A Dog's Life
Written By Izay Alohalani
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I sit on a soft bed watching her sleep. Her long raven hair spilled over her shoulder as she softly sleeps. I know what or more like who she's dreaming about, it's me. She's been dreaming about me ever night for the past two months but she doesn't know that her mystery man with the dog ears is the same white dog that sleeps by her bed.
Miroku sold me to her, Kagome, that's her name, two months ago hoping that she could break my curse. My name is Inu-Yasha, during the Sengoku- Jidai I used to be a powerful han-you but a dumb ass bitch of a miko named Kikyou turned me into a dog. So from sunrise till sun set I'm a dog, and from sun-set till sun-rise, I'm in my original form.
The only way to break the curse is for someone that doesn't know about the curse to love me and me to love her in return.sounds easy right? Well, I've been in this form for around four hundred years. Why would I like to fall in love with a stupid human!
Rolling over and looking back at Kagome I remember when I first got to the pet store Miroku's uncle owns.
**Two months and three days ago.**
The man driving the van swerves around a tight turn. Dammit where did he get his license in a pocky box! My cage crashes against the side of the van as the others follow ramming into mine.
The van comes to a jolting stop and the man gets out of the front door to unpack me and two other dogs.
He smells so fucking bad! When was the last time he showered! God human males smell so disgusting. Grabbing my cage and dropping it on the pavement he begins to unload the rest of the cages.
Dammit stupid human if I wasn't a dog I'd fucking rip you apart! I bark at him and he kicks my door in rage breaking the lock. Stepping out of the cage with an all too happy sparkle in my golden eyes I leap at the man biting him on the leg.
MWAHAHAHA human you're dead meat! He yelps in pain and tries to pull me off his leg. Laughing inside I don't notice the young man with a black ponytail stick a tranquilizer in the back of my neck.
Every thing goes black and I drift off into dreamland releasing the leg of the fat ugly man.
Waking on a soft blanket feeling like a load of shit I try to shake it off as I look up at a young man putting food into my bowl. I smell it, it's the sickening thing they call food. I might look like an animal but that doesn't mean I have to eat their food.
The boy looks at smiles and "Here boy." he says giving me a piece of ham. "It's between you and Me." winking he leaves the kennel to look at the other mutts. Looking at the large piece of smoked ham my stomach growls and I quickly eat it, thanks human.
After a few hours the human returns after he locked up the store and checks on all the pets once again. Noticing that I've still refused to touch the bowl of what they call 'beefy chunks' or to me 'the shit that comes out of a can' he takes the bowl away and continues to check on the other dogs.
I return to my small bed and close my eyes. In a few minutes the boy returns with my bowl, it has more pieces of that ham and two rolls of bread. "Is this better boy?" He asks me placing it on the floor by me.
I look at the bowl and then at the human contemplating whether or not to eat the meal he prepared me. Deciding quickly I jump up and devour the meal. The boy laughs as I finish taking the bowl, "I guess you don't like dog food." he smiles "I'll feed you this from now on."
He leaves and returns to the back room, probably where he lives. The sun soon sets and I turn back into my regular form, the handsome han-you with sliver hair, and golden eyes. I walk to the kennels door and slip my hand through one of the openings and try to open the lock.
"Dammit!" I grumble and I hear the door open and smell that human returning. I look down at the floor and notice he forget a slip of paper.
He comes to my kennel right when I lurk back into the shadows. "Isn't funny, I live in the dog house." He says as he finds the key for my the lock.
"I find it funnier that you talk to a bunch of mutts at night." my cold reply comes as the only thing that appears are golden orbs in the shadow I crouch in.
"Who are you." he doesn't even back away like most humans.
"You have a good lock," I answer standing from the shadows. "Unlock it and I'll tell you who I am."
The boy who seems around 16 now that I look at him, has black hair tied in a ponytail, amethyst eyes, and has a covering over his left hand. He looks at me and sighs unlocking the lock and picks up the paper. He leads me to the back, which is a house.
I sit down at the table and he goes to fix some tea. "You hungry?" he asks setting down the tea.
"More or less" I respond as he makes himself and me a sandwich.
"I'm Miroku Houshi," he bows his head.
"Inu-Yasha."
"Okay Inu-Yasha what were you doing in a locked kennel?" He sips his tea waiting for an answer.
"Have you ever heard the fairy tail about that han-you that peaked on a miko while she showered?"
He nods "He was turned into a dog at day and returned to his original form at night." I nod "The only way for the han-you to break the spell was for someone to love him and for him to love them back. But no one loved the han-you and he was killed when he peeked on the miko for a second time."
"I'm that han-you, the stories bull shit, I never got near that bitch of a miko again."
"Okay so the white dog I feed this afternoon was you?" I nod. "Okay I'll help you!"
"Who asked for your help?!" Miroku stands and I follow "I don't need any help from a human like you!"
Miroku laughs at me, "What do you plan to do InuYasha, put an ad in the paper: "Desperate Han-you seeking girl that will love him. Info: Silver hair, gold eyes, 6 3', handsome, and turns into a dog during the day."
I narrow my eyes at him, he's right I'll need his help "What are you think of human?"
"Let's get you some clothes, a shower and then I'll tell you." He says walking through the living room and into a room. He opens a draw and hands me tan shorts, red shirt, and black baseball hat, underwear and a pair of sandals. "These should do. You can sleep here till I sell you."
'What do you mean sell me dumb ass?" I yell taking off my battered stolen blue shirt and wait for Miroku's answer.
"I know a nice cute girl that's been looking for a dog, I'll sell you to her. Don't worry." he says pointing me to the bathroom.
"How old is she?"
"15, really pretty, long black hair, blue eyes, nice but, good chest." He said with a distant look on his face.
"Pervert." I walk into the bathroom and take a nice hot shower. The clothes Miroku gave me fitted me good and I walked out to find him folding out one of the couch beds.
"You can stay here till I get a hold of her." He put a pillow and some blankets on the bed.
"What's her name?"
"Kagome Higurashi, she lives at the sun-set shrine a block away."
"Okay." I lie down and flip the TV on.
"I'll see you in the morning." Miroku says leaving to his room.
After watching a few hours of TV I go to sleep thinking of Kikyou and how I pray she burns in hell.
The next day went by fast. At night a girl named Sango came to give Miroku his homework. She had long black hair up in a ponytail, crimson eyes. She was nice and Miroku introduced me as a friend that had moved recently to Tokyo.
The night was calm until Miroku grabbed Sango's but when she was leaving and she slapped him nice and hard leaving a red mark on his cheek.
The next day in the morning Miroku told me as I lay as a dog watching cartoons that Kagome would be coming some time after school to pick me up.
He turned off the TV, put the bed away and walked me back to my cage. During the day a little girl had tried to pet me and I growled at her. Miroku glared at me and told the little girls mother that I had been abused by a small child.
The mother said what a pity and that I looked very cute. I felt my cheeks tingle and ignored any body else that came to my kennel.
Right now it's around 4:30 and I'm laying on my bed still waiting for the girl. The bell rings as someone enters the store.
"Hi Miroku!" A happy girl's voice says as I stand to see if it's Kagome. From what I can see with standing on the fence I saw the back of Miroku's black shirt and part of a girl's arm.
She smells good at least and she has a nice voice. Keh, she's probably as ugly as hell. Miroku and Kagome continue talking as he leads her to my kennel. "Here he is." Miroku said as Kagome walked to me. She stuck her hand in side the fences spaces and pat my head.
In my dog form I reach below her knee. I look up at her face. DAMMIT! She looks like Kikyou! Same face! But her eyes are blue like Miroku said and they're soft and kind.
She continues to pet my head and I lean my head into her scratch. Her hands feel so good and I feel my tail wagging.
"I like him. What's his name?" she asks as I sit back down my tail still wagging. Looking down at my tail I give it a stren look, hey you stop moving!
"His names Inu-Yasha." Miroku says as he leads Kagome back to the front desk to sign the papers.
After they finish with the papers they come back to my kennel and Miroku unlocks me and ties me to a leash which he hands to Kagome. "Let me tell you some things about Inu-Yasha. He's a rare breed that are highly allergic to dog food."
"How bad?"
"It's like poison." yeah I barf all over your feet, try it it's not what they say.
"Okay then I'll feed him what I eat." smart girl! "What else?"
"He is very smart and in the afternoons he likes to go out of the house and wander around alone."
"Won't he get lost?"
"No, Inu-Yasha is very smart and will either let him self in during the morning or ask to be put in."
"He can open doors?"
Miroku looks down at me "Go show her boy." Dammit do you have to refear to me as such as dog. I look at Miroku and walk to the closest door, standing on two legs I turn the handle with my paws.
That's what you learn from sneaking out of pet shops and peoples houses! "That's so cool." Kagome says as I kick the door close and sit by her feet.
"Well I beilve that's all the precautions." Miroku says as we walk to the front door. Oh don't forget to tell her if she sees a man with dog ears and silver hair not to freak out it's just your dog!
Kagome looks down at me and smiles. "How much is he?"
"Five packetges of pocky and some rice candy will be enough." Miroku says. Kagome laughs and nods her head.
"I'll drop it off tomorrow when I go to school. Playing the part of Count D from Pet shop of Horros." She jokes as I stare up at them wondering what the hell is going on.
"Maybe I should make you sign another contact saying I'm not liabe for death or injury." Mirkou says holding a finger to his chin like he's thinking.
"You're scaring me now." I still have no clue what's going on. She looks out the window. "Hey when is your uncle coming back from his trip?"
"Tomorrow, I'll be going back to school on Thursday." It today, Tuesday?
"Well I better go, it's almost 5." Kagome says as I stand and walk with her to the door. "I'll see you later." Miroku says looking at me winking. That's right I need to come back and see him tonight.
"Bye Miroku." Kagome says leaving the store and walking down the street.
In no time we arrive at a shrine. She shows her mom me and takes me to her room. On the floor are two big soft worn out quilts and a big pillow. I lie down on them and look around the room. It's a big room. there's a walk in closet, a big wooden desk, a bed, stero, a chair and a phone on top of a dresser.
"How's the bed Inu-kun?" Kagome asks grabbing some clothes. 'Inu- kun?' sounds good. How about you take the floor and I have your bed wench.
Kagome looks at me and I roll over pretending to take a nap. He laughs and goes to take a shower. Later she returns with a bowl of ramen. I eat it as well as I can being a dog while she opens her books. Ramen is best thing humans make! I stand and sit by her bed waiting.
"Oh, it's time for you to go out right?" she stands and takes me out side through the kitchen and returns to her room.
I walk around the Sun Set shrine, I've been here before I know it but it was a long time ago.
Walking to a great tree I sit looking up at it as the sun begins to set. It's the god tree. My tree. Now I remember where I am. This is the heart of Inu-Yasha's forest. My forest.
Written By Izay Alohalani
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I sit on a soft bed watching her sleep. Her long raven hair spilled over her shoulder as she softly sleeps. I know what or more like who she's dreaming about, it's me. She's been dreaming about me ever night for the past two months but she doesn't know that her mystery man with the dog ears is the same white dog that sleeps by her bed.
Miroku sold me to her, Kagome, that's her name, two months ago hoping that she could break my curse. My name is Inu-Yasha, during the Sengoku- Jidai I used to be a powerful han-you but a dumb ass bitch of a miko named Kikyou turned me into a dog. So from sunrise till sun set I'm a dog, and from sun-set till sun-rise, I'm in my original form.
The only way to break the curse is for someone that doesn't know about the curse to love me and me to love her in return.sounds easy right? Well, I've been in this form for around four hundred years. Why would I like to fall in love with a stupid human!
Rolling over and looking back at Kagome I remember when I first got to the pet store Miroku's uncle owns.
**Two months and three days ago.**
The man driving the van swerves around a tight turn. Dammit where did he get his license in a pocky box! My cage crashes against the side of the van as the others follow ramming into mine.
The van comes to a jolting stop and the man gets out of the front door to unpack me and two other dogs.
He smells so fucking bad! When was the last time he showered! God human males smell so disgusting. Grabbing my cage and dropping it on the pavement he begins to unload the rest of the cages.
Dammit stupid human if I wasn't a dog I'd fucking rip you apart! I bark at him and he kicks my door in rage breaking the lock. Stepping out of the cage with an all too happy sparkle in my golden eyes I leap at the man biting him on the leg.
MWAHAHAHA human you're dead meat! He yelps in pain and tries to pull me off his leg. Laughing inside I don't notice the young man with a black ponytail stick a tranquilizer in the back of my neck.
Every thing goes black and I drift off into dreamland releasing the leg of the fat ugly man.
Waking on a soft blanket feeling like a load of shit I try to shake it off as I look up at a young man putting food into my bowl. I smell it, it's the sickening thing they call food. I might look like an animal but that doesn't mean I have to eat their food.
The boy looks at smiles and "Here boy." he says giving me a piece of ham. "It's between you and Me." winking he leaves the kennel to look at the other mutts. Looking at the large piece of smoked ham my stomach growls and I quickly eat it, thanks human.
After a few hours the human returns after he locked up the store and checks on all the pets once again. Noticing that I've still refused to touch the bowl of what they call 'beefy chunks' or to me 'the shit that comes out of a can' he takes the bowl away and continues to check on the other dogs.
I return to my small bed and close my eyes. In a few minutes the boy returns with my bowl, it has more pieces of that ham and two rolls of bread. "Is this better boy?" He asks me placing it on the floor by me.
I look at the bowl and then at the human contemplating whether or not to eat the meal he prepared me. Deciding quickly I jump up and devour the meal. The boy laughs as I finish taking the bowl, "I guess you don't like dog food." he smiles "I'll feed you this from now on."
He leaves and returns to the back room, probably where he lives. The sun soon sets and I turn back into my regular form, the handsome han-you with sliver hair, and golden eyes. I walk to the kennels door and slip my hand through one of the openings and try to open the lock.
"Dammit!" I grumble and I hear the door open and smell that human returning. I look down at the floor and notice he forget a slip of paper.
He comes to my kennel right when I lurk back into the shadows. "Isn't funny, I live in the dog house." He says as he finds the key for my the lock.
"I find it funnier that you talk to a bunch of mutts at night." my cold reply comes as the only thing that appears are golden orbs in the shadow I crouch in.
"Who are you." he doesn't even back away like most humans.
"You have a good lock," I answer standing from the shadows. "Unlock it and I'll tell you who I am."
The boy who seems around 16 now that I look at him, has black hair tied in a ponytail, amethyst eyes, and has a covering over his left hand. He looks at me and sighs unlocking the lock and picks up the paper. He leads me to the back, which is a house.
I sit down at the table and he goes to fix some tea. "You hungry?" he asks setting down the tea.
"More or less" I respond as he makes himself and me a sandwich.
"I'm Miroku Houshi," he bows his head.
"Inu-Yasha."
"Okay Inu-Yasha what were you doing in a locked kennel?" He sips his tea waiting for an answer.
"Have you ever heard the fairy tail about that han-you that peaked on a miko while she showered?"
He nods "He was turned into a dog at day and returned to his original form at night." I nod "The only way for the han-you to break the spell was for someone to love him and for him to love them back. But no one loved the han-you and he was killed when he peeked on the miko for a second time."
"I'm that han-you, the stories bull shit, I never got near that bitch of a miko again."
"Okay so the white dog I feed this afternoon was you?" I nod. "Okay I'll help you!"
"Who asked for your help?!" Miroku stands and I follow "I don't need any help from a human like you!"
Miroku laughs at me, "What do you plan to do InuYasha, put an ad in the paper: "Desperate Han-you seeking girl that will love him. Info: Silver hair, gold eyes, 6 3', handsome, and turns into a dog during the day."
I narrow my eyes at him, he's right I'll need his help "What are you think of human?"
"Let's get you some clothes, a shower and then I'll tell you." He says walking through the living room and into a room. He opens a draw and hands me tan shorts, red shirt, and black baseball hat, underwear and a pair of sandals. "These should do. You can sleep here till I sell you."
'What do you mean sell me dumb ass?" I yell taking off my battered stolen blue shirt and wait for Miroku's answer.
"I know a nice cute girl that's been looking for a dog, I'll sell you to her. Don't worry." he says pointing me to the bathroom.
"How old is she?"
"15, really pretty, long black hair, blue eyes, nice but, good chest." He said with a distant look on his face.
"Pervert." I walk into the bathroom and take a nice hot shower. The clothes Miroku gave me fitted me good and I walked out to find him folding out one of the couch beds.
"You can stay here till I get a hold of her." He put a pillow and some blankets on the bed.
"What's her name?"
"Kagome Higurashi, she lives at the sun-set shrine a block away."
"Okay." I lie down and flip the TV on.
"I'll see you in the morning." Miroku says leaving to his room.
After watching a few hours of TV I go to sleep thinking of Kikyou and how I pray she burns in hell.
The next day went by fast. At night a girl named Sango came to give Miroku his homework. She had long black hair up in a ponytail, crimson eyes. She was nice and Miroku introduced me as a friend that had moved recently to Tokyo.
The night was calm until Miroku grabbed Sango's but when she was leaving and she slapped him nice and hard leaving a red mark on his cheek.
The next day in the morning Miroku told me as I lay as a dog watching cartoons that Kagome would be coming some time after school to pick me up.
He turned off the TV, put the bed away and walked me back to my cage. During the day a little girl had tried to pet me and I growled at her. Miroku glared at me and told the little girls mother that I had been abused by a small child.
The mother said what a pity and that I looked very cute. I felt my cheeks tingle and ignored any body else that came to my kennel.
Right now it's around 4:30 and I'm laying on my bed still waiting for the girl. The bell rings as someone enters the store.
"Hi Miroku!" A happy girl's voice says as I stand to see if it's Kagome. From what I can see with standing on the fence I saw the back of Miroku's black shirt and part of a girl's arm.
She smells good at least and she has a nice voice. Keh, she's probably as ugly as hell. Miroku and Kagome continue talking as he leads her to my kennel. "Here he is." Miroku said as Kagome walked to me. She stuck her hand in side the fences spaces and pat my head.
In my dog form I reach below her knee. I look up at her face. DAMMIT! She looks like Kikyou! Same face! But her eyes are blue like Miroku said and they're soft and kind.
She continues to pet my head and I lean my head into her scratch. Her hands feel so good and I feel my tail wagging.
"I like him. What's his name?" she asks as I sit back down my tail still wagging. Looking down at my tail I give it a stren look, hey you stop moving!
"His names Inu-Yasha." Miroku says as he leads Kagome back to the front desk to sign the papers.
After they finish with the papers they come back to my kennel and Miroku unlocks me and ties me to a leash which he hands to Kagome. "Let me tell you some things about Inu-Yasha. He's a rare breed that are highly allergic to dog food."
"How bad?"
"It's like poison." yeah I barf all over your feet, try it it's not what they say.
"Okay then I'll feed him what I eat." smart girl! "What else?"
"He is very smart and in the afternoons he likes to go out of the house and wander around alone."
"Won't he get lost?"
"No, Inu-Yasha is very smart and will either let him self in during the morning or ask to be put in."
"He can open doors?"
Miroku looks down at me "Go show her boy." Dammit do you have to refear to me as such as dog. I look at Miroku and walk to the closest door, standing on two legs I turn the handle with my paws.
That's what you learn from sneaking out of pet shops and peoples houses! "That's so cool." Kagome says as I kick the door close and sit by her feet.
"Well I beilve that's all the precautions." Miroku says as we walk to the front door. Oh don't forget to tell her if she sees a man with dog ears and silver hair not to freak out it's just your dog!
Kagome looks down at me and smiles. "How much is he?"
"Five packetges of pocky and some rice candy will be enough." Miroku says. Kagome laughs and nods her head.
"I'll drop it off tomorrow when I go to school. Playing the part of Count D from Pet shop of Horros." She jokes as I stare up at them wondering what the hell is going on.
"Maybe I should make you sign another contact saying I'm not liabe for death or injury." Mirkou says holding a finger to his chin like he's thinking.
"You're scaring me now." I still have no clue what's going on. She looks out the window. "Hey when is your uncle coming back from his trip?"
"Tomorrow, I'll be going back to school on Thursday." It today, Tuesday?
"Well I better go, it's almost 5." Kagome says as I stand and walk with her to the door. "I'll see you later." Miroku says looking at me winking. That's right I need to come back and see him tonight.
"Bye Miroku." Kagome says leaving the store and walking down the street.
In no time we arrive at a shrine. She shows her mom me and takes me to her room. On the floor are two big soft worn out quilts and a big pillow. I lie down on them and look around the room. It's a big room. there's a walk in closet, a big wooden desk, a bed, stero, a chair and a phone on top of a dresser.
"How's the bed Inu-kun?" Kagome asks grabbing some clothes. 'Inu- kun?' sounds good. How about you take the floor and I have your bed wench.
Kagome looks at me and I roll over pretending to take a nap. He laughs and goes to take a shower. Later she returns with a bowl of ramen. I eat it as well as I can being a dog while she opens her books. Ramen is best thing humans make! I stand and sit by her bed waiting.
"Oh, it's time for you to go out right?" she stands and takes me out side through the kitchen and returns to her room.
I walk around the Sun Set shrine, I've been here before I know it but it was a long time ago.
Walking to a great tree I sit looking up at it as the sun begins to set. It's the god tree. My tree. Now I remember where I am. This is the heart of Inu-Yasha's forest. My forest.