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What Lies on the Other Side	By : Azure.Zink Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male > InuYasha/Sessh?maru > InuYasha/Sessh?maru Views: 4545 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Inuyasha was beginning to become agitated once more. He was cooped up in the castle once more with no idea how he was going to get home. His father had his people searching the lands for the witch, but Inuyasha wanted to be doing something as well. He'd asked Sesshomaru to go tell Rin what was happening so she could tell his aunt who was aware of these types of abilities. According to him, since he had no idea when he would be going home, she submitted a leave from school form for the next semester and if he wasn't back before the second semester she would do the same once more and begin to pack up his apartment. His life was really being thrown off track. His sighed from his seat and watched his garden.
"Ugh!" He groaned. He was bored and horny, but his father didn't want him to leave the castle. This heat thing was really annoying. At least he wasn't uncomfortable like Kouga described. Sesshomaru's mother wasn't as much of a monster as he assumed, she'd be. She was just really cold naturally. He thought she'd hold some type of grudge against him, but she shattered that thought when she said, "Do you think me so dishonorable as to blame a child for the crimes of the father?" To a point he liked her, she shut his eccentric father down in such a hilarious way. However, he could tell the rest of the clan was too afraid of them both to laugh as he did.
"Milord, the Lady of the West requests your presence for another lesson." A servant announced.
"Yeah yeah." Inuyasha stood and made his way to the Lady's Garden. It was the name of her garden; all the flowers were white and blue. It was a mating gift from his father.
"Prompt." She noted when he entered.
"Uh, yeah." Inuyasha nodded and bowed before taking a seat in front of her.
"Remember what we talked about." She stated calmly as he began. Their training sessions were usually an hour long where he practiced control over his youkai. Not much was known about hanyou in general and as soon as it was let out, by servants they all assumed, there were countless healers begging for a chance to examine him. His father said there would be a ceremony to announce his existence to the kingdom because as a prince it was necessary. That was coming in a few days, so the castle was beginning to flood with nobles and dignitaries from other countries. When they finished, Inuyasha bowed before heading off. Before he left, the cold woman patted his head as she usually did but this time, she embraced him tightly. He was told that she and the others of the clan were scent marking him, for his safety. He sped walked to his rooms so that he wouldn't be stopped by any clan members. Just as he was making it there, he could see a bit of a crowd that the guards were holding off. "Do people wanna see me that badly?" He thought to himself before going down a different hallway.
He sniffed and noted that Sesshomaru was in his rooms. He knocked on his office door. "Enter." Inuyasha opened the door and looked around. It was very barren, not even a plant for decoration. "What do you need Inuyasha?"
"Nothing." He stated quietly and took a seat. "Do you mind if I hide here?" Sesshomaru raised a brow as he watched the hanyou pull a book off the shelf. The hanyou wasn't being a nuisance so Sesshomaru allowed him to stay as he was while he filled out paperwork. The comfortable silence reminded him of when they were in the other world. Sesshomaru watched Inuyasha flip through the book before turning towards him, startling the young lord a bit. "I can't read this. Can you teach me?"
"You are unable to read?" Sesshomaru asked unsure.
"The script is different, duh." Inuyasha glared, "I'm not stupid. It's not like the writing systems in my world asshat."
"Very well. I can find a tutor for you as they are better equipped for such a task." Sesshomaru spoke before pulling out a sheet of paper and writing the request.
Inuyasha sighed heavily, relaxing fully in the comfortable chair after setting the book aside. The hanyou continued to watch the lord preform his usual duties and felt the same oddness as he did when he was watching Kouga. It was like their roles were reversed. Inuyasha sighed again, this time out of boredom before something he'd been wondering about crossed his mind. Sesshomaru was pining after him and he didn't see any youki that seemed close to him. According to what the wolves told him about clans and tribes he thought Sesshomaru might not be allowed to mate outside of the clan but there weren't any remaining inu. "You're like 400 years old right?" Inuyasha asked curiously.
"I am 413." He replied as he continued to fill out paperwork.
"Why don't you have a mate?" Inuyasha asked after a moment. He'd already come to his own conclusion but wanted to hear it from the youki himself.
"There had been no one worthy of my time or attention." Sesshomaru stated after a moment, looking at the hanyou in an indiscernible way. He stood and put the paperwork into the proper areas before standing in front of the hanyou. "Why?"
Inuyasha unconsciously avoided his gaze, "I was just curious…" Sesshomaru continued to watch his behavior, knowing that he was completely oblivious to his own actions. "You said there had been no one, so there's someone now?" Inuyasha tried to redirect the awkward question.
Sesshomaru leaned forward, resting both hands on the armrests of the chair that Inuyasha sat in. "Yes." The lord looked down at him with lidded eyes, testing the hanyou's youkai with a dominant gesture. He watched as white and gold eyes became tinted with red. "You." Inuyasha's eyes widened exponentially and flashed completely red before returning to their normal hue. "Interesting." Sesshomaru thought to himself. "Is he truly unaware of what his youkai is doing?" He wondered as he backed away and left a jaw dropped Inuyasha in his office. He took a deep breath outside of his office to calm his raging youkai demanding he bed the naïve hanyou. He and his father had spoken about Inuyasha's ignorance to his own instincts and how he'd have to be taught to listen to them as he had been growing up.
Inuyasha sat in Sesshomaru's office for a lot longer than he'd meant to; he was too weirded out to move from where he sat. He looked down at his embarrassing boner. "I am not into that!" He growled at himself. Sesshomaru was still into him…even though they were brothers. Inuyasha felt his face burn, he should be more disgusted. "Should I talk to Touga about it?" Inuyasha questioned himself out loud.
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Inuyasha was embarrassed by his reaction to Sesshomaru to the point that he avoided him for 5 days. While he was holed up in his room, he heard a knock at the door, "Lord Inuyasha, Lord Touga has asked that we inform you that dinner will start soon." Inuyasha stood up quickly and allowed the servants into his room. He sat quietly and let them do what they needed to as he'd already learned that complaining made it take longer. He let them do what they needed to before he was handed a mirror.
"I look like a girl." He noted with a sigh. Then again, his father was probably the most masculine of all the shiro inu clan. They seemed almost delicate with their behavior, but his father enjoyed rough housing with him. He was led to large ornate doors and was told he had to wait until he was announced.
"It is time to welcome home Inuyasha, second son of the Inu no Taisho, second prince to the Western Lands!" He heard and the doors opened. Stepping in he noted all of the various types of youki and could see Kouga waving to him enthusiastically. The wolf was dressed to what he assumed to be the 9's in armor and white fur. Inuyasha felt more like a princess with the complicated handmade clothing he was wearing. He came to the middle of the floor where his father was standing with a bright smile.
"Welcome home my son." He said warmly, before tilting his head up to face him. "You, by blood relation, are a child of the shiro-inu. Ruler of the land, sky, and sea. Keeper of Heaven, Earth, and Hell. May their blessings be yours." After Touga said that, the markings of the clan began to change. They glowed with a blinding light, and Inuyasha felt his body swell with an unknown power. "We are one, this clan." Inuyasha looked around at the awe-struck faces in the crowd. "We are true, this clan." Touga's hands rested on his shoulders and he bowed. The rest of the clan rested hands on his body. "We are yours, as you are ours. May the ancestors bless you, and may you honor them." Inuyasha felt many emotions flooding his body and was unsure if he could take it all, but it was over quickly. He looked up to a few smiling faces but warm eyes wondering what they'd just done. He felt warmer, calm, and a lot more stable.
Lord Touga pressed his forehead to his own, "Remember to always call upon your blood. We will always be there for you."
When the ceremony was over, everyone enjoyed food and drink but Inuyasha couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. He stood with his father after dinner as the socialization began. Sesshomaru walked past and whispered, "Be wary." Inuyasha looked at him as he smoothly glided through the crowd, maneuvering conversations easily. The hanyou frowned, he'd forgotten that monarchies were riddled with mind games. He knew for a fact he was no good at them.
"It is nice to meet you Lord Inuyasha. My name is Hazen. I am the ruling lord of the Eastern Empire." The youki was a type of cat youki with mischievous narrow eyes.
"Hello, the pleasure is mine. Thank you for coming to the ceremony today." Inuyasha opted for his most formal speech. He looked at his father who wore a chilling mask as he watched them interact.
"How young you are…" The man whispered looking him up and down, "I'll assume you've been betrothed already." He said slyly.
"No, nothing of the sort. I believe I'm too young for that sort of thing, and I'm sure my father would agree." Inuyasha said with a fake smile. The cat was weirding him out.
"Speaking of the Lord, where might your mother be?" Hazen's grin was feral. He was playing a game that Inuyasha didn't understand at all. Inuyasha could see the grip his father had on his glass of wine tighten.
"Inuyasha, my son. Please go inform your elder brother that I have found a suitable tutor for you." Was a chilled sharp voice that made it feel like the room dropped a few degrees. Inuyasha looked to see the Lady of the Lands standing giving a look to the eastern lord that said he wasn't worth the dirt on her shoes. Inuyasha turned away and quickly walked to where Sesshomaru stood, looking as if he wasn't paying attention.
"Now, now milady. We've all heard the rumors about Lord Touga's half-breed bastard child." The lord grinned.
"Yes, just as we too have heard of your ill-gotten position as lord." She clipped. The lord growled angrily, "Hush kitten." The lady looked down her elegant nose at him, "Our clans' happenings are our own, and no rumor, true or false, will separate us. You are dismissed." The lady didn't grin, or laugh, she turned her nose up and walked away. The eastern lord was furious. He'd never met the Lady of the West before and hadn't heeded the warnings of his advisers in regard to dealing with her sharp tongue.
Inuyasha watched in astonishment. Sesshomaru leaned down to his ear, "It's good that she has accepted you." His deep voice sent a shiver up his spin and he backed away, maneuvering through the people to go stand with Kouga. The two stood off on their own and shot the bull. Inuyasha realized how tense everything was making him and wondered if it was his youkai feeling this way. "Hey is everything okay?" He asked, wondering if it'd answer his question. Danger. It replied quietly. "Where?" Inuyasha looked around. He couldn't see anything. I don't know. Alpha…go to alpha… It urged. Inuyasha sighed, he'd been told by several of the members of his clan to trust his youkai, and it would guide him well. "Kouga, I need to go to my dad…I'll talk to you later." The wolf patted him roughly on the back and joined his own father.
Inuyasha weaved through the crowd anxiously. The feeling was getting worse and he was breathing heavily. By the time he reached his father he could feel his eyes stinging with tears that were threatening to fall. Inuyasha felt his fear and anxiety increase exponentially. "Dad…?" The Inu no Taisho turned from his conversation to his youngest.
"Inuyasha, what is the matter?" Touga asked, concern in his deep voice.
Inuyasha looked around as his tears began to fall. He was terrified and he didn't know why. His youkai urged him to get closer to the lord for protection. "I don't know…" He whispered. Touga embraced his youngest, soothing his youkai with his own, looking around for any signs of danger. Making eye contact with members of the clan, letting them know they should be doing the same. Many of the other youkai looked on as well, those of packs and flocks thought nothing of it and wondered why the young prince was seeking safety, while others thought it strange.
"Might I ask what has upset the young prince?"
Inuyasha's body tensed and locked up at the voice. His claws dug into Touga's clothing, piercing his skin as he held on tightly. Before he realized what was happening a loud, ringing whine found its way from his body as his ears flattened. He began breathing heavily and his youkai demanded he ask the lord for protection. Inuyasha pressed closer to the lord and sensed that the rest of the clan had begun to gather.
"My friend everything is alright. I believe he may be a bit overwhelmed. He is unused to such large crowds." The lord replied kindly. He rubbed and patted his son's back while emitting a soothing aura to help him relax.
"That is good. I have yet to see the young prince properly. Might I ask his name?" The voice said.
Inuyasha shuddered, he knew that voice. It was the voice. He wanted to cry; he was already crying. He wanted to sob. He felt his stomach turn and twist. Inuyasha looked around, he could see Kouga standing a ways off, looking at him with a worried expression. However, Inuyasha was too frightened to move. He could no longer feel his legs.
"My son, please introduce yourself." The lord asked, smoothing down his already flattened puppy dog ears. Inuyasha said nothing, he wanted to leave but he couldn't move. "I'm sorry old friend. I believe you'll have to get to know prince Inuyasha another time." Touga smiled before looking down at his frightened son.
"I'm sure we'll be getting to know each other very well." The voice stated, "Inuyasha."
Inuyasha felt an intense rush of fear well up from inside him and he began to sob uncontrollably. His eyes bled red and his markings appeared. "Alpha…I'm scared!" Inuyasha growled barely above a whisper as he choked on his sobs and lost his dinner down the lord's front. The Inu no Taisho gripped Inuyasha tightly, excusing them with an apology and darted away quickly. May eyes were on them, watching closely. The lord's youkai was on high alert as his youngest whimpered and whined as he tried to get closer to him than what was physically possible. In the confines of the lord's chambers, Lord Touga held the hanyou close and rocked him. He'd known the young man didn't do well with crowds, but this seemed a lot more intense than dinner had been.
Eventually, there was a knock at the door. Touga could sense his oldest and allowed him to enter. "Is he alright?"
Inuyasha hadn't calmed down yet and seemed to be blending with his youkai who was still high on alert and demanding his alpha's attention. "Inuyasha, you must tell me why you are so upset."
The blended hanyou continued to sob before finally speaking, "The bad one…the bad y-youki….the bad one…the ba-!" The hanyou lost the rest of his dinner and continued to cling to the lord, making them a smelly rancid mess. His words reminded Touga of their conversation about his mother, about youki hurting humans. Had Inuyasha sensed the one who'd harmed him before? He questioned in his thoughts.
When Touga forcefully peeled his pup from him Inuyasha began to panic and his youki took over completely. "Pup we must rid ourselves of this stench. Come now." Touga demanded. With Sesshomaru's assistance he was able to fully undress Inuyasha and get him into the bathing chambers where he cleaned them. "Sesshomaru, triple the guards in Inuyasha's rooms. No one is allowed to see him without my approval, not even the wolf prince. If anyone wanders in that direction they are to be imprisoned until further notice. Have our mages set up barriers as well." Sesshomaru's eyes widened. It was as if his father was preparing for all-out war. "Inuyasha is not to walk around the castle without myself, your mother, or you. Am I understood?"
"Yes father." Sesshomaru nodded, wondering what his father knew.
Inuyasha's youkai was in complete control but allowed itself to be maneuvered around. After being dressed, he was brought to Inuyasha's bedroom, when the youki saw his father about to release him and leave he nearly panicked again. "Pup, it is my duty to rejoin the event. Your elder brother will stay with you." Touga didn't want to leave his youngest, but he hadn't left properly, and it could be seen as a slight against many who had gathered. Once more he peeled the pup from him but was met with the most hurt look he'd ever seen. It was as if he'd kicked the puppy. The lord sighed and rubbed his temples. He wanted to find out what he could about the one who'd hurt his son. "Sesshomaru, stay with him."
"Understood." With that, the Inu no Taisho left the two alone.
"Home…go home..." A rough cracked voice spoke, unused too speaking without the aid of his other half. The hanyou sat dejectedly on the bed before curling up in fear, as his alpha was no longer present. Sesshomaru sighed and began removing his outer layers of clothing.
"Inuyasha." The hanyou looked up, cheeks stained with tears. Sesshomaru moved closer, removing blankets and lying down under them before gesturing that Inuyasha should do the same. "I will keep you safe until father comes back." He said softly, using his youki to offer safety. Inuyasha's reaction to his powerful aura was immediate. He soon had his arms full of a whimpering hanyou, pressed ungodly close. The youki was unused to comforting others and merely mimicked what he'd seen his father do for Inuyasha and himself when he was younger.
Eventually, Inuyasha panicked scent mellowed out and the hanyou was growling softly as Sesshomaru's claws raked through his hair. Sesshomaru stiffened when he felt Inuyasha rub his hips a little closer, "Alphaaa…." The hanyou was still in heat and would be for at least another week or two as the first heat could last a month, sometimes two. Sesshomaru was forced to reel his own youkai in as he could not take advantage of the hanyou. This alpha was powerful and kept them safe. This was the alpha he wanted. Inuyasha's youkai didn't always like what Inuyasha did with their body but never wanted to interfere not that it could, but here, in this world, it had a say, and it wanted the best. The calm hanyou turned youkai nuzzled into Sesshomaru and licked his chin submissively, whining for attention. Sesshomaru took a deep breath and looked down, this was his mistake as Inuyasha saw that as an invitation to his mouth. The hanyou rubbed his hips some more, able to feel the erection of the alpha.
Sesshomaru could now smell the hanyou's heat as he purposely let out his pheromones. He was more tempting than any youki that threw themselves at him, but Sesshomaru would stay strong. "Stop it." He growled a warning.
Inuyasha stopped his movements and whined. Did the alpha not want him? He was strong and would birth strong pups. "Not want?" It asked with a quivering lip. Sesshomaru pulled in a deep, calming breath.
"I want you. All of you. Even the other you. Everything." Sesshomaru explained. "Your other self would not be happy about this, so we will wait. You will be my mate soon enough." Inuyasha's eyes widened as a strong blush covered his body. "For now, sleep." Sesshomaru ordered, kissing the stunned hanyou before tucking his head under his chin.
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Inuyasha woke very comfortably. However, his hands were tangled in something soft and he could feel a soft heat blowing against his ears pleasantly. When he peaked his eyes open, he saw a bare chest. He blinked as he took in the scent. "Sesshomaru?" He questioned aloud, wondering why he was in bed with the man.
"Hanh?" The youki mumbled, nuzzling into him and pulling him closer. Inuyasha's eyes widened when he felt the warm sensation of Sesshomaru's tongue darting out and licking his forehead. The sleeping Sesshomaru wondered what had his younger sibling so riled up, he had nothing to fear, Sesshomaru would protect him.
"Let go of me." Inuyasha growled as he struggled to free himself. When he was away from the youki who remained in his bed he assessed himself for any harm before the reality that was the previous evening hit him hard. Crouching down he rested his head on his knees and whined. "He knows…"
"Who?" Was the sleep addled word from Sesshomaru.
Inuyasha took a deep breath, "…the reason I didn't want you to know…" Inuyasha's stomach growled loudly as he realized he was starving.
"Let's go eat breakfast."
Inuyasha sighed and nodded. Hey, what happened yesterday? He asked his youki, unsure of Sesshomaru being in bed with him while knowing his feelings. He couldn't remember anything past embarrassingly vomiting on his father. Mean. Wouldn't mate with me. I want him. Inuyasha's eyes widened as he was led to the dining room in his rooms. Why would you want to mate him!? He's our brother! He asked incredulously.
While Inuyasha was arguing his youki, Sesshomaru was waiting for their father to rejoin them. The castle was quiet after the explosion his father had had over learning something. He was still unsure himself as to what was going on as no one had come to Inuyasha's rooms to inform him. There were guards everywhere and his only duty was to stay by the hanyou's side.
"Hey Sesshomaru." Inuyasha called from his place at the table.
"What is it?"
"Don't ever sleep in the same bed as me again." Inuyasha stated, causing his youkai to throw a fit. "Listen here thing! I don't give a fuck what you want! It was my body first!" He argued with his youkai aloud before covering his mouth and blushing, now realizing why you'd want to talk to it in your head and not aloud.
Sesshomaru nearly rolled his eyes, "I did not have a choice, your youkai required comfort from an alpha of your blood. It was hysterical and terrified." He did smirk however, knowing Inuyasha's youkai wanted him.
"Whatever." Inuyasha huffed. He wondered why Sesshomaru was sticking with him, he wasn't upset about it because of how last night freaked him out. He assumed Sesshomaru was relatively powerful with the way people looked like they were going to piss themselves when he looked in their direction. "I want to leave." He stated after a moment before standing.
"Where are you going?"
"On a walk…" He wanted to take his mind off of the awful turn of events.
"I will take you to the town then." Sesshomaru stated before making eye contact with a few guards letting them know they were to follow.
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The fresh air really did wonders for his mood. He felt leagues better and even had a bit of a skip to his step. He was dressed in royal colors, with the crest of the royal family on his clothing. The townspeople bowed very low to them which made him feel very awkward. The shops were very cute and like something out of an old novel. There were craftspeople of all types and many food vendors. Sesshomaru watched his behavior curiously. The man was exceptionally adorable with the way he flitted around. He guards had no idea of what to make of the younger man either.
While they were walking a ball came at Inuyasha at high speed and the gasps of children could be heard when he merely bounced it off his chest and began juggling with his feet. "Here you go!" He said kicking the ball back towards them.
A cute little rabbit youkai bowed, "Thank you prince-sama!"
Inuyasha smiled back and watched the kids continue to play. He began looking around more closely. "Oh wait…right…I forgot…"
"What is it Inuyasha?"
"Hanyou. I forgot that they're killed here." Inuyasha shrugged.
Sesshomaru pursed his lips at the sad look on the man's face, "There is currently a hanyou infant living in the outskirts of town with its mother."
"Really!? Can I meet them?" Inuyasha asked with an excited look. The guards looked as nervous as Sesshomaru felt.
"Inuyasha…do not be surprised by what you might see." Sesshomaru warned.
"Yeah yeah." Inuyasha waved him off as they walked.
It took a long time before they came upon the humble home. The guards knocked and an emerald eyed woman answered the door with a frightful look on her face. "Please." She bowed, "I just want to live with my baby in peace…don't hurt her…"
Inuyasha was confused, "What?" He questioned…"I just wanted to meet your daughter, I'm hanyou too."
The woman's eyes widened to an impossible size, "You…are?" She whispered.
"Yeah! My mom is human. Can I…meet her? I've never seen another hanyou." The demoness came closer only to be stopped by guards. "Hey chill out." Inuyasha moved past them and let the youki caress his face.
"How old are you?" She asked with a quivering voice.
"193 as youki, 19 as a human." Inuyasha smiled. He assumed that his existence was giving the woman a lot of peace of mind. She inhaled his scent deeply and smiled for the first time in a very long time.
"Her name is Emiko." She smiled before looking at all the guards. "She will not do well with so many hostile youki present…I do not want hostile entities around her…it upsets her." Sesshomaru wanted to roll his eyes. Everything upsets a child crazed with youki.
"That's fine, they can stay here." Inuyasha chirped happily as he was invited in and closed the door behind himself, stunning the guards and Sesshomaru.
"Inuyasha, you cannot just-!"
"Wow you are so cute! Aren't you little lady! Look at those eyes! She's beautiful." Was heard from inside. "You're my little emerald eyed cutie aren't you. Uwaaa~!"
Sesshomaru could hear the child's laughter through the door and his eyes widened before he could stop them. The child was not crazed? "Knock again."
The woman came to the door again, "My brother is to be in my company at all times. The guards will wait here but I must join him."
She looked a little nervous but bowed and let him in. Sesshomaru followed Inuyasha's scent through the humble home and into a bedroom. "Sesshomaru, look at how cute she is!" Sesshomaru approached slowly, he'd never seen a hanyou that wasn't mad. Except there was Inuyasha, but he was from the other world, didn't that make him different? Sesshomaru looked at the infant in the young man's arms and nearly gasped. The tiny humanoid child was smiling happily looking up at Inuyasha with her toothless grin. Sesshomaru looked at her eyes which held no hint of youki them.
"How is this possible…youki blood and human blood do not mix well." Sesshomaru whispered.
Inuyasha paused, taking a lock of his hair from the child before she tried to eat it. "You know…I've been thinking about that a lot and I realized something." Sesshomaru looked at the hanyou questioningly. "You all thought I was different because I'm half from the other world…but I think maybe the baby’s youkai feel like they're in danger. You all hate hanyou right? Babies are really sensitive to the emotions of those around them…so if you want to kill the baby and the youkai senses that..." Inuyasha trailed off.
"It'll try to protect itself…" Sesshomaru finished looking at the small child and thinking of all the children that had been culled out of fear and animosity. He wanted to clutch at his chest where it tightened. He was not made of ice as most assumed, it was merely a façade for the rulers of other lands, but these were his people, in his family's lands and they'd been culled like diseased animals. The same thing that he'd been so willing to do to Inuyasha when he first appeared. The young girls excited squealing pulled him from his thoughts.
"Aww, I hope my kids are as cute as you sweetie." Inuyasha smiled happily. He assumed many people knew this, but he wanted a very large family. The little girl began to fuss, and he handed her to her mother.
"It's time for her to eat and have a nap." She smiled down at her daughter. When she looked up at the two, she gasped.
Sesshomaru had bowed to her, "I apologize for my and my father's lack of action regarding your case. We did not believe it possible for a hanyou child to be born and live normally as my brother has. We will be protecting the lives of hanyou children hence forth. Thank you for inviting us into your home." When he straightened and left the woman was still sitting awestruck while her daughter suckled.
"I'll visit again later! Thank you! Goodbye!" Inuyasha said happily as they went on their way. The walk back to the castle was quiet but the air around Inuyasha seemed a lot lighter. Sesshomaru was coming to realize there was a lot he regretted in this life since learning that Inuyasha was his brother.
They walked side by side, and he watched as Inuyasha's curious eyes took in the natural landscape. "Enjoying the scenery?" He asked as the young man's eyes continued to dart around and observe.
"Yeah…you see where I live. There isn't a lot of nature around. I love this a lot actually." Inuyasha responded, still looking around at all the wild growth.
"Is that world completely covered in that way?" Sesshomaru asked quietly.
"No…but it's definitely not anything like this. Humans have had a very large impact on the wildlife in that world." Inuyasha replied.
"I see." Sesshomaru nodded. They walked in silence for quite a while before Sesshomaru spoke up once more, "Inuyasha."
"Yeah?" This time, Inuyasha looked at the youki with curious golden eyes.
Sesshomaru's breath caught in his throat as his eyes roamed the man, "I…" He paused, refusing to allow fear or pride get in the way. He was wrong and he knew it and would own up to it like a man. "I'm apologize for bringing you here. It was not my intention to trap you." He looked away and walked a bit faster leaving the stunned hanyou behind. "I will make sure you are able to return home." He continued as Inuyasha caught up.
"Y-yeah…okay." Inuyasha didn't know what had gotten into the youki but the apology seemed very sincere and he could forgive him for now. "Hey…why are the ancestral lands all boarded off? I ended up trapped there when I was a kid you know." He was trying to alleviate the awkward tension that had befallen them.
Sesshomaru seemed to think for a moment before answering, "Those lands have always been boarded off. We use that area for birthing. Children cannot pass the barrier without an adult to prevent them from being kidnapped. I'm sorry we didn't know you were there." Sesshomaru's apology came quicker than the last. Inuyasha was reeling because he got the feeling the man didn't do that often. "There hasn't been a birth since my own, and that is why it's become so overgrown and the beasts have no other predators than us." Inuyasha nodded his understanding and they continued on their way.
When they finally arrive back in town it looked very different. The sun was going to set in a bit and the town was lit up. It was beautiful, especially since there would be no moon tonight. Inuyasha wanted to explore more but Sesshomaru insisted that they returned home before they gave their father a reason to worry. Sesshomaru led Inuyasha to his rooms and found his father standing in the hanyou's unused study. His father was just standing there, face unnervingly blank. "Inuyasha." The powerful lord stated calmly. "I would like to protect you." The lord stood in front of the short hanyou, hands clasped onto his shoulders as the strength in his eyes softened. Inuyasha scowled, he felt a little strange and the tense atmosphere wasn't helping. He understood why he panicked, but in his head, he couldn't make sense of it. He'd never panicked like that before. Maybe his youki was still as young as they say he looks here. Inuyasha felt something in him lurch a bit. He brought his hand to his stomach.
"I…I'm sorry…I can't...I don't..um…" A tingling feeling, the one where one of your body parts falls asleep began to spread throughout his body as his youkai tried to fight whatever it was desperately. His vision swam a moment before a nerve wrecking pain shot through his body and he screamed and curled in on himself.
"Inuyasha!" Touga shouted catching his younger son as he nearly fell. "What?" The lord and his heir watched in fascination as Inuyasha's white hair became an inky black, his puppy ears receded and became standard at the sides of his head. His claws became blunt nails, he even lost a inch or two of his height. Touga sniffed his son and couldn't smell nor feel his son's youki. The lord's own youkai was panicking in the cage Touga kept it in. It felt as though his pup had disappeared into thin air and the lord did not like it at all.
Sesshomaru couldn't believe what he was seeing. Inuyasha was truly his human. He reached a hand out and fingered dark tresses. While he enjoyed Inuyasha's human appearance, why it was showing up now of all times baffled him. Inuyasha blinked his eyes opened painfully, "That hurt…a lot…" Touga set Inuyasha down in his comfortable armchair.
"What in the world has happened." Touga whispered quietly.
Inuyasha took noticed of his dulled senses and began observing his own body, even checking in his pants. "I'm human again? I don't understand this…"
Touga sighed, calming his youkai. "Neither do I. It would be best if you remained within your rooms while I find a healer knowledgeable on hanyou. Is that agreeable." Inuyasha nodded but Touga couldn't take his eyes off the boy. In his hanyou form, Inuyasha resembled him to a staggering degree. He had now doubt that as he grew, he would come to resemble his father more and more. However, looking at his son in his currently form was shocking. He looked so much like Izaiyoi it hurt. Large brown eyes, and long perfectly black hair. His skin held less of a tan than in his hanyou form and he even had her facial features. He looked to his eldest son who remained awestruck. "Like father like son I suppose." The lord thought as he pulled away and set off to find a healer.
His son had confided in him about wanting to mate the boy a week or so ago, he had yet to give him his opinion on the matter. To Touga, Inuyasha was too ignorant of the world to be mated by anyone, and he wouldn't want his child to be unhappy. He and Sesshomaru got along to a point, and Sesshomaru had shown unimaginable strength with the scent of Inuyasha's powerful first heat. Touga had expected him to mate the boy the night of the ceremony with the hanyou's youkai in control. The lord could say without a doubt that he was extremely proud of his eldest son. There are very few youkai in the world that can resist the call of a powerful youkai's first heat, Inuyasha being a hanyou was no exception to the rule.
In Inuyasha's rooms, the hanyou now human was currently observing himself in the mirror. Taking in his features that he hadn't known he'd been missing until they were gone. He liked the way he looked as a hanyou, but his human features were his standard. He'd never realized his human side was so effeminate before. Definitely nowhere near as effeminate as Sesshomaru but pretty close. "Hey, if someone dressed us up like girls, I'm sure no one would know the difference." Sesshomaru only narrowed his eyes at the hanyou's strange thoughts.
"You are strange." Sesshomaru stated after a moment. "Something leaves you terrified and vomiting like a pup, and then you mysteriously turn into a human in this world in which you are trapped. Do you not feel any peril within your own situation? Does this reality not set in? What is wrong with you?" Sesshomaru hadn't meant to say so much but the hanyou had always been a baffling entity to him, even in the other world he just didn't understand the strange man most of the time.
The strong scent of salt assaulted his sensitive nose. When he looked at Inuyasha, the man's eyes were flooded as tears poured endlessly. He hiccupped and sniffled, eventually ending up on his knees on the ground as he cried. The man in question didn't understand why he couldn't hold the tears back, something in him just snapped. He felt very weak and powerless. "What can I do?" He asked through his sobbing, "There's nothing I can do to change it…nothing I can do…." Inuyasha cried. Sesshomaru was standing stock still watching him. "I don't know enough to be able to help myself, don't you get it? I'm not stupid! There's nothing I can do to save myself even if I wanted to…I don't…I don't understand magic…I don't understand….I couldn't save myself then…how can I save myself now…I…I hate this you know….I don't want to think about it….why'd you have to remind me. " Inuyasha continued to cry as he tried to get a handle on the emotions he hadn't realized were building up.
Sesshomaru sighed, happy to know that the hanyou wasn't delusional, merely trying to ignore the problems and power forward. However, physically, Inuyasha was only a teenager in this world. He'd learned the hard way in his youth that if he tried to suppress all of his emotions it would only harm him later. Sesshomaru sat on the ground in front of the human Inuyasha before pulling him into his lap. "Inuyasha, it will be okay. You need not shoulder these problems alone. Your family is here as well. Father and I will keep you safe." He rubbed the sobbing human's back until he quieted, resting his head on the lord’s shoulder. Sesshomaru realized that he did not have the unpleasant scent that the humans of his own world carried. His scent was like a softer version of his hanyou's, it was intriguing. He felt Inuyasha's breathing even, he looked down to see the human still awake.
"If I'm so strange, why do you like me so much?" Inuyasha asked softly after a while.
Sesshomaru debated answering. He knew his feelings made the hanyou uncomfortable, but he could not sense any discomfort from the human currently. "Because you are different. I find it captivating." Inuyasha looked up at him with large chocolate eyes. This is what Sesshomaru wanted, those eyes looking at him and only him. He took in more of the human's delicious scent. Leaning down, he kissed the human's soft unexpecting mouth. Inuyasha's eyes only widened fractionally, his brother was kissing him. It was weird, but in that moment, he was feeling extremely vulnerable and he couldn't help but bask in the comfort the kissing provided. Sesshomaru broke the kissed and brought Inuyasha to his bed, he could sense discomfort and a bit of panic start to seep into the human's scent, so he backed away a bit. "Go to sleep Inuyasha, I'll watch over you until father returns." Inuyasha bit his lip and nodded. He'd been worried that the youki would want to do more. Wasn't it weird to him that they were brothers? What would the Inu no Taisho say?
Sesshomaru paid attention as Inuyasha scent went from discomfort and panic, to discomfort and calm, before falling on confusion. He wished for a moment that he was able to read minds as he was curious about what was happening in his little brother's head.
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