Bonds of Resonance

Chapter 5: Effect

"That... old codger is my grandfather?!" Inuyasha yelled out for the umpteenth time, continuously pacing about the room like a caged, raving bull since he'd heard the news.

"No, Inuyasha," Sesshomaru replied to the spectacle before him, one which was steadily becoming far too annoying to resist correction. "High Elder Shuguuru is my grandfather, not yours."

Inuyasha paused finally, eyebrows creased as he seemed to settle down slightly in his confusion. "But you-"

"He is my mother's father, my maternal grandfather," the demon explained, relaxing his shoulders a little when he saw the light of recognition flash through his brother's features.

"Oh..."

And then-

"You mean your own grandfather is the one causing all this grief?!"

And just like that, the tirade began once again, trying the daiyoukai's patience to the very last thread that held his temper in check. It was one thing to have to deal with his own grandfather in regards to his sibling turned lover. It was another thing entirely to deal with said sibling turned lover in regards to his own grandfather.

"Enough, Inuyasha!" came the abrupt, tight demand, his tone louder than usual. Sesshomaru took in a shaky breath, closing his eyes. Silence reached his sensitive ears and he realized the half-demon had finally shut up.

It took but a moment before the youkai noticed another thing.

His actions had been instinctual, which made a bit more sense upon reflection,... And when he opened his eyes, he found his little brother lying beneath his person... strewn across the study desk he himself had just been leaning against... his own body ensuring no escape.

Damnit, Sesshomaru cursed. Not a week away and already the season was affecting him, causing him to lose sense of reality, allowing his body to move instinctively... primitively.

Sesshomaru growled out in annoyance, eyes slit open, eying the younger male beneath him.

Inuyasha, still in his kinagashi, was silent and unmoving, bangs askew, hair still in a messy topknot and body still slightly damp from the training he'd been doing before the idiot had run all the way across the palace grounds to Sesshomaru's study.

One of the youkai's hands began to move without his consent, gliding down a strong, clothed arm, reveling in the slight muscle there, before coming to the hem and sneaking up into the sleeve, caressing the moist flesh beneath softly and inquisitively.

Narrowed golden eyes met that of his sibling's, an impromptu staring contest beginning as either one gazed at the other dead on. Inuyasha's breathing moved from what was considered normal to a more huffing pant.

Sesshomaru completely transfixed by the feeling of his brother's skin, as well as the sight and smell of him.

A white, hakama-clad leg nudged between Inuyasha's knees, wedging itself to draw the taller, and heavier of the two closer to the one trapped beneath.

"..." Inuyasha was at a loss for words as his brother continued to caress him, both physically and visually without relent. He started slightly when he felt the other hand placed on his chest... running lightly over the cloth and down, down to his torso... coming to rest at one of his hips for a moment...

And then the other hand moved as well.

"Inuyasha..." the youkai breathed, eyes now completely averted to the task his claws were preparing to perform.

Inuyasha gulped as he watched in fascinated hesitation as his brother's hands shook, apparently trying to maintain control over his physical desires, to not just simply shred the obi... and probably the kimono as well... to shreds.
Inuyasha panicked, and placed his hands above his brother's, silently ceasing his actions and calming their shaking.

The youkai looked up, gauging his sibling's response and the meaning of it.

"I... in your study?..." was all Inuyasha could utter as his cheeks flushed slightly, concern written all over his face.

Sesshomaru could have chuckled at the sight and the inquiry but refrained. Instead, he nodded his head in understanding but not relent, smirking as he moved his hand from the position of ripping Inuyasha's obi off, to cupping him through his kimono and (apparently he was wearing) fundoshi.

A harsh intake of breath was sucked into Inuyasha's lungs as Sesshomaru moved to sit on the cushion on the floor, the hanyou still splayed about the tea table in such a delectable manner that the youkai could only stare and appreciate for a moment.

A mature, lean body laying across the table, hands spread out so that either arm's claws could find purchase by holding onto the ends of either side of the table... a flat, though defined, chest rising and falling in anticipation... muscular legs spread to either side of Sesshomaru's seated form, knees quivering slightly...

The position Inuyasha was in had the youkai salivating. Not only for each appendage and his appreciation of said body part, but also because of the package it came in... the kinagashi his sibling wore, while still in place for the most part, was loosened at the top, caressing the side of one shoulder, and parted at the waist down, only a small, teasing amount of the half-demon's fundoshi shown through, but enough to elicit some very... illicit images in the head of any onlooker.

"Little brother," Sesshomaru called. Inuyasha's head craned up to look across his body at the one between his legs. "You present me with a very delectable looking feast." Inuyasha's breath hitched at the sound of his brother's voice... the look in his eyes... "Do I have your consent to partake in it?"

Inuyasha knew this custom... one which, before now anyway, the demon hadn't really bothered asking so cordially and had instead acted irrationally and on impulse before regaining control over his baser urges... But it was different this time. This time, the youkai asked his permission to give in to his own desires and, hopefully if Inuyasha allowed himself, the hanyou, too, would also find pleasure in it as well.

Inuyasha swallowed.

He'd be lying if he said it wasn't the least bit tempting...

"Yes," he breathed.

The youkai closed his eyes, a soft smile playing on his mouth before he dragged himself up, back onto the table. Pressing his mouth gently against the others, the youkai held most of his weight to one side, so that they were lying next to each other, yet with Sesshomaru partially on top.

Pulling his lips back, and securing his leg over the hanyou's, Sesshomaru nuzzled the half-demon's ear, growling softly in content. "Know that I will take this no further than you wish for it to go."

Inuyasha nodded absently as his sibling descended upon his mouth at a torturously slow pace. The youkai, panting hotly, came to pause as Inuyasha's hand held him from proceeding any further. The demon furrowed his brows in question.

The half-demon grinned, a fang popping out to the side as he caught his breath, ceasing hand gripping the folds of Sesshomaru's kimono as he said, "'bout fucking time," and yanked the elder forward.

The awkward meeting of lips was anything but unwelcome, and soon turned from a surprising spark to lingering, hard, open-mouthed kisses.

Sesshomaru pressed his brother further into the low table, mindless and rather uncaring of the increasing creak it had started making a while ago. Not even when the table gave way to both the brothers' weights the next moment did either stop in their assaults; Sesshomaru trying to either suck the hanyou inside of him or crawl into his mouth (the hanyou wasn't quite sure), while Inuyasha took to just clawing gashes into the obi from hell, having given up trying to be gentle with wanting his sibling's hot skin heating his own.

The demon pulled back, a wicked curl playing about his mouth. "Inuyasha, calm down."

Inuyasha's brows were bunched together, a look of utter annoyance, confusion and, strangely enough, concentration written all over his face as he found the stupid obi was much like his fire rat and completely indestructible.

"Curse that old man and his hand-me-downs!!" the half-breed growled still yanking this way and that at the yellow sash, ears drawn against his skull at the throaty laugh from above.

"I'm sure Father has little to do with the fact that you're neither patient nor clever enough to figure out how to release the knot, or simply lack the finesse a lover should have when undressing their bed partner."

Inuyasha growled at his brother's crappy ass humor. "You sayin' it was my mom's fault?"

Sesshomaru only smirked further. "Hardly. Despite being the product of two parents, it is said that when one matures, one becomes their own self."

The hanyou stared. Hard. The dry look was refreshed and only that much more attractive on his sibling when combined with the beautiful red blush that adorned his cheeks. Sesshomaru couldn't help but caress the side of his brother's face.

Before yanking it back in what he supposed was partial shock (though in retrospect he did indeed anticipate it). Staring at his clawed hand and at the slight redness that curved around his palm in a shape akin to the crescent moon on his forehead... were bite marks.

Inuyasha had... bit him.

"You bit me," the demon said, staring at his hand still, trying to comprehend what exactly he had done to receive such a scolding.

"Yer damn right I bit ya! And I'll do it again if you call me stupid! It just..." Inuyasha trailed off, his blush intensifying. "I don't pay close attention to the little things I guess? So most stuff escapes my attention. But I'm not stupid," he sniffed.

That's a rather impressive deduction of himself, the demon thought. "The word you're looking for is dense, Inuyasha," he teased.

"Why you!!" the hanyou tackled his brother, the two rolling around in a match of strength vs leverage, until finally they ended up away from the broken table and with Inuyasha sitting on top. "Ha! Pinned ya!" he said proudly, beaming. His victory was short-lived as he realized his brother was no longer fighting against him. "Sesshomaru?"

The demon merely stared at the position his sibling was in atop his person. He could feel Inuyasha as he straddled him, every part of him from his faster than normal heartbeat to the tensing of his thighs to the heat that centered between his own legs...

Kami, he just wanted to take hi-

"Know that if you take him before that time, you will lose him forever. I will make absolutely sure of that."

Sesshomaru's eyes widened at the memory that suddenly assaulted his senses, body stiffening and going completely rigid.

"Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha voice broke the trance Sesshomaru had briefly been in.

"I cannot," the demon said hoarsely, struggling still to control his desire.

"What? What's wro-"

Sesshomaru pushed himself off his sibling, adjusting his clothing, and looking away, frustrated before he realized his obi was caught on something...

The demon turned around and saw it happened to be caught on a pair of claws nearly identical to his own. "Inuyasha," he warned.

"Sesshomaru," Inuyasha asked again. "I'm not an idiot. I know there's probably a good reason you're running away from this-"

"I'm not running away."

"-and that's great and all, but you're being a selfish asshole," Inuyasha nodded firmly, a stubborn look stuck on his face now.

"Selfish?" the demon questioned, still tugging against his sibling's hold half-heartedly. "Let go."

"Yes, selfish. And no," the half-demon answered both question and demand. "You think it's easy going around this place half naked?" At the questioning look his brother sent him, Inuyasha continued, exasperating, "Do I have to yell it out for you to understand!?"

"Inuyasha," the youkai said slowly. "Whatever it is that's bothering you I'm sure can wait. There is something you ought to be informed of, something I should have informed you of upon the meeting with the Elders, perhaps even sooner."

"You aren't even listening, you stupid-"

A knock on the shoji caught the squabbling siblings' attentions.

"Enter," the demon granted, yanking his obi from his siblings grasp once more, finally winning the tug of war.

The door slid to the side and a young demon with dark blue hair bowed low before them.

"My lord," the demon began.

"Sit up, you idiot, you look like the groveling worm you are down there. Show some backbone or this guy'll walk right past you, ignore obvious signs that you're wanting his attention only to go off and do whatever crapass work his stupid grandfather gives him," Inuyasha snapped, his temper over the situation with his sibling getting the better of him. Who better to take it out on than this kid if his sibling refused to even listen to him?

"Inuyasha," the youkai glared before turning his attention to the young demon before them. "Kazuki, what news do you bring?"

The young peacock demon stood straight, throwing a quick glare over to the half-demon who was sulking in the corner of the room. "My Lord," he started off, his gaze turning starry-eyed as he spoke to the one he idolized most in the world, apart from his father. "My father has sent me to give you the reports from the border patrol, as well as an urgent message sent from the Council of Elders."

Sesshomaru's shoulders stiffened as Inuyasha's ears perked, turning his attention to the exchange.

"I see," the daiyoukai said taking the documents from the boy's hands.

"Hey, lemme see-" Inuyasha began, trying to look over the youkai's shoulder.

"No," was all the youkai said, walking to his desk to place the border reports down before moving in the direction of his balcony.

"Do you always have to be so nosey, baka-hanyou!" the young peacock glowered quietly, hoping his lord hadn't heard him.

"Shut up, you little brat, I have every right to know what's in that damn letter as much as he does!" Inuyasha said, not bothering in lowering his voice as Kazuki had.

The squabbling between half-dog and peacock continued, Sesshomaru pointedly tuning them out as he began to read over the message sent from the Elders.

"Sectional Sesshomaru of the Inu no Taishou Household:

This message is to inform you of the Council's consideration of your promotion, and, should you accept and be accepted through trial, that of your brother's ascension to Sectional in your stead.

We will require and expect both of your immediate presences at the Northern Residence upon our next summons.

High Elder Shuguuru"

Sesshomaru sighed, turning to face the spectacle that was transpiring in his personal rooms, somewhat thankful that his brother was otherwise oblivious to the information he held in his hands. Though, with how their... relationship was progressing... it may be wiser to explain the circumstances, instead of holding off and encountering another, rather enticing, point of no return.

Though that he wasn't sending a message back this moment, that he wasn't replying with a regretful decline... that his heart was heavy with uncertainty... Surely it meant he was still warring over his options... that he...

Sesshomaru's eyes widened. He turned away lest his sibling see. Had he made his decision by not writing?

But... to accept what the Council was considering... would mean sacrificing the bond his brother and he had worked so hard to discover, essentially paralyzing any future it may have had if given time to bloom even further.

Was he truly willing to give that up? Even if he knew should he give it up... that his brother would support the decision to not stay by his side?

The youkai looked back toward his bickering sibling, eyes and heart heavy with a burden he knew not the limitations of should he refuse the Council.


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Author's Note: First, this hasn’t been edited... so A) I’m sorry this FAILS, and B) I’ll get to that sometime in the next century! Second: Don't worry, I'm building UP to the smut. I'm sure many of you are like: "But, Dem, how are you going to do that when Sesshou's grand dad-sama is being an asshat?!" Oh, I'm sure you guys can think up some ways of how I can overcome this obstacle! whaahaha. Hope you enjoyed! I love Kazuki (he's such a sweet, cute, little snot bucket! XD)! I hope you guys will enjoy his part in this story as well!

And thanks to all that have read the story, and especially the reviewers! You guys let me know where the story is weak and what I can fix (I especially like when you reinforce why you love the fic hehe!)! You guys are awesome!