She never imagined the daiyoukai would be so good with children. It was thoroughly enchanting to watch.

While the two were occupied with showing and watching tricks, she sidled over to Inuyasha. "He seems a lot nicer."

"He is. It's fuckin' weird."

"But ... this is good, isn't it?"

Inuyasha frowned at his older brother as Shippo enthusiastically showed him how he could make his toy top appear bigger. "I guess it is. For as long as it lasts, anyway."

"What do you mean?"

"You don't think he's going to stay this way forever, do you? He's going to get his memory back sometime, and then ... well, things will be back to the way they were between us." To hide how much the thought made him ache inside, he forced a grin. She didn't look convinced. "Have you guys eaten yet? I'm starving. Maybe I'll take Shippo hunting. He asked me to teach him, you know. The squirt's finally growing up."

"Yeah ... that's great." This must be really hard on him, she thought sadly. He tries to put up a tough exterior, but look at him ... even his ears are drooping. She was about to go over to him when Sesshomaru stood up. Wondering what he would do, she instead walked over to Sango and Miroku who had also stopped talking to observe the two brothers.

"Inuyasha?"

Sighing, the inu hanyou looked over his shoulder at his brother. "What do you want?"

"You're sad. Why? Did I do something wrong?"

"Stupid. What makes you think anything you do would affect me? I'm just ... tired. Leave me alone."

"I'm not leaving you, brother," Sesshomaru promised, caressing one of the half demon's soft puppy ears. The appendage flicked back and forth a moment, and then drooped again. "Even if I can never touch you again, I will stay with you. You won't say it, but I know; I can see how much it hurts you to think that I might regain my memories and change back into the person you once knew. Regardless, for as long as I am without them, I swear to you I will be a proper brother. I will make you happy. I will protect you and love you as no other could."

"You will love me?"

"I will love you."

"Why weren't you there for me, Sessh? Why did you abandon me? Why couldn't you love me before?"

Biting his lower lip, the elder inu lowered his gaze. "I cannot give you the answers you seek, little brother. But ..." he grabbed Inuyasha's chin when he tried to walk away, leaning in as close as he dared, as close as he could while still acting like a brother, " ... but I can tell you that right here, right now, I am happy to be with my alpha. If it means being with you, always having you by my side, I would be content to never have my memories returned to me."

"Do you mean that?" Kagome asked, having heard most of the conversation before approaching them. "I won't forgive you if you go back on your word, Sesshomaru. He's suffered enough because of you."

"I agree," Sango said before the daiyoukai could even open his mouth to respond. "Inuyasha saved me from Naraku. He gave me back my purpose. If you hurt him again I will hunt you to the ends of the earth, make no mistake. I will take you down."

Miroku sighed. It would seem the girls were feeling dramatic today. "I'm afraid I'll have to agree with them, my Lord. I am not but a humble monk, however, if you hurt my friend ... well, let's just say not even the deepest pit of hell will compare to what I'll do to you."

"Guys ... seriously," Inuyasha muttered, mortified by their sudden declarations of loyalty.

"That goes for me, too!" Shippo exclaimed, hopping onto Inuyasha's shoulder to stare the daiyoukai in the eye.

Sesshomaru solemnly released Inuyasha, took a couple steps back, and bowed. "You have my word; I will not in any way harm my little brother or give him cause to feel saddened or lonely." Straightening, he swept the hanyou into a tight hug, grateful when the little kitsune moved so he could speak privately. "It would seem your pack is worth far more to you than I originally believed," he whispered, only just loud enough his brother could hear. "They are good and loyal friends, ready to chase me beyond the ends of the earth to avenge any hurt I might cause you. I can see now why you cherish them so. You are good to them, and they, in turn, trust you. I understand you will not violate that trust for anyone. However, that does not mean I will give up my rights to you as an alpha who was defeated and made your submissive. If I must, I will battle you to regain my dominance over you."

"B-But you said--"

"I said 'if,' little brother. There is no reason I can't touch you, now is there?"

Inuyasha stiffened at that, dreading where the daiyoukai's words were leading. He sensed more than heard his group move off to give them some privacy, Kagome and Sango whispering to each other about how "kawaii" he and Sesshomaru were together. At the same time as he was grateful for their consideration, though, he didn't want them to go. He wasn't at all comfortable being alone with his suddenly all too close aniki.

"Tonight, Inuyasha, come to me. I will pretend when your pack is around, as promised, but when we're alone I will have you as my alpha." He touched the hanyou's lips with two fingers when he began to protest. "If you find that unacceptable, we will fight, I will win this time, and I will have you anyway."

Inuyasha jumped when a hand groped his ass. With a gasp, he spun around to see if any of his group saw. Too his great relief, they were all occupied with other things. Sesshomaru chuckled in his ear, the husky sound sending pleasant, heated shivers down his spine and into his groin.

"I never said I wouldn't attempt to make you mine, in body as well as in heart, ototo. Though your ningen miko is amiable, I will not give you up to her. Your youki calls to me, as you know it must. I am the only one powerful enough to become your mate, and you are the only one my youki finds worthy to fill that role, as well as the only one I want."

"You ... bastard!" Inuyasha hissed as the older inu put his hand on his chest and backed him further into the concealing trees. "You were planning this all along!"

"Of course I was. Did you think you could order me and that would be the end of it? I have allowed you to maintain the role of my alpha, a role I could take back quite easily. To give you a sporting chance, I would fight you in order to do so, but that is not truly necessary. You said it before, you are not used to being alpha around me. Were I to take on the role of alpha again, you would submit to me just as easily. You know this to be true."

"Yeah right, like I would submit to the likes of you, asshole! Even when we fought I didn't give in to those instincts. You think I'd give in now? You're out of your fucking mind!"

Using his superior size and strength, Sesshomaru backed the struggling hanyou into the trunk of a tree. Inuyasha growled, scared out of his wits by the threat in the elder inu's golden eyes. It wasn't a threat promising pain, as was usual, but it was just as frightening--more so when he felt the size of his aniki's hard cock against his stomach. To have that thing inside him ... he wouldn't, couldn't do it!

The more he struggled, though, the harder Sesshomaru held him, and the more he felt he really couldn't win if it came down to it. "All right!" he shouted desperately. "All right, I get it! Let go of me!"

Finally getting the concession he wanted, Sesshomaru released him. "Tonight then?"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Tonight," Inuyasha grudgingly agreed, folding his arms into the sleeves of his hitoe without looking at him.

Elated by his victory, Sesshomaru darted in and pecked his brother on the lips, liking the stunned expression the hanyou gave him as he retreated a safe distance from those sharp claws and hard fists. "Tonight then, my alpha."

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Definition of Terms

Kami-sama - God

Neko - cat

Nihon - Japan

Ningen - human

Ookami - wolf

Fundoshi - traditional Japanese undergarment for men, made from a length of cotton

Kotowaru - I refuse

Hitoe - I'm not sure if this word is 100% accurate, but I use it as a term for the upper half of Inuyasha's fire rat robe

Kosode - not sure about this one either *shrugs* the white garment underneath Inuyasha's fire rat robe

Sawannai-de - Don't touch me!

Kuso - Shit

Chiku shou - Damn it

Ototo - little brother

Mou - Jeez!

Baka - idiot

Niisan - brother

Kappa - a type of water sprite found in Japanese folklore-- haha, actually the picture on wikipedia does look quite similar to Jaken, especially the puke green color

Kawaii - cute

Aniki - a more formal word for elder brother

A/N: Another amazingly long chapter done! Man, that took a long time. Hope that will tide you all over until I get the next chapter up. Thanks for reading and please leave a review, even if it's just a one-liner (:
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