"Inuyasha!" cried out a little girl. She had spent over thirty minutes
looking for him and was getting severly annoyed at the idea of him having
run back to the village, despite the rules of the game. Keike had almost
given up hope of ever finding him when a bright red flash jumped out of a
tree and onto her. "Haha, baka!" little Inuyasha laughed insanely, "It took
you twice as long to find me this time, I'm starting to think maybe we
shouldn't play this game since you make me wait so long just to be found".
Keike grabbed Inuyasha's leg and slammed him down to the ground next to her
before he had a chance to say anything. "Hey!! What the hell was that
for??" he screamed, Keike looked at him with a big grin forming across her
face, "Oh, nothing..." she replied happily.
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All the way home, Keike and Inuyasha bickered about nothing in particular. This was not unusual, and was often their own little sign of affection towards one another. They were the only hanyou that one another knew, and had faced the prejudices that both people and youkai together had against them. Both the little hanyou's had grown up in the village, but one year soon after it was time for the farmers to go to harvest , Keike's parents had suddenly decided that they wanted to move to a desolate part of the forest. Her mother was a dog-youkai, she was tall, pale and had long flowing dark green hair, the stripes on her face were a faded pink and were barely noticeable and her eyes were a silvery blue; Keike had inherited all of her mother's characteristics from her beauty to her unimaginable strength. Keike's mother was unlike Inuyasha's father, who was also a dog youkai, she was not violent or controlling. Quite the contrary she was very serene and had more of a human feeling than most youkai did. She did however have one thing in common with Inuyasha's father, the fact that both of them had fallen in love with a human. After Inuyasha's father died, his older half-brother had left the family because he was repulsed by Inuyasha's tainted blood, and his human mother. All that was left was Inuyasha and his mother, they were very close. Inuyasha's mother had a very close relationship with Keike's mother, they raised Inuyasha and Keike as almost siblings. In the minds of these two young hanyou, they thought they would never be seperated and often thought of living forever, the idea didn't scare them so long as they were together.
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"Come on Keike!!!! Were going to be late for the festival, AGAIN!" Inuyasha prodded her with his index finger over and over again until she finally stopped brushing her hair. She smacked his head fiercely with the ivory brush and walked to her bed at the back of the room "Go ahead of me if your so anxious to leave, I'm a big hanyou I can walk by myself to the festival" she annouced.
Inuyasha's face was very noticably annoyed, "Fine" he replied as he got up and walked out the door, muttering something about baka. Keike had had quite enough of his annoyances for one day, he was a very fun person to be with, when you didn't have to make him sit still.
She soon finished up with her hair, and was out the door walking along the river. It would take her a little more than fifteen minutes to get back to the village. Her mama and papa were waiting for her and Inuyasha to show up, she knew that they would be angry that she came alone, but that didn't matter to her. Keike's eyes scanned over the river, the water was crystal blue and it looked so pleasant. The water was so entrancing that she didn't realize the young man standing in front of her. Keike smacked right into him and fell backwards. She looked up "Gomen ne, Gomen ne" she repeated over again, "I didn't see you I wasn't....." Keike stopped midsentence. "Sessho..Sesshoumaru!! What do you want, get away from me!" Keike was desperately trying to get up and run from him, but her kimono was too long and she tripped over it a few times before she could regain her balance.
Sesshoumaru was standing quietly, looking at her trying to flee from him. Watching her trying to get away from him was an amusing sight, he loved the idea of all weaker beings fearing him. "Calm down girl, if I wanted to kill you, I would have done it so fast you would not have known what had happened" he said keeping a solemn face.
Keike believed him, he had heard horror stories about Sesshoumaru's needless killings just to gain a repuatation of being fearsome. His eyes were looking at her coldly, he was an exact replica of his father. Inuyasha had his basic features, however their was a warmth in his face that kept him from having a true resemblance to his father. There was a moment of silence were Keike stood deathly still, she was strong but not as strong as a full blooded youkai, and knew better than to try and fight him.
She regretted not having gone with Inuyasha and wished nothing more than to be chasing him around the festival for pulling some prank she thought was terrible, but he found hilarious. The silence was finally broken when Sesshoumaru, cleared his throat "I won't kill you, but I will make you suffer.." he said without an ounce of emotion in his voice. Keike's blood ran cold "Suffer?" she thought, "No...I have never done a thing to him. Why did it pleasure him to cause to much pain to people?". She tried to move her feet but she was frozen in fear, soon little tears trickled down her face, she wanted to beg for his mercy, but at the sametime throw him back and tear his face up with her claws. He slowly came over to her, and leaned forward placing his lips against hers. "No, No, No! Anything but this, claw me, poison me, leave me to die, but I'm too young for this...." she whimpered softly as all of this ran through her mind. His kiss was very cold, and abrupt, there was no feeling in it. Sesshoumaru shifted a little pushing her to the ground, putting all his weight on top of her as if he had heard the little voice inside her head telling him to stop.
Sesshoumaru was a still somewhat of a young man, rather an older teenager as the humans characterized it. Keike had the appearance of a younger teenager around fourteen, she had never had any encounters with any boys, except Inuyasha and he was more her brother than anything. Sesshoumaru, lifted her kimono, and nearly succeeded in taking her when a crowd of people came shouting from the direction of the festival. Startled Sesshoumaru got up and took off. Keike sighed in relief, and few more inches and she would have been scarred permanently for the rest of her life. "Sesshoumaru just ran away...why didn't he take what he wanted? He could have done away with those people with a single hit." Keike's mind flooded with emotions, she began to cry, the people came over to her and lifted her up.
"The poor little hanyou, she has been traumatized" an old man said sarcastically. "It is such a shame that her mother was killed in such a moment of weakness"one of the more sympathetic villagers said. Suddenly Keike's dark green ears perked up "Mama??" she cried out, "Whats wrong with mama, my mama's not dead shes at the festival with papa! Where is he??? Where is my mama????" she screamed. Kicking and screaming she pulled away from the crowd of people easily and took off running back home. She burst into the house, "Mama mama!!" and then abruptly stopped. Her father was standing over their bed, his clothing soaked in blood, the scene of her mama laying lifeless in bed was just too much to bear. Keike's whole world went black, and suddenly she hit the floor.
When she awoke, her father was standing over her. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was full of sorrow. "Little Keike" he said trying to be cheerful. "You were late for the festival again this year". Keike couldnt force herself to smile, "Papa, what happened to ma---" she trailed off feeling like she was going to burst into tears.
Her father looked down a bit, as if he was debating on telling her the truth, or sugarcoating it. "Mama...and I were at the festival, she was so lovely, so peaceful as if nothing in the world could bother her. There were so many people at the festival, she and I were waiting for you, when little Inuyasha came running up to us, he looked at us about to say something when he pointed behind me frantically , there was a flash of of white, and then I saw your mother laying on the ground bleeding. I was frantic trying to stop the bleeding but she smiled and said she knew it was too late and that her wounds were too severe to be healed. She told me to take care of you no matter what. I brought her back home, and she died in my arms" he stood up tears streaking down his face, not being able to tell her anymore.
"Some villagers have told me they saw Sesshoumaru around these parts, they are out hunting for him" he said quietly wiping a way stray tears. Keike was blanched, she could not say anything and felt like she couldnt breathe. "We are moving as far away possible from this place Keike, no more youkai, no more...hanyou" he said stuttering a little. "Papa, I am a hanyou!!" she said growling a little. "No, no... not to me you are not, you are my little daughter you could never be as terrible as the blood line of Inuyasha is.." he walked out trailing off "No, no.. my little daugther, tomorrow we leave at dawn".
Later that night, her father went to bed, and Keike feigned sleeping, and snuck out once she was sure that he was asleep. Her father wanted to get as far away as possible from the village, from youkai, even from the little hanyou who had been Keike's only friend all her life.
Keike was heart broken, she did not want to leave, but she had a duty to stay with her father. She ambled down the small trail near her house that her an Inuyasha had made when they were younger, he was somewhere in the forest, she could smell him. "Inuyasha please come out" she said meekly, still fearing Sesshoumaru might be lurking around. Keike heard a rustling near so trees she turned around, and saw in the distance Inuyasha standing in the middle of the field. She ran over to him and tried to smile. "You should be happy, for once I'm admitting you were right, I should have hurried up and gone with you". Inuyasha did not reply he was staring out to nowhere. Keike felt a little uncomfortable, "Maybe he already knows and he's angry that I have to leave". She sighed, "I am sorry Inuyasha, I know this is hard. But i have to do it" she held back her tears, "I'm going now" and with that she took off, she knew he wouldn't follow her. Keike looked back sadly, Inuyasha was watching her run away. That was the last she ever saw of him.
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All the way home, Keike and Inuyasha bickered about nothing in particular. This was not unusual, and was often their own little sign of affection towards one another. They were the only hanyou that one another knew, and had faced the prejudices that both people and youkai together had against them. Both the little hanyou's had grown up in the village, but one year soon after it was time for the farmers to go to harvest , Keike's parents had suddenly decided that they wanted to move to a desolate part of the forest. Her mother was a dog-youkai, she was tall, pale and had long flowing dark green hair, the stripes on her face were a faded pink and were barely noticeable and her eyes were a silvery blue; Keike had inherited all of her mother's characteristics from her beauty to her unimaginable strength. Keike's mother was unlike Inuyasha's father, who was also a dog youkai, she was not violent or controlling. Quite the contrary she was very serene and had more of a human feeling than most youkai did. She did however have one thing in common with Inuyasha's father, the fact that both of them had fallen in love with a human. After Inuyasha's father died, his older half-brother had left the family because he was repulsed by Inuyasha's tainted blood, and his human mother. All that was left was Inuyasha and his mother, they were very close. Inuyasha's mother had a very close relationship with Keike's mother, they raised Inuyasha and Keike as almost siblings. In the minds of these two young hanyou, they thought they would never be seperated and often thought of living forever, the idea didn't scare them so long as they were together.
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"Come on Keike!!!! Were going to be late for the festival, AGAIN!" Inuyasha prodded her with his index finger over and over again until she finally stopped brushing her hair. She smacked his head fiercely with the ivory brush and walked to her bed at the back of the room "Go ahead of me if your so anxious to leave, I'm a big hanyou I can walk by myself to the festival" she annouced.
Inuyasha's face was very noticably annoyed, "Fine" he replied as he got up and walked out the door, muttering something about baka. Keike had had quite enough of his annoyances for one day, he was a very fun person to be with, when you didn't have to make him sit still.
She soon finished up with her hair, and was out the door walking along the river. It would take her a little more than fifteen minutes to get back to the village. Her mama and papa were waiting for her and Inuyasha to show up, she knew that they would be angry that she came alone, but that didn't matter to her. Keike's eyes scanned over the river, the water was crystal blue and it looked so pleasant. The water was so entrancing that she didn't realize the young man standing in front of her. Keike smacked right into him and fell backwards. She looked up "Gomen ne, Gomen ne" she repeated over again, "I didn't see you I wasn't....." Keike stopped midsentence. "Sessho..Sesshoumaru!! What do you want, get away from me!" Keike was desperately trying to get up and run from him, but her kimono was too long and she tripped over it a few times before she could regain her balance.
Sesshoumaru was standing quietly, looking at her trying to flee from him. Watching her trying to get away from him was an amusing sight, he loved the idea of all weaker beings fearing him. "Calm down girl, if I wanted to kill you, I would have done it so fast you would not have known what had happened" he said keeping a solemn face.
Keike believed him, he had heard horror stories about Sesshoumaru's needless killings just to gain a repuatation of being fearsome. His eyes were looking at her coldly, he was an exact replica of his father. Inuyasha had his basic features, however their was a warmth in his face that kept him from having a true resemblance to his father. There was a moment of silence were Keike stood deathly still, she was strong but not as strong as a full blooded youkai, and knew better than to try and fight him.
She regretted not having gone with Inuyasha and wished nothing more than to be chasing him around the festival for pulling some prank she thought was terrible, but he found hilarious. The silence was finally broken when Sesshoumaru, cleared his throat "I won't kill you, but I will make you suffer.." he said without an ounce of emotion in his voice. Keike's blood ran cold "Suffer?" she thought, "No...I have never done a thing to him. Why did it pleasure him to cause to much pain to people?". She tried to move her feet but she was frozen in fear, soon little tears trickled down her face, she wanted to beg for his mercy, but at the sametime throw him back and tear his face up with her claws. He slowly came over to her, and leaned forward placing his lips against hers. "No, No, No! Anything but this, claw me, poison me, leave me to die, but I'm too young for this...." she whimpered softly as all of this ran through her mind. His kiss was very cold, and abrupt, there was no feeling in it. Sesshoumaru shifted a little pushing her to the ground, putting all his weight on top of her as if he had heard the little voice inside her head telling him to stop.
Sesshoumaru was a still somewhat of a young man, rather an older teenager as the humans characterized it. Keike had the appearance of a younger teenager around fourteen, she had never had any encounters with any boys, except Inuyasha and he was more her brother than anything. Sesshoumaru, lifted her kimono, and nearly succeeded in taking her when a crowd of people came shouting from the direction of the festival. Startled Sesshoumaru got up and took off. Keike sighed in relief, and few more inches and she would have been scarred permanently for the rest of her life. "Sesshoumaru just ran away...why didn't he take what he wanted? He could have done away with those people with a single hit." Keike's mind flooded with emotions, she began to cry, the people came over to her and lifted her up.
"The poor little hanyou, she has been traumatized" an old man said sarcastically. "It is such a shame that her mother was killed in such a moment of weakness"one of the more sympathetic villagers said. Suddenly Keike's dark green ears perked up "Mama??" she cried out, "Whats wrong with mama, my mama's not dead shes at the festival with papa! Where is he??? Where is my mama????" she screamed. Kicking and screaming she pulled away from the crowd of people easily and took off running back home. She burst into the house, "Mama mama!!" and then abruptly stopped. Her father was standing over their bed, his clothing soaked in blood, the scene of her mama laying lifeless in bed was just too much to bear. Keike's whole world went black, and suddenly she hit the floor.
When she awoke, her father was standing over her. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was full of sorrow. "Little Keike" he said trying to be cheerful. "You were late for the festival again this year". Keike couldnt force herself to smile, "Papa, what happened to ma---" she trailed off feeling like she was going to burst into tears.
Her father looked down a bit, as if he was debating on telling her the truth, or sugarcoating it. "Mama...and I were at the festival, she was so lovely, so peaceful as if nothing in the world could bother her. There were so many people at the festival, she and I were waiting for you, when little Inuyasha came running up to us, he looked at us about to say something when he pointed behind me frantically , there was a flash of of white, and then I saw your mother laying on the ground bleeding. I was frantic trying to stop the bleeding but she smiled and said she knew it was too late and that her wounds were too severe to be healed. She told me to take care of you no matter what. I brought her back home, and she died in my arms" he stood up tears streaking down his face, not being able to tell her anymore.
"Some villagers have told me they saw Sesshoumaru around these parts, they are out hunting for him" he said quietly wiping a way stray tears. Keike was blanched, she could not say anything and felt like she couldnt breathe. "We are moving as far away possible from this place Keike, no more youkai, no more...hanyou" he said stuttering a little. "Papa, I am a hanyou!!" she said growling a little. "No, no... not to me you are not, you are my little daughter you could never be as terrible as the blood line of Inuyasha is.." he walked out trailing off "No, no.. my little daugther, tomorrow we leave at dawn".
Later that night, her father went to bed, and Keike feigned sleeping, and snuck out once she was sure that he was asleep. Her father wanted to get as far away as possible from the village, from youkai, even from the little hanyou who had been Keike's only friend all her life.
Keike was heart broken, she did not want to leave, but she had a duty to stay with her father. She ambled down the small trail near her house that her an Inuyasha had made when they were younger, he was somewhere in the forest, she could smell him. "Inuyasha please come out" she said meekly, still fearing Sesshoumaru might be lurking around. Keike heard a rustling near so trees she turned around, and saw in the distance Inuyasha standing in the middle of the field. She ran over to him and tried to smile. "You should be happy, for once I'm admitting you were right, I should have hurried up and gone with you". Inuyasha did not reply he was staring out to nowhere. Keike felt a little uncomfortable, "Maybe he already knows and he's angry that I have to leave". She sighed, "I am sorry Inuyasha, I know this is hard. But i have to do it" she held back her tears, "I'm going now" and with that she took off, she knew he wouldn't follow her. Keike looked back sadly, Inuyasha was watching her run away. That was the last she ever saw of him.