Dreams Come True:Sequel to Dream Confessions

Chapter 9: Back to the Sinister Castle

A/N: Hi everyone, long time no see…or in this fan fiction case, no read. My sincerest apologies for the slow updates. Oh, and I also wanted to mention that one of the lines in this chapter “Be afraid, be very afraid” is something I heard somewhere else. I just made some changes to it. I thought I just let everyone know so I will not take full credit for that particular line. Well with that out of the way, enjoy!

The smell of brimstone assaulted the Inu brothers’ noses as they dodged flying debris. They were enroute to their final confrontation in the twisted imitation of hell. Volcano’s continued to erupt and lava flowed out of the mouths of the volcano and down the slopes to the ground. Mountains crumbled and the ground itself was ripped open by the pressure and heat of the magma beneath it. The dark red skies had a gloomy color to them as if the hell known as Naraku was growing sad and fearful of what was to come. A malicious smirk occupied the daiyoukai countenance for a moment as he thought:

‘Be afraid Naraku; be very afraid, for your terrible fate rest in my hands.’ The daiyoukai thought as he drew closer to their destination with his younger half dazed brother in tow. Said younger brother kept his eyes closed and his month shut as the soared through the air. Inuyasha was trying to tap into his energy reserves for the upcoming battle. The poor pup was also attempting to keep his empty stomach from heaving once again. As if on que, his stomach growled angrily missing Lady Kaede’s cooking.

‘Sesshoumaru, that stupid asshole, making me lose all that good food! Getting some of the old hag grub is one of my first priorities when I we get back!!!’ Inuyasha thought as he put extra emphasis on the word ‘when’ because the stubborn Inu had made up his mind! All of them will be free of Naraku once and for all! With that thought in mind he continued to work up the adrenaline he needed to survive.

The daiyoukai ignore the growling of his brother seemly endless pit he called a stomach and focused on seeking out the main body of Naraku and freeing his Kauga, his soul mate from his hideous grasp.

The ghouls screamed as they were being destroyed or ripped back to the original hell from which they came.

After several moments of silence between the two soaring inus, they finally arrived at the forbearing castle. Most of the evil sprits had already made their untimely painful exit; the remaining few were forcefully taking their leave of the hell dimension when the inus landed on the surprising undisturbed grounds surrounding the castle. Sesshoumaru disregarded the distant yells of the drone ghouls, determining that they were on no threat to them as he thought:

‘This area must be the last area to disintegrate…’ He thought as he used his senses to take in their surroundings.

He knew the ghosts were not a danger to them, however there was a strong possibility other dangers lurked about…including a certain spider the daiyoukai marked for death. The sneaky bastard could have anything up his sleeve and with Inuyasha in his weaken state; Sesshoumaru decided a little extra caution was needed.

After a few moments, the daiyoukai deduced that since the vicinity they currently occupied was the core of the hell dimension; the place where the personification of Naraku existed, then it will be the last to fall apart.

When he finally detected his prey scent intermingled with his Kagura scent that was so similar yet so different then her fathers, he placed Inuyasha on his feet, tossed his Tessaiga to him and said in a low demanding tone:

“Follow me.”

Inuyasha whom had felt some of his strength returned stood although a bit unsteady on his bare feet and grumbled in a sarcastic tone:

“Keh, I’m feelin a lot better thanks.” He would have shouted ‘frosty asshole’ at the end of his sentence, but he thought it would be a more prudent idea to save every last ounce of energy he has left for the upcoming fight. Inuyasha was tempted to use his sheathed sword as a cane, but decided against it and placed the blade in his cotton belt. He did not want to display any more weakness at this point.

To Inuyasha’s dismay, his breath and his words were wasted on his brother. When he finally looked up, he only saw his older siblings retreating back heading towards the castle’s front door. So it was obvious to Inuyasha that his brother was clearly ignoring him.

“Conceited prick.” He mumbled again before he forced his tired body to jog and catch up with the daiyoukai. Said daiyoukai was approaching the castle with a slow yet feral like grace. Inuyasha stopped in his tracks when he noticed his brothers’ movements. His eyes widen a bit momentarily as he observed his brothers’ advance on the castle. To Inuyasha it looked as if Sesshoumaru was a wild inu staking his quarry!

Inuyasha managed to hold back a shiver that ran up his spine as he continued to move forward. Inuyasha would feel pity for any soul that unleashed his brothers’ fury upon themselves. That is if the soul deserves his pity, in Naraku’s case he certainly does not.
Inuyasha was thankful that he was no longer on the receiving end of the daiyoukai’s wrath. He would never admit it to anyone, but Inuyasha has always been apprehensive when it came to his brother. Even now when they are no longer adversaries Sesshoumaru sometimes gives him the creeps. Anyone with any common sense would be wary around a creature with such a strong aura.

Moments like the one Inuyasha was experiencing, seeing his full blooded youkai brother move like a fearsome predator made him realize just how different full blooded youkai are from humans and hanyou alike. Especially since Inuyasha has be surrounded by humans most of his life. He is more accustomed to the ways of humans not youkai. The only way he figures he moves in that matter when he is fully transformed. Although he hardly remembers any details of his metamorphosis.

Trying to hide the flash of anxiety his brother brought forth, he decided to focus on the positive side of their current situation…like seeing the spider pay big time!

‘Damn, I’m almost completely out of it, but I ain’t giving up! Hell, helping Sesshoumaru make Naraku cry like the little spider bitch is worth the exhaustion. Keh, this should be a hellva lot of fun!” Inuyasha pondered completely getting rid of the fear that had almost overcome his scent. He caught up to Sesshoumaru and begins to walk at his side. Then he said in a low voice:

“Hey Sesshoumaru, ya manage to sniff out that bastard yet?”

Sesshoumaru continued his focus on the door ahead of them as he nodded his head in response. Then Inuyasha looked around and noticed something very strange, and then he said:

“That cowardly asshole loves to play ‘find the spider’ but he ain’t got a barrier up, maybe he’s too weak to form one. Ya did bust up Shishinki pretty good.” Inuyasha said. He figured that since the piece that was holding the horrid puzzle of the dimension together was Shishinki then it was a good possibility that Naraku was considerably weaken when Sesshoumaru destroyed the former Meidou wielding bastard.

This time Sesshoumaru looked at him out of the corner of his left golden orb and said in a low tone:

“He is attempting to ensnare us in one of his feeble traps.” Sesshoumaru said as he concentrated on the door once again, making sure no immediate traps were in the area of said door.

“Figures.” Was all Inuyasha said. Inuyasha knows Naraku well enough to know that he never in life nor will he ever in death fight with honor.

Then after a few moments Sesshoumaru’s blank expression slowly turned into a smirk. In a monotone voice that was mixed with the venom of hatred he said:

“Come, this Sesshoumaru has a bothersome insect to crush.”

With missing a beat and ignoring his thoughts of the beating he will receive later for his comment Inuyasha said:

“Keh, ya mean we have a ‘bothersome insect to crush’ and a big mouth bitch to free. The main reason you dragged me here in the first place was so you could save your mate…Don’t give me that look ya know its true.” Just because Sesshoumaru freaked him out sometimes did not mean that Inuyasha was inclined to keep his month shut. Sesshoumaru glare intensified and he growled low in his throat before he turned his attention back towards the door. Said growl signified to Inuyasha that he would receive a worst beating then the previous one Sesshoumaru planned on giving him. Sesshoumaru promised that Inuyasha would pay with bruises and pain for clocking him in the face earlier. Not to mention the other irritating things Inuyasha did, like completely disobeying his orders and now mocking him! More importantly he teased and insulted his mate. It felt good to think of Kagura in such a way…mate. However he would dwell on that further while beating the crap out of Inuyasha later, right now his attention was on Naraku.

Inuyasha was not too concerned with his brothers’ growling; it was only a growl of annoyance and not full blown anger. The pummeling Inuyasha will supposedly receive will only increase by a few more punches. At least that’s what Inuyasha thought. In spite of this Inuyasha smirked when he thought about what he did previously. He actually nailed mister ‘untouchable’ in the face. Now that flashback definitely brightens his mood.

Inuyasha chuckled a little at his brother behavior. For some reason despite the ‘creeps’ he gets from Sesshoumaru every now and then, he always felt the need to taunt him and lighten the mood. He also has the need to taunt his future sister in-law when he sees her again.

Normally that was Miroku or Kagome’s job, but since neither of them was present Inuyasha took it upon himself to do so. Inuyasha knew that if it was Kagome that was trapped in hell he would do everything possible and impossible to rescue her. Inuyasha also knew how upset he would be if that was his love, so he felt the need in his own way to distract his brother momentarily so he could get a second wind and calm his cold calculating anger.

The weird thing was it actually seemed to work, at least temporarily. Making Sesshoumaru think about Kagura as the woman that will be his mate in the next lifetime seemed to have given Sesshoumaru a positive outlook on the whole situation. Inuyasha reminded him that he would have Kagura…eventually. That thought gave the still irate daiyoukai a serene feeling he would never admit to having. Well this would not be the first time Inuyasha has tried to reassurance his brother in his own way. Inuyasha had done that when Shishinski revealed the secret of their fathers’ fangs to them.

There are many things Inuyasha doesn’t understand when it comes to Sesshoumaru. However one of the things he does understand is that his brother never wants to admit when he is doing a good deed. So he knew that blurting out the fact that Sesshoumaru cared about Kaguras’ a.k.a ‘the big month bitch’ well being would annoy Sesshoumaru to no end; and channel some of Sesshoumaru’s energy somewhere else for a little while. Of course Inuyasha completely ignore the fact that he has the same personality trait.

Inuyasha thoughts were interrupted when he heard metal being ripped apart. Seconds later he saw a large object fly past his form on his right side before it hit the ground with a loud clatter. He observed the material only to discover that it was the door that was formerly attached to the castle! Inuyasha growled low for two reasons. One because his reflexes still were not yet top notch, he should have reacted to the door flying in his direction before it got so close. Two that baka brother of his was the one who tossed said door in his direction. He could have hit him for crying out loud!!! Ouch!!! He was about to shout for the first time in a while ‘Watch it, asshole!’ When he heard Sesshoumaru clothes shift in the wind caused by his aura, indicating that he was staking forward Deciding to focus on fucking Naraku up once more, Inuyasha did not attempt to ‘reassure’ his brother again. Instead he wordlessly joined Sesshoumaru by his side. Seeing that the cost was clear for now, they both ventured inside preparing themselves for whatever laid ahead in the sinister castle of horrors.

TBC:

A/N: (Author dodges tomato by diving behind her sofa. Then peeks over the sofa’s backrest) Again I’m so sorry about the cliffy and the late update. I was compelled to do it!!! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! (runs out of the line of fire)…