TUMBLR Inu/Sess Mini Bingo
Chapter 3
Curses
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Inuhime had never shared Sesshomaru’s birth prophecy with anyone. Inuhime had hidden the scroll immediately after reading it. Even Toga had never known of its existence. She had assumed if no one knew then it wouldn’t come true. Even though she felt that way, she still had the thing memorized. Perhaps she should have shared it with Izayoi. Afterall it was about Inuyasha.
When the second is born, the unity of the two will be grand.
Any attempts to separate will fail even though well planned.
In time a curse will fall and split the pair, love will slip away like quicksand.
During this time the enemy, he will assail, evil will be at his command.
Long and painful be the time that passes until united they stand
But when they do, faith, hope, love, peace; all will be well in the land.
Inuhime pondered these words as she watched the two princes walk through the cherry blossom orchard. They would soon be out of sight. She was aware of what might happen next.
They were in love.
Teenagers with hormones.
‘Ha! I remember feeling the same way. They do look so wonderful together. If only Inuyasha could have children. The children would be so beautiful. Well, it matters not if they are lovers. Sesshomaru will have to marry to provide an heir. He could have whatever tryst on the side just like his father.’ Inuhime knew she needed to talk to Sesshomaru soon.
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Flashback—
They were recovering in bed when Inuyasha realized the illness was from the chocolate. He apologized privately to his older brother.
Sesshomaru waved it off. They both ate it. They both got sick. As far as he was concerned, he finally got some good rest.
“I know you didn’t try to kill me, little brother. You ate the same thing. We both know now not to eat that lovely brown stuff again. Tell me where did you get it anyway?”
Inuyasha told Sesshomaru how his mother had told him about gifts and how he had procured the gift. Eventually he got around to telling Sesshomaru about the lip-to-lip thing the man and woman did.
Sesshomaru was amused. ‘So, baby brother didn’t know about kissing. Hnnn. Easily remedied.’
When they finally were well Sesshomaru demanded that Inuyasha continue sleeping with him. He claimed that in all his life he had never slept better than when he had his brother at his side. No one dare deny the Lord of the lands anything so Inuyasha was directed to sleep in Sesshomaru’s room even though he was to keep his belongs in the cottage.
Inuhime just laughed privately.
When Inuhime and Izayoi asked about what food the boys had eaten Sesshomaru deflected the question and asked about other things of importance in the kingdom. The chocolate chapter was officially closed.
Or at least Sesshomaru thought it was.
Inuhime was a suspicious individual. She knew her son did not lie but she also noted he omitted information. She had unconsciously bought in to the prophecy and suspected someone had tried to tear them apart. ‘Now they just need to avoid a curse…,’ she pondered.
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The Inu brothers’ first kiss occurred under a blooming cherry tree in the orchard behind the castle. Sesshomaru had drawn Inuyasha out to the orchard to show him something about the trees that he claimed he learned. He had learned it years ago but Inuyasha did not know that. Sesshomaru leaned his side against the tree and pointed to a line in the tree bark. Inuyasha closed in to see it.
“These lines are called "lenticels," Sesshomaru began.
Inuyasha reached out a finger to follow the raised horizonal line across the trunk.
Sesshomaru added a few more details to his instruction about flowering cherry versus flowering plum. Inuyasha followed every word and buried them deep in his heart and mind.
Soon the two inus were inches apart analyzing a fallen cherry blossom. Sesshomaru could smell the fresh woody odor from Inuyasha mixed with the sakura. ‘So wonderful.’ Sesshomaru raised a hand to Inuyasha’s cheek.
“Look at me, little one,” he whispered. “You are more beautiful than this cherry blossom. I think it’s time for a lesson of a different kind.” And with that he leaned in and pressed his lips to his brother’s.
Inuyasha’s eyes opened wide. He glanced at his brother. Sesshomaru’s eyes were closed and he could see the magenta shade of his eyelids. They were so beautiful. Then Sesshomaru moaned, that pleasurable moan Inuyasha had heard the man make. His toes tingled from the sound and he closed his eyes and melted into his brother.
Sesshomaru was swept away in the kiss. He had not anticipated such pleasure. He needed more.
The two broke their lip lock to catch their breath and then dazed they stared at each other and resumed kissing. When they needed air again, Sesshomaru allowed Inuyasha to breathe but peppered his face with quick light kisses. The kisses led from his lips to his cheeks and jaw, then down his neck and throat to his collar bone where Sesshomaru stopped to take a deep breath and lick his brother’s pulse point.
Inuyasha giggled. “That tickles!” He wiggled away from his brother. When he was a foot away, he smiled winningly at his brother. Sesshomaru smiled back and the chase was on.
Sesshomaru was operating on instinct at this point. He was chasing a potential mate. He was excited about what followed next. He knew he needed to catch the hanyou. This being was the one to complete him. This was his true love. He knew it. It was as the castle healers had taught him.
Inuyasha’s instincts were slightly diluted but he also knew he was to run. He had no experience on what was to come next. He had never heard his instincts because the only training he had was from his human mother.
This was the primary demon mating instinct chase. All demons had it for their first love.
The chase magic was disturbed when a castle guard interrupted. He was told to retrieve Sesshomaru for some important business. Inuyasha heard the guard call for his brother and hid behind a nearby tree watching.
When Sesshomaru left to answer the message, the guard lingered. He found the hanyou and beat him for distracting the lord of the lands. The guard left the battered and bruised hanyou crumpled on the forest floor.
It took several hours but Inuyasha recovered and returned to his mother’s cottage. He and his mother ate. During the meal Inuyasha asked his mother about kissing. Izayoi knew it was time to teach Inuyasha about love and sex so after the meal she discussed the subject with her son in generalizations. She assumed there was a young maid that had caught Inuyasha’s eye. She did not know there was anything between the brothers. She told Inuyasha that consummating a relationship was incredibly special and should be reserved for the one you loved.
Inuyasha nodded and promised her that he would save his virginity for that special person.
It was late by the time bedtime had come around. Inuyasha’s injuries from the beating were healed and Sesshomaru never saw that his brother had been wounded. Since this had happened all Inuyasha’s life he felt no need to tell his brother. Inuyasha slipped into bed and turned his back to his brother who grabbed him around the waist and pulled him tightly to his chest. Within seconds the two were asleep.
The kiss became a pleasant memory in both Inus minds. There were other kisses but none like the first. Inuyasha kept the promise he had made to his mother and didn’t allow any sexual advances. He was saving his virginity for the one he loved. He never spoke about it to Sesshomaru or he would have learned that Sesshomaru was the one he loved.
Sesshomaru was a gentleman. He would wait as long as it took for his brother to be ready. He was a virgin also. He did understand the feelings and instincts. He had been educated by the castle healers about all things reproductive.
Life continued for many moons.
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Castle guards were posted outside of the doors of the royal family suite. They witnessed the coming and going of the half-breed. Unknown to either brother, the castle guards were angered by the presence of the hanyou. They had all dedicated their lives to Toga. His death on behalf of the mongrel half-breed infuriated them. The hanyou’s presence in the cottage was barely tolerable but, in the suite, it angered them.
Any time he was near, they resorted to verbal assaults and muttering about how they wanted him gone. Every night as he entered the royal suite, they took out their anger on the poor boy by verbally abusing him and occasionally tripping him.
The guards’ anger continued to fester until one evening when an old hag asked for shelter in their guard quarters.
“What have you got to offer in exchange,” the guards asked.
“I am but an old woman, but I can make a nasty curse. Would that suffice as payment?” The old hag’s voice crackled and warbled.
“It would indeed,” called one of the guards that had thrown the most rocks at the hanyou. “I think that hanyou needs to be cursed.”
The other guards nodded and grunted in agreement and the arrangement was made.
The old hag made the curse on Inuyasha before she went to sleep. The hanyou joined his brother for bed as usual. When the night shift guards returned to their quarters that am and gave report all the guards realized nothing had happened and they proceeded to wake the witch abruptly.
Cackling the old woman gathered her cloak and told the men that her curses took time and they might regret their actions. Then she conjured some smoke and popped out of view.
The guards stared at each other in confusion. Seconds later the guard quarters burst open and an enraged Prince Sesshomaru stood drooling green poison.
“How dare you beat this one’s kin!” He destroyed all the guards and the guard quarters within seconds but not before hearing one guard say, “at least the hanyou was cursed first”. Sesshomaru raced back to his room.
The witch’s curse was not set to go into effect until the hanyou had fallen asleep. Prior to sleep the brothers kissed and cuddled and talked of the future. During that time Inuyasha asked if Sesshomaru could “please ask the guards to stop hitting him”. Sesshomaru was so angry he would have gotten up then and destroyed the guards, however, Inuyasha had pulled him back into an embrace and within seconds Sesshomaru decided it could wait until morning.
If only he had gone that night, he could have stopped the curse because he would have killed the witch along with the guards.
Inuyasha woke alone in the big bed. He looked about him and wondered why he was there. He grabbed his clothes and returned to the cottage.
“Mother, we must move. Now! There is no time to talk about it. Hurry!”
He grabbed her and put her on his back and ran away from the castle of the West.
Izayoi was confused but followed her son’s direction and soon they were on their way to her old village. They never arrived. The road was perilous and more often than not they were robbed and beaten. By the time they reached a small remote village near the sea they decided to stop and settle there. Neither traveler looked like they had been of nobility, so they fit into the fishing village without any problems. Izayoi quickly established herself as an embroiderer while Inuyasha performed manual labor. They resided in the village for several years until Izayoi became sick. On her death bed she asked why they had moved from Sesshomaru’s castle. But Inuyasha looked confused.
“Who is Sesshomaru, Mother?”
In the Western Lands a mournful bay was heard once and then no more. The sound was so sad that everyone who heard it cried without understanding why. It was said the Lord of the Western lands had suffered a grievous loss and his heart had become cut off to all.
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