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Serpents and Dog Demons	By : ajj77sunhawk Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 10798 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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"You spend a hell of a lot of time with Inuyasha, you are too damn nice. What exactly are you up to?" Miroku asked challengingly. In the last 8 days, they had all noticed Ban and Inuyasha disappear for hours on end training daily, and even when they got back, they spent a lot of time together. None of the others were welcome to attend the training.
"What do you mean, monk? I call him puppy all the time." Ban replied.
"Bah! That is more of an endearment and we all know it. Inuyasha is my best friend, and even I get mad at his antics at times. You, however never seem to lose your temper with him, you are not sarcastic to him and outside of your training you are almost freakishly gentle with him. It doesn't seem natural. Inuyasha stretches the patience of a saint, and you are NO saint! You have to be up to something." Miroku stated bluntly.
Ban eyed the monk, he could see the genuine concern in his eyes, and that reigned in the Jagan user's temper. "Inuyasha reminds me a little of the young version of my best friend Ginji back in my world, with some major differences. Ginji was like him, impetuous, naive, innocent in many of the ways of the world, not very educated and yet powerful leaders of their own gangs. The two of them will not hesitate to offer their lives for their own. With Ginji, I was all those things you mentioned. I was sarcastic, we fought in anger all the time, and more often then not, my hand would find his head much the way Inuyasha's finds Shippo's."
"Ginji was very capable of dodging my blows, but he never did because they didn't really hurt him. He needed it because when he was a leader, he was set apart, untouchable, god-like even. The first time we met, he was close to losing his humanity. At the time, no one but me had ever touched him physically, joked with or teased him, except in battle. Ginji enjoyed our tussles because they kept him grounded, reminded him that he was a human, and not an untouchable icon." Ban looked at the distant sun as he spoke. The warmth and nostalgia very thick in his voice. Then he turned and gazed at Miroku.
"Inuyasha however is TOO touchable. Inuyasha does not need such reminders of his humanity, it is rubbed in his face almost daily. He is your leader, yet he is mocked, and abused by the people he protects without hesitation. He is a hero, yet people here view him with disdain and suspicion unless he is needed. Hell, he views himself with a similar kind of disdain. He is valued for what he does for you, not for what he is. You are right, I am gentle with Inuyasha, because that is what the puppy needs." Ban finished, that was the longest he had ever spoken to the monk, and Miroku squirmed at his assessment of how they treated their friend.
"He is not really the leader, we are all equal here. And Inuyasha is strong, but the things he does sometimes is so immature." Miroku mumbled in a weak defense.
"Oh! I am sooo sorry! I didn't realize that it was alright to treat someone as if they were mentally a child and yet expect them to react like an adult in all physical and emotional situations." Ban said dryly. "That must make it all right then." Ban stood and walked off, it was not really his place to point out that Inuyasha was a teenager in Demon years, and he was a teen who had missed out on 50 years of growth, how the hell did they expect him to act?
"Hey BanMidou! Get a move on, its time for me to humiliate you in practice again." Inuyasha had flatly refused to call Ban just Ban, and unfortunately much to Ban's irritation, others seemed to prefer that name as well. The villages normally referring to him as BanMidou-san.
"Meh, Puppy's getting arrogant!" Ban chuckled. "Lets see if you have earned it."
The two walked off for the training.
The next day books from the temple arrived. And a different routine occurred. After dinner Ban would be immersed in books, while Inuyasha monkeyed around with the rest of the group. This time became mainly dedicated to Shippo. Seeing the impact his own training was having on him, Inuyasha and Shippo began a training regime themselves in a quiet corner of the village.
A week later Kagome returned from her world. She came just after dinner and was pleased to see both Inuyasha and Shippo come up to greet her and escort her back to the village. She generously shared the contents of her pack with them. Her Walkman with a collection of Disney songs for Shippo was the item that drew the most curiosity. Ban did not join in, but was pleased to see the small group actually sharing a warm and positive time together. It seemed, in this case absence did make them much fonder of each other. . He also pondered the similarities between his and Kagome's worlds as well as the startling differences. Normal stuff like songs, brands of food and things were the same, however the level of safety, they way people handled power and the worlds histories had major differences
They left the next day on their search for shards.
They were fighting almost continuously since they left the village. And the small group began to tire. After some time, Inuyasha felt a familiar weakening of his senses that he desperately wanted to ignore. But from bitter experience in the past he knew he could not. On his human nights he had to make sure his group was safe, and for himself he had to find a good place to hide. His nose told him there was a sizable human village a few hours to the East, so he turned the group in that direction.
His group (except Ban), realizing what day it was, did not argue when Inuyasha indicated that they were to spend the night in the village. They knew that Ban was unaware of the Hanyou's transformation, and the one secret all of them guarded was this one. Some took great pleasure in the idea that Inuyasha had not trusted his new blue eyed friends with his secret.
Kagome wanted Inuyasha to stay in the village for safety, but Inuyasha would never feel safe in a strange village on his human night, rudely refused – and of course - got sat for his manners. Ignoring the pain, that was much sharper with his human night coming, he informed them he was going scouting and ran off, ignoring Kagome's admonishments.
Inuyasha had asked Ban to keep watch on the group while he was gone, Ban hadn't replied, watching the small drama silently. He was being lied to, he could smell it. Only this time he had not promised to keep an eye on the humans. He had his curiosity to quench.
Ban waited an hour, then left he village. He went to the perimeter of the village and cast a warning spell around it. Basically, if anything hostile approached the village he would be the first to know. The he went to search for the Hanyou. Ban didn't have a supersensitive nose, so it took a bit of tracking to find the trail. He followed it to an abandoned house. Silent as a ghost, he moved through the rooms of the house. Finally he came to a back room, that was dark and silent. A human sized lump sat in a corner, the sheathed Tessaiga on its lap.
"Hey Inuyasha" Ban said softly, there was something different here. The moonless night was dark, Ban opened his palm and recited a spell, a ball of light glowed and illuminated the room, floating it settled on a low rafter.
"BanMido! Dammit you are supposed to be protecting the village." Inuyasha blurted out in surprise.
"The village is protected." Ban said softly. "Did you really think I would let you get away with lying to me?"
"I didn't lie!" Inuyasha said annoyed. "I..I.. just withheld stuff" The dark hair human muttered, not meeting Ban's eyes.
"Meh! Whatever, care to tell me why? Illuminate me Inuyasha!" Ban's voice was cutting.
Inuyasha bit back a whimper at the harsh tone, he hated being so sensitive, the human emotions confused him. He was stressed, tired and in pain, he just wanted to be left alone until the cursed night was over. He felt small and inadequate, and as much as he blustered fear held a huge sway on his emotions. He did not fear his own death, that really meant little, he feared failure and feared that his friends were endangered because of his pathetic self. Also now he feared something else, the loss of respect in blue eyes, his overwhelming human emotions almost chocked him.
"I..I.. you seem to be a half demon, but you don't have a human night. A night where you are weak." Inuyasha said looking away. "Here all hanyou have a human night." He laughed bitterly, "The moonless night is my weak ass night."
"Yes, I can see why you need to keep it secret considering how many enemies you have, but I didn't realize you did not trust me enough to tell me." Ban said his voice emotionless and as flat as his eyes.
"No!" Inuyasha said urgently. In spite of the emotionless front, Inuyasha could almost feel that he had hurt his new friend. "Its not that I don't trust you BanMido, I do. It just that, you..don't get like this... I didn't want you to see me like this... WEAK!" Inuyasha gestured to himself disparagingly.
Ban sighed and sat next to Inuyasha. "You are not weak. Strength is a quality inside someone, not reliant on power or magic, and you are strong, puppy, very strong." Ban said softly. Inuyasha gave him a wide eyed look. Ban huffed, wishing for a cigarette, he stuck a piece of grass in his mouth, totally unsatisfying but soothing none the less.
"Anyway, why do you seem to be in pain?" Ban asked, changing the topic.
"Keh! Kagome, sat me, remember. That kindda hurts a bit more on human nights." Inuyasha said casually.
Ban felt his blood boil. His teeth ground "That BITCH! SHE KNEW AND STILL..."
"BanMido, please don't. Please don't do anything. I don't like being sat, but its okay. It doesn't matter. She is my friend, please don't do anything." Inuyasha said recognizing the dangerous aura that rose from his friend. "Its okay really, the beads have saved me from going bad, and killing uncontrollably." Inuyasha said miserably. "They wont really trust me without it! Its is needed."
"What utter crock! It was touch, that stopped you not the beads." Ban glared at his friend, then seeing the utter misery in the violet eyes, he sighed again and leaned on the wall. "Okay fine, I wont do anything – for now. Go to sleep Pup. I'll keep watch."
Inuyasha sighed in relief, he hugged his knees and rested his chin on them. "I don't sleep on human nights – can't relax." He said despondently. "What the fuck are you doing?" Inuyasha jerked his head around to glare at Ban.
Ban raised a superior eyebrow, "What did it seem like I was doing Pup? Or have you forgotten you lost the bet?"
"B...but I am HUMAN now, I don't have the ears for you to touch." Inuyasha spluttered, the lobe of his ear tingled from Ban's light touch.
"Oh! So what? I believe the terms of the bet was I get to touch YOUR ears when ever we are not in an embarrassing situation. There was nothing in the bet about the ears having to be Hanyou, stop trying to squelch out of the bet." Ban said with a wicked grin. Inuyasha froze no one had ever wanted to touch his human ears. Ban's fingers on his ear felt the same, the touch was light and gentle, calming. In spite of feeling embarrassed, very slowly the hanyou began to relax.
Inuyasha uncurled and leaned back against the wall. His side was starting to hurt, and he was fatigued, but sleep was far away.
"Inuyasha, look here a moment." Ban said softly.
Inuyasha turned to look at his friend, and his eyes were suddenly caught in a intense blue gaze. The blue was deep endless, fascinating, he could not look away. He felt himself fall into the gaze, and then the blue eyes changed and flashed at him.
Inuyasha was curled in his mother's embrace. He was held tightly, warm and tender. His mother was singing to him. She didn't speak, she just sang. He was a child again, without a worry in the world, because he was with his mother. He was human this night but it did not matter, it had never mattered then. He almost looked forward to it, on this night, his mother held him in her lap and sang him asleep. She only did it on his human nights – making this a special thing. The singing wrapped around him, he was warm and loved, his mother's scent all around him. He was secure and cared for, and Inuyasha let the songs lull him to sleep.
The world shattered like glass around them, Inuyasha was fast asleep against Ban's shoulder. Ban looked at the sleeping face, so innocent and vulnerable, he smiled and whispered softly. "So your mother sang you to sleep huh Puppy, lets hope this good dream last longer then just for a minute."
Ban kept vigil that night. His barrier around the building they were in held the night through. Inuyasha slept a healing sleep, resting against Ban's shoulder.
Just before dawn, violet eyes opened and he jerked awake. Confused for a few seconds that he had actually slept as a human. The sun rose, and the hanyou glowed as his demon power reawakened and his ears return to their proper position. Ban watched a little awed at the change, it was beautiful, magical. He could not stop himself, he reached out to stroke the puppy ears again.
Inuyasha crocked his head at Ban. "What did you do to me BanMidou?" he asked, more curious then annoyed.
"I know a secret of yours so let me tell you one of mine. I gave you a Jagan, I can send anyone who looks into my eyes into a dream, that is like reality. I craft the content of the dream, and while it only lasts for a minute in reality, the dream can seem to last a life time. There are limits to the Jagan, I can only use it three times in a day, and only once a day on a person. In my world, the Jagan was pretty common knowledge, here only you know." Ban said smiling seriously at Inuyasha. "Basically what I did was give you a good dream, so that you could sleep and heal."
"Jagan huh!" Inuyasha tried to be annoyed and irritated, but he felt so refreshed from sleep he could not find the emotions. "I knew you were a meddler."
Ban grinned back, "For sure, same as you." Ban tapped Inuyasha's nose gently. "Come on let's go get some breakfast, before catching up with the rest."
Nobody said anything when the two turned up at the edge of the village. They assumed Ban had met Inuyasha on the edge of town, and neither of the two choose to explain. As they traveled further Inuyasha figured that they would be safer if they had semi fixed pairs in battle. Which mainly meant that he asked Ban to be in charge of Shippo's safety while in battle, allowing him to focus on Kagome's safety. Inuyasha did this for two reasons that he didn't really share, first was to better balance the power in the team, but more importantly for Inuyasha it meant that maybe Ban would like Shippo a little more. Shippo was dear to the Hanyou and some how the extent to which the blue eyed warrior ignored the little fox bothered Inuyasha.
Ban, still functioning under his notion, that Inuyasha and not he was Alpha of the group – mainly cause Ban could not be bothered – shrugged and agreed. Shippo was not too happy he did not really think BanMidou's so called protection would make a difference. Shippo soon learned differently. Where Shippo used to get bruises and bumps in a fight, now it seemed that nothing actually landed on him.
It was on their third battle that Shippo noticed that while he came close to being hurt, but never actually got hurt. BanMidou was always there taking the blow or throwing him out of the way. He got hurt so lightly he never even needed bandages. Then he got a little cocky and did a stupid thing in a fight, with a minor demon. Expecting Ban to save him, Shippo stood in the way of the demon running at him instead of jumping into the branches of a nearby tree. He was shocked when the demon ran into him and he ended up flying and cracking his head on a tree. Only then was the demon destroyed. Shippo glared and Ban, and was going to start yelling that he was a lousy protector, when Ban caught him and lifted the Kitsune to his face by the neck..
"If you seek a babysitter, stay in Kaede's village! I am your team-mate and will watch your back as long as you pull your own weight. As light as that is! Take me for granted Midget, or act stupid and I WILL LET YOU PAY FOR YOUR OWN STUPIDITY! UNDERSTAND!" Ban did not exactly yell,.. well actually he did yell. Drawing the shock and attention of the group.
Tears welled up in the Kitsune's eyes and he nodded miserably. "I'm sorry." Ban dropped the Kitsune and Shippo just sat on the ground, miserable. Ban began to feel like a bit of a bully, the kid had the wide eyed hurt look down pat.
"Midget, you have improved a great deal since you began practicing with Inuyasha. So do what you have to do and we will get on fine. Okay?" Ban said. Shippo's jaw dropped at the compliment. He nodded and solemnly gave a small paw for Ban to shake. A little amused Ban took the paw and shook it.
Traveling together Shippo learned the limits of what Ban would expect from him. As long as he did his best, Ban looked out for him in battle. Shippo was only allowed to hop on Ban's back in an extreme emergency. Even then he was only allowed to ride piggy back, not sit on and clamber over Ban the way he did with Inuyasha.
Much to Inuyasha's satisfaction, Ban softened a little towards the Kitsune. Watching Ban protect his child, filled the Hanyou with a strange contentment.
-**tbc **-
Ban has been glaring at me to post in this one.. so I had to.
Okay stage is set for story to get FUN. *grin! This story is basically where Im gonna write all the weird and wonderful stuff I wanna see. SOOO Inuyasha is not gonna mature just yet, in fact the opposite is gonna happen, can we say .. puppy love. :) In the CUTEST way possible (not sexual... yet) Any objections to the following. Next chapter...
Inuyasha goes puppy
A certain Miko gets spanked
Ban sings.
Following chapters Sesshoumaru (reevaluation of relationship to Inuyasha), hmmm what on earth do I do with Kouga and another annoying Miko?
PLEASE review and comment.. also give ideas for what you would like to see, unlike Sacred Trees I don't really have a solid plot for this one.
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