Trying to find me dear brother? Confused as to why you brought yourself here & why you smell my scent on the card, but no where else? I brought you here because I wish to play a game with you... And what fun would the game be if I chose to leave my scent for you to follow right to me? That doesn't sound at all like fun to me... I'll be waiting for you to find me.
~Lord Sesshomaru
Oh, & try not to take too long, hm?
Inu Yasha growled & crumpled up the piece of paper, letting it fall back onto the bench where it simply rolled onto the ground. Why would Sesshomaru want to play a game? He asked himself. This has to be a trap. Playing games isn't a Sesshomaru thing! Inu Yasha walked to the door, ready to leave when he got another whiff of his brother's scent & decided to forget it if it was a trick.
On he went, sniffing around the castle until he came to the fourth level where Sesshomaru's scent was the strongest. So strong it was almost like his brother was right next to him, rubbing against him. He was beginning to wonder why he had only just now caught the scent, when he pushed the thought from his mind to continue on until he reached the source of the strong scent; the library. He has to be in here for his scent to be this strong, Inu Yasha thought to himself as he stared at the many rows of book shelves that faced too many different directions that there was no way he could walk along them & look down the aisles they created. This library is a goddamned maze, he thought to himself, and every damned thing smells freshly of Sesshomaru so I can't just sift out the older scent... Damn him.
Inu Yasha kept his left hand on the Tetsusaiga incase this should be a trap & another youkai or some thing was to try & sneak attack him. As he sniffed around, Inu Yasha became aware that all of the scent trails he followed around the library led to one place; a bookshelf against the back wall that reached the high ceiling. Next to his head, he was one specific book that was pushed back further than the others. Reaching for the book, Inu Yasha pulled it out & was rewarded by a secret passage opening from the book shelf. "Eh?" Poking his head inside, he noticed the hall was lit enough for him to make his way around, should he go in. Oh fuck it... I might as well just go in & check it out, he thought to himself.
Slipping into the secret passage way, Inu Yasha followed the dimly lit torches along the wall, his eyebrows raised in curiosity & wonder at how such giant torches could provide such little light. He sniffed the hallway, following the faint trail of Sesshomaru's scent; right into an invisible force that ended up hurting his nose. He rubbed his nose & reached out his right hand to feel for the shield. When he found it, he pushed hard, only to feel the force press back against his hand. But when he pulled his hand away & pushed only lightly against the shield, he watched his hand disappear after feeling the shield give way now. With the rest of his body, he pushed softly against the wall, to the other side where he found he had his hand back. That shield must be there for Sesshomaru... Inu Yasha thought to himself. If I couldn't see my hand on this side when I was over there, that must mean if Sesshomaru is on this side, then whoever or whatever is on that side can't see him... I guess he isn't as much of a moron as I'd figured he was.
He kept going along the corridor until he came across a dead end where there was a piece of paper, folded like the other, set up on the floor. He picked it up & unfolded it.
Inu Yasha,
If you've found this little note then I suppose you're taking too long for my liking... So you found my scent all over the library, hm? Sorry about that little brother, but this game is no fun if I lead you right to me... I'm still waiting little brother. How much longer until you find me? Find me before sundown & you'll get a real treat...
~Lord Sesshomaru
Oh, Inu Yasha? The wall you just went through is a one way wall... You can only go past it, but you cannot go back the same way you made it by... Have fun trying to figure it out.
"Goddamit!" Inu Yasha growled & crumpled the paper as he had the last one, throwing it to the ground in a fit of anger. He watched as the ball bounced a few times before it appeared to be absorbed into the floor. What the...? Getting an idea, he leapt up then came back down as hard as he could make his body, which was pretty hard. This action caused him to sink into the floor, only to find himself falling to the floor of the library with a thud since he hadn't thought to try & save himself.
Never doing that one again, he thought to himself as he pushed himself to his feet & walked in the direction he saw a window when he was in here last. He got to the window to see it appeared to be late in the afternoon, giving him only a few more hours until the sun set. Oh great... Wait, why do I care what I'll get what I find him? Inu Yasha shrugged & made his way out of the room & ran as fast as he could to the sixth level, thinking it wise to miss one level since he hadn't found anything on the fourth.
Once he reached the step that made it official that he was on the sixth level, he nearly fell over with the strong scent that filled the halls. Gods it smells like hundreds of youkai came to this one level to mate like they were trying to repopulate the lands! Inu Yasha screamed in his mind. I've never smelled anything like this before... He followed the scent to the room that smelled the strongest of it, the third, & final, pleasure room.
Walking around the room, he came to a thought that maybe he should turn & leave now, despite the feeling he had in his stomach that he was getting close to his brother; which he was. Wrapped around the handle of one of the many whips hanging from the walls, was a piece of paper which he grabbed & read.
Inu Yasha,
I'm proud of you little bother. You're getting close to me, but you're still being slow. I've been waiting for a while now. How much longer are you going to make me wait?
~Lord Sesshomaru
"Dammit," Inu Yasha growled to himself as he dropped the letter. "I'm getting sick & tired of this damned game of his." Leaving the pleasure room, he went back down the hall & went straight across the hall he'd turned from earlier, following it all the way down until he came to another door. This one was closed so he knocked, then walked in after not hearing anything. "K-Kagome?" He stuttered as he stared at her sleeping figure on the bed. He could tell by the way the sheet around her body was hugging her that she was wearing nothing underneath the sheet. "Kagome, wake up," he said as he leaned over her, shaking her slightly.
"What the hell?!" He shouted as the form of Kagome turned into his brother, completely dressed, who was looking at him with hooded eyes & an unreadable expression. "What kind of trick is this Sesshomaru?" Inu Yasha asked as he unsheathed the Tetsusaiga, the powerful sword transforming.
"Would you have come closer to me if it were me as myself laying here?" Sesshomaru asked in response. Looking at the look on his brother's face, he chuckled softly. "I didn't believe so."
"What did you want me here for Sesshomaru?"
"To put an end to my dreams dear brother."
"Your dreams? What are you talking about?"
"You see dear brother, for some reason, I was awoken from my slumber by a few dreams I had been having of you. I only brought you here so I could act out the dreams & hopefully sleep out the rest of my slumber."
"I don't know what you have in mind Sesshomaru, but I'm not helping you act out any dreams of yours if they involve me," Inu Yasha said as he began walking to the door, putting the sword back into its sheath.
"I'm sorry to say that at the moment, we are clearly seeing things in different perspectives," Sesshomaru spoke as he pinned Inu Yasha to the door without giving his brother a chance to react. Before Inu Yasha could put up too much of a fight, he injected some of his poison into his neck, causing him to pass out within a matter of moments. "So sorry to have to do it to you this way dear little brother, but sometimes, it's all for the best..."