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Change of Heart	By : PrincessAurora Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male > InuYasha/Sessh?maru > InuYasha/Sessh?maru Views: 24279 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 8
Disclaimer: I don't own this. All characters from the Inuyasha, or Inuyasha: The Final Act Series, are owned by Rumiko Takahashi and VIZ. No money is made from this.

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Disclaimer: I think it’s obvious that I don’t own this. Any original characters that you find, yes, those are mine. However, all characters from Inuyasha, or Inuyasha: The Final Act…those are all owned by Rumiko Takahashi and VIZ; as are any ‘story lines’ from the episodes that I used to set the scenes at the beginning.
I WISH I was making money off of this. Sadly, I am not.
Honestly, I’d be happy if I could just have them enacting my later chapters on my hdtv. Better than money. ;) Ha.
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THIS IS YAOI-INSCEST! IF YOU DON’T LIKE THIS KIND OF THING, THEN DON’T READ IT. FLAMES WILL BE HAPPILY IGNORED.
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MAJOR SPOILERS for Inuyasha AND Inuyasha: The Final Act.
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Chapter 7 – Human Night

Inuyasha awoke at dawn. His healing body was in terrible pain. Not from being infused with Sesshoumaru’s immensely powerful blood; he could handle that just fine. It was from his organs being speared and then denied blood for so long. ‘It feels like everything inside me is cracking… Shit…I can feel my blood as well as Sesshoumaru’s trying to flow through my organs and veins. I guess ‘cause they were empty of blood for so long is why it hurts like this now; but fuck, this is killing me.’ His wounds on the outside were closed but still visible.
Seeing his open eyes and pained expression, Sesshoumaru just stroked his hair back from his forehead, surprising Inuyasha with the tenderness in the gesture. Kaede approached them and handed Sesshoumaru a cup. While he helped Inuyasha to drink it, Kaede smiled at him.
“This will take away the pain again and allow you to go back to sleep. The more you sleep the faster you will heal, by allowing your body to focus all of its energy on healing. We are hoping you will be healed before sunset,” she explained.
“Thanks,” Inuyasha whispered. As he quieted and fell back asleep, Sesshoumaru lay him down gently and rose to stretch his legs.
“Lady Kaede. I ask that you tell me the full account of what happened last night,” Sesshoumaru stated.
Kaede had not been looking forward to this, and she still did not know who had shouted that terrible command, but there was no alternative. And so she explained it all, from the villagers and their ridiculous words before they were attacked, to her hearing the ‘Osuwari’ command being shouted, and finally being told second-hand how Inuyasha had fallen, and her subsequent search for the Hanyou.
She ended by saying, “My Lord. I made a vow last night to find the one who shouted that word. I am still shocked that they were able to command the rosary. Only young Kagome has ever had that power. After thinking on this a great deal last night, I can only conclude that a witch that entered our village a short time ago must have created and sold a charm to someone, before I could chase her away. She is the only one I can think of that would have that sort of power. I have vowed to find the woman who shouted ‘Osuwari’, and make certain she suffers.”
Sesshoumaru’s countenance had grown more and more thunderous as the tale was told. It was only upon hearing Kaede’s vow at the end that he softened his features slightly.
“Kaede-sama, I would ask that, as soon as you have discovered the identity of this woman, that you would hand her over to me. Unknowingly or not, she has deliberately harmed a member of our Royal Family, and such treachery cannot go unpunished. I will allow you to have some say in her punishment, in return for your help, but the final decision must be mine. My retribution should satisfy your vow.”
“I agree completely My Lord. I will find out who it was as soon as Inuyasha no longer needs me. I swear it.”
“When I pass sentence on her, I will allow you to have a say in her punishment and witness it. Is this agreeable to you?”
“It certainly is My Lord. Arigatou.”
“I will also be paying that human army a visit. They will be exceedingly lucky if I only decimate half of their forces in return for this,” Sesshoumaru stated coldly. “A human ‘lord’ who allows his men to devastate innocent villages is not worthy of any deference or mercy.”
“I couldn’t agree more,” Kaede nodded.
With that, the silence resumed as each thought about this unknown female, and the treachery done to a young man who had only ever safeguarded this human village.
All they could do was wait for Inuyasha to awaken again.

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Inuyasha’s healing powers, as weakened as they were, benefited greatly from Sesshoumaru’s blood, and he was able to sleep comfortably for the rest of the day due to Kaede’s medicines. The damage from his injuries had almost healed completely, but he would be weak until after his human night.
Sesshoumaru had picked him up and placed him in his lap once again, just as the sun reached the mountains in the West. To his astonishment, as the sun disappeared completely, he felt Inuyasha’s body pulse, and watched in fascination as the boy transformed into a human right before his eyes.
It seemed a pitcher of the blackest ink had been poured, starting at the roots of his hair, to cover it all the way to the tips. He watched the white koinu ears twitch once then shrink into the black hair, and then he saw the human ears appear on the sides of his head as the boy winced slightly. It seemed the transformation was not entirely comfortable. He also winced as his claws shrank into his hands, to leave nothing but blunt human fingernails.
As much as he hated to see him change into a human, he could not ignore the boy’s beauty. Even in this form, his inherited beauty from the Royal Shiro-Inu Clan and his Princess-mother was plain to see.
His hair was a true black, without the brown highlights that were so normal among humans, and very shiny. The only word that came to his mind to describe it was ‘obsidian’.
Sesshoumaru could not wait to see his eyes. ‘I know most humans with black hair have brown eyes, so I am certain his will be brown too, but what will they look like?’
Waiting for him to open his eyes, the Youkai Lord allowed his own eyes to roam further over Inuyasha’s body. His skin had darkened in color slightly. Not so much the golden honey color he normally had, his skin was now a light tan. His body seemed to have become slightly smaller and lighter in his lap. The clothes he now wore, which had fit him perfectly just moments ago, were now a little too big, but not by much.
He was admiring his brother when he was suddenly drawn to return his gaze to his brother’s eyes. They were just opening to look up at him and Sesshoumaru’s own eyes widened. ‘His eyes are violet!’ A beautiful dark amethyst-violet. Sesshoumaru felt he could lose himself in those eyes.
He was torn from his musings when he saw those beautiful eyes wince in pain. ‘He’s human now! And still trying to heal from what should have been fatal wounds even to most full-youkai…’
“Kaede-sama!”
Kaede had dozed off but woke up quickly. As soon as she saw that the boy was awake and human, she jumped up, bringing another cup of her potion with her. She carefully handed it to Sesshoumaru.
“Little Brother, here, you must sit up a little so you can drink this. It will help with the pain you now feel,” Sesshoumaru said.
Before he could think or notice his surroundings, he drank what Sesshoumaru offered. As his eyes began to close in sleep again, panic shifted through them. ‘I’m human! Oh, shit! Now that he knows my secret, what will happen? Will he…?’ His chaotic thoughts died as his mind and body were sucked back down into the oblivion of sleep.
Sesshoumaru saw the panic and could easily guess its cause. This was his brother’s most closely guarded secret. To have hidden this from Sesshoumaru for the centuries he had, it showed yet again, that his instincts were amazing. This was his most vulnerable time, and he was now fully human, weak, and in the arms of one who had, for his entire life, sworn to kill him because of this same human blood.
Sesshoumaru felt a constricting in his chest as the truth hit him hard: ‘Inuyasha would be an absolute fool to trust me while he is in this form.’ And it hurt. It hurt to know how he had threatened his baby brother for so long. He only hoped that someday he could truly repair the damage he had done.
His thoughts were interrupted as Inuyasha’s body convulsed. He jerked to the side in his sleep, and began to vomit blood. The rosary glowed again and began to burn the boy severely; his human skin burning much more easily. Sesshoumaru’s eyes grew wide in panic. ‘What is happening?!’
Kaede came running. She quickly wrapped the necklace in sutras to protect the boy, and for now, they worked, although the rosary was trying to burn through them. “My Lord, I feared this could happen. He is larger than he would normally be as a human, an effect of your blood I believe. As a human, his blood should have no traces of his own demon blood now. Yet your blood is still in his body, and cannot be overtaken by his human blood.
“I believe that there are very few who could take your blood and survive. Inuyasha was able to do that before his transformation, but now… I believe his human body can’t cope with your blood, so it’s trying to get rid of it.”
Upon hearing Kaede’s words, he instinctively scented the blood Inuyasha had vomited, fully expecting to scent his own blood being purged…but it was human blood! Inuyasha’s body should be trying to purge itself of what would now be a deadly poison. Instead… ‘Have I saved him just to kill him myself?’ he asked himself in horror.
“Miko, the blood he is vomiting is human! Do you know why this would be?”
Kaede was stunned at this revelation. “No My Lord, I have no idea. It should be your demon blood his body is trying to purge….unless… Possibly his body is still injured badly enough inside that in its desire to live, it is purging the human blood he had left instead?
“Or…he did lose nearly all of his blood. No human could have survived that. Giving him so much of your blood surely shifted the balance of blood types in his body. Could it be that he has more than half youkai blood now, but his body still changed on his human night? Why has his human form changed in size from how it would normally be? His human blood forced his transformation, so then why is the rosary reacting?”
He held Inuyasha, keeping his face turned to the side so he would not choke as he vomited. He knew Kaede’s chaotic speech was her thinking aloud, trying to talk herself through the possibilities as best as she could, but it was frustrating not to know for sure. Brushing Inuyasha’s hair back from his now-sweaty face, Sesshoumaru could only hold him in his arms tightly and hope he would survive this. Knowing that no human in the world could was a thought he could not acknowledge or contemplate at this moment.
His Youki was in a panic inside him at the thought of losing the boy. Sesshoumaru was doing his best to ignore his beast, until he realized his Youki was trying to tell him something. “Scent HIM! You have scented the blood he is purging, so now scent the boy! Maybe we will know the blood that is now in his veins…”
Sesshoumaru wanted to kick himself for not thinking of this long before. He leaned down very close to the boy’s neck, the back of his neck so he was not getting the blood-scent near his mouth, and drew in a breath. ‘His blood smells almost like mine! Perhaps a small trace of human, but not much. And, maybe, could this human scent be coming from his skin and not his blood?’ Wanting to be sure, he made a small puncture with the tip of his claw in the boy’s neck right at his hairline, and tasted the small bit of blood that came to the surface.
‘How is this possible?’
“Miko-sama, I have tasted his blood. If I had to separate it, I would say it is ninety percent demon and ten percent human. Yet his body completed his monthly transformation. Do you have any knowledge of how this can happen?”
Kaede’s head jerked up in shock. “My Lord, I am ashamed to say that I have no idea. I have never heard of any situation that would match this. Of course, the Young Lord is very unique anyway. Having a father such as the one you share, with blood more powerful than any known in history, blended with human…he never should have survived after his birth. However, I have learned never to underestimate him. I can only hope he will not disappoint me this time.
“His human form lasts until the sun begins to rise. I will do all I can to make certain he will see that sunrise. May I return to the village? I have some other herbs…I’m not sure they will work, but I will try anything to save him.”
“I feel the same Kaede-sama. Yes. Take A-Un, your journey will be much faster.”
Just as those words left his lips, he felt Inuyasha pulse again.
To both his and Kaede’s complete amazement, they saw Inuyasha’s body change back into his Hanyou form, many hours too early.
Sesshoumaru could not help but watch in admiration as his hair literally bleached white from the roots to the tips, again as if it was being poured from a pitcher. His human ears disappeared and his koinu ears reappeared. Deadly claws lengthened. In addition, his youkai-stripes were now faintly visible on his face.
Inuyasha opened his eyes to stare at his brother, and the golden eyes were back, but… ‘Why are they rimmed in red?’
Inuyasha’s body tried to jerk up, but Sesshoumaru held him down. He realized it was more difficult than he had expected it to be; the boy’s strength seemed to have increased. The kotodama rosary vaporized the sutras began to burn into his skin again. Kaede grabbed it quickly, wrapping it in more sutras she yanked from her pocket, while Sesshoumaru reached quickly to hold the boy’s chin so he could not bite the Miko.
As the burning of his skin subsided, so did the red in his eyes; but the jagged stripes on his face remained. He sank back into Sesshoumaru’s embrace, panting with sudden exhaustion while looking up at him with fear in his eyes.
Seeing this, Sesshoumaru tried to reassure him, “Otouto, there is nothing to fear. I am here.”
Inuyasha’s fears were crashing through his mind. There was still the fear from Sesshoumaru now knowing about his human-night. But even greater, overriding all else…’How did I transform back so fast? I should still be human! What is happening?’
“Ses-shou…maru,” the hanyou gasped roughly, “every mo-month…en-tire…life…ch…changed…on n-n-night…of…New M-moon…and…change…always…l-l-lasts…a-all…n-n-ni-night. How…wh-why…how c-c-could…” He could not finish his question, but Sesshoumaru understood.
He took a cup of cool tea from Kaede, assuming, knowing the miko now, that it would help the boy’s throat. He held Inuyasha up a little straighter, “Here, drink this and I will tell you what we think happened and what we are going to do.”
Inuyasha drank it gratefully, weakly smiling his thanks to Kaede. She smiled back gently.
“Little Brother, you lost nearly all your blood before we found you, and I gave you a great deal of my own blood to replace it. First using my blood on your wounds to close them, and when you seemed to tolerate it, I had you drink much more, to try to save your life. Your blood-volume was still far too low at the time.”
“As to why you have transformed back so early, we have some ideas, but none are definite. Personally, I believe that you did not have much of your own blood left. Getting mine, your body used it readily. I think you had enough human blood left inside for it to change you as it normally would on this night. However, you began to vomit blood after your transformation, and it was human blood. Purging your human blood may have reversed your change.
“I can only conclude that you are now more than half youkai. But I could very easily be wrong,” Sesshoumaru finished.
“I agree with Lord Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha. It is the most logical explanation, especially with how the rosary is still trying to burn you. Of course, things have a way of not being so logical when it comes to you,” Kaede winked at him, and he just rolled his eyes.
“Little Brother, I would like for you to agree to allow my personal healer to examine you. He is an ancient demon, with much knowledge of InuYoukai physiology. In fact, he is the one that kept your own Mother healthy while she was pregnant with you, before she left to go back to her family’s shiro.”
Inuyasha’s eyes widened at the comment about his Mother. Knowing this, he instantly felt a little better about that suggestion. That, and as much as he hated healers and didn’t want some stranger examining him, he really wanted some answers. “When would I need to go?” he whispered roughly.
It pleased Sesshoumaru that Inuyasha was willing, but he did not want to move the boy too far right now. Certainly not all the way to the Tsuki no Kyūden.
“I will bring him here; I do not wish to move you too much at this time. May I summon him?”
Inuyasha nodded; relieved he may finally have some answers.
“Miko-sama, do you still need to return to the village?” Sesshoumaru asked?”
“If your healer will arrive this by this evening, then I will be able to stay here for now. If he will take longer, then I should return just to be sure I have enough of the herbal ointment for the burns and the herbs for his teas.”
“No, he will be here by this afternoon. Jaken!”
The little imp came running, as usual. He’d been hanging back, but watching everything. He too was shocked at what the Hanyou had endured. “Yes Milord?”
“Take A-Un. Tell Masahiro to bring any supplies he needs and return here with you immediately. Be sure he is supplied to be here an extended amount of time, up to a week. You may tell him what you have witnessed, and I will not consider it gossip, but you may tell no one else. Do you understand?”
“Yes Milord!” He went running to A-Un and leaped onto his back. The dragon quickly rose from its reclining position, and they took off into the air.
“Thank you Sesshoumaru-sama. I for one will feel much better having your youkai-healer examine him,” Kaede said as she wrapped yet more sutras around the rosary. She immediately prepared to write more, knowing it was likely they would be needed again.
Sesshoumaru nodded. “Inuyasha, until Masahiro gets here, you should try to rest as much as possible. While it is true that your wounds seem to be healed on the outside, you are still trying to heal inside, and you have not had an easy few days. Your body could use the rest. I will keep watch. Sleep in safety, Otouto.”
Inuyasha’s eyes widened slightly. ‘What is this warm feeling in my chest? Is it because of Sesshoumaru’s words? Keh, it’s probably just this extra demon blood of his heating my chest up. There’s no reason to get all sentimental.’
With that final thought, he allowed himself to fall asleep.
“While he is sleeping, let us move to the small clearing nearer the hot spring. I want to get him further away from the smell of his own blood,” Sesshoumaru said quietly to Kaede.
She nodded, and they both rose and moved camp.

~tbc

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Japanese used in this chapter:
Osuwari: (おすわり”Sit”) is the command only Kagome can use to slam Inuyasha into the ground whenever she feels it’s ‘necessary,’ or when she is just being spoiled. ~The word "osuwari" is a sit command used specifically for dogs, which is why the beads don't activate whenever Kagome tells him to sit down. ~In Inuyasha's case, the Kotodama no Nenju are pretty much the equivalent of a collar or a choke-chain, maybe even a shock-collar, considering he's a dog demon.
Kotodama rosary: or the Kotodama no Nenju: (言魂の念珠, language power rosary), called the Beads of Subjugation in English, is the title of the rosary/necklace that Inuyasha wears around his neck. When activated by the use of a particular word, the beads glow and bring the wearer under control (in a manner of speaking). In Inuyasha's case, it's usually referred to as the “sit!” command. (The trigger word Kikyo planned to use was "itoshii" (愛しい), meaning "beloved.”)
Arigatou: (ありがとう) “Thank you”
Koinu: (kanji 子犬, hiragana こいぬ) puppy, young dog. From 子 (こ, ko) meaning "child" + 犬 (いぬ, inu) meaning "dog"
Shiro: The Japanese character for castle, '城', normally read as shiro, is read as jō when it is attached to a word, such as in the name of a particular castle. Thus, for example, Osaka Castle is called Ōsaka-jō (大阪城) in Japanese.
(Yes, “Shiro” is also the way to say ‘white’.)
Tsuki no Kyūden: (月の宮殿) (The) Palace of the Moon = The name I have given Sesshoumaru’s castle in my story.

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