Salvation

Disclaimer~~~~~~~~~~ Don’t own original Inuyasha characters, do own others.

Inuyasha walked lazily down the hall with his friend, enjoying the company to a degree Kouga could never have predicted. The ability to just be able to talk to someone about his thoughts and not have to worry about being judged was an overwhelming relief.
He was even smiling and laughing at some of the wolf’s stories and jokes. As they rounded a corner he looked up and saw Sesshomaru walking with Rainen towards them. Rainen was deep in conversation with his father about something and didn’t seem to notice the pair, but nothing could escape the Lord’s sharp senses. His eyes captured Inuyasha’s and held them. The hanyou stopped where he stood and looked right back at him. Kouga stepped aside to allow them passage down the hall, pulling Inuyasha with him.
Sesshomaru stopped when he was beside them. Rainen seemed to take notice of them for the first time and glared.
“Have you seen the healers as I told you to?” he asked quietly. Inuyasha’s eyes widened slightly as he realized he hadn’t seen them. But who was he to follow orders from a dickhead who wanted to kill him. He didn’t have to do what that asshole said. The hanyou glared at his brother and lifted his chin defiantly.
“No, I haven’t. You just want them to fix me so you can throw me in the ground yourself, well I’m not gonna play that shit Sesshomaru.” he growled out. Sesshomaru’s eyes took on a dangerous look as he spoke. “You can go fuck yourself, ‘cause I have more of a will to live than you give me credit for dammit!” Before he could speak another word, there was a claw wrapped around this throat and cut off his air. His face was brought mere millimeters away from Sesshomaru’s. His warm breath bathed Inuyasha’s face as he growled. Inuyasha grasped the offending hand and attempted to feebly pull it off.
“You will do as I tell you, mutt. Question my authority again and it will have dire consequences, I promise. You have weakened more than you think, your blood is killing you.” he snarled out. Inuyasha fell into his hand, choking from the lack of air. Tears leaked out the corners of his eyes as his vision began to blur and darken. He mouthed the words ‘can’t breathe’.
“Good, then maybe you will do as I say instead of causing problems.” He lifted the hanyou up by his delicate throat, an easy feat considering how thin he was, and began walking swiftly down the hall. As soon as they were completely out of sight, Sesshomaru swung the hanyou up and caught his knees to carry him bridal style. He unwrapped his fingers from around the weak hanyou’s neck to gently cradle his head in his arms. Inuyasha rested his head against the inuyoukai’s shoulder, taking large gulps of the sweet air he could now breathe in. Sesshomaru’s scent calmed him despite the fact that it was he who had just nearly suffocated the half-breed. He felt the top of his head be nuzzled.
“Why must you complicate everything, mutt?” he murmured into his hair. “Can’t you feel how weak you are? I could smell the stench of rotting flesh before I even heard you.” Inuyasha turned his face towards the silky voice and opened his bloodshot eyes to look up at him.
“Like I said, why should I take orders from…the guy who wants to kill me…after I get better?” His voice came out in broken words, his vocal chords having not healed yet. The lord, though, seemed to get the jest of it. He kept his eyes forward as they rounded the corner leading to the healers’ wing of the mansion.
“Because, dear brother, I would never allow anyone else to touch that which is mine.” Inuyasha’s heart twitched a little at the possessive comment, but he said noting.
Sesshomaru stepped inside what was clearly an infirmary and walked over to the head healer. The demon bowed low as he approached. He was an old youkai, well into his hundreds. His wrinkled face was stern, but his green eyes held compassion in their depths.
“Evening, my Lord. What may I do for you?” he asked politely. Sesshomaru laid the hanyou down on one of the many futons in the room. His head turned limply to the side but was brought back by his brother’s gentle fingers.
“He was supposed to see you today, so I’ve brought him.” he said coldly.
“Ah, yes of course. The half-breed. Well, I’ll see what I can do for him, sire.” he said as he walked into a different room. Inuyasha’s raspy breathing was silenced for a moment as his lips were covered by the soft, warm ones of his brother. He let his eyes close as he gave into the feelings brought on by the kiss. Love, hate, anger, sorrow, happiness, loneliness, all of these swept over him like a tidal wave as their lips connected.
Sesshomaru broke away for a second to stroke his cheek and let the hanyou catch his breath. He touched lips with him again as Inuyasha laid a feeble hand on his side.
“I love you,” Inuyasha whispered against his lips. Sesshomaru yanked his head back to look at him with complete and utter shock. Inuyasha stared at him with both love and hopelessness in his golden depths. Sesshomaru’s shock soon turned into a glare, full of hatred and disgust. He drew his hand from his cheek as if he had touched fire. Inuyasha reached up to touch his lover’s face, but his hand was cruelly caught in a near bone crunching grip. Sesshomaru snarled in his face, his fangs extending slightly.
“Don’t touch me, you filthy half-breed.” he snarled. Inuyasha gasped in pain as the grip on his wrist tightened. He squeezed his eyes shut against the pain and arched up to pull free. “You are not fit to even lick the ground I walk on.” Inuyasha fought back the tears that threatened, but he let them flow when the poisonous acid seeped into his wrist. He cried out softly and opened his eyes to look at his brother.
“Please Sesh, I can’t take it.” he pleaded. The fear slowly left his body as it was replaced by pure terror at the sight that greeted him. Sesshomaru’s eyes were pure red with black dots for pupils, and Inuyasha feared them more than anything else on earth. Those eyes spelled death for anyone they were fixed on, and right now he was their current target.
“Sesh, I…” He couldn’t speak, he couldn’t move. All he could do was pray he either snapped out of it or he had the strength to live through the attack. Neither were very promising.
“You say you love me, little brother. Well I have news for you, I hate you.” He reached down and grabbed at the hanyou’s throat again, squeezing nearly hard enough to crush his wind pipe. Inuyasha gagged and felt his eyes bulge slightly at the extreme pressure.
“My Lord!” The shout reverberated through the room. It seemed to snap the irate prince out of his trance. He whipped his head to look at the old healer, his eyes fading back to gold. The old healer looked annoyed, but calm. “My lord, making more wounds on the boy won’t help me fix him, I’m afraid. I’ll ask you to keep your temper in check while in the healing ward.” Sesshomaru quickly released the gasping hanyou and straightened up.
“Of course, I apologize. I had a momentary lapse of control. I have other matters to attend to.” He left the ward immediately, leaving the shaken and oxygen starved Inuyasha alone with the old demon. The healer turned his eyes upon him and went to his side. He checked his neck and sighed heavily.
“The boy still needs to learn to control his emotions. One day it’ll be the death of him.” Inuyasha gurgled slightly.
“Shhhh, try not to speak, Master Inuyasha.” he soothed. Inuyasha looked at him helplessly, knowing he wouldn’t be able to say anything for quite some time.
“My assistants have been taking care of you since you arrived, I know all I need to know, young one.” Inuyasha decided that he liked the old man. For one, he had saved his life, and he had also treated him kindly. The old demon smiled at him and held out a vial of what seemed to be blue liquid.
“Drink this. It will put you to sleep while we work on you.” Inuyasha gratefully opened his mouth to receive the substance and drank it all. The old man stood back as young healers came from the room he had been in carrying different bowls and trays.
“If you wake and no one is here, there will be a bell beside your hand. Ring it and someone will come.” Inuyasha had just enough time to nod before he slipped of to a dreamless sleep.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Days later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“I’m sorry!” Inuyasha shouted as he sat bolt upright. It was pitch black and for a moment he thought he had gone blind. He quickly looked around to find any source of light and help him adjust to the darkness. A slight crack in a doorway revealed a waning moon…a barely there moon. Panting, he fell back on the futon and shut his eyes.
“Shit…what the Hell was I dreaming about?” he asked out loud, his voice raspy from its earlier assault by Sesshomaru.
“With an outburst like that you think you’d know,” came the all too familiar voice from beside him. His eyes flew open and he turned his head to look in the direction it had come from. Sesshomaru’s outline lay beside him on the soft silks, his hair pooled around him like spilt silver.
“What’er you doin’ here Sesh?” he grumbled out as he turned away. “Ain’t you got someone else to try and kill besides me?” He was turned back around abruptly until he saw eyes identical to his own glowing in the darkness. Sesshomaru leaned forward and kissed him aggressively. Inuyasha couldn’t help but respond to it and kiss back. His back was pressed hard into the futon as the elder youkai climbed on top of him.
“This is my room, half-breed. I have more right to be here than you do.” he muttered against his lips. Inuyasha boldly passed his tongue into the demon’s wet cavern. Sesshomaru lightly bit it, extracting a whimper of pleasure from the hanyou. He broke away to attack the sensitive neck he seemed not to be able to get enough of. Inuyasha tilted his head back to give him better access, sighing in complete bliss. Sesshomaru’s marked wrist came up to cradle his neck tenderly as his tongue licked up and down the pale skin. His other hand reached up to massage a furry ear, sending shivers up and down his lover’s body.
“Why…? Why am…I here?” he breathed out. Sesshomaru sucked at the spot just under where his ear should have been had he been born with humanoid ones, causing him to gasp loudly and moan. Inuyasha’s claws wormed their way onto the youkai’s chest and waist. He could feel that the lord was wearing a pair of bottoms and he began working to get them off. He slid them off effortlessly, further pressing up against him to do so. Sesshomaru growled possessively and pressed him back into the futon. He slid his hand down to massage the hanyou’s inner thigh, causing him to gasp and lift his leg into the touch.
“You’re here because I don’t want you to be anywhere else. I want you where I can keep an eye on you.” He kissed him again, swallowing all the whimpers and gasps emanating out of his mouth. He nibbled at his bottom lip softly, receiving subtle nips and kisses to his own upper lip in return. Inuyasha gasped as Sesshomaru’s hand slid from his inner thigh to his entrance, pressing a finger into him. He squeezed his eyes together and pressed his head back into the pillow in pain, gritting his teeth together in a silent snarl. Sesshomaru slipped it in and out of him carefully, panting hard from his effort to contain himself. He growled softly and bit the crook of his neck, loving the loud moan he received.
After a few more passes with his fingers, the youkai hit the spot that made Inuyasha’s world explode in a shower of stars and lights.
“AH! Wha…?” he asked in confusion. Sesshomaru smirked and retracted the appendages, lifting the half-breed’s legs to place his member at his entrance. Inuyasha looked up at him pleadingly, his eyes soft with want and longing. Sesshomaru leaned forward to place a tender kiss on his bruised lips.
“Relax, it’ll be better that way.” he murmured. Inuyasha nodded and took a deep breath, exhaling slowly and making his body go limp. He swallowed and closed his eyes as he nodded.
“Okay, I’m ready.” he whispered out. Sesshomaru’s soft lips pressed against his temple and he pushed in. Inuyasha cried out in agony as he felt his insides catch fire. His claws dug into the inuyoukai’s shoulders as he clenched around him. Sesshomaru snarled into his ear, but he held still. The pain slowly subsided and the half-breed whimpered for him to go on. That was all the coaxing he needed. He began rocking in and out of the younger youkai’s body, slowly at first, then gaining momentum.
Inuyasha held onto his brother, tears leaking out from the pain of being ripped apart inside. Sesshomaru’s warm tongue lapped up the salty tears and their glistening tracks. His labored breathing seemed to be synchronized with that of his lover. He lowered his head to let it rest in the crook of the hanyou’s neck as he held the young youkai protectively. Inuyasha dug his claws in further when the lord hit that spot inside of him that sent his world reeling.
The universe exploded along with his lungs as he screamed out his pleasure. Sesshomaru reached between their slick bodies to stroke his weeping member, blinding Inuyasha with pure, unbridled pleasure. He bit at the hanyou’s neck, sucking hard as he continued to pound into him. Inuyasha screamed with passion as he neared his peak. He rocked up into the hand as he continued to moan and scream. The demon really knew how to bring out the whore within him. He wrapped his weak legs around his lover’s waist, forcing him to thrust harder. Two strokes later, Inuyasha screamed with all his might as he shot his seed onto Sesshomaru’s stomach. He clenched around him and brought the inuyoukai to his own climax, sending him thrusting wildly into his small body. A snarl ripped through him as he spilled his essence into the hanyou and he snapped his powerful jaws down on the spot where his shoulder and neck met. Inuyasha screamed in pleasure and climaxed again. His vision went black as he fell back onto the futon, and everything went silent.

“Inuyasha, wake up.” The command slowly penetrated his foggy mind, seeping into every corridor it could find. He squinted his eyes shut at first before slowly opening them. It was still pitch black in the room, but for some reason he could see Sesshomaru crystal clearly.
“Huh? What happened?” he grumbled out in confusion. He reached up and touched a spot on his neck that felt as if it was melting into his very soul. A small gasp emitted from his mouth as his fingers grazed over the sensitive spot. Another hand reached up to lace fingers with him. Sesshomaru lay on top of him, gazing at him in thought.
“I marked you,” he stated. Inuyasha’s eyes widened in shock, his mouth falling slightly open. “Now no one can touch you.” Inuyasha stared at him, looking as if he couldn’t figure out who the demon was.
“You did…what?” he spat out. Sesshomaru continued to gaze at him, as if trying to figure out a puzzle. He tilted his head down to place a gentle kiss on slightly swollen lips. Inuyasha remained frozen, for the first time not kissing back.
“You’re mine now, little brother. It’s what you’ve always wanted.” There was no compassion in his voice. In fact, it seemed as if it was completely void of emotion, like usual.
“Why? You’ve never given two shits about me, why do this?” he asked in bewilderment. Sesshomaru rolled off to the side, pulling the hanyou with him. He snuggled against him quickly as Sesshomaru’s arm went around his back, holding him against his broad, powerful chest.
“I can’t answer that, Inuyasha.” he murmured into his puppy dog ear. It twitched slightly at the hot breath that blew into it. “Maybe in time I will, but right now I can’t.” The confused hanyou tilted his head back to look up at him. Sesshomaru was looking right back down into his golden eyes.
“I love you, Sesh.” he whispered. The youkai leaned down to kiss him tenderly, a far cry from the reaction he had gotten the last time he had made that declaration. His kissed back passionately as their tongues twined together. His pale arms circled around his neck as he was pressed back into the silks once again. He quickly turned the tables and kept rolling until he was on top. Sesshomaru broke away and cocked an eyebrow at him. Inuyasha smirked as he straddled his hips.
“My turn to have some fun,” he stated with a chuckle. Sesshomaru kept the eyebrow in its place but lay back without argument. The sultry hanyou pulled his long hair back over his shoulder so it was out of the way. He leaned down and ghosted his lips over his new mate’s.
“So, I’m your mate now huh?” he murmured. Sesshomaru frowned lightly at that.
“You must be hearing things, little brother.” he stated. Inuyasha stopped and sat up slightly, looking down at him with confusion again.
“Wait, what?” he asked. He sat up further as his brother chuckled in amusement. “But…you said-”
“I said you were mine, I didn’t anything about you being my mate. In order for that to happen, you would have to mark me,” he stated bluntly. Inuyasha stared at him in horror, reaching up to touch the spot on his neck he had been so happy to have only moments ago. “That mark means that you are mine, no one else is allowed to touch you.” The younger youkai’s mind slowly processed what was being said to him. He was a possession, nothing more.
“How…how could you?” he whispered out, horrified. “Sesh…how could you?!” Sesshomaru smirked and reached up to cup his cheek. Inuyasha jerked away like he’d been hit.
“Calm down, mutt.” he soothed. He reached up and pulled aside his own hair to reveal the same spot on his neck. “I was waiting for you to wake up so you could mark me as well.” Inuyasha’s heart leapt at that. He could barely believe it as he reached out to touch to flawless skin on his lover’s neck.
“You mean it, Sesh? Really?” he asked cautiously. Sesshomaru closed his eyes as he answered.
“Yes, Inuyasha. I don’t mind being your mate.” he forced out. Inuyasha lowered his head and gently kissed the spot, receiving a soft sigh in return from the powerful youkai. “Quit fucking around and do it already, Inuyasha, before I lose my nerve.” That was all the encouragement he needed. Inuyasha took a deep breath and bit down just hard enough to sink his teeth in. A cry of pleasure reached his sensitive ears as he felt hot blood flood his mouth. It tasted like liquid gold, coating every inch of his mouth and throat as he swallowed it by the mouthful. The taste alone sent him into a violent orgasm as he felt Sesshomaru’s own climax come in time with his.
He broke away with his head spinning from pleasure and shock. He fell on top Sesshomaru who was gasping for breath. Inuyasha turned his head weakly to kiss his chest lovingly.
“Hmm, you taste good.” he whispered against the sweat slicked skin. Sesshomaru growled out what should have been a purr.
“Try the rest of me some time… I promise it’ll… make you double up… on that statement.” he said between pants. Inuyasha curled up on top of him, exhaustion claiming his mind and body. The lord’s arms came up to wrap around him protectively as he kissed the top of his head, right between the furry ears he loved to play with.
“I really do love you, Sesshomaru.” the sleepy hanyou murmured out as he drifted off. Sesshomaru closed his own eyes and let out a large breath as sleep began to take hold of him as well.
“I know you do, Inuyasha.” With that, the pair fell into a blissful sleep, each safely wrapped in one another’s arms.