Past Pain, Future Vengance

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Chapter 17


The Slip


He could feel everyone’s eyes on him, he had been sitting outside with them for at least twenty minutes now but no one had said a word, they just sat there and stared at him. He didn’t like it, they didn‘t have to look at him like he was some sort of abomination, he already knew he was disgusting. So far, he hadn’t gotten up the nerve to look any of them in the eye, so, he just sat on his log, staring down at his hands that were resting in his lap.


Why weren’t they saying anything? They probably figured that he already knew that he was no longer welcome, that they shouldn’t waste their breath telling him to get out.


Letting out a sigh, Inuyasha stood to leave.


“Are you hungry?” When soft white ears flicked to the side at the sound of her question, Kagome took it as a good sign. “Shongi and Sango helped me make a lot of food.” Her half-demon friend stopped. “I brought ramen.” She smiled.


“No thanks, Kagome.”


Her smile fell.


“Won’t you sit with us Inuyasha? You must be hungry.” Miroku coaxed.


“I said no, monk!” Inuyasha snapped, before beginning to walk away again.


“Stay, Inuyasha.”


It was a command not a question.


Once again Inuyasha stopped, but this time he turned to face his brother. “You can’t boss me around.” He took a step back.


“Inuyasha.” A command again.


“No! I’m leaving, don’t you try to stop me.” He walked passed Sango.


“Inuyasha, don’t go!” Kagome called.


Inuyasha whirled around to face the miko. “You can stop pretending to care now,” He gestured to the rest of his friends. “All of you can knock it off! I don’t need to be a mind reader to know that you don’t want me here! I can’t protect you anyway so why bother?!”


Kagome looked confused. “What? But you have be-”


“You saw what happened! How can I protect all of you when can’t even protect myself?!” Inuyasha held up his hands in defeat before dropping them to his sides, ears pressed firmly to his skull.


He waited. “Well?!” He stared the miko down. When she only offered a small smile, he sighed again. “Yeah, that’s what I thought.” He mumbled.


“From what your friends told me,” Sesshomaru started, breaking through Inuyasha’s thoughts. “it wasn’t your fault at all. Your not as weak as your making yourself out to be. You were caught off guard by Naraku‘s underhanded tricks.”


Inuyasha looked to his brother. “You wouldn’t have been tricked. Your never caught off guard, by anything.”


It was Sesshomaru’s turn to sigh. “Inuyasha, sometimes you just have to accept something as best you can and try to move on. Believe me, my record hasn’t been perfect either.”


“But this is different, I’m not some defenseless little kid!”


As soon as he had said it, Inuyasha wished he could take it back. The now nervous hanyou swallowed when he saw the tight clench in his elder brothers jaw and the shocked anger flash in his honey golden eyes as they narrowed, glaring into his own.


“Now, what would make you say something like that, little brother?”


’Damn it.’


“Listen, it’s not what you think,” Inuyasha said, momentarily forgetting his own pain. “ we just wanted to-”


The stinging pain of his claws digging into his own hand became obsolete to the rage and burning shame that erupted through the Taiyoukai. His mask slipped just enough for it to show through in his eyes.


“How. Dare. You.” He bit out, his fist clenched and shaking by his sides. “That is no ones business, especially yours. ”


Miroku put his hands up in a placating gesture. “We realize that we had no right, but it was not our intention to discover such a secret.”


Sesshomaru’s gaze switched to the monk. “But you did, and what do you plan to do with this information? Do you intend to use it against me, tell all my enemies, now that you know what I truly am?”


Seconds seemed to stretch into minutes as the Lord waited for an answer. Golden eyes swept over every member of the group, watching as every one shook their heads.


The miko, Kagome, is the one who spoke. “Of coarse not! We would never do something like that! Anyone who would is despicable!”


Eyebrow raised, Sesshomaru regarded the strange female. “Hn.” Why he believed her, he did not know. It, somehow, didn’t fit the groups character to do something so low. He turned back to his unfortunate little brother. In a gentler tone than before: “You and your friends were out of line.” But they already knew that, he could see it in there faces.

Part of Sesshomaru wanted to leave in an attempt to save his dignity, but the bigger and louder half of his conscious knew that he needed to stay.


…But only for a little while….In case Naraku came back…


Right now Inuyasha had a lot to deal with, he could be scolded later. With one more ‘Hn’ Sesshomaru entered the hut, if Inuyasha needed him he knew where he was. But at the moment he didn’t want to see any of them. While they might not use his past against him, he still had a big problem with any of them knowing any of it. They would have to have a talk.


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BY THE WAY: For everyone thinking that Sesshomaru go over they're 'snooping' to quickly, don't worry, this is not the end of this particular issue.

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