Summery: Inuyasha remembers, he remembers it all. But when they fight, he pretends he's forgotten. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru brotherly love/angst. Cause I love that stuff. One-shot
Word Count: 613
Disclaimer: Nope, not mine. Lucky for Inuyasha. -evil glint-
Inuyasha's Memory
Inuyasha sighed, sitting in one of the higher branches of a tree in Inuyasha's Forest. They had just gotten back from a fight with his brother, Sesshoumaru. And since Inuyasha's wounds would take a while to heal, Kagome opted to go back to her own time for supplies and to see her family. Sango also decided to take the opportunity to visit her old home, and pay her respects to her fallen friends. Miroku, of course, decided to go with Sango. And then Shippo announced that there was no way he was gonna stay behind, "with only a grumpy Inuyasha for company." And so he joined them, but not after getting hit on the head a few times by said 'grumpy Inuyasha.' Which left just Inuyasha and Kaede in the hut.
After about five minutes just sitting there, Inuyasha stood up, announced he was bored and was going for a walk.
"Be careful Inuyasha! Ye wounds have yet to heal." Kaede warned him as he left.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. See ya later Kaede-babaa."
Kaede sighed, that Inuyasha, he would never learn.
And that leads us back here, to the tree, and a sighing Inuyasha. He was thinking of his aforementioned battle with his half-brother. 'Heh, Sesshoumaru, just as cold as ever.' He thought, but then frowned. 'No, that's not true. I remember…'
Flashback ---------------------------------------------------------------------------"Nii-san! Mother, look, Nii-san's back!" A five-year-old Inuyasha shouted happily, running away from his mother to greet his brother. Inuyasha's mother smiled and looked on.
Sesshoumaru got off his two-headed dragon, looking the same as he does now. In front of him Jaken stood. "Humph," The toad demon said, "I see that half-breed is still here. How dare he address you so casually Sesshoumaru-sama?"
"Enough, Jaken." Sesshoumaru said coolly.
"Yes, My Lord." Jaken responded sullenly.
Inuyasha laughed and stuck his tongue out at Jaken. "Nyah!" Before he turned to his brother, "Nii-san! How was the battle? Betcha wasted him, didn't ya?"
Sesshoumaru looked down at his sibling, a ghost of a smile on his lips. "Of course, there's no demon in the world that could defeat I, Sesshoumaru."
Inuyasha looked up at him adoringly. "Wow…when I grow up I wanna be just like you Nii-san!"
"Humph, a mere half-demon will never hope to equal my mighty lord Sess-ack!" Jaken was cut short when Sesshoumaru booted him. "I said that's enough, Jaken." While Inuyasha giggled in the background.
"Come on Inuyasha, we mustn't make your mother wait."
"Okay, Nii-san!" Inuyasha said happily, as Sesshoumaru grabbed his hand to lead him away. Over his shoulder Inuyasha once again stuck his tongue out at the toad demon sitting behind them, whose eyes were filled with tears. "Oh Sesshoumaru-sama, how can you be so mean to your loyal servant!" He bemoaned.
Inuyasha just laughed and clutched tighter to his brother's hand, hurrying to keep up with Sesshoumaru's longer strides. He looked up at his his sibiling. 'My Nii-san's the best in the world!'
End Flashback---------------------------------------------------------------------
The scene faded back to a pensive Inuyasha. 'Back then, you protected me, even defended me. But now…' Inuyasha once again reflected on their last battle, in which Sesshoumaru had tried once again to take his brother's life. Once again Inuyasha sighed.
But then with a rueful smile he though, 'Heh, what do I care, if you can pretend none of that ever happened, then I can pretend I don't remember either. It was a long time ago after all.' And with that last thought Inuyasha banished the topic from his mind and jumped off the tree.
And yet, unbidden, one last image of himself, laughing, and holding Sesshoumaru's hand while Sesshoumaru himself had a small smile on his face rose in Inuyasha's mind.
'Nii-san, why'd you leave? Nii-san, where did you go?'
'And why did you leave me alone?'
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