Dogsong, Inuyasha in Ancient America
Part 1
"Where the hell am I?" Inuyasha looked around frantically, trying to figure out exactly what was going on. "I don't think I'm in Japan anymore. . . ."
"Correct," said a voice behind him. Inuyasha jumped. A sickening crack resounded as bone met stone, echoing through the empty halls. "You are in North America. I summoned you."
"Why in the hell would you do that? Human you will pay for this!" Inuyasha tried to step forward when . . . .
"Down boy."
"What the----?" H felt the chains wrap around him, his neck, his shoulders, his arms his legs, then suddenly jerk violently downward. "How…?"
"Simple. You summon a demon, they are bound to you in the way you choose. I just thought it would be ironic if you were bound this way." Inuyasha looked up from the ground at his captor. He didn't understand, but he knew that running would be futile.
"Well can I at least know your name?"
"Aliakai."
"Well, Aliakai, you don't smell like a human, but you do. Are you . . . ?"
"A half-breed? In a way, I guess you could call me that. I was a demon born to human parents, a product of the fusion of dark and light, so in a way . . . . I am." He could see the pain in her eyes as she spoke. "I was shunned . . . . By both sides, humans not trusting me, demons trying to consume me. My very blood betrayed me . . ." He understood how she felt. He too knew of this pain, although he still did not understand why he was here.
"Why did you bring me here?" She smiled at him, the kind of smile you give to reassure someone when you're in pain. Her eyes bore holes into his heart, he could see her pain, her longing for another who understood, a guilt that he still did not know the origin of . . . .
" You are needed. The past is being changed. . . . this world will not be as it is now if you do not step in. The demons here have gotten the idea to change the future . . ." She looked away from him, "and now may soon wipe out humanity as we know it. I could think of no one better. Will you help?" Again she looked at him, her eyes pleading, tearing his heart apart.
"Fine, if I must."
Her eyes lit up with pleasure. "Thank you Inuyasha! Thank you so much! I must warn you though, the demons of my past are different. They are in most cases more powerful, and in all much more mysterious. Follow me." He did just as she said, with each step his resolve to help her grew, as her words sank in. There were other places besides Japan? Could their future affect his? Why did he feel such a terrible need to help this girl?
……to be continued……