Family Ties
This is my first fanfic. It's where Inuyasha finds out he has a long lost sister named Reiko. They meet up and so on and so forth. The story unfolds into something I hope will be highly interesting. Anyway I only post more if I have reviews. No reviews, no more fan fic. So please review.
Disclaimer: The only Inuyasha stuff I own are the episodes I record (yes I know it's weird, deal with it.) And the DVDs I bought. So you can't pin anything on me! Oh and the picture of Reiko. I found it on a site and thought it looked like the character. Just in case the artist is on fanfic I give them full credit for there art work. I don't need any angry mobs.
(Me blabbing and wasting your time)
Generally flashback or something.
"Character talking"
Chapter one: Encounter
Two white dog-ears twitched, listening to sounds from a village. A soft wind caressed long silver-white hair, and cooled minor burns that covered the arms and legs of a female inu-hanyou. A bell tinkled softly in the wind, a clawed hand reached up swiftly to stop the noise. But it was too late; a nearby scouting party from the village heard and clambered noisily towards her. She took off in the opposite direction, burned skin and strained muscles groaned a painful protest. The hanyou winced in pain. She kept running. Finally the shouts and sounds faded into nothing and she slowed to a halt under a blossoming sakura tree. She sighed and sank to the ground. Same thing in this village as all the others. Fear and hatred. She was alone, it was time she realized it. She scolded herself. She curled up and drifted into a light but tortured sleep.
"Inuyasha! SIT BOY!" Kagome shouted as Inuyasha crashed to the ground. Shippo hid behind Kagome and Sango and Miroku sighed and sweat dropped.
"What was that for?" Inuyasha snapped glaring at Kagome.
"You were picking on Shippo again!" She snapped back.
"Here they go again." Sango sighed. Miroku nodded. After a little more than half an hour off arguing in which Miroku was slapped twice for being his usual hentai ( Spelling?) self and Inuyasha had been told to 'sit' countless times, they continued.
They came upon a half burned village not long afterwards. "What happened here?" Miroku asked aloud. "I don't know. Um... Excuse me? What happened here?" Sango asked a passing elder. The old man took one look at Inuyasha and cried out "It's back! The Demon! It's out for vengeance!" Then he took off in the opposite direction and a group of young men surrounded them instantly. A young man carrying a spear suddenly spoke out "This isn't the demon. This is a different one. The last one was female." The others nodded in agreement and backed down. "My apologies. We have recently been plagued by a demon; she looks almost exactly like your demon. My name is Koura. I'm the general of our small army."
"We are just travelers. We were just curious about what happened here." Miroku explained. "The demon. She attacked again, we chased after her but she has eluded us once again. If you are heading north you may run into her. I advise you to use caution." "Thank you. We appreciate your concern." They continued on for awhile each thinking about one thing or another.
A scent carried on the wind brought the hanyou out of slumber. She sat bolt upright sniffing the fresh breeze. It brought with it random scents and the scent of three humans, two demons, and… her? She sat puzzling this for a minute then sniffed again. No, it wasn't her scent, it was so close though. Strangely close, like a hairs breath away from being identical. Her curiosity was aroused. She wanted to know what had a scent like that, but humans were around. It would be foolish to go near them. She sat fighting a battle of caution and curiosity. Curiosity won out in the end. She stood up and raced off towards the scent. The silver bell around her neck tinkled quietly, the shikon shard in it making a clear ringing sound.
They had stopped for lunch and Inuyasha was wolfing down his ramen when he stopped and sat stiffly. Listening and scenting. "What is it Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. She had never seen him this tense before, not even when he had Naraku's scent. "I, I dunno. It smells like me, almost exactly like me. But it's moving, moving closer." Inuyasha said. They all looked at him warily wondering about his sanity. Shippo hopped up on his shoulders and hit him hard on the head a couple of times. Then went and hid behind Kagome. Abandoning his ramen he stood up and followed the scent. Now everyone was officially and genuinely concerned. This was not like Inuyasha at all. First not going after Shippo then abandoning ramen.
The female raced on then leapt easily into a nearby sakura tree. She turned and watched the area below warily. She had heard someone approaching. She scented the air and found it to be the hanyou that carried her scent. She growled a little, uncertain if this could be a threatening encounter. She waited however. She would watch and wait.
Inuyasha raced on until he got to a blossoming cherry blossom tree. He paused and sniffed. The scent was close, like it was right on top of him. He crouched low and began searching the area for this elusive scent. He was about to turn around and go back when a female dog demon leapt down in front of him. He stared at her in shock.
Reiko stared at this strange dog demon. He looked almost exactly like her. Same general physique, same white dog-ears, same silver-white hair, and same golden-amber eyes. More strangely almost the exact same scent.
"Who are you?" demanded the inu hanyou. Reiko immediately took the defensive, ready for a fight.
"Who are you?" she demanded. They glared at each other, both refusing to move.
Inuyasha was stunned at this demon. She showed no signs of alarm or fear. She was all but directly challenging him and her voice. Her voice was so familiar. But he couldn't place it. It was from some childhood memory.
"Who are you?" She demanded again. This time he placed the voice. His mother. She sounded exactly like his mother.
"Inuyasha" He said finally. "Who are you?"
Reiko relaxed ever so slightly, when the demon responded 'Inuyasha'. Then he had asked her name. She hesitated then said.
"My name is Reiko."
OOC:
Well this is the first chapter. If you want more, post some reviews. I check often. I generally don't care much for flames, but do listen to them. Just tell me what you think thanks. Sorry it's short.
This is a picture I found. It looks like the character Reiko. I did not draw this; I have no claim on it. But I wish I could draw like that. My compliments to the artist.