Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, unless I'm really Rumiko Takahashi in
disguise, which I'm not.
A/N This is a no-Kikyou story. Also, this story starts in that long-ago time when Inuyasha was a kid, right after he chases the ball the villagers were playing with. (the episode when he recalls his childhood and chases the ball across the bridge.)
For the Love of A Child
"Wait guys!" a child clad in red called out to the retreating backs of the village children.
"Where ya going?"
"Home." replied a bored looking boy.
"Why? You were in the middle of a game!"
"Duh." said another. He was taller than the others, for a five-year-old. "You messed up our game."
"Huh? How did I mess up your game?"
"You came. That was what messed it up." Now the boy sounded annoyed and angry. "According to my mom, you're just a 'little demon-brat with big ears', and I must agree. Why would we want to play with you?"
"But." the poor hanyou (A/N Who else would it be?) said, dejectedly.
Everyone was gone.
A few tears crawled down poor Inuyasha's cheek. Just because he was a hanyou, no one would even look at him straight. It was so depressing. He turned around and walked slowly into the forest.
He did not notice a little girl, with long black hair and in a purple kimono, run out of her hut she had gone into, pick up the small gold ball the boys had been playing with, and follow him.
The little girl had been watching the small hanyou ever since he had gone chasing after the ball. While brewing herbs with her mother in the hut, she had looked out the window and seen the little Inuyasha look dejectedly at the boys and walk off into the forest. She had asked for permission to leave and "go do something".
She followed the little boy into the forest and found him sitting below a tree on a hill, staring into the sky.
"Um, excuse me." The boy seemed to wake up and he turned around to see her. "I, uh, think you forgot your ball." She held up the little golden toy up to prove her point.
The boy's eyes narrowed. "Why did you return it to me? So you could just laugh at me some more, like all the others? Go away." he spat, and then turned back to the sky.
Kagome (that's who she is, of course), offended, narrowed her eyes as well and said "Sheesh! All I wanted to do is return this ball to you, since no one else would take it. You don't have to be so mean."
"Feh." (A/N My, he learns his vocabulary quickly!)
Kagome looked at him angrily, until she saw his ears. "Oooh!" she squealed. "Are those real? Can I touch them?"
The hanyou turned, annoyed, to look at her. "No! Go away, you stupid little girl."
Kagome looked at him, tears threatening. "Y-You think I'm stupid too?" She started to cry.
Inuyasha looked confused. He always hated to see a girl cry. "Huh? Why are you crying?"
She stuttered "E-E-Everyone says I'm stupid, 'cause they think 'cause I'm pretty, I'll just be naturally dumb, s-so everyone explains things to me twice even though I understand! It's just s-s-so frustrating!" She started to wail. "When I grow up, I'm NOT gonna be some stupid little girl! I'll be a miko!"
Then she started to walk away. "Here. Have your ball."
"Wait! I-I-I'm sorry." Inuyasha said. (A/N Wow! He said sorry! Something he almost never did when he was older.)
Kagome turned around. "Really? You're sorry? Ok!" She wiped off the rest of her tears and went towards Inuyasha.
"Wanna play ball?" she asked, picking up the ball that she had brought for him.
"Sure!"
They started a game of catch, back and forth. Meanwhile, Kagome asked questions to Inuyasha and Inuyasha asked questions to Kagome.
"What do you wanna be when you grow up?"
"I'm gonna be a great big powerful demon lord of the whole world!"
"Wow. The WHOLE world?"
"Well, err, maybe just a little bit. But I'll still be a great big powerful demon with a giant castle."
"Cool! Can I live in your castle? Can I be a priestess?"
"Sure. You can be the Grand High Priestess, if you want."
"WOW! Thanks!"
After playing a little bit more of catch with a few questions like "Can I touch your ears?" and "Who was that tall kid who was so mean to me?", the two sat under the tree and talked.
"So, you're the son of the great demon lord that rules the village and that pretty lady that lives in the nicest hut by the river?"
"Yup"
"Wow. That's super-cool. My parents are just normal farmers, ya know, with the rice paddies and the cows and the chickens."
"Is it fun?"
"Yeah. We all get together and do fun stuff. You have servants?"
"Yeah, but, do you get to chase chickens?"
"Yup, and its REALLY fun!"
"Wow! I always wanted to chase chickens!"
Then, a call was heard from below the hill. "Kagome! Where are you? Dinnertime!"
"Oh, well, that's my mommy calling." Kagome said. "Hey! I got an idea!"
"What?" said Inuyasha, unhappy that his new friend was about to go.
"Let's be friends!" She took his pinky and her pinky and twisted them together, the said in a serious voice. "I hereby announce this friendship valid!" Then she let go.
Inuyasha suddenly started to think about what the boys had done to him. What if because Kagome was his friend that she, too, got the cold shoulder? He didn't want anything bad to happen to his new friend.
"Kagome!" he called.
"Yeah, Inuyasha?"
"Let's make it a secret friendship!"
"Cool! Why, though?"
He didn't want to tell her the real reason. She might think that he was too unpopular. "Uh, 'cause it would be more fun?"
"Ok! Bye, Inuyasha! See you tomorrow, same time, same place!" she left the hill towards her awaiting hut and dinner while the little hanyou skillfully leaped down the other side of the hill to tell his mommy about his first new friend.
A/N: God, that was a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG chapter! Cya laters, ppls!
A/N This is a no-Kikyou story. Also, this story starts in that long-ago time when Inuyasha was a kid, right after he chases the ball the villagers were playing with. (the episode when he recalls his childhood and chases the ball across the bridge.)
For the Love of A Child
"Wait guys!" a child clad in red called out to the retreating backs of the village children.
"Where ya going?"
"Home." replied a bored looking boy.
"Why? You were in the middle of a game!"
"Duh." said another. He was taller than the others, for a five-year-old. "You messed up our game."
"Huh? How did I mess up your game?"
"You came. That was what messed it up." Now the boy sounded annoyed and angry. "According to my mom, you're just a 'little demon-brat with big ears', and I must agree. Why would we want to play with you?"
"But." the poor hanyou (A/N Who else would it be?) said, dejectedly.
Everyone was gone.
A few tears crawled down poor Inuyasha's cheek. Just because he was a hanyou, no one would even look at him straight. It was so depressing. He turned around and walked slowly into the forest.
He did not notice a little girl, with long black hair and in a purple kimono, run out of her hut she had gone into, pick up the small gold ball the boys had been playing with, and follow him.
The little girl had been watching the small hanyou ever since he had gone chasing after the ball. While brewing herbs with her mother in the hut, she had looked out the window and seen the little Inuyasha look dejectedly at the boys and walk off into the forest. She had asked for permission to leave and "go do something".
She followed the little boy into the forest and found him sitting below a tree on a hill, staring into the sky.
"Um, excuse me." The boy seemed to wake up and he turned around to see her. "I, uh, think you forgot your ball." She held up the little golden toy up to prove her point.
The boy's eyes narrowed. "Why did you return it to me? So you could just laugh at me some more, like all the others? Go away." he spat, and then turned back to the sky.
Kagome (that's who she is, of course), offended, narrowed her eyes as well and said "Sheesh! All I wanted to do is return this ball to you, since no one else would take it. You don't have to be so mean."
"Feh." (A/N My, he learns his vocabulary quickly!)
Kagome looked at him angrily, until she saw his ears. "Oooh!" she squealed. "Are those real? Can I touch them?"
The hanyou turned, annoyed, to look at her. "No! Go away, you stupid little girl."
Kagome looked at him, tears threatening. "Y-You think I'm stupid too?" She started to cry.
Inuyasha looked confused. He always hated to see a girl cry. "Huh? Why are you crying?"
She stuttered "E-E-Everyone says I'm stupid, 'cause they think 'cause I'm pretty, I'll just be naturally dumb, s-so everyone explains things to me twice even though I understand! It's just s-s-so frustrating!" She started to wail. "When I grow up, I'm NOT gonna be some stupid little girl! I'll be a miko!"
Then she started to walk away. "Here. Have your ball."
"Wait! I-I-I'm sorry." Inuyasha said. (A/N Wow! He said sorry! Something he almost never did when he was older.)
Kagome turned around. "Really? You're sorry? Ok!" She wiped off the rest of her tears and went towards Inuyasha.
"Wanna play ball?" she asked, picking up the ball that she had brought for him.
"Sure!"
They started a game of catch, back and forth. Meanwhile, Kagome asked questions to Inuyasha and Inuyasha asked questions to Kagome.
"What do you wanna be when you grow up?"
"I'm gonna be a great big powerful demon lord of the whole world!"
"Wow. The WHOLE world?"
"Well, err, maybe just a little bit. But I'll still be a great big powerful demon with a giant castle."
"Cool! Can I live in your castle? Can I be a priestess?"
"Sure. You can be the Grand High Priestess, if you want."
"WOW! Thanks!"
After playing a little bit more of catch with a few questions like "Can I touch your ears?" and "Who was that tall kid who was so mean to me?", the two sat under the tree and talked.
"So, you're the son of the great demon lord that rules the village and that pretty lady that lives in the nicest hut by the river?"
"Yup"
"Wow. That's super-cool. My parents are just normal farmers, ya know, with the rice paddies and the cows and the chickens."
"Is it fun?"
"Yeah. We all get together and do fun stuff. You have servants?"
"Yeah, but, do you get to chase chickens?"
"Yup, and its REALLY fun!"
"Wow! I always wanted to chase chickens!"
Then, a call was heard from below the hill. "Kagome! Where are you? Dinnertime!"
"Oh, well, that's my mommy calling." Kagome said. "Hey! I got an idea!"
"What?" said Inuyasha, unhappy that his new friend was about to go.
"Let's be friends!" She took his pinky and her pinky and twisted them together, the said in a serious voice. "I hereby announce this friendship valid!" Then she let go.
Inuyasha suddenly started to think about what the boys had done to him. What if because Kagome was his friend that she, too, got the cold shoulder? He didn't want anything bad to happen to his new friend.
"Kagome!" he called.
"Yeah, Inuyasha?"
"Let's make it a secret friendship!"
"Cool! Why, though?"
He didn't want to tell her the real reason. She might think that he was too unpopular. "Uh, 'cause it would be more fun?"
"Ok! Bye, Inuyasha! See you tomorrow, same time, same place!" she left the hill towards her awaiting hut and dinner while the little hanyou skillfully leaped down the other side of the hill to tell his mommy about his first new friend.
A/N: God, that was a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG chapter! Cya laters, ppls!