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By : whitetiger
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Sephiroth felt like he was floating in a dark void. There was no pain, no emotion, it was almost peaceful. There were noises all around him muttering within the darkness, but too quiet to hear. He knew something had happened to him, but he refused to let it invade the darkness. At least he tried, but there was a soft push against his awareness, demanding he answer its call. Opening his eyes he watched the darkness slowly recede as his world righted itself, leaving him standing in glaring white. He turned when he heard his name only to have his arms filled with a sobbing woman. Frowning he placed his arms around her back in a soothing gesture.
"I'm so sorry." She kept saying over and over.
Her voice sounded familiar to him. Gently, Sephiroth grabbed her and pushed her to arms length away. Pale blue eyes met his and Sephiroth's heart fluttered. "Mother."
Her hands were on his cheeks, "I'm so sorry I left you alone."
He jerked her back into his arms with a sob. He didn't care that she was not supposed to be here, all he knew was he needed his mother's comfort.
"Oh, my sweet boy." She cooed as she held him to her heart. "I'm so sorry I left you, but you have done so well. Your brothers are amazing, and look at you. So grown up and handsome."
His heart lightened with every endearment, and each uttered word healed old woulds. That is, until a snap of a vision. Itachi, Sesshomaru, and Inutaicho.
Sobering instantly, like being drown in arctic waters, he pulled back. Sephiroth could see the confusion on his mother's face from his sudden change. "Who is the father?"
Her body jerked as if he had struck her, "You know he answer."
"Who?" He barked.
Jenova took a step back and leveled her gaze upon him. "Inutaicho."
There was a voice in the darkness silently screaming in his head, fueling the fear he felt deep inside. It cautioned him against trusting the demons and continued the barrage of images in his head. Scenes of his life trying to help his brothers, of their struggles, of his abduction, and of the rescue. He may not have been completely conscious, but he had seen Sesshomaru in his true form. The massive demon dog attacking, frightened him. What would he do if Sesshomaru turned that form upon him?
There was laughter emanating from the darkness. When his mother turned her head to look behind him, Sephiroth uttered a single word, "Leave."
Her eyes snapped back to his, wide with alarm, "Sephiroth."
"Leave!" He yelled, driving his mother's image away along with the light. Darkness quickly filled the void as pain began to wreak havoc on his body.
Opening his eyes, Sephiroth frowned while his eyes roamed over white ceiling tiles. A beeping sound reached his ears as he became aware of something covering his face. Reaching up he pulled the clear plastic mask from him. He tried to sit up, but something was holding him down.
Turning his head, Sephiroth saw Sesshomaru laying on his chest with his hand wrapped in his. Sephiroth's heart tightened at the sight of dark circles under the demon's eyes. Reaching up he went to touch Sesshomaru's hair but froze as another image assaulted his psyche. His brothers being dragged away while screaming for him to save them.
He hissed as he snatched his hand away from the demon causing Sesshomaru to jerk awake. Amber eyes focused on him and filled with relief. Sesshomaru opened his mouth to say something, but Sephiroth cut him off, "Did you know?"
Confusion colored Sesshomaru's eyes. "What?"
The bitter taste of fear and anger took over, "Did you know they were your brothers?!"
The look that crossed Sesshomaru's face answered his question.
Kadaj jerked awake from the sound of Sephiroth's distressed voice. His brothers also jolted awake to stare in horror as Sephiroth screamed at Sesshomaru. Every time Sesshomaru tried to speak Sephiroth would brutally interrupt him with scathing names and heart wrenching words. Kadaj didn't know what to do. His brothers were next to him shaking from the fury filling the room. The event ended when Sephiroth shouted at Sesshomaru to get out over and over, louder and louder. With no other option left for him, Sesshomaru left the room.
Kadaj slowly approached the bed, "Brother?"
Sephiroth's eyes snapped to his, "Why didn't you tell me?"
The anguish in his brother's voice tore at him. The look of complete betrayal in Sephiroth's eyes broke his heart. The next instant Sephiroth's eyes hardened, "We have to leave."
He tried to get out of the bed, but nurses flooded the room and held him down, "I have to get you away!"
Sephiroth was yelling at the nurses while they held him down. Another entered the room with a needle and pumped the contents into the IV tube. Almost instantly Sephiroth began to relax, mere seconds more, he was asleep.
"What happened?" Tsunade snapped from the doorway as she entered the room with Sesshomaru. Kadaj was at a loss for words as Tsunade began looking over his brother's wounds.
"Itachi must have told him everything." Sesshomaru answered with a quiet voice.
Kadaj turned to Sesshomaru. The demon watched Tsunade tend to Sephiroth with sad eyes. There were no lies there.
"Everything." Loz asked quietly.
At Sesshomaru's nod Yazoo's eyes filled with tears, "Oh god."
Kadaj sat down hard in the chair in the corner. Could there be anything more tragic? He kept going over Sephiroth's shouted words trying to prove to himself that Sesshomaru was wrong. That the horrific events of the last year had not been revealed to the one person he never wanted to know. That was sadly not the case. Everything they had endured were in those terrifying words that exited his brother's mouth. Turning to the demon, Kadaj remembered one more thing. Something he never knew. "I heard brother say something about our father. Is it true? Are you.... Is the Yokai lord...."
Sesshomaru finally turned to him and simply stated, "Yes."
Sesshomaru spent the next few minutes answering the boys questions while watching Tsunade look over Sephiroth. What had happened? He never thought that learning this would drive Sephiroth crazy.
A hand gently grabbed his arm. Turning he looked down into Kadaj's concerned eyes, "He will come around. He is just in shock."
Tsunade sighed loudly as she turned to them, "I'm sorry Sesshomaru, but I'm going to need you to leave for a while. He can not afford to have another outburst like this one."
Sesshomaru opened his mouth to protest, but no words came out. He knew Tsunade was right. Clinching his teeth, Sesshomaru nodded his agreement.
"Just until morning. He has been trough a lot today."
Sesshomaru walked away from Sephiroth's room. He felt numb inside, cold like the deepest darkest winter night. The scene in Sephiroth's room played in his head. Every scathing comment, every screamed word filled with fear. That acidic scent of fear was burned into his nose. How could he fix this? Kadaj had assured him that Sephiroth was just in shock and to give him until the morning. Stopping in the hallway, Sesshomaru looked around, unsure of where he had wondered. The sign stated he was still in the I.C.U. ward so he turned around to find his father's room. Rounding a corner, he saw Inuyasha standing near the doorway of his fathers room watching through the window. Sesshomaru approached his brother and placed a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. Inside, his father lay in one bed and Kimimaro in the other. Sleeping in the chair between them was his mother. Sesshomaru gently pulled his shaking brother into his arms. He held onto Sesshomaru tightly as Inuyasha tried to keep a lid on his emotions, not an easy task for his hanyo brother.
Looking into the room, Sesshomaru saw his mother stir. Her amber eyes slid open a moment before they found his position. He lowered his head to rest on Inuyasha's as a gentle smile crossed his mother's face. Standing, she brushed Inutaicho's bangs back, placed a kiss on his forehead, and turned to Kimimaro to repeat the gesture. She then turned and headed to the door. Sesshomaru held onto his brother knowing Inuyasha would bolt the moment Inukimi opened the door.
Sure enough, when the latch clicked, Inuyasha tried to pull away.
"Hello mother."
"Sesshomaru." She said politely then her eyes dropped to his brother. Nodding slightly she gently said, "Inuyasha."
Sesshomaru felt his brother's body jerk in surprise, "If you would like, you can go inside and visit your father."
Inuyasha looked up at him for verification of what had occurred. Sesshomaru gave him a gentle push and told him to go into the room. Inuyasha needed no more encouragement, he nodded to Inukimi and entered the room. They watched Inuyasha approach Inutaicho's bed and slide his hand into his father's.
"I plan to make amends to that boy for my wrath. It was never his fault he was born. I should not have punished him so."
Reaching over, Sesshomaru wrapped his arm around his mother's shoulders and pulled her close, "I'm glad."
"Now, tell me what caused the pain in your eyes." His mother demanded sternly.
"Hopefully nothing serious." Sesshomaru answered, hoping that would stave off his mother's nature to worry over him, but it was not to be. Her amber eyes bored into him, demanding an explanation. "As you are aware, this day was traumatic. Sephiroth woke up and had an emotional break."
His mother frowned at his words, but he gently squeezed her, "I'm sure it was due to the sedative used during surgery. Everything will be better once he has rested more."
Inukimi nodded to her son, but she could hear the doubt in his voice. Something had happened and her son did not want to share it. Turning back to the window she decided to give her son some room for now, but if this wasn't resolved soon she planned to get involved.
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Sephiroth floated in blessed darkness. The inky embrace keeping his mother's spirit at bay. He could feel her trying to reach him, but he refused to let her in. She never truly trusted him. If she had, she would have told him about Inutaicho. The comfort of the darkness seemed to agree as it wrapped itself tighter around him. Then Sesshomaru's image flashed before him and his heart skipped a beat. He was angry that Sesshomaru had kept such a secret from him, but yelling at the demon, driving him from the room, was that really what he wanted? He could still see the soul crushing pain in Sesshomaru's eyes as he left the room.
The darkness around him seemed to shiver in fury as it began to tighten around him, whispering in his ears. Sephiroth may not hear words but the emotions that surged through him were powerful. Fear the Yokai would take all he had left in this world. Anger over Sesshomaru's lack of trust in him, his lack of love. For if the demon truly loved him, would he have kept such a secret? No, he would have taken them all and ran. He would have protected them from the demon lord.
Slowly Sephiroth became conscious to his environment. His body still hurt badly. Was he even healing? Usually he healed so fast, so why was it taking so long?
Opening his eyes, Sephiroth was greeted with the sight of Tsunade hovering over the monitors as she talked to his brothers. He wasn't listening to her words, only the hurricane of emotion from within the darkness inside him.
She was the reason, the darkness whispered to him.
"Get out." Sephiroth snarled.
Her blue eyes snapped to his in surprise, "Excuse me?"
"I said Get Out." He answered, raising his voice as fury circulated through him. How dare this woman keep him in such pain. What reason would she have...? It had to be because the Yokai wanted it. She was forcing him to remain in the hospital. "I refuse to be treated by you or any of your doctors. Transfer me somewhere else now!" Sephiroth shouted, "I will not be treated by you!"
"Brother." Kadaj called as he rushed to Sephiroth's bed, but his brother didn't see him. He only glared at Dr. Tsunade as if she embodied all that was evil in this world.
"Very well. I'll leave, but you are not stable enough for transport. I can call another hospital to see if they have a doctor that will come here to see you. Will that be satisfactory?" Tsunade's frosty voice dropped the temperature in the room.
"Fourth Street General Hospital." Sephiroth hissed. He knew that hospital well, having taken the boys there many times as they grew up. It was a hospital related to the Akatsuki, and to Zaraki. There was no way any doctor there would be in the Yokai pocket.
Tsunade gritted her teeth hard as she hissed, "Fine."
Sephiroth watched the woman leave the room with satisfied eyes. As soon as the other doctor got here he would convince them to get him out of here quickly. Maybe they would have time before the Yokai took his brother's. Turning he saw them huddled around his bed. Kadaj looked particularly nervous as he stood there staring at him. They all seemed hesitant, and fearful as they settled around him. Letting out a sigh, Sephiroth realized he had caused this tension with his outbursts. They didn't know what was going to happen, so they would most likely think he was loosing his mind. His heart hurt that he had caused them so much pain.
Kadaj opened his mouth a couple times as if to say something, but closed it like he was considering his words carefully. Finally he settled on asking how he felt.
"Like hell." Sephiroth answered with a raspy voice.
Kadaj dropped his eyes to his hands as he sat in the bedside chair, "I'm guessing you have questions."
"Only one." Sephiroth answered as Kadaj looked up, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I hated you so much for leaving us to Itachi's cruelty. I didn't know at the time." Kadaj closed his eyes and dropped his head, "He lied to us. When we realized what you had been doing for our sake, we knew we couldn't tell you." His eyes opened up to meet his with so much sadness in them. "We didn't want you to feel guilty over something you were not at fault for."
Sephiroth wanted nothing more than to comfort Kadaj, but the truth was painful, "It is my fault."
Kadaj reached up and wrapped his hand around Sephiroth's.
"Had I not met Zaraki, you boys would never have been in that situation."
Kadaj shook his head hard, "No, I would still have acted out. Maybe not to an extreme enough to get Itachi's attention, but definitely enough to get myself in trouble."
Sephiroth wished this moment could last forever, but life would not stay still for them. squeezing his brother's hand lightly, he asked, "Did you know that... that he...that they are your..."
Sephiroth hated that he was stuttering, but he couldn't say the names of the demons. Just thinking of Sesshomaru was enough to cause his heart to both hurt painfully and pound in his chest.
"No. We didn't know." Kadaj answered, "Sesshomaru told us after you were knocked out. He said..."
"That doesn't matter." Sephiroth dismissed with a wave of his hand. He didn't want to listen to any of the excuses the demons had given his brothers. "We need to get you boys away from here."
Once the doctor from Forth Street General arrived he would convince them that he was in danger by staying here. "He won't have you. You need to pack the essentials, leave anything unimportant."
"Seph.."
"No, the dog bastards will not have you." Sesshomaru hissed.
Kadaj smiled and leaned in to place a hand on Sesshomaru's forehead, "It's okay. We will pack, but you need to stay here until the doctors say you are healed. We can't go anywhere if you become ill from your injuries."
Kadaj felt his heart sink from the wild look in his brother's eyes. It was like he was a different person, like the brother he had always known was no longer there. Sephiroth whispered two paranoid words, "They'll know."
Kadaj shook his head gently, "No. We have become good at lying. Please, brother, allow yourself to heal."
Sephiroth settled back into the pillow as Loz took the pain medicine pump button into his hand.
"You have to cut ties to them all." Sephiroth began as Loz pressed the button. "Sesshomaru, Yokai, Kuchiki."
The last name was drawn out as Sephiroth's eyes slid shut and he went back to sleep.
Yazoo turned to Kadaj and hissed, "How could..."
Kadaj shushed him harshly, than stood and walked to the door. Yazoo and Loz were quick to follow him out of the room, down the hallway, and onto the outdoor patio. Yazoo quickly grabbed him and jerked him around, but Kadaj didn't let him start his upcoming rant. "I had to say that to keep him calm. Sephiroth can not have another episode like he had earlier."
Yazoo's whole body jerked from the reminder of his brother being restrained by the nurses. Kadaj continued with a gentle voice, "Until he heals we need to do whatever we can, but I am not giving up on what we have here. Sephiroth is in shock, and it is our job as his brothers to help him until he gets better."
Reaching out he placed his hands on his brothers' shoulders, "It is our turn to help our brother."
Loz and Yazoo nodded as Kadaj pulled them into a tight embrace, "Yazoo, go back to Byakuya's. You haven't been sleeping well. Loz, go sit with Sephiroth for now. I'm going to go rest a bit then I'll come back and take over. We are going to take turns sitting with Sephiroth until his mind has settled and our brother is back to who he was before."
They stood there holding each other for a short time, then Loz and Yazoo turned to enter the hospital. Kadaj watched them go, then tilted his head back until the night sky was the only thing in his vision. He felt tears prickling the back of his eyes as he tried to stay calm. So much had happened in such a short period of time. He needed somewhere where he could decompress, somewhere where he could hide and think.
A thought flashed through his mind as he dropped his head. His resolve settled around his shoulders as he stormed back into the hospital. Turning down one hall to the next, Kadaj quickly approached his destination. Stopping at the closed door, Kadaj jerked it open and marched into the room, past the surprised patient to drop onto the only stuffed chair in the room. Snatching the TV controller, Kadaj began changing the channel in search of something to watch.
Zaraki lay in the bed surprised as Kadaj changed channels on the television. He had not been in this room for long and had only just found out about the massive war between the Akatsuki, the Yokai, and the Kuchiki. He surely was not expecting Sephiroth's brother to enter so abruptly and take over like he owned the damned place. "What the hell are you doing?"
Kadaj shot him a venomous look, then turned back to the TV. Gritting his teeth against the epic tantrum he was about to throw, Zaraki watched Kadaj for a moment. He knew Sephiroth was in the hospital, but he didn't know why. He wanted to ask the boy, but the pained look on Kadaj's face held the question back. There was no way Kadaj would come into this room if Sephiroth had died from his injuries, so something else had driven the boy to seek shelter in an enemies room. What in hell was going on?
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Tsunade walked into her office and threw her stethoscope, "Little bastard."
Picking up the phone she dialed the head of the surgical unit at Fourth Street General Hospital.
"Dr. Unohana speaking."
Tsunade let out a deep sigh, "Hello Retsu. It's Tsunade."
"Good day to you. How may I help you?" Retsu's cheerful voice brought a smile to her face. Tsunade had never actually met Dr. Unohana but they interacted on many occasions over many different patients. Tsunade respected her vast knowledge and her cooperative nature.
"I'm afraid I need your assistance with a patient. Is there any way you could come here for a consult?"
"I'm free tomorrow, or do you need me sooner?" Retsu's voice held concern and curiosity.
"I could use you as soon as you are available." Tsunade answered. They worked out the best time for Dr. Unohana to arrive, and then said their goodbyes. Tsunade let out a dramatic sigh as she dropped her head to the back of her chair and looked up at the clock. Retsu had not given her a specific time frame for when she would arrive, but if what Retsu had said was any indication, Tsunade estimated the good doctor would be done with her work in around five to six hours. Pulling out the bottle she kept in her desk, Tsunade uncorked it and decided she would shirk off the rest of her duties for the day. After all, she had been extremely busy since the damned turf war. She deserved some down time.
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Zaraki used the controller on the bed to lay it down as Ikkaku left the room. Turning he looked over to the chair where Kadaj now slept. It had been a couple hours since the boy had entered the room, but seeing the boy sleeping in the chair mystified him. Wasn't he the one who allowed Itachi to do all those terrible things to him and his brothers? Things Zaraki regretted. He couldn't say he never knew what Itachi was forcing them to do, because he knew in all the glaring details, but he sincerely regretted giving Itachi so much power. Keeping his eyes on the boy, Zaraki felt a small tingling of protectiveness over Kadaj. There was no way he would allow anyone else to destroy the lives of Kadaj and his brothers.
"Strange." Zaraki whispered. He should be feeling this for Sephiroth not for the little feisty brother that had always had a knack of pissing him off. A smirk crossed his face as he felt his exhaustion take over and he allowed sleep to take him.
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A/N: Thank you for reading
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