'Read the charges.'

'Soten of the Thunder Tribe of the Planet Ji'kan, you stand before the United Galactic Federation accused of the following extremely serious charges, in no particular order, of theft and abduction from a planet in a restricted quadrant, and genetic experimentation.'

'How do you plead?' The Grand Councilwoman leant forward in her chair slightly, resting her elbows on the broad desk in front of her, which extended in front of a handful of the highest ranking members of council.

Soten had never been in a room so huge, with the members of the federation sitting in rows along the cylindrical walls like some great chorus, but nonetheless, she stood tall.

'Not Guilty! Those accusations are completely unfounded.' She crossed her arms, an unbidden grin rising to her face. 'For one, I've never even travelled beyond Kungchukelung, in the second quadrant.' She nodded at the Grand Councilwoman. 'You know, the one with the slogan, "best beaches in the universe"? Gotta tell you, council,' she swung a hand out towards the council in general flippantly. 'If you're ever in the quadrant, spend some time there. Reeeally takes a load off your shoulders, but don't forget your sunscreen. Three suns, yeesh. I was peeling for over a Stjn, I tell ya.'

The Grand Councilwoman seemed unappreciative of the advice, however.

'I will thank you, Soten, to remain on topic. What is your response to the second charge?'

'My experiments are purely theoretical, and completely with legal boundaries. Don't you know I'm below age? I can't even go downstairs to the Interstellar Lounge. As in, they won't even let me in the door? How on earth do you think I even got my hands on something like the equipment for genetic experimentation? Seriously.' She huffed.

Over her shoulder a transport cart appeared through the main doors, creaking ominously.

'Anyway,' Soten continued, 'If you'll look through my records, you'll discover that yes I might be a student at the Intergalactic Institute of Biology, it has taken me six tries so far to pass basic genetics so far, I just can't seem to get my head around it.'

The crate reached level with her, and started opening the lower ribs of the structure, like some sort of insect.

'So even if I could know one end of a microscope from another-'

The crate lowered its contents, a single, purest-black chest, so that it was stood next to Soten, who had spontaneously started sweating.

'there's no way I could make-'

Like a candle being snuffed out, the darkened crate turned translucent, revealing the contents to the council.

'more than one?'

There was an audible gasp throughout the council as the creature pushed itself into a half-sitting position, obviously slightly dazzled by the sudden light.

It had long, white hair that pooled around the creatures hips, and its long, pale limbs stretched as far as the crate allowed it to, as it most decidedly glared at its creator, and then the Councilwoman with harsh, red eyes the colour of a cold sunset, and green irises that watched intently.

It was clothed in plain, white fabric that hid most of its anatomy from sight, but one had to focus intently on the creature for some reason, otherwise it was hard to convince oneself that the creature was really there.

But the specific details were even more curious. It seemed to be quite long bodied, and had working appendages on the ends of its four limbs, bar its head, atop which two triangular ears were perched, the precise colour of its hair. It looked around to examine the rest of the room, pressing what seemed to be hands against the glass, which creaked ominously.

One of the members of the council stepped forward, his gaze piercing and his voice deadly. 'Precisely where did you get the materials to create this amalgamation of pieces? It has the scent and markings of the InuTaisho clan.' True to his word, this council member had similar markings, to the point there was a striking resemblance between himself and the creature, down to the marks on their cheekbones.

Soten laughed, throwing her head back. 'Of course! Only the best for my creature!' She exclaimed. 'What you see before you is the first of an entirely new species, completely unique in all 1200 quadrants of the known universe. I know, I've checked. I call it,' she paused for dramatic effect, slyly looking up at the Grand Councilwoman, who only gazed sternly back.

'A hanyou.' Soten gestured towards it dramatically. 'In some languages, the word means "half demon".'

Scattered, hurried discussions broke out throughout the council room like hissing snakes. Demon was not a word used lightly, no matter where you were. Not a handful of glances were thrown in the white-haired council member's direction.

Grand Councilwoman Kikyou raised a hand to silence them, and as such silence fell.

Except for one.

Soten grinned wickedly. 'He's completely bulletproof, fireproof, you fire it at him and it'll just bounce right off. And he can think faster than a supercomputer! His disguising capabilities are completely top-notch! He can see in the dark, and move three thousand times his size! His instincts are only to destroy, and kill! This is the creature that could change the outcome of wars! My creation could change the universe!' She laughed, and laughed, her knees collapsing under her as her laughter echoed around the room.

'So it is a monster.' The Grand Councilwoman stated.

Soten composed herself to a chuckle. 'Yeah, just a little one?'

'One could argue that it's larger than you.' Came the voice of a member of council to the Councilwoman's left, who had also leant forward in his seat, his red eyes glinting.

'Hey!' Soten shot back, throwing an accusing finger in his direction. 'Watch who you're calling little!'

'It is an affront to nature, and also to my clan. It must be destroyed.' The first Councilmember said with a deadly tone, having eyes only for the creature.

'Calm yourself, Councilmember Sesshomaru.' The Grand Councilwoman said, looking sideways at him. 'Perhaps it can be reasoned with.' She turned her attention to the creature, who had curled into a loose ball facing away from them. 'Hanyou.' She addressed the creature, who rolled slightly onto his front to watch her and the other members wearily. 'Show us some sign you understand this. Show us something inside you that is good.'

The hanyou once more pushed himself into a seated position with slow, calm movements.

He drew himself up as far as he was able, being too tall for the container he was placed in, and pressed his hands against the frontwards-facing glass.

With a loud snap that echoed through the room a crack appeared in the glass, running from the top corner to the opposing bottom one.

The creature grinned at them, bearing fearsome looking teeth, and took a short, slow breath.

Every single member in the entire room was holding their breath, including the Councilwoman herself.

'Up yours.' The hanyou said, with a certain sense of delight, and watched as the sympathetic look the Councilwoman was giving him sour into a look of disgust.

Outright discussions broke out along the council walls, and along the main board itself.

Councilmember Sesshomaru briefly had a look like he wanted to climb over the desk and kill the bastard himself.

And Soten flinched slightly, before shaking her head. 'I didn't teach him that!' She exclaimed.

'Silence!' The Councilwoman called, and hush once again fell over the room.

'Place that idiotic scientist,' the red-eyed council member paused, 'no, you're not even that, are you? Place this incompetent garage-tinkerer under arrest.'

Soten went white as a glass shield surrounded her on her floating platform, the lights around her shining red. 'I prefer to be called, evil genius!' She shouted as the platform took her away, sinking to the depths below the room through a hole in the floor.

The creature watched her fall away with mild interest, before curling back into his ball.

'And as for this abomination, it is the flawed product of a deranged mind. It will have no place among civilized society. We will send it into monitored exile, and see just how long the fool novice's creation the Hanyou can hold itself together. Captain Naraku,' she addressed the red-eyed member next to her, 'take it away.'

'With pleasure, Grand Councilwoman.' the Captain replied, rising from his seat.


Hey guys, long time no see! Tumblr gave me the idea for this one, and I'm warning you that it'll start out really similar but when we get to Earth thing's'll get shaken up a bit.