*Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or any supporting characters, Ramiko Takahashi does. J*
The ordeal could be heard down all the alleyways as echoed insults filled the desolate space. Fast clicking of shoes were next and you knew someone was running away, but from what?
His haggard breathing and racing heart held the emotional trauma of the night as he hated more and more what he was.
The ton was enough of a cutthroat place without any extra pressure and stress, and he finally had the guts to approach a pretty girl. She guessed what he was and laughed in his face; before he could fully comprehend the situation, everyone at the ton joined in the embarrassment and called him every mortifying and insulting name you could think of in terms of his kind.
He passed by so many onlookers, but no one really cared what was going on, just that some crazy guy was frantically running through the street.
He ran to the edge of the city and realized he was in a very unsavory atmosphere. He could hear moaning, guessing it was a whore and her suitor, screaming, yelling, laughing, and slamming of glasses (probably a bar close by) … this was not a place he wanted to be.
Starting his trek back the way he came, hopefully unnoticed, he suddenly stopped as a low creepy voice filtered through the air.
"Are you lost?"
He turned around to see a tall dark figure wearing a baboon pelt across his shoulders.
"I was just leaving, not that it's any of your business."
The snappy retort from the youth elicited an eyebrow raise from the man.
"If you leave now then you won't get what you came here for."
The man kept a steady piercing gaze on the boy.
"Only people that come here want something."
The tall man edged closer, "tell me what your deepest desire is."
The boy looked at him and could easily imagine this guy being a kidnapper that tortured and killed his victims; at least that was the vibe he got.
Thinking about his options for a minute, he finally decided to tell him; after all, what harm could it do?
"I want to be a full demon like my father and brother. I want to no longer be ridiculed for what I am!"
The man smiled and it sent shivers down the boy's spine.
InuYasha sneered at him in return, "you do know that this evil stranger act will never get you laid, right?"
The man snapped his fingers and a very beautiful, albeit roughed up, lady came strolling out of the alley and wrapped her arm around his.
" I don't believe that's a problem for me. You however still have an issue that needs fixing, and I ask nothing in return."
The boy scoffed at that, "what makes you think I believe that?"
Giving him a once over, the man shrugged, "I guess you really don't want the cure to what ails you then."
Then man started to walk away, but the boy stopped him.
"Wait!"
Slight turning his head over his shoulder, the man gave his attention, "I'm listening."
There was a tight knot in the pit of his stomach and for some reason he felt as if he was making a deal with the devil himself. Shaking it off he spoke so softly, "fine, I'll do it."
The man pulled something shiny from his pocket and tossed it to the boy, it was a locket with a mirror inside.
"Capture the light of the full moon every month and you will have your wish, InuYasha"
InuYasha shot his head up to ask how the hell he knew his name, but the man and his woman had vanished.
Clutching the locket, he followed his own scent back to the ton, unaware of the man watching him from a rooftop, the woman no longer in trashy garb, but a beautiful silk dress with no marks or dirt marring her porcelain skin.
She grazed her fingers over his shoulder, " I can't believe he took the bait."
The man smiled menacingly, "oh, Kagura, how little you know of the human heart and how weak it can be. He may be a half-demon, but he is no match for his human heart. In the end it will destroy him and I will relish in his defeat."
Kagura giggled, "you are truly evil, Naraku."