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Brief
Moments
By Mishi

Chapter 9
Sleepless
Night

Kisaki- means empress. Myouga adds sama to the end
to show greater respect.�

Kun- is a title that is used for boys. It is sort of like brother. Keep in
mind these are general word equivalents. When the Empress uses it on Myouga,
she is insulting him. He has offended her, and she is talking down to him. In Japan, to be
called by a lesser title is a great insult(the same
might be true if a title is not used too). This is largely due to the level of
closeness in one on one relationships. The gang uses kun and chan because they are
really close to each other. It is a term of endearment with them. They are also
young. As you get older, you don�t tend to use titles with close friends. That
is not to say that it does not happen. Most of the time, people of the same
rank don�t use the titles for each other. The title is only used for those you are
not familiar with, or those who are above you in rank. However, if someone you
are not close to calls you a lesser title than san�you might be getting insulted.
Make sure you know how they are using the titles, or you are going to get
laughed at a lot. And for your own sake�don�t use a title if you are not sure what
it means! This could get you hit. Ask someone who might know, or ask the person
how you might address them. You are not Japanese, so they will overlook it if
you have a good question.

�***Warning: this info section
contains spoilers! If you don�t want to know here is the short version, without spoilers. Tenseiga and
Toukijin- Swords owned by Sesshoumaru. Tenseiga can bring people back to life.
Toukijin is a very powerful, very destructive sword. Now skip down until you
see the row of *****. The chapter starts there.

Here are the longer explanations, with
spoilers�.

Tenseiga- the sword forged from the fang of Papa Inu(Inu
Yasha and Sessy�s dad. No, it is not his name!) This
is the sword that Sesshoumaru uses to bring Rin back to life. It is also the
sword that saved his life when he lost a battle to Inu Yasha and the
Tetsusaiga. Where Inu Yasha�s sword has the power to destroy 100 youkai at
once, Tenseiga can restore hundreds of lives.

Toukijin- The sword that Sesshoumaru had forged from
the fangs of one of Naraku�s detachments. These
fangs were strong enough to break the Tetsusaiga in half.� The sword is very powerful and it is quite
scary that Sesshoumaru can control it with great ease. It shows how powerful he
actually is.

On a side note�You will not need this for this chapter, but it will come in
handy. Inu Yasha wouldn�t have survived the fight with this detachment, if it
had not been for his youkai blood. This fight was the first time we got to see
Inu Yasha transform. I forget the episode number, but if you ask I can find it.
I think it is 45, or around there. Anyway, during this transformation Sessy smells the change in Inu Yasha�s blood. It inspires
him to investigate, and he learns that Inu Yasha is in danger if he continues
to transform. Keep this in mind, because I will refer to it again later with
greater detail.

Now to the story�
******

�� Sesshoumaru was lying on
his back in the tall grass. With one leg bent at the knee and the other laid
out straight, he was contently watching the night sky. He had removed his armor,
as well as Toukijin and Tenseiga, and had laid them all in the grass beside him.
His fur was tucked under his shoulders and head for cushioning, while his one
good arm rested above his head. He was caught up in the rarest of his rare
moods. He considered such moments to be too human in nature, and believe that
giving in to them was a weakness in his character. However, tonight he couldn�t
resist it. The grass felt so soft and cool against his back. The sky was too
clear. Something about the night air was too enticing. The day had been long
and uneventful. He wanted to give in and enjoy the night.

Several yards way was a fire where both
Rin and Jaken were sleeping. Jaken
was fast asleep, but Sesshoumaru knew that Rin�s night wasn�t as peaceful. He
had been listening to her for hours. She had awakened several times, only to
cry herself back to sleep. He knew the nightmares would eventually send her
running to him. He was actually lying there waiting for her. It would only be a
matter of time. He would need to hold her as she slept, or she wouldn�t get any
rest at all. This was the pattern that had steadily developed over the years. At
first, he had refused to humor her. However, as time went on, he found it
harder to say no. Tears from her eyes were enough to make even his heart soften.
The more time he allowed himself to be around her, the more he allowed himself
to give into her whims.

He heard her mumble something in her
sleep, which caused him to instantly turn his head towards the fire. When he
had noticed that she was still sleeping, he returned his eyes to the stars. He
was suddenly irritated with himself for being concerned. �Why do I entertain her? I hold her while she sleeps, because she is
frightened of a dream? How foolish,� he thought. He could hear her growing more
restless. For the moment, she was only tossing and turning. �Human emotion�I will never understand it,�
he sighed. Her breath was growing more rapid by the second. The sound of it was
distracting him from his irritation. He turned his head to look at her again,
and thought, �Why she is like this? Why
do I care what she dreams about?� He had asked himself these questions so
many times. He did want to know what she dreamt about, but he couldn�t bring
himself to ask. Asking would mean that he was concerned about her. That, he
couldn�t deal with. �

He heard the sharp intake of breath and
knew that she was wake. He listened to the sound of her crying as he waited for
her to move. Oddly enough, she was making no attempt to leave her spot next to
the fire. It was unusual for her to fight her dreams this long. She was usually
curled up in his fur after her second nightmare. When she had made no attempt
to come to him, couldn�t resist the impulse to sit up and looked towards the
fire. His long silver hair rushed around his shoulders as he moved. He had to
toss his head to the right in order to force it out of his face. His kimono had
loosened when he had removed the armor. This left a large v-shaped neckline,
which revealed a well developed chest.

She appeared to be looking around. He
could sense her fear and panic. He was about to go to her when she stood and began
to walk towards him. Her arms were crossed tightly over her chest as she moved.
She was crying softly when she came to a stop a few feet in front of him.

Looking up at her, he could see how much
she had grown in the 2 years that she had been with him. �It is hard to believe that this is the same girl that I was forced to
save with the Tenseiga. Even in tears, she looks peaceful. She�s not like the
little one I knew so long ago.� He looked her up and down as his thought
continued, �She will need a new kimono
very soon. This one will no longer do. It is too short and tattered. A lady
should wear fine things.�

It suddenly occurred to him that she had
been standing there for several moments without a word. �Rin?�
He asked in his usual dry voice. She moved closer to him, but did not attempt more.
�What it is, Rin?�
�
�I�ve never seen you like this,� she
whispered.

He looked down at himself, and back at
her. With raised eyebrows, he asked, �Do I disturb you? Why?�

�I�m sorry Sesshoumaru-sama,� she said as
she dove into his chest.

He was completely caught of guard by the
girl. First she was fearful of him. Then she was in his chest. Her shifts in
emotions were too confusing to understand. Instead he focused on the thought that
his appearance had alarmed her. He couldn�t understand why. If it had been his
true youkai form, he could have understood.

Before he knew it, he was being distracted
by her pulling at his clothing. It seemed the more she cried, the tighter her
hold on his kimono. He could no longer remain silent. The situation was more
than he could take on an emotional level. He ordered his mind to focus. When he
was sure that he could keep the emotion from his voice, he began to speak, �You
are more upset than usual. Why is this?�

With her head pressed in tight against his
chest, she moved it form side to side. The action seemed more like an attempt
at rubbing her nose in his chest than a negative gesture. Odd as the action seemed,
Sesshoumaru understood that she was refusing to answer. He could feel the
wetness of her tears on his skin. He wanted to ignore them, but he couldn�t. Before
he could catch himself, his arm was around her. Something about feeling those
tears caused him great pain. He wanted only to make them stop.

�Tell me,� he whispered. �What do you
dream about?� He couldn�t keep up the wall. It was coming down all around him.
Something in those tears had made it impossible to hide the emotion that he was
feeling.

She pushed herself back and looked up at
him in confusion. It hadn�t been an order, or something that he needed to know;
there was sadness in his voice, and in his eyes. For years, she believed him to
be a hero who had to hide his true heart from the world. Now she had proof of
it. She just couldn�t believe he had given it to her.

�Rin?� He pushed.

�I was dreaming about the wolves. I always
dream about the wolves,� she admitted.

It suddenly made sense to him. �She would dream of her death. That would be
reasonable to fear.�

He placed his lips on her forehead and
whispered, �You cannot forget them.�

She through her arms around his neck as he
tightened his hold on her. She had never felt so close to anyone in her life.
Not even her parents had held her like this when they were alive. She didn�t
want it to end. She felt safe and cared for. She was sure that it was all she
could ever want.

�Sesshoumaru-sama�don�t
ever leave me.�

��You
are mine. Why would I leave you?� He asked as he eased her off of his lap.
After standing up, he handed her his fur.

Now that he was no longer holding her, he
was able to regain some of his usual arrogance. He had easily gathered his
swords and armor in his one arm, while Rin struggled behind him. The fur drug
the ground as she fought to keep it under control. It was wrapped around her
shoulders and waist, but most of it still trailed behind her. When he reached
the tree, he turned back to looked at her. He wanted to smile at the vision of
her with the fur, but he wouldn�t allow himself to do it. Instead, he placed
his things on the ground and took a seat against the tree.

�Rin,� he ordered.

She knew exactly what he wanted her to do.
Remaining wrapped in the fur, she curled up in his lap and prepared for sleep.

The moment she snuggled against him, a thought
drifted thought his mind, �she is finally
as she should be.� �He instantly
caught himself, and wandered why he had thought it. He wasn�t someone who
wanted to �cuddle� with a human girl. It was insane! Still he couldn�t escape
the fact that he had felt enjoyment in having her weight on his chest and
stomach. She smelled of flowers that she had been picking earlier in the day.
It was a pleasant smell. His eyes closed as the back of his head rested against
the tree. �It is only the mood that I am
in. One moment of weak character, that is all,� he swore to himself before
looking down at her again. �Only a mood.�

*******

Kagome was lying on her side staring at
the blanket that separated her and Inu Yasha from Shippo�s side of the room.
Inu Yasha was spooned again her back, and trying to get her attention by
kissing her shoulder. Unfortunately, it wasn�t working as he had hoped.

�What it is, Kagome?� Inu Yasha asked.

�Is he asleep?� She inquired in a hushed
voice.

Inu Yasha rose up on one arm to listen for
Shippo�s breathing. After a moment her answered, �I think so. His breathing is
pretty steady. I can hear the music. Do you want me to go check?�

�Kagome didn�t try to move, but said, �It might
make me feel better if you did.�

�He
raised his eyebrows and grumbled at the thought, but did as she asked. �What I
do for love,� he said as he exited the blankets.

It only took a second for him to complete
the task. He instantly went down on all fours when he returned to her. The way
he was crawling towards her made her stop staring at the blanket. He finally
had her full attention as he slowly stalked towards her.

�What do you think you are doing?� she
asked as she sat up and tried to move backwards.

�Don�t know,� he answered. He had her
pinned before she would move too far from him. His lips were pressed to her ear
when he continued, �It�s dark, I�m shirtless, and you usually get ideas from that
combination.�

A shiver went down her spine. If it had
not been for the many traumas that she had faced during the day, she would�ve tackled
him the moment they had went to bed. She just couldn�t deal with it all. She
had to push him back.

He had felt her pull way emotionally, so
it wasn�t a surprise for him when she put her hands on his chest and pushed him
backwards. �What have I done?� He whispered, and plopped down on his butt.

�What?� She wasn�t expecting the question.

�You�re pulling back from me. It�s like
you�re not giving me all of you or something�you�re hiding something. I don�t
know.� I haven�t had the chance to figure
it out yet,� he rambled on in frustration. �Did I do something to make you mad
at me?�

�No, it isn�t you. I�ve had a difficult
day,� she replied in a distant voice.

�Then stop this,� he demanded. He pushed
himself forward and took hold of her chin. She was holding back, but he was not
going too. �You feel so�I can�t describe the feeling. Numb maybe�yeah, numb.
That is the way you feel. You say that you�ve had a difficult day, but that�s
not it. You�re not dealing with how you feel. It�s because you don�t want me to
know what happened today, do you?�

She stared at him in silence for a long
moment before shaking her head. She didn�t want to explain. She didn�t want to
let herself feel anything, because he would understand too much of it. It wasn�t
fair that he could understand her that well. It meant that he was going to see
how flawed she really was. She didn�t want him to see this side of her. He
really didn�t have a reason to know it existed. She was a different person when
she was in his time. She was brave and kind. She had a purpose. The other her was afraid of being the outcast. She wanted shallow
things; to be pretty, to be popular, and to be the envy of all. She wanted to
be in a group, and she wasn�t. She was trying so hard not to blame him for her
new outcast status.

�Shame�you�re ashamed,� he said in a small
voice. He let go of her and set back on his legs.

Her eyes went wide. She had slipped. She
let her guard down at the wrong time and let him feel an emotion that she knew
wouldn�t be interpreted the right way. Now she had no choice but to tell him everything.
If she didn�t, he would assume that it was him that she was ashamed of.

She reached out and put her hands on his
shoulders. He was refusing to look at her. In desperation she said, �Don�t do
this. It is not you�I swear that it isn�t you.�

�It has something to do with me, or you
would have told me on your own. You wouldn�t be trying to hide it from me.�

She didn�t know what to say to that. She
really hadn�t thought he would pick up on it. He must have seen the shock in
her face, because he suddenly became furious with her.
�Why does everyone think I am an idiot?!�
He growled through clinched teeth. �I have a brain. I can figure stuff out too.
Just because I don�t talk all the time, doesn�t make me stupid.�

�Inu Yasha? I never
said�no one thinks you�re stupid.�

�Don�t! Don�t try to give me that hurt
voice. No one has to say it. If they weren�t thinking it, then I wouldn�t get
that look all time,� he said as he threw her hands off his shoulders.

He was out of the blankets and to the door
before she could realize what had happened. He was several yards away be the
time she had finally made it to the door. �She had to push herself to catch up with him.
There he was with no shirt, no sword, and heading for the forest. She was
running barefoot, and fighting to keep herself from yelling. She didn�t need
everyone in the village to know that they were fighting.

He had made himself stop when he reached
the rice fields. He could feel her desperation and panic, and he couldn�t make
himself ignore it. He wanted to comfort her more than he wanted to be angry at
her. He stopped and waited. He felt her hands slide around his body. She pressed
her face in to his hair as it hung down his back. He knew that he had lost. He
let his shoulders drop and his head fell back. As he looked up at the sky, he
knew that he would do anything to keep her from feeling pain. If it came down
to her happiness or his, he didn�t care what he had to sacrifice.

*****

A tall female stood watching the couple
from just inside the row of trees. Lovely was the only word that could be used
to describe her. Her hair was silver, and long enough for her to sit on. Her
face was pale with a slight glow of rose to each of her cheeks. There was a
blue crescent moon on her forehead. A heavy blue and purple material had been
picked to cover the white silk of her inner garments.� Despite the darkness of her kimono, when the
moonlight hit her hair, it gave off the illusion that her body was glowing.

There was a smile on her lips as she
watched Inu Yasha turn to put his arms around Kagome. �You are you father�s son, aren�t you Inu Yasha? You would sacrifice
your pride, as well as your life, to make her happy,� she thought.

�We should stop them before they have
another night alone,� Myouga insisted, hopping up and down on Kirara�s head.

�No, let them be. They are safe for the
moment, so we shall leave them to themselves.�

�Are you pleased, Kisaki-sama?� Myouga
asked.

�Very much
so. He has grown into an extraordinary young man. His father would be quite
pleased.�

Myouga was puzzled by her comment, �Young
man? Are you saying that as if he were a human.�

�In his heart he is human, and he is happy
because of it. He does not desire to be more, or less than what he already is. You
can calm your fear of him attempting to become a full youkai. As long as he has
her, he will never consider it an option.�

�How can you be so sure of that? He is
stubborn and full of himself most of the time. He reminds me of his brother.�

Her smile faded as she looked at him. Her eyes
narrowed as she asked, �Have you forgotten to whom you are speaking,
Myouga-kun?�

He instantly panicked and went face first
into Kirara�s fur. He corrected himself the best he could by saying, �Forgive
me, Kisaki-sama, I wasn�t thinking.�

�Thank you for admitting your fault,
Myouga-sama,� she acknowledged as she turned and wave for Kirara to follow her.
Her hand rested on Kirara�s back as she explained, �I can feel his emotions, if
you will remember. Inu Yasha is very different from Sesshoumaru, in many ways.
I do not find the comparison to be accurate in the slightest. Both may be
stubborn, but Inu Yasha has reached a peace inside himself that Sesshoumaru
cannot allow himself. You would be amazed to the extent of which that separates
them.� She stopped suddenly and reached for Kirara�s chin. Kirara stopped and
look up at her. �Thank you, Kirara. You have been wonderful in all of this,
haven�t you? I am sure you will be glad to return home. I will see to
Myouga-sama at this point.�

Kirara lifted her head in reply as Myouga
jumped from her head to the Empress�s arm. Relieved of her passenger, Kirara
was happy to turn and head for home.

�Be done with it, Myouga. I understand if
you need sustenance,� the Empress said. She knew he was dying to make her his
snack.

�Thank you, Kisaki-sama,� Myouga sang out
in a cheery voice before diving in.

�Let us rest while we are able. The
morning will bring us new troubles all its own.�
��

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