HIS SON

Summary :

After a battle, the bad Suikotsu discovers that before meeting the Shichinintai, the good Suikotsu was married and had a kid. For the mercenary, it doesn't matter. He just can kill this brat and forget all of this. After all, he is not his son… is he…?

Hi everyone !

It's a Inuyasha Fanfiction about the Shichinintai, or Band of Seven, belonging of course to Rumiko Takahashi.

It's my first fanfiction in English so I hope there is not many mistakes... Please, don't be too strict and tell me when a correction is needed. I hope you will enjoy reading this fiction. There will be 4 parts, and they are all written but I will not upload them at once. If you don't wait between each part, it will be no fun : I want to keep you in suspense ! ;-)

Part I:

Don't joke around !

When Suikotsu opened his eyes the first thing he saw was a bright light, which made him wonder if he was still alive. Then he remembered that if he was dead, he certainly would not be in heaven, but in hell and even if he had never gone there before he could bet that there was no such bright light in hell. A female voice called him from another room and the mercenary finally opened his eyes widely. Where was he ? who was this woman calling him by his former name so casually ? and why was he so cold ? He looked at the clothes he was wearing... he was naked. Well, this explained the cold. He was injured but seemed rather healed now.

Suikotsu sat and massaged his temples, trying to figure out what happened. The last thing he could remember was a battle. How surprising, he thought. He was with Renkotsu and Mukotsu when suddenly… arrows. Yeah, they were shooting at. And… two kids. He could remember their faces, a girl who was around ten and a younger boy. His head had ached… Suikotsu swore. The good doctor had certainly tried to take control over the body in order to help the brats. And it seemed that he didn't fail. But what the hell happened after that ? The member of the Shichinintai was clueless.

"Sakashi, what are you doing ? I've already called you twice ! you didn't forget your promise to see the old Haruka this morning, did you ?"

Suikotsu looked at the woman who was standing in front of him. A beautiful woman. Black long and soft hair, brown and kindly eyes… She smiled.

"Why are you looking at me like that ? can't believe that the good memories of the night are real ?"

Suikotsu shook his head and stared by the window. What the hell… when had this pathetic guy learned to make this kind of woman his own ? Well… it didn't really matter. He had to find the Shichinintai, he had no time to waste here anymore. Suikotsu dressed up and made his way to go away from this place.

"Sakashi, where are you going ? just eat before…"

"Shut up, woman ! my name's Suikotsu, it's not Sakashi anymore !"

"What…? are you sure you are fine ?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, just shut up and I won't harm you."

The woman widened her eyes but she kept silent. Suikotsu sniggered and continued his way, going through another room where a little boy was eating. When he saw the man, the kid smiled and yelled :

"Mornin', Dad !"

Suikotsu froze. He turned to the boy and stared at him like he was some kind of monster.

"What the… who's this little brat ?" he asked to the woman behind him.

She paled.

"Who's the brat ?" Suikotsu repeated with a threatening voice.

"He is… your son…" she murmured.

"Don't joke around !" said the mercenary, catching her left arm. "It can't be my son !"

"Sakashi, you are frightening me..."

"I don't care ! you really think you can trick me, saying I have a son ?"

"But… it is true… Shoutaro is… our son…"

Tears started to appear in her eyes. Suikotsu released her and looked at the kid. He had black hair and brown eyes staring at the adults with curiosity. He didn't even seem to be scared. The Shichinintai shook his head. It had to be a nightmare… when this idiotic doctor had made this… thing ?

"How do you know me ? who are you to… me ?"

"Your... wife. We married six years ago… but you disappeared around one year ago…"

"And how old is this brat ?"

"He is five…"

Suikotsu sighed and sat down. So it was possible that he was the other guy's son. He surely had him before meeting the Shichinintai. How came that he didn't remember anything ?

"Since when am I here ?"

"Four… days…"

Suikotsu stared wide-eyed at her. Four days…? But where were the others during all this time ? didn't they search after him ?

"How did you find me ?"

"I didn't… you arrived here, you were injured. I though you were coming from this village which was attacked by the Shichinintai the day before…"

The mercenary sniggered.

"Well.. it's not all wrong, after all… I came from this village, but I didn't live there."

The woman stared at him, not understanding what he meant. He grinned.

"I am a member of the Shichinintai."

She gasped and stepped backwards.

"You can't escape now, its too late."

"You… it is a joke, isn't it…? Sakashi…"

"Bankotsu, Jakotsu, Mukotsu, Renkotsu, Kyokotsu, Ginkotsu… and Suikotsu. Did you see the link between all our names ? we are the Shichinintai. So no, it's not a joke."

"But… but…"

"Mum…"

She jumped and turned to her son who approached them.

"Shoutaro… go outside now…"

"What's the need for ?" asked Suikotsu, mocking. "He can stay here, can't he ?"

"You won't… do something to him… ?"

"Well, I don't like living kids and I don't think of him as my son, so…"

"Stop joking around ! he is your son ! what are you playing at ?"

"I'm not playing at anything. This thing is not my son, but his. The good doctor. The pathetic guy. We share the same body, but I'm not him. So quit trying to make me feel the paternal streak because it won't work."

He stood up.

"Stop it ! Sakashi…"

"Shut up. You're really getting on my nerves."

"Dad, why are you yelling at mum ?"

"Don't call me dad, you brat."

"Why ?"

Suikotsu looked at the kid. Did he understand what was happening ? Seemed not.

"Because I'm not."

"That's mean, dad."

"I told you to not call me like that."

"Then by what name can I call you ?"

"No need to call me by any name anymore, because you won't live for long now."

The woman sobbed.

"Why ? I'm sick ?"

What the hell was wrong with this kid ? did he really not understand what was going on ? it was not so difficult !

"No, 'cause I'm going to kill you."

"You can't. Dads don't kill their children."

"But I'm not your dad ! what's wrong with him ? is he really that stupid ?"

"Don't call him stupid ! you can't expect him to…"

"Shit, I'm really pissed now. Say goodbye !"

But Suikotsu hadn't the time to take out his claws that the woman pounced on him, trying to hit him, but the assassin dodged her. Nevertheless he fell and his head knocked on the ground. The woman, scared, looked at him, paling, then she noticed the blood.

"Mum, he's bleeding !"

"Shoutaro ! don't go near him…"

"But dad is…"

"Just go away…"

The kid obeyed while his mother approached carefully the man. He was injured at his head due to the fall but he was still breathing. She sighed. At least, he was not dead… Maybe it would be better, but she didn't want to feel like a murderer, neither she wanted her son to believe that she killed his father.

"Who knows," she whispered, "he might be my Sakashi again at his awakening…"