Heart's Desire by Zero kun

Prologue

Disclaimer: This is done solely to please my fanmode, other than that there is no profit being made from R.T.’s work.

Warning: Dark themes, no inu yasha bashing, and an unavoidable love triangle. UNEDITED 

“Son..,” the spirit of my father whispered as I stood motionless, with silent tears slipping down my face.

If it were any other time, I would have unleashed my sword without hesitation to teach that abomination a lesson he deserved in humility.

But I couldn’t not with my shaking hands. I was weak, weak with grief seeing what I saw before me.

Her. The most foolish, courageous, beautiful onna lay dead before me. The light snuffed out of her pretty blue eyes.

All because of him. Because of me. Because of our hatred, her blood soiled the air. Innocent lives had been destroyed by his unreasonable rage and merciless convictions and my jealousies.

Because of us, she would never smile that cheerful smile of hers. It was because of us that she would never flush that enchanting red that she did when she was embarrassed. It was because him Kagome’s pup would be motherless. It was because of me I would never get to tell her that I loved her.

And it was for me that she had sacrificed her life. The idiotic woman who knew that demon blood ran through my veins, the attack meant for me couldn’t have killed me, and at worst even if it had it wouldn’t have mattered, not at the cost of her life. Yet she'd gotten between us. Not wating two brothers two kill eac other.

At the eerie silence ahead of me, I knew he was in shock for what had happened by his own hands. He had killed, no murdered his own mate. Taken away his pup’s mother thoughtlessly. 

If it were another time, I would have let my own rage take root. I would have taken advantage of his shock and made an instant move to avenge her. I would have done anything, absolutely anything to strike him down.

But, the selfless human that my Gome was, her whispered plea at me had been not to seek revenge against my own brother.

Maybe she still loved him even despite his direct hand in her death. Or maybe she had not wanted her child to be an orphan completely.

I would never know her reasons but I wouldn’t touch him, simply because existing for him now would be pure agony. I had seen what losing a true mate did to the one left behind. The loss of my father had eaten away at my mother everyday. She had blamed herself for his death everyday. 

He would suffer a much worse fate than my mother. The fates would punish him for what he had done to their precious gift. And better yet he would suffer by his own hands, wishing for death and yet not being granted the respite. It would never be his choice now, the fates will never allow it. His misery would continue for centuries and that was punishment enough.

 But I had the choice to follow and I would follow her. Even if we hadn’t been able to be together in life and then we would be together in death.

 With my mind made, I hugged her body closer to me as I moved towards the well, knowing somehow that our salvation would come beyond it.

 I was determined to stop, even kill anyone if they dared to stop me. Until I heard my father whisper out the name of the one woman who departed this world over hundred years ago.

“Izayoi…” 

It couldn’t be and yet my heart couldn’t help but hope. Everything was always all right when mother was there. Maybe she could help Kagome. Maybe Kagome didn’t have to die at all. If she woke, I would stop at nothing to win her back. With these thoughts I turned bracing myself disappointment.

But she was there. Her spirit form was actually standing a little behind my father.

She had eyes for noone but for the girl in my arms. Her eyes were haunted with sadness for the girl she had never met. But my mother had to know what Kagome meant to me.

"What would you do for her, Inuyasha?" She asked in that gentle yet firm voice of hers as she lifted her eyes towards mine.

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AN: All I will say for now is that if Sessh is the main male lead than Inu Yasha is the second male lead. While this is primarily a dark angsty romance SK fic, it also explores the relationship between the two brothers in small doses ofc. Expect drama and heartbreak before a HEA.

Any complaints (good or bad) can be reported in the review. I’ll ask for forgiveness right now for the short chapter (I hop you all will be patient with this novice).