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Miko no Makimono	By : cakeiton Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 4431 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Brothers In Arms

Originally Beta'd by Leah!

I don’t own anything Inuyasha.

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Back in the past...

Over miles of mid-morning forest metallic clashes and thumps of battle were muffled by the distance they traveled while birds escaped the trees; seeking the sky for safety against the commotion below. On the outskirts of Edo near the edge of Inuyasha’s Forest the ground seemed to vibrate as the sparring duo were growing increasingly agitated with each other. Ten yards above the ground a blur of red ripped through two trees before slowing down enough to collide with the third. The splinters from the now decimated sugi dug through his hakamas, scratching his legs as he slid down the truck and landed roughly in a battle stance. His head pounded, protesting against continuing, and there was no doubt he would have a headache until tomorrow. Before he could look up and focus, he heard the low, dignified, steady voice that always twisted his stomach. Keh, only way to get this fucker talking is to fight him.

“Inuyasha,” the powerful voice spoke evenly and paused, allowing time for the hanyou to meet his eyes. The taiyoukai was as ever in his beautiful silk attire of red and white, but his armor had changed over the years leaving the spikes behind, replacing it with a simple plated design still favoring only the left shoulder. “This Sesshoumaru’s patience once again grows thin with your lack of progress.”

“What fucking patience!?” Inuyasha spat back out, glaring at the taiyoukai twenty yards away.

Sesshoumaru blinked slowly as his half-brother’s growls continued. Without moving he responded, “It is embarrassing enough that you inherited the Tetsusaiga, but to wield it as a bamboo cutter is disgraceful to even your half-blood.”

Inuyasha gripped his father’s sword with both hands, lowering his brow at his disdainful relative. “Oi, drop that shit already. It’s been close to a century since I got old man’s fang. I thought we were over this, brother.”

“Half brother,” the taiyoukai corrected as a reflex. “Your tactics for annoying this Sesshoumaru are becoming repetitive and tiresome. You will learn to handle Tetsusaiga properly and honor my father, since you fail to honor him in almost any other way.”

It was the ‘almost’ that kept Inuyasha from taking the insult too seriously. Since Naraku was defeated Sesshoumaru has shown him a higher level of respect. His status in his brother’s eyes was now at ‘Go fuck yourself.’ It was a vast improvement from ‘I will kill you for existing in the first place.’

“Ain’t we supposed to be on the same side?” Inuyasha said through a half-smirk that revealed one fang.

“Grow up, pup.” Inuyasha’s smile dropped at Sesshoumaru’s words. Then the full demon moved for his sword.

“Prepare yourself.”

With a growl, the hanyou leapt for the taiyoukai once more.

A couple miles away a young girl in miko clothing stopped dead in her tracks amongst ancient trees. Far in the distance she could sense them. Most of the youkai fled as they felt her approach as it was not in her plan to fight just yet, but she couldn’t let one as powerful as this get away. She brought one finger to her lips and closed her eyes, concentrating. A quiet calm surrounded her as her hair and hakamas played with the breeze. After a moment her green orbs flashed opened through her bangs and her aura was enclosed by the faint pink barrier around her. Not moving the finger held against her pale lips, she continued forward.

A little while later, Inuyasha was panting hard and holding himself up with Tetsusaiga driven hard into the ground. Sesshoumaru was standing proud and sheathing Bakusaiga once again, instinctually taken in his surroundings. Their session had led them into the clearing where Inuyasha and his pack from years ago could be found regularly, and it still reeked of the frequent visits of the only one left who cared to remember.

A haughty “Hn,” called the end of the lesson that slowly made the hanyou stronger. Unceremoniously, Sesshoumaru turned away from the beaten pup and saw a thin frame against the horizon in the orange glow the early evening sun cast. After a minute of watching the child approach them, Inuyasha was finally on his feet.

“Oi, what the hell you staring at?” The hanyou intuitively came to Sesshoumaru’s right side and saw the miko child walking towards them from the East, stopping when their youki reacted to her proximity. There was a good distance between them, but Sesshoumaru couldn’t risk someone willingly walking too close to him. The hair not tied back by her ribbon hung in her face and one finger was directly under an upturned nose, pressed against unmoving lips. The bow and quiver sat lazily on the shoulder of her oversized haori and everything around her made the child appear smaller than she was.

A light wind gently moved the overgrown grass of the clearing as the stare down continued. The hanyou’s eyes went from the taiyoukai to the miko and back again, looking for answers and receiving none.

“Keh, fine, I’ll settle this.” Inuyasha stepped forward and Sesshoumaru’s eyes shot to him, narrowing to command him back. Either he didn’t listen or he didn’t notice when he took a few more steps forward to acknowledge their visitor.

“Kid, we have no quarrel with you. You are not from Edo, but I can take you to your shrine.”

She gave no response other than moving her eyes towards him. They were cold, empty shells of emerald that gave nothing away. Inuyasha looked back to Sesshoumaru, who appeared bored as ever, but was searching the air.

Rolling his eyes, he addressed the girl again. “Don’t do something stupid.”

She shifted her feet and raised her other hand to meet at her lips. Closing her eyes she began moving her mouth without sound.

“Oi, Brat!! You wanna get hurt? We ain’t no low class demons! I might not attack you at first, but the Lord of the Western Lands here will kill you without a second thought!”

Her eyes shot at him as her head lowered. With a voice that mysteriously echoed around them, ragged with neglect, she scowled, “I have NO youkai lord.”

She dropped both hands and the barrier along with it. Sesshoumaru took a step back in response to the aura that was surrounding him along with her voice. Inuyasha leapt back screaming, “Nani!?” It was choking him. The swell of her aura was oppressive, and the tiny girl no longer appeared small; she was now a massive threat. Wordlessly, Sesshoumaru drew Bakusaiga and sent green lighting towards the miko as it was unsheathed to which she raised her hand meeting the bolts, the pink orb glowing at her palm absorbing the energy. All the muscles in the taiyoukai's face tightened in response.

Again her voice echoed off surfaces not around them. It would be beautiful if it wasn’t so unsettling and dry. “Corrupt,” she said as it rang around them, “You are corrupt, and you bring corruption to all that you touch.” Her speech was jagged, as if she hadn’t spoken in many years, but the threat was evident in the child-like tone.

“Keh, what the fuck are you talking about!?” He looked at Sesshoumaru and immediately saw no point. His face was as stoically solid as ever, not even hinting at action. The big, gold hanyou eyes rounded when he turned to catch the miko’s again. Not only were they cold, but they weren’t even focused on them. She was going to destroy them for her grudge against someone else.

He flinched as she quickly reached for an arrow and had it locked in the bow before speaking, “Behold,” the arrow flared, “You behold, and will beholden for all that you have done.” With the strong glow of her purification arrow, Sesshoumaru’s amber eyes narrowed. This was to be an opponent to which he hadn’t seen the likes of in a long time.

For the first time, her eyes sought out Sesshoumaru with the arrow strongly held in place. The wind was picking up now that the sun was almost gone from the sky, stirring the tensions between them. “You are heartless and you cast a spell on the country you run.”

“Sesshoumaru, you know this kid?” The demon lord did not respond. Hearing the young voice again Inuyasha turned to find her boring those unchildlike eyes into him, arrow now directed at his heart. “You risk, but you will risk all their lives, and their souls.”

He looked confused, but barked. “Shut your mouth! You don’t fucking know me.”

“Inuyasha,” the deep voice cut through the sing-song words left behind by the miko. The hanyou looked at him from behind his shoulder and Sesshoumaru finished with, “Prepare yourself.”

The miko took a deep breath and softly whispered, “Now…” the arrow’s glow blinded the sensitive eyes and when it released she boomed, “Now burn…”

It lit up the darkening clearing as it streaked for them. Sesshoumaru jumped high into the air, witnessing his half-brother dodge the arrow by cutting to his right. The aura was so great and his dodge wasn’t enough. It was going to hit him. The taiyoukai was surprised once again tonight when he saw the beads around Inuyasha’s neck glow in response to the impending spiritual powers. The barrier developed from the necklace and cut through the arrow’s wide aura leaving an unmarked hanyou to live. Inuyasha did not notice the protection from his subjugation beads, but Sesshoumaru saw it clearly. He landed, taking his place right behind Inuyasha again. They both stood battle ready, but Inuyasha breath was inconsistent.

That BITCH just tried to purify me! What the fuck did I do? Can I kill her?

Doubting, he reached out and unsheathed Tetsusaiga half way. As he was expecting, but hopefully wishing it was not true, the old rusty sword remained as such.

I can’t draw it against a human with no demonic aura. And if I kill a human… will it ever work for me again…?

As she locked in another arrow, her expression molding into frustration, Inuyasha stored the sword back at his hip, growling at the miko.

Fine, brat, let’s do this. Can’t just walk away from you.

He looked at the taiyoukai one more time to confirm his suspicions. Yeah, he was PISSED. Both brothers youki reached out to warn the miko and her reiki reacted in kind to tingle the edges of both their senses, promising that only one victor will walk away from this fight.

Inuyasha was concentrating on her movements, waiting for the attack, when with his breath caught in his throat as he suddenly felt a familiar tug of magic call out to him.

What?...Impossible.

He retracted his youki to sense his surroundings and there it was. At the edge of the forest that once held him prisoner for fifty years he could sense the Bone Eater’s Well.

It reopened!

Then, he could sense the miko’s heartbeat; the loud thump bringing Inuyasha’s attention back to her.

Both made ready to dodge as Sesshoumaru’s fingers cracked, curling his fingers and preparing his claws with poison. It collected at the tips and dripped down, instantly killing the soft late summer grass and sinking deep into the earth, menacingly sizzling with promised death.

Another thump of her heart. It was strong, resolved, and thirsted for their blood. As strong as her heart she screamed so that it seemed to fill all spaces within the clearing. “You will burn!” The arrow released its magic growing around it. The point was buried in the cloudy pink thickness of the power behind it as the rapidly increasing spirit charged forward to claim them. Carried through the arrow they heard a softer voice state, “You will burn in hell for your sins…”

The aura was too big, he was too close. Inuyasha didn’t know if he could leap high enough to avoid what was claiming to take his life anyways.

Fuck.

Suddenly, he felt himself being tugged upwards. Sesshoumaru, with his youkai speed, grabbed the hanyou by the fire-rat haori and jumped. The dome of purifying energy was held back from touching them as Inuyasha beads once again fought back.

When the arrow passed Sesshoumaru threw Inuyasha far to the miko’s left from mid-air. “You are in my way.” The hanyou hit hard, but gained his senses in time to see Sesshoumaru dive right for the child, left-sided claws out, and a gleam in his eye that sought the end of this annoyance.

She looked up at him, her lips pursed together but her brow calm. Right as he reached her his claws slashed at her throat. Instead his arm met a barrier that burned his flesh. Shocked, he leapt away landing to her far right.

The smell hit the hanyou’s nose quickly and the burning flesh combined with the sticky smell of poison was nauseating. The fog in his head from being close to such dangerous spiritual powers made it difficult to force away the urge to retch.

Sesshoumaru’s arm from the elbow down was covered with blood. The magenta markings were bubbled from the surface and flesh was torn and pulled back from the intense burn. The youkai’s blood was creeping up his sleeve as it saturated the once pristine silk and soon small splashes of droplets could be heard as it began to puddle by his black boots. Sesshoumaru growled at the inconvenience of the entire situation.

The miko looked to her left, then her right. The evening was now well upon them and the millions of stars along with half the moon reflected the tiniest amount of light off her hair and shoulders. Her eyes refused to capture any celestial offerings of life, but both demons could feel those eyes on them.

She dropped the bow and quiver unceremoniously. She was still staring at the taiyoukai when her hand rose and a small, now familiar, orb formed at her palm. Her arm outstretched to her side at shoulder level to aim at Sesshoumaru.

Her voice nagged at his ears from all directions. “Bow.”

Sesshoumaru’s eyes tightened in pure anger. Inuyasha’s surprise was heard through noncommittal fractions of words which escaped his mouth, trying to make sense of it all.

Did… did she just ask Sesshoumaru to submit?

With a growl the lord raced towards her with the acid green whip from his right hand bouncing off her barrier attack after attack. When she released the surge of purity from her hand he had to dodge again, this time landing to her left and again behind Inuyasha.

Is he protecting me? No, he’s behind me… Why...

He had no time to think it through as another steady heartbeat rung in his ears. The miko shoulders were squared to them.

“Death! You bring death and destruction to all that you touch.” She moved her left foot forward and bent her knees to brace against something the brothers hadn’t yet noticed. Her hands pressed against each other at her right hip, summoning a deep magic.

“Pay. You must pay for your crimes against the Earth.” The ground rumbled as the powers surged between her hands, building a cloudy ball of pink magic. She lifted it to her right shoulder as if it was heavy and held it there to scowl at them. The power seemed to create wind around her, whipping her hair and clothes around her tiny frame.

“Now beg…” the voice rang out. Inuyasha could hear Sesshoumaru breath stop.

“You will beg for their lives and their souls.”

The aura stifled their breaths. Inuyasha turned behind him to feel the familiar and safe magic still tugging at his senses. He couldn’t wait to dodge again. He had to make a move… now.

“Sesshoumaru… trust me.” Inuyasha stated smoothly. The taiyoukai glanced his way quickly before looking to the miko again, but was then tugged backwards as Inuyasha had turned away from their enemy and started running, pulling at his armor. Sesshoumaru only hesitated for a moment before following, believing the hanyou might somehow have a plan.

Behind them the miko’s hand swiftly pushed out screaming, “Now burn,” shooting the pure and deadly pink light forward towards the fleeing youkais. The light still remained connected to her hands as it charged.

Inuyasha raced towards the well. It has to work, It has to work chanting in his head as quickly as his heartbeat. It seemed as if his feet weren’t moving as fast as he knew they could. Come on!

The child’s arms stretched out to either side, spreading the pink power in front of her across her chest. “You will burn.”

Faster, faster! Come ON! Inuyasha pushed himself, glancing to his side to see Sesshoumaru still with him. He couldn’t tell if the displeased look on his face was from the challenge behind them or the fact that they were running from it. But he’s following.

A high voice screamed, seemingly right behind their heels. They both turned their heads as they raced forward, seeing the powers quickly gaining ground and hearing the voice being carried through the light resolving, “You will burn in hell!”

Calling forth a deep power the miko brought her hands together in front of her once more, slapping them to cut the connection between her and the weapon she launched forward. The force of her clap created a shockwave blade of spiritual powers that was quickly closing the distance between her and her prey, absorbing the previous beam as it raced horizontally at them.

Inuyasha felt the charge behind him; he knew Sesshoumaru could feel it too. Come on, one more second and we’re there. “Sesshoumaru!” He looked at the demon lord with a look that said, “Don’t kill me for this.”

The voice was right on them. Their youki was stinging and they could smell the clean bright scent of purity laced with their own fear. Inuyasha reached out for Sesshoumaru again grabbing his right wrist with his own right hand and wrapping his left around the apprehensive taiyoukai.

“Jump!” They both launched into the air, but weren’t high up when Inuyasha changed the direction, pulling his half brother with him down towards the opening of the well.

Please work please work. The reiki light was right on them as they broke the darkness of the well’s walls and the voice followed them down, “You will burn in hell for your sins!”

Sesshoumaru looked at his red clad, dog-eared half brother holding him close to his side with disbelief, disgust, and now, distrust. Hiding would obviously be a horrible plan, yet here they were in a dry well. He certainly did not want to be purified while a hanyou was embracing him, almost as if he was afraid the taiyoukai would be torn away from his grip. Sesshoumaru then looked up at the pure powers as Inuyasha looked down at the blue glow forming at the bottom.

Inuyasha felt the safety of the well’s magic wrap around his legs. Blue fireflies of light started to dance in front of his eyes as they headed towards the miko child’s purity, holding it back. Sesshoumaru noticed the little specks and followed Inuyasha gaze. His eyes were wide in shock as the ground was not there as expected, but a thick, hazy, endless blue light that was swallowing the both of them. He quickly looked to Inuyasha, who looked calm but still held his grasp on his person.

It no longer felt like they were falling, but enveloped by the magic that forced the purity back. It cushioned their travel through the well and with a bright flash of blue and pink the danger was gone and so were the youkai.

The miko walked calmly to the well with her normal demeanor returning with her assumed success. No longer feeling any youki she looked over the edge of the harmless looking well and saw nothing at the bottom. Breathing evenly, she reached down and picked two purple flowers that were not there a second ago, moved her lips silently, and tossed the two blooms down into the darkness.

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Brothers in Arms… Get it? Cause IY hugged Sess down the well.

Muse “Take a Bow” quoted in this. I might get criticized for putting lyrics in. I might have written better, I might not have. BUT! That song just sounds like a PISSED off miko…

I don't own anything Muse either
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Miko no Makimono

Brothers In Arms