I thought I lost you

Summary:
Inuyasha was separated from his family when he was young by an unexpected event… he was found by an Elven Royalty and was brought to their lands to be raised as an elf. Sesshomaru looks for him and when they met… Inuyasha thinks he’s an enemy.


Chapter 1

They were on their way home from Izayoi’s lands. Inside the carriage on their way to the western lands Izayoi looked up at Sesshomaru staring at a little Inuyasha in her arms.
“Do you want to hold him Sesshomaru?” She said smiling at Sesshomaru.
“Is it ok mother? What if I break him?” He loked at his mother’s face and back down to Inuyasha.
“No darling… he’s also a demon aside from being human… so his body’s strong even if he’s so little.” Izayoi said with a chuckle as Sesshomaru looked at his half brother. Its wide golden eyes staring as Sesshomaru stared back, and then the baby reached for him and started crying.
“I see that he wants you to hold him Sesshomaru… here…” Izayoi maneuvered Inuyasha so that Sesshomaru can hold him in his arms… as he heat radiated form Sesshomaru’s body to Inuyasha, almost instantly, Inuyasha stopped crying and let out a soft chuckle making Sesshomaru smile.
“He really likes you Sesshomaru… normally when other people or demon touches him… he cries his lungs out… well aside from me you’re the only one that can stop him from wailing...” Izayoi started chuckling.
“Why mother?” Sesshomaru said holding Inuyasha in one arm, he reached for inuyasha’s hand with a finger and it grabbed it and started playing with his finger and started making sound of “aaa” ummm” and other sorts of baby talks making Sesshomaru smile even wider. Izayoi started laughing.
With a blush “why mother?” Sesshomaru said.
“Well you see… ahahah… I didn’t think that the cold prince of the west can only be defeated by a baby.” Izayoi said with laughs.
“But he’s not just any other baby mother… he’s my baby brother… My Inuyasha.” Sesshomaru said affectionately looking at his brother. He lowered his head and kissed his baby brother, Inuyasha chuckled. With that the carriage doors opened Sesshomaru glared menacingly at the intruder a Black Panther demon with a katana in his hand.
“Forgive me for my disrespect you highness, Lady Izayoi… but this is urgent! Bandits are attacking from all over the place we suggest you escape to the western lands at once.” The panther said his head down to compensate for his disrespect.
“I will attend to it.” Sesshomaru said as he gave his baby brother to Izayoi. “Mother… please stay here. I’ll put a barrier around the carriage but please stay here.” When OInuyasha rested on her mother’s arm, he started crying and reached for Sesshomaru.
“Inuyasha… brother must go, but I’ll be back okay?” Sesshomaru cooed at the fury ears. When he was about to go out he was stopped by a tug at his hair. Inuyasha with teary eyes held onto some his hair. He smiled and gave his brother a kiss he didn’t tug the hair away but instead cut it with his claws. “Hold on to this my brother… I’ll be back… I promise…” again he kissed his brother “I love you.”

“Be careful Sesshomaru… we don’t know if some of the bandits are monks or mikos…” Izayoi said worriedly.
“I’ll be okay mother.” He got down the carriage and raised a barrier around the carriage. “Take care of yourself and Inuyasha, I’ll be back” with that Izayoi was looking at a white blur.
“Be careful my son.”

By the woods…
“The prince is out the carriage… only the lady and his infant son are left inside…. But there is a barrier protecting them inside.” Said by a short thin man.
“I’ll break it then.” A woman with a screeching voice said and fired an arrow towards the barrier. As it reached the barrier it shattered that sounded like glass breaking.
“Good going bitch! Now they know were after them too!”
“Well can you break it?!”
“Have you ever heard of stealth?! You nincompoop!”
“Can your stealth break that barrier you numb skull!”

“STOP THIS!” A large man from behind shouted at them.
“Sorry father…” they said in unison.
“Now take the young prince! A really heavy pot of gold is at that child’s head!” the large man said.
The two instantly appeared at the carriage door only to find that it’s empty. “Father! They’re not here!” the short man said.
“You two are stupid as a donkey! There they are! Running to the woods!”
“Okay father!” then with a blur they appeared in front of Izayoi.
“Were do you think you’re going my lady?” the woman said menacingly showing a long knife.
“What do you want with us? You can take the carriage and the gold. But leave us be.” Izayoi said calmly.
“Very brave my lady…” the man said “but it is not the carriage or the gold we are after…”
“It’s your son.” A large man from behind said with a guttural sound.
“My son? I’m sorry but you can’t take him away. You can kill me… but you can never take my son.” Izayoi said with slit eyes.
“well a wise choice…” the large man was charging to Izayoi and the next thing he knew he flew towards a tree knocking it down.
“FATHER!!!” the siblings were about to rush to their father when he said “YOU FOOLS! GET THE CHILD!”
They had their backs at Izayoi… what made the look was the unearthly voice of Izayoi.
“She has such powerful spiritual power!” the man almost dropped his jaw.
“But it’s not good enough!” the woman screamed a battle cry but was thrown a way.
“The man brought out a horn and blew it. With that Izayoi was surrounded by bandits.
“You know what to do!” The man shouted tending to his sister.

The bandits formed an inverted star and started chanting.
They’re trying to stop me from using my spiritual power! There’s only one thing I should do. Good bye my son. I do not wish this to happen but I have nothing else to do… Elvira take care of my baby. She reached down to his son and kissed him then she saw Sesshomaru’s bundle of hair from her crying son’s hand. Hold on to that my Inuyasah… your brother will look for you… and when he does find you… he’ll know it’s you… that will make you remember… I’m sorry… I love you my son. She touched the hair bundle and it became a necklace. A silver crescent moon pendant and a long chain formed at Inuyasha’s neck. “I love you…”

She then looked up at the moon and started chanting. “I call upon the protective spirit of the earth, the just spirit of fire, the delicate but spirit of water, and the soothing spirit of the wind!”
“What is she doing?” the man said.
“She’s making a portal to take his son to safety! Stop him stupid!” the woman said pushing his brother.
“Hurry dark prophets! She’ll let her son escape!”
With that the dark prophets increased their chanting and the star they made glowed red.
“You can never take away my son!” Izayoi’s voice was unearthly “Not with the eyes closed… but with the moon that graced my presence… fulfill my wish! Take my son to safety… read my mind oh spirits… and bring my son there… protect him…” with that a he raise his son to the moon. A barrier protected Inuyasha… as dimensions became distorted and a portal opened. Inuayasha was sucked into the hole and the woman from the two siblings fired her arrow again and the portal exploded making Izayoi and all those around take the full force of the explosion.


“Filthy ningens.” Sesshomaru hissed as he decapitates the last bandit by a last whip. And an explosion was heard. Not thinking Sesshomaru go there and the last thing the gaurds saw was a blur.

When Sesshomaru reached the site he saw Izayoi lying on the ground. Where is… “Inuyasha!” He hurriedly got there and cradled her on his arms.

“Inuyasha is safe Sesshomaru… I’m very thankful now that the great Kami gave me more time…” *coughs out blood.

“Mother you must not talk… I’ll bring you to the western lands at once…” he said monotonously but was cut short when Izayoi interjected.

She smiled “No Sesshomaru… before you reach the castle I’ll be gone…”

“But mother…” Sesshomaru tried to persuade his mother but again was cut short “No my son…. But I need to tell you this… Inuyasha is safe… but with a great price… my life...” She tried to tell more but it’s getting difficult for her to breathe “you need to find him Sesshomaru… he’s… with the… he’s with the…” with that she took her last breath and her body turned cold in Sesshomaru’s arms.

“Shoot! We didn’t get the baby! He could have been a really big catch!” the man of the two siblings spat as he rose from the debris he was in.

“Shut up you imbecile! The prince Sessho- oh!” She tried to hush her brother but the next thing she knew a clawed arm was on her throat lifting her in the air.

“So…” Sesshomaru’s voice was hoarse and growling his head lowered. “It is my brother you are after…”

“Please lord Sesshomaru… have mercy…” the woman in his arms tried to plead.

“Mercy?” he said like it was the most absurd word he’d ever heard. He looked up at the woman with crimson eyes and fangs elongated. “You are asking for mercy? Huh ningen?”

The mere sight of Sesshomaru’s face could almost kill anyone “Lo- lord Sesshomaru… please…” and after she pleaded her please a crack of bones were heard and a body of a woman lay on the ground.

“SISTER?!!” a crack of whip was heard, blood and a decapitated head laid on the ground.

“NINGENS! You better run!” he snarled and growled low “I can smell your filthy blood, I can hear your gasps… that’s right run! But… deaths arms are on you! Tonight the moon is stained red and the land will rejoice from the rain of BLOOD!” his body emitted red light, his body contorted as bones adjusted and his body rose in a form of a dog demon in true form. Its crimson eyes glowed in the dark and a ferocious growl was heard throughout the land. The escaping humans froze from fear, they froze as if waiting for Sesshomaru to kill them. By that night the lands was stained red and the prince of the western lands, prince Inuyasha, was lost.


Silver hair laid down covering his face as he sat up from his bed. The sun illuminating his chamber angelic as one could see him as he stayed motionless.

“Another bad dram dear?” a soothing voice of a woman with long white hair pushed up to a bun designed with a crown that has a pendant like stone coming to her forehead. Her eyes blue as the ocean. She wore a white silken dress dragging on the marbled floor.

The silvered hair young adult raised his head; sun golden eyes look up at cerulean blue, looking up at the woman “Good morning mother” and smiled.

“Good morning to you too son… so… another nightmare?” she said as she walked to his bed and came to sit at the edge.

“Yes mother… the same bad dream… the dog demon and the blood stained moon…” he looked down again as his hair covered his ace again.

“Hmmm… you’ve been having that bad dream since… you were this small!” she made a gesture making some level of height using her hand.

His son looked at her and pouted. “Oh son… You’re so adorable when you o that!” she cupped his sons face and pinched it hard.

“Aw!!! Mom! Stop that!” he wiggled away from the pincer grip he calls it when his mother does that to him.

“There! The good ‘o pincer grip does the trick! Now get up and let’s eat our breakfast ok?” she smiled at her son and walked to the door.

“I’ll be following soon mother… I just have to fix myself…” he stood and walked to the walk in closet.

“Oh Inuyasha!” his mother peeked through the door, “Don’t take long… I have to leave for the mountain lands to take care of some things and I’ll be leaving the capital to your brother.”

“But mother!” Inuyasha rushed out of the closet

“I know you are not in good terms with your brother dear but-“

“Not in good terms?! Mom?! How could you say that?! He loves making me suffer!” Inuyasha interjected

“Oh come on Inuyasha you know he’s just pulling your leg... if you look more deeply… you’ll see that he likes you.”

“Like’s me getting killed that what he likes.” Inuyasha pouted.

“Anyway my decision is final. I’ll be leaving for the mountain lands and I’m going to leave the capital to your brother.”

“But mo-“

“No buts Inuyasha… I’ll see your at the table.” With that his mother left him in his room.

“Oh this is just great…” he said as he walked inside the walk in closet looking for his white long sleeved fitted polo shirt he tucked it in, in his white pants and took his red trench by the door as he looked for his boots.

“What a bastard…” he grumbled.

“The boots?” a male voice echoed through the room.

“No! My brother.” He said reflexively.

“I never thought you loved me that much little brother…” the man by the door said coldly. A man with his white hair on a high pony tail showing his two pointed elven ears, his face expressionless but his eyes tells otherwise, eyes blue cold and into slits. He wore full elven armor with his sword by his side. He wore a tear drop pendant necklace that is margined by a vine. The seal of the eleven royal family. Inuyasha also wore on but is always a part of his clothing. Because he has a crescent moon pendant for a necklace.

Inuyasha froze and his skin just got wither if possible. Oh shit! Philander! He got his boots and chanted a spell. “teleportatum.” His room turned to blur and when everything became fixed he’s by the door to the dining area. He wore his red trench and quickly got in to find his brother smirking at him. Oh shit! I forgot he can be at two places at once!

“Inuyasha… come sit… breakfast will be served soon.” His mother said pointing to her left as his brother sat across him smirking wide. I’m going to have a hell of a time when mother is gone… Literally! He said to himself.

“Oooh!!! My favorite little brother is already here!!!” a woman screeched.

“Oh no…” his faces in shock, two pairs of fingers grab hold of his cheeks and pinched them hard. He thought felt blood oozing out his skin with the tight grip. “Aw! Jamima! Stop already! I think I’ll be nursing a blood cheek after your done!” Inuyasha pleaded.

“Oh that’s nonsense!” Jamima said, a white haired elf with her hair braided to form one rope, her eyes a lighter shade of blue with two earrings of the royal seal on her ear. She wore a simple white tube dress that she wore with simple stilettos. She also has the necklace like Philander has. But have a much bigger pendant and a more intricate chain of diamonds. “Give your sister a nice big kiss! Mmmuah!” she kissed a wiggling Inuyasha on the cheeks

“jamima! Stop treating me a kid!”

“Oh!” she said as she sat next to Inuyasha. “But you’re still my little brother.” She said as she ruffled Inuyasha’s hair.

“Hey! I just fixed that!” Inuyasha pouted.

“Oh you’re so adorable when you do that!!!” she said as if talking to a baby and pinched Inuyasha’s right cheek.

“Stop that you two…” their mother scolded lightly but smiling. “Breakfast is served.”

They finished breakfast uneventfully but with some exasperated sighs form Inuyasha because his sister just kept on putting food in his plate and it’s a rule to finish everything up in one’s plate. His sister loves babying him even when they were still young. His sister would always say “you better eat up! You’re getting thin! And your skin looks much paler than before! Here! Have some more of this… and this…”

“And this… and this… and this! Ugh! Jamima is such a pain on the neck! And I’m really full! If someone would say food I’d really throw up.” then he smiled. He sat on a branch of a tree in their garden.

A man walked to the tree. “Food.”

“You really want m to throw up do you Elixor?” he looked at a man with a clean cut light brown hair and brow eyes, wearing a light elven armor with two sword on each side, and black boots, he wore a black trench coat over.

“No my prince…” elixor replied.

“What did I tell you about that ‘my prince’ thing you keep on saying? You can just call me Inuyasha.” Inuyasha said matter of factly.

“That is unacceptable my prince.” He replied at once.

“Always been like that ever since I met you… a one word man. When was that Elixor?” Inuyasha sat comfortably on the branch and looked up at the sky.

“It was when we are still young my prince, it a custom to elven royalty to be given a protector of the same age as the young prince.” Elixor steadily looking up at Inuyasha. I remember it like it was just yesterday my prince, he time when Queen Elvira gave me to you.


flasback
“Inuyasha! Inuyasha darling! Come here!” Elvira called on to Inuyasha by the steps to the garden.

Inuyasha was reading a book, hearing his mother he rushed to her. “Yes mother?” a ten year old looking Inuyasha asked his mother..

“I want you to meet Elixor... he will be your protector.” Elvira turned to his back and showed Inuyasah a young Elixor a year older his age.

Inuyasha rushed over to Elixor Elixor covered his face with his arms in fear that Inuyasha would do something bad to him only to be surprised when Inuyasha got a hold of his hand. Still with fear he opened his eyes to see a worried Inuyasha holding his hand.

“Are you okay Elixor? Does your head hurt?” Inuyasha reached for his forehead. Elixor immediately closed his eyes fearing that he’ll be slapped on the face.

He was surprised to feel a soft warm hand touch his forehead. He opened his eyes to see Inuyasha holding his own forehead feeling if his temperature is the same as his.

“Mother… where is Elixor’s chambers?” Inuyasha removed his hand from his and Elixor’s head.

“It’s the door before yours… Why Inuyasha? What is the matter?” Elvira looked at his son.

“He’s sick… I need to take care of him…” Inuyasha put Elixor’s arm over his shoulder and assisted Elixor to his chambers.

Elvira was in awe with the event. “You’re going to be a good man my dear Inuyasha… I’m so happy.”

When Inuyasha and Elixor reached the chamber, Inuyasha laid Elixor gently on the bed and had gone outside to come back with a basin with cold water and two clean towels with some herbs. He laid the basin on the stand beside the bed and dipped the towel in the basin.

Elixor just looked at Inuyasha and what he’s doing. Squeezing out excess water he then put the towel on top if Elixor’s forehead. He then took the other towel and dipped it again, squeezed out excess water and started giving Elixor a sponge bath.

Elixor flinched with the cold water as it touched his extremities. “Is it that cold?” Inuyasha asked. Elixor just moved his head to say no. “Good… you need this to lower down your temperature.”

After with Elixor’s extremities he then dipped the towel in the basin, squeezed out excess water and stopped when he got to Elixor. “uhm… Elixor… can you remove your shirt? So I can wipe your body…” Inuyasha said with a blush.

Elixor removed his shirt also with a blush in his face. Elixor’s body was muscular for his age. Inuyasha noticed this. “You must have been into hard work to have such a muscular body.” Inuyasha blushed with what he said, and Elixor did too upon seeing Inuyasha blush. Elixor flinched with the cold water but became used to it. “There… all done… now cover yourself up with the blanket and I’ll make some medicine.”

Inuyasha got a chair and a small table and placed it next to Elixor’s bed. He prepared all the herbs and equipments he need. He would occasionally go out the room to return with some medicine making equipments. Elixor just observed the very busy Inuyasha.

When Inuyasha was settled by the chair and table. He lighted the alcohol burner and stared to boil water. When steanm started to come out he crushed some leaves and flowers. He then put them in the boiling water and the room was filled with a soothing fragrant almost instantly. Elixor tensed and looked at Inuyasha with questioning eyes. “This is aromatherapy… to soothe your senses and relieve some tension…” Inuyasha answered knowing what Elixor was thinking.

Inuyasha then started crushing some herbs in his mortar and pestle when the paste was made he placed it in a silk bag. Tied it and dipped it in a separate burner and kettle with boiling water.

“There… we just have to wait for the water to get the herb extracts and you’ll be able to drink this.” Inuyasha looked at Elixor to see that he was also looking at him. Inuyasha blushed and smiled.

The Elixor spoke “why are you doing this?” he said monotonously.

Inuyasha frowned at the sound of his voice but answered it anyway “well you’re sick and I should take care of you…”

Elixor just looked intently at Inuyasha. Inuyasha feeling that his answer did not satisfied Elixor’s question “well you see mother said you are my protector… that means that you’re here to protect me…”

Elixor nodded at him. Inuyasha continued “well I’m also here to protect you. Aside from being your protectorate I’m also here to protect you, and that means to help you when you need it and to care for you when you’re sick. An unsaid promise.” Inuyasha said and smiled

Elixor just looked intently at Inuaysha making him blush. Hearing a whistle Inuyasha was startled… he held on to the handle of the kettle not thinking that it’s hot in result burning his hand. Inuyasha hissed in pain. Almost immediately Elixor was on his knee by Inuyasha’s side holding his hand in between two cold towels.

“This is also my promise to you my prince… and let it be told…

End of flashback


“I promise to protect you even if it means that I have to offer my life for you my prince.” Elixor absently and audibly said.

“Huh? You were saying something Elixor?” Inuyasha looked at an expressionless Elixor. Elixor broke from his mental stupor but it didn’t show at his façade. “I was sent here my prince to tell you that the Queen is about to leave.”

“Why can’t she just tell me through telepathy?” Inuyasha said to himself.

“To be of service to the queen and to my prince is much of worth than anything.” Elixor bowed.

Inuyasha frowned. He jumped down the tree and held on to Elixor’s shoulder. “teleportatum”.