This is my second fan fiction story so please be kind only constructive critisim please. Now for the usual disclaimers I do not own Inu Yasha all rights belong to Rumiko Takahashi I do not make any money off of this. All I own is my Oc's this fan fiction is rated M just to be safe please do not read unless you are of proper age and consent you have been warned.
It was a cold night the moon had just been full the night before so no moonlight shone. Not even the noise of usual forest creatures stirred nothing-bared witness to the events that were about to take place.
An old woman in a tattered and worn kimono bent over what was the beloved family pet. A shiba inu, Suki was the name that the children of this household like to call her. She was a good dog that never did anybody any harm but lived to give smiles on this down trodden family's faces. Though tonight the old women had another idea in store for her. Times had been tough for her clan and tonight she was going to do something about it. She was creating an Inu gami a dog spirit meant to spite her enemies and to finally bring fortune to her family, she believed they deserved no less. Upon reading old books in her families records storage she had found the instructions to do so. And believed with an Inu gami in the family all her families suffering will finally come to an end. As the instructions read the dog was buried neck deep and food surrounded her. The old women then began to lament all her problems to the pitiful creature.
"Oh my dear Suki" she said under her breath.
"You do not know what real suffering is"
The dog let out a faint cry. Even though she didn't understand the old woman's words she knew her time on this earth were numbered.
"How my family has starved, no good fortune has come our way while decease and war have taken those so dear to us" she spoke clearly and coldly.
Again the dog let out a faint whimper
"But that is about to end you will serve our family for as long as my blood line shall live. And will spite our enemies and bring good fortune to those under the Kashi household. Your pain is nothing compared to the pain and suffering my family has been made to endure time and time again."
And with that old women simply walked away leaving the dog buried with specks of food just out of reach taunting her till her miserable death finally came.
When the poor dog passed her spirit did become an Inu gami like the old women predicted but she did not serve the family. Someone had stumbled across the poor creature one of the children in the village. Though it was too late, knowing that the dog was to weak to go on, even to weak to eat the food that she was denied for so long. The child did want to see her die that way. Seeing that the animal was so disrespected in life at least the creature could die with dignity. So the child dug her up and carried her to the nearest temple. A famous temple in the region a coincidently a dog temple. Two stone lion dogs decorated the entrance as the girl entered the temple she couldn't help but feel watched even though she knew the temple was abandoned. She laid the dog down in front of the shrine and said a prayer wishing that the animal would not know this kind of suffering as she passed into the next world then she turned tail and left.
"What do you think that was all about?" a voice said out of the void
"Beats me ,humff" boomed a voiced deeper than the first
"Lets check it out," said a third more cheerful voice
But monks did not appear instead as if out of nowhere out walked three dogs. An akita, a kishu and a tosa to be exact. These were clearly no ordinary canine but were that voices that were speaking they were the guardians of this shrine.
"Well nothing we can do. humff" said the tosa, which was the owner of the booming voice.
"The bitch is gonna die"
"Not so fast , we can do something" spoke the akita, which was the cheerful voice.
"We can make a guardian of this temple just like on of us"
"Are you sure that she would appreciate that she would be the only female in our troop and with a women running around how can this temple stay pure" said the kishu
"Oh come on Gonzo you don't really believe that, I mean so you eyeing her but clearly you must have better self control than that"
The kishu grunted at the accusation
"Well what ever we decide humff, lets decide it quick she doesn't have much time left" stated the tosa
"Yes Kuzo right we better decide I say let's do this what the harm" replied Cho the akita
"Well no need to turn around and make me look like the bad guy" said Gonzo almost yelling
"No, one said you were the bad guy, humff, there is no need to get upset" grumbled Kuzo
"Ok , ok lets get this over with then" said Gonzo
You wake up surprised to be alive you look around at your surroundings then are quickly startled to your feet when you see three men staring at you.
"Now , now , no reason to be afraid were are the ones that saved you" said the one with orange hair dressed as a monk
"I told you she wouldn't like it" stated the man with shoulder length black hair dressed in samurai apparel
"Come on Gonzo she's just frightened let's just introduce ourselves" the man dressed as a monk bow and states
"I'm Cho nice to meet you!"
"Kuzo, humff, we mean you no harm" this was said by the man with the deepest voice wearing a shabby knee length kimono.
"Gonzo" the one dressed as a samurai stated curtly
"Where am I? who are you people?" you stated a little frightened
"Oh your at the Inu temple were are the four guardians" replied Cho
"Four?" You said a little confused
"Well, since you technically died here and were where the ones that called your soul back from the nether world it kind of make you also a guardian of this temple"
You stand there shocked with your mouth hanging open you can't believe you ears a little while ago you dying to death of starvation in a pit. And now you are a servant of the gods at this temple. It was just a lot to take in.
"Well now with introductions out of the way what is your name my dear?" asked Cho
You think about it you can't remember the name your mama used to call you as a pup but you remember the name the children of the village used to call you.
"It Suki" you answer back
"Well Suki welcome to the Inu temple hopefully you enjoy your knew home as much as we do" says Cho grinning ear to ear
I hope you enjoyed the first chapter it's really just an intro. Don't worry familiar faces will start to show up soon. To explain few things if you understand how Inu gami are created the process is actually pretty gruesome and I wanted to add that as an element to my story. All the dogs at the Inu temple are authentic Japanese breeds even though some only existed in the beginning of the 19th century. The reasons why I have Kuzo say humff in the middle of his sentences. Is because being that he is a dog he is suppressing the urge to bark when he is speaking being probably the most uncouth. Any way I hope you enjoy the story so far please check out some of my other stories as well thank you tagz1356.
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