Title: A Father's Promise.
Genres: Retrospect
Pairings Represented: None
Word Count: 317
Rating: PG
Summary: A moment with Inu-Papa and his father.
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or its character except the ones I've made up to spice up the story.
When I was a young demon my father took me out to the edge of a mountain cliff to show me the valley below. It was beautiful and the sun had just come up. That was when he told me: "My son, one day all this shall be yours. You will rule this land with strength and wisdom. Your subjects will respect you; your enemies will fear you." In that, I remembered nodding my head in concurrence to my father's words. Back then, the world was younger and the lands more savage. We were new to this earth and this new place was strange but already my father vanquished a native youkai tribe of dire wolves. The wolves were wild and showed no regard for anything. Before we arrived from the Continent they ruled this land-- this land whose sun shown red upon rising each morning.
I took a deep breath admiring the bath of gold administered by the sun's warm rays upon the valley I would soon call home. There was an immense lake neatly nestled within its luscious bosom0. I almost cried from emotion but held back the urges to succumb to my tears so then my father would not think any less of me and take back his promise of giving me this land as my kingdom. But, I hoped too much. My father knew me better than I knew myself. In that instant, he reached over and placed his warm hand upon the crown of my head. I looked up and saw him smile. In response to that, I smiled back and he took that as an invitation and brought me closer to his side. In that moment, I knew I was loved.
Then, as if pledging a silent oath, I swore with every breath in my little body that the day I had my own offspring they would be loved as well.
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On a separate note, I am thinking about eventually turning this into a full-fledged fanfic. I've always had this curiousity to explore the Inu no Taishou family tree even if it means making the entire thing up.