Dreams Come True:Sequel to Dream Confessions

Chapter 10: Cold Trail…

A/N: Hi, I hope this chapter wasn’t to short. With that said happy reading!!!

Compared to the utter chaos that persisted outside of the castle walls the dark palace was quiet, too quiet for the Inu brothers liking. The murky castle was a dank mess. Broken pottery was strolled about, furniture was destroyed, glass was broken and that was only the beginning of the disorganization that seemed to plague Naraku’s headquarters. Should there not be servants, devoted or otherwise, scurrying about cleaning up the clutter of a castle? Another question that came to the Inu brothers minds was who caused the jumble in the first place? From the looks of it, the inside of the castle looked as if a tornado blew through it.

‘Kagura…’ Sesshoumaru thought as he focused all of his attention on finding his soul mate that was held in captivity by their evil foe.

The wind elemental youkai was most likely the cause of the destruction inside of the fortress. Apparently from the look on Inuyasha’s face, he came to the same conclusion. Sesshoumaru found it easy to read his little brothers expressions most of the time. They both knew that Kagura put up one hell of a struggle against the spider hanyou ghost. However from the look of their surroundings, they knew the wind sorceress was still in grave peril…

The Inu brother urgency to locate the two beings only grew by the second due to the contents that stained the dark floors and walls. The said contents were the sprit blood of Sesshoumaru’s Kagura. This told the Inu brothers that Kagura did not have much fight left in her. It was her spiritual blood, her after life essence that stained the stronghold’s interior. If something was not done soon, Kagura mind will fade away and only her spiritual body will remain. Then like the parasite he is, Naraku will latch on to her very soul permanently. This will give the spider free passage back to Earth realm where he will be free plague its inhabitance once again.

The fact that Naraku’s scent blanketed the inner walls of the castle made it difficult for the daiyoukai to track the ever elusive spider. Hence why he and his younger brother were following Kagura’s blood trail, knowing full well that it could lead to some sort of trap…

The Inus kept silent as they followed Kagura’s blood trail, making sure they stayed within reasonable proximity to each other. Neither one of them wanted to see if they would pull a permanent vanishing act involuntary. They came across a mess that was once a clean library, which is where the blood trail abruptly stopped.

After a few moments of staring at the large size library in silence a familiar voice echoed throughout the library:

“Dammit, now how in the hell are we suppose to find them?!” Inuyasha said in an exasperated tone. He felt more of his energy return and was eager to confront the spider bastard. Quiet as it was kept, Inuyasha also wanted to help save the ‘big month bitch’. After all, she put herself at risk when she saved Kohaku, Sango’s younger brother.

Sesshoumaru gave him an irritated look that said ‘it should be obvious’ and said:

“Keep searching of course…”

“Where!? The trail ends here and I don’t see and can’t smell a yellow belly spider or that wind bag Kagura!” He said as his voice went up an octave again which was a good sign. If he was taking loudly then he must be feeling better. Not in top shape but improved.

“Be quiet and use your mind, as exhausting as that may seem and contemplate. They are here somewhere and will be located.” He said sarcastically in a low tone oozed with aggravation. He was already pissed off as it was and he did not have the patience nor the time to deal with his little brother antics. Plus the fact that the pup was insulting his soul mate yet again did not help sooth his annoyance.

Inuyasha scowled at Sesshoumaru’s snide remark and said:

“Alright high and mighty smartass, what makes you think they are here!? The blood trail could have been used to mislead us!” Inuyasha said defensively with his fist clenched at his side as he looked into his brothers cold yet blazing hot eyes that screamed of the fury he had for Naraku. Inuyasha felt like he got a severe case of frostbite all over his body just by looking in those deadly orbs. Nevertheless as usual Inuyasha stood his ground.

Now Sesshoumaru was giving him the impassive face with the furious eyes. At the same time he managed to give Inuyasha a look that said ‘You truly are a complete baka’. How Sesshoumaru managed to pull of all three looks at the same time Inuyasha did not know. Then with a low deadpan voice which leaked annoyance with Inuyasha and anger at his nemesis Naraku he said:

“We both know how that insect thinks. He believes he has the upper hand merely because he has Kagura in his grasp. Therefore he will want to lead us to what he believes will be our demise, not completely throw us off their trail. Now observe and learn…” With Sesshoumaru’s point made, he proceeded walk pass Inuyasha and begin the task of moving different objects around.

Sesshoumaru deduced that Naraku hide within the castle blanketed with his scent in order to slow the Inus down so he could finish setting up his trap, not completely leave his trail cold.
Inuyasha frowned as he looked at his brother move about library, his already little patience wearing thinner. Then he voiced his irritation:

“Why the fuck are you suddenly in the mood to redecorate this shit. You ain't even cleanin up your just rearranging…What the Fuck!?” Inuyasha yelped suddenly as one of the bookshelves behind him swigged towards him. Luckily for him, his reflexes had improved enough for him to jump forward out of the way just in time. Inuyasha looked up at Sesshoumaru whose hand was still on the candle holder attached to the wall across the room, a few feet down from the entrance door. Sesshoumaru pulled the candle holder down like a lever which caused the bookshelf to move.

“One more time with swinging doors at me you-“Inuyasha was about to say as he was thinking about the flying door incident earlier and the swinging door incident that just occurred. However his little rant was cut off when Sesshoumaru brushed passed him and commanded him to follow. Inuyasha decided to let it go this time and quietly follow him into what looked like a secret large dark cellular. Nevertheless Inuyasha made a mental note telling himself that it was strike two for Sesshoumaru when it came to almost hitting him with doors.

They descended the dark stone steps slowly with still no sign of Naraku’s spirit or Kagura’s soul.

“Keh, what’s with all of the mirrors, that asshole is more vain then you are… and that are saying something!” Inuyasha said and suppressed a chuckle as he heard his elder brother growl. Hell the way Sesshoumaru had a habit of flipping his hair out of his eyes, Inuyasha couldn’t help but think Sesshoumaru was a bit narcissistic. That plus the daiyoukai many other tendencies, like sticking his chin up in the air and speaking in the first person are just a few examples. In Inuyasha’s eyes Sesshoumaru act like he was doing everyone a huge favor by merely allowing them to exist in his presence.

Sesshoumaru decided to ignore that insult for now and log that information away in his brain for later. Yup, yet another reason for him to beat the crap out of his little brother…

Besides the displeased growl Sesshoumaru did not speak, instead he continued to look at the mirrors surrounding them. He noticed that the mirrors even decorated the ceiling above them. Each mirror was outline with black spiders that made Inuyasha’s skin crawl. If he wasn’t mistaken the spiders where moving!

After a few more moments Sesshoumaru says:

“Say near, these mirrors are doorways one of them will lead to Kagura and Naraku.” He said with an all knowing voice as they saw imagines begin to form in each of the mirrors.

“Doorways, doorways to where?!” Inuyasha said with determination in his voice and the Tessaiga fully drawn and transformed in his hands. He was just waiting on Sesshoumaru to point out the mirror that leads to the tentacle spouting creep!

“Into the culvert that is Naraku’s mind.” Sesshoumaru said with his Tensaiga also unsheathed. He glared at the mirrors with spite in his golden orbs. Inuyasha looked at Sesshoumaru then smirked arrogantly and said:

“Keh, the bastard is so afraid of us that he ran his eight legged ass into his own head!”

“Pathetic vermin.” Sesshoumaru said with poisonous venom as he focused on pinpointing the correct mirror to enter. Then without warning, he wrapped his prehensile tail around Inuyasha waist and flew toward the middle mirror on the right wall. Sesshoumaru instincts told him that his soul mate spirit was somewhere in the mirror, slowly slipping away. Losing Kagura again was not an option; and Sesshoumaru was determined not to let that event transpire…

The image that particular mirror projected was a winter hazardous land with glaciers the size of mountains, snow covering the whole area and gray storm clouds occupying the sky.

Inuyasha yelped again as he closed his eyes and held on to his brothers’ tail and the bile that threaten to escape his stomach for dear life. Meanwhile Sesshoumaru was thinking about what he would do to the spider hanyou when he got his claws on him. Sesshoumaru knew that Naraku would have the home field advantage especially since that was Naraku’s mind. He also knew that he didn’t have much time left. He could still sense Kagura but her energy was dimming, soon there will be nothing left of her.

Sesshoumaru did not care if it was Naraku’s mind, the Inu brothers’ defeated all of the adversaries they faced in Naraku’s own personal hell and they were resolve not to let anything stop them now! Sesshoumaru smirked maliciously. He delighted in the thought of ripping the spider apart from the inside out and tearing his soul mate from the bastard’s hands. No one messed with what the possessive daiyoukai considered his and not suffer for their foolishness!

There’s a saying that goes ‘revenge is a dish best served cold’ and that was Sesshoumaru’s exact sentiment. The daiyoukai figured the ‘winter wonderland’ mirror was the perfectly ironic place to mercilessly end Naraku once and for all. It was fitting that the daiyoukai with such cold and calculating wrath would eradicate the evil spider in such an arctic environment. With a feral smile on his face that bared fangs, Sesshoumaru carried his brother off into the cold depths of the frozen over hell that was Naraku’s twisted mind…

TBC

A/N: Yay! I managed to update sooner this time! Although I did do a cliffy again bad, bad Pumpkinpi! Hell has frozen over, I hope you stay tune to see what happens next…