Authors Note

I know I am extra late in posting something and for that I'm sorry. :(

I had a last minute vacation and forgot to pack my laptop and with my horrible luck, my internet had crashed when I got home. ;P

So here it is.

Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

Same Yet Not

(Inuyasha's POV)

It has gotten darker since Kagome had left to do a perimeter check but she hasn't come back yet. I wonder what's taking her. Is she out there getting into trouble again?! The last time I let her go off on her own, she runs into a dark miko and gets herself turned into a demon! The idiot!

Maybe I should go find her. Nah, something tells me that would not make her happy. Kagome is a strong demoness now and she can take care of herself. She isn't a weak defenseless human anymore. Not that she was weak as a human. Grudgingly, I admit that Kagome had become a strong miko. She didn't need me then and she doesn't need me now.

I sighed audibly. I can feel my companions watching me but I ignored them. None of us knew what to make of the situation. I used to be the leader but now I'm not. Everybody else is taking their time adjusting to the new group dynamics but I can't help but feel cheated. I had spent four years protecting and guiding our pack and Kagome, whom I had protected the longest, comes and kicks me off the pedestal. The ungrateful-

My thoughts were interrupted by none other then Kagome, as if she knew what I was thinking and was daring me to finish my thoughts. She was still a good distance away but her aura was very distinctive. The sheer size of it caused a pleasant chill to tingle down my spine.

Kagome's rise in power was causing my Beast to awaken. He now looks at her curiously and sees her as a potential mate. He continually throws erotic images of Kagome in many different positions. His most favored image was of her on her hands and knees, wagging her bare behind at me enticingly.

From what I can gather from Myouga, my Beast was different from other demons. It can only send me mental images and nudges me into doing something. It was because of my human lineage that my Beast couldn't directly speak to me like full fledged youkai can. Another reason to despise my human heritage.

Saying my Beast is a strange entity was putting it lightly. He never took notice of Kagome like this. Before, he only saw her as a member of his pack, someone to protect but now that she is stronger he is starting to want her for more. Weirdly enough, he didn't seem to take to Kikyo like that either. I, personally, was attracted to her but my Beast wasn't. It actually tried to get me to kill her when she came back to life because she was inadvertently causing Kagome, my pack mate, harm.

I remember on certain occasions, my Beast was furious with me for hurting Kagome emotionally. It was around the time that I kept sneaking off into the night to be with Kikyo. He didn't mind the first few meetings but the more I did it the more angry he got. He disliked the thought of leaving Kagome unprotected. The fact that I repeatedly went to the woman who had caused Kagome so much turmoil, had fueled his growing rage and hate for the undead priestess.

He had started giving me thoughts of attacking Kikyo, enough to scare her off but the more I went to her, the more violent these mental images became. Scaring her wasn't enough for him anymore. He wanted to give her such vicious wounds, ones that she would not have been able to recover from. As time passed, he started showing me ripping her limb from limb and tossing her body parts into a roaring fire. The visions got so bad that I had shortened our time together and reduced the amount of meetings from four times a week to one times a week. It had decreased his anger but not by much. He still wanted to kill her.

I suddenly felt another suppressing yet familiar aura along with Kagome's. I knew this signature. How could I not?! The bastard has only tried to kill me a dozen times! Sesshomaru! I jumped up from my place around the fire and took off in the direction that they were in.

What was Sesshomaru doing with Kagome? If he had hurt her in any way I swear I would kill him! I don't give shit if he is my brother! I would destroy him if he so much as touched a hair on her head!

I ran for almost two miles before reaching them. Pulling out the Tetsusaiga from it's sheath, the dull blade transforms into a deadly fang. I lept into the air and brought the sword down into a downward arch. A flash of silver and black flies past my peripheral vision. I spin in its direction.

Sesshomaru has Kagome pressed firmly to his body. The sight of them together left me speechless. With Kagome's dark hair and Sesshomaru's silver, made a startling yet perfect contrast. Standing side by side, they looked like a powerful united front. Like they were meant to stand beside one another.

I shook my head to clear my thoughts. "Sesshomaru, you bastard! Release Kagome!" I yelled. He didn't react to my outburst. He still held a firm grip around her waist and my anger spiked. "Are you so afraid to fight me on your own that you have to keep Kagome captive, you coward!" I growled.

He just looks at me with a bored expression and removed his hand from her hip. I thought that, now that he wasn't holding her, she would dash over to me as fast as she could but she didn't move from his side. She still stayed right against his body and didn't look like she was going anywhere anytime soon. "Kagome, what are you doing?! Get over here, while you have a chance!" I demanded.

She looks me in the eyes and shakes her head, refusing to even to take a step in my direction. What is she doing?! Why isn't she running away from that bastard?! He must be threatening her or something. It's the only explanation as to why she isn't coming to me. "Sesshomaru, what did you do to her?! You did something to her didn't you?! I'll kill you!" I screamed, jumping at him, bringing the sword in another downward motion.

Sesshomaru parries my attack with Tokijin and pushes my blade, forcing me to back up. He wrapped his arm around Kagome again and jumped backwards, further away from me. Ignoring the battle at hand, he looks down at Kagome who looks back up at him, not a single hint of fear in her eyes. They didn't say anything yet looked as if they were communicating. She nods to some unspoken agreement and moves behind him.

What the hell is she doing?! She is supposed to be behind me! I'm supposed to be protecting her from sir icicle-up-his ass but she is behind him, as if he is protecting her from me! What the fuck is going on here?! "You placed her under a spell, didn't you?! That's low, even for you!" I said, leaping at him again.

Sesshomaru, once again, deflects my attack. We continued fighting for what seemed like ages but in reality was only a few minutes. He isn't even taking this seriously! Everytime he goes in for an attack, he only ends up giving me shallow cuts. Those moves he's doing should've killed me a long time ago but he's just holding back. He must be fucking toying with me!

I look to Kagome, who doesn't seem bothered by the whole ordeal in the slightest. Why is she so nonchalant about this? She would usually start yelling at me for being reckless or trying to fight Sesshomaru herself but neither scenarios were playing out. At this point, I'm hoping that she would do something along those lines just to get a glimpse of MY Kagome but that wasn't the case. She actually started to look bored and impatient.

"Sesshomaru, stop playing with him. It's not nice." she said, sounding as bored as she looks. She actually wants him to finish this?!

"What the hell, Kagome! You're supposed to be on my side, not his! Don't go encouraging him to finish me off!" I yelled, narrowly jumping from another swipe of the evil sword. The asshole is actually getting faster and faster. His attacks are getting more deadly, leaving larger and deeper wounds. He was listening to Kagome!

"I'm not telling him to finish you off, Inuyasha. He's drawing out the inevitable and he knows it." she said, shooting Sesshomaru a knowing look. He smirks at her in response. The bastard is actually smiling… somewhat.

Their little interaction pisses me off beyond belief. My Beast is growling and showing me his thoughts of maiming Sesshomaru until he can't stand and have its way with Kagome right in front of him. Such vicious thoughts startle me so much that I stumbled back and nearly fell on my ass. What the hell is wrong with him? Why would we do something like that in front of him? What was my Beast trying to tell me?

Still angered by their strange connection, I did what I always did best. I build a dangerous wall around my heart to protect myself from emotional pain and lashed out. "Stop being such a useless bitch, Kagome, and come help me defeat this bastard!" I snarled in her direction.

Kagome doesn't seem fazed by my harsh words but Sesshomaru on the other hand didn't take too kindly to my insult. His face hardens, subtly, a sign that he has started getting serious. His lips pull back and an animalistic sound fell past his deadly fangs. His eyes flash red for a second, showing that his Beast wasn't pleased. "You dare insult my intended." He said, more as a statement then a question. His voice was cold as ice and as sharp as his blade.

'WHAT?! INTENDED?!' I howled in my head. I barely had time to even think those words. He had become impossibly fast. He was dealing more hits and all of them are a bit too deadly for my liking. His pace is relentless.

"I will make you regret that you even looked in her direction." He snarled and released another flurry of attacks. I only manage to block a handful of his swings. The rest tore through me with ease, like he's chopping up a leaf. He hits my sword so hard that it went flying to my far left. Moving with incredible demonic speed, he kicks me in the gut and I was sent backwards, tumbling over the ground like skipping stones across water.

I groaned and opened my eyes to see golden orbs similar to my own. For the second time, in less than twenty-four hours, I was pinned to the ground and dominated. Except this time, it was Sesshomaru looming over my prone body with his foot pressed heavily to my chest, keeping me trapped against the floor.

"I am your new alpha and you will obey me. You will apologize to my intended mate for your degrading insult on her person or I will see to it that you will learn how to walk with your hands, little brother." He growled, sneering the last part. I began to squirm, refusing to give into this bastard. He wasn't my alpha, Kagome is but if what he said was true about them being intended mates, he would take up the alpha title and she will be the alpha female.

Even if that was the case, I won't make my submission easy for him. I begin to thrash underneath him. His growl become so loud that it sound like he was right in my ear. His aura was seeping out of him and I didn't know weather it was his foot or his immense power that was suffocating me. It could be both.

My Beast began to whimper, already giving into Sesshomaru but I won't be taken out so easily. I renewed my fight and began to claw at his foot. His boots were made out of some kind of demon leather and was extremely difficult to even cause the slightest mark. He didn't even budge. He lets out loud reverberating growl, gaining my attention. I look up at his face and the last thing I saw was the back of his hand swiftly come down to strike me.

Authors Note

Inuyasha, you baka.

Is 'animalistic' even a word? Hehe, I didn't even bother to check. If it is/isn't, please tell me.

Oh! Happy late Independence Day! Believe it or not, that was my B-day. :D

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Again, I'm so sorry for the delay and shortness of this chapter.

-Chiki