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The Childhood Days
"Mom, why did we have to move?" "InuYama, you know that your father has to take care of a relative here." InuYama looked at the village and the people, but she knew they did not welcome them by the way they looked at her and her mother because they are different. 'I hate it when people look at me like I'm not human or something.' InuYama is a kind little girl, but she is different because she is half dog demon and half human. Neither side would take her in because she is not fully human or demon. 'I miss the old village. They were the only place that made me feel normal.' They walked to the house that they were staying at. When they got in her father was already taking care of someone. 'That must be my father's bother. Oh, well I don't really care. I wonder, maybe someone will be my friend. Maybe.' With that last thought she started walking to the door. "InuYama, where are you going?" "Outside. Oh, tell dad I said "hi"" "Okay." After that InuYama walked out of the house. 'InuYama, I'm so glad that you're my daughter.' "Honey, could you help me please?" "Yes dear. I'll be right there." 'I hope the villagers are nice to you.'
"Hi." InuYama started walking to the other children. "Hello." This one girl said sarcastically. 'Well, I'm just trying to be nice you don't have to be rude.' All the kids huddled up before she came close to them. She could hear the two girls and the three boys whispering to one another. She stopped walking and listened to what they were talking about. She heard a few things like "Why is that freak talking to us." "She knows her kind are not welcome here." and the last one came from a boy, "Maybe we should throw rocks at her and make sure she never bothers us again." With that last sentence she was mad and yet upset because they did not accept her. 'Why is everyone so mean to me here.' All of a sudden she was broken away from her thoughts by a rock. Then she realized that the kids were throwing rocks at her like they said they would. She started running away. 'Wait why am I running when I can threaten them to keep away, but I am not that kind of person.' So she kept running. InuYama didn't realize that the kids surrounded her and after they got her trapped they threw more rocks at her and anything else they could fine. The children started yelling at her too. "You should just go back to your old home instead of here. Half demon." "Yeah, you're a disgrace to humans and demons." The kids kept yelling at her and throwing things at her. She bent down and held herself to try and protect herself. 'Why do I have to be a half demon if everyone is going to hate me.' Then she heard another voice, "Stop!" The kids stopped and looked at the person who said that. The kid walked to InuYama and went to stand in front of her to protect her. "Who are you… Wait, never mind. I mean why are you protecting this pathetic half demon?" "Because she is just like us and I won't let you hurt her." InuYama looked up at her defender and it was a boy looked about her age. Then the children didn't even respond that instead they just walked away with disgusted looks on their face. The boy helped her up. "Are you okay?" "Yeah and… thank you." InuYama's cheeks turned all bright red. "Your welcome." Then the two walked to a hill right near the village.
InuYama was surprised that a human helped her. When they got to the hill they sat down and looked at the sky. 'What should I do? Should I talk to him and get to know who he is. Or just leave. Hmmm… Wait no, I'll stay and get to know him, but how should I start things off? Hmmm…' "So… um what's your name?" "Huh… Oh, my name is InuYama. You." "My name is Menroku." "Well that's a nice name." "Yours is too." 'Wow! This is starting off pretty okay.' "So Menroku, why did you help me?" "Well, see it isn't right for people to pick on someone because they're different." Menroku looked at InuYama and continued talking. "Also, I use to know someone that was a half demon and he was one of the kindest people I ever knew, but he died." "Sorry that happened." "It's okay. It's not like it was your fault." Then he smiled at her. 'Why is he looking at me like that? Does he like me or does he want to be friends?' "And you seem like a great person. So would you like to be my friend?" InuYama was broken away from her thoughts and had no clue of what just happened. "Huh…What did you say?" "Ah… I said would you consider being my friend." InuYama jumped up form her sitting position. "Yes! I would love to." "You seem very excited." "Oh yeah, sorry I sort of yelled. It's just because you're the first person here that was nice to me and the others weren't." "Well, it doesn't matter now because you have me. Does it." "No, I guess not." "So you're my new friend, right." "Yep." "So…" Menroku was cut off bye someone, her mother. "InuYama, time to come home!" "Okay!" "Sorry Menroku, I have to leave okay. Tell me what you were going to say tomorrow alright." "Alright. Bye. See you tomorrow." InuYama and Menroku went back to their houses for the rest of the day 'This is so awesome I have a new friend and I guess he's kind of cute.' InuYama was giggling at her last thought and went inside her house to see her parents.
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