The Mating Game

Sesshomaru raced through the forest toward the oldest which also happened to be the tallest tree in the forest. As he came toward it he snarled in anger at the sight before him. There wrapped to the tree was InuYasha. The thorned vines writhed slightly against the tree as the white hanyou moaned and moved slightly but didn’t wake.

“InuYasha!” Sesshomaru called as he ran forward.

Before he even reached the still form more vines burst forth from the ground right in his path. He launched himself backwards snarling in frustration.

“Hahahahaha. Come now Sesshomaru you do not think it will be that easy to get him do you?” A female voice laughed.

From behind the large vine wrapped tree with InuYasha stepped what could be a female version of Sesshomaru. She had long silver hair to her midback and more pink than red colored stripes on her face in the center of her forehead was a magenta crescent moon. She was wearing a white kimono with pink sakura blossoms on it.

“Mother?” Sesshomaru asked.

“Hello Sesshomaru dear.” She replied “It has been awhile.”

“What is the meaning of this? Why did you take InuYasha?” Sesshomaru demanded coldly.

“Now is that anyway to greet the mother whose only looking out for her precious pup?” She said sweetly.

As she said this InuYasha gave a groan and golden eyes fluttered open slowly, nose twitching slightly. “A…aniki?”

“Otouto. Just hold on. Everything will be alright.” Sesshomaru said.

InuYasha stared at him for a second before nodding his head slightly. “Hai.”

“How sickening” Haruko sneered “A powerful demon brought low by a mere hanyou.”

“Leave Yasha out of this if you have a problem with me, okaa-san.” Sesshomaru said in a neutral tone.

“I never said I had a problem with you, pup.”She smiled sweetly. “It’s this disgusting half-breed that I have a problem with.” Her serene smile morphed into a snarl. “He has become an obstacle for you and as such he shall be removed. Permanently.”

The female dog demon snapped her fingers and the green thorn vines started to tighten around the tree and in consequence InuYasha. The white dog demon gritted his teeth as the pressure against his body became more pronounced. He finally let out a strangled yell that became gargled at the end as the pressure became too much and broke some ribs, one having pierced his lung.

“INUYASHA!” Sesshomaru called out as he ran forward dodging the deadly vines that shot out of the ground to impede his path to his half brother. Snarling he raced forward and swiped through the deadly vines that were crushing the precious hanyou.

The full blooded dog demon caught the other as he began to fall to the ground. Sesshomaru gently laid the hanyou out cradling InuYasha’s head in his lap. “InuYasha?”
The aforementioned demon gave a weak bloody cough but gave no other sign of life. As gently as he could he laid his brother’s head down and wrapped him in his moko-moko. He slowly stood up and faced his once mother.

“Aw. Is wittle Sessy-poo gonna cwy now.” Haruko taunted. (A/N: Yes, people the baby talk is intentional.)

“You BITCH!” Sesshomaru snarled as he rushed forward his claws turning a vivid green on one hand , intent on ripping the female demons throat out, okaa-san or not. The pink demon leaped back clearly startled at ferocity of which her son was showing all because of some stupid half-breed.

“Now if you could only show this amount of determination in finding a proper mate, my dear son.” She said side steping another swipe of poisoned claws from Sesshomaru. “Then everything would be just peachy.”
Sesshomaru snarled “InuYasha is more than enough as a proper mate for me. He does not try to impress nor does he simper or cower away. InuYasha acts like himself around me and my youki accepts him.”

“But what about power, baka no hito. How can mere dirty half-breed even have a chance at standing against someone of your caliber?” She hissed as she whipped out a vine whip and snapped it at the other.

“InuYasha is far more powerful than the bitches who strut themselves in front of me.” Sesshomaru leaped back from the whip as it snapped at him. He was no idiot he could smell powerful poison on it. True it would have no effect on him but it could still hinder him if it got within his blood.

“Please, a fowl hanyou like him have more power than a full demon. Don’t make me laugh.” She sneered as she gestured her right arm and more vines shot out of the dirt around her son rushing to impale him. “Besides he is nothing but a mutt. A being with tainted mortal blood.”

Sesshomaru jumped away as he snapped his left hand forward, slicing through more of the vines as the appeared with his summoned poison whip. “That maybe so but his demon blood is that of our family and his mother was that of royalty and a miko of the highest quality.” Sesshomaru smirked. “The said can’t be said about you.”
Enraged the pink demon ran at Sesshomaru claws at the ready and vines bursting from the ground to attack the male demon. Sesshomaru quickly maneuvered to be behind Haruko. “Wasn’t it you okaa-san who once told me to not let anger cloud my mind in battle.” He whispered.

Haruko whipped around startled only to feel poisoned claws slice through her bell then neck. The bloody corpse fell to the ground, claw marks fizzing and hissing from the deadly poison. Snorting at how easily his mother had fallen for the taunt he turned to the reason for the whole fight in the first place, InuYasha.
Gathering his brother still wrapped in his moko-moko into his arms, he stilled as the light hanyou shifted and opened bleary eyes. “Aniki?” he whispered.

“Hai. I’m here, otouto.” Sesshomaru nuzzled him.

“What happened?” InuYasha asked.

“That doesn’t matter right now. All that matters is that you are alright.” Sesshomaru said.

“But why? I thought you hated me?” InuYasha turned his head away so his brother could not see the tears threatening to fall from his eyes but that did not mean Sesshomaru could not smell them.

“InuYasha? InuYasha look at me.” Sesshomaru demanded “Do not ever think that. I might have not liked you at first but you are my otouto and….. my precious mate.”

“InuYasha looked at him with wide eyes than tentatively he leaned up from the arms he kissed Sesshomaru before he nuzzled beneath his chin and relaxed back into the strong arms. The older demon growled approvingly and tenderly kissed the younger’s forehead

Sesshomaru tensed as he heard slow clapping coming from behind him. Slowly he turned around, a growl rumbling from him and a tightening of his grip to find…..